My Man 2017

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  • Hinaultscrapcousin
    Hinaultscrapcousin Posts: 647
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    If you're Hinault's Crap Cousin, the age range would work to potentially make you Warren Barguil's Mum #justsaying

    Bernard also thinks Warren has the potential to be the next big thing... #justsaying ;)
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Literally only dropping by to register my team for this u year. Will need to get my old ten from my signature though, so...
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Team My My p/b The Boy last yeas:
    Vuillermoz,
    Gougeard,
    Alaphillipe,
    Peanut,
    Bardet,
    Kenny Ellisonde,
    Pierre-Roger Latour,
    Reza,
    Phinney

    Retained:

    Vuillermoz. Still looks like a guppy on a bike.
    Gougeard. Still suicidal break fodder.
    T-bone Peanut. Still an emotionally fragile wreck. My man for life.
    Bardet. Only serious french GC challenger doing the tour. Glorious top-5.
    Latour. I got on this bandwagon early, so might as well stay on it.
    Reza. Obviously.

    Dropped:
    Alaphillipe. Seems very popular, and might actually win stuff. Boo to that.
    Ellisonde. Thinking back, he probably has a lot to do with me being able to become a father without freaking out. He's just so cute and adorable that he obviously triggered some sort if paternal instinct. Signed for Sky though, so he's dead to me now.
    Phinney. Last season's everybody-hates-him choice, as well as my token anglo. These both gets rotated by definition.

    In:

    Bouhanni. Everybody hates him, and I need a sprinter.
    Dan Maclay. Token Anglo. Plus I've never had a kiwi on the team.
    Florian Seneschal. He's hilarious. Strong as a horse but he only cares about the race that takes place in his back yard. The definition of petty-minded provincialism. And if I'm gonna have a guy just for the classics it might as well be an anonymous top-15 at the end of an entirely nondescript spriing.

    And that will likely be me until the end of the season. Good day.
    Team My Man 2018: David gaudu, Pierre Latour, Romain Bardet, Thibaut pinot, Alexandre Geniez, Florian Senechal, Warren Barguil, Benoit Cosnefroy
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    Above The Cows wrote:
    OK My Men for 2017

    (I don't think I had any for last year, it was clearly a rollover for me)

    Cav - because he's always been my man and always will, plus he's small.

    I'll have you know that Cav is not small!!

    (I am the exact same height as him - and weight when I'm being good).
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    OK My Men for 2017

    (I don't think I had any for last year, it was clearly a rollover for me)

    Cav - because he's always been my man and always will, plus he's small.

    I'll have you know that Cav is not small!!

    (I am the exact same height as him - and weight when I'm being good).

    Or he"s being bad
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    OK My Men for 2017

    (I don't think I had any for last year, it was clearly a rollover for me)

    Cav - because he's always been my man and always will, plus he's small.

    I'll have you know that Cav is not small!!

    (I am the exact same height as him - and weight when I'm being good).

    He's 5'9".
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Joelsim wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    OK My Men for 2017

    (I don't think I had any for last year, it was clearly a rollover for me)

    Cav - because he's always been my man and always will, plus he's small.

    I'll have you know that Cav is not small!!

    (I am the exact same height as him - and weight when I'm being good).

    He's 5'9".

    He's small. And I hate to say it but has tiny hands.

    There's nothing wrong with being small.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Joelsim wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    OK My Men for 2017

    (I don't think I had any for last year, it was clearly a rollover for me)

    Cav - because he's always been my man and always will, plus he's small.

    I'll have you know that Cav is not small!!

    (I am the exact same height as him - and weight when I'm being good).

    He's 5'9".

    He's small. And I hate to say it but has tiny hands.

    There's nothing wrong with being small.

    5'9" is average, not small. Small for a sprinter though, I'll give you that...
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Joelsim wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    OK My Men for 2017

    (I don't think I had any for last year, it was clearly a rollover for me)

    Cav - because he's always been my man and always will, plus he's small.

    I'll have you know that Cav is not small!!

    (I am the exact same height as him - and weight when I'm being good).

    He's 5'9".

    He's small. And I hate to say it but has tiny hands.

    There's nothing wrong with being small.

    5'9" is average, not small. Small for a sprinter though, I'll give you that...

    I live in the Netherlands. 5'9" is small.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Joelsim wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    OK My Men for 2017

    (I don't think I had any for last year, it was clearly a rollover for me)

    Cav - because he's always been my man and always will, plus he's small.

    I'll have you know that Cav is not small!!

    (I am the exact same height as him - and weight when I'm being good).

    He's 5'9".

    He's small. And I hate to say it but has tiny hands.

    There's nothing wrong with being small.

    5'9" is average, not small. Small for a sprinter though, I'll give you that...

    I live in the Netherlands. 5'9" is small.

    5'9" is small.

    I'm 5' 9 1/2" thankfully.

    Pretty tall.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,647
    Wiki has him at 175cm, which google translates to 5'7.
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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Wiki has him at 175cm, which google translates to 5'7.

    My app converted it to 5.74 ft, which is 5 and 3/4 feet.


    So, just checked a tape measure. 175cm is just shy of 69 inches.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,647
    Joelsim wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Wiki has him at 175cm, which google translates to 5'7.

    My app converted it to 5.74 ft, which is 5 and 3/4 feet.


    So, just checked a tape measure. 175cm is just shy of 69 inches.

    God imperial is rubbish.

    He's 175 people.
    _
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Joelsim wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Wiki has him at 175cm, which google translates to 5'7.

