tbh, betting looks pretty pointless to me when getting 100% of the starting cash as weekly claim makes it mostly an activity check instead of a betting competition - would be much more interesting if youd actually have to grind yourself up after going all in on any outsider.
This time Lutsenko could beat Sagan but now there is someone else in front of him so it's 2nd again. Good enough I guess. Only unfortunate thing is that noone else of my team finished in the top 50 here, but they were anyways here solely for domestique duties.
@roturn: I wouldn't call it a good run yet, it will be one once it takes as long as the bad run before.
I feel sorry for De Bie, but at least the next 3 best puncheurs made up the podium, so at least a kind of expected result in this race other than that.
Congrats knockout, I'm now already annoyed by Lopez!
cio93 wrote:
REALLY disappointing from Demare. Worse or similar climbers managed to cope.
The only thing salvaging this race somewhat is our great depth, starting with Yikui Niu on another roll, and even our future leader Madouas chipped in with 36th.
That somewhat allieviates the points loss comparing to Demare's 7th place last season, but he needs to step up by 500% in MSR. Doubt he'll return here either way.
Congrats knockout, this is what you spent all that wage budget on.
I always feel happy for the winners when reporting, and bad for the managers who didn't have the result(s) they hoped for...
On the plus side, you did beat Van Stayen with several riders iirc
Thanks for the nice words on the report to everyone, this was still one of my first reports here, and I'll make sure the one day races in the future will include a top-20 at the end instead of a top-10
