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| matt17br |
Posted on 14-04-2015 16:22
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And I've used up all my transfers hoping that none of the guys I picked will get injured before the Ardennes ^^
I'm happy that I've managed to pick 6 of the strongest punchers out there (Purito, Valverde, Gilbert, Kwiatkowski, Dan Martin and Mollema) whilst keeping a decent quality amongst the 4 points riders, like Felline that will hopefully get a good result at De Brabantes Pijl, or Teuns that is in a fantastic shape. Having 11 transfers left I had to keep at least one of my post-Roubaix team, that was Benoot, that hopefully can surprise again in one of the ardennes, even though he'd really have to do something of truly unexpected. Lastly, Villella, Stuyven and Lampaert can all do something nice at Brabantse.
Happy to see how I'm doing so far, still 2 points on LDL and fewer than I'd expected below Alak 
Noticed that before P-R I was even in front of both of them, it's just the latest race that ruined it all, basically - not that RVV went well, actually 
Will be nice to see the other guys' tactics, as you can see I tried to get as many stars as possible, which I hadn't done previously, and which costed me Van Avermaet and Terpstra, seeing that all in all it wasn't paying off that much, at least in my case.
With a bit of luck, I can still fight for a top 10 in the league as I'm in 18th at the moment, and why not, a nice top 250 overall.
Edited by matt17br on 14-04-2015 16:30
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 14-04-2015 16:28
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I'm not doing well.
I kinda forgot to do my transfers multiple times.
On the plus side, I was able to build a nice Brabantse Pijl squad and I still have more than 10 transfers left.
I will probably never run out of them, having so many left at this stage.
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 23-04-2015 15:26
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Just noticed, while I'm in the top 8% of all Velogames teams, I've only just broken into the top 20 of our mini league of 60ish teams 
Reckon we must have one of the toughest mini leagues going - at least that's how I like to think of it to make myself feel that bit better. |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 23-04-2015 19:09
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Just goes to show that PCMDaily is the home of the real cycling experts. 
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| gargatouf |
Posted on 24-04-2015 11:11
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I did really well after AGR, finishing 4th overall in that race but haven't done so well after FW, but I'm in the top 20 in the PCM league and in the top 250 overall which is not bad for a first try. |
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| Kirchen_75 |
Posted on 24-04-2015 11:13
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Lost too much ground in the flanders classics to make it up now plus I forgot to make transfers for Brabantse Pijl Still quite happy how I went because I got 4th overall in Roubaix |
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 24-04-2015 15:42
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Final throw of the dice to try and recover ground lost in FW.
OUT
Gilbert
Matthews
Theuns
IN
Kwiato
Pozzovivo
Yates
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 24-04-2015 18:43
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I'm 9th in our league, hoping to make up 2 more places or so. Still a top 10 in our league is good I guess . |
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 26-04-2015 20:23
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ianrussell wrote:
Just noticed, while I'm in the top 8% of all Velogames teams, I've only just broken into the top 20 of our mini league of 60ish teams
Reckon we must have one of the toughest mini leagues going - at least that's how I like to think of it to make myself feel that bit better.
Bit of a late run for 7th in the PCM mini-league. Congrats to Intherain for the win and an outstanding 5th overall.
Given my above message and the fact I'm now into the top 3% of all teams in the competition yet only 7th in our league we should collectively be pleased with our performance!
Edited by ianrussell on 26-04-2015 20:24
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| Lord Di Lego |
Posted on 26-04-2015 20:40
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Congratulations to Intherain for the win and the 5th place overall. Congatulations as well to Diogo and Roturn for the remaining podium spots in our league.
Personally, this was one competition covered in mediocrity. After all the good races I've done lately, this one was disappointing.
After a good start in MSR and having avoided most of the serious crashes in Flandres, I just didn't manage to pick the really good guys this year. Finally, I just had to spend a couple of extra transfers to stop bleeding points, but at this point I was already far behind. The Ardennes started well, but again, ended badly. 
ianrussell wrote:
Just noticed, while I'm in the top 8% of all Velogames teams, I've only just broken into the top 20 of our mini league of 60ish teams
Reckon we must have one of the toughest mini leagues going - at least that's how I like to think of it to make myself feel that bit better.
