The Great Grand-Tour-Game 2012

[jsem94]

Ugh. J-Rod better deliver Tuesday.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Complete provisionals after Stage 15:

In bold & italic named players would be qualifiers for the TdF.

Europe;
23,5 Sylvester
23,0 Kazistuta
22,5 minessa
22,5 The Hitch
22,0 Eshnar
22,0 FoxxyBrown1111
21,0 Froome19
21,0 search
20,5 jsem94
19,5 cycladianpirate
19,5 DominicDecoco
18,5 mortand (WC)*
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18,5 al_pacino*
18,0 AntonioRossi
18,0 Hartog
18,0 spalco
18,0 Ruudz0r
16,5 Dekker_Tifosi
16,0 The Amateur
14,5 jens_attacks
14,0 vladimir
13,5 Bavarianrider
* mortand wins tie breaker for final direct qualifier over al pacino with 21 scores vs. 20 scores

World;
25,5 Jakob747
22,5 barmaher
22,0 gooner
20,5 18-Valve. (pithy)
20,5 boomcie
20,5 Timmy-loves-Rabo
19,5 Ferminal
19,5 gerundium
19,5 roundabout
19,0 aarnold517
18,5 Tuarts**
18,5 Vitapen**
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18,5 kirill-loko**
18,5 FF'Wilco**
17,5 Mellow Velo
17,5 Waterloo Sunrise
17,0 Duartista
17,0 Jan the Man
17,0 macnir
16,5 Sasquatch
16,5 sucotash
11,5 Eric8-A
** Tie breakers for players with 18,5 points; Tuarts wins over Vitapen, kirill & Wilco with 22 scores vs 20. Vitapen wins over kirill & Wilco with 6 stage scores vs 5. kirill wins over Wilco with 4 stage wins vs 3.

Wild-Card-Standings;
18,5 al_pacino
18,5 kirill-loko
18,5 FF'Wilco
18,0 AntonioRossi***
18,0 Hartog***
18,0 spalco***
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18,0 Ruudz0r***
*** Tie breakers for players with 18 points; Rossi & Hatog each have 21 scores, spalco & Ruud each have 20 scores. spalco beats Ruud for final spot with 4 stage scores vs 3.

 

[al_pacino]

Doesn't look quite right not being at the bottom

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Yeah nice recovery al pacino. And i think you´ve got a great chance to survive, the way this boring giro is raced. I don´t see any sign that the top 20/30 get´s a big reshuffle. Computerized cycling in 2012 (powermeters, race radios, time gaps mentioned every minute by DS, etc. leads to cowardly racing). What a mess...

 

[cycladianpirate]

I'm still confident of grabbing the lanterne rouge....

 

[Sasquatch]

Wow

This is really bad

 

[boomcie]

Just taking the time to thank you again foxxy. My fav game.

 

[spalco]

At least I'm not last.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Just taking the time to thank you again foxxy. My fav game.

mine also.

wow despite only 3 stage wins im doing ok.

Really screwed up on some stage selections. Hoping rujano bounces back with a win tonight.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

I'm still confident of grabbing the lanterne rouge....

Not after today, you scored 0,5 with Basso. Only 3 others did too.

Just taking the time to thank you again foxxy. My fav game.

mine also.

wow despite only 3 stage wins im doing ok.

Really screwed up on some stage selections. Hoping rujano bounces back with a win tonight.

Thanks again.

At least I'm not last.

Not at all... Provisionals will be updated today again!

LOL at us all: After picking JRod 62 times (only Cav was mentioned more), nobody picked him for today.

P.S.: ... @ those who picked him Top-20: How in the hell did you guys know about De Gendt? I had him not on my radar at all!

 

[Froome19]

P.S.: ... @ those who picked him Top-20: How in the hell did you guys know about De Gendt? I had him not on my radar at all!

He should have won the white jersey at the tour yet too inconsistent and proved himself on some of the top mountains.

He also looked good in some of the previous races, he was in fact incredibly strong in PN and would have done a better a job than Westra if not for the split on stage 2, his stage win was total domination.

He also is not doing the tour so he was making this race his primary objective.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Provisionals after 17 stages:

In bold & italic named players would be qualifiers for the TdF.

