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2023 Spring Classics CQ Game

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OK, thhree new teams overnight that I haven't acknowledged directly, but to @del1962 , @Googolplex and @Twiddle87 (great to have new players aboard: welcome), all is OK and your teams are entered: thanks, good luckand enjoy.

So that makes 30 teams: always a shame to see a few stalwarts absent, and I fear that at least some of those are due to the troubles at VeloRooms.

But those that we do have: the teams
30 of them, sorting within team is by price
Amis VeloPIDCOCK Thomas
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
TURNER Ben
POLITT Nils
JORGENSON Matteo
ASGREEN Kasper
SIMMONS Quinn
MILAN Jonathan
MOSCON Gianni
SCHELLING Ide
LEDANOIS Kévin*
HALVORSEN Kristoffer
AnderisPIDCOCK Thomas
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
TURNER Ben
TULETT Ben
ASGREEN Kasper
SIMMONS Quinn
COSTA Rui Alberto Faria
VAN WILDER Ilan
VAN EETVELT Lennert
GLOAG Thomas
PEDERSEN Casper Phillip
DEKKER David
Armchair CyclistPIDCOCK Thomas
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
SAGAN Peter
HONORE Mikkel Frølich
KWIATKOWSKI Michal
ASGREEN Kasper
SIMMONS Quinn
SCHACHMANN Maximilian
MILAN Jonathan
HOELGAARD Markus*
WALLS Matthew
DEKKER David
Blues in the BottlePIDCOCK Thomas
BENOOT Tiesj*
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
POLITT Nils
JORGENSON Matteo
SIMMONS Quinn
VAN EETVELT Lennert
GLOAG Thomas
MOSCON Gianni
GRIGNARD Sébastien*
ENGELHARDT Felix*
EEKHOFF Nils
BminchowPIDCOCK Thomas
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
SAGAN Peter
TURNER Ben
VERMEERSCH Florian
ASGREEN Kasper
SIMMONS Quinn
MILAN Jonathan
GLOAG Thomas
MOSCON Gianni
VADER Milan
DEKKER David
BRSHEFFIELD Magnus
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
TURNER Ben
VERMEERSCH Florian
BIERMANS Jenthe*
SIMMONS Quinn
PAGE Hugo
MILAN Jonathan
VAN EETVELT Lennert
PENHOËT Paul
PEDERSEN Casper Phillip
MAYRHOFER Marius
ComodoroPIDCOCK Thomas
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
SENECHAL Florian*
WRIGHT Fred
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando*
PAGE Hugo
VAN DEN BERG Marijn
VAN EETVELT Lennert
HERMANS Ben
MAYRHOFER Marius
QUICK Blake*
VAN DE PAAR Jarne
Del 1962PIDCOCK Thomas
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
SAGAN Peter
LAMPAERT Yves*
TURNER Ben
ASGREEN Kasper
SCHACHMANN Maximilian
MØRKØV CHRISTENSEN Michael*
MOSCON Gianni
ROWE Luke*
SCHELLING Ide
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
Devil's ElbowPIDCOCK Thomas
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
STUYVEN Jasper
HONORE Mikkel Frølich
ASGREEN Kasper
WELSFORD Samuel
SCHACHMANN Maximilian
WAERENSKJOLD Søren
MILAN Jonathan
GREGOIRE Romain
SCHELLING Ide
DEKKER David
DJSprtschVAN DER POEL Mathieu
LUTSENKO Alexey*
NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan Manuel
ASGREEN Kasper
HERREGODTS Rune*
WAERENSKJOLD Søren
MARIT Arne
GRONDIN Donavan*
REX Laurenz
PEDERSEN Casper Phillip
SVRCEK Martin*
DEKKER David
DJWVAN BAARLE Dylan*
PIDCOCK Thomas
Alaphilippe Julian
TURNER Ben
ANDERSEN Søren Kragh
ASGREEN Kasper
O'Brien Kelland*
VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume
HALVORSEN Kristoffer
PEDERSEN Casper Phillip
HEIDUK Kim
MAYRHOFER Marius
Evans is the BestVAN DER POEL Mathieu
PIDCOCK Thomas
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
ASGREEN Kasper
SCHACHMANN Maximilian
GLOAG Thomas
SCHELLING Ide
BOARO Manuele*
PEDERSEN Casper Phillip
HERMANS Ben
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
DEKKER David
GoogolplexPIDCOCK Thomas
WELLENS Tim
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
STUYVEN Jasper
BAGIOLI Andrea
VAN WILDER Ilan
MILAN Jonathan
VAN EETVELT Lennert
HEIDUK Kim
MAYRHOFER Marius
DEKKER David
TARLING Joshua
Hfgon1PIDCOCK Thomas
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
STEWART Jake*
