2013 Tour de France CQ game

[manafana]

Congrats to manafan and jancouver

what did i do?

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Today's scorers were all unique picks:
Kwiatkowski gets 35 for BigC24
Cimolai gets 25 for Al Pacino
Simon gets 10 for Hilltop Finisher
and Impey gets 3 pts or Mlafort.

Popular choices De Gendt and Taaramae, and several other riders presumably chosen for chance of cheap GC points (Dupont, Coppel, Velits, Sicard, Hoogerland) all lost large lumps of time today: I reckon only Aussie Goddess, Bicycle Boy, BigC24, Geraint Too Fast, LugHugger, Martyfulu, Mellow Velo and Mlafort1 emerge undamaged today.

PS 1000th post!

 

[Jancouver]

Yup I would take that.

Accepted. Should be an easy win for you as three of my dark horses (MEYER Cameron, VELITS Peter, COPPEL Jérôme) already lost major time today and are out of the GC picture.

On the other hand, the top picks also lost two GC riders today (TAARAMÄE Rein, DE GENDT Thomas), so I'm not that much behind.

 

[vladimir]

Taaramäe is apparently suffering from asthma, and was in addition involved in the crash that took down Martin etc on stage one. Stage win from a breakaway seems the only hope for him now...
A bit sad also that I dropped Cimolai in the last minute, but at least I have the consolation of having him as a unique pick in the yearly game.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

I heard Cav is on antibiotics

 

[hoerpi]

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.

Yeah, my boy Danny van Poppel!! Only chose him becasue Froome was so expensive that I needed cheap outsiders

 

[del1962]

what did i do?

Not pick Schleck

 

[Afrank]

I heard Cav is on antibiotics

Source?

That would majorly suck for my team, rested all my chances on him.

 

[Tigerion]

Source?

That would majorly suck for my team, rested all my chances on him.

Mine too. With both de gent and tarame looking horrible that would be the final nail on doing anything

 

[taiwan]

Accepted. Should be an easy win for you as three of my dark horses (MEYER Cameron, VELITS Peter, COPPEL Jérôme) already lost major time today and are out of the GC picture.

On the other hand, the top picks also lost two GC riders today (TAARAMÄE Rein, DE GENDT Thomas), so I'm not that much behind.

How about a "toto" schleck avatar for a month if collective wisdom wins? IDK what you want me to stake...

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Source?

That would majorly suck for my team, rested all my chances on him.

Yesterday a Dutch TV commentator said it, I read it today on these forums in todays race thread and today a Flemish TV commentator said Cav is on antibiotics as well, al ready a few days before the TDF started.

It sucks for my team as well.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Rojas earns 35 points for Blues in the bottle and for Zlev11;
Kwiatkowski gives 25 points to BigC24, who also gets 3 points courtesy of Bouet;
Simon gains 2 points for Hilltop Finisher.

By tomorrow, hopefully, more than 15 of us will have some points on the board.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 4 TTT
Whatever the pros and cons of having a TTT as part of a grand tour, at least it gets everyone off the mark.

1 Pricey Sky 125
1 Martyfulu 125
3 Tuarts 102
4 BigC24 89
5 LugHugger 62
6 Zlev11 54
7 Blues in the bottle 50
8 Kazistuta 43
8 MC Mountain 43
8 Hoerpi 43
11 Bicycle Boy 41
12 Jancouver 40
13 Al Pacino 38
14 Aussie Goddess 34
15 Taiwan 33
15 Mlafort1 33
17 The Hitch 31
18 Minessa 30
19 HelgeBlendet 28
20 Just Some Guy 27
21 Mellow Velo 26
22 Karbonkel 25
22 The Asian 25
22 Vitapen 25
25 Lightbing 22
26 Afrank 21
27 Mutschi 20
27 Tomazo 20
27 Geraint Too Fast 20
30 Cyivel 18
31 Hilltop Finisher 17
32 Maaaaaaaarten 15
32 Somar13 15
32 Tigerion 15
35 August 14
35 Evansisthe Best 14
37 LaFlorecita 13
38 Whittashau 12
39 Vladimir 11
40 Oliveira 10
41 Gotland 8
41 L'Ouzbek 8
41 Comodoro 8
41 Yellow Knight 8
45 CQManager 5
45 Hugo87 5
45 Manafana 5
45 Armchair Cyclist 5
45 Karlboss 5
45 Shalgo 5
51 Blackbandit222 3
51 NairoQ 3
51 Search 3
51 Del 1962 3
55 Falze 2
55 GustieNordic 2
55 Asdfgh101 2
58 Fool on the Hill 1

