Fantasy Tour de France - It's live!!!

[Crackle]

Right, I have dumped Evans as I cannot bear the thought of having to cheer on the wheel-sucking miserable git. So that has allowed me to revise my other selections and I now have 2 even better non-French 'dead certs' So if anyone wants to know who the 2 French dead certs were feel free to ask

My team now reads 3 x THR, 2 x SAX, 1 x CTT, 1 x COF, 1 x GCE

Now all I have to do is hope none of them get caught up in any 'shenanigans' and they all manage to stay on their bikes...

Moncoutie as a dropped dead cert?

I've got one Frenchman in now, I dropped the others.

 

[Haitch]

Right, I'm in.

 

[karlos_the_jackal]

Who fancies a side bet of trying to pick a team with the most positive dope tests in it ( within 6 months of end of tour)

 

[Noodley]

I think I'll call my team "Team Roster"

 

[rich p]

I think I'll call my team "Team Roster"

Roster?
How about Team Rooster, Noodles?
Full of turkeys

 

[simon_brooke]

Right, I have dumped Evans as I cannot bear the thought of having to cheer on the wheel-sucking miserable git.

Too right, sport!

OK, I'm in. I present team 2CV, so called because it was originally based around Cavendish, Cancellara, Voeckler and Voigt... but I couldn't afford everyone I wanted so Cancellara had to go. It's heavily biased to breakaway specialist, firstly because they're more fun to watch and secondly because the scoring system seems to me to promise rich rewards for successful breakaway specialists. It's a somewhat older squat, I won't be claiming many white jersey points.

Andy SCHLECK SAX 18
Franck SCHLECK SAX 12

Both the Schleck brothers are great riders, and Franck is undervalued at 12 points. One of them will be in yellow on the Champs Elysee, and I'm not 100% convinced it will be Andy.

Carlos SASTRE CTT 18

After his Giro, how could one not? The best grimpeur in the peloton today.

David MONCOUTIE COF 8

Cheap for a climber. Mind you, deservedly so. But also a good breakaway specialist.

Mark CAVENDISH THR 20

I can see his home from the bottom of my road. And, he's the best sprinter in the peloton bar none.

David MILLAR GRM 8

Scottish. You can't have a Scottish team without a Scottish rider, even if he was born in Malta. In any case, he's getting to be a good breakaway rider, and still time trials well.

Thomas VOECKLER BBO 6

Ah, come on now, sentiment! How could one not select Thomas? I still have my Brioches La Boulangere socks from the year he held on to yellow for ten days. Foolish, impulsive, emotional, inconsistent - but brave and tough and a superb breakaway rider.

Stéphane AUGE COF 2

Good breakaway rider, undervalued (and I was trying to save six points when I realised I was going to have to dump Fabian).

Jens VOIGT SAX 8

The best, the most intelligent, the most combative, the most strategic rider in the professional peloton. Bar none. The man who sets races alight. Go Jens!

 

[alecstilleyedye]

Denis MENCHOV RAB
Alberto CONTADOR AST
Mikel ASTARLOZA EUS
Laurens TEN DAM RAB
Mark CAVENDISH THR
Christian KNEES MRM
Yaroslav POPOVYCH AST
Jens VOIGT SAX
Nicki SORENSEN SAX

 

[Noodley]

Stéphane AUGE COF 2
Good breakaway rider, undervalued (and I was trying to save six points when I realised I was going to have to dump Fabian).

He was one of my dropped French 'dead cert' riders. I reckon he'll be off up the road as early as stage 2...

 

[alecstilleyedye]

just realised i've not a frenchman in my team

 

[Crackle]

He was one of my dropped French 'dead cert' riders. I reckon he'll be off up the road as early as stage 2...

Nah. I think this TDF augers well for him.

 

[Cathryn]

I revamped my team this morning,much happier. My three big guns are EXPENSIVE though so the rest of my team are a bit weaker.And my enduring, slightly inexplicable crush on big nosed Cancellara continues...he's in my team despite letting me down miserably at the giro.

It's all VERY exciting.

 

[Skip Madness]

He was one of my dropped French 'dead cert' riders. I reckon he'll be off up the road as early as stage 2...

Yes, I went with him, too - he seems a bargain.

If we're in the game of guessing, see if you can guess my two GC riders. I'll give you a clue - they were half chosen for their qualities and half chosen with an eye to winding you and Chuffy up as much as possible...

 

[Noodley]

....half chosen for their qualities and half chosen with an eye to winding you and Chuffy up as much as possible...

First clue tends to suggest it's not Armstrong, second clue says otherwise

The second dropped 'dead cert' was Sylvain Calzati....anyone got him?

 

[Will1985]

Despite the article on Cyclingnews, I'm not picking Moncoutie on the basis that he has failed me for the past 2 Tours when I picked him!

Auge is a solid bet for a long breakaway.

 

[badkitty]

Am in - Badkitty's Badboys are ready to rock..