well, I've got Sosa only in Coppi e Bartali (which seems to be going okay for him so far), and a bit of a whiff in De Panne with Dupont and Viviani in the top 10 and Colbrelli and Moschetti the top 20, but considering my lineup there it left some points on the table.
Catalunya is Kruijswijk, Froome and Jungels who are all popular so wouldn't matter anyway, but Kruijswijk is doing meh and the other two bleh. So my week comes down to the classics:
E3
Greg Van Avermaet
Oliver Naesen
Nils Politt
Sep Vanmarcke
Tom Pidcock
Sonny Colbrelli
Amund Jansen
Matteo Trentin
Alexander Kristoff
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Ten decent riders there... aside from two of my 3 Norwegians, top 10 is a something I could envision for any of those guys, and Jansen is pretty consistent, EBH an unknown after being meh in February and working for Manzin in De Panne. I think that, crashes or mechanicals aside, all the other guys should finish near the top, although Kristoff hasn't shown if he's just been unlucky this season or unlucky and over the hill.
Gent Wevelgem
add Moschetti, Laporte, Viviani, Dupont, Sarreau and Chris Lawless, take out Politt and Pidcock.
That's looking good! I don't expect Moschetti or Lawless at the end of things, but that's making a strong team stronger. Hopefully I have some luck.
Cholet-Pays de la Loire
Heck, I dunno! Startlist isn't finished, but really, who's left? There are ten riders on my team that aren't either in other races or injured, and most of them aren't on teams that are here. But I'll be watching G-W anyway!
Catalunya is Kruijswijk, Froome and Jungels who are all popular so wouldn't matter anyway, but Kruijswijk is doing meh and the other two bleh. So my week comes down to the classics:
E3
Greg Van Avermaet
Oliver Naesen
Nils Politt
Sep Vanmarcke
Tom Pidcock
Sonny Colbrelli
Amund Jansen
Matteo Trentin
Alexander Kristoff
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Ten decent riders there... aside from two of my 3 Norwegians, top 10 is a something I could envision for any of those guys, and Jansen is pretty consistent, EBH an unknown after being meh in February and working for Manzin in De Panne. I think that, crashes or mechanicals aside, all the other guys should finish near the top, although Kristoff hasn't shown if he's just been unlucky this season or unlucky and over the hill.
Gent Wevelgem
add Moschetti, Laporte, Viviani, Dupont, Sarreau and Chris Lawless, take out Politt and Pidcock.
That's looking good! I don't expect Moschetti or Lawless at the end of things, but that's making a strong team stronger. Hopefully I have some luck.
Cholet-Pays de la Loire
Heck, I dunno! Startlist isn't finished, but really, who's left? There are ten riders on my team that aren't either in other races or injured, and most of them aren't on teams that are here. But I'll be watching G-W anyway!