The Great Grand-Tour-Game 2011

[FoxxyBrown1111]

live:

Another big blow: Wiggins is out. I had such a good feeling about his form.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Congrats to everybody´s great pick. Well done ...

P.S.: Horner down w/13 minutes (diziness = concussion?). Anyway, he´s gone. Not as predicted by me, but the result is the same...

 

[lancaster]

levi, horner, hesjedal (sp?), arroyo, kreuziger sure there are others all lose significant time

wigans out


shakes up the top 20 plenty

 

[Hartog]

Yeah Hartog, tomorrow is for the Record-and Fact Book only

Otherwise nothing to gain for anybody...

With Wiggins out and Horner and Arroyo losing time it feels like I lost today.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

I think you can cancel Horner too. 13 minutes down + concussion likely.
Anyway, congrats to the new record...

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

3 of us have gilbert tonight.

c'mon gilbet get my campaign back on course !

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

I am 3 posts shy of 1.000. What is the present from cycnews.com? May Ferminal, who´s also a mod can help out here

P.S.: Just posted in another thread, so it´s only 2 to go...

 

[boomcie]

3 of us have gilbert tonight.

c'mon gilbet get my campaign back on course !

Because all my prono games have turned to sh*t, I'm also going to cheer for Gilbert today. Expecting a breakaway to take it though.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Number 1.000:

I think we all might get a problem here. It´s only 9 days gone and we have another two fav´s dropping out: Vino, VDB. Will we have any riders in our predicted Top-20´s? Or will Voeckler win the TdF simply because the peloton runs out of GC-Riders?

Little stats update:
Boomcie and Greenflame are hit the worst so far with 6 (!!!) of 20 guys lost to injuries.
Sasquatch and me are the most "lucky" so far: "only" loosing 3 guys up to now (but Gesink is waitin)

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

A big sigh of relief:

Voeckler (5 picked him, not me) came close but didn´t win.... Yellow granted him enough

 

[Ferminal]

1,001 looks better.

****ty breaks cost me two wins with Gilbert

 

[Greenflame]

Number 1.000:

I think we all might get a problem here. It´s only 9 days gone and we have another two fav´s dropping out: Vino, VDB. Will we have any riders in our predicted Top-20´s? Or will Voeckler win the TdF simply because the peloton runs out of GC-Riders?

Little stats update:
Boomcie and Greenflame are hit the worst so far with 6 (!!!) of 20 guys lost to injuries.
Sasquatch and me are the most "lucky" so far: "only" loosing 3 guys up to now (but Gesink is waitin)

Hesjedal is the one that's going to cost me most, not only in this game but I've also played him in another.

I will be very, very surprised if I still get on to the Vuelta. However, one little bit of hope for me is that Andy looks stronger than Contador. If he's hungry for stages and wins the Tour my gamble there might get me enough points to compensate for the injuries other GC riders I picked are suffering.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

My pick today (Dumoulin) was 5th... from behind

 

[boomcie]

Number 1.000:

Congrats Foxxy. Good to have you on board!

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

I am 3 posts shy of 1.000. What is the present from cycnews.com? May Ferminal, who´s also a mod can help out here

P.S.: Just posted in another thread, so it´s only 2 to go...

1,001 looks better.

****ty breaks cost me two wins with Gilbert

Aha, now i understand why there´s no present for No. 1.000. It makes sense, you are right...

Congrats Foxxy. Good to have you on board!

Thank you very much. I am deeply touched.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

This isn´t the NFL, right?

Just read that Klöden was to hospital too and is doubtful to continue.

Here´s the Injury-Report of the 35 riders picked:
Out - Brajkovic
Out - Horner
Out - Intxausti
Out - Kern
Out - VDB
Out - Vino
Out - Wiggins
P - Contador (multiple crashes, injury status unknown)
D - Gesink (still suffering from his big crash, doubtful to continue)
D - Klöden (doubtful, sent to hospital)
Q - Kreuziger (loosing big time after crash(es), thus loosing much time)
Q - Leipheimer (multiple crashes costing much time, status unknown).

Yep, it´s the NFL... or worse.

If someone has more news, or if i forgot riders please inform me. This will be my excuse list for if i miss the cut...

