FORUM's SCORUM's MINI LEAGUE 2014

Time to get your elbows sharpened and skinsuits on as we move into Qatar.....and the humps on the camels at the racetrack are the only bumps we'll see.Can the short TT specialists put enough time into the likes of Greipel and Viviani to win the overall....remember Cav took the title last season.

Hold tight....Can it be?

Yes it can.....The Guv'nor Dave Atkinson is on the board with a 3rd place stage finish in Adelaide but was bested by Twybados(1st) and chrisdstripes(2nd).

silas chime held on well for the Forum's Scorum's TDU win by having the best stage score among the contenders thanks to his surprise trump card of having 4 transfers to use on the day.....stevemarks won the purist competition at a canter.

Forum's Scorum's Tour Down Under Results

Final GC
1)silas chime
2)ray silvester
3)willskill
4)C4rolina
5)Wig_Billy

Purist GC
1)stevemarks
2)andynic
3)Ghedebrav
4)mikeh789
5)simon F

FSUCI Rankings
1)silas chime 14
2)stevemarks 11
3)ray silvester 7
4)willskill 6
5)Ghedebrav 5
=6)Wig_Billy 4
=6)andynic 4
=8)STEVESPRO 3
=8)Twybados 3
=10)Ghedebrav 2
=10)obutterwick 2
=10)silas chime 2
=10)chrisdstripes 2
=10)C4rolina 2
=10)mikeh789 2
=16)johnny2names 1
=16)livestrongnick 1
=16)TERatcliffe 1
=16)Alan Tullett 1
=16)the domestique 1
=16)Dave Atkinson 1
=16)simon F 1

4 transfers lefy

I feel this may be the first point of controversy as the domestique has taken over at the top of the Forum's Scorum's TDU....however he/she cannot be considered for overall TDU honours due to parachuting in at stage 5.....stage scores will be valid though in terms of FSUCI ranking points.
Although rules concerning this were not really outlined in the first post I feel it's only fair and I'm sure that's what we done last season.....and I will draw up the rules regarding this today.

Thankfully I'm NOT immediately behind which reduces the chances of anyone calling 'Conflict of Interest'.

OK that's the 'legalities' out of the way.....on with the racing:

A very close finish on Willunga Hill saw a familiar and ominous sight......stage win for Wig_Billy(236pts)followed by silas chime and the domestique(235pts each).The Commisars decided that silas chime be awarded 2nd due to his higher placing on GC(see ruling above).......he also gained the Forum's Scorum's TDU Ochre Jersey and with it the overall lead on the season but it looks like we're in for an exciting finish in Australia with 14pts covering the top four whilst stevemarks leads the purists with what looks like an unassailable 65pt lead.

FSUCI rankings

1)stevemarks 6
2)silas chime 4
=3)willskill 3
=3)STEVESPRO 3
=3)Wig_Billy 3
=6)Ghedebrav 2
=6)obutterwick 2
=6)silas chime 2
=9)johnny2names 1
=9)livestrongnick 1
=9)TERatcliffe 1
=9)ray silvester 1
=9)Alan Tullett 1
=9)the domestique 1

Befitting a sprinters stage we had a podium made up of those from the middle of the field for Forum's Scorum's TDU stage 4 into Victor Harbour as STEVESPRO79 took the win from under the noses of livestrongnick(2nd) and Alan Tullett(3rd).

A welcome(for me!!) run of consistency has seen yours truly ray silvester take over the Ochre Jersey and Overall lead followed closely by silas chime and one time leader stevemarks....although less than 25pts cover the top 7.

stevemarks still has a healthy 50pt lead in the purist event and his nearest rival has'nt got Evans so unless Cuddles blows up I'd expect him to hold that.

FSUCI Rankings
1)stevemarks 6
=2)willskill 3
=2)STEVESPRO 3
=4)Ghedebrav 2
=4)obutterwick 2
=4)silas chime 2
=7)johnny2names 1
=7)livestrongnick 1
=7)TERatcliffe 1
=7)ray silvester 1
=7)Alan Tullett 1

No Cuddles meant that stevemarks lost his ochre jersey in the Forum's Scorum's TDU and is replaced at the head of the overall by johnny2names thanks to a fine 3rd place finish into Campbelltown....he does retain the purist lead though.

Only willskill(1st with 220pts!!) and silas chime(2nd) could pip the new race and overall leader to the stage win breaking stevemarks' 2 stage win streak that got his season off to such a flyer.

FSUCI Rankings

1)stevemarks 6
2)willskill 3
=3)Ghedebrav 2
=3)obutterwick 2
=3)silas chime 2
=6)johnny2names
=6)TERatcliffe 1
=6)ray silvester 1

Forum's Scorum's stage 2 into Stirling was a dead heat between Ghedebrav and stevemarks(both purist teams!!) whilst yours truly(ray silvester) rounded out the podium.

stevemarks has really shone so far and looks like the michelin man he's got so may jerseys.....Forum's Scorums TDU leader(his purists are running 3rd,Forum's Scorum's overall leader and FSUCI leader.

Those FSUCI stage points were awarded to stevemarks 3 as he is higher on GC even though it was a dead heat),Ghedebrav 2 and ray silvester 1

FSUCI rankings
1)stevemarks 6
=2)Ghedebrav 2
=2)obutterwick 2
=4)TERatcliffe 1
=4)ray silvester 1

Apologies.....the Road.c.c scrutineers miscalculated and it appears that obutterwick finished second pushing TERatcliffes 2 teams into 3rd and 4th on stage 1 of the Forum's Scorum's TDU.....that means that the current FSUCI rankings are as follows

1)stevemarks 3pts
2)obutterwick 2pts
3)TERatcliffe 1pt

First day of the season and stevemarks reinforced the idea from the 'unsanctioned' Tour De San Luis that he is in good form by taking the stage win into Angaston at the Forum's Scorum's TDU with TERatcliffe standard and purist gaining the other 2 podium slots.....meaning that the 2 of them are the only FSUCI scorers with 3 pts each.

The Forum's Scorum's is open to all

Just a reminder that the one WITH the apostrophe's and ID of 76157 is the OFFICIAL league we're using

Is there any way admin can close the other one WITHOUT the apostrophe's?

TDU Scoring for FSUCI rankings

3,2,1 pts for first 3 on each stage
10,6,3,2,1 for the first 5 overall standard
5,4,3,2,1 for the first 5 overall purist

Bustin' those stripes Technojim....nice to see them on the start line.

No Wig-Billy yet?