2023 Giro CQ Game

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 7
Gran Snoozo d'Italia
So much for my suggestions that there would be a radical shake-up today

Purple points
Occasionally those cheap makeweights in the team do more than simply get 15 finishing points

BAIS Davide	70	0
VACEK Karel	40	1
PETILLI Simone	25	4
EVENEPOEL Remco	15	1
ROGLIC Primoz	10	21
PINOT Thibaut	7	1
THOMAS Geraint	5	0
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	3	11
DUNBAR Eddie	2	17
SCARONI Christian	1	1

1	Del1962	52	Vacek, Roglic & Dunbar
2	DevilsElbow	40	Petilli, Roglic, Almeida, Dunbar
3	Comodoro	38	Petilli, Roglic, Dunbar, Scaroni
4	DJSprtsch	35	Petilli & Roglic
4	Vladimir	35
6	Salvarani	17	Roglic & Pinot
7	Rote_Laterne	15
7	Triley36	15
9	BicycleBoy	13
9	EvansIsTheBest	13
9	Scrooll07	13
12	Anderis	12
12	Armchair_Cyclist	12
12	Berlus	12
12	JumboVismaFan	12
12	Kazistuta	12
12	Los_Brolin	12
12	Search	12
19	BluesInTheBottle	10
19	Googolplex	10
19	Riverside	10
19	Rufs	10
23	Bminchow	5
23	Peixotini	5
23	Ricco	5
23	Titan31	5
27	DJW	3
27	Yellow_Knight	3
29	Laarsland	2
29	Leadbelly	2
31	AmisVelo	0
31	ArchieBoy	0
31	Bonimenier	0
31	Josedin	0
31	RedheadDane	0
31	SamuCuenca	0
	Collective_Wisdom	12

Standings

1	Peixotini	390	0
2	DJW	315	0
3	Laarsland	296	1
4	Josedin	295	-1
5	Titan31	252	0
6	Yellow_Knight	245	0
7	Bonimenier	225	0
8	DJSprtsch	222	3
9	Berlus	203	-1
9	Kazistuta	203	-1

Pink Points

PETILLI Simone	66	4
VACEK Karel	65	1
KÄMNA Lennard	30	9
CARUSO Damiano	23	9
DUNBAR Eddie	18	17
EVENEPOEL Remco	15	1
GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	15	8
HAIG Jack	14	24
CARTHY Hugh	12	7
LASTRA MARTINEZ Jonathan	10	1
ROGLIC Primoz	10	21

PINOT Thibaut	-11	1
PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	-18	5

Today
It's a rare event for every team to get a positive day score, but the big point losers (Skujins, Albanese and Conci) were all unselected.

1	Del1962	122
2	DevilsElbow	120
3	Comodoro	118
4	Vladimir	114
5	Leadbelly	108
6	Bminchow	102
7	Los_Brolin	99
8	DJSprtsch	76
9	Rufs	69
10	SamuCuenca	68
11	BluesInTheBottle	67
12	Peixotini	65
13	Googolplex	62
14	Bonimenier	61
15	Titan31	48
16	ArchieBoy	44
16	Scrooll07	44
18	Anderis	42
18	Armchair_Cyclist	42
18	Berlus	42
18	Kazistuta	42
18	Search	42
23	JumboVismaFan	41
23	Ricco	41
23	Riverside	41
26	AmisVelo	33
27	Josedin	32
28	DJW	29
28	Laarsland	29
30	Triley36	27
31	BicycleBoy	25
32	Rote_Laterne	15
33	Salvarani	14
34	EvansIsTheBest	12
35	Yellow_Knight	7
36	RedheadDane	2
	Collective_Wisdom	60

Standings

1	Peixotini	1555	0
2	Titan31	1393	0
3	Laarsland	1329	0
4	Bonimenier	1311	0
5	Triley36	1227	0
6	Bminchow	1139	1
7	DJW	1122	-1
8	Ricco	989	0
9	Berlus	967	0
9	Kazistuta	967	0
11	Leadbelly	936	2
12	DevilsElbow	920	3
13	Search	917	-2
14	Comodoro	872	3
15	ArchieBoy	851	-1
16	Yellow_Knight	844	-4
17	Los_Brolin	827	6
18	Scrooll07	813	-2
19	Del1962	799	9
20	Googolplex	794	2
21	Armchair_Cyclist	792	-3
22	Anderis	790	-3
23	JumboVismaFan	787	-3
24	BluesInTheBottle	769	2
25	Riverside	762	0
26	BicycleBoy	758	-5
27	AmisVelo	756	-3
28	Vladimir	724	4
29	EvansIsTheBest	704	-2
30	Josedin	699	-1
31	DJSprtsch	658	2
32	Rote_Laterne	657	-2
33	Salvarani	654	-2
34	Rufs	624	0
35	SamuCuenca	458	0
36	RedheadDane	211	0
	Collective_Wisdom	926

Well, there was 1 change in the top ten: I suppose that means it was more exciting than yesterday.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 8
A few months ago no-one would have dreamt of selecting Healy, but when the game started I suspect a lot would have liked to but found him too expensive.

Purple points
Just as well it wasn't Thomas who won the 'sprint' for tenth, or we would have just one scorer.

HEALY Ben	70	0
GEE Derek	40	0
ZANA Filippo	25	0
BARGUIL Warren	15	1
VERONA QUINTANILLA Carlos	10	0
BAIS Mattia	7	0
SKUJINS Toms	5	0
TONELLI Alessandro	3	0
RIESEBEEK Oscar	2	0
GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	1	8

Vladimir almost unopposed

1	Vladimir	15
2	AmisVelo	1
2	ArchieBoy	1
2	BluesInTheBottle	1
2	Del1962	1
2	Googolplex	1
2	Laarsland	1
2	Leadbelly	1
2	Salvarani	1

Only one of these is in the top ten for the purple point standings (Laarsland, who is 3rd, and one point doubles his margin over 4th) so really not worth a CTRL-C, CTRL-V to post.

Pink points
For the first time in several stages, pink point changes are more relevant than purple ones.

ROGLIC Primoz	75	21
GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	51	8
BARGUIL Warren	37	1
CARUSO Damiano	15	9

GANNA Filippo	-15	1
KÄMNA Lennard	-15	9
STORK Florian	-15	5
PINOT Thibaut	-16	1
ZOCCARATO Samuele	-17	1
DEKKER David	-25	12
VLASOV Aleksandr	-25	15
VAN DEN BERG Lars	-27	2
PETILLI Simone	-35	4
PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	-124	5

Today

1	Del1962	126	Roglic and Geoghegan Hart
2	Googolplex	116	Roglic, Geoghegan Hart and Caruso, but Dekker
3	Salvarani	95	Roglic and Geoghegan Hart, but Stork and Pinot
4	Vladimir	91	Roglic, Barguil and Caruso, but Petilli
5	BluesInTheBottle	88	Roglic and Geoghegan Hart, but Van den Bergh and Kamna
6	Los_Brolin	79
7	EvansIsTheBest	65
8	Riverside	60
9	Scrooll07	58
10	BicycleBoy	56
11	Rufs	55
12	ArchieBoy	41
13	AmisVelo	39
14	Search	35
15	DevilsElbow	33
16	Anderis	31
17	Comodoro	30
18	Leadbelly	26
19	Kazistuta	25
19	Berlus	25
19	Armchair_Cyclist	25
22	JumboVismaFan	22
23	DJSprtsch	15
24	Josedin	8
25	Bminchow	5
26	RedheadDane	-8
27	SamuCuenca	-11
28	DJW	-19
29	Rote_Laterne	-22
30	Ricco	-23
31	Triley36	-49
32	Yellow_Knight	-61
33	Peixotini	-116
34	Laarsland	-123
35	Bonimenier	-143
36	Titan31	-149
	Collective_Wisdom	25

Standings
The Paret-Peintre teams were in 5 of the bottom six positions for today's scores, and although they retain their monopoly on the top 5, the margin is much reduced, and APP will probably not be expected to retain tht sort of placing after the time trial tomorrow.

