2014 Spring Classics CQ game

[karlboss]

these are my 15 minutes of fame. yesterdays winner and overall top ten. my bad days can come ...

Cancellara should hold us in good stead, though those of us with Cancellara need to have the game won by the time the roubaix dust settles.

 

[del1962]

Dwars door Vlaanderen


Boonen, Bennett, Hepburn, Appollonio, Nuyens

Like to see Bennett do well as he is in my CQ Main Game Team

 

[karlboss]

Dwars door Vlaanderen

BOONEN Tom
VANDENBERGH Stijn
CHAINEL Steve
MONDORY Lloyd
HAYMAN Mathew

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Dwars door Vlaanderen

BOONEN Tom
GAUDIN Damien
KEUKELEIRE Jens
JARC Blaž
VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume
VANDENBERGH Stijn
ZINGLE Romain

 

[NairoQ]

BANDIERA Marco
BOONEN Tom
MCCARTHY Jay
STUYVEN Jasper
VANDENBERGH Stijn

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Points from DvV
Nobody has selected winner or runner up: only one team chose Bozic, and the next highest finisher pertinent to the game is 8th placed Gatto. No surprise then that Leadbelly, having both of those (plus, of course, Boonen) is runaway winner on the day.

Gatto was also picked by Flo and Search: those in positions 4 to 8 are all the teams that feature Keukeleire.


1 Leadbelly 120
2 Flo 67
3 search 60
4 GeraintTooFast 49
5 asdfgh101 47
5 Bomboloni 47
5 DJSprtsch 47
8 Jakob747 42
9 AG 28
9 BrunoSantos 28
9 Kazistuta 28
12 Karlboss 24
13 18Valve 23
13 LightBing 23
13 MCMountain 23
16 Comodoro 21
16 The_Fool_on_the_Hill 21
18 AlPacino 19
18 Armchair_Cyclist 19
18 Karaev 19
18 Mutschi 19
22 AFrank 17
22 ItalianGigolo 17
22 Josedin 17
22 JustSomeGuy 17
22 Madrazo 17
22 NairoQ 17
28 Batchuba 12
28 Blackbandit222 12
28 Capt_Cavman 12
28 Cyivel 12
28 Dazed_and_Confused 12
28 Del1962 12
28 EvansIsTheBest 12
28 HilltopFinisher 12
28 Hugo87 12
28 IlPirata92 12
28 Manafana 12
28 NotRolfSorensen 12
28 Oliveira 12
28 Ray200 12
28 RoteLaterne 12
28 The_Asian 12
44 Trudgin 0
CollectiveWisdom 17

Not much change in the overall rankings: DJSprtsch and MC Mountain re-enter the top 10.

1 Bomboloni 493
2 Kazistuta 471
3 Jakob747 466
4 AG 453
5 18Valve 445
6 Josedin 442
7 BrunoSantos 437
8 RoteLaterne 418
9 DJSprtsch 415
10 MCMountain 413
11 Karlboss 412
12 Del1962 411
12 Leadbelly 411
12 Madrazo 411
15 Blackbandit222 402
16 The_Fool_on_the_Hill 389
17 Karaev 377
18 Ray200 376
19 AlPacino 371
20 NotRolfSorensen 363
21 Armchair_Cyclist 359
22 asdfgh101 358
22 JustSomeGuy 358
24 NairoQ 356
25 Flo 354
26 Oliveira 333
27 Hugo87 332
28 Mutschi 331
29 ItalianGigolo 328
30 AFrank 325
31 The_Asian 314
32 Batchuba 310
32 search 310
34 GeraintTooFast 308
35 EvansIsTheBest 307
36 Cyivel 304
36 IlPirata92 304
38 LightBing 270
39 Dazed_and_Confused 231
40 Comodoro 219
41 Manafana 201
42 Capt_Cavman 196
43 HilltopFinisher 178
44 Trudgin 159
CollectiveWisdom 473

 

[Dazed and Confused]

These tiny attacks by my cobbles men won't get us anywhere. I need to see some serious racing on Friday.

