Cycling: 2009 Vuelta a Espana

Basso can't sprint...lost both on my in play bets.
 0-2 -5 units

Good calls on Cobo, you picked up 3 winners.

Waiting for 1 rider to come in

Intxausti couldn't stay at the front, he's way back finishing 129th !

Went 0-3 -9 units, another bad day.

Overall :30-37 -26.2 units

It's probably my 3r or 4th losing day in row, nothing looks positive.  Stage 20 will probably be my last betting stage before the WC.

I hope Sanchez could win it

Note: We've both blown on the time trials thus far.

Actually make that 5 units Boom over Herrero @ $1.60

Lost Sanchez for the win. He came second
Lost the two top 10’s. – Marchante in 22^nd position. Valjavec in 30^th position.

Gomez Marchante finished in 22^nd position. Danielson abandoned.
Valjavec finished 30^th. 53.34 behind, Fuglsang finished 56^th. 1 hour and 28 minutes behind

Moncoutie won the KOM jersey. 186 points. De La Fuente was second on 99 points. – So my predictions there were spot on. I wish I used my brain and jumped on Moncoutie when he was around 7’s.

+10.04 for the futures.

So far +41.21 for the Vuelta.

Stage 1: no bet
Stage 2: +4.85 units
Stage 3: -10 units
Stage 4: +42.39 units
Stage 5: -2.2 units
Stage 6: +1.2 units
Stage 7: -12.5 units
Stage 8: -1.42 units
Stage 9: -9.05 units
Stage 10: +.23 units
Stage 11: +17.46 units
Stage 12: -14 units
Stage 13: +14.8 units
Stage 14: -7.5 units
Stage 15: -10.8 units
Stage 16: +5.9 units
Stage 17: -12.6 units
Stage 18: -1.1 units
Stage 19: +10.76 units
Stage 20: +14.75 units
Stage 21: ????
Futures: +10.04

Overall: +41.21 units

As you can see, I was very close on a few occasions and I've turned around the year. If you followed me the last few months and you lost, sorry. If you followed me now, you're laughing. If you only just started following me, you're laughing.

Eli - have you been tailing us? The write-up I did for the time trial tonight was spot on. Hope that helped people make a decision.

At this stage, I may not place a bet tomorrow. But stuff it, I'm quite happy ending with 30 units in the positive. So I may just throw 11 units on Greipel to win and see if I can crack 50.

I've learnt a lot this year with cycling compared to other years. Cycling has changed over the past 24 months, it is getting a bit cleaner, you can tell.

Bet live and stick with head to heads.

Next year will be even better.

Hey Bolar - great stuff. A well deserved 40 unit profit race.

Jumped in today with some of the h2h but was hesitant to back Millar at a price I found somewhat low. Stupid decision of course.

Overall, I think you did a great job of balancing the plays and handling the risk/reward dilemma that often occurs when trying to choose winners amongst a large group of participants.

You said it best. Stick to the winning strategy and don't be tempted to cash in on a big play that depends only on a very specific result. I always thought cycling was a boring sport with a group of men going on a Sunday stroll but I've been convinced otherwise.

These guys are unbelievable athletes ( hoping most of them are CLEARN ) and the sport is as exciting to watch and follow than any other kind of racing. I'm sure you guys will progress in a positive direction by adjusting the capping to the new trends you pick up and can profit by making use of your knowledge and instict. I'm still a follower and "bottom-feeder" for now but, who knows, maybe one day!  Once again, thanks for coming in here and sharing your picks on Covers and here's to a successful season next year.

5 units against Greipel @ 1.60 He's too far

This ends on a high. Therefore:

Stage 1: no bet
Stage 2: +4.85 units
Stage 3: -10 units
Stage 4: +42.39 units
Stage 5: -2.2 units
Stage 6: +1.2 units
Stage 7: -12.5 units
Stage 8: -1.42 units
Stage 9: -9.05 units
Stage 10: +.23 units
Stage 11: +17.46 units
Stage 12: -14 units
Stage 13: +14.8 units
Stage 14: -7.5 units
Stage 15: -10.8 units
Stage 16: +5.9 units
Stage 17: -12.6 units
Stage 18: -1.1 units
Stage 19: +10.76 units
Stage 20: +14.75 units
Stage 21: +12.11 units
Futures: +10.04

Overall: +53.32

I cracked the 50 unit mark. I was close to there when Greipel came home 26-1 earlier in the tour.

As you can see, I won less than half the stages, so I'm not that consistent but if you look at my losses, you can see that I was close to the money on numerous occasions.

Hopefully I can ride the form over the last few days into the worlds. If I can, you blokes are going to get rich.