VDS Team Themes!
by ursula on Dec 27, 2009 3:21 AM EST
in FSA Directeur Sportif
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Just in time for New Year's! An insomnia cure!
What's that? You are saying you don't know where to start in building your VDS dream team? Well stop that dreaming and check out these VDS teams, each with their very own theme! Let's get right to it with...
Chronomen!
Cancellara-28, T Martin-16, Kloden-10, Brachovic-8, Larsson-8, Pinotti-8, Rogers-8
Boom-6, Monfort-6, Bertogliati-4, Bruseghin-4, Clement-4, Grabsch-4, Konovalovas-4, Millar-4, Rabon-4
Tuft-4, Zirbel-4, Zabriskie-4, M Bodnar-2, Grivko-2, Machado-2, Mizourov-2, Ovechkin-2, Peraud-2
Total VDS points last year: 8151
No Europeans Allowed
Evans-28, Farrar-20, Gerrans-16, Vande Velde-10, Hesjedal-8, Rogers-8, Brown-6,
Sutton-6, Goss-4, Henderson-4, Hincapie-4, Horner-4, Tuft-4, Zabriskie-4, Zirbel-4, Arashiro-2, Duque-2,
JJ Haedo-2, Hunter-2, M Lloyd-2, Pauwels-2, Renshaw-2, Roulston-2, Serpa-2, Soler-2
Total VDS points last year: 7287
Sprinters
Haussler-18, Breschel-16, Petacchi-14, Bozic-10, A Davis-10, F Gavazzi-6, McEwen-6, Sutton-6,
Van Avermaet-6, Van Hummel-6, Visconti-6, Casper-4, Eisel-4, Henderson-4, Hutarovich-4, Rojas-4, Rossi-4,
Swift-4, Vigano-4, Weylandt-4, Cooke-2, Dehaes-2, Finetto--2, Lorenzetto-2, Trussov-2
Total VDS points last year: 6771
The A-Team-riders with their first name starting with the letter A
A Contador-32, A Schleck-24, A Greipel-18, A Ballan-16, A Vinokourov-14, A Davis-10, A Galdos-4,
A Geslin-4, A Kuschynski-4, A Roux-4, A Bertolini-2, A Botcharov-2, A Charteau-2, A Dyachenko-2, A Fernandez-2,
A Furlan-2, A Gerard-2, A Grivko-2, A Hansen-2, A Losada-2, A Moinard-2, A Ovechkin-2, A Pichot-2, A Txurruka-2,
A Vicioso-2
Total VDS points last year: 7570
Pro Conti clubhouse
Haussler-18, Garzelli-14, Hoogerland-12, Bozic-10, Taaramae-10, Mosquera-8, Scarponi-8, Deignan-6,
R Feillu-6, Tondo-6, Visconti-6, Voeckler-6, L Bertagnolli-4, Bonnet-4, De Waele-4, B Feillu-4, Hivert-4,
Lemoine-4, Masciarelli-4, Coppel-2, Florencio-2, Herrero-2, Mouris-2, Pidgornyy-2, Trofimov-2
Total VDS points last year: 7440
Born in a former Communist country
Menchov-22, Kolobnev-18, Kreuziger-18, Ivanov-12, Bozic-10, Brajkovic-8,
P Velits-8, Jens!-6, M Iglinskiy-6, Hooter-4, Karpets-4, Konovalovas-4, Kuschynski-4, Rabon-4, Bazayev-2,
Botcharov-2, Brutt-2, Dyachenko-2, V Efimkin-2, Fofonov-2, Grivko-2, Ignatiev-2, Petrov-2, Szmyd-2, Vaitkus-2
Total VDS points last year: 8778
That's it. I'm finally tired. Add some teams below.
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Hah
Where would cycling be without Europeans? The non-Europeans only beat the (B-D list)sprinters
Football is a game, cycling a sport.
Non-Europeans could be a bit bland...
If we’re going to do this for a year, we need a bit of flair… and whilst I will take Stuey even though it’s not very hopeful, I’m thinking that Gesink has to be there. Of course, I don’t expect to win. I have to go with ’Heart’s Country’…
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Yeah, I had to have Stuey last (this) year too...
It makes no sense in terms of points, but that doesn’t really matter does it?
I'm built for descending...
by omnevelnihil on Dec 27, 2009 6:09 AM EST up reply actions
Not one bit! But I just spied Mauricio Soler at 2 points,
so I’m thinking it’s swings and roundabouts… or to use another cliche, ‘rob Peter to pay Paul’…
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I'm thinking perhaps Pauwels... but I know if I'm wrong you'll let me know...
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
I was hoping this post would inspire someone...
to write a great article on the Coming Non-European Hegemony… ;-)
Football is a game, cycling a sport.
Hm...
Maybe after my Belgium trip.
"The only pain I got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is." Edvald Boasson Hagen
by Chris Fontecchio on Dec 28, 2009 7:16 PM EST up reply actions
i sorted mine
on christmas eve. it was actually a fairly painless exercise…this is now making me think i didn’t think about it enough!
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
You'll never be totally satisfied. Go with your heart...
or anyone whose surname begins with ‘C’..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
standard
contador and cav were the first 2 names down
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
You forgot Cancellara..
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
couldn't justify it
i felt cav was a more consistent bet for season-long points, especially the worlds. cue abuse from all and sundry…
"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09
Daydreaming without Official VDS rules? Did I miss them?
