MADRAZO said:
skidmark said:
Here's my team:
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 833
ARU Fabio 777
DENNIS Rohan 738
EWAN Caleb 552
DEGENKOLB John 550
LANDA MEANA Mikel 479
BONIFAZIO Niccolo 347
OOMEN Sam 336
NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas 282
VIVIANI Elia 275
COSTA Adrien 274
KÖNIG Leopold 264
KÜNG Stefan 225
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd 158
MACHADO Tiago Jose Pinto 140
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen 133
MÜHLBERGER Gregor 125
BRESCHEL Matti 116
VERVAEKE Louis 109
BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos Alberto 108
DANIEL Gregory 104
SCHACHMANN Maximilian 101
ACEVEDO CALLE Janier Alexis 87
SCHLEGEL Michal 83
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat 79
PONZI Simone 78
KÄMNA Lennard 48
PELUCCHI Matteo 45
VAN STAEYEN Michael 27
ARREDONDO MORENO Julian David 17
DOULL Owain 7
MALORI Adriano 2
MCNULTY Brandon 0
The team of the defending champion deserves a quick evaluation.
Solid and interesting team as usual. Im glad you have picked Oomen too, whom I considder my weakest pick. Then I guess your big gamble is Rohan Dennis. Gutsy pick that I actually had barely considdered as an option with the competition of other expensive riders like Gaviria, Lopez and Kwiatkowski. But thinking about it he could be your key to succes and if the Giro-GC-gamble works he could end up a great pick. That could very well fail though and then he would likely struggle to earn enough points. Then you have fitted in more of the cheap picks than me that are all potential great picks with little risk. They could all turn out as a new Petit for you again. I suppose especially a rider like Van Staeyen has a quite similar situation as Petit and he could likely do just as well if he finds his old form and gets a few chances and the same with Pelucchi. Malori I guess could do both 5 points or 600 in the end I did not want to waste a space, but I might easily regreat that. McNulty is an interesting pick that I also did not considder much due to the age, I suppose his potential scoring limit is lower but that he has a good chance to earn enough to justify using the spot. Seing how much Costa scored this season he might very well be a great pick. Then I feel G. Daniel is talented but Im sceptical if he will improve his score much and get much own chances next season, but he could prove me wrong, and then I also think Adrian Costa despite his enormous talent will have trouble improving enough to be a good pick still riding for Axeon. Finally Van Den Broeck was very cheap but I skipped him since he would only aim for the Ardennes and sounds like he will only help the rest of the year, but at the price I suppose he is very small risk with a big potential, and the same with Machado that seems over the hill so that I have lost most of my faith in him, but he could potentially still make a comeback and be a great pick. I think in general your team is quite smart in the sence that you have picked a lot of riders that are very low in the score compared to their potential so that if some of them succeeds its fine that others continues to dissapoint and perhaps better than like my own team where most riders will perhaps be more likely to improve their points but are less likely to do more than doubling, so that those failing me are destroying more.
Thanks for the quick evaluation of my team
Just a few comments:
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 833
Considering he wasted half of his 2016 season at the track and training for Olympics, and also had a bad luck at MSR - he should be at 2000 points with a healthy season.
ARU Fabio 777
Obvious pick
DENNIS Rohan 738
With his TT & GC potential ... 2000 points is possible. Boatload of points from the AUS summer, TDF yellow after stage 1. TT is almost certain. (Unless 13km is too short for him?) The only issues I see, is that he may be slaving too much for the little midget. Maybe he can win smaller WT races such California etc.
EWAN Caleb 552
Personally, I'm not a fan of his, but with all those points for a grab at TDU, he should be at his cost by MSR. We all know 1200-1500 is doable for every decent sprinter.
DEGENKOLB John 550
Duh!
LANDA MEANA Mikel 479
Obvious Pick
BONIFAZIO Niccolo 347
I had him last year too and he should get a better support at Bahrain. Hoping for 1000 points. He was the last addition after I removed Kwiatko in exchange for him and NAVARDAUSKAS
OOMEN Sam 336
Who knows. Maybe 1000 maybe 100.
NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas 282
He got talent to score 1000 if his talent is not wasted by domestique duties.
VIVIANI Elia 275
Obvious pick
COSTA Adrien 274
The biggest American talent since Lemond. I just have to have him. As per points, I don't care if he scores zero. Maybe he is the next Sagan and at 274, he is cheap.
KÖNIG Leopold 264
Obvious pick
KÜNG Stefan 225
Big talent and potential but may not be obvious pick.
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd 158
same as above
MACHADO Tiago Jose Pinto 140
didnt want him, but at 140, I had no choice.
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen 133
same as Machado
MÜHLBERGER Gregor 125
He can TT and he won the Peace Race in 2015
BRESCHEL Matti 116
same as Machado & JVDB
VERVAEKE Louis 109
Should improve
BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos Alberto 108
Oh boy, how much I hate to have this fat pig on my team
DANIEL Gregory 104
I just like his attacking style and he is the current US champ. Doubling his points should be easy.
SCHACHMANN Maximilian 101
Young TT guy
ACEVEDO CALLE Janier Alexis 87
Can he find his climbing legs and score some points at California? That should be enough since the TdC is now WT
SCHLEGEL Michal 83
Supposedly, when they tested him at QuickStep, they measured the highest power per Kg ever! Therefore, he should be able to climb. With Rebellin gone, he & Hirt should get some chances at CCC. He was cheaper of the two, thats why I picked him over Hirt.
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat 79
Obvious pick
PONZI Simone 78
Cheap pick, high potential?
KÄMNA Lennard 48
Who knows, better to have him at this cost.
PELUCCHI Matteo 45
same as Ponzi
VAN STAEYEN Michael 27
Cheap
ARREDONDO MORENO Julian David 17
Cheap
DOULL Owain 7
CHeap talent?
MALORI Adriano 2
Obvious pick
MCNULTY Brandon 0
The local boy and junior TT champ. Maybe he can duplicate what Adrian Costa did in 2016
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