Shonak wrote:
Just goes to show that PCMDaily is the home of the real cycling experts.
It was really well done, but I should point out that in one of my other leagues we had 4 teams in the overall Top30 and 7 teams in the overall Top70 after Brabantse Pijl. This is a league of 15 teams(!), based in a non-cycling-focused community(!).
Some people started dropping back in the last few races because of bad picks, but it still had 4 in the Top100 as well as the 4th overall.
Really proud over both leagues actually. Ridiculous competition. 
Velogames PCM Leagues:
TDU: 2015, 2nd | 2016,7th. P-N: 2015, 4th (GC:64th) | 2016,22th. T-A: 2015, 2nd (GC:24th) | 2016,11th. SprCla: 2015, 17th | 2016,11th. TdR: 2016, 8th. ToC: 2015, 5th | 2016,2nd. Giro: 2014, 135th | 2015, 121st | 2016,23rd. Dauphiné: 2014, 2nd (GC:9th) | 2016,4th. TdS: 2014, 41st | 2016,8th. TdF: 2014, 48th | 2015, 1st (GC:51st). VaP: 2015, 3rd (GC:67th). Vuelta: 2014, 4th | 2015, 10th. ToB: 2014, 1st (GC:1st) | 2015, 2nd (GC:99th). |
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| TimoCycling |
Posted on 26-04-2015 21:18
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14th in our league and 238th overall.
I had bad luck picking Gilbert for the classics. Also had a little too less transfers after cobbled classics. Still content, but I could do better. |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 26-04-2015 21:28
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Guess who totally forgot about this
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 26-04-2015 21:30
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alexkr00 wrote:
Guess who totally forgot about this
DiCyc probably, considering he only got 167 points and nearly got last of the whole site
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 26-04-2015 21:37
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Jesleyh wrote:
alexkr00 wrote:
Guess who totally forgot about this
DiCyc probably, considering he only got 167 points and nearly got last of the whole site
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| Shonak |
Posted on 26-04-2015 22:15
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Yay, managed to crack the 1k mark in the end. Solid campaign, with lots of room to improve next spring classics season. I'll always treasure Vuelta '14 hehe
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 26-04-2015 22:30
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Quite disappointing to finish 5th, would have finished 3rd if I didn't oversleep on Robuaix so some consolation there Another decent campaign though.
Next Giro, I quite dislike velogames GT's though, over 3 weeks there's too much luck involved without any sort of transfers possible.
Edited by Alakagom on 26-04-2015 22:31
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| matt17br |
Posted on 27-04-2015 19:10
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I was just unlucky, finishing 600+th overall and 29th in the league, even below Jesleyh 
Ardennes were quite unpredictable and only Kwiatek, Valverde and Purito actually scored decently. And my team wasn't even that much crappy: I mean I had Dan Martin (which fell off his bike twice as we're used to) and Gilbert who was very unlucky, beside Mollema, Valverde, Kwiatek and Purito. Just bad luck I guess.
Congrats to Intherain who won it like a boss without even posting once in the site, would be nice to have him with us
Edited by matt17br on 27-04-2015 19:12
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| Intherain |
Posted on 27-04-2015 20:37
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matt17br wrote:
Congrats to Intherain who won it like a boss without even posting once in the site, would be nice to have him with us
Ask and thou shalt receive!
Long time lurker (obviously) here brought to the site orginally by the PCM Database, hung around for all of you fine folks and your love for cycling.
Now, back to the shadows... |
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 27-04-2015 20:44
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Haha, congrats 
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 27-04-2015 21:15
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Intherain wrote:
matt17br wrote:
Congrats to Intherain who won it like a boss without even posting once in the site, would be nice to have him with us
Ask and thou shalt receive!
Long time lurker (obviously) here brought to the site orginally by the PCM Database, hung around for all of you fine folks and your love for cycling.
Now, back to the shadows...
Congrats again
Now please lurk lower down the leaderboard next time |
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