PTP calendar 2011
Basically the same as last year, apart from the rejigged dates of the August races. Everyone OK with it? Anything you want out / in?
Feb 26 - Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Mar 5 - Strade Bianchi
6-13 - Paris-Nice
9-15 - Tirreno-Adriatico
19 - Milan-San Remo
26 - E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
27 - Gent-Wevelgem
Apr 3 - Tour of Flanders
4-9 - Tour of the Basque Country
6 - Scheldeprijs
10 - Paris-Roubaix
17 - Amstel Gold Race
20 - La Fleche Wallone
24 - Liege-Bastogne-Liege
26-1 - Tour de Romandie
May 7-29 - Giro d'Italia
Jun 5-12 - Dauphiné Libéré
11-19 - Tour de Suisse
Jul 2-24 - Tour de France
30 - Clasica San Sebastian
31-6 - Tour of Poland
Aug 8-14 - Eneco Tour
21 - Vattenfall Cyclassics
20-11 - Vuelta a Espana
Sep 9 - GP de Québec
11 - GP de Montréal
20 - Worlds ITT (Women)
21 - Worlds ITT (Men)
24 - Worlds RR (Women)
25 - Worlds RR (Men)
Oct 9 - Paris-Tours
15 - Giro di Lombardia
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Like a cold beer on a hot day, PTP you are back in our lives
All looks good IMO. 0 -
Brilliant. Want a solid top 10 this year!"A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"
PTP Runner Up 20150 -
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Argh I'll be making my PTP debut this.....I'm getting married on July the 9th and wont be back in from my honeymoon until the 24th! Disaster! May have to reconsider this marriage thing :?0
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Bring it on!
I'm always crap at the Tour de Romandie, so if you can ditch that one that would be cool - but as I can't think of a proper reason not to have it I fee; I'll have to live with it...0 -
Poland - check
Eneco - check
I'm in!Half man, Half bike0 -
Can't wait....I think this could be my breakthrough year!"I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)0
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Thank you monkey man you are a star!0
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Ridgerider wrote:Poland - check
Eneco - check
I'm in!
Rabo seem to have found a good sprinter in Michael Matthews, so it could be your year!0 -
Hurrah! PTP's back.
Only one teeny, weeny request, Mr Afx, Sir. Could we have some more women's races?
Or even a separate Women's PTP? I realise you have to work, and sleep, but........0 -
Reading the Cycling News report about him, it was clear that the Rabo management have completely misjudged his ability...hey ho :oops:afx237vi wrote:Ridgerider wrote:Poland - check
Eneco - check
I'm in!
Rabo seem to have found a good sprinter in Michael Matthews, so it could be your year!Half man, Half bike0 -
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Should it be WTP now?Half man, Half bike0
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This year is going to be SO much better without Bertie as the go-to guy for all the boring buggers fixated on winning!___________________
Strava is not Zen.0 -
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Rick Chasey wrote:calvjones wrote:This year is going to be SO much better without Bertie as the go-to guy for all the boring buggers fixated on winning!
Cancellara?
you hope! He might bring max 100 points in the cobbles but Bertie hoovered them up all year in GTs and week long stage races.___________________
Strava is not Zen.0 -
calvjones wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:calvjones wrote:This year is going to be SO much better without Bertie as the go-to guy for all the boring buggers fixated on winning!
Cancellara?
you hope! He might bring max 100 points in the cobbles but Bertie hoovered them up all year in GTs and week long stage races.
True true ( I don't hope though!).
The old GT bias eh?
Nah it's all good. Since I get bored at work it should be straightforward to keep it up for the whole season this time. I'm a little outrageous in that I comment on the PTP but never have the energy to keep it up for a full season.
I had a good top 12 position well into April if I remember right last season, so now's my time to stop doing a Devolder or Hoste and make it for a full season.0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:calvjones wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:calvjones wrote:This year is going to be SO much better without Bertie as the go-to guy for all the boring buggers fixated on winning!
Cancellara?
you hope! He might bring max 100 points in the cobbles but Bertie hoovered them up all year in GTs and week long stage races.
