team time trial 7.7kmswho would have thought that liquigas would take out a team time trial. most people picked astana or gerolsteiner so overall no-one really gained much time.
south perth rouleurs
13 years ago
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
la vuelta a espana tipping comp
so the third grand tour is about to start this weekend and i thought i would run another tipping comp. same rules as the tour de france comp so you pick a new rider every day but you can't pick the same rider within the one week (between rest days).
i have decided to make this a free comp but restrict it to only two teams per person max.
the first stage is a team time trial so all you have to pick is the team that you think will win. hopefully by then they have finalised all the riders in the start list so we can start tipping individuals on the next stage.
so get your team names into me asap and then make sure your tips are in before 7pm each night starting this saturday.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
olympic time trial results
so the big swiss time trial machine comes away from the olympics with a gold and bronze medal. and larsson??? larsson who??? a lot of people (myself included) tipped schumacher after such an outstanding tour de france. what we should have been doing is watching his effort in the road race and realising that china is a bit too hot and humid for a german.
no one tipster picked their final three from all within the top 5 finishers. in other words, everyone picked at least one dog. it therefore became more important the order that you picked. my tips had the lowest cumulative time, but because i tipped cancellara for the bronze, the weighting given to each time sent mine plummeting down the standings.
so at the end of the day our medals went to the following.
gold - stan
silver - ryan
bronze - stu
i will post the final standings on the sidebar.
Rank Name NOC Final Time Avg. Speed
1 CANCELLARA Fabian Switzerland 1:02:11 45.633
2 LARSSON Gustav Sweden 1:02:45 45.229
3 LEIPHEIMER Levi United States 1:03:21 44.797
4 CONTADOR Alberto Spain 1:03:30 44.698
5 EVANS Cadel Australia 1:03:35 44.634
6 SANCHEZ Samuel Spain 1:04:37 43.917
7 TUFT Svein Canada 1:04:39 43.892
8 ROGERS Michael Australia 1:04:47 43.809
9 CLEMENT Stef Netherlands 1:04:59 43.668
10 GESINK Robert Netherlands 1:05:03 43.629
11 CUMMINGS Stephen Great Britain 1:05:08 43.573
12 ZABRISKIE David United States 1:05:18 43.462
13 SCHUMACHER Stefan Germany 1:05:25 43.379
14 GRABSCH Bert Germany 1:05:26 43.37
15 NIBALI Vincenzo Italy 1:05:36 43.262
16 HESJEDAL Ryder Canada 1:05:42 43.192
17 TAARAMAE Rein Estonia 1:05:47 43.138
18 KARPETS Vladimir Russian Fed. 1:05:52 43.082
19 SOERENSEN Chris Anker Denmark 1:05:55 43.049
20 MENSHOV Denis Russian Fed. 1:06:11 42.885
21 KIRYIENKA Vasil Belarus 1:06:12 42.868
22 BRUSEGHIN Marzio Italy 1:06:21 42.773
23 KIRCHEN Kim Luxembourg 1:06:30 42.68
24 MIZUROV Andrey Kazakhstan 1:06:32 42.654
25 BOTERO Santiago Colombia 1:06:35 42.618
26 MONFORT Maxime Belgium 1:07:13 42.224
27 BODROGI Laszlo Hungary 1:07:27 42.07
28 SPILAK Simon Slovenia 1:07:35 41.994
29 JURCO Matej Slovakia 1:07:53 41.807
30 MEDICI Matias Argentina 1:07:53 41.806
31 GEORGE David South Africa 1:07:55 41.784
32 GRIVKO Andriy Ukraine 1:08:01 41.722
33 VANDBORG Brian Bach Denmark 1:08:10 41.631
34 NIEMIEC Przemyslaw Poland 1:08:43 41.295
35 ASKARI Hossein Iran 1:08:46 41.266
36 BELOHVOSCIKS Raivis Latvia 1:08:55 41.18
37 KOSTYUK Denys Ukraine 1:09:04 41.09
38 KVASINA Matija Croatia 1:09:06 41.066
39 BEPPU Fumiyuki Japan 1:11:05 39.923
no one tipster picked their final three from all within the top 5 finishers. in other words, everyone picked at least one dog. it therefore became more important the order that you picked. my tips had the lowest cumulative time, but because i tipped cancellara for the bronze, the weighting given to each time sent mine plummeting down the standings.
so at the end of the day our medals went to the following.
gold - stan
silver - ryan
bronze - stu
i will post the final standings on the sidebar.
