2013 Tour de France CQ game

[Armchair cyclist]

I have sent my team last night to your private email. Can you confirm please? Thanks

hey resent did you get it?

Got those: check the (ever growing) list of teams in the first post to check whether I have logged your team into the spreadsheet. I don't intend sending out confirmations with each entry.

 

[Tigerion]

Need to learn from my mistakes from the Giro game. The main one was not having Nibali though, and I don't want to spend half my budget on one guy this time either

Just a tip, don't have Nibali in this one either

Team submitted and not on the front but I think that was about the time you did your last update so I might have just missed that round

 

[HelgeBlendet]

Might have the most boring and anonymous team... I don't expect anything

 

[vladimir]

I am 99,99 % sure that I will have zero points after todays stage

 

[Tigerion]

Dammit, that's the wrong Van Poppel to be getting points.
And the live stream announced it as Boy to begin with as well

 

[Afrank]

Well...my main guy for today got taken out.

At least there's plenty more sprints in this years addition. Although I was hoping to get some points for at least a day in yellow.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

The teams

AFrank
CAVENDISH Mark
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
PINOT Thibaut
DE GENDT Thomas
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
DUPONT Hubert
KENNAUGH Peter
DELAPLACE Anthony
SCHLECK Andy

Al Pacino
CAVENDISH Mark
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
CUNEGO Damiano
COPPEL Jérôme
GADRET John
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
FERRARI Roberto
CIMOLAI Davide
SCHLECK Andy

Armchair Cylist
PERAUD Jean-Christophe
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
PINOT Thibaut
BRAJKOVIC Janez
HESJEDAL Ryder
MONFORT Maxime
CUNEGO Damiano
DE GENDT Thomas
SCHLECK Andy

Asdfgh101
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
BOUHANNI Nacer
ROLLAND Pierre
HESJEDAL Ryder
CUNEGO Damiano
TAARAMÄE Rein
GADRET John
RIBLON Christophe
SCHLECK Andy

August
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
PINOT Thibaut
ROLLAND Pierre
HESJEDAL Ryder
HOOGERLAND Johnny
DE GENDT Thomas
KENNAUGH Peter
SCHLECK Andy

Aussie Goddess
EVANS Cadel
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
KREUZIGER Roman
BRAJKOVIC Janez
HESJEDAL Ryder
CUNEGO Damiano
ALBASINI Michael
HANSEN Adam
SCHLECK Andy

Bicycle Boy
CAVENDISH Mark
PINOT Thibaut
ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar
HESJEDAL Ryder
VORGANOV Eduard
VOIGT Jens
MILLAR David
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
SCHLECK Andy

BigC24
EVANS Cadel
KWIATKOWSKI Michal
FUGLSANG Jakob
BOUET Maxime
HESJEDAL Ryder
VOIGT Jens
DIDIER Laurent
PINEAU Jérôme
SCHLECK Andy

Blackband222
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
FUGLSANG Jakob
PINOT Thibaut
GALLOPIN Tony
HESJEDAL Ryder
DENNIS Rohan
DE GENDT Thomas
TAARAMÄE Rein
SCHLECK Andy

Blues in the Bottle
CAVENDISH Mark
PINOT Thibaut
ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin
VANMARCKE Sep
DE GENDT Thomas
TAARAMÄE Rein
POELS Wout
DENNIS Rohan
SCHLECK Andy

Comodoro
FROOME Chris
COPPEL Jérôme
HOOGERLAND Johnny
VAN POPPEL Boy
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
FERRARI Roberto
LANCASTER Brett
REZA Kévin
SCHLECK Andy


CQManager
FUGLSANG Jakob
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
PINOT Thibaut
ROLLAND Pierre
HESJEDAL Ryder
CUNEGO Damiano
DE GENDT Thomas
TAARAMÄE Rein
SCHLECK Andy


Cyivel
FROOME Chris
HESJEDAL Ryder
DE GENDT Thomas
TAARAMÄE Rein
POELS Wout
SICARD Romain
KENNAUGH Peter
BRUTT Pavel
SCHLECK Andy


Del 1962
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
PINOT Thibaut
ROLLAND Pierre
TEN DAM Laurens
ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar
HESJEDAL Ryder
TAARAMÄE Rein
FERRARI Roberto
SCHLECK Andy


