Guess Who - Game

[DJ Sprtsch]

hmm.. she's
track?
cross?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Mostly a roadie. She did used to do something else in the winter, but it was neither of those.

 

[del1962]

She did speed skating?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Yes.

 

[BigMac]

Hmm... To Gerranse or not to Gerranse...

 

[Libertine Seguros]

You brought up the déjà vu before, so you clearly had some idea earlier. Just Gerrans it.

Although at some point maybe I should choose Floortje just to see if people think I'm double bluffing next time...

 

[del1962]

Rides for Parkhotel Valkenburg?
Under 21?

 

[BigMac]

Yes, (should be) Jip. You do it del.

What kind of rider is she (does this question even make sense in the ladies peloton)? I see she mixes well between the big guns from time to time. Has good results from sprints (guessing the speed skating helped shaping it) but can also be part of a small and elite selection (in Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen; Ronde van Gelderland... for instance) even though then she does not contend for the upper spots. But heck, what am I saying, she's only 20.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

That question does make sense; though specialization is much less in the women's péloton, the number who truly compete over ALL terrains are limited (Anna VDB, ELB and Claudia have no sprint, Lizzie and Emma J are good on shorter climbs (Emma J has historically been better on longer ones than Lizzie has but will get dropped in a long sustained climb) but less so in TTs, even Marianne Vos has a weakness against the clock), and while most people have at least a balance of skills, there are still some specialists - Cauz and Abbott are pure climbers, Villumsen's a pure TTer - but there's a lot more all-rounders, biased in various directions. Most who are good climbers over longer stuff are also good in the punchy stuff unlike them (ELB, Anna VDB, Niewiadoma, PFP, Stevens, Moolman). Most sprinters are at least slightly durable, whether it be at getting over small hills and rolling terrain (Lepistö, Bronzini), classics stuff (d'Hoore) or pure echelon power (Wild); but a lot of people who aren't pure sprinters can mix it up well in them - take Majerus, Brand, Cecchini, Brennauer as examples. I see Jip as being somewhere in that kind of area at the moment; she's too versatile to be a pure sprinter (she seems to have a fairly good knack of knowing moves to try to follow, and she adapted better to the Emakumeen Bira than I thought she might although she lost a few minutes in the more sustained climbs on the final day) but most of her best results are on home roads from more reduced sprints. As she gets stronger and a bit more experienced (plus if she gets a team, either Parkhotel developing her or moving to another team, that can offer good placement in the bunch/protection) I can see her being one of those riders that people need to shake because she'll still be able to be there when the bunch only has 20-30 in it.

Anyway, I see you edited your "it's" to "should be" while I was writing that... given all that I've written above, I think we're all now pretty clear that it's Jip van den Bos.

 

[del1962]

Its yours bigmac, even if it makes you feel like an Australian puncheur

 

[RedheadDane]

Male?
Active?

 

[BigMac]

Thanks for the explanation Libertine, I'll make sure to track her progress!

Ok del, here we go then.

Male? Yes

Active? Yes

 

[Echoes]

&#10153 Does he share his last name with a female politician of his country who had been kidnapped a few years ago?

 

[BigMac]

I have really no idea. &#128528

I mean, I don't think so.

 

[Echoes]

sorry for my stupid joke

 

[BigMac]

Haha, it wasn't stupid at all. I just didn't know of any Íngrid Betancourt or of a kidnapping, else it would have rang a bell.

 

[Echoes]

You're gonna have to play him someday, aren't you?


(BigMac, pleaaase, why don't you answer PM's, sorry to get it to the forum but I had to!)

 

[del1962]

on a world tour team?
European?
pro wins?
under 30?

 

[BigMac]

On a World Tour team.

European.

Has pro wins.

Under 30.

 

[Ricco']

Landlocked Country?
Was top-150 on CQranking at least once?
WT wins?

 

[BigMac]

Not from a landlocked country.

Was never top-150 in CQRanking.

Has at least one WT win.

 

[RedheadDane]

On team registered in same country as he's from?

 

[BigMac]

Yes.

 

[del1962]

Was his WT win just a stage of a WT stage race?
From a country with Atlantic coastline?
Under 25?
On a European registered team?

 

[RedheadDane]

Italian?
French?
Spanish?

(He's European, and he's on a team registered in the same country as he's from, so I'd say he's on a European team. )