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Stage 5 Rouen-StQuentin

by silas chime
Thu, Jul 05, 2012 11:42
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The second of a 3 part sprinters trilogy.

Will Cav recover?,can Greipel do it again?,is Kittel feeling better?

All will be revealed I guess

I currently lead the Tour and have this team for today(and tomorrow barring any abandons).

Cavendish
Grepel
Sagan
Veelers(for Freire)
Cantwell
Morkov(for Urtasun)
Impey
Boeckmans
Cooke

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chrisdstripes | 12 years ago
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I kept simon so hopefully a nice 12-15 point bonus coming... I LOVE the way you can score big points on breakaways like stage 8 - some will take risks and others will play safe, makes it more fun for me! And in a tour, if you go 200 points behind early on, it gives you more of a chance to come back.

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dave atkinson | 12 years ago
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Cav
Sagan
Veelers
Goss
Lancaster
Bernaudeau
Cantwell
Boeckmans
Morkov

for me. come on you sprinters. no-one in the break for me today, but no climbs so shouldn't be too much of a disadvantage...

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silas chime | 12 years ago
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A lone breakaway rider in first place over all the checkpoints in stage 8 for example would get:

Climbs 1-5 5pts each
Intermediate sprint 15pts
climb 6 5pts
climb 7 10pts
likely combative award 10pts
at least 4 end of day KOM comp pts

69 points and could still bump that up by finishing last(unlikely but not impossible) and on the winners team!!!

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Alan Tullett replied to silas chime | 12 years ago
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silas chime wrote:

A lone breakaway rider in first place over all the checkpoints in stage 8 for example would get:

Climbs 1-5 5pts each
Intermediate sprint 15pts
climb 6 5pts
climb 7 10pts
likely combative award 10pts
at least 4 end of day KOM comp pts

69 points and could still bump that up by finishing last(unlikely but not impossible) and on the winners team!!!

So pick them!!! That's half the fun of the game. I have had several riders this year get upwards of 60 points and it gives me a far bigger kick than getting 1,2 or more in a sprint.

And there aren't many more points on offer this year than last. Even last year, I think intermediate sprint points in the Tour were 10 down to 1 and there are fewer points if a rider comes lower down the order on the lower cat climbs, in line with the Tour itself, compared to last year so your guy or guys has to come first or second to get much early on.

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ray silvester | 12 years ago
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Shocking opening to the TDF so far probably due to too much concentration on those in guaranteed points positions when 1 breakaway intermediate sprint first 5 placing gains enough to wipe out a 1st place GC plus holding Cancellara is s-o-o-o expensive.

Took out Cancellara and Boassen Hagen today for my expected top 2 Cavendish(he likes stage 5 in previous TDF's) and Greipel(form + train).

Greipel
Cavendish
Chavanel
Oss
Cantwell
Morkov
Edet
Engoulvent
Albasini

That will stay the same tomorrow then looking to bring in the likes of Pinot/Van Garderen/Evans/Rogers for stage 7.

If that fails my head will be swerving towards Poland 7

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drheaton | 12 years ago
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As I said yesterday, I don't like how heavily the breaks are scoring this year and it's only going to get worse in the mountains. It makes not guessing a breakaway guy really penal as you're losing out on upwards of 20 points per breakaway rider on flat stages (5 points for every poxy cat 4 :() and it could make a different of 50 points in the mountains. Still, at least for now we're all getting intermediate sprint points.

Cav for the win today, Goss to be useless again, Van Hummel to crash at the intermediate sprint and Sagan to just be there somewhere. Also hoping Arashiro's recovered enough to contest the sprints.

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Raleigh | 12 years ago
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Yeah, Greipel again today for me.

Not getting guys in the break REALLY annoys me. 22

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drheaton | 12 years ago
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I'm gambling on Cav having recovered and being properly pissed off 1

Cavendish
Sagan
Goss
Van Hummel
Arashiro
Ladagnous
Levarlet
Boeckmans
Izagirre

Looks like four are trying to get away up front.

Urtasun
Ghyselinck
Simon
Ladagnous

Kinda hacked off as I had Simon until last night! The break shouldn't take too many points today as there are no categorised climbs.

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Marauder replied to drheaton | 12 years ago
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drheaton wrote:

I'm gambling on Cav having recovered and being properly pissed off 1

That was my thinking too.

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TERatcliffe26 replied to drheaton | 12 years ago
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drheaton wrote:

I'm gambling on Cav having recovered and being properly pissed off 1

Cavendish
Sagan
Goss
Van Hummel
Arashiro
Ladagnous
Levarlet
Boeckmans
Izagirre

Looks like four are trying to get away up front.

Urtasun
Ghyselinck
Simon
Ladagnous

Kinda hacked off as I had Simon until last night! The break shouldn't take too many points today as there are no categorised climbs.

You must be making the same picks as me! i had simon till last night...

my team now is

Cav
Sagan
goss
Veelers

Izagirre
Edet
Arashiro
Lancaster
Zabriske

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Wig_Billy | 12 years ago
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I'm gambling that Cav won't have recovered fully from yesterdays crash.

Sagan
Greipel
Goss
Van Hummel

Simon
Arashiro
Cantwell
Boeckemans
Gallopin

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