Print Page - 2022 Giro CQ Game

Here we go again:
For those who already know how it all works, the key info is unchanged budget of 3500, 8 men rider prices as of update to be released on 2nd May, submit by start of stage 1 on 6th May, and selection spreadsheet is here (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1R50MnJnXdyzJ3bRNrx1eFfthi9rs0IT5/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=110432943115475649598&rtpof=true&sd=true).

If you found it necessary to read beyond that, you might be new to the games, in which case you are very welcome.

In the Giro CQ Game your challenge is to select a team of 8 riders that will be competing in the Giro: your team remains unchanged throughout, for better or worse. There is no selecting different riders for different stages, any more than the DSes get to do so.
The restriction on your team is that they must have a total cost of 3500 or less, based on their CQ points gained for the year to 1st May (http://cqranking.com). That is determined by a download of scores that should be available on the afternoon of Monday 2nd May on that excellent website, which I shall upload to a selection tool here (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1R50MnJnXdyzJ3bRNrx1eFfthi9rs0IT5/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=110432943115475649598&rtpof=true&sd=true) (If you prefer not to use that tool, you are looking for the red number in a white box just below the old-fashioned fuel gauge style meter in the top right of a rider's page, such as this example that you won't be using (https://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider.asp?riderid=26526), but that figure can change from day to day: it is the number as of the end of Sunday 1st that matters).

Your selected riders can gain points according to the CQ scale for GC position (500 for the winner, then 375, 315, 265, 240 down to 135 for 10th, 44 for 30th, 16 for 50th and 15 for all finishers below that), for being awarded the Pink jersey (18 points per stage, except the last one), for stage position (70 points, then 40, 25, 15, 10 down to 1 for 10th) and for final ranking in the climbing and points classifications (same distribution as for stages, no points for leading the classification during the race, no points for the young rider classification).

I will update daily, real life permitting, with a table based on each team's projected finish if nothing were to change in the classifications from that point on, and also with a secondary classification ("purplish points", because I won't concede that that colour is described as cyclamen in English) based only on stage finish points. Some managers like to stack their teams with sprinters and breakaway riders with an eye on that prize.

To enter, please sent your list of 8 riders (please do not append info like their cost or teams, it creates extra work for me) to me by PM on either Cycling News Forum or VeloRooms (you will contribute to the average score of your chosen platform in the inter-Forum challenge) by the start of the race on Friday 6th (11:40 CET I believe). I will lodge my selection with the first entrant (usually Comodoro, but sometimes others are faster) as soon as possible to ensure I am above suspicion. PLEASE send the riders' names in the form in which they appear on the CQ site (and therefore in the selection spreadsheet), otherwise entering your team becomes much more laborious. And while you can start planning, please do not submit your teams until the prices are finalised: if riders are doing Romandie or Eschborn-Frankfurt, or if they did them last year, the numbers will probably be wrong.

If you do not leave submitting your team until the last minute, I should be able to warn you if there is any error and give you a chance to change it. I do have a strangely contrived set of criteria by which replacements are selected if you are over budget or have a non-starter, but I'll only post it if necessary.

Please do have a go: it's a bit of fun, and it feels far more worth my time if there is a good number of entrants. Feel free to publicise it wherever seems appropriate.

And as I usually say on my PMs to confirm receipt of teams, good luck to your teams, and enjoy the game and the Giro.

OK the price download is in place, so the selection spreadsheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1R50MnJnXdyzJ3bRNrx1eFfthi9rs0IT5/edit#gid=2003132756) has been updated. 15 out of 22 teams have confirmed their lineups.

Only about 3 1/2 days to get your teams in: let's go!

Edit: And as predicted, Comodoro is the first to get his team in, and mine is on record with him.

here's also the usual startlist with cq values:


INEOS GRENADIERS		AG2R CITROEN TEAM
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	1552	VENDRAME Andrea	373
CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan	141	CALMEJANE Lilian	222
TULETT Ben	245	CHEREL Mikael	51
NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan Manuel	191	GALL Felix	187
PORTE Richie	591	HÄNNINEN Jaakko	37
PUCCIO Salvatore	30	PETERS Nans	45
SIVAKOV Pavel	289	PRODHOMME Nicolas	32
SWIFT Ben	164	NAESEN Lawrence	113
	3203		1060
ALPECIN-FENIX		ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	1380	NIBALI Vincenzo	344
BAYER Tobias	143	CONTI Valerio	119
DE BONDT Dries	367	DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David	549
KRIEGER Alexander	31	DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd	167
LEYSEN Senne	48	FELLINE Fabio	122
MARECZKO Jakub	124	LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel	507
OLDANI Stefano	270	PRONSKIY Vadim	117
RIESEBEEK Oscar	195	TEJADA CANACUE Harold Alfonso	86
	2558		2011
BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS		BARDIANI CSF FAIZANE'
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	970	ZANA Filippo	389
BAUHAUS Phil	492	COVILI Luca	154
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	312	FIORELLI Filippo	217
LANDA MEANA Mikel	393	GABBURO Davide	160
NOVAK Domen	41	MODOLO Sacha	50
POELS Wout	528	RASTELLI Luca	22
SÜTTERLIN Jasha	70	TONELLI Alessandro	47
TRATNIK Jan	505	ZOCCARATO Samuele	138
	3311		1177
BORA - HANSGROHE		COFIDIS
KELDERMAN Wilco	544	MARTIN Guillaume	941
ALEOTTI Giovanni	406	CIMOLAI Davide	203
BENEDETTI Cesare	75	CONSONNI Simone	440
BUCHMANN Emanuel	177	KREDER Wesley	55
GAMPER Patrick	80	PEREZ Anthony	270
HINDLEY Jai	363	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	223
KÄMNA Lennard	184	ROCHAS Rémy	212
ZWIEHOFF Ben	79	VILLELLA Davide	268
	1908		2612
DRONE HOPPER - ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI		EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST
TESFATSION Natnael Ocbit	308	CORT NIELSEN Magnus	459
BAIS Mattia	119	CAICEDO CEPEDA Jonathan Klever	48
CEPEDA ORTIZ Jefferson Alexander	164	CAMARGO PINEDA Diego Andres	45
TAGLIANI Filippo	55	CARR Simon	153
PONOMAR Andriy	53	CARTHY Hugh	263
RAVANELLI Simone	86	DOULL Owain	64
ZARDINI Edoardo	88	KUDUS Merhawi Gebremedhin	211
SEPULVEDA Eduardo	326	VAN DEN BERG Julius	95
	1199		1338
EOLO-KOMETA CYCLING TEAM		GROUPAMA - FDJ
FORTUNATO Lorenzo	506	DEMARE Arnaud	790
ALBANESE Vincenzo	455	DAVY Clément	49
BAIS Davide	39	GUARNIERI Jacopo	25
FETTER Erik	72	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	45
GAVAZZI Francesco	128	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	81
MAESTRI Mirco	50	SCOTSON Miles	40
RIVI Samuele	79	SINKELDAM Ramon	35
ROSA Diego	49	VALTER Attila	446
	1378		1511
INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY - GOBERT MATÉRIAUX		ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	721	NIZZOLO Giacomo	812
DE GENDT Aimé	214	BRÄNDLE Matthias	72
HIRT Jan	352	CATAFORD Alexander	25
PEAK Barnabas	127	DE MARCHI Alessandro	397
VLIEGEN Loïc	188	DOWSETT Alex	44
POZZOVIVO Domenico	302	BIERMANS Jenthe	78
ROTA Lorenzo	495	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	56
TAARAMÄE Rein	318	ZABEL Rick	81
	2717		1565
JUMBO-VISMA		LOTTO SOUDAL
DUMOULIN Tom	358	EWAN Caleb	472
AFFINI Edoardo	362	SELIG Rüdiger	45
BOUWMAN Koen	310	VANHOUCKE Harm	263
EENKHOORN Pascal	277	DE GENDT Thomas	30
FOSS Tobias Svendsen	362	HOLMES Matthew	37
LEEMREIZE Gijs	102	KLUGE Roger	20
OOMEN Sam	273	MONIQUET Sylvain	83
VAN EMDEN Jos	126	SCHWARZMANN Michael	31
	2170		981
MOVISTAR TEAM		QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL TEAM
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro	1073	CAVENDISH Mark	938
ARCAS PEÑA Jorge	35	KNOX James	69
BARTA William	53	BALLERINI Davide	151
LAZKANO LOPEZ Oier	43	CERNY Josef	163
PEDRERO LOPEZ Antonio	300	SCHMID Mauro	249
ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin	66	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	183
SAMITIER SAMITIER Sergio	96	MØRKØV CHRISTENSEN Michael	230
SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro	269	VANSEVENANT Mauri	278
	1935		2261
TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE - JAYCO		TEAM DSM
YATES Simon	975	BARDET Romain	925
CRADDOCK Lawson	181	ARENSMAN Thymen	287
HAMILTON Lucas	35	BOL Cees	149
HEPBURN Michael	20	COMBAUD Romain	95
HOWSON Damien	205	DAINESE Alberto	390
JUUL JENSEN Christopher	60	DENZ Nico	64
SCOTSON Callum	29	HAMILTON Chris	154
SOBRERO Matteo	297	TUSVELD Martijn	113
	1802		2177
TREK - SEGAFREDO		UAE TEAM EMIRATES
CICCONE Giulio	408	ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	1604
CATALDO Dario	62	OLIVEIRA Rui Filipe Alves	180
SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias	378	COSTA Rui Alberto Faria	387
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	192	COVI Alessandro	669
MOLLEMA Bauke	743	FORMOLO Davide	300
MOSCA Jacopo	57	GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	484
THEUNS Edward	336	RICHEZE ARAQUISTAIN Maximiliano Ariel	62
VERGAERDE Otto	45	ULISSI Diego	1195
	2221		4881

edit: all confirmed now

All the teams are confirmed, but with 12 teams in so far, there are only 2 to represent VeloRooms. This forum has a fine reputation to uphold on beating Cycling News in most of these games, so don't forget to contribute to the effort.

I'm all in for pink!

Hmmm this isn't so easy this year. Usually there are a few essential low costing picks that enable you to spend big on a couple of guys, but I don't see them this time round.

Quote from: Leadbelly on May 05, 2022, 08:56

Hmmm this isn't so easy this year. Usually there are a few essential low costing picks that enable you to spend big on a couple of guys, but I don't see them this time round.

Yeah.
I currently have 3 versions of my team, all because I can't find an alternative for just one rider and decide which of two big spends to opt for...

My last gratuitous bumping of the thread to remind you to enter.

27 teams submitted so far (I hope I have acknowledged all of them), 61 different riders selected, 3 of them on more than half the teams, and 28 unique picks.

My work appointment for Friday pm has been cancelled, so I'll be working on the lists and numbers while watching stage one. Make sure your list of 8 is with me before it starts so that you are included. (and if you do it before about 8am UK time I'll be able to check it for you).

If you're not in it, you can't win it!

And they're off

37 teams, 71 riders, and (eventually) one winner.

The teams
Teams sorted alphabetically, riders by cost: asterisks for unique picks.

Amis Velo
   YATES Simon
   LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
   EWAN Caleb
   CICCONE Giulio
   LANDA MEANA Mikel
   HINDLEY Jai
   DUMOULIN Tom
   HEPBURN Michael

Archie Boy
   YATES Simon
   POELS Wout   *
   EWAN Caleb
   CORT NIELSEN Magnus
   ALEOTTI Giovanni   *
   PEDRERO LOPEZ Antonio   *
   ARENSMAN Thymen
   KNOX James

Armchair Cyclist
   CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio
   YATES Simon
   LANDA MEANA Mikel
   DUMOULIN Tom
   KNOX James
   DENZ Nico   *
   PONOMAR Andriy   *
   HAMILTON Lucas

Berflamand
   VAN DER POEL Mathieu
   LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
   LANDA MEANA Mikel
   POZZOVIVO Domenico
   ARENSMAN Thymen
   CARTHY Hugh
   GALL Felix
   BUCHMANN Emanuel

Bicycle Boy
   CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio
   VAN DER POEL Mathieu
   POZZOVIVO Domenico
   KNOX James
   ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin   *
   MODOLO Sacha
   PETERS Nans
   DE GENDT Thomas

Blues in the Bottle
   CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio
   LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
   CICCONE Giulio
   HINDLEY Jai
   SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro
   KÄMNA Lennard
   CEPEDA ORTIZ Jefferson Alexander
   DAVY Clément   *

Bminchow
   GIRMAY HAILU Biniam
   KELDERMAN Wilco
   LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
   EWAN Caleb
   CICCONE Giulio
   LANDA MEANA Mikel
   CARTHY Hugh
   GALL Felix

Bonimenier
   BARDET Romain
   KELDERMAN Wilco
   LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
   LANDA MEANA Mikel
   DUMOULIN Tom
   ARENSMAN Thymen
   CARTHY Hugh
   GALL Felix

Comodoro
   YATES Simon
   LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
   GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando
   LANDA MEANA Mikel
   HINDLEY Jai
   SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro
   CARTHY Hugh
   CIMOLAI Davide

Del1962
   BARDET Romain
   LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
   EWAN Caleb
   LANDA MEANA Mikel
   DUMOULIN Tom
   NIBALI Vincenzo
   CARTHY Hugh
   KÄMNA Lennard

DJSprtsch
   VAN DER POEL Mathieu
   LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
   EWAN Caleb
   DUMOULIN Tom
   FIORELLI Filippo
   CIMOLAI Davide
   KÄMNA Lennard
   DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd   *

Evans is the Best
   GIRMAY HAILU Biniam
   GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando
   EWAN Caleb
   LANDA MEANA Mikel
   SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias
   DUMOULIN Tom
   NIBALI Vincenzo
   TAARAMÄE Rein

Josedin
   CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio
   DEMARE Arnaud   *
   LANDA MEANA Mikel
   ARENSMAN Thymen
   CARTHY Hugh
   BALLERINI Davide
   DE GENDT Thomas
   HEPBURN Michael

Jumbo Visma Fan
   YATES Simon
   LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
   EWAN Caleb
   CORT NIELSEN Magnus
   FOSS Tobias Svendsen
   VANSEVENANT Mauri   *
   GALL Felix
   KÄMNA Lennard

Kazistuta
   YATES Simon
   GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando
   EWAN Caleb
   CICCONE Giulio
   LANDA MEANA Mikel
   CARTHY Hugh
   KÄMNA Lennard
   FELLINE Fabio

Laarsland
   CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio
   LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
   EWAN Caleb
   TAARAMÄE Rein
   GALL Felix
   CARR Simon   *
   BOL Cees   *
   MARECZKO Jakub   *

Leadbelly
   YATES Simon
   LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
   EWAN Caleb
   CICCONE Giulio
   LANDA MEANA Mikel
   HINDLEY Jai
   GALL Felix
   KÄMNA Lennard

Manafana
   YATES Simon
   LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
   LANDA MEANA Mikel
   SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias
   HINDLEY Jai
   SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro
   CARTHY Hugh
   GALL Felix

Mellow Velo
   ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves   *
   LANDA MEANA Mikel
   FOSS Tobias Svendsen
   DUMOULIN Tom
   ARENSMAN Thymen
   CARTHY Hugh
   GALL Felix
   DOWSETT Alex

Northerner
   YATES Simon
   LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
   EWAN Caleb
   LANDA MEANA Mikel
   HINDLEY Jai
   ARENSMAN Thymen
   SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro
   BUCHMANN Emanuel

Nyssinator
   YATES Simon
   KELDERMAN Wilco
   EWAN Caleb
   VALTER Attila
   LANDA MEANA Mikel
   CARTHY Hugh
   GALL Felix
   BALLERINI Davide

Otoxiep87
   YATES Simon
   LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
   GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando
   VALTER Attila
   LANDA MEANA Mikel
   FOSS Tobias Svendsen
   CARTHY Hugh
   DOULL Owain   *

RedHead Dane
   DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David   *
   BAUHAUS Phil   *
   DE BONDT Dries   *
   FOSS Tobias Svendsen
   KUDUS Merhawi Gebremedhin   *
   KREDER Wesley   *
   TONELLI Alessandro   *
   DOWSETT Alex

