2015 Tour de France CQ game

[Armchair Cyclist]

Re:

Woops, after making my team in the spread sheet I totally forgot to PM Armchair the team. Is it possible for you to include the team with a massive asterisk (hence not part of the competition obviously), or do I have to keep track myself?

Apparently I'm that lazy and would like to be able to compare easily after each update... :-*

This was my selected riders:

FROOME Chris
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
KELDERMAN Wilco
BENNETT Sam
GESINK Robert
TALANSKY Andrew
DE GENDT Thomas
KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN Merhawi
WYSS Marcel

(It should be obvious to anyone that I'm not cheating seing the above team

Call it a good mood: you have been a regular entrant, and although your team includes lots of popular riders, it doesn't look biased in favour of what has happened in the last couple of days. I've added your team to the spreadsheet, but renamed you "Kazistutalate", and others can read you as an opponent or not as they choose.
While I like to wish all teams good luck, it would sort of be handy if you end up in an anonymous mid-table position.

EDIT: I forgot to post the stage 2 update here, sorry. Here it is:
Stage 2

Guaranteed Points
Cancellara defined yesterday's winners, as no-one had Dennis or Tony Martin, and also defines today's as no-one had Greipel, and Cavendish decided that his teammate didn't need a yellow jersey.

GREIPEL André 80 0 team
CANCELLARA Fabian 55 2 teams
SAGAN Peter 50 1 team
CAVENDISH Mark 25 14 teams
OSS Daniel 15 0 team
VAN AVERMAET Greg 10 0 team
FROOME Chris 5 31 teams
DUMOULIN Tom 3 0 team
MARTIN Tony 2 0 team
BARGUIL Warren 1 2 teams

Today's points:
1 USPostal 85 (Cancellara, Cavendish and Froome)
2 Joelsim 60 (Cancellara & Froome)
3 Trudgin 50 (Sagan)
4= Blues_in_the_Bottle, JosephD, L29205, Leadbelly, Search, Togo95 and Yellow_Knight 30 (Cav + Froome)
11 BicycleBoy 26 (Cavendish & Barguil)
12= ClaudioCappucchino, JustSomeGuy, Midge, Murrjt and Scrooll07 25 (Cavendish)
17 Vladimir 6 (Froome and Barguil)
18= 21 other teams and Collective Wisdom 5 (Froome)


Guaranteed points from the first two days: the popularity of Froome and Cavendish get most of the teams off the mark.
1 USPostal 120
2 Joelsim 95
3 Trudgin 50
4 JosephD 37
5 Togo95 32
6 BicycleBoy 31
7 Blues_in_the_Bottle 30
7 L29205 30
7 Leadbelly 30
7 Search 30
7 Yellow_Knight 30
12 ClaudioCappucchino 27
12 Murrjt 27
12 Scrooll07 27
15 JustSomeGuy 25
15 Midge 25
17 Vladimir 8
18 GeraintTooFast 7
18 Hakkie2 7
18 LosBrolin 7
18 Minessa 7
18 Postmanhat 7
18 Shalgo 7
24 AmisVelo 5
24 Armchair_Cyclist 5
24 asdfgh101 5
24 Comodoro 5
24 Del1962 5
24 Diggercuz 5
24 DJW 5
24 Handbrake 5
24 Hugo87 5
24 Josedin 5
24 Kabete 5
24 Mellow_Velo 5
24 NairoQ 5
24 The_Sceptic 5
24 Tuart 5
39 Jancouver 2
40 Crevaison 0
40 LightBing 0
40 MrHender 0
40 Murali 0
40 Rote_Laterne 0
Collective_Wisdom 5