HONORE Mikkel Frølich
KWIATKOWSKI Michal
ASGREEN Kasper
SIMMONS Quinn
SCHACHMANN Maximilian
STYBAR Zdenek
BOL Cees*
SCHELLING Ide
PEDERSEN Casper Phillip
JosedinSHEFFIELD Magnus
PIDCOCK Thomas
WRIGHT Fred
TURNER Ben
VAN GILS Maxim*
VERNON Ethan*
VAN DEN BERG Marijn
BARONCINI Filippo*
MAYRHOFER Marius
VAN DEN BOSSCHE Fabio*
WALLS Matthew
WOOD Harrison*
Jumbo Visma FanPIDCOCK Thomas
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
ANDERSEN Søren Kragh
TULETT Ben
PAGE Hugo
SCHACHMANN Maximilian
WAERENSKJOLD Søren
MILAN Jonathan
VAN EETVELT Lennert
GREGOIRE Romain
MARIT Arne
BARRE Louis*
KazistutaPIDCOCK Thomas
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
TURNER Ben
BAGIOLI Andrea
HONORE Mikkel Frølich
ASGREEN Kasper
SIMMONS Quinn
STYBAR Zdenek
MOSCHETTI Matteo
WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads*
MOSCON Gianni
PEDERSEN Casper Phillip
LaarslandPIDCOCK Thomas
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
STUYVEN Jasper
TEUNISSEN Mike
ASGREEN Kasper
BALLERINI Davide*
MILAN Jonathan
VAN EETVELT Lennert
BYSTRØM Sven Erik
STYBAR Zdenek
SCHELLING Ide
PEDERSEN Casper Phillip
LeadbellyWELLENS Tim
STUYVEN Jasper
PASQUALON Andrea*
TURNER Ben
NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan Manuel
HONORE Mikkel Frølich
COSTA Rui Alberto Faria
PENHOËT Paul
REX Laurenz
RIVERA VARGAS Brandon Smith*
PEDERSEN Casper Phillip
DEKKER David
MadrazoPIDCOCK Thomas
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
SAGAN Peter
TURNER Ben
ASGREEN Kasper
VANMARCKE Sep
SCHACHMANN Maximilian
MILAN Jonathan
STYBAR Zdenek
SCHELLING Ide
PEDERSEN Casper Phillip
DEKKER David
PeixotiniALAPHILIPPE Julian
STUYVEN Jasper
SAGAN Peter
TURNER Ben
POLITT Nils
ANDERSEN Søren Kragh
COSTA Rui Alberto Faria
VAN TRICHT Stan*
GREGOIRE Romain
MOSCON Gianni
PEDERSEN Casper Phillip
MAYRHOFER Marius
Redhead DaneWALSCHEID Maximilian*
TURNER Ben
HOOLE Daan*
MILAN Jonathan
ROOSEN Timo*
RUTSCH Jonas*
NORSGAARD JØRGENSEN Mathias*
LUDVIGSSON Tobias*
SCHÄR Michael*
LAENGEN Vegard Stake*
HOLLENSTEIN Reto*
PRICE-PEJTERSEN Johan*
Rote LaternePIDCOCK Thomas
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
STUYVEN Jasper
TURNER Ben
HONORE Mikkel Frølich
KWIATKOWSKI Michal
ASGREEN Kasper
SCHACHMANN Maximilian
SCHELLING Ide
DEKKER David
GERITS Vince*
HOFSTEDE Lennard*
RufsGIRMAY HAILU Biniam*
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
TRATNIK Jan*
LAURANCE Axel*
ASGREEN Kasper
MILAN Jonathan
MOSCHETTI Matteo
MALUCELLI Matteo*
KORETZKY Victor*
SCHELLING Ide
VADER Milan
VAN DE PAAR Jarne
SalvaraniVAN DER POEL Mathieu
TURNER Ben
BAGIOLI Andrea
COSTA Rui Alberto Faria
WELSFORD Samuel
MILAN Jonathan
VAN ASBROECK Tom*
GREGOIRE Romain
NYS Thibau*
BERCKMOES Jenno*
PEDERSEN Casper Phillip
TARLING Joshua
SearchPIDCOCK Thomas
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
JUNGELS Bob*
SAGAN Peter
POLITT Nils
COSTA Rui Alberto Faria
SCHACHMANN Maximilian
STYBAR Zdenek
MOSCON Gianni
EEKHOFF Nils
PEDERSEN Casper Phillip
DEKKER David
Slow ClimberPIDCOCK Thomas
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
WRIGHT Fred
KRON Andreas Lorentz*
SIMMONS Quinn
COSTA Rui Alberto Faria
SCHACHMANN Maximilian
MILAN Jonathan
VAN EETVELT Lennert
MOSCHETTI Matteo
PEDERSEN Casper Phillip
HEIDUK Kim
TRiley36PIDCOCK Thomas
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
WRIGHT Fred
TEUNISSEN Mike
ASGREEN Kasper
SIMMONS Quinn
VAN DEN BERG Marijn
SCHACHMANN Maximilian
STYBAR Zdenek
MOSCON Gianni
SCHELLING Ide
EEKHOFF Nils
Twiddle87PIDCOCK Thomas
MEEUS Jordi*
ANDERSEN Søren Kragh
ASGREEN Kasper
SIMMONS Quinn
PAGE Hugo
GENIETS Kévin*
WAERENSKJOLD Søren
BYSTRØM Sven Erik
MARTINEZ Lenny*
MOSCHETTI Matteo
PEDERSEN Casper Phillip
VladimirALAPHILIPPE Julian
SAGAN Peter
POLITT Nils
ANDERSEN Søren Kragh
TEUNISSEN Mike
ASGREEN Kasper
VANMARCKE Sep
PAGE Hugo
GUERNALEC Thibault*
MOSCON Gianni
VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume
EEKHOFF Nils


