2014 Tour de France CQ game

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 7

Where the points were won, or more often declined, today:
TRENTIN Matteo 80 0 teams
SAGAN Peter 50 1 team
GALLOPIN Tony 35 0 teams
DUMOULIN Tom 25 0 teams
NIBALI Vincenzo 20 8 teams
GERRANS Simon 15 1 team
OSS Daniel 10 0 teams
GAUTIER Cyril 5 0 teams
CHAVANEL Sylvain 3 1 team
VANMARCKE Sep 2 0 teams
VAN AVERMAET Greg 1 0 teams

So today's guaranteed points:
1 GeraintTooFast 50
2 Vladimir 20
2 Kazistuta 20
2 Comodoro 20
2 Handbrake 20
2 Dazed_and_Confused 20
2 Afrank 20
2 Evans_is_the_best 20
2 BeagRigh 20
10 Oli 15
11 Simple 3
12 All others 0
Pretty obvious who has which riders there.

Not enough change for it to be worth showing the whole of the guaranteed points table: that centimetre today means that Sagan has still not been able to lift Geraint above those who are accruing 20 yellow jersey points a day for Nibali's maillot jaune.

1 Kazistuta 505
2 GeraintTooFast 500
2 Vladimir 500
4 Fus87 305
5 Oli 285
5 Josedin 285
7 Minessa 283
8 Crevaison 278
9 18Valve 277
10 NairoQ 272

Other than the stage points, most point changes today were due to places lost by Cancellara and Van Garderen:
SAGAN Peter 50 1 team
PORTE Richie 30 11 teams
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen 30 57 teams
BARDET Romain 30 5 teams
MOLLEMA Bauke 22 2 teams
TALANSKY Andrew 20 31 teams
COSTA Rui Alberto Faria 20 1 team
NIBALI Vincenzo 17 8 teams
GERRANS Simon 15 1 team
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto 12 33 teams
PINOT Thibaut 10 15 teams
...
CLARKE Simon -10 1 team
VAN POPPEL Danny -20 1 team
CLEMENT Stef -20 1 team
ATAPUMA HURTADO Jhon Darwin -20 4 teams
VAN GARDEREN Tejay -58 8 teams

And the projected standings before we reach the first mountains:
1 Vladimir 1818
2 Kazistuta 1808
3 Comodoro 1634
4 Handbrake 1574
5 Dazed_and_Confused 1523
6 GeraintTooFast 1478
7 Afrank 1404
7 Evans_is_the_best 1404
9 Crevaison 1191
10 LosBrolin 1137
11 Minessa 1127
12 BeagRigh 1106
13 Leadbelly 1061
14 NairoQ 1036
15 Fus87 1012
16 Oli 993
17 Josedin 992
18 Tigerion 944
19 Somar13 927
20 Martyfulu 920
21 Search 895
22 Oliveira 887
23 Gotland 871
24 MC_Mountain 867
25 Jancouver 865
26 L29205 861
27 18Valve 851
28 HilltopFinisher 841
29 JustSomeGuy 828
30 ItalianGigolo 825
31 asdfgh101 824
32 LiamP 818
33 Karlboss 790
34 Mellow_Velo 767
35 Del1962 744
36 USPostal 738
37 Mix 736
38 Jorik112 735
38 Mutschi 735
40 Pricey_Sky 728
41 Roubaix 721
42 Jaylew 709
43 LightBing 701
44 DBCoop 691
45 Rote_Laterne 684
46 Armchair_Cyclist 673
47 Flo 655
48 AlPacino 652
49 Manafana 638
50 BikeRacer33 633
50 Akuryo 633
52 The_Sceptic 623
53 BicycleBoy 613
54 Diggercuz 611
54 PeterB 611
56 Yellow_Knight 601
57 Patrick767 594
58 Hugo87 587
59 LaVelocipide 581
60 Tuart 577
61 Shalgo 566
62 the_fool_on_the_hill 541
62 AG 541
64 Mkind07 532
65 Blues_in_the_Bottle 524
66 LugHugger 519
67 Murali 434
68 BigMac 360
69 Trudgin 316
70 Simple 298
71 JosephD 223
Collective_Wisdom 822

Sagan is the only selected non-GC guy/climber getting many projected GC points at the moment, but the gap between 9th and joint 7th is so big, Geraint (the only manager to select Sagan) might only drop a couple of slots.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Trentin wud have earned 25% profit by now.

sad to see no one picked him

Not sure where you get that from: including projected points, he would be giving a 35% return, or a 65% loss, and he is currently the 22nd best rider in terms of projected %age return on price.

