Pure Savage Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 Come on people - we only have 5 Hubbers entered into the Fantasy League so far.They block that site at work.
GrumpyOldGuy Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 Come on people - we only have 5 Hubbers entered into the Fantasy League so far. Hmm, I'll have to think about it over the weekend, looks like a pretty mixed bag for most of the teams - looks like I might have to include the "Little Prince", something I have been loath to do since he left Scarpo, who was in pink, out to dry on his own, and went off on his own crusade 3/4 years ago in the Giro, which, by the way, amounted to nothing, except losing Scarpo the Pink jersey. Before that little episode I quite liked him! I see Boonen and Petacchi are riding,... I always loved watching AleJet, especially at Fassa Bortolo, that lead out train was poetry in motion, the masters of the sprint, but now at 41 odd he must be competing for the oldest man in the peleton prize.
'Dale Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 Route summaryThe Giro likes to talk of “a more humane” race with of shorter transfers and the reduced stage distances. It was a meant as a pitch to the riders worried about the cumulated fatigue because fans aren’t meant to notice the logistics and what time riders eat dinner. Since the presentation they’ve upped one stage to 264km and there’s 236km mountain marathon, hard enough if it was a one day race but crushing coming in the third week. Overall the set-piece GC battles look reduced, there’s one long TT and you can count six summit finishes but not all will be decisive. There’s plenty of opportunities for stage-hunting in between. Read more here in this total preview of the Giro stage guide: http://inrng.com/2015/05/giro-stage-guide/#more-24638
Frosty Posted May 2, 2015 Posted May 2, 2015 They block that site at work. Glad I'm not the only one. Gambling is blocked but I can get in on other gambling sites.
ScottCM Posted May 4, 2015 Posted May 4, 2015 Giro d'Italia 2015: Top 10 GC contenders to watch https://youtu.be/zszDQVaONLU
ScottCM Posted May 4, 2015 Posted May 4, 2015 The Orica-GreenEdge team will target the race leader's maglia rosa and stage win during the Giro d'Italia with Michael Matthews, Simon Gerrans and strong, mixed roster of riders. Last year the Australian team won the opening team time trial and stage six with Matthews as they held the leader's jersey for seven days with Pieter Weening adding further success by winning stage nine.Sport director Matt White is confident that nine-rider team selected for this year's Corsa Rosa can emulate the results from 12 months ago. Lining up alongside Matthews and Gerrans are Sam Bewley, Esteban Chaves, Simon Clarke, Luke Durbridge, Simon, Michael Hepburn, Brett Lancaster and Pieter Weening. Matthews showed excellent form in April, winning the opening stage at the Tour of the Basque Country and then finishing second at the Amstel Gold Race. The Orica-GreenEdge team has won 13 race so far this season, including two stages at last weeks Tour de Romandie. "We are aiming for multiple stage wins and the leader's jersey," White said in the team's announcement. "If we could achieve similar results to last year then it would be a fair call to say we would be satisfied. I honestly think it's achievable. I think if we can win the first stage team time trial we are off to a sensational start.""Then when you look at the stages throughout the three weeks, we have got multiple options with our fast guys in Michael Matthews and Simon Gerrans, we also have a great group of opportunists to take on the medium mountain stages and even high mountains with Esteban Chaves."Targeting the opening team time trialOrica-GreenEdge's first target of the race remains the team time trial, a 17.6km test against the clock from San Lorenzo al Mare to San Remo on the seafront bike path, with White confident the team's chrono specialists can deliver them to victory."We have four guys who have a wealth of experience in that event in Brett Lancaster, Michael Hepburn, Luke Durbridge and Sam Bewley and they're the back bone to our team time trial," White said. "All of those guys have ridden a world title with us in the event, three of the four of them are Olympic medalists in the team pursuit and Durbo is a world champion. They are guys that handle big pressure, they handle big events and they're really looking forward to Saturday. And in the other half of the team we have some strong guys who we know can contribute at an incredibly high level."Gerrans back at the GiroSimon Gerrans makes his return to the Giro for the second time in his career after his 2009 debut which saw the 34-year-old claim a stage win. He will be looking to open his 2015 account at the three week race after a crash and injury-hit spring."Ideally we'd like to see both Simon and Michael leaving with a stage win each," White said. "We will be taking it day by day. There are certainly a few stages that suit their characteristics and the decision on who leads the team will be made as each stage progresses."Weening and Simon Clarke will be given free roles to chase stage wins in the medium mountain stages with no rider in the team focused on the overall classification."Both Weening and Clarke will be getting multiple opportunities to go on the hunt for stage victories," White said. "Pieter has ticked that box a couple of times before, last year with us and a couple of years before he came to the team. It's Clarke's first Giro and I know he's excited to race a Grand Tour in the country he spends much of his year."Colombian Esteban Chaves will make his Giro debut this year and will ride in support of the team with White keen on the 25-year-old gaining further Grand Tour experience following his 41st overall finish at the 2014 Vuelta a Espana."We are thinking more long term for Esteban," White said. "We want to use the Giro as a big block for him. It's all still part of his comeback. He rode the Vuelta last year, with some great results and we are going to build on that at the Giro but general classification is not something we will be targeting as a team."Orica-GreenEdge for the 2015 Giro d'Italia: Sam Bewley, Esteban Chaves, Simon Clarke, Luke Durbridge, Simon Gerrans, Michael Hepburn, Brett Lancaster, Michael Matthews and Pieter Weening.
