My man 2015 - the 9 man squad
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N Quintana
R Majka
D Pozzovivo
J Fuglsang
Cav
J Barta
P Gilbert
G Van Avermaet
S Modolo0 -
Damn, forgot about Kennuagh. I'd switch him for Vanmarcke.0
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This is going to make PTP scoring a lot simpler this year!
Hold on, have we given the players enough warning of this fundamental change to the scoring system...Half man, Half bike0 -
Cav
Kittel
Kwiatkowski
Frome
N Quintana
Stannard
Kristoff
Tony Martin
Purito0 -
Ridgerider wrote:This is going to make PTP scoring a lot simpler this year!
Hold on, have we given the players enough warning of this fundamental change to the scoring system...
I did wonder if there was some sort of fantasy cycling we could enter with the idea of NOT changing our 9 men for the season, just to see whose would come out on topWe're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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alright, alright, my 9.
Valverde
Stijn Vandenbergh
Terpstra
Kiwakowski
Cancellara
Sagan
Fuglsang
Majka
Contador
Everything covered apart from pure sprints, basically.0 -
dish_dash wrote:Adam Hansen
Sep Vanmarcke
Joaquin “Purito” Rodriguez
Luca Paolini
Alexander Kristoff
Darwin Atapuma
Michal Kwiatkowski
Svein Tuft
Andriy Grivko
Some unnusual choices here! Why ever include Paolini - awful beard and a total fat slacker most of the year.
Grivko is an interesting one - grafter?Contador is the Greatest0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:alright, alright, my 9.
Valverde
Stijn Vandenbergh
Terpstra
Kiwakowski
Cancellara
Sagan
Fuglsang
Majka
Contador
Everything covered apart from pure sprints, basically.
No space for Tommeke? The fickleness of love...Warning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
No tA Doctor wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:alright, alright, my 9.
Valverde
Stijn Vandenbergh
Terpstra
Kiwakowski
Cancellara
Sagan
Fuglsang
Majka
Contador
Everything covered apart from pure sprints, basically.
No space for Tommeke? The fickleness of love...
Ah too old I think.0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:No tA Doctor wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:alright, alright, my 9.
Valverde
Stijn Vandenbergh
Terpstra
Kiwakowski
Cancellara
Sagan
Fuglsang
Majka
Contador
Everything covered apart from pure sprints, basically.
No space for Tommeke? The fickleness of love...
Ah too old I think.
So basically, you've gone off him now he's going bald.Warning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
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Wait a minute, wait a minute. I thought we were naming people who we like personally or admire their cycling style or want to see do well. Are we now trying to name the perfect 9 man squad? Because if we're doing that then I will have to include Valverde *shudders*0
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Just your nine favourites.Milton50 wrote:Wait a minute, wait a minute. I thought we were naming people who we like personally or admire their cycling style or want to see do well. Are we now trying to name the perfect 9 man squad? Because if we're doing that then I will have to include Valverde *shudders*
It comes from when French Fighter says something like 'my man up there on the podium' (he has 31 'men')Twitter: @RichN950 -
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RichN95 wrote:
Just your nine favourites.Milton50 wrote:Wait a minute, wait a minute. I thought we were naming people who we like personally or admire their cycling style or want to see do well. Are we now trying to name the perfect 9 man squad? Because if we're doing that then I will have to include Valverde *shudders*
It comes from when French Fighter says something like 'my man up there on the podium' (he has 31 'men')
Yes, the aim of the game is to lay claim to some bragging rights when one of them does something semi-interesting in a race. Maximum points are awarded for a pro-conti neo-pro accidentally getting in a break in a GT his team got a wild card to. "That's my man [previously unheard of rider] ripping it up in the break"Warning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
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frenchfighter wrote:Why ever include Paolini - awful beard and a total fat slacker most of the year.
I thought of including him.
No other reasons than he came across really well in the 'pits' area at the Giro - made time for fans, photos etc.
Is 'pits' the right word?“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
frenchfighter wrote:dish_dash wrote:Adam Hansen
Sep Vanmarcke
Joaquin “Purito” Rodriguez
Luca Paolini
Alexander Kristoff
Darwin Atapuma
Michal Kwiatkowski
Svein Tuft
Andriy Grivko
Some unnusual choices here! Why ever include Paolini - awful beard and a total fat slacker most of the year.
Grivko is an interesting one - grafter?
This is about favs right?
Paolini does more than he gets credit for. And I actually think he's one of the few who pulls of the beard look well.
Grivko - works hard. And he's Ukrainian. Was quite outspoken in the summer...0 -
good thread!
Contador -Team Leader
Valverde - Ever present challenger
Aru - Super domestique
Sagan - Classics/sprints
Voekler - Just because
Martin - TT
Stannard - engine room
Kirriyenka - engine room
Hansen - work horse0 -
TailWindHome wrote:frenchfighter wrote:Why ever include Paolini - awful beard and a total fat slacker most of the year.
I thought of including him.
No other reasons than he came across really well in the 'pits' area at the Giro - made time for fans, photos etc.
Is 'pits' the right word?
città di partenza?0 -
I like this thread.
My nine:
Rigoberto Uran
Geraint Thomas
Cadel Evans
Tony Martin
Richie Porte
Bradley Wiggins
Niki Terpstra
Joaquim Rodriguez (although around Vuelta time I get a bit bored of him taking his 15th uphill sprint and still not winning the damn thing)
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My nine;
Thomas
Kittell(there will be blood if I don't include him :roll: )
Gallopin
Nibali
Kwiatkowski
Hansen
Dan Martin
Bardet
Peraud
Honourable mentions
Degenkolb
Pinot
Terpstra
Stannard
And 9 obvious ladies;
Vos
Armistead
Wyman
Ferrand-Prevot
Garner
Van Dijk
Bronzini
King
RowsellRidley Helium SL (Dura-Ace/Wheelsmith Aero-dimpled 45 wheels)
Light Blue Robinson(105 +lots of Hope)
Planet X XLS 1X10(105/XTR/Miche/TRP Spyre SLC brakes
Graham Weigh 105/Ultegra0 -
My man(s)
1. Peter Kennaugh
2. Geraint Thomas
3. Peter Sagan
4. Vincenzo Nibali
5. Nairo Quintana
6. Dan Martin
7. Ben Swift
8. Nacer Bouhanni
9. Simon Yates
9. Adam Yates
(and Dan Craven)0 -
Julien Arlaphilippe
Julien Arrodondo
Fabian Cancellara
Alberto Contador
Marcel Kittel
Romain Bardet
Fabio Aru
Luka Medzec
Rafa Majka0 -
Luke Rowe
Geraint Thomas
Michal Kwiatowski
Chris Froome
Joaquim Rodriguez
Mark Cavendish
Ryder Hesjadal
Dan Martin
Marianne VosIt's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.0 -
Going fast:
Kittel
Going up:
Contador
Classics:
Martin (Dan)
Kwiatkowski
Thomas
Engines:
Wiggins
Stannard
Martin (Tony)
Hesjedal0 -
Great thread idea!
My 9:
G
Ian Standard
Cav
Kittel
Tommeke
"UberTache" Degenkolb
Der Panzerwagen
J-Rod
Merhawi "No Nickname" Kudus
Can I also (utterly predictably) also propose my "anti-My Man" squad, with Tommy V in all 9 places?
(Edited to remove Candelabra when I remembered how whiny he's got)@shraap | My Men 2016: G, Yogi, Cav, Boonen, Degenkolb, Martin, J-Rod, Kudus, Chaves0 -
