2013 Giro d'Italia CQ game

[asdfgh101]

Who was it who said nobody would pick Wiggins and not many would select Nibali?

An all or nothing strategy could have involved selecting Henao (or Uran) in the hope that Wiggins crashes/fails. Also thought that someone might have chosen Cav (together with Nibali would have left 524 for other riders).

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

For what it's worth, scores after Stage 1 (stage points and Pink Jersey)

1= BlackBandit222, Whittashau 40 pts
3= Asdfgh101, Handbrake, Just Some Guy 10 pts
6 The Fool on the Hill 7 pts
7 MC Mountain 1 pt

 

[taiwan]

I think one of the players with Nibali and Betancur might win, maybe Afrank.

 

[mc_mountain]

Sandy Casar is a great pick Armchair, will almost definitely get in a break that leads to both decent stage, and a few, GC points. He would have been a certainty on my team if hadnt gone all in with Wiggins and Hesjedal (im the only one to do that right? Edit me and bicycle boy).

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Sandy Casar is a great pick Armchair, will almost definitely get in a break that leads to both decent stage, and a few, GC points. He would have been a certainty on my team if hadnt gone all in with Wiggins and Hesjedal (im the only one to do that right? Edit me and bicycle boy).

As I looked at other teams coming in during the week, I found myself more and more questioning the wisdom of that pick. Nice to see a vote of confidence in my unique pick.

 

[Jancouver]

Based on the popularity stats, I'm screwed as I have some of the most common riders ... and I thought I was creative with JEANNESSON and TROFIMOV

I didnt even expect KISERLOVSKI to be the No1 pick.

Game over for me ...

 

[Afrank]

I think one of the players with Nibali and Betancur might win, maybe Afrank.

You know...I think you just might be right about that.

Just imagine the points I'll get if Nibs and Betancur can go 1-2 in GC. Then all I'll need is Majka to top 10, Gatto to take a couple stages, some high placings or wins for the other guys in stages, maybe Garzelli for the mountain jersey; and I've got this thing all wrapped up.

 

[jaylew]

Damn, I thought the Giro started on Sunday! Oh well, next year for me.

 

[Sasquatch]

Happy to get Rafael Valls by default

Go into the breakaways!

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Great work armchair! And it's quite amusing that I'm 3rd on the unoriginality list sence I only spent like 5-10 minutes getting my team together. I was sure I would miss some big bargain.

 

[taiwan]

You know...I think you just might be right about that.

Just imagine the points I'll get if Nibs and Betancur can go 1-2 in GC. Then all I'll need is Majka to top 10, Gatto to take a couple stages, some high placings or wins for the other guys in stages, maybe Garzelli for the mountain jersey; and I've got this thing all wrapped up.

Yeah those 2 are likely to pick up good points on stages as well as GC IMO. The other guys have good scoring potential also, although there may be a few too many chiefs on Gatto's team.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

I think Nibali-Hesjedal is a better duo than Nibali-Betancur. I was gonna pick Betancur for stage points in medium mountain stages + decent chance of GC points.

But then I remembered I could pick a serious contender ftw for only 100 points more

 

[taiwan]

We shall see, gentlemen. We shall see.

Edit ladies shall also see ofc.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

After stage 2

Far too early to mean anything, but at least we are all off the mark.

By virtue of picking the entire Astana team, Geraint gets far more scorers than anyone else today.

1 BlackBandit222 63
2 Whittashau 46
3 Geraint Too Fast 36
4 The Fool on the Hill 27
5 MC Mountain 21
6 18-Valve Pithy 19
6 Hugo Koblet 19
6 Shalgo 19
6 Tuarts 19
6 Vitapen 19
11 Bicycle Boy 18
11 Handbrake 18
13 Armchair Cyclist 17
13 Mellow Velo 17
13 Search 17
16 Asdfgh101 16
16 Sasquatch 16
16 Vladimir 16
19 Yellow Knight 15
20 Manafana 13
21 Jancouver 12
21 Just Some Guy 12
21 NairoQ 12
24 Garfield 11
25 Afrank 9
25 Al Pacino 9
25 Hilltopfinisher 9
25 Lupetto 9
25 Minessa 9
25 Ruudz0r 9
25 The Asian 9
32 Comodoro 8
32 Maaaaaaaarten 8
34 EvansisTheBest 7
34 Jakob747 7
34 LightBing 7
34 Martyfulu 7
38 Cyival 6
38 Kazistuta 6
40 Falze 4
40 Karaev 4
40 Taiwan 4
43 Kjetilraknerud 1

 

[search]

Sandy Casar is a great pick Armchair, will almost definitely get in a break that leads to both decent stage, and a few, GC points. He would have been a certainty on my team if hadnt gone all in with Wiggins and Hesjedal

Casar will do all three grand tours this year, I think he will focus on breakways, not much to expect for gc. But still, maybe he can somehow manage to win a stage, yes

 

[mc_mountain]

Casar will do all three grand tours this year, I think he will focus on breakways, not much to expect for gc. But still, maybe he can somehow manage to win a stage, yes

I'm not saying he's gonna get top 10 in GC but he scored 54 poiints for 25th last year after gaining 3 mins on the field in the stage when he came in second to Lars Bak.

