one4smoke

Anyone fired up for this event? What notable riders will be in it?

I see it's televised tape delayed on NBCSH every day at 1:00am CST.

Caretaker

Not really fired up, one of those stage races the pros use to tune the engine for the TdF. The top French GC guys, Nibali, Dan Martin, others will be waiting for the Tour de Swiss starting Saturday 9th June.

MinnMan

Seems that Bernal has pulled out? Anybody know why?

Ken Brown

It's televised (delayed) on Sportsnet in Canada, so I'm looking forward to it.

Pemetic2006

dstrong 

I missed the fantasy Giro but I'm in for the Dauphine...I don't see a BF league but that's okay...I don't need the embarrassment.

JSCjr

Bardet, Nibali and Martin are all riding in the Dauphine.

diphthong

since you asked:
site: https://www.velogames.com/criterium-du-dauphine/2018/
league name: bike forums!
league code: 892008512
deadline: sunday, june 3rd 12:00 cest

it's really really weird. i was already enrolled in two "bike forums" leagues before i created one with the "!" at the end to distinguish. seems like if you played the bike forums giro and then created a
dauphine team, you're automatically entered. all the names entered in the dauphine all familiar from the giro. and there is a little overlap. so i guess i'm now entered in three "bike forums (!)" leagues.
bizarre.

regardless, some of my fave riders absent from the giro are riding. some go all out. some do recon. some get a longer leash than usual. some become super-domestiques.
fun race with a variety of styles, lengths and challenges.

diphthong

dunno...if he doesn't end up riding the tour de suisse, he's likely getting a crash course/doing recon in the pyrenees/alps for the tdf.
i think he'll end up "skipping" the tour de suisse as well. froomie's gonna need every last bullet in that big webley for this tdf.

diphthong

yes.

bardet
nibbles
adam yates
illin z
geraint thomas
alaphilippe
dan martin
kwiatkowski
soler
barguil
bojangles
bilbao
caruso
vuillermoz
buchman
ulissi
gallopin
de gendt
ebh
rolland
brambilla
feline
terpstra
among others. pretty formidable.

San Pedro

I think on Velogames the league carry over from the start of the season. That's probably why there are two leagues already. I'll probably join the new one so that I can embarrassed myself in front if any new comers to the league.

I had put Bernal on my team until I found out he wasn't racing. Glad I found out before the start.

2cam16

Thanks for the heads up. Set my dvr.

MinnMan

I don't grok "webley", but I get your drift. Based on his performance at the ToC, Bernal looks like the perfect super-domestique to tow the SKY king up the mountains.

I'm not a SKY-hater like some here. I do sort of resent the idea that the team with the most money always wins, but with bike racing I can focus on the individuals when they are compelling. In 2013 I was thrilled to see Froome win after he had so faithfully worked for Wiggins in 2012. I rooted for Richie Porte to emerge from Froome's shadows.. Now I'm kind of excited to see what mark Bernal will make.

Caretaker

Yeah, that's what I posted and others will be in the Tour de Suisse.

San Pedro

@ooga-booga Your team is off to a good start for this race

If anyone who has already joined one of the bike forums' leagues, that person will automatically be placed in the league when they make their Tour de Suisse team, or any race in the future. Looking forward to the rest of the season.

The Polish Horse is doing me well so far, and I'm really looking forward to the next four stages in the race.

diphthong

haha thanks. i can't possibly do any worse at the dauphine than last year. finished 4192 of 4192. dfl. of course, none of my riders cost more than 10 points with the majority being 8-pointers. just a lark.

2cam16

Sky killed everyone in the TTT yesterday!

dstrong 

Well...I joined the BF league...I'm in last place.

diphthong

uh no. that'd be me. 2 years running. these riders. so preening. so capricious. so fickle.

diphthong

but the jazz classicist in me wholly approves of the team name Dauphine Dance in the league. best song on the album.

2cam16

I on the other hand, can't believe I'm winning. I guess I was lucky choosing Kwiatkowski and Alaphilippe.

San Pedro

Barguil is such a huge disappointment this year.

JSCjr

Thanks, couldn't resist the pun. The squad had a good race, getting into the top 1000. Had Thomas, Bardet, Martin and Impey (!) and yet 977 people finished ahead of me -- you must have to be clairvoyant to win one of these things!

diphthong

not that any of them are easier but i feel it's a little easier to peg the gt's and the classics vs the small one week tours. most riders seem to use the one week tours to get in shape for the gt's and
overall winners seemingly "chance" into the leader's jersey and win the overall. ofttimes, it seems like everyone's trying not to win it. wish the weeklong tours were spaced out a little better and got more street cred.
paris-nice, tirreno, cataluna, romandie, toc, dauphine and the tour de swiss (and a few others) are all fantastic races but kinda fall by the wayside with the one-days and the gt's getting the lion's share of the kudos.

dstrong 

I really need to figure out the domestique picks I make. My M.O. seems to be to get it right on the big names but come nowhere close on the lesser names. I had two riders with no points, another with 5 and a forth with 18! The rest of you had riders that ALL scored points...I guess I've got three weeks to figure it out! Congrats Dance Man!