The Riders

Teams
24ALAPHILIPPE Julian
22PIDCOCK Thomas
18ASGREEN Kasper
15PEDERSEN Casper Phillip
14TURNER Ben
13MILAN Jonathan
11DEKKER David, SCHACHMANN Maximilian, SIMMONS Quinn
10SCHELLING Ide
9MOSCON Gianni
8VAN EETVELT Lennert
The above names constitute the Collective Wisdom team: it is well below budget (2590)
7SAGAN Peter
6COSTA Rui Alberto Faria, HONORE Mikkel Frølich, MAYRHOFER Marius, STUYVEN Jasper, STYBAR Zdenek
5ANDERSEN Søren Kragh, PAGE Hugo, POLITT Nils
4EEKHOFF Nils, GLOAG Thomas, GREGOIRE Romain, MOSCHETTI Matteo, WAERENSKJOLD Søren, WRIGHT Fred
3BAGIOLI Andrea, HEIDUK Kim, KWIATKOWSKI Michal, TEUNISSEN Mike, VAN DEN BERG Marijn, VAN DER POEL Mathieu
2BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley, BYSTRØM Sven Erik, HALVORSEN Kristoffer, HERMANS Ben, JORGENSON Matteo, MARIT Arne, NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan Manuel, PENHOËT Paul, REX Laurenz, SHEFFIELD Magnus, TARLING Joshua, TULETT Ben, VADER Milan, VAN DE PAAR Jarne, VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume, VAN WILDER Ilan, VANMARCKE Sep, VERMEERSCH Florian, WALLS Matthew, WELLENS Tim, WELSFORD Samuel
 
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One rare pick on my team in Sep Vanmarcke. He may be over the hill but still sounded optimistic on getting many results, and then he has just been on my team every single year in the contest, where he has often done well for me, so he had to get a final nostalgic run.

Bad start for half the teams including mine with Turner crashing out of Omloop just now. I was very tempted to change him to Fred Wright to better fit the points last night, since my team really struggled to get close to the 3000, and having to change Moscon (after he stated only to ride Ardennes) to Schelling last night, only made it worse, but decided he was just better in the end. Hopefully he is not too badly injured.

Good luck to all!
 
