2013 Tour de France CQ game

[al_pacino]

Nice work AC.

Surprisingly low collective wisdom score.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 17 MTT

Guaranteed points
The nine Froomeites share daily honours: none of them had any of today's other scorers, but none of the other teams had a combination of riders to dislodge them.

1 Hoerpi 658
2 Gotland 650
3 Yellow Knight 628
4 Comodoro 603
5 Oliveira 585
6 L'Ouzbek 583
6 Kazistuta 583
8 MC Mountain 568
9 Zlev11 553
10 Cyivel 550
11 Geraint Too Fast 524
12 Martyfulu 481
13 Al Pacino 472
14 Afrank 433
15 LugHugger 407
16 Pricey Sky 405
17 Just Some Guy 399
18 Blues in the bottle 397
19 Tuarts 383
20 Tomazo 367
21 Bicycle Boy 356
22 Somar13 352
23 Maaaaaaaarten 335
24 LaFlorecita 332
25 Tigerion 325
26 Jancouver 287
27 BigC24 262
28 Mutschi 195
29 Whittashau 194
30 Minessa 190
31 Blackbandit222 188
32 Taiwan 175
33 Shalgo 168
34 Falze 158
35 Vladimir 156
36 Search 155
37 Aussie Goddess 149
38 HelgeBlendet 147
39 The Hitch 131
40 Mlafort1 130
41 CQManager 123
42 Del 1962 117
43 Karbonkel 115
44 August 111
44 Evansisthe Best 111
46 Fool on the Hill 93
47 Manafana 89
48 Mellow Velo 71
49 NairoQ 66
50 Hilltop Finisher 63
51 GustieNordic 57
51 Lightbing 57
53 Asdfgh101 53
54 Karlboss 50
55 Hugo87 43
56 Armchair Cyclist 42
57 Vitapen 27
58 The Asian 26

Collective Wisdom team 85

Projected points
Main gains and losses for selected riders:
Froome 100 pts 9 teams
Kreuziger 80 points 5 teams
Kwiatkowski 47 points 1 team
Schleck 17 points 56 teams
Quintana 10 points 13 teams
Rogers 10 points 1 team
...
Ten Dam -30 points 1 team
Mollema -132 points 2 teams
Péraud 180 points 2 teams.

Today's changes:
1 Hoerpi 138 pts (Froome, Schleck, Jeannesson, Nieve, Gadret and Poels all in the black today)
2 Gotland 134 pts (as above but not Gadret)
3 L'Ouzbek 131 (as Hoerpi but not Jeannesson)

1 Hoerpi 1725
2 Gotland 1710
3 Yellow Knight 1665
4 L'Ouzbek 1661
5 Oliveira 1626
6 Comodoro 1620
7 Kazistuta 1541
8 Cyivel 1488
9 MC Mountain 1483
10 Zlev11 1279
11 Al Pacino 1226
12 Afrank 1151
13 Martyfulu 1143
14 Mutschi 1091
15 Jancouver 1062
16 Just Some Guy 1024
17 Somar13 989
18 Geraint Too Fast 946
19 Search 945
20 Del 1962 942
21 Whittashau 938
22 Falze 928
23 BigC24 908
24 Vladimir 906
25 Blackbandit222 905
26 The Hitch 868
27 Tomazo 804
28 Aussie Goddess 795
29 Tuarts 790
30 Bicycle Boy 766
31 Maaaaaaaarten 752
32 LugHugger 751
33 HelgeBlendet 734
34 Pricey Sky 726
35 Shalgo 718
36 NairoQ 711
37 August 696
37 Evansisthe Best 696
39 Blues in the bottle 695
40 Fool on the Hill 689
41 LaFlorecita 643
42 Tigerion 613
43 Mlafort1 599
44 Minessa 591
45 CQManager 570
46 GustieNordic 506
47 Karbonkel 495
48 Manafana 483
49 Taiwan 477
50 Hilltop Finisher 438
51 Hugo87 429
52 Mellow Velo 418
53 Karlboss 408
54 Asdfgh101 373
55 The Asian 370
56 Vitapen 338
57 Lightbing 302
58 Armchair Cyclist 297

Collective Wisdom team 453

Peraud's withdrawal means that my three most expensive picks are all DNFs.