 

[JosephD]

I had Gallopin and Trentin in my original squad and decided to cut them to include Froome and Navarro. And it is decision making like that which is why I am last

 

[murali]

Not sure where you get that from: including projected points, he would be giving a 35% return, or a 65% loss, and he is currently the 22nd best rider in terms of projected %age return on price.

calculation mistake

 

[del1962]

1st, 2nd and 4th today, finally of zero points

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

1 2 3 by my team (and therefore Afrank's) today

The clash of titans (Schillinger and Pate vs Bideau and Ji) is looking more and more likely to decide the outcome of the game.

 

[del1962]

1 2 3 by my team (and therefore Afrank's) today

The clash of titans (Schillinger and Pate vs Bideau and Ji) is looking more and more likely to decide the outcome of the game.

If Nibali wins there are other teams with Nibali and two ridders who might outscore Contador though.

 

[Afrank]

1 2 3 by my team (and therefore Afrank's) today

The clash of titans (Schillinger and Pate vs Bideau and Ji) is looking more and more likely to decide the outcome of the game.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 8

Stupid bloomin' computer. I spend ages preparing all the tables and accompanying text, was almost finished, and then it all disappeared before I posted it.

So the abridged version: here is the new guaranteed rankings, and many teams have gained several points today, as Kadri, Contador, Pinot and Porte, as well as Nibali, are all fairly popular picks.

1 Vladimir 635
2 GeraintTooFast 580
3 Kazistuta 560
4 Afrank 420
4 Evans_is_the_best 420
6 Handbrake 395
7 Martyfulu 393
8 Tigerion 390
8 Somar13 390
10 Dazed_and_Confused 375
11 Minessa 363
12 LosBrolin 351
13 JustSomeGuy 350
14 BikeRacer33 343
15 18Valve 327
16 L29205 313
17 BeagRigh 308
18 Fus87 305
19 Comodoro 298
20 NairoQ 290
21 Josedin 288
22 Oli 285
23 Leadbelly 283
24 ItalianGigolo 280
24 Crevaison 280
26 Akuryo 275
27 DBCoop 265
28 HilltopFinisher 170
29 Search 165
30 Del1962 155
31 Yellow_Knight 130
32 AlPacino 123
33 Oliveira 120
34 Rote_Laterne 115
35 BigMac 95
35 Mellow_Velo 95
37 Karlboss 92
38 the_fool_on_the_hill 90
39 LugHugger 80
39 LiamP 80
41 Roubaix 71
42 Trudgin 70
43 Hugo87 65
43 Simple 65
45 Jorik112 58
46 Mutschi 55
46 Pricey_Sky 55
46 Jaylew 55
46 The_Sceptic 55
46 LaVelocipide 55
46 Tuart 55
46 AG 55
46 Blues_in_the_Bottle 55
46 Murali 55
46 Diggercuz 55
56 Flo 52
57 PeterB 50
57 Patrick767 50
57 Shalgo 50
57 Mkind07 50
57 MC_Mountain 50
62 LightBing 45
63 BicycleBoy 40
64 USPostal 35
64 Armchair_Cyclist 35
66 Mix 32
67 Gotland 25
68 Manafana 15
68 Jancouver 15
68 JosephD 15
71 asdfgh101 8
Collective_Wisdom 140


This is the stage at which I would normally start adding the projected points tables, as they begin to have some semblance of what might be expected by the end of the race.
Although the GC contenders had already announced themselves near the top, there were very significant changes.

CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto 216 33 teams
PORTE Richie 175 11 teams
KADRI Blel 113 20 teams
BARDET Romain 72 5 teams
MOLLEMA Bauke 70 2 teams
PINOT Thibaut 68 15 teams
NIBALI Vincenzo 60 8 teams
COSTA Rui Alberto Faria 60 1 team
PERAUD Jean-Christophe 53 2 teams
VAN GARDEREN Tejay 41 8 teams
CHAVANEL Sylvain 40 1 team
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel 27 1 team
YATES Simon 25 12 teams
FEILLU Brice 22 9 teams
KRUIJSWIJK Steven 20 4 teams
...
EDET Nicolas -15 1 team
VOIGT Jens -20 22 teams
DE CLERCQ Bart -20 5 teams
VOSS Paul -25 1 team
FRANK Mathias -57 2 teams
TALANSKY Andrew -106 31 teams
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen -130 57 teams
SAGAN Peter -347 1 team

So many teams get fairly significant changes:
1 LugHugger 477
2 HilltopFinisher 467
3 Del1962 374
4 Trudgin 295
5 Karlboss 279
6 Simple 274
7 LiamP 271
8 BigMac 243
9 Afrank 239
9 Evans_is_the_best 239
11 Tigerion 214
12 Martyfulu 199
13 Yellow_Knight 192
14 BeagRigh 184
14 Hugo87 184
16 Somar13 181
17 BikeRacer33 163
18 PeterB 149
19 LaVelocipide 147
20 AlPacino 127
21 USPostal 123
22 The_Sceptic 119
23 Search 115
24 Shalgo 106
25 L29205 104
26 Tuart 100
27 AG 99
28 Flo 96
29 Murali 90
30 Mkind07 88
31 Rote_Laterne 87
32 Patrick767 81
33 18Valve 66
33 Blues_in_the_Bottle 66
35 BicycleBoy 56
36 Akuryo 51
37 Oliveira 50
38 MC_Mountain 32
39 Mutschi 27
39 Armchair_Cyclist 27
41 Handbrake 18
42 Diggercuz 14
43 JustSomeGuy 10
44 Roubaix 7
45 JosephD 0
46 Pricey_Sky -2
47 Jaylew -9
48 the_fool_on_the_hill -13
49 ItalianGigolo -14
50 Jorik112 -27
51 Minessa -35
52 LosBrolin -39
53 Vladimir -61
53 Dazed_and_Confused -61
55 Mellow_Velo -74
56 Manafana -83
57 Gotland -99
58 DBCoop -107
59 Comodoro -122
60 NairoQ -127
61 Leadbelly -137
62 Mix -142
63 asdfgh101 -153
64 Crevaison -155
65 Josedin -170
66 Kazistuta -194
67 Oli -209
68 Fus87 -230
69 Jancouver -258
70 LightBing -281
71 GeraintTooFast -362
Collective_Wisdom 75


Vladimir retains his lead, Hilltop Finisher jumps 20 places to prevent the 8 Nibalists from being the top 8, and while Lughugger rises 45 places, Jancouver drops by 36.

1 Vladimir 1757
2 Afrank 1643
2 Evans_is_the_best 1643
4 Kazistuta 1614
5 Handbrake 1592
6 Comodoro 1512
7 Dazed_and_Confused 1462
8 HilltopFinisher 1308
9 BeagRigh 1290
10 Tigerion 1158
11 Martyfulu 1119
12 Del1962 1118
13 GeraintTooFast 1116
14 Somar13 1108
15 LosBrolin 1098
16 Minessa 1092
17 LiamP 1089
18 Karlboss 1069
19 Crevaison 1036
20 Search 1010
21 LugHugger 996
22 L29205 965
23 Oliveira 937
24 Leadbelly 924
25 18Valve 917
26 NairoQ 909
27 MC_Mountain 899
28 USPostal 861
29 JustSomeGuy 838
30 Josedin 822
31 ItalianGigolo 811
32 BikeRacer33 796
33 Yellow_Knight 793
34 Oli 784
35 Fus87 782
36 AlPacino 779
37 Gotland 772
38 Hugo87 771
38 Rote_Laterne 771
40 Mutschi 762
41 PeterB 760
42 Flo 751
43 The_Sceptic 742
44 LaVelocipide 728
44 Roubaix 728
46 Pricey_Sky 726
47 Jorik112 708
48 Armchair_Cyclist 700
48 Jaylew 700
50 Mellow_Velo 693
51 Akuryo 684
52 Tuart 677
53 Patrick767 675
54 Shalgo 672
55 asdfgh101 671
56 BicycleBoy 669
57 AG 640
58 Diggercuz 625
59 Mkind07 620
60 Trudgin 611
61 Jancouver 607
62 BigMac 603
63 Mix 594
64 Blues_in_the_Bottle 590
65 DBCoop 584
66 Simple 572
67 Manafana 555
68 the_fool_on_the_hill 528
69 Murali 524
70 LightBing 420
71 JosephD 223
Collective_Wisdom 897