1	Peixotini	1439	0
2	Titan31	1244	0
3	Laarsland	1206	0
4	Triley36	1178	1
5	Bonimenier	1168	-1
6	Bminchow	1144	0
7	DJW	1103	0
8	Berlus	992	1
8	Kazistuta	992	1
10	Ricco	966	-2
11	Leadbelly	962	0
12	DevilsElbow	953	0
13	Search	952	0
14	Del1962	925	5
15	Googolplex	910	5
16	Los_Brolin	906	1
17	Comodoro	902	-3
18	ArchieBoy	892	-3
19	Scrooll07	871	-1
20	BluesInTheBottle	857	4
21	Riverside	822	4
22	Anderis	821	0
23	Armchair_Cyclist	817	-2
24	Vladimir	815	4
25	BicycleBoy	814	1
26	JumboVismaFan	809	-3
27	AmisVelo	795	0
28	Yellow_Knight	783	-12
29	EvansIsTheBest	769	0
30	Salvarani	749	3
31	Josedin	707	-1
32	Rufs	679	2
33	DJSprtsch	673	-2
34	Rote_Laterne	635	-2
35	SamuCuenca	447	0
36	RedheadDane	203	0
	Collective_Wisdom	951

I know I've said it before, but tomorrow should definitely see change and an idea of which managers are likely to be challenging for the title.

Spreadsheet

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 9
So he is still the master of the time trial, but only just. Finishing order here is a very small part of the story (but the bit that gets points)

Purple points

EVENEPOEL Remco	70	1
THOMAS Geraint	40	0
GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	25	8
KÜNG Stefan	15	0
ARMIRAIL Bruno	10	0
ROGLIC Primoz	7	21
ARENSMAN Thymen	5	0
VLASOV Aleksandr	3	15
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	2	11
CARUSO Damiano	1	9

Today

1	Rote_Laterne	70
2	Googolplex	33
3	BluesInTheBottle	32
3	Del1962	32
3	Salvarani	32
6	Leadbelly	29
7	AmisVelo	28
7	ArchieBoy	28
7	Laarsland	28
10	Comodoro	11
11	Anderis	10
11	Armchair_Cyclist	10
11	Berlus	10
11	JumboVismaFan	10
11	Kazistuta	10
11	Search	10
17	BicycleBoy	9
17	DevilsElbow	9
17	EvansIsTheBest	9
17	Scrooll07	9
17	Triley36	9
22	Los_Brolin	8
22	Riverside	8
22	Vladimir	8
25	DJSprtsch	7
25	Rufs	7
27	DJW	5
27	Ricco	5
27	Yellow_Knight	5
30	Bonimenier	4
31	Bminchow	3
31	Peixotini	3
33	Titan31	2

And, because tomorrow is a rest day, here is the full standings for the minor classification.

1	Peixotini	393	0
2	Laarsland	325	1
3	DJW	320	-1
4	Josedin	295	0
5	Titan31	254	0
6	Yellow_Knight	250	0
7	Bonimenier	229	0
7	DJSprtsch	229	1
9	Berlus	213	0
9	Kazistuta	213	0
11	ArchieBoy	209	2
12	Riverside	208	-1
13	Rote_Laterne	195	4
14	Bminchow	188	-2
15	AmisVelo	181	1
16	Ricco	178	-2
17	Search	173	-2
18	Triley36	133	0
19	Del1962	118	3
20	Googolplex	114	4
21	Vladimir	105	-2
22	BicycleBoy	99	-2
22	Scrooll07	99	-2
24	DevilsElbow	88	1
25	RedheadDane	83	-2
26	Anderis	82	0
26	Comodoro	82	1
28	Armchair_Cyclist	78	0
29	Salvarani	77	2
30	BluesInTheBottle	70	2
30	JumboVismaFan	70	-1
32	EvansIsTheBest	59	-2
33	Leadbelly	54	1
34	Los_Brolin	37	-1
35	Rufs	29	0
36	SamuCuenca	5	0
	Collective_Wisdom	124

Peixotini slowly being clawed back.

Pink Points

EVENEPOEL Remco	223	1
GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	75	8
VLASOV Aleksandr	28	15
CARUSO Damiano	16	9
KÄMNA Lennard	15	9

CEPEDA ORTIZ Jefferson Alexander	-10	2
CIMOLAI Davide	-15	4
HAIG Jack	-20	24
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	-23	11
PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	-103	5

Today:
Second heavy hit in a row for the APP teams

1	Rote_Laterne	222
2	Leadbelly	96
3	AmisVelo	89
4	BluesInTheBottle	77
5	Salvarani	74
6	ArchieBoy	71
7	Googolplex	63
8	Del1962	54
9	Comodoro	41
10	Anderis	25
11	Riverside	22
12	Los_Brolin	12
13	Armchair_Cyclist	7
13	JumboVismaFan	7
13	Kazistuta	7
13	Search	7
13	Yellow_Knight	7
18	RedheadDane	0
19	Rufs	-6
20	Vladimir	-7
21	Berlus	-8
22	DJSprtsch	-10
23	SamuCuenca	-11
24	DJW	-21
25	BicycleBoy	-22
26	EvansIsTheBest	-24
27	Bminchow	-27
27	Ricco	-27
29	Laarsland	-28
30	Josedin	-30
31	DevilsElbow	-50
32	Scrooll07	-65
33	Bonimenier	-70
34	Peixotini	-107
35	Titan31	-147
35	Triley36	-147
	Collective_Wisdom	17

Standings
Peixotini's well balanced team, with 5 riders in the top 15, survives out front for a while longer. He will be hoping that Evenepoel hangs on, because if Roglic or Geoghegan Hart were to move into pink, that is a big jump in points for either 21 or 8 teams.

