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

[FoxxyBrown1111]

I took Purito as 20th in GC because I was thinking he would ride the Tour like Valverde in 2012. Target a few stages, gain time, and take it easy-ish on other stages. The 'ish' isn't really working though also have him for 2 stage wins.

It´s working pretty good for him. He takes it very very easy-ish. He may fight for laterne rouge.
Otherwise you have nothing to worry it seems. Pretty good division lead, a few more stage points and safely to the next round. A walk in.

 

[Jspear]

I saw it coming (that he will do zilch in this TdF when he lost kind of 20 mins per stage from day one on).
He just annoys me. I mean if he is on training ride, why did he occupy a spot from a rider who would have actually cared about the biggest race of the year (he could have trained at home for his home GT in the sun)? Yeah he was injured, so was Horner. But at least he is trying (my first ever positive words about grandpa ).
Why did JRod get number 1 in the team? Someone else certainly would have liked to shine as captain... Arrrg... My worst pick... next to my blunder to not taking Porte in the T-20. I took Nieve over Porte since I thought Porte isn´t in that great shape, thus Nieve would be domestique number one. It was a tight but wrong decide between them two. I hope this two major wrong picks don´t bite me in the end.

I hear what you are saying. I didn't have Porte up there because I thought he'd be pouring himself out for Froome. No one can predict who will crash at all. I loss Mathias Frank because of a crash as well.

 

[jaylew]

A stat that is going to turn out to be important is how many combined stages you had for Froome and Cav. Looks like, on average, that number is about 3 for the remaining stages.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

I hear what you are saying. I didn't have Porte up there because I thought he'd be pouring himself out for Froome. No one can predict who will crash at all. I loss Mathias Frank because of a crash as well.

Well, we knew Porte would have easily finished T-20 last year if Sky didn´t messed up things in the 2nd mountain stage. So even if Porte would have poured himself out, he´d have finished with the lead groups "automatically" finishing T-20... And here comes my major major blunder: I thought Nieve takes that role this year, since Porte struggled year long, while Nieve was doing very well.

Frank: Major blow to me too. Especially since only roughly half of the participants have him (31 of 54 players). That would have been a big big point in the end...

Well, we´ll have a hard battle to survive the cut.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

A stat that is going to turn out to be important is how many combined stages you had for Froome and Cav. Looks like, on average, that number is about 3 for the remaining stages.

I think it won´t hurt too much, since Froome and Cav were picked a combined 246 (!!) stage wins. Seemingly everybody will be hurt. Outside BYOP of course, who magically had zero stage picks for Cav...

 

[Flamin]

It´s working pretty good for him. He takes it very very easy-ish. He may fight for laterne rouge.
Otherwise you have nothing to worry it seems. Pretty good division lead, a few more stage points and safely to the next round. A walk in.

Dunno. I have 3 stages for Froome, 2 for Cav and 1 for Purito still coming up, while none for Contador or Nibali (wins from a break away instead), so it could be close..

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Dunno. I have 3 stages for Froome, 2 for Cav and 1 for Purito still coming up, while none for Contador or Nibali, so it could be close..

Do I see a major collapse coming? The biggest ever?... Just kidding, I think your T-20 saves you.
I also have 3 Froomes, 2 Cavs still coming. We may all have. You seem safe. Go packing for Vuelta.

 

[Flamin]

Do I see a major collapse coming? The biggest ever?... Just kidding, I think your T-20 saves you.
I also have 3 Froomes, 2 Cavs still coming. We may all have. You seem safe. Go packing for Vuelta.

You're not in my division though and saw a lot of Contador in mine, but we'll see

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

So I guess you hope for a lot of breakaway wins now... Not unlikely in later stages. I hope they all come on my Froome stages.

 

[Tigerion]

Do I see a major collapse coming? The biggest ever?... Just kidding, I think your T-20 saves you.
I also have 3 Froomes, 2 Cavs still coming. We may all have. You seem safe. Go packing for Vuelta.

Well at least I only have 1 Froome to come. But still 2 Cav.
I need my wildcard Yates to come in tonight if I've got any chance of staying off the bottom of my division.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Provisional Rankings after Stage 10

Explanation of the provisionals are in post #1, as the links to them are too.