Afrank and Evans are indeed, 'moving on up'.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Pate is in the break. Does he realise the significance of getting enough mountain points to hold onto 10th in the polka dot rankings until Paris?

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Extraordinarily low scores in the Guaranteed points today: none of the top 5 were chosen, nor was Gallopin, who deprives the Nibalists of their 20 points for one day at least. Rojas was a unique pick by Mellow Velo for 10 points, 4 teams get 5 each for Kruiswijk, and two-pointer Feillu is in 9 teams.
Not really enough variation in guaranteed points to justify reprinting it all.

As far as projected scores are concerned, there are some major, but mainly temporary, changes to riders' points, and for those in the game, tey are mainly losses:

ROLLAND Pierre 135 14 teams
DE MARCHI Alessandro 35 4 teams
...
TEN DAM Laurens -14 16 teams
VOIGT Jens -14 22 teams
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel -15 1 team
TROFIMOV Yury -16 6 teams
TALANSKY Andrew -17 31 teams
PERAUD Jean-Christophe -22 2 teams
YATES Simon -23 12 teams
VAN GARDEREN Tejay -26 8 teams
PINOT Thibaut -30 15 teams
KADRI Blel -32 20 teams
CHAVANEL Sylvain -36 1 team
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen -40 57 teams
MOLLEMA Bauke -50 2 teams
COSTA Rui Alberto Faria -60 1 team
BARDET Romain -70 5 teams
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto -80 33 teams
PORTE Richie -90 11 teams
NIBALI Vincenzo -152 8 teams


So most teams took a hit today:
1 Fus87 85
2 Diggercuz 51
3 Leadbelly 34
4 AG 15
5 PeterB 8
6 Yellow_Knight 4
7 Rote_Laterne -7
8 The_Sceptic -9
8 Patrick767 -9
10 DBCoop -16
10 JosephD -16
12 Crevaison -20
13 LosBrolin -24
14 Tigerion -27
15 LightBing -35
16 Akuryo -55
17 BikeRacer33 -61
18 Josedin -71
19 GeraintTooFast -83
20 BeagRigh -84
20 the_fool_on_the_hill -84
22 Oli -90
23 ItalianGigolo -93
24 AlPacino -95
25 BicycleBoy -102
26 JustSomeGuy -105
27 Mix -109
28 Mellow_Velo -110
28 Trudgin -110
28 BigMac -110
31 Murali -111
32 NairoQ -113
33 Manafana -115
34 Jancouver -119
35 Mkind07 -122
36 Simple -126
37 L29205 -134
37 18Valve -134
37 Blues_in_the_Bottle -134
40 Roubaix -135
41 Handbrake -136
41 Tuart -136
43 Jaylew -137
44 Mutschi -139
45 Armchair_Cyclist -140
46 asdfgh101 -143
47 Shalgo -144
48 Gotland -145
49 Hugo87 -146
49 Flo -146
51 Jorik112 -147
52 Pricey_Sky -151
53 Minessa -153
54 LaVelocipide -164
55 Martyfulu -168
56 Search -170
57 Somar13 -176
58 Oliveira -179
59 USPostal -186
60 MC_Mountain -200
61 LugHugger -206
62 Karlboss -224
63 Kazistuta -233
64 Del1962 -242
65 LiamP -244
66 Vladimir -251
66 Dazed_and_Confused -251
68 Comodoro -289
69 HilltopFinisher -295
70 Afrank -318
70 Evans_is_the_best -318
Collective_Wisdom -193


