Paris Nice stage 1

rjl wrote:

There's a mistake with the standings. I had Von Hoff in my team, he's been the last man today but he doesn't have 10 points!!

Soupe was the last man home

Gkam84 wrote:

I'll cover you tomorrow if you want Ter, I'm only sitting in the workshop sorting things out and I'll be trying to get the womens races set up

Fine by me

TERatcliffe26 wrote:

1,2,4,6,19....wont be very good, but hey ho

1,2,6 or purist, even worse

You need to stop being so self-deprecating.

chrisdstripes wrote:

I went sprinty with both teams, didn't think it would be worth picking gc contenders in purist if the sprinters nail the first three stages...

Surely that's gonna depend on if your sprinters snaffle enough points to see you through the mountains which I can't see happening , hence I've gone down the sprint/puncheurs route with the majority of the team should be interesting to compare teams and placing at the end of the race

chiv30 wrote:

chrisdstripes wrote:

I went sprinty with both teams, didn't think it would be worth picking gc contenders in purist if the sprinters nail the first three stages...

Surely that's gonna depend on if your sprinters snaffle enough points to see you through the mountains which I can't see happening , hence I've gone down the sprint/puncheurs route with the majority of the team should be interesting to compare teams and placing at the end of the race

Yeah, will be interesting to compare at the end! My purist team came 9th on stage one so its a good start. Needs Kristoff to come to the party today tho.

I have a feeling the "mountains" are actually not really mountains at all, and that people like Degenkolb and Meersman might be in the reckoning for most of the stages. Plus to be honest if I was going to pick GC contenders there are just so many to choose from that I thought it was safer to pick sprinters. If it gets windy today/tomorrow it could totally backfire!

Philip Unwin wrote:

Abandoned
van Garderen

Good job I took him out of my purist team....

Any reason why? Or will he end up in Tirreno on Wednesday

TERatcliffe26 wrote:

Philip Unwin wrote:

Abandoned
van Garderen

Good job I took him out of my purist team....

Any reason why? Or will he end up in Tirreno on Wednesday

He shouldn't be allowed in TA if he already started an overlapping race, you're generally not allowed to start one then start another while the first is still running.

drheaton wrote:

TERatcliffe26 wrote:

Philip Unwin wrote:

Abandoned
van Garderen

Good job I took him out of my purist team....

Any reason why? Or will he end up in Tirreno on Wednesday

He shouldn't be allowed in TA if he already started an overlapping race, you're generally not allowed to start one then start another while the first is still running.

That is true however you can apply for dispensation, I know its happened before, he has withdrawn with stomach issues, so they could say he is over them by tuesday and apply for permission to race?

TERatcliffe26 wrote:

drheaton wrote:

TERatcliffe26 wrote:

Philip Unwin wrote:

Abandoned
van Garderen

Good job I took him out of my purist team....

Any reason why? Or will he end up in Tirreno on Wednesday

He shouldn't be allowed in TA if he already started an overlapping race, you're generally not allowed to start one then start another while the first is still running.

That is true however you can apply for dispensation, I know its happened before, he has withdrawn with stomach issues, so they could say he is over them by tuesday and apply for permission to race?

That's right, I remember cav riding tour of Britain a couple of years back after dropping out of the vuelta...

Ghedebrav wrote:

Anyone else gone for Thomas in Purist? Could be a bargain at 14.5 after Porte transferred out of the race.

Yep..Porte had trouble sticking to his wheel in Andalucia so was a must for me