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[BobbyLayne]

Matthews and Pidcock in the chase group

 

[BobbyLayne]

chase group / peloton of 18

everyone else is out the back

Situation​

• 1 +0:00
  • 1 (7) VAN DER POEL Mathieu
  • 2 (71) GANNA Filippo
  • 3 (211) POGAČAR Tadej
• Peloton
  +1:00

 

[BobbyLayne]

among the first peloton group 18: Campenaerts pulling, Pederson, Milan, Pidcock, Matthews, and a bunch I missed

 

[BobbyLayne]

1.5 km to the Poggio

 

[BobbyLayne]

now 30 in the peloton

there goes Pogi

MvdP reacts, Ganna is gone

 

[BobbyLayne]

looking good for the 1-2 @cheeseypoof

 

[BobbyLayne]

Situation​

• 1 +0:00
  • 1 (7) VAN DER POEL Mathieu
  • 2 (211) POGAČAR Tadej
• 2 +0:06
  • 1 (71) GANNA Filippo
• Peloton +0:48

 

[BobbyLayne]

800 meters 2 up

 

[BobbyLayne]

500 meters left on the climb and MvdP goes around Pogaćar and opens a gap

Pogi comes back to him and has a friendly chat lol

 

[BobbyLayne]

over the top and onto the descent

5 km left in the race

 

[BobbyLayne]

Ganna still within sight of the 2 favorites

nice descent - 10 seconds

 

[BobbyLayne]

8 seconds with 3 km left

 

[BobbyLayne]

Last sprints head to head van der Poel Mathieu (Alpecin - Deceuninck) vs Pogačar Tadej (UAE Team Emirates - XRG).

Year	Race	MvdP	TP
2024	Milano-Sanremo	10	3
2021	Tirreno-Adriatico | Stage 3	1	8
2021	Tirreno-Adriatico | Stage 2	2	4

 

[cheeseypoof]

Ganna back on terms

 

[BobbyLayne]

Ganna joins

cat & mouse

 

[cheeseypoof]

1-3 Finish for me.

 

[BobbyLayne]

yes!!!!

congrats on 1st 2nd @Sand

Cheesey gets 1st 3rd

Da Raiders & Jaysus 2nd 3rd

BassNBrew & BobbyLayne 1st

Nick Vermeil 3rd

7/7 getting at least a podium

4/7 1st
3/7 2nd
3/7 3rd

(that might be wrong lol)

 

[BobbyLayne]

Podium points only
(presuming I didn't screw up the previous post)

1. Sand 570
2. Cheeseyproof 540
3. Da Raiders 510
4. Jaysus 510
5. BassNBrew 300
6. BobbyLayne 300
7. Nick Vermeil 240

 

[cheeseypoof]

Came up short once again, probably!!! LOL One day I'll win a one day race.

 

[BobbyLayne]

4th Matthews
5th Groves
6th Cort
7th Mads
8th Kooij
9th Trentin (great start for Tudor, best PRT so far)
10th Fred Wright

 

[cheeseypoof]

4th Matthews
5th Groves
6th Cort
7th Mads
8th Kooij
9th Trentin (great start for Tudor, best PRT so far)
10th Fred Wright

I have Fred Wright and Michael Mathews on my Spring Classics roster.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Most victories in the 5 monuments in history.

Rank Rider	Wins
1. MERCKX Eddy	19​
2. DE VLAEMINCK Roger	11​
3. GIRARDENGO Costante	10​
4. KELLY Sean	9​
5. COPPI Fausto	9​
6. VAN LOOY Rik	8​
7. VAN DER POEL Mathieu	7​
8. POGAČAR Tadej	7​
9. CANCELLARA Fabian	7​
10. BOONEN Tom	7​

​

 

[cheeseypoof]

So I'm becoming a cycling degenerate and entered a team in the Spring Classics contest. Figure I'll try and post my thoughts, strategies, and progress here if any of you are interested.

It's 12 races with a Team of 12 riders with max cost of 100 credits. The contest limits you to a max of 24 transfers. Race #1 is this Saturday's Milano-San Remo followed my the Classic Brugge-De Panne on Wednesday 3/26.

For the initial 2 rounds I tried to identify riders participating in both races and built a team from those riders.

This is my initial squad for Milano-San Remo:

Jasper Phillipsen (16) Alpecin
Biniam Girmay (10) Intermarche
Jonathan Milan (12) Lidl-Trek
Olav Kooij (10) Team Vizam
Danny Van Poppel (8) Red Bull
Ryan Mullen (4) Red Bull
Fred Wright (8) Bahrain
Laurenz Rex (8) Intermarche
Laurence Pithie (8) Red Bull
Carlos Canal (6) Movistar
Orluis Aular (6) Movistar
Kamil Gradek (4) Bahrain

I may continue to tweak the lineup until the race on Saturday.

The starting lists for the future races are so sparse it's tough to make a long range plan. That's why I went with rider scheduled for the first 2 races to start with so that I can save transfers until later. Biniam Girmay reportedly is scheduled for the first 6 races s I thought he'd be a good choice.