And so now we stand thus:
1 Vladimir 1506
2 Handbrake 1456
3 Kazistuta 1381
4 Afrank 1325
4 Evans_is_the_best 1325
6 Comodoro 1223
7 Dazed_and_Confused 1211
8 BeagRigh 1206
9 Tigerion 1131
10 LosBrolin 1074
11 GeraintTooFast 1033
12 Crevaison 1016
13 HilltopFinisher 1013
14 Leadbelly 958
15 Martyfulu 951
16 Minessa 939
17 Somar13 932
18 Del1962 876
19 Fus87 867
20 Karlboss 845
20 LiamP 845
22 Search 840
23 L29205 831
24 Yellow_Knight 797
25 NairoQ 796
26 LugHugger 790
27 18Valve 783
28 PeterB 768
29 Rote_Laterne 764
30 Oliveira 758
31 Josedin 751
32 BikeRacer33 735
33 The_Sceptic 733
33 JustSomeGuy 733
35 ItalianGigolo 718
36 MC_Mountain 699
37 Oli 694
38 AlPacino 684
39 Diggercuz 676
40 USPostal 675
41 Patrick767 666
42 AG 655
43 Akuryo 629
44 Gotland 627
45 Hugo87 625
46 Mutschi 623
47 Flo 605
48 Roubaix 593
49 Mellow_Velo 583
50 Pricey_Sky 575
51 DBCoop 568
52 BicycleBoy 567
53 LaVelocipide 564
54 Jaylew 563
55 Jorik112 561
56 Armchair_Cyclist 560
57 Tuart 541
58 asdfgh101 528
58 Shalgo 528
60 Trudgin 501
61 Mkind07 498
62 BigMac 493
63 Jancouver 488
64 Mix 485
65 Blues_in_the_Bottle 456
66 Simple 446
67 the_fool_on_the_hill 444
68 Manafana 440
69 Murali 413
70 LightBing 385
71 JosephD 207
Collective_Wisdom 704
Although Nibali couldn't retain his lead, Vladimir hangs onto his. Handbrake, top of the teams that have Rolland, moves up to second.

No doubt there will be big changes again tomorrow: will they simply return us to where we were yesterday?

 

[murali]

No one chose Tony Martin

 

[Tigerion]

No one chose Tony Martin

Another one form my short list who didn't make the team. 800 points for a rider who isn't going to feature on GC was a call too far for me.

 

[del1962]

Another one form my short list who didn't make the team. 800 points for a rider who isn't going to feature on GC was a call too far for me.

Thats the thing, for another 200 you could get a top sprinter who will pick up points a fair few stages as opposed to what seemed like a single time trial, even now Kittel is far better value with 3 stage wins and more to follow.

 

[murali]

i was just pointing to certain winners who will never feature in CQ points based teams.

TM is guaranteed 80 pts in the ITT stage(unless he crashes or forum crashes). at 5% he shud hav looked like a reasonable choice. But he will always be look as a bad choice.
Demare, who is almost equally costly, is considered a very good choice, even though he had gained only 35 poitns so far. A much cheaper cav is considered a very good bet, even though he has high probability of crashing in sprints.

 

[PeterB]

Now I know how Oleg and Bjarne probably feel in this very moment...

 

[Akuryo]

Looks like it was a good idea from me to pick Cavendish AND Kittel and no Froome or Contador.
Okay, my GC-guys like König are disappointing but still a long way to go and who knows...

 

[Hugo87]

Well this is over for me, Contador and Jesus both down, I had Kadri but went over the budget and had to change it to Ted King(abandon too), just a fantasy to forget.

