Giro D'Italia Stage 1 - TTT

I've also got him in my purist. Feck.

Fernandez is out, broken collarbone.

If there's a stage winner i.e. a skinsuit surely there should be a lanterne rouge as well though? Not particularly bothered but.....

Tom Amos wrote:

Is Koldo Fernandez out? Anyone know?

He's got a broken collarbone https://www.facebook.com/RideArgyle/posts/676206025748497

118 points 8 sprinters for tomorrow and no penalty points

Thanks. So he's lanterne rouge although his score is currently zero.

Is Koldo Fernandez out? Anyone know?

For a horrible moment I thought I may have to pick that shit Evans. Phew

I went with Durbridge, 2nd works too though

Standard

Matthews
Durbridge (Kittel in tomorrow)
Evans (bouhanni in tommorrow)
Wyss
Petacchi
Nizzolo
Viviani
Henao
Fernandez

won't be the best, but certainly won't be too bad (5/6 of the possible best 6 teams) Shame I won't get last man home!

Purist

Quintana
Evans
Pozzovivo
Niemiec
Viviani
Matthews
Henao
Zoidl
Chicchi

Poor Dan Martin. More to the point, poor me! In purist, I lost Meersman on stage 2 of Paris-Nice, Tejay on Stage 2 of Romandie and now Dan Martin on stage 1 of the Giro! I chose...poorly.

So, hands up everyone else who picked Svein Tuft for the maglia rosa knowing it was his birthday today?

Purist
JRod
Quintana
Duarte
Matthews
Kittel
Viviani
Chicchi
Kruijswijk
Zoidl

Didn't even bother with TTT. All geared up for tomorrow's sprint with the exception of transferring out Michael Hepburn

Eyes on the first 4 stages here. Think Orica and BMC will be top 2 in the TTT so have 2 each of those.

Depending on which team is top, I will almost certainly swap out 2 tomorrow for Bouhanni and Chicchi.

Ivan Santaromita (OGE)
Elia Viviani (CAD)
Daniel Oss (BMC)
Alessandro Petacchi (OPQ)
Francisco Jose Ventoso (MOV)
Ben Swift (SKY)
Michael Matthews (OGE)
Marcel Kittel (GSH)
Samuel Sanchez (BMC)

Then no more changes (barring injuries) until stage 5. Saving my transfers for later in this one as there are a few stages mid race that they will be needed.

full out TTT for me

2 Orica, 2 BMC, 2 Movistar, 2 Belkin, 1 Omega

Tuft
Santaromita
Quintana
Anton Hernandez
Evans
Sanchez
Kelderman
Goos
Petacchi

And I've taken a different tack with my standard - hoping for an Orica/BMC/Movistar 123 and planning on penalties tomorrow by transferring the first five of these...

Quintana (MOV)
Izagirre (MOV)
Wyss (BMC)
Eijssen (BMC)
Hepburn (OGE)
Matthews (OGE)
Swift (SKY)
Kittel (GSH)
Petacchi (OPQ)

My purist is...

Quintana
Rodriguez
Dan Martin
Pozzovivo
Viviani
Matthews
Monfort
Armee
Colli

I've never done well in the giro. Have been top 100 in last 2 grand tours so would be happy with that again! Looking forward to seeing everyone's purist teams, I suspect the same two names, but a lot of variation other than that...

Purist team for me:
Daniel Moreno
Francesco Chicchi
Joaquin Rodriguez
Ben Swift
Igor Anton Hernandez
Michael Matthews
Domenico Pozzovivo
Sonny Colbrelli
Mikel Landa

Just checked my standard team and Locatelli has been scrubbed off ! great start for me.

Nairo Alexander Quintana (MOV)
Joaquin Rodriguez (KAT)
Marcel Kittel (GSH)
Sonny Colbrelli (BAR)
Ben Swift (SKY)
Julian David Arredondo (TFR)
Ivan Santaromita (OGE)
Fabio Andres Duarte (COL)
Francesco Chicchi (NRI)

There's my Purist, not giving away my standard, although...

4 x Italians
2 x Spaniards
1 x Brit
1 x Aussie
1 x German

2 of those to be replaced for stage 2 and beyond, which 2 depends on today's result.

Purist

Quintana
Kelderman
Niemic
Aru
Landa
Matthews
Viviani
Swift
Chichi