Rote Laterne
   YATES Simon
   LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
   EWAN Caleb
   LANDA MEANA Mikel
   HINDLEY Jai
   DUMOULIN Tom
   KÄMNA Lennard
   BUCHMANN Emanuel

Rufs
   VAN DER POEL Mathieu
   EWAN Caleb
   CICCONE Giulio
   LANDA MEANA Mikel
   DUMOULIN Tom
   CARTHY Hugh
   BUCHMANN Emanuel
   HAMILTON Lucas

Safe Bet
   YATES Simon
   LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
   CICCONE Giulio
   LANDA MEANA Mikel
   FOSS Tobias Svendsen
   SIVAKOV Pavel
   ARENSMAN Thymen
   CARTHY Hugh

Salvarani
   VAN DER POEL Mathieu
   BARDET Romain
   LANDA MEANA Mikel
   SIVAKOV Pavel
   GALL Felix
   KÄMNA Lennard
   KNOX James
   PETERS Nans

Samu Cuenca
   MARTIN Guillaume   *
   DAINESE Alberto   *
   FOSS Tobias Svendsen
   POZZOVIVO Domenico
   FIORELLI Filippo
   GALL Felix
   KÄMNA Lennard
   PETERS Nans

Scrooll07
   YATES Simon
   BARDET Romain
   LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
   CICCONE Giulio
   CARTHY Hugh
   CIMOLAI Davide
   LEEMREIZE Gijs   *
   MODOLO Sacha

Search
   CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio
   GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando
   LANDA MEANA Mikel
   POZZOVIVO Domenico
   CARTHY Hugh
   KÄMNA Lennard
   CEPEDA ORTIZ Jefferson Alexander
   BALLERINI Davide

Slow Climber
   YATES Simon
   LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
   EWAN Caleb
   LANDA MEANA Mikel
   FOSS Tobias Svendsen
   ARENSMAN Thymen
   CARTHY Hugh
   GALL Felix

Titan31
   BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello   *
   GIRMAY HAILU Biniam
   FORTUNATO Lorenzo   *
   LANDA MEANA Mikel
   ARENSMAN Thymen
   CARTHY Hugh
   GALL Felix
   HAMILTON Lucas

TRiley36
   YATES Simon
   BARDET Romain
   LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
   LANDA MEANA Mikel
   SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro
   LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro   *
   KÄMNA Lennard
   ROSA Diego

Vladimir
   CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio
   EWAN Caleb
   CICCONE Giulio
   NIBALI Vincenzo
   ARENSMAN Thymen
   BUCHMANN Emanuel
   FELLINE Fabio
   PRONSKIY Vadim   *

Will10
   YATES Simon
   EWAN Caleb
   VALTER Attila
   LANDA MEANA Mikel
   VENDRAME Andrea   *
   FOSS Tobias Svendsen
   SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro
   KÄMNA Lennard

Yellow Knight
   VAN DER POEL Mathieu
   LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
   EWAN Caleb
   LANDA MEANA Mikel
   CARTHY Hugh
   SCHMID Mauro   *
   GALL Felix
   DE GENDT Thomas

Zigzag Wanderer
   YATES Simon
   GIRMAY HAILU Biniam
   EWAN Caleb
   LANDA MEANA Mikel
   TESFATSION Natnael Ocbit   *
   ARENSMAN Thymen
   GALL Felix
   ROSA Diego

The riders

An interesting distribution. There were hardly any riders starting in the 700-900 bracket, where riders one might expect in the top ten would often be found and can be fairly popular picks. That means that there are far more riders being picked in the 300-450 bracket (with some real gems in that range), so far fewer of the variety of under 100 pt riders, among whom in most years we would find a lot of the variety in picks, and the source of a large proportion of the number of riders relevant to the game.

So, out of 37 teams, here are the numbers going for each rider:

27: LANDA MEANA Mikel
20: LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
19: EWAN Caleb
18: CARTHY Hugh, YATES Simon
15: GALL Felix
12: KÄMNA Lennard
11: ARENSMAN Thymen
Those eight have a within-budget total cost of 3268, so neatly define themselves as the Collective Wisdom team.
9: CICCONE Giulio, DUMOULIN Tom
8: FOSS Tobias Svendsen
7: CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio, HINDLEY Jai
6: SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro, VAN DER POEL Mathieu
5: BARDET Romain, BUCHMANN Emanuel, GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando
4: GIRMAY HAILU Biniam, KNOX James, POZZOVIVO Domenico
3: BALLERINI Davide, CIMOLAI Davide, DE GENDT Thomas, HAMILTON Lucas, KELDERMAN Wilco, NIBALI Vincenzo, PETERS Nans, VALTER Attila
2: CEPEDA ORTIZ Jefferson Alexander, CORT NIELSEN Magnus, DOWSETT Alex, FELLINE Fabio, FIORELLI Filippo, HEPBURN Michael, MODOLO Sacha, ROSA Diego, SIVAKOV Pavel, SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias, TAARAMÄE Rein

and I hope that if you were to count the asterisks above, there will be 31 of them.

Popularity table
The total of the popularity scores for each rider (Landa has 27, Lopez 20 etc)

1	SlowClimber	136
2	Leadbelly	127
3	Rote_Laterne	117
4	Bminchow	115
5	Del1962	113
5	Manafana	113
5	Northerner	113
5	SafeBet	113
9	AmisVelo	111
10	Kazistuta	110
11	Yellow_Knight	109
12	Bonimenier	108
13	Berflamand	106
13	Nyssinator	106
15	Comodoro	104
16	Otoxiep87	100
17	ZigzagWanderer	97
18	Rufs	96
19	JumboVismaFan	95
20	Will10	94
21	Mellow_Velo	91
21	Triley36	91
23	Titan31	80
24	Search	78
25	Scrooll07	76
26	Salvarani	74
27	DJSprtsch	72
27	Josedin	72
29	EvansIsTheBest	71
30	Armchair_Cyclist	70
31	Laarsland	66
32	BluesInTheBottle	64
33	ArchieBoy	57
33	Vladimir	57
35	SamuCuenca	46
36	BicycleBoy	30
37	RedheadDane	16
	Collective_Wisdom	140

Slow Climber has, especially for a rookie in these games, an extraordinarily high popularity score, and he only differs in one pick from the Collective Wisdom team: he has the still fairly popular Foss rather than Kamna, thus making the tracking of the Collective Wisdom team almost redundant.

Major picks
I'll define a major pick as a rider with a cost of 700 points or more. We seem to have unusually few teams that have more than one of them this time, perhaps because of the previously mentioned wealth of riders in the 300-450 range.
So those who have doubled up are:
Carapaz & van der Poel: Bicycle Boy
Carapaz and Yates: Armchair Cyclist
Carapaz & Demare: Josedin
Van der Poel & Bardet: Salvarani
Yates & Bardet: Scrooll07 and TRiley36
Yates & Girmay: Zigzag Wanderer
Bilbao & Girmay: Titan31

so the others only have one of these expensive picks:
Almeida: Mellow Velo
Carapaz: Blues in the Bottle, Search and Vladimir
Van der Poel: Berflamand, DJSprtsch, Rufs and Yellow Knight
Yates: Amis Velo, Archie Boy, Comodoro, Jumbo Visma Fan, Kazistuta, Leadbelly, Manafana, Northerner, Nyssinator, Otoxiep87, Rote Laterne, Safe Bet, Slow Climber and Will10
Martin: Samu Cuenca
Bardet: Bonimenier and Del1962
Girmay: Bminchow and Evans is the Best

while Redhead Dane has unique Pick De La Cruz (549 pts) as her most expensive team member.

Team Similarity

We don't have any identical selections this time around, so I haven't had to ask any teams to select a ninth man.

I have already mentioned the 7 man overlap between Slow Climber and the Collective Wisdom team, but there are a few teams that have 75% co-incidence with another:
Amis Velo & Leadbelly
Amis Velo & Rote Laterne
Comodoro and Manafana
Leadbelly & Rote Laterne
Northerner & Rote Laterne
Safe Bet & Slow Climber

Of course, whether the degree of similarity of teams is relevant depends on whether the riders who are distinctive to each team perform.

I was very surprised to see that no-one other than myself went for the Carapaz-Yates combination: I suspect that leaves me either the winner, or outside the top 20. A similar prediction might be made of Mellow Velo (only manager to choose Almeida) and Bicycle Boy (two of the three most expensive riders in the race). I suppose it is true of Redhead Dane too, but for rather different reasons.

Right, now I have some results to process (but not for a little while: other tasks await me...)

Stage 1
So far, it looks like Contador was on to something, while 19 teams with Ewan are wondering if their chances are already gone.

Purple points
The points for stage placings, and nothing else, make up the minor classification. But the points distribution is different from that in the race, so while riders at the top of maglia ciclamina ranking will probably do well here, the order will not be an exact replica.

	Purple pts	Teams
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	70	6
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	40	4
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	25	1(Titan31)
CORT NIELSEN Magnus	15	2
KELDERMAN Wilco	10	3
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	7	7
MOLLEMA Bauke	5	0
ULISSI Diego	3	0
VENDRAME Andrea	2	1(Will10)
SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias	1	2


1	BicycleBoy	77
2	Berflamand	70
2	DJSprtsch	70
2	Rufs	70
2	Salvarani	70
2	Yellow_Knight	70
7	Titan31	65
8	Bminchow	50
9	EvansIsTheBest	41
10	ZigzagWanderer	40
11	ArchieBoy	15
11	JumboVismaFan	15
13	Bonimenier	10
13	Nyssinator	10
15	Armchair_Cyclist	7
15	BluesInTheBottle	7
15	Josedin	7
15	Laarsland	7
15	Search	7
15	Vladimir	7
21	Will10	2
22	Manafana	1
23	15 others and Collective Wisdom	0

Pink points

What we have here are the GC points as though the Giro were to finish with no further change in rankings, here and now, KoM and Points classification points on the same basis, stage points as above, and an 18 point bonus for anyone to wear the pink jersey the next day.

Girmay + Bilboa don't quite outscore Van der Poel +Carapaz, but by the time other riders are included, Titan takes the first leader's spot.


1	Titan31	1094
2	BicycleBoy	1066
3	Berflamand	1052
4	Rufs	1036
5	Yellow_Knight	1019
6	Bminchow	1011
7	Salvarani	987
8	DJSprtsch	884
9	EvansIsTheBest	850
10	ZigzagWanderer	743
11	JumboVismaFan	598
12	Bonimenier	580
13	Nyssinator	556
14	Vladimir	493
15	Manafana	467
16	Armchair_Cyclist	457
17	ArchieBoy	450
18	BluesInTheBottle	433
19	Will10	416
20	Search	411
21	Laarsland	403
22	Josedin	392
23	Mellow_Velo	382
24	Rote_Laterne	357
25	Leadbelly	343
26	Northerner	339
27	AmisVelo	323
27	Del1962	323
29	SlowClimber	315
30	SafeBet	296
31	Comodoro	287
31	Otoxiep87	287
33	Triley36	282
34	Scrooll07	270
35	Kazistuta	266
36	SamuCuenca	229
37	RedheadDane	143
	Collective_Wisdom	292

InterForum Challenge
Those who submit their entries via VeloRooms (AmisVelo, Archie Boy, Josedin, Leadbelly, Mellow Velo, Otoxiep87, Rote Laterne, Scrooll07 and Search) against the rest (apart from me) representing Cycling News Forum, by average scores. I won't report it every day, but I'll update from time to time.
I can't imagine there is anything causative about it, but neither MvdP nor Girmay were chosen by anybody at VeloRooms, so the averages after the first stage are anything but close:
CN 598.8
VR 357.2

All of the numbers are in the Spreadsheet on Google Docs (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11haWffZm_Bng3kfcbo5lpPJSlyfL0cEh/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=110432943115475649598&rtpof=true&sd=true). It will be available in the updated form (unless something goes wrong) at the same location throughout, so come back to this link on the days that I don't bother posting it.

Stage 2 Short Budapest Time Trial
One of the combinations of major picks that no-one went for is Van der Poel & Yates: that team would have had an excellent start.

Purple points
But not at all bad for more than half the teams.


YATES Simon	70	18
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	40	6
DUMOULIN Tom	25	9
SOBRERO Matteo	15	0
TULETT Ben	10	0
FOSS Tobias Svendsen	7	8
KELDERMAN Wilco	5	3
KÄMNA Lennard	3	12
SCHMID Mauro	2	1
ARENSMAN Thymen	1	11

It seems churlish to only show a top ten for this today when for teams all the way down today is the main points they have. Three teams combine Yates and Dumoulin (and RL also has Kamna)


1	Rote_Laterne	98
2	AmisVelo	95
2	Armchair_Cyclist	95
4	JumboVismaFan	80
4	Will10	80
6	SafeBet	78
6	SlowClimber	78
8	Otoxiep87	77
9	Nyssinator	75
10	Kazistuta	73
10	Leadbelly	73
10	Triley36	73
13	ArchieBoy	71
13	Northerner	71
13	ZigzagWanderer	71
16	Comodoro	70
16	Manafana	70
16	Scrooll07	70
19	DJSprtsch	68
20	Rufs	65
21	Salvarani	43
22	Yellow_Knight	42
23	Berflamand	41
24	BicycleBoy	40
25	Mellow_Velo	33
26	Bonimenier	31
27	Del1962	28
28	EvansIsTheBest	25
29	SamuCuenca	10
30	RedheadDane	7
31	Bminchow	5
32	BluesInTheBottle	3
32	Search	3
34	Josedin	1
34	Titan31	1
34	Vladimir	1
37	Laarsland	0
	Collective_Wisdom	74

Standings
Van der Poel teams still dominate, but in Yates & Girmay Zigzag has another way of getting a 1st and a 2nd.


1	DJSprtsch	138	7
2	Rufs	135	2
3	BicycleBoy	117	-1
4	Salvarani	113	3
5	Yellow_Knight	112	0
6	Berflamand	111	-3
6	ZigzagWanderer	111	4
8	Armchair_Cyclist	102	8
9	Rote_Laterne	98	15
10	AmisVelo	95	17
10	JumboVismaFan	95	1
12	ArchieBoy	86	5
13	Nyssinator	85	0
14	Will10	82	5
15	SafeBet	78	15
15	SlowClimber	78	14
17	Otoxiep87	77	14
18	Kazistuta	73	17
18	Leadbelly	73	7
18	Triley36	73	15
21	Manafana	71	-6
21	Northerner	71	5
23	Comodoro	70	8
23	Scrooll07	70	11
25	EvansIsTheBest	66	-16
25	Titan31	66	-24
27	Bminchow	55	-21
28	Bonimenier	41	-16
29	Mellow_Velo	33	-6
30	Del1962	28	-3
31	BluesInTheBottle	10	-13
31	SamuCuenca	10	5
31	Search	10	-11
34	Josedin	8	-12
34	Vladimir	8	-20
36	Laarsland	7	-15
36	RedheadDane	7	1
	Collective_Wisdom	74

Pink points
Because these are projections, they can go down as well as up. For example, Girmay is no longer second on GC, so is no longer on schedule for 375 points for that. I'll show the main changes for riders relevant to the game, but what is deemed significant may vary day to day.

	pts	teams
YATES Simon	406	18
DUMOULIN Tom	287	9
FOSS Tobias Svendsen	159	8
SCHMID Mauro	67	1
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	58	6
NIBALI Vincenzo	50	3
FELLINE Fabio	49	2
ARENSMAN Thymen	46	11
BARDET Romain	36	5

SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias	-51	2
GALL Felix	-54	15
BUCHMANN Emanuel	-63	5
VENDRAME Andrea	-116	1
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	-127	7
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	-183	1
CORT NIELSEN Magnus	-222	2
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	-320	4

And if riders' scores can drop, so can those of the teams.