EvansistheBest
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
PINOT Thibaut
ROLLAND Pierre
HESJEDAL Ryder
DE GENDT Thomas
TAARAMÄE Rein
LOPEZ GARCIA David
SCHLECK Andy


Falze
MOLLEMA Bauke
EVANS Cadel
ROLLAND Pierre
HESJEDAL Ryder
HOOGERLAND Johnny
DE GENDT Thomas
TAARAMÄE Rein
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
SCHLECK Andy


Fool on the Hill
EVANS Cadel
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
PINOT Thibaut
GALLOPIN Tony
BRAJKOVIC Janez
TAARAMÄE Rein
BONNET William *
DELAPLACE Anthony
SCHLECK Andy

Bonnet was not a pick, but is substituted in in place of Sandy Casar, who is not racing.


Geraint Too Fast
GREIPEL André
CAVENDISH Mark
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
FERRARI Roberto
KENNAUGH Peter
BRUTT Pavel
BONO Matteo
DELAPLACE Anthony
SCHLECK Andy


Gotland
FROOME Chris
DE GENDT Thomas
TAARAMÄE Rein
JEANNESSON Arnold
POELS Wout
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
FERRARI Roberto
SICARD Romain
SCHLECK Andy

GustieNordic
EVANS Cadel
PINOT Thibaut
ROLLAND Pierre
HESJEDAL Ryder
CUNEGO Damiano
HOOGERLAND Johnny
TAARAMÄE Rein
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
SCHLECK Andy


HelgeBlendet
FUGLSANG Jakob
PINOT Thibaut
ROLLAND Pierre
GOSS Matthew
ROGERS Michael
HESJEDAL Ryder
DE GENDT Thomas
TAARAMÄE Rein
SCHLECK Andy


Hilltop Finisher
EVANS Cadel
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
PINOT Thibaut
HESJEDAL Ryder
MONFORT Maxime
SIMON Julien
TAARAMÄE Rein
JEANNESSON Arnold
SCHLECK Andy


Hoerpi
FROOME Chris
DE GENDT Thomas
GADRET John
JEANNESSON Arnold
POELS Wout
VAN POPPEL Danny
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
LEEZER Tom
SCHLECK Andy


Hugo87
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
PINOT Thibaut
ROLLAND Pierre
ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor
NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel
HESJEDAL Ryder
DE GENDT Thomas
TAARAMÄE Rein
SCHLECK Andy


Jancouver
MARTIN Daniel
KREUZIGER Roman
MEYER Cameron
VELITS Peter
COPPEL Jérôme
ALBASINI Michael
LE MEVEL Christophe
GADRET John
JEANNESSON Arnold

Just Some Guy
CAVENDISH Mark
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
GALLOPIN Tony
HESJEDAL Ryder
DE GENDT Thomas
PINEAU Jérôme
FISCHER Murilo Antonio
DELAPLACE Anthony
SCHLECK Andy

Karbonkel
EVANS Cadel
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
PINOT Thibaut
GOSS Matthew
HESJEDAL Ryder
DE GENDT Thomas
TAARAMÄE Rein
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
SCHLECK Andy



Karlboss
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
PINOT Thibaut
BOUHANNI Nacer
ROLLAND Pierre
ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar
HESJEDAL Ryder
TAARAMÄE Rein
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
SCHLECK Andy


Kazistuta
FROOME Chris
DE GENDT Thomas
TAARAMÄE Rein
GADRET John
POELS Wout
VAN POPPEL Danny
BAZAYEV Assan
ASTARLOZA CHAURREAU Mikel
SCHLECK Andy


La Florecita
CAVENDISH Mark
BRAJKOVIC Janez
DUMOULIN Tom
AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey
HOOGERLAND Johnny
TAARAMÄE Rein
POELS Wout
FERRARI Roberto
SCHLECK Andy


LightBing
PINOT Thibaut
BOUHANNI Nacer
ROLLAND Pierre
GOSS Matthew
BRAJKOVIC Janez
HESJEDAL Ryder
CUNEGO Damiano
DE GENDT Thomas
SCHLECK Andy


L’Ouzbek
Froome
de gendt
taaramae
gadret
poels
nieve
feillu
dupont
schleck

LugHugger
CAVENDISH Mark
PORTE Richie
HESJEDAL Ryder
MILLAR David
KUSCHYNSKI Aleksandr
HENDERSON Gregory
KENNAUGH Peter
STEEGMANS Gert
SCHLECK Andy


