Tour Mediterraneen stage 4

It's true they're more difficult to predict, not sure if that makes them more interesting though. I prefer to be able to watch the racing and make my picks based on what I see. I haven't managed to see any live racing yet. Just going on what I've read and gut instinct. Be glad when I can see the racing and get a feeling for what's going on. Although the classics themselves are difficult to predict and Boonen probably won't be so dominant this year.

I haven't actually had a good start yet to any tour but transfers have saved me. Don't normally pick Roche but as the terrain suited him I went for it as some of the riders above him weren't really climbers. Luckily had Peraud from the beginning and nearly dropped him but others were more dropable so they went first.

Ahhh should have gone Roche not Ten Dam, decent for my purist team though

A stage win with only 6 riders! I'm delighted with that.

Average day for me, I think. Had picked Peraud, but the only Izagirre and Roche in the top finishers. Can never remember how many points you get for GC; I also have Monfort and Boom.

GC

1. Monfort
2. Boom 1"
3. Lövkvist 2"
4. Peraud 2"
5. Roche 22"

EDIT

16h18

1. Jean-Christophe Péraud (AG2R La Mondiale)
2. Francisco Reda (Androni Giocattoli)
3. Bauke Mollema (Blanco)
4. Alexandre Geniez (FDJ)
5. Matteo Montaguti (AG2R)
6. Thomas Lövkvist (IAM)
7. Ivan Santaromita (BMC)
8. Davide Rebellin (CCC Polsat)
9. Nicolas Roche (Saxo)
10. Ion Izagirre (Euskaltel)
11. Thibaut PInot (FDJ)
12. Thomas Voeckler (Europcar)
13. Amaël Moinard (BMC)
14. Arthur Vichot (FDJ)

Maxime Monfort (Radioshack) prendrait le maillot pour 1".

1 Peraud 2 Reda 3 ? 4 Geniez 5? 6 Rebellin

"Well f@#! me gently with a chainsaw Veronica!" I have got some points at least with Feilu and Arango.

JC Peraud wins.

Looks like Geniez got 4th so that mostly covers my penalty points.

FWIW & FYI

14h58

Résultat du sprint intermédiaire de Signe :

Martijn Keizer
Julian Kern
Juan Esteban Arango

15h44

Passage au sommet du Col de Garde :

1. Pablo Urtasun
2. Brice Feillu
3. Jean-Marc Marino

he he he if anyone has a purist or standard team
with 9 finishers today he should go to the casino tonight:)

FFS. Kreuziger abandons.

Kreuziger DNF's. I'm glad about my last minute coin tossing this am now.

Brought Martin in last night. 20 penalty points to take him and Talansky out this am and now I find that El Fares DNS Thank god there's only one more stage of this

Ha ha surely it can't much worse for me

No no no no thats bike racing, the unexpected Dont delete the stage haha, just go with it, my team has done so badly, ive gone from 2nd overall to 30th because of 20 points in the Indiv-TT! and dan martins out for me

I have 2 in the break, but I have Garmin in both my teams, 2 in purist.....This race has been a shambles by the organisers. Lets delete it and don't do points

Just found out about garmin so talansky and nava are both going to cost me. Time zone penalty for me today. Maybe i can make it up during the Tour of Cali or the USA pro cycling challenge.

Camacho abandons. Damn.

Talansky, Schleck and Ista gone from my purist!

I've got 2 Garmin riders in my standard and purist teams.

Breakaway 7km in: Julian Kern, Urtasun, Martijn Keizer, Brice Feillu, Juan Arango, Geoffroy Lequatre.

Non-starters: (in addition to Garmin Sharp) Pinotti, Kiserlovski, El Fares, Giraud, Jarrier, Malacarne, Bacquet, Taciak.