 

[hoerpi]

This is getting tense!

Too bad about peraud, heroic of him to start yesterday.

Great to see two swedes in the lead so far aswell, doesn't happen too often in cycling.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 18: Alpe d'Huez
Guaranteed points
80 for Riblon (3 teams)
50 for Van Garderen (2 teams)
25 for Quintana (13 teams)
5+20 for Froome (9 teams)
10 for Porte (4 teams)
2 for Nieve (27 teams)
1 for Fuglsang (6 teams)

Asdfgh101 easily gets the daily prize, with first and second across the line. Yellow Knight and Zlev11 also have the stage winner in their teams, and that is enough to launch YK into the lead.

1 Yellow Knight 735
2 Hoerpi 685
3 Gotland 677
4 Zlev11 660
5 Comodoro 630
6 Oliveira 612
7 L'Ouzbek 610
8 Kazistuta 608
9 MC Mountain 593
10 Cyivel 575
11 Geraint Too Fast 526
12 Al Pacino 499
13 Martyfulu 483
14 Afrank 460
15 Tuarts 435
16 Just Some Guy 424
17 LugHugger 417
18 Pricey Sky 405
19 Blues in the bottle 397
20 Somar13 377
21 Tomazo 369
22 Bicycle Boy 358
23 Maaaaaaaarten 337
24 LaFlorecita 332
25 Tigerion 325
26 Jancouver 287
27 BigC24 263
28 Whittashau 231
29 Blackbandit222 214
30 Minessa 202
31 Mutschi 196
32 Taiwan 185
33 Asdfgh101 183
34 Search 182
35 Shalgo 171
36 Falze 160
37 Vladimir 158
38 Aussie Goddess 149
39 HelgeBlendet 148
40 Del 1962 142
41 August 136
41 Evansisthe Best 136
43 The Hitch 133
44 Mlafort1 130
45 CQManager 124
46 Fool on the Hill 118
47 Karbonkel 117
48 NairoQ 91
48 Manafana 91
50 Mellow Velo 73
51 Hilltop Finisher 63
52 GustieNordic 59
53 Lightbing 57
54 Karlboss 52
55 Hugo87 43
56 Armchair Cyclist 42
57 Vitapen 27
58 The Asian 26

Collective Wisdom team 87

Projected points

126 for Riblon (3 teams)
115 for Quintana (13 teams)
76 for Van Garderen (2 teams)
60 for Rogers (1 team)
29 for Fuglsang (6 teams)
25 for Froome (25 teams)
24 for Porte (24 teams)
...
-20 for Bonnet (1 team)
-31 for Evans (10 teams)
-60 for Mollema (2 teams)
-70 for Kreuziger (5 teams)
-70 for Ten Dam (1 team)
-83 for D Martin (1 team)

Best daily gains:
1 Zlev11 233 pts (Riblon, Quintana and Nieve, - Schleck)
2 Asdfgh101 187 pts (Riblon, Van Garderen, Gadret and Cunego, - Schleck, - Rolland)
3 Yellow Knight 143 pts (Riblon, Froome, Nieve, - Schleck)

In 48 hours, Riblon has turned into a 300% return on investment, launching Yellow Knight into virtual yellow. Zlev11 proves that a team without Froome can still overtake at least some teams with him.

