Paris-Nice: Stage 1

I'm on 6 Lanterne Rouge!

My purist team not looking good... Costa out, Kristoff looking doubtful!

Is there a prize for the most Lantern Rouges? Currently on 4...

Up 777 places today - probably more attributable to a poor prologue than anything else. A career-high of 33rd in the overall for the season tho!

4th-10th in the Forum's Scorum's league is very tight indeed!

Yeah. but as a standard player he doesn't get the badge...

I managed a respectable 155 today, my transfer of Howard for Hutarovich didn't pay off, TJVG for Kristoff did though but only because he rolled in 18 minutes down.

Anyone know how badly Kristoff crashed? Is he likely to race tomorrow?

Game can't that bad can it enrique if you can pull off a stage win!!!

Looks like I've got 124 and 4 transfers in the bank.

About 60 guys got caught out and lost 2 mins - no big GC names, just bubbling-unders like Frank, Geniez, JTL, Taaramae.

What was Renshaw thinking......He is ultra aggressive,especially with his head.....the gap was there and he stopped pedalling.....Very strange....

After 20 pen points i come away with 129

Kristoff last man home!!!!!

Kocjan, Rui Costa and Fedrigo are DNF - Kristoff looks like Lanterne Rouge, coming in 17 mins down...

Dammit! Rui Costa's in my purist and my standard!

And not picking Viviani turns out to be a bad call indeed. Hmnph.

I've got all of the top three!

1. Nacer Bouhanni (France, FDJ)

2. Alessandro Petacchi (Italy, Lampre)

3. Elia Viviani (Italy, Cannondale)

4. Jens Debbuschere (Belgium, Lotto)

5. Heinrich Haussler (Australia, IAM)

Top five results

1. Nacer Bouhanni (France, FDJ)

2. Alessandro Petacchi (Italy, Lampre)

3. Elia Viviani (Italy, Cannondale)

4. Jens Debbuschere (Belgium, Lotto)

5. Heinrich Haussler (Australia, IAM)

Renshaw bottled it

You beat me to it :p

Bouhani, Petacchi and Viviani!

Oof! Scrappy. Bouhanni nicks it from Petacchi and Viviani.

chase group has given up

Aye, Kittel is in the second group, BMC clearly trying to split the peloton for TJVGs benefit. Bouhanni appears to be in the front group, no word on Viviani, Kristoff, Hutarovich etc...

I may live to regret my Kristoff for Van Garderen transer at half 8 this morning.

BMC trying to split the peloton, Boonen one of the guys in the second half, Kittel also has a mechanical so may end up dropping into the second group.

If the peloton splits it could play havok with the sprint

No transfers made and I have:

Kittel
Viviani
Bouhanni
Howard
Tejay
Matthews
Turgot
Kelderman
Gallopin

good chances today

No kristoff down!!!
lantern rouge........

My purist team has a man down!

Quote:

Crash in the peloton
Km 127 - A crash took place in the peloton involving Rui Costa (MOV), Tony Gallopin (RLT), Lucas Haedo (CAN) and Samuel Dumoulin (ALT). They were all quickly back on their bike.

Quote:

Rui Costa gives up
Rui Costa, the Movistar team leader, has given up with a wrist injury after his crash at kilometre 127.

Rui Costa has abandoned.