Europe;
23,0 FoxxyBrown1111
22,0 The Hitch
21,5 jsem94
21,5 minessa
21,0 Sylvester
20,5 Eshnar
20,5 Kazistuta
20,0 search
19,0 DominicDecoco
19,0 Froome19
18,5 Hartog
18,5 spalco
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17,0 AntonioRossi
17,0 cycladianpirate
17,0 al_pacino
17,0 mortand (WC)
16,5 Ruudz0r
16,0 Dekker_Tifos
14,5 jens_attacksi
14,0 The Amateur
14,0 vladimir
13,0 Bavarianrider

World;
21,5 Jakob747
20,5 barmaher
20,5 Timmy-loves-Rabo
20,0 18-Valve. (pithy)
20,0 roundabout
19,5 boomcie
19,0 gooner
19,0 Mellow Velo
18,5 FF'Wilco
18,5 Vitapen
18,0 Tuarts*
18,0 Ferminal*
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18,0 kirill-loko*
18,0 gerundium*
18,0 aarnold517*
18,0 Waterloo Sunrise*
17,5 Sasquatch
16,5 Duartista
16,5 macnir
16,0 Jan the Man
15,5 sucotash
13,0 Eric8-A
* Tie breakers for players with 18 points: Tuarts w/21 scores beats Ferminal, kirill and gerundium w/each 20 scores, aarnold (19) & Waterloo (18).
Ferminal w/6 stage scores beats kirill and gerundium w/each 5 stage scores for final direct qualifier.

Wild-Card-Standings;
18,0 kirill-loko
18,0 gerundium
18,0 aarnold517
18,0 Waterloo Sunrise
17,5 Sasquatch
17,0 AntonioRossi**
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17,0 cycladianpirate**
17,0 al_pacino**
17,0 mortand (WC)**
* Tie breakers for players with 17 points: Rossi, cycladian and pacino w/each 19 scores eliminate mortand (18 scores) on 1st step.
Rossi w/4 stage scores beats cycladian and pacino (each 3 stage scores) for final wild card qualifier.

 

[AntonioRossi]

alright wild card qualifier. I just hope I can get another stage win or something and not deal with all this wild card stuff haha

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Wow

This is really bad

Looks much better after today. This stage realy helped you.

He should have won the white jersey at the tour yet too inconsistent and proved himself on some of the top mountains.

He also looked good in some of the previous races, he was in fact incredibly strong in PN and would have done a better a job than Westra if not for the split on stage 2, his stage win was total domination.

He also is not doing the tour so he was making this race his primary objective.

Thanks a lot. Hope you give me some hints for "TdF-Sleepers".

alright wild card qualifier. I just hope I can get another stage win or something and not deal with all this wild card stuff haha

That´s the fun part (unless i would be involved ).

They should end the giro now. It just looks perfect. 1st in standings and provisionals (in europe division as well overall). It can´t get any better.

 

[macnir]

My top-20 pick is just a rubbish.Frank,Huzarski,Szmyd,Bakelants...I must be desperate to void my bladder while I was doing this.

 

[boomcie]

He should have won the white jersey at the tour yet too inconsistent and proved himself on some of the top mountains.

No. He wasn't inconsistent. He had a small fracture in his collar bone. And he only really showed himself on the Alpe d'huez stage and in the TT.

He also looked good in some of the previous races, he was in fact incredibly strong in PN and would have done a better a job than Westra if not for the split on stage 2, his stage win was total domination.

He didn't look thát good in the previous races. He did look impressive in that breakaway with Taaramäe, but the peloton didn't really contest him there. He stated many times that his form wasn't very good at the time. And how was he going to beat Westra there? Westra finished 2nd in the GC, only 8 seconds behind Wiggins?? De Gendt finished 29th, over 7 minutes down, with his breakaway neutralizing the time loss of the second stage.

Where on earth do you get your info?

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

My top-20 pick is just a rubbish.Frank,Huzarski,Szmyd,Bakelants...I must be desperate to void my bladder while I was doing this.

At least Bakelants wasn´t that bad, since i picked him for the 2nd time in two years.... only that he failed in both.

