PG Spring Classics - Liège - Bastogne - Liège - General George S. Patton Edition

General George S. Patton points to where he expects Pogacar to attack

Me - Welcome General. Thanks for giving up some of your time.

George - That's fine. I'm in-between reincarnations.

Me - Right. So I've invited you on because you're a winner and have special knowledge of the area.

George - I was an Olympian too you ignorant bastard.

Me - Sorry. Modern Pentathlon right?

George - Check.

Me - Well are you ready to talk about the parcours?

George - Fire away and none of your goddamn jokes about missing the target in Stockholm.

The Course

Me - So General. It's a very similar course to last year with the main exception that the Cote de la Roche-en-Ardenne is out and in comes the Cote de Bonnerue but as it comes around 180k from the finish, its not going to make a difference to the race. Where do you think we'll see some real action?

George - You don't know what real action is sonny. Try getting to Bastogne when its surrounded by German panzers. That's real action!

Me - But as far as the race is concerned?

George - If I were van der Poel, I'd surprise my enemy when they'll least expect it and that's by attacking on the short Cote de Stockeu.

Me - Long way out though and with a lot of climbs with headwinds. Wouldn't he be better to wait?

George - You sound like that arrogant bastard Monty.

The Favourites

Me - So who do you think will win?

George - The man with the most guts and who isn't scared of those goddamn other bastards on bikes. The man who would rather listen to a 24 hour Carlton Kirby commentary marathon than be called a yellow bellied coward. The man who will treat the cold and the wind and the rain like it's his local tax collector. The man who looks at Roche aux Faucons and says I'll whip your ass you commie bastard. The man who looks at the sonofabitch next to him and...

Me - Have you a name?

George - Pogacar you stupid fuc...

Me - Thanks General.

Here's your start list.

The Rules

In this game, only the race results matter. You're not committed to keeping the same riders throughout the series, you make fresh picks before every race. Our overall competition is just the sum of individual race scores. You're eligible for the overall even if you miss some races.

Pick 4 riders for the upcoming race. The order of your picks doesn't matter. All of your riders can score.

Riders score points down to 10th place. Less popular riders score more points than heavily-picked favourites. See below for scoring details.

The strict entry deadline is the official start time of the race, the neutralized roll-out or Départ Fictif. Be warned - if your post is timestamped one minute late your entry won't count! So do remember that there's no disadvantage to getting an entry in early, even the day before, because you may always change your picks up until the deadline. Feel free to rethink your picks when it emerges which riders are more or less popular with other players. If you make changes, post your revised 4 picks in a reply to your original post.

The Scoring