Maaaaaaaarten
CAVENDISH Mark
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
PINOT Thibaut
TAARAMÄE Rein
GADRET John
POELS Wout
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
SICARD Romain
SCHLECK Andy


Manafana
PERAUD Jean-Christophe
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
PINOT Thibaut
NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel
HESJEDAL Ryder
MONFORT Maxime
DE GENDT Thomas
TAARAMÄE Rein
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel


Martyfulu
MOLLEMA Bauke
KITTEL Marcel
PINOT Thibaut
HESJEDAL Ryder
ALBASINI Michael
DE CLERCQ Bart
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
LANCASTER Brett
SCHLECK Andy


MCMountain
FROOME Chris
CUNEGO Damiano
DE GENDT Thomas
TAARAMÄE Rein
MILLAR David
FEILLU Brice
KENNAUGH Peter
STEEGMANS Gert
SCHLECK Andy


Mellow Velo
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
PINOT Thibaut
BOUHANNI Nacer
ROLLAND Pierre
GOSS Matthew
HESJEDAL Ryder
BOECKMANS Kris
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
SCHLECK Andy


Minessa
PORTE Richie
PINOT Thibaut
GOSS Matthew
HESJEDAL Ryder
CUNEGO Damiano
DE GENDT Thomas
POELS Wout
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
SCHLECK Andy


Mlafort1
EVANS Cadel
TALANSKY Andrew
ROLLAND Pierre
ROCHE Nicolas
HESJEDAL Ryder
IMPEY Daryl
VOIGT Jens
KING Edward
SCHLECK Andy


Mutschi
FUGLSANG Jakob
PINOT Thibaut
KREUZIGER Roman
VELITS Peter
BRAJKOVIC Janez
NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel
HESJEDAL Ryder
DE GENDT Thomas
SCHLECK Andy


NairoQ
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
PINOT Thibaut
ROLLAND Pierre
ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor
HESJEDAL Ryder
CUNEGO Damino
TAARAMÄE Rein
DUPONT Hubert
SCHLECK Andy



Oliveira
FROOME Chris
HESJEDAL Ryder
DE GENDT Thomas
TAARAMÄE Rein
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
DUPONT Hubert
ASTARLOZA CHAURREAU Mikel
DELAPLACE Anthony
SCHLECK Andy


Pricey Sky
KITTEL Marcel
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
ROLLAND Pierre
ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar
HESJEDAL Ryder
ALBASINI Michael
DE GENDT Thomas
TAARAMÄE Rein
SCHLECK Andy


Search
EVANS Cadel
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
ROLLAND Pierre
HESJEDAL Ryder
CUNEGO Damiano
DE GENDT Thomas
TAARAMÄE Rein
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
SCHLECK Andy


Shalgo
FUGLSANG Jakob
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
PINOT Thibaut
ROLLAND Pierre
HESJEDAL Ryder
CUNEGO Damiano
DE GENDT Thomas
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
SCHLECK Andy


Somar13
Mark Cavendish
Nairo Quintana
Ryder Hejdal
Damiano Cunego
Rein Taaramae
Brice Feillu
Mikel Astarloza
Romain Sicard
Andy Schleck


Taiwan
PORTE Richie
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
GOSS Matthew
HESJEDAL Ryder
CUNEGO Damiano
DE GENDT Thomas
GADRET John
FERRARI Roberto
SCHLECK Andy

The Asian
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
PINOT Thibaut
ROLLAND Pierre
GOSS Matthew
HESJEDAL Ryder
MONFORT Maxime
CUNEGO Damiano
TAARAMÄE Rein
SCHLECK Andy


The Hitch
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
PINOT Thibaut
ROLLAND Pierre
KREUZIGER Roman
GOSS Matthew
HESJEDAL Ryder
TAARAMÄE Rein
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
SCHLECK Andy


Tigerion
SCHLECK Andy
FISCHER Murilo Antonio
VAN POPPEL Boy
POELS Wout
TAARAMÄE Rein
DE GENDT Thomas
PINOT Thibaut
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
CAVENDISH Mark

Tomazo
CAVENDISH Mark
PINOT Thibaut
ROLLAND Pierre
CUNEGO Damiano
TAARAMÄE Rein
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
FERRARI Roberto
KENNAUGH Peter
SCHLECK Andy


