Vuelta a Espana

Yeah, why not. Velogames the only game in town?

 

Anyone organised a league code yet?

 

Good thinking Jodie, here is: League Name: TS Vuelta Challenge<br style='color: #404040; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px;[/img] League Code: 22234931

 

Fuentes Favourites may have been off to a flyer, but getting smoked now. Dodged Bentancur, but Arroyo and Marczynski have been poor picks to date. Interesting to see who is still standing in the third week

 

The leader board as it stands on the second rest day: <table width='100%' style='font-family: Verdana; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #ffffff; background-color: #ffb799; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16.5px;] <tbody style='border: 0px hidden #eaecee;] <tr style='padding: 4px; color: #000000;] <td class='evenleft' style='font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; padding: 4.5px;] <td class='evenleft' style='font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; padding: 4.5px;]Fuentes Favourites <td class='evenleft' style='font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; padding: 4.5px;]Jodie <td style='font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; padding: 4.5px;]3651
<tr style='padding: 4px; color: #000000;] <td class='evenleft' style='font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; padding: 4.5px;] <td class='evenleft' style='font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; padding: 4.5px;]Team Pharmacy <td class='evenleft' style='font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; padding: 4.5px;]Nick <td style='font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; padding: 4.5px;]3590
<tr style='padding: 4px; color: #000000;] <td class='evenleft' style='font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; padding: 4.5px;] <td class='evenleft' style='font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; padding: 4.5px;]thekidsarealright <td class='evenleft' style='font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; padding: 4.5px;]graeme camp <td style='font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; padding: 4.5px;]3585
<tr style='padding: 4px; color: #000000;] <td class='evenleft' style='font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; padding: 4.5px;] <td class='evenleft' style='font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; padding: 4.5px;]Agent Orange <td class='evenleft' style='font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; padding: 4.5px;]Peter <td style='font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; padding: 4.5px;]2189
<tr style='padding: 4px; color: #000000;] <td class='evenleft' style='font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; padding: 4.5px;] <td class='evenleft' style='font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; padding: 4.5px;]Los Campones <td class='evenleft' style='font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; padding: 4.5px;]Brendan <td style='font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; padding: 4.5px;]2139
<tr style='padding: 4px; color: #000000;] <td class='evenleft' style='font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; padding: 4.5px;] <td class='evenleft' style='font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; padding: 4.5px;]GreenHEDGE Fund <td class='evenleft' style='font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; padding: 4.5px;]Cameron <td style='font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 13px; padding: 4.5px;]1922

For once Queen Jodie can see some of her subjects quite clearly. The benefits of time to research are apparent - it seems to be very difficult to be competitive in this format without a couple of days to work through the possible combinations.

 

You said it Chels. I threw a team together on the Saturday and went with the Team Sky domination theory. Failure. Not even competitive, after a strong (fantasy) TDF and Giro this year. It seems very close at the top, so good luck to the top three teams heading into the last stage and final GC standings. This has been the best Grand Tour of the year.

 

I am in Port, hopefully my Vuelta team will hold up better than my fantasy teams.