GC points
Mainly to check that all the names feed through on the spreadsheet rather than because it is of any real relevance right now, but here are the points based on the GC ranking of each rider (all riders get 20, all in the top 50 have more than 20, top ten have 600, 450, 380 ... 160)
1 USPostal 947
2 Joelsim 934
3 Trudgin 600
4 Comodoro 538
5 AmisVelo 507
6 Armchair_Cyclist 453
7 JosephD 407
8 Diggercuz 402
8 Handbrake 402
10 Vladimir 398
11 Leadbelly 375
11 Search 375
11 Yellow_Knight 375
14 Blues_in_the_Bottle 374
14 L29205 374
16 Togo95 367
17 DJW 361
17 GeraintTooFast 361
17 Kabete 361
17 NairoQ 361
17 Shalgo 361
17 Tuart 361
23 Del1962 360
23 Hugo87 360
25 Murali 345
26 asdfgh101 328
26 Hakkie2 328
26 LosBrolin 328
26 Minessa 328
26 The_Sceptic 328
31 Postmanhat 327
32 Josedin 321
33 BicycleBoy 312
34 Mellow_Velo 308
35 ClaudioCappucchino 268
35 JustSomeGuy 268
37 MrHender 261
38 Murrjt 235
39 Scrooll07 234
40 Midge 227
41 Crevaison 211
42 Rote_Laterne 210
43 Jancouver 188
43 LightBing 188
Collective_Wisdom 361

 

[Kazistuta]

Thanks AC. I will do my best to finish mid-pack (easy with the Kelderman pick)

 

[NairoQ]

Thanks for the tip AC, I'll try that once I have access to a computer.

Those with Kelderman are probably already disappointed. It's these kind of things that make the game exciting from start until end (at least, if you still have a shot).

 

[murali]

only good thing about this new forum update this time: i can look at my team by clicking on page one.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 3: Mur de Huy

The update was delayed due to lack of medical attendants

Two of the three most popular picks feature, but the biggest reward is to a brave investor in an expensive unique pick
Guaranteed points on the day
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim 80 1 team
FROOME Chris 70 32 teams
VUILLERMOZ Alexis 35 0 team
MARTIN Daniel 25 1 team
GALLOPIN Tony 15 1 team
VAN GARDEREN Tejay 10 1 team
NIBALI Vincenzo 5 2 teams
YATES Simon 3 5 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 2 35 teams
MOLLEMA Bauke 1 0 team

And yet, it turns out that Froome + Van Garderen (another unique pick) is just as good a return as the stage winner.
1 AmisVelo 82
1 LightBing 82
3 Mellow_Velo 75
4 Joelsim 73
5 Armchair_Cyclist 72
5 asdfgh101 72
5 Blues_in_the_Bottle 72
5 Comodoro 72
5 Del1962 72
5 Diggercuz 72
5 DJW 72
5 GeraintTooFast 72
5 Hakkie2 72
5 Handbrake 72
5 Hugo87 72
5 Kabete 72
5 Kazistutalate 72
5 L29205 72
5 Leadbelly 72
5 LosBrolin 72
5 Minessa 72
5 NairoQ 72
5 Postmanhat 72
5 Search 72
5 Shalgo 72
5 The_Sceptic 72
5 Tuart 72
5 Yellow_Knight 72
29 Josedin 70
29 JosephD 70
29 Togo95 70
29 USPostal 70
29 Vladimir 70
34 Midge 28
35 MrHender 18
36 Crevaison 7
36 Rote_Laterne 7
38 BicycleBoy 3
39 ClaudioCappucchino 2
39 Jancouver 2
39 JustSomeGuy 2
39 Murali 2
39 Murrjt 2
39 Scrooll07 2
45 Trudgin 0
Collective_Wisdom 72

and the standings at this early stage:
1 USPostal 190
2 Joelsim 168
3 JosephD 107
4 Blues_in_the_Bottle 102
4 L29205 102
4 Leadbelly 102
4 Search 102
4 Togo95 102
4 Yellow_Knight 102
10 AmisVelo 87
11 LightBing 82
12 Mellow_Velo 80
13 GeraintTooFast 79
13 Hakkie2 79
13 Kazistutalate 79
13 LosBrolin 79
13 Minessa 79
13 Postmanhat 79
13 Shalgo 79
20 Vladimir 78
21 Armchair_Cyclist 77
21 asdfgh101 77
21 Comodoro 77
21 Del1962 77
21 Diggercuz 77
21 DJW 77
21 Handbrake 77
21 Hugo87 77
21 Kabete 77
21 NairoQ 77
21 The_Sceptic 77
21 Tuart 77
33 Josedin 75
34 Midge 53
35 Trudgin 50
36 BicycleBoy 34
37 ClaudioCappucchino 29
37 Murrjt 29
37 Scrooll07 29
40 JustSomeGuy 27
41 MrHender 18
42 Crevaison 7
42 Rote_Laterne 7
44 Jancouver 4
45 Murali 2
Collective_Wisdom 77
(compare the standings of the two Cancellara teams here, compared with the projected positions below: there is a moral in it I'm sure, but I don't know what it is)


