2014 Giro CQ game

[Pricey_sky]

Submitted my team earlier, my 1st Giro CQ game!

 

[IlPirata92]

After my 8th place in my first ever Spring Classic CQ Game, I hope I can get another top 10 here. However I went for a team with many young riders(excepting 2 kind of cheap veterans from the same team) so I hope that their l;ack of experience won't be a big problem.

 

[saneguy]

Facing some error when I click on the dropbox link. Can i submit a team separately in a new spreadsheet? I know what points my team is totaling to.

 

[mutschi]

Facing some error when I click on the dropbox link. Can i submit a team separately in a new spreadsheet? I know what points my team is totaling to.

Just send your list of names to Armchair Cyclist in a private email. That will do the trick. If possible, copy the names how the are in the CQ list so the spelling is ok.

 

[saneguy]

Just send your list of names to Armchair Cyclist in a private email. That will do the trick. If possible, copy the names how the are in the CQ list so the spelling is ok.

Just did that. Thanks!

 

[LosBrolin]

Submitted my team earlier, my 1st Giro CQ game!

Thisss. First ever Giro CQ over here also. Picked up few young guns so its intresting to see how it goes

 

[oliveira]

Had Dan Martin. This game ended before it started! Fell bad, but for him, such terrible luck after LBL. I'll pick him at the next oportunity!

 

[Pricey_sky]

Had Dan Martin. This game ended before it started! Fell bad, but for him, such terrible luck after LBL. I'll pick him at the next oportunity!

I was very close to putting in him and actually had him in one of my 2 final teams to choose from. From a personal point of view I'm glad I went in the other direction and chose the other team now.

 

[the sceptic]

so who had Tuft in their team? I was hoping they would but Santaromita in pink but alas..

 

[Armchair cyclist]

so who had Tuft in their team? I was hoping they would but Santaromita in pink but alas..

Nobody had Tuft.

Sorry for the slow updates: I have an all new spreadsheet for this, which worked OK for a dummy run in Romandie, but is now throwing up all sorts of error messages and inconsistencies.

66 teams: 118 riders and 42 unique picks.

Nice to see an increase in numbers and some new names: a few of our previous reliable entrants seem to be absent though....

You may wish to seek out one team that is made up entirely of one trade team, and another of a single nationality.

Asterisks indicate unique picks: order within team is price order.

18-Valve
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
RUFFONI Nicola
BEPPU Fumiyuki
HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian
POLJANSKI Pawel
CECCHINEL Giorgio
GODOY Yonder Eduardo
CHAVANEL Sébastien


Afrank
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
VIVIANI Elia
NIEMIEC Przemyslaw
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
ARU Fabio
SIUTSOU Kanstantsin
RUFFONI Nicola
TORRES AGUDELO Rodolfo Andres
CATTANEO Mattia


AG
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
KISERLOVSKI Robert
DURBRIDGE Luke *
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
BRAJKOVIC Janez
HOOGERLAND Johnny
ROLLAND Pierre
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
VAN POPPEL Boy


ArchieBoy
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
SWIFT Ben
NIZZOLO Giacomo
NIEMIEC Przemyslaw
PIRAZZI Stefano
ROSA Diego
ROLLAND Pierre
MONSALVE PERTSINIDIS Yonathan Alejandro
RUFFONI Nicola


Armchair_Cyclist
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
SWIFT Ben
CUNEGO Damiano
BASSO Ivan
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
ARU Fabio
APPOLLONIO Davide
DE GENDT Thomas
HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian


asdfgh101
POZZOVIVO Domenico
VIVIANI Elia
ARREDONDO MORENO Julian David
RABOTTINI Matteo
ARU Fabio
ROLLAND Pierre
BARBIN Enrico
BRAMBILLA Gianluca
CHAVANEL Sébastien


BadBrainAJ
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
PONZI Simone *
ARREDONDO MORENO Julian David
CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan *
RATTO Daniele
PIRAZZI Stefano
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson
LOSADA ALGUACIL Alberto *
GODOY Yonder Eduardo


Batchuba
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
URAN URAN Rigoberto
VIVIANI Elia
ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew
DE GENDT Thomas
TIRALONGO Paolo
HONDO Danilo *
BANDIERA Marco
CATTANEO Mattia


BeagRigh
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
MEZGEC Luka
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
PETACCHI Alessandro
ARU Fabio
PIRAZZI Stefano
HOOGERLAND Johnny
ROLLAND Pierre
SELLA Emanuele