1	AmisVelo	693
2	Rote_Laterne	656
3	SafeBet	635
4	Armchair_Cyclist	591
5	SlowClimber	580
6	Otoxiep87	568
7	Mellow_Velo	476
8	Kazistuta	449
9	Triley36	441
10	Scrooll07	438
11	Comodoro	418
12	Will10	415
13	Del1962	399
14	Northerner	391
15	DJSprtsch	357
16	Nyssinator	356
17	Leadbelly	355
18	Bonimenier	348
19	Manafana	313
20	JumboVismaFan	289
21	Rufs	288
22	ArchieBoy	239
23	RedheadDane	159
24	SamuCuenca	127
25	Yellow_Knight	94
26	ZigzagWanderer	82
27	Salvarani	77
28	Berflamand	28
29	EvansIsTheBest	-30
30	BicycleBoy	-45
31	Josedin	-67
32	Vladimir	-68
33	Search	-92
34	BluesInTheBottle	-149
35	Laarsland	-172
36	Bminchow	-364
37	Titan31	-482
	Collective_Wisdom	424

Standings
I suspect it will take until at least after Etna, possibly until after Blockhaus, before any conclusions can be drawn from the table. However, it will stabilise a bit tomorrow, because a sprint stage will generally have little effect other than the daily stage points.


1	Rufs	1324	3
2	DJSprtsch	1241	6
3	Yellow_Knight	1113	2
4	Berflamand	1080	-1
5	Salvarani	1064	2
6	Armchair_Cyclist	1048	10
7	BicycleBoy	1021	-5
8	AmisVelo	1016	19
9	Rote_Laterne	1013	15
10	SafeBet	931	20
11	Bonimenier	928	1
12	Nyssinator	912	1
13	SlowClimber	895	16
14	JumboVismaFan	887	-3
15	Mellow_Velo	858	8
16	Otoxiep87	855	15
17	Will10	831	2
18	ZigzagWanderer	825	-8
19	EvansIsTheBest	820	-10
20	Manafana	780	-5
21	Northerner	730	5
22	Triley36	723	11
23	Del1962	722	4
24	Kazistuta	715	11
25	Scrooll07	708	9
26	Comodoro	705	5
27	Leadbelly	698	-2
28	ArchieBoy	689	-11
29	Bminchow	647	-23
30	Titan31	612	-29
31	Vladimir	425	-17
32	SamuCuenca	356	4
33	Josedin	325	-11
34	Search	319	-14
35	RedheadDane	302	2
36	BluesInTheBottle	284	-18
37	Laarsland	231	-16
	Collective_Wisdom	716

Stage 3
Enter the sprinters, exit Hungary

Purple points

The unselected rider comes out victorious, the widely picked one takes very few points.


CAVENDISH Mark	70	0
DEMARE Arnaud	40	1(Josedin)
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	25	5
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	15	4
MARECZKO Jakub	10	1(Laarsland)
THEUNS Edward	7	0
CONSONNI Simone	5	0
EWAN Caleb	3	19
DAINESE Alberto	2	1
BAUHAUS Phil	1	1

Today
Gaviria + Girmay would equal Demare, but EitB also has Ewan.


1	EvansIsTheBest	43
2	Josedin	40
3	Kazistuta	28
4	Comodoro	25
4	Otoxiep87	25
4	Search	25
7	Bminchow	18
7	ZigzagWanderer	18
9	Titan31	15
10	Laarsland	13

Anyone not in the top ten has Ewan's 3, or fewer.

Standings


1	DJSprtsch	141	0
2	Rufs	138	0
3	ZigzagWanderer	129	3
4	BicycleBoy	117	-1
5	Yellow_Knight	115	0
6	Salvarani	113	-2
7	Berflamand	111	-1
8	EvansIsTheBest	109	17
9	Armchair_Cyclist	102	-1
9	Otoxiep87	102	8

Pink points
Absolutely no change in the GC projected points (apart from the unfortunate, and unpicked, Tratnik losing his 15 finisher points) and some alteration in the points and mountains classifications (top climbers Zabel and Eenkhorn passing MvdP in the latter, so he ends up with a negative change today). So not much happening today:


DEMARE Arnaud	55	1 team
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	35	5
MARECZKO Jakub	10	1
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	5	4
DAVY Clément	5	1

YATES Simon	-6	18
CORT NIELSEN Magnus	-8	2
KELDERMAN Wilco	-12	3
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	-18	1
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	-27	6

Today
This amount of difference is unlikely to matter much in three weeks' time.


1	Josedin	52
2	EvansIsTheBest	42
3	Kazistuta	32
3	Search	32
5	Comodoro	29
5	Otoxiep87	29
7	Laarsland	10
8	BluesInTheBottle	2
8	Del1962	2
8	SamuCuenca	2
8	ZigzagWanderer	2
12	RedheadDane	1
13	Vladimir	0
14	Mellow_Velo	-1
15	Leadbelly	-3
15	Northerner	-3
15	SlowClimber	-3
15	Will10	-3
19	AmisVelo	-4
19	Bminchow	-4
19	Rote_Laterne	-4
22	Manafana	-6
22	SafeBet	-6
22	Scrooll07	-6
22	Triley36	-6
26	Armchair_Cyclist	-10
27	ArchieBoy	-11
27	JumboVismaFan	-11
29	Bonimenier	-13
29	Titan31	-13
31	Nyssinator	-15
32	Yellow_Knight	-24
33	DJSprtsch	-25
33	Rufs	-25
35	Berflamand	-27
35	Salvarani	-27
37	BicycleBoy	-30
	Collective_Wisdom	-3

Standings
As the riders prepare to fly to Italy, the game is poised thus:


1	Rufs	1299	0
2	DJSprtsch	1216	0
3	Yellow_Knight	1089	0
4	Berflamand	1053	0
5	Armchair_Cyclist	1038	1
6	Salvarani	1037	-1
7	AmisVelo	1012	1
8	Rote_Laterne	1009	1
9	BicycleBoy	991	-2
10	SafeBet	925	0
11	Bonimenier	915	0
12	Nyssinator	897	0
13	SlowClimber	892	0
14	Otoxiep87	884	2
15	JumboVismaFan	876	-1
16	EvansIsTheBest	862	3
17	Mellow_Velo	857	-2
18	Will10	828	-1
19	ZigzagWanderer	827	-1
20	Manafana	774	0
21	Kazistuta	747	3
22	Comodoro	734	4
23	Northerner	727	-2
24	Del1962	724	-1
25	Triley36	717	-3
26	Scrooll07	702	-1
27	Leadbelly	695	0
28	ArchieBoy	678	0
29	Bminchow	643	0
30	Titan31	599	0
31	Vladimir	425	0
32	Josedin	377	1
33	SamuCuenca	358	-1
34	Search	351	0
35	RedheadDane	303	0
36	BluesInTheBottle	286	0
37	Laarsland	241	0
	Collective_Wisdom	713

Rufs gets an unchallenged day at the top tomorrow, and CN can take the day to wallow in their lead in the interforum challenge: 777 to 729

Stage 4 Etna

Purple points

It's fairly rare for all of the top ten to have been selected, so nine of them is pretty good, even if they were largely unique picks, apart from the popular winner.


KÄMNA Lennard	70	12
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	40	1
TAARAMÄE Rein	25	2
MONIQUET Sylvain	15	0
VANSEVENANT Mauri	10	1
LEEMREIZE Gijs	7	1
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	5	7
BARDET Romain	3	5
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	2	1
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	1	1

Today
TRiley not only has Kamna and unique pick JP Lopez, but Bardet too.


1	Triley36	113
2	JumboVismaFan	80
3	BluesInTheBottle	75
3	Search	75
5	Del1962	73
5	Salvarani	73
7	DJSprtsch	70
7	Kazistuta	70
7	Leadbelly	70
7	Rote_Laterne	70
7	SamuCuenca	70
7	Will10	70

Standings
TRiley is above Salvarani on the basis of my rule that the top scoring non-shared contributor to a team is disregarded (thus rewarding teams with a more even spread of scorers). The two teams in 5th cannot be thus split.


1	DJSprtsch	211	0
2	Triley36	186	22
3	Salvarani	186	3
4	JumboVismaFan	178	9
5	Kazistuta	171	6
5	Rote_Laterne	171	6
7	Will10	155	11
8	Leadbelly	146	14
9	Rufs	138	-7
10	EvansIsTheBest	134	-2

Pink points
Lots of changes in the upper echelons of the GC table, even if some of them are likely to be temporary.


LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	579	1
KÄMNA Lennard	503	12
TAARAMÄE Rein	350	2
VANSEVENANT Mauri	194	1
LANDA MEANA Mikel	50	27
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	46	1
PORTE Richie	46	0
SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro	45	6
ARENSMAN Thymen	44	11
HAMILTON Lucas	44	3
LEEMREIZE Gijs	43	1
CICCONE Giulio	43	9
BARDET Romain	42	5
CARTHY Hugh	42	18
BUCHMANN Emanuel	41	5
HIRT Jan	41	0

LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel	-36	20
SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias	-50	2
FELLINE Fabio	-59	2
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	-70	4
NIBALI Vincenzo	-72	3
SCHMID Mauro	-93	1
YATES Simon	-121	18
FOSS Tobias Svendsen	-146	8
DUMOULIN Tom	-298	9
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	-508	6

Losses can be deceptive as well. Although Yates seems to have lost a lot more today than MA Lopez, he is still poised to get plenty of GC points (and quite possibly more as today's protagonists drop away), while obviously the day's less successful Lopez will now be a 500 point of their spend that will yield nothing for the more than half the field that has him. Although for Van der Poel and Dumoulin, the drops probably give a truer indication of their GC expectation than their previous standings.

A fairly huge range of outcomes for the day:


1	Triley36	1062
2	Search	645
3	BluesInTheBottle	624
4	Leadbelly	480
5	Kazistuta	458
6	SamuCuenca	396
7	Laarsland	377
8	JumboVismaFan	363
9	Will10	301
10	Del1962	231
11	Rote_Laterne	177
12	Josedin	172
13	Titan31	158
14	Salvarani	97
15	Northerner	61
16	Vladimir	33
17	Comodoro	18
18	Scrooll07	13
19	Bminchow	6
20	Manafana	-29
21	Nyssinator	-63
22	EvansIsTheBest	-90
23	ZigzagWanderer	-94
24	SafeBet	-110
25	ArchieBoy	-124
26	RedheadDane	-146
27	SlowClimber	-164
28	Bonimenier	-179
29	Otoxiep87	-222
30	Mellow_Velo	-259
31	Armchair_Cyclist	-296
32	AmisVelo	-324
33	DJSprtsch	-328
34	Berflamand	-350
35	BicycleBoy	-465
36	Yellow_Knight	-542
37	Rufs	-586
	Collective Wisdom	485

Standings
The table leaving Hungary bears little resemblance to this: Only Salvarani of the MvdP teams, whose loses were mitigated by having Kamna, survives near the top.


1	Triley36	1779	24
2	JumboVismaFan	1239	13
3	Kazistuta	1205	18
4	Rote_Laterne	1186	4
5	Leadbelly	1175	22
6	Salvarani	1134	0
7	Will10	1129	11
8	Search	996	26
9	Del1962	955	15
10	BluesInTheBottle	910	26
11	DJSprtsch	888	-9
12	Nyssinator	834	0
13	SafeBet	815	-3
14	Northerner	788	9
15	EvansIsTheBest	772	1
16	Titan31	757	14
17	SamuCuenca	754	16
18	Comodoro	752	4
19	Manafana	745	1
20	Armchair_Cyclist	742	-15
21	Bonimenier	736	-10
22	ZigzagWanderer	733	-3
23	SlowClimber	728	-10
24	Scrooll07	715	2
25	Rufs	713	-24
26	Berflamand	703	-22
27	AmisVelo	688	-20
28	Otoxiep87	662	-14
29	Bminchow	649	0
30	Laarsland	618	7
31	Mellow_Velo	598	-14
32	ArchieBoy	554	-4
33	Josedin	549	-1
34	Yellow_Knight	547	-31
35	BicycleBoy	526	-26
36	Vladimir	458	-5
37	RedheadDane	157	-2
	Collective_Wisdom	1198

TRiley's position looks good for as long as Lopez stays in pink. And even after that, he will have several days worth of pink jersey bonuses and a team that would still be top even if all JPL's projected points were removed.

The interforum challenge is a lot closer than it was after stage 1: CN 816, VR 791

Stage 5 A sprint with main sprinters left behind

Purple points


DEMARE Arnaud	70	1
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	40	5
NIZZOLO Giacomo	25	0
BALLERINI Davide	15	3
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	10	4
BAUHAUS Phil	7	1
DAINESE Alberto	5	1
TESFATSION Natnael Ocbit	3	1
THEUNS Edward	2	0
CONSONNI Simone	1	0

Today
Not so many of us bothering the scorers: the rest all got zero stage pts today.


1	Josedin	85
2	Search	55
3	EvansIsTheBest	50
4	Comodoro	40
4	Kazistuta	40
4	Otoxiep87	40
7	Nyssinator	15
8	ZigzagWanderer	13
9	Bminchow	10
9	Titan31	10
11	RedheadDane	7
12	SamuCuenca	5

Standings
The tie-breaker I mentioned yesterday splits both 1st/2nd and 3rd/4th, to the detriment of the MvdP team both times.


1	Kazistuta	211	4
2	DJSprtsch	211	-1
3	Triley36	186	-1
4	Salvarani	186	-1
5	EvansIsTheBest	184	5
6	JumboVismaFan	178	-2
7	Rote_Laterne	171	-2
8	Search	165	7
9	Will10	155	-2
10	Leadbelly	146	-2

Pink points
Much less change on a sprinters' stage, with changes in the maglia ciclamina and Almeida gaining a GC place on the grounds of intermediate sprint seconds being the main non-stage point issues.


DEMARE Arnaud	125	1
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	55	5
MAESTRI Mirco	40	0
NIZZOLO Giacomo	32	0
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	25	1
BALLERINI Davide	15	3
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	10	4

TAARAMÄE Rein	-10	2
LEEMREIZE Gijs	-15	1
FIORELLI Filippo	-15	2
SCHMID Mauro	-27	1
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	-29	1
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	-57	6

Josedin's unique pick stage winner gains him the daily honours


1	Josedin	139
2	EvansIsTheBest	69
3	Search	68
4	Otoxiep87	57
5	Comodoro	55
6	Kazistuta	54
7	Mellow_Velo	34
8	ZigzagWanderer	18
9	Nyssinator	16
10	Bminchow	11
11	Manafana	9
11	RedheadDane	9
13	Del1962	7
14	Bonimenier	5
14	SlowClimber	5
16	AmisVelo	4
16	Triley36	4
18	Rote_Laterne	3
18	Vladimir	3
20	Armchair_Cyclist	2
20	Leadbelly	2
20	SafeBet	2
23	Will10	1
24	ArchieBoy	0
24	Northerner	0
26	JumboVismaFan	-1
27	BluesInTheBottle	-2
27	SamuCuenca	-2
29	Titan31	-13
30	Laarsland	-14
31	Scrooll07	-15
32	Rufs	-53
33	Berflamand	-54
34	Salvarani	-56
35	BicycleBoy	-59
36	DJSprtsch	-71
37	Yellow_Knight	-81
	Collective_Wisdom	2

Standings
Gaviria lifts Kazistuta to second place


1	Triley36	1783	0
2	Kazistuta	1259	1
3	JumboVismaFan	1238	-1
4	Rote_Laterne	1189	0
5	Leadbelly	1177	0
6	Will10	1130	1
7	Salvarani	1078	-1
8	Search	1064	0
9	Del1962	962	0
10	BluesInTheBottle	908	0
11	Nyssinator	850	1
12	EvansIsTheBest	841	3
13	DJSprtsch	817	-2
13	SafeBet	817	0
15	Comodoro	807	3
16	Northerner	788	-2
17	Manafana	754	2
18	SamuCuenca	752	-1
19	ZigzagWanderer	751	3
20	Armchair_Cyclist	744	0
20	Titan31	744	-4
22	Bonimenier	741	-1
23	SlowClimber	733	0
24	Otoxiep87	719	4
25	Scrooll07	700	-1
26	AmisVelo	692	1
27	Josedin	688	6
28	Bminchow	660	1
28	Rufs	660	-3
30	Berflamand	649	-4
31	Mellow_Velo	632	0
32	Laarsland	604	-2
33	ArchieBoy	554	-1
34	BicycleBoy	467	1
35	Yellow_Knight	466	-1
36	Vladimir	461	0
37	RedheadDane	166	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1200

A change in the lead in the interforum challenge: VR 824 - CN 810

Stage 6 A sprint with the main sprinters

Purple points

Ewan finally begins to score for the many teams that picked him.


