Is there a STW mini-league for this “Grand Tour”?

Want to try and better my 5th from bottom scored in the Tour and be propping the rest of you up. 😉

Bump

http://www.velogames.com

League Code: 14131417

Team hoppy are in, kit change in honour of the TdF results.

Is it me or did that seem a lot harder to get a solid team though.

Sky Juan are in.

🙂

I’m in. Hoping Fanylion Racing do better than Hud Chappin did in the TdF 😀

I’m in again, more to prove my top ten finish in the TdF was blind luck than anything else.

The Bolivian Busdrivers are in.
Aiming to better my top 5 finish in the TdF with the Bermudan Barristas.
I could have afforded Contador but didn’t pick him out of spite.

I could have afforded Contador but didn’t pick him out of spite.

Keep your enemies close..

Jimster’s Jinkers are in – sounds cool with a Spanish accent. 8)

*Can see there be abit of reselection before Friday evening.

I ended up picking bertie, mostly because nobody else looked interesting. I’m not a massive roadie fan but this looks thin pickings to me – is it ??

dropped one or two that failed me miserably in the TdF, too

Just a little bump for anyone who may have missed it, think you’ve got 3 days to get your team in..

I’ll give it a whirl.

Seems like it’s possible to buy all the favourites. It’s not often I complain about being given too much money.

I could have afforded Contador but didn’t pick him out of spite

agreed

I’m ready for a tour of shame with Fenstina…

I’m in banking on a Froome/Contador battle

Headfirst’s Heroes will be there, generally being heroic throughout… 😐

Not long to go if you haven’t got your team in, only 26 teams in so far..

I’m in, but this one is really showing my lack of knowledge of road cycling, after the top few names it was just a case of picking at random, I don’t know who most of them are.

Judging form for the Vuelta is always really tricky.
You’ve got a right mixture of racing under the rider’s belts.

Choosing from the sprinter list in particular is almost painful.

I bet hardly anyone has chosen Cobo, but who knows how he’s ‘prepared’ compared to last year.

Do ITV show the Vuelta or just Eurosport?

Edit – Just found this link, ITV will be showing highlights…

http://www.itv.com/tourdefrance/news/itv-to-show-vuelta-a-espana-highlights-in-2012

I’m in- KT Velo CC
Also decided to spurn Contador…

Bertie’s Spanish Butchers are in (far from the first team name to ‘welcome back’ Contandor I see!)

Have bet fairly heavily on a Bertie vs Froome shoot-out in the mountains.

I think it’s like “Pick’n Mix” – don’t follow Road Racing,so just staying under budget with names I recognise. 😕

K’ford Velo reporting in, with our new signing who’s been…erm…on vacation for a while 🙂

hmmm, should I reconsider having the Spaniard in my team….
if I include him as the wildcard then he’s not really part of the team, just an outsider who I’m betting on, right?

booo !

Brakes’ Dirty Discredited Doping Delinquents 👿

Im in… ‘Smoggys Lycra Louts’

Last day to get your teams in…

Brakes’ Dirty Discredited Doping Delinquents

final team in place – now contains riders chosen specifically rather than randomly, and without prejudice 😳

Anyone know what time the highlights are going to be shown?

😆
I took him out of my team as a challenge – I’d only heard of about ten of the others and tried to se if I could make ’em into a team under 100 quid

Scaredy’s Spotless Sanctimonious Superstars !

I’m in! Never done a fantasy team before, but watch a huge amount of cycling 😕 As AlexSimon says, picking a sprinter is painful!! I went with Bertie-whatever you think of him (I’m a hater!) he wins most GT’s that he enters!

EPOstle ready to rock. Been looking at the road.cc one, it’s a bit more involved….

My Roulers are in.

Hope to do as well as my debut in Velogames … Top 10 here and in the Tritalk league for the Tour… so proving not just beginners luck.

Last day to get your team in.

Well, I never got out of the bottom third in the tour, so it’s nice to see a top-5 placing.
Wont last though 🙂

Anyone have todays winner? I did-pretty shocking TTT for me yesterday though, my guys just didn’t want it enough!

Is the level crossing in there if Froome gets ahead ?

Looking at the league, am I right in thinking that not a single team picked Degenkolb?
I so very nearly picked him, but just at the last minute swapped to a spaniard.

Now 11th. snif.

I had him…tough between hm and Swift I guess, but he has a slightly better kick and a slightly better palmares imo.