Boonen
Bennati
Nuyens
Hayman

Thanks for the update A c

 

[karlboss]

BOONEN Tom
CANCELLARA Fabian
CHAINEL Steve
HAYMAN Mathew
LANGEVELD Sebastian
MONDORY Lloyd
TURGOT Sébastien
VANDENBERGH Stijn


Should be my guys for the next few...though I'm obviously screwed after the cobbles.

 

[NairoQ]

BANDIERA Marco
BOONEN Tom
CANCELLARA Fabian
MCCARTHY Jay
STUYVEN Jasper
TURGOT Sébastien
VANDENBERGH Stijn
VANSUMMEREN Johan

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

E3

asdfgh101 scores superbly today: Thomas, Vandenbergh and Vanmarcke lead his team and wins by a huge margin, allowing a leap in the overall from 22nd to top.

Today's points:
1 asdfgh101 384 (Thomas, Vandenbergh, Vanmarcke, Boonen, Roelandts and 3 5-pointers)
2 Josedin 264 (Vandenbergh, Vanmarcke, Boonen, Stybar and 5 5-pointers: 9 riders scoring today)
3 Madrazo 254 (as Josedin, but only 3 5-pointers)
4 DJSprtsch 247
5 Karlboss 208
6 Leadbelly 207
7 search 196
8 The_Fool_on_the_Hill 194
9 NairoQ 193
10 Jakob747 188
11 Flo 185
12 Batchuba 181
13 AlPacino 172
14 Hugo87 171
15 18Valve 153
15 BrunoSantos 153
15 IlPirata92 153
18 LightBing 150
19 RoteLaterne 149
20 Bomboloni 146
21 NotRolfSorensen 141
22 EvansIsTheBest 136
22 JustSomeGuy 136
22 Oliveira 136
25 Blackbandit222 135
26 Manafana 131
27 AFrank 112
27 The_Asian 112
29 Armchair_Cyclist 107
29 Mutschi 107
31 Karaev 102
31 Ray200 102
33 Comodoro 101
34 Cyivel 77
34 GeraintTooFast 77
36 MCMountain 69
37 AG 67
37 ItalianGigolo 67
39 Del1962 64
40 Capt_Cavman 60
41 Dazed_and_Confused 55
42 Kazistuta 50
43 HilltopFinisher 40
44 Trudgin 20
CollectiveWisdom 254



Overall (11 of 22 races done):

1 (22) asdfgh101 742
2 (6) Josedin 706
3 (12) Madrazo 665
4 (9) DJSprtsch 662
5 (3) Jakob747 654
6 (1) Bomboloni 639
7 (11) Karlboss 620
8 (12) Leadbelly 618
9 (5) 18Valve 598
10 (7) BrunoSantos 590
11 (16) The_Fool_on_the_Hill 583
12 (8) RoteLaterne 567
13 (24) NairoQ 549
14 (19) AlPacino 543
15 (25) Flo 539
16 (15) Blackbandit222 537
17 (2) Kazistuta 521
18 (4) AG 520
19 (32) search 506
20 (20) NotRolfSorensen 504
21 (27) Hugo87 503
22 (22) JustSomeGuy 494
23 (32) Batchuba 491
24 (10) MCMountain 482
25 (17) Karaev 479
26 (18) Ray200 478
27 (12) Del1962 475
28 (26) Oliveira 469
29 (21) Armchair_Cyclist 466
30 (36) IlPirata92 457
31 (35) EvansIsTheBest 443
32 (28) Mutschi 438
33 (30) AFrank 437
34 (31) The_Asian 426
35 (38) LightBing 420
36 (29) ItalianGigolo 395
37 (34) GeraintTooFast 385
38 (36) Cyivel 381
39 (41) Manafana 332
40 (40) Comodoro 320
41 (39) Dazed_and_Confused 286
42 (42) Capt_Cavman 256
43 (43) HilltopFinisher 218
44 (44) Trudgin 179
CollectiveWisdom 727

Chapeau to Search, who has 11 of his 12 riders off the mark.

 

[asdfgh101]

I knew i'd had a good day but didn't expect that kind of margin over other players.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

So lets see, Bennati and Haymen decides the race was too tough and drops out, Boonen hits the deck and Nuyens is clearly overrated. Going well for my team.

Can it get worse in GW? Possible.