1	Peixotini	1332	0
2	Laarsland	1178	1
3	Bminchow	1117	3
4	Bonimenier	1098	1
5	Titan31	1097	-3
6	DJW	1082	1
7	Leadbelly	1058	4
8	Triley36	1031	-4
9	Kazistuta	999	0
10	Berlus	984	-2
11	Del1962	979	3
12	Googolplex	973	3
13	ArchieBoy	963	5
14	Search	959	-1
15	Comodoro	943	2
16	Ricco	939	-6
17	BluesInTheBottle	934	3
18	Los_Brolin	918	-2
19	DevilsElbow	903	-7
20	AmisVelo	884	7
21	Rote_Laterne	857	13
22	Anderis	846	0
23	Riverside	844	-2
24	Armchair_Cyclist	824	-1
25	Salvarani	823	5
26	JumboVismaFan	816	0
27	Vladimir	808	-3
28	Scrooll07	806	-9
29	BicycleBoy	792	-4
30	Yellow_Knight	790	-2
31	EvansIsTheBest	745	-2
32	Josedin	677	-1
33	Rufs	673	-1
34	DJSprtsch	663	-1
35	SamuCuenca	436	0
36	RedheadDane	203	0
	Collective_Wisdom	969

Meanwhile, the deadlock between Kazistuta and Berlus is finally broken, as Cimolai's DNS makes a difference between their scores.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

I feel bad for the Remco team.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Oh dear

Thanks to Rote Laterne for conducting the experiment to see whether a possible (many would say, at the time of picking, probable) winner for 91% of the budget might be a valid tactic. Even with him in the lead, and holding 2 stage wins and a bunch of leader's bonuses it would appear that that is not a route to victory, as she was 21st.
But if we have lost a battle between Evenepoel and Roglic, we have gained one between Rote Laterne and Redhead Dane.

I won't publish all the changes this makes until they are integrated into whatever tomorrow may bring, but Leadbelly would move up to 4th, and Googleplex would jump into the top ten.

 

[RedheadDane]

But if we have lost a battle between Evenepoel and Roglic, we have gained one between Rote Laterne and Redhead Dane.

Aah, yes... the famous battle for last.
Don't worry @Samu Cuenca, you can still join the fun.

 

[rote_laterne2]

I feel bad for the Remco team.

It's all good.
In fact for the first time in GTs I have a soft spot for Roglic (probably his last chance for a Giro win).
And I still have 5 riders competing.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 10 and rest-day aftermath.
The DNS/DNF list is mouch more significant than the top ten.

Purple points
So the top ten has at least some significance. But not much

CORT NIELSEN Magnus	70	0
GEE Derek	40	0
DE MARCHI Alessandro	25	1
PEDERSEN Mads	15	2
ACKERMANN Pascal	10	2
OLDANI Stefano	7	0
MILAN Jonathan	5	8
CAVENDISH Mark	3	0
MAESTRI Mirco	2	0
FIORELLI Filippo	1	1

Evans gets some of the points from De Marchi that he will have been expecting the other day.

1	EvansIsTheBest	25
2	Josedin	20
3	DJSprtsch	15
4	JumboVismaFan	10
4	Vladimir	10
6	ArchieBoy	5
6	Bminchow	5
6	Bonimenier	5
6	DJW	5
6	Laarsland	5
6	Peixotini	5
6	Titan31	5
13	SamuCuenca	1

Standings

1	Peixotini	398	0
2	Laarsland	330	0
3	DJW	325	0
4	Josedin	315	0
5	Titan31	259	0
6	Yellow_Knight	250	0
7	DJSprtsch	244	0
8	Bonimenier	234	-1
9	ArchieBoy	214	2
10	Berlus	213	-1
10	Kazistuta	213	-1

The top tree all scored the same (Milan), Josedin edges a bit closer.

Pink Points
These changes are all since stage 9's results, so include all the drama of Sunday evening.

ROGLIC Primoz	60	21
CARUSO Damiano	50	9
GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	50	8
KÄMNA Lennard	40	9
DUNBAR Eddie	38	17
DE MARCHI Alessandro	31	1
PEDERSEN Mads	30	2
KUSS Sepp	26	5
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	25	11
VELASCO Simone	24	1
CATTANEO Mattia	23	2
CEPEDA ORTIZ Jefferson Alexander	22	2
LASTRA MARTINEZ Jonathan	22	1
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	21	4
HAIG Jack	20	24

GROVES Kaden	-15	9
WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	-15	2
BARGUIL Warren	-33	1
PETILLI Simone	-34	4
POZZOVIVO Domenico	-62	1
VLASOV Aleksandr	-190	15
EVENEPOEL Remco	-510	1

The effect of all that:

1	Los_Brolin	231
2	Bminchow	205
3	Peixotini	187
4	BluesInTheBottle	180
4	Googolplex	180
6	Del1962	168
7	Titan31	167
8	Triley36	161
9	Scrooll07	153
10	Rufs	140
11	EvansIsTheBest	137
12	DevilsElbow	135
13	Salvarani	128
14	BicycleBoy	103
15	Riverside	100
16	Vladimir	76
17	Josedin	67
18	DJSprtsch	41
19	Leadbelly	30
20	SamuCuenca	15
21	RedheadDane	-5
22	Bonimenier	-39
23	Anderis	-50
24	JumboVismaFan	-59
24	Laarsland	-59
26	ArchieBoy	-68
27	Armchair_Cyclist	-72
28	Comodoro	-76
29	Berlus	-87
29	Kazistuta	-87
31	Search	-102
32	AmisVelo	-116
33	Ricco	-128
34	DJW	-137
35	Yellow_Knight	-157
36	Rote_Laterne	-491
	Collective_Wisdom	-47

The key to coming out of that well is to have several riders in high-ish positions, who each move up one or two GC spots. And not to have Vlasov or Evenepoel

Standings
First and last stay where they were, everyone else changes.

1	Peixotini	1519	0
2	Bminchow	1322	1
3	Titan31	1264	2
4	Triley36	1192	4
5	Googolplex	1153	7
6	Los_Brolin	1149	12
7	Del1962	1147	4
8	Laarsland	1119	-6
9	BluesInTheBottle	1114	8
10	Leadbelly	1088	-3
11	Bonimenier	1059	-7
12	DevilsElbow	1038	7
13	Scrooll07	959	15
14	Salvarani	951	11
15	DJW	945	-9
16	Riverside	944	7
17	Kazistuta	912	-8
18	Berlus	897	-8
19	ArchieBoy	895	-6
19	BicycleBoy	895	10
21	Vladimir	884	6
22	EvansIsTheBest	882	9
23	Comodoro	867	-8
24	Search	857	-10
25	Rufs	813	8
26	Ricco	811	-10
27	Anderis	796	-5
28	AmisVelo	768	-8
29	JumboVismaFan	757	-3
30	Armchair_Cyclist	752	-6
31	Josedin	744	1
32	DJSprtsch	704	2
33	Yellow_Knight	633	-3
34	SamuCuenca	451	1
35	Rote_Laterne	366	-14
36	RedheadDane	198	0
	Collective_Wisdom	922

Only six teams still have all 8 men still in the race, and that includes the top two, and three more of the top 7. DJSprtsch leads the casualty list, with only 4 of his 8 riders still there.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

All three of my GC guys are still in it and of course unique pick De Marchi stole the show today so I can't complain.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

DJSprtsch leads the casualty list, with only 4 of his 8 riders still there.

Amazeballs.

 

[RedheadDane]

At least I only lost 5 points. So, errr... yay...

 

[Salvarani]

TGH is out... well that is game for me and a few others most likely.

 

[RedheadDane]

Amazeballs.

You're still doing better than Quickstep...

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 11
It is looking increasingly random, in which case I guess RhD should have as good a chnce as anyone.

Purple points
Some of the sprinters, as well as GC riders, are failing to show.