'Dale Posted May 4, 2015 Posted May 4, 2015 C'mon, lets race already I had withdrawal symptoms this weekend after the Spring Classics completed.Cold sweats and irritability
ScottCM Posted May 4, 2015 Posted May 4, 2015 Fantasy League Time Please click on the link below to participatehttp://www.scorito.com/cycling-manager/giro2015/the-hub-sa?code=042df2ed-6a44-4f51-8319-07e885c55ee7League name: The Hub SAEvent: Giro d'ItaliaDeadline: 9 May 2015 Come on folks, time to get your Fantasy League teams registered! Only 5 participants so far.......Come guys, its race week.
Jay_B Posted May 5, 2015 Posted May 5, 2015 Will get a team entered during the coarse of the day... looking forward to the first big tour of the year. Different excitement than the Spring Classics
fanievb Posted May 5, 2015 Posted May 5, 2015 Only 5 participants so far.......Come guys, its race week. joined. someone needs to be at the bottom
'Dale Posted May 5, 2015 Posted May 5, 2015 Team director Steven De Jongh on Monday outlined clear roles for the various team members as he read off a strong line-up for the 2015 Italian campaign, “Rogers is the road manager. With Kreuziger and Basso he will form solid support for Contador in the mountains,” he explained. “Running across the plains we have powerful motors in (Manuele) Boaro, (Matteo) Tosatto and Chris Juul. “And then over the rolling terrain we have Paulinho, Ivan Rovny and Boaro again.” peloton magazine
tombeej Posted May 5, 2015 Posted May 5, 2015 I've been reading the reports of the GC winner at the Tour de Romandie, the 25-year old Russian from Katusha, Ilnur Zakarin, as well as the incredulous responses from the press and other riders. He's riding the Giro and to be honest, I'm not sure how to take this guy. Bust taking anabolic steroids (Dianabol) a few years ago, and now back and immediately climbing faster than Quintana, Froome and Nibali and then out-time trialling the entire field (he would have beaten Martin if he didn't have to change bikes mid stage). I haven't read a single positive comment about his Romandie win from anyone. He's making everyone very uncomfortable. I doubt his presence will be very welcome in the peloton this coming month....
'Dale Posted May 5, 2015 Posted May 5, 2015 I've been reading the reports of the GC winner at the Tour de Romandie, the 25-year old Russian from Katusha, Ilnur Zakarin, as well as the incredulous responses from the press and other riders. He's riding the Giro and to be honest, I'm not sure how to take this guy. Bust taking anabolic steroids (Dianabol) a few years ago, and now back and immediately climbing faster than Quintana, Froome and Nibali and then out-time trialling the entire field (he would have beaten Martin if he didn't have to change bikes mid stage). I haven't read a single positive comment about his Romandie win from anyone. He's making everyone very uncomfortable. I doubt his presence will be very welcome in the peloton this coming month....Following this Katusha rider very closely too since his winThere's the "big surprise" remark being used by many which is code for suspicious performance HmmmLet's see where this goes
Jaco-fiets Posted May 5, 2015 Posted May 5, 2015 Joined! In Italy next week but not able to watch tour for day or 2. Pi..ed off about that
'Dale Posted May 5, 2015 Posted May 5, 2015 Joined! In Italy next week but not able to watch tour for day or 2. Pi..ed off about thatSo close but yet so far
carbon29er Posted May 5, 2015 Posted May 5, 2015 Come on folks, time to get your Fantasy League teams registered! Come on people - we only have 5 Hubbers entered into the Fantasy League so far.Too much admin to choose a team for every stage. Much harder to pick 9 for the full 3 weeks,
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