Rank Name NOC Final Time Avg. Speed1 CANCELLARA Fabian Switzerland 1:02:11 45.633
2 LARSSON Gustav Sweden 1:02:45 45.229
3 LEIPHEIMER Levi United States 1:03:21 44.797
4 CONTADOR Alberto Spain 1:03:30 44.698
5 EVANS Cadel Australia 1:03:35 44.634
6 SANCHEZ Samuel Spain 1:04:37 43.917
7 TUFT Svein Canada 1:04:39 43.892
8 ROGERS Michael Australia 1:04:47 43.809
9 CLEMENT Stef Netherlands 1:04:59 43.668
10 GESINK Robert Netherlands 1:05:03 43.629
11 CUMMINGS Stephen Great Britain 1:05:08 43.573
12 ZABRISKIE David United States 1:05:18 43.462
13 SCHUMACHER Stefan Germany 1:05:25 43.379
14 GRABSCH Bert Germany 1:05:26 43.37
15 NIBALI Vincenzo Italy 1:05:36 43.262
16 HESJEDAL Ryder Canada 1:05:42 43.192
17 TAARAMAE Rein Estonia 1:05:47 43.138
18 KARPETS Vladimir Russian Fed. 1:05:52 43.082
19 SOERENSEN Chris Anker Denmark 1:05:55 43.049
20 MENSHOV Denis Russian Fed. 1:06:11 42.885
21 KIRYIENKA Vasil Belarus 1:06:12 42.868
22 BRUSEGHIN Marzio Italy 1:06:21 42.773
23 KIRCHEN Kim Luxembourg 1:06:30 42.68
24 MIZUROV Andrey Kazakhstan 1:06:32 42.654
25 BOTERO Santiago Colombia 1:06:35 42.618
26 MONFORT Maxime Belgium 1:07:13 42.224
27 BODROGI Laszlo Hungary 1:07:27 42.07
28 SPILAK Simon Slovenia 1:07:35 41.994
29 JURCO Matej Slovakia 1:07:53 41.807
30 MEDICI Matias Argentina 1:07:53 41.806
31 GEORGE David South Africa 1:07:55 41.784
32 GRIVKO Andriy Ukraine 1:08:01 41.722
33 VANDBORG Brian Bach Denmark 1:08:10 41.631
34 NIEMIEC Przemyslaw Poland 1:08:43 41.295
35 ASKARI Hossein Iran 1:08:46 41.266
36 BELOHVOSCIKS Raivis Latvia 1:08:55 41.18
37 KOSTYUK Denys Ukraine 1:09:04 41.09
38 KVASINA Matija Croatia 1:09:06 41.066
39 BEPPU Fumiyuki Japan 1:11:05 39.923
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
olympic time trial tipping
men's race starts at 1:30.
give me your top three riders in order and we will see who comes out on top.
