Stage 6. Friday 6th July. Épernay → Metz , 207.5km.
ENTRY DEADLINE 12:30 CET
Steve's stage preview at Steephill
Stage 5 Results
Two favorites in the top two spots today, and a nice reward for 5 DS's who picked Haedo in 3rd.
wooley7 wins the stage solo, scoring 12.7 with Greipel, Haedo and Cav.
andrewp spends a third day in the casquette jaune at the top of the GC. However, Willj's strategy of consistently picking Cav, Greipel and Goss for the sprints has brought him a steady stream of points, and he moves up into a threatening second position on GC, with his terrain of expertise looming. The final winning score is likely to be close to 200, so there is everything still to play for.
Link to download Excel spreadheet including all stages
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Rules
Pick 3 riders for the stage, the order of your picks doesn't matter.
The points awarded are higher for less popular picks, as follows:
The first 6 riders on a stage score points, 2nd-6th place score 60%, 40%, 30%, 20%, 10% of above.
Entry Deadline
The strict entry deadline is the official start time of the stage - timestamp one minute late, your entry doesn't count for that stage.
Subject to the deadline, you may change any or all of your picks, but only one time, in a single reply to your original post.
Entry Format
On the first three lines of the body of the post write your three riders' surnames only.
Write the surname in full, and nothing else. No nicknames, no abbreviations.
Add first name after the surname only when there's ambiguity (e.g. "Velits, Peter").