- Mar 22, 2010
- 15,193
- 11,190
- 28,180
Stage 15
Nobody had chosen Geniez (he was on my shortlist...) or Scarponi, and the red jersey bonuses meant that Nibali scored better than Roche, so today's battle was about which Nibalists had riders in lower reaches of the top 10: 18-valve took the honours through extra points from Pozzovivo and Arroyo.
Guaranteed points
1 Cyivel 535
2 Geraint Too Fast 488
3 Tuarts 473
4 The Hitch 462
5 Karlboss 447
6 Afrank 444
7 Hilltop Finisher 423
8 Jancouver 421
9 Leadbelly 414
10 Batchuba 407
10 Minessa 407
12 18-Valve 404
13 Search 374
14 Al Pacino 371
15 Mkind07 353
16 Vladimir 352
17 Keith James Mc 347
18 Just Some Guy 326
19 Comodoro 288
20 MC Mountain 283
21 Mutschi 249
22 Yellow Knight 223
23 Pentacycle 206
24 Kazistuta 198
25 Karbonkel 170
26 Zlev 11 153
27 Blues in the Bottle 152
28 Oliveira 128
29 Mellow Velo 123
30 DB Coop 114
31 Murali 102
32 Jakob747 96
33 Jpettersen 93
34 Gotland 91
35 Maaaaaaaarten 88
36 Lightbing 76
37 CQ Manager 70
38 Vitapen 62
39 Evans is the Best 60
40 Armchair Cyclist 55
41 The Asian 26
Collective Wisdom team 217
Projected points
Another day of many withdrawals: the winning team might come down to how many riders hang on to get their 15 finishing points.
A bad day for teams that have Marczynski, Nerz, Ratto, Nieve or Santaromita; a good day if you have Nibali, Roche, Sam Sanchez, or Cardoso.
1 Tuarts 1485
2 Cyivel 1388
3 Geraint Too Fast 1360
4 Hilltop Finisher 1308
5 18-Valve 1288
6 Batchuba 1253
6 Search 1253
8 Jancouver 1235
9 Afrank 1215
10 Mkind07 1183
11 The Hitch 1150
12 Minessa 1145
13 Karlboss 1118
14 Keith James Mc 1116
15 Vladimir 1090
16 Al Pacino 1042
17 Leadbelly 988
18 Just Some Guy 969
19 Comodoro 956
20 MC Mountain 934
21 Yellow Knight 778
22 Karbonkel 756
22 Mutschi 756
24 Zlev 11 713
25 Pentacycle 686
26 Jpettersen 652
27 Kazistuta 578
28 Maaaaaaaarten 576
29 Lightbing 566
30 DB Coop 562
31 Mellow Velo 470
32 Blues in the Bottle 444
33 Gotland 430
34 CQ Manager 388
35 Evans is the Best 381
36 Oliveira 373
37 Vitapen 368
38 Armchair Cyclist 320
39 Murali 294
40 The Asian 288
41 Jakob747 275
Collective Wisdom team 766
Remaining riders
26 riders leaving the race in the last 2 stages: how many of the original 9 do each team have still competing?
1 CQ Manager 9
2 Maaaaaaaarten 8
2 Mkind07 8
2 Murali 8
2 Pentacycle 8
2 The Hitch 8
2 Yellow Knight 8
2 Zlev 11 8
9 Afrank 7
9 Batchuba 7
9 Blues in the Bottle 7
9 Cyivel 7
9 Evans is the Best 7
9 Geraint Too Fast 7
9 Jakob747 7
9 Jancouver 7
9 Jpettersen 7
9 Just Some Guy 7
9 Karbonkel 7
9 Kazistuta 7
9 Lightbing 7
9 MC Mountain 7
9 Minessa 7
9 Oliveira 7
9 Search 7
26 Armchair Cyclist 6
26 Comodoro 6
26 DB Coop 6
26 Keith James Mc 6
26 Tuarts 6
26 Vladimir 6
32 Al Pacino 5
32 Gotland 5
32 Hilltop Finisher 5
32 Karlboss 5
32 Leadbelly 5
32 Mellow Velo 5
32 The Asian 5
32 Vitapen 5
40 18-Valve 4
40 Mutschi 4
Collective Wisdom team 7
Nobody had chosen Geniez (he was on my shortlist...) or Scarponi, and the red jersey bonuses meant that Nibali scored better than Roche, so today's battle was about which Nibalists had riders in lower reaches of the top 10: 18-valve took the honours through extra points from Pozzovivo and Arroyo.
Guaranteed points
1 Cyivel 535
2 Geraint Too Fast 488
3 Tuarts 473
4 The Hitch 462
5 Karlboss 447
6 Afrank 444
7 Hilltop Finisher 423
8 Jancouver 421
9 Leadbelly 414
10 Batchuba 407
10 Minessa 407
12 18-Valve 404
13 Search 374
14 Al Pacino 371
15 Mkind07 353
16 Vladimir 352
17 Keith James Mc 347
18 Just Some Guy 326
19 Comodoro 288
20 MC Mountain 283
21 Mutschi 249
22 Yellow Knight 223
23 Pentacycle 206
24 Kazistuta 198
25 Karbonkel 170
26 Zlev 11 153
27 Blues in the Bottle 152
28 Oliveira 128
29 Mellow Velo 123
30 DB Coop 114
31 Murali 102
32 Jakob747 96
33 Jpettersen 93
34 Gotland 91
35 Maaaaaaaarten 88
36 Lightbing 76
37 CQ Manager 70
38 Vitapen 62
39 Evans is the Best 60
40 Armchair Cyclist 55
41 The Asian 26
Collective Wisdom team 217
Projected points
Another day of many withdrawals: the winning team might come down to how many riders hang on to get their 15 finishing points.
A bad day for teams that have Marczynski, Nerz, Ratto, Nieve or Santaromita; a good day if you have Nibali, Roche, Sam Sanchez, or Cardoso.
1 Tuarts 1485
2 Cyivel 1388
3 Geraint Too Fast 1360
4 Hilltop Finisher 1308
5 18-Valve 1288
6 Batchuba 1253
6 Search 1253
8 Jancouver 1235
9 Afrank 1215
10 Mkind07 1183
11 The Hitch 1150
12 Minessa 1145
13 Karlboss 1118
14 Keith James Mc 1116
15 Vladimir 1090
16 Al Pacino 1042
17 Leadbelly 988
18 Just Some Guy 969
19 Comodoro 956
20 MC Mountain 934
21 Yellow Knight 778
22 Karbonkel 756
22 Mutschi 756
24 Zlev 11 713
25 Pentacycle 686
26 Jpettersen 652
27 Kazistuta 578
28 Maaaaaaaarten 576
29 Lightbing 566
30 DB Coop 562
31 Mellow Velo 470
32 Blues in the Bottle 444
33 Gotland 430
34 CQ Manager 388
35 Evans is the Best 381
36 Oliveira 373
37 Vitapen 368
38 Armchair Cyclist 320
39 Murali 294
40 The Asian 288
41 Jakob747 275
Collective Wisdom team 766
Remaining riders
26 riders leaving the race in the last 2 stages: how many of the original 9 do each team have still competing?
