TOC Stage 2

I've had 3 or 4 good days in the Giro and the gap to 1st is still widening! However well I do I always seem to fall back, I'm now 170 points off 1st place and with everyone having pretty much the same riders over the next week and a half I don't see how I'll catch up.

The ToC is ok but does seem predictable, I've had 3 of the top 5 on each of the first two days, got 136 today and dropped 15 places! Too easy to score big points and not enough changes in profile between stages to make people think and make transfers. It's fun, but not a patch on the Giro.

Lovely views but the racing is predictable. Forgot to put in a team for stage 1 but made one in the end for stage 2 before I'd seen stage 1 results but luckily had the right key riders, Sagan, Haussler and van Avermaet.

Would have been better if I'd put in my team for stage 2 after watching stage 1, then I could have stuffed my team with all the best riders. Could be a strategy for these little tours in future??

What do people think?

Quite nice it's on late at night when the kids are in bed but to be honest I'd rather not have a distraction when a major tour like the Giro is on. Maybe next year just have little tours on when they don't clash with the big three.

Oh just so everyone knows, I had De Maar in my team until 10 minutes before I chose my final team, and his replacement McCarty has done nothing (definite Gkam moment picking the wrong guy off the shortlist)

screw my transfers!!!! didnt think they would all get over!!! well points lost today!!! ToC is written off along with the Giro, just need to not loose ground overall now! Le Tour is mine although blew my chance of a win in the TDU finishing 4th

I'm going to try and pick up a puncture in the closing stages of my next race. It's an odd tactic, but it seems to be working out well for Sagan! :p

Would've had 1,2,3 but I got rid of Howard for some reason.

Sagan, Haussler, Howard, A.N.Other (De Kort), Rodriguez, Avermaet

Yeah, i've written this Tour off for me, I couldn't get any research done for various reason's, Enjoying watching it, but its a diddy race

1,2,3,5,6 . . . not bad, but why did i not get 4th as well???

Sagan wins again
Haussler
Howard
De Kort

Oh, I took Boonen and Kittel out and stick Horner and Levi in for today

LL Sanchez grabbed me some points on a climb

Sagan out the back with a puncture and the WHOLE peleton has slowed to a crawl to let him catch up

So I'm having to watch it through my xbox because the ONLY channel which is not working through my sky is Eurosport

Its laggy, but 48km to go

The most frustrating thing is when you pick the breakaway guy, but the break is too big and he does nothing!

Well its Kittel out and GVA out for two GC guys. Hoping I have the break guy for today too, after he lost 6 minutes yesterday and will wanna go for th mountains jersey

Think the lumps at the end are too big for 3 out of the 4 that you mentioned....
Have to agree with you on yesterdays stage.....Stunning backdrop and without having the glitz of the Giro,it felt like proper bike racing....

Hard to decide who to swap as no scores up yet and i'm crap at working them out myself - always seem to do better than i end up with