Projected changes
The most significant ones
(As of today's finish: tomorrow's DNSes are still counted in this table)
FROOME Chris 570 32 teams
GALLOPIN Tony 235 1 team
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim 232 1 team
VAN GARDEREN Tejay 190 1 team
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto 90 1 team
NIBALI Vincenzo 82 2 teams
MARTIN Daniel 77 1 team
BARGUIL Warren 75 2 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 63 35 teams
GESINK Robert 57 14 teams
TALANSKY Andrew 43 39 teams
...
BRÄNDLE Matthias -39 2 teams
CAVENDISH Mark -47 14 teams
SAGAN Peter -60 1 team
SIEBERG Marcel -68 1 team
ROGERS Michael -110 1 team
CANCELLARA Fabian -600 2 teams

1 AmisVelo 866
2 DJW 771
3 GeraintTooFast 764
4 Vladimir 760
5 Tuart 758
6 Kabete 743
6 NairoQ 743
6 Shalgo 743
9 Del1962 733
9 Hugo87 733
9 Kazistutalate 733
12 Armchair_Cyclist 720
13 Handbrake 705
14 Comodoro 701
14 The_Sceptic 701
16 Mellow_Velo 695
17 Diggercuz 692
18 asdfgh101 686
18 Hakkie2 686
18 LosBrolin 686
21 Minessa 679
22 Postmanhat 676
23 Leadbelly 662
24 Search 639
24 Yellow_Knight 639
26 Blues_in_the_Bottle 629
26 L29205 629
28 Josedin 623
29 Togo95 566
30 JosephD 537
31 LightBing 348
32 MrHender 267
33 Crevaison 198
34 Rote_Laterne 188
35 ClaudioCappucchino 126
36 JustSomeGuy 120
37 Jancouver 116
38 Murali 85
39 Murrjt 82
40 Scrooll07 59
41 BicycleBoy 53
42 Midge 52
43 Joelsim 46
44 USPostal -34
45 Trudgin -170



There are those saying that the race is as good as over (I don't agree at all): if that were literally so, that standings would be:
1 AmisVelo 1378
2 Comodoro 1244
3 Armchair_Cyclist 1178
4 Vladimir 1166
5 DJW 1137
6 GeraintTooFast 1132
7 Tuart 1124
8 Handbrake 1112
9 Shalgo 1111
10 Joelsim 1110
11 Kabete 1109
11 NairoQ 1109
13 Kazistutalate 1100
14 Diggercuz 1099
15 Del1962 1098
15 Hugo87 1098
17 USPostal 1093
18 Leadbelly 1092
19 Search 1069
19 Yellow_Knight 1069
21 Blues_in_the_Bottle 1058
21 L29205 1058
23 The_Sceptic 1034
24 Hakkie2 1021
24 LosBrolin 1021
26 asdfgh101 1019
27 Minessa 1014
28 Postmanhat 1010
29 Mellow_Velo 1008
30 JosephD 1006
31 Togo95 990
32 Josedin 949
33 LightBing 536
34 Trudgin 530
35 MrHender 528
36 ClaudioCappucchino 446
37 JustSomeGuy 438
38 Murali 430
39 BicycleBoy 421
40 Crevaison 409
41 Rote_Laterne 398
42 Murrjt 369
43 Scrooll07 345
44 Midge 329
45 Jancouver 306
Collective_Wisdom 1109

 

[rote_laterne]

Unexpected points from Guarneri
I'm still pleased with my team even though my second team with Froome instead of Nibali had Tony Martin. But I just can't cheer for a rider I don't like. Also if Froome cracks there's chance for me to make it to the podium.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 4: Cobbles
I hardly ever watch football (soccer) nowadays, but I have seen a number of no-score draws that have been fascinating and tense throughout: I guess that is what happened today in our game (and in the race generally).