BicycleBoy
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
MAJKA Rafal
URAN URAN Rigoberto
PIRAZZI Stefano
BOL Jetse
CECCHINEL Giorgio
GODOY Yonder Eduardo
CARRETERO MARCIAQ Ramon
CHAVANEL Sébastien


BigMac
Evans Cadel
Nizzolo Giacomo
Niemiec Przemyslaw
CARDOSO Andre Fernando Santos Martins *
Monfort Maxime
Aru Fabio
Battaglin Enrico
CHALAPUD GOMEZ Robinson Eduardo *
Bono Matteo *


Blackbandit222
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
ARREDONDO MORENO Julian David
NIZZOLO Giacomo
POELS Wout
PETACCHI Alessandro
ARU Fabio
ROLLAND Pierre
BOEM Nicola
GODOY Yonder Eduardo


Comodoro
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
ZOIDL Riccardo
NIEMIEC Przemyslaw
MONFORT Maxime
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
ARU Fabio
SIUTSOU Kanstantsin
DE GENDT Thomas
HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian


Crevaison
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim
CUNEGO Damiano
HESJEDAL Ryder
PETACCHI Alessandro
ARU Fabio
APPOLLONIO Davide
ROLLAND Pierre
GODOY Yonder Eduardo
CHAVANEL Sébastien


Dazed_and_Confused
URAN URAN Rigoberto
SCARPONI Michele
SWIFT Ben
BASSO Ivan
CHICCHI Francesco
PETACCHI Alessandro
ROLLAND Pierre
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
DE GENDT Thomas


Del1962
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
KISERLOVSKI Robert
POELS Wout
HESJEDAL Ryder
CATALDO Dario
BRAJKOVIC Janez
APPOLLONIO Davide
ROLLAND Pierre
VAN POPPEL Boy


DIM
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
SCARPONI Michele
CHICCHI Francesco
HESJEDAL Ryder
HOOGERLAND Johnny
APPOLLONIO Davide
ROLLAND Pierre
DE GENDT Thomas
HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian


DJ_Sprtsch
URAN URAN Rigoberto
MEZGEC Luka
COLBRELLI Sonny
NIEMIEC Przemyslaw
GENIEZ Alexandre *
HESJEDAL Ryder
PETACCHI Alessandro
IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka *
ROLLAND Pierre

Eljimberino
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
MARTIN Daniel
BASSO Ivan
ROSA Diego
DUQUE Leonardo Fabio
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson
ROLLAND Pierre
WYSS Danilo *
EISEL Bernhard


Flo
MAJKA Rafal
ROCHE Nicolas
CUNEGO Damiano
RABOTTINI Matteo
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
PETACCHI Alessandro
ARU Fabio
FERRARI Roberto
PIRAZZI Stefano


GeraintTooFast
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
KITTEL Marcel
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
ARU Fabio
ROLLAND Pierre
ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew
DE GENDT Thomas
HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian
CHAVANEL Sébastien


Gustienordic
MAJKA Rafal
URAN URAN Rigoberto
BASSO Ivan
MONFORT Maxime
RABOTTINI Matteo
ARU Fabio
BRAJKOVIC Janez
ROSA Diego
ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew


Handbrake
URAN URAN Rigoberto
MATTHEWS Michael
NIEMIEC Przemyslaw
BASSO Ivan
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
HESJEDAL Ryder
CATALDO Dario
ARU Fabio
ROLLAND Pierre


HilltopFinisher
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
URAN URAN Rigoberto
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
ARU Fabio
DEIGNAN Philip *
PUCCIO Salvatore *
ROLLAND Pierre
GATTO Oscar
HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian


Hugo87
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
URAN URAN Rigoberto
BASSO Ivan
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
ARU Fabio
ROLLAND Pierre
ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew
MALACARNE Davide
HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian


IlPirata
MATTHEWS Michael
LANDA MEANA Mikel
KISERLOVSKI Robert
NIEMIEC Przemyslaw
CUNEGO Damiano
POELS Wout
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
ZARDINI Edoardo *
PIRAZZI Stefano


ItalianGigolo
URAN URAN Rigoberto
MARTIN Daniel
NIZZOLO Giacomo
NIEMIEC Przemyslaw
BASSO Ivan
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
PIRAZZI Stefano
ROLLAND Pierre
CHAVANEL Sébastien (Team over budget: enforced replacement for Aru)


Josedin
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
NIZZOLO Giacomo
NIEMIEC Przemyslaw
BASSO Ivan
RABOTTINI Matteo
ARU Fabio
PIRAZZI Stefano
RUFFONI Nicola
FERNANDEZ DE LARREA PEREZ Koldo *


