[just some guy]

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 21

Green points

1   DJSprtsch   85 (Pedersen and Sagan)
2=   Googolplex, Laarsland, Search, Shalgo   80 (Bennett)
6=   Bminchow, Yellow_Knight   35 (Sagan)
8=   ArchieBoy, ChrisDK, Ray10   10  (Van Aert)
11   BluesInTheBottle, Josedin, JustSomeGuy, Koronin, SafeBet   2 (Coquard)
16   The rest   0

Final Green Standings

Archie spent much of the race in the lead in this classification, but in the end, Sagan-like, he succumbed to Sam Bennett.  Hirschi getting more stage points than Mezgec was the maiin difference that gets Search the minor award.

1   Search   669
2   Laarsland   649
3   ArchieBoy   647
4   Salvarani   598
5   Scrool07   585
6   ChrisDK   567
7   Googolplex   542
8   Ray10   535
9   JustSomeGuy   510
10   Shalgo   486
11   DJSprtsch   445
12   BluesInTheBottle   435
13   AmisVelo   429
14   Otoxiep87   415
15   Del1962   381
16   BicycleBoy   370
17   Josedin   359
18   Armchair_Cyclist   342
19   Yellow_Knight   332
20   SafeBet   279
21   Northerner   275
22   Koronin   266
23   Bminchow   249
24   Comodoro   238
25   BikeRacer33   228
26   Pirate81   221
27   Mellow_Velo   214
28   Triley36   187
29   Rote_Laterne   157
30   Leadbelly   134
   Collective_Wisdom   277

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 21   Main Game 

Very little change in rider scores other than the stage points, not even 20 points for the leader

BENNETT Sam   80   4 teams
PEDERSEN Mads   50   1
SAGAN Peter   35   3
VAN AERT Wout   10   3
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban   2   2
KÄMNA Lennard   2   7
SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon   2   1
COQUARD Bryan   2   5
---
MARTIN Daniel   -1   4
REICHENBACH Sébastien   -2   1
BENNETT George   -4   2


Today

almost exactly as above

1   DJSprtsch   85
2   Googolplex   80
2   Laarsland   80
2   Search   80
2   Shalgo   80
6   Yellow_Knight   35
7   Bminchow   34
8   ChrisDK   14
9   ArchieBoy   10
10   Ray10   8
11   Koronin   4
12   Armchair_Cyclist   2
12   BikeRacer33   2
12   BluesInTheBottle   2
12   Comodoro   2
12   Josedin   2
12   JustSomeGuy   2
12   SafeBet   2
12   Scrool07   2
20   AmisVelo   0
20   BicycleBoy   0
20   Leadbelly   0
20   Mellow_Velo   0
20   Otoxiep87   0
20   Rote_Laterne   0
20   Triley36   0
27   Del1962   -1
27   Northerner   -1
27   Salvarani   -1
30   Pirate81   -2
   Collective_Wisdom   2


Final standings

In the end, Bol finished behind Coquard, so all my calculations were redundant.  Just Some Guy slightly extends his winning margin, and Search passes Amis Velo to grab the final podium spot.

1   JustSomeGuy   1902   0
2   Salvarani   1879   0
3   Search   1590   1
4   AmisVelo   1528   -1
5   BluesInTheBottle   1503   0
6   Del1962   1496   0
7   BicycleBoy   1444   0
8   Scrool07   1383   0
9   Laarsland   1325   0
10   Koronin   1184   0
11   Shalgo   1174   1
12   Armchair_Cyclist   1162   -1
12   DJSprtsch   1162   1
14   ChrisDK   1084   0
15   Ray10   1070   0
16   Otoxiep87   1044   0
17   Googolplex   1043   2
18   ArchieBoy   1018   -1
19   Northerner   968   -1
20   Mellow_Velo   888   0
21   Bminchow   856   1
22   Rote_Laterne   823   -1
23   Yellow_Knight   817   1
24   Triley36   808   -1
25   SafeBet   747   0
26   Josedin   735   0
27   Comodoro   655   0
28   Pirate81   646   0
29   BikeRacer33   632   0
30   Leadbelly   628   0
   Collective_Wisdom   819   


Well done to JSG, to Salvarani for also investing in the winner, and to Search for his double coup on the last day; thanks to all the entrants, and to the CQ and PCS websites, and to those who have retained interest so far.