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Could be a fun game for me if these guys deliver: Costa (6 picks), Gregiore (4 picks), MVDP (3 picks), Bagioli (3 picks), Welsford (2 picks) and Tarling (2 picks).

Add to that three unique picks in Nys, Berckmoes and Van Asbroeck.

Turner, Pedersen and Milan were in top 6 of the most common riders.

Wanted to go a bit different when I knew guys like Pidcock, Ala and so would be quite popular. I have them in the main game, so wanted to go with a different strategy here. Lets see how it goes!
 
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Team popularity
For each rider, their score is the number of teams they are on (as above: unique picks are not in that table but are marked with an asterisk in the team listings)

rankTeamScoreUnique picks
1​
Madrazo1530
2​
Anderis1370
2​
Bminchow1370
4​
Kazistuta1331
5​
AmisVelo1311
5​
DevilsElbow1310
7​
Armchair1291
8​
Hfgon11282
8​
Laarsland1281
10​
RoteLaterne1272
11​
Triley361250
12​
EvansIsTheBest1231
13​
SlowClimber1221
14​
Search1211
15​
Del19621203
16​
DJW1132
17​
BR1031
18​
Googolplex1020
18​
Peixotini1021
20​
JumboVismaFan1011
21​
Blues_in_the_Bottle923
22​
Twiddle87893
23​
Vladimir851
24​
Comodoro793
25​
Rufs785
26​
Leadbelly682
27​
Salvarani653
28​
DJSprtsch614
29​
Josedin585
30​
RedheadDane3710
Collective Wisdom1660
So Last Year325
Main Game1122

Those additional teams at the bottom: the Collective Wisdom team is, as named above, the 12 most popular picks here.
The So Last Year team are the combination of riders that I can find to fit within budget who are still riding on teams that might get them a ride here and have the highest total score in the same races from last year. Only Asgreen and to a lesser extent Stuyven are notably popular as picks here, and 5 of them are not deemed worthy of a pick at all:
VAN BAARLE Dylan
BENOOT Tiesj
STUYVEN Jasper
KWIATKOWSKI Michal
ASGREEN Kasper
VENDRAME Andrea
WELSFORD Samuel
HAUSSLER Heinrich
DE TIER Floris
SAJNOK Szymon
BOARO Manuele
SCULLY Tom

And the Main Game team is the top 12 riders in popularity (I can't remember whether I needed to leave any out or budget considerations) in Skidmark's season long CQ game. Some of them were obviously not picked for their potential in these races, and this team is even farther below budget than the Collective Wisdom team.
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
SCHACHMANN Maximilian
ASGREEN Kasper
PIDCOCK Thomas
MOSCON Gianni
UIJTDEBROEKS Cian
GREGOIRE Romain
MARTINEZ Lenny
DEKKER David
SCHELLING Ide
HAYTER Leo

Hoping to repeat, or praying they don't?
I can apply the same points as determined the So Last Year team to our teams, so this is what to expect if every rider does exactly the same results as last year.
1​
DJW1712
2​
EvansIsTheBest1467
3​
RoteLaterne1436
4​
DJSprtsch1327
5​
Salvarani1176
6​
DevilsElbow1173
7​
Laarsland1171
8​
Del19621113
9​
Peixotini1106
10​
Triley361102
11​
AmisVelo1100
12​
Rufs1077
13​
Armchair1069
14​
Hfgon11063
15​
Bminchow1054
16​
Vladimir1018
17​
Blues_in_the_Bottle1012
18​
Madrazo994
19​
Kazistuta991
20​
Leadbelly983
21​
Twiddle87971
22​
Anderis920
23​
Josedin886
24​
Googolplex855
25​
Comodoro852
26​
RedheadDane745
27​
JumboVismaFan737
28​
Search707
29​
BR704
30​
SlowClimber650
CollectiveWisdom950
SoLastYear2270
MainGamePop681



Expensive picks
I would usually do a listing of riders who have been included that cost more than twice the average spend available (so >500 pts), but the popularity of Pidcock means that that would be very cluttered, so I'll do it a bit differently.

Riders more expensive than 500 other than Pidcock that have been selected:
Van der Poel (1230pts) DJSprtsch, Evans is the Best*, Salvarani
Girmay (1048) Rufs
Van Baarle (694) DJW*
Sheffield (621) BR, Josedin*
Wellens (586) Googolplex*, Leadbelly
Benoot (543) Blues in the Bottle*
Teams with Pidcock (599) asterisked, the others that do not have him are Peixotini and Vladimir (both have Alaphilippe (489)) as their most expensive pick, and Redhead Dane (Walscheid (441)).
 
