Spring Classics

Agreed, very solid performance 

Same here 🤦‍♂️

Bummer. I have pretty missed all the COVID withdrawals but saw this one with 00 minutes left...managed to just swap the Pog out, would have liked to have changed team around a bit but won't complain too much!

Literally five minutes to go for me. Unbelievably lucky as I just checked for god knows what random reason sat in the traffic this morning. I wanted Schachmann but just had to do the easiest I could. That's must be the first time I've ever checked in the car in a morning as far as I can remember. 

Worse...I think Papitagem might have taken out Roglic by mistake instead of Pogacar. He made a second set of transfer taking out Roglic and replacing him with Alaphilippe who he'd already taken out for Pogacar. 

I can't work that out really...other than a mistake.

Ouch, that is going to hurt. Could have been worse if Roglic did not start his sprint from halfway up the Mur! But have to give credit to Alaphilippe, fantastic ride...

Could have been worse.  I did manage 1,2,3,4 and 6.

With Pogacar and two balancing 3.0s scoring nothing.  Although I am not sure why I took out Hermans who would have scored.

Many will have had my scoring riders though.

I think I used up everyone's luck today. Last minute panic to remove Pog which also allowed me to upgrade my 3 mill wildcards. Went Barguil (because he always goes well up that hill), Gaudu and Vansevenant. Have had worse days! 

You did well because he's entirely unreliable as a pick...nice. 

Because it was a last minute change, I didn't have time to fester over it. Given more time I would probably have talked myself out of it! 

Andy, no criticism of you intended.  I just didn't look this morning at anything (websites, Social Media) or I might have picked it up.

You do a good job with startlists and it is possible for all of us to check other sources in the rare event that it is not 100% accurate.

Enjoy your holiday!

I just felt I couldn't leave Roglic out and had to use the bargain bin to fill the last places. Did OK in that everyone scored points ..........just not very many apart from the top two. Need to keep an eye on some new kid on the block called 'Mountain Renegade'. He's very quietly moving through the gears! 

same here, I have excellent form at picking riders in the classics that either crash, puncture or get COVID...

Aye. Just how it is. It was quite nicely balanced for Roglic and a cheapie vs two 20 mill(ish) picks. I see plenty went for the latter. I 'm quite sure we'd have seen a very different race had he continued, he was already very active. Do you think he was riding for WVA?...he did a lot of pulling before his puncture...

It will indeed. A few riders always try to finish as high as possible even when the race is lost....some just give up. I think I may pick accordingly. 

That is a very good point. It's similar to finding the sprinters who still go for the  'win' behind a breakaway - can be worth a lot of points.

GOT THE TOP 2 AND THAT'S IT

Everyone will have those two.

roll on the Giro!

I think it's fair to say most of us went along with the bookies. My dither was getting rid of Sénéchal, or not, because I felt the hills gave QST better options....in the end I stayed safe. 

oh thats just wonderful, should have checked sooner!

No Bouhanni eiter.

I am two riders down now.