Men
Wave 1
13:30:00 39 Matias Medici (Argentina)
13:31:30 38 Fumiyuki Beppu (Japan)
13:33:00 37 Hossein Askari (Iran)
13:34:30 36 Svein Tuft (Canada)
13:36:00 35 Matija Kvasina (Croatia)
13:37:30 34 David George (South Africa)
13:39:00 33 Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus)
13:40:30 32 Matej Jurco (Slovakia)
13:42:00 31 Denys Kostyuk (Ukraine)
13:43:30 30 Steve Cummings (Great Britain)
13:45:00 29 Brian Vandborg (Denmark)
13:46:30 28 Raivis Belohvosciks (Latvia)
13:48:00 27 Robert Gesink (Netherlands)
Wave 2
14:30:00 26 Simon Spilak (Slovenia)
14:31:30 25 Rein Taaramae (Estonia)
14:33:00 24 Andriy Grivko (Ukraine)
14:34:30 23 Ryder Hesjedal (Canada)
14:36:00 22 Andrey Mizourov (Kazakhstan)
14:37:30 21 Przemyslaw Niemec (Poland)
14:39:00 20 Maxime Monfort (Belgium)
14:40:30 19 Vincenzo Nibali (Italy)
14:42:00 18 David Zabriskie (USA)
14:43:30 17 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hungary)
14:45:00 16 Chris Anker Sorensen (Denmark)
14:46:30 15 Bert Grabsch (Germany)
14:48:00 14 Denis Menchov (Russia)
Wave 3
15:30:00 13 Samuel Sánchez (Spain)
15:31:30 12 Santiago Botero (Colombia)
15:33:00 11 Marzio Bruseghin (Italy)
15:34:30 10 Michael Rogers (Australia)
15:36:00 9 Vladimir Karpets (Russia)
15:37:30 8 Kim Kirchen (Luxembourg)
15:39:00 7 Gustav Erik Larsson (Sweden)
15:40:30 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA)
15:42:00 5 Stef Clement (Netherlands)
15:43:30 4 Alberto Contador (Spain)
15:45:00 3 Cadel Evans (Australia)
15:46:30 2 Stefan Schumacher (Germany)
15:48:00 1 Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland)
give me your top three riders in order and we will see who comes out on top.
Men
Wave 1
13:30:00 39 Matias Medici (Argentina)
13:31:30 38 Fumiyuki Beppu (Japan)
13:33:00 37 Hossein Askari (Iran)
13:34:30 36 Svein Tuft (Canada)
13:36:00 35 Matija Kvasina (Croatia)
13:37:30 34 David George (South Africa)
13:39:00 33 Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus)
13:40:30 32 Matej Jurco (Slovakia)
13:42:00 31 Denys Kostyuk (Ukraine)
13:43:30 30 Steve Cummings (Great Britain)
13:45:00 29 Brian Vandborg (Denmark)
13:46:30 28 Raivis Belohvosciks (Latvia)
13:48:00 27 Robert Gesink (Netherlands)
Wave 2
14:30:00 26 Simon Spilak (Slovenia)
14:31:30 25 Rein Taaramae (Estonia)
14:33:00 24 Andriy Grivko (Ukraine)
14:34:30 23 Ryder Hesjedal (Canada)
14:36:00 22 Andrey Mizourov (Kazakhstan)
14:37:30 21 Przemyslaw Niemec (Poland)
14:39:00 20 Maxime Monfort (Belgium)
14:40:30 19 Vincenzo Nibali (Italy)
14:42:00 18 David Zabriskie (USA)
14:43:30 17 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hungary)
14:45:00 16 Chris Anker Sorensen (Denmark)
14:46:30 15 Bert Grabsch (Germany)
14:48:00 14 Denis Menchov (Russia)
Wave 3
15:30:00 13 Samuel Sánchez (Spain)
15:31:30 12 Santiago Botero (Colombia)
15:33:00 11 Marzio Bruseghin (Italy)
15:34:30 10 Michael Rogers (Australia)
15:36:00 9 Vladimir Karpets (Russia)
15:37:30 8 Kim Kirchen (Luxembourg)
15:39:00 7 Gustav Erik Larsson (Sweden)
15:40:30 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA)
15:42:00 5 Stef Clement (Netherlands)
15:43:30 4 Alberto Contador (Spain)
15:45:00 3 Cadel Evans (Australia)
15:46:30 2 Stefan Schumacher (Germany)
15:48:00 1 Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland)
Saturday, August 9, 2008
olympic results
so spain did take out the gold medal, but not the way that anyone thought. with valverde, sastre and contador in the field, who would have had any money on sammy sanchez. that last 10 kms would have to be the best racing i have seen i quite a while. and can you believe cancellara's big move at the end.as for the aussies, they were looking so good with gerrans early on, then cadel showed some aggression, then there was a chance that rogers could get up at the end.
but back to the tipping. there were a lot of people that picked spain for the gold, but in the end, it was more about the order you picked the top three than whether you picked the gold medalist. there were many picks that involved spain, lux, aus or italy, but the order that you picked them determined how successful you were.
