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

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I had Nibali to win stage 20 and Peluchi to win stage 21, with Froome as a reserve who surely wont win a descent finish or of course the sprint on stage 21. damn!

Welcome to the club. :p
Only two days into the Vuelta, and I am already pissed majorly (does that word even exist?). Dont know where to start with my anger:
Is it Pelucchi, who cant ride a 3.000km+GT upright for more than 200 kms? Or is it Dumoulin giving misleading interviews? Or is it Nibali?

I go with Dumoulin, with Pelucchi a close 2nd. Actually I am ok with Nibali messing it up. Saves me headaches if I had to go with a CG swap or replacement CG riders after the cut. The answer is there already (especially that Tala lost big time too today): I go with the 2-point CG swap. :D
 
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*** Pelucchi is out and Bouhanni injured for today sprint. Nibali out also,Dombrowski out of GC ,at least Dumulin looks like good pick for the itt

@Foxxy
Torres is concentrated on KOM so its hard to tell how he will do in GC :(
Bad days for us.
 
And Niemiec is out too. I knew I should've stuck to my gut feeling and leave him out of the top-20, but I ended up pulling him back in. To be fair, alternatives like old man Arroyo and nowhere man JVDB weren't particularly compelling picks either, but damn!

And Bouhanni's injured? Tough start, well, for everyone, I suppose.
 
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Is there a source for Bouhanni being injured? If he is, that evens out things for me in major ways... I would say back in the game then.
I am very happy Froome seems to be in form. Would be awesome if he wins, 2 points for me and Sceptic only (if he uses him as R and puts him into 1st).
Torres going for KOM? Didnt know that. It was hard to find any infos about Team Colombia (the only team that kept their aims "secret" upfront). But I had to pick a rider from them climbers team. So I just went with the one having had the best results during the year. And yesterday he was the best finisher of Colombia. So a KOM with then being accidently in the T-20 with circa 40 mins down should be possible.
Arroyo my only true bust. But who knows, he may ninjas trou it, and does what the team aimed for him: "A place between T-10 and T-15".
 
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Is there a source for Bouhanni being injured? If he is, that evens out things for me in major ways... I would say back in the game then.
I am very happy Froome seems to be in form. Would be awesome if he wins, 2 points for me and Sceptic only (if he uses him as R and puts him into 1st).
Torres going for KOM? Didnt know that. It was hard to find any infos about Team Colombia (the only team that kept their aims "secret" upfront). But I had to pick a rider from them climbers team. So I just went with the one having had the best results during the year. And yesterday he was the best finisher of Colombia. So a KOM with then being accidently in the T-20 with circa 40 mins down should be possible.
Arroyo my only true bust. But who knows, he may ninjas trou it, and does what the team aimed for him: "A place between T-10 and T-15".
Only road rash for Bouhanni,maybe problem for today, not more.
True about Torres,hopefuly he wont give up after scoring points :)
 
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First Provisionals after Stage 2:

The Anquetil Division
32.0 Geraint Too Fast (DC)
31.5 l.Harm
30.5 FoxxyBrown1111
26.5 Eshnar
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25.5 Arredondo

The Bartali Division
31.5 Wallenquist
30.5 ILovecycling
29.0 mutschi (DC)
28.5 al_pacino
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26.0 vladimir

The Coppi Division
30.5 diggercuz (DC)
30.0 Flamin
29.0 The Hitch
29.0 aarnold517
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27.0 Ruudz0r

The Defraeye Division
29.0 mortand (WC/DC)
29.0 Hugo87
28.5 Pricey_sky
28.5 the sceptic
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26.5 Vino attacks everyone


Provisional Championship Division Standings:

I.Harm peaking wayyy too early... ;)
G2F peaks year round anyway... just mentioned. :)
A good T-10 for me... as aimed! :cool:

1 Geraint Too Fast 32.0
2 l.Harm 31.5
3 Wallenquist 31.5
4 FoxxyBrown1111 30.5
5 diggercuz 30.5
6 ILovecycling 30.5
7 Flamin 30.0
8 The Hitch 29.0
9 mortand 29.0
10 mutschi 29.0
11 aarnold517 29.0
12 Hugo87 29.0
13 Pricey_sky 28.5
14 al_pacino 28.5
15 the sceptic 28.5
16 Eshnar 26.5

All tabs are sorted by tie-breakers (if needed), even when not mentioned...
 
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ILovecycling said:
Ahhh Foxxy stop it, you are getting my hopes too high :D :D :D

I wont stop to put up the provisionals as shown after stage 2... with the great help of diggercuz, my hope is the provisionals as shown will be up in a hurry for every single stage... My wild guess is you will fade again ILove. ;) But for now close to bronze looks good, isn´t it?
 
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Provisional Standings Stage 3:

ILove also peaking too early. Now in division lead as usual in early stages :cool:

The Anquetil Division
32.0 l.Harm
31.5 Geraint Too Fast (DC)
30.5 FoxxyBrown1111
27.0 Eshnar
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26.0 Arredondo

The Bartali Division
32.0 ILovecycling
31.5 Wallenquist
30.0 mutschi (DC)
29.0 al_pacino
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26.5 vladimir

The Coppi Division
30.5 diggercuz (DC)
30.5 Flamin
29.5 The Hitch
29.5 aarnold517
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28.5 Ruudz0r

The Defraeye Division
30.5 mortand (WC/DC)
29.5 Hugo87
29.0 Pricey_sky
29.0 the sceptic
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28.0 Vino attacks everyone


Provisional Championship Division Standings:

Still a good T-10 :) ... because Sagan did damge control by "stealing" a half point from Bouhanni

