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Giro D'italia Stage 19

1st of 2 big mountain stages!
Early deadline, should be lots of identical teams today!

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TERatcliffe26 | 9 years ago
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Well Ive left my team be for today

So 6 sprinters in for the last stage

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Dux89 | 9 years ago
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Brought in Visconti for Stage 18 which looked so good for him and he did nothing... pleasantly surprised to wake up and see him picking up points left and right today. I wonder whether he or Intxausti will be active tomorrow...

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triccky100 replied to Dux89 | 9 years ago
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Dux89 wrote:

Brought in Visconti for Stage 18 which looked so good for him and he did nothing... pleasantly surprised to wake up and see him picking up points left and right today. I wonder whether he or Intxausti will be active tomorrow...

You did well Dux, I dropped Visconti for Konig, but could have been worse as was also thinking about taking out Aru but decided to save changes. I don't think the break will survive tomorrow. Colle Delle Finestre is a tough climb, Astana will probably put on the hurt and Contador will be looking for his stage win. Lotto NLJ may not let the break get away if they want to get the KOM jersey back on Kruijswijk’s shoulders...

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Alan Tullett | 9 years ago
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Dropping Aru a bit of a mistake but with no Visconti I wouldn't have won the stage in any case. Four tied at the top. Made three changes and still got eight left for a final crack at the sprint.

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backflipbedlem | 9 years ago
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hmm got 1,2,5,6,7,11,12,15 +Betancur

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TERatcliffe26 | 9 years ago
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Fair enough decent take, we shall see tho. The question now is what to do for tomorrow. Do i take out trofimov or intauxsti, hmmmm

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Moist von Lipwig replied to TERatcliffe26 | 9 years ago
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TERatcliffe26 wrote:

Fair enough decent take, we shall see tho. The question now is what to do for tomorrow. Do i take out trofimov or intauxsti, hmmmm

yes, now that is a question.

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enrique replied to TERatcliffe26 | 9 years ago
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TERatcliffe26 wrote:

...Do i take out trofimov?...

I'd take out Trofimov... Tomorrow could be day for the break, or will it?  39 I don't know... I'm always wrong... Anyways, even if it doesn't happen, it'd be nice to see Intxausti fight for the KOM jersey tomorrow... If only to defend Visconti's lead... What do I know? I'm alwaya wrong!  39

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Philip Unwin | 9 years ago
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1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Esp) Tinkoff - Saxo 78:48:40
2 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team +4:37
3 Mikel Landa Meana (Esp) Astana Pro Team +5:15
4 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team +8:10
5 Leopold König (Cze) Team Sky +10:47
6 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha +11:11
7 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Cannondale - Garmin +12:05
8 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team +12:14
9 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNL - Jumbo +12:53
10 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ +15::07

Mountains
1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 125
2 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNL - Jumbo 109
3 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Esp) Movistar Team 107
4 Mikel Landa Meana (Esp) Astana Pro Team 76
5 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Ag2r La Mondiale 75

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TERatcliffe26 | 9 years ago
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1,2,5,6,7,12,15 for me + intauxsti, betancur. May be an ok score but not good

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Moist von Lipwig replied to TERatcliffe26 | 9 years ago
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TERatcliffe26 wrote:

1,2,5,6,7,12,15 for me + intauxsti, betancur. May be an ok score but not good

think I disagree on that, as you look at the top 20 today and everyone still active in the game probably won't have Uran/Kangert/Nieve/Montfort so the only scoring difference will be having Hesjedal or not and which 3 of Amador/Caruso/Trofimov/Geneiz/Instauxti you have. And the points gaps between them shouldn't be too great today.

Are those that have Uran etc and so will be a the sharp end of the stage likely to be affecting your overall rank too? I doubt it.