Team Similarity

Madrazo, who by a long way has the most popular team, not surprisingly has a nine man overlap with the Collective Wisdom team. Three other teams have 8 of the most popular 12: Amis Velo, Anderis and Bminchow.

But of the real teams, only Devil's Elbow and Rote Laterne have 8 riders in common.
7 shared riders are much more common: there are 18 such pairings, and Madrazo is half of half of them.


Spreadsheet
Find the teams most similar to yours, and anything else you might care to uncover, in the spreadsheet that is, and will remain, here on Google Docs. I won't post the link every time, but the spreadsheet gets updated at the same place all the time (rather than my saving a separate version after each race)

I doubt I will actually get today's results into it until tomorrow, but we can probably assume that DJW (only team with DvB) has made a good start, and that the Ardeche Classic has yielded a lot more points than it usually does.
 
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Race 1: Faun Ardeche
In the 2021 version of this game, the rider who finished 9th was a unique pick, and that was it for points from this event: 28 points scored. A bit different this time around:
Race Pos'nPtsTeams
1​
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
130​
24​
5​
GREGOIRE Romain
52​
4​
9​
COSTA Rui Alberto Faria
28​
6​
13​
VAN GILS Maxim
16​
1​
17​
MARTINEZ Lenny
9​
1​
21​
VAN WILDER Ilan
5​
2​

Peixotini had Gregoire and Costa as well as Alaphilippe: the teams that could feel good about their unique picks of Van Gils and Martinez are languishing for the lack of Alaphilippe.
Pts this raceGreen points
Peixotini
210​
80​
DevilsElbow
182​
42.5​
JumboVismaFan
182​
42.5​
Anderis
163​
25​
Search
158​
12.5​
SlowClimber
158​
12.5​
Googolplex
135​
5​
AmisVelo
130​
0.35​
Armchair
130​
0.35​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
130​
0.35​
Bminchow
130​
0.35​
BR
130​
0.35​
Comodoro
130​
0.35​
Del1962
130​
0.35​
DJW
130​
0.35​
EvansIsTheBest
130​
0.35​
Hfgon1
130​
0.35​
Kazistuta
130​
0.35​
Laarsland
130​
0.35​
Madrazo
130​
0.35​
RoteLaterne
130​
0.35​
Rufs
130​
0.35​
Triley36
130​
0.35​
Vladimir
130​
0.35​
Salvarani
80​
Leadbelly
28​
Josedin
16​
Twiddle87
9​
DJSprtsch
0​
RedheadDane
0​

The green points are the secondary competition: regardless of the level of the race, the same points are available for the top ten (80, 50, 35, 25, 15, 10, 5, 3, 2, 1), with the proviso that if fewer than 10 teams score, fewer than 10 teams get points. Sometimes it simply reinforces the superiority of the winner - the hope is that it gives some other players something to hope for when overall victory is out of reach. Equal positions mean shared points, so lots of us have 6/17 to get us off the mark.
 
Race 2: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

The riders that were picked and scored:
Race Pos'nPtsTeams
1​
VAN BAARLE Dylan
180​
1 (DJW)​
5​
PIDCOCK Thomas
70​
22​
6​
BALLERINI Davide
62​
1 (Laarsland)​
7​
POLITT Nils
54​
5​
8​
PASQUALON Andrea
46​
1 (Leadbelly)​
10​
VANMARCKE Sep
36​
2​
11​
TEUNISSEN Mike
30​
3​
14​
SCHELLING Ide
22​
10​
15​
BENOOT Tiesj
20​
1​
17​
STEWART Jake
16​
1​
18​
JORGENSON Matteo
14​
2​
22​
SHEFFIELD Magnus
9​
2​
24​
RUTSCH Jonas
7​
1​
Of the 100 other riders that finished, thus gaining 5 points, 24 were among our selections.

