The Great Grand-Tour-Game 2014/15 "TdF Monster Edition"

[ILovecycling]

Lol from those riders I left out,nobody cant finish 5th I guess

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

I picked Horner to finish quite high in the top 10, so now I've had to replace him with a guy who I believe has no chance of finishing there (he may sneak into the top 20 though). Damn you Pappy!

Lol from those riders I left out,nobody cant finish 5th I guess

Same here.

But the good thing: Picks now don´t look as "sterile" as usual. Now it´s looks like some risky bettors taking their chance.

@ all: I will have bolded the Horner-replacement picks. So in the end we can see what worked out and what not.
The whole Horner-mess made things more interesting than ever (ok, not for the clinic, but for the game )

Hitchey almost got a heart-attack when I had to tell him his first to choices for replacement don´t ride the Vuelta. Zlev was confused of everything, and just told me to correct the stages in a way it fits the rules (he gave me the replacemts though). Not attacking both of you, just to give an example how things went wild...

Oh... and I had to work overtime OFC.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

@ Tigerion, Pantani & Movingtarget: I still need your corrections.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

DekkerT, Froome19, and Minessa didn´t make it, thus I had to call replacements.
Those replacements confirmed to send their picks by rule (Arredondo, Search and Oliveira)... then all of a sudden I got late night picks by Minessa. I either had to throw him out (because his replacement was confirmed) or think hard for a compromise.
I decided for the latter. Minessa stays in, but gets a 1-Point penalty. Now that leaves us with 45 instead of 44 players.
That means we will have a "further elimination race" again (like in the TdF):
The two last placed players of each division will drop out automatically, plus the lowest ranked of the remaining players (thus 9 players will drop after the Vuelta).

Now the supplemental draw for the replacements players:
To group A (replacing "Froome19") goes...

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

... Arredondo. Welcome to my division.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

To group B (replacement for "DekkerT") goes.... Oliveira.

That leaves Search to go to either A, B, C or D. I will draw the group he goes to in the next round.

 

[Jspear]

DekkerT, Froome19, and Minessa didn´t make it, thus I had to call replacements.
Those replacements confirmed to send their picks by rule (Arredondo, Search and Oliveira)... then all of a sudden I got late night picks by Minessa. I either had to throw him out (because his replacement was confirmed) or think hard for a compromise.
I decided for the latter. Minessa stays in, but gets a 1-Point penalty. Now that leaves us with 45 instead of 44 players.
That means we will have a "further elimination race" again (like in the TdF):
The two last placed players of each division will drop out automatically, plus the lowest ranked of the remaining players (thus 9 players will drop after the Vuelta).

Now the supplemental draw for the replacements players:
To group A (replacing "Froome19") goes...

Arrrggggghhhh!!! I do not like further elimination...just that one extra chance for me to go down. Bummer! To those back in welcome back.

 

[ILovecycling]

Welcome back Arredondo


I made a riskey pick, I had to pick someone for 5th place instead Horner. It was between Evans,garmin boys,Landa and Julian A.
I went the fanboy way for Arredondo,but Im not even sure he will aim GC
Then I had to replace one more guy on 20th place,and after Horner out Winner was the obvious pick.

Wow what an action even before start of 2nd round.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Search goes to... Group D. That means "Division Defraeye" will be the lone group with 12 players...

I love those draws. Could do it as full time job.
We certainly will have one in next years Giro...

Within the next 20 minutes, I will have the picks open for all to see.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

All picks are online now.

Links are updated in post #1 (you can find your division there if you missed the draws). It will stay there trou-out as usual, so everybody can find stage standings without needing to sift trou the thread to find the links.
Anyway here they are also:

Group A Link
Group B Link
Group C Link
Group D Link

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Arrrggggghhhh!!! I do not like further elimination...just that one extra chance for me to go down. Bummer! To those back in welcome back.

... love it, gives some extra thrill.

Welcome back Arredondo

I made a riskey pick, I had to pick someone for 5th place instead Horner. It was between Evans,garmin boys,Landa and Julian A.
I went the fanboy way for Arredondo,but Im not even sure he will aim GC
Then I had to replace one more guy on 20th place,and after Horner out Winner was the obvious pick.

Wow what an action even before start of 2nd round.

I had Horner 3rd. Had to decide between a gutsy 50/50 young gun pick (Anacona, Chaves, Yates, even thought about Bilbao ) or go the safer way with expierience...
I didn´t have the balls to go risk, so took the lame safe(r) way: SSanchez. He won´t finish 3rd, but I think he has the best chance to give me a point.

 

[Jspear]

To all in the Bartali division that picked Trek, Movistar or Orica.....congratulations....Terrible day...for me.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

LOL. I am already in the cellar of my division. After 13 kms of a GT. Together with my favo mod Afrank. We will battle it out down there.

12 players scored today...

Full standings link in post #1 as usual.

Division leaders after stage 1:
A; 6.0 Wallenquist
B; 5.0 diggercuz
5.0 Ruudz0r
5.0 Sasquatch
C; 5.0 ILovecycling
D; 5.5 al_pacino

 

[l.Harm]

To all in the Bartali division that picked Trek, Movistar or Orica.....congratulations....Terrible day...for me.

Trek doesn't give me any points unfortunately

 

[Jspear]

Trek doesn't give me any points unfortunately

of course! Cannondale....

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

So the pressure is already there for many of us:
Bouhanni must win tomorrow, before results become less and less certain (crashes, sicknesses, and what else)...

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

A much better start that the TdF.

 

[ILovecycling]

Pretty fine start

 

[Flamin]

Pretty fine start

Yeah, nice head start with no one else having Movistar in our division it was a coin flip between them and Trek for me, but made the wrong choice.

 

[Hugo87]

Pretty fine start

You started full gas, the only one scoring in our division and 1 point already.

 

[ILovecycling]

Yeah, nice head start with no one else having Movistar in our division it was a coin flip between them and Trek for me, but made the wrong choice.

mr Arredondo told me not to pick them

 

[Ruudz0r]

Good start with Movistar

I see a lot of Bouhannis tomorrow, gogo Degenkolb!!

 

[ILovecycling]

Good start with Movistar

I see a lot of Bouhannis tomorrow, gogo Degenkolb!!

yes! cmon John!

 

[Jspear]

Good start with Movistar

I see a lot of Bouhannis tomorrow, gogo Degenkolb!!

yes! cmon John!

Sorry! You will be disappointed.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

I've gambled on no buhanni victories, just to shake things up a bit