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Post by heppie on Nov 3, 2019 13:51:51 GMT 1
Standings before the last week. Nr |
| Ploeg | GR | TT | PT | BT | Punten | % total pts |
| Pts. wk. | % pts. wk. | Rang wk. | Rang diff |
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| De Kasseienstoempers | 25 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6028 | 22,13 |
| 601 | 25,79 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | 2 |
| Op kop de sloot in | 21 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4576 | 16,80 |
| 154 | 6,61 | 6 | 0 |
| 0 | 3 |
| BeterLaatDanNooit | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3392 | 12,45 |
| 362 | 15,54 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 |
| De Droeftoeters | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3381 | 12,41 |
| 392 | 16,82 | 2 | 0 |
| 1 | 5 |
| Team Slayer | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2807 | 10,30 |
| 218 | 9,36 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | 6 |
| SeMTeX | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1769 | 6,49 |
| 196 | 8,41 | 5 | 0 |
| 0 | 7 |
| bolzonis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1628 | 5,98 |
| 92 | 3,95 | 9 | 0 |
| 0 | 8 |
| Bolt Thrower | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1332 | 4,89 |
| 64 | 2,75 | 10 | 0 |
| 0 | 9 |
| WC Bloedzak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1090 | 4,00 |
| 117 | 5,02 | 7 | 0 |
| 0 | 10 |
| ChosenOnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 684 | 2,51 |
| 21 | 0,90 | 11 | 0 |
| 0 | 11 |
| Gonzalez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 343 | 1,26 |
| 20 | 0,86 | 12 | 0 |
| 0 | 12 |
| Team Franconia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 210 | 0,77 |
| 93 | 3,99 | 8 | 0 |
| 0 |
Only 11 points between eboese and me. It's going to be an interesting last week in the battle for place three.
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Post by JoeLag on Nov 3, 2019 14:28:27 GMT 1
Vuelta was very disappointing for team Bolt Thrower. I didn't expect that Cavaco only finishes 5th in a mountain stage if he goes full in with 99%. But of course there are incredible strong opponents ... and might be that the very steep ramps didn't fit his 69 kg.
But all in all the season really could end with a big success. I wasn't expecting to stay in 1.1. - but meanwhile it looks quite promising that my team sticks to this 8th rank.
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Post by eboese on Nov 3, 2019 15:59:55 GMT 1
Only 11 points between eboese and me. It's going to be an interesting last week in the battle for place three. Man, that U21 TT result sucked. Based on the Delbruck-Bad Nenndorf outcome and the 1 year age difference I didn't expect Van Velsen to beat Moniotte, but 6 seconds hurts. Coelho was a surprise for me though and those 2 seconds hurt even more. I was quite hopeful I could at least finish this week as 3rd in the ranking. Nothing lost though and really looking forward to the final week. It's been a while since I was still fighting for something this late in the season. Good luck to you heppie, I think/hope it's going to be close!
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Post by Zberg on Nov 4, 2019 9:58:16 GMT 1
Mismanagement by me for not having Coelho at 100%, but at 95%. At 100% he might have sneaked away with the win..?
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Post by eboese on Nov 4, 2019 11:00:56 GMT 1
How does that happen? Misclick? I guess that would indeed make up for 4 seconds. At least I have somebody to blame then if the difference for 3rd turns out to be minimal
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Post by Zberg on Nov 4, 2019 12:40:45 GMT 1
I was referring to his start fitness.. Apparently, I let him ride one race too much the week before.
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Post by eboese on Nov 7, 2019 13:28:45 GMT 1
Dammit, I was counting on Sloodts to win today, but unfortunately Verstraeten grabs the win. Both on 3536 now, pretty crazy. I reckon I will grab the lead again tomorrow (Koster) and if I don't lose it on Saturday (Genon will do better than Hanicq) Roose will make sure that happens on Sunday (I have no serious contenders for that race). Congrats on the WC win, Heppie, could be a key one.
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[24] 1:1
Nov 7, 2019 16:55:50 GMT 1
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Post by Ab Normaal on Nov 7, 2019 16:55:50 GMT 1
Dammit, I was counting on Sloodts to win today, but unfortunately Verstraeten grabs the win. Both on 3536 now, pretty crazy. I reckon I will grab the lead again tomorrow (Koster) and if I don't lose it on Saturday (Genon will do better than Hanicq) Roose will make sure that happens on Sunday (I have no serious contenders for that race). Congrats on the WC win, Heppie, could be a key one. Sorry Eboese, I did my best. Extremely exciting this battle between the two of you.
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Post by heppie on Nov 7, 2019 20:35:16 GMT 1
Exciting battle indeed, after 93 races exactly equal again. So far it's going approximately as expected. We both didn't score many points in the ITT, Keldermans winning the youngster WC while my best one only grasped a few point and Verstraeten beating Arsenault. Luckily for me Sloodts was in between the two. By the way Sloodts vs Verstraeten is always an interesting duel in San Sebastian this seasons the Sloodts beat Verstraeten.
