Friday, May 28, 2010

Fantasy Tri Minute, 5/29

While the firestorm from my last post dies down (331 visitors on one day? going pro has never had that kind of traffic or controversy) I'll get back to my usual dorky/niche-y posting about FantasyTri. There are four races this week, and you only get $50,000 in your budget, so I'm going to pick 8 athletes (one man and woman per race), which means an average of $6250 per pick. The start lists are a little hard to come by, but here's what I've found.

Xterra Italy (European Championships) picks in BOLD

RenataBucher

F
Switzerland

Pro/Elite



Sibylle Matter

F
Switzerland
Pro/Elite



Myriam Guillot

F
France
Pro/Elite



Marion Lorblanchet

F
France
Pro/Elite



Maud Golsteyn
F
Netherlands
Pro/Elite



Claudia Hossmann

F
Switzerland
Pro/Elite



Monica Gabbanelli

F
Italy
Pro/Elite



Sara Tavecchio

F
Italy
Pro/Elite



Melanie McQuaid

F
Canada
Pro/Elite



Claudia Walser

F
Germany
Pro/Elite



Jacqui Slack

F
United Kingdom
Pro/Elite



Ilaria Zavanone

F
Italy
Pro/Elite



Carina Wasle

F
Austria
Pro/Elite



Emma Ruth Smith

F
United Kingdom
Pro/Elite



Darrelle Parker

F
United Kingdom
Pro/Elite



Giuliana Lamastra

F
Italy
Pro/Elite



Franky Batelier
M
France
Pro/Elite



Jim Thijs

M
Belgium
Pro/Elite



Yeray Luxem

M
Belgium
Pro/Elite



Felix Schumann

M
Germany
Pro/Elite



Lars Van Der Eerden

M
Netherlands
Pro/Elite



Olivier Marceau
M
Switzerland
Pro/Elite



Luca Molteni

M
Italy
Pro/Elite



Tom Curtis

M
United Kingdom
Pro/Elite



Graham Wadsworth

M
United Kingdom
Pro/Elite



Homes Llewellyn

M
United Kingdom
Pro/Elite



Jean Marc Cattori

M
Switzerland
Pro/Elite



Fabio Guidelli

M
Italy
Pro/Elite



Carl Pasio

M
South Africa
Pro/Elite



Fabrizio Baralla

M
Italy
Pro/Elite



Alessio Picco

M
Italy
Pro/Elite



Ronny Dietz

M
Germany
Pro/Elite



Ole Vinnergaard

M
Denmark
Pro/Elite



Ricard Calmet Calveras

M
Spain
Pro/Elite



Jens Buder

M
Germany
Pro/Elite



Karel Zadak

M
Czech Republic
Pro/Elite



Gianpietro De Faveri

M
Italy
Pro/Elite



Nico Pfitzenmaier

M
Germany
Pro/Elite



Julian Langer

M
Austria
Pro/Elite



Sam Gardner

M
United Kingdom
Pro/Elite



Lieuwe Boonstra

M
South Africa
Pro/Elite



Nicolas Lebrun

M
France
Pro/Elite



Borja Conde

M
Spain
Pro/Elite

Ironman Brazil

No start list yet for IM Brazil (c'mon WTC!), but I'm picking two-time defending champ Eduardo Sturla ($6700) over longtime vet Oscar Galindez. As for the women, I'm going with two-time IM Champion (last year!) Tereza Macel (a remarkable affordable $5900).

Austria 70.3


Men: Michael Weiss (he's fast from his MTB background and he's got a taste for victory after being the first Austrian to win an IM; he's competing on home soil and costs less then $6000)
Women: Erika Csomor (haven't heard a lot from her in the past few years, but she's fast and knows how to win—expensive at $7500)

TriGrandPrix UK

This is a new race, kicking off a two race series of half-iron distance races that will grow to five next year. The other race is in the Basque country of Spain (hills, anyone?). They've attracted quite a field, and I'm going with Paul Ambrose, who got me some points in Florida a few weeks ago. On the girls' side I'm taking...Leanda Cave. Hard to pick against her in this relatively shallow field. She'll be battling Yvonne Van Vlerken for the win, I think.


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