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Posted on 21-11-2024 22:19
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 06-02-2023 17:26
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I'm surprised that I got Laporte at #9, but I suppose Van Baarle's arrival could torpedo him. Still, I hope he'll score consistently well. Mohoric, no idea what to expect from him. High ceiling I think, but not sure about the floor. Degenkolb is well over his peak, but I hope he has one or two more good rides in him. Ackermann likely would have been the more solid choice, but I like rooting for Dege.
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| LLDS |
Posted on 06-02-2023 17:29
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Ollfardh wrote:
Draft Rounds 1-3
| Ollfardh Paladins | Fab's Fainthearts | KB Cobblers | IE Tulips | UU W | Marcovdw Grandmas | Nemolito Nosepickers | Bikex Red Lanterns | Cunego 59ers | BBL's Bombers | LLDS Wolves | Jaxika Hussars | Laurens147 Hornets | | R1 | PIDCOCK Thomas | DE LIE Arnaud | KUNG Stefan | GIRMAY Biniam | PEDERSEN Mads | MERLIER Tim | JAKOBSEN Fabio | COSNEFROY Benoit | LAPORTE Christophe | MATTHEWS Michael | PHILIPSEN Jasper | GROENEWEGEN Dylan | COQUARD Bryan | | R2 | SAGAN Peter | EWAN Caleb | LAMPAERT Yves | TEUNISSEN Mike | DEMARE Arnaud | HIRSCHI Marc | EVENEPOEL Remco | VAN BAARLE Dylan | MOHORIC Matej | ASGREEN Kasper | ALAPHILIPPE Julian | VAN DER POEL Mathieu | VAN AERT Wout | | R3 | STUYVEN Jasper | SCHMID Mauro | WRIGHT Fred | EEKHOFF Nils | VINGEGAARD Jonas | VAN POPPEL Danny | HOFSTETTER Hugo | POGACAR Tadej | DEGENKOLB John | POWLESS Neilson | SENECHAL Florian | MADOUAS Valentin | MEEUS Jordi |
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Wow, the team for the Lanterns.
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 06-02-2023 19:18
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+1, but you took that decision for me 
I'm definitely happy with De Lie, even more after the strong start of the season he had. We have barely started February, and he already has three wins to his name, plus the green jersey in Bessèges. Where he beat guys like Pedersen (last year's 1st-rounder for me), Cosnefroy or Teuns on an 8% slope. One thing I was lacking last year was a rider who could potentially win races, and not only finish in the lower Top 10, and I believe that De Lie is a good pick for that. Not one for the really big points (monuments), but I'm hoping for a lot of participations in lower-tier races instead.
Ewan in R2 isn't my preferred pick, I'd have loved to see Démare slip through. But at least I should cover all flat races with a Lotto sprinter, with my R1/R2 duo of De Lie and Ewan 
Schmid in R3 was only my third choice, and I admit that I didn't expect to see both Küng and Hirschi go in the first two rounds. But I can definitely live with Mauro, who had some nice results last year, and started his season with P5 in TDU. I don't know how many classics he'll indeed participate in, but I doubt there was a potentially higher scoring Swiss available at this point anyway.
I agree that Bikex' team looks scary; choice of nationality definitely was smart, and I didn't expect van Baarle to be picked as #6 only in R2. The Hussars and the UUs look nice, too.
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 06-02-2023 19:56
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Disadvantage of being the middle of the order, you don't really get the riders you desperately want
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 07-02-2023 00:43
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Was hoping Agreen would stick around so I could get in R3. If it was for that pesky 2018 Team Time Trial medal he would have been mine by default.
Not sure about Vingagaard, can see him being a total no show in the spring classics.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 07-02-2023 01:15
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Ulrich Ulriksen wrote:
Was hoping Agreen would stick around so I could get in R3. If it was for that pesky 2018 Team Time Trial medal he would have been mine by default.
Not sure about Vingagaard, can see him being a total no show in the spring classics.
Half my list for Round 2 came from that TTT WC
Fairly happy with my picks. Missed out on the guys I really wanted, but that's the natural of my slot I guess. Hopefully Matthews stays fierce and Asgreen stays healthy for the classics. Powless was the obvious R3 option since he's winning the Ardennes Triple this year.
