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

[ILovecycling]

Re:

Good that I got AFL addicted this year. So I know those times now.
The deadline for Australia, coming Thursday is...
Perth 8.00 p.m.
Adelaide 9.30 p.m.
Melbourne, Sydney, etc. 10.00 p.m.
Possible for you to make the deadline? Otherwise I´ll prolong it into Australia time Friday...
Btw, thought you are from Canada. Don´t know, guess because Sasquatch sounds like Saskatchewan

lolz I thought that too

My picks are ready, only the last revision on thursday, it was one hell of a labour eewww...

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

OK, keep them safe while you are away, or you can send them now, and I´ll edit the your (possible) late changes...

 

[Poursuivant]

It's going to be really hard this year I think because of the unpredictable first week.

 

[Jspear]

Aye. I think it will be very interesting to see what people's top 5 gc is going to be. IMO we are going to have a lot of variation.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Think so too (about the variation)...

Important note I forgot to tell in the PMs:
Please send in this format: (take care of the TMartin´s and DMartin´s of this world )
(Example taken from the TdF 2014)
Stages;
Kristoff
Sagan
Cavendish
Kittel
Sagan
Greipel
Sagan
Valverde
Albasini
Froome
Spilak
Cavendish
Rolland
Contador
Kittel
Machado
Contador
Pinot
Cavendish
TMartin
Kittel

GC;
Contador
Froome
Valverde
Nibali
Van D Broeck
Mollema
Talansky
Frank
Bardet
Pinot
Costa
Navarro
Van Garderen
König
Kwiatkowski
FSchleck
Roche
Ten Dam
Porte
Trofimov

 

[aarnold517]

Re:

Think so too (about the variation)...

Important note I forgot to tell in the PMs:
Please send in this format: (take care of the TMartin´s and DMartin´s of this world )
(Example taken from the TdF 2014)
Stages;
Kristoff
Sagan
Cavendish
Kittel
Sagan
Greipel
Sagan
Valverde
Albasini
Froome
Spilak
Cavendish
Rolland
Contador
Kittel
Machado
Contador
Pinot
Cavendish
TMartin
Kittel

GC;
Contador
Froome
Valverde
Nibali
Van D Broeck
Mollema
Talansky
Frank
Bardet
Pinot
Costa
Navarro
Van Garderen
König
Kwiatkowski
FSchleck
Roche
Ten Dam
Porte
Trofimov

Hey, those look like my picks from last year

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Exactly... in the end they were qualifying picks, so a good median example.

 

[vladimir]

Hi Foxxy!
I should know the rules by now, but just one clarification
If I select e.g. Froome as stage winner for three stages, can I still select Sky for the TTT?
Doing the stages now, and I actually have this situation, however with a completely different rider

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Yes single rider three times independent of team-TT (TTT) stages...
Example:
Cav
Cav
Cav
Etixx ... that is ok.

Cav
Cav
Cav
Cav ... not ok

 

[Pricey_sky]

Just waiting for the final teams to confirm and then I will have another look over my selections before sending it in on Wednesday.

 

[Wallenquist]

Picks sent. Like always, didn't spend much time on them. Just one quick look at each stage and name appears Hope it works again.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Too bad, doesn´t work that easy when I do my picks, yet I have worse results.

 

[Sasquatch]

*** me.

I have a lot of these stages going to the breakaway.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Now you only need to pick the right riders winning from the breakaways ... while I am stranded (as usual) at my T-20s. At the Giro I had the problem whom to leave out from AST, now I have no idea whom to get rid of from the Sky line-up. I might as well take all nine riders in my T-20.

 

[vladimir]

Selections submitted
For the first time I feel I have had time to select carefully each and every entry.
But as it's mostly luck that have saved me so far, this might be a drawback rather than an advantage
Go Haimar

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

We´ll see Vladimir (btw, got your picks)...

I only have 2 spots left for my final T-20 with no less than 27 options.
My first "short list" was a long one. I set my own record. 89 riders I considered with a shot at T-20.

When we started in 2011 it was about high 30s, low 40s, then it ballooned to over 70 in the last couple of GTs...
If we play a few more years I may will consider all riders T-20 material minus a few truly heavy sprinters.

 

[Poursuivant]

Not confident, but sent, thanks again!

 

[Pricey_sky]

Re:

We´ll see Vladimir (btw, got your picks)...

I only have 2 spots left for my final T-20 with no less than 27 options.
My first "short list" was a long one. I set my own record. 89 riders I considered with a shot at T-20.

When we started in 2011 it was about high 30s, low 40s, then it ballooned to over 70 in the last couple of GTs...
If we play a few more years I may will consider all riders T-20 material minus a few truly heavy sprinters.

Yes I found the top 20 really difficult to whittle down. Realistically I got it down to about 30 riders but it was tough from there on in, hopefully I'm lucky with my selections!

 

[Jspear]

Team submitted. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's picks...gc especially.
@Foxxy - 89 riders for a potential gc spot is crazy! Once your gc is done could you share some of the picks that didn't make the cut for you? I'm real curious as to who you deemed potentially worthy.

 

[Sasquatch]

I refuse to believe that the top 4 will all finish. Do I have the balls in leaving one or two of them out?

 

[Ferminal]

They won't, but working out the two who will DNF is harder.

 

[vladimir]

Re:

Team submitted. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's picks...gc especially.
@Foxxy - 89 riders for a potential gc spot is crazy! Once your gc is done could you share some of the picks that didn't make the cut for you? I'm real curious as to who you deemed potentially worthy.

And even more interresting; I wonder if anyone actually has put a rider in their top 20 GC that isn't on Foxxy's 89 riders longlist

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

They won't, but working out the two who will DNF is harder.

That is the only thing that has a good amount of certainty.

Team submitted. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's picks...gc especially.
@Foxxy - 89 riders for a potential gc spot is crazy! Once your gc is done could you share some of the picks that didn't make the cut for you? I'm real curious as to who you deemed potentially worthy.

You see, I have had 89, and you had the luxury of such a short list to only send 19 CG riders.

Team submitted. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's picks...gc especially.
@Foxxy - 89 riders for a potential gc spot is crazy! Once your gc is done could you share some of the picks that didn't make the cut for you? I'm real curious as to who you deemed potentially worthy.

And even more interresting; I wonder if anyone actually has put a rider in their top 20 GC that isn't on Foxxy's 89 riders longlist

When everything is done on Saturday, after the picks are online, yes I will give my thoughts. Unfortunately I am still a bloody rookie (after what? 15 years of internet & stuff) comes computers. Otherwise I would upload that list and post it here...

That is a good question, if any CG picks of you guys include one not having been on my "short" list. I need to check that too.

 

[ILovecycling]

in your inbox Foxxy, sorry for being late

 

[ILovecycling]

Re: Re:

Team submitted. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's picks...gc especially.
@Foxxy - 89 riders for a potential gc spot is crazy! Once your gc is done could you share some of the picks that didn't make the cut for you? I'm real curious as to who you deemed potentially worthy.

And even more interresting; I wonder if anyone actually has put a rider in their top 20 GC that isn't on Foxxy's 89 riders longlist

ROFL