Giro Fantasy League
Despite getting thoroughly trounced by Fred Velo in the Spring Classics league (no names, but do the initials CM mean anything to you?), I've gone ahead and formed an Endurance Nation League for the Fantasy Giro d'Italia. It's all free, and (presumably) fun, unless you're Craig M and apparently spend way too much time perusing the minutiae of mid-week race results from Belgium in late March.
To join, you need to do several things:
1. Go to velogames.com. Read the rules, scoring system, and check out the available riders.
2. Create a team.
3. Join our league. At the bottom of your team page, there's a buttom for "join league". Our code is 28220054.
You can go back anytime up to May 7th to modify your team roster, so don't worry if you don't get it right the first time.
Comments
The grand tours like the Giro are not so simple. Your horses have to run well for many hard days in a row.
Best of luck to all! This will be a great, and extremely difficult race. Don't wait for the Tour de France. This will be filled with epic-ality and bad ass riders.
Chris, you are being too modest ... I picked Gilbert also, as well as Andy Schleck and Matt Goss, and Simon Gerrans, so I had my fair share of podiums. But it was the other guys on your team that were either very lucky or very smart picks, Kolbonev, and I forget who else.
This race, I'm not going to bet against Contador ...
For the Giro, I tried not to pick Contador but couldn't resist. I think the climbers with strong support will do well. I think he'll be on his own a lot but it may not matter if he's still eating the superfoods.
Good luck.
Good luck, Fred.
Contador is beginning to assert himself. I think my days in the Maglia Rosa are numbered.
Oh, if only Bran Tankink hadn't dropped his chain on the gravel ...
Don't count out your pair of Italian Stallions - it is the Giro, not the Vuelta.
Contador's attack was beautiful to watch. He is unreal. Wait until they hit the steep climbs. Game over. Wow!
On second thought ... seems like AC gelded Scarponi today.
Maybe Alberto is just smarter than Nibali - he switched to a 36/32 set up mid way thru today's stage, and was obviously pedaling higher RPM up the last 10K. Nibali looked like Ullrich vs Armstrong - just kept going with a low RPM, catching back twice, but not enough time left to catch up after the third surge.
As to looking so much better than everyone else ... well, Basso's not there, to say nothing of Schleck et al who are pointing for TDF. If he looks like this in July than either he's gotten ahold of Fabian's motor, or Lance's syringes.
I was mad at Ale Jet for a day for quitting "I'm here to help Scarponi...") and losing my point jersey points, but guess who's number one there now?
I really think Contador is just that good and smart and uses little energy until of course he explodes. Yesterday he didn't look suspiciously super human against Niboli, just better. My only chance to hang on to the pink jersey is if he continues to not care about stage wins and my "I" team keeps trying and AC has a very bad day. Has to be very demoralizing for the I team especially with home field advantage. I think we each lost a Bishop with Petacchi withdrawing.
Chris
Thanks, Al but you absolutely had me if your man AC didn't give away stage wins that could surely have been his; maybe even the final TT. Tour de F should be fun.
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