1​
DJW
265​
80​
2​
Laarsland
204​
50​
3​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
168​
35​
4​
AmisVelo
165​
25​
5​
Madrazo
143​
15​
6​
Vladimir
140​
10​
7​
Search
139​
5​
8​
Triley36
132​
3​
9​
Hfgon1
118​
2​
10​
Del1962
107​
1​
11​
DevilsElbow
102​
11​
RoteLaterne
102​
13​
EvansIsTheBest
97​
14​
Twiddle87
95​
15​
JumboVismaFan
90​
16​
Armchair
85​
16​
Bminchow
85​
16​
Comodoro
85​
16​
Googolplex
85​
16​
SlowClimber
85​
21​
Josedin
84​
22​
Peixotini
79​
23​
Anderis
75​
23​
Kazistuta
75​
25​
Leadbelly
61​
26​
BR
34​
27​
Rufs
32​
28​
RedheadDane
22​
29​
DJSprtsch
10​
29​
Salvarani
10​
CollectiveWisdom
102​
SoLastYear
210​
MainGamePop
92​
That might well prove to be the best that the 'So Last Year' team does: it had both Van Baarle and Benoot.

Standings: Green
Green pointschange in rank
1​
DJW
80.35​
23​
2​
Peixotini
80​
-1​
3​
Laarsland
50.35​
5​
4​
DevilsElbow
42.5​
-2​
4​
JumboVismaFan
42.5​
-2​
6​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
35.35​
2​
7​
AmisVelo
25.35​
1​
8​
Anderis
25​
-4​
9​
Search
17.5​
-4​
10​
Madrazo
15.35​
12​
11​
SlowClimber
12.5​
-6​
12​
Vladimir
10.35​
10​
13​
Googolplex
5​
-6​
14​
Triley36
3.35​
-3​
15​
Hfgon1
2.35​
-4​
16​
Del1962
1.35​
-5​
17​
8 teams
0.35​
-3​
25​
6 teams
0​
0​
I'll normally only post the top ten here

Main points
TeamPointsChange in rank
1​
DJW
395​
7​
2​
Laarsland
334​
6​
3​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
298​
5​
4​
Search
297​
1​
5​
AmisVelo
295​
3​
6​
Peixotini
289​
-5​
7​
DevilsElbow
284​
-5​
8​
Madrazo
273​
0​
9​
JumboVismaFan
272​
-7​
10​
Vladimir
270​
-2​
11​
Triley36
262​
-3​
12​
Hfgon1
248​
-4​
13​
SlowClimber
243​
-8​
14​
Anderis
238​
-10​
15​
Del1962
237​
-7​
16​
RoteLaterne
232​
-8​
17​
EvansIsTheBest
227​
-9​
18​
Googolplex
220​
-11​
19​
Armchair
215​
-11​
19​
Bminchow
215​
-11​
19​
Comodoro
215​
-11​
22​
Kazistuta
205​
-14​
23​
BR
164​
-15​
24​
Rufs
162​
-16​
25​
Twiddle87
104​
3​
26​
Josedin
100​
1​
27​
Salvarani
90​
-2​
28​
Leadbelly
89​
-2​
29​
RedheadDane
22​
0​
30​
DJSprtsch
10​
-1​
CollectiveWisdom
232​
SoLastYear
210​
MainGamePop
293​

Hoping to get today's races done this evening
 
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And so, to today
Race 3: Faun Drome
Not many riders scoring, but a reasonable amount of points regardless
Race Pos'nPtsTeams
2​
COSTA Rui Alberto Faria
78​
6​
3​
BAGIOLI Andrea
66​
3​
5​
SIMMONS Quinn
52​
11​
16​
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
10​
24​

This raceMain scorersGreen points
1​
Salvarani
144​
Costa & Bagioli
80​
2​
SlowClimber
140​
Costa, Simmons and Alaphilippe
42.5​
2​
Anderis
140​
Costa, Simmons and Alaphilippe
42.5​
4​
Kazistuta
128​
Bagioli, Simmons and Alaphilippe
25​
5​
Search
88​
12.5​
5​
Peixotini
88​
12.5​
7​
Leadbelly
78​
5​
8​
Googolplex
76​
3​
9​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
62​
0.43​
9​
AmisVelo
62​
0.43​
9​
Triley36
62​
0.43​
9​
Hfgon1
62​
0.43​
9​
Armchair
62​
0.43​
9​
Bminchow
62​
0.43​
9​
BR
62​
0.43​
16​
Twiddle87
52​
17​
DJW
10​
17​
Laarsland
10​
17​
DevilsElbow
10​
17​
Madrazo
10​
17​
JumboVismaFan
10​
17​
Vladimir
10​
17​
Del1962
10​
17​
RoteLaterne
10​
17​
EvansIsTheBest
10​
17​
Comodoro
10​
17​
Rufs
10​
28​
Josedin
0​
28​
RedheadDane
0​
28​
DJSprtsch
0​
CollectiveWisdom
62​
SoLastYear
5​
MainGamePop
10​
 
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Faun Drome continued (if you accidentally send in this website, you can't edit in anything below a table!)

