TDU Stage 1

I just made my first in-game transfer in over a year. I feel so dirty...

Peer pressure made me drop Griepel and put in Gilbert, which is making my Standard Team look a lot like my Purist Team.

Youve gotta go demare, for the young rider class.

Just dropped him too, expecting a big selection on that last climb... really, there's only two places in the entire race likely to be hugely influential for GC, so I can see fireworks and some teams really pushing it. And that's made me realise there is a rider I should have put in my team but haven't. Ho hum.

Boo hoo, my purist team and standard teamalmost matched. Butmy alter ego, Hugh Lupus, who is doing the DS challenge and nothin g else is fourth overall....so will he forget the ds challenge and go for the race win??? Whats the prize???
anyway, ebh is joinin gmy squad tonight,as is demare with goss and ano hittin gthe tarmac.

ive got all basis covered, I should have the winner in my team (unless its Gilbert)

Raise your hand if you're not drafting EBH into your team tonight. *raises hand*

I assume everyone thinks tonight is a small field sprint finish, anyone think Gripel/Goss can stay with them or are we looking at a Gilbert/Gerrans type selection?

Chuffed with 163 for my purist team which puts me in 6th overall in the purist league which is exactly where I was at the end of last season.

99 points for purist so OK with that but a shocking 68 for standard and switching Guardini and Kittel for Kelderman and DeMare for stage 2.....wrong UniSA rider in both teams with Watson standard and Howson pure but with the way Kerby rode and with the comments of Pat Jonker it seems that there may well be a UniSA attack on every stage.

Can't wait for a bit of Gorilla/Manx action this season

Transferred out EBH and Renshaw! Had Kerby though Shouldn't have paid so much attention to the classic! Not a good indicator. Still, not too far down really, a lot to play for, as no-one did very well.

kerby got most combative *and* last home points

140 standard, 151 purist, typical...

Anyway, my 'challenge' team scored a tidy 59 points, not bad with just 6 riders

124 on the stage, average start to the year I think. I had Griepel, Renshaw and Von Hoff top 5 and Gerrans up in the GC somewhere but that's it.

Foolishly transferred out Renshaw to facilitate purchase of Kittel and Sutton. However, Jordan Kerby is my new boyfriend having scored approximately a million points (including Lanterne Rouge!). Now, to tinker, or not to tinker...

You didn't give me any points for Goss!

Oh wait... that's because he's rubbish

It would have gone well for my purist team had I not changed it all after the Classic had Pietropolli all week in both teams till I decided to mess it all up, same goes for Demare

My Purist team did better than my Normal team anyway

That did not turn out well for me!

Greipel
Demare
Renshaw
Ponzi
Von Hoff
Ferrari
Pietropolli
EBH
Rojas
Dempster

Sky are back online!

Righto, ive just downloaded the CSV for the stage so will do that when I get up and then send to Dave

Ive just go up to the same Gkam, sky upgrading sky go so cannot watch it which is a joke

Back to sleep it is then for me