1 CQ Manager 9
2 Maaaaaaaarten 8
2 Mkind07 8
2 Murali 8
2 Pentacycle 8
2 The Hitch 8
2 Yellow Knight 8
2 Zlev 11 8
9 Afrank 7
9 Batchuba 7
9 Blues in the Bottle 7
9 Cyivel 7
9 Evans is the Best 7
9 Geraint Too Fast 7
9 Jakob747 7
9 Jancouver 7
9 Jpettersen 7
9 Just Some Guy 7
9 Karbonkel 7
9 Kazistuta 7
9 Lightbing 7
9 MC Mountain 7
9 Minessa 7
9 Oliveira 7
9 Search 7
26 Armchair Cyclist 6
26 Comodoro 6
26 DB Coop 6
26 Keith James Mc 6
26 Tuarts 6
26 Vladimir 6
32 Al Pacino 5
32 Gotland 5
32 Hilltop Finisher 5
32 Karlboss 5
32 Leadbelly 5
32 Mellow Velo 5
32 The Asian 5
32 Vitapen 5
40 18-Valve 4
40 Mutschi 4
Collective Wisdom team 7
- Aug 29, 2009
- 7,866
- 7,042
- 23,180
I did some calculations, if the Vuelta had ended today this would be the perfect team you could have chosen for 3500 points:
HORNER Chris 633
ROCHE Nicolas 434
MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel 383
POZZOVIVO Domenico 300
KÖNIG Leopold 252
PINOT Thibaut 217
BARGUIL Warren 175
RATTO Daniele 127
RICHEZE ARAQUISTAIN Ariel Maximiliano 121
2642 points for a price of 3488
but a team including Nibali could have come close as well:
NIBALI Vincenzo 844
HORNER Chris 633
ROCHE Nicolas 434
KÖNIG Leopold 252
BARGUIL Warren 175
RATTO Daniele 127
BRAJKOVIC Janez 85
MENDES Jose Joao Pimenta Costa 55
DODI Luca 15
2620 points return for a price of 3497
HORNER Chris 633
ROCHE Nicolas 434
MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel 383
POZZOVIVO Domenico 300
KÖNIG Leopold 252
PINOT Thibaut 217
BARGUIL Warren 175
RATTO Daniele 127
RICHEZE ARAQUISTAIN Ariel Maximiliano 121
2642 points for a price of 3488
but a team including Nibali could have come close as well:
NIBALI Vincenzo 844
HORNER Chris 633
ROCHE Nicolas 434
KÖNIG Leopold 252
BARGUIL Warren 175
RATTO Daniele 127
BRAJKOVIC Janez 85
MENDES Jose Joao Pimenta Costa 55
DODI Luca 15
2620 points return for a price of 3497
- Mar 22, 2010
- 15,193
- 11,190
- 28,180
Stage 16
As has already been said, having Barguil means that Hitch and Jakob747 again share the daily award. No very popular riders today in the top 10 today: Uran had most followers with three.
Guaranteed points
1 Cyivel 553
2 The Hitch 532
3 Geraint Too Fast 506
4 Tuarts 491
5 Jancouver 479
6 Afrank 465
6 Karlboss 465
8 Leadbelly 432
9 Minessa 425
10 Hilltop Finisher 423
11 18-Valve 422
12 Batchuba 407
13 Al Pacino 389
14 Vladimir 385
15 Search 374
16 Mkind07 354
17 Keith James Mc 347
18 Comodoro 328
19 Just Some Guy 326
20 MC Mountain 283
21 Mutschi 249
22 Yellow Knight 226
23 Pentacycle 206
24 Kazistuta 198
25 Karbonkel 170
26 Oliveira 168
27 Jakob747 166
28 Zlev 11 153
29 Blues in the Bottle 152
30 Mellow Velo 123
31 DB Coop 115
32 Murali 102
33 CQ Manager 97
34 Jpettersen 93
35 Gotland 91
36 Maaaaaaaarten 88
37 Lightbing 76
38 Vitapen 62
39 Evans is the Best 60
40 Armchair Cyclist 55
41 The Asian 26
Collective Wisdom team 217
Projected totals
Only very minor changes in projected positions: nearly all the points today were for stage finish and Nibali's jersey, but Barguil and Uran gain 2 place rises in the top ten for Hitch and Jancouver respectively.
1 Tuarts 1501
2 Cyivel 1404
3 Geraint Too Fast 1377
4 Hilltop Finisher 1311
5 18-Valve 1305
6 Jancouver 1295
7 Search 1254
8 Batchuba 1243
9 The Hitch 1237
10 Afrank 1236
11 Mkind07 1182
12 Minessa 1161
13 Karlboss 1136
14 Vladimir 1127
15 Keith James Mc 1112
16 Al Pacino 1060
17 Leadbelly 1006
18 Comodoro 1000
19 Just Some Guy 969
20 MC Mountain 932
21 Yellow Knight 765
22 Mutschi 754
23 Karbonkel 751
24 Zlev 11 693
25 Pentacycle 685
26 Jpettersen 649
27 Kazistuta 582
28 Maaaaaaaarten 574
29 DB Coop 564
29 Lightbing 564
31 Mellow Velo 470
32 Blues in the Bottle 442
33 CQ Manager 428
34 Gotland 424
35 Oliveira 417
36 Evans is the Best 381
37 Vitapen 368
38 Jakob747 354
39 Armchair Cyclist 316
40 Murali 294
41 The Asian 286
Collective Wisdom team 762
Barguil has done sterling work to keep Jakob from being tailed off in last place.
As has already been said, having Barguil means that Hitch and Jakob747 again share the daily award. No very popular riders today in the top 10 today: Uran had most followers with three.
Guaranteed points
1 Cyivel 553
2 The Hitch 532
3 Geraint Too Fast 506
4 Tuarts 491
5 Jancouver 479
6 Afrank 465
6 Karlboss 465
8 Leadbelly 432
9 Minessa 425
10 Hilltop Finisher 423
11 18-Valve 422
12 Batchuba 407
13 Al Pacino 389
14 Vladimir 385
15 Search 374
16 Mkind07 354
17 Keith James Mc 347
18 Comodoro 328
19 Just Some Guy 326
20 MC Mountain 283
21 Mutschi 249
22 Yellow Knight 226
23 Pentacycle 206
24 Kazistuta 198
25 Karbonkel 170
26 Oliveira 168
27 Jakob747 166
28 Zlev 11 153
29 Blues in the Bottle 152
30 Mellow Velo 123
31 DB Coop 115
32 Murali 102
33 CQ Manager 97
34 Jpettersen 93
35 Gotland 91
36 Maaaaaaaarten 88
37 Lightbing 76
38 Vitapen 62
39 Evans is the Best 60
40 Armchair Cyclist 55
41 The Asian 26
Collective Wisdom team 217
Projected totals
Only very minor changes in projected positions: nearly all the points today were for stage finish and Nibali's jersey, but Barguil and Uran gain 2 place rises in the top ten for Hitch and Jancouver respectively.
