PTP2020 - Giro d'Italia - Saturday 3rd October - Sunday 25th October

orraloon

S9: Nibali pls

shockedsoshocked

9 Nibali

twotoebenny

S9 - Fuglsang

Mad_Malx

St 9: Almeida

pblakeney

S9 - Visconti.

jimmyjams

S9 - Visconti

rozzer32

9: Visconti

m.r.m.

This is a really stupid way to do PTP, since it clearly favours people able to check the race before 1 pm and change picks accordingly. May be within rules which work in non Covid times, but seems ethically bankrupt to misuse them here this way. If someone forgets to pick (or was previously unable to do so) and tries to make theirs a little late, that is one thing and I think is fine to get leeway, but this is idiotic.

We are doing this for fun. Maybe everyone should honor the spirit of the game instead of being a stickler for rules when it gives them an unfair advantage.

pblakeney

I asked that last week and was told, nope. So....
As pointed out, and proven today it doesn't always help anyway.

jimmyjams

I suppose it does look a bit iffy from some of us, the Visconti mafia, but it's not going to bring us anything after all.

Before the stage started I'd already decided to choose between Visconti, Haig and Frankiny, but waited before finally deciding in accordance with what has been allowed. In the end I plumped for Visconti because at the time I PTP-ed, Haig was back in the peloton and Frankiny had been trying to bridge to the break for 45 mins and still hadn't made it, so I didn't think he'd succeed.

Eitherway, basically I agree with you, m.r.m. - tips should be before a stage starts.

pblakeney

Ha! Well my picks last night were for a breakaway. I waited to see if Castroviejo or Visconti would make the break and guess what? Flipping the coin didn't help. 😉

red.rider

FCE2007 takes pink into the first rest day.
takethehighroad has the points jersey.
Only 3 players have a GC pick in the left race.
Scores here.

Expect more controversy on Tuesday with an 11.05 BST kick off and a potential breakaway stage...

FCE2007 58
Mad_Malx 49
takethehighroad 46

Dorset_Boy

@red.rider Not sure your link in working!

pblakeney

Dorset_Boy said:

@red.rider Not sure your link in working!

I just use the link on page 1.

red.rider

Dorset_Boy said:

@red.rider Not sure your link in working!

Oops. Fixed now.

orraloon

And I was going to pick Castroviejo before the start let alone cutoff but then wimped out and went seafood instead. Oh well. My bike ride today was good...

FCE2007

Stage 10 - Jakob Fuglsang please.

Cheers.

archieboy

Stg 10 : Ulissi

Ta

ridgerider

10. Bouwman
11. Pfingsten
12. Tolhoek
13. Martin T
14. Van Emden
15. Kruijswijk

Cheers!

m.r.m.

S10: Castroviejo

ducknumber1

Stage 10- Jhonatan Narváez please, thanks.

rozzer32

10: Ulissi

gregster04

I’m having way more fun just endlessly picking one man and getting no points, so

S10 Diego ULISSI please

Dialatron

St 10 Ulissi pls

dish_dash

Stage 10 Jhonatan Narvaez

The 12pm cut off causes endless controversy. Trying to move the time around makes it harder to be sure that everyone gets a pick in. It's a clear rule. Nothing to stop any one picking at 1159 - you can all do it...

DeadCalm

S10 Fuglsang please

bobmcstuff

10: Narvaez please

pblakeney said:

I asked that last week and was told, nope. So....
As pointed out, and proven today it doesn't always help anyway.

I'd go so far as to say it has *never* helped me. I always think I'm being clever, but my original tip always seems to do better.

dish_dash said:

Stage 10 Jhonatan Narvaez

The 12pm cut off causes endless controversy. Trying to move the time around makes it harder to be sure that everyone gets a pick in. It's a clear rule. Nothing to stop any one picking at 1159 - you can all do it...

This was my point - although changing the cutoff to e.g, 11 for the whole race probably wouldn't be such an issue.

shockedsoshocked

10 fugslang

insane_onerr

S10 - Ulissi

Dorset_Boy

St 10: Nibali