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Philip Unwin | 9 years ago
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1 ARU Fabio ITA AST 6:24:13 0:00
2 HESJEDAL Ryder CAN TCG 6:24:41 0:28
3 URAN URAN Rigoberto COL EQS 6:25:23 1:10
4 KANGERT Tanel EST AST 6:25:31 1:18
5 KRUIJSWIJK Steven NED TLJ 6:25:31 1:18
6 CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto ESP TCS 6:25:31 1:18
7 LANDA MEANA Mikel ESP AST 6:25:31 1:18
8 KONIG Leopold CZE SKY 6:25:34 1:21
9 NIEVE ITURALDE Mikel ESP SKY 6:25:37 1:24
10 GENIEZ Alexandre FRA FDJ 6:26:37 2:24
11 CARUSO Damiano ITA BMC 6:26:40 2:27
12 AMADOR Andrey CRC MOV 6:26:40 2:27
13 MONFORT Maxime BEL LTS 6:27:02 2:49
14 MONSALVE Jonathan VEN STH 6:27:02 2:49
15 TROFIMOV Yury RUS KAT 6:27:02 2:49
16 VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen BEL LTS 6:27:02 2:49
17 ATAPUMA HURTADO Darwin COL BMC 6:28:56 4:43
18 FELLINE Fabio ITA TFR 6:29:27 5:14
19 MOINARD Amael FRA BMC 6:29:27 5:14
20 PELLIZOTTI Franco ITA AND 6:29:27 5:14

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TERatcliffe26 | 9 years ago
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Bah thats not a good day for me with trof and amador nowhere to be seen

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Alan Tullett | 9 years ago
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Amador and Trofimov nowhere to be seen.

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Moist von Lipwig replied to Alan Tullett | 9 years ago
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Alan Tullett wrote:

Amador and Trofimov nowhere to be seen.

both somewhere around 11th to 13th I think from the text feed.

going to be some monster scores around again today.

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Alan Tullett | 9 years ago
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Uran goes ahead of Contador group. Whoever left him in should be happy.

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Alan Tullett | 9 years ago
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Aru
Hesjedal
Kruijswijk
Contador
Konig
Landa
Nieve
Kangert
Uran, now goes ahead of the two above.

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Alan Tullett | 9 years ago
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Aru drops Hesjedal. Not quite so predictable as I thought. Uran and Nieve also doing well.

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Alan Tullett | 9 years ago
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Hesjedal again and gets a gap. Now Landa.

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Alan Tullett | 9 years ago
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Aru attacks Hesjedal follows.

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Alan Tullett | 9 years ago
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Hesjedal on the attack but Aru looks stronger today. Kruijswijk also there.

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Alan Tullett | 9 years ago
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Took out Intxausti and he finally gets some points but not many thank god. Visconti the big winner but Kruijswijk will probably get more points at the finish as I think Visconti will be caught.

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Philip Unwin | 9 years ago
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Betancur first over cat 3
Battaglin abandoned

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Philip Unwin | 9 years ago
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Break
Betancur and Montaguti (Ag2r), Rutkiewicz (CCC), Ulissi (Lampre), Visconti (Movistar), Chaves (Orica), Kochetkov (Katusha), Van der Lijke (Lotto NL), Kiryienka (Team Sky).
35''

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chrisdstripes | 9 years ago
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Identical teams is boring, but it doesn't look like Pirazzi or Pellizotti have made the break this time (still early tho...) Nearly brought in Trofimov for one of them but would've been too pissed off if I'd have dropped the wrong one!

Original plan was to bring in Kiryienka, but decided to save a transfer and had a fiver on him at 150/1 instead...

Contador/Aru/Landa
Hesjedal/Kruiswijk/Betancur
Pirazzi/Pellizotti/Intxausti

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backflipbedlem | 9 years ago
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Who else has this team?

Contador
Landa
Aru
Trofimov
Hesjedal
Kruijswijk
Amador
Caruso
Betancur

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stevemarks replied to backflipbedlem | 9 years ago
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backflipbedlem wrote:

Who else has this team?

Contador
Landa
Aru
Trofimov
Hesjedal
Kruijswijk
Amador
Caruso
Betancur

Not me, but only because I do not have any transfers left to get me there. Kyrienka, Intxuasti and Uran instead of Hesjedal/Amador/Caruso. What really sums up what a crap Giro I am having though is that my purist team does not have a single member of your team in it!

Good luck everyone enjoy.

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Alan Tullett replied to backflipbedlem | 9 years ago
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backflipbedlem wrote:

Who else has this team?

Contador
Landa
Aru
Trofimov
Hesjedal
Kruijswijk
Amador
Caruso
Betancur

Nearly but I dropped Aru to bring back Konig.

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Moist von Lipwig | 9 years ago
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didn't quite have the nerve to take Aru out for Hesjedal.

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