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Old 06-13-22, 02:43 PM
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picked van baarle, hirschi, pidcock, mader and aranburu for those classics-styled stage profiles of which there are a few. picked hirschi (even w/o the results since the move to uae) and mader because of the swiss connection. also wanted to take schar-oh well.
vlasov, seppuku and pidcock for the mountains. felix da haus cat with the freshie legs is the wild card. absolutely did not (want to) take bettiol but somehow he ended up on my team. haven't been able to figure out whom he got subbed for or if i was just drunk dialing...er...selecting.
wanted to get schachmann onto the squad as well but just couldn't make it happen with vlasov aboard. said eff it with the last stage itt and wasn't going to carry a rider or two in the hopes that they actually made it to the last stage, much less did well.

do like the fact that pogacar is engaging in zero, warm-up tours pre-tour. throws even more uncertainty into the july proceedings. not that i'm expecting tadej to get discounted down to 16-18 points...

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I have found it can be dangerous to put ^^ that ^^ much thought into it.

And it can also be dangerous to not put any thought. Aim for enough good thoughts.

I can't remember what I did this time around but it wasn't on point. I'll come back at Benelux.
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The (s)pokes arTe crushing it in the TdSuisse. Top 2% overall and a big gap on our group.
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Old 06-16-22, 02:52 AM
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so much for the guy with no middle name...see ya in the tour?

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...and the hits just keep on coming...
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Sorry for bringing it up.

The velogods are fickle.
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maan...the tds getting crushed...not boding well for that little donnnybrook in juillet...
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Cosnefroy is hanging in there to score me a point as if his contract is up next year.

Sagan crossed the line DFL today but he still crossed the line.

They're working for us, one4smoke

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Old 06-20-22, 06:19 PM
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congrats to Team Poetovio/SLO/team Keka 76 in taking the tour de suisse! slcbob and team X Merckx the Spot slots into second place and yours truly somehow managed to finish third with only two riders completing the race.

we've got a couple of weeks to decompress, then, it's on. the tdf. hopefully, all the squads can stay healthy until then and also throughout.. hope to see y'all then! just like the giro (and the upcoming best race of the year-da vuelta), will be running separate tdf fantasy and reality threads.
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GrainBrain is still sporting a healthy lead in the mott overall, see post #1 well maintained by our host ooga-booga . Our interloper continues to do silently, infuriatingly well.

I don't know what it is, but I'm sure someone is going to do something magnificent in La Grande Boucle. Bon chance all.
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The calm before the storm. Hasta next week.

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time for tour de pologne! saddle up!
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finally able to update post #1 with tdf totals. nice power move by canam73 to jump into serious contention. Grain Brain still off the front with a decent lead.
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inevitable participation letdown post-pdf but Team Poetovio/SLO takes the tour de pologne by a healthy margin. 3rd out of 3184?!?!
you gotta be kidding me!! canam73 takes the silver and Phil Shepherd nabbs the bronze!

la vuelta will be here in about two weeks!

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inevitable participation letdown post-pdf but Team Poetovio/SLO takes the tour de pologne by a healthy margin. 3rd out of 3184?!?!
you gotta be kidding me!! canam73 takes the silver and Phil Shepherd nabbs the bronze!

la vuelta will be here in about two weeks!
Geeze, third!? I'd love to hear from that guy! Yeah slacked off this one, even with your heads up! Excited for the Vuelta with Groves and Girmay. GC should be a good one with Yates, Roglic, Remco.

Life's slowing up and falling into place -- time for important things like fantasy cycling
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awarded a few post-gt trophies today and created one more.

congrats to Grain Brain in taking the el chava/vuelta and adam hansen (highest overall combined score all 3 gt's) trophies!

congrats to Semroc in taking the lawson craddock maglia nera/lanterne rouge trophy for the lowest overall score all 3 gt's!

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Given GrainBrain 's penchant for deep picks, I wonder how many of these not-quite-household names are in his team today?

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canam73 is a Superclasico juggernaut! 3rd on the stage in the general population, and cream of the crap by a long shot in our little BF league. It took a while to get the boiler stoked, but he's coming like a freight train as the season winds down.

Deep picks become some costly non-picks by several of our competitors. I think many if not all of us are carrying one or more of those legacy ghost roster monkeys on our back. Sometimes it hurts more than others. This one hurt.

There's another race tomorrow. Choose wisely. Or just choose.
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canam73 is a Superclasico juggernaut! 3rd on the stage in the general population, and cream of the crap by a long shot in our little BF league. It took a while to get the boiler stoked, but he's coming like a freight train as the season winds down.

Deep picks become some costly non-picks by several of our competitors. I think many if not all of us are carrying one or more of those legacy ghost roster monkeys on our back. Sometimes it hurts more than others. This one hurt.

There's another race tomorrow. Choose wisely. Or just choose.
Oops. Wrong thread! Oh well.
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ummm...didn't realize that slcbob's fave lil tour from benelux had been cancelled. and it's been nearly a month and i hadn't noticed. have been a little busy but still.
haha. anyway, the stage race championship for 2022 is all wrapped up with the conclusion of the vuelta! a few trophies got previously awarded in post # 91. Grain Brain makes it official and takes the
inaugural monarchofthetours (mott) marino lejarreta trophy/top honors! congrats! check out post # 1 for all the trophies, winners and the blow by blow. a hearty thank you to all that played,
prognosticated, second-guessed, cajoled and instigated throughout the eleven contests! hope to see you in 2023!

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