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Vuelta - pick three Spaniards

DEADLINE PASSED! Good luck all.

Rules fer reference, like:

1 - Pick three riders from the startlist who are Spanish and ensure that your three riders cost a combined 50 Space Creds or less.
2 - Only riders finishing the race count towards your points total. If one of your riders abandons mid-race (even during the last stage) then their points won't count towards your total.
3 - There are no restrictions on picking more than one rider from a particular team, if you want to pick three riders from Caja Rural feel free.
4 - Highest combined total wins, if one or more players get the same combined score then the winner will be chosen by a coin toss/random number generator or similar impartial method
5 - Deadline for entries was 17:30 (BST) Saturday 24 August 2013.

Spanish riders can easily be found by searching with ESP (not extra-sensory perception, but those actual letters in the 'Find' box).

Feel free to discuss riders/combinations etc but please try and make your submissions final where possible. The rosters will likely change a bit between now and the start of the race so don't jump the gun when submitting your team!

The teams are:

JAndrewHill: Rodriguez, Txurruka, Arroyo
stumps: S. Sanchez, Txurruka, Nieve
STEVESPRO 79: Rodriguez, Lastras Garcia, L.L. Sanchez
johnny2names: D. Moreno, S. Sanchez, Txurruka
TERatcliffe26: Rodriguez, Txurruka, Zubeldia
Ghedebrav: Intxausti, Anton, Flecha
enrique: Valverde, Arroyo, Landa
Timbo13: Rodriguez, Txurruka, Gutierrez Palacios
djb123: Txurruka, Intxausti, S. Sanchez
livestrongnick: Txurruka, Rodriguez, Ugaldi
rcorbin: Valverde, L.L. Sanchez, Arroyo
chrisdstripes: Rodriguez, Urtasun, Duran
fluffchucker: S. Sanchez, Intxausti, L.L. Sanchez (DOUBLE SANCHEZ)
Gkam84: D. Moreno, Intxausti, Verdugo
Gmancervelo: Valverde, L.L. Sanchez, Landa
debbieg: Intxausti, Nieve, Zandio
chokofingrz: Valverde, Aramendia, L.L. Sanchez
JC: D. Moreno, Nieve, Flecha
zedand3: Flecha, Intxausti, Nieve
stevemarks: Nieve, Intxausti, Landa
leortp: Rodriguez, L.L. Sanchez, Arroya
Dave Atkinson: D. Moreno, J. Moreno, Nieve
backflipbedlam: Nieve, S Sanchez, Txurruka
northstar: Valverde, L.L. Sanchez, Ferri
Dux89: Rodriguez, Arroyo, Landa
fatsimonstan: J. Lopez, Intxausti, S. Sanchez
drheaton: Rodriguez, Txurruka, Arroyo
jau: Rodriguez, L.L. Sanchez, Landa
Philip Unwin: Rodriguez, L.L. Sanchez, Mate
thorolf: Valverde, Arroyo, L.L. Sanchez
cisgil23: Landa, Zandio, Valverde
ray silvester: Rodriguez, Txurruka, Zubeldia
obutterwick: Intxuasti, Nieve, Txurruka
viveLePants: Valverde, L.L. Sanchez, Martinez
jstreetley: D. Moreno, S. Sanchez, Flecha
sm: Intxausti, S. Sanchez, Anton

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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Ghedebrav replied to drheaton | 11 years ago
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drheaton wrote:

Thanks for sorting this out Ghedebrav, I'll put the spreadsheet together when I get back to work on Wednesday and do a scores update.

Happy to help  4

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Ghedebrav replied to drheaton | 11 years ago
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drheaton wrote:

Moreno could push for the KoM but it all depends on what Katusha's plan is. If Rodriguez is going for the overall I suspect Moreno will act as support rather be allowed to go after his own goals.

Wishful thinking on my part, really. I backed him for KoM at 66/1 with 1 (one) pound.

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drheaton replied to Stumps | 11 years ago
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stumps wrote:

I'm really surprised S Sanchez and Nieve have not tried to push for higher placings on stages. I'm not talking about the gc just the stages in general.

Its their home grand tour after all.

The thing to remember is that this is a three week tour and the final week is stacked with crazy difficult mountain stages.

I would be very very surprised if Sanchez/Nieve/Anton did not take at least one stage win and were not animating multiple stages next week.

