Cathryn
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My son AND husband are beating me. This is not good.
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Good grief. With a stick?
Supersuperleeds
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Burn their tea
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Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I see we have no Gilly this time round. Normally Gilly enters a team consisting of mainly (or entirely) Brits.
So what would Gilly have entered? We have 12 Brits in the race, but only one (Geraint Thomas) is classed as an "all rounder" so we'd need a ringer for All Rounder 2.
The Yates brothers pick themselves as climber 1 and Climber 2. That means Oscar Onley, the other Brit climber, will be fighting with whoever is left for the Wildcard position.
There's only one Brit sprinter - that's Cav. Dan McLay is there but he's not classed as a sprinter.
We have 6 riders left fighting for the three unclassified and one wildcard positions. Ben Turner, Jake Stewart, Fred Wright, Stevie Williams and McLay, who are unclassified, and Onley who is a climber. McLay costs 4, the rest cost 6.
First of all I'll use the cost (most expensive gets picked) so that means McLay is out. And we need to choose 4 riders from Turner, Onley, Stewart, Wright and Williams. So finger in the air ... Wright gets picked because he was British champ until recently, Williams because he won Fleche Wallone (although I'm not sure that "performing well in sleety conditions" will be a very useful super-power at the Tour). So it's Turner vs Onley vs Stewart for the other 2. I'm going for Onley and Turner because ... no reason, I'm just getting bored and need to get this done. Sorry Jake.
That lot cost 68 points, which means that I can rope in Pogacar (28 points) as an honorary Brit and still be under budget.
My team of Brits is therefore
Thomas, Pog (honorary), Yates A, Yates S, Cav, Turner, Wright, Williams, Onley.
After stage 2 that team would be on 280 points of which 224 come from Pog and 32 come from Onley "assisting" Bardet on stage 1. The team would be 36/38 in the Cyclechatting league.
If I can be bothered I might occasionally recalculate how the team is doing.
NB edited to replace McLay with Turner because I made a mistake about the rider costs. Not that anyone cares.
So what would Gilly have entered? We have 12 Brits in the race, but only one (Geraint Thomas) is classed as an "all rounder" so we'd need a ringer for All Rounder 2.
The Yates brothers pick themselves as climber 1 and Climber 2. That means Oscar Onley, the other Brit climber, will be fighting with whoever is left for the Wildcard position.
There's only one Brit sprinter - that's Cav. Dan McLay is there but he's not classed as a sprinter.
We have 6 riders left fighting for the three unclassified and one wildcard positions. Ben Turner, Jake Stewart, Fred Wright, Stevie Williams and McLay, who are unclassified, and Onley who is a climber. McLay costs 4, the rest cost 6.
First of all I'll use the cost (most expensive gets picked) so that means McLay is out. And we need to choose 4 riders from Turner, Onley, Stewart, Wright and Williams. So finger in the air ... Wright gets picked because he was British champ until recently, Williams because he won Fleche Wallone (although I'm not sure that "performing well in sleety conditions" will be a very useful super-power at the Tour). So it's Turner vs Onley vs Stewart for the other 2. I'm going for Onley and Turner because ... no reason, I'm just getting bored and need to get this done. Sorry Jake.
That lot cost 68 points, which means that I can rope in Pogacar (28 points) as an honorary Brit and still be under budget.
My team of Brits is therefore
Thomas, Pog (honorary), Yates A, Yates S, Cav, Turner, Wright, Williams, Onley.
After stage 2 that team would be on 280 points of which 224 come from Pog and 32 come from Onley "assisting" Bardet on stage 1. The team would be 36/38 in the Cyclechatting league.
If I can be bothered I might occasionally recalculate how the team is doing.
NB edited to replace McLay with Turner because I made a mistake about the rider costs. Not that anyone cares.
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Dogtrousers
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Blimey, I don't think I've ever been so highly placed, thanks to my boys Romain and Bini (with a bit of help from Carapaz)
Thibaut's Goats is not just leading the CC league but also 148th overall, out of nearly 30,000.
It won't last.
Marathon, not a sprint etc.
Thibaut's Goats is not just leading the CC league but also 148th overall, out of nearly 30,000.
It won't last.
Marathon, not a sprint etc.
You'll never win a GT with kids....
Cathryn
Legendary Member
- Location
- Marlborough, Wiltshire
This is my worst ever performance. I’m so dejected.
Shadow
member
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- edge of the south downs
Its only stage 4 - far too early to be dejected.
Have a glass of wine (or 3) and cheer up!
Or bask in the reflected glory of hubby and son!
roadrash
cycle chatterer
- Location
- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
it could be worse ..... you could be in the same position as me, no one lower than me
T4tomo
Legendary Member
Blimey, I don't think I've ever been so highly placed, thanks to my boys Romain and Bini (with a bit of help from Carapaz)
Thibaut's Goats is not just leading the CC league but also 148th overall, out of nearly 30,000.
It won't last.
Marathon, not a sprint etc.
that is a heck of a overall ranking, well done
T4tomo
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Shadow
member
- Location
- edge of the south downs
There now, Cav wins, you finish higher today than hubby & son. Feeling better?
roadrash
cycle chatterer
- Location
- sitting on the edge of wigan pier
Thank you cav, I am no longer in last place, how long for is another matter entirely 
Cathryn
Legendary Member
- Location
- Marlborough, Wiltshire
I’M FEELING UTTERLY ON TOP OF THE FLIPPING WORLD!!!
T4tomo
Legendary Member
And now 13th overall, well done Doggoattrousers