Collective Wisdom team 5

Top point scorers of the day:
1 Jancouver 40
2 Aussie Goddess 34
3 Taiwan 33
4 LugHugger 32
5 The Hitch 31
6= Mlafort1 30
6= Minessa 30

 

[Jancouver]

Stage 4 TTT
Whatever the pros and cons of having a TTT as part of a grand tour, at least it gets everyone off the mark.

1 Pricey Sky 125
1 Martyfulu 125
3 Tuarts 102
4 BigC24 89
5 LugHugger 62
6 Zlev11 54
7 Blues in the bottle 50
8 Kazistuta 43
8 MC Mountain 43
8 Hoerpi 43
0 Bicycle Boy 41
12 Jancouver 40
13 Al Pacino 38
14 Aussie Goddess 34
15 Taiwan 33
15 Mlafort1 33
17 The Hitch 31
18 Minessa 30
19 HelgeBlendet 28
20 Just Some Guy 27
21 Mellow Velo 26
22 Karbonkel 25
22 The Asian 25
22 Vitapen 25
25 Lightbing 22
26 Afrank 21
27 Mutschi 20
27 Tomazo 20
27 Geraint Too Fast 20
30 Cyivel 18
31 Hilltop Finisher 17
32 Maaaaaaaarten 15
32 Somar13 15
32 Tigerion 15
35 August 14
35 Evansisthe Best 14
37 LaFlorecita 13
38 Whittashau 12
39 Vladimir 11
40 Oliveira 10
41 Gotland 8
41 L'Ouzbek 8
41 Comodoro 8
41 Yellow Knight 8
45 CQManager 5
45 Hugo87 5
45 Manafana 5
45 Armchair Cyclist 5
45 Karlboss 5
45 Shalgo 5
51 Blackbandit222 3
51 NairoQ 3
51 Search 3
51 Del 1962 3
55 Falze 2
55 GustieNordic 2
55 Asdfgh101 2
58 Fool on the Hill 1

Collective Wisdom team 5

Top point scorers of the day:
1 Jancouver 40
2 Aussie Goddess 34
3 Taiwan 33
4 LugHugger 32
5 The Hitch 31
6= Mlafort1 30
6= Minessa 30

Hell yeah baby! Now all I need is my underdogs Albasini and Dan Martin to get on the podium in Paris and I have this game all wrapped up

 

[martyfulu]

Stage 4 TTT
Whatever the pros and cons of having a TTT as part of a grand tour, at least it gets everyone off the mark.

1 Pricey Sky 125
1 Martyfulu 125
3 Tuarts 102
4 BigC24 89
5 LugHugger 62
6 Zlev11 54
7 Blues in the bottle 50
8 Kazistuta 43
8 MC Mountain 43
8 Hoerpi 43
0 Bicycle Boy 41
12 Jancouver 40
13 Al Pacino 38
14 Aussie Goddess 34
15 Taiwan 33
15 Mlafort1 33
17 The Hitch 31
18 Minessa 30
19 HelgeBlendet 28
20 Just Some Guy 27
21 Mellow Velo 26
22 Karbonkel 25
22 The Asian 25
22 Vitapen 25
25 Lightbing 22
26 Afrank 21
27 Mutschi 20
27 Tomazo 20
27 Geraint Too Fast 20
30 Cyivel 18
31 Hilltop Finisher 17
32 Maaaaaaaarten 15
32 Somar13 15
32 Tigerion 15
35 August 14
35 Evansisthe Best 14
37 LaFlorecita 13
38 Whittashau 12
39 Vladimir 11
40 Oliveira 10
41 Gotland 8
41 L'Ouzbek 8
41 Comodoro 8
41 Yellow Knight 8
45 CQManager 5
45 Hugo87 5
45 Manafana 5
45 Armchair Cyclist 5
45 Karlboss 5
45 Shalgo 5
51 Blackbandit222 3
51 NairoQ 3
51 Search 3
51 Del 1962 3
55 Falze 2
55 GustieNordic 2
55 Asdfgh101 2
58 Fool on the Hill 1

Collective Wisdom team 5

Top point scorers of the day:
1 Jancouver 40
2 Aussie Goddess 34
3 Taiwan 33
4 LugHugger 32
5 The Hitch 31
6= Mlafort1 30
6= Minessa 30

Can I not be first on alphabetical order... only jokin...obviously.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Can I not be first on alphabetical order... only jokin...obviously.