1 Tuarts 1501
2 Cyivel 1404
3 Geraint Too Fast 1377
4 Hilltop Finisher 1311
5 18-Valve 1305
6 Jancouver 1295
7 Search 1254
8 Batchuba 1243
9 The Hitch 1237
10 Afrank 1236
11 Mkind07 1182
12 Minessa 1161
13 Karlboss 1136
14 Vladimir 1127
15 Keith James Mc 1112
16 Al Pacino 1060
17 Leadbelly 1006
18 Comodoro 1000
19 Just Some Guy 969
20 MC Mountain 932
21 Yellow Knight 765
22 Mutschi 754
23 Karbonkel 751
24 Zlev 11 693
25 Pentacycle 685
26 Jpettersen 649
27 Kazistuta 582
28 Maaaaaaaarten 574
29 DB Coop 564
29 Lightbing 564
31 Mellow Velo 470
32 Blues in the Bottle 442
33 CQ Manager 428
34 Gotland 424
35 Oliveira 417
36 Evans is the Best 381
37 Vitapen 368
38 Jakob747 354
39 Armchair Cyclist 316
40 Murali 294
41 The Asian 286
Collective Wisdom team 762
Barguil has done sterling work to keep Jakob from being tailed off in last place.
- Nov 26, 2012
- 3,216
- 0
- 0
i was getting excited for the wrong reason. I had assumed that i earned 40 pts with uran. I realized only now that, i replaced him with Henao at the last moment. 
I think I now understand why armchair gives 9 extra columns for trying out teams.
thanks for the update, armchair
I think I now understand why armchair gives 9 extra columns for trying out teams.
thanks for the update, armchair
- Oct 23, 2011
- 3,846
- 2
- 0
All I need is Nibali to continue cracking in mountain stages, Horner to remember his age, and Valverde to get caught in an echelon and I'll be fine with Jrod.
No chance of Horner remembering his age though.
No chance of Horner remembering his age though.
- Nov 26, 2012
- 3,216
- 0
- 0
Maaaaaaaarten said:All I need is Nibali to continue cracking in mountain stages, Horner to remember his age, and Valverde to get caught in an echelon and I'll be fine with Jrod.
No chance of Horner remembering his age though.
Instead of saying nibali cracks, horner blows, valv burns; it is easier to hope for a feuntade from J-rod.
- Nov 26, 2012
- 3,216
- 0
- 0
According to my calculation, the current running best team (with all teammates still in race) is:
HORNER**Christopher
BARGUIL**Warren
RATTO**Daniele
GENIEZ**Alexandre
RICHEZE**Maximiliano Ariel
MORENO FERNANDEZ**Daniel
MATTHEWS**Michael
KONIG**Leopold
ROCHE**Nicolas
cost = 2994.
earnings=1206
By including those who abandoned, there is an additional 6 pt adv by replacing Geniez with stybar
With Nibali, the best team would be:
NIBALI**Vincenzo
HORNER**Christopher
MATTHEWS**Michael
RICHEZE**Maximiliano Ariel
BARGUIL**Warren
KONIG**Leopold
RATTO**Daniele
CHAINEL**Steve
ZANDIO ECHAIDE**Xabier
cost=3499; earnings=1077.
Of course, I haven't added the GC and other points here/
HORNER**Christopher
BARGUIL**Warren
RATTO**Daniele
GENIEZ**Alexandre
RICHEZE**Maximiliano Ariel
MORENO FERNANDEZ**Daniel
MATTHEWS**Michael
KONIG**Leopold
ROCHE**Nicolas
cost = 2994.
earnings=1206
By including those who abandoned, there is an additional 6 pt adv by replacing Geniez with stybar
With Nibali, the best team would be:
NIBALI**Vincenzo
HORNER**Christopher
MATTHEWS**Michael
RICHEZE**Maximiliano Ariel
BARGUIL**Warren
KONIG**Leopold
RATTO**Daniele
CHAINEL**Steve
ZANDIO ECHAIDE**Xabier
cost=3499; earnings=1077.
Of course, I haven't added the GC and other points here/
- Mar 22, 2010
- 15,193
- 11,190
- 28,180
Stage 17
Bole and Farrar meant that Kazistuta beat the Nibalist teams, who were once again the main daily scorers, but he was in turn beaten today by Vladimir, who uniquely combined Farrar with Nibali.
Guaranteed points
1 Cyivel 571
2 The Hitch 547
3 Geraint Too Fast 524
4 Tuarts 509
5 Jancouver 497
6 Afrank 483
6 Karlboss 483
8 Leadbelly 450
9 Minessa 443
10 18-Valve 440
11 Hilltop Finisher 423
12 Batchuba 422
13 Vladimir 418
14 Al Pacino 407
15 Search 375
16 Mkind07 354
17 Keith James Mc 347
18 Comodoro 328
19 Just Some Guy 326
20 MC Mountain 284
21 Mutschi 249
22 Yellow Knight 226
23 Kazistuta 220
24 Pentacycle 206
25 Karbonkel 185
26 Oliveira 175
27 Blues in the Bottle 167
28 Jakob747 166
29 Zlev 11 153
30 Mellow Velo 123
31 DB Coop 115
32 Murali 102
33 CQ Manager 97
34 Jpettersen 93
35 Gotland 91
36 Maaaaaaaarten 88
37 Lightbing 76
38 Vitapen 62
39 Evans is the Best 60
40 Armchair Cyclist 55
41 The Asian 26
Collective Wisdom team 217
Projected points
Other than the stage points, the only appreciable points gained or lost were related to Roche leapfrogging Pozzovivo. 18-Valve and Hilltop finisher both have Pozzovivo, so Jancouver overtakes both of them into 4th.
1 Tuarts 1524
2 Cyivel 1425
3 Geraint Too Fast 1371
4 Jancouver 1316
5 18-Valve 1299
6 Hilltop Finisher 1279
7 Batchuba 1258
8 Afrank 1257
9 Search 1250
10 The Hitch 1243
11 Minessa 1183
12 Mkind07 1176
13 Vladimir 1165
14 Karlboss 1157
15 Keith James Mc 1112
16 Al Pacino 1081
17 Leadbelly 1027
18 Comodoro 1000
19 Just Some Guy 969
20 MC Mountain 959
21 Yellow Knight 765
22 Mutschi 753
23 Karbonkel 741
24 Zlev 11 695
25 Pentacycle 683
26 Jpettersen 650
27 Kazistuta 604
28 Maaaaaaaarten 573
29 Lightbing 562
30 DB Coop 530
31 Mellow Velo 470
32 Blues in the Bottle 459
33 CQ Manager 425
34 Oliveira 424
35 Gotland 416
36 Evans is the Best 381
37 Vitapen 368
38 Jakob747 351
39 Armchair Cyclist 318
40 Murali 294
41 The Asian 288
Collective Wisdom team 764
Bole and Farrar meant that Kazistuta beat the Nibalist teams, who were once again the main daily scorers, but he was in turn beaten today by Vladimir, who uniquely combined Farrar with Nibali.