1 Yellow Knight 1808
2 Hoerpi 1760
3 Gotland 1735
4 L'Ouzbek 1695
5 Oliveira 1648
6 Comodoro 1637
7 Kazistuta 1570
8 Zlev11 1512
9 Cyivel 1505
10 MC Mountain 1497
11 Al Pacino 1344
12 Afrank 1261
13 Just Some Guy 1127
14 Somar13 1095
15 Whittashau 1080
16 Martyfulu 1079
17 Mutschi 1038
18 Blackbandit222 1037
19 Search 1008
20 Del 1962 961
21 Geraint Too Fast 938
22 Jancouver 913
23 BigC24 892
24 Tuarts 863
25 Falze 815
26 NairoQ 814
27 Vladimir 797
27 HelgeBlendet 797
29 August 785
29 Evansisthe Best 785
31 Tomazo 783
32 The Hitch 776
33 LugHugger 763
34 Maaaaaaaarten 758
35 Bicycle Boy 756
36 Fool on the Hill 741
37 Shalgo 726
38 Pricey Sky 700
39 Blues in the bottle 687
40 Aussie Goddess 683
41 LaFlorecita 631
42 Minessa 612
43 Tigerion 605
44 CQManager 574
45 Asdfgh101 560
46 Mlafort1 540
47 Manafana 507
48 Taiwan 500
49 Karbonkel 456
50 GustieNordic 454
51 Hugo87 423
52 Hilltop Finisher 409
53 Mellow Velo 396
54 Karlboss 386
55 The Asian 355
56 Vitapen 346
57 Armchair Cyclist 296
58 Lightbing 277

Collective Wisdom team 432

 

[asdfgh101]

After being stuck on 2 points for a long time it's nice to be rewarded with the daily prize; brings at modicum of respectability at least.

 

[manafana]

im well back this time

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 19

Guaranteed points
The highest finisher on any of our teams was Navarro, who took fewer points today than Froome's daily bonus, which means that those combining Froome and Nieve share the daily award, and today's point haul is low.

1 Yellow Knight 757
2 Hoerpi 707
3 Gotland 699
4 Zlev11 662
5 Comodoro 652
6 Oliveira 634
7 L'Ouzbek 632
8 Kazistuta 628
9 MC Mountain 613
10 Cyivel 595
11 Geraint Too Fast 528
12 Al Pacino 501
13 Martyfulu 495
14 Afrank 462
15 Tuarts 437
16 Just Some Guy 424
17 LugHugger 417
18 Pricey Sky 405
19 Blues in the bottle 397
20 Somar13 377
21 Tomazo 371
22 Bicycle Boy 360
23 Maaaaaaaarten 339
24 LaFlorecita 332
25 Tigerion 325
26 Jancouver 287
27 BigC24 263
28 Whittashau 233
29 Blackbandit222 214
30 Mutschi 211
31 Minessa 204
32 Taiwan 185
33 Search 184
34 Asdfgh101 183
35 Shalgo 173
36 Falze 162
37 Vladimir 160
38 Aussie Goddess 149
39 HelgeBlendet 148
40 Del 1962 142
41 August 136
41 Evansisthe Best 136
43 The Hitch 135
44 Mlafort1 130
45 CQManager 124
46 Karbonkel 119
47 Fool on the Hill 118
48 Manafana 108
49 NairoQ 91
50 Mellow Velo 75
51 Hilltop Finisher 63
52 GustieNordic 61
53 Hugo87 58
54 Lightbing 57
55 Karlboss 54
56 Vitapen 42
56 Armchair Cyclist 42
58 The Asian 26

Collective Wisdom team 89

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Final daily points
1 Yellow Knight 812
2 Zlev11 777
3 Gotland 769
4 Hoerpi 765
5 Comodoro 727
6 L'Ouzbek 690
7 Oliveira 689
8 Kazistuta 686
9 MC Mountain 668
10 Cyivel 650
11 Al Pacino 634
12 Geraint Too Fast 628
13 Afrank 577
14 Martyfulu 575
15 Just Some Guy 540
16 Tuarts 517
17 Somar13 492
18 Pricey Sky 485
19 LugHugger 467
20 Blues in the bottle 432
21 Tomazo 421
22 Bicycle Boy 395
23 LaFlorecita 382
24 Maaaaaaaarten 377
25 Tigerion 361
26 Whittashau 331
27 Blackbandit222 294
28 Jancouver 291
29 Search 264
30 BigC24 263
31 Del 1962 237
32 Minessa 219
33 Taiwan 218
34 August 216
34 Evansisthe Best 216
36 Mutschi 212
37 Fool on the Hill 198
38 Asdfgh101 186
39 Shalgo 173
40 NairoQ 171
41 Falze 162
42 Vladimir 161
43 Aussie Goddess 150
44 HelgeBlendet 148
45 Mlafort1 140
46 The Hitch 136
47 CQManager 124
48 Karbonkel 119
49 Manafana 108
50 Mellow Velo 75
51 Hilltop Finisher 63
52 GustieNordic 61
53 Hugo87 58
54 Lightbing 57
55 Karlboss 54
56 Vitapen 45
57 Armchair Cyclist 42
58 The Asian 26