ACKERMANN Pascal	70	8
MILAN Jonathan	40	2
CAVENDISH Mark	25	0
PEDERSEN Mads	15	2
OLDANI Stefano	10	0
ALBANESE Vincenzo	7	0
MAYRHOFER Marius	5	1
BALLERINI Davide	3	1
CONSONNI Simone	2	0
MARIT Arne	1	0

Today

1	JumboVismaFan	70
1	Vladimir	70
3	Josedin	55	Milan & Pedersen
4	ArchieBoy	45	Milan & Mayrhofer
5	Bminchow	40
5	Bonimenier	40
5	DJW	40
5	Laarsland	40
5	Peixotini	40
5	Titan31	40
11	DJSprtsch	15
12	RedheadDane	3

Standings
Three of the top ten here are in the bottom 6 in the main classification, including one of the podium teams. Which is sort of the point of minor classifications, but doesn't always work out that way, and Peixotini is demonstrating.

1	Peixotini	438	0
2	Josedin	370	2
2	Laarsland	370	0
4	DJW	365	-1
5	Titan31	299	0
6	Bonimenier	274	2
7	ArchieBoy	259	2
7	DJSprtsch	259	0
9	Yellow_Knight	250	-3
10	Bminchow	233	4

Pink Points
Time to count the cost again, or to revel in the advantage gained by passing those who are stricken.

ACKERMANN Pascal	82	2
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	50	11
DUNBAR Eddie	40	17
MILAN Jonathan	40	8
CARUSO Damiano	25	9
KÄMNA Lennard	25	9
PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	22	5
CARTHY Hugh	16	7
HAIG Jack	16	24
PEDERSEN Mads	15	2

RODRIGUEZ GARAICOECHEA Oscar	-15	2
CATTANEO Mattia	-48	2
GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	-315	8

Today
Those teams that thought that Geoghegan Hart rather than Thomas was the Ineos rider to go for now have 542 points less that they would have had, regardless of what benefit the extra 68 points in their budget might have brought them.

1	Bminchow	215	Almeida, Dunbar, Milan, Kamna, Caruso, Haig & Carthy
2	Peixotini	206	Almeida, Dunbar, Milan, Kamna, Caruso & Paret-Peintre
2	Titan31	206	Almeida, Dunbar, Milan, Kamna, Paret-Peintre & Haig
4	Bonimenier	144
5	JumboVismaFan	138
6	Triley36	131
7	Vladimir	125
8	DJW	122
9	Ricco	112
10	DevilsElbow	110
11	Josedin	93
12	Scrooll07	76
13	BicycleBoy	69
14	Anderis	68
15	EvansIsTheBest	66
16	Comodoro	65
17	Los_Brolin	58
18	Berlus	56
18	Kazistuta	56
18	Search	56
21	Rufs	51
22	Armchair_Cyclist	41
23	SamuCuenca	40
24	Riverside	30
25	DJSprtsch	15
26	Rote_Laterne	12
27	Yellow_Knight	2
28	RedheadDane	0
29	Laarsland	-197
30	Leadbelly	-203
31	ArchieBoy	-237
32	Del1962	-259
33	BluesInTheBottle	-268
34	Googolplex	-274
35	AmisVelo	-283
36	Salvarani	-303
	Collective_Wisdom	73

The top three on today's scores were already the top three, and TRiley in 4th was 6th on the day, so the top of the table consolidate their places. Other than there, and at the foot, plenty of changes, with huge falls for the Geoghegan Hart teams, and plenty of large rises too, none bigger than that which sees Vladimir into the top ten and into 1000 point + territory.

1	Peixotini	1725	0
2	Bminchow	1537	0
3	Titan31	1470	0
4	Triley36	1323	0
5	Los_Brolin	1207	1
6	Bonimenier	1203	5
7	DevilsElbow	1148	5
8	DJW	1067	7
9	Scrooll07	1035	4
10	Vladimir	1009	11
11	Riverside	974	5
12	Kazistuta	968	5
13	BicycleBoy	964	6
14	Berlus	953	4
15	EvansIsTheBest	948	7
16	Comodoro	932	7
17	Ricco	923	9
18	Laarsland	922	-10
19	Search	913	5
20	JumboVismaFan	895	9
21	Del1962	888	-14
22	Leadbelly	885	-12
23	Googolplex	879	-18
24	Anderis	864	3
24	Rufs	864	1
26	BluesInTheBottle	846	-17
27	Josedin	837	4
28	Armchair_Cyclist	793	2
29	DJSprtsch	719	3
30	ArchieBoy	658	-11
31	Salvarani	648	-17
32	Yellow_Knight	635	1
33	SamuCuenca	491	1
34	AmisVelo	485	-6
35	Rote_Laterne	378	0
36	RedheadDane	198	0
	Collective_Wisdom	994

Spreadsheet

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Halfway through, and the talk of the last few days have been the dropouts, so a quick look at their effect.

The riders who we picked that are no longer racing (disclaimer: I haven't looked at any race news since earlier this evening, so this is as per the end of stage 11).

EVENEPOEL Remco	1 team	3182 cost
GANNA Filippo	1	1053
GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	8	951
VLASOV Aleksandr	15	664
POZZOVIVO Domenico	1	496
RODRIGUEZ GARAICOECHEA Oscar	2	168
CATTANEO Mattia	2	125
ZOCCARATO Samuele	1	110
PETILLI Simone	4	83
CIMOLAI Davide	4	70
WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads	2	70
VAN DEN BERG Lars	2	45
DEKKER David	12	43
CONTI Valerio	7	36
STORK Florian	5	20

The impact on teams is sorted by the nett loss (eg, Evenepoel cost Rote Laterne 3182 points, but that team benefits by 227 points from his two stage wins, a 4th place, and 4 days in pink, so nett loss is 3182-227=2955)

Rote_Laterne	3	2994	Evenepoel, Conti and Dekker
Yellow_Knight	4	1800	Ganna, Vlasov, Cattaneo & Dekker
Leadbelly	3	1605	Geoghegan Hart, Vlasov and Conti
Laarsland	3	1572	Geoghegan Hart, Vlasov & Dekker
AmisVelo	2	1569	Geoghegan Hart & Vlasov
ArchieBoy	2	1569	Geoghegan Hart & Vlasov
Googolplex	3	983
BluesInTheBottle	2	955
Salvarani	2	930
Del1962	1	910
Armchair_Cyclist	3	830
Search	3	749
Berlus	3	732
Comodoro	2	717
JumboVismaFan	2	704
Anderis	3	698
SamuCuenca	2	664
Kazistuta	2	662
Bonimenier	1	659
DJW	1	659
Ricco	1	659
DJSprtsch	4	201
Los_Brolin	1	125
DevilsElbow	3	114
Titan31	1	110
Scrooll07	3	109
Vladimir	1	58
Rufs	2	56
RedheadDane	1	36
EvansIsTheBest	1	20
BicycleBoy	1	3
Riverside	1	3
Bminchow	0	0
Josedin	0	0
Peixotini	0	0
Triley36	0	0

Laarsland holds a top half of the table position despite the scale of losses. Those 4 teams that are still riding with eight men are placed 1st, 2nd, 4th and , errrr, 27th in the main classification.

 

[bminchow]

Stage 11
It is looking increasingly random, in which case I guess RhD should have as good a chnce as anyone.

Purple points
Some of the sprinters, as well as GC riders, are failing to show.

