THE RIDERS
152 riders chosen, 80 of them asterisked above as unique picks, one strong favourite.
37 teams: STANNARD Ian
25: MOSER Moreno
23: HAUSSLER Heinrich
22: GAUDIN Damien
17: STYBAR Zdenek, VANDENBERGH Stijn, VANMARCKE Sep, VANSUMMEREN Johan
16: POZZATO Filippo
12: PAOLINI Luca
11: DEVENYNS Dries
10: HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis, ROELANDTS J?rgen, STUYVEN Jasper
9: BOONEN Tom
8: GASPAROTTO Enrico, LADAGNOUS Matthieu, THEUNS Edward
7: BOASSON HAGEN Edvald, BOOM Lars, CANCELLARA Fabian, OFFREDO Yoann
6: HAYMAN Mathew, HIVERT Jonathan, MOHORIC Matej, OSS Daniel
5: GOSS Matthew, PELUCCHI Matteo
4: CHAINEL Steve, DEVOLDER Stijn, DILLIER Silvan, EISEL Bernhard, GATTO Oscar, TURGIS Anthony, TURGOT S?bastien, VANENDERT Jelle, WEGMANN Fabian, YATES Simon
3: DE GENDT Thomas, DOWNING Russell, FELLINE Fabio, GROENEWEGEN Dylan, JANS Roy, JUNGELS Bob, NORDHAUG Lars Petter, ROLLIN Dominique, ROWE Luke, SENECHAL Florian, TEUNISSEN Mike, TEUNS Dylan, WYNANTS Maarten
2: BENNETT Sam, BOZIC Borut, BURGHARDT Marcus, DE KORT Koen, DE VREESE Laurens, DECLERCQ Tim, DELAGE Micka?l, GESCHKE Simon, GESINK Robert, GUARDINI Andrea, HOOGERLAND Johnny, MARECZKO Jakub, SELIG R?diger, SKJERPING Kristoffer, TANNER David, TJALLINGII Maarten, TSATEVICH Alexei, VALLEE Boris, VALLS FERRI Rafael, VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume, VANENDERT Dennis
Popularity of picks:
1 NairoQ 188
2 Nepetalactone 183
3 Alykaptan 181
3 Karaev 181
5 AmisVelo 180
6 Batchuba 176
7 18Valve 167
7 DJW 167
9 Madrazo 166
10 GeraintTooFast 165
10 Search 165
12 TomJelte 164
13 Leadbelly 157
14 Asdfgh101 156
15 RoteLaterne 153
15 Vesica 153
17 Hugo87 148
18 Del1962 147
18 JustSomeGuy 147
18 LaVelocipede 147
21 CaptCavman 146
22 Murrjt 144
23 Crevaison 142
24 Oliveira 139
25 LightBing 137
26 MellowVelo 135
27 Armchair 133
28 Comodoro 132
29 GPBlanco 129
30 Kazistuta 126
31 NotMyCircus 122
32 ArchieBoy 120
33 Josedin 117
34 AG 116
35 ItalianGigolo 111
36 PBlazer 106
37 JosephD 104
38 Jancouver 100
39 DJSprtsch 96
39 Trudgin 96
41 Akuryo 92
42 Joelsim 90
43 LosBrolin 79
44 Murali 45
45 Scrool07 40
CollectiveWisdom 224
Collective Wisdom Team:
If we take the top 11 riders on popularity, and then the cheapest of the 3 riders tied for 12th, we have:
STANNARD Ian
MOSER Moreno
HAUSSLER Heinrich
GAUDIN Damien
STYBAR Zdenek
VANDENBERGH Stijn
VANMARCKE Sep
VANSUMMEREN Johan
POZZATO Filippo
PAOLINI Luca
DEVENYNS Dries
HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis
That team is overbudget, at 3204 points, but that is partly balanced out by the inclusion of Henao, who we are told will not be fit to race until May anway. Gives us a stalking horse to aim at anyway.
Ooops picks.
I'll predict now that those 10 teams who have Henao, and the 7 with Boom, will be kicking themselves, for race fitness and team licencing reasons respectively.
Cheapest and dearest
4 free riders in the game: Rollin picked three times, Blain and Soler once each, and Adams "imposed" as a twelfth man.
The most expensive picks are:
GILBERT Philippe 1696 points 1 team (AG)
CANCELLARA Fabian 1049 7 (CaptCavman, Crevaison, Hugo87, ItalianGigolo, Jancouver, MellowVelo, Murali)
VANMARCKE Sep 887 17
COLBRELLI Sonny 882 1 (Trudgin)
MEERSMAN Gianni 850 1 (Los Brolin)
BOONEN Tom 783 9
WELLENS Tim 748 1 (Vesica)
ULISSI Diego 691 1 (Just Some Guy)
STYBAR Zdenek 646 17
CAVENDISH Mark 642 1 (Oliveira)
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