What are the limits on the big point riders?
If none then I’ll take the A team. Seriously I need to know what I’m working with so I can spend the entire month of February trying to figure out how to email my team. My illiteracy demands that I spend more time trying to send my team in than picking it.
"Drawing on my fine command of language I said nothing."- Groucho
Yeah-we have no official rules yet.
So we don’t know the restrictions that Chris will put on the expensive guys.
My first couple years
I tried to pick as many Belgians as possible.. Ok, not the best strategy since you’re season’s pretty much over mid April. Plus if your headliners get disqualified in P-R for an illegal train track crossing, you’e really cooked. Last year I went with a different strategy and picked a team that was about 80% Italian. Pippo was great early on, but Cunego was a major dissapointment and the rest of the team was uninspired at best. And I really didn’t like any of them to boot. Ok, for the record 6 of my great grandparents were born in Italy, but my cycling soul is 100% Belgian.
I’m going back to my original strategy, but will include Australians as well.
Is there anything better than
Ursula with time on his hands, a VDS list, and a largish supply of meth? I say no.
Merry Christmas Petey – when are you going to fix my cross bike?
Aren't we forgeting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa
If you'd rather have a kick to the groin than a Chimay, ok.
But I prefer the other way we work.
Aren't we forgeting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa
Thanks Drew
Bring it down whenever you’d like. Meg went to CT yesterday to visit her sister so i had the boys all day, so it would have been hard. I’m around the next bunch of weekends.
I'd take the challenge...
… if only I had a little time on my hands. Which I have not regrettably.
Team name: The Rainbow Warriors
Consists of riders who have one the rainbow jersey once. Pick from:
Elite Road, Elite TT, U23 Road Race, and U23 TT.
Pick some big point scorers from the Elite riders and fill the team up with lower cost riders from the U23 categories. If needed the team can be completed with support riders who helped their captain win the jersey…
Football is a game, cycling a sport.
Team Gender Ambiguous
Please note that the team name has nothing to do with appearance! It’s comprised of riders whose first names could just as easily belong to women—at least if you’re American. I’m sure Daniele is a very macho name in Italy.
Andy Schleck 24
Tyler Farrar 20
Matti Breschel 16
Kim Kirchen 14
Daniele Bennati, Luca Paolini 10
Michele Scarponi , Jani Brajkovic 8
Niki Terpstra 6
Gert Steegmans, Sandy Casar, Stef Clement, Emanuele Sella 4
Dominique Cornu, Hayden Roulston, Jan Bakelants, Remi Di Gregorio, Angel Vicioso, Chris Froome 2
Cameron Meyer, Romana Kireyev, Alex Howes, Andrea Masciarelli, Robin Chaigneau, Addy Engels 1
Cost: 150
Last year’s earnings: 6473
(Note: while most of the names are unambiguously ambiguous, some I looked up to verify that they are currently used for both sexes. I mostly used babynames.com.)
Come on Ursula,
You just wanted to say that you think Benna has ‘Buns of Steel’.
"Drawing on my fine command of language I said nothing."- Groucho
Team Sky High
All riders (reportedly) at least 190 cm tall:
Tom Boonen 22
Bradley Wiggins, Alessandro Ballan 16
Ryder Hesjedal, Lars Bak, Gustav Erik Larsson 8
Lars Boom 6
Johan Vansummeren, David Millar, Matthew Hayman, George Hincapie, Gert Steegmans, Tom Zirbel, Christian Knees, Vladimir Karpets 4
Dominique Cornu, Theo Bos, Marcel Sieberg, Ermanno Capelli 2
Maarten Wynants , Olivier Kaisen, Michiel Elijzen, Tom Stamsnijder, Stijn Vandenbergh 1
Total cost: 130 points
Earned last year: 5535, so lots of room to grow.
Basque Txirrindulariak :-)
Sammy Sanchez (honourary Basque!) 24
Egoi Martinez 6
Koldo Fernandez 4
Aitor Galdos 4
Haimar Zubeldia 4
Igor Anton 2
Juan Manuel Garate 2
Aitor Hernandez 2
Inaki Isasi 2
Juan Jose Oroz 2
Ruben Perez 2
Amets Txurruka 2
Pablo Urtasun 2
Gorka Verdugo 2
Xabier Zandio 2
Jorge Azanza 1
Jonathan Castroviejo 1
Arkaitz Duran 1
Imanol Erviti 1
Pedro Horrillo 1
Markel Irizar 1
Benat Intxausti 1
Gorka Izagirre 1
Iban Mayoz 1
Mikel Nieve 1
25 riders, 72 points! Cheap at the price!
Vinomort and his Dementors
Pineau, 4
Vino!, 14
Amorison, 2
Nieve, 1
Cataldo, 1
Breschel, 16
Langeveld, 6
Anton, 2
Vogondy, 1
Uran, 2
Basso 16
Samsan, 24
Gesink, 20
Martens, 4
Cobo Acebo 8
Voeckleur 6
Peter Velits 8
points spend 131 I think
Nope 136 Cataldo is 2...
17 riders..
8 riders to go;
Fofonov 2
Hinault 2
F. Masciarelli 4
Trofimov 2
Frank 1
Frei 1
Ginnani 1
Mollema 1
Molleme
Will be more than 1 point. At least if we are to believe Ursula. Hmmm, who was the guy again that suggested Gasparotto would be a good buy last season…
Football is a game, cycling a sport.
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