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 07-02-2023 08:27
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Marcovdw wrote:
Disadvantage of being the middle of the order, you don't really get the riders you desperately want
Same I definitely preferred last year, where I had first pick every two rounds 
Evenepoel is a superb rider to have though for my team... if he changes his racing schedule. Jakobsen is as good as I could get with my seventh pick, and I'm happy with him. Hofstetter has done well in this game last season, and I hope he can remain on the same level now. I would kindly ask everybody to stay away from French riders from now on
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| Bikex |
Posted on 08-02-2023 15:32
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I am happy that my choice of nationality already paid off. Pogacar is probably the best rider someone can get without being able to pick first in a draft round. I almost had a second Slovenian falling to me with Mohoric but he was picked up just before. Getting Van Baarle instead is great as well. I would've expected him to be picked up earlier. In the first round the obvious choices were already gone when it was my time to pick, but I think Cosnefroy can prove to be a good choice. |
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 09-02-2023 12:08
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Deadline is 23 hours away, still some missing PMs.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 10-02-2023 08:03
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Missing PM's from LLDS and Fabianski, 3 hours to go.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 10-02-2023 12:57
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Draft Rounds 4-6
Unfortunately LLDS missed the deadline and did not have any valid names left from previous rounds. You can still pick your 3 riders between this and the start of the next round though, just let me know who you want. Everyone else should make note of 3 extra riders being added when calculating the number of names they need to send in.
Round 4 saw a lot of love for the same names, but th order kept changing so I think a lot of people will actually be happy here. The same goes for round 5, where I also met the first guy I did not really know. In round 6 Belgium was really popular and especially Tiesj Bonoot.
| Ollfardh Paladins | Fab's Fainthearts | KB Cobblers | IE Tulips | UU W | Marcovdw Grandmas | Nemolito Nosepickers | Bikex Red Lanterns | Cunego 59ers | BBL's Bombers | LLDS Wolves | Jaxika Hussars | Laurens147 Hornets | | R4 | LUTSENKO Alexey | HIGUITA Sergio | KWIATKOWSKI Michal | HINDLEY Jai | GAUDU David | BENNETT Sam | BARGUIL Warren | TRATNIK Jan | TEUNS Dylan | TRENTIN Matteo | MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe | KRISTOFF Alexander | CAMPENAERTS Victor | | R5 | SHEFFIELD Magnus | PAGE Hugo | KOOIJ Olav | VAN EETVELT Lennert | WAERENSKJOLD Soren | RODRIGUEZ Carlos | SIMMONS Quinn | VERNON Ethan | MILAN Jonathan | SKJELMOSE Mattias | PICCOLO Andrea | AYUSO Juan | VAUQUELIN Kevin | | R6 | SCHACHMANN Maximilian | CICCONE Giulio | MULLEN Ryan | THEUNS Edward | POLITT NILS | VAN AVERMAET Greg | HERMANS Quinten | BETTIOL Alberto | VAN GESTEL Dries | WOODS Michael | GARCIA CORTINA Ivan | BENOOT Tiesj | GREGOIRE Romain |
So for the next round I need:
R7: A rider from a PCT team
R8: A rider who was in a PCT team last year
R9: A rider from your home nation or a country bordering it (pick only one country)
R10: Free pick
Send in your 4 rounds by monday 12:00 normal Europe time please!
After that, I will ask the following:
Spoiler R11: A rider from your home nation
R12: A rider from the country with most riders after R10 (your pick in case of a tie)
R13: Free pick
Edited by Ollfardh on 11-02-2023 14:02
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 10-02-2023 13:13
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Some more risky picks for me. I have no idea what Lutsenko or Schachmann are still capable of. Sheffield I just had to pick up, rally loved what he did last year.
