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Giro D'Italia
So, the time has come. The first Grand Tour of 2012.
No previous winner, obvs, as Contador was banned.
Grainy Thomas will make an appearance, as will the Manx Express, in an attempt to gain the last points jersey that he hasn't won.
Pinotti's leading BMC.
I think that Basso will try and do well, as will Fuglsang.
Normal Italian Wildcards and net app: Giocattoli, Colnago-CSF Inox, Farnese Vini-Selle Italia, Team NetApp.
Jose Rujano is a personal favourite
Relatively straightforward Danish TT and two stages to start with.
Would love to hear your thoughts with regards to your teams.
If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.
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I hope noone else has picked. . .
Mark Cavendish (SKY)
Geraint Thomas (SKY)
Theo Bos (RAB)
Sacha Modolo (COG)
Taylor Phinney (BMC)
Alex Rasmussen (GRM)
Jack Bobridge (GRE)
Stef Clement (RAB)
Jesse Sergent (RSN)
Mine is heavily reliant on the TT - will be transferring 2 more sprinters in for tomorrow...
Just noticed I have 6 the same as you J Andrew Hill - fingers crossed right?
Farrar
Bennati
Thomas
Bos
Phinney
Rasmussen
Larsson
Bobridge
Sergent
As I predicted JAndrewHill you had Modolo, as he is due in my team for tomorrow, and the other 4 I thought were the same as who I have are
And as predicted none of you so far have gone for 1 of the riders I have
Goss (GRE)
Thomas (SKY)
Bennati (RSN)
De Gendt (VCD)
Rasmussen (GRM)
Phinney (BMC)
Demare (FDJ)
Clement (RAB)
Tuft (GRE)
Seems a few names are appearing over and over
Marzio Bruseghin (MOV)
Thor Hushovd (BMC)
Geraint Thomas (SKY)
Romain Feillu (VCD)
Gustav Erik Larsson (VCD)
Alex Rasmussen (GRM)
Stef Clement (RAB)
Arnaud Demare (FDJ)
Taylor Phinney (BMC)
I already have my changes ready for the next few days aswell if everything today and tomorrow go to plan
Not done as well as I would have liked today!
1,2,3 but everyone has them
But will have 5 sprinters for tomorrow, as my plan always involved bringing in the two star sprinters you have, left the correct credits in the bank for it
1 T PHINNEY (BMC) 10:26
2 G THOMAS (SKY) 10:35
3 A RASMUSSEN (GRM) 10:39
4 M BOARO (SAX) 10:41
5 E G LARSSON (VCD) 10:48
6 R NAVARDAUSKAS (GRM) 10:48
7 B LANCASTER (OGE) 10:49
8 M PINOTTI (BMC) 10:50
9 J SERGENT (RNT) 10:52
10 N OLIVEIRA (RNT) 10:53
I had 1,2,3,8 and 9.
AND PROBABLY LOADS OF OTHERS
11 BODNAR Maciej POL LIQ 10:55 0:29
12 HESJEDAL Ryder CAN GRM 10:55 0:29
13 KWIATKOWSKI Michal POL OPQ 10:55 0:29
14 CATALDO Dario ITA OPQ 10:57 0:31
15 NIZZOLO Giacomo ITA RNT 10:58 0:32
16 DE GENDT Thomas BEL VCD 10:58 0:32
17 TUFT Svein CAN OGE 10:59 0:33
18 VERMOTE Julien BEL OPQ 10:59 0:33
19 MALORI Adriano ITA LAM 10:59 0:33
20 SABATINI Fabio ITA LIQ 11:00 0:34
21 KREUZIGER Roman CZE AST 11:02 0:36
22 FARRAR Tyler USA GRM 11:02 0:36
23 KANGERT Tanel EST AST 11:02 0:36
24 COLEDAN Marco ITA COG 11:02 0:36
25 ROBERTS Luke AUS SAX 11:03 0:37
26 FLECHA GIANNONI Juan Antonio ESP SKY 11:03 0:37
27 BALLAN Alessandro ITA BMC 11:05 0:39
28 KEIZER Martijn NED VCD 11:05 0:39
29 BAKELANTS Jan BEL RNT 11:07 0:41
30 VELITS Martin SVK OPQ 11:07 0:41
31 INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Benat ESP MOV 11:08 0:42