ACKERMANN Pascal	70	8
MILAN Jonathan	40	2
CAVENDISH Mark	25	0
PEDERSEN Mads	15	2
OLDANI Stefano	10	0
ALBANESE Vincenzo	7	0
MAYRHOFER Marius	5	1
BALLERINI Davide	3	1
CONSONNI Simone	2	0
MARIT Arne	1	0

Today

1	JumboVismaFan	70
1	Vladimir	70
3	Josedin	55	Milan & Pedersen
4	ArchieBoy	45	Milan & Mayrhofer
5	Bminchow	40
5	Bonimenier	40
5	DJW	40
5	Laarsland	40
5	Peixotini	40
5	Titan31	40
11	DJSprtsch	15
12	RedheadDane	3

Standings
Three of the top ten here are in the bottom 6 in the main classification, including one of the podium teams. Which is sort of the point of minor classifications, but doesn't always work out that way, and Peixotini is demonstrating.

1	Peixotini	438	0
2	Josedin	370	2
2	Laarsland	370	0
4	DJW	365	-1
5	Titan31	299	0
6	Bonimenier	274	2
7	ArchieBoy	259	2
7	DJSprtsch	259	0
9	Yellow_Knight	250	-3
10	Bminchow	233	4

Pink Points
Time to count the cost again, or to revel in the advantage gained by passing those who are stricken.

ACKERMANN Pascal	82	2
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	50	11
DUNBAR Eddie	40	17
MILAN Jonathan	40	8
CARUSO Damiano	25	9
KÄMNA Lennard	25	9
PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	22	5
CARTHY Hugh	16	7
HAIG Jack	16	24
PEDERSEN Mads	15	2

RODRIGUEZ GARAICOECHEA Oscar	-15	2
CATTANEO Mattia	-48	2
GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	-315	8

Today
Those teams that thought that Geoghegan Hart rather than Thomas was the Ineos rider to go for now have 542 points less that they would have had, regardless of what benefit the extra 68 points in their budget might have brought them.

1	Bminchow	215	Almeida, Dunbar, Milan, Kamna, Caruso, Haig & Carthy
2	Peixotini	206	Almeida, Dunbar, Milan, Kamna, Caruso & Paret-Peintre
2	Titan31	206	Almeida, Dunbar, Milan, Kamna, Paret-Peintre & Haig
4	Bonimenier	144
5	JumboVismaFan	138
6	Triley36	131
7	Vladimir	125
8	DJW	122
9	Ricco	112
10	DevilsElbow	110
11	Josedin	93
12	Scrooll07	76
13	BicycleBoy	69
14	Anderis	68
15	EvansIsTheBest	66
16	Comodoro	65
17	Los_Brolin	58
18	Berlus	56
18	Kazistuta	56
18	Search	56
21	Rufs	51
22	Armchair_Cyclist	41
23	SamuCuenca	40
24	Riverside	30
25	DJSprtsch	15
26	Rote_Laterne	12
27	Yellow_Knight	2
28	RedheadDane	0
29	Laarsland	-197
30	Leadbelly	-203
31	ArchieBoy	-237
32	Del1962	-259
33	BluesInTheBottle	-268
34	Googolplex	-274
35	AmisVelo	-283
36	Salvarani	-303
	Collective_Wisdom	73

The top three on today's scores were already the top three, and TRiley in 4th was 6th on the day, so the top of the table consolidate their places. Other than there, and at the foot, plenty of changes, with huge falls for the Geoghegan Hart teams, and plenty of large rises too, none bigger than that which sees Vladimir into the top ten and into 1000 point + territory.

1	Peixotini	1725	0
2	Bminchow	1537	0
3	Titan31	1470	0
4	Triley36	1323	0
5	Los_Brolin	1207	1
6	Bonimenier	1203	5
7	DevilsElbow	1148	5
8	DJW	1067	7
9	Scrooll07	1035	4
10	Vladimir	1009	11
11	Riverside	974	5
12	Kazistuta	968	5
13	BicycleBoy	964	6
14	Berlus	953	4
15	EvansIsTheBest	948	7
16	Comodoro	932	7
17	Ricco	923	9
18	Laarsland	922	-10
19	Search	913	5
20	JumboVismaFan	895	9
21	Del1962	888	-14
22	Leadbelly	885	-12
23	Googolplex	879	-18
24	Anderis	864	3
24	Rufs	864	1
26	BluesInTheBottle	846	-17
27	Josedin	837	4
28	Armchair_Cyclist	793	2
29	DJSprtsch	719	3
30	ArchieBoy	658	-11
31	Salvarani	648	-17
32	Yellow_Knight	635	1
33	SamuCuenca	491	1
34	AmisVelo	485	-6
35	Rote_Laterne	378	0
36	RedheadDane	198	0
	Collective_Wisdom	994

Spreadsheet

hey. it looks like it says 8 people picked ackermann, but you only gave two people his 70 points. is that right?

 

[bminchow]

I think my strategy in not picking super expensive guys is playing out well. I was worried about Covid taking people out. i didnt count on the crashes so that is just luck on my part. Still have Roglic to contend with though.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

hey. it looks like it says 8 people picked ackermann, but you only gave two people his 70 points. is that right?

Thanks for spotting that. There are only 2 teams with Ackermann (JVF and Vladimir), and the points have been given correctly. Bit of a mystery as to why the spreadsheet threw that up. The content of that cell ought to be dependent on the content of the cell that has Ackermann's name, so it's not just a matter of which range I selected for sorting. I shall have to investigate.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 12
Maybe we need a day of stability in the game...

Purple points
The make up of the break was never going to shake the game up much

DENZ Nico	70	0
SKUJINS Toms	40	0
BERWICK Sebastian	25	0
TONELLI Alessandro	15	0
FRIGO Marco	10	2
VAN WILDER Ilan	7	0
BETTIOL Alberto	5	0
SCARONI Christian	3	1
HESSMANN Michel	2	0
BAUDIN Alex	1	0

10 points each for Blues in the Bottle and Rote Laterne, 3 for Comodoro.
The highest of them in the sub-classification table is Rote Laterne, who was, and remains, 14th, so no need for a top ten table.

Pink Points
Not a lot happening for our teams today.

FRIGO Marco	20	2
PARET-PEINTRE Valentin	11	3
ACKERMANN Pascal	10	2
MATTHEWS Michael	8	1
RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto	8	1
KUSS Sepp	6	5
SCARONI Christian	6	1

PINOT Thibaut	-6	1
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	-8	4
CEPEDA ORTIZ Jefferson Alexander	-8	2
VELASCO Simone	-12	1
VANHOUCKE Harm	-15	1
GROVES Kaden	-40	9

Today
There is life after Evenepoel for Rote Laterne

1	Rote_Laterne	30
2	BluesInTheBottle	20
3	Bminchow	11
4	JumboVismaFan	10
5	Vladimir	9
6	RedheadDane	8
6	Rufs	8
8	Comodoro	6
8	DevilsElbow	6
8	SamuCuenca	6
11	Josedin	2
12	Armchair_Cyclist	0
12	Del1962	0
12	DJSprtsch	0
12	Googolplex	0
12	Los_Brolin	0
17	BicycleBoy	-1
18	ArchieBoy	-2
18	Laarsland	-2
18	Scrooll07	-2
21	Triley36	-3
22	Salvarani	-6
23	Leadbelly	-8
24	Titan31	-10
25	Anderis	-12
25	EvansIsTheBest	-12
27	Bonimenier	-17
28	Riverside	-21
29	Peixotini	-36
30	Ricco	-38
31	Berlus	-40
31	DJW	-40
31	Kazistuta	-40
31	Search	-40
31	Yellow_Knight	-40
36	AmisVelo	-49
	Collective_Wisdom	-13