1 (+1) l.Harm 32
2 (+4) ILovecycling 32
3 (--) Wallenquist 31.5
4 (-3) Geraint Too Fast 31.5
5 (-1) FoxxyBrown1111 30.5
6 (-1) diggercuz 30.5
7 (+2) mortand 30.5
8 (-1) Flamin 30.5
9 (+1) mutschi 30
10 (-2) The Hitch 29.5
11 (--) aarnold517 29.5
12 (--) Hugo87 29.5
13 (--) Pricey_sky 29
14 (--) al_pacino 29
15 (--) the sceptic 29
16 (--) Eshnar 27

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Ha, the only one that had Sagan.Sometimes it is good not to have all the information. I only watched this video yesterday about Sagan where he said he hardly trained since the Tour and tries to peak for the Wold Champs. I would never have picked him if I had seen it before. I also got it wrong that Degenkolb & Co will get dropped on this stage. When I saw them all coming in for the bunch sprint I was just praying for a podium. And then he pulls off a win in a GT after 2 years of failing. How lucky is that? But my T-20 already look sketchy with Rolland and Talansky already sinking.
 
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Yes, too much infos can kill. See the "Dumoulin incident" on my picks. If I hadn´t read that interview, I´d have him in and would look prima now...
Anyway, wont complain, since many are hit hard already (Niemiec out for example too)...

Hope Sagan goes all in tomorrow too. IOW: Tomorrow is Sagan day (again). :D
 
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Consensus T-20:
1 Quintana
2 Aru
3 Valverde
4 Froome
5 Pozzovivo
6 Nibali
7 Rodriguez
8 Majka
9 Van Garderen
10 Landa
11 DMoreno
12 Schleck
13 Henao
14 SSanchez
15 Rolland
16 Talansky
17 Monfort
18 DMartin
19 Van D Broeck
20 Chaves
 
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Today I picked a bit risky Sagan,it might be too hard for him but I hope he gives 100% after stage 3.

Lot of guys with Dani Moreno in my division,that could spoil my day a lot ;)
 
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Provisional Standings Stage 4:

So... the big favourite already in a solid 2.5 point overall lead. :cool:
His dominance is perfectly demonstrated with his 10.5 point gap within the division. IOW: He scores 42% more points (!) than the last ranked. :eek:

The Anquetil Division
35.5 Geraint Too Fast (DC)
32.5 l.Harm
32.0 FoxxyBrown1111
29.5 Eshnar
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25.0 Arredondo

The Bartali Division
33.0 Wallenquist
32.5 al_pacino
32.0 mutschi (DC)
31.5 ILovecycling
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28.0 vladimir

The Coppi Division
32.0 diggercuz (DC)
31.0 aarnold517
31.0 Flamin
30.5 The Hitch
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30.0 Ruudz0r

The Defraeye Division
31.5 mortand (WC/DC)
31.5 the sceptic
31.5 Hugo87
30.0 Pricey_sky
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29.0 Vino attacks everyone


Provisional Championship Division Standings:

1 (+3) Geraint Too Fast 35.5
2 (+1) Wallenquist 33
3 (-2) l.Harm 32.5
4 (+10) al_pacino 32.5
5 (--) FoxxyBrown1111 32
6 (--) diggercuz 32
7 (+2) mutschi 32
8 (-1) mortand 31.5
9 (-7) ILovecycling 31.5
10 (+5) the sceptic 31.5
11 (+1) Hugo87 31.5
12 (-1) aarnold517 31
13 (-5) Flamin 31
14 (-4) The Hitch 30.5
15 (-2) Pricey_sky 30
16 (--) Eshnar 29.5

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Flamin said:
Phew, Dani just pipping Roche on the line for 3rd :)

Geraint Too Fast had Valverde of course. Will be hard to beat this man.

Yeah. Everytime (and this goes on for over a year now) I look for results like "ah ok, I scored 1/2 point"... and then boom G2F scored full.

A update will follow: I was too fast, the official Vuelta standings changed a lot. I used the standings when only 69 riders were listed. Should have waited a little longer.

Edit: Division standings are corrected now.
Edit II: Provisional Championship Standings included now.
 
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Phew, Dani just pipping Roche on the line for 3rd :)/quote

Yeah, would have preferred Roche taking 3rd as many had D Moreno. Two wins in row. These are the days when I absolutely love this game and I feel like a genius :D . Not looking forward to the days when I feel like an idiot again. :confused:
I have 19 out of the 20 "consensus list". Surely that must be a good thing, or is it not? I don't have Chavez but that ain't a worry at all as like his team he is a one week wonder and will fade out of T-20. He is a nice kid and exciting rider. I find that one of the hardest things in this competition: You have to let go of your excitement for young talented riders and choose boring old farts like Arroyo and Montfort in order to win (so I think). Despite knowing this I still failed and picked Ewan for today when I should have picked Degenkolb or Bouhanni...
 
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I have 19 out of the 20 "consensus list". Surely that must be a good thing, or is it not?

I think it is. Normally the consensus T-20 beats the individual ones if looking at median numbers. So some/many players ofc beat the consensus T-20. I hope I will be one of them, because my T-20 differs stark from the consensus.*

You have to let go of your excitement for young talented riders and choose boring old farts like Arroyo and Montfort in order to win (so I think).

I think so too, even though I always look for the one rider that could be a steal. This time it´s Torres. But ILove "killed" that one already by saying he goes for KOM. :eek:

Edit: * Right now the distribution is as follows (including Jspear);
14 (3 players)
13 (4 players; including me :) )
12 (6 players)
11 (4 players)
10 (3 players)
9 (1 player)

The average is 11.86
The median is 12
The consensus pick has 13
 
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