Green standings
1​
Peixotini
92.5​
1​
2​
DJW
80.35​
-1​
3​
Salvarani
80​
22​
4​
Anderis
67.5​
4​
5​
SlowClimber
55​
6​
6​
Laarsland
50.35​
-3​
7​
DevilsElbow
42.5​
-3​
7​
JumboVismaFan
42.5​
-3​
9​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
35.78​
-3​
10​
Search
30​
-1​

Main standings
The two teams in joint second or this race got rather more of a boost to their position than the winner did.
1​
DJW
405​
0​
2​
Search
385​
2​
3​
SlowClimber
383​
10​
4​
Anderis
378​
10​
5​
Peixotini
377​
1​
6​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
360​
-3​
7​
AmisVelo
357​
-2​
8​
Laarsland
344​
-6​
9​
Kazistuta
333​
13​
10​
Triley36
324​
1​
11​
Hfgon1
310​
1​
12​
Googolplex
296​
6​
13​
DevilsElbow
294​
-6​
14​
Madrazo
283​
-6​
15​
JumboVismaFan
282​
-6​
16​
Vladimir
280​
-6​
17​
Armchair
277​
2​
17​
Bminchow
277​
2​
19​
Del1962
247​
-4​
20​
RoteLaterne
242​
-4​
21​
EvansIsTheBest
237​
-4​
22​
Salvarani
234​
5​
23​
BR
226​
0​
24​
Comodoro
225​
-5​
25​
Rufs
172​
-1​
26​
Leadbelly
167​
2​
27​
Twiddle87
156​
-2​
28​
Josedin
100​
-2​
29​
RedheadDane
22​
0​
30​
DJSprtsch
10​
0​
CollectiveWisdom
294​
SoLastYear
215​
MainGamePop
303​
These positions might not hold sway or long though, KBK results should be along soon.
 
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Race 4: Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne
To finish off the weekend:

Race Pos'nPtsTeams
1​
BENOOT Tiesj
130​
1​
5​
WELLENS Tim
52​
2​
8​
MEEUS Jordi
34​
1​
10​
STUYVEN Jasper
24​
6​
12​
MILAN Jonathan
18​
13​
16​
VANMARCKE Sep
10​
2​
24​
SHEFFIELD Magnus
5​
2​

When you look at the race result, you would expect a manager called Jumbo Visma Fan to have racked up plenty of points, but no...
1​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
130​
Benoot
80​
2​
Googolplex
94​
Wellens, Stuyven, Milan
50​
3​
Leadbelly
76​
Wellens, Stuyven
35​
4​
DevilsElbow
42​
Stuyven, Milan
20​
4​
Laarsland
42​
Stuyven, Milan
20​
6​
Twiddle87
34​
Meeus
10​
7​
Madrazo
28​
5​
8​
Peixotini
24​
2.5​
8​
RoteLaterne
24​
2.5​
10​
BR
23​
1​
11​
AmisVelo
18​
11​
Armchair
18​
11​
Bminchow
18​
11​
JumboVismaFan
18​
11​
RedheadDane
18​
11​
Rufs
18​
11​
Salvarani
18​
11​
SlowClimber
18​
19​
Vladimir
10​
20​
Josedin
5​
21​
ten more teams
0​
CollectiveWisdom
18​
SoLastYear
154​
MainGamePop
0​

Green standings
1​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
115.78​
8​
2​
Peixotini
95​
-1​
3​
DJW
80.35​
-1​
4​
Salvarani
80​
-1​
5​
Laarsland
70.35​
1​
6​
Anderis
67.5​
-2​
7​
DevilsElbow
62.5​
0​
8​
Googolplex
58​
7​
9​
SlowClimber
55​
-4​
10​
JumboVismaFan
42.5​
-3​