Standings

1	Peixotini	1689	0
2	Bminchow	1548	0
3	Titan31	1460	0
4	Triley36	1320	0
5	Los_Brolin	1207	0
6	Bonimenier	1186	0
7	DevilsElbow	1154	0
8	Scrooll07	1033	1
9	DJW	1027	-1
10	Vladimir	1018	0
11	BicycleBoy	963	2
12	Riverside	953	-1
13	Comodoro	938	3
14	EvansIsTheBest	936	1
15	Kazistuta	928	-3
16	Laarsland	920	2
17	Berlus	913	-3
18	JumboVismaFan	905	2
19	Del1962	888	2
20	Ricco	885	-3
21	Googolplex	879	2
22	Leadbelly	877	0
23	Search	873	-4
24	Rufs	872	0
25	BluesInTheBottle	866	1
26	Anderis	852	-2
27	Josedin	839	0
28	Armchair_Cyclist	793	0
29	DJSprtsch	719	0
30	ArchieBoy	656	0
31	Salvarani	642	0
32	Yellow_Knight	595	0
33	SamuCuenca	497	0
34	AmisVelo	436	0
35	Rote_Laterne	408	0
36	RedheadDane	206	0
	Collective_Wisdom	981

Tomorrow should bring more change, hopefully to the credit of those riders who gain points rather than due to the misfortune of those who lose them.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 13
I'm going to stop going along with the hype and making predictions that there will be action the following day at the end of my summaries.

Purple points
Between us, we managed to get most of the top ten

RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto	70	1
PINOT Thibaut	40	1
CEPEDA ORTIZ Jefferson Alexander	25	2
GEE Derek	15	0
PARET-PEINTRE Valentin	10	3
CARTHY Hugh	7	7
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	5	11
DUNBAR Eddie	3	17
THOMAS Geraint	2	0
ROGLIC Primoz	1	21

Today
And most of us got at least some points

1	Riverside	81	Rubio Paret-Peintre and Roglic
2	Salvarani	41	Pinot & Roglic
3	Scrooll07	31	Cepeda, Almeida, Roglic
4	Leadbelly	28	Cepeda, Dunbar
5	Bminchow	25	Paret-Peintre, Almeida, Carthy, Dunbar
6	BicycleBoy	13
7	DJW	12
8	Anderis	11
9	Rote_Laterne	10
10	DevilsElbow	9
10	Triley36	9
12	Peixotini	8
12	Ricco	8
12	Titan31	8
15	AmisVelo	7
15	Bonimenier	7
15	Josedin	7
18	EvansIsTheBest	6
19	Yellow_Knight	5
20	Armchair_Cyclist	4
20	Berlus	4
20	Comodoro	4
20	Del1962	4
20	JumboVismaFan	4
20	Kazistuta	4
20	Los_Brolin	4
20	Search	4
28	Laarsland	3
29	BluesInTheBottle	1
29	DJSprtsch	1
29	Googolplex	1
29	Rufs	1
29	Vladimir	1
34	ArchieBoy	0
34	RedheadDane	0
34	SamuCuenca	0
	Collective_Wisdom	4

Standings
A further reward for his unique pick is Riverside's jump into the top ten.

1	Peixotini	446	0
2	DJW	377	2
3	Josedin	377	-1
4	Laarsland	373	-2
5	Titan31	307	0
6	Riverside	289	7
7	Bonimenier	281	-1
8	DJSprtsch	260	-1
9	ArchieBoy	259	-2
10	Bminchow	258	0

Pink Points
Regaining the blue jersey, and more significant GC change, means that Pinot actually outscores Rubio on the day (but what will really matter to him is that he outscored Cepeda)

PINOT Thibaut	115	1
RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto	111	1
CEPEDA ORTIZ Jefferson Alexander	40	2
PARET-PEINTRE Valentin	26	3
ACKERMANN Pascal	15	2
CARTHY Hugh	15	7
BARGUIL Warren	8	1
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	8	4
FORTUNATO Lorenzo	8	4
KUSS Sepp	8	5
MCNULTY Brandon	7	1
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	5	11

VACEK Karel	-10	1
LASTRA MARTINEZ Jonathan	-12	1
VELASCO Simone	-12	1
FRIGO Marco	-19	2
PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	-27	5
HAIG Jack	-30	24
PEDERSEN Mads	-55	2

On the day
DJSprtsch and Josedin bring the number of teams who have lost their most expensive pick to nine.

1	Riverside	138
2	Salvarani	116
3	AmisVelo	24
3	BicycleBoy	24
3	Scrooll07	24
6	Bminchow	19
7	EvansIsTheBest	16
8	Leadbelly	13
9	Rote_Laterne	10
10	Anderis	7
10	RedheadDane	7
10	Yellow_Knight	7
13	Comodoro	1
14	Vladimir	-6
15	DJW	-10
16	JumboVismaFan	-11
16	Peixotini	-11
18	ArchieBoy	-12
18	Ricco	-12
20	DevilsElbow	-13
20	Rufs	-13
22	Los_Brolin	-24
23	Armchair_Cyclist	-26
23	Berlus	-26
23	Kazistuta	-26
23	Search	-26
27	Googolplex	-29
28	Del1962	-34
28	SamuCuenca	-34
30	Titan31	-41
31	Bonimenier	-42
32	Triley36	-47
33	BluesInTheBottle	-48
34	DJSprtsch	-54
34	Laarsland	-54
36	Josedin	-62
	Collective_Wisdom	-24

Standings
Bminchow is gradually narrowing the gap to Peixotini. Has he, in Rubioesque style, managed his race better?

1	Peixotini	1678	0
2	Bminchow	1567	0
3	Titan31	1419	0
4	Triley36	1273	0
5	Los_Brolin	1183	0
6	Bonimenier	1144	0
7	DevilsElbow	1141	0
8	Riverside	1091	4
9	Scrooll07	1057	-1
10	DJW	1017	-1
11	Vladimir	1012	-1
12	BicycleBoy	987	-1
13	EvansIsTheBest	952	1
14	Comodoro	939	-1
15	Kazistuta	902	0
16	JumboVismaFan	894	2
17	Leadbelly	890	5
18	Berlus	887	-1
19	Ricco	873	1
20	Laarsland	866	-4
21	Anderis	859	5
21	Rufs	859	3
23	Del1962	854	-4
24	Googolplex	850	-3
25	Search	847	-2
26	BluesInTheBottle	818	-1
27	Josedin	777	0
28	Armchair_Cyclist	767	0
29	Salvarani	758	2
30	DJSprtsch	665	-1
31	ArchieBoy	644	-1
32	Yellow_Knight	602	0
33	SamuCuenca	463	0
34	AmisVelo	460	0
35	Rote_Laterne	418	0
36	RedheadDane	213	0
	Collective_Wisdom	957

If it is a head to head now between Peixotini and Bminchow, then that is largely down to the performances of the five riders that they have in common (Almeida, Milan, Caruso, Kamna, Dunbar), but the competitive focus rests on those they do not share.
Peixotini has Groves, Kuss and Aurelien Paret-Peintre;
Bminchow has Carthy, Haig and Valentin Paret-Peintre.