DEMARE Arnaud	70	1
EWAN Caleb	40	19
CAVENDISH Mark	25	0
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	15	4
NIZZOLO Giacomo	10	0
BAUHAUS Phil	7	1
VENDRAME Andrea	5	1
CONSONNI Simone	3	0
ALBANESE Vincenzo	2	0
THEUNS Edward	1	0

Today
Ewan improves, but Josedin's unique pick of Demare is still doing better


1	Josedin	70
2	Bminchow	55
2	EvansIsTheBest	55
2	ZigzagWanderer	55
5	Will10	45
6=	Other Ewan teams	40
21	Titan31	15
22	RedheadDane	7
23	The rest	0

Standings


1	Kazistuta	251	0
2	DJSprtsch	251	0
3	EvansIsTheBest	239	2
4	JumboVismaFan	218	2
5	Rote_Laterne	211	2
6	Josedin	208	7
7	Will10	200	2
8	ZigzagWanderer	197	3
9	Triley36	186	-6
10	Leadbelly	186	0
11	Salvarani	186	-7

Pink points
Even less action than yesterday


DEMARE Arnaud	70	1
EWAN Caleb	43	19
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	18	1
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	15	4
BAUHAUS Phil	9	1
VENDRAME Andrea	5	1

CORT NIELSEN Magnus	-1	2
KÄMNA Lennard	-2	12
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	-2	1
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	-15	5


1	Josedin	70
2	ZigzagWanderer	58
2	Bminchow	58
4	Will10	46
5	EvansIsTheBest	43
5	Rufs	43
5	Yellow_Knight	43
5	Nyssinator	43
5	AmisVelo	43
5	SlowClimber	43
5	Northerner	43
5	Laarsland	43
5	Vladimir	43
14	ArchieBoy	42
15	DJSprtsch	41
15	Rote_Laterne	41
15	Leadbelly	41
15	Del1962	41
19	JumboVismaFan	40
20	Kazistuta	26
21	Triley36	16
22	Titan31	13
23	RedheadDane	9
24	BicycleBoy	0
24	Berflamand	0
24	Armchair_Cyclist	0
24	Scrooll07	0
24	SafeBet	0
24	Manafana	0
24	Bonimenier	0
24	Mellow_Velo	0
32	Salvarani	-2
32	SamuCuenca	-2
32	BluesInTheBottle	-2
35	Otoxiep87	-15
35	Comodoro	-15
37	Search	-17
	Collective_Wisdom	41

Standings
Look all the way down to 14th if you are trying to find any change today.


1	Triley36	1799	0
2	Kazistuta	1285	0
3	JumboVismaFan	1278	0
4	Rote_Laterne	1230	0
5	Leadbelly	1218	0
6	Will10	1176	0
7	Salvarani	1076	0
8	Search	1047	0
9	Del1962	1003	0
10	BluesInTheBottle	906	0
11	Nyssinator	893	0
12	EvansIsTheBest	884	0
13	DJSprtsch	858	0
14	Northerner	831	2
15	SafeBet	817	-2
16	ZigzagWanderer	809	3
17	Comodoro	792	-2
18	SlowClimber	776	5
19	Josedin	758	8
20	Titan31	757	0
21	Manafana	754	-4
22	SamuCuenca	750	-4
23	Armchair_Cyclist	744	-3
24	Bonimenier	741	-2
25	AmisVelo	735	1
26	Bminchow	718	2
27	Otoxiep87	704	-3
28	Rufs	703	0
29	Scrooll07	700	-4
30	Berflamand	649	0
31	Laarsland	647	1
32	Mellow_Velo	632	-1
33	ArchieBoy	596	0
34	Yellow_Knight	509	1
35	Vladimir	504	1
36	BicycleBoy	467	-2
37	RedheadDane	175	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1241

I'm away for the weekend for a major family event, so I have no idea when I will have any time/sobriety/internet availability. I'll do what I can, but don't be surprised if there are no updates until Monday evening.

Stages 7, 8 and 9
It was a really good weekend, but it leaves me very behind here.

Purplish points
Stage 7


BOUWMAN Koen	70	0
MOLLEMA Bauke	40	0
FORMOLO Davide	25	0
DUMOULIN Tom	15	9
VILLELLA Davide	10	0
KÄMNA Lennard	7	12
ALBANESE Vincenzo	5	0
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	3	1
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro	2	0
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	1	7

Stage 8


DE GENDT Thomas	70	3
GABBURO Davide	40	0
ARCAS PEÑA Jorge	25	0
VANHOUCKE Harm	15	0
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	10	4
SCHMID Mauro	7	1
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	5	6
POELS Wout	3	1
MARTIN Guillaume	2	1
FELLINE Fabio	1	2

Stage 9


HINDLEY Jai	70	7
BARDET Romain	40	5
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	25	7
LANDA MEANA Mikel	15	27
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	10	1
POZZOVIVO Domenico	7	4
BUCHMANN Emanuel	5	5
NIBALI Vincenzo	3	3
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro	2	0
ARENSMAN Thymen	1	11

Purple points gained over those three stages


1	Rote_Laterne	112	Hindley/Landa/Dumoulin/Kamna/Buchman
1	Josedin	112	De Gendt/Carapaz/Landa/Arensman
3	BicycleBoy	108	De Gendt/Carapaz/Pozzovivo/van der Poel
4	BluesInTheBottle	103	Hindley/Carapaz/Kamna
5	AmisVelo	100	Hindley/Dumoulin/Landa
6	Yellow_Knight	97
7	Leadbelly	92
8	Northerner	91
9	Comodoro	85
9	Manafana	85
11	Del1962	80
12	Bonimenier	71
13	Salvarani	67
14	Triley36	62
15	Armchair_Cyclist	56
16	Search	55
17	Mellow_Velo	44
18	EvansIsTheBest	43
19	Rufs	40
19	Scrooll07	40
21	Vladimir	36
22	Berflamand	33
23	DJSprtsch	27
24	ZigzagWanderer	26
24	Titan31	26
24	Laarsland	26
27	Bminchow	25
28	Kazistuta	23
29	Will10	22
30	SafeBet	16
30	SlowClimber	16
30	SamuCuenca	16
33	Nyssinator	15
33	Otoxiep87	15
35	JumboVismaFan	7
36	ArchieBoy	4
37	RedheadDane	0
	Collective_Wisdom	23

Top stage (purple) point winners so far:


DEMARE Arnaud	180	1
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	115	6
CAVENDISH Mark	95	0
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	90	4
KÄMNA Lennard	80	12
HINDLEY Jai	70	7
DE GENDT Thomas	70	3
BOUWMAN Koen	70	0
YATES Simon	70	18
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	65	5
MOLLEMA Bauke	45	0
BARDET Romain	43	5
EWAN Caleb	43	19
GABBURO Davide	40	0
DUMOULIN Tom	40	9
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	40	1

Purple standings thus far (with the top 3 scoring riders mentioned for the top 10 teams)
Changes in rank are stage 9 compared to stage 6


1	Rote_Laterne	323	4	Kamna/Hindley/Yates
2	Josedin	320	4	Demare/De Gendt/ Carapaz
3	EvansIsTheBest	282	0	Girmay/Gaviria/Ewan
4	Leadbelly	278	5	Kamna/Hindley/Yates
5	DJSprtsch	278	-4	Van der Poel/Kamna/Ewan
6	Kazistuta	274	-4	Kamna/Yates/Gaviria
7	Salvarani	253	2	Van der Poel/Kamna/Bardet
8	Yellow_Knight	252	6	Van der Poel/De Gendt/Ewan
9	Triley36	248	0	Kamna/Yates/Bardet
10	AmisVelo	238	8	Hindley/Yates/Ewan
11	BicycleBoy	230	11
12	JumboVismaFan	225	-8
13	Del1962	224	2
14	ZigzagWanderer	223	-6
15	Will10	222	-8
16	Comodoro	220	4
17	Search	220	-4
18	Rufs	218	-6
19	Northerner	205	5
20	BluesInTheBottle	188	-10
21	Armchair_Cyclist	163	6
22	Bminchow	163	-4
23	Nyssinator	158	-12
24	Otoxiep87	157	-7
25	Manafana	156	8
26	Berflamand	144	-1
27	SlowClimber	137	-4
28	Titan31	134	-2
29	ArchieBoy	133	-8
30	Scrooll07	120	1
31	Laarsland	116	-3
32	Bonimenier	115	3
33	SamuCuenca	103	-4
34	SafeBet	94	-2
35	Vladimir	92	-1
36	Mellow_Velo	78	0
37	RedheadDane	22	0
	Collective_Wisdom	210

Stages 7, 8 and 9, and Rest day round up

Pink points

I am not going to try to break the rider score changes down day by day: nearly all of them were on Sunday, apart from JP Lopez taking 18 pink jersey points a day, Guillaume Martin rising to 4th, then down to 6th today, and Kamna losing the lead in the KoM classification, and some DNFs.

So the main rider score nett changes over the three days are:


HINDLEY Jai	229	7
BARDET Romain	222	5
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	198	1
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	171	7
MARTIN Guillaume	167	1
POZZOVIVO Domenico	106	4
LANDA MEANA Mikel	93	27
BUCHMANN Emanuel	93	5
DE GENDT Thomas	75	3
ROSA Diego	68	2
NIBALI Vincenzo	63	3
FORTUNATO Lorenzo	46	1

CARR Simon	-48	1
KELDERMAN Wilco	-159	3
VANSEVENANT Mauri	-195	1
YATES Simon	-211	18
TAARAMÄE Rein	-282	2
KÄMNA Lennard	-323	12

The table takes on some semblance of what we might expect, but surely with a fair bit of change still to come. Teams with, Kamna, Vansevenant and Taaramae are now looking at something more akin to what they might have expected: teams with Yates are perhaps less likely to have anticipated finding themselves contemplating a lesser outcome.

Nett team changes over the three stages


1	BicycleBoy	357	Carapaz/Pozzovivo/De Gendt
2	Vladimir	345	Carapaz/Buchmann/Nibali
3	Josedin	342	Carapaz/Landa/De Gendt
4	Mellow_Velo	306	Almeida/Landa
5	Berflamand	298	Pozzovivo/Buchmann/Landa
6	Northerner	222
7	Bonimenier	189
8	Rufs	184
9	Yellow_Knight	171
10	AmisVelo	132
11	Comodoro	115
12	Titan31	97
13	Manafana	92
14	Del1962	80
15	BluesInTheBottle	77
16	Armchair_Cyclist	63
17	Search	41
18	Salvarani	-5
19	Scrooll07	-14
20	RedheadDane	-20
21	ZigzagWanderer	-27
22	SamuCuenca	-70
23	Bminchow	-75
24	Rote_Laterne	-88
25	EvansIsTheBest	-106
26	Triley36	-112
27	SlowClimber	-136
28	SafeBet	-143
29	Otoxiep87	-149
30	Laarsland	-162
31	ArchieBoy	-180
32	Leadbelly	-225
33	Nyssinator	-278
34	DJSprtsch	-279
35	Will10	-442	Kamna/Yates
36	Kazistuta	-457	Kamna/ Yates
37	JumboVismaFan	-750	Kamna/Yates/Vansevenant
	Collective_Wisdom	-441

Top scoring riders as at rest day two:


LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	648	1 (T Riley)
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	389	1 (Mellow Velo)
BARDET Romain	360	5
HINDLEY Jai	325	7
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	303	7
DEMARE Arnaud	265	1 (Josedin)
MARTIN Guillaume	217	1 (Samu Cuenca)
LANDA MEANA Mikel	205	27
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	199	6
KÄMNA Lennard	195	12
BOUWMAN Koen	172	0
POZZOVIVO Domenico	172	4
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	162	1
BUCHMANN Emanuel	155	5
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	145	4
CAVENDISH Mark	135	0
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro	124	0
YATES Simon	124	18
ARENSMAN Thymen	114	11
NIBALI Vincenzo	107	3

Standings
Best three scorers shown for the top ten, ranking changes are from stage 6


1	Triley36	1687	0	Lopez/Bardet/Landa
2	Rote_Laterne	1142	2	Hindley/Landa/Kamna
3	Josedin	1100	16	Carapaz/Demare/Landa
4	Search	1088	4	Carapaz/Landa/Kamna
5	Del1962	1083	4	Bardet/Landa/Kamna
6	Salvarani	1071	1	Bardet/Landa/Van der Poel
7	Northerner	1053	7	Hindley/Landa/Buchmann
8	Leadbelly	993	-3	Hindley/Landa/Kamna
9	BluesInTheBottle	983	1	Hindley/Carapaz/Kamna
10	Berflamand	947	20	Landa/Van der Poel/Pozzovivo
11	Mellow_Velo	938	21
12	Bonimenier	930	12
13	Comodoro	907	4
14	Rufs	887	14
15	AmisVelo	867	10
16	Titan31	854	4
17	Vladimir	849	18
18	Manafana	846	3
19	Kazistuta	828	-17
20	BicycleBoy	824	16
21	Armchair_Cyclist	807	2
22	ZigzagWanderer	782	-6
23	EvansIsTheBest	778	-11
24	Will10	734	-18
25	Scrooll07	686	4
26	Yellow_Knight	680	8
26	SamuCuenca	680	-4
28	SafeBet	674	-13
29	Bminchow	643	-3
30	SlowClimber	640	-12
31	Nyssinator	615	-20
32	DJSprtsch	579	-19
33	Otoxiep87	555	-6
34	JumboVismaFan	528	-31
35	Laarsland	485	-4
36	ArchieBoy	416	-3
37	RedheadDane	155	0
	Collective_Wisdom	800

Laarsland has 3 non-finishers, DJSprtsch and Otoxiep each have two.

And in the interforum challenge: VeloRooms 865; CN Forum 805 (or 830 if we were to exclude Redhead's randomeers)

Meanwhile, the spreadsheet resides here. (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11haWffZm_Bng3kfcbo5lpPJSlyfL0cEh?rtpof=true&authuser=kevinmce63%40gmail.com&usp=drive_fs)

Stage 10 One in the eye for the traditional countries of cycling...

Purple points


GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	70	4
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	40	6
ALBANESE Vincenzo	25	0
KELDERMAN Wilco	15	3
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	10	7
BOUWMAN Koen	7	0
BARDET Romain	5	5
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	3	1
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	2	1
SCHMID Mauro	1	1

Today


1	Bminchow	85
2	Titan31	73
3	ZigzagWanderer	70
3	EvansIsTheBest	70
5	BicycleBoy	50
6	Salvarani	45
7	Yellow_Knight	41
8	Berflamand	40
8	Rufs	40
8	DJSprtsch	40

Standings


1	EvansIsTheBest	352	2
2	Josedin	330	0
3	Rote_Laterne	323	-2
4	DJSprtsch	318	1
5	Salvarani	298	2
6	Yellow_Knight	293	2
7	ZigzagWanderer	293	7
8	BicycleBoy	280	3
9	Leadbelly	278	-5
10	Kazistuta	274	-4

Pink points
Not much by way of non-stage points


GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	70	4
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	50	6
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	18	1
KELDERMAN Wilco	17	3
CARTHY Hugh	12	18
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	10	7
FORTUNATO Lorenzo	10	1
SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro	8	6
BARDET Romain	6	5

SIVAKOV Pavel	-4	2
TAARAMÄE Rein	-8	2
KÄMNA Lennard	-20	12

Change today


1	Bminchow	99
2	Titan31	95
3	ZigzagWanderer	72
4	Yellow_Knight	63
5	Berflamand	62
5	Rufs	62
7	EvansIsTheBest	61
8	BicycleBoy	60
9	Bonimenier	35
10	Salvarani	32
11	Nyssinator	31
12	DJSprtsch	30
13	Manafana	24
14	Josedin	22
15	Scrooll07	21
16	Comodoro	19
17	Triley36	14
18	Mellow_Velo	13
18	SlowClimber	13
20	Armchair_Cyclist	12
21	Northerner	10
21	Otoxiep87	10
21	Vladimir	10
24	SafeBet	9
25	AmisVelo	2
25	ArchieBoy	2
25	Laarsland	2
28	RedheadDane	-1
28	Search	-1
30	BluesInTheBottle	-2
30	Del1962	-2
32	Kazistuta	-9
33	Will10	-11
34	Leadbelly	-18
34	Rote_Laterne	-18
36	JumboVismaFan	-19
37	SamuCuenca	-21
	Collective_Wisdom	-6

Standings


1	Triley36	1701	0
2	Rote_Laterne	1124	0
3	Josedin	1122	0
4	Salvarani	1103	2
5	Search	1087	-1
6	Del1962	1081	-1
7	Northerner	1063	0
8	Berflamand	1009	2
9	BluesInTheBottle	981	0
10	Leadbelly	975	-2
11	Bonimenier	965	1
12	Mellow_Velo	951	-1
13	Rufs	949	1
13	Titan31	949	3
15	Comodoro	926	-2
16	BicycleBoy	884	4
17	Manafana	870	1
18	AmisVelo	869	-3
19	Vladimir	859	-2
20	ZigzagWanderer	854	2
21	EvansIsTheBest	839	2
22	Armchair_Cyclist	819	-1
22	Kazistuta	819	-3
24	Yellow_Knight	743	2
25	Bminchow	742	4
26	Will10	723	-2
27	Scrooll07	707	-2
28	SafeBet	683	0
29	SamuCuenca	659	-3
30	SlowClimber	653	0
31	Nyssinator	646	0
32	DJSprtsch	609	0
33	Otoxiep87	565	0
34	JumboVismaFan	509	0
35	Laarsland	487	0
36	ArchieBoy	418	0
37	RedheadDane	154	0
	Collective_Wisdom	794

Tomorrow should similarly be all about the stage points, but a different group of riders should be expected to take most of the points.