JosephD
Kittel Marcel
Martin Daniel
LANDA MEANA Mikel
Aru Fabio
Rolland Pierre
Gatto Oscar
Moser Moreno
AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey *
Hurel Tony *


JustSomeGuy
EVANS Cadel
MATTHEWS Michael
NIEMIEC Przemyslaw
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
ARU Fabio
PIRAZZI Stefano
ROLLAND Pierre
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew


Karaev
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
EVANS Cadel
NIZZOLO Giacomo
BOL Jetse
MONSALVE PERTSINIDIS Yonathan Alejandro
AVILA VANEGAS Edwin Alcibiades
MALACARNE Davide
JUUL JENSEN Christopher *
RUFFONI Nicola

Karlboss
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
URAN URAN Rigoberto
NIEMIEC Przemyslaw
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
PIRAZZI Stefano
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
VAN DER SANDE Tosh *
ARMEE Sander *
POLJANSKI Pawel


Kazistuta
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
SWIFT Ben
COLBRELLI Sonny
HESJEDAL Ryder
PETACCHI Alessandro
ARU Fabio
BELLETTI Manuel
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian


L29205
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
ROCHE Nicolas
KISERLOVSKI Robert
HESJEDAL Ryder
BRAJKOVIC Janez
APPOLLONIO Davide
ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew
TIRALONGO Paolo
DEKKER Thomas

Leadbelly
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
URAN URAN Rigoberto
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
ARU Fabio
SIUTSOU Kanstantsin
PIRAZZI Stefano
DE GENDT Thomas
PREIDLER Georg *
MONSALVE PERTSINIDIS Yonathan Alejandro


LightBing
VIVIANI Elia
MARTIN Daniel
KISERLOVSKI Robert
MONFORT Maxime
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
ARU Fabio
PIRAZZI Stefano
APPOLLONIO Davide
BELLETTI Manuel


LosBrolin
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
ARREDONDO MORENO Julian David
BOZIC Borut *
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
PETACCHI Alessandro
PIRAZZI Stefano
ROLLAND Pierre
VAN POPPEL Boy
DE GENDT Thomas

Maaaaaaaarten
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
URAN URAN Rigoberto
ARREDONDO MORENO Julian David
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew
QUINTERO NORENA Carlos Julian *
ROMERO CORREDOR Jeffry Johan *
AVILA VANEGAS Edwin Alcibiades
TORRES AGUDELO Rodolfo Andres


Madrazo
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
NIZZOLO Giacomo
NIEMIEC Przemyslaw
BASSO Ivan
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
ARU Fabio
BATTAGLIN Enrico
BOL Jetse
RUFFONI Nicola


MC_Mountain
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
KITTEL Marcel
VIVIANI Elia
BEPPU Fumiyuki
CATTANEO Mattia
MCCARTHY Jay *
HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian
POLJANSKI Pawel
GODOY Yonder Eduardo

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Mellow_Velo
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
NIZZOLO Giacomo
NIEMIEC Przemyslaw
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
HESJEDAL Ryder
PIRAZZI Stefano
APPOLLONIO Davide
MOSER Moreno
DE GENDT Thomas


Minessa
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
NIZZOLO Giacomo
NIEMIEC Przemyslaw
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
HESJEDAL Ryder
CATALDO Dario
ARU Fabio
MOSER Moreno
GODOY Yonder Eduardo


Mkind07
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
URAN URAN Rigoberto
PETACCHI Alessandro
ARU Fabio
PIRAZZI Stefano
HOOGERLAND Johnny
ROLLAND Pierre
EIJSSEN Yannick *
HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian


Murali
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
ROCHE Nicolas
NIEMIEC Przemyslaw
HANSEN Adam *
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
CAPECCHI Eros *
DE GENDT Thomas
HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian
CHAVANEL Sébastien (Team over budget: enforced replacement for Tiralongo)



Murrjt
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
VIVIANI Elia
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
ARU Fabio
PIRAZZI Stefano
ROLLAND Pierre
BARBIN Enrico
ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew
DE GENDT Thomas


Mutschi
EVANS Cadel
MATTHEWS Michael
KISERLOVSKI Robert
ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor
PETACCHI Alessandro
ARU Fabio
DUPONT Hubert *
ROLLAND Pierre
RUFFONI Nicola


NairoQ
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
URAN URAN Rigoberto
MONFORT Maxime
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
ARU Fabio
ROLLAND Pierre
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
BOEM Nicola
HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian


Oliveira
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
MARTIN Daniel
BASSO Ivan
ARU Fabio
PIRAZZI Stefano
APPOLLONIO Davide
ROLLAND Pierre
MOSER Moreno
GODOY Yonder Eduardo


