In the battles I had 2 good options ; pick 15 sprinters ór pick 15 climbers.
But to make it more exciting, I chose the questionable option 3 = a mix of sprinters and climbers.
Estimating / gambling on that every CFF participant had a mix of picks, including you Ophiuko, and fun you made a mix as well.
After all, it is the last tour of the season, and I have no clue who are still motivated to perform in Malaysia.
And I estimated before this tour started, that the season battles might be decided in who has the most abandonned cyclists.
So, more fun to make it exciting with a mix of picks, because I have no idea what will happen.
Probably not my the best strategic choice, but it for sure is the most fun choice, hahaha.
A bit less cheerfull is that I had at first almost all sprinters picked, incl. the nrs 1, 2, 6, 7 of the stage 1 result.
That former sprinters selection of mine, would have been for sure a stage victory in the CFF League.
Still, looking at all the picks of everyone, my mix of picks might have the most emphasis / focus on sprint points
and it seems that your mix of picks have the most emphasis / focus on climb points, compared to all picks of everyone.
Conclusion = Indeed, I can forget about winning the season trophy King of the Mountains with my mix of picks.
There is a very little chance to beat you in the mountain classification, if Rubén Fernández does great ( like he did in Emilia = 7th ).
But it seems impossible for me to beat all other CFF participants as well in the MC.
So, perhaps I should congratulate you allready now, and call you thé King of the Mountains in 2022 !
The other season trophy battle is still wide open and with a difference of just 1 stage victory, we both can still win it.
Although I heard a rumor that these cyclists will not start in stage 2 ;
Bax ( good pick, he is in topform, and therefore I certainly considered to pick him as well, probably I will regret not picking him ).
J.vdBerg ( indeed, perhaps the wrong vdBerg, but Julius is for sure also good, sometimes better as Marijn who is not family,
because van den Berg is a very common Dutch name, and means "from the mountain", is odd, because there are no Dutch mountains )
Carthy ( a pick that I deleted at the last moment, what seems a stupid move to delete someone who was 3rd in the Vuelta once,
but this season he did not perform very well, and I gamble on that the heat in Malaysia will be too much for his long body,
anyway, probably a big mistake of me not to pick him ).
v Rensburg ( good pick because he seems in form, ánd he is used to shady little tours in unknown countries ).
Moniquet ( an excellent 24yo, if he did not come back of an injury, I for sure picked him as well, now I have doubts if he can finish this tour, but looking at his recent good results, this might be another regret of me and I should have picked him ).
Moscon ( always a "dark horse" everywhere ; he can score a lot of points sometimes, but also sometimes he really dissapoints,
and in this Langkawi there is probably just 1 or 2 stages that suit him very well, incl. stage 8, what is a bit of a concern to me,
because you picked him and I did not, and the last stage win might be decisive in the Emperor of Stage Wins Trophy ).
Træen ( another one that I really considered to pick too, and I even considered him as mountain jersey winner,
because he likes to attack, and can score MC points in sprint stages. But I did not, because he is too heavy for thé 2 decisive stages with an upmountain finish, maybe a wrong choice because he can score out of the breakaway in those stages too,
but maybe a good choice not to pick him, because he is Norwegian and maybe struggling with the Malaysian climate ).
But without kidding, you made an excellent selection of 15 picks, ophiuko !
Despite it is questionable to chose for a mix in our battles, but I did too, so it will be an exciting Tour de Langkawi.
I'm also impressed by the excellent picks of every other CFF participant ; it seems everyone is in topform in the last tour of the season !