so, at the end of the day, it was my lovely wife kicking my arse in a tipping contest that she has no real knowledge about. not only that, but she kicked all of you with a pick of spain, aus, italy to claim the gold medal.
silver went to lisa who picked spain, lux, aus.
with bronze going to james with italy, spain, usa.
the tips that seemed to drag you down the standings were countries like germany. if you really wanted to screw up your tip, you would pick the czech republic.
i will organise prizes shortly.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
olympic games tipping comp - free
with the olympic games starting this weekend and the road race being contested on saturday, i thought it would be good to have a bit of a tip on what countries will take out the three medal positions.
this comp will be free to enter and i will organise some type of gold, silver & bronze prize for the top three finishers.
basically all you have to pick is the order of the countries that will take out the medal positions. i.e. spain (gold), australia (silver), spain (bronze). you don't need to pick the rider and as the example points out, one country can win more than one medal. the top places in the comp will be based on a weighted average of the top finishing positions of the countries you picked.
so send an e-mail to the address listed on the right and entries must be in before the race starts (11:00am saturday 9th).
the race
the race will be contested over 245.19 kms and is relatively flat for the first 80 km. it then rises 230 m over the next 10 km as the course approaches the circuit at 90 km. the circuit is a 24 km loop which is ridden seven times and is basically up one side of a mountain and down the other with no real flat sections.
the circuit initially rises nearly 520 metres over 9.9 kms for an average grade of 5.2%. the circuit ascent is followed by a short roller then an 13.1 kms descent to the valley bottom. the descent supposedly heads straight into the prevailing wind in that area, providing little relief to the riders. the finish follows the last circuit descent and appears to have a slight rise to the line.
the riders
below is the provisional start list in order of country
Hichem Chabane (Algeria)
Alejandro Borrajo (Argentina)
Juan José Haedo (Argentina)
Matias Medici (Argentina)
Cadel Evans (Australia)
Simon Gerrans (Australia)
Matthew Lloyd (Australia)
Stuart O'Grady (Australia)
Michael Rogers (Australia)
Christian Pfannberger (Austria)
Thomas Rohregger (Austria)
Kanstantsin Siutsou (Belarus)
Alexandre Usov (Belarus)
Andrei Kunitski (Belarus)
Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus)
Mario Aerts (Belgium)
Christophe Brandt (Belgium)
Maxime Monfort (Belgium)
Jurgen Van den Broeck (Belgium)
Johan Van Summeren (Belgium)
Murilo Fischer (Brazil)
Luciano Pagliarini (Brazil)
Michael Barry (Canada)
Ryder Hesjedal (Canada)
Svein Tuft (Canada)
Patricio Almonacid (Chile)
Gonzalo Garrido (Chile)
Liang Zhang (China)
Santiago Botero (Colombia)
José Serpa (Colombia)
Rigoberto Uran (Colombia)
Henri Raabe (Costa Rica)
Matej Kvasina (Croatia)
Vladimir Miholjevic (Croatia)
Radislav Rogina (Croatia)
Petr Bencik (Czech Republic)
Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic)
Chris Anker Sørensen (Denmark)
Nicki Sørensen (Denmark)
Brian Vandborg (Denmark)
Tanel Kangert (Estonia)
Rein Taaramae (Estonia)
Cyril Dessel (France)
Pierrick Fédrigo (France)
Rémi Pauriol (France)
Jérôme Pineau (France)
Pierre Rolland (France)
Gerald Ciolek (Germany)
Bert Grabsch (Germany)
Stefan Schumacher (Germany)
