Getting into the heart of the draft now. We know what shapes the teams are taking, and teams should now be looking at getting in those key helpers. Also one team takes a punishment for breaking the rules twice.
Results:
Bulgari-Inditex -----> Alessandro Petacchi
Sporting CP --------> Oscar Freire
Nintendo-Ambuja --> Jose Joaquim Rojas
Team CSC ---------> Alex Howes
Sony Ericsson ------> Sebastian Langeveld
Pervyj ---------------> Rinaldo Nocentini
Triks Custom -------> Niki Sorensen
Magners -------------> Peter Velits
Red Bull-M&M -------> Haimar Zubeldia
Cymru Wales --------> Heinrich Haussler
AXA-Pinerollo --------> Jonathan Tiernan-Locke
Dominos-ASR -------> Danny Pate
Lierse-Pizza Ullo ----> Jurgen Roelandts
Lunar Industries ----> Dave Zabriskie
In-n-Out Joes -------> Jerome Coppel
Globant-Telefe ------> Maximiliano Richeze
CC Cafe --------------> Vasil Kiriyenka
Tulip-Guinness ------> Marco Pinotti
Caterham-Austar ----> Daniel Bennati
ITV ProCycling -------> Graham Briggs
Motorex-Credit Suisse > Mathieu Ladagnous
Fastweb --------------> Wout Poels
SGL-Magix ------------> Jens Voigt
Allianz-BMW ----------> Bjorn Leukemans
Barrys Maple Leaf ---> Matthew Hayman
ING-InBev ------------> Alex Rasmussen
Pro Team Haier ------> Maxime Monfort
Pure Black-Genesys -> Laurens Ten Dam
Summary time.
14 teams got their first choice riders, higher than expected.
ING got owned! Ending up with their 11th choice rider.
Lots of popular riders, such as Nocentini, Rojas, Petacchi and Freire.
Say goodbye to the oddest list award, and hello to the sponsor list award. This goes to the rider whos list is the most sponsor pleasing.
Lunar and Bulgari came close, but CSC takes it this round.
So onto Round 8. Flipped order as usual. No restrictions. 24hrs. Normal business. Remember the rules.
GO!
Wohoo! The sponsor list award! I'm looking to take that in every round, I think I'll go from now on 100% American! At least that's the plan, now I have Gerrans and my custom riders...