 

[Afrank]

Well, it was fun being near the top while it lasted. Hopefully Nibs can still get me and Evans is the best in the top 10.

 

[murali]

Both my major bets, Contador and Cav, are out. talansky is crashing every day.

with them, my chances of doing better than collective wisdom are over.

Congrats to Nibali-ites. u guys picked a GC contender who didnt crash.

My team's staus:
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto ==> crashed and out
CAVENDISH Mark ==> crashed and out
TALANSKY Andrew ==> crashed
MEIER Christian * ==> he came close to some points in break
HAYMAN Mathew ==> crashed and out
VOIGT Jens ==> he came close to some points in break
ISAYCHEV Vladimir ==> invisible
HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ Jesus ==> crashed and out
PATE Danny ==> he came close to some points in break

I am stuck with just Talansky, who is now in 26th GC. he cud probably do a top-20, but thts abt it


Only 6 teams have all their selections intact.
22 teams have lost a guy
26 teams have lost 2 guys
12 teams have lost 3 guys
4 team, including me, have lost 4 guys
one person has lost 5 guys.

is it 71 teams? or did i make a counting mistake.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

St 10
Well, I predicted major changes today, but not these ones.

Stage points:
NIBALI Vincenzo 100 8 teams
PINOT Thibaut 50 15 teams
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 35 0 teams
PERAUD Jean-Christophe 25 2 teams
BARDET Romain 15 5 teams
VAN GARDEREN Tejay 10 8 teams
PORTE Richie 5 11 teams
KÖNIG Leopold 3 7 teams
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim 2 0 teams
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel 1 1 teams

so the guaranteed points earned today are:
1 Handbrake 150
1 BeagRigh 150
3 Comodoro 115
4 Vladimir 100
4 Kazistuta 100
4 Afrank 100
4 Evans_is_the_best 100
4 Dazed_and_Confused 100
9 Gotland 63
10 NairoQ 60
10 Diggercuz 60
12 HilltopFinisher 55
12 Search 55
12 MC_Mountain 55
15 Akuryo 53
15 Hugo87 53
15 Mix 53
18 Leadbelly 50
18 Trudgin 50
18 BigMac 50
18 Manafana 50
22 ItalianGigolo 35
23 Jancouver 25
24 LosBrolin 15
24 Crevaison 15
24 LugHugger 15
24 USPostal 15
24 Roubaix 15
24 asdfgh101 15
30 Mellow_Velo 13
31 Josedin 10
32 Del1962 5
32 Karlboss 5
32 LiamP 5
32 Oliveira 5
32 BicycleBoy 5
32 Armchair_Cyclist 5
38 Rote_Laterne 3
38 Flo 3
40 Mutschi 1
41 everyone else 0

Guaranteed standings:
1 Vladimir 735
2 Kazistuta 660
3 GeraintTooFast 580
4 Handbrake 545
5 Afrank 520
5 Evans_is_the_best 520
7 Dazed_and_Confused 475
8 BeagRigh 458
9 Comodoro 413
10 Martyfulu 393
11 Tigerion 390
11 Somar13 390
13 LosBrolin 366
14 Minessa 363
15 NairoQ 350
15 JustSomeGuy 350
17 BikeRacer33 343
18 Leadbelly 333
19 Akuryo 328
20 18Valve 327
21 ItalianGigolo 315
22 L29205 313
23 Fus87 305
24 Josedin 298
25 Crevaison 295
26 Oli 285
27 DBCoop 265
28 HilltopFinisher 225
29 Search 220
30 Del1962 160
31 BigMac 147
32 Yellow_Knight 130
32 AlPacino 130
34 Oliveira 125
35 Hugo87 120
35 Trudgin 120
37 Mellow_Velo 118
37 Rote_Laterne 118
39 Diggercuz 117
40 MC_Mountain 105
41 LugHugger 100
42 Karlboss 97
43 the_fool_on_the_hill 92
44 Gotland 88
44 Roubaix 88
46 Mix 85
46 LiamP 85
48 Simple 67
49 Manafana 65
50 Mutschi 61
51 Jorik112 58
52 Flo 57
53 PeterB 55
53 The_Sceptic 55
53 AG 55
53 Pricey_Sky 55
53 LaVelocipide 55
53 Jaylew 55
53 Tuart 55
53 Blues_in_the_Bottle 55
53 Murali 55
62 Mkind07 52
63 USPostal 50
63 Patrick767 50
63 Shalgo 50
66 BicycleBoy 45
66 LightBing 45
68 Jancouver 40
68 Armchair_Cyclist 40
70 asdfgh101 23
71 JosephD 15
Collective_Wisdom 140