No lets keep it as it is

I do not expect to stay there but its nice to have the 'yellow' just for one day!!

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

De Gendt 25 minutes down in GC, Taaramae 13' down and my unique pick (only a space filler but still) Lopez Garcia 21' down. That didn't take long
Well at least if the final GC top 4 is Quintana/Van den Broeck/Rolland/Pinot I'm still in with a chance

 

[taiwan]

De Gendt can chill for 2 weeks, then win a stage from the break and he'll still be worth it IMO. He was cheap.

 

[HelgeBlendet]

De Gendt and Taaramäe hurt a bit. Hopefully, De Gendt will use the time-loss to win a stage. Breathing problems for Taaramäe doesn't sound too good... Doubt he'll do anything this year.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 5

Far more recruitment of sprinters in this game than in the Giro: only odd scraps of points on stages like this in May, but now we get a 120 point haul for Geraint Too Painfully (Cav, Greipel and Ferrari)

Other good scorers today:
Al Pacino, Tomazo and LaFlorecita all get 95 points for matching Cav and Ferrari;
Zlev11, Blues in the bottle, LugHugger, Bicycle Boy, Just Some Guy, Afrank, Maaaaaaaarten, Somar13, Tigerion all have Cav as well, and the first two even get a point for Rojas as well.

Guaranteed points Stage points + Yellow jersey wearer bonuses:

Cavendish pickers knock Kittelites out of the top spots.

1 LugHugger 142
2 Geraint Too Fast 140
3 Zlev11 135
4 Al Pacino 133
5 Blues in the bottle 131
6 Pricey Sky 125
6 Martyfulu 125
8 Bicycle Boy 121
9 Tomazo 115
10 LaFlorecita 108
11 Just Some Guy 107
12 Tuarts 102
13 Afrank 101
14 Maaaaaaaarten 95
14 Somar13 95
14 Tigerion 95
17 BigC24 89
18 Taiwan 48
19 MC Mountain 43
19 Kazistuta 43
19 Hoerpi 43
22 Jancouver 40
23 Aussie Goddess 34
24 Mlafort1 33
25 The Hitch 31
26 Minessa 30
27 HelgeBlendet 28
28 Mellow Velo 26
29 Karbonkel 25
29 The Asian 25
29 Vitapen 25
32 Gotland 23
32 Comodoro 23
34 Lightbing 22
35 Mutschi 20
36 Cyivel 18
36 Del 1962 18
38 Hilltop Finisher 17
39 August 14
39 Evansisthe Best 14
41 Whittashau 12
42 Vladimir 11
43 Oliveira 10
44 L'Ouzbek 8
44 Yellow Knight 8
46 CQManager 5
46 Hugo87 5
46 Manafana 5
46 Armchair Cyclist 5
46 Karlboss 5
46 Shalgo 5
52 Blackbandit222 3
52 NairoQ 3
52 Search 3
55 Falze 2
55 GustieNordic 2
55 Asdfgh101 2
58 Fool on the Hill 1

Collective Wisdom team 5

 

[taiwan]

.........

 

[al_pacino]

I'mm sure more than a few teams had debates over Cav v Kittel.

 

[Jancouver]

Accepted. Should be an easy win for you as three of my dark horses (MEYER Cameron, VELITS Peter, COPPEL Jérôme) already lost major time today and are out of the GC picture.

On the other hand, the top picks also lost two GC riders today (TAARAMÄE Rein, DE GENDT Thomas), so I'm not that much behind.

VDB also out for the collective wisdom ...

 

[hoerpi]

Danny van poppel took another 3 points today

EDIT: Sorry I'm stupid

 

[taiwan]

VDB also out for the collective wisdom ...

...and my team