Vuelta - Stage 12

God damn. I took Henao out for Ten Dam and Verdugo to fit in the 3 top guys

At least Astarloza got 1st and 2nd in the two points

17 168 TEN DAM, Laurens RAB + 44''
18 171 MONFORT, Maxime RNT + 47''
19 111 CUNEGO, Damiano LAM + 52''
20 112 ANACONA, Winner LAM + 52''

GC :-
1 101 RODRIGUEZ, Joaquin KAT 44h 50' 35''
2 201 CONTADOR, Alberto STB + 13''
3 181 FROOME, Christopher SKY + 51''
4 9 VALVERDE, Alejandro MOV + 1' 20''
5 161 GESINK, Robert RAB + 2' 59''
6 107 MORENO, Daniel KAT + 3' 29''
7 19 ROCHE, Nicolas ALM + 4' 22''
8 168 TEN DAM, Laurens RAB + 5' 18''
9 71 ANTON, Igor EUS + 6' 08''
10 121 CAPECCHI, Eros LIQ + 6' 47''

1 101 RODRIGUEZ, Joaquin KAT 4h 24' 32''
2 201 CONTADOR, Alberto STB + 8''
3 9 VALVERDE, Alejandro MOV + 13''
4 161 GESINK, Robert RAB + 20''
5 181 FROOME, Christopher SKY + 23''
6 107 MORENO, Daniel KAT + 23''
7 71 ANTON, Igor EUS + 27''
8 19 ROCHE, Nicolas ALM + 31''
9 117 NIEMIEC, Przemyslaw LAM + 33''
10 79 VERDUGO, Gorka EUS + 36''
11 183 HENAO, Sergio Luis SKY + 36''
12 17 NOCENTINI, Rinaldo ALM + 36''
13 38 TIRALONGO, Paolo AST + 39''
14 121 CAPECCHI, Eros LIQ + 39''
15 4 INTXAUSTI, Beñat MOV + 43''
16 168 TEN DAM, Laurens RAB + 44''

I'm doubtful that Froome can win overall. As much as i'd like him to.

Sky fecked him up and pissed him about. He was the MOST worked guy in the TdF. He did more than even Wiggo.

Then Sky say, you can lead our Vuelta team....If he doesn't win, It was be another year of being a domestic to Wiggo

Bad news for Froome in the mountains, that.

Bouhanni down in a crash and Zandio off in the back of an ambulance after not being allowed to get back on his bike

Gap under 5 mins with 50k left. Shame.

Astarloza won the first sprint tho...

J-Rod (for Froome)
Contador
Valverde (for Gesink)
Viviani
Meersman
Talansky
Marczynski
Kreder
Bouhanni

I tried to convince myself to pick Dani Moreno instead of Valverde, but it was never going to happen.

Finally Euski hit the break

As everyone knows. I always have one of their riders. Sometimes on this tour i'd had 2. But after switching with Verdugo, Landa and Astarloza. I finally have him in the break

The break is Astarloza, Moinard, Cam Meyer and De Weert.

Go Astarloza! Ride like the wind! (I picked him in the TdF and he crashed out 3 days later, so I feel like he owes me...)

I'm also J-Rodless but have someone(Astarloza) in the break for the first time this Vuelta(not many points available today though...sprint bonuses only).

Roche
Froome
Contador
DeGendt
Bodnar
Clarke
Talansky
Terpstra
Astarloza

somehow i couldnt affprd rodriguez so just went for valverde

Valverde
Contador
Froome
Viviani

Anacona
Marczynski
Meersman
Bouhanni
Talansky

I read somewhere that it's a bit more than a sprint finish with it being so steep that perhaps more than 1 rider may opt to walk up it!!

Mines very similar except

DeLaFuente instead of Quintana
Cesar instead of Meersman

I have 3 transfers for tomorrow though.

I've not played the game very well for the past few days at all! Loads of wrong picks - some in retrospect were fairly stupid. But anyway - lets see how today goes, write off tomorrow and then try to catch some breaks in the mountains - thats always fun.

Froome, Rodriguez, Valverde, De Gendt
Machado, Talansky, Astarloza, Sarmiento, Bouhanni

Break could stay away today unless Katusha don't want it to. If I was in any other team I'd say there's no point chasing down the break as Rodriguez will probably win the stage if you do. Does that sound logical?