Tour de France 2017

[kabbott]

Originally Posted by singapore eagle

Velogames tinkerers may wish to pore over The Inner Ring's stage-by-stage guide. Reading this really brings home how few full-on mountain stages there are.

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True, but the gradients are lot steeper than we're used to on the TDF, plus there are some other lumpy stages which will not be so simple. I still hope Froome and his Sky team don't dominate proceedings 'cos we'll have a much more open race.

[JamTheEagle]

Originally Posted by pauldrulez

I've had Chaves in my mind for a run at KOM, but I'm doubtful they'll let him go off and get a huge amount of points.

25/1, someone talk me out of it.

My main bet is Aru each way.

What price Aru?

Think he may well pick a stage or two but he hasn't ridden much since March and I doubt he has the stamina to last 3 weeks in a GC battle.

I hope some of these outside contenders can step up and make it exciting.

[pauldrulez]

Originally Posted by JamTheEagle

What price Aru?

Think he may well pick a stage or two but he hasn't ridden much since March and I doubt he has the stamina to last 3 weeks in a GC battle.

I hope some of these outside contenders can step up and make it exciting.

You could get 100/1 pre-Dauphine, but he's down to around the 16-25 mark dependent on odds and each way terms.

I can't have Porte, and I wouldn't touch Froome at the current price.

I've had a small amount on Dan Martin at a silly price, because I'd be kicking myself otherwise.

De Gendt is another punt to nothing on the KOM.

[JamTheEagle]

Changed my team around for the first time...

[JamTheEagle]

Got some of my cycling friends from work to join in as well so that should boost the numbers up even more.

[THB]

Originally Posted by pauldrulez

I've had Chaves in my mind for a run at KOM, but I'm doubtful they'll let him go off and get a huge amount of points.

25/1, someone talk me out of it.

My main bet is Aru each way.

Chavez from last year fully fit and race ready, yes. At the moment, I doubt it. That's why they are hedging their bets with Yates presumably taking a run at the white jersey

[meee]

Originally Posted by pauldrulez

You could get 100/1 pre-Dauphine, but he's down to around the 16-25 mark dependent on odds and each way terms.

I can't have Porte, and I wouldn't touch Froome at the current price.

I've had a small amount on Dan Martin at a silly price, because I'd be kicking myself otherwise.

De Gendt is another punt to nothing on the KOM.

I was looking at Aru each way.100/1 was always a ridiculously high price and I wish I'd seen it earlier.

[robcmitchell]

I'm in.

[chelmsfordeagle]

i'm in. team name the wookies

[kabbott]

Almost 40 in with a day to go still!

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[FORZA SELHURST]

Just got round to having a tinker. Most of the riders I want to pick seem to be in the climbers section.

[kabbott]

Originally Posted by FORZA SELHURST

Just got round to having a tinker. Most of the riders I want to pick seem to be in the climbers section.

Good point! Some of the climbers are for me all-rounders, and some of the all-rounders are climbers or even no more than "top-of-the-range" domestiques. If you don't go for the expensive all-rounders, there's not much else to choose from. I can't see any cheeky 4-pointers of note either!

[FORZA SELHURST]

Yep, how on earth is Fuglsang not an all-rounder? BTW, I see they've put Thierry Adam on a motorbike for the tour - To view the link you have to Register or Login - better have special wide tyres.

[kabbott]

Originally Posted by FORZA SELHURST

Yep, how on earth is Fuglsang not an all-rounder? BTW, I see they've put Thierry Adam on a motorbike for the tour - To view the link you have to Register or Login - better have special wide tyres.

Thierry Adam had some motorbike practice during the Dolphin, I think.
France Télévision have nicked Alexandre Pasteur from Eurosport for the commentary and Mme Gallopin (Marion Rousse, ex-cyclist and French champion in 2012) for her :cough: punditry! She's actually very good!

[kabbott]

Monsieur et Madame Gallopin!

[Palestinian]

Really looking forward to this, feel that there will be some surprises on the podium in Paris.

I have spent far too much time tinkering with my team and have persuaded myself that it is the finest Velogames team that I have entered since the Alan Lees were in their prime. Against this anyone who bases a team around Ritchie Porte getting to Paris without at least one catastrophic day is probably somewhat deluded.

[Captain Pizza]

I've had at least six tinkers. Ended up with a 'no one who rode the giro, and no froome, porte or quintana' strategy.

[FourtyTwo]

Tour de Yorkshire entered!

Spent so much on Froome and Sagan, rest are not the best

[charltonhater]

In the end I decided not to tinker at all, stick with my initial selection. I expect by Tuesday I'll be seriously annoyed I didn't put Sagan in.

[ardeo]

First time i've left the big hitters out, actually nice to have a balanced team rather than some random 4 pointers who don't get any points for carrying water. Will just make it more disappointing when the 8 pointers end up doing nothing anyway.