Standings
The third leader of the weekend, but that just adds to the excitement.
1​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
490​
5​
2​
DJW
405​
-1​
3​
Peixotini
401​
2​
4​
SlowClimber
401​
-1​
5​
Googolplex
390​
7​
6​
Laarsland
386​
2​
7​
Search
385​
-5​
8​
Anderis
378​
-4​
9​
AmisVelo
375​
-2​
10​
DevilsElbow
336​
3​
11​
Kazistuta
333​
-2​
12​
Triley36
324​
-2​
13​
Madrazo
311​
1​
14​
Hfgon1
310​
-3​
15​
JumboVismaFan
300​
0​
16​
Armchair
295​
1​
16​
Bminchow
295​
1​
18​
Vladimir
290​
-2​
19​
RoteLaterne
266​
1​
20​
Salvarani
252​
2​
21​
BR
249​
2​
22​
Del1962
247​
-3​
23​
Leadbelly
243​
3​
24​
EvansIsTheBest
237​
-3​
25​
Comodoro
225​
-1​
26​
Rufs
190​
-1​
26​
Twiddle87
190​
1​
28​
Josedin
105​
0​
29​
RedheadDane
40​
0​
30​
DJSprtsch
10​
0​
CollectiveWisdom
312​
SoLastYear
369​
MainGamePop
303​

And off to Laigueglia on Wednesday, but looking at the startlist (such as it is), I suspect that might have more impact on the green points than the main competition here.

Consider the contest well and truly opened. And here is all the proof in the spreadsheet.
 
Race 5: Trofeo Laigueglia
It's probably fair to say that nobody really focusses on the start list of this one when they pick their team.

Romain Gregoire came 6th, scoring 46 points (and 47.5 green points) for the 4 teams that have him (Devil's Elbow, Jumbo Visma Fan, Peixotini and Salvarani);
Harrison Wood came 28th, and scored 5 points (15 green) for Josedin;
The So Last Year team had Vendrame (2nd, 78 points), but that won't help any of us.

Green points
Low scoring races still count high in the minor classification, and all 4 Gregoire teams were already in the top ten: now they are all in the top 5.
Green pointschange in rank
1​
Peixotini
142.5​
1​
2​
Salvarani
127.5​
2​
3​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
115.78​
-2​
4​
DevilsElbow
110​
3​
5​
JumboVismaFan
90​
5​
6​
DJW
80.35​
-3​
7​
Laarsland
70.35​
-2​
8​
Anderis
67.5​
-2​
9​
Googolplex
58​
-1​
10​
SlowClimber
55​
-1​

Main Points
Unlike in the Green points, BitB retains his lead here, but Peixotini climbs back up to halve the lead. The other teams with Gregoire also gain places, but the gap that Josedin had to close on the next manager above him is far more than 28th place yields.
1​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
490​
0​
2​
Peixotini
447​
1​
3​
DJW
405​
-1​
4​
SlowClimber
401​
0​
5​
Googolplex
390​
0​
6​
Laarsland
386​
0​
7​
Search
385​
0​
8​
DevilsElbow
382​
2​
9​
Anderis
378​
-1​
10​
AmisVelo
375​
-1​
11​
JumboVismaFan
346​
4​
12​
Kazistuta
333​
-1​
13​
Triley36
324​
-1​
14​
Madrazo
311​
-1​
15​
Hfgon1
310​
-1​
16​
Salvarani
298​
4​
17​
Armchair
295​
-1​
17​
Bminchow
295​
-1​
19​
Vladimir
290​
-1​
20​
RoteLaterne
266​
-1​
21​
BR
249​
0​
22​
Del1962
247​
0​
23​
Leadbelly
243​
0​
24​
EvansIsTheBest
237​
0​
25​
Comodoro
225​
0​
26​
Rufs
190​
0​
26​
Twiddle87
190​
0​
28​
Josedin
110​
0​
29​
RedheadDane
40​
0​
30​
DJSprtsch
10​
0​
CollectiveWisdom
312​
SoLastYear
447​
MainGamePop
349​

Strade Bianche on Saturday: I suspect that those 6 teams without Alaphilippe will suffer again, but how much return on their investment will the teams who spent big on Van Der Poel see?

There should be more activity in the leaderboard then that today at least.
 
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