The top three teams have Almeida but not Roglic, TRiley in 4th has both of them, and Los Brolin has Roglic but not Almeida, while Bonimenier has attained 6th without either of them.
Had Roglic taken those 2 seconds off Thomas today, and gained the pink jersey, the top five would remain as they are, but with smaller gaps to those off the virtual podium.

As per my resolution at the top of the update, I'll say nothing about tomorrow, other than to predict an update at some stage in the evening.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Bit late, because I have been waiting for Eddie Dunbar's position to be corrected on PCS (they are CQ points, but because cq don't do a daily GC, I use PCS as my results service). Given up waiting, I'll do it manually.

Stage 14
Germans in this race continue to narrowly fail to get into the 'Celebrating too soon' thread.

Purple points
This won't take long

DENZ Nico	70	0
GEE Derek	40	0
BETTIOL Alberto	25	0
REX Laurenz	15	0
BALLERINI Davide	10	1
SKUJINS Toms	7	0
MAYRHOFER Marius	5	1
OLDANI Stefano	3	0
PASQUALON Andrea	2	0
MAESTRI Mirco	1	0

10 points for RhD who moves from 30th to 27th in this classification, 5 for Archie Boy who is up from 9th to 8th.

Pink Points
If anyone had Armirail, he would have had a 460 point jump today. If. Instead, we all have a selection of the riders high in GC that have been nudged downward by him.

BARGUIL Warren	30	1
BALLERINI Davide	10	1
MAYRHOFER Marius	8	1
DE MARCHI Alessandro	5	1

CEPEDA ORTIZ Jefferson Alexander	-10	2
VELASCO Simone	-10	1
PARET-PEINTRE Valentin	-12	3
ACKERMANN Pascal	-15	2
VERRE Alessandro	-15	1
CARUSO Damiano	-25	9
DUNBAR Eddie	-25	17
KÄMNA Lennard	-25	9
PINOT Thibaut	-45	1
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	-50	11
ROGLIC Primoz	-60	21

Today
Essentially, the more GC points you have, the more you have lost.

1	RedheadDane	-3
2	ArchieBoy	-12
3	AmisVelo	-19
4	Rote_Laterne	-20
5	Josedin	-37
6	Laarsland	-39
7	SamuCuenca	-47
8	Yellow_Knight	-52
9	DJSprtsch	-60
10	DJW	-64
11	Bonimenier	-72
12	Vladimir	-76
13	Armchair_Cyclist	-91
13	Berlus	-91
13	Googolplex	-91
13	Kazistuta	-91
13	Leadbelly	-91
13	Ricco	-91
13	Search	-91
20	BluesInTheBottle	-94
21	Del1962	-98
22	Riverside	-101
23	Anderis	-103
23	Rufs	-103
25	Salvarani	-105
26	JumboVismaFan	-106
27	Comodoro	-110
28	EvansIsTheBest	-116
29	Titan31	-122
30	BicycleBoy	-123
31	Scrooll07	-130
32	Peixotini	-137
33	Los_Brolin	-143
34	DevilsElbow	-145
35	Bminchow	-151
36	Triley36	-152
	Collective_Wisdom	-110

Standings
With the high negative correlation between position and daily score, I'm surprised there are as many changes in position as there are.

1	Peixotini	1541	0
2	Bminchow	1416	0
3	Titan31	1297	0
4	Triley36	1121	0
5	Bonimenier	1072	1
6	Los_Brolin	1040	-1
7	DevilsElbow	996	0
8	Riverside	990	0
9	DJW	953	1
10	Vladimir	936	1
11	Scrooll07	927	-2
12	BicycleBoy	864	0
13	EvansIsTheBest	836	0
14	Comodoro	829	0
15	Laarsland	827	5
16	Kazistuta	811	-1
17	Leadbelly	799	0
18	Berlus	796	0
19	JumboVismaFan	788	-3
20	Ricco	782	-1
21	Googolplex	759	3
22	Anderis	756	-1
22	Del1962	756	1
22	Rufs	756	-1
22	Search	756	3
26	Josedin	740	1
27	BluesInTheBottle	724	-1
28	Armchair_Cyclist	676	0
29	Salvarani	653	0
30	ArchieBoy	632	1
31	DJSprtsch	605	-1
32	Yellow_Knight	550	0
33	AmisVelo	441	1
34	SamuCuenca	416	-1
35	Rote_Laterne	398	0
36	RedheadDane	210	0
	Collective_Wisdom	847

Most of those points will be earned back, but when?



Spreadsheet

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Distinct possibility here of Redhead Dane (unique McNulty pick) being top on the day twice in a row.

Back later.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 15 Il piccolo Lombardia

Purple points

MCNULTY Brandon	70	1
HEALY Ben	40	0
FRIGO Marco	25	2
MOLLEMA Bauke	15	0
RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto	10	1
VELASCO Simone	7	1
PASQUALON Andrea	5	0
HUYS Laurens	3	0
ALBANESE Vincenzo	2	0
BIDARD François	1	1

I suspect we will be reminded of this

1	RedheadDane	70
2	BluesInTheBottle	25
2	Rote_Laterne	25
4	Riverside	10
5	Anderis	7
6	DJSprtsch	1

As after stage 9, to celebrate rest day, the full purple classification standings

1	Peixotini	446	0
2	DJW	377	0
3	Josedin	377	1
4	Laarsland	373	0
5	Titan31	307	0
6	Riverside	299	0
7	Bonimenier	281	0
8	ArchieBoy	264	0
9	DJSprtsch	261	0
10	Bminchow	258	0
11	Yellow_Knight	255	0
12	Rote_Laterne	240	2
13	Berlus	217	-1
13	Kazistuta	217	-1
15	AmisVelo	188	0
16	Vladimir	186	0
17	Ricco	186	0
18	Search	177	0
19	RedheadDane	166	8
20	JumboVismaFan	154	-1
21	Triley36	142	-1
22	Scrooll07	130	-1
23	Del1962	122	-1
24	Salvarani	118	-1
25	Googolplex	115	-1
26	BicycleBoy	112	-1
27	BluesInTheBottle	106	6
28	Anderis	100	0
29	DevilsElbow	97	-3
30	EvansIsTheBest	90	-1
31	Comodoro	89	-1
32	Armchair_Cyclist	82	-1
32	Leadbelly	82	-1
34	Los_Brolin	41	0
35	Rufs	30	0
36	SamuCuenca	6	0

Pink Points
Some GC guys took 2 seconds off some others, but that made no difference at all. Rubio moved up a few places, and that is the main non-stage result factor.

MCNULTY Brandon	76	1
RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto	47	1
FRIGO Marco	35	2
VELASCO Simone	21	1
FORTUNATO Lorenzo	6	4

BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	-6	4
HAIG Jack	-6	24
LASTRA MARTINEZ Jonathan	-6	1
PINOT Thibaut	-15	1

On the day:
Fewer than 100 points between first and last is the measure of a rather null day in the scoring here.

