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The winning combination Abbulf's victorious selection: DEL TORO ROMERO Isaac 514 843 YATES Simon 428 576 BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley 429 235 POOLE Max 610 131 MEINTJES Louis 178 74 SVESTAD-BAARDSENG Embret 134 60 MAGNIER Paul 568 33 BENNETT Sam 560 22 3421...

Overall points Rider data Despite Yates being the winner, Del Toro massively outpointed him, not only because of the 180 point difference in pink jersey points DEL TORO ROMERO Isaac 843 3 YATES Simon 576 23 PEDERSEN Mads 505 0 CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio 482 5 GEE Derek...

Purple points Rider data PEDERSEN Mads 330 0 teams DEL TORO ROMERO Isaac 258 3 KOOIJ Olav 206 0 GROVES Kaden 170 5 CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio 160 5 VAN AERT Wout 150 0 TARLING Joshua 110 2 VAN UDEN Casper 110 1 SCARONI Christian 97 1 PRODHOMME...

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I think there was a collective failure of UAE and EF before they get neat to Finestre to not keep the gap to the break short enough that Van Aert would be caught before he could be as influential as he was. If Yates had caught up with him on the limb, he would have made far less impact (and of...

He was about one minute faster than Pablo Torres. Froome's time was, I believe, the slowest time that was a fastest on the day in the previous Giro uses of the climb.

And there was me thinking that teams employed riders to work for the team's goals, when it turns out that all along they are merely paying the rider for the privilege of having their name attached to his individual successes.

No, I'm comparing the standard by which you treat one rider to that by which you treat another.

I don't accept the principle that one's own legacy is the only thing that matters. He is team leader in the stages in which he has genuine goals that are not in conflict with a team member who has a better chance: he is one of the best team helpers, and willing to be so, in other stages. Most...

In relation to Ayuso, you seem to consider it essential that a rider fulfils his duties in support of a leader. In relation to van Aert, you seem to disregard a remarkable level of such support. I'm struggling to see the consistency.

Looks like he should be, thanks: thus changed. My preference would be to go with the eventual results, which would have him in the category that the game was originally designed to identify, but respecting the principles of those that originally compiled it

3 wins 1st, 1st, 1st - Anquetil 1st, 1st, 1st - Contador 1st, 1st, 1st - Froome 1st, 1st, 1st - Gimondi 1st, 1st, 1st - Hinault 1st, 1st, 1st - Merckx 1st, 1st, 1st - Nibali 3 podiums 1st, 1st, 2nd - Indurain 1st, 2nd, 1st - Quintana 1st, 2nd, 1st - Roglič 1st, 2nd, 1st - Rominger 1st, 1st, 3rd...

Stage 21 Overall points Final alterations Some minor GC changes, and Groves moving up in the points competition and displacing some others GROVES Kaden 47 5 MOSCHETTI Matteo 25 3 BARONCINI Filippo 5 2 FORMOLO Davide 2 1 LONARDI Giovanni 1 2 POELS Wout 1 2 CEPEDA...

Stage 21 purplish points KOOIJ Olav 70 0 GROVES Kaden 40 5 MOSCHETTI Matteo 25 3 PEDERSEN Mads 15 0 LAMPERTI Luke 10 0 KANTER Max 7 0 BARONCINI Filippo 5 2 AULAR SANABRIA Orluis Alberto 3 0 ZANONCELLO Enrico 2 0 LONARDI Giovanni 1 2 Final contributions...

but so did the Picnic NL leadout