Maybe, but as i can recall he has never had much success in classics. Maybe i'm wrong
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Don’t think you’re wrong. But today Lutsenko was better than Van Der Poel. Just.
I think I got 389 points today. Cannot complain, but it all looked so extremely good with Bettiol, Bagioli and Pidcock breaking loose, and Gregoire and Simmons among those looking strongest in the chasing group. Just hope that Bettiol hasn't been seriously injured in the crash!
In the end, aside from Pidcock and Grégoire (who I do have) nobody who was picked more than twice made the top-10 at Strade today, makes for a pretty stagnant week in this game which was as much as I could have hoped for.
Paris-Nice: Haig, Milan, Wright, Schachmann, Piccolo
Tirreno (so far): Pidcock, Roglic, Alaphilippe
...where is everyone? Normally two WT stage races at once means at least half your team is somewhere, not this year I guess. Mainly looking at Roglic' level, Haig's GC bid and, once again, damage limitation.
Paris-Nice: Haig, Milan, Wright, Schachmann, Piccolo
Tirreno (so far): Pidcock, Roglic, Alaphilippe
...where is everyone? Normally two WT stage races at once means at least half your team is somewhere, not this year I guess. Mainly looking at Roglic' level, Haig's GC bid and, once again, damage limitation.
And in the end all of the promise resulted in 1st,8th,12th and 14th. At least it should've been the rarer VDP winning, not the popular Briton. Well deserved victory, but can't say I didn't hope for a loot more...
3rd and 8th + 1st and 8th. Halvorsen and Grégoire into profit. Looks like the riders on my team don't actually suck when they bother to enter a race.
C. Rodriguez - broken collarbone from his crash in Strade.. 
So no Spring points for him anymore
With Ayuso and Johannessen as my second and third most expensive rare picks also not performing yet, I think that´s it already for the season for me... I cheer you on from the back seats.
So no Spring points for him anymoreWith Ayuso and Johannessen as my second and third most expensive rare picks also not performing yet, I think that´s it already for the season for me... I cheer you on from the back seats.
C. Rodriguez - broken collarbone from his crash in Strade..
With Ayuso and Johannessen as my second and third most expensive rare picks also not performing yet, I think that´s it already for the season for me... I cheer you on from the back seats.
Well, I don't have Ayuso and Johannessen, but I do have Rodriguez and Hirschi...
Have feeling Gannas going play huge part in who wins, was in my final shortlist but didn't make cut, what races he does make such huge difference this easier TA should see him pick up some GC pts
Sounds like it'll be tough for Brenner to get back on track. He is still suffering from his crash in 2020, leading to severe back pain at times - and currently more often than not, especially when going uphill. In Strade Bianche it was so bad, he had to retire after 40k
here are the two articles (in German) I was referring to, by the way:
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Update #9: rote laterne on top
This week was devoid of major stage races, but the 'sixth monument' ramped up the stakes of the early season and signalled the transition into being in full swing. With a very popular pick winning Strade Bianche but very few popular riders with high placings on the weekend races, overall scores were modest but there were some significant moves in the standings.
This Week's Top Scorers
It was close at the top this week, but rote laterne takes the top spot with just over 500 points. This is of course due to the necessary-but-not-sufficient popular duo of Tom Pidcock (220 points, 76 teams) and the precocious Romain Gregoire (104 points, 60 teams), but also some good weeks from rarer picks such as Champoussin (52, 5), Halvorsen (50, 22) and Lutsenko (40, 23). Poles & Co gets pipped on the line but has a fine second place thanks to Attila Valter (86 points, 2 teams - good thing they don't deduct CQ points for bad tactics) and Caleb Ewan (48, 14) on top of the big 2. Sneekes sneaks onto the podium by a single point as one of only 4 teams to pick Gerben Thijssen (80 points).
This Week's High Movers
Lots of good jumps this week, although now that we're into March we won't see the 50+ place swings of the opening week. manafana upends the classification, jumping 19 places. Sneekes and rote laterne repeat their podium places, although rote is part of a 4 way tie for third.
Green Jersey Contest
No movement in the top 3 here, with rote laterne the only mover at the top, using the 45 points for the weekly win to vault into the top 5 overall.
Top 10 Overall
None of the top 3 overall were in the top 50 this week, which meant that a) teams further down are at closer breathing distance and b) no one could make up enough on bminchow to threaten the overall lead. Jakob747 did gain over 60 points on the leader, and those two are still a step above the rest, but this week has some big points coming up so we will see how things shake out. DJW is the only entrant into the top 10, at the expense of firefly3323.
This week sees all hands on deck for the two simultaneous WT stage races that mark the historic for-sure-for-real opening of the cycling season, Paris-Nice and Tirenno-Adriatico - and thanks to the changes in Tirenno's schedule, we are getting GC points for both in the same week! Should be fun.
spreadsheet at dropbox
This week was devoid of major stage races, but the 'sixth monument' ramped up the stakes of the early season and signalled the transition into being in full swing. With a very popular pick winning Strade Bianche but very few popular riders with high placings on the weekend races, overall scores were modest but there were some significant moves in the standings.