Stage 11
The annual Po Valley bowling lane stage. All the expected names in the top ten, but not in the order that anyone might have predicted.

Purple points


DAINESE Alberto	70	1
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	40	5
CONSONNI Simone	25	0
DEMARE Arnaud	15	1
EWAN Caleb	10	19
CAVENDISH Mark	7	0
THEUNS Edward	5	0
MODOLO Sacha	3	2
BAUHAUS Phil	2	1
NAESEN Lawrence	1	0

Today


1	Samu Cuenca	70
2	EvansIsTheBest	50
2	Kazistuta	50
4	Comodoro	40
4	Otoxiep87	40
4	Search	40
7	Josedin	15
8	17 Ewan teams without Gaviria	10

Standings


1	EvansIsTheBest	402	0
2	Josedin	345	0
3	Rote_Laterne	333	0
4	DJSprtsch	328	0
5	Kazistuta	324	5
6	Yellow_Knight	303	0
7	ZigzagWanderer	303	0
8	Salvarani	298	-3
9	Leadbelly	288	0
10	BicycleBoy	283	-2

Pink points
Other than today's stage points, the events that affect today's changes in rider scores happened with 77km remaining or on yesterday's podium.


CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	110	7
DAINESE Alberto	77	1
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	58	5
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	18	1
DEMARE Arnaud	15	1
EWAN Caleb	11	19

VAN DER POEL Mathieu	-10	6
BARDET Romain	-50	5
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	-55	4
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	-60	1


1	Search	168
2	Josedin	122
3	Laarsland	121
3	Vladimir	121
5	Armchair_Cyclist	110
5	BluesInTheBottle	110
7	BicycleBoy	100
8	SamuCuenca	77
9	Kazistuta	69
10	Comodoro	58
10	Otoxiep87	58
12	EvansIsTheBest	14
13	AmisVelo	11
13	ArchieBoy	11
13	Leadbelly	11
13	Northerner	11
13	Nyssinator	11
13	Rote_Laterne	11
13	SlowClimber	11
13	Will10	11
21	JumboVismaFan	7
22	RedheadDane	2
23	DJSprtsch	1
23	Rufs	1
25	Manafana	0
25	SafeBet	0
27	Yellow_Knight	-2
28	Berflamand	-10
29	Triley36	-32
30	Del1962	-39
31	Bminchow	-44
31	ZigzagWanderer	-44
33	Scrooll07	-47
34	Bonimenier	-50
35	Titan31	-55
36	Mellow_Velo	-60
36	Salvarani	-60
	Collective_Wisdom	11

Standings


1	Triley36	1669	0
2	Search	1255	3
3	Josedin	1244	0
4	Rote_Laterne	1135	-2
5	BluesInTheBottle	1091	4
6	Northerner	1074	1
7	Salvarani	1043	-3
8	Del1962	1042	-2
9	Berflamand	999	-1
10	Leadbelly	986	0
11	BicycleBoy	984	5
11	Comodoro	984	4
13	Vladimir	980	6
14	Rufs	950	-1
15	Armchair_Cyclist	929	7
16	Bonimenier	915	-5
17	Titan31	894	-4
18	Mellow_Velo	891	-6
19	Kazistuta	888	3
20	AmisVelo	880	-2
21	Manafana	870	-4
22	EvansIsTheBest	853	-1
23	ZigzagWanderer	810	-3
24	Yellow_Knight	741	0
25	SamuCuenca	736	4
26	Will10	734	0
27	Bminchow	698	-2
28	SafeBet	683	0
29	SlowClimber	664	1
30	Scrooll07	660	-3
31	Nyssinator	657	0
32	Otoxiep87	623	1
33	DJSprtsch	610	-1
34	Laarsland	608	1
35	JumboVismaFan	516	-1
36	ArchieBoy	429	0
37	RedheadDane	156	0
	Collective_Wisdom	805

Tomorrow will probably be for the breakaway, so that is likely to mean another day where purple point changes are more significant than pink ones, but the purple point scorers may be those we haven't seen much of yet. Some of those rare, makeweight picks may get a mention.

Stage 12
Breakaway, 'nuff said.

Purple points


OLDANI Stefano	70	0
ROTA Lorenzo	40	0
LEEMREIZE Gijs	25	1
MOLLEMA Bauke	15	0
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	10	0
KELDERMAN Wilco	7	3
HAMILTON Lucas	5	3
VENDRAME Andrea	3	1
TAARAMÄE Rein	2	2
EENKHOORN Pascal	1	0

Today


1	Scrooll07	25
2	Bminchow	7
2	Bonimenier	7
2	Nyssinator	7
5	Armchair_Cyclist	5
5	Rufs	5
5	Titan31	5
8	Will10	3
9	EvansIsTheBest	2
9	Laarsland	2

Evans is the Best extends his lead by 2 points; no-one else who scored was in the top ten, and won't break into it with such paltry scores today.

Pink points
Kelderman, Hamilton and Mollema gain some GC positions, and Mollema moves up in the KoM classification. Ewan's departure doesn't actually cost his 19 teams very many points, but they will not feel as though they have had value for their investment.


KELDERMAN Wilco	53	3
HAMILTON Lucas	37	3
LEEMREIZE Gijs	35	1
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	18	1
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	15	5
TAARAMÄE Rein	12	2

KÄMNA Lennard	-10	12
CARTHY Hugh	-12	18
SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro	-12	6
FORTUNATO Lorenzo	-14	1
EWAN Caleb	-18	19

Today's changes, such as they are:


1	Bonimenier	38
2	Armchair_Cyclist	27
3	Bminchow	15
3	Nyssinator	15
5	Titan31	11
6	Scrooll07	6
7	BicycleBoy	0
8	RedheadDane	-1
9	EvansIsTheBest	-2
10	Rufs	-3
11	Laarsland	-6
11	Otoxiep87	-6
13	Search	-7
14	SamuCuenca	-11
15	Berflamand	-12
15	Josedin	-12
17	Triley36	-13
18	Mellow_Velo	-15
19	Comodoro	-17
20	Salvarani	-19
21	ZigzagWanderer	-28
22	BluesInTheBottle	-30
22	Yellow_Knight	-30
24	ArchieBoy	-32
24	DJSprtsch	-32
26	Manafana	-33
27	AmisVelo	-36
27	Vladimir	-36
29	SafeBet	-37
30	Northerner	-38
30	Rote_Laterne	-38
32	SlowClimber	-39
33	JumboVismaFan	-41
33	Kazistuta	-41
35	Leadbelly	-44
36	Will10	-46
37	Del1962	-51
	Collective_Wisdom	-48

Standings


1	Triley36	1656	0
2	Search	1248	0
3	Josedin	1232	0
4	Rote_Laterne	1097	0
5	BluesInTheBottle	1061	0
6	Northerner	1036	0
7	Salvarani	1024	0
8	Del1962	991	0
9	Berflamand	987	0
10	BicycleBoy	984	1
11	Comodoro	967	0
12	Armchair_Cyclist	956	3
13	Bonimenier	953	3
14	Rufs	947	0
15	Vladimir	944	-2
16	Leadbelly	942	-6
17	Titan31	905	0
18	Mellow_Velo	876	0
19	EvansIsTheBest	851	3
20	Kazistuta	847	-1
21	AmisVelo	844	-1
22	Manafana	837	-1
23	ZigzagWanderer	782	0
24	SamuCuenca	725	1
25	Bminchow	713	2
26	Yellow_Knight	711	-2
27	Will10	688	-1
28	Nyssinator	672	3
29	Scrooll07	666	1
30	SafeBet	646	-2
31	SlowClimber	625	-2
32	Otoxiep87	617	0
33	Laarsland	602	1
34	DJSprtsch	578	-1
35	JumboVismaFan	475	0
36	ArchieBoy	397	0
37	RedheadDane	155	0
	Collective_Wisdom	757

Tomorrow will, one must expect, be equally inconsequential in terms of pink points, but there is little consensus on which group of riders might take the purple ones.

Stage 13
It nearly wasn't, but a sprint nonetheless, with all the nothing that usually implies for the game.

Purple points


DEMARE Arnaud	70	1
BAUHAUS Phil	40	1
CAVENDISH Mark	25	0
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	15	5
DAINESE Alberto	10	1
CONSONNI Simone	7	0
DE BONDT Dries	5	1
NIZZOLO Giacomo	3	0
VENDRAME Andrea	2	1
BAYER Tobias	1	0

Today
Two of those unique picks belong to the same manager, Redhead Dane.


1	Josedin	70
2	RedheadDane	45
3	Comodoro	15
3	EvansIsTheBest	15
3	Kazistuta	15
3	Otoxiep87	15
3	Search	15
8	SamuCuenca	10
9	Will10	2

Standings


1	EvansIsTheBest	419	0
2	Josedin	415	0
3	Kazistuta	339	2
4	Rote_Laterne	333	-1
5	DJSprtsch	328	-1
6	Yellow_Knight	303	0
7	ZigzagWanderer	303	0
8	Salvarani	298	0
9	Leadbelly	288	0
10	Search	285	2

Pink points
Unlucky stage 13 for Bardet and the five teams that have him.


DEMARE Arnaud	70	1
BAUHAUS Phil	45	1
HINDLEY Jai	25	7
MARTIN Guillaume	25	1
LANDA MEANA Mikel	25	27
POZZOVIVO Domenico	25	4
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	18	1
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	15	1
BUCHMANN Emanuel	15	5
DAINESE Alberto	13	1
SIVAKOV Pavel	10	2
KELDERMAN Wilco	8	3
ARENSMAN Thymen	8	11
NIBALI Vincenzo	8	3
CICCONE Giulio	8	9

LEEMREIZE Gijs	-8	1
YATES Simon	-8	18
BARDET Romain	-267	5


1	Josedin	108
2	Berflamand	76
3	Rufs	66
4	Northerner	65
5	Rote_Laterne	61
5	Titan31	61
7	SamuCuenca	59
8	AmisVelo	56
9	Search	54
10	RedheadDane	52
11	SafeBet	50
12	Comodoro	48
12	Manafana	48
14	Leadbelly	45
14	Vladimir	45
16	Bminchow	44
16	EvansIsTheBest	44
18	Mellow_Velo	43
19	BluesInTheBottle	31
20	Armchair_Cyclist	29
20	Kazistuta	29
20	SlowClimber	29
23	Yellow_Knight	27
24	Nyssinator	25
25	BicycleBoy	24
26	ZigzagWanderer	22
27	Otoxiep87	21
28	Will10	15
29	DJSprtsch	6
30	ArchieBoy	1
31	Laarsland	-1
32	JumboVismaFan	-10
33	Bonimenier	-217
34	Del1962	-224
35	Triley36	-234
36	Salvarani	-237
37	Scrooll07	-269
	Collective_Wisdom	26

Standings
For the first time in many stages, T Riley is within sight of the chasers. And just when I was thinking of writing that even with the probability of Lopez dropping to about 10th that he likely had enough (with Bardet, Landa and accumulated jersey points) to hang on to the lead. That looks a lot less likely now, but how high a place can Lopez keep? (and might Rosa hang onto those 70 points for the blue jersey?)


1	Triley36	1422	0
2	Josedin	1340	1
3	Search	1302	-1
4	Rote_Laterne	1158	0
5	Northerner	1101	1
6	BluesInTheBottle	1092	-1
7	Berflamand	1063	2
8	Comodoro	1015	3
9	Rufs	1013	5
10	BicycleBoy	1008	0
11	Vladimir	989	4
12	Leadbelly	987	4
13	Armchair_Cyclist	985	-1
14	Titan31	966	3
15	Mellow_Velo	919	3
16	AmisVelo	900	5
17	EvansIsTheBest	895	2
18	Manafana	885	4
19	Kazistuta	876	1
20	ZigzagWanderer	804	3
21	Salvarani	787	-14
22	SamuCuenca	784	2
23	Del1962	767	-15
24	Bminchow	757	1
25	Yellow_Knight	738	1
26	Bonimenier	736	-13
27	Will10	703	0
28	Nyssinator	697	0
29	SafeBet	696	1
30	SlowClimber	654	1
31	Otoxiep87	638	1
32	Laarsland	601	1
33	DJSprtsch	584	1
34	JumboVismaFan	465	1
35	ArchieBoy	398	1
36	Scrooll07	397	-7
37	RedheadDane	207	0
	Collective_Wisdom	783

Stage 14

Once again, hills are better than mountains

Purple points
Everyone in the top ten got picked: that is very rare.


YATES Simon	70	18
HINDLEY Jai	40	7
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	25	7
NIBALI Vincenzo	15	3
POZZOVIVO Domenico	10	4
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	7	1
LANDA MEANA Mikel	5	27
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	3	1
BUCHMANN Emanuel	2	5
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	1	1


1	Northerner	117	Yates/Hindley/Landa/Buchmann
1	Rote_Laterne	117	"
3	AmisVelo	115	Yates/Hindley/Landa
3	Comodoro	115	"
3	Leadbelly	115	"
3	Manafana	115	"
7	Armchair_Cyclist	100	Yates/Carapaz/Landa
8	Triley36	76	Yates/Landa/Lopez
9	Kazistuta	75	Yates/Landa
9	Nyssinator	75	"
9	Otoxiep87	75	"
9	SafeBet	75	"
9	SlowClimber	75	"
9	Will10	75	"
9	ZigzagWanderer	75	"

Standings


1	Rote_Laterne	450	3
2	Josedin	445	0
3	EvansIsTheBest	439	-2
4	Kazistuta	414	-1
5	Leadbelly	403	4
6	Comodoro	390	6
7	ZigzagWanderer	378	0
8	AmisVelo	363	8
9	Northerner	332	11
10	Triley36	329	5

Pink points
After a rather passive week in the main classification, apart from the misfortunes of Bardet and Girmay, we finally have some action. Which is a good thing for some, but not others.


CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	184	7
HINDLEY Jai	160	7
YATES Simon	108	18
NIBALI Vincenzo	76	3
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	68	1
POZZOVIVO Domenico	60	4
LANDA MEANA Mikel	55	27
BUCHMANN Emanuel	27	5
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd	16	1
FORTUNATO Lorenzo	10	1

LEEMREIZE Gijs	-10	1
BOL Cees	-15	1
SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro	-16	6
CARTHY Hugh	-18	18
TAARAMÄE Rein	-18	2
KÄMNA Lennard	-21	12
ARENSMAN Thymen	-30	11
DUMOULIN Tom	-42	9
MARTIN Guillaume	-128	1
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	-349	1

I presume there was good and bad news for all teams today, but not in equal measure...