Pentacycle
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
SWIFT Ben
ZOIDL Riccardo
CUNEGO Damiano
APPOLLONIO Davide
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
MOSER Moreno
VUILLERMOZ Alexis *
MALACARNE Davide

Pricey_Sky
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
SWIFT Ben
NIEMIEC Przemyslaw
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
ARU Fabio
PIRAZZI Stefano
ROLLAND Pierre
VAN POPPEL Boy
DE GENDT Thomas


Rote_Laterne
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
URAN URAN Rigoberto
NIEMIEC Przemyslaw
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
ARU Fabio
ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew
DE GENDT Thomas
RUFFONI Nicola
HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian

Roubaix
POZZOVIVO Domenico
ARREDONDO MORENO Julian David
BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel *
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
PETACCHI Alessandro
ARU Fabio
APPOLLONIO Davide
ROSA Diego
ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew


SaneGuy
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
ARREDONDO MORENO Julian David
NIZZOLO Giacomo
HESJEDAL Ryder
ARU Fabio
FERRARI Roberto
VAN POPPEL Boy
DE GENDT Thomas
TIRALONGO Paolo

Sasquatch
SCARPONI Michele
MARTIN Daniel
NIZZOLO Giacomo
NIEMIEC Przemyslaw
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
PETACCHI Alessandro
FERRARI Roberto
PIRAZZI Stefano
RUFFONI Nicola


Search
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
NIZZOLO Giacomo
SANTAROMITA Ivan
BASSO Ivan
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
HESJEDAL Ryder
ARU Fabio
PETROV Evgeni *
RUFFONI Nicola


Shalgo
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
BASSO Ivan
MONFORT Maxime
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
HESJEDAL Ryder
CATALDO Dario
PETACCHI Alessandro
ARU Fabio
ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew


Tanja
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
URAN URAN Rigoberto
KISERLOVSKI Robert
ARU Fabio
DUQUE Leonardo Fabio
MOSER Moreno
MALACARNE Davide
VEIKKANEN Jussi *
BEPPU Fumiyuki


the_fool_on_the_hill
URAN URAN Rigoberto
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald *
MARTIN Daniel
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
HESJEDAL Ryder
ARU Fabio
APPOLLONIO Davide
DE GENDT Thomas
HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian


The_Hitch
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
NIZZOLO Giacomo
NIEMIEC Przemyslaw
BASSO Ivan
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
ARU Fabio
ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew
DE GENDT Thomas
SELLA Emanuele


The_Sceptic
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
SANTAROMITA Ivan
BASSO Ivan
RABOTTINI Matteo
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
HESJEDAL Ryder
ARU Fabio
MOSER Moreno
DE GENDT Thomas


Trudgin
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim
MEZGEC Luka
PAOLINI Luca *
RATTO Daniele
GATTO Oscar
MOSER Moreno
QUINZIATO Manuel *
AGNOLI Valerio *
BANDIERA Marco


Tuart
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
KISERLOVSKI Robert
CUNEGO Damiano
ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor
ARU Fabio
BRAJKOVIC Janez
ROLLAND Pierre
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
MOSER Moreno


USPostal
EVANS Cadel
KISERLOVSKI Robert
NIZZOLO Giacomo
FELLINE Fabio *
BASSO Ivan
BOOKWALTER Brent *
HEPBURN Michael *
EISEL Bernhard
DEKKER Thomas


Vladimir
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
KELDERMAN Wilco
NIZZOLO Giacomo
ARU Fabio
PIRAZZI Stefano
ROSA Diego
ROLLAND Pierre
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
CATTANEO Mattia


Yellow_Knight
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
KELDERMAN Wilco
NIEMIEC Przemyslaw
SANTAROMITA Ivan
PIRAZZI Stefano
ROLLAND Pierre
MOUREY Francis *
RODRIGUEZ ORTIZ Jackson Jesus *
CATTANEO Mattia


Zlev11
POZZOVIVO Domenico
ARREDONDO MORENO Julian David
SWIFT Ben
NIEMIEC Przemyslaw
HESJEDAL Ryder
ARU Fabio
FERRARI Roberto
BRAMBILLA Gianluca
CARRETERO MARCIAQ Ramon

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Most popular riders:
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander* 46
ARU Fabio* 40
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres* 33
ROLLAND Pierre* 28
NIEMIEC Przemyslaw* 21
PIRAZZI Stefano* 21
DE GENDT Thomas* 17
URAN URAN Rigoberto 17
BASSO Ivan* 15
HESJEDAL Ryder* 15
NIZZOLO Giacomo 15

By removing Uran, and using Basso and Hesjedal rather than Nizzolo among those joint 9th in this table, I have put together a Collective Wisdom team that is within budget (asterisked riders).

HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian 14
PETACCHI Alessandro 13
ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew 12
APPOLLONIO Davide 11
RUFFONI Nicola 10

KISERLOVSKI Robert 9
KRUIJSWIJK Steven 9
MOSER Moreno 9
ARREDONDO MORENO Julian David 8
GODOY Yonder Eduardo 8

CHAVANEL Sébastien 7
MARTIN Daniel 7
SWIFT Ben 7
CUNEGO Damiano 6
MONFORT Maxime 6
VIVIANI Elia 6

BRAJKOVIC Janez 5
CATTANEO Mattia 5
EVANS Cadel 5
RABOTTINI Matteo 5
ROSA Diego 5
VAN POPPEL Boy 5

CATALDO Dario 4
FERRARI Roberto 4
HOOGERLAND Johnny 4
MALACARNE Davide 4
MATTHEWS Michael 4

16 riders on 3 teams

Spoiler

BEPPU Fumiyuki
BOL Jetse
GATTO Oscar
KITTEL Marcel
MAJKA Rafal
MEZGEC Luka
MONSALVE PERTSINIDIS Yonathan Alejandro
POELS Wout
POLJANSKI Pawel
POZZOVIVO Domenico
ROCHE Nicolas
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim
SANTAROMITA Ivan
SCARPONI Michele
SIUTSOU Kanstantsin
TIRALONGO Paolo

22 riders on 2 teams

Spoiler

ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor
AVILA VANEGAS Edwin Alcibiades
BANDIERA Marco
BARBIN Enrico
BATTAGLIN Enrico
BELLETTI Manuel
BOEM Nicola
BRAMBILLA Gianluca
CARRETERO MARCIAQ Ramon
CECCHINEL Giorgio
CHICCHI Francesco
COLBRELLI Sonny
DEKKER Thomas
DUQUE Leonardo Fabio
EISEL Bernhard
KELDERMAN Wilco
LANDA MEANA Mikel
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson
RATTO Daniele
SELLA Emanuele
TORRES AGUDELO Rodolfo Andres
ZOIDL Riccardo

42 unique picks

Spoiler

AGNOLI Valerio
AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey
ARMEE Sander
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel
BONO Matteo
BOOKWALTER Brent
BOZIC Borut
CAPECCHI Eros
CARDOSO Andre Fernando Santos Martins
CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan
CHALAPUD GOMEZ Robinson Eduardo
DEIGNAN Philip
DUPONT Hubert
DURBRIDGE Luke
EIJSSEN Yannick
FELLINE Fabio
FERNANDEZ DE LARREA PEREZ Koldo
GENIEZ Alexandre
HANSEN Adam
HEPBURN Michael
HONDO Danilo
HUREL Tony
IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka
JUUL JENSEN Christopher
LOSADA ALGUACIL Alberto
MCCARTHY Jay
MOUREY Francis
PAOLINI Luca
PETROV Evgeni
PONZI Simone
PREIDLER Georg
PUCCIO Salvatore
QUINTERO NORENA Carlos Julian
QUINZIATO Manuel
RODRIGUEZ ORTIZ Jackson Jesus
ROMERO CORREDOR Jeffry Johan
VAN DER SANDE Tosh
VEIKKANEN Jussi
VUILLERMOZ Alexis
WYSS Danilo
ZARDINI Edoardo

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Popularity of picks

1 Pricey_Sky 218
2 Rote_Laterne 210
3 Hugo87 209
4 Murrjt 205
5 The_Hitch 201
6 GeraintTooFast 200
7 NairoQ 195
8 Minessa 191
9 BeagRigh 190
10 Armchair_Cyclist 189
11 Mellow_Velo 188
12 Madrazo 185
12 Oliveira 185
14 Mkind07 184
14 Shalgo 184
16 HilltopFinisher 183
16 The_Sceptic 183
18 Comodoro 182
19 Leadbelly 181
20 Search 178
21 Handbrake 177
22 Josedin 174
23 JustSomeGuy 173
24 LosBrolin 172
25 Vladimir 171
26 Afrank 166
27 ItalianGigolo 164
28 Blackbandit222 163
29 ArchieBoy 156
30 the_fool_on_the_hill 155
31 Tuart 154
32 SaneGuy 153
33 Karlboss 152
34 Kazistuta 148
35 Murali 143
36 AG 140
36 DIM 140
38 LightBing 135
39 Tanja 131
39 Crevaison 131
41 Flo 128
41 Yellow_Knight 128
43 Sasquatch 127
44 Del1962 126
44 Roubaix 126
46 Maaaaaaaarten 122
47 Mutschi 112
48 Dazed_and_Confused 111
49 BicycleBoy 109
49 Batchuba 109
51 Eljimberino 108
51 Gustienordic 108
53 L29205 106
54 Zlev11 102
55 asdfgh101 101
55 DJ_Sprtsch 101
57 IlPirata 100
58 18Valve 96
59 Pentacycle 95
60 JosephD 94
61 BigMac 92
62 BadBrainAJ 90
63 MC_Mountain 89
63 Karaev 89
65 USPostal 51
66 Trudgin 25


