Fantasy Vuelta Stage 16: Nigru Puko

Stage 16 was another toughie in the mountains, and the final climb up Cuitu Nigru was apparently hard enough to make you puke.

Dario Cataldo sneaked away with Thomas De Ghent earlier in the stage and the Italian managed to hold off the Dutchman, and hold onto his lunch, to take the win.

 

Behind the breakaway duo, it was pretty much the same old story, with Contador and Rodriguez again showing that they are the strongest in the race. The Froome-Dog was had another bad day, and pretty much said goodbye to any hope of a podium spot, but it looks like fourth place is fairly safe.  And Valverde just about stayed in the game, thanks to some strong riding by young Bile Bean Quintana.

Rouleurs maintain their lead then, with Mungo not too far behind.  They both lost Cameron Meyer the other day, but although the Bile Beans are still at full strength, it looks like a big gap in points to the top and there’s only five days of racing left.

 

MINI LEAGUE SCORES

Tour De Pance

Rank		Team	Directeur	Score
1		tdm911	Rouleurs	6070
2		Mungo Cycling	Mungo	5581
3		Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	5179
4		TEAM ITV4	Andrew Danson	5143
5		Flying Hutchmen	Hutch	4556
6		GB expects	Warwick Anderson	4308
7		ENRICO 666	Eric Mortier	4226
8		Dangerous Rogues Under Grey Skies	Blinddrew	4149
9		Charmers	Craigatron	4000
10		Evil Penguinbots	Evil King Penguin	3260
11		Cofeedis	Tom Fee	3247
12		Bertie Frooms all Flavour Beans	Mark	3227
13		Haxby Group Pharmacy	Richard Harrison	3051
14		Ph.Dizzles	Ben	2812
15		Hell of the North	Vincent Lavallee	2749
16		Team MacDream	Elizabeth MacKenzie	2187

Stage 17 is rumored to favor a breakaway, I’ll have to hope that some of my boys are in it.

 

 

 

 

 

Fantasy Vuelta Weekend Roundup: Rodriguez Roars: Froome Fries

How do? Sorry for the slight delay with the update, but I've been reading a book I just can't put down.

Luckily, those dark, days are behind us, and this weekend we've seen some great riding by the likes of Valverde and Contador. Not to mention J-Rod, who's still got the race lead, and has so far dealt with everything that Contador has tried to throw his way.

Things aren't going so well for the Froome Dog, he's looking tired, and his tactic of losing a bit of time everyday, has seen him lose his podium spot to Valverde.

There was some slight hope for the Bile Beans today, when Quintana and Seeldreayers showed that they we still in the race. They didn't really earn me a lot of points, but it was enough to move up to third.

MINI LEAGUE SCORES

Tour De Pance

Rank		Team	Directeur	Score
1		tdm911	Rouleurs	5599
2		Mungo Cycling	Mungo	5051
3		Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	4694
4		TEAM ITV4	Andrew Danson	4676
5		GB expects	Warwick Anderson	3984
6		Flying Hutchmen	Hutch	3908
7		ENRICO 666	Eric Mortier	3810
8		Dangerous Rogues Under Grey Skies	Blinddrew	3764
9		Charmers	Craigatron	3528
10		Bertie Frooms all Flavour Beans	Mark	3067
11		Evil Penguinbots	Evil King Penguin	3050
12		Cofeedis	Tom Fee	2988
13		Haxby Group Pharmacy	Richard Harrison	2883
14		Hell of the North	Vincent Lavallee	2580
15		Ph.Dizzles	Ben	2412
16		Team MacDream	Elizabeth MacKenzie	2143

There's a rest day coming up on Tuesday, but there's the small matter of stage 16 first. Looks like another tough one. More action from J-Rod, Bertie and Alejandro can be expected.