Tuarts
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
KITTEL Marcel
HESJEDAL Ryder
CUNEGO Damiano
DE GENDT Thomas
TAARAMÄE Rein
POELS Wout
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
SCHLECK Andy

Vitapen
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
PINOT Thibaut
BOUHANNI Nacer
GOSS Matthew
HESJEDAL Ryder
NAVARRO Daniel
HOOGERLAND Johnny
GADRET John
SCHLECK Andy



Vladimir
EVANS Cadel
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
PINOT Thibaut
KREUZIGER Roman
HESJEDAL Ryder
DE GENDT Thomas
TAARAMÄE Rein
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
SCHLECK Andy


Whittashau
PORTE Richie
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
HESJEDAL Ryder
CUNEGO Damiano
AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey
TAARAMÄE Rein
GADRET John
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
SCHLECK Andy

Yellow Knight
FROOME Chris
ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar
LE MEVEL Christophe
DE GENDT Thomas
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
RIBLON Christophe
STEEGMANS Gert
MARINO Jean-Marc
SCHLECK Andy


Zlev11
CAVENDISH Mark
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
HESJEDAL Ryder
ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin
DE GENDT Thomas
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
RIBLON Christophe
GUTIERREZ PALACIOS Jose Ivan
SCHLECK Andy

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Stupid crash cost me 100 Cav points.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Popularity
Out of 58 teams

56: Schleck
41: Hesjedal
34: Taaramae
32: De Gendt
31inot
27: Nieve
20: Rolland, Van Den Broek
18: Cunego
18: Cavendish, Quintana
11: Poels
10: Evans, Gadret
9: Froome, Goss
8: Ferrari
7: Kennaugh
6: Brajkovic, Fuglsang, Hoogerland
5: Bouhanni, Delaplace, Kreuziger, Zubeldia
4: Albasini, Dupont, Jeannesson, Monfort, Navarro, Porte, Sicard
3: Astarloza, Coppel, Feillu, Gallopin, Kittel, Millar, Riblon, Steegmans, Voigt
2: Amador, Anton, Brutt, Dennis, Fischer, Lancaster, Le Mevel, Mollema, Peraud, Pineau, Rojas Gil, Van Garderen, Van Poppel B, Van Poppel D, Velits.

Unique picks:
Bazayev, Boeckmans, Bonnet, Bono, Bouet, Cimolai, De Clercq,
Didier, Dumoulin, Greipel, Gutierrez, Hansen, Henderson, Impey, King, Kuschynski, Kwiatkowski, Leezer, Lopez Garcia, Marino, Martin D, Meyer, Reza, Roche, Rogers, Simon, Talansky, Ten Dam, Vanmarcke, Vorganov

 

[vladimir]

Thanks for the great work Armchair
Seems I have the most boring team of all; seven most picked riders plus Evans and Kreuziger. First time in any competition here I am in line with the public majority...

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Unique picks
4: Mlafort1
3: BigC24
2: Geraint Too Fast, Jancouver, LugHugger
1: Al Pacino, Aussie Goddess, Bicycle Boy, Blues in the bottle, Comodoro, Del 1962, Evansisthe Best, Fool on the Hill, HelgeBlendet, Hilltop Finisher, Hoerpi, Kazistuta, LaFlorecita, Martyfulu, Mellow Velo, Yellow Knight, Zlev11

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Originality index
Lower score is more original: nine unique picks would be a score of 9, Schleck will give (nearly everyone) 56 points:

1 Jancouver 32
2 Comodoro 114
3 Geraint Too Fast 120
4 BigC24 121
5 LugHugger 129
6 Mlafort1 134
7 LaFlorecita 137
8 Yellow Knight 138
9 Al Pacino 149
10 Hoerpi 152
11 Kazistuta 158
12 Fool on the Hill 159
13 Aussie Goddess 161
14 MC Mountain 165
15 Just Some Guy 167
15 Martyfulu 167
17 Bicycle Boy 180
18 Blues in the bottle 182
18 Vitapen 182
20 Mutschi 183
21 Gotland 185
21 Somar13 185
23 L'Ouzbek 186
24 Afrank 188
24 Zlev11 188
26 Asdfgh101 189
27 Manafana 195
28 Cyivel 196
29 Taiwan 198
30 Hilltop Finisher 201
31 Tigerion 201
32 Whittashau 205
33 Maaaaaaaarten 206
34 Del 1962 209
35 Armchair Cyclist 210
35 Mellow Velo 210
37 Oliveira 211
38 Tomazo 214
39 Pricey Sky 215
40 Blackbandit222 218
40 Lightbing 218
42 NairoQ 219
43 Tuarts 224
44 August 226
45 Falze 228
46 Minessa 229
47 HelgeBlendet 230
48 The Asian 233
49 Karlboss 239
50 Hugo87 240
51 GustieNordic 243
51 The Hitch 243
53 Evansisthe Best 248
54 Search 251
54 Shalgo 251
56 Vladimir 256
57 CQManager 258
58 Karbonkel 260