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

After all the crashes i love this standings

Provisionals at the 1st Rest Day (after Stage 9):

20 Sylvester (1st)
18 Hartog (2nd)
17 Foxxy (3rd)
15 (24) Sasquatch (4th)
15 (22) Ferminal* (5th)
15 (22) Boomcie* (6th)
15 (19) Dlwssonic (7th)
15 (18) Kazistuta (8th)
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14 (23) Lancaster (9th)
14 (22) Hitch (10th)
14 (21) Greenflame (11th)
14 (19) Timmy Rabo** (12th)
14 (19) Armchair** (13th)
13 (19) Amateur (14th)
13 (18) Mortand (15th)
11 Aarnold (16th)

* Ferminal wins further tie breaker step (3 stage wins vs. 2 for Boomcie)
** Timmy Rabo wins further tie breaker step (12 Top-20´s vs. 11 for Armchair)

 

[Sylvester]

Go steegmans make me proud

 

[Ferminal]

Oh I did have Cav for today.. thought I saved it for 15.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Standings before mountains (after Stage 11):

4 (25) Hartog (1st)
4 (23) Lancaster (2nd)
4 (22) Ferminal (3rd)
4 (19) Sylvester (4th)
3 (24) Sasquatch (5th)
3 (18) Kazistuta (6th)
2 (22) Aarnold (7th)
2 (22) Boomcie
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2 (22) Hitch
2 (21) Greenflame (10th)
2 (19) Amateur (11th)
2 (19) Armchair
2 (19) Dlwssonic
2 (19) Foxxy
2 (19) Timmy Rabo
2 (18) Mortand (16th)

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Go steegmans make me proud

For that great pick (Steegmans actually finishing 5th today.... from behind), your spot at No. 1 in the Provisionals after Stage 11 is well deserved :

20 Sylvester (1st)
18 Hartog (2nd)
17 Foxxy (3rd)
16 (24) Sasquatch (4th)
16 (22) Ferminal (5th)
15 (23) Lancaster (6th)
15 (22) Boomcie (7th)
15 (19) Dlwssonic (8th)
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15 (18) Kazistuta (9th)
14 (22) Hitch (10th)
14 (21) Greenflame (11th)
14 (19) Timmy Rabo (12th)*
14 (19) Armchair (13th)*
14 (19) Amateur (14th)*
13 Mortand (15th)
12 Aarnold (16th)

* on further tie breaking steps, Timmy Rabo wins w/12 Top-20´s against Armchair and Amateur (each 11);
Armchair wins Tie-Breaker against Amateur w/Off-Score (70 vs. 74)

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Super i have SSanchez tomorrow. Because i tought tomorrow is the stage trou basque country?! Feel like v0mit now...

Provisionals after 12:

Mortand jumps from next to last right into the Top-8

18 Sylvester (1st)
17 Sasquatch (2nd)
16 Hartog (3rd)
15 Foxxy (4th)
14 (23) Lancaster (5th)
14 (22) Ferminal (6th)*
14 (22) Boomcie (7th)
14 (18) Mortand (8th)
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13 (22) Hitch (9th)
13 (19) Armchair (10th)**
13 (19) Amateur (11th)***
13 (19) Dlwssonic (12th)
12 (19) Timmy Rabo (13th)
12 (18) Kazistuta (14th)
11 Greenflame (15th)
10 Aarnold (16th)

* Ferminal wins further tie breaking step against Boomcie w/4 stage wins (vs. 2)
** Armchair wins further tie breaking step against Amateur & Dlwssonic w/11 Top-20´s (vs. 10 & 9)
*** Amateur wins further tie breaking step against Dlwssonic w/10 Top-20´s (vs. 9)

 

[boomcie]

I can't believe I'm still making the cut right now. Not happy with any of my pronos.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

After one day in the Top-8, Mortand drops back to 15th, while my decline is a slow but steady process ... Boomcie is still safe thanks to the great pick (as mentioned before) of Peraud!

Provisionals after unlucky 13:

18 Sylvester (1st)
17 Sasquatch (2nd)
15 Hartog (3rd)
14 (23) Lancaster (4th)
14 (22) Ferminal (5th)*
14 (22) Boomcie (6th)
14 (19) Foxxy (7th)
13 (22) Hitch (8th)
-------------------------------------------------
13 (19) Armchair (9th)**
13 (19) Amateur (10th)***
13 (19) Dlwssonic (11th)
12 (21) Greenflame (12th)
12 (19) Timmy Rabo (13th)
12 (18) Kazistuta (14th)****
12 (18) Mortand (15th)
10 Aarnold (16th)

* Ferminal wins further tie breaking step against Boomcie w/4 stage wins (vs. 2)
** Armchair wins further tie breaking step against Amateur & Dlwssonic w/11 Top-20´s (vs. 10 & 9)
*** Amateur wins further tie breaking step against Dlwssonic w/10 Top-20´s (vs. 9)
**** Kazistuta wins further tie breaking step against Mortand w/3 stage wins (vs. 2)

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I live and die with Taraamae. He is my "TdF-Tiralongo". And if Coppel would move up, that would be a nice insurance. No way that Karpets gets in the Top-20, that would be a killer. So i know whom i rooting and bite nails for now.

 

[aarnold517]

looks like i've got quite a firm grip on the lanterne rouge! if i can't be first, might as well be last