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La Vuelta 2019
Just had my first look at the route and details of the race.
Looks like there is a big change in the points competition this year. Some stage have 5 intermediate sprints, some have only one and a lot of the intermediate sprints are half way up a climb. There is one on the flat 2km from the start of a mountain stage.
I have no idea how points are going to be awarded, I can't find a copy of the rules anywhere but it looks like they are trying to create a more competitive competition, which can be won by sprinters, climbers, puncheurs or breakers. Dr Winston should like this.
Interestingly the most competitive rider is chosen by the public via social media.
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Still a long way to go and lots of people closing in.
I screwed up bringing Higuita in for Quintana, wasted a transfer and threw away guaranteed points with an outside bet on a kid in his first GT.
He is there for me -
C.Hagen DS LTS 12.7
Higuita in the break and they've got a large gap. I also have Madrazo and Bizkarra, but they're not picking up many points, Henao isn't either. Madrazo looks cooked, I might get rid on him tomorrow.
Great. Thank you.
That's knocked down the score in our league for one of our guys who was getting a little over-excited about his high score...
A couple of interesting choices.
I have 6 the same, but more instead of Gilbert and Aranburu I have Majka and Lopez.
We will both be cheering on TGH which who I think will be a point of difference.
Dear god. Just checked my brothers team...he actually brought in Jose Herrada and Madrazo. Where the hell did he drag that from. Where in his wildest imaginings did he decide Jose Herrada was a pick for today.
Given how things have gone so far it looks like it is going to be an uphill bunch sprint for puncheurs.
and I haven't got Valverde
Crikey. I really did miss a big day. Got to love the Vuelta and got to love the lack of the Sky train...makes things very unpredictable.
So just Higuita now really for EF...and he’s not looking that great up the toughest of summits.
Valverde actually looks like he could have a good shot at winning this...Roglic aside.
Dlamini is in there
Which one of those two do you fancy for the TT?....Majka has a good TT in him but is recall Pogacar pulled a food ride out earlier in the season when he needed it....
Both Bevin and De Gendt tried to get in the break early on, I was worrying I might have a stage like Sniffer had with Craddock.
Lopez & Majka looking better picks than Gilbert & Aranburu.
Pigging hell....he won the stage....Well done....
They still have Martinez who is 2minutes off the top 10 and Craddock who was trying for the break today.
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Currently looks like Astana want to keep the jersey
Gilbert and Aranburu might be better Friday picks?
My gamble didn't pay off, I should have stuck to my original plan and gone with Lopez yesterday and brought Aranburu in today.
I went Gilbert, Stybar and Aranburu today. Wrong DQS rider, but still should work out OK. Rest are GC and Bouchard.
I didn't go Bennet though.
My dither was Higuita and Madrazo > Gilbert and Aranburu (keep Lopez)....or Lopez and Higuita > Gilbert and Bennett...
In the end I din’t expect a GC battle so went with the latter....made a mistake there.
Which one of those two do you fancy for the TT?....Majka has a good TT in him but is recall Pogacar pulled a food ride out earlier in the season when he needed it....
Pogacar is Slovenian ITT champion winning on a flat 43km course at avergae of 52.05kph.
However today is the first time he has ridden a crazy stage like today's. He might struggle today and has not much in the way of team support.
Difference between many teams could be having Aru or not.
I always think of Majka like Kruijswijk and Buchmann...not winners but dependable....Pogacar on the other hand is less of a metronome and capable of winning...or blowing up.
Majka is now very experienced and knows how to race different types of stages.
Pogacar is starting his career and lacks maturity, he showed this with his stupidattack from the bunch on stage 6, where he used a lot of energy to gain 2 seconds.
I have Pogacar because he gets extra points for the young riders competition.
No Aru for me today, which could be a mistake, he is capable of doing a great ITT every now and again.
Don’t know why either but helped me no end!!
Not the wrong one today ?
That is why I ditched Teuns
. I actually thought he might get dropped on the penultimate climb if the GC teams went for it.
Did Higuita crash ? I only saw him struggling with no back wheel.
Majka looking good.
Very pleased to see Aru getting competitive again.
Given that you have a 48 point lead you should be able to stay ahead for a while, unless you manage to completely screw up like you did in Binck Bank.
I went for Rodriguez (Oscar obvs) over Aru and was feeling very smug that he carried a couple of points at least for young rider. Then I spotted that Aru collected 5 because his teammate won. Grrrrrr.........
He's there, but a few riders are missing on the form tables for some reason. So if you sort by name, or value and search LTS then he shows up. Pogacar is also suffering from this.
Yes he did. He had the wheel episode and a crash of some sort off camera...it flashed up on commentary and discussed with the Eurosport commentators. Poor day for me...risked one extra day without Valverde....Higuita could have offset it a bit...but not to be.
Majka did look good. Not sure he actually lost much time riding on his own compared to the four ahead..great effort.
...and yes...really pleased for Aru...he can come in now....Oscar Rodriguez doing well also on the cheaper side of things.
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