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Stage 2 Timetrial Stage points TARLING Joshua 70 2 ROGLIC Primoz 40 6 VINE Jay 25 0 AFFINI Edoardo 15 1 VACEK Mathias 10 0 HOOLE Daan 7 0 PEDERSEN Mads 5 0 MCNULTY Brandon 3 0 HAYTER Ethan 2 1 AYUSO PESQUERA Juan 1 22 Today 1 DJW 71 2 YellowKnight 70 3 AmisVelo 41...

Useful to have as a tool for a knowledgeable producer to switch to, when there is something useful to be gleaned from it and the commentators know what images we are seeing, but I can't see it ever being my default viewing option.

Indeed: top riders that were picked by their points yield at this stage: CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio 195 5 teams POOLE Max 168 4 CONCI Nicola 152 3 CICCONE Giulio 145 1 PIGANZOLI Davide 136 5 TIBERI Antonio 112 15 DOUBLE Paul 104 2 ENGELHARDT Felix 96 1...

Stage points points teams PEDERSEN Mads 70 0 VAN AERT Wout 40 0 AULAR SANABRIA Orluis Alberto 25 0 BUSATTO Francesco 15 0 PIDCOCK Thomas 10 0 ULISSI Diego 7 0 CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio 5 5 POOLE Max 3 4 CONCI Nicola 2 3 PIGANZOLI Davide 1 5...

Sorry: going out for a meal, first set of results will be late tonight. But very few stage points is probably not breaching much of a secret.

Sorry: no team similarity data this time, as I was halfway through doing it when I noticed an error in my table. I have fixed that now, but can't be bothered going back to redo all the ones I have already done (loads of copying and pasting, unless someone knows a fancy Excel trick). I did...

A sad start for @laarsland, who has Landa as a UP

Rider popularity: The eight names in bold make up the collective Wisdom team: it is a bit overbudget at 3565, but gives us something to compare with. 23 YATES Simon 22 AYUSO PESQUERA Juan 19 BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley 15 TIBERI Antonio 13 HARPER Chris 12 MASNADA Fausto 8 CARUSO...

Wait no longer 38 teams (thanks to all) Listed by price of rider: number on the right is how many times he is picked. Abbulf POOLE Max 4 MAGNIER Paul 3 BENNETT Sam 2 DEL TORO ROMERO Isaac 3 BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley 19 YATES Simon 23 MEINTJES Louis 3...

This was the 18th team in, and has been the entry that ensures that at least one team has no unique entries (not Q's team, but he has a rider that was previously a unique pick), so I would suggest that there is maybe more difference than usual. There are two popular entries, on more than half...

As to the title of this thread, I can't tell you who will win the pre-race poll, but you could win the Giro CQ manager game (but only if you submit your team before the race starts at 1:30 local time tomorrow)

So EF have a fairly tame alternative to some of their historic avoidance-of-pink kits, but they have joined Bahrain/Movistar/UAE in ignoring the rule that their kits must not clash with the young rider's jersey, just as Jayco and all the teams in blue have apparently been unperturbed by the big...

o gawd! Anthony McCrossan is doing his weird "let's stick an -ahh on the end of every name" again Listened as far as "Derek Gee-ahh", then just decided it would be too irritating to watch any more.

The start of stage 1 is the end of the entry period for the Giro CQ Game. About 37 hours left on both counts.

Further 17 place drops are unlikely, but the lack of Del Grosso could be damaging in more than one month.