Guaranteed points
1 Cyivel 571
2 The Hitch 547
3 Geraint Too Fast 524
4 Tuarts 509
5 Jancouver 497
6 Afrank 483
6 Karlboss 483
8 Leadbelly 450
9 Minessa 443
10 18-Valve 440
11 Hilltop Finisher 423
12 Batchuba 422
13 Vladimir 418
14 Al Pacino 407
15 Search 375
16 Mkind07 354
17 Keith James Mc 347
18 Comodoro 328
19 Just Some Guy 326
20 MC Mountain 284
21 Mutschi 249
22 Yellow Knight 226
23 Kazistuta 220
24 Pentacycle 206
25 Karbonkel 185
26 Oliveira 175
27 Blues in the Bottle 167
28 Jakob747 166
29 Zlev 11 153
30 Mellow Velo 123
31 DB Coop 115
32 Murali 102
33 CQ Manager 97
34 Jpettersen 93
35 Gotland 91
36 Maaaaaaaarten 88
37 Lightbing 76
38 Vitapen 62
39 Evans is the Best 60
40 Armchair Cyclist 55
41 The Asian 26
Collective Wisdom team 217
Projected points
Other than the stage points, the only appreciable points gained or lost were related to Roche leapfrogging Pozzovivo. 18-Valve and Hilltop finisher both have Pozzovivo, so Jancouver overtakes both of them into 4th.
1 Tuarts 1524
2 Cyivel 1425
3 Geraint Too Fast 1371
4 Jancouver 1316
5 18-Valve 1299
6 Hilltop Finisher 1279
7 Batchuba 1258
8 Afrank 1257
9 Search 1250
10 The Hitch 1243
11 Minessa 1183
12 Mkind07 1176
13 Vladimir 1165
14 Karlboss 1157
15 Keith James Mc 1112
16 Al Pacino 1081
17 Leadbelly 1027
18 Comodoro 1000
19 Just Some Guy 969
20 MC Mountain 959
21 Yellow Knight 765
22 Mutschi 753
23 Karbonkel 741
24 Zlev 11 695
25 Pentacycle 683
26 Jpettersen 650
27 Kazistuta 604
28 Maaaaaaaarten 573
29 Lightbing 562
30 DB Coop 530
31 Mellow Velo 470
32 Blues in the Bottle 459
33 CQ Manager 425
34 Oliveira 424
35 Gotland 416
36 Evans is the Best 381
37 Vitapen 368
38 Jakob747 351
39 Armchair Cyclist 318
40 Murali 294
41 The Asian 288
Collective Wisdom team 764
- Mar 22, 2010
- 15,193
- 11,190
- 28,180
Stage 18
Guaranteed points
Nobody bought Kiryenka, but two teams have Sorensen: DB Coop, and Mkind07. The latter also has Horner, so gets the daily honours.
1 Cyivel 590
2 The Hitch 554
3 Geraint Too Fast 543
4 Tuarts 528
5 Jancouver 516
6 Afrank 502
6 Karlboss 502
8 Leadbelly 469
9 Minessa 462
10 18-Valve 459
11 Vladimir 437
12 Hilltop Finisher 430
13 Batchuba 429
14 Al Pacino 426
15 Mkind07 401
16 Keith James Mc 379
17 Search 375
18 Comodoro 335
19 Just Some Guy 333
20 MC Mountain 284
21 Mutschi 256
22 Yellow Knight 226
23 Kazistuta 220
24 Pentacycle 206
25 Karbonkel 185
26 Oliveira 175
27 Blues in the Bottle 167
28 Jakob747 166
29 DB Coop 155
30 Zlev 11 153
31 Mellow Velo 123
32 Maaaaaaaarten 106
33 CQ Manager 102
33 Murali 102
35 Jpettersen 93
36 Gotland 91
37 Lightbing 76
38 Vitapen 62
39 Evans is the Best 60
40 Armchair Cyclist 55
41 The Asian 26
Collective Wisdom team 217
Projected points
Arroyo's dropping 2 places was about as dramatic as it got in the projected points battle today. However, Horner drawing closer to Nibali opens the prospect of greater change: if they were to swap places on the projected podium, and there were no other changes, then the top Horner team (Hilltop Finisher) would overtake Tuarts by just two points.
1 Tuarts 1536
2 Cyivel 1423
3 Geraint Too Fast 1385
4 Jancouver 1321
5 18-Valve 1297
6 Hilltop Finisher 1288
7 Afrank 1246
8 Batchuba 1245
8 Search 1245
10 The Hitch 1235
11 Mkind07 1218
12 Minessa 1182
13 Vladimir 1179
14 Karlboss 1155
15 Keith James Mc 1130
16 Al Pacino 1079
17 Leadbelly 1041
18 Comodoro 1003
19 Just Some Guy 958
20 MC Mountain 952
21 Mutschi 765
22 Yellow Knight 738
23 Karbonkel 737
24 Zlev 11 691
25 Pentacycle 664
26 Jpettersen 637
27 Kazistuta 602
28 DB Coop 580
29 Maaaaaaaarten 578
30 Lightbing 544
31 Blues in the Bottle 457
32 Mellow Velo 454
33 CQ Manager 432
34 Gotland 421
35 Oliveira 404
36 Evans is the Best 379
37 Vitapen 361
38 Jakob747 333
39 Armchair Cyclist 298
40 Murali 292
41 The Asian 286
Collective Wisdom team 746
Guaranteed points
Nobody bought Kiryenka, but two teams have Sorensen: DB Coop, and Mkind07. The latter also has Horner, so gets the daily honours.
1 Cyivel 590
2 The Hitch 554
3 Geraint Too Fast 543
4 Tuarts 528
5 Jancouver 516
6 Afrank 502
6 Karlboss 502
8 Leadbelly 469
9 Minessa 462
10 18-Valve 459
11 Vladimir 437
12 Hilltop Finisher 430
13 Batchuba 429
14 Al Pacino 426
15 Mkind07 401
16 Keith James Mc 379
17 Search 375
18 Comodoro 335
19 Just Some Guy 333
20 MC Mountain 284
21 Mutschi 256
22 Yellow Knight 226
23 Kazistuta 220
24 Pentacycle 206
25 Karbonkel 185
26 Oliveira 175
27 Blues in the Bottle 167
28 Jakob747 166
29 DB Coop 155
30 Zlev 11 153
31 Mellow Velo 123
32 Maaaaaaaarten 106
33 CQ Manager 102
33 Murali 102
35 Jpettersen 93
36 Gotland 91
37 Lightbing 76
38 Vitapen 62
39 Evans is the Best 60
40 Armchair Cyclist 55
41 The Asian 26
Collective Wisdom team 217
Projected points
Arroyo's dropping 2 places was about as dramatic as it got in the projected points battle today. However, Horner drawing closer to Nibali opens the prospect of greater change: if they were to swap places on the projected podium, and there were no other changes, then the top Horner team (Hilltop Finisher) would overtake Tuarts by just two points.
1 Tuarts 1536
2 Cyivel 1423
3 Geraint Too Fast 1385
4 Jancouver 1321
5 18-Valve 1297
6 Hilltop Finisher 1288
7 Afrank 1246
8 Batchuba 1245
8 Search 1245
10 The Hitch 1235
11 Mkind07 1218
12 Minessa 1182
13 Vladimir 1179
14 Karlboss 1155
15 Keith James Mc 1130
16 Al Pacino 1079
17 Leadbelly 1041
18 Comodoro 1003
19 Just Some Guy 958
20 MC Mountain 952
21 Mutschi 765
22 Yellow Knight 738
23 Karbonkel 737
24 Zlev 11 691
25 Pentacycle 664
26 Jpettersen 637
27 Kazistuta 602
28 DB Coop 580
29 Maaaaaaaarten 578
30 Lightbing 544
31 Blues in the Bottle 457
32 Mellow Velo 454
33 CQ Manager 432
34 Gotland 421
35 Oliveira 404
36 Evans is the Best 379
37 Vitapen 361
38 Jakob747 333
39 Armchair Cyclist 298
40 Murali 292
41 The Asian 286
Collective Wisdom team 746
- Mar 22, 2010
- 15,193
- 11,190
- 28,180
Stage 19
Maaaaaarten's expensive, but unique, pick of Rodriguez earns daily honours for the second time.