True true ( I don't hope though!).
The old GT bias eh?
Nah it's all good. Since I get bored at work it should be straightforward to keep it up for the whole season this time. I'm a little outrageous in that I comment on the PTP but never have the energy to keep it up for a full season.
I had a good top 12 position well into April if I remember right last season, so now's my time to stop doing a Devolder or Hoste and make it for a full season.
you good at your cycling excuses as well!
:P"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
Just an observation on points scoring rather than the calendar - I was thinking last year that the bias between winning the GC and individual stage wins on the smaller, week-long tours was too big. Essentially it's quite tough to consistently pick a stage winner correctly, but even if one were to get every stage right it barely added up to the GC winner's points, even though in many races the GC options were much narrower and therefore easier.
Is there any merit in upping stage win points to reflect this and keep the races more open to the end???My cycle racing blog: http://cyclingapprentice.wordpress.com/
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Hey afx - saw the monkey pop up on a retweet by cyclingfansanon
Does this trump iain's Lance blackballing? ___________________
Strava is not Zen.0 -
PTP....................Oh Yes!!
Qatar and Oman for some secret pre-season training 0 -
Is there any chance of reintroducing the Criterium International? the move to Corsica made for a pretty decent race last season..0
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Hello PTP, Goodbye productivity!
I wouldn't miss Romandie. It's an anticlimax to a great month and its not on Eurosport, so tricky to follow.0 -
greeny12 wrote:Just an observation on points scoring rather than the calendar - I was thinking last year that the bias between winning the GC and individual stage wins on the smaller, week-long tours was too big. Essentially it's quite tough to consistently pick a stage winner correctly, but even if one were to get every stage right it barely added up to the GC winner's points, even though in many races the GC options were much narrower and therefore easier.
Is there any merit in upping stage win points to reflect this and keep the races more open to the end???
I know what you're saying on this one, I got a lot of the stage picks right in Romandy but lost out to some of the Valverde pickers as I had Mick ROgers for the GC.
That's another point, what do we do about suspended dopers? Are we keeping it the same as last year that the result as read stands, no matter if it's changed later, as the 2010 TDF now has.0 -
TakeTheHighRoad wrote:That's another point, what do we do about suspended dopers? Are we keeping it the same as last year that the result as read stands, no matter if it's changed later, as the 2010 TDF now has.
I think The Landis Rule, as it is known, should stay, mainly because afx has enough work to do already without having to re-jig all the scores.Twitter: @RichN950 -
Absolutely. Also, surely you want the predictions to be based on perceived form and racing, i.e. what you see on the TV, rather than whether you think someone will get busted or not.
After all, what's so nice about the PTP is that it's purely about the racing - no politics.0 -
Agreed, just wanted clarification.0
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calvjones wrote:OT
Hey afx - saw the monkey pop up on a retweet by cyclingfansanon
Does this trump iain's Lance blackballing?
Iain got pwned in ProCycling, but I believe I've been blocked on Twitter by LA and JB. Beat that!
Re other stuff...
Women's cycling - ashamed to admit it, but I wouldn't know where to start. I just looked at the women's calendar and I don't even know which races are the big ones. I don't object in principle, but I don't know how the women's races would fit into our calender without being overshadowed by the other races. I'd like to hear what other people think about this.
Romandie / Crit Int - a couple of dissenting views on Romandie. I quite like it, but if other people aren't bothered, I don't mind. We could probably squeeze Crit Int in.
Points - Yeah I get what you're saying about stage points being too low. We could probably up them a bit, but at the same time you don't want to devalue the worth of winning a classic. There should be a gap between stage wins and one day wins (whilst at the same time keeping a parity between overall wins and classic wins).
Doping - No recalculations. It's just too complicated.0 -
Maybe we could have a couple of women's races this year, to whet appetites-
April 3rd Tour of Flanders
April 20th Felche Wallonne
Aug 27th GP de Plouay
The Giro Donne's early July, but Sep 6-11 Tour of Holland perhaps for a stage race?0 -
Hooray!
Erm, after last year, can we drop the Vuelta? 0
