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

[Sasquatch]

Sepulveda is going to drop out of the top 20.

Not to worry.....the Alps is where it matters.

 

[Sasquatch]

Looks like Sepulveda abandoned. There goes that unique pick.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

That is a bummer... just today Sepulveda was talked about by the german commentators for the first time.
And another ninja DNF: Morabito. Stage 14 killed the "sleepers", only Mortand survived.

 

[Guybrush]

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Looks like Sepulveda abandoned. There goes that unique pick.

he had a puncture about 10 km to go, i'm sure he only switchs bikes

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

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that doesn't look good does it...

Much better now...


Provisional Standings after Stage 14: (Links: see frontpage)

The Anquetil Division:
37.0 Geraint Too Fast (DC)
34.5 Hugo87
34.0 FoxxyBrown1111
33.0 Jspear
32.0 The Hitch
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31.5 Pantani_lives
30.0 al_pacino

The Bartali Division:
34.5 Wallenquist (DC) *
34.5 mutschi
33.0 Flamin
32.0 Ruudz0r
31.5 Eshnar
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30.0 Poursuivant
29.5 LosBrolin
(* Wallenquist wins the tie-breaker on step 1 with 23 scores against mutschi with 22)

The Coppi Division:
32.5 ILovecycling
32.0 diggercuz (DC)
32.0 Sasquatch
31.5 aarnold517
31.0 Vino attacks everyone
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30.5 l.Harm
27.5 Mellow Velo

The Defraeye Division:
33.0 mortand (WC)
32.0 Pricey_sky
30.5 the sceptic (DC)
29.5 vladimir
28.0 search
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27.5 Arredondo
27.5 kiilike

 

[Jspear]

Yes, that does look a little better now.
Matthews seemed a little better yesterday...I'm really hoping he can do something tomorrow. If he doesn't I'm screwed cause most others in my division have solid picks.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

8 have Greipel or Kristoff. My hope is a furious tempo, thus Greipel being dropped on the cat 2 climb, or powerless in the end. Kristoff needs to take off early (as usual), and Sagan gets his much deserved win (it´s time, really) out of his slipstream, while Degenkolb comes in 4th again. Please...

 

[Eshnar]

Yep. Much better

 

[Ruudz0r]

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8 have Greipel or Kristoff. My hope is a furious tempo, thus Greipel being dropped on the cat 2 climb, or powerless in the end. Kristoff needs to take off early (as usual), and Sagan gets his much deserved win (it´s time, really) out of his slipstream, while Degenkolb comes in 4th again. Please...

Greipel looked pretty bad today on the climb, he crashed early in the stage and also crashed yesterday so he could miss out.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

OK, thanks Ruud... So either he´ll do a Matthews, just holding on to get healthy until Paris... or he might as well win...

 

[mortand]

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Stage 14 killed the "sleepers", only Mortand survived.

The sign of a true GGTG-ninja

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

The last two GTs you peak too early. You are about to spoil your ninja-reputation.

 

[Sasquatch]

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Looks like Sepulveda abandoned. There goes that unique pick.

he had a puncture about 10 km to go, i'm sure he only switchs bikes

Nah, he was DQ'd

 

[mutschi]

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Yes, that does look a little better now.
Matthews seemed a little better yesterday...I'm really hoping he can do something tomorrow. If he doesn't I'm screwed cause most others in my division have solid picks.

Don't like the look of this, deja vu - peaking too early like in the Giro. Three points are from correct placing in GT and they can melt away with one stage and suddenly I am down to 31.5 and line balling again.

 

[ILovecycling]

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8 have Greipel or Kristoff. My hope is a furious tempo, thus Greipel being dropped on the cat 2 climb, or powerless in the end. Kristoff needs to take off early (as usual), and Sagan gets his much deserved win (it´s time, really) out of his slipstream, while Degenkolb comes in 4th again. Please...

THIS!

