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UAE tour

Not long to go now.

UAE team Emirates aren't mucking about.... team confirmed as...

Almeida, Pogacar, Bennett, Majka, Gaviria, Richeze and Berg.... Very strong. 

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Condor Andy | 2 years ago
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I'll take a 5th! One of my best results, and it was with a really questionable transfer strat!

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Condor Andy | 2 years ago
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Tony and Mark definitely swapping notes at the top for this one 

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11waterloo replied to Condor Andy | 2 years ago
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Tell me about it... can't quite reel them in! 

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Condor Andy replied to 11waterloo | 2 years ago
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I buggered up my transfer strategy. Hard to manage it when it's sprint > TT > summit > sprint > summit in a 7 day race.

First race of the season jitters.

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11waterloo replied to Condor Andy | 2 years ago
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Got scuppered by the breakaway today - needed Bennett to score big as he was my differential over the front runners (we all seem to have Strakhov, so bizarrely him and his mates actually hurt me by knocking the sprinters down the rankings) 

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Sniffer replied to 11waterloo | 2 years ago
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11waterloo wrote:

 (we all seem to have Strakhov, so bizarrely him and his mates actually hurt me by knocking the sprinters down the rankings) 

Except me.  Not worked out well after top result on stage 1!

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11waterloo replied to Sniffer | 2 years ago
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I only picked him because I didn't fancy Hirt in the first mountain stage! 

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Dr Winston replied to 11waterloo | 2 years ago
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I was in an either/or as well. I jumped the wrong way... Hirt may have a good day tomorrow though. 

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tony kappler replied to 11waterloo | 2 years ago
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Stage 7. Bardet vs Ackermann. Pogadar will probably win and Ack come last like he did the other day, and Bardet will come in 10th.

Have to say, some of the transfer strategies surprised me.

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11waterloo replied to tony kappler | 2 years ago
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Pretty close to being spot on!

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Sniffer replied to tony kappler | 2 years ago
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tony kappler wrote:

Have to say, some of the transfer strategies surprised me.

Not sure my effort in this race warrants the term 'strategy'.

With almost everyone having 6 of the 7 stage winners it has not been the most exciting of races

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tso1967 | 2 years ago
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Late on parade with today's scores 

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Daniel Norton | 2 years ago
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UAE is looking really predictable apart from the sprints.

Not sure why I didn't drop Dumoulin after the TT though.  I knew deep down he would nosedive but just let my heart rule!

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Dr Winston | 2 years ago
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A few eyebrows raised at the length of that finishing straight today (60kms)... but we won't see a better sprinter finish this year. Pure sprinting. 

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Aragonite | 2 years ago
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Been so busy recently and missed the deadline. Do you reckon it's worth my while entering the annual comp, or just playing the GT's and classics?  It's hard  enough competing with you guys on a level playing field, giving you all a couple of hundred pts headstart seems a little pointless (pun intended).  1

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Sniffer replied to Aragonite | 2 years ago
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We will all miss a deadline at some point. Stick with it.

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Aragonite replied to Sniffer | 2 years ago
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Thanks. Not going to play the Purist though.

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11waterloo replied to Aragonite | 2 years ago
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Definitely play the regular game - you are one of the first names I look for when I check how people are using their transfers! 

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Sniffer replied to Aragonite | 2 years ago
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Given my efforts over the years in Purist, I probably should give up.  The fact I don't spend much time thinking about Purist definitely shows.

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Daniel Norton replied to Aragonite | 2 years ago
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I did the opposite.  I hadn't finished choosing which GC guys to go for in Purist, so left the team half-done intending deciding which sprinter(s) to drop.  Completely forgot to do it.  I was lucky I even had a team.

Doh!

 

If I hadn't picked Cav after not knowing he'd crashed I reckon I'd have won the main game.

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Condor Andy | 2 years ago
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Was anyone up early this morning? How was the deadline?

I tried searching for accurate stage start times but couldn't find them.

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Dr Winston replied to Condor Andy | 2 years ago
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No. I slept until after mid day due to having coronashite.... in fact the whole house has coronashite.

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Condor Andy replied to Dr Winston | 2 years ago
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Oh damn, best wishes to you all!

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Dr Winston replied to Condor Andy | 2 years ago
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Thanks Andy. Two youngest lads got it first and did ok.. but have been positive for 11 days now. The wife next and not quite so unaffected, I've been hit like a sack of spuds. My third lad is the one I'm worried about, he tested positive just two days ago. 

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11waterloo replied to Dr Winston | 2 years ago
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Best wishes to you and your family. A sobering reminder that it's still very much out there.

 

 

 

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Condor Andy | 2 years ago
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Okay it's open for business!

Stay tuned for amendments during the day.

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Dr Winston replied to Condor Andy | 2 years ago
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Thanks Andy. I suspect there may be quite a lot of late rosters this year. 

What are the UCI rules on positive tests this year?....any idea?

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Condor Andy replied to Dr Winston | 2 years ago
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Not 100% sure, but they're not sending full teams home at the moment. We've seen individuals go home on positive tests, and races aren't blocking teams from taking part. So fingers crossed disruption is minimal.

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Condor Andy | 2 years ago
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Woke up and there's still no final start list. So I'm going to launch soon with what we've got after I've checked everything over.

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STEVESPRO 79 | 2 years ago
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When are we going live on this guys....

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