Projected points:
Major changes today obviously feature the partial "correction" of yesterday's breakaway results, Contador's withdrawal, and relative failures today.
NIBALI Vincenzo 277 8 teams
PINOT Thibaut 215 15 teams
BARDET Romain 175 5 teams
PORTE Richie 165 11 teams
VAN GARDEREN Tejay 146 8 teams
PERAUD Jean-Christophe 137 2 teams
VOECKLER Thomas 40 3 teams
COSTA Rui Alberto Faria 40 1 teams
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel 34 1 teams
MOLLEMA Bauke 30 2 teams
HORNER Chris 27 2 teams
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen 20 57 teams
...
KING Edward -20 11 teams
HAYMAN Mathew -20 6 teams
TALANSKY Andrew -20 31 teams
EDET Nicolas -24 1 teams
DE MARCHI Alessandro -25 4 teams
KADRI Blel -35 20 teams
ROLLAND Pierre -106 14 teams
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto -180 33 teams

So plenty of gains and losses:
1 Comodoro 463
2 Search 442
3 Gotland 426
4 BeagRigh 398
5 MC_Mountain 378
6 NairoQ 361
7 Handbrake 351
8 USPostal 332
9 Kazistuta 293
10 Akuryo 288
11 Diggercuz 287
12 ItalianGigolo 276
13 Dazed_and_Confused 270
14 Vladimir 259
15 Mix 257
16 Manafana 228
17 Armchair_Cyclist 222
18 BigMac 218
19 Roubaix 205
20 asdfgh101 200
21 HilltopFinisher 163
21 Jancouver 163
23 Mellow_Velo 141
24 BicycleBoy 138
25 Leadbelly 134
26 Oliveira 124
27 Josedin 119
28 LugHugger 111
29 Crevaison 82
30 Trudgin 67
31 Afrank 61
31 Evans_is_the_best 61
31 Hugo87 61
34 DBCoop 47
35 Karlboss 44
36 LosBrolin 34
37 Oli 21
38 LiamP 20
39 JosephD 18
40 GeraintTooFast 13
41 Minessa 9
42 JustSomeGuy -20
43 the_fool_on_the_hill -21
44 BikeRacer33 -31
45 LightBing -33
46 Del1962 -70
47 Fus87 -86
48 Shalgo -115
49 Tuart -124
50 Flo -142
51 Jorik112 -145
52 L29205 -146
53 18Valve -147
54 Mkind07 -149
55 Mutschi -153
56 Pricey_Sky -155
57 Jaylew -157
58 AlPacino -160
59 Blues_in_the_Bottle -161
60 Somar13 -165
61 LaVelocipide -170
62 Simple -189
63 Martyfulu -202
64 The_Sceptic -210
65 Murali -221
66 PeterB -237
67 Rote_Laterne -239
68 Patrick767 -250
69 AG -275
70 Tigerion -304
71 Yellow_Knight -327
Collective_Wisdom -188

