UAE tour

Similar for me, 2nd in standard with five transfers squirrelled away to change my team into a sprinting machine! But then it is only a game & there are more important issues to be dealt with.

Aragonite wrote:

Yep. Last two stages rumoured to be cancelled.

More than a rumour...it’s gone...

Weird how all the storms seem to be coming at weekends this year!  Hope all the riders stay safe, I remember the race a few years ago when people were being blown off the road.

jollygoodvelo wrote:

Weird how all the storms seem to be coming at weekends this year!  Hope all the riders stay safe, I remember the race a few years ago when people were being blown off the road.

Gonna be a lottery to pick a worthwhile team. I’m thinking riders made out of left over bits from World War One dreadnoughts. Gilbert springs to mind.

Dr Winston wrote:

jollygoodvelo wrote:

Weird how all the storms seem to be coming at weekends this year!  Hope all the riders stay safe, I remember the race a few years ago when people were being blown off the road.

Gonna be a lottery to pick a worthwhile team. I’m thinking riders made out of left over bits from World War One dreadnoughts. Gilbert springs to mind.

Maybe Stannard might get his third?!

Bringing Groenewegen back in was a success today, still wasted a transfer early on that I am regretting.

I expect Dainese was in a few teams from the start, mine anyway, and if he had come good it may not have made a huge difference to standings.

Sniffer wrote:

Bringing Groenewegen back in was a success today, still wasted a transfer early on that I am regretting.

Less worried about my lack of transfers now.  I did have three left that would have left me with a sprint team and Lutsenko for GC points.

Yep, unless he scores some points he'll be dirt cheap. Might take some organiser discretion to manually fix his value depending on what his form is like.

I fancy Dunbar to hav a decent ride. Pogacar should demolish this field, but I reckon Lutsenko will grab a top 5.

I read an interview a few weeks ago where Pogacar said this was his target for early season. 

I put Dunbar in my purist until the very end then mysteriously swapped him for Herrada.... I don’t even know why.

Crap, had Yates in my team but chickened out 

I had the first four and Herrada. Happy days.

Thought I was doing OK with the podium.  Got a feeling I have used one too many transfers.

How many have you done Sniffer?

Five

Big decision for tomorrow. The smart move may be to accept a thin day. I’m pondering how to play it.

I've gone one too many transfers too, cant get the team I want for the last two stages. This is a recurring theme, have to plan better.

Condor Andy wrote:

Yep, unless he scores some points he'll be dirt cheap. Might take some organiser discretion to manually fix his value depending on what his form is like.

Not convinced it is going to matter in July.

Could be a very short season the way things are going in Italy and such like. 

Cycling must be top of the list for dodgy sounding sports events in terms of spreading a potential pandemic.

I got it, cheers for the catch