triplef
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Post by triplef on Dec 5, 2011 19:45:42 GMT 1
Sadly no. I just don't have any...
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Post by kingstown on Dec 6, 2011 9:25:47 GMT 1
Sadly no. I just don't have any... That's too bad....even if you would have 1 rider with only 2 TT would make a difference. I'm wondering whether the 2 TT's would make the difference again this Tour for the GC. (Not by me this time btw )
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Post by kingstown on Dec 6, 2011 16:18:40 GMT 1
Good and bad news. The stage to Pau delivered more then i ever could expact and it made Babez even happy. Fast stage btw compared to other divisions, which probably was the reason for the small first group and brought back Ulrich in for the overall win. Since Barbez has no skills in hill (litterally) he probably will only score points in the last stage to Paris and that won't be enough to get the green jersey. A great TdF so far for me, but from thursday on everyone will get blown away and with so many good results it's too bad that at the end there probably won't be any jersey....have to get a little smarter in the Vuelta to beat that Ulrich guy!
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Post by Mardandoo on Dec 6, 2011 16:32:48 GMT 1
Maybe you should buy a mountain guy with enough sprinting capabilities anyway. There won't be a lot of flat sprint and if you never end up in top 10 at the mountain stages while Ulrich will, you'll never be able to beat him, unless you can have a 2-2-3-2-3-2 guy .
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Post by kingstown on Dec 7, 2011 17:10:09 GMT 1
I should have a sprinter with TT-capacities. I'm going to experiment in one of the smaller Tours with a different sprinter that can get points in the TT, since Ulrich is miserable at that. Lots of point and money so far for me....now it's going to be 3 days of suffering.
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triplef
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Post by triplef on Dec 7, 2011 19:22:45 GMT 1
A fairly good time trial for us, considering our lack of skills in this event.
We did not lose much time, and that was well.
Now, we finally head to the Mountains. Crossing my fingers for the next few days...
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Post by kingstown on Dec 8, 2011 15:25:12 GMT 1
My prediction: Overmeire is going to win the TdF.
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triplef
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Post by triplef on Dec 8, 2011 19:06:40 GMT 1
A fairly good time trial for us, considering our lack of skills in this event. We did not lose much time, and that was well. Now, we finally head to the Mountains. Crossing my fingers for the next few days... Bleh... A disastrous stage for us... I really have no idea what went wrong with Sintes this Tour. He goes from serious Giro canditate to an absolute goat on the Tour. Granted, the profile is not the same at all, but even in the mountains he is useless...
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triplef
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Post by triplef on Dec 8, 2011 19:07:29 GMT 1
My prediction: Overmeire is going to win the TdF. Ok, if we're doing predictions, I'll go with Gonon. Obviously the best climber of the bunch, and he had a decent TT yesterday.
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Post by Thorax on Dec 9, 2011 15:05:42 GMT 1
Unbelievable Overmeire 15balance ( and steering ) and 2 falls! Damn this is a strange TDF! He wouldn't have won the TDF but top 3 would be nice. Can't wait till this race is over actually Is het possible they pimped the Race Engine? So many falls and flat tires by cyclist with good secundary's from my team ( and others look at sintes! ) I would also say Gonon will win but i don't trust it anymore for now
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Post by kingstown on Dec 9, 2011 20:29:53 GMT 1
We all have our share of bad luck. I knew that Knegt was going to lose his first place today, but his flat tire made him also lose first position in the youth standings. His competitors didn't make it either in the first group, so too bad he lost extra time. Tomorrow is going ot be interesting for the green jersey. Ulrich isn't getting that many points in the mountainstages and Barbez will do the intermediate sprint tomorrow...if he gets some points then everything will come down to last stage, since both he and Ulrich don't have a decent time trial. 2 falls for Overmeire is really extreme....you can count your blessings that he's not injured. Usually Dela Blancherie is the one that falls regurlarly, but not this Tour....so far.
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Post by adipy on Dec 9, 2011 22:38:41 GMT 1
Usually Dela Blancherie is the one that falls regurlarly, but not this Tour....so far. This is calling for bad luck! I bet he'll fall tomorow :-p
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Post by kingstown on Dec 10, 2011 13:14:59 GMT 1
So much for the ambitions of Gonon....and i'm sure that in the last stage to Paris several riders also will lose time.
Probably lost the green jersey today as Barbez did not score any points in the intermediate sprint.
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triplef
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Post by triplef on Dec 10, 2011 18:01:18 GMT 1
so who wins now??? De la Blancherie?
At least, it was a very wide open Tour, which made it very interesting.
Now, the planning gets intriguing, with a lot of different races coming up. Who rides the Vuelta? the smaller tours? the one day races???
decisions, decisions... Incidently, this is what I love most about this game, deciding who rides where...
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Post by kingstown on Dec 11, 2011 16:19:49 GMT 1
so who wins now??? De la Blancherie? No...he won't be able to be in the first group tomorrow (and/or he falls )....just like Dubar. So make sure one of your guys is. So true....that's one of the great things in this game. My team for the Germany and Eneco is set....especially in my homecountry Tour i hope to get a very decent result. Barbez got totally unexpected 1 point today in the ITT and for green everything comes down to the last stage....hopefully no flat and for Thorax to decide whether he let's Ulrich go max speed or save him for the Vuelta....barbez won't be going to the Vuelta, that's for sure. With a little bit of luck all of my 5 riders end up in the top-10 of the points classification. A lot that can happen tomorrow and i'm really looking forward to all the final decisions and let's hope everybody survives tonights training.
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