    My app converted it to 5.74 ft, which is 5 and 3/4 feet.


    So, just checked a tape measure. 175cm is just shy of 69 inches.

    God imperial is rubbish.

    He's 175 people.



    175 people?? No wonder he wins so many races
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    Actually I'm 1cm shorter than him at 174 - which is 5' 8.5".

    Average British bloke is 5' 10" but in Cav's generation (and certainly in mine) the average is higher.

    Wiki has him at 70kg which is what I aim to be (slightly under). Unfortunately I have this thing where I lose weight from my face and neck preferentially so I'd probably need to be 65kg to look thin in lycra which is frustrating. At 68kg I get told off for being too gaunt and skinny but still manage to look fat in lycra- bane of my life.
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Actually I'm 1cm shorter than him at 174 - which is 5' 8.5".

    Average British bloke is 5' 10" but in Cav's generation (and certainly in mine) the average is higher.

    Wiki has him at 70kg which is what I aim to be (slightly under). Unfortunately I have this thing where I lose weight from my face and neck preferentially so I'd probably need to be 65kg to look thin in lycra which is frustrating. At 68kg I get told off for being too gaunt and skinny but still manage to look fat in lycra- bane of my life.

    It's been a while since I was told I look gaunt. If in fact, ever.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,398
    I have literally had long time friends come up to me and say I look gaunt and unhealthy. While I was essentially fat.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,532
    Retained from last year

    Degenkolb
    Contador
    Cavendish
    Tony Martin
    Stybar
    Dan Martin
    Sep Vanmarcke
    Davide Formolo

    New signings

    Miguel Ángel López

    Axed

    Gaviria
  • chadders81
    chadders81 Posts: 744
    Alexis Gougeard - every break going
    Wellens - hitter
    Oss - hope he gets chance to have a go and makes something stick
    Alaphilippe - going to clean up one year soon
    Degenkolb - deserves a big year
    McLay - will never be the fastest but reckon he's got enough cunning to take GT win at some point
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    TheBigBean wrote:

    Axed

    Gaviria

    What on earth's wrong with you man?

    On another note, another nice win from My Man Magnus today.
  • cruff
    cruff Posts: 1,518
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    I have literally had long time friends come up to me and say I look gaunt and unhealthy. While I was essentially fat.
    Having been a fat b*stard for almost 15 years, when I finally lost weight I got asked whether I was ill on so many occasions. Having decided to drop the final 4 or 5kg I needes to get down to 'proper' race weight at the end of last year, it got even worse. I still have loose skin though round my belly, so look sh*t in lycra. Never be able to do anything about that, at nearly 45!
    Fat chopper. Some racing. Some testing. Some crashing.
    Specialising in Git Daaahns and Cafs. Norvern Munkey/Transplanted Laaandoner.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,647
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    2016:

    Boonen - In. Do I get a mid-way replacement when he retires?

    Terpstra. - In. Now that I know we have a shared 2 Unlimited love.

    Bram Tankink - In. Obviously.

    Pozzovivo. Out.

    Dumolin - In

    Thomas de Gendt - Out - As much as I like him, I didn't get particularly excited by any of his rides. Ventoux was overshadowed unfortunately.

    Gesink - IN - Good lad.

    Sep Vanmarcke - In - just because I like his pig-headedness.


    Kruiswijk - In.

    So 2 replacements.

    2017 replacements:

    IN - Pantano. One of the most exciting riders of the 2016 Tour, and someone who makes it stick downhill.

    IN - Alaphilippe - prodigious talent - lays it on the line every time - love how annoyed he gets when he loses.

    Alright. A change.

    He'd slipped my mind but I was loving him in the Tour.

    Dumolin OUT - Groenewegen in.

    Worthwhile noting I think Groenewegen is going to replace Boonen as my #1.
    _
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,455
    edited March 2017
    The My Man format needs a salary cap. Otherwise why not just go

    Froome, Quintana, Sagan, Valverde, Kwiatkowski, Tony Martin, Cavendish, Kittel, Porte

    ?

    Or maybe you are only allowed 1 team captain, so Froome + domestiques or Sagan + domestiques (I know, who defines who is a captain and who is a domestique).
    PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 2023
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,647
    'cos it's less a fantasy 'how well can your team do' and more a tongue in cheek way of having certain riders who you can cheer on in a partisan way.
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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,455
    Then I guess mine would be

    Cavendish, Froome, Sagan, Kwiatkowski, Gaviria, Boonen
    PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 2023
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,647
    Yeah sure, but when you're in the middle of a flat stage, who you gonna be cheering on?

    Might as well have some domestiques. The whole point is the tongue in cheek 'look at MY MAN NAILING THE PELOTON IN AN OUTRAGEOUSLY IMPRESSIVE ATTACK, 70KM BEFORE THE FINISH, WITH NO REAL REASON TO BE GOING BECAUSE there's a break up ahead...oh..and he's not going anywhere..oh, he's been caught. WHAT A HERO!!!!".
    _
  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,455
    Ok I get it now. Was looking at it much more like (daily) fantasy sports.
    PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 2023
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Ricksplaining


    :D
  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,642
    M.R.M. wrote:
    Ok I get it now. Was looking at it much more like (daily) fantasy sports.

    That's PTP... 'my man' is all about passion and panache...
  • josame
    josame Posts: 1,162
    Pantano and Alaphilipe will be the next generation of riders to vie for the Tour each year, possibly
    'Do not compare your bike to others, for always there will be greater and lesser bikes'

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