Fantasy Vuleta Stages 14-16: Mountain Mayhem

As we head into the second rest day, it occurs to me that it is once again time to dust off the cobwebs and tend to the old blog.  So, when last we met, I was telling you that mountains were on the way.  I should have said mountains and rain were on the way, as over the weekend the rain in Spain did not stay mainly on the plains....

Stage 14 was cold and wet.  Too cold and wet for Ivan Basso, who was among the riders to quit the race in a shivering mess. He should have taken a leaf out of old man Horner's book and put on his leg-warmers.

Win for the day went to Daniele Ratto.  Top score to those Red Devlis.

	Red Devils	Warwick Anderson	328
	Rouleurs	tdm911	311
	Dudes Riding Using Good Stuff	Drew Stephenson	304
	Scibstiques	Paul Scibilia	282
	Charmers	Craigatron	260
	ENRICO 666	ENRICO 666	251
	KLOEFEKAPPERS	Jan Van Belleghem	218
	MungoCyclic	Mungo	212
	Team Chanbots	Evil Dr Chan	168
	Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	159

Stage 15, more cold, more hills.  Alexandre Geniez took the stage, while behind him Nibali kept his GC rivals in check. 

The Scibstiques took the honours for the day.

	Scibstiques	Paul Scibilia	297
	Dudes Riding Using Good Stuff	Drew Stephenson	250
	Red Devils	Warwick Anderson	221
	ENRICO 666	ENRICO 666	209
	Rouleurs	tdm911	180
	Charmers	Craigatron	152
	KLOEFEKAPPERS	Jan Van Belleghem	150
	MungoCyclic	Mungo	115
	Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	109
	Team Chanbots	Evil Dr Chan	54

Stage 16 was won by possibly the only good pick I made for the Bile Beans, as Warren Burguil chalked-up his second stage win.  He looks almost as pleased as I was.

It was all going behind him though, as Nibali faded on the final climb, letting old man Horner get within 28 seconds of his lead.  Despite my stage winner, the Bile Beans still didn't make it to the top of the table for the day.

	ENRICO 666	ENRICO 666	216
	Scibstiques	Paul Scibilia	197
	Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	196
	KLOEFEKAPPERS	Jan Van Belleghem	187
	Team Chanbots	Evil Dr Chan	171
	Dudes Riding Using Good Stuff	Drew Stephenson	74
	Rouleurs	tdm911	63
	Red Devils	Warwick Anderson	61
	Charmers	Craigatron	59
	MungoCyclic	Mungo	41

And so as we are head into the last week of the race, Drew is still atop the league and looking like he might be able to hang on.  It's certainly a good performance from someone who is lucky to scrape into the top half of the league.  I can only conclude that he's been taking some kind of performance enhancing substances. Or that now he's on the dole, he just had more time to pick his team.

	Dudes Riding Using Good Stuff	Drew Stephenson	3589
	Charmers	Craigatron	3255
	ENRICO 666	ENRICO 666	3059
	KLOEFEKAPPERS	Jan Van Belleghem	2965
	Scibstiques	Paul Scibilia	2755
	Rouleurs	tdm911	2408
	Red Devils	Warwick Anderson	2255
	Team Chanbots	Evil Dr Chan	2146
	Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	2109
	MungoCyclic	Mungo	1613