2014 Spring Classics CQ game

[Hugo87]

My unique pick Cunego, manage to get 4th place in Bianche today!

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

My unique pick Cunego, manage to get 4th place in Bianche today!

And gets you 4th on the day, and a place in the top ten of GC.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Points from Strade Bianchi

1 Karaev 108 (Kwiat + Canc)
2 Cyivel 80 (Kwiat)
2 ItalianGigolo 80 (Kwiat)
4 Hugo87 52 (Cunego + Poels)
5 Karlboss 28 (Canc)
5 NairoQ 28 (Canc)
5 Ray200 28 (Canc)
5 RoteLaterne 28 (Canc)
5 Blackbandit222 28 (Canc)
5 Mutschi 28 (Canc)
5 Armchair_Cyclist 28 (Canc)
12 Trudgin 20
13 DJSprtsch 17
14 Kazistuta 15
15 MCMountain 13
15 BrunoSantos 13
17 NotRolfSorensen 12
18 AlPacino 10
19 HilltopFinisher 8
20 18Valve 5
20 LightBing 5
20 AG 5
20 Flo 5
20 search 5
20 GeraintTooFast 5

no points for anyone else, or the Collective Wisdom team.

Rankings after Strade Bianchi:
1 18Valve 332
2 MCMountain 321
3 BrunoSantos 319
4 Jakob747 311
5 DJSprtsch 309
6 Hugo87 297
7 asdfgh101 293
8 Kazistuta 283
9 Del1962 274
10 The_Fool_on_the_Hill 266
11 Madrazo 261
12 Josedin 260
13 NotRolfSorensen 254
14 Bomboloni 251
15 Oliveira 239
16 LightBing 237
17 AG 236
18 Batchuba 232
19 EvansIsTheBest 218
20 Leadbelly 206
21 AlPacino 199
22 IlPirata92 197
23 Karaev 188
23 JustSomeGuy 188
25 Cyivel 187
26 ItalianGigolo 183
27 Flo 182
28 Karlboss 175
29 search 165
30 NairoQ 164
31 Comodoro 159
32 AFrank 133
33 Ray200 132
34 RoteLaterne 128
35 Blackbandit222 125
36 The_Asian 124
37 Mutschi 120
38 GeraintTooFast 114
39 Armchair_Cyclist 108
40 Manafana 107
41 HilltopFinisher 104
42 Capt_Cavman 102
43 Dazed_and_Confused 80
44 Trudgin 20
CollectiveWisdom 261

MC Mountain and Bruno Santos both have Trentin + Stannard to leapfrog Jakob for podium placings, Hugo87 moves into top 10.

 

[Afrank]

Gilbert better deliver for me in Ardennes.

 

[del1962]

Gilbert better deliver for me in Ardennes.

And in Roma Maxima

 

[Hugo87]

And gets you 4th on the day, and a place in the top ten of GC.

Thanks again for the fast update, but I still think my team will pay on the big cobbles classic's, for not having Cance or VanMarcke.

I was counting on Moser today and He failed big time.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

I actually considered Kwiatkowski for a long time but picked Gilbert instead. He better find his 2011 form soon.

 

[oliveira]

An off day from my boys in Strade Bianche. Pozzato will raise his arms with propriety tomorrow in Roma though.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Provisionally unique picks of Appolonio (Del1962) and Colbrelli (Bomboloni) seem to be the main gains of the day.

13 teams that invested heavily in Gilbert begin to get at least some return.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Points from Rome:
1 Del1962 68 (Appolonio + Gilbert)
2 Bomboloni 47 (Collbrelli + Sutton)
3 Dazed_and_Confused 29 (Gilbert + Pozzato)
3 Oliveira 29 (Gilbert + Pozzato)
5 NotRolfSorensen 21 (Geschke + Lutsenko)
6 AFrank 20 (Gilbert, and for the other 20 point teams)
6 AG 20
6 Armchair_Cyclist 20
6 Capt_Cavman 20
6 EvansIsTheBest 20
6 HilltopFinisher 20
6 JustSomeGuy 20
6 Kazistuta 20
6 MCMountain 20
6 Ray200 20
16 DJSprtsch 16
17 Comodoro 9
17 GeraintTooFast 9
19 The_Fool_on_the_Hill 5
19 Trudgin 5
CollectiveWisdom 20

everyone else: 0

After 8 out of 21 races (unless GP Indurain is rescued)
1 Del1962 342
2 MCMountain 341
3 18Valve 332
4 DJSprtsch 325
5 BrunoSantos 319
6 Jakob747 311
7 Kazistuta 303
8 Bomboloni 298
9 Hugo87 297
10 asdfgh101 293
11 NotRolfSorensen 275
12 The_Fool_on_the_Hill 271
13 Oliveira 268
14 Madrazo 261
15 Josedin 260
16 AG 256
17 EvansIsTheBest 238
18 LightBing 237
19 Batchuba 232
20 JustSomeGuy 208
21 Leadbelly 206
22 AlPacino 199
23 IlPirata92 197
24 Karaev 188
25 Cyivel 187
26 ItalianGigolo 183
27 Flo 182
28 Karlboss 175
29 Comodoro 168
30 search 165
31 NairoQ 164
32 AFrank 153
33 Ray200 152
34 Armchair_Cyclist 128
34 RoteLaterne 128
36 Blackbandit222 125
37 HilltopFinisher 124
37 The_Asian 124
39 GeraintTooFast 123
40 Capt_Cavman 122
41 Mutschi 120
42 Dazed_and_Confused 109
43 Manafana 107
44 Trudgin 25
CollectiveWisdom 281

Del's win on the day lifts him from 9th to first.