This Week's Top Scorers
| Rank | Team | Points this week |
| 1 | rote_laterne | 505 |
| 2 | Poles & Co | 501 |
| 3 | Sneekes | 494 |
| 4 | repre | 493 |
| 5 | Armchair cyclist | 479 |
It was close at the top this week, but rote laterne takes the top spot with just over 500 points. This is of course due to the necessary-but-not-sufficient popular duo of Tom Pidcock (220 points, 76 teams) and the precocious Romain Gregoire (104 points, 60 teams), but also some good weeks from rarer picks such as Champoussin (52, 5), Halvorsen (50, 22) and Lutsenko (40, 23). Poles & Co gets pipped on the line but has a fine second place thanks to Attila Valter (86 points, 2 teams - good thing they don't deduct CQ points for bad tactics) and Caleb Ewan (48, 14) on top of the big 2. Sneekes sneaks onto the podium by a single point as one of only 4 teams to pick Gerben Thijssen (80 points).
This Week's High Movers
| Rank | Team | Up/down |
| 1 | manafana | (+19) |
| 2 | Sneekes | (+17) |
| 3 | rote_laterne | (+15) |
| 3 | PremierAndrew | (+15) |
| 3 | oliveira | (+15) |
| 3 | Armchair cyclist | (+15) |
Lots of good jumps this week, although now that we're into March we won't see the 50+ place swings of the opening week. manafana upends the classification, jumping 19 places. Sneekes and rote laterne repeat their podium places, although rote is part of a 4 way tie for third.
Green Jersey Contest
| Rank | Team | Total |
| 1 | bminchow | 137.3 |
| 2 | Jakob747 | 122.3 |
| 3 | Blues in the bottle | 109.5 |
| 4 | rote_laterne | 95.5 |
| 5 | zaka_fan | 88.3 |
No movement in the top 3 here, with rote laterne the only mover at the top, using the 45 points for the weekly win to vault into the top 5 overall.
Top 10 Overall
| Rank | Up/down | Team | Points |
| 1 | (-) | bminchow | 2825 |
| 2 | (-) | Jakob747 | 2623 |
| 3 | (-) | zaka_fan | 2516 |
| 4 | (+2) | Poles & Co | 2492 |
| 5 | (+2) | Squire | 2373 |
| 5 | (+3) | ray10 | 2373 |
| 7 | (-3) | Blues in the bottle | 2372 |
| 8 | (+1) | adamski101 | 2303 |
| 9 | (+1) | tobydawq | 2297 |
| 10 | (+2) | DJW | 2231 |
None of the top 3 overall were in the top 50 this week, which meant that a) teams further down are at closer breathing distance and b) no one could make up enough on bminchow to threaten the overall lead. Jakob747 did gain over 60 points on the leader, and those two are still a step above the rest, but this week has some big points coming up so we will see how things shake out. DJW is the only entrant into the top 10, at the expense of firefly3323.
This week sees all hands on deck for the two simultaneous WT stage races that mark the historic for-sure-for-real opening of the cycling season, Paris-Nice and Tirenno-Adriatico - and thanks to the changes in Tirenno's schedule, we are getting GC points for both in the same week! Should be fun.
spreadsheet at dropbox
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just saw that Moscon will skip Roubaix this year and do Catalunya + Itzulia instead to prepare for the Ardennes. May make sense if he just doesn't feel in shape for it, of course, but I guess this means very few points for another while.
So it's already over for us non-Roglic teams apparently!
Especially with Pidcock not up to it.
Another pick that I hummed and hawed over before kicking him out of my team, Damien Howson, looks to have the form to get some of his random high placings in minor stage races again.
Especially with Pidcock not up to it.
Another pick that I hummed and hawed over before kicking him out of my team, Damien Howson, looks to have the form to get some of his random high placings in minor stage races again.
As encouraging as today was for me and all other Roglic teams, it was right in his comfort zone and it’s far from impossible that he underwhelms when the going gets harder, not just here but also on some of the brutal stages the Giro has this year. And in any case, I’m not going to pass judgment on a popular rider following the Tirreno after I said this following last year’s edition:So it's already over for us non-Roglic teams apparently!
I have no doubt that Roglic will have a very good level. Even if he doesn't win big he should get enough points to be a good pick - unless he crashes again which is something I really fear...
Especially if two of your most expensive picks are Piccolo and Lutsenko. The former DNF'd again, while the latter disappeared on a tough stage, again. Too many race days have elapsed for either of these to become good picks . My team's hopes of being competitive now rest with Ewan, Wright and BattistellaSo it's already over for us non-Roglic teams apparently!
Especially with Pidcock not up to it.
Another pick that I hummed and hawed over before kicking him out of my team, Damien Howson, looks to have the form to get some of his random high placings in minor stage races again.
I have a similar problem with Johannessen. He's now due to start his season (disregarding the false start in Algarve) at Catalunya. The early season races were quite crucial if he was gonna become a good pick. And judging from last year, I was convinced he was gonna have a good level from the start. Now a good portion of his race days will most likely be spent being somewhat anonymous in big races like the Tour de France instead of racking up easy GC points in lower level races.Especially if two of your most expensive picks are Piccolo and Lutsenko. The former DNF'd again, while the latter disappeared on a tough stage, again. Too many race days have elapsed for either of these to become good picks . My team's hopes of being competitive now rest with Ewan, Wright and Battistella
Ackermann and Bouhanni still have time and opportunities to turn it around, but if I knew that their combined tally at this point of the season would be 10 points I would not have picked them.
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Lol, Ackermann. I also have him.
Nearly all my expensive picks are wasted, either because I was clueless or because of bad luck.
Always nice to see my picks go 1-2 in a WT stage even if they are fairly popular.
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