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La Vuelta - pick three Spaniards forum comp.
Go on then - you know the drill, same rules as before. You've got fifty credits, pick three Spanish riders. The best combined score at the end wins. If a rider retires, you lose all the points he earned.
THE TEAMS:
Ghedebrav: Txurruka Pardilla S Sanchez
Joelsim: Rodriguez Arroyo Mas
TERatcliffe: Txurruka Rodriguez Mas
livestrongnick: Contador Navarro Mas
Dave Atkinson: Nieve Navarro Arroyo
chrisdstripes: Mate Landa LL Sanchez
NeilG83: Txurruka Pardilla Navarro
Gmancervelo: Rodriguez Landa Mas
enrique: D Moreno Landa Arroyo
jova54: Rodriguez Hernandez LL Sanchez
Twybados: D Moreno Landa Bilbao
debbieg: Nieve Izaguirre Zubeldia
djb123: Nieve S Sanchez LL Sanchez
Him Up North: Navarro Arroyo Zubeldia
stumps: Txurruka Landa Navarro
chokofingrz: Rodriguez Bilbao Mas
stevemarks: Moreno Landa Castroviejo
northstar: Txurruka Pardilla Verona
cgipryan: Navarro Pardilla S Sanchez
JohnnyRemo: Valverde Reynes Fernandez
Jonas Lorenzen: Aramendia J Moreno Zubeldia
thorolf: D Moreno Navarro LL Sanchez
backflipbedlam: Txurruka Landa S Sanchez
JAndrewHill: Valverde Reynes Mas
Gkam tribute squad: Reynes, Fernandez, Mas
If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.
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Wow, ive just seen this. And I won another pick three comp. Its obs a game that requires little skill and loadsa luck. Do I win a bike like last time?..???
6th.
Could be worse, 7th.
OK, here you all go
JAndrewHill 418
livestrongnick 320
JohnnyRemo 306
TERatcliffe 272
chokofingrz 262
Joelsim 249
Gmancervelo 246
Gkam tribute squad 156
Ghedebrav 137
jova54 137
cgipryan 132
Jonas Lorenzen 112
backflipbedlam 111
NeilG83 88
djb123 87
stevemarks 79
northstar 79
debbieg 73
stumps 62
Him Up North 57
Twybados 48
thorolf 48
Dave Atkinson 46
enrique 35
chrisdstripes 5
Scores updating shortly
Enrique, thank you for the scores. You gave me happy news. I entered my 3 Spanish guys just to see whether 3 good riders, designated leaders in their teams (S Sanchez, Navarro and Pardilla), can make more points in this race than J Rod alone. After stage 6 my lads finally turned the tables on him, and they lead him 54 to 53.
Obviously, J Rod hit back in stage 7, but it's far from over... Anyway, as of right now, I'm glad I didn't think to have my brave lads measure themselves against Valverde...
You're welcome!
Very nice of you! 
.
And the final rider scores for the Vuelta!
Alejandro Valverde 544
Alberto Contador 454
Joaquin Rodriguez 306
Samuel Sanchez 175
Luis Leon Sanchez 142
Lluis Guillermo Mas 127
Daniel Navarro 108
Daniel Moreno 87
Imanol Erviti 68
Jonathan Castroviejo 64
Javier Moreno 63
Vicente Reynes Mimo 55
Pello Bilbao 54
Gorka Izaguirre 49
Javier Francisco Aramendia 43
Sergio Pardilla 43
Jose Herrada 38
Mikel Nieve 32
Amets Txurruka 31
Jesus Hernandez 30
Carlos Verona 29
David Arroyo 26
Haimar Zubeldia 23
Koldo Fernandez 23
Luis Angel Mate 16
Mikel Landa 11
Alberto Losada 1
Antonio Piedra 0
I think we all know who won!
But who would have been the 2nd best team? And scored only three points less than JAndrewHill?...
Well, it would have been Contador, LL Sanchez and Mas! 
But nobody picked them... 
sorry if you saw it wrong place for that comment.
No, you're a Pick 3 Animal! A Pick 3 Beast! You must (!) be the Pick 3 Champion of the Decade!
Sorry, I am late for this. Just got back from a few days away from wifi.
Can I go for Valverde, Mas and Reynes Mimo
And it keeps getting better! And better! And better for you! How much better can it get? If Valverde stays with the others in all the next stages, it's too hard to imagine that someone will overtake him! Unbelievable! I thought choosing Valverde was a foolish propositon at first, now, well you're a Pick3 Spaniards Fantasy Cycling God!
He may be uncatchable! Nice job! 
I just seem to be better/luckier at this game than the real one.
After all I got lucky with the tdf too.
Yah, you're all in.
BTW, Jonas Lorenzen - you've got until noon TOMORROW to swap out one of your team for another, otherwise I'll drop Purito for Mas on your behalf
EDIT: I've put in Aramendia for Purito, who is the most expensive player that can fit in.
Just seen 12 noon deadline?
Ok if submitted b4 the road.cc deadline?
A. Txurruka
M. Landa
S. Sanchez
Incidentally, so far I think Gmancervelo has entered the best team...
Then maybe Twybados? I reckon Landa will do well (though I still haven't included him in my Purist
)
I may also add in a 'Tribute to Gkam' team of the three cheapest Spanish riders - I think that's Fernandez, Mas and Reynes.
My team: pick 3 Spaniards
Haimar Zubeldia (TFR)
KM Value: 20.0
Javier Moreno (MOV)
DS Value: 8.0
Joaquin Rodriguez (KAT)
KM Value: 31.0
The value on your 3 Spaniards is 59 credits. Total value must be less than 50.
My three Spaniards are;
Daniel Moreno - 25.8
Luis Leon Sanchez - 10.4
Daniel Navarro - 13.6
Valverde
Vicente Reynes Mimo
Koldo Fernandez
Bold
I like that! I hope you kick all our asses! 
Pardilla
S Sanchez
Navarro
I'm just curious to see whether they will manage to make more points together than Purito alone...
Sammy Sanchez will probably get into double figures by the end
Landa
Dani Moreno
Castroviejo
J-Rod
Bilbao
L. Mas Rapido
44.5
Landa
Txurruka
Navarro
works out at 39.9.
Three spaniards?
That's probably more than I'll have in my regular team throughout the race!
Zubeldia
Navarro
Arroyo
I'll have
Nieve - 16.9
S. Sanchez - 16.8
L.L. Sanchez - 10.4
please.
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