Ferminal said:
Oh ye of little faith. Breschel will be back to his 'almost living up to his promise' disappointments rather than his last two years of 'completely not living up to any standard'.
McCarthy was definitely on the bubble for me, he's a good talent, but in the end I couldn't fit his cost into my last few picks.
EvansIsTheBest said:
He isn't a TT'er. He's good good kick, very punchy, good acceleration hence he did well in that prologue. He's got a good sprint on him as well. He'll score few points but will not score anywhere close to Durbridge last season as he will not feature in long-ish / medium TT's.
- May 15, 2011
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- Jan 20, 2011
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I thought McCarthy will be more of a classics guy and he wouldn't be a good enough TT to win short stage races.
Classics guys usually don't give you good profit in their 1st or 2nd years.
i learnt that with Tosh Van Der Sande and Johan Le Bon last year.
That's the main reason I didn't select him.
Classics guys usually don't give you good profit in their 1st or 2nd years.
i learnt that with Tosh Van Der Sande and Johan Le Bon last year.
That's the main reason I didn't select him.
- Dec 12, 2010
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Not all stage races have a 40k TT. Take Circuit de la Sarthe this year the TT is 6.8kms and the other stages are pancake flat. You do not think he could feature in this TT in a weak field and gain 50 GC points easily ? And it's just one example, I'm sure there are more.Gloin22 said:
- May 9, 2010
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- May 4, 2011
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Hugo Koblet said:
Bummer. TDU will own me. Dennis out, I didn't pick Haas (not sure why, though, it could prove to be costly mistake) ... and everyone has Gilbert and Sutton. Just great. Well, at least Cattaneo is well on his way to score me a couple points in Gabon. Better not f uck up that ...15th place on GC.
- Jan 11, 2010
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Feck it. Viral meningitis, doesn't sound good. But they don't seem too concerned, so maybe this is a benign version.
- Oct 23, 2011
- 3,846
- 2
- 0
I didn't know what meningitis was, but I looked it up and it's a hersenvliesontsteking.
Man, he better get well soon!
Man, he better get well soon!
- Mar 19, 2009
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I personally intend to fight for another year in the top20 (pretty stable with rank 19 & 20 respectively) - a first update rank of 26 indicates a good start, and with 10 starters in TDU (a.o. Gilbert, TDG, G & Rojas) my team should be good for another solid result here. Especially hoping for a Sagan-esque showing in Tim Wellens' first appearance in Australia
- Jul 5, 2011
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Louis Meintjes more than doubles his 2012 score with 10th place in Gabon. My first rider into profit.
On to next week;
San Luis
Cavendish
Van Leijen
Hushovd
Finetto
Arroyo
TDU
Gilbert
Sutton
Thomas
Schleck
Farrar
Bobridge
On to next week;
San Luis
Cavendish
Van Leijen
Hushovd
Finetto
Arroyo
TDU
Gilbert
Sutton
Thomas
Schleck
Farrar
Bobridge
- May 4, 2011
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18-Valve. (pithy) said:Well, at least Cattaneo is well on his way to score me a couple points in Gabon. Better not f uck up that ...15th place on GC.
Aaaaaaaaaaaand of course he did: DNS. Andy would be proud.
Those who have Kern can rejoice though. 12 points for him.
- May 9, 2010
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Man I would have been pi**ed, had I had Cattaneo18-Valve. (pithy) said:Aaaaaaaaaaaand of course he did: DNS. Andy would be proud.
Those who have Kern can rejoice though. 12 points for him.
Fortunately, I was 1 point over the limit so I couldn't include him - May 4, 2011
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Hugo Koblet said:Man I would have been pi**ed, had I had Cattaneo
Unless he's out with some African virus I'm not worried. I didn't expect much from him to begin with. He should be able to outscore Bongiorno, though.
- Dec 12, 2010
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15 points from Berhane and 5-pointers from Rolland and Wackermann this week for me. Pretty disappointing considering the field they raced against, the TDU and San Luis can't come too soon.
- May 4, 2011
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EvansIsTheBest said:
Rolland and Wackermann didn't score anything, since they didn't make the top-30.
http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/cqpoints.asp?year=2013
- Dec 12, 2010
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True, when I looked the whole GC wasn't yet on the site and I guess I'm too used to looking at WT races where everybody gets points. All the more reason to look forward to the TDU18-Valve. (pithy) said:
- May 9, 2010
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- 2,438
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18-Valve. (pithy) said:Unless he's out with some African virus I'm not worried. I didn't expect much from him to begin with. He should be able to outscore Bongiorno, though.
No, of course, I was just kidding around
Yeah, it was exactly Bongiorno I wanted to swap for Cattaneo but came up 1 point short. Next year it's 7501 points - May 4, 2011
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Hugo Koblet said:No, of course, I was just kidding around
I know you were. I was just interested in who you picked instead... it won't matter, surely. Bongiorno could outscore him. You never know with young talents.
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