Collective_Wisdom 236

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Points from the team time trial:

1 Mutschi 34
2 Handbrake 30
3 JustSomeGuy 24
3 Dazed_and_Confused 24
5 Mkind07 23
6 DJ_Sprtsch 20
7 The_Sceptic 19
7 Search 19
9 AG 18
9 IlPirata 18
11 HilltopFinisher 17
11 Flo 17
11 Yellow_Knight 17
14 Gustienordic 16
15 the_fool_on_the_hill 15
15 Kazistuta 15
17 Hugo87 14
18 Rote_Laterne 13
18 NairoQ 13
18 Shalgo 13
18 Leadbelly 13
18 Karlboss 13
18 BicycleBoy 13
24 Batchuba 12
25 BeagRigh 11
25 ItalianGigolo 11
25 Blackbandit222 11
25 Crevaison 11
25 Sasquatch 11
25 Roubaix 11
31 LosBrolin 10
31 Maaaaaaaarten 10
33 MC_Mountain 9
33 Karaev 9
35 BigMac 7
35 USPostal 7
37 Armchair_Cyclist 6
38 Murali 5
38 18Valve 5
40 Comodoro 4
40 Afrank 4
40 L29205 4
40 JosephD 4
44 Minessa 3
44 Tuart 3
44 DIM 3
44 Del1962 3
44 Zlev11 3
44 Pentacycle 3
44 Trudgin 3
51 Murrjt 2
51 The_Hitch 2
51 Madrazo 2
51 Oliveira 2
51 Josedin 2
51 ArchieBoy 2
51 SaneGuy 2
51 LightBing 2
51 Tanja 2
51 asdfgh101 2
61 Pricey_Sky 1
61 GeraintTooFast 1
61 Vladimir 1
61 Eljimberino 1
61 BadBrainAJ 1
66 Mellow_Velo 0


Collective_Wisdom 2

 

[mutschi]

An insignificant fleeting little moment in the big scale of the game - but it is both my first daily victory and the first time leading the big guns on the board and I take it like SvenTuft takes his. And it comes completely unexpected.

 

[eljimberino]

Can we chose again since Martin has forgotten how to ride?


Just kidding.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

The major investments
Picking teams in these games is, I presume for others, in three stages. Note the irresistable bargains, then make the big decision about which higher budget riders to use, then find the best possible value to fill the numbers within budget. The second step really defines the team.

So who chose what riders as their major investments? I'll examine the purchases worth more than 750 points:

Purito, 3 teams, 1978 pts (57% of budget)
Quintana, 46 teams, 1433 pts (41%)
Evans, 5 teams, 1270, 36%
Pozzovivo, 3 teams, 1204, 34%
Kittel, 3 teams, 1163, 33 %
Majka, 3 teams, 905, 26%
Uran, 17 teams, 860, 25%
Viviani, 6 teams, 813, 23%
Scarponi, 3 teams, 806, 23%
Boasson Hagen, 1 team, 793, 22%
Dan Martin 7 teams, 758, 22%

The big gamble: Purito and Quintana (only 89 points left for 7 riders)
Only 18-Valve took this risk

Expensive triples:
Quintana, Uran and Viviani: Batchuba
Quintana, Uran and Majka: BicycleBoy
Quintana Kittel and Viviani: MC_Mountain
Uran, Boasson Hagen, Martin: the_fool_on_the_hill

Quintana + A.N. Other
with Uran (the Colombian dream): HilltopFinisher, Hugo87, Karlboss, Leadbelly, Maaaaaaaarten, NairoQ, Rote_Laterne and Tanja

with Viviani: Afrank and Murrjt
with Kittle: GeraintTooFast
with Scarponi: DIM
with Majka: Gustienordic
with Martin: Eljimberino and Oliveira