32 ROSSELER Sebastien BEL GRM 11:09 0:43
33 IMPEY Daryl RSA OGE 11:09 0:43
34 BRUSEGHIN Marzio ITA MOV 11:09 0:43
35 VAN WINDEN Dennis NED RAB 11:09 0:43
36 ROHREGGER Thomas AUT RNT 11:09 0:43
37 STANNARD Ian GBR SKY 11:09 0:43
38 BRANDLE Matthias AUT APP 11:09 0:43
39 FELLINE Fabio ITA AND 11:10 0:44
40 VANDEVELDE Christian USA GRM 11:10 0:44
41 STETINA Peter USA GRM 11:11 0:45
42 DE GREEF Francis BEL LTB 11:12 0:46
43 MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel ESP KAT 11:12 0:46
44 URAN URAN Rigoberto COL SKY 11:12 0:46
45 EISEL Bernhard AUT SKY 11:12 0:46
46 CASAR Sandy FRA FDJ 11:12 0:46
47 TIRALONGO Paolo ITA AST 11:13 0:47
48 CARUSO Damiano ITA LIQ 11:13 0:47
49 CAVENDISH Mark GBR SKY 11:13 0:47
50 SAMOILAU Branislau BLR MOV 11:13 0:47
51 AGNOLI Valerio ITA LIQ 11:14 0:48
52 KRISTOFF Alexander NOR KAT 11:14 0:48
53 CAPECCHI Eros ITA LIQ 11:15 0:49
54 BENNATI Daniele ITA RNT 11:15 0:49
55 KENNAUGH Peter GBR SKY 11:15 0:49
56 HUSHOVD Thor NOR BMC 11:15 0:49
57 HUZARSKI Bartosz POL APP 11:15 0:49
58 HERRADA LOPEZ Jose' ESP MOV 11:15 0:49
59 HOLLENSTEIN Reto SUI APP 11:16 0:50
60 MEERSMAN Gianni BEL LTB 11:16 0:50
61 KEUKELEIRE Jens BEL OGE 11:16 0:50
62 SLAGTER Tom Jelte NED RAB 11:17 0:51
63 DE MARCHI Alessandro ITA AND 11:17 0:51
64 MEIER Christian CAN OGE 11:17 0:51
65 VICIOSO ARCOS Angel ESP KAT 11:17 0:51
66 LEEZER Thomas NED RAB 11:18 0:52
67 GOLAS Michal POL OPQ 11:18 0:52
68 BULGAC Brian NED LTB 11:18 0:52
69 SCHORN Daniel AUT APP 11:18 0:52
70 RABOTTINI Matteo ITA FAR 11:18 0:52
71 VENTOSO ALBERDI Francisco J. ESP MOV 11:19 0:53
72 DE CLERCQ Bart BEL LTB 11:19 0:53
73 TOSATTO Matteo ITA SAX 11:19 0:53
74 NIERMANN Grischa Jan GER RAB 11:19 0:53
75 AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey CRC MOV 11:19 0:53
76 BROWN Graeme AUS RAB 11:19 0:53
77 VEIKKANEN Jussi FIN FDJ 11:19 0:53
78 DYACHENKO Alexsandr KAZ AST 11:20 0:54
79 COLBRELLI Sonny ITA COG 11:20 0:54
80 POZZOVIVO Domenico ITA COG 11:21 0:55
81 BILLE Gaetan BEL LTB 11:21 0:55
82 GOSS Matthew Harley AUS OGE 11:21 0:55
83 HAEDO Lucas Sebastian ARG SAX 11:22 0:56
84 PAUWELS Serge BEL OPQ 11:22 0:56
85 FRANK Mathias SUI BMC 11:22 0:56
86 FAVILLI Elia ITA FAR 11:22 0:56
87 JORGENSEN Jonas Aaen DEN SAX 11:23 0:57
88 LAGUTIN Sergey UZB VCD 11:23 0:57
89 ULISSI Diego ITA LAM 11:23 0:57
90 DENIFL Stefan AUT VCD 11:24 0:58
91 SMUKULIS Gatis LAT KAT 11:24 0:58
92 SELVAGGI Mirko ITA VCD 11:24 0:58
93 MONTAGUTI Matteo ITA ALM 11:24 0:58
94 OROZ UGALDE Juan Jose ESP EUS 11:24 0:58
95 HAEDO Juan Jose' ARG SAX 11:25 0:59
96 SZMYD Sylvester POL LIQ 11:25 0:59
97 PAGANI Angelo ITA COG 11:25 0:59
98 SEUBERT Timon GER APP 11:25 0:59
99 BANDIERA Marco ITA OPQ 11:25 0:59
100 SEELDRAYERS Kevin BEL AST 11:25 0:59
101 BOBRIDGE Jack AUS OGE 11:26 1:00
102 BRUTT Pavel RUS KAT 11:26 1:00
103 MARCZYNSKI Tomasz POL VCD 11:26 1:00
104 DELAGE Mickael FRA FDJ 11:27 1:01
105 BATTAGLIN Enrico ITA COG 11:27 1:01
106 IGNATYEV Mikhail RUS KAT 11:28 1:02
107 HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis COL SKY 11:29 1:03
108 MOUREY Francis FRA FDJ 11:29 1:03
109 MAES Nikolas BEL OPQ 11:29 1:03
110 CUNEGO Damiano ITA LAM 11:29 1:03
111 PETROV Evgeni RUS AST 11:29 1:03
112 SERPA PEREZ Jose Rodolfo COL AND 11:30 1:04
113 RIGHI Daniele ITA LAM 11:30 1:04
