Fantasy Giro Weekend Roundup

It’s a rest day today, which is just as well as I seem to have fallen a bit behind over the weekend.   Now I’m back at work though, so I have plenty of time to get blogging without weekend distractions such as small children, hedges, beer and Dr. Who. 

So let’s get down to business and see what transpired at the Giro over the weekend.  Saturday should have been an epic spectacle to watch on the TV, but the weather had other ideas.  They had to cut out the Sestriere climb and they had trouble with the motorbikes and helicopters and whatnot.  When I tried to watch I was treated to some highlights from the day before and some shots of bedraggled spectators.  The peloton was out there somewhere though and eventually Mauro Santamborgio appeared from the gloom to take the stage.

 

Not far behind was Vincenzo Nibali, who tightened his grip on the Pink Jersey a little bit more and although the race had been going well for him, he probably wasn't too delighted to be starting another wet and shortened stage on Sunday.  So more epic goings on in the Alps and this time it was snowing at the top as Giovanni Visconti came over the line

Meanwhile, other bicycle races have been occurring around the world.  Here in the USA, we had the Tour of California.  I can’t be bothered with it, but I did notice that Tejay Van Garderen won and he’s been talking about his full package.  

Sky might not be the only one's with some tough leadership choices at the Tour. Tejay is going well for BMC and Evans isn’t getting any younger, he certainly doesn’t look like he’s going to get the better of Nibali at the Giro. 

 

Over in France, they had Paris-Arras, which I must admit I’ve never heard of.  I mention it because local, (to me) boy Joey Roskopf won and I know his dad - kenbikelaw.com for all your bikelaw needs people.

So the scores for stage 14:

Rank		Team	Directeur	Score
1		Rouleurs	tdm911	463
2		Mungo Cycling	Mungo	391
3		Cat 2 Grupetto	Sherwood	296
4		Zero Resistance	Christopher Rowley	295
5		Return of Reflex	Karlos	288
6		Get Jacked	robert thompson	287
7		Amgen	Bradley Dean	277
8		Charmers	Craigatron	256
9		Cofeedis	Tom Fee	246
10		hitfbsuckers	Warwick Anderson	244
11		Evil Chan Bots	Evil Dr Chan	229
12		MDR	Matt Reeve	221
13		Team Doodle	RobbieT	219
14		Camembert Electrique	Mark	203
15		Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	177
16		Cornerstone Clydesdales	James Patterson	166
17		Smugblokes	Mark Philo	151
18		Synergy	Adrian Leggett	139
19		Fulgas	Vincent Lavallee	133
20		Sit up and beg	Denspeck	110
21		Kiwi Nation (no actual kiwis)	Eddy	103
22		Dudes Riding Using Great Substances	Drew Stephenson	39

And Stage 15:

Rank		Team	Directeur	Score
1		Mungo Cycling	Mungo	350
2		Rouleurs	tdm911	313
3		hitfbsuckers	Warwick Anderson	309
4		Get Jacked	robert thompson	239
5		Team Doodle	RobbieT	218
6		Evil Chan Bots	Evil Dr Chan	216
7		Amgen	Bradley Dean	197
8		Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	183
9		Return of Reflex	Karlos	164
10		Cat 2 Grupetto	Sherwood	162
11		Zero Resistance	Christopher Rowley	160
12		Fulgas	Vincent Lavallee	157
13		MDR	Matt Reeve	147
14		Dudes Riding Using Great Substances	Drew Stephenson	141
15		Camembert Electrique	Mark	128
16		Cofeedis	Tom Fee	117
17		Charmers	Craigatron	95
18		Cornerstone Clydesdales	James Patterson	93
19		Smugblokes	Mark Philo	89
20		Synergy	Adrian Leggett	79
21		Sit up and beg	Denspeck	61
22		Kiwi Nation (no actual kiwis)	Eddy	4

Overall, Zero Resistance, or Cat 2 Grupetto (I can’t remember which) were ahead on Saturday night, but now Amgen are in charge.

Rank		Team	Directeur	Score
1		Amgen	Bradley Dean	3050
2		Cat 2 Grupetto	Sherwood	3049
3		Zero Resistance	Christopher Rowley	3027
4		MDR	Matt Reeve	2988
5		Rouleurs	tdm911	2949
6		Return of Reflex	Karlos	2943
7		Mungo Cycling	Mungo	2922
8		Cofeedis	Tom Fee	2716
9		hitfbsuckers	Warwick Anderson	2580
10		Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	2528
11		Smugblokes	Mark Philo	2500
12		Get Jacked	robert thompson	2412
13		Camembert Electrique	Mark	2253
14		Fulgas	Vincent Lavallee	2113
15		Synergy	Adrian Leggett	2108
16		Dudes Riding Using Great Substances	Drew Stephenson	2102
17		Evil Chan Bots	Evil Dr Chan	1908
18		Team Doodle	RobbieT	1839
19		Charmers	Craigatron	1766
20		Sit up and beg	Denspeck	1752
21		Cornerstone Clydesdales	James Patterson	1658
22		Kiwi Nation (no actual kiwis)	Eddy	1259

 

The rest day today should give everyone a much needed rest, a break from the rain and maybe even get their shoes dried out by stuffing them with some old newspaper.

 

Stage 16 looks like another toughie.  It will probably rain too.