Thanks for the great work Armchair
Seems I have the most boring team of all; seven most picked riders plus Evans and Kreuziger. First time in any competition here I am in line with the public majority...

Not quite: you have the 56th most boring team out of 58.

CQM, having restricted himself as game administrator to only unique picks last year, goes to the opposite extreme this time around

 

[del1962]

Congrats to manafan and jancouver

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Collective wisdom team

The 9 most popular picks could all have been taken well within budget (total spend 3401)
SCHLECK Andy
HESJEDAL Ryder
TAARAMÄE Rein
DE GENDT Thomas
PINOT Thibaut
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
ROLLAND Pierre
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
CUNEGO Damiano

How many of this squad in each of our teams:
8: CQManager, Shalgo
7: Evansisthe Best, GustieNordic, Hugo87, Karbonkel, Karlboss, Search, The Asian, The Hitch, Vladimir
6: Armchair Cyclist, August, Falze, HelgeBlendet, Lightbing, Manafana, Mellow Velo, Minessa, NairoQ, Pricey Sky, Tomazo, Tuarts
5: Asdfgh101, Blackbandit222, Del 1962, Hilltop Finisher, Maaaaaaaarten, Oliveira, Taiwan, Tigerion, Whittashau
4: Afrank, Aussie Goddess, Bicycle Boy, Blues in the bottle, Cyivel, Gotland, L'Ouzbek, Martyfulu, MC Mountain, Mutschi, Somar13, Vitapen, Zlev11
3: Al Pacino, Fool on the Hill, Hoerpi, Just Some Guy, Kazistuta, Mlafort1, Yellow Knight
2: BigC24, Comodoro, Geraint Too Fast, LaFlorecita, LugHugger
0: Jancouver

 

[Jancouver]

Originality index
Lower score is more original: nine unique picks would be a score of 9, Schleck will give (nearly everyone) 56 points:

1 Jancouver 32
2 Comodoro 114
3 Geraint Too Fast 120
4 BigC24 121
5 LugHugger 129
6 Mlafort1 134
7 LaFlorecita 137
8 Yellow Knight 138
9 Al Pacino 149
10 Hoerpi 152
11 Kazistuta 158
12 Fool on the Hill 159
13 Aussie Goddess 161
14 MC Mountain 165
15 Just Some Guy 167
15 Martyfulu 167
17 Bicycle Boy 180
18 Blues in the bottle 182
18 Vitapen 182
20 Mutschi 183
21 Gotland 185
21 Somar13 185
23 L'Ouzbek 186
24 Afrank 188
24 Zlev11 188
26 Asdfgh101 189
27 Manafana 195
28 Cyivel 196
29 Taiwan 198
30 Hilltop Finisher 201
31 Tigerion 201
32 Whittashau 205
33 Maaaaaaaarten 206
34 Del 1962 209
35 Armchair Cyclist 210
35 Mellow Velo 210
37 Oliveira 211
38 Tomazo 214
39 Pricey Sky 215
40 Blackbandit222 218
40 Lightbing 218
42 NairoQ 219
43 Tuarts 224
44 August 226
45 Falze 228
46 Minessa 229
47 HelgeBlendet 230
48 The Asian 233
49 Karlboss 239
50 Hugo87 240
51 GustieNordic 243
51 The Hitch 243
53 Evansisthe Best 248
54 Search 251
54 Shalgo 251
56 Vladimir 256
57 CQManager 258
58 Karbonkel 260

My goal was to have a very unique team. Based on the above I accomplished that but I'm somehow surprised/disappointed Gadret and Kreuziger were so "popular".

Thanks for the game!

