The Great Grand-Tour-Game 2011

[FoxxyBrown1111]

I have good reasons to think that the sprinters teams are still intact at this time, and have the power to chase and catch the lead group with Visconti... And Cav just wins by inches

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

I have good reasons to think that the sprinters teams are still intact at this time, and have the power to chase and catch the lead group with Visconti... And Cav just wins by inches

yeah I think the sprinters are gonna try to make the most of their limited opportunities.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Yop. It´s basically the last chance. After that the mountain masacre starts. Seems like a Tour of the 50s.

I am ready now. Eager to let the games begin. Am in all 3, going for the triple

 

[dlwssonic]

No, you did the best you can do. 3 times Cav, 3 times Contador. A tactic most of us used. Now it "only" depends on having picked the right stages...

P.S.: and you have 3 times Rodriguez. I might have gone with too many breakaway winners. I like your picks more.OMG

damn i think I picked the wrong stages and I totally forgot about the wild cards otherwise i will pick some androni. will there be a leaderboard

 

[Eric8-A]

Visconti looks good to ruin it for the sprinters

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

damn i think I picked the wrong stages and I totally forgot about the wild cards otherwise i will pick some androni. will there be a leaderboard

Yes. Like in snooker. A Board with the actual standings and one with provisional standings, where the CG after the stage is calculated too. But this only after the important stages (i.e. King-Mountain stages). So everybody will see how he really looks in the play-off run.

I guess after Stage 1 we will have 18 leaders. LOL.

 

[User Guide]

I see there's 4 or 5 of us taking on the sprinters with Visconti on stage 8.

Nah, Visconti will be too pooped after his win on stage 5 !!!


Edit.. am starting to have doubts about my picking stratergy as it relies on Menchov and Anton not dieing coming down the Crostis

 

[luckyboy]

So where do I collect my winnings for this stage?

 

[boomcie]

I have made an overview of all the picks. This should give you a better idea of the trends for every stage.

Link

I have also included a color scheme. I'ts really quite simple. If 1-4 people have predicted a certain rider for a certain stage, I have colored that cell yellow. If more than 4 people have predicted a certain rider for a stage I have colored the corresponding cell red.

I have also bolded the cells and numbers that were the highest for each stage.

Enjoy.

 

[jobiwan]

1 POINT FOR ME!! Unless the Shack ruins it for everybody!

 

[Ferminal]

12 picked Garmin?

Wow.

Thought I wouldn't have gained anything for picking HTC, but that is a handy point.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Great work Boomcie....

18 guys scored 1 important point. Good start, since i am one of them.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

So where do I collect my winnings for this stage?

The leaderboard will be on the linked page i wrote in Post #1

 

[The Hitch]

Nice work their boomcie

I see a lot of people went with Contador for stage 16. I considered it but remembered that he lost to Pellizoti on Kronplatz so someone else might own it. Also the first half is flat so im thinking The Pope can gain enough time and use his decent climbing on the 12% sectors to keep the lead.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Hitch

I tought you had Rujano higher than 7th overall and you don´t have him on the MTT. What happened?

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

already trailing. dammit
c'mon cav (a first time i say this..)

 

[Michielveedeebee]

already trailing. dammit
c'mon cav (a first time i say this..)

Go Cav indeed

 

[dlwssonic]

1 point for me, I need to get to the tour!

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

1 point for me, I need to get to the tour!

yeah, the concept of progression in this game is what I really like.
I only want top 16

 

[boomcie]

already trailing. dammit
c'mon cav (a first time i say this..)

Yeah, it's bad. 18 people gained a relatively easy point. I hope to get some lucky wins along the way.

Go Peta!

 

[Tuarts]

I'm off the mark - I'm calling it as a succesful Grio now.

 

[User Guide]

perfect start

Hoped Cav/HTC would mess up early doors get mad and trounce em in cpl stages time..... todays finish was perfect for my plans lol. Ale-jet for the win and a p****d off cav super motivated for upcoming stages...sweet


only bad point have farrar for a stage,he didnt look clever

 

[Michielveedeebee]

dammit stupid, Cav should've gone 50 m earlier

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

why did i pick cav, i hate that guy

 

[boomcie]

Phew, I'm back in the game .
If I saw correctly, only "User Guide" keeps his perfect score.