1	Armchair_Cyclist	311
2	BluesInTheBottle	307
3	Northerner	304
4	Leadbelly	296
5	Comodoro	289
6	Rote_Laterne	287
7	Manafana	284
8	AmisVelo	281
9	Search	260
10	Vladimir	251
11	BicycleBoy	245
12	Josedin	192
13	Otoxiep87	156
14	Laarsland	145
15	Nyssinator	144
16	Will10	137
17	Kazistuta	126
18	ZigzagWanderer	124
19	SafeBet	122
20	SlowClimber	114
21	Berflamand	88
22	JumboVismaFan	86
23	Titan31	85
24	Scrooll07	80
25	ArchieBoy	73
26	EvansIsTheBest	72
27	Del1962	50
28	Yellow_Knight	32
29	Bminchow	30
29	Salvarani	30
31	Rufs	28
32	RedheadDane	6
33	Mellow_Velo	-29
34	Bonimenier	-42
35	DJSprtsch	-47
36	SamuCuenca	-90
37	Triley36	-223
	Collective_Wisdom	88

Standings
No disrespect intended to Lopez or TRiley, but these perhaps represent a more likely shape of the game. But with plenty of opportunities for things to change (except maybe for RhD)


1	Search	1562	2
2	Josedin	1532	0
3	Rote_Laterne	1445	1
4	Northerner	1405	1
5	BluesInTheBottle	1399	1
6	Comodoro	1304	2
7	Armchair_Cyclist	1296	6
8	Leadbelly	1283	4
9	BicycleBoy	1253	1
10	Vladimir	1240	1
11	Triley36	1199	-10
12	AmisVelo	1181	4
13	Manafana	1169	5
14	Berflamand	1151	-7
15	Titan31	1051	-1
16	Rufs	1041	-7
17	Kazistuta	1002	2
18	EvansIsTheBest	967	-1
19	ZigzagWanderer	928	1
20	Mellow_Velo	890	-5
21	Nyssinator	841	7
22	Will10	840	5
23	SafeBet	818	6
24	Del1962	817	-1
24	Salvarani	817	-3
26	Otoxiep87	794	5
27	Bminchow	787	-3
28	Yellow_Knight	770	-3
29	SlowClimber	768	1
30	Laarsland	746	2
31	Bonimenier	694	-5
31	SamuCuenca	694	-9
33	JumboVismaFan	551	1
34	DJSprtsch	537	-1
35	Scrooll07	477	1
36	ArchieBoy	471	-1
37	RedheadDane	213	0
	Collective_Wisdom	871

Laarsland now only has 3 riders left; Del 1962 has one more, but has 2262 points of his budget having a lie in tomorrow.

And just about the only thing that didn't change today is the interforum challenge position:
VR 1071
CN 953

A VR top-3! :cool

Stage 15

Taking advantage of the rest day by not doing the update last night, but extra info to make up for it.

Purple points


CICCONE Giulio	70	9
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	40	0
PEDRERO LOPEZ Antonio	25	1
CARTHY Hugh	15	18
TUSVELD Martijn	10	0
COVILI Luca	7	0
TESFATSION Natnael Ocbit	5	1
MOLLEMA Bauke	3	0
LEEMREIZE Gijs	2	1
MARTIN Guillaume	1	1

On the day
5 teams have both Ciccone and Carthy, but only Scrooll has Leemreize as well.


1	Scrooll07	87
2	Bminchow	85
2	Kazistuta	85
2	Rufs	85
2	SafeBet	85
6	AmisVelo	70
6	BluesInTheBottle	70
6	Leadbelly	70
6	Vladimir	70
10	ArchieBoy	25
11	Berflamand	15

Main stage points scorers to stage 15 ( a second place or higher points equivalent)


DEMARE Arnaud	265	1
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	160	4
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	155	6
YATES Simon	140	18
CAVENDISH Mark	127	0
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	120	5
HINDLEY Jai	110	7
DAINESE Alberto	87	1
KÄMNA Lennard	80	12
BOUWMAN Koen	77	0
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	73	7
CICCONE Giulio	70	9
DE GENDT Thomas	70	3
OLDANI Stefano	70	0
MOLLEMA Bauke	63	0
BAUHAUS Phil	57	1
EWAN Caleb	53	19
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	50	0
BARDET Romain	48	5
CONSONNI Simone	41	0
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	41	1
DUMOULIN Tom	40	9
GABBURO Davide	40	0
ROTA Lorenzo	40	0

Standings
(with riders who have 40 pts + in this classification for the top ten)


1	Kazistuta	499	3	Yates/Gaviria/Kamna/Ciccone/Ewan
2	Leadbelly	473	3	Yates/Hindley/Kamna/Ciccone/Ewan
3	Josedin	460	-1	Demare/Carapaz/De Gendt
4	Rote_Laterne	450	-3	Yates/Hindley/Kamna/Ewan/Dumoulin
5	EvansIsTheBest	439	-2	Girmay/Gaviria/Ewan/Dumoulin
6	AmisVelo	433	2	Yates/Hindley/Ciccone/Ewan/Dumoulin
7	Comodoro	405	-1	Yates/Gaviria/Hindley
8	ZigzagWanderer	383	-1	Girmay/Yates/Ewan
9	Rufs	365	10	Van der Poel/Ciccone/Ewan/Dumoulin
10	Bminchow	355	12	Girmay/Ciccone/Ewan
11	Search	340	1
12	BluesInTheBottle	333	12
13	Northerner	332	-4
14	Triley36	329	-4
15	DJSprtsch	328	-4
16	Yellow_Knight	323	-1
17	BicycleBoy	318	-4
18	Will10	312	-4
19	Scrooll07	310	7
20	JumboVismaFan	305	-4
21	Salvarani	303	-4
22	Otoxiep87	302	-4
23	Manafana	286	-2
24	Nyssinator	280	-1
25	Armchair_Cyclist	278	-5
26	Del1962	274	-1
27	SafeBet	254	5
28	ArchieBoy	238	1
29	SlowClimber	237	-2
30	Titan31	235	-2
31	Vladimir	224	3
32	Berflamand	216	-2
33	SamuCuenca	194	-2
34	Laarsland	163	-1
35	Bonimenier	162	0
36	Mellow_Velo	107	0
37	RedheadDane	69	0
	Collective_Wisdom	310

Main (Pink) competition
Stage 15 update


CICCONE Giulio	109	9
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	56	0
PEDRERO LOPEZ Antonio	42	1
BOUWMAN Koen	24	0
MARTIN Guillaume	24	1
CARTHY Hugh	23	18
LEEMREIZE Gijs	16	1
TUSVELD Martijn	16	0
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	13	7
COVILI Luca	11	0
TESFATSION Natnael Ocbit	10	1

SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro	-10	6
FORMOLO Davide	-11	0
TAARAMÄE Rein	-11	2
VALTER Attila	-11	3
HAMILTON Chris	-12	0
FORTUNATO Lorenzo	-14	1
CONTI Valerio	-15	0
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro	-15	0
YATES Simon	-16	18
ROSA Diego	-30	2

On the day:


1	Rufs	132
1	Scrooll07	132
3	Bminchow	127
4	Vladimir	126
5	Kazistuta	122
6	BluesInTheBottle	111
7	SafeBet	109
8	AmisVelo	93
9	Leadbelly	92
10	Josedin	36
11	Search	35
12	ArchieBoy	24
13	Berflamand	23
13	Yellow_Knight	23
15	Del1962	22
16	Bonimenier	18
17	Mellow_Velo	16
17	SamuCuenca	16
19	BicycleBoy	13
20	Titan31	9
21	DJSprtsch	5
22	Laarsland	2
23	SlowClimber	0
24	Salvarani	-1
25	Armchair_Cyclist	-3
25	Comodoro	-3
27	RedheadDane	-5
28	Manafana	-9
28	Nyssinator	-9
30	Otoxiep87	-11
31	EvansIsTheBest	-17
31	Rote_Laterne	-17
33	Northerner	-26
34	JumboVismaFan	-32
35	ZigzagWanderer	-36
36	Will10	-45
37	Triley36	-57
	Collective_Wisdom	6

Top scoring riders


CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	620	7
HINDLEY Jai	510	7
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	371	1
DEMARE Arnaud	350	1
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	338	1
LANDA MEANA Mikel	285	27
POZZOVIVO Domenico	257	4
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	248	1
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	239	6
YATES Simon	202	18
BUCHMANN Emanuel	197	5
BOUWMAN Koen	195	0
NIBALI Vincenzo	183	3
CAVENDISH Mark	182	0
CICCONE Giulio	169	9
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	160	5
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	160	4
KELDERMAN Wilco	143	3
KÄMNA Lennard	141	12
MARTIN Guillaume	138	1
MOLLEMA Bauke	132	0
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	128	0
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro	124	0
DAINESE Alberto	112	1
HIRT Jan	112	0
HAMILTON Lucas	101	3

Standings

With the 100 pt + scorers for the top ten


1	Search	1597	0	Carapaz/Landa/Pozzovivo/Gaviria/Kamna
2	Josedin	1568	0	Carapaz/Demare/Landa
3	BluesInTheBottle	1510	2	Carapaz/Hindley/Ciccone/Kamna
4	Rote_Laterne	1428	-1	Hindley/Landa/Yates/Buchmann/Kamna
5	Northerner	1379	-1	Hindley/Landa/Yates/Buchmann
6	Leadbelly	1375	2	Hindley/Landa/Yates/Ciccone/Kamna
7	Vladimir	1366	3	Carapaz/Buchmann/Nibali/Ciccone
8	Comodoro	1301	-2	Hindley/Landa/Yates/Gaviria
9	Armchair_Cyclist	1293	-2	Carapaz/Landa/Yates/Hamilton
10	AmisVelo	1274	2	Hindley/Landa/Yates/Ciccone
11	BicycleBoy	1266	-2
12	Berflamand	1174	2
13	Rufs	1173	3
14	Manafana	1160	-1
15	Triley36	1142	-4
16	Kazistuta	1124	1
17	Titan31	1060	-2
18	EvansIsTheBest	950	0
19	SafeBet	927	4
20	Bminchow	914	7
21	Mellow_Velo	906	-1
22	ZigzagWanderer	892	-3
23	Del1962	839	1
24	Nyssinator	832	-3
25	Salvarani	816	-1
26	Will10	795	-4
27	Yellow_Knight	793	1
28	Otoxiep87	783	-2
29	SlowClimber	768	0
30	Laarsland	748	0
31	Bonimenier	712	0
32	SamuCuenca	710	-1
33	Scrooll07	609	2
34	DJSprtsch	542	0
35	JumboVismaFan	519	-2
36	ArchieBoy	495	0
37	RedheadDane	208	0
	Collective_Wisdom	877

And a bad luck table (number of DNFs, net cost of DNFs)


Laarsland	5	1342
Del1962	4	2121
DJSprtsch	4	1554
Bonimenier	3	1702
EvansIsTheBest	3	1551
Bminchow	3	1487
Rote_Laterne	3	1244
AmisVelo	3	1244
Triley36	2	1384
Scrooll07	2	1384
ZigzagWanderer	2	1193
SlowClimber	2	979
JumboVismaFan	2	979
Northerner	2	926
Leadbelly	2	926
Yellow_Knight	2	926
Rufs	2	737
Otoxiep87	2	571

Spreadsheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11haWffZm_Bng3kfcbo5lpPJSlyfL0cEh?rtpof=true&authuser=kevinmce63%40gmail.com&usp=drive_fs)

Looks like it's gonna be a topsy-turvy last week, the top-3 could very easily swap with 4-6 depending on what happens between Carapaz and Hindley. My hopes rest on Hindley winning that battle, Ciccone picking up another stage (and the KoM?) and Emu dropping down the GC. "Make it so number one!"

I may unlike this later on again

Stage 16 The 'Queen Stage'

Untold chaos and drama, so long as you ignore the top 4.

Purplish points


HIRT Jan	70	0
ARENSMAN Thymen	40	11
HINDLEY Jai	25	7
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	15	7
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro	10	0
LANDA MEANA Mikel	7	27
KÄMNA Lennard	5	12
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	3	1
NIBALI Vincenzo	2	3
CARTHY Hugh	1	18

Today


1	Northerner	72	Arensman/Hindley/Landa
2	Josedin	63	Arensman/Carapaz/Landa/Carthy
3	Vladimir	57	Arensman/Carapaz/Nibali
4	Mellow_Velo	51	Arensman/Landa/Almeida/Carthy
5	Berflamand	48	Arensman/Landa/Carthy
5	Titan31	48
5	SafeBet	48
5	SlowClimber	48
5	Bonimenier	48
10	ZigzagWanderer	47	Arensman/Landa
11	BluesInTheBottle	45	Hindley/Carapaz/Kamna
12	ArchieBoy	40	Arensman

Standings


1	Josedin	523	2
2	Kazistuta	512	-1
3	Leadbelly	510	-1
4	Rote_Laterne	487	0
5	AmisVelo	465	1
6	EvansIsTheBest	448	-1
7	Comodoro	438	0
8	ZigzagWanderer	430	0
9	Northerner	404	4
10	BluesInTheBottle	378	2

Pink points
Lots of changes in GC, just not at the top of it.


NIBALI Vincenzo	77	3
ARENSMAN Thymen	63	11
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	30	7
CARTHY Hugh	23	18
KÄMNA Lennard	20	12
SIVAKOV Pavel	16	2
HINDLEY Jai	15	7
PRONSKIY Vadim	11	1

LEEMREIZE Gijs	-14	1
SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro	-14	6
ROSA Diego	-15	2
TESFATSION Natnael Ocbit	-22	1
POZZOVIVO Domenico	-25	4
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	-25	1
BUCHMANN Emanuel	-25	5
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	-30	1
KELDERMAN Wilco	-33	3
MARTIN Guillaume	-51	1

Today


1	Vladimir	156
2	Del1962	127
3	Josedin	123
4	SafeBet	110
5	Mellow_Velo	96
6	SlowClimber	93
7	EvansIsTheBest	90
8	Titan31	84
9	ArchieBoy	69
10	Bonimenier	60
11	Search	55
12	BluesInTheBottle	52
13	Kazistuta	50
14	Northerner	46
15	Armchair_Cyclist	45
16	Leadbelly	43
16	Salvarani	43
16	Berflamand	43
19	Laarsland	35
20	ZigzagWanderer	33
21	Manafana	32
22	Comodoro	31
23	Yellow_Knight	30
23	Otoxiep87	30
25	DJSprtsch	24
25	JumboVismaFan	24
27	AmisVelo	23
28	Rote_Laterne	17
29	Rufs	14
30	Will10	13
31	Scrooll07	10
32	BicycleBoy	5
33	Bminchow	-2
33	RedheadDane	-2
35	Nyssinator	-3
36	Triley36	-32
37	SamuCuenca	-56
	Collective_Wisdom	113

Standings
Change at the top, because Arensman's gains were much more than the slight net loss of Kamna and Pozzovivo.
The top 4 have Carapaz, the next three have Hindley (and BitB in 3rd has both)


1	Josedin	1691	1
2	Search	1652	-1
3	BluesInTheBottle	1562	0
4	Vladimir	1522	3
5	Rote_Laterne	1445	-1
6	Northerner	1425	-1
7	Leadbelly	1418	-1
8	Armchair_Cyclist	1338	1
9	Comodoro	1332	-1
10	AmisVelo	1297	0
11	BicycleBoy	1271	0
12	Berflamand	1217	0
13	Manafana	1192	1
14	Rufs	1187	-1
15	Kazistuta	1174	1
16	Titan31	1144	1
17	Triley36	1110	-2
18	EvansIsTheBest	1040	0
19	SafeBet	1037	0
20	Mellow_Velo	1002	1
21	Del1962	966	2
22	ZigzagWanderer	925	0
23	Bminchow	912	-3
24	SlowClimber	861	5
25	Salvarani	859	0
26	Nyssinator	829	-2
27	Yellow_Knight	823	0
28	Otoxiep87	813	0
29	Will10	808	-3
30	Laarsland	783	0
31	Bonimenier	772	0
32	SamuCuenca	654	0
33	Scrooll07	619	0
34	DJSprtsch	566	0
35	ArchieBoy	564	1
36	JumboVismaFan	543	-1
37	RedheadDane	206	0
	Collective_Wisdom	990

VR 1167
CN 1020

Stage 17
Rather similar to yesterday, with some of the same riders featuring.