Collective Wisdom team 89

Final Overall
1 Hoerpi 1838
2 Yellow Knight 1824
3 Gotland 1817
4 L'Ouzbek 1773
5 Comodoro 1711
6 Zlev11 1707
7 Oliveira 1705
8 Kazistuta 1617
9 Al Pacino 1591
10 Cyivel 1549
11 MC Mountain 1532
12 Afrank 1490
13 Just Some Guy 1334
14 Whittashau 1300
15 Somar13 1295
16 Search 1216
17 Blackbandit222 1208
18 Martyfulu 1187
19 Del 1962 1154
20 Mutschi 1085
21 Geraint Too Fast 1045
22 NairoQ 1035
23 August 996
23 Evansisthe Best 996
25 Tuarts 936
26 Fool on the Hill 892
27 Tomazo 879
28 Jancouver 859
29 Falze 844
30 BigC24 822
31 Pricey Sky 817
31 Maaaaaaaarten 817
33 LugHugger 811
34 Bicycle Boy 799
35 The Hitch 796
36 Shalgo 773
37 Vladimir 757
38 HelgeBlendet 722
39 Blues in the bottle 712
40 LaFlorecita 687
41 Minessa 646
42 Tigerion 636
43 Aussie Goddess 626
44 CQManager 604
45 Manafana 600
46 Mlafort1 593
47 Asdfgh101 559
48 Taiwan 537
49 Hugo87 531
50 GustieNordic 483
51 Karbonkel 445
52 Karlboss 441
53 Mellow Velo 425
54 Vitapen 424
55 Hilltop Finisher 390
56 The Asian 386
57 Lightbing 307
58 Armchair Cyclist 286

Collective Wisdom team 479

Congratulations to Hoerpi, and to everyone who managed to beat me (yes, that is everyone).

Riders with 50%+ returns:
SCHLECK Andy 327%
RIBLON Christophe 266%
TRENTIN Matteo 132%
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel 129%
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 72%
HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ Jesus 61%
DELAPLACE Anthony 61%
KREUZIGER Roman 59%
BAKELANTS Jan 55%
MARINO Jean-Marc 53%
SERPA PEREZ Jose Rodolfo 52%
FERRARI Roberto 51%

Two of these (Schleck and Nieve) were in the Collective Wisdom team, while Trentin, Hernandez, Bakelants and Serpa were all ignored. Marino was a unique pick for Yellow Knight, one of 5 teams to have chosen 4 of these riders: the others were Zlev11, Al Pacino, Afrank and Geraint Toofast.

Impeccable choices
Nobody cheaper got higher scores than these riders
Froome
Quintana
Kreuziger
Bakelants
Navarro
Nieve
Riblon
Schleck

Yellow Knight and Zlev again are the top pickers, with 4 each.

Daily winners
1 point for highest daily scorer in each stage, 0.5 points if two teams equal top, 0.33 if three teams equal etc.

1 Geraint Too Fast 4.08
2 BigC24 3
3 Yellow Knight 1.71
4 Jancouver 1.25
5= Whittashau 1
5= Asdfgh101 1

The numbers are here

 

[Yellow Knight]

Many thanks Armchair for running this game.

Congratulations to Hoerpi (the best team won). Happy to be runner up.

 

[hoerpi]

Yeah, thank you AC for a nice game, too bad the forum broke down...

Thank you Yellow knight aswell!

 

[Afrank]

12th place and 2 of my big picks that I needed to perform (Pinot and Cav) completely sucked. Not too bad, Quintana once again saves me from complete failure.

Thanks once again for all your work Armchair. And congrats to hoerpi.

 

[murali]

The way it appears, this game is to choose the right set of riders who will earn enough gc points and a set of cheap riders who are likely to win a few stages, right?

will there be a game for vuelta?