[Armchair Cyclist]

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.  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.