The “Anquetil”-Division:
17.5 Pantani_lives
16.0 jaylew
15.0 Eshnar
15.0 ILovecycling
15.0 kingjr
15.0 oliveira
15.0 rainman
14.5 aarnold517
14.5 FoxxyBrown1111
14.5 Gotland
14.5 Wallenquist
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13.0 cycladianpirate
12.5 Jspear

The “Bartali”-Division:
16.5 JOSEDIN
16.5 minessa
15.5 BYOP88
15.5 Kazistuta
15.5 LosBrolin
15.5 Pricey_sky
15.0 Sasquatch
14.5 l.Harm
14.5 mortand
14.0 Armchair cyclist
14.0 mutschi
14.0 zlev11
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13.5 Tigerion
13.0 asdfgh101

The “Coppi”-Division:
18.5 18-Valve. (pithy)
17.5 movingtarget
16.5 Jorik112
16.5 Vino attacks everyone
15.0 Afrank
15.0 Ruudz0r
14.5 Ferminal
14.0 Froome19
13.5 EvansIsTheBest
13.5 greenedge
13.5 Arredondo
13.0 The Hitch*
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13.0 Poursuivant
13.0 search
(* Wins tie-breaker on step 2 with 12 T-20s vs Poursuivant with 11 T-20s and search with 10 T-20s.)

The “Defraeye”-Division:
18.0 Geraint Too Fast
17.0 Dekker_Tifosi
16.5 Flamin
16.0 al_pacino
15.5 kiilike
15.5 vladimir
15.0 the asian
14.0 diggercuz
14.0 Hugo87
14.0 Krzysztof_O
14.0 the sceptic
-----------------------------------
13.0 Mellow Velo
11.5 Jakob747

Further "Elimination-Race": (2 worst players of those who are not directly knocked out within their division. Explanation; see post #2 tournament rules.)
13.5 EvansIsTheBest*
13.5 greenedge*
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13.5 Arredondo
13.0 The Hitch
(* EvansIsTheBest and greenedge win tie-breaker step 2 with 12 T-20s each over Arredondo with 10 T-20s.)

 

[ILovecycling]

Thanks for keeping us well informed Foxxy
I have Gallopin for tomorrow but he 'wasted' his breakaway on sunday
And Im glad Ive got at least one Nibali stage win! with all of this disastre.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

2nd in my division. Looking good so far

 

[Jspear]

Things looking bleak for me. I've got to much of AC and Froome for stage wins.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Thanks for keeping us well informed Foxxy
I have Gallopin for tomorrow but he 'wasted' his breakaway on sunday
And Im glad Ive got at least one Nibali stage win! with all of this disastre.

Certainly where some of us (16 players) have him; at the downhill stage. Anyway, every point counts... I also have Nibali only once.

2nd in my division. Looking good so far

Froome-like... or should I say Horner-like transfo?
Moving from next to last to 5th to 2nd within 4 stages.

Things looking bleak for me. I've got to much of AC and Froome for stage wins.

Same here. One more CG rider going down and it looks really bad for me.

Actually all this movements in the standings are more exciting than the TdF itself. Everything decided there (green jersey, dot almost, yellow anyway)...

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Certainly where some of us (16 players) have him; at the downhill stage. Anyway, every point counts... I also have Nibali only once.



Froome-like... or should I say Horner-like transfo?
Moving from next to last to 5th to 2nd within 4 stages.



Same here. One more CG rider going down and it looks really bad for me.

Actually all this movements in the standings are more exciting than the TdF itself. Everything decided there (green jersey, dot almost, yellow anyway)...

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

well, as the only one (?) with nibbles as the tour winner atleastt I got that 1 going for me

 

[Ferminal]

Going absolutely terrible but safe for now, that's a relief...

 

[Eshnar]

Going absolutely terrible but safe for now, that's a relief...

same here

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

I am in too.

@ Vino; Vladimir has Nibali too.

 

[Eshnar]

I am in too.

@ Vino; Vladimir has Nibali too.

Foxxy, can you write on the docs also the points coming from the gc (I mean, writing the points near every rider so we can see who is giving us points...)
It would be helpful imho

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Foxxy, can you write on the docs also the points coming from the gc (I mean, writing the points near every rider so we can see who is giving us points...)
It would be helpful imho

That would be heavy work for 54 players. I am no computer expert to convert the stats into the docs. Boomcie is greatly missing, that´s for sure.
OTOH, at least you can see everyday which riders sucks it for you.

 

[Ruby United]

Thanks for keeping us well informed Foxxy
I have Gallopin for tomorrow but he 'wasted' his breakaway on sunday
And Im glad Ive got at least one Nibali stage win! with all of this disastre.

Well, well, well, who would've thought?

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Oh no... and "ILovecycling" is in my group. Geez, it gets tough now after losing Talansky for CG too.

Thx Sagan... for nothing.

 

[Jspear]

Oh no... and "ILovecycling" is in my group. Geez, it gets tough now after losing Talansky for CG too.

Thx Sagan... for nothing.

Same exact boat as you...had Talansky up there pretty high.
Congratulations Ilovecycling.