Other pairings

Uran and Scarponi: Dazed_and_Confused
Pozzovivo and Viviani: asdfgh101
Scarponi and Martin: Sasquatch
Uran and Martin: ItalianGigolo
Kittel and Martin: JosephD
Viviani and Martin:LightBing

Just the one leader
Quintana: 26 teams: AG, ArchieBoy, Armchair_Cyclist, BadBrainAJ, BeagRigh, Blackbandit222, Comodoro, Del1962, Josedin, Kazistuta, L29205, LosBrolin, Madrazo, Mellow_Velo, Minessa, Murali, Pentacycle, Pricey_Sky, SaneGuy, Search, Shalgo, The_Hitch, The_Sceptic, Tuart, Vladimir and Yellow_Knight

Rodriguez: Crevaison and Trudgin

Evans: BigMac, JustSomeGuy, Mutschi and USPostal

Uran: DJ_Sprtsch and Handbrake

Pozzovivo: Roubaix and Zlev11

Majka: Flo


The egalitarian option
None of the expensive options taken: Il Pirata's biggest purchase was Matthews for 638 pts.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 2

Rider points today:
KITTEL Marcel 70
BOUHANNI Nacer 40
NIZZOLO Giacomo 25
VIVIANI Elia 15
FERRARI Roberto 10
BELLETTI Manuel 7
SWIFT Ben 5
MATTHEWS Michael 3 +18
APPOLLONIO Davide 2
FARRAR Tyler 1

Stage points:
1 MC_Mountain 85
2 JosephD 70
2 GeraintTooFast 70
4 Sasquatch 35
4 SaneGuy 35
6 ArchieBoy 30
7 Mellow_Velo 27
8 Search 25
8 ItalianGigolo 25
8 Blackbandit222 25
8 Karaev 25
8 BigMac 25
8 USPostal 25
8 Minessa 25
8 The_Hitch 25
8 Madrazo 25
8 Josedin 25
8 Vladimir 25
19 LightBing 24
20 Mutschi 21
20 Handbrake 21
20 JustSomeGuy 21
20 IlPirata 21
24 Zlev11 15
24 Batchuba 15
24 asdfgh101 15
24 Afrank 15
24 Murrjt 15
29 Kazistuta 12
30 Flo 10
31 Armchair_Cyclist 7
31 Pentacycle 7
33 Dazed_and_Confused 5
33 Pricey_Sky 5
35 the_fool_on_the_hill 2
35 Crevaison 2
35 Roubaix 2
35 L29205 2
35 DIM 2
35 Del1962 2
35 Oliveira 2

Evereyone else, including our Combined Wisdom team, drew a blank.

Standings (guaranteed points only: stage and leader points)
1 MC_Mountain 94
2 JosephD 74
3 GeraintTooFast 73
4 Mutschi 55
5 Handbrake 52
6 Sasquatch 46
7 JustSomeGuy 45
8 Search 44
9 IlPirata 39
10 SaneGuy 37
11 ItalianGigolo 36
11 Blackbandit222 36
13 Karaev 34
14 BigMac 32
14 USPostal 32
14 ArchieBoy 32
17 Dazed_and_Confused 29
17 Mkind07 29
17 Minessa 29
20 Zlev11 28
20 Mellow_Velo 28
22 Flo 27
22 Kazistuta 27
22 Batchuba 27
22 The_Hitch 27
22 Madrazo 27
22 Josedin 27
22 asdfgh101 27
29 LightBing 26
29 Vladimir 26
31 DJ_Sprtsch 20
31 The_Sceptic 20
33 Afrank 19
34 AG 18
34 HilltopFinisher 18
36 Yellow_Knight 17
36 the_fool_on_the_hill 17
36 Murrjt 17
39 Gustienordic 16
40 Hugo87 14
40 Shalgo 14
42 Rote_Laterne 13
42 NairoQ 13
42 Leadbelly 13
42 Karlboss 13
42 BicycleBoy 13
42 Crevaison 13
42 Roubaix 13
42 Armchair_Cyclist 13
50 Tanja 12
51 BeagRigh 11
51 LosBrolin 11
53 Maaaaaaaarten 10
53 Pentacycle 10
55 Pricey_Sky 8
56 L29205 7
56 Eljimberino 7
58 Murali 5
58 18Valve 5
58 Comodoro 5
58 DIM 5
58 Del1962 5
58 Oliveira 5
64 Trudgin 4
65 Tuart 3
66 BadBrainAJ 1

Collective_Wisdom 2

 

[saneguy]

Very nice analysis. This is my first time in the CQ game and this analysis really is helping me think through how others are viewing each cyclist. Getting real fun! I am used to stock picking but now am getting an insight into cyclist picking