More numbers tomorrow: spreadsheet is on the link at the end of yesterday's post, but I will generate some analysis tomorrow, all things being well.

And the battle between the forums for their average scores was of Lemond/Fignon closeness: Velorooms 1104.58; CN 1104.53

[Leadbelly]

All Hail Armchair, JSG and Velorooms! The last one no thanks to me.

[just some guy]

Thanks AC for all the work you do with these games.

2nd win for me to won the classics and TDF now.

Let's not talk about Velogames

Well done VR on the average win and Search for and well done the podium especially Salvarani for a fun last stage

[Armchair Cyclist]

All Hail Armchair, JSG and Velorooms! The last one no thanks to me.

But it is thanks to you.  If you had picked a team that scored 627, Cycling News would have won.

I didn't put my own score in either team: although Amis Velo sent his team to me by text, I counted it as VeloRooms, because if he does use one of the forums, it is this one.

[search]

thanks for organizing the game again.

3rd isn't bad, I guess. As MV said the other day, "[Even ] Jens Voigt couldn't beat JSG in Velogames", so I'll just paraphrase that into something positive

[Armchair Cyclist]

Green point scorers

Those winning a stage, or points at least equivalent to that:
POGACAR Tadej   345   2 teams
BENNETT Sam   323   4
ROGLIC Primoz   270   4
VAN AERT Wout   265   3
EWAN Caleb   218   0
ANDERSEN Søren Kragh   198   0
HIRSCHI Marc   166   2
SAGAN Peter   152   3
KÄMNA Lennard   130   7
PEDERSEN Mads   125   1
MEZGEC Luka   116   3
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel   115   6
ALAPHILIPPE Julian   111   2
KRISTOFF Alexander   105   0
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio   102   0
PORTE Richie   97   0
BOL Cees   93   7
KWIATKOWSKI Michal   85   1
LUTSENKO Alexey   85   0
VAN AVERMAET Greg   85   0
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe   80   4
PETERS Nans   80   0

Who had them?

1   Search   669 (Bennett, Hirschi, Lopez)
2   Laarsland   649 (Bennett, Mezgec, Lopez)
3   ArchieBoy   647 (Van Aert, Mezgac, Bol, Martinez)
4   Salvarani   598 (Pogacar, Bol)
5   Scrool07   585 (Hirschi, Kamna, Bol, Martinez)
6   ChrisDK   567 (Van Aert, Kamna, Martinez)
7   Googolplex   542 (Bennett, Bol)
8   Ray10   535 (Van Aert, Kamna, Kwiatkowski)
9   JustSomeGuy   510 (Pogacar)
10   Shalgo   486 (Bennett)
11   DJSprtsch   445 (Sagan, Pedersen)
12   BluesInTheBottle   435 (Roglic)
13   AmisVelo   429 (Roglic, Bol)
14   Otoxiep87   415 (Mezgec, Lopez, Bol)
15   Del1962   381 (Roglic)
16   BicycleBoy   370 (Roglic)
17   Josedin   359 (Kamna, Alaphilippe)
18   Armchair_Cyclist   342 (Kamna, Lopez)
19   Yellow_Knight   332 (Sagan, Martinez)
20   SafeBet   279 (Alaphilippe)
21   Northerner   275 (Lopez)
22   Koronin   266 (none of these, Coquard (77) as highest)
23   Bminchow   249 (Sagan)
24   Comodoro   238 (Bol)
25   BikeRacer33   228 (Kamna)
26   Pirate81   221  (Kamna)
27   Mellow_Velo   214 (Bol)
28   Triley36   187 (none of these, highest Rolland (65))
29   Rote_Laterne   157 (None, Dumoulin (52))
30   Leadbelly   134 (None, Dumoulin (52))
   Collective_Wisdom   277 (Kamna, Bol)
So I think that means 8 managers never got to claim that their rider had one the stage.