Guaranteed points
1 Cyivel 595
2 The Hitch 582
3 Geraint Too Fast 545
4 Tuarts 533
5 Jancouver 521
6 Afrank 504
6 Karlboss 504
8 Leadbelly 471
9 Minessa 464
10 18-Valve 461
11 Hilltop Finisher 458
12 Batchuba 457
13 Vladimir 439
14 Mkind07 432
15 Al Pacino 428
16 Keith James Mc 422
17 Search 379
18 Comodoro 378
19 Just Some Guy 361
20 MC Mountain 285
21 Mutschi 284
22 Yellow Knight 229
23 Kazistuta 220
24 Pentacycle 206
25 Karbonkel 185
26 Blues in the Bottle 182
27 Maaaaaaaarten 176
28 Oliveira 175
29 Zlev 11 171
30 Jakob747 166
31 DB Coop 155
32 Mellow Velo 138
33 Jpettersen 108
34 Gotland 106
35 CQ Manager 102
35 Murali 102
37 Lightbing 76
38 Vitapen 62
39 Evans is the Best 60
40 Armchair Cyclist 55
41 The Asian 41
Collective Wisdom team 232
Projected points
A proper shake up at last: loads of points won and lost
Horner: 148 points for 8 teams
Rodriguez: 85 points for 1 team
Konig: 28 points for 7 teams
Sanchez: 15 points for 8 teams
-------
Nibali: -123 points for 11 teams
Anton:-24 for 1 team
Pinot: -25 for 11 teams
Although Horner is now scheduled to finish top, and has half as many stage placing points again as Nibali, and is ahead of him in oth green and polka dot jerseys, the points amassed by Nibali for holding the red jersey means that there is only 32 points between them in projected points gained during the game.
That means that there is a huge number of teams who have put themselves in the running. The Horner teams, apart from that 32 team advantage, also had more than twice the remaining budget to spend on the other 8 riders, so could have been expected to dominate, but that is not necessarily so.
Hilltop Finisher would have taken the lead today but for Pinot's dropped time on the final climb in this stage. Leader Tuarts also has him, but that was cancelled out by Konig swapping 7th place with him.
Main point scorers noted for leading teams
1 Tuarts 1422 (Nibali, Konig, Pinot)
2 Hilltop Finisher 1413 (Horner, Pozzo, Pinot)
3 Mkind07 1402 (Horner, Konig, CAS)
4 The Hitch 1397 (Horner, Barguil, Matthews)
5 Batchuba 1368 (Horner, Pinot Matthews)
6 Cyivel 1328 (Nibali, Konig Matthews)
7 Keith James Mc 1293 (Horner, Sánchez, Arroyo)
8 Search 1280 (Roche, Konig, Pozzo)
9 Geraint Too Fast 1262 (Nibali, Pozzo, Ratto)
10 Jancouver 1224 (Nibali, Pozzo, Urán)
11 18-Valve 1174
12 Comodoro 1166
13 Afrank 1131
14 Just Some Guy 1104
15 Minessa 1064
16 Vladimir 1034
17 Karlboss 1032
18 Al Pacino 956
19 MC Mountain 928
20 Leadbelly 918
20 Mutschi 918
22 Yellow Knight 774
23 Zlev 11 734
24 Karbonkel 710
25 Maaaaaaaarten 659
26 Pentacycle 637
27 Jpettersen 624
28 DB Coop 586
29 Kazistuta 581
30 Lightbing 517
31 Mellow Velo 469
32 Blues in the Bottle 466
33 Gotland 440
34 CQ Manager 438
35 Oliveira 404
36 Evans is the Best 352
37 Jakob747 338
38 Vitapen 332
39 Armchair Cyclist 296
40 The Asian 295
41 Murali 288
Collective Wisdom team 736
Maaaaaarten's expensive, but unique, pick of Rodriguez earns daily honours for the second time.
Guaranteed points
1 Cyivel 595
2 The Hitch 582
3 Geraint Too Fast 545
4 Tuarts 533
5 Jancouver 521
6 Afrank 504
6 Karlboss 504
8 Leadbelly 471
9 Minessa 464
10 18-Valve 461
11 Hilltop Finisher 458
12 Batchuba 457
13 Vladimir 439
14 Mkind07 432
15 Al Pacino 428
16 Keith James Mc 422
17 Search 379
18 Comodoro 378
19 Just Some Guy 361
20 MC Mountain 285
21 Mutschi 284
22 Yellow Knight 229
23 Kazistuta 220
24 Pentacycle 206
25 Karbonkel 185
26 Blues in the Bottle 182
27 Maaaaaaaarten 176
28 Oliveira 175
29 Zlev 11 171
30 Jakob747 166
31 DB Coop 155
32 Mellow Velo 138
33 Jpettersen 108
34 Gotland 106
35 CQ Manager 102
35 Murali 102
37 Lightbing 76
38 Vitapen 62
39 Evans is the Best 60
40 Armchair Cyclist 55
41 The Asian 41
Collective Wisdom team 232
Projected points
A proper shake up at last: loads of points won and lost
Horner: 148 points for 8 teams
Rodriguez: 85 points for 1 team
Konig: 28 points for 7 teams
Sanchez: 15 points for 8 teams
-------
Nibali: -123 points for 11 teams
Anton:-24 for 1 team
Pinot: -25 for 11 teams
Although Horner is now scheduled to finish top, and has half as many stage placing points again as Nibali, and is ahead of him in oth green and polka dot jerseys, the points amassed by Nibali for holding the red jersey means that there is only 32 points between them in projected points gained during the game.
That means that there is a huge number of teams who have put themselves in the running. The Horner teams, apart from that 32 team advantage, also had more than twice the remaining budget to spend on the other 8 riders, so could have been expected to dominate, but that is not necessarily so.
Hilltop Finisher would have taken the lead today but for Pinot's dropped time on the final climb in this stage. Leader Tuarts also has him, but that was cancelled out by Konig swapping 7th place with him.