Jens Voigt (Germany)
Fabian Wegmann (Germany)
Jonathan Bellis (Great Britain)
Steve Cummings (Great Britain)
Ben Swift (Great Britain)
Geraint Thomas (Great Britain)
Laszlo Bodrogi (Hungary)
Peter Kusztor (Hungary)
Hossein Askari (Iran)
Ghader Mizbani (Iran)
Mehdi Sohrabai (Iran)
Philip Deignan (Ireland)
Nicolas Roche (Ireland)
Paolo Bettini (Italy)
Marzio Bruseghin (Italy)
Vincenzo Nibali (Italy)
Franco Pellizotti (Italy)
Davide Rebellin (Italy)
Sung Baek Park (Korea)
Ignatas Konovalovas (Lithuania)
Dainius Kairelis (Lithuania)
Kim Kirchen (Luxembourg)
Andy Schleck (Luxembourg)
Fränk Schleck (Luxembourg)
Moisés Aldape Chavez (Mexico)
Erik Hoffmann (Namibia)
Stef Clement (Netherlands)
Robert Gesink (Netherlands)
Karsten Kroon (Netherlands)
Laurens Ten Dam (Netherlands)
Niki Terpstra (Netherlands)
Julian Dean (New Zealand)
Timothy Gudsell (New Zealand)
Glen Chadwick (New Zealand)
Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Norway)
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway)
Gabriel Rasch (Norway)
Tomasz Marczynski (Poland)
Janez Morajko (Poland)
Przemyslaw Niemec (Poland)
Andre Cardoso (Portugal)
Nuno Ribeiro (Portugal)
Vladimir Efimkin (Russian Federation)
Serguei Ivanov (Russian Federation)
Vladimir Karpets (Russian Federation)
Denis Menchov (Russian Federation)
Nebojsa Jovanovic (Serbia)
Ivan Stevic (Serbia)
Roman Bronis (Slovakia)
Matej Jurco (Slovakia)
Jan Valach (Slovakia)
Borut Bozic (Slovenia)
Jure Golcer (Slovenia)
Simon Spilak (Slovenia)
Tadej Valjavec (Slovenia)
John-Lee Augustyn (South Africa)
David George (South Africa)
Robert Hunter (South Africa)
Alberto Contador (Spain)
Oscar Freire (Spain)
Samuel Sánchez (Spain)
Carlos Sastre (Spain)
Alejandro Valverde (Spain)
Gustav Erik Larsson (Sweden)
Marcus Ljungqvist (Sweden)
Thomas Lövkvist (Sweden)
Michael Albasini (Switzerland)
Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland)
George Hincapie (United States Of America)
Levi Leipheimer (United States Of America)
Jason McCartney (United States Of America)
Christian Vande Velde (United States Of America)
David Zabriskie (United States Of America)
Sergey Lagutin (Uzbekistan)
Jackson Rodriguez (Venezuela)
José Rujano (Venezuela)
this comp will be free to enter and i will organise some type of gold, silver & bronze prize for the top three finishers.
basically all you have to pick is the order of the countries that will take out the medal positions. i.e. spain (gold), australia (silver), spain (bronze). you don't need to pick the rider and as the example points out, one country can win more than one medal. the top places in the comp will be based on a weighted average of the top finishing positions of the countries you picked.
so send an e-mail to the address listed on the right and entries must be in before the race starts (11:00am saturday 9th).
the race
the race will be contested over 245.19 kms and is relatively flat for the first 80 km. it then rises 230 m over the next 10 km as the course approaches the circuit at 90 km. the circuit is a 24 km loop which is ridden seven times and is basically up one side of a mountain and down the other with no real flat sections.
the circuit initially rises nearly 520 metres over 9.9 kms for an average grade of 5.2%. the circuit ascent is followed by a short roller then an 13.1 kms descent to the valley bottom. the descent supposedly heads straight into the prevailing wind in that area, providing little relief to the riders. the finish follows the last circuit descent and appears to have a slight rise to the line.