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 3

Points today for riders
KITTEL Marcel 70 (3 teams)
SWIFT Ben 40 (7)
VIVIANI Elia 25 (6)
MATTHEWS Michael 18 (4)
APPOLLONIO Davide 15 (11)
BOUHANNI Nacer 10 (not selected)
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald 7 (1)
FERRARI Roberto 5 (4)
AVILA VANEGAS Edwin Alcibiades 3 (2)
NIZZOLO Giacomo 2 (15)
FARRAR Tyler 1 (not selected)


Points on the day:
1 MC_Mountain 95
2 JosephD 70
2 GeraintTooFast 70
4 Armchair_Cyclist 55
4 Pentacycle 55
6 Zlev11 45
7 ArchieBoy 42
8 LightBing 40
8 Kazistuta 40
8 Dazed_and_Confused 40
8 Pricey_Sky 40
12 Batchuba 25
12 asdfgh101 25
12 Afrank 25
12 Murrjt 25
16 the_fool_on_the_hill 22
17 Mutschi 18
17 Handbrake 18
17 JustSomeGuy 18
17 IlPirata 18
21 Mellow_Velo 17
22 Crevaison 15
22 Roubaix 15
22 L29205 15
22 DIM 15
22 Del1962 15
22 Oliveira 15
28 Sasquatch 7
28 SaneGuy 7
30 Karaev 5
30 Flo 5
32 Maaaaaaaarten 3
33 Search 2
33 ItalianGigolo 2
33 Blackbandit222 2
33 BigMac 2
33 USPostal 2
33 Minessa 2
33 The_Hitch 2
33 Madrazo 2
33 Josedin 2
33 Vladimir 2
no other points scored


Standings:
1 MC_Mountain 189
2 JosephD 144
3 GeraintTooFast 143
4 ArchieBoy 74
5 Zlev11 73
5 Mutschi 73
7 Handbrake 70
8 Dazed_and_Confused 69
9 Armchair_Cyclist 68
10 Kazistuta 67
11 LightBing 66
12 Pentacycle 65
13 JustSomeGuy 63
14 IlPirata 57
15 Sasquatch 53
16 Batchuba 52
16 asdfgh101 52
18 Pricey_Sky 48
19 Search 46
20 Mellow_Velo 45
21 Afrank 44
21 SaneGuy 44
23 Murrjt 42
24 the_fool_on_the_hill 39
24 Karaev 39
26 ItalianGigolo 38
26 Blackbandit222 38
28 BigMac 34
28 USPostal 34
30 Flo 32
31 Minessa 31
32 The_Hitch 29
32 Madrazo 29
32 Josedin 29
32 Mkind07 29
36 Crevaison 28
36 Roubaix 28
36 Vladimir 28
39 L29205 22
40 DIM 20
40 Del1962 20
40 Oliveira 20
40 DJ_Sprtsch 20
40 The_Sceptic 20
45 AG 18
45 HilltopFinisher 18
47 Yellow_Knight 17
48 Gustienordic 16
49 Hugo87 14
49 Shalgo 14
51 Maaaaaaaarten 13
51 Rote_Laterne 13
51 NairoQ 13
51 Leadbelly 13
51 Karlboss 13
51 BicycleBoy 13
57 Tanja 12
58 BeagRigh 11
58 LosBrolin 11
60 Eljimberino 7
61 Murali 5
61 18Valve 5
61 Comodoro 5
64 Trudgin 4
65 Tuart 3
66 BadBrainAJ 1
Collective_Wisdom 2

Not surprisingly, the Kittel teams make the early pace. MC Mountain supplements Kittel with Viviani, and should stay in pink for as long as sprintingmakes up most of the points(until I bother adding GC points really)

 

[murali]

when will the mountains begin? :-(
I dont have any hope of getting points till some of my climbers earn some points.

Lesson while picking teams: get enough sprinters as well, and not just roulers+climbers.

 

[Pricey_sky]

when will the mountains begin? :-(
I dont have any hope of getting points till some of my climbers earn some points.

Lesson while picking teams: get enough sprinters as well, and not just roulers+climbers.

I've based my hopes on GC guys too, fortunately I went with Swift who wasn't that expensive and has earned me a few valuable points so far to keep
Me going until the mountains.

 

[saneguy]

Nizzolo has saved me the blushes so far

 

[murali]

m just hoping for a change tomorrow.

tomorrows uphill finish might be a bit more interesting




Sad news regarding Kittel. some guys are going to lose out due to tht.

 

[JosephD]

First Martin is out and now Kittel. By the time we reach Trieste I'll be glad if have any rider left