Giro Del Trentino stage 4

Aru back on to Niemiec with 2km to go, no idea how far back Bouet is!

Nibali looks clear now, shame about Wiggins' mechanical, would've liked to see if he could've gone with Nibali.

Niemiec looks good for 3rd, Aru next, then Evans.

Niemiec has ruined me! nevermind

Nibali and Santambrogio have a big gap now, about 4km left...

Lead group is now 7...
Nibali
Tiralongo
Aru
Evans
Santambrogio
Lampre (Niemiec?)
Bardani (Locatelli I think)

Wiggo mechanical - he's chasing back on but the lead group of 8 are a good ten secs clear...

Bouet and Cardoso dropped by a long way and my chances of winning gone Think Aru may be dropped too

KOM RESULT

1. Serpa Perez (Lampre, 46)
2. Bongiorno (Bardiani, 87)
3. Huzarski (NetApp, 152)

26km to go and peleton at 1min 40secs.

I need Bouet to win the GC, then Cardoso, Aru and Locatelli to be top 10 today and Niemiec outside the top 10 and victory should be mine

Txurruka had to be in a break eventually-didn't pick him though

Savini for Moyano
Rosa for Cerny
Wiggo
His Nibs
M-Rod
Bouet
Santambrogio
Suitsou
Aru

Had a shocking stage 1a(just 6pts)and despite slow recovery it's just been a holding operation really for Overall/Forum Scorum's/London leagues.

After 1a 548th
After 1b 382nd
After S2 228th
After S3 157th

Halfway through, gap holding at 3 mins or so - looks like they won't be letting anyone get too far up the road today so should be a higher-scoring day. Hoping Bouet loses 5 mins!

My team...
Wiggins
Nibali
Santambrogio
Siutsou
Niemiec
A Cardoso
Konig (hoping he'll have a dig today)
Battaglin (prob won't score but didn't want to use a penalty transfer)
M Rodriguez (ditto)

Minimal thought went into today:

Pirazzi and Aru in for Felline and Pozzovivo

Team of

Wiggins
Nibali
Pirazzi
Santambrogio
Aru
Pellizotti
Garzelli
Battaglin
Grmay

Good luck adh! Playing it safe seems like the smart play when you're in the lead, and today doesn't appear to be the kind of stage that would have a surprise winner. (I brought in the same 2 guys as you in fact).

Be interesting to see how much Sky and Astana want it - its a long climb, and if they put the hammer down from the start, Bouet might struggle to keep his lead. Could be a really exciting finish watching the time gap as Bouet approaches the line!

I have three young climbers in my purist team (Pomoshnikov, Cattaneo and De La Cruz) - hoping one of them will show today. And interested in Rolland's form ahead of Sunday...

I'm amazed to be in 1st place with one stage to go, I brought in Neimiec and Cardoso for Blythe & Agnoli. Hoping for another big day from Wiggo, Nibbles, Santa and for Siutsiu and Bouet to keep going to the end!!!

everything crossed!

Although Kohler DNF in stage 2 he's still scored assist points today

Rosters amended, forgot to take yesterdays off last night apologies.

I was going to do this list, but then I remembered, I am so many points behind, I'll not bother to help others pick their teams

I'll spear Dave and see if he wants me to do the roster changes