Main point scorers noted for leading teams
1 Tuarts 1422 (Nibali, Konig, Pinot)
2 Hilltop Finisher 1413 (Horner, Pozzo, Pinot)
3 Mkind07 1402 (Horner, Konig, CAS)
4 The Hitch 1397 (Horner, Barguil, Matthews)
5 Batchuba 1368 (Horner, Pinot Matthews)
6 Cyivel 1328 (Nibali, Konig Matthews)
7 Keith James Mc 1293 (Horner, Sánchez, Arroyo)
8 Search 1280 (Roche, Konig, Pozzo)
9 Geraint Too Fast 1262 (Nibali, Pozzo, Ratto)
10 Jancouver 1224 (Nibali, Pozzo, Urán)
11 18-Valve 1174
12 Comodoro 1166
13 Afrank 1131
14 Just Some Guy 1104
15 Minessa 1064
16 Vladimir 1034
17 Karlboss 1032
18 Al Pacino 956
19 MC Mountain 928
20 Leadbelly 918
20 Mutschi 918
22 Yellow Knight 774
23 Zlev 11 734
24 Karbonkel 710
25 Maaaaaaaarten 659
26 Pentacycle 637
27 Jpettersen 624
28 DB Coop 586
29 Kazistuta 581
30 Lightbing 517
31 Mellow Velo 469
32 Blues in the Bottle 466
33 Gotland 440
34 CQ Manager 438
35 Oliveira 404
36 Evans is the Best 352
37 Jakob747 338
38 Vitapen 332
39 Armchair Cyclist 296
40 The Asian 295
41 Murali 288
Collective Wisdom team 736
- Oct 23, 2011
- 3,846
- 2
- 0
- Mar 22, 2010
- 15,193
- 11,190
- 28,180
Stage 20
Most of the points are virtually guaranteed by now, but anyway:
Guaranteed points
Jakob747's affinity for young French riders, which has already gained him decent points through Barguil, brings him another daily award through Kenny E.
Nibali loses another 43 points relative to Horner, but on daily points is still 73 points ahead of Papy. The new leader in this category, Hitch, has Horner, but the next six are Nibalists.
1 The Hitch 640
2 Cyivel 610
3 Geraint Too Fast 560
4 Tuarts 549
5 Jancouver 536
6 Afrank 529
7 Karlboss 519
8 Hilltop Finisher 517
9 Batchuba 516
10 Mkind07 490
11 Leadbelly 486
12 Keith James Mc 480
13 Minessa 479
14 18-Valve 476
15 Vladimir 461
16 Al Pacino 443
17 Comodoro 436
18 Just Some Guy 419
19 Search 379
20 Mutschi 342
21 MC Mountain 286
22 Yellow Knight 239
23 Jakob747 236
24 Kazistuta 221
25 Pentacycle 207
26 Karbonkel 186
27 Blues in the Bottle 182
28 Maaaaaaaarten 179
29 Oliveira 175
30 Zlev 11 171
31 DB Coop 155
32 Mellow Velo 138
33 Jpettersen 109
34 Gotland 106
35 CQ Manager 102
35 Murali 102
37 Lightbing 77
38 Vitapen 63
39 Evans is the Best 61
40 Armchair Cyclist 55
41 The Asian 41
Collective Wisdom team 233
Projected points
Horner moved up to second place in the two minor competitions, so has increased his projected haul by more than 100 for the second successive stage.
Horner: 103 points for 8 teams
Elissonde: 83 points for 1 team
Pinot: 26 points for 11 teams
Cardoso: 25 points for 2 teams
Nibali: 20 points for 11 teams
Sánchez: 15 points for 8 teams
Nerz: 13 points for 1 team
Majka: 10 points for 8 teams
- - - - - - - - - -
Konig: -40 for 7 teams
Roche: -29 for 2 teams
Ratto:-15 for 2 teams
Capecchi:-12 for 3 teams
1 Hilltop Finisher 1544
2 The Hitch 1502
3 Batchuba 1493
4 Mkind07 1470
5 Keith James Mc 1429
6 Tuarts 1426
7 Cyivel 1301
8 Comodoro 1276
9 Geraint Too Fast 1268
10 Just Some Guy 1211
11 Search 1207
12 18-Valve 1203
13 Jancouver 1194
14 Afrank 1169
15 Minessa 1081
16 Vladimir 1068
17 Karlboss 1060
18 Mutschi 1031
19 Al Pacino 969
20 Leadbelly 938
21 MC Mountain 930
22 Yellow Knight 765
23 Karbonkel 737
24 Zlev 11 711
25 Pentacycle 687
26 Jpettersen 683
27 Maaaaaaaarten 671
28 Kazistuta 597
29 DB Coop 594
30 Lightbing 557
31 Blues in the Bottle 478
32 Mellow Velo 477
33 Gotland 476
34 CQ Manager 437
35 Jakob747 416
36 Oliveira 404
37 Evans is the Best 374
38 Vitapen 352
39 The Asian 307
40 Armchair Cyclist 304
41 Murali 286
Collective Wisdom team 789
Hornerians are finally getting the upper hand, despite the red jersey points that Nibali had accrued, and occupy the top 5 slots. Previous leader, Tuarts, is one of those who suffer from Konig being dropped early, but remains the top Nibalist. Search, who this morning had been top ten despite having neither Horner nor Nibali, and with the definite disadvantage of having spent big on Henao, had a dual disaster with Roche and Konig.
Presumably the only points up for grabs will be the stage points, tweaks in the lower top ten of the points competition, and some minor shiftings in the lower places if riders fail to finish with the peloton. As regards potential scorers tomorrow in the teams near the top, Mkind07 has Arndt, but more significantly, both Hitch and Batchuba have both Matthews and Farrar. Hitch will overhaul Hilltop if either of the anglophone sprinters wins, or one is second and the other in the top eight.
If Matthews comes second, (and therefore gets 20 points in the green jersey standings, moving to 9th and therefore getting 2 CQ points) and Farrar is outside the top ten, we could get a draw.
Most of the points are virtually guaranteed by now, but anyway:
Guaranteed points
Jakob747's affinity for young French riders, which has already gained him decent points through Barguil, brings him another daily award through Kenny E.
Nibali loses another 43 points relative to Horner, but on daily points is still 73 points ahead of Papy. The new leader in this category, Hitch, has Horner, but the next six are Nibalists.
1 The Hitch 640
2 Cyivel 610
3 Geraint Too Fast 560
4 Tuarts 549
5 Jancouver 536
6 Afrank 529
7 Karlboss 519
8 Hilltop Finisher 517
9 Batchuba 516
10 Mkind07 490
11 Leadbelly 486
12 Keith James Mc 480
13 Minessa 479
14 18-Valve 476
15 Vladimir 461
16 Al Pacino 443
17 Comodoro 436
18 Just Some Guy 419
19 Search 379
20 Mutschi 342
21 MC Mountain 286
22 Yellow Knight 239
23 Jakob747 236
24 Kazistuta 221
25 Pentacycle 207
26 Karbonkel 186
27 Blues in the Bottle 182
28 Maaaaaaaarten 179
29 Oliveira 175
30 Zlev 11 171
31 DB Coop 155
32 Mellow Velo 138
33 Jpettersen 109
34 Gotland 106
35 CQ Manager 102
35 Murali 102
37 Lightbing 77
38 Vitapen 63
39 Evans is the Best 61
40 Armchair Cyclist 55
41 The Asian 41
Collective Wisdom team 233
Projected points
Horner moved up to second place in the two minor competitions, so has increased his projected haul by more than 100 for the second successive stage.
