sucks completely obliterated the peleton last night 15ks before the finish. Ended up in about a 2k long straight line as he put an immense and long turn in.
How many events would each rider look to be competing in through a season? How often does a rider get injured? Can it be a common thing?
GT - GC: 2. Alejandro Valverde 5. Carlos Betancur 7. Beñat Intxausti ST - GC: 3. Rui Costa 10. Simon Špilak 4. Luis León Sánchez Sprinters: 1. Peter Sagan 13. Theo Bos 17. Gianni Meersman 25. Michael Matthews Classics: 8. Lieuwe Westra (Hills/TT) 11. Lars Boom (Cobbles/TT) 9. Greg Van Avermaet (Cobbles) 14. Jürgen Roelandts (Cobbles) 16. Zdeněk Štybar (Cobbles/Hills) 24. Matti Breschel (Cobbles) 29. Arthur Vichot (Hills/Domestique) Domestiques: 6. Taylor Phinney (TT/Flat) 12. Jonathan Castroviejo (TT/Flat) 15. Mikel Nieve (Climber) 18. Andrey Amador (Climber) 19. Javier Moreno (Climber) 20. Lars Bak (TT/Cobbled Classics) 21. Ramūnas Navardauskas (Breakaways/AR) 22. Maxime Bouet (Breakaways/AR) 23. Luke Durdridge (TT/Flat) 26. Fabio Duarte (Climber) 27. Haimar Zubeldia (Climber) 28. Leopold König (Climber/TT) 30. Gert Steegmans (Cobbles/Flat) 31. Damiano Caruso (Climber) Unsure if I want a climber or another sprinter/leadout rider with my last pick.
Really only 6 riders I'm properly disappointed I missed out on - Quintana, Rojas, Moser, Kristoff, Dani Moreno & Nordhaug
Just looking at it I reckon two more rounds to take it to 32 are necessary. Otherwise squads seem a little short and we see too many blokes getting fucked fatigue wise by doing the continental events.
One more to go and the team's like this: Code: # Name Country Discipline Age Team 1. Mark Cavendish GBR Sprinter 28 OPQ 2. Joaquim Rodriguez ESP GC/Climber 34 KAT 3. Roman Kreuziger CZE GC 27 TST 4. Alexander Kristoff NOR Sprinter 26 KAT 5. Tejay van Garderen USA GC 24 BMC 6. John Degenkolb GER Sprinter 24 ARG 7. Robert Gesink NED GC/Climber 27 BLA 8. Mark Renshaw AUS Lead out train 30 BLA 9. Geraint Thomas GBR Domestique 27 SKY 10. Niki Terpstra NED Classics 29 OPQ 11. Wilco Kelderman NED All-rounder 22 BLA 12. Igor Antón ESP Climber/Domestique 30 EUS 13. Chris Anker Sørensen DEN Climber/Domestique 28 TST 14. Ian Stannard GBR Beast/Domestique 26 SKY 15. Fredrik Kessiakoff SWE Domestique/TT 33 AST 16. Juan Antonio Flecha ESP Classics/Domestique 35 VCD 17. Andreas Klöden GER All-rounder 38 RLT 18. Kenny van Hummel NED Sprinter 30 VCD 19. Przemysław Niemiec POL Climber/Domestique 33 LAM 20. Adam Blythe GBR Sprinter 23 BMC 21. Simon Clarke AUS Domestique 27 OGE 22. Damiano Cunego ITA Classics/Climbing 31 LAM 23. Sergio Pardilla ESP Climber/Domestique 29 MTN 24. Francisco Ventoso ESP Sprinter 31 MOV 25. Fabio Felline ITA Domestique 23 AND 26. Manuel Belletti ITA Sprinter 27 ALM 27. Jérôme Coppel FRA All-rounder/TT 27 COF 28. Francesco Chicchi ITA Sprinter 32 VIN 29. Michel Kreder NED Domestique 25 GRS 30. Dominik Nerz GER Climber/Domestique 23 BMC 31. Andrew Fenn GBR Rouleur/Sprinter 23 OPQ Average Age: 28.0 By Country: GBR 5 ESP 5 NED 5 ITA 4 GER 3 AUS 2 DEN 1 SWE 1 POL 1 FRA 1 CZE 1 NOR 1 USA 1 By Team: OPQ 3 BMC 3 BLA 3 SKY 2 VCD 2 LAM 2 KAT 2 TST 2
Left my picks with Skippos. Not sure if it's worth waiting for Vimes considering he missed several rounds now.