The Hussars probably won this round for me, although the Nosepickers are also looking good.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| jaxika |
Posted on 10-02-2023 13:58
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In the R9 the OR didn't mean AND right? (So in my case no france and one other, just only one country) |
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 10-02-2023 14:01
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jaxika wrote:
In the R9 the OR didn't mean AND right? (So in my case no france and one other, just only one country)
Nope, you have to choose 1. I like the risk it adds to your choice.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 10-02-2023 14:39
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Some risky moves for me, but the rounds dictated it. Trentin could continue to plug results away, or he could fall off a cliff immediaitely given his age. I couldn't help taking Skjelmose with my MG affinity for him and a pick later in the round, but who knows if he'll race many classics. He's done some early season ones and done well, but he may not even do the Ardennes, so could be wasted entirely. Same with Woods. Since I figured he would be available, I just went with Canada, but it's unclear if his spring classics schedule will be very busy.
I think I'm fairly hills heavy at the moment, so I'll need to pivot to cobbles in upcoming rounds I guess.
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 10-02-2023 17:35
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Very happy with Teuns, I hope he'll be a consistent contributor. Would have loved to grab Benoot in R6 as well, but I had a feeling he'd be scooped up quickly. If Van Gestel can replicate or even improve on last year's results, he should be a very good second choice though. With Milan, it's tough to know what to expect, but that was always gonna be the case for the youngsters, with a few exceptions. Tough to see Vernon go one place ahead of me, but Milan has potential I think, though race schedule obviously dictates a lot there.
It's a really fun process so far, that's for sure! It really gets you to engage with the races and riders more intensely.
And just to be sure, the rider who was on a PCT team last year can still be on a PCT team now, correct? He just doesn't have to?
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 10-02-2023 17:52
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cunego59 wrote:
And just to be sure, the rider who was on a PCT team last year can still be on a PCT team now, correct? He just doesn't have to?
Correct!
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| LLDS |
Posted on 11-02-2023 08:42
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Sorry, hectic day at work, I will send it shortly.
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| LLDS |
Posted on 11-02-2023 08:43
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Ollfardh wrote:
Draft Rounds 4-6
Unfortunately LLDS missed the deadline and did not have any valid names left from previous rounds. You can still pick your 3 riders between this and the start of the next round though, just let me know who you want. Everyone else should make note of 3 extra riders being added when calculating the number of names they need to send in.
Round 4 saw a lot of love for the same names, but th order kept changing so I think a lot of people will actually be happy here. The same goes for round 5, where I also met the first guy I did not really know. In round 6 Belgium was really popular and especially Tiesj Bonoot.
| Ollfardh Paladins | Fab's Fainthearts | KB Cobblers | IE Tulips | UU W | Marcovdw Grandmas | Nemolito Nosepickers | Bikex Red Lanterns | Cunego 59ers | BBL's Bombers | LLDS Wolves | Jaxika Hussars | Laurens147 Hornets | | R4 | LUTSENKO Alexey | HIGUITA Sergio | KWIATKOWSKI Michal | HINDLEY Jai | GAUDU David | BENNETT Sam | BARGUIL Warren | TRATNIK Jan | TEUNS Dylan | TRENTIN Matteo | | KRISTOFF Alexander | CAMPENAERTS Victor | | R5 | SHEFFIELD Magnus | PAGE Hugo | KOOIJ Olav | VAN EETVELT Lennert | WAERENSKJOLD Soren | RODRIGUEZ Carlos | SIMMONS Quinn | VERNON Ethan | MILAN Jonathan | SKJELMOSE Mattias | | AYUSO Juan | VAUQUELIN Kevin | | R6 | SCHACHMANN Maximilian | CICCONE Giulio | MULLEN Ryan | THEUNS Edward | POLITT NILS | VAN AVERMAET Greg | HERMANS Quinten | BETTIOL Alberto | VAN GESTEL Dries | WOODS Michael | | BENOOT Tiesj | GREGOIRE Romain |
So for the next round I need:
R7: A rider from a PCT team
R8: A rider who was in a PCT team last year
R9: A rider from your home nation or a country bordering it (pick only one country)
R10: Free pick
Send in your 4 rounds by monday 12:00 normal Europe time please!
After that, I will ask the following:
Spoiler R11: A rider from your home nation
R12: A rider from the country with most riders after R10 (your pick in case of a tie)
R13: Free pick
Noooooo, I ma punished for being late.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 11-02-2023 09:29
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Just give me your three names for R4-6 now and I'll add them to your team. And make sure you make monday's deadline 
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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