Purple points


BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	70	0
LEEMREIZE Gijs	40	1
HIRT Jan	25	0
CARTHY Hugh	15	18
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	10	7
HINDLEY Jai	7	7
VANSEVENANT Mauri	5	1
BOUWMAN Koen	3	0
MARTIN Guillaume	2	1
LANDA MEANA Mikel	1	27

.

Today


1	Scrooll07	55	Leemreize/Carthy
2	Josedin	26	Carthy/Carapaz/Landa
2	Search	26
4	Comodoro	23	Carthy/Hindley/Landa
4	Manafana	23
6	BluesInTheBottle	17	Carapaz/Hindley
7	Seventeen teams	16	Carthy/Landa

Standings


1	Josedin	549	0
2	Kazistuta	528	0
3	Leadbelly	518	0
4	Rote_Laterne	495	0
5	AmisVelo	473	0
6	Comodoro	461	1
7	EvansIsTheBest	449	-1
8	ZigzagWanderer	431	0
9	Northerner	412	0
10	BluesInTheBottle	395	0

Pink points
Simon Yates had rather fewer GC points than the teams that invested in him would have hoped for, but enough that his dropping out is probably the most impactful thing today.


LEEMREIZE Gijs	54	1
LANDA MEANA Mikel	51	27
CARTHY Hugh	39	18
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	30	1
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	27	7
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	25	1
POELS Wout	12	1
VANSEVENANT Mauri	11	1

CICCONE Giulio	-12	9
HAMILTON Lucas	-14	3
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	-50	1
YATES Simon	-62	18
POZZOVIVO Domenico	-80	4

Today


1	Josedin	107
2	Titan31	92
3	Del1962	90
4	Yellow_Knight	89
5	Bonimenier	79
6	Bminchow	76
7	Rufs	64
8	Salvarani	51
9	EvansIsTheBest	43
10	Comodoro	39
10	Manafana	39
12	Search	37
13	Nyssinator	35
14	Otoxiep87	30
15	BluesInTheBottle	26
16	Mellow_Velo	24
17	Triley36	23
18	Scrooll07	19
18	Laarsland	19
20	Kazistuta	16
21	SlowClimber	12
22	DJSprtsch	4
23	Armchair_Cyclist	2
23	Vladimir	2
25	Berflamand	1
26	SafeBet	0
27	Rote_Laterne	-4
28	Will10	-5
29	RedheadDane	-7
30	Northerner	-9
31	Leadbelly	-16
31	AmisVelo	-16
33	ZigzagWanderer	-20
34	BicycleBoy	-54
35	ArchieBoy	-57
36	JumboVismaFan	-58
37	SamuCuenca	-85

Standings
Not much change at the top of the rankings, and with the leader being the top scorer today, that margin gets wider.


1	Josedin	1798	0
2	Search	1689	0
3	BluesInTheBottle	1588	0
4	Vladimir	1524	0
5	Rote_Laterne	1441	0
6	Northerner	1416	0
7	Leadbelly	1402	0
8	Comodoro	1371	1
9	Armchair_Cyclist	1340	-1
10	AmisVelo	1281	0
11	Rufs	1251	3
12	Titan31	1236	4
13	Manafana	1231	0
14	Berflamand	1218	-2
15	BicycleBoy	1217	-4
16	Kazistuta	1190	-1
17	Triley36	1133	0
18	EvansIsTheBest	1083	0
19	Del1962	1056	2
20	SafeBet	1037	-1
21	Mellow_Velo	1026	-1
22	Bminchow	988	1
23	Yellow_Knight	912	4
24	Salvarani	910	1
25	ZigzagWanderer	905	-3
26	SlowClimber	873	-2
27	Nyssinator	864	-1
28	Bonimenier	851	3
29	Otoxiep87	843	-1
30	Will10	803	-1
31	Laarsland	802	-1
32	Scrooll07	638	1
33	DJSprtsch	570	1
34	SamuCuenca	569	-2
35	ArchieBoy	507	0
36	JumboVismaFan	485	0
37	RedheadDane	199	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1009

Tomorrow should be for the sprinters, and so not much pink point change should be expected.

Well my big gamble isn’t going to pay off.
Is there a special award for picking the GC guy who catches Covid?

Quote from: Mellow Velo on May 26, 2022, 10:50

Well my big gamble isn’t going to pay off.
Is there a special award for picking the GC guy who catches Covid?

4 weeks immunity?

Stage 18
The sprint stage that wasn't

Purple points


DE BONDT Dries	70	1
AFFINI Edoardo	40	0
CORT NIELSEN Magnus	25	2
GABBURO Davide	15	0
DAINESE Alberto	10	1
DEMARE Arnaud	7	1
CIMOLAI Davide	5	3
CAVENDISH Mark	3	0
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	2	5
CONSONNI Simone	1	0

Just occasionally, random is the way to go


1	RedheadDane	70
2	ArchieBoy	25
2	JumboVismaFan	25
4	SamuCuenca	10
5	Josedin	7
5	Comodoro	7
7	Scrooll07	5
7	DJSprtsch	5
9	Search	2
9	Kazistuta	2
9	EvansIsTheBest	2
9	Otoxiep87	2

Standings
Two points is enough to lift Search into the top ten. Precious few other points here though.


1	Josedin	556	0
2	Kazistuta	530	0
3	Leadbelly	518	0
4	Rote_Laterne	495	0
5	AmisVelo	473	0
6	Comodoro	468	0
7	EvansIsTheBest	451	0
8	ZigzagWanderer	431	0
9	Northerner	412	0
10	Search	396	1

Pink points
Only one team loses out by Almeida's diagnosis (hard luck MV), but lots pick up points by moving into the void he leaves.


DE BONDT Dries	77	1
POZZOVIVO Domenico	30	4
CORT NIELSEN Magnus	25	2
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	25	1
NIBALI Vincenzo	25	3
BUCHMANN Emanuel	25	5
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	16	7
CARTHY Hugh	15	18
DAINESE Alberto	10	1

DE GENDT Thomas	-1	3
LEEMREIZE Gijs	-2	1
BAUHAUS Phil	-4	1
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	-265	1


1	Vladimir	75
2	RedheadDane	73
3	Berflamand	70
4	Search	67
5	Titan31	52
6	SamuCuenca	50
7	Rufs	48
8	BicycleBoy	45
9	Del1962	44
10	Josedin	37
11	JumboVismaFan	31
12	EvansIsTheBest	30
13	Rote_Laterne	29
13	Northerner	29
15	ArchieBoy	27
16	Kazistuta	26
16	Comodoro	26
16	BluesInTheBottle	26
19	Armchair_Cyclist	22
20	Bminchow	21
20	SafeBet	21
22	Scrooll07	20
22	Manafana	20
22	Nyssinator	20
25	Bonimenier	19
26	Otoxiep87	18
26	Laarsland	18
28	SlowClimber	15
29	Yellow_Knight	14
30	DJSprtsch	13
31	Will10	9
32	Triley36	8
32	Salvarani	8
34	Leadbelly	6
35	AmisVelo	2
36	ZigzagWanderer	0
37	Mellow_Velo	-250
	Collective_Wisdom	19

Standings


1	Josedin	1835	0
2	Search	1756	0
3	BluesInTheBottle	1614	0
4	Vladimir	1599	0
5	Rote_Laterne	1470	0
6	Northerner	1445	0
7	Leadbelly	1408	0
8	Comodoro	1397	0
9	Armchair_Cyclist	1362	0
10	Rufs	1299	1
11	Berflamand	1288	3
11	Titan31	1288	1
13	AmisVelo	1283	-3
14	BicycleBoy	1262	1
15	Manafana	1251	-2
16	Kazistuta	1216	0
17	Triley36	1141	0
18	EvansIsTheBest	1113	0
19	Del1962	1100	0
20	SafeBet	1058	0
21	Bminchow	1009	1
22	Yellow_Knight	926	1
23	Salvarani	918	1
24	ZigzagWanderer	905	1
25	SlowClimber	888	1
26	Nyssinator	884	1
27	Bonimenier	870	1
28	Otoxiep87	861	1
29	Laarsland	820	2
30	Will10	812	0
31	Mellow_Velo	776	-10
32	Scrooll07	658	0
33	SamuCuenca	619	1
34	DJSprtsch	583	-1
35	ArchieBoy	534	0
36	JumboVismaFan	516	0
37	RedheadDane	272	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1028

Three stages to go: which of them, if any, will cause any real change here?

Stage 19
Showdown postponed, again

Purple points
Lots of people getting a small haul of points, not many getting more than that.


BOUWMAN Koen	70	0
SCHMID Mauro	40	1
TONELLI Alessandro	25	1
VALTER Attila	15	3
VENDRAME Andrea	10	1
BAYER Tobias	7	0
MARTIN Guillaume	5	1
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	3	7
HINDLEY Jai	2	7
LANDA MEANA Mikel	1	27

Today


1	Yellow_Knight	41
2	Will10	26
3	RedheadDane	25
4	Nyssinator	16
4	Otoxiep87	16
6	BluesInTheBottle	5
6	SamuCuenca	5
8	Josedin	4
8	Search	4
8	Armchair_Cyclist	4

Technically, the top ten hasn't changed. BitB gains one point on Search that would make him joint 10th, except for the tiebreaker rule that keeps him 11th.

Pink points
Arensman loses 20 minutes + and 6 places. Might make more difference to managers here than it does to him...


SCHMID Mauro	40	1
VALTER Attila	26	3
TONELLI Alessandro	25	1
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	21	7
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	15	5
MARTIN Guillaume	11	1
VENDRAME Andrea	10	1

SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro	-12	6
CEPEDA ORTIZ Jefferson Alexander	-15	2
ARENSMAN Thymen	-34	11


1	Yellow_Knight	44
2	Otoxiep87	41
3	Nyssinator	34
4	Armchair_Cyclist	30
5	Will10	28
6	Search	26
6	Laarsland	26
8	RedheadDane	24
9	EvansIsTheBest	21
9	BicycleBoy	21
11	Kazistuta	17
11	SamuCuenca	17
13	Salvarani	14
14	Leadbelly	12
15	Rufs	11
16	Bminchow	10
16	Scrooll07	10
18	JumboVismaFan	8
19	Rote_Laterne	7
20	Comodoro	6
21	AmisVelo	5
21	Del1962	5
23	BluesInTheBottle	2
24	DJSprtsch	-2
25	Manafana	-3
26	Triley36	-7
27	Vladimir	-8
28	Josedin	-12
29	Titan31	-16
30	ArchieBoy	-24
31	SafeBet	-26
31	Bonimenier	-26
33	ZigzagWanderer	-30
33	Berflamand	-30
35	SlowClimber	-31
35	Mellow_Velo	-31
37	Northerner	-43
	Collective_Wisdom	-26

Standings


1	Josedin	1823	0
2	Search	1782	0
3	BluesInTheBottle	1616	0
4	Vladimir	1591	0
5	Rote_Laterne	1477	0
6	Leadbelly	1420	1
7	Comodoro	1403	1
8	Northerner	1402	-2
9	Armchair_Cyclist	1392	0
10	Rufs	1310	0
11	AmisVelo	1288	2
12	BicycleBoy	1283	2
13	Titan31	1272	-2
14	Berflamand	1258	-3
15	Manafana	1248	0
16	Kazistuta	1233	0
17	EvansIsTheBest	1134	1
17	Triley36	1134	0
19	Del1962	1105	0
20	SafeBet	1032	0
21	Bminchow	1019	0
22	Yellow_Knight	970	0
23	Salvarani	932	0
24	Nyssinator	918	2
25	Otoxiep87	902	3
26	ZigzagWanderer	875	-2
27	SlowClimber	857	-2
28	Laarsland	846	1
29	Bonimenier	844	-2
30	Will10	840	0
31	Mellow_Velo	745	0
32	Scrooll07	668	0
33	SamuCuenca	636	0
34	DJSprtsch	581	0
35	JumboVismaFan	524	1
36	ArchieBoy	510	-1
37	RedheadDane	296	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1002

Stage 20
Change!!!!

Purple points


COVI Alessandro	70	0
NOVAK Domen	40	0
CICCONE Giulio	25	9
PEDRERO LOPEZ Antonio	15	1
ARENSMAN Thymen	10	11
HINDLEY Jai	7	7
LEEMREIZE Gijs	5	1
CARTHY Hugh	3	18
LANDA MEANA Mikel	2	27
KÄMNA Lennard	1	12

Today


1	SafeBet	40	Ciccone/Arensman/Carthy/Landa
2	Vladimir	35	Ciccone/Arensman
2	Leadbelly	35	Ciccone/Hindley/Landa/Kamna
4	AmisVelo	34	Ciccone/Hindley/Landa
5	BluesInTheBottle	33	Ciccone/Hindley/Kamna
5	Scrooll07	33	Ciccone/Leemreize/Carthy
7	Kazistuta	31	Ciccone/Carthy/Landa/Kamna
8	Rufs	30	Ciccone/Carthy/Landa
8	Bminchow	30	Ciccone/Carthy/Landa
10	ArchieBoy	25	Pedrero/Arensman

Standings

I wouldn't think the teams that could catch Josedin have the time trialists to do so.


1	Josedin	575	0
2	Kazistuta	562	0
3	Leadbelly	556	0
4	AmisVelo	510	1
5	Rote_Laterne	508	-1
6	Comodoro	483	0
7	EvansIsTheBest	454	0
8	ZigzagWanderer	444	0
9	Northerner	434	0
10	BluesInTheBottle	433	1

Pink points
Only one significant change in the GC rankings, which seems odd for a final mountain stage. But it's been that sort of a Giro. The one change there was, however, is the biggie.


HINDLEY Jai	142	7
CICCONE Giulio	27	9
PEDRERO LOPEZ Antonio	17	1
ARENSMAN Thymen	14	11
LEEMREIZE Gijs	13	1

KÄMNA Lennard	-8	12
ROSA Diego	-10	2
DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David	-15	1
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	-128	7

Today


1	AmisVelo	171
2	Leadbelly	161
3	Northerner	155
4	Manafana	145
5	Comodoro	144
6	Rote_Laterne	136
7	SafeBet	44
8	Scrooll07	43
9	Rufs	32
10	BluesInTheBottle	30
11	Bminchow	29
12	Kazistuta	26
13	ArchieBoy	25
14	Titan31	17
14	Berflamand	17
16	Bonimenier	16
17	SlowClimber	15
17	Mellow_Velo	15
19	ZigzagWanderer	4
20	Yellow_Knight	3
21	EvansIsTheBest	1
21	Otoxiep87	1
23	Nyssinator	0
24	Del1962	-3
25	DJSprtsch	-8
25	Salvarani	-8
27	SamuCuenca	-12
28	Will10	-13
29	RedheadDane	-17
30	JumboVismaFan	-18
31	Triley36	-19
32	Vladimir	-85
33	Josedin	-109
34	Armchair_Cyclist	-126
35	BicycleBoy	-128
36	Search	-131
37	Laarsland	-134

Standings
So, did the Carapaz teams at the top hold on?


1	Josedin	1714	0
2	Search	1651	0
3	BluesInTheBottle	1646	0
4	Rote_Laterne	1613	1
5	Leadbelly	1581	1
6	Northerner	1557	2
7	Comodoro	1547	0
8	Vladimir	1506	-4
9	AmisVelo	1459	2
10	Manafana	1393	5
11	Rufs	1342	-1
12	Titan31	1289	1
13	Berflamand	1275	1
14	Armchair_Cyclist	1266	-5
15	Kazistuta	1259	1
16	BicycleBoy	1155	-4
17	EvansIsTheBest	1135	0
18	Triley36	1115	-1
19	Del1962	1102	0
20	SafeBet	1076	0
21	Bminchow	1048	0
22	Yellow_Knight	973	0
23	Salvarani	924	0
24	Nyssinator	918	0
25	Otoxiep87	903	0
26	ZigzagWanderer	879	0
27	SlowClimber	872	0
28	Bonimenier	860	1
29	Will10	827	1
30	Mellow_Velo	760	1
31	Laarsland	712	-3
32	Scrooll07	711	0
33	SamuCuenca	624	0
34	DJSprtsch	573	0
35	ArchieBoy	535	1
36	JumboVismaFan	506	-1
37	RedheadDane	279	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1011

Yes, they do. Surprisingly, only Vladimir really seems to have suffered from Carapaz's fading in the last few km today.

