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[Fontfroide]

Forgive me for being old fashioned and into 'our team', but I am dead pleased Bartali is doing so well.  I think it is harder to win one of these fantasy leagues than to win the Giro.  Did I just write that?  Can't be.

In any case, even if the Giro has a few days to run, nice one Bartali.  I rather like your style and excellent contribution to this forum.  And picking a good team too.  Plus riding that pretty bike of yours up hills.  Congrats.

I notice that the second team, presumably GS Legano, has dropped a bit, nearly as low as the underfunded, but spiritually excellent team from Occitan.  Except Pozzovivo, who has betrayed my trust.  And Di Luca, who I never did trust.  Big mistakes.  Like i make every year.

I do like the games where you pick a team and then sit back and watch them.  Picking a winner for each stage is quite a strain.

Further, I find our experimental, not 'real' teams, a bit of good fun.  We do know how to play.

[Guiness]

You have a good way with words, Fontfroide. Quite a gent.

[Me, a fan?]

I've been enjoying it myself.  It's like watching my retirement account:  took a long time to build up, then came crashing down, now slowly going back up..
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I do not need mountains to win the TDF, I need drugs!

[Mrs John Murphy]

The Fantasy Giro is a hell of a lot more exciting than the real thing.

1 ITA GS Mochettieri 945
2 CUB Pedal Castro 943
3 USA Big Dog 938
15 USA Weapons of ass destruction 897
60 KAZ baikonur kashechkinauts 839
77 GBR Lanterne_Rouge 822
78 ITA GS Legano 822
82 FRA Team Occitan 820
83 USA One of these dudes better win! 819
94 ESP Kathy's Klowns 804
106 CHE Va Bene? 794
131 WAL RED DRAGONS 779
136 SCO His Royal Hoyness 775
137 WAL Ferrari Fanboys 774
182 KAZ almaty 741
203 IRL OVER THE BRIDGE 729
237 SCO Mrs Murphy's Fan Club 704
352 IRL Team Tiger-Nolte 618
413 IRL Ginger Beer 543
432 ROM Spanish Steaks 519
438 IRL Rockers Uptown 514
441 PRT Bianchi 511
461 WAL McQuaid's Marauders 482
504 WAL Pen y Bont 415
526 ESP Desperados 367
554 FRA Just a Team 285
557 PRK EPO-LARD-TREK 215
560 FRA Les Froggies 199
561 FRA Les Anglophones 192
562 ITA A Buon Mercato 191
563 WAL One Point Wonders 183
564 IRL an fhoireann eile de mo chuid 163
565 GBR Harmon's Anglo Mancrushes 162
566 IRL Original Rockers 148
567 KAZ one stop quick steppe shop 143
568 AUT Franz Josef isn't dead 114

[Fontfroide]

[Bartali]

Thanks guys ... I think I'll struggle when the jersey points are handed out at weekend ... oh well ... fingers crossed.
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[Mrs John Murphy]

GATA

5 ITA GS Mochettieri 1744
19 USA Weapons of ass destruction 1668
24 GBR Lanterne_Rouge 1638
42 CHE Va Bene? 1591
49 KAZ baikonur kashechkinauts 1582
68 WAL RED DRAGONS 1519
76 FRA Team Occitan 1513
97 ITA GS Legano 1477
100 WAL Ferrari Fanboys 1474
111 USA One of these dudes better win! 1459
123 KAZ almaty 1436
125 SCO His Royal Hoyness 1434
127 ESP Kathy's Klowns 1433
218 IRL OVER THE BRIDGE 1296
266 IRL Team Tiger-Nolte 1210
278 SCO Mrs Murphy's Fan Club 1193
360 ROM Spanish Steaks 1060
400 PRT Bianchi 965
408 IRL Rockers Uptown 951
458 IRL Ginger Beer 824
490 WAL McQuaid's Marauders 742
512 ESP Desperados 653
514 WAL Pen y Bont 647
553 FRA Just a Team 406
557 WAL One Point Wonders 355
560 FRA Les Froggies 333
561 ITA A Buon Mercato 333
562 PRK EPO-LARD-TREK 316
563 FRA Les Anglophones 259
564 IRL Original Rockers 217
565 GBR Harmon's Anglo Mancrushes 199
566 IRL an fhoireann eile de mo chuid 198
567 AUT Franz Josef isn't dead 189
568 KAZ one stop quick steppe shop 170

[kathy]

Damn!  Slappers beat me by one point!

Well done, Bartali!  Shame you didn't make the podium.
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Fabian Cancellara (2008)

[Slapshot 3]

[Me, a fan?]

Nice job Bart.
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[Bartali]

Thanks guys ... it was that little fella Rujano that did for me in the end!
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[Nolte]

well done Bart
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[Biosphere]

Well done Bart. It's tough at the top - you need 100+ points to move up 5 places, whilst me just missing out on the JC podium (Va Bene) just needed 5 points to move up 5 places.

Took Ferrari out of my team for Vigano on the train to Turin on the opening day trying get a different angle. My friend though on the same train took out Gadret. That annoyed him.

Bloody always on smartphone internet too much time for double guessing

[Fontfroide]

Tough race, but we all did pretty well.  sorry you missed the podium Bart.

I made my usual bad choice.  But did well enough.  Had I picked Rujano and not Pozzovivo, I would have been tenth overall.  It was a toss up for me, I really just guessed.  Wrongly.

Won't never ever make such a blunder in the Tour.  Although this Giro, none of my riders dropped out.  I do like this particular competition though.

Although I did much better on Cobblestone.  Go figure.

[kathy]

Pozzovivo didn't finish the race, FF.  I didn't even get to play my joker on him
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"You can't win races with passion alone."

Fabian Cancellara (2008)

[HuwB]

[Fontfroide]

[kathy]

I have spelling nightmares with the FP's  - I can do Kiryienka and Kreuziger now, but I guess I'll have to learn to spell the new young (and unpronouncable) K who rides for Rabobank   (Sounds a bit like 'crosswick' the way people say it!)
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"You can't win races with passion alone."

Fabian Cancellara (2008)

[Fontfroide]

I try really hard to get all the Basque names, but hey, there are limits to multiculturalism.

the good thing about names in Russian script (lad also with living in France, where they spell names differently than in English) is that it turns out that no one is quite certain how you make the sounds in Russian with Romance language scripts.  So as long as it is vaguely recognisable, it is hard to say it is wrong.

[Bartali]