 

[ILovecycling]

Lol leading the division with only 2 points away from line balling is crazy, Sagan better deliver today again

 

[mortand]

While the upcoming stage 15 may not be all that interesting from a racing point of view, at least it'll be interesting GGTG wise. In Division Defraeye we're all over the place: Two Degenkolbs, Fedrigo, Van Avermaet, Sagan, Gallopin and Navardauskas.

 

[Pricey_sky]

One of the very few times I will be cheering for the eternal 2nd Sagan

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

No joke here, the german commentator just explained why Sepulveda was DQed: Rule 15.4.01.23something-like-that... And now all riders shall all know those nitpicker rules. But to combat clinic stuff, those nitpickers have no clue. If I was Sasquatch I´d be tremendously pissed.

I mean this game has 1/1000 of the "rules" the nitpickers invented for a bike race from A to B... and our game is already complicated... Now imagine you guys would take part in a bike race. You run the risk to get DQed at any time in any place, coz of some idiotic rule hidden in a book nobody reads...

Now Sagan wasting his energy in the break. Thanks a lot.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

WTF 4th again, and everybody else scores...

 

[Sasquatch]

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No joke here, the german commentator just explained why Sepulveda was DQed: Rule 15.4.01.23something-like-that... And now all riders shall all know those nitpicker rules. But to combat clinic stuff, those nitpickers have no clue. If I was Sasquatch I´d be tremendously pissed.

I mean this game has 1/1000 of the "rules" the nitpickers invented for a bike race from A to B... and our game is already complicated... Now imagine you guys would take part in a bike race. You run the risk to get DQed at any time in any place, coz of some idiotic rule hidden in a book nobody reads...

Now Sagan wasting his energy in the break. Thanks a lot.

I'll only be pissed if I don't make it through the Tour. He was for sure top 20 though. It sucks for him.

 

[Sasquatch]

I have Gallopin for the next stage. Sadly he has no chance as they won't let him up the road in the break but I can be comforted in the fact that no one in my division will score points. Well one might who has Ten Dam, but that's doubtful.

I chose Gallopin because it was the perfect stage for him from a breakaway. I didn't anticipate him being in the top 10 at this stage.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

I have Gallopin for the next stage. Sadly he has no chance...

Guess who has him too? The one that sucks pretty hard in stage picks: Me! So, my hope again is the break to survive, with no chance to score... I go like a coward NFL coach: Play not to lose, instead of playing to win.

Provisional Standings after Stage 15: (Links: see frontpage)

I guess some from Anquetil (including me) wish they were in Division Coppi or better Defraeye...

The Anquetil Division:
36.0 Geraint Too Fast (DC)
34.5 Hugo87
32.0 FoxxyBrown1111
32.0 Jspear
31.0 Pantani_lives *
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31.0 The Hitch
30.0 al_pacino
(* Pantani_lives wins the tie-breaker on step 1 with 19 scores against The Hitch with 18)

The Bartali Division:
34.0 mutschi *
34.0 Flamin
33.5 Wallenquist (DC)
31.5 Ruudz0r
30.5 Eshnar
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30.0 Poursuivant
28.5 LosBrolin
(* mutschi wins the tie-breaker on step 1 with 22 scores against Flamin with 20)

The Coppi Division:
31.5 ILovecycling
31.0 diggercuz (DC)
30.5 aarnold517
30.5 Sasquatch
30.5 Vino attacks everyone
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29.5 l.Harm
26.5 Mellow Velo

The Defraeye Division:
32.5 mortand (WC)
30.0 Pricey_sky
29.5 the sceptic (DC)
28.5 vladimir
27.5 search
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26.5 Arredondo
25.5 kiilike

 

[Flamin]

Really important point with Greipel, since nobody else had him in my division. Didn't look good a few days ago, but now I'm confident again as I also still like most of my stage picks for the upcoming stages.

 

[Ruudz0r]

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OK, thanks Ruud... So either he´ll do a Matthews, just holding on to get healthy until Paris... or he might as well win...

Seems like he did the 2nd