Fantasy Giro Stage 4: Battaglin Batters 'Em

It was yet another quality day of racing at the Giro......except for riders in my team, who were mostly mediocre.  Winning the stage was Italian up-and-commer, Enrico Battaglin. 

Apparently he's no relation to Giro winner and frame-name Giovanni Battaglin.  It's probably just as well, as otherwise he'd be too busy being upset at what some hipster did to this nice Italian frame.  It is an abomination, still at least they had the decency to put a brake on, or a 'break' as hipsters like to call them on Craigslist.

Check out them scores for the day.  The hitfbsuckers did nicely, although their Sky boys didn't have a great day of it.  Wiggins lost some time due to a crash/not having the legs, depending on who you want to believe.  And Dario Cataldo has some kind of puking/pooping thing going on and finished dead last.  Still hats off too him, last time I had a similar ailment I couldn't get of the couch, let alone ride a bike race.

Rank		Team	Directeur	Score
1		hitfbsuckers	Warwick Anderson	298
2		Zero Resistance	Christopher Rowley	283
3		MDR	Matt Reeve	273
4		Cat 2 Grupetto	Sherwood	273
5		Synergy	Adrian Leggett	223
6		Get Jacked	robert thompson	223
7		Sit up and beg	Denspeck	204
8		Amgen	Bradley Dean	199
9		Return of Reflex	Karlos	182
10		Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	167
11		Smugblokes	Mark Philo	162
12		Rouleurs	tdm911	138
13		Cornerstone Clydesdales	James Patterson	108
14		Team Doodle	RobbieT	105
15		Fulgas	Vincent Lavallee	104
16		Dudes Riding Using Great Substances	Drew Stephenson	100
17		Kiwi Nation (no actual kiwis)	Eddy	100
18		Evil Chan Bots	Evil Dr Chan	85
19		Camembert Electrique	Mark	82
20		Cofeedis	Tom Fee	76
21		Charmers	Craigatron	66
22		Mungo Cycling	Mungo	57

And then check out them overall scores.  Just like Luca Paolini, MDR have held onto the lead for another day.

Rank		Team	Directeur	Score
1		MDR	Matt Reeve	919
2		Zero Resistance	Christopher Rowley	861
3		Cat 2 Grupetto	Sherwood	829
4		Smugblokes	Mark Philo	749
5		hitfbsuckers	Warwick Anderson	740
6		Return of Reflex	Karlos	735
7		Amgen	Bradley Dean	715
8		Synergy	Adrian Leggett	681
9		Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	646
10		Get Jacked	robert thompson	620
11		Cofeedis	Tom Fee	620
12		Rouleurs	tdm911	574
13		Sit up and beg	Denspeck	551
14		Dudes Riding Using Great Substances	Drew Stephenson	549
15		Camembert Electrique	Mark	545
16		Kiwi Nation (no actual kiwis)	Eddy	543
17		Fulgas	Vincent Lavallee	510
18		Mungo Cycling	Mungo	459
19		Evil Chan Bots	Evil Dr Chan	406
20		Cornerstone Clydesdales	James Patterson	406
21		Charmers	Craigatron	401
22		Team Doodle	RobbieT	353

Tomorrow then looks like a nice flat one for the sprinters, until you get to the last bit, which has some nasty little ramps that could spoil their fun.