114 SCHILLINGER Andreas GER APP 11:31 1:05
115 TXURRUKA Amets ESP EUS 11:31 1:05
116 HERMANS Ben BEL RNT 11:31 1:05
117 LOCATELLI Stefano ITA COG 11:31 1:05
118 PIRAZZI Stefano ITA COG 11:31 1:05
119 BALLONI Alfredo ITA FAR 11:31 1:05
120 GARATE Juan Manuel ESP RAB 11:32 1:06
121 BONNET William FRA FDJ 11:32 1:06
122 ROLLIN Dominique CAN FDJ 11:32 1:06
123 PONZI Simone ITA AST 11:32 1:06
124 DIETZIKER Andreas SUI APP 11:33 1:07
125 HANSEN Adam AUS LTB 11:33 1:07
126 WYSS Danilo SUI BMC 11:33 1:07
127 RUJANO GUILLEN Jose' VEN AND 11:33 1:07
128 KAISEN Olivier BEL LTB 11:35 1:09
129 FERRARI Roberto ITA AND 11:35 1:09
130 BEPPU Fumiyuki JPN OGE 11:36 1:10
131 CARRARA Matteo ITA VCD 11:36 1:10
132 DE NEGRI Pier Paolo ITA FAR 11:36 1:10
133 GAZVODA Gregor SLO ALM 11:37 1:11
134 LOSADA ALGUACIL Alberto ESP KAT 11:37 1:11
135 PARDILLA BELLON Sergio ESP MOV 11:37 1:11
136 BENEDETTI Cesare ITA APP 11:38 1:12
137 DUPONT Hubert FRA ALM 11:38 1:12
138 GUSTOV Volodymir UKR SAX 11:39 1:13
139 HUNT Jeremy GBR SKY 11:39 1:13
140 SANTAMBROGIO Mauro ITA BMC 11:39 1:13
141 SELLA Emanuele ITA AND 11:40 1:14
142 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Jon ESP EUS 11:40 1:14
143 PERGET Mathieu FRA ALM 11:40 1:14
144 FAILLI Francesco ITA FAR 11:41 1:15
145 KUSCHYNSKI Aleksandr BLR KAT 11:42 1:16
146 BOS Theo NED RAB 11:42 1:16
147 SPEZIALETTI Alessandro ITA LAM 11:43 1:17
148 BERARD Julien FRA ALM 11:43 1:17
149 BONO Matteo ITA LAM 11:44 1:18
150 LONGO BORGHINI Paolo ITA LIQ 11:45 1:19
151 NIEMIEC Przemyslaw POL LAM 11:45 1:19
152 NIEVE ITURALDE Mikel ESP EUS 11:45 1:19
153 RASCH Gabriel NOR FDJ 11:45 1:19
154 GATTO Oscar ITA FAR 11:45 1:19
155 TSCHOPP Johann SUI BMC 11:46 1:20
156 RUBIANO CHAVEZ Miguel Angel COL AND 11:46 1:20
157 VANENDERT Dennis BEL LTB 11:46 1:20
158 SAEZ DE ARREGUI Adrian ESP EUS 11:46 1:20
159 RENSHAW Mark AUS RAB 11:46 1:20
160 PIETROPOLLI Daniele ITA LAM 11:47 1:21
161 CHICCHI Francesco ITA OPQ 11:47 1:21
162 DEMARE Arnaud FRA FDJ 11:48 1:22
163 LUND Anders DEN SAX 11:48 1:22
164 BELLETTI Manuel ITA ALM 11:49 1:23
165 BONNAFOND Guillaume FRA ALM 11:51 1:25
166 ZAUGG Oliver SUI RNT 11:52 1:26
167 GUARDINI Andrea ITA FAR 11:53 1:27
168 LASTRAS GARCIA Pablo ESP MOV 11:53 1:27
169 MINGUEZ AYALA Miguel ESP EUS 11:53 1:27
170 SANTAROMITA Ivan ITA BMC 11:53 1:27
171 BRAMBILLA Gianluca ITA COG 11:54 1:28
172 CABEDO Victor ESP EUS 11:55 1:29
173 FEILLU Romain FRA VCD 11:56 1:30
174 GASTAUER Ben LUX ALM 11:56 1:30
175 CHRISTENSEN Mads DEN SAX 11:56 1:30
176 MAZZANTI Luca ITA FAR 11:58 1:32
177 RODRIGUEZ Jackson VEN AND 11:58 1:32
178 ZEITS Andrey KAZ AST 11:59 1:33
179 SALERNO Cristiano ITA LIQ 12:00 1:34
180 CAZAUX Pierre FRA EUS 12:04 1:38
181 OCHOA Carlos Jose' VEN AND 12:05 1:39
182 VELASCO MURILLO Ivan ESP EUS 12:10 1:44
your missing a few. 198 riders today
I was going for tuft, but replaced him with Rasmussen, with the plan to bring Goss in tommorrow - which i couldn't do with Tuft filling the second green place. But demare is interesting - he could do well tomorrow i think,
I reckon TER will know my squad by the clues above....and probably pick 9 completely different riders to guarantee points
and are any of the purists picking the star climber from last year . . . and i don't meam the Italian . . . or the dope.
