2014 Volta ao Algarve, Feb 19-23 (2.1)

[jens_attacks]

i agree with the idea that if alberto doesn't look in control here( i don't mean to win), he can say goodbye to le tour for another year

 

[More Strides than Rides]

Beta builder.

I draw the route (with limits, as I only have seven points IIRC) and at the end, instead of saving the route, I take a screen dump of the profile.

edit: If you want me to, I can walk you through it, but that would have to be over PM or in the Race Design Tread.

Got it. I tried starting the beta builder in the past, but didn't have confidence in the round-about way of routing. Followed through this time and got what I was looking for.

 

[LaFlorecita]

i agree with the idea that if alberto doesn't look in control here( i don't mean to win), he can say goodbye to le tour for another year

Pfff you guys are depressing

 

[Netserk]

Pfff you guys are depressing

Not every rider can be like Horner and peak like an angel :O

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Pff, you guys have no faith. Contador is just having some off-years before dominating from 2017 to 2023

 

[Parrulo]

Pfff you guys are depressing

We guys are realistic

On a serious note, there can only be a nickname for Costa:

The maestro

 

[LaFlorecita]

We guys are realistic

On a serious note, there can only be a nickname for Costa:

The maestro

It's not like he always won every race he started even in 2008-2009

 

[del1962]

Definately a class above Hugo Viana

 

[Parrulo]

It's not like he always won every race he started even in 2008-2009

hmmmm

08:
6th Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
3rd in Murcia
1st Castilla Leon
1st Pais Vasco
1st Giro
1st Vuelta

09:
1st Algarve
4th PN (strongest rider in the race and would have won comfortably without bonking on the stage lulu won)
2nd Castilla Leoon (won by a team mate)
1st Pais Vasco
3 Dauphine
1 Tour

2010:
1st Algarve
1st Paris Nice
15th CI (lol i had forgotten how bad he was on that MTF because of his "allergies")
2nd Dauphine
1st Tour

so he won 70% of the stage races he raced in 08/09/10, 80% if you don't count the Dauphines and 87% if you count the PN he should have won under normal conditions.

Still 70% over 3 years. . . ya a top 5 in Algarve (where he has won twice on years he won the Tour) would be good

 

[LaFlorecita]

Not saying it would be good, just that it wouldn't be a disaster. After all I believe top 3 is the highest he can get in the TDF. And for that he doesn't have to show 2009 form.

 

[Christian]

Epic

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you, "A fortaleza de Sagres":

I was there last year in April. Wind was insane. As were portuguese fishermen who sat atop those cliffs, fishing.

I am seriously worried someone like Horner will get blown away and will be lost at sea, never to be seen again.

Whoever wins this will be the true heir to Henrique o Navegador!!

 

[Parrulo]

A bigger pic:

Algarve is a very beautiful place, almost as beautiful as Minho

 

[BigMac]

Hate to say this, but that is not the fortaleza de Sagres. That would be the São Vicente Cape's Beacon.

The fortaleza is in Sagres itself and in a much safer place.

I am seriously worried someone like Horner will get blown away and will be lost at sea, never to be seen again.

This is too good

 

[Christian]

Hate to say this, but that is not the fortaleza de Sagres. That would be the São Vicente Cape's Beacon.

The fortaleza is in Sagres itself and in a much safer place.

Ah, thanks BigMac for pointing this out, and sorry for the mistake. This should now be the real fortaleza:

 

[Robija]

Just went through the start list.
Anything but a victory for Contador will be surprise.
Horner is O.K., but c'mon... We're talking about Contador.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Not every rider can be like Horner and peak like an angel :O

horner isn't just peaking. his base level is always very high.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

It's not like he always won every race he started even in 2008-2009

yes he did

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

horner isn't just peaking. his base level is always very high.

yup. Horner is decent in almost every race he enters

 

[the sceptic]

Not saying it would be good, just that it wouldn't be a disaster. After all I believe top 3 is the highest he can get in the TDF. And for that he doesn't have to show 2009 form.

Want to do an avatar bet for algarve? If he gets top 3 I win, if not you win?

 

[Netserk]

horner isn't just peaking. his base level is always very high.

He was good in Tirreno, but Alberto was better. In the Vuelta however, he was far better than Alberto was in the Tour.

 

[LaFlorecita]

yes he did

Are you blind or stupid?

Want to do an avatar bet for algarve? If he gets top 3 I win, if not you win?

Okay fine, though I do believe he could get top 3 or even win if he's really lucky, but I need a new avi anyway

 

[LaFlorecita]

Just went through the start list.
Anything but a victory for Contador will be surprise.
Horner is O.K., but c'mon... We're talking about Contador.

Kwiatkowski and to a lesser extent Costa will be dangerous, don't underestimate them. I expect Kwiatkowski to win.

 

[Netserk]

@sceptic

Please give her the one with Alberto in grey undies

 

[Christian]

Kwiatkowski and to a lesser extent Costa will be dangerous, don't underestimate them. I expect Kwiatkowski to win.

Good call Florecita, I agree....

 

[Kwibus]

Want to do an avatar bet for algarve? If he gets top 3 I win, if not you win?

I'm so looking forward to see pappy win this race, or atleast get a podium.