Vuelta - Stage 10

I didn't expect Nibali to do that well - 1,3,4,5,7,12,16,20. So a full house if Zubeldia finishes...

The GC they put up was defo wrong (it was just the same order the riders came in in)

I make it Roche will still be 3rd, and Moreno should still be about 7th

1,2,3,6,7 for me so far then ....

EDIT

Plus 12 & 20th plus all jersey /GC points
8 transfers available but not sure what to do tbh

1,2,4,5,7 & 9 for me so far. Having J-Rod instead of Valverde has cost me over the last couple of days and Pozzovivo hasn't lived up to my expectations but other than it's been ok

EDIT: Plus 12 and 20. Not amazing in the end.

I'm always one or two riders away from a great score.

2,3,4,7,8,9,12. I guess it could have been worse!, De Clerq replaced by someone else would have preferable.

The problem is most had what I had + 1 and 5 as well, so I guess I will loose in the region of 80 points

Bad transfers for me - underestimated Nibali's form and should've kept him in. Still 1,3,4,5,7 and a couple more in the top 20.

More importantly - what a great Grand Tour so far! And most of the real big mountains still to come...

1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 12, 20 for me

1. HORNER, Christopher
2. NIBALI, Vincenzo
3. VALVERDE, Alejandro
4. BASSO, Ivan
5. RODRIGUEZ, Joaquin
6. PINOT, Thibaut
7. ROCHE, Nicolas
8. ANTON, Igor
9. POZZOVIVO, Domenico

10. MAJKA, Rafal
11. NIEVE, Mikel
12. MORENO, Daniel
13. SÁNCHEZ, Samuel
14. CAPECCHI, Eros
15. NERZ, Dominik
16. ARROYO, David
17. KANGERT, Tanel
18. ELISSONDE, Kenny
19. MENDES, José Joao
20. KONIG, Leopold

Anton is nowhere

Terrible day for my team, with Moreno cracking and no Horner, nevermind!

Konig is sick today. He's struggling to hang on at the back.

Dam De Clerq!!!!. Still If Anton places higher than Uran my transfers will still be justified as LL Sanchez wouldn't have scored anyway, just annoying as I tossed up between him Konig and Barguil.

Fenn and De Gendt didn't "abandon" they were kicked off for holding onto cars....details sketchy

Decent break today

Flecha, Ulissi, Preidler, Meersman, Paterski, Kohler, Oroz, Sijmens, Clement & Marczynski they have 4'09" after 84km

Zubeldia
Valverde
Basso
Moreno
Nibali
Majka
Kangert
Roche
Aramendia

At least four of those are reasonable-to-good TTers, so won't have to make too many changes come tomorrow.

By the way, if anybody wants the inside track on the fantasy Vuelta, watch my transfer activity - I have an uncanny knack of transferring out the winner of the next stage...

Fenn jumps off, that leaves a list for today

Fenn
De Clercq
Markus
Losada
Boivin

Just as I wrote that De Gendt left the race aswell

No changes for me

Rodriguez
Moreno
Nibali
Roche
Horner
Pozzovivo
Konig
Basso
Zubeldia

Considered Valverde/Nibali swap but would have needed two transfers and wanted Nibali back in for Tuesday so didn't think it was worth it.

Seven changes in bag for Tuesday.

De Clerq abandons ! Mr Ratcliffe thats hit you before they have started

Konig(For Majka)
Valverde
Roche
Nibali
Moreno
Zubeldia
Horner
Santaromita
Txurruka

10 transfers available for the ITT

Markus has also now abandoned.

I think there was a crash in the neutral zone but anyway
De Clerq, Boivin and Losada have abandoned.

Made some changes getting rid of Uran, my team looks very similar to others but brought in Pinotti early ready for the tt.

Joaquin Rodriguez
Daniel Moreno
Christopher Horner
Leopold Konig
Vicenzo Nibali
Nicolas Roche
Marco Pinotti
Maximiliano Ariel Richeze
Domenico Pozzovivo

left it as is today, need a bunch of transfers for the ITT. come on barry, someone has to come last

Well ive made two bold picks in droping LL sanchez and Uran.

Valverde
Nibali
Moreno
Roche
Basso
Pozzovivo
Zubeldia
De Clerq
Anton

It's time for Uran and/or Henao to step up to the mark...

Must be, I now don't have either of them in my team

Nice one
I dropped Valverde for J-Rod yesterday (unnecessarily as it turned out), but wanted Valverde back in for today. Wanted to keep Rodriguez too though. So I've dropped Nibali and Pozzovivo for Valverde and Luis Leon Sanch. Too much fiddling methinks - previously on this tour I've dropped both Moreno and Cancellara the day before they've made the podium and could easily have ended up doing the same today!

Valverde
Rodriguez
Moreno
Konig
Horner
Roche
Basso
Zubeldia
LL Sanchez (for the break? For the TT? Who knows...)