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sifter
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| sifter, in a PM to Tugboat, wrote: |
GC: Evans, Cunego, Valverde
Points: Cavendish
Mountains: de la Fuente
Young rider: Andy Schleck
Team: CSC-Saxo Bank
Consistency: Cancellara, A Schleck, Cunego, Evans, Valverde, Zabel, Freire, Ballan, McEwan, Steegmans |
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musket
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| Posted: Thu 3rd Jul 5:48pm Post subject: |
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Davide de la Fuente, eh?
Interesting.
Your team looks heavily dominated by sprinters sifter! 5 of them...
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sifter
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| Posted: Thu 3rd Jul 5:51pm Post subject: |
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| musket wrote: | Davide de la Fuente, eh?
Interesting.
Your team looks heavily dominated by sprinters sifter! 5 of them... |
LOL! I don't really know what I'm doing, but I wanted to play...
I'm hoping that there'll be enough bunch finishes or random/unknown breakaways for the sprinters to get some big points 
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musket
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| Posted: Thu 3rd Jul 5:52pm Post subject: |
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A sprinter break up the Col? That'd be cool.
They should have a graded handicap stage up a mountain!
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sifter
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| Posted: Thu 3rd Jul 5:56pm Post subject: |
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What I mean by random breakaways is for them to be filled with nobodies, and the peloton to have a sprint finish for still big points. I don't expect many of my 10 to be busy in the mountains... 
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pancho
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| Posted: Thu 3rd Jul 6:02pm Post subject: |
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Yeah digregrio's class, he was on my list but i removed him for another rider
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pancho
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| Posted: Thu 3rd Jul 6:03pm Post subject: |
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Yeah digregrio's class, he was on my list but i removed him for another rider
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Oli
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| Posted: Thu 3rd Jul 6:04pm Post subject: |
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Not trying to be a parade-rainer, but I think the likelihood of bunch finishes is way down - there look like only about 3 or 4 that I think will be sprint finishes!
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Tugboat
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| Posted: Thu 3rd Jul 7:28pm Post subject: |
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| istepinyards wrote: | I am also surprised noone rates Remi De Gregorio. Huge talent in the mountains and has great form at the moment. Soler hasn't had the season or prep he has in the past few years.
Oh well its not the first time i've been alone in my opinions  |
I dunno... I still reckon Soler has better support in the hills from the likes of Cardenas than Di Gregorio who could be on his own when the tough get going. But in saying that, Soler pretty much did it alone last year.
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Joel
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| Posted: Thu 3rd Jul 7:46pm Post subject: |
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| Oli wrote: | | Not trying to be a parade-rainer, but I think the likelihood of bunch finishes is way down - there look like only about 3 or 4 that I think will be sprint finishes! |
yeah agree, i steered clear of sprinters and went for strong riders as such. this years tour has less BIG mountain stages as such, but also less sprinter stages. so going to favour voight breakaways!
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Tugboat
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| Posted: Thu 3rd Jul 8:21pm Post subject: |
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We got 18 starters so far... entries in by midnight tomorrow if you want to be in for the loot and honour of winning!
...although I'll probably be nice and still take entries on Saturday at least till evening.
Thoughts around the points situation for the top 3 on GC too is that there is a need to reward more for picking the place correctly as under the current structure there is only a point difference between first and second. So I propose, in a Zimbabwean style democratic fashion, to award a bonus 100 points if the rider you picked for first place actually comes first and 50 for second, 25 for third.
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Oli
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| Posted: Thu 3rd Jul 8:57pm Post subject: |
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YFY! 
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musket
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| Posted: Thu 3rd Jul 11:24pm Post subject: |
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I'd forgotten there are no time bonuses this year - so again, wheel sucking is as good as winning...
It'll be very hard for Evans to be dislodged.
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dhroadie
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| Posted: Fri 4th Jul 9:26am Post subject: |
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My picks, as sent to Tugboat yesterday:
I am allowed one sentimental pick...
1st comp
A. Valverde
D. Millar
D. Cunego
J. Voigt
J. Dean
F. Cancellara
R. Ricco
S. Devolder
M. Beltran
M. Soler
M. Flyger
2nd comp
Highest GC:
C. Evans
A. Valverde
D.Cunego
Points:
McEwen
Mountains:
Soler
Young rider:
Pate
Team:
Caisse d'Epargne
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Oli
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| Posted: Fri 4th Jul 9:29am Post subject: |
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Dammit! I forgot to put Flyger in my selection! No I'm never gonna win... 
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