PTP - Giro di Lombardia

afx237vi

I'll go for Peter Velits.

I now have FJS and Kléber's picks. I shall say no more.

Cumulonimbus

Too P*ssed to think about the course etc so i'll just go for Gilbert

Cumulonimbus

Too P*ssed to think about the course etc so i'll just go for Gilbert

inkyfingers

I'm going with an upcoming Belgian rider named Phillipe Gilbert.

thomasmc

Dan Martin

Thanks for all the work throughout the year afx

RichN95.

afx237vi wrote:

I'll go for Peter Velits.

I now have FJS and Kléber's picks. I shall say no more.

No. Do say more. We want to know.

percival

E Boasson Hagen

Thanks awfully much, afx

Snorebens

After Montreal, I was dead set on Gesink but... Gilbert please

Kléber

Race has started now, no more picks. Maybe AFX can display who picked what?

I think I can guess who FJS picked. Nervous day ahead!

deejay

mididoctors wrote:

due to severe accident trauma in my hand
severed the radial nerve to one of my fingers.. distracted me

not bad as PTP excuse I thought

Much better than -
Doh, my chain came off ! :roll:

afx237vi

Kléber - Gilbert. A safe pick, but such is the leader's prerogative.

FJS - Kolobnev. The equivalent of do-or-die attack from three mountains out.

Kléber

Ah, I thought he might have gone for Nibali.

Squeaky bum time

FJS

Kléber wrote:

Ah, I thought he might have gone for Nibali.

Squeaky bum time

I thought you might have gone for someone like Nibali or Evans, very likely to survive the Surmano and top 10. But no sprint, so perhaps not for the win. But with a Gilbert pick also likely, my only chance is a too high tempo for him on the Surmano. Unlikely, but we'll see.

Kléber

Not sure how Nibali's form is, he was good in Emilia but not quite there in the worlds. Still the weather and the Sormano descent will suit him. As for Phil, the Sormano is long but often 5-6%, nothing Alpine. In reality it's pretty open. I quite liked Kolobnev but worried he could find a team mate up the road like J-Rod, Gusev or even Pippo and so he'd be forced to sit up.

Kléber

Thanks AFX for a great season. Sometimes the picks have caused some stress at times, as seeing your pick fail in a race can ruin the moment, even if the real life event is thrilling.

Still, all great fun and like everyone else, I'm very appreciative of the work involved to make it happen. 8)

FJS

Well done Kleber! Congratulations! More than deserved, after already being up there last year.

I assume I'll be dropping quite a few places now, but at least had a try

Many thanks for the hard work afx, looking forward to next year!

afx237vi

Yes, well done to Kléber. Another 50 points added to your total today, but very well played all year. The "Schelde incident" wasn't so vital after all

Scores from the Giro di Lombardia

Name               Total
----------------------------
1   andyp                 50
2   Art Vandelay          50
3   bring_back_jan        50
4   Cumulonimbus          50
5   deejay                50
6   dougzz                50
7   Gazzaputt             50
8   GroupOfOne            50
9   guinea                50
10  inkyfingers           50
11  Jokull                50
12  kitten2010            50
13  Kléber                50
14  mididoctors           50
15  Moomaloid             50
16  pb21                  50
17  ShockedSoShocked      50
18  slimreaper            50
19  Snorebens             50
20  stfc1                 50
21  TakeTheHighRoad       50
22  tforonda              50
23  Tusher                50
24  greeny12              40
25  eh                    25
26  iainf72               25
27  Pokerface             25
28  Timoid.               25
29  scwxx77               20
30  Sonny73               20
31  stjohnswell           20
32  afx237vi               0
33  Bronzie                0
34  calvjones              0
35  csp                    0
36  DaveyL                 0
37  FJS                    0
38  Greggyr                0
39  hommelbier             0
40  johnfinch              0
41  josame                 0
42  jp1985                 0
43  LangerDan              0
44  Ms Tree                0
45  Neil McC               0
46  NervexProf             0
47  percival               0
48  Peter_K                0
49  Pross                  0
50  ratsbeyfus             0
51  RichN95                0
52  Richrd2205             0
53  Ridgerider             0
54  SecretSqirrel          0
55  snakeeater             0
56  stagehopper            0
57  stanislav              0
58  StefanP                0
59  The Prodigy            0
60  thomasmc               0
61  Woosha                 0

https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key ... utput=html

Pokerface

Congrats to Kleber for the win and to AFX for the entire year. My first year at it and it has made Pro cycling a lot more interesting and fun and I have learned a lot about racing!

Kléber

afx237vi wrote:

The "Schelde incident" wasn't so vital after all

I had the lawyers on standby for an appeal to the CAS

andyp

Well done Kléber, a richly deserved win. I'm glad the Schelde incident was irrelevant in the end. Much respect to FJS too, he defended his title with flare and panache.

ratsbeyfus

Thanks afx... My first crack at PTP and only managed to do half a season, but really enjoyed it. Great fun, and really appreciate all your hard work!

afx237vi

No problemo. Four and a bit months until Het Nieuwsblad!

shinyhelmut

afx237vi wrote:

No problemo. Four and a bit months until Het Nieuwsblad!

Put me down for EBH

Snorebens

Kléber wrote:

Thanks AFX for a great season. Sometimes the picks have caused some stress at times, as seeing your pick fail in a race can ruin the moment, even if the real life event is thrilling.

Still, all great fun and like everyone else, I'm very appreciative of the work involved to make it happen. 8)

Congrats Kleber. Yes, spot on about watching races with one eye on PTP - barely enjoyed one of the best Vueltas in many a year!

mididoctors

congratulations kleber

tough year to predict with a lot of closer racing. both the giro and vuelta were far from dead certs

cheers afx

finchy

Thanks for all the hard work afx. It was great fun although I'm still mad about being deprived of a well-earned victory in the TdF thanks to Contadope. :x

FJS

Ah that's why my man was at the front on the Sormano summit, but not in that Fuglsang chasing group

A_Kolobnev
.Bad crash pulled me out of the Race. Shit day! All sacrifices to be good r fucked up in a 1 moment

Never mind, the whole purpose of picking him had gone by then.

ms_tree

Thanks afx. See you next year!