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Update #5: Amis Velo tops a busy week



There were stage races this week in the Middle East, Australia, two in continental Europe, and one ongoing in Southeast Asia. Although it's likely that more teams had a wider variety of riders scoring than last week, the weekly top scorers weren't anywhere near last week's 800+ highs. A lot of decent performances from less popular riders and big points from very rare riders this week, but a very exciting week with alot going on.



This Week's Top Scorers



Rank   Team   Points this week
1   Amis_Velo   444
2   Londonpat   438
3   EvansIsTheBest   391
4   Jakob747   384
5   skidmark   358


Amis Velo tops the week with two riders scoring more than 100 points - Nacer Bouhanni nabbed 126 from Saudi Arabia (and is on 52 teams), while unique pick Tao Geoghegan Hart picked up 102 in Europe, which must be an encouraging start for someone having him as a unique pick.  Beyond that, the team had a slew of riders such as Chernetski, Daniese, Cort etc scoring between 30-40, coming together for a solid week. Londonpat finishes only 6 points behind, having the top two in the Saudi Tour (Phil Bauhaus is only on 4 teams and scored 166 on the week, and is now only 30 points behind last year's score). EvansIsTheBest nabs a mention in third as one of the only two teams to pick Alexys Brunel, as well as the Bouhanni points.



This Week's High Movers



Rank   Team   Up/down
1   Jon_Ezeitza   (+34)
2   Londonpat   (+32)
2   Eric10   (+32)
4   Amis_Velo   (+26)
4   postmanhat   (+26)


Things have settled a bit in week 5 after some huge jumps in the early going, but Jon Ezeitza still manages to top the week by moving up almost a third of the table, 34 spots.  Their team has only 4 scoring riders this week, and the vast majority come from Tadej Pogacar (216 points, 3 teams) and the aforementioned Brunel. Londonpat is a bridesmaid again, sharing second place with Eric10.



Green Jersey Competition



Rank   Team   Total
1   Jakob747   87
2   will10   69
3   EvansIsTheBest   56
4   Fivezzz   55
5   Hakkie2   51


Jakob747 moves into the lead of this competition after their team's third week in the top 4 out of the 5 weeks this game has been going on. will10 and Fivezzz stand pat while EITB has a second good week in a row, and Hakkie2 scores 6 points to separate them from the pack of weekly winners at 45 points, now out of the top 5.



Top 10 Overall



Rank   Up/down   Team   Points
1   (-)   
Hakkie2
1338
2   (+2)   EvansIsTheBest   1317
3   (+3)   Jakob747   1272
4   (-1)   zaka_fan   1237
5   (-3)   western_grebe   1205
6   (+1)   18-Valve. (pithy)   1160
7   (-2)   Marek   1135
8   (+2)   Object   1121
9   (-)   sodak_za   1110
10   (+6)   Squire   1091


Hakkie2 stays on top, while EITB and Jakob storm the podium. The top 10 overall has settled down a bit as well after a volatile first few weeks, with the only new entry being Squire, coming at the expense of ChrisDK, who tumbles out of the top 10.



The early season hits keep coming this week, with Langkawi continuing, Colombia and Provence hosting their stage races, Murcia later in the week, and then Laigueglia kicking off the Italian calendar and Almeria too.





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