Horner: 103 points for 8 teams
Elissonde: 83 points for 1 team
Pinot: 26 points for 11 teams
Cardoso: 25 points for 2 teams
Nibali: 20 points for 11 teams
Sánchez: 15 points for 8 teams
Nerz: 13 points for 1 team
Majka: 10 points for 8 teams
- - - - - - - - - -
Konig: -40 for 7 teams
Roche: -29 for 2 teams
Ratto:-15 for 2 teams
Capecchi:-12 for 3 teams
1 Hilltop Finisher 1544
2 The Hitch 1502
3 Batchuba 1493
4 Mkind07 1470
5 Keith James Mc 1429
6 Tuarts 1426
7 Cyivel 1301
8 Comodoro 1276
9 Geraint Too Fast 1268
10 Just Some Guy 1211
11 Search 1207
12 18-Valve 1203
13 Jancouver 1194
14 Afrank 1169
15 Minessa 1081
16 Vladimir 1068
17 Karlboss 1060
18 Mutschi 1031
19 Al Pacino 969
20 Leadbelly 938
21 MC Mountain 930
22 Yellow Knight 765
23 Karbonkel 737
24 Zlev 11 711
25 Pentacycle 687
26 Jpettersen 683
27 Maaaaaaaarten 671
28 Kazistuta 597
29 DB Coop 594
30 Lightbing 557
31 Blues in the Bottle 478
32 Mellow Velo 477
33 Gotland 476
34 CQ Manager 437
35 Jakob747 416
36 Oliveira 404
37 Evans is the Best 374
38 Vitapen 352
39 The Asian 307
40 Armchair Cyclist 304
41 Murali 286
Collective Wisdom team 789
Hornerians are finally getting the upper hand, despite the red jersey points that Nibali had accrued, and occupy the top 5 slots. Previous leader, Tuarts, is one of those who suffer from Konig being dropped early, but remains the top Nibalist. Search, who this morning had been top ten despite having neither Horner nor Nibali, and with the definite disadvantage of having spent big on Henao, had a dual disaster with Roche and Konig.
Presumably the only points up for grabs will be the stage points, tweaks in the lower top ten of the points competition, and some minor shiftings in the lower places if riders fail to finish with the peloton. As regards potential scorers tomorrow in the teams near the top, Mkind07 has Arndt, but more significantly, both Hitch and Batchuba have both Matthews and Farrar. Hitch will overhaul Hilltop if either of the anglophone sprinters wins, or one is second and the other in the top eight.
If Matthews comes second, (and therefore gets 20 points in the green jersey standings, moving to 9th and therefore getting 2 CQ points) and Farrar is outside the top ten, we could get a draw.
Armchair - Thanks for hosting the game!
Elissonde and Barguil fully lived up to my expectations. Fantastic prospects those two.
Too bad Dan Martin crashed out early. I reckon he could have done very, very well.
Same goes for David de la Cruz. I noted several positive signs however. Especially his performance on Alto de Monachil.
Henao obviously a huge disappointment.
Elissonde and Barguil fully lived up to my expectations. Fantastic prospects those two.
Too bad Dan Martin crashed out early. I reckon he could have done very, very well.
Same goes for David de la Cruz. I noted several positive signs however. Especially his performance on Alto de Monachil.
Henao obviously a huge disappointment.
This will be a tense finale - I was 2nd in the Vuelta game last year but without ever really challenging for 1st place in the last days. If I can hold off Hitch then that will really save my 2013 CQ season (no where in the Main game, cobbles, Giro, Tour and 2nd to last in the youth game).
Having made it to Madrid surely Orica will ride for Howard?
Having made it to Madrid surely Orica will ride for Howard?
- Mar 22, 2010
- 15,193
- 11,190
- 28,180
Stage 21
A stage for sprinters in a race for climbers. Some of us kept back some of our team places for such days though:
Matthews: 70 points for 12 teams
Farrar: 40 points for 6 teams
Arndt: 25 points for 5 teams
Meersman: 15 points for 3 teams
Bole: 7 pts for 2 teams
Petit: 5 pts for 1 team
Janse van Rensberg: 3 pts for 4 teams
4 teams combine Matthews and Farrar (Kazistuta, Hitch, Batchuba and Blues in the Bottle), and one (Pentacycle) has the equally valuable Matthews, Arndt, Meersman combination, but Kazituta pips the rest for daily honours, because he also has Bole.
No red jersey points available today: final stage + red jersey points:
1 The Hitch 750
2 Cyivel 683
3 Batchuba 626
4 Afrank 599
5 Karlboss 589
6 Geraint Too Fast 560
7 Leadbelly 556
8 Tuarts 549
9 Jancouver 536
10 Hilltop Finisher 517
11 Mkind07 515
12 Minessa 504
13 Vladimir 501
14 Just Some Guy 489
15 Keith James Mc 480
16 18-Valve 476
17 Al Pacino 448
18 Comodoro 436
19 Search 379
20 Mutschi 342
21 Kazistuta 338
22 Pentacycle 317
23 Yellow Knight 309
24 MC Mountain 301
25 Blues in the Bottle 292
26 Oliveira 255
27 Karbonkel 254
28 Jakob747 236
29 Maaaaaaaarten 179
30 Zlev 11 174
31 DB Coop 155
32 Murali 142
33 Mellow Velo 138
34 Jpettersen 109
35 Gotland 106
36 CQ Manager 102
37 Lightbing 77
38 Vitapen 63
39 Evans is the Best 61
40 Armchair Cyclist 55
41 The Asian 41
Collective Wisdom team 303
Final rankings
As predicted yesterday, the sprinters turn over Hilltop Finisher at the last, and bring victory to Hitch, with Batchuba hot on his tail. Tuarts, Cyivel and Geraint Too Fast represent the Nibalists in the top ten, otherwise it needed faith in the elderly to get a high placing. At the other end of the table, a combination of Arndt and Meersman lifted Murali off the bottom, allowing me, Wim van Sevanant-like, to reprise my Lanterne rouge of the Tour.
1 The Hitch 1614
2 Batchuba 1603
3 Hilltop Finisher 1543
4 Mkind07 1495
5 Keith James Mc 1429
6 Tuarts 1426
7 Cyivel 1376
8 Just Some Guy 1283
9 Comodoro 1276
10 Geraint Too Fast 1267
11 Afrank 1241
12 Search 1206
13 18-Valve 1202
14 Jancouver 1194
15 Karlboss 1132
16 Vladimir 1108
17 Minessa 1106
18 Mutschi 1031
19 Leadbelly 1010
20 Al Pacino 974
21 MC Mountain 945
22 Yellow Knight 835
23 Karbonkel 804
24 Pentacycle 801
25 Kazistuta 716
26 Zlev 11 712
27 Jpettersen 683
28 Maaaaaaaarten 671
29 DB Coop 595
30 Blues in the Bottle 590
31 Lightbing 559
32 Oliveira 486
33 Gotland 478
34 Mellow Velo 477
35 CQ Manager 435
36 Jakob747 416
37 Evans is the Best 374
38 Vitapen 352
39 Murali 326
40 The Asian 307
41 Armchair Cyclist 304
Collective Wisdom team 861
Congratulations to Hitch, and to everyone who beat me.
