- News
- Reviews
- Bikes
- Accessories
- Accessories - misc
- Computer mounts
- Bags
- Bar ends
- Bike bags & cases
- Bottle cages
- Bottles
- Cameras
- Car racks
- Child seats
- Computers
- Glasses
- GPS units
- Helmets
- Lights - front
- Lights - rear
- Lights - sets
- Locks
- Mirrors
- Mudguards
- Racks
- Pumps & CO2 inflators
- Puncture kits
- Reflectives
- Smart watches
- Stands and racks
- Trailers
- Clothing
- Components
- Bar tape & grips
- Bottom brackets
- Brake & gear cables
- Brake & STI levers
- Brake pads & spares
- Brakes
- Cassettes & freewheels
- Chains
- Chainsets & chainrings
- Derailleurs - front
- Derailleurs - rear
- Forks
- Gear levers & shifters
- Groupsets
- Handlebars & extensions
- Headsets
- Hubs
- Inner tubes
- Pedals
- Quick releases & skewers
- Saddles
- Seatposts
- Stems
- Wheels
- Tyres
- Health, fitness and nutrition
- Tools and workshop
- Miscellaneous
- Tubeless valves
- Buyers Guides
- Features
- Forum
- Recommends
- Podcast
forum
Amgen Tour of California
The provisional startlists are up on Cycling Fever... Looks like the opening stages could be tricky to predict - bumpy but with flat finishing sections. Stage 5 TT will shake things up, and then stages 6 and 7 have the bigger hills to decide the GC. At first glance there are a lot of strong sprinters and TTers, and 4-5 US teams we haven't seen much of this season so far, but maybe only a handful of riders (Horner, Liepheimer, Nibali, Van Garderen, Gesink, Lulu Sanchez) competing for the overall. But what do I know...
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.
Latest Forum Topics
Latest Comments
- EK Spinner 5 min 31 sec ago
I was thinking the same, I seem to remember a fair bit of press coverage when Prince Phillip did the same and no proceedings were started against...
- hawkinspeter 15 min 41 sec ago
Well, a large amount of traffic going along e.g. Beaufort Rd would be people not living in St George but merely travelling through the area and...
- Steve K 44 min 19 sec ago
It is, apparently, "packed with high visibility reflective details on back and shoulder."
- Rendel Harris 14 min 23 sec ago
The Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC) was one of the most important battles of the ancient world, where 7,000 Greeks, led by the Spartans under...
- ktache 10 hours 6 min ago
The people at Hexlox have asked me to tell others about their black Friday deals, but I don't quite know what the offer is yet. But saving anything...
- biking59boomer 12 hours 42 min ago
Sadly the cyclist hate in this country seems to have worsened of late. Dangerous motoring combined with anti-cycling officialdom in some places is...
- Cyclo1964 15 hours 14 min ago
Brilliant 🤣
Add new comment
48 comments
Well i have no drug runners in my team. 4 yankies, maybe 5 and the rest are Europeans
at the moment I have 2 yanks, a drug runner, an aussie and the rest european. I think 1 of my star riders will defo be the same as one of yours. You always have this guy!
Most likely, He's the guy i cant decide him is Levi, both being in the same team
My ds's mirror the stars teams aswell apart from my weapon
Nope its not that guy then
Didnt quite look at it from a purist point of view but i know probably half my team would be the same.
Why isnt pat mccarty there?? Hes on the startlist
Still no scoring info as far as I can see - do we assume no points for breakaways, similar to the Giro?
apologies for the delay, final roster changes and scoring info will be available today
Yes will just be standard stage race scoring
No worries, thanks!
I may just have changed my mind on one of my weapons (the question is do i go for 2 columbians as weapons
)
yep it is im afraid, well i actually have two
I hope your weapon is not a cheaper end DS
else we could end up with the same weapon, lol
I have a secret weapon too...I think the not really needing to worry about credits means that you need to pick the right men as you cant really on others being unable to have more than say 2 of the big boys like in a normal rice with lots of high priced riders
I'm kinda like that with Leipheimer aswell, but not for TJ
I have a secret weapon in my team though
I seem to have loads of credit left and got a decent team, Wondering if i've gone wrong somewhere :?.
More importantly though is i've looked at Leipheimer but cant make my mind up whether to go for him or TJ.
Will mull it over and see what comes. Thats the problem with to many credits for the standard of the competitor.
Thanks Gkam
Nah its not purist, you will have two transfers everyday
Do we need to choose a Purist team?
Think I will wait until Saturday to do my team while at work
My thoughts exactly - and there are 5 or 6 good ones as far as I can tell. Should be an interesting few days racing...
Stages 1-7 are for "climbing" sprinters, the likes of Boonen, Sagan and Kittel. Stage 8 is the only on for real sprinters.
Put it this way, If Cav was there, i would only have him for stage 8
I think you're right TER - I've just picked my team, have 4 of the top 10 highest priced riders and the 5 DSs I wanted, and still have plenty in change. Still can't decide which if any of the first 4 stages the sprinters will be able to compete in though. My guess is Yes, No, Maybe, Maybe.
Also I don't think credits will be much of an issue in this race (so long as you don't plump for nibali and Sagan)
Im unsure how serious Boonen is with his comments, I was thinking he would be going for the win in stage 1....maybe he is not the correct rider for me team
...and it's done
yup, doing the provisional startlist tonight...
Dave how you doing with the riders listing for this one?
Was hoping to get a team bashed out as it's a Giro day off tomorrow........ 
Cheers Dave
Looking at this too, stay tuned
TER it seems to be a problem for all the premium races, just checked through and can't get any riders up for any premium races
Its not that though, no riders appear at all when you click show all riders
Pages