Any final twists have only 17 km in which to happen.

Stage 21

The final time trial
If you were looking for any major final upheaval, think again.

Purplish points


SOBRERO Matteo	70	0
ARENSMAN Thymen	40	11
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	25	6
MOLLEMA Bauke	15	0
TULETT Ben	10	0
SCHMID Mauro	7	1
CORT NIELSEN Magnus	5	2
FOSS Tobias Svendsen	3	8
HEPBURN Michael	2	2
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	1	7

Today
11 teams have Arensman: only one of them pairs him with Van der Poel.


1	Berflamand	65
2	ArchieBoy	45
3	Josedin	43
3	SafeBet	43
3	SlowClimber	43
3	Mellow_Velo	43
7	Vladimir	41
8	Northerner	40
8	Titan31	40
8	ZigzagWanderer	40
8	Bonimenier	40

Final standings
No-one within reach of Josedin had a time trialist, while he was one of the top scorers today with Arensman (backed up by Hepburn and Carapaz), so a clear defence of the lead that he has had in this category since Aprica.


1	Josedin	618	0
2	Kazistuta	562	0
3	Leadbelly	556	0
4	AmisVelo	512	0
5	Rote_Laterne	508	0
6	ZigzagWanderer	484	2
7	Comodoro	483	-1
8	Northerner	474	1
9	EvansIsTheBest	454	-2
10	Rufs	445	1
11	BluesInTheBottle	434	-1
12	Yellow_Knight	425	3
13	Bminchow	410	-1
14	Search	407	-1
15	Scrooll07	404	-1
16	SafeBet	402	0
17	ArchieBoy	373	8
18	BicycleBoy	372	2
19	Vladimir	370	5
20	DJSprtsch	364	3
21	Berflamand	361	11
22	SlowClimber	360	6
23	Will10	357	-5
24	Manafana	357	-7
25	Titan31	355	5
26	Otoxiep87	352	-7
27	JumboVismaFan	349	-5
28	Triley36	346	-8
29	Salvarani	345	-2
30	Nyssinator	325	-4
31	Armchair_Cyclist	318	-3
32	Del1962	312	-1
33	Bonimenier	282	0
34	Mellow_Velo	233	2
35	SamuCuenca	220	-1
36	Laarsland	192	-1
37	RedheadDane	167	0
	Collective_Wisdom	436

Stage 21 Final Pink points update

Other than the stage points, there were no changes in the Mountains or Points classifications, very little in GC (Carthy taking 9th from Lopez being the most significant), and not even a pink jersey bonus. Less consequential than a mass sprint.


ARENSMAN Thymen	40	11
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	25	6
CARTHY Hugh	15	18
SCHMID Mauro	7	1
CORT NIELSEN Magnus	5	2
FOSS Tobias Svendsen	3	8
HEPBURN Michael	2	2
FELLINE Fabio	2	2
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	1	7

SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro	-2	6
POELS Wout	-2	1
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	-15	1

Today


1	Berflamand	80
2	Josedin	58
2	SafeBet	58
2	SlowClimber	58
2	Mellow_Velo	58
6	Titan31	55
6	Bonimenier	55
8	Yellow_Knight	47
9	ArchieBoy	43
9	Vladimir	43
11	ZigzagWanderer	40
11	Rufs	40
13	Northerner	38
14	BicycleBoy	26
15	DJSprtsch	25
15	Salvarani	25
17	Otoxiep87	18
18	Kazistuta	17
19	Search	16
20	Bminchow	15
20	Scrooll07	15
20	Nyssinator	15
20	Del1962	15
24	Comodoro	13
24	Manafana	13
26	JumboVismaFan	8
27	SamuCuenca	3
27	RedheadDane	3
29	AmisVelo	2
30	Will10	1
30	Armchair_Cyclist	1
30	Laarsland	1
33	Leadbelly	0
33	Rote_Laterne	0
33	EvansIsTheBest	0
36	BluesInTheBottle	-1
37	Triley36	-17
	Collective_Wisdom	55

The final reckoning
Josedin has also led this main classification since Aprica, and with joint second on the day consolidates that victory.


1	Josedin	1772	0
2	Search	1667	0
3	BluesInTheBottle	1645	0
4	Rote_Laterne	1613	0
5	Northerner	1595	1
6	Leadbelly	1581	-1
7	Comodoro	1560	0
8	Vladimir	1549	0
9	AmisVelo	1461	0
10	Manafana	1406	0
11	Rufs	1382	0
12	Berflamand	1355	1
13	Titan31	1344	-1
14	Kazistuta	1276	1
15	Armchair_Cyclist	1267	-1
16	BicycleBoy	1181	0
17	EvansIsTheBest	1135	0
18	SafeBet	1134	2
19	Del1962	1117	0
20	Triley36	1098	-2
21	Bminchow	1063	0
22	Yellow_Knight	1020	0
23	Salvarani	949	0
24	Nyssinator	933	0
25	SlowClimber	930	2
26	Otoxiep87	921	-1
27	ZigzagWanderer	919	-1
28	Bonimenier	915	0
29	Will10	828	0
30	Mellow_Velo	818	0
31	Scrooll07	726	1
32	Laarsland	713	-1
33	SamuCuenca	627	0
34	DJSprtsch	598	0
35	ArchieBoy	578	0
36	JumboVismaFan	514	0
37	RedheadDane	282	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1066

Enhorabuena to Josedin (I think he is one of our Spanish contingent)

Congratulations also to Velorooms, whose members came 1st, 2nd, 4th and 6th, setting up a victory by 1237 to 1107

I am not working tomorrow, so I will do a bit of numbers breakdown then. If you can't wait that long to pour over your successes and failures, here is the spreadsheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11haWffZm_Bng3kfcbo5lpPJSlyfL0cEh?rtpof=true&authuser=kevinmce63%40gmail.com&usp=drive_fs)

Thanks to all who have joined in, to the riders, and to CQ and PCS for the results services.

Before the usual analysis, and inspired by Samu's question about a team based entirely on Israel PT riders, here are the team performances. Only UAD were overbudget, and many used a very small proportion of what we were allowed.

	Team	Cost	Stage points	Total
1	Bora	1908	281	1209
2	Bahrain	3311	284	1065
3	Intermarche Wanty G	2717	339	810
4	Ineos	3203	122	788
5	Trek	2221	230	777
6	Jumbo Visma	2170	320	628
7	Alpecin	2558	343	509
8	FdJ	1511	287	496
9	UAD	4881	246	471
10	Bike Exchange	1802	232	449
11	Astana	2011	21	432
12	DSM	2177	247	426
13	QuickStep	2143	217	376
14	Movistar	1935	79	326
15	Ed First	1338	79	289
16	Cofidis	2612	67	273
17	Eolo	1378	32	242
18	Lotto Soudal	981	153	231
19	Bardiani	1177	90	225
20	AGR Citroen	1060	23	187
21	Israel PT	1565	38	143
22	Drone Hopper	1199	8	99

Purple points top scorers
Stage points only: stage winners or equivalents


DEMARE Arnaud	272	1
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	180	6
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	160	4
HINDLEY Jai	151	7
BOUWMAN Koen	150	0
YATES Simon	140	18
CAVENDISH Mark	130	0
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	122	5
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	120	0
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	102	7
DAINESE Alberto	97	1
CICCONE Giulio	95	9
HIRT Jan	95	0
ARENSMAN Thymen	92	11
KÄMNA Lennard	86	12
SOBRERO Matteo	85	0
LEEMREIZE Gijs	79	1
MOLLEMA Bauke	78	0
DE BONDT Dries	75	1
COVI Alessandro	70	0
DE GENDT Thomas	70	3
OLDANI Stefano	70	0

I've already put up the final stage points table, but here are the top ten with their top three contributors (and any other 70 point plus riders)


1	Josedin	618	Demare/Carapaz/Arensman/De Gendt
2	Kazistuta	562	Yates/Gaviria/Ciccone/Kamna
3	Leadbelly	556	Hindley/Yates/Ciccone/Kamna
4	AmisVelo	512	Hindley/Yates/Ciccone
5	Rote_Laterne	508	Hindley/Yates/Kamna
6	ZigzagWanderer	484	Girmay/Yates/Arensman
7	Comodoro	483	Hindley/Yates/Gaviria
8	Northerner	474	Hindley/Yates/Arensman
9	EvansIsTheBest	454	Van der Poel/Ciccone/Ewan
10	Rufs	445	Van der Poel/Ciccone/Ewan

Part of the reason for doing the minor classification is to provide interest for those who are not going to be competitive in the Main Game. Josedin rather undermines that by winning both, but Kazistuta, Zigzag and Evans were not in the top ten in that, and Leadbelly and Amis Velo both do considerably better here.

And if anyone had wanted to target this classification alone, the best they could have done (I think) is
DEMARE Arnaud
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam
HINDLEY Jai
BOUWMAN Koen
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago
CICCONE Giulio
LEEMREIZE Gijs
on a spend of 3490, to score 1149 purple points (and an 'accidental' 2205 in the main game).

Pink points

When we include all the CQ points available (not only the GC or pink jersey bonuses: pink points are what I call our main classification), the top scoring riders are:


HINDLEY Jai	676	7 teams
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	587	7
DEMARE Arnaud	357	1
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	356	1
LANDA MEANA Mikel	346	27
HIRT Jan	311	0
NIBALI Vincenzo	285	3
BOUWMAN Koen	284	0
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	273	1
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	264	6
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	235	0
BUCHMANN Emanuel	197	5
CICCONE Giulio	189	9
CARTHY Hugh	184	18
POZZOVIVO Domenico	182	4
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	177	5
CAVENDISH Mark	170	0
ARENSMAN Thymen	166	11
KÄMNA Lennard	161	12
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	160	4
YATES Simon	140	18
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro	134	0
MOLLEMA Bauke	130	0
LEEMREIZE Gijs	127	1
DAINESE Alberto	122	1
COVI Alessandro	116	0
KELDERMAN Wilco	115	3
HAMILTON Lucas	109	3
MARTIN Guillaume	106	1
SOBRERO Matteo	100	0

Of course, an expensive pick who scores highish might not be a great pick, so Percentage return on investment


HAMILTON Lucas	311	3
DE GENDT Thomas	283	3
NOVAK Domen	200	0
HINDLEY Jai	186	7
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	185	1
LEEMREIZE Gijs	125	1
ARCAS PEÑA Jorge	114	0
CHEREL Mikael	114	0
BUCHMANN Emanuel	111	5
BOUWMAN Koen	92	0
HIRT Jan	88	0
LANDA MEANA Mikel	88	27
KÄMNA Lennard	88	12
TONELLI Alessandro	85	1
HEPBURN Michael	85	2
NIBALI Vincenzo	83	3
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	75	0
KLUGE Roger	75	0

Of course, the logical conclusion to the idea of value is that a cheaper rider and spare points in the budget can be a wiser pick than spending to the limit. But if you had chosen 7 favourite riders to a total cost of 1948, would you have had the courage to pick Hindley over Carapaz and send in a team that had only cost 2311 points?
Impeccable picks are those who you could not have scored better than with a rider who cost more.
HINDLEY Jai
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro
KÄMNA Lennard
LEEMREIZE Gijs
HAMILTON Lucas
DE GENDT Thomas
HEPBURN Michael

As in the purple points classification, I won't repeat the whole table from yesterday, but the top ten with their 100+ scorers:


1	Josedin	1772	Carapaz/Demare/Landa/Carthy/Arensman
2	Search	1667	Carapaz/Landa/Carthy/Pozzovivo/Gaviria/Kamna
3	BluesInTheBottle	1645	Hindley/Carapaz/Ciccone/Kamna
4	Rote_Laterne	1613	Hindley/Landa/Buchman/Kamna/Yates
5	Northerner	1595	Hindley/Landa/Buchman/Arensman/Yates
6	Leadbelly	1581	Hindley/Landa/Ciccone/Kamna/Yates
7	Comodoro	1560	Hindley/Landa/Carthy/Gaviria/Yates
8	Vladimir	1549	Carapaz/Nibali/Buchmann/Ciccone/Arensman
9	AmisVelo	1461	Hindley/Landa/Ciccone/Yates
10	Manafana	1406	Hindley/Landa/Carthy/Yates

Best possible team
with all my usual qualifiers about this being based on a fairly limited numbers of tries, and that better combinations may be possible.
HINDLEY Jai
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro
LANDA MEANA Mikel
HIRT Jan
NIBALI Vincenzo
BUCHMANN Emanuel
LEEMREIZE Gijs
at a cost of 3475 and earning 2885

Josedin's double winning team
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio
DEMARE Arnaud
LANDA MEANA Mikel
CARTHY Hugh
ARENSMAN Thymen
DE GENDT Thomas
BALLERINI Davide
HEPBURN Michael

Only Ballerini can be said to have been a real flop here. Hepburn was not the best cheap Aussie makeweight he could have afforded (that would have been Hamilton), but at least he finished and even picked up a couple of stage points at the death. I will admit to having thought that this team will go nowhere when I saw a big spend on Demare in a field that included Ewan, Cavendish, Gaviria and Girmay, but it is good to see a brave unique pick be rewarded (and also demonstrates the sort of insight that earned me 15th place).
If my Best Possible team is correct, this is 61.4% of what is possible: every time I do such a calculation the winner is in the low to mid sixties of what might have been done.

Hall of shame
Riders who were selected at a cost of 400 points or more, but who returned less than 10% of their cost, with the difference between their score and their price.


ALEOTTI Giovanni	-391	1
POELS Wout	-489	1
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel	-507	20
DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David	-549	1
BARDET Romain	-877	5
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	-1578	1

And finally, to give comfort to some, the Bad luck table, sorted by number of non-finishers, then by the difference between what those non-finishers cost and the points they may have gained before withdrawal.


Laarsland	5	1342
ZigzagWanderer	4	2476
Del1962	4	2121
Rote_Laterne	4	2079
AmisVelo	4	2079
DJSprtsch	4	1554
Triley36	3	2219
Scrooll07	3	2219
SlowClimber	3	1954
JumboVismaFan	3	1954
Northerner	3	1761
Leadbelly	3	1761
Bonimenier	3	1702
EvansIsTheBest	3	1551
Bminchow	3	1487
Otoxiep87	3	1406
Mellow_Velo	2	1896
Manafana	2	1482
Will10	2	1447
Comodoro	2	1342
SafeBet	2	1342
Kazistuta	2	1254
Nyssinator	2	1254
ArchieBoy	2	1254
Armchair_Cyclist	2	1153
Yellow_Knight	2	926
Rufs	2	737
BluesInTheBottle	2	671
Salvarani	1	877
Titan31	1	721
RedheadDane	1	549
Berflamand	1	507
Vladimir	1	419
SamuCuenca	1	217
Search	1	164
Josedin	0	0
BicycleBoy	0	0
Collective_Wisdom	3	1761

which perhaps makes Rote Laterne's 4th place more commendable.

And even finalier, the standings after two rounds of the Four Seasons challenge (ie totals for those who contested both this and the Spring Classics game, Tour and Vuelta to follow).


1	Josedin	2847
2	Search	2769
3	Leadbelly	2757
4	AmisVelo	2661
5	Comodoro	2653
6	BluesInTheBottle	2588
7	Rufs	2499
8	Rote_Laterne	2496
9	Kazistuta	2462
10	Laarsland	2401
11	EvansIsTheBest	2380
12	Vladimir	2378
13	Triley36	2305
14	Otoxiep87	2296
15	Armchair_Cyclist	2261
16	SlowClimber	2228
17	Berflamand	2128
18	Del1962	2081
19	Salvarani	2001
20	Bminchow	1949
21	JumboVismaFan	1755
22	BicycleBoy	1702
23	Mellow_Velo	1625
24	Scrooll07	1623
25	DJSprtsch	1320
26	RedheadDane	752
	Collective_Wisdom	2268

And remind me to tell you on around 23rd June that the Tour de France CQ Game should be 8 riders with a maximum budget of 4000 points as of 26th June, to be confirmed from a CQ update on the 27th, and that you'll need to submit teams by whatever time the first rider goes down the ramp in Copenhagen on 1st July.

Now, Emerging riders games...

All hail Josedin, Armchair and Velorooms! All hail!

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