 

[del1962]

So lets see, Bennati and Haymen decides the race was too tough and drops out, Boonen hits the deck and Nuyens is clearly overrated. Going well for my team.

Can it get worse in GW? Possible.

Wow you got less points than me in E3, why did Netapp not giving Sam Bennett a run and why did Phinney have to get ill?

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Vanmarcke is unsurprisingly shaping up to be a great pick which is pretty much the only good thing about my team at the moment. But since Betancur will sweep the Ardennes calssics, I am not really worried

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Lightbing's unique pick of Degenkolb will make him the main point scorer today. Only top 10 finishers logged so far, but those who combine Vanmarcke, Boonen and Roelandts (and that means asdfgh101, the leader, Jakob747, Hugo87 and Batchuba) will provide the day's podium.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Ghent-Wevelgem

Points on the day:
1 LightBing 321 (Degenkolb, Boonen + 3 finishers)
2 Jakob747 299 (Vanmarcke, Boonen, Roelandts, Bennett, Stybar + 4 finishers)
3 Batchuba 275 (Vanmarcke, Boonen, Roelandts, Mondory + 4 finishers)
4 Josedin 250 (Vanmarcke, Boonen, Mondory, Stybar, Offredo + 3 finishers)
5 asdfgh101 248 (Vanmarcke, Boonen, Roelandts + 4 finishers)
6 Hugo87 243
7 NotRolfSorensen 229
8 DJSprtsch 217
9 The_Fool_on_the_Hill 216
10 IlPirata92 213
10 Madrazo 213
12 Leadbelly 212
13 18Valve 208
14 JustSomeGuy 207
15 EvansIsTheBest 197
16 Oliveira 192
17 The_Asian 178
18 AFrank 163
19 AlPacino 162
20 Del1962 158
20 RoteLaterne 158
22 GeraintTooFast 145
23 Cyivel 144
24 Capt_Cavman 135
25 Karlboss 133
25 MCMountain 133
27 AG 132
27 Blackbandit222 132
29 BrunoSantos 131
30 search 126
31 Manafana 124
32 Flo 122
32 ItalianGigolo 122
34 Comodoro 119
34 Kazistuta 119
36 HilltopFinisher 115
37 Dazed_and_Confused 114
38 Mutschi 111
39 Armchair_Cyclist 106
40 Bomboloni 101
40 Karaev 101
40 NairoQ 101
40 Ray200 101
44 Trudgin 49
CollectiveWisdom 213


Overall
Those in first and second this morning both finished in the top 5 today, so they retain those places, unsurprisingly.

1 (1) asdfgh101 990
2 (2) Josedin 956
3 (5) Jakob747 953
4 (4) DJSprtsch 879
5 (3) Madrazo 878
6 (8) Leadbelly 830
7 (9) 18Valve 806
8 (11) The_Fool_on_the_Hill 799
9 (23) Batchuba 766
10 (7) Karlboss 753
11 (21) Hugo87 746
12 (35) LightBing 741
13 (6) Bomboloni 740
14 (20) NotRolfSorensen 733
15 (12) RoteLaterne 725
16 (10) BrunoSantos 721
17 (14) AlPacino 705
18 (22) JustSomeGuy 701
19 (30) IlPirata92 670
20 (16) Blackbandit222 669
21 (15) Flo 661
21 (28) Oliveira 661
23 (18) AG 652
24 (13) NairoQ 650
25 (31) EvansIsTheBest 640
25 (17) Kazistuta 640
27 (27) Del1962 633
28 (19) search 632
29 (24) MCMountain 615
30 (34) The_Asian 604
31 (33) AFrank 600
32 (25) Karaev 580
33 (26) Ray200 579
34 (29) Armchair_Cyclist 572
35 (32) Mutschi 549
36 (37) GeraintTooFast 530
37 (38) Cyivel 525
38 (36) ItalianGigolo 517
39 (39) Manafana 456
40 (40) Comodoro 439
41 (41) Dazed_and_Confused 400
42 (42) Capt_Cavman 391
43 (43) HilltopFinisher 333
44 (44) Trudgin 228
CollectiveWisdom 940

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Was GP Miguel Indurain cancelled or they going ahead with it, anyone knows?

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Was GP Miguel Indurain cancelled or they going ahead with it, anyone knows?

