Rider popularity
43: NIBALI Vincenzo (Out of 45 teams: Otoxiep and Squire are the two who declined him)
32: LANDA MEANA Mikel
30: O'CONNOR Ben
20: EWAN Caleb
19: ZAKARIN Ilnur (all but one of the Zakarin teams also have Landa)
18: CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban
11: ROGLIC Primoz
10: AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey, SIVAKOV Pavel
All of the above are on the Collective Wisdom, apart from Roglic, who would have put it way over budget. Without him, it does come up rather underspent, at 3057
8: COVILI Luca, SENNI Manuel
7: KANGERT Tanel
6: FORMOLO Davide, MODOLO Sacha, NIZZOLO Giacomo
5: CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio, MOSCHETTI Matteo
4: AGNOLI Valerio, BATTAGLIN Enrico, CIMOLAI Davide, DE GENDT Thomas, GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando, JUNGELS Bob, ORSINI Umberto, PLAZA MOLINA Ruben, RENSHAW Mark, YATES Simon
3: CICCONE Giulio, GAROSIO Andrea, GEOGHEGAN HART Tao, GIBBONS Ryan, HATSUYAMA Sho, HIRT Jan, KNOX James, MASNADA Fausto
2: ANTUNES Amaro Manuel Reposo, CARBONI Giovanni, CARTHY Hugh, CLARKE William, DE LA PARTE GONZALEZ Victor, DUPONT Hubert, FLOREZ LOPEZ Miguel Eduardo, FRAPPORTI Marco, GALLOPIN Tony, HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian, MAJKA Rafal, MARECZKO Jakub, SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro, TEN DAM Laurens, VUILLERMOZ Alexis
and the 22 unique picks are shown above.
Team popularity
43 points if you have Nibali, 1 point for any unique pick.
1 TotalPackage 176
2 Del1962 174
3 Laarsland 173
4 Comodoro 164
5 AmisVelo 159
6 PremierAndrew 157
7 Search 156
8 Flo 154
9 Bminchow 153
10 Kazistuta 149
11 SafeBet 147
12 Torcia86 144
13 Rote_Laterne 142
13 Salvarani 142
15 Scrool07 141
16 Shalgo 140
17 LosBrolin 139
18 Triley36 138
19 ChrisDK 136
19 Fauniera 136
19 Mellow_Velo 136
22 ArchieBoy 135
23 Karaev 129
24 Yellow_Knight 128
25 Googolplex 127
26 Otoxiep87 126
27 Minessa 125
28 Armchair_Cyclist 124
29 Carlo_Algatrensig 121
29 DJSprtsch 121
31 Vladimir 117
32 Nathanptz 114
32 Will10 114
34 JustSomeGuy 109
35 BluesInTheBottle 108
35 Leadbelly 108
37 BicycleBoy 107
37 Squire 107
39 BikeRacer33 105
39 Tigerion 105
41 Tobydawq 100
42 GodChild 93
43 LightBing 91
44 Koronin 81
45 Josedin 77
Collective_Wisdom 182
Josedin's in the least popular team, but has no unique picks: Koronin's is the most unique team, with 6 otherwise unselected riders. DJSprtsch, with 3 unique picks, is her nearest challenger in that regard.
Major picks
I was going to only include riders more expensive than Nibali in this analysis, but the popularity of Zakarin and Landa led me to include down to them. The lower threshhold for including riders than I have had in other games means that some teams have as many as 5 of these important buys.
Dumoulin with Nibali alone: God Child
Roglic with Nibali and Ewan: BikeRacer33, Mellow Velo
with Nibali and Landa: Leadbelly, Los Brolin, Nathanptz, Rote Laterne, SafeBet, Shalgo
with Nibali alone: Armchair Cyclist, Karaev
with Zakarin and Landa: Squire
Yates with Sosa and Nibali: Blues in the Bottle
with Nibali and Ewan: Tigerion
with Nibali alone: Bicycle Boy, Just Some Guy
Jungels with Nibali, Zakarin and Landa: Bminchow, Search, Yellow Knight
with Majka, Nibali and Zakarin: LightBing
Carapaz with Formolo, Nibali, Zakarin and Landa: Torcia86
with Formolo, Nibali and Landa: Tobydawq
with Nibali, Ewan and Landa: Scrool07
with Nibali, Masnada and Landa: ArchieBoy
with Nibali alone: Josedin
Gaviria with Nibali, Ewan, Zakarin and Landa: Total Package
with Ewan, Zakarin and Landa: Otoxiep87
with Nibali, Zakarin and Landa: Salvarani
with Nibali, Ewan and Landa: Googolplex
Majka with Nibali, Zakarin and Landa: Del1962
Formolo with Nibali, Ewan, Zakarin and Landa: Laarsland
with Nibali, Zakarin and Landa: DJ Sprtsch, Vladimir
with Nibali, Ewan and Landa: Minessa
Bilbao with Nibali and Landa: Koronin
Sosa with Nibali, Zakarin and Landa: ChrisDK
Nibali with Ewan, Masnada and Landa: Triley36
with Ewan and Masnada: Carlo Algatrensig
with Ewan, Zakarin and Landa: Amis Velo, Comodoro, Fauniera, Flo, Kazistuta, Premier Andrew
with Ewan and Landa: Will10
Riders in this price bracket who are not chosen are VIVIANI Elia, LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel, ACKERMANN Pascal, IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Ion, POZZOVIVO Domenico, MOLLEMA Bauke, DEMARE Arnaud, ULISSI Diego, MADOUAS Valentin, OOMEN Sam and CATTANEO Mattia.
