[Leadbelly]

It's gonna be unusual heading into these latter events with some riders to cheer on for once - Alaphilippe, Matthews, GVA, Vansevenant, Pidcock and maybe Jorgenson. Making up 650 points though is probably asking too much.

[Armchair Cyclist]

Race 18  Brabantse Pijl

For the first time since Milan-San Remo, the race winner appears in some of our teams.

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
1	PIDCOCK Thomas	130	8
3	TRENTIN Matteo	66	5
7	TEUNS Dylan	40	2
12	VAN AVERMAET Greg	18	13
14	MADOUAS Valentin	14	1
18	LAPORTE Christophe	8	8

		This race	Main scorers	Green points
1	Bminchow	214	Pidcock/Trentin/Van Avermaet	80
2	Leadbelly	148	Pidcock/Van Avermaet	36.66
2	JustSomeGuy	148	"	36.66
2	Del1962	148	"	36.66
5	Ray10	138	Pidcock/Laporte	10
5	Otoxiep87	138	"	10
5	Googolplex	138	"	10
8	Josedin	130	Pidcock	3
9	Kazistuta	120	Trentin/Teuns/Madouas	2
10	AmisVelo	84		0.5
10	SemirS	84		0.5
12	Triley36	66
13	Blues_in_the_Bottle	40
14	Madrazo	26
14	DJSprtsch	26
14	Armchair	26
14	Search	26
14	Comodoro	26
19	RoteLaterne	18
19	Scrool07	18
21	MellowVelo	0
21	ChrisDK	0
	CollectiveWisdom	156

Green points
Any manager could score, in theory, another 240 points, if they topscore in the three remaining events, which would mean that anyone down to Triley in 15th could still win.

		Green points	change in rank
1	Madrazo	352.5	0
2	ChrisDK	330.03	0
3	Josedin	301.53	0
4	RoteLaterne	250.21	0
5	DJSprtsch	233.71	0
6	Ray10	232.6	0
7	Blues_in_the_Bottle	206.82	0
8	AmisVelo	206.32	0
9	Kazistuta	202.82	0
10	Bminchow	176.5	8

Standings

The leader failed to score, and the team in 3rd outscored that in second: it is bunching up at the top.

Rank	Team	Points	Change in rank
1	Madrazo	2256	0
2	AmisVelo	2170	0
3	Josedin	2104	0
4	RoteLaterne	1908	0
5	MellowVelo	1884	0
6	Blues_in_the_Bottle	1844	0
7	Ray10	1834	1
8	Bminchow	1809	3
9	DJSprtsch	1782	-2
10	Leadbelly	1737	2
11	SemirS	1681	-1
12	JustSomeGuy	1661	2
13	ChrisDK	1638	-4
14	Kazistuta	1552	2
15	Armchair	1545	-2
16	Search	1500	-1
17	Otoxiep87	1455	0
18	Del1962	1452	2
19	Triley36	1372	-1
20	Comodoro	1332	-2
21	Googolplex	1205	1
22	Scrool07	1111	-1
	CollectiveWisdom	2134

CN:  1602
VR: 1784

The leader seems to be running out of steam, and two are chasing him down relentlessly.  As we head into the final hills, it seems that these three will comprise the podium, but in what order?  Or will someone emerge, like Cosnefroy, to try to chase them down?  And if so, will it turn out not to be Cosnefroy-esque, but more like AGR 2019?  The race situation in Brabantse Pijl and our game seem to be echoes of each other.  I had overlooked Pidcock in my summary of who might hold the key in my post-Ronde roundup: neither I nor Wout Van Aert should have underestimated him.

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