the riders
below is the provisional start list in order of country
Hichem Chabane (Algeria)
Alejandro Borrajo (Argentina)
Juan José Haedo (Argentina)
Matias Medici (Argentina)
Cadel Evans (Australia)
Simon Gerrans (Australia)
Matthew Lloyd (Australia)
Stuart O'Grady (Australia)
Michael Rogers (Australia)
Christian Pfannberger (Austria)
Thomas Rohregger (Austria)
Kanstantsin Siutsou (Belarus)
Alexandre Usov (Belarus)
Andrei Kunitski (Belarus)
Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus)
Mario Aerts (Belgium)
Christophe Brandt (Belgium)
Maxime Monfort (Belgium)
Jurgen Van den Broeck (Belgium)
Johan Van Summeren (Belgium)
Murilo Fischer (Brazil)
Luciano Pagliarini (Brazil)
Michael Barry (Canada)
Ryder Hesjedal (Canada)
Svein Tuft (Canada)
Patricio Almonacid (Chile)
Gonzalo Garrido (Chile)
Liang Zhang (China)
Santiago Botero (Colombia)
José Serpa (Colombia)
Rigoberto Uran (Colombia)
Henri Raabe (Costa Rica)
Matej Kvasina (Croatia)
Vladimir Miholjevic (Croatia)
Radislav Rogina (Croatia)
Petr Bencik (Czech Republic)
Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic)
Chris Anker Sørensen (Denmark)
Nicki Sørensen (Denmark)
Brian Vandborg (Denmark)
Tanel Kangert (Estonia)
Rein Taaramae (Estonia)
Cyril Dessel (France)
Pierrick Fédrigo (France)
Rémi Pauriol (France)
Jérôme Pineau (France)
Pierre Rolland (France)
Gerald Ciolek (Germany)
Bert Grabsch (Germany)
Stefan Schumacher (Germany)
Jens Voigt (Germany)
Fabian Wegmann (Germany)
Jonathan Bellis (Great Britain)
Steve Cummings (Great Britain)
Ben Swift (Great Britain)
Geraint Thomas (Great Britain)
Laszlo Bodrogi (Hungary)
Peter Kusztor (Hungary)
Hossein Askari (Iran)
Ghader Mizbani (Iran)
Mehdi Sohrabai (Iran)
Philip Deignan (Ireland)
Nicolas Roche (Ireland)
Paolo Bettini (Italy)
Marzio Bruseghin (Italy)
Vincenzo Nibali (Italy)
Franco Pellizotti (Italy)
Davide Rebellin (Italy)
Sung Baek Park (Korea)
Ignatas Konovalovas (Lithuania)
Dainius Kairelis (Lithuania)
Kim Kirchen (Luxembourg)
Andy Schleck (Luxembourg)
Fränk Schleck (Luxembourg)
Moisés Aldape Chavez (Mexico)
Erik Hoffmann (Namibia)
Stef Clement (Netherlands)
Robert Gesink (Netherlands)
Karsten Kroon (Netherlands)
Laurens Ten Dam (Netherlands)
Niki Terpstra (Netherlands)
Julian Dean (New Zealand)
Timothy Gudsell (New Zealand)
Glen Chadwick (New Zealand)
Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Norway)
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway)
Gabriel Rasch (Norway)
Tomasz Marczynski (Poland)
Janez Morajko (Poland)
Przemyslaw Niemec (Poland)
Andre Cardoso (Portugal)
Nuno Ribeiro (Portugal)
Vladimir Efimkin (Russian Federation)
Serguei Ivanov (Russian Federation)
Vladimir Karpets (Russian Federation)
Denis Menchov (Russian Federation)
Nebojsa Jovanovic (Serbia)
Ivan Stevic (Serbia)
Roman Bronis (Slovakia)
Matej Jurco (Slovakia)
Jan Valach (Slovakia)
Borut Bozic (Slovenia)
Jure Golcer (Slovenia)
Simon Spilak (Slovenia)
Tadej Valjavec (Slovenia)
John-Lee Augustyn (South Africa)
David George (South Africa)
Robert Hunter (South Africa)
Alberto Contador (Spain)
Oscar Freire (Spain)
Samuel Sánchez (Spain)
Carlos Sastre (Spain)
Alejandro Valverde (Spain)
Gustav Erik Larsson (Sweden)
Marcus Ljungqvist (Sweden)
Thomas Lövkvist (Sweden)
Michael Albasini (Switzerland)
Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland)
George Hincapie (United States Of America)
Levi Leipheimer (United States Of America)
Jason McCartney (United States Of America)
Christian Vande Velde (United States Of America)
David Zabriskie (United States Of America)
Sergey Lagutin (Uzbekistan)
Jackson Rodriguez (Venezuela)
José Rujano (Venezuela)
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