Now that Sanchez is out of the overall he may has well take it easy until we get to a stage he can win.

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jstreetley replied to ray silvester | 11 years ago
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ray silvester wrote:
jstreetley wrote:

Moreno, Sanchez, Flecha for me please.

Which Sanchez?

Apologies, not paying attention at all...

D Moreno 20.9
S Sanchez 14.8
J Flecha 11.8

Total 47.5

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thorolf | 11 years ago
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Alejandro Valverde
David Arroyo Duran
Luis Leon Sanchez

Also, many thanks for organising this competition and thanks to the road.cc crew for making fantasy Cycling a lot of fun!

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Philip Unwin | 11 years ago
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J Rodriguez
L.L. Sanchez
L. Mate

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jau | 11 years ago
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J.Rodriguez
L.L.Sanchez
Landa

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drheaton | 11 years ago
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Rodriguez
Txurruka
Arroyo

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JAndrewHill replied to drheaton | 11 years ago
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drheaton wrote:

Rodriguez
Txurruka
Arroyo

Are you allowed to copy me? Must be a perk of being the organiser I guess ;0)

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StantheVoice | 11 years ago
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Jose Herrada Lopez
Benat Inxausti
Samuel Sanchez

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Dux89 | 11 years ago
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Joaquim Rodriguez
David Arroyo
Mikel Landa

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northstar | 11 years ago
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Valverde
Nieve
L.L Sanchez

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stevemarks replied to northstar | 11 years ago
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northstar wrote:

Valverde
Nieve
L.L Sanchez

Valverde+ Nieve= 56=+????

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stevemarks replied to northstar | 11 years ago
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northstar wrote:

Valverde
Nieve
L.L Sanchez

Valverde+ Nieve= 56=+????

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northstar replied to stevemarks | 11 years ago
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stevemarks wrote:
northstar wrote:

Valverde
Nieve
L.L Sanchez

Valverde
Rafael Valls Ferri
L.L Sanchez

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backflipbedlem | 11 years ago
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Nieve 16.1
S Sanchez 14.8
Txurraka 8.0

Go Euskaltel!

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dave atkinson | 11 years ago
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Daniel Moreno
Javier Moreno
Mikel Nieve

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leortp | 11 years ago
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J-Rod
L L Sanchez
Arroya

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stevemarks | 11 years ago
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All Basqued up I see.

Me Too.

Nieve.
Intxausti
Landa

No Txurraka just to be different but Think that may be a mistake!

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zedand3 | 11 years ago
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J A Flecha (for aggression!)
Inxausti
M N Ituralde
(Rodriguez and Valverde to fade in week 3)

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JC | 11 years ago
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D. Moreno
M. Nieve Ituralde
J. Flecha

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chokofingrz | 11 years ago
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Valverde 40.0
Aramendia 5.8
L.L. Sanchez 3.1

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debbieg | 11 years ago
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My picks are :
Intxausti 20.0
Nieve 16.1
Zandio 3.4

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Ghedebrav | 11 years ago
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Whilst I'd never wish ill on anyone, Amets Txurruka abandoning would clear the way for the few folks (me included) who haven't picked him to dominate this contest.

A lot of eggs in that Basque-et...  4

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Gmancervelo | 11 years ago
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Valverde
L Sanchez
Landa

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Gkam84 | 11 years ago
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Daniel Moreno
Benat Intxausti
Gorka Verdugo

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fluffchucker | 11 years ago
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Sanchez Gonzalez, Samuel - 11.4
Intxausti Elorriaga, Benat - 20.0
Sanchez Gil, Luis Leon - 3.1
 105 Worth a punt

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chrisdstripes | 11 years ago
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My first choice team is already taken, and my second choice is 50.1 credits! (So probably doesn't count as a second choice then really...)

So my final selection is...
J Rodriguez 39.0
Urtasun Perez 7.1
Arroyo Duran 3.0

None of whom are in my purist team. Hmm...

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rcorbin | 11 years ago
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A. Valverde 40.0
L. Sanchez 3.1
D Arroyo 3.0

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enrique replied to rcorbin | 11 years ago
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rcorbin wrote:

A. Valverde 40.0
L. Sanchez 3.1
D Arroyo 3.0

That (!) looks really (!) good!  1 I wish I would have thought of that one!  1

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