Purist Tour de France 2013

I was in a hurry posting that thread for an event, so I bumped it. The event is finished and I didn't manage to get there.

I am still looking for a lift though, so I edited the thread .

>>>>Corner>>>> bye

6 are the same as 6 of mine Frankiejay

ARGH! Porte and Pinot or Froome and Dennis?

Well after having my team set in stone i've had a rush of blood and taken out Sagan almost redoing the whole team.

I now want to go somewhere where there is no internet until the race starts, i dont think the stress could get any worse.

Hello all..... The Fat One has returned for the TDF, how the devil are you all, hope you are all well, especially GKam...(i'm sorry I didn't know, if there is anything I can do for you down here in Fife, just let me know.)

Anyhoo, one purist team for the race. Picked in 3 short bursts and changed 3 times, but at least it has cyclists in it, some young, some fast, some can go up hills, and some I have never even heard of.

The new team name..
Where did all these cyclists come from?

listed below.

Mark Cavendish (OPQ)
Peter Sagan (CAN)
Thomas Danielson (GRM)
Rohan Dennis (GRM)
Rein Taaramae (COF)
Christophe Le Mevel (COF)
José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (MOV)
Matteo Bono (LAM)
Murilo Antonio Fischer (FDJ)

I did have another team with Scleck, Tommy V, Hoogerland in it, but changed it. I think it might have been better,
but hey. Not enough French, breakaway guys. Bottom 1/3 of league.

Cheers chaps.

Happy to reveal my existing team as a) I might still change it and b) its not like its going to give anyone any ideas they hadn't already thought of - probably only one or two unpopular picks. Panicked about having no GC guys and changed it at the last minute - trying to defend top ten in overall purist...

Sagan
Froome
Talansky
Kittel
Garcia
Hoogerland
Le Mevel
El Fares
Palacios

Feel free to critique!

Yeah, Kittel is a worry, as he also has Degenkolb to share stages with, and we don't know if he has what it takes to get to Paris. 17 credits tho' - might just about be worth it...

OK, I'm new to the Purist Leagues, so don't laugh at the choices, (I just don't have time to transfer each day at the moment).

Sagan
Cav
Dan Martin
Rogers
Schleck
Noval
Le Mevel
Mederel
Fischer

Sagan and Cav for the first couple of weeks, plus some beakaways from the French, Rogers and Martin for the TTT (Garmin), and Rogers ITT. Taking a punt on Schleck as I can see the peleton letting him go for a stage win to bring him out of the doldrums, and he is showing a little better form.

If I'm going to modify this, it'll only be to bring in Contador, and or Talansky, at the expense of Cav, and anther rider. I can see Bertie beating Froome.

Thoughts?

Here is my team, called
If I have To Watch It I May As Well Have A Team.

pick basis,"I'll just divide up the points as evenly as possible from near the middle of the list with names I have heard of."

Samuel Dumoulin
Rein Taaramae
Thomas De Gendt
Andrey Amador
Jon Izaguirre Insausti
Kanstantin Siutsou
Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
Rohan Dennis
Andy Schleck

I'm The Fat Cylist's wife BTW. First time doing this.

Happy to declare my peculiarly-organised purist:

Cav
Quintana
Costa
Hoogerland
Dennis
Navardauskas
Marino
Bonnet
Gadret

EDIT: I have already changed this.

Probably change before tomorrow

Van Den Broeck (my top 3 tip)
Quintana (youth winner)
Cavendish (points winner)
Kittel (few sprint points)
Zubeldia (team leader?, experienced)
Schleck (bound to get a stage win)
Cunego (team leader, few top 10's?)
Mederel (cheap French guy)
El Flares (same as mederel)

My team for tomorrow and the next 20 odd days:

Christopher Froome
Moreno Moser
Richie Porte
Maxime Mederel
Alexis Vuillermoz
Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
Alexander Kristoff
Murilo Antonio Fischer
Matteo Bono

A French affair for me

Rolland
Pinot
Bouhanni
Peraud
Gadret
Coppel
El Fares
Moinard
J Pineau

Said in an earlier post that my purist team is going to be picked with my heart and not my head...Picked with breakaways in mind and to keep me interested on the boring stages when 'Carlton' is doing my head in....

T.VOECKLAR
RUI COSTA
R.NAVARDAUSKAS
L.WESTRA
J.COPPEL
D.NAVARRO
J.HOOGERLAND
L-P.NORDHAUG
E.GASPAROTTO

Its a long race so making this list was really hard. Not sure if there is enough balance but here it is...Schleck is my wild card.

Mark Cavendish (OPQ)
Ryder Hesjedal (GRM)
Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (MOV)
Julien El Fares (SAU)
Daniel Martin (GRM)
Manuel Quinziato (BMC)
Daniel Navarro Garcia (COF)
Andy Schleck (RSN)
José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (MOV)

Here's mine - bit of a chancer's squad really

Sagan
Porte
Quintana
Kittel
Dennis
Hoogerland
Gadret
Le Mevel
Fischer

Gone for the big guns and 5 fillers. 3 GC and 1 Green.

Sagan
Froome
Porte
Quintana
Le Mevel
Bono
Gutierrez Palacios
Fischer
Mederel

Not sure on my team now ive seen others

Froome
Sagan
Quintana
Navarro
Gadret
Hivert
Hoogerland
Gutierrez
Fischer

Sagan
Quintana
Hesjedal
Navarro
Vichot
Cimolai
Schleck
Gadret
Le Mevel

I always prefer a balanced team. Not having Froome is a risk though.

Well I picked my Purist team with my heart and not my head...Basically if I don't like the rider as a personality then I did not consider them....After two stages, I have zero points....

Sad thing is, I am still looking at my team and thinking that it looks pretty good....

T.VOECKLAR
RUI COSTA
J.COPPEL
R.NAVARDAUSKAS
L.WESTRE
D.NAVARRO
J.HOOGERLAND
L-P.NORDHAUG
E.GASPAROTTO

It's not so bad, you got your first points with Westra in the break today

Kittel and Sagan so far have done OK but not much else - ideal scenario for me is Garmin win the TTT and Talansky takes top 3 in GC and White jersey, and keeps it for a week or more. Glad Dennis dropped time, as others seem to have him, and he could've done likewise.

Can anyone tell me how I've accrued points for Nacer Bouhanni (8 so far) he's finished well down the field both days.

Sky and Froome better start pulling their collective fingers out or my team will be going down big style, some nice early points from my DS but the big boys are very disappointing so far.