About tomorrow I think you're right. Köster will definitely score better than my guys. The question is only how many. Under normal circumstances Genon must be able to beat Hanicq but that little mountain and downhill finish is in advantage of Hanicq, so I won't be sure about that one. In the latter race Roose should take some points back for me but with Cauchy and Raemdonck on the start list and a strong guy of Ab he could easily end up 'only' 4th or so.
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Post by bam on Nov 7, 2019 22:26:24 GMT 1
Really curious to see who of you will win it in the end, but at least it's a nice battle to follow
By the way, it was a very remarkable result for the riders in my team today. I attacked with 3 riders at the first point, all reaching the first group (which was pretty much the idea). Then at the second point, a 10 km mountain at 15%, I only attacked with Vansteeger, since he's by far the best climber of the 3 and I guessed that would be decisive today. But to my surprise he didn't get away from Raab and Selij, who both didn't attack and have a much much lower mountain skill. TT is quite comparable, and the sprint skill shouldn't have helped Raab and Selij here I presume? Anyone who has an idea of the cause there? It can't all be the weight here, can it? Forms weren't great for most of them (Raab 5, Selij 8 and Vansteeger 6).
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Post by Ab Normaal on Nov 8, 2019 9:34:43 GMT 1
Really curious to see who of you will win it in the end, but at least it's a nice battle to follow By the way, it was a very remarkable result for the riders in my team today. I attacked with 3 riders at the first point, all reaching the first group (which was pretty much the idea). Then at the second point, a 10 km mountain at 15%, I only attacked with Vansteeger, since he's by far the best climber of the 3 and I guessed that would be decisive today. But to my surprise he didn't get away from Raab and Selij, who both didn't attack and have a much much lower mountain skill. TT is quite comparable, and the sprint skill shouldn't have helped Raab and Selij here I presume? Anyone who has an idea of the cause there? It can't all be the weight here, can it? Forms weren't great for most of them (Raab 5, Selij 8 and Vansteeger 6).
I have no idea, to be honest, sometimes I simply don't understand when I see the results. Sometimes one of my riders overperforms and sometimes they really do bad. When I am right, Raab is a hiller and Selij is an allrounder with some extra mountain. In that case you are right and Vansteeger should lose them when he attacks. But sometimes the engine of Peloton runs in mysterious ways. Today I can probably help Heppie. Bruegger is going for the 100 points today and won't be satisfied with anything else then the win. Tomorrow I want to help Eboese by trying to win Paris-Tours with Brognoli. For Lombardia I am still struggling with what is the best kind of rider to win this race. But it is nice that this race will decide over the last spot on the podium. And then the season ends. Going to be an anxious season update because three of my best riders and specialists are 35 yo I cannot afford to lose 2 of them. I assume that Sloodts retires, and that is fine. If Timm retires, I can also live with that. But I certainly need Degryse and Brognoli to continue for 1 season.
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Post by eboese on Nov 8, 2019 11:07:44 GMT 1
Yeah, and especially mysterious when you are attacking with 2 or more riders in one race. I think we still don't really understand how the duo (or more) attack bug works. You would assume it only affects you when attacking with two or more riders at the same attack point, but perhaps it effects the race of these riders in other ways as well? That's just pure guesswork though. It's really hard to understand why Vansteeger doesn't do better at that attack point, especially since he does seem to do better during the later mountain parts.
Koster won't win today, I think 3rd is probably the best he can do, behind Bruegger and Saloio. I just hope the fitness of the Vuelta riders participating is low enough, but I think some of the guys at 84% can still give Koster a pretty hard time.
Why would you assume that Sloodts retires? I think the odds are higher he still stays in, right? Last season update was a bloodbath, but I think in general we shouldn't see a lot of 35 and 36 year olds retiring.
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Post by eboese on Nov 8, 2019 21:13:37 GMT 1
Pff, horrible timing from Köster to fall down in this race. Really could have used those additional 20 points. Shame
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[24] 1:1
Nov 10, 2019 13:20:28 GMT 1
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Post by Zberg on Nov 10, 2019 13:20:28 GMT 1
At least I have somebody to blame then if the difference for 3rd turns out to be minimal My sincere apologies, KC..
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[24] 1:1
Nov 10, 2019 13:33:29 GMT 1
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Post by eboese on Nov 10, 2019 13:33:29 GMT 1
Haha, man oh man, this one really hurts a little. It’s easy to see where I lost it in the last week (a lot of if only’s), but I’m sure we all had our fair share of ‘bad luck’ along the way. Congrats Heppie, well done, I really enjoyed the fight. And congrats again to Ab with another relatively easy division win. Are you getting bored already Looking forward to next season! Curious too see how Slayer’s team will develop. I don’t have a new Keldermans lined-up myself, so I’m pretty sure I will do a little bit worse.
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