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

[ILovecycling]

Okey dokey, onto the crucial TTT

 

[Pricey_sky]

Well my TTT pick can be forgotten about as I chose Orica!

 

[ILovecycling]

My Movistar pick is very bad by now, but still has got a chance for half a point

Feel sorry for you Pricey, bad luck duhh

 

[Pricey_sky]

Although going with my heart and picking Froome for GC will hopefully save me, only 1 other in my group has Froome as finishing 1st.

 

[al_pacino]

Not going so great it seems(though much rosier if I ignore the latest provisional and look at the previous one) but I'm delighted that I don't have Orica for the TTT like I did in an early draft.

 

[the sceptic]

I've gotten everything wrong so far. Cav winning when I pick Greipel and vice versa. Need Astana to rediscover their magic for tomorrow.

 

[mutschi]

Re:

Don't worry - the Tour is long. Lots can happen.

I wonder if I missed a rule change? I thought it was 1 point for eachT-20 rider and 2 Points if you have him in the right spot on GC. But it seems like it is only 0.5 Points for the right spot now? Cheers

No basic rule changes... Dont worry, they are set in stone...
I guess a typo in my sheets. I´ll look for that.
It is as you said 1 point per T-20 rider, two if he is right on the spot.

Edit: All correct Mutschi. You scored 0.5 with Greipel on stage 7, but the last provisionals are from stage 6. I normally do provisionals when the T-20 is impacted. That wasn´t the case yesterday...

Thanks for clearing that up. I wondered where that half point came from. Cheers

 

[mutschi]

Re:

My Movistar pick is very bad by now, but still has got a chance for half a point

Feel sorry for you Pricey, bad luck duhh

Funny how things are perceived. I regret I didn't pick Movistar. Do you want to swap with my Sky?

 

[Sasquatch]

I thought I was doing better than being below the elimination line.

 

[ILovecycling]

Re: Re:

My Movistar pick is very bad by now, but still has got a chance for half a point

Feel sorry for you Pricey, bad luck duhh

Funny how things are perceived. I regret I didn't pick Movistar. Do you want to swap with my Sky?

I see you had a little chat with Dowsett, so my answer is no

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

I thought I was doing better than being below the elimination line.

No, ofc not, you invented line-balling™... Thus you´ll forever stuck around there.

 

[ILovecycling]

only half an hour till the first team on the track, rain could do some damage to certain teams, I cant wait as this is important for our GGTG

 

[ILovecycling]

Today's battle for glory in Coppis group:
3x Movistars
2x EQS
1x Orica ( )
1x Astana (Sasquatch )

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Standings after 9 are out...
4 had BMC, 8 Movistar, 4 with Sky... I had the injured team (Etixx).
It won´t get better on Tuesday, I have Barguil vs 22 with Froome.... So all hope lays in a breakaway prevailing. Ofc Barguil won´t make it in there. So the best scenario is no one scores then...

 

[ILovecycling]

Good half a point from Movistar, looks great in coming days I have 3 Froome's stage as I expected he wants to kill it off early in the mountains (I think its still the case)


Foxxy stay positive, Barguil can go for a long one and he is on a great form!

 

[mutschi]

Re:

Standings after 9 are out...
4 had BMC, 8 Movistar, 4 with Sky... I had the injured team (Etixx).
It won´t get better on Tuesday, I have Barguil vs 22 with Froome.... So all hope lays in a breakaway prevailing. Ofc Barguil won´t make it in there. So the best scenario is no one scores then...

Don't worry - lot's can happen Foxxy. No-one wants the organizer to leave the competition so the good karma will be with you.

 

[The Hitch]

Damn, what a division of death.

 

[ILovecycling]

Re:

Damn, what a division of death.

yep, good luck with foxxy peaking in the 3rd
I like your mountain stages picks,should be a lot of points

 

[Jspear]

I've been using my rest day well. I even visited my doctor...I'm ready for the next 2 weeks.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Provisional Standings after Stage 9: (Links: see frontpage)

... before the mountains begin

The Anquetil Division:
32.0 al_pacino *
32.0 Hugo87
29.5 Geraint Too Fast (DC)
28.5 FoxxyBrown1111
28.5 Jspear
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28.0 The Hitch
26.0 Pantani_lives
(* al_pacino wins the tie-breaker on step 2 with 14 T-20s against Hugo87 with 12)

The Bartali Division:
31.5 Wallenquist (DC)
29.0 Flamin
29.0 mutschi
27.5 Eshnar
27.5 Ruudz0r
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27.0 Poursuivant
24.5 LosBrolin

The Coppi Division:
29.0 ILovecycling
27.5 aarnold517
27.5 diggercuz (DC)
27.0 Vino attacks everyone
26.0 l.Harm *
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26.0 Sasquatch
25.5 Mellow Velo
(* l.Harm wins the tie-breaker on step 2 with 11 T-20s against Sasquatch with 10)

The Defraeye Division:
29.0 mortand (WC)
27.5 the sceptic (DC)
26.0 kiilike
26.0 Pricey_sky
24.5 Arredondo
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24.0 search
24.0 vladimir

 

[Flamin]

Looking good. Today everyone but me has Froome in Bartali. Hopefully Contador can limit the damage with 0.5 point because a whole point is a lot at this stage of the game.

 

[Flamin]

Re:

Looking good. Today everyone but me has Froome in Bartali. Hopefully Contador can limit the damage with 0.5 point because a whole point is a lot at this stage of the game.

Okay whatever that's quite a blow.

 

[l.Harm]

What a GC shakeup.

 

[Flamin]

Very curious about the standings. Make us happy, foxxy!

 

[Jspear]

I'm happy I got something today....tomorrow I have Nibbes.