Resulting in a new table, and a new leader:
1 Handbrake 1807
2 Vladimir 1765
3 Comodoro 1686
4 Kazistuta 1674
5 BeagRigh 1604
6 Dazed_and_Confused 1481
7 Afrank 1386
7 Evans_is_the_best 1386
9 Search 1282
10 HilltopFinisher 1176
11 NairoQ 1157
12 LosBrolin 1108
13 Crevaison 1098
14 Leadbelly 1092
15 MC_Mountain 1077
16 Gotland 1053
17 GeraintTooFast 1046
18 USPostal 1007
19 ItalianGigolo 994
20 Diggercuz 963
21 Minessa 948
22 Akuryo 917
23 LugHugger 901
24 Karlboss 889
25 Oliveira 882
26 Josedin 870
27 LiamP 865
28 Tigerion 827
29 Del1962 806
30 Roubaix 798
31 Armchair_Cyclist 782
32 Fus87 781
33 Somar13 767
34 Martyfulu 749
35 Mix 742
36 asdfgh101 728
37 Mellow_Velo 724
38 Oli 715
39 JustSomeGuy 713
40 BigMac 711
41 BicycleBoy 705
42 BikeRacer33 704
43 Hugo87 686
44 L29205 685
45 Manafana 668
46 Jancouver 651
47 18Valve 636
48 DBCoop 615
49 Trudgin 568
50 PeterB 531
51 Rote_Laterne 525
52 AlPacino 524
53 The_Sceptic 523
54 Mutschi 470
54 Yellow_Knight 470
56 Flo 463
57 the_fool_on_the_hill 423
58 Pricey_Sky 420
59 Tuart 417
60 Jorik112 416
60 Patrick767 416
62 Shalgo 413
63 Jaylew 406
64 LaVelocipide 394
65 AG 380
66 LightBing 352
67 Mkind07 349
68 Blues_in_the_Bottle 295
69 Simple 257
70 JosephD 225
71 Murali 192
Collective_Wisdom 516

 

[Armchair cyclist]

The top 8 teams are now the 8 Nibalists, and disater aside, he seems likely to simply clock up more and more 20 point bonuses, so let's compare those teams (in order of current standings, with DNFs in brackets)

Handbrake: TALANSKY Andrew, PINOT Thibaut, ROLLAND Pierre, VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen, HAUSSLER Heinrich, (SCHLECK Andy), VANSUMMEREN Johan, KADRI Blel

Vladimir: KITTEL Marcel, TALANSKY Andrew, VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen, VALLS FERRI Rafael, ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar, (SCHLECK Andy), BONNET William, KADRI Blel

Comodoro: BARDET Romain, TALANSKY Andrew, VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen, (DE CLERCQ Bart), ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar, PAOLINI Luca, (KING Edward), VISCONTI Giovanni

Kazistuta: KITTEL Marcel, TALANSKY Andrew, VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen, HAUSSLER Heinrich, ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar, (SCHLECK Andy), VOIGT Jens, JI Cheng

BeagRigh: PINOT Thibaut, ROLLAND Pierre, YATES Simon, HANSEN Adam, TEN DAM Laurens, (ATAPUMA HURTADO Jhon Darwin), WESTRA Lieuwe, VANSUMMEREN Johan

Dazed_and_Confused: NIBALI Vincenzo, TALANSKY Andrew, SPILAK Simon, NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel, TAARAMÄE Rein, VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen, ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar, (SCHLECK Andy), KADRI Blel

Afrank : (CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto), VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen, (SCHLECK Andy), BIDEAU Jean-Marc, VOIGT Jens, KADRI Blel, (KING Edward), JI Cheng

Evans_is_the_best: (CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto), VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen, (SCHLECK Andy), VOIGT Jens, KADRI Blel, SCHILLINGER Andreas, PATE Danny, (KING Edward)

 

[murali]

I am already looking forward for the vuelta game. Froome is going to get damn cheap in tht race.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

The top 8 teams are now the 8 Nibalists, and disater aside, he seems likely to simply clock up more and more 20 point bonuses, so let's compare those teams (in order of current standings, with DNFs in brackets)

snippet..

Looks like I need Bardet and Pinot to tank and Kadri to go berserk, grab another stage win and hold KOM until Paris. Kittel to get dropped on the rest of the stages, while Taarmae, Spilak and Navarro delivers 2 stage wins between them.

Something like that. Not too much to ask.

Thanks A c.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Well I'm screwed in this game, Contador out, Talansky almost out, Schleck out although doubt he'd do much. JVDB not looking like he will repeat a 4th place and no real sprinters to pick up and points.