As far as I know, it's on.

 

[ray200]

It had been cancelled for financial reasons but finally found some support and the date was displaced to April 5.
Because of these events, almost no important team is on the startlist : 3 WT teams, 1 Cont Pro (Caja Rural) and 7 Continental teams + National Team of Ecuador.

This means that this race does not have its place in this competition.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

It had been cancelled for financial reasons but finally found some support and the date was displaced to April 5.
Because of these events, almost no important team is on the startlist : 3 WT teams, 1 Cont Pro (Caja Rural) and 7 Continental teams + National Team of Ecuador.

This means that this race does not have its place in this competition.

It does retain its place in this competition (and its original date) although it may well be that there will be negligible impact on the scores.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

6th place for Hesjedal, a unique pick for Search which means he now has all 12 of his team off the mark.

Probably few other points today: tomorrow should be rather more significant.

Edit: no other points gained at all: Search moves from 28th to 23rd.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

RvV
8 teams have Cancellara, 15 have Vanmarcke, 10 have Vandenbergh, 43 have Boonen, 1 has Thomas, and 11 have Langeveld)

1 Karlboss 585 (Canc, Vandenbergh, Boonen, Langeveld, Mondory, Chainel + 2 5-pointers)
2 NairoQ 510 (Canc, Vandenbergh, Boonen, + 3 5-pointers)
3 Josedin 487 (Vanmarcke, Vandenbergh, Boonen, Langeveld, Stybar, Offredo, Mondory + a 5er)
4 Madrazo 460
5 asdfgh101 445
6 DJSprtsch 437
7 Blackbandit222 415
8 RoteLaterne 398
9 Mutschi 388
10 Armchair_Cyclist 383
10 Karaev 383

Overall
asdfgh101 had another very good day, but Josedin in second place does even better, and takes the yellow jersey. Best scorer on the day, Karlboss, moves from 10th to 3rd, the other 500+ scorer today (Nairo Q) is the biggest riser of the day.
1 (2) Josedin 1443
2 (1) asdfgh101 1435
3 (10) Karlboss 1338
3 (5) Madrazo 1338
5 (4) DJSprtsch 1316
6 (3) Jakob747 1231
7 (6) Leadbelly 1178
8 (25) NairoQ 1160
9 (15) RoteLaterne 1123
10 (20) Blackbandit222 1084
11 (8) The_Fool_on_the_Hill 1082
12 (9) Batchuba 1078
13 (7) 18Valve 1069
14 (14) NotRolfSorensen 1040
15 (13) Bomboloni 1027
16 (23) search 1001
17 (11) Hugo87 986
18 (16) BrunoSantos 974
19 (18) JustSomeGuy 968
20 (32) Karaev 963
21 (34) Armchair_Cyclist 955
22 (33) Ray200 954
23 (21) Flo 943
23 (19) IlPirata92 943
25 (35) Mutschi 937
26 (21) Oliveira 926
27 (17) AlPacino 884
28 (12) LightBing 883
29 (26) EvansIsTheBest 880
30 (30) The_Asian 811
31 (24) AG 802
32 (31) AFrank 782
33 (28) Del1962 753
34 (26) Kazistuta 745
35 (29) MCMountain 735
36 (38) ItalianGigolo 707
37 (36) GeraintTooFast 706
38 (37) Cyivel 663
39 (40) Comodoro 589
40 (41) Dazed_and_Confused 579
41 (39) Manafana 574
42 (42) Capt_Cavman 501
43 (43) HilltopFinisher 428
44 (44) Trudgin 238
CollectiveWisdom 1395

 

[karlboss]

One more like that would be nice, but I'm not sure Vanmarcke will give Cancellara another sprint win.

 

[Hugo87]

Bad day for me, Vansummeren to the hospital, Roelandts hard fall too and DNF.

 

[NairoQ]

One more like that would be nice, but I'm not sure Vanmarcke will give Cancellara another sprint win.

If Cancellara would try a little bit more not to gamble on a sprint, but instead rides away where he can (I believe he was so much stronger then the other three in that group, at least, that's what it looked like to me) he finishes alone on the Velodrome i hope. Or with Tom, if God helps us all. That'd be great.