If you had a focus on this classification alone, and with remarkable foresight, you could have had
POGACAR Tadej
BENNETT Sam
VAN AERT Wout
ANDERSEN Søren Kragh
HIRSCHI Marc
MEZGEC Luka
VERONA QUINTANILLA Carlos
ROWE Luke

as a team, just within budget, scoring 1453 in this classification alone and easily winning the main game with 2527.

[Armchair Cyclist]

Main game scorers

POGACAR Tadej   1048   2 teams
ROGLIC Primoz   975   4
PORTE Richie   480   0
BENNETT Sam   423   4
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel   390   6
VAN AERT Wout   352   3
LANDA MEANA Mikel   350   1
MAS NICOLAU Enric   322   2
YATES Adam   305   0
DUMOULIN Tom   282   28
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio   272   0
EWAN Caleb   248   0
SAGAN Peter   222   3
ANDERSEN Søren Kragh   220   0
ALAPHILIPPE Julian   213   2
HIRSCHI Marc   211   2
URAN URAN Rigoberto   206   7
MARTIN Guillaume   180   2
KÄMNA Lennard   174   7
CARUSO Damiano   167   0
ROLLAND Pierre   152   6
KRISTOFF Alexander   145   0
PEDERSEN Mads   145   1
MEZGEC Luka   136   3
KUSS Sepp   135   3
KWIATKOWSKI Michal   134   1
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe   133   4
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro   132   1
COQUARD Bryan   122   5
BARGUIL Warren   120   0
BOL Cees   113   7
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander   113   1
VERONA QUINTANILLA Carlos   112   1
LUTSENKO Alexey   110   0
VAN AVERMAET Greg   106   0
PETERS Nans   102   0


Who had them?

Assume Dumoulin unless otherwise stated

1   JustSomeGuy   1902  (Pogacar, Mas, Coquard)
2   Salvarani   1879  (Pogacar, Rolland, G Martin, Bol)
3   Search   1590 (Bennett, Lopez, Hirschi, Uran)
4   AmisVelo   1528 (Roglic, Bol)
5   BluesInTheBottle   1503 (Roglic, Coquard)
6   Del1962   1496 (Roglic)
7   BicycleBoy   1444 (Roglic)
8   Scrool07   1383 (Lopez, Hirschi, Kamna, Kuss, Martinez)
9   Laarsland   1325 (Bennett, Lopez, Mezgec)
10   Koronin   1184 (Mas, Kuss, Valverde, Coquard)
11   Shalgo   1174 (Bennett, Uran, Rolland)
12   Armchair_Cyclist   1162 (Lopez, Uran, Kamna)
12   DJSprtsch   1162 (Sagan, Uran, Rolland, Pedersen)
14   ChrisDK   1084 (Van Aert, Kamna, Martinez)
15   Ray10   1070  (Van Aert, Kamna, Kwiatkowski)
16   Otoxiep87   1044 (Lopez, Mezgec, Bol)
17   Googolplex   1043 (Bennett, Kuss, Bol)
18   ArchieBoy   1018 (Van Aert, Rolland, Mezgec, Martinez, Bol, no Dumoulin)
19   Northerner   968 (Lopez, Rolland)
20   Mellow_Velo   888 (Landa, Bol)
21   Bminchow   856 (Sagan, Uran)
22   Rote_Laterne   823 (Uran, Quintana, Verona)
23   Yellow_Knight   817 (Sagan, Marrtinez)
24   Triley36   808 (Uran, Rolland)
25   SafeBet   747 (Alaphilippe, Coquard)
26   Josedin   735 (Alaphilippe, Kamna, Coquard, no Dumoulin)
27   Comodoro   655 (Bol)
28   Pirate81   646 (Kamna)
29   BikeRacer33   632 (Kamna)
30   Leadbelly   628 (G Martin)
   Collective_Wisdom   819 (Uran, Kamna, Bol)