Guess I'll see what happens.

Interested to hear your thoughts.

Thanks,
Cheesey

Think my initial mistake was not having Pogacar (22) and/or Van der Poel (20) early on since it will require extra transfers to get them into my line up in the future. Live and learn I suppose.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Mathieu van der Poel's 7 Monument Wins​

3 Ronde van Vlaanderen
2 Paris-Roubaix
2 Milano-Sanremo.

 

[BobbyLayne]

first time since 1996 the winning break formed on the Cipressa climb​

 

[DA RAIDERS]

2,3,7 Do I get any assist points for 2nd?

 

[Sand]

yes!!!!

congrats on 1st 2nd @Sand

I'd like to thank all the little people - BnB, etc. on this momentous occasion.

 

[BobbyLayne]

Since 2022, Tadej Pogacar has finished Milano-San Remo in the top-5:

• 5th in 2022
• 4th in 2023
• 3rd in 2024
• 3rd in 2025

Ganna has finished 2nd two of the last three years

 

[BobbyLayne]

We barely saw him all day, but Michael Matthews continued his excellent record at Milan-SanRemo by winning the sprint for 4th.

That means he extends his run of consecutive top 6 finishes here to five editions

 

[BobbyLayne]

9th for 35-y.o. Matteo Trentin is his best ever monument result

 

[BobbyLayne]

loved Pogi acting like he doesn’t know where the 3rd place step is

 

[cheeseypoof]

He does have some personality. For many of the riders, that doesn't seem to come out. At least in the limited amount of times I see them pre and post race. Or I'm just biased towards Pogacar.

 

[cheeseypoof]

1-3-16-36-41-101.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

2,3,7,16,43,117

 

[BobbyLayne]

FBGs League Standings - OVERALL CONTEST

FBGs League Standings - round 6
| Milano-Sanremo |

2,3,7 Do I get any assist points for 2nd?

any teammate who podiums earns assist points for the whole squad

 

[BassNBrew]

yes!!!!

congrats on 1st 2nd @Sand

I'd like to thank all the little people - BnB, etc. on this momentous occasion.

Umm…I think you giys are missing something

 

[cheeseypoof]

yes!!!!

congrats on 1st 2nd @Sand

I'd like to thank all the little people - BnB, etc. on this momentous occasion.

Umm…I think you giys are missing something

Yup. In my case enough knowledge to choose a good team!!

 

[BobbyLayne]

1-6-13-16-40-101

dang I had Livyns (6 cr 25th) on so many builds

biggest mistake is I had Mathews (22 cr 4th) on a lot of builds but swapped him for Pidcock 24 cr 40th)

 

[BassNBrew]

Plummiers was my let down at 36th. Spending 10 pts on a donut is tough

 

[BobbyLayne]

yes!!!!

congrats on 1st 2nd @Sand

I'd like to thank all the little people - BnB, etc. on this momentous occasion.

Umm…I think you giys are missing something

[DeepSeek has entered the chat]

 

[BassNBrew]

yes!!!!

congrats on 1st 2nd @Sand

I'd like to thank all the little people - BnB, etc. on this momentous occasion.

Umm…I think you giys are missing something

[DeepSeek has entered the chat]

Gronk

 

[BobbyLayne]

Jon Barrenetxea for 6 credits (20th) the best value pick nobody made?

 

[BobbyLayne]

yes!!!!

congrats on 1st 2nd @Sand

I'd like to thank all the little people - BnB, etc. on this momentous occasion.

Umm…I think you giys are missing something

[DeepSeek has entered the chat]

Gronk

that the TE version of Grok 3.0?

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Stab in the dark as I try to get more familiar with the scoring. I think i got 1560

 

[DA RAIDERS]

Jon Barrenetxea for 6 credits (20th) the best value pick nobody made?

Never heard of him…

 

[BassNBrew]

Stab in the dark as I try to get more familiar with the scoring. I think i got 1560

Dont forget about breakaway points for Pogi, MVP, and Ganna of 120 for each. I think Ganna was in that group at 10 and 20 km

 

[BobbyLayne]

sprinters race midweek

next 4 races are Cat 2

7	2025-03-26 12:15:00	Classic Brugge-De Panne	Cat 2
8	2025-03-28 12:30:00	E3 Saxo Classic	Cat 2
9	2025-03-30 10:30:00	Gent-Wevelgem	Cat 2
10	2025-04-04 12:15:00	Dwars door Vlaanderen	Cat 2

 

[BobbyLayne]

next Monument (Cat 1) is April 6

109th Ronde van Vlaanderen

 

[BobbyLayne]

points are being posted now; teams up but not league scores

 

[BassNBrew]

I had one version with the top 3 in my lineup. Pogi, MVP, Ganna, 3 x 4 credit riders. I would have taken donuts from the two addl 4 pointers. Tluett and Mads = Pogi at 480, but didnt get his 120 breakaway points.