De Gendt finished 29th, over 7 minutes down, with his breakaway neutralizing the time loss of the second stage.

Where on earth do you get your info?

OK, then it´s a mystery again. But what i wonder is that no less than 9 people have him in Top-20. There must be something else.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I picked my team too fast and too much Rujano minded

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Dekker, you should start to root for Seeldrayers to move inside Top-20 (currently 29th), and Slagter to move inside Top-30 (now 33rd). That would total you one important point. And having Pozzovivo move to exactly 5th for another point. All seems very possible...

BTW, all of us got disappointed by Rujano. I also was heavy on him.

 

[boomcie]

OK, then it´s a mystery again. But what i wonder is that no less than 9 people have him in Top-20. There must be something else.

Not really a mystery Foxxy. A top 20 position was his ambition for this Giro.
I also picked him by the way.

Why did I include him?

He showed promise in last year's Tour, both in the long TT at the end of a GT and in a mountain stage (Alpe d'Huez).

Plus he was gearing up toward the Giro all year, which means something with a gifted rider like De Gendt.

The fact that he ensured everyone time and time again that he wasn't at the top of his game yet and that he was going to be ready for the Giro, made me grant him the benefit of the doubt.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Not really a mystery Foxxy. A top 20 position was his ambition for this Giro.
I also picked him by the way.

Why did I include him?

He showed promise in last year's Tour, both in the long TT at the end of a GT and in a mountain stage (Alpe d'Huez).

Plus he was gearing up toward the Giro all year, which means something with a gifted rider like De Gendt.

The fact that he ensured everyone time and time again that he wasn't at the top of his game yet and that he was going to be ready for the Giro, made me grant him the benefit of the doubt.

That was (for example) Pinotti´s too. Actually he was going for Top-10.

Many geared up for the Giro (Rujano anyone )... But hats up to ya all, great pick to identify the contender from the pretenders. A great pick.

But the best one so far is Jakob747 for being the only one to see Brambilla finishing Top-20....

It seems at least one of my sleepers can play Tiralongo´s last year role: De Greef, currently at 24th.

P.S.: For those who picked Szmyd. It will be a lot of sweating. For now he gives everybody who picked him an important half point. But he is living on the edge, sitting just at 30th now.

 

[Jakob747]

But the best one so far is Jakob747 for being the only one to see Brambilla finishing Top-20....

Brambilla is a very, very good rider. In 2014/15 he should be ready to challenge the best on GC!

Anyway I must admit I am starting to get a little nervous about my team. It has been going downhill slowly, but steady for a while now. Would be rather anti-climactic to have to sit out on the Tour!

Great excitement though.

 

[boomcie]

That was (for example) Pinotti´s too. Actually he was going for Top-10.

Many geared up for the Giro (Rujano anyone )... But hats up to ya all, great pick to identify the contender from the pretenders. A great pick.

But the best one so far is Jakob747 for being the only one to see Brambilla finishing Top-20....

It seems at least one of my sleepers can play Tiralongo´s last year role: De Greef, currently at 24th.

P.S.: For those who picked Szmyd. It will be a lot of sweating. For now he gives everybody who picked him an important half point. But he is living on the edge, sitting just at 30th now.

No guarantees in this game Foxxy.

Well done to Jakob.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Brambilla is a very, very good rider. In 2014/15 he should be ready to challenge the best on GC!

Anyway I must admit I am starting to get a little nervous about my team. It has been going downhill slowly, but steady for a while now. Would be rather anti-climactic to have to sit out on the Tour!

Great excitement though.

No guarantees in this game Foxxy.

Well done to Jakob.

as said by boomcie, no guarantees, but it seems very unlikely to lose 4 1/2 points to the other players to miss the cut. I think you are pretty safe.

To miss the cut you need a true mega collapse...

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

He should have won the white jersey at the tour yet too inconsistent and proved himself on some of the top mountains.

He also looked good in some of the previous races, he was in fact incredibly strong in PN and would have done a better a job than Westra if not for the split on stage 2, his stage win was total domination.

He also is not doing the tour so he was making this race his primary objective.

wiggins barely beat westra (who also couldnt match him on the climb) so I assume you mean tdg would have been better then wiggins also.