1	RedheadDane	76
2	Riverside	51
3	Rote_Laterne	39
4	BluesInTheBottle	29
5	Anderis	21
6	DJSprtsch	1
7	BicycleBoy	0
7	Comodoro	0
7	Josedin	0
7	Ricco	0
7	Yellow_Knight	0
12	Bminchow	-2
13	EvansIsTheBest	-4
13	Peixotini	-4
13	Rufs	-4
16	AmisVelo	-6
16	Armchair_Cyclist	-6
16	Berlus	-6
16	Bonimenier	-6
16	DJW	-6
16	Googolplex	-6
16	JumboVismaFan	-6
16	Kazistuta	-6
16	Laarsland	-6
16	Los_Brolin	-6
16	SamuCuenca	-6
16	Search	-6
16	Triley36	-6
29	Leadbelly	-7
30	Del1962	-9
31	DevilsElbow	-10
31	Vladimir	-10
33	Scrooll07	-11
34	Titan31	-12
35	Salvarani	-15
36	ArchieBoy	-16
	Collective_Wisdom	-6

Standings
Peixotini will have to do all the rest day press conferences...

1	Peixotini	1537	0
2	Bminchow	1414	0
3	Titan31	1285	0
4	Triley36	1115	0
5	Bonimenier	1066	0
6	Riverside	1041	2
7	Los_Brolin	1034	-1
8	DevilsElbow	986	-1
9	DJW	947	0
10	Vladimir	926	0
11	Scrooll07	916	0
12	BicycleBoy	864	0
13	EvansIsTheBest	832	0
14	Comodoro	829	0
15	Laarsland	821	0
16	Kazistuta	805	0
17	Leadbelly	792	0
18	Berlus	790	0
19	JumboVismaFan	782	0
19	Ricco	782	1
21	Anderis	777	1
22	BluesInTheBottle	753	5
22	Googolplex	753	-1
24	Rufs	752	-2
25	Search	750	-3
26	Del1962	747	-4
27	Josedin	740	-1
28	Armchair_Cyclist	670	0
29	Salvarani	638	0
30	ArchieBoy	616	0
31	DJSprtsch	606	0
32	Yellow_Knight	550	0
33	Rote_Laterne	437	2
34	AmisVelo	435	-1
35	SamuCuenca	410	-1
36	RedheadDane	286	0
	Collective_Wisdom	841

They keep telling us that the race is backloaded: will the game change much in week three?

 

[RedheadDane]

I much prefer being on the top (of the day) due to having scored the highest number of points, rather than due to having lost the least number of points.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 16
Racing! By contenders!!!

Purple points
Not all contenders, of course, are picks in the game. Looks like we have a major collective goof.

ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	70	11
THOMAS Geraint	40	0
ROGLIC Primoz	25	21
DUNBAR Eddie	15	17
KUSS Sepp	10	5
VAN WILDER Ilan	7	0
CARUSO Damiano	5	9
RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto	3	1
DE PLUS Laurens	2	0
ARENSMAN Thymen	1	0

4 of the top 5 in a stage is a noteworthy acheivement

1	DevilsElbow	120	Almeida, Roglic, Dunbar, Kuss
2	Triley36	110	Almeida, Roglic, Dunbar
3	Scrooll07	105	Almeida, Roglic, Kuss
4	Peixotini	100	Almeida, Dunbar, Kuss Caruso
5	BicycleBoy	95	Almeida, Roglic
5	EvansIsTheBest	95	Almeida, Roglic
7	Bminchow	90	Almeida, Dunbar, Caruso
8	Ricco	85
8	Titan31	85
10	DJW	70
10	Yellow_Knight	70
12	Comodoro	45
12	Los_Brolin	45
14	Anderis	40
14	Armchair_Cyclist	40
14	Berlus	40
14	Del1962	40
14	JumboVismaFan	40
14	Kazistuta	40
14	Search	40
21	Rufs	35
22	Riverside	33
23	Googolplex	30
23	Vladimir	30
25	BluesInTheBottle	25
25	DJSprtsch	25
25	Salvarani	25
28	Leadbelly	20
29	Laarsland	15
30	ArchieBoy	10
31	Bonimenier	5
32	AmisVelo	0
32	Josedin	0
32	RedheadDane	0
32	Rote_Laterne	0
32	SamuCuenca	0
	Collective_Wisdom	42

Standings

1	Peixotini	546	0
2	DJW	447	0
3	Titan31	392	2
4	Laarsland	388	0
5	Josedin	377	-2
6	Bminchow	348	4
7	Riverside	332	-1
8	Yellow_Knight	325	3
9	Bonimenier	286	-2
9	DJSprtsch	286	0

Pink Points

ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	190	11
DUNBAR Eddie	90	17
CARUSO Damiano	55	9
KÄMNA Lennard	25	9
ROGLIC Primoz	25	21
KUSS Sepp	22	5

FRIGO Marco	-11	2
BALLERINI Davide	-15	1
PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	-20	5
CEPEDA ORTIZ Jefferson Alexander	-26	2
PINOT Thibaut	-26	1

On the day

1	Peixotini	362
2	Bminchow	360
3	DevilsElbow	323
4	Titan31	287
5	Ricco	282
6	Triley36	281
7	EvansIsTheBest	228
8	BicycleBoy	227
9	Scrooll07	207
10	Los_Brolin	195
11	DJW	194
11	Yellow_Knight	194
13	Comodoro	170
14	Leadbelly	140
15	Anderis	115
16	Del1962	113
17	Armchair_Cyclist	111
17	Berlus	111
17	JumboVismaFan	111
17	Kazistuta	111
17	Search	111
22	Riverside	80
22	Vladimir	80
24	Googolplex	76
25	Rufs	70
26	Laarsland	66
27	Bonimenier	64
28	BluesInTheBottle	35
29	ArchieBoy	28
30	DJSprtsch	25
30	SamuCuenca	25
32	AmisVelo	14
33	Josedin	6
34	Salvarani	-1
35	RedheadDane	-10
36	Rote_Laterne	-11
	Collective_Wisdom	140

Standings
The top 4 teams in the overall were in the top 6 of the day: 1st, 2nd and 3rd were 1st, 2nd and 4th. So that podium is looking confident.

1	Peixotini	1899	0
2	Bminchow	1774	0
3	Titan31	1572	0
4	Triley36	1396	0
5	DevilsElbow	1309	3
6	Los_Brolin	1229	1
7	DJW	1141	2
8	Bonimenier	1130	-3
9	Scrooll07	1123	2
10	Riverside	1121	-4
11	BicycleBoy	1091	1
12	Ricco	1064	7
13	EvansIsTheBest	1060	0
14	Vladimir	1006	-4
15	Comodoro	999	-1
16	Leadbelly	932	1
17	Kazistuta	916	-1
18	Berlus	901	0
19	JumboVismaFan	893	0
20	Anderis	892	1
21	Laarsland	887	-6
22	Search	861	3
23	Del1962	860	3
24	Googolplex	829	-2
25	Rufs	822	-1
26	BluesInTheBottle	788	-4
27	Armchair_Cyclist	781	1
28	Josedin	746	-1
29	Yellow_Knight	744	3
30	ArchieBoy	644	0
31	Salvarani	637	-2
32	DJSprtsch	631	-1
33	AmisVelo	449	1
34	SamuCuenca	435	1
35	Rote_Laterne	426	-2
36	RedheadDane	276	0
	Collective_Wisdom	981

Almeida teams have been ahead of those that feature Roglic for a while, now he is not only better value for his cost, but gaining more points.
I'd be interested to hear from the Almeida teams (especially those without Roglic, whether they actually expected him to be higher than the Slovenian, or was it simply a belief that Evenepoel would win, and 3rd place + nearly 600 extra in the budget seemed a better deal than second place points.