 

[Hugo87]

Congratz Del1962 for the Appolonio pick, didn't saw that coming.

 

[oliveira]

Probably this races were the prologue of this game and now the serious points will begin with MSR. I'm not far behind the lead, but my two ardennes picks (Gerrans, Gilbert) should have been good in MSR vPompeiana, and now they are not so strong a couple. Hoping for bad weather and hard race there...

 

[del1962]

Congratz Del1962 for the Appolonio pick, didn't saw that coming.

Thanks

I read an article which I cant now find about him targetting the classics, I looked at his cost and put him in, he has exceeded expectations though

 

[search]

Thanks

I read an article which I cant now find about him targetting the classics, I looked at his cost and put him in, he has exceeded expectations though

yeh, indeed, good pick. He already said a couple of years ago that his dream was to win the Amstel Gold Race - he mostly is suffering with his allergies at that point of the season though. But with the points gained so far everything else is a bonus now anyway

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Betancur winning PN brought me a grand total of 0 points for this game Still it feels like a moral victory and the Ardennes should be good

 

[del1962]

OK my team for Milan San Remo

Gilbert, Appollonio, Boassen Hagen and Phinney

They could all be there at the end.

 

[oliveira]

For the first big one:

Big Boys (hopefully all in the final selection)

GERRANS Simon
GILBERT Philippe
POZZATO Filippo

+

VANSUMMEREN Johan
WACKERMANN Luca

 

[karlboss]

Milan San Remo:
CANCELLARA Fabian
CHAINEL Steve
HAYMAN Mathew
LANGEVELD Sebastian
MONDORY Lloyd
Edit: jelle Vanendert...the initial list I read had dennis listed.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Here's mine
LANGEVELD Sebastian (5p)
GESCHKE Simon (18p)
KEUKELEIRE Jens (24p)
VANENDERT Jelle (5p)
AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey (12p)

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Lodewyck scored some nice points in one-day races this week but unfortunately they don't count for the ranking

 

[NairoQ]

Hmm, not really much.
CANCELLARA Fabian
MOSER Moreno
VANENDERT Jelle
VANSUMMEREN Johan

 

[rote_laterne]

CANCELLARA Fabian
ROELANDTS Jürgen
STAMSNIJDER Tom
STYBAR Zdenek

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Only top 10 finishers included in these provisional scores, but RoteLaterne and Blackbandit222 seem to be best of the day with Cancellara + Stybar (they are the only managers with two of the top ten), then a bunch with Cancellara, then Bomboloni with Colbrelli, then the rest of the Stybarites.


And Trudgin, the only manager without Boonen, has Modolo as a unique pick, with exactly the same number of points won today as Boonen got in Kuurne.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Points from Milan-San Remo:

1 RoteLaterne 278
2 Blackbandit222 265
3 Karlboss 213
4 Armchair_Cyclist 212
4 Ray200 212
6 Mutschi 192
7 The_Asian 178
8 NairoQ 175
9 Karaev 170
10 AG 169
11 Josedin 165
12 AFrank 155
13 AlPacino 153
14 Bomboloni 148
15 Kazistuta 140
16 GeraintTooFast 136
17 Trudgin 134
18 JustSomeGuy 133
18 Madrazo 133
20 ItalianGigolo 128
21 Jakob747 113
22 Dazed_and_Confused 110
23 Cyivel 105
23 Flo 105
25 The_Fool_on_the_Hill 97
26 IlPirata92 95
27 18Valve 90
27 BrunoSantos 90
29 Leadbelly 85
29 search 85
31 Manafana 82
32 NotRolfSorensen 76
33 Batchuba 66
34 Capt_Cavman 62
35 Del1962 57
35 EvansIsTheBest 57
37 Oliveira 53
38 MCMountain 49
39 DJSprtsch 43
40 HilltopFinisher 42
41 Comodoro 30
42 Hugo87 23
43 asdfgh101 18
44 LightBing 10
CollectiveWisdom 175


Overall after 'Stage 9'

1 Bomboloni 446
2 Kazistuta 443
3 AG 425
3 Josedin 425
5 Jakob747 424
6 18Valve 422
7 BrunoSantos 409
8 RoteLaterne 406
9 Del1962 399
10 Madrazo 394
11 Blackbandit222 390
11 MCMountain 390
13 Karlboss 388
14 DJSprtsch 368
14 The_Fool_on_the_Hill 368
16 Ray200 364
17 Karaev 358
18 AlPacino 352
19 NotRolfSorensen 351
20 JustSomeGuy 341
21 Armchair_Cyclist 340
22 NairoQ 339
23 Oliveira 321
24 Hugo87 320
25 Mutschi 312
26 asdfgh101 311
26 ItalianGigolo 311
28 AFrank 308
29 The_Asian 302
30 Batchuba 298
31 EvansIsTheBest 295
32 Cyivel 292
32 IlPirata92 292
34 Leadbelly 291
35 Flo 287
36 GeraintTooFast 259
37 search 250
38 LightBing 247
39 Dazed_and_Confused 219
40 Comodoro 198
41 Manafana 189
42 Capt_Cavman 184
43 HilltopFinisher 166
44 Trudgin 159
CollectiveWisdom 456

Note that the Collective Wisdom team is 28% overbudget

 

[rote_laterne]

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