Best riders by return %age

The riders who gave back 2/3 or more of their price
REZA Kévin   400%   3 teaams
VERONA QUINTANILLA Carlos   373%   1
DUMOULIN Tom   203%   28
NIEUWENHUIS Joris   167%   2
ROWE Luke   125%   0
BURGAUDEAU Mathieu   118%   0
SICARD Romain   109%   0
ROLLAND Pierre   106%   6
ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew   105%   1
HIRSCHI Marc   104%   2
VAN GARDEREN Tejay   100.0   7
ANDERSEN Søren Kragh   96%   0
PEDERSEN Casper Phillip   88%   0
GRELLIER Fabien   87%   0
MAS NICOLAU Enric   83%   2
BOL Cees   77%   7
MEZGEC Luka   76%   3
KWIATKOWSKI Michal   75%   1
CHEVALIER Maxime   74%   0
QUINTANA ROJAS Dayer Uberney   74%   0
POGACAR Tadej   73%   2
URAN URAN Rigoberto   67%   7
LADAGNOUS Matthieu   67%   0


The "I shouldn't have done that" list: those returning less than 10% of their price (ignoring those that no-one picked.  Buchmann and Bernal seriously damaged many teams' hopes, but Pinot was on so many teams, and rather ineffectually replaced by the few that didn't have him, that he made little difference.
MOHORIC Matej   9.0 %   1 team
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander   8.2   1
SIVAKOV Pavel   8.0   3
BONIFAZIO Niccolo   7.9   1
PINOT Thibaut   6.9   26
DE GENDT Thomas   6.8   4
BUCHMANN Emanuel   6.5   12
BENNETT George   5.9   2
NIZZOLO Giacomo   4.8   3
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley   2.8   16
BARDET Romain   0.8   7
ARU Fabio   0.0   2
CRAS Steff   0.0   1
DEBUSSCHERE Jens   0.0   1
DEGENKOLB John   0.0   2
FORMOLO Davide   0.0   2
GAUDU David   0.0   1
LATOUR Pierre   0.0   3
PÖSTLBERGER Lukas   0.0   1
POZZOVIVO Domenico   0.0   3


Impeccable picks
POGACAR Tadej
PORTE Richie
MAS NICOLAU Enric
DUMOULIN Tom
VERONA QUINTANILLA Carlos
ROWE Luke
REZA Kévin



Best possible team
This might not be the best possible, but without trying too many permutations, this is the best I can find.  Let me know if you can find a better one (@Hakkie2 nearly always could, but hasn't been on these games for a while)
POGACAR Tadej
PORTE Richie
MAS NICOLAU Enric
YATES Adam
DUMOULIN Tom
ANDERSEN Søren Kragh
HIRSCHI Marc
URAN URAN Rigoberto
Cost 3977, Score 3074 (and 941 for the green game)

Winner's team

POGACAR Tadej   1048
MAS NICOLAU Enric   322
DUMOULIN Tom   282
COQUARD Bryan   122
PINOT Thibaut   54
BUCHMANN Emanuel   33
GIBBONS Ryan   21
DE GENDT Thomas   20

and in terms of what separated him from the 50% identical team of Salvarani
JSG
MAS NICOLAU Enric   322
COQUARD Bryan   122
BUCHMANN Emanuel   33
GIBBONS Ryan   21


Salvarani
MARTIN Guillaume   180
ROLLAND Pierre   152
BOL Cees   113
MARTIN Daniel   30

So essentially, it was Jens Debusschere's sacrificing himself to keep Coquard inside the lime limit on stage 17 that won it for Just Some Guy.



Here is the spreadsheet, and I'll see you all far too soon for the Giro.

[rote_laterne]

Late but warm congratulations to JSG and again a big thank you to AC.