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I hope your right, he's one of my cheapies i'm hoping can bag a cople of points before final trades for the run home.
Hagen and Bakelants got me a few points, about the only positive from last night.
Any suggestions on who to have a look at in the remaining days.
Any suggestions on who to have a look at in the remaining days.
Sagan is the rider of the Tour I reckon.
Top 5 in 11 stages. Done it on sprint stages and non-sprint stages.
For a guy who is supposedly a sprinter that is an incredible effort.
For 3 days in a row he's been in break-aways and still finished top 5.
League still in 8th place.Congrat.s to us.
Think the 1st-placed team is Aussie? Called "No Sausage Rolls Here".
Top 5 in 11 stages. Done it on sprint stages and non-sprint stages.
For a guy who is supposedly a sprinter that is an incredible effort.
For 3 days in a row he's been in break-aways and still finished top 5.
League still in 8th place.Congrat.s to us.
Think the 1st-placed team is Aussie? Called "No Sausage Rolls Here".
Yeah i think he maybe part of the team on the run in, worth getting him today?
#1 team has to be surely with a name like that, and #2 came from nowhere, huge jump in points.
Probably GC contenders. Only sprint stage left is the last day.
Of those you don't have, a toss-up between:
Contador, Nibali, Quintana, Van Garderen.
Grater might know best but I would suggest Quintana then Nibali who may be coming good.
Contador: probably shot after riding in the Giro.
Van Garderen: not quite the class of the others.
Or long-shots who can't win the Tour but have shown they can be decent GC riders:
Bardet, Pinot, Gesinck, Frank, Pantano.
Depends on your money situation and trades. I'm trying to save a couple for the last stage.
I've done my trades for the next few stages leaving me 3 for the final stage.
Sagan, Froome, Barguil, Rodriguez, Quintana all stay in.
Demare goes out for Pauwels
Arredondo goes out for Gesink (watch Arredondo finally get in breaks now)
Sicard goes out for Yates
Contador goes out for Riblon
So the GC guys are : Froome, Barguil, Quintana, Gesink
Riders that will go in breaks and may contest top 10 on stages if allowed is Rodriguez, Pauwels, Yates and Riblon.
Sagan, Froome, Barguil, Rodriguez, Quintana all stay in.
Demare goes out for Pauwels
Arredondo goes out for Gesink (watch Arredondo finally get in breaks now)
Sicard goes out for Yates
Contador goes out for Riblon
So the GC guys are : Froome, Barguil, Quintana, Gesink
Riders that will go in breaks and may contest top 10 on stages if allowed is Rodriguez, Pauwels, Yates and Riblon.
Sitting 5th now lads, doing pretty well and only 33pts back from 3rd.
With a couple of us with our bonus stage still to come we may even still give the top of the table a nudge.
With a couple of us with our bonus stage still to come we may even still give the top of the table a nudge.
2 trade remain with M$2euro left this is my team as it stands.
Rodriguez, Sagan, Valverde, Froome, Gesnik, Gallopin, Boasson, Bakelants, Simon.
Have no idea who is a GC or sprinter so any suggestions for the Bonus stage coming up would be great.
Thanks for setting this up Rupert it's been great tackling a new kind of fantasy sport, generally i only play SC and Fantasy cricket but will definitely do this again. Lets just hope next year an Aussie base is set up to get some prize incentives.
Rodriguez, Sagan, Valverde, Froome, Gesnik, Gallopin, Boasson, Bakelants, Simon.
Have no idea who is a GC or sprinter so any suggestions for the Bonus stage coming up would be great.
Thanks for setting this up Rupert it's been great tackling a new kind of fantasy sport, generally i only play SC and Fantasy cricket but will definitely do this again. Lets just hope next year an Aussie base is set up to get some prize incentives.
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Looks like we are up to the fifth ranked league!
With two teams in our league with their bonus stage still to come we could improve further.
Unfortunately I kept Van Garderen ahead of Rodriguez. Traded out now for Valverde. Think I'll just save the rest of my trades for the final stage now as I already have Froome, Contador, Quintana and some other climbers.
With two teams in our league with their bonus stage still to come we could improve further.
Unfortunately I kept Van Garderen ahead of Rodriguez. Traded out now for Valverde. Think I'll just save the rest of my trades for the final stage now as I already have Froome, Contador, Quintana and some other climbers.
Well done us!
@doddy2731
The bonus stage is a mtn stage so you need climbers but you also need to keep at least one trade for the last sprint stage.
Sprinters:
Keep: Sagan, Boasson Hagen
Get (b/n last 2 stages): Greipel or Cavendish
Climbers:
Keep: Froome, Valverde, Rodriguez, Gesink
Get: If you trade out Gallopin you have 8.5m. That is not enough to get Quintana who is probably the best choice.
I have no idea.
You could trade in a climber hoping they will get in a break-away. But that is always very iffy.
The best choice might be Sammy Sanchez of BMC. Now Van Garderen is out he is free to try to win stages himself and he is far enought back that the GC guys don't have to chase him.
Or you could hold on to your trades and make 2 on the last day and get in both Greipel and Cavendish. That is what I would probably do.
@Grater should have some ideas.
@doddy2731
The bonus stage is a mtn stage so you need climbers but you also need to keep at least one trade for the last sprint stage.
Sprinters:
Keep: Sagan, Boasson Hagen
Get (b/n last 2 stages): Greipel or Cavendish
Climbers:
Keep: Froome, Valverde, Rodriguez, Gesink
Get: If you trade out Gallopin you have 8.5m. That is not enough to get Quintana who is probably the best choice.
I have no idea.
You could trade in a climber hoping they will get in a break-away. But that is always very iffy.
The best choice might be Sammy Sanchez of BMC. Now Van Garderen is out he is free to try to win stages himself and he is far enought back that the GC guys don't have to chase him.
Or you could hold on to your trades and make 2 on the last day and get in both Greipel and Cavendish. That is what I would probably do.
@Grater should have some ideas.
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Cheers Rupert, it's one thing to be green to a fantasy format, it's another to have no idea what your doing! ha ha ha
Keep: Sagan, Valverde, Froome, Gesink, Bakelandts, Gallopin,
Sagan, Simon, EBH are your sprinters for the final day.
I would keep Rodriguez for now, and then trade him out for Quintana after Stage 19. He won't score as much as Quintana would on that stage and he will give you extra points for the white jersey. I would say trade Rodriguez now but he's going to be hunting a stage win in the last few stages, but that's pot luck where you're already guaranteed to score with Quintana.
You definitely need Quintana in for your bonus stage. Whether you trade him in now or wait is up to you.
Then with your last trade on the last day you either trade Gallopin to Degenkolb or Valverde to Greipel/Cavendish.
Sagan, Simon, EBH are your sprinters for the final day.
I would keep Rodriguez for now, and then trade him out for Quintana after Stage 19. He won't score as much as Quintana would on that stage and he will give you extra points for the white jersey. I would say trade Rodriguez now but he's going to be hunting a stage win in the last few stages, but that's pot luck where you're already guaranteed to score with Quintana.
You definitely need Quintana in for your bonus stage. Whether you trade him in now or wait is up to you.
Then with your last trade on the last day you either trade Gallopin to Degenkolb or Valverde to Greipel/Cavendish.