 

[Jancouver]

Collective wisdom team

The 9 most popular picks could all have been taken well within budget (total spend 3401)
SCHLECK Andy
HESJEDAL Ryder
TAARAMÄE Rein
DE GENDT Thomas
PINOT Thibaut
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel
ROLLAND Pierre
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
CUNEGO Damiano

How many of this squad in each of our teams:
8: CQManager, Shalgo
7: Evansisthe Best, GustieNordic, Hugo87, Karbonkel, Karlboss, Search, The Asian, The Hitch, Vladimir
6: Armchair Cyclist, August, Falze, HelgeBlendet, Lightbing, Manafana, Mellow Velo, Minessa, NairoQ, Pricey Sky, Tomazo, Tuarts
5: Asdfgh101, Blackbandit222, Del 1962, Hilltop Finisher, Maaaaaaaarten, Oliveira, Taiwan, Tigerion, Whittashau
4: Afrank, Aussie Goddess, Bicycle Boy, Blues in the bottle, Cyivel, Gotland, L'Ouzbek, Martyfulu, MC Mountain, Mutschi, Somar13, Vitapen, Zlev11
3: Al Pacino, Fool on the Hill, Hoerpi, Just Some Guy, Kazistuta, Mlafort1, Yellow Knight
2: BigC24, Comodoro, Geraint Too Fast, LaFlorecita, LugHugger
0: Jancouver

Ha! Happy to see I have none of those most popular picks

This is how you pick a team boys!

Jancouver
MARTIN Daniel
KREUZIGER Roman
MEYER Cameron
VELITS Peter
COPPEL Jérôme
ALBASINI Michael
LE MEVEL Christophe
GADRET John
JEANNESSON Arnold

Anybody willing to take an avatar bet? My bet is that I will beat 50% of the teams

Edit: I would also take a bet that I will beat the "Top Picks" team!

 

[taiwan]

My goal was to have a very unique team. Based on the above I accomplished that but I'm somehow surprised/disappointed Gadret and Kreuziger were so "popular".

Same here about Gadret. He was one of the last guys I noticed, hoped others hadn't. Same with Ferrari.

No unique picks. Porte is the least common rider I've got.

@Minessa I hope you're good at these things because we've got 6 riders in common.

 

[taiwan]

Edit: I would also take a bet that I will beat the "Top Picks" team!

Yup I would take that.

 

[al_pacino]

I thought Gadret would be far more popular. He brings his Giro form and we're quids in.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

The rider I am really kicking myself over missing is Nieve: everyone else I either noticed and chose against, didn't think was great value, or didn't fit my "strategy".

My main error is probably Péraud, although Manafana was equally wise/foolish. Partly a result of haste (busy at the beginning of the week even apart from this, and I had commited to sending in a team as soon as I received one), partly a sense that I should have one outside chance. But making this outside chance my most expensive pick was probably not a good move.

 

[taiwan]

The only thing with Peraud in this game is that there a couple of good alternatives a little cheaper: VDB and Pinot.

Oops you have them. Nothing wrong with JCP in my humble opinion.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Only 9 people picked Froome!

I thought my 1st attempt at a team (containing Froome) was too boring because loads of people would pick him, and that would result in a lot of similar teams because of the budget constraints for the remaining 8 riders. So I entered a sprinters team instead... which worked out well today .

 

[Armchair cyclist]

100 points from Kittel for Martyfulu, Pricey Sky and Tuarts;
35 points for getting the right Van Poppel for Hoerpi and Kazistuta;
Millar is the unlikely point winner in a sprint for Bicycle Boy and MC Mountain, and for LugHugger, who also had 5 pointer Henderson;
Blues in the bottle, Zlev11 and Mellow Velo are also off the mark.

 

[Pricey_sky]

100 points from Kittel for Martyfulu, Pricey Sky and Tuarts;
35 points for getting the right Van Poppel for Hoerpi and Kazistuta;
Millar is the unlikely point winner in a sprint for Bicycle Boy and MC Mountain, and for LugHugger, who also had 5 pointer Henderson;
Blues in the bottle, Zlev11 and Mellow Velo are also off the mark.

I changed my mind several times over Kittel, glad I put him in now!

 

[the asian]

I thought Gadret would be far more popular. He brings his Giro form and we're quids in.

I have Gadret in the main CQ game, so decided to leave him out. Should definitely make it to the top 20 barring any crashes.