Riders with > 50% return:
HORNER Chris 318% 8 picks
CAMAÑO ORTUZAR Iker 250% 3 picks
STAMSNIJDER Tom 150% 3 picks
VANOTTI Alessandro 136% 3 picks
KÖNIG Leopold 106% 7 picks
ROCHE Nicolas 97% 2 picks
ZANDIO ECHAIDE Xabier 85% 1 pick
RATTO Daniele 81% 2 picks
COURTEILLE Arnaud 75% 2 picks
NERZ Dominik 74% 1 pick
MENDES Jose Joao Pimenta Costa 73% no pick
BARGUIL Warren 72% 2 picks
MATTHEWS Michael 71% 12 picks
MØRKØV CHRISTENSEN Michael 62% no pick
RICHEZE ARAQUISTAIN Ariel Maximiliano 62% no pick
HERRADA LOPEZ Jose 60% no pick
PETERSON Thomas 60% 2 picks
ARAMENDIA LLORENTE Francisco Javier 54% 2 picks
PINOT Thibaut 53% 11 picks
ELISSONDE Kenny 53% 1 pick
MARTINEZ DE ESTEBAN Egoi 52% no pick
BRAJKOVIC Janez 50% 9 picks
Despite his humble final position, Evans is the Best had the majority of his team (5 riders) among the 50%+ squad. All bar three of us have at least one.
Impeccable picks are the riders who scored more points than anyone cheaper than them. Obviously, there are none more expensive than Horner. The impeccable picks are:
Horner 280 891
Konig 227 240
Herrada 212, 128
Nerz 159 118
Ratto 138 112
Morkov 137 85
Mendes 91 66
Kohler 70 30
Zandio 33 28
Camano 6 15
Several teams have two of these: Mkind07, Tuarts, Cyivel, Jancouver, Leadbelly and Jpettersen.
Nibali and Roche are only beaten by Horner among the riders who were cheaper than them.
In terms of daily awards, several riders took two of them: Search, Vladimir, Maaaaaaaarten and Jakob747.
And if you want to play with the numbers any further for yourselves, you'll find them here at MediaFire.
A stage for sprinters in a race for climbers. Some of us kept back some of our team places for such days though:
Matthews: 70 points for 12 teams
Farrar: 40 points for 6 teams
Arndt: 25 points for 5 teams
Meersman: 15 points for 3 teams
Bole: 7 pts for 2 teams
Petit: 5 pts for 1 team
Janse van Rensberg: 3 pts for 4 teams
4 teams combine Matthews and Farrar (Kazistuta, Hitch, Batchuba and Blues in the Bottle), and one (Pentacycle) has the equally valuable Matthews, Arndt, Meersman combination, but Kazituta pips the rest for daily honours, because he also has Bole.
No red jersey points available today: final stage + red jersey points:
1 The Hitch 750
2 Cyivel 683
3 Batchuba 626
4 Afrank 599
5 Karlboss 589
6 Geraint Too Fast 560
7 Leadbelly 556
8 Tuarts 549
9 Jancouver 536
10 Hilltop Finisher 517
11 Mkind07 515
12 Minessa 504
13 Vladimir 501
14 Just Some Guy 489
15 Keith James Mc 480
16 18-Valve 476
17 Al Pacino 448
18 Comodoro 436
19 Search 379
20 Mutschi 342
21 Kazistuta 338
22 Pentacycle 317
23 Yellow Knight 309
24 MC Mountain 301
25 Blues in the Bottle 292
26 Oliveira 255
27 Karbonkel 254
28 Jakob747 236
29 Maaaaaaaarten 179
30 Zlev 11 174
31 DB Coop 155
32 Murali 142
33 Mellow Velo 138
34 Jpettersen 109
35 Gotland 106
36 CQ Manager 102
37 Lightbing 77
38 Vitapen 63
39 Evans is the Best 61
40 Armchair Cyclist 55
41 The Asian 41
Collective Wisdom team 303
Final rankings
As predicted yesterday, the sprinters turn over Hilltop Finisher at the last, and bring victory to Hitch, with Batchuba hot on his tail. Tuarts, Cyivel and Geraint Too Fast represent the Nibalists in the top ten, otherwise it needed faith in the elderly to get a high placing. At the other end of the table, a combination of Arndt and Meersman lifted Murali off the bottom, allowing me, Wim van Sevanant-like, to reprise my Lanterne rouge of the Tour.
1 The Hitch 1614
2 Batchuba 1603
3 Hilltop Finisher 1543
4 Mkind07 1495
5 Keith James Mc 1429
6 Tuarts 1426
7 Cyivel 1376
8 Just Some Guy 1283
9 Comodoro 1276
10 Geraint Too Fast 1267
11 Afrank 1241
12 Search 1206
13 18-Valve 1202
14 Jancouver 1194
15 Karlboss 1132
16 Vladimir 1108
17 Minessa 1106
18 Mutschi 1031
19 Leadbelly 1010
20 Al Pacino 974
21 MC Mountain 945
22 Yellow Knight 835
23 Karbonkel 804
24 Pentacycle 801
25 Kazistuta 716
26 Zlev 11 712
27 Jpettersen 683
28 Maaaaaaaarten 671
29 DB Coop 595
30 Blues in the Bottle 590
31 Lightbing 559
32 Oliveira 486
33 Gotland 478
34 Mellow Velo 477
35 CQ Manager 435
36 Jakob747 416
37 Evans is the Best 374
38 Vitapen 352
39 Murali 326
40 The Asian 307
41 Armchair Cyclist 304
Collective Wisdom team 861
Congratulations to Hitch, and to everyone who beat me.
Riders with > 50% return:
HORNER Chris 318% 8 picks
CAMAÑO ORTUZAR Iker 250% 3 picks
STAMSNIJDER Tom 150% 3 picks
VANOTTI Alessandro 136% 3 picks
KÖNIG Leopold 106% 7 picks
ROCHE Nicolas 97% 2 picks
ZANDIO ECHAIDE Xabier 85% 1 pick
RATTO Daniele 81% 2 picks
COURTEILLE Arnaud 75% 2 picks
NERZ Dominik 74% 1 pick
MENDES Jose Joao Pimenta Costa 73% no pick
BARGUIL Warren 72% 2 picks
MATTHEWS Michael 71% 12 picks
MØRKØV CHRISTENSEN Michael 62% no pick
RICHEZE ARAQUISTAIN Ariel Maximiliano 62% no pick
HERRADA LOPEZ Jose 60% no pick
PETERSON Thomas 60% 2 picks
ARAMENDIA LLORENTE Francisco Javier 54% 2 picks
PINOT Thibaut 53% 11 picks
ELISSONDE Kenny 53% 1 pick
MARTINEZ DE ESTEBAN Egoi 52% no pick
BRAJKOVIC Janez 50% 9 picks
Despite his humble final position, Evans is the Best had the majority of his team (5 riders) among the 50%+ squad. All bar three of us have at least one.
Impeccable picks are the riders who scored more points than anyone cheaper than them. Obviously, there are none more expensive than Horner. The impeccable picks are:
Horner 280 891
Konig 227 240
Herrada 212, 128
Nerz 159 118
Ratto 138 112
Morkov 137 85
Mendes 91 66
Kohler 70 30
Zandio 33 28
Camano 6 15
Several teams have two of these: Mkind07, Tuarts, Cyivel, Jancouver, Leadbelly and Jpettersen.
Nibali and Roche are only beaten by Horner among the riders who were cheaper than them.
In terms of daily awards, several riders took two of them: Search, Vladimir, Maaaaaaaarten and Jakob747.
And if you want to play with the numbers any further for yourselves, you'll find them here at MediaFire.
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