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@MylesRyden@vivaldi.net You aren’t too late but the rule for tonight’s race is you can’t have Tadej. Deadline is 80km to go so you have plenty of time to think about it.
@Sophoife@aus.social @mativity@aus.social I fired it up again at the beginning of the month.
@mativity@aus.social The monthly road cycling pass is $7.49 (I think they also do a per race pay for view). Cyclo Cross winter pass is $28.99. It’s not clear if the monthly road pass would roll over into cross nor if there is a monthly cross option. On the road there was a yearly option but I didn’t take it @Sophoife@aus.social might have done it that way.
@mativity@aus.social maybe but everyone picking him is kinda boring so I was thinking of a return to the original beat the troll version of #TrollTips where Tadej was the troll (and so you couldn’t pick him). If he wins then 2nd place is the winner.
@stufromoz@aus.social there are plenty more including that and the points at La Vuelta this year. She also won a stage and the overall at Volta Ciclista a Catalunya Femenina, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Dwars door Vlaanderen and Amstel Gold. I think PCS have just given up on updating that list 🤣
@stufromoz@aus.social Oh yes. PCS has this incomplete list of road wins
5x La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
4x Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio
3x Ronde van Drenthe
3x Postnord UCI WWT Vårgårda WestSweden RR
3x GC Tour of Scandinavia
2x GP de Plouay - Lorient- Agglomération Trophée CERA
Olympic Games WE - Road Race
2x Amstel Gold Race
Ronde van Vlaanderen WE
@mativity@aus.social @BigGrove@mastodon.online @MylesRyden@vivaldi.net Between the ITT and the road race PCS decided that the e in Chloé has an accent so when I created the game it didn’t have one but the results now do have one and so it didn’t match. I’ve fixed it.
@mativity@aus.social did you want an U23 rider too?
Deadlines will be 80.5km to go, which is at the top of the climb with two more ascents to go.
Waiting for Mandy to fix her team. I’ve fixed the Alt Text problem (more riders than what my script expected).
@antiaall3s@chaos.social They could have started Cattaneo as Affini is a continental champion and so he gets a start because of it.
@antiaall3s@chaos.social They had Mattia Cattaneo who was the second ITT rider for Italy at the European Championships (which Affini won). I don’t know why PCS took so long to change the line up but I hadn’t been able to find an announcement for the Italian team either so maybe they were just going on the Euros until something as announced. It can’t be easy for them to keep up. I sent them the updates from Cycling Australia as they had O’Connor starting the ITT for a long time.
@antiaall3s INEOS posted that he was riding both the ITT and mixed relay and PCS finally added him to the ITT yesterday.
@mativity@aus.social 5 races, both elite road races, both elite ITT and the elite mixed relay TTT. Pick 8 riders from 8 different countries. Can be all women, all men or a mix.
@mativity@aus.social the text was too long for my Mastodon instance to post as one message (I have a 500 character limit).
@mativity@aus.social see the notes on the second post.
Total score (no bonuses) of 382
(1) or Groves on 2 and Strong on 14
(2) one of these is replaced by Rogla
(3) one of them should be Eddie Dunbar (20 if you picked Enric @ 8)
(4) one of them should be Pablo Castrillo
@mativity@aus.social There are no sprint or mountain points to be awarded so they are done and dusted. Hard to see Rogla failing to hold the leaders jersey unless he has a mechanical or is sick. Lipowitz is a minute behind Skjelmose for the white. They finished 12 and 13 in stage 1 so it’s hard to see Lipowitz closing that gap. I think it’s done barring sickness or mechanical.
@mativity@aus.social @Sophoife@aus.social that’s the Eurosport coverage that Tiz is showing. Curiously StayLive has a different commentary team, with Matt Stephens and some other guy.