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| Shonak |
Posted on 02-02-2018 10:08
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Yup, triple header is always a nice thing to look at. Betancur is in Deutschland though. Japan still so far the strongest startlist imo.
Deutschland Tour with a few big hill hitters and some strong sprinters as well. Barguil. Kwiatkowski, Betancur, Yates, Kreuziger & Greipiel, Canvendish, Degenkolb, Van Poppel, Demare, Bouhanni
Guatamela with a comeback from last year where Quintana dominated the field. Nibali, Quintana, Mollema, Martin, Pinot, Henao, Kelderman, Spilak & Malori and Vorobyev for TTs. Imo, very nice. The stages are always a bit crazy in Guatamela so this should be sufferfeast.
Course de la Paix traditionally weak, only Aru (82) and a bunch of strong 78ers riders incl Kreuziger, Polanc, Dombo and Rolland.
Last, Tachira has also a great line-up. Quintana and Bardet and Barguil to fight out between the mountain goats, Betancur and Boswell in the fight as well. Rolland always a man to surprise in stage races.
Looking at the sprinters, the Grand Tours are offering the following:
Giro: Kittel, Greipel, Degenkolb, Nizzolo, Vivian. Looks like Italians won't grab any stage wins in the sprints, all three big german sprinters are present.
Tour: Offers a big range of sprinters. Cavendish leads the bunch, then Guardini, Bouhanni, previous Green jersey winner Van Poppel, Fenn, Nizzolo, Coquard, Petit, Viviani. Many frenchies as well as some top names. This should be a classy fight for green again.
Vuelta: Kittel. Then long, long nothing. Ten Coquard, Appollonio, Ewan, Matthews. CarbonSports to finish Vuelta with a shitton of points.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Ripley |
Posted on 02-02-2018 10:13
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Let's get this party started! 
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 02-02-2018 10:36
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Team ID 20 and 63 (Lufthansa) throwing error for Il Lombardia (haven't found this for any other race so far).
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| knockout |
Posted on 02-02-2018 11:31
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Lovely to have the startlist tool. Gotta take a closer look at it in the evening
Thanks Shonak for the most important summaries. I'm especially thrilled with the Vuelta startlist. No Froome is a big surprise and only Nibali and the already confirmed Herrada are good news. Good depth behind but normally they shouldnt be able to match Contador. Then a dream sprinterfield for Kittel. Ewan mentioned as fourth is crazy and no other real big opponent makes it weak. I would have liked another team focussed entirely on sprints though. Gotta be entertaining for all of you to see my sprint support being too weak to control breaks and my mountain support too weak to help Contador.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 02-02-2018 11:47
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Maybe, Kittel with his hill stat helps Contador chasing Nibali and Contador reels in the sprinters in the last 2-3k of a race for Kittel. 
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Bikex |
Posted on 02-02-2018 12:09
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Looking forward to Contador wasting his energy on flat stages helping Kittel and being easily distanced by Nibali the day after.  |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 02-02-2018 12:22
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Liberty Seguros probably to do an Astana and needlessly chase. 
Quite surprising to see Nibali not at the Giro but I guess you really want the triple GT achievement? Maybe both Contador and Nibali can get it. Froome so far the only one who has it, whilst Quintana is the only rider who has won the same Grand Tour twice. Gotta admit, the Grand Tours have always been fun and nice mix-ups with TVG, Mollema and Purito claiming wins, too. ICL18 will be just insane tho. My hopes for two podiums places from the pre-season are well alive with Herrada but given my bad luck, I'm happy if he achieves one of them (goalwise, Vuelta).
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Shonak |
Posted on 02-02-2018 12:27
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Ardennes the expected slaughter feast. Whilst not everybody is present for Fleche, AGR already bolsters Nibali in addition to Betancur, Martin, Kwiatek and many 79ers. Liége startlist is imo off the racks, with 13 riders within 1 stat abbreviation. This race will be insane. Same basically goes for Il Lombardia. Seems like the race day reduction has led to a nice mixing of different race planning strategies, where Liege and Lombardia end up as the bottlenecks of the season. Not sure how I feel about that with Bananito on my team.
Liege:
Betancur
Kwiatkowski
Martin
Barguil
Yates
Mollema (previous winner)
Bardet
Kreuziger
Moser
Quintana
Nibali
Aru
Contador (2x previous winner)
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 02-02-2018 12:30
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I wonder why you remember Mollema's Vuelta and Liege wins so well
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 02-02-2018 13:22
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Shonak wrote:
Liberty Seguros probably to do an Astana and needlessly chase.
Quite surprising to see Nibali not at the Giro but I guess you really want the triple GT achievement? Maybe both Contador and Nibali can get it. Froome so far the only one who has it, whilst Quintana is the only rider who has won the same Grand Tour twice. Gotta admit, the Grand Tours have always been fun and nice mix-ups with TVG, Mollema and Purito claiming wins, too. ICL18 will be just insane tho. My hopes for two podiums places from the pre-season are well alive with Herrada but given my bad luck, I'm happy if he achieves one of them (goalwise, Vuelta).
That would have been a waste in my opinion. The Giro is something for high Acceleration riders this year, while the others have more emphasis on energy stats.
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| Vali |
Posted on 02-02-2018 13:49
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Very much looking forward to the start of the season, bring it on guys. 
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 02-02-2018 18:57
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Woah 2016 wildcard throwbacks with that Vurlta startlist, Appo as second to Kittel
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| Bikex |
Posted on 02-02-2018 19:22
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Shonak wrote:
Quite surprising to see Nibali not at the Giro but I guess you really want the triple GT achievement?
Exactly, otherwise I would have tried to defend the tdf title. |
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 06-02-2018 15:02
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For the extra points, does it have to be in the teams page or do previews count as well?
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 06-02-2018 15:07
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Ollfardh wrote:
For the extra points, does it have to be in the teams page or do previews count as well?
It's exactly explained how threads are graded in the system right? Check there for more. But in short: Yes, they count.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 06-02-2018 15:09
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Ah thanks, found it now!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 11-02-2018 14:07
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Can someone re-upload the Ranking Points file but being a .xls file instead of a .xlsx file?
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 16-02-2018 19:51
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Management Change at Bosch Cycling Team?
You all know that after offseason Team Bosch, initiated and put together by honorable manager blackbox, has had a hard time finding leadership in the management section lately. The team schedule and riders assignment has been done by the assistant management, but the team was always going to search for a new strong man in the coordinative and executive management section.
Over the first couple of month the team still ran a successful media campaign, brilliantly reporting on the teams ups and downs in the first two month. Credits for this go to cio93. And now this could bring some light into the tunnel that is the lack of leadership in the Bosch Cycling administration. Cio93 has offered to step up and take over the management role of Bosch Cycling!
Two things stand in the way of these breaking developments that could lead Bosch to glory: First of all there is the question whether former manager blackbox may come back this season, and take over the spot he gave up mysteriously. Cio93 already announced that he would give back the lead to blackbox without any harm, if the former manager wants to take the team back.
Secondly the ICL parliament of team executives, which is represented by one member each team, needs to agree on the exceptional change of management while the season is running by absolute majority. Any concerns about this are very welcome to be raised.
The ICL administration is very much looking forward to feedback on this.
Spoiler That announcement maybe could've fit the teams post even better 
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| Shonak |
Posted on 16-02-2018 19:57
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Must admit it's super tempting to keep Cio from obtaining Herklotz  but ofc, I am all for it. One of the best and most passionate managers in MG to join the ICL is definitely a great and very much welcome addition.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 16-02-2018 20:04
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Give him the team, but not Herklotz 
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