 

[search]

yeah, sure, but he wasn't exactly cheap, I think his teammate Jeannesson has more potential, and he was less expansive

 

[manafana]

im interested now im tucked away in midtable awaiting the big day

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

yeah, sure, but he wasn't exactly cheap, I think his teammate Jeannesson has more potential, and he was less expansive

And I have him too.

But if my 3rd highest scorer gets the 94 points that Casar got in the Giro last year, then that is better than the third highest scorer of the team that came second in the Vuelta game last year, and the average Giro score last year of riders whose cost in the game then was 229+/-20 points was 26.7, so 94 would be a good return from someone in that point range.

Only three people who cost less than 229 got more than 94 points last year.

If.

 

[mc_mountain]

yeah, sure, but he wasn't exactly cheap, I think his teammate Jeannesson has more potential, and he was less expansive

Jeannesson may easily end up being a good pick but your spelling mistake may have a freudian element to it, as I reckon he is likely to be less expansive and just try to limit his loses on the mountain stages.

my guess

AJ - 0-10 points from stages & secondary classifications
SC - 30-100
AJ - 30-100 points from GC
SC - 30-100

(check their respective points scoring from tdf 2010)

As for expense - we both have Wiggins on our teams.

 

[Jakob747]

I regret now not having added Rafal Majka. Anyway, I have other exicting riders.

P. Ignatenko as an unique pick.

 

[search]

Jeannesson may easily end up being a good pick but your spelling mistake may have a freudian element to it, as I reckon he is likely to be less expansive and just try to limit his loses on the mountain stages.

hehe, yep, that's true, it does have a freudian element

Casar is relaible as you can be very sure that he will manage to pick the right breakaway group one or two times, that's true. I just wanted to add that he might end up way further down in gc than last year with two more grand tours in mind. His score in 2012 was also influenced by fighting for pink for a couple of stages, and therefor losing less time in gc.

But anyway, as Armchair cyclist indicated, he may still be a good pick, and it's also true that Jeannesson is limited, indeed.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 3
No-one has Paolini: loads of people got 35 for Hesjedal + Sánchez

Top scores today:
Just Some Guy 55
Falze 50
Whittashau 42
Cyival 40
Kjetilraknerud 40
BlackBandit222 37
Shalgo 37

Points so far:
1 BlackBandit222 100
2 Whittashau 88
3 Just Some Guy 67
4 Shalgo 56
5 Falze 54
6 Yellow Knight 50
7 MC Mountain 49
8 Jancouver 47
9 Bicycle Boy 46
9 Cyival 46
9 Garfield 46
12 Hilltopfinisher 44
12 Minessa 44
12 Ruudz0r 44
12 Vitapen 44
16 Maaaaaaaarten 43
17 EvansisTheBest 42
18 Kjetilraknerud 41
19 Manafana 40
20 Geraint Too Fast 36
20 Vladimir 26
22 Al Pacino 34
22 The Asian 34
24 Comodoro 33
25 18-Valve Pithy 32
25 Hugo Koblet 32
25 Jakob747 32
28 Tuarts 31
29 Armchair Cyclist 30
29 Search 30
29 The Fool on the Hill 30
32 Mellow Velo 29
32 Taiwan 29
34 Handbrake 28
34 Sasquatch 28
36 Asdfgh101 26
36 Lupetto 26
38 NairoQ 22
39 Karaev 19
40 Martyfulu 17
41 Afrank 9
42 LightBing 7
43 Kazistuta 6

 

[whittashau]

I'm not quite sure how this works, but shouldn't Giampaolo Caruso got me some points for his 6th place today?

Because I was on 46 after yesterday's stage. I had Ryder(25)+Sanchez(10)+Caruso(7)=42 today. I'm pretty sure anyway

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I'm not quite sure how this works, but shouldn't Giampaolo Caruso got me some points for his 6th place today?

Because I was on 46 after yesterday's stage. I had Ryder(25)+Sanchez(10)+Caruso(7)=42 today. I'm pretty sure anyway

Stupid race organisers, allowing two men with the same surname to take part in the same race.

7 points for Whittashau and Lupetto: 7 points off Karaev, Manafana, Vladimir and EvansistheBest.

Table now corrected (I hope)

I deleted the PMs with teams on them as I entered them to avoid any risk of a full inbox: perhaps those who chose either Caruso would send me a copy of their original entry to confirm which one they chose (I suspect the Cannondale one was more in my mind, because I had edited the rider list to bring him in in place of Basso)

I can tell from the prices that Karaev and EvansisTheBest must have gone for Damiano, as they would have been overbudget with Giampaolo.

Apologies to Vladimir and Manafana: both of whom I had allocated Damiano rather than Giampaolo. I'll make some adjustments this evening.