(Does dope mean something good now. . . listening to will i am on the voice, dope is in)
What does everyone think of the highest placed Canadian rider at last years Tour?
Could be his best tilt at a GT we've seen?????
Also,
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JOSE RUJANO
Astana seem to have confirmed their line-up if anyone's interested. No Vino or Iglinsky, but some interesting ones especially for weeks 2 and 3...
According to Cycling Fever, its...
Dyachenko, Gasparotto, Kangert, Kreuziger, Petrov, Ponzi, Seeldraeyers, Tiralongo, Zeits.
No Kiserlovski? That's a surprise...
That means i need a change.....
You are half right on my TT stars
I swear you have more than 9 riders there
I am struggling with your team, but I think I can make out that you have Larsson
One of them could be Phinney, I cant think who else is a DS that can sprint/TT
Interesting choice on the computer programmer!! too expensive for my team, but may be a decent shout
A wild Dane? im correct in saying that isn't a Star, and so think I know who that is
2 green TT specialist? If you mean a greenedge TT specialist it could be the same as mine, or it could be who I think it is.
I think I have the fastest sprinter in the bunch too
And no Gavazzi or Guarnieri. So Astana won't be competing in the sprints.
I see that Rui Costa and Quintana (MOV) are still on the roster. I'm pretty sure they won't be riding the giro.
Why would Quintana not be riding? He's listed on the official startlist. Rui Costa isn't
There should be a prize for the person who uses the MOST transfers. ; )
Well it might be all star sprinters and all DS TT . . . initially anyway . . . TER must have picked Jacapo
and
A recent TT winner
and
A lead out for a star sprinter might be the same welshman..
I reckon there are 3 green TT specialist DS . . . so i've gone for a black one instead.
Ok, my team is done
Mikel Nieve (EUS)
John Gadret (ALM)
Jan Bakelants (RSN)
Roberto Ferrari (AND)
Christian Vande Velde (GRM)
Dario Cataldo (OPQ)
Mads Christensen (SAX)
Tom Leezer (RAB)
Jack Bobridge (GRE)
Swifty's gone broke his shoulder. Anyone need to make a change?
Got one last decision to make on my purist team, Rujano and Basso, Kreuziger + someone like Pozzato or Hushovd and someone like Pozzato (ie 20ish credits).
Part of me wants to load up on possible GC guys but Basso's a big question mark, I doubt he's got it in him to win another but the Giro is his race and he definitely wants it.
Any thoughts? Effectively a budget of 55.5 credits for two stars.
EDIT: Also, could pick up Cav and a 15 credit star, not sure on that one, it's hit or miss whether Cav will win 3-4 stages that he'd need to outscore a possible GC contender. Assuming 3 wins and 2 top 10s Cav might get 150 points tops, a GC guys with 3-4 top 10 places should get close to that with possible extra mountain points.
Here are my boys:
Mark Cavendish (SKY)
Geraint Thomas (SKY)
Ryder Hesjedal (GRM)
Ivan Basso (LIQ)
Domestiques
Dennis Vanendert (LOT)
Tom Jelte Slagter (RAB)
Gianni Meersman (LOT)
Arnaud Demare (FDJ)
Peter Stetina (GRM)
drheaton - Tough call - I don't envy you purists. I think Kreuziger could finish on the podium, but he could conceivably score hardly any points in the first two weeks, whereas some of the punchier climbers could score stage and GC points much earlier and end up outscoring the top finishers by the end. I think you're right on Cav - probably too many stages where he wouldn't score. And there's always a chance he'll quit halfway through to focus on the TDF...
I think I've made my decision and I've gone for 5 guys which should finish top 10 GC but there could potentially be 8 top 10 GC riders. Likewise a few of those should score at least one stage win but I've gone climber heavy rather than trying to pick up sprint points.
That may change though in the next 12 hours...
I think pursuits need to go for stage winners. . . Cav, Rodriguez, Rujano, Cunego . . . but who's going to win the medium hill stages?
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