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

[vladimir]

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The deadline for sending picks will be coming Thursday at 13.10 GMT/UTC (therefore 48 hours before the start of stage 1) ...
I will send a PM tonight, in which format the picks shall be sent.

Hi Foxxy!
Any reason why this early deadline? I was hoping ten create my team on Friday afternoon, as I have a very busy schedule this week. So consider this a friendly request to adjust the deadline from 48 hrs before start to 12 hrs

Hey... the deadline always was 48 hrs before the first stage. I had looked at the official site, where it´s stated that the first team rolls down the ramp at 15.10, a the time I am used to ("German summer time"). Now I converted it to "cycnews time". It shall be correct, even though it´s always confusing & hard to figure out this mishmash of CET, UCT, GMT, plus summer time, and the heck what else.

OK, so no reason for me to overthink anything for this edition
Team submitted!

 

[Flamin]

Giro approaching really fast. This will definitely be my least thought-through-team so far in this game

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

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I hope I don't make a blunder like I did in the Vuelta. It was more a calculated risk than a blunder though....

No matter what, you can´t erase memories. It was a blunder since you left out both, Contador and Froome.
OTOH, you are a dangerous opponent since all other T-20s looked good in the past. Guess last time was just a bump in the road...

OK, so no reason for me to overthink anything for this edition
Team submitted!

OK, I got the picks. May the rushed ones work out...

Giro approaching really fast. This will definitely be my least thought-through-team so far in this game

As usual, a GT is coming out of nowhere like x-mas... And then the time left to buy presents or make picks is too less to be done without stress.

 

[Jspear]

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Giro approaching really fast. This will definitely be my least thought-through-team so far in this game

Aye, I'm afraid it'll be the same for me.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

I received already a good amount of picks. So I will close the "Pre-Standings" (link; see front-page) soon, put the picks in there, and re-open it when I have all picks. I think that will be on Friday, for everybody to see who picked whom in the stages and CGs.

 

[Flamin]

Just sent my team. I'm very curious about who everyone picked

 

[Sasquatch]

I'm happy with my top 20 and I don't think I will change anything there except minor positions.

Working out the stage winners. That is harder this year for some reason.

 

[Ferminal]

***, haven't looked at anything. Got 30 hours

 

[Sasquatch]

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****, haven't looked at anything. Got 30 hours

In the past I always did it within 24 hours due and did a quick lookover and made my selections in an hour. But 30 hours? Woah! Time to get cracking.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Astana, Sky and GAR for example could fill my T-20 alone But then I could not select guys like Uran, Pozzo, Contador, etc...
I think I have to take some hours off to think deep. It´s too hard to decide...

 

[ILovecycling]

Im labouring too right now

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

I just gave in. In the end I decided to go by kg, feeling, if the name sounds good, and other irrelevant things. Might be my worst T-20 ever... or it skyrockets like a dot.com stock in the early 2000s.

Now heading to the stage picks. Hope that they are easier to decide.

 

[Sasquatch]

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I just gave in. In the end I decided to go by kg, feeling, if the name sounds good, and other irrelevant things. Might be my worst T-20 ever... or it skyrockets like a dot.com stock in the early 2000s.

Now heading to the stage picks. Hope that they are easier to decide.

Wait until you see my top 20. I think I have it spot on

 

[the sceptic]

these stages seem incredibly hard to predict. I have no idea what I'm doing.

 

[mortand]

First draft: 40 riders for 20 GC positions. Could've been worse, but now it's time for the actual GC picks. It's gonna be a nightmare of an evening

 

[Jspear]

Sent my team. This was harder than the Tour and Vuelta last year. I had the hardest time with picking stage winners for the hilly stages. My only hope is that some of you here have expressed how hard it's been as well.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Oh, oh... and I thought the T-20 was hard. But if it´s true what you guys say here and in PMs about picking stage winners, I see another long hard sleepless night in front of me.

Mortand, you was lucky with having considered 40 for the T-20. My first loose list had 69 riders. Then I trimmed it down to a more serious 50. Had a hard time to cut it down to 36. And from that 36 on, I went berserk ... after cooling down, I am left with a T-20 after cutting the younger guys, and go for more experience like in the Vuelta. All could be wrong though.

 

[Flamin]

Lol wut. I had trouble even finding 20 riders who were really worth it.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

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Lol wut. I had trouble even finding 20 riders who were really worth it.

Next time contact me for my long list. I would be more than happy to share my headaches. Misery loves company.

Edit: And still with that long list of 69, one team "managed" to send such a bad team to the Giro, I couldn´t find a single rider having a outside chance of getting one into the T-20. Not that that WT team has a truly great sprinter at start either.

 

[ILovecycling]

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Lol wut. I had trouble even finding 20 riders who were really worth it.

Interesting,I think its because they are so many so called 'gc riders'.
Just for the record I had 39 riders , but stages were another level

 

[Jspear]

I only had about 25 that I was seriously considering for my top 20. Stages were my biggest problem. At some point you have to give up and just hope your lucky.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

"At some point you have to give up and just hope your lucky"

Very true. That is btw what I was forced to do in the end. But since it is hard to accept, I left myself with a last tiny straw: Experience may matter (or not, or whatever ).

 

[the sceptic]

hey foxxy stupid question, but when is the deadline?

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

In about 16 1/2 hours ... so hurry up!

 

[the sceptic]

PM sent. Hope I didn't forget any obvious ones..