2014 Spring Classics CQ game

[rote_laterne]

thank you armchair cyclist for the game and your (funny) updates.

congratulations to josedin.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Almost top 10, too bad Betancur ruined my team.

 

[karlboss]

I'll take a stab at the best team being.
Terpstra 821 706
Van Marcke 491 554
Gerrans 511 392
Boonen 139 370
Vandenbergh 277 302
Vanendert 96 262
Colbrelli 276 220
Bennett 121 174
Apollonio 98 109
Puccio 92 96
Montaguti 69 63
Grijalba 0 24
Sprengers 4 23
Cost 2995, end score 3995.

 

[mutschi]

Congrats to the winner and thanks for running the game. According to my analysis the 2014 classics series was unusual compared to the past three editions. In the past it was two or three star riders who scored most of the points. This time around the points were spread amongst more riders - maybe reflecting a generational change in the classics? The three big stars of the past three years (Cancellara, Boonen and Gilbert) are slowly on their way out and new classic star riders emerging (Terpstra, Degenkolb, Vanendert, Kwiatkowski - to just name a few), it seems. I went for a boring predictable big name combo and got punished for it - missing depths in the team and failing to identify upcoming riders. Well done to those who dug a bit deeper and left the big names out, choosing a more balanced team and they got rewarded this time. While I do ok in other CQ games I really struggle with the Classics Game every year. I can not even pronounce half of the riders that score good points for the winning teams. Those players all most be Belgians or Dutch to know this upcoming hard men of the classics. Nevertheless, great fun for me playing it. Many thanks.

 

[Afrank]

Well, I sucked this game.

Regardless, thanks for running the game Armchair, and congrats to Josedin!

 

[murali]

i know this is the wrong thread, but when will the giro game start?

i missed this game because of a stupid deadline that got extended thrice :-(

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

i know this is the wrong thread, but when will the giro game start?

i missed this game because of a stupid deadline that got extended thrice :-(

Not sure how an extension of a deadline is a reason for missing it (surely it makes it easier to act within it), nor what is intrinsically stupid about a deadline that is, essentially, the beginning of the race.

As with all previous instances of the GT games, it can't be opened fully until late-ish on the Monday before, as that is when the prices are confirmed on CQ's update. I was going to start the thread tomorrow, but I may as well do it tonight.