TDF 2014 Stage 17 - Majka Makes 2

Apparently, the Tour de France is still going on.  Forgive my ignorance, but since that Lance guy talked to Oprah, there doesn't seem so much Stateside interest in the bestest race ever.  If you are dedicated though, you can find some Tour coverage, (with Phil and Paul.......ugh!) somewhere between the professional eating and the monkey tennis.  Anyway, it looks like it was more good news for 'Billionaire Tyrant' Oleg Tinkoff today, with another stage win from his young charge Rafa Majka. He's a talent alright, although I think he might be a bit of a winker.

The young Pole is quite the revelation of the race, he's already ridden a solid Giro D'Italia and he was supposed to be putting his feet up this July, until Kreuziger was suspended for Biological Passport violations.  I'm not sure what the contract situation is at Tinkoff/Saxo, but if I was Alberto Contador, I'd be worried.



After all, without Contador on the books, Oleg will have plenty of cash to buy one of those Peter Sagans.  Then again, Oleg Tinkoff has more money than he knows what to do with, so he can probably sign whoever the fuck he wants.  Well, almost anyone he wants, I don't think Nibali is available and the Italian is not letting anything distract him from the top-step of the podium.

Hats off to Expensive Bike Pumps etc. for the most biggest points for the stage.

TEAM	DIRECTEUR	RANK	SCORE
Expensive Bike Pumps due to Inflation	Vinny PL	1	320
Earligold	Ed Rawlings	2	251
Wilko	Oliver Wilkens	3	227
Evil Yorkshire Chanbots	Evil Dr Chan	4	206
Olliepops	OJ	5	195
Mungo Cycling	Mungo	6	176
Miffy`sMountain Goats	Helen S	7	166
Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	8	157
KLOEFEKAPPERS FC	Jan Van Belleghem	9	140
Drews Riders, Useless Generally Speaking	Drew Stephenson	10	124
The Hopalongs	Dave	11	124
A True Underdog Story	Patches O`Houlihan	12	110
Holy Toledo	Andrew Ramos	13	103
Stans Finest	Mark	14	94
Haxby Group Pharmacy	Richard Harrison	15	85
School of Hardknotts	Jonathan Wilcox	16	80
Smugblokes	Mr Smug	17	71
Rouleurs	tdm911	18	70
Flying Hutchmen	Hutch	19	69
2.35.24	Den	20	54
The Doom of Froome	Warwick Anderson	21	45
Three Little Pigs	Isabel Harrison	22	40
Huntington Pharmacy	Late night meds from	23	38
Charmers	Craigatron	24	36
ENRICO 666	Eric Mortier	25	31

The battle for the podium spots is still on in the overall.  Olliepops are safe for now, but Mungo has moved ahead of that dickhead Vestan Pance.

TEAM	DIRECTEUR	RANK	SCORE
Olliepops	OJ	1	4791
Mungo Cycling	Mungo	2	3850
Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	3	3840
Haxby Group Pharmacy	Richard Harrison	4	3697
Evil Yorkshire Chanbots	Evil Dr Chan	5	3408
Expensive Bike Pumps due to Inflation	Vinny PL	6	3262
KLOEFEKAPPERS FC	Jan Van Belleghem	7	3225
Flying Hutchmen	Hutch	8	2923
The Doom of Froome	Warwick Anderson	9	2895
Earligold	Ed Rawlings	10	2830
ENRICO 666	Eric Mortier	11	2752
Drews Riders, Useless Generally Speaking	Drew Stephenson	12	2625
Rouleurs	tdm911	13	2623
Three Little Pigs	Isabel Harrison	14	2558
Holy Toledo	Andrew Ramos	15	2524
Wilko	Oliver Wilkens	16	2382
2.35.24	Den	17	2380
Huntington Pharmacy	Late night meds from	18	2331
Stans Finest	Mark	19	2250
Smugblokes	Mr Smug	20	1975
Charmers	Craigatron	21	1770
The Hopalongs	Dave	22	1720
School of Hardknotts	Jonathan Wilcox	23	1414
Miffy`sMountain Goats	Helen S	24	1317
A True Underdog Story	Patches O`Houlihan	25	625

In the KOM competiton, I really should remember to make some transfers in my team.  I was totally going to put Majka in, but then I forgot.  This is the only reason that Mungo is doing very well and the Bile Beans are not.

TEAM	DIRECTEUR	RANK	SCORE
Mungo Cycling	Mungo	1	3624
ENRICO 666	Eric Mortier	2	3211
Rouleurs	tdm911	3	3194
Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	4	2756
KLOEFEKAPPERS FC	Jan Van Belleghem	5	2732
Haxby Group Pharmacy	Richard Harrison	6	2280
Dropped Propulsive Pedalling	Vincent	7	2098
Alive the Hills are	Mark	8	1652
Late no hopers	Warwick Anderson	9	522

Stage 18 is probably the toughest of the race.  Nibali has it covered, but there's plenty of other battles going on to make sure it's an exciting stage.