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Olympic Road Race
Only five days to go!
Start lists are up on Cycling Fever but beware, Cadel Evans has already put his participation in doubt so things may change.
I assume that points will be scored in line with one day classics, something like this from Milan San Remo?
Information on scoring
This stage will be scored on the following criteria:
Finish line - one day race: Points awarded for the first 20 riders over the line in a one-day race.
The following points will be awarded (1st-20th): 50, 40, 30, 25, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Last man home: 10 points awarded for the last man home on a tour stage or one-day race
Breakaway bonus: 10 points to any rider in a lead breakaway group of 10 riders or less that's more than a minute ahead of the peloton at half distance
Team bonus: 5 points to every participating rider in the winning rider's team
Dave, will it work like the Worlds last year with two per nationality and team bonus points awarded for same country rather than trade team?
The Favourites seems to be Cavendish, Sagan (although he's racing on his own, no teammates), Goss (who can't win a thing) and Griepel which suggests everyone expects a sprint finish. Can anyone see a lone or small group breakaway winning? Possibly Boonen/Gilbert? Italy always seem to go well too so I expect them to be there or there abouts with Modolo/Paolini.
I think I'll be loading my team with sprinters but might take a punt on Boonen if he's fit (didn't he break some ribs in the Tour of Poland?).
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Froome gone.....All he's done today is sit in Cav's wheel
Froome drops out of the peloton, that's not going to help!
The break has a minute with 26km to go, Its over now
Wonder if Froome is planning on going after the TT over Wiggins?
Gap keeps going up, GB look cooked and the break is just full of great riders. Tempted to call it and say Cav's screwed but there's time yet.
T Martin DNF
I take it back, the Box Hill time checks have been showing up and proving useful to keep track of events.
Aye, the teams are clever enough to work around lack of time checks and no radios so just let them have the radios. It hasn't benefited the race, hasn't limited GBs ability to judge their chase and hasn't allowed a group to get away.
Yeah I think the baby sitter has arrived to give Cav a hand
Not sure if all of my guys will cope with the distace;
Sagan
Cancellara
Cav
Henderson
Demare
Isaychev
Cardoso
Richeze
Impey
Putting all my eggs in a sprint shaped basket.
Cavendish
Sagan
Goss
Viviani
Arashiro
Demare
Impey
Gallopin
Terpstra
Had hoped for Gallopin and Terpstra in a break but there's time yet.
Damn! I forgot they put Bourgain in the road race so he could go on the track. Should have put in Demare!
Got Park, but no points as it's 12
Bourgain dropped out. Had him as well
Group of 12 so no breakaway points if this one sticks to half distance.
I've gone fairly sprinty - but its a long way so fairly strong guys.
Sagan
Boasson Hagen
Cavendish
Boom
Kwiatkowski
Impey
Demare
Bazayev
Elmiger
I figured if its not a sprint I'm rubbish at predicting who'll be up there, so I may as well assume it will be!
I'll put my cards on the table then
Cancellara
Boassen-Hagen
L.Sanchez
Boonen
Terpstra
Bauer
Duggan
Bourgain(if he's there in the Mall then watch out)
Gallopin
I think it's going to be like a one-day classic to be honest.
Hmmm, yeah, by about 35 minutes. Doubt it'll help anyone though. There's only points on offer for breaks smaller than 10 that are away at halfway, I doubt that anyone who's away after half an hour will still be there at 125km, historically Olympic races tend to be full of breaks and usually quite big ones.
Am I right in saying the Transfer Window shuts after the race is started?
You would have said the same from Cav a few years ago. Just playing pre race games.
Over 1km maybe, I'll be surprised if he completes the first 249km with the main field though
Mickael Bourgain
. Only man in peloton faster than Cavendish?
Nope, I was in the right competition, and actually in the middle of making my transfers. Went to go to the next page of riders and the "Window Closed" sign came up. A few mins later I tried again and my team had been reset to what I had saved earlier. All's well now... just got a little scared that the window was actually over and I'd be stuck w/ the old team.
Hmm... trying to make my changes and it says "window closed". Is this just temporary as the roster is being updated?
Want to score big for a Zico Waeytens win.....pick him twice
Ah thought i was probably being an idiot. Thanks
You need to make sure you pick the 'Olympics' from the competition drop down menu otherwise you're trying to make transfers to your Tour de France team hence the big red 'Window Closed' message.
See above
I cant make olympic transfers, just get a banner saying the transfer window for the final stage of the tour is closed, is my login screwed or am i just being impatient?
Dave i know you'll prob be updating the list, but noticed Albasini is missing from the riders game list.
Miller in the break so the other teams have to chase it down, then a blast from the other 4. That's what I'd do, but my recent results show I know naff all.
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