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| stemple |
Posted on 07-05-2008 19:11
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I'm in, but my biggest problem was who to pick from Liquigas.
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| alex153 |
Posted on 07-05-2008 19:28
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My biggest problem was to chose riders who won't get caught before they reach Milan |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 07-05-2008 19:29
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stemple wrote:
I'm in, but my biggest problem was who to pick from Liquigas.
same here. It forced me to go with Cavendish in the end 
My tactic to win is simple: get a bucketload of points in sprints. which is going to be hard with mister "I have no idea how to position myself" as lead sprinter.
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 07-05-2008 19:53
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issoisso wrote:
I'm going to be pissed if the 30 or so % chance that Rujano finds motivation actually happens, because I was between him or the "safe" surprise option, and I chose the "safe" one.
EDIT: also, Justin, are you going to do like last year and post everyone's teams so we can all alternatively go "HA! stupid choice!" or "Damn, why didn't I pick that one"?
will probably do that so that u can see whether I made mistakes in ur team
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 07-05-2008 20:23
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My weakness is that i follow my heart not head...let Astana boys all out..and butting Simoni has team leader |
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 08-05-2008 15:59
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issoisso wrote:
stemple wrote:
I'm in, but my biggest problem was who to pick from Liquigas.
same here. It forced me to go with Cavendish in the end
My tactic to win is simple: get a bucketload of points in sprints. which is going to be hard with mister "I have no idea how to position myself" as lead sprinter.
My biggest choice was, Cavendish or Bennati and Nibali or Wiggins. Cav and Nibali won
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| issoisso |
Posted on 08-05-2008 16:35
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Addy291 wrote:
issoisso wrote:
stemple wrote:
I'm in, but my biggest problem was who to pick from Liquigas.
same here. It forced me to go with Cavendish in the end
My tactic to win is simple: get a bucketload of points in sprints. which is going to be hard with mister "I have no idea how to position myself" as lead sprinter.
My biggest choice was, Cavendish or Bennati and Nibali or Wiggins. Cav and Nibali won
The choices I was faced with:
Cavendish and Pellizotti vs. Bennati and Rujano. I went with the safe pick. Safe because while Pellizotti will surprise everyone and finish very high to most people's surprise, if Rujano is motivated for once, he can win the Giro. I'm betting Rujano will only get his motivation back next year when Caisse releases him for poor performance and he ends up at Selle italia (Diquigiovanni, etc. whatever you want to call it)
Rodriguez or Pfannberger. I may very well have screwed this one up. it's a risk either way. |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 08-05-2008 16:53
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Well for me, Cavendish was a no-brainer 
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| issoisso |
Posted on 08-05-2008 17:28
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Well for me, Cavendish was a no-brainer
I'd take a jab at you here, but it's just too easy  |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 08-05-2008 18:00
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Well you can hardly say I have no brain when you also picked Cavendish
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| issoisso |
Posted on 08-05-2008 18:07
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of course I can. it just wouldn't bode well for me |
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| stemple |
Posted on 09-05-2008 00:50
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I picked Arroyo and he is now out of the tour can i change him.
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 09-05-2008 07:27
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Cavedish and McEwen choosers..has you little worried that your main sprinter dont get over mountains? |
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 09-05-2008 10:21
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indeed everyone has the right to alter their entry before the Giro officialy starts So everyone that has Arroyo (and there quite alot of them including me) pm who u want as a replacement!
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 09-05-2008 10:52
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Since I'll probably be out tommorow I'll set a deadline at 20.00 GMT+1 today, however if u still miss a rider u are allowed to fill that empty spot till the beginning of the first stage
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 09-05-2008 15:36
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28 entries, I still know that 1 person will definately still enter but I dont think we will get more than 30 including the B-Team
from this forum Stemple has to add 1 rider to replace Arroyo, beastman123 also has to add a rider and still doesnt have a teamname (not that thats important but still) and Stuartmcstuart still needs to add 2 riders and I'd like to have them by 20.00 even though ur still allowed to send them tommorow morning
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 09-05-2008 17:37
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since Richeze is apparently out i replace him with Benatti which means that Pellizotti is out of my team aswell, Rujano will replace him
Guido and IvanBassoFan also have to replace Richeze
Edited by JustinWK on 09-05-2008 17:38
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| stemple |
Posted on 09-05-2008 17:41
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switch Arroyo out with Brad McGee for me.
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 09-05-2008 18:23
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ok that means that Guido Mukk has to select a new sprinter, stuartmcstuart still has to add 2 riders while beastman123 still has to add 1 rider but since he didnt even reply to my last pm I dont think he'll fix it
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 09-05-2008 19:02
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time's up, we've got 33 entries plus the B squad thats being made right now! :wink:
those who still have to fill up their squad can do so till the Giro really starts, if u dont you'll start with 11 or in stuarts case, 10 riders
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