Guaranteed points on the day
Well, not quite no-score, but probably as near as we'll ever get in these games
MARTIN Tony 100 0
DEGENKOLB John 50 0
SAGAN Peter 35 1 team (Trudgin)
VAN AVERMAET Greg 25 0
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald 15 0
BOUHANNI Nacer 10 0
GUARNIERI Jacopo 5 1 team (Rote Laterne)
GALLOPIN Tony 3 1 (MrHender)
STYBAR Zdenek 2 0
COQUARD Bryan 1 1 (Jancouver)

Changes in projected points
SAGAN Peter 65 1 team
FUGLSANG Jakob 30 6 teams
FRANK Mathias 30 29 teams
DE GENDT Thomas 25 18 teams
NERZ Dominik 20 5 teams
...
SCARPONI Michele -21 1 team
MARTIN Daniel -33 1 team
CANCELLARA Fabian -35 2 teams
FROOME Chris -185 32 teams

And a table of the level s of humiliation suffered by Froome teams, although most will not be that worried, I suspect. Maybe at least this edition of the game will not be unduly influenced by one rider getting yellow jersey points on the vast majority of stages.
1 Trudgin 101
2 Murrjt 84
3 Jancouver 73
4 MrHender 57
5 Crevaison 41
6 LightBing 32
7 JustSomeGuy 30
8 ClaudioCappucchino 29
9 BicycleBoy 27
10 Scrooll07 24
11 Rote_Laterne 16
12 Murali 0
13 Midge -19
14 Handbrake -91
14 Minessa -91
16 DJW -96
17 Tuart -99
17 The_Sceptic -99
19 NairoQ -119
20 asdfgh101 -120
21 Shalgo -121
21 Hakkie2 -121
23 Comodoro -126
24 GeraintTooFast -142
25 Kabete -144
25 Diggercuz -144
25 Josedin -144
28 LosBrolin -146
29 Postmanhat -149
30 Armchair_Cyclist -151
30 Kazistutalate -151
32 Mellow_Velo -152
33 Vladimir -154
33 Leadbelly -154
35 Search -156
35 Yellow_Knight -156
35 JosephD -156
38 Togo95 -159
39 Hugo87 -174
40 AmisVelo -176
40 Del1962 -176
42 Blues_in_the_Bottle -186
42 L29205 -186
44 Joelsim -195
45 USPostal -196
Collective_Wisdom -119

Projected standings:
All the non-Froome teams beat all the Froome teams above: exactly the opposite applies below.
1 AmisVelo 1202
2 Comodoro 1118
3 DJW 1041
4 Armchair_Cyclist 1027
5 Tuart 1025
6 Handbrake 1021
7 Vladimir 1012
8 NairoQ 990
8 Shalgo 990
8 GeraintTooFast 990
11 Kabete 965
12 Diggercuz 955
13 Kazistutalate 949
14 Leadbelly 938
15 The_Sceptic 935
16 Hugo87 924
17 Minessa 923
18 Del1962 922
19 Joelsim 915
20 Search 913
20 Yellow_Knight 913
22 Hakkie2 900
23 asdfgh101 899
24 USPostal 897
25 LosBrolin 875
26 Blues_in_the_Bottle 872
26 L29205 872
28 Postmanhat 861
29 Mellow_Velo 856
30 JosephD 850
31 Togo95 831
32 Josedin 805
33 Trudgin 631
34 MrHender 585
35 LightBing 568
36 ClaudioCappucchino 475
37 JustSomeGuy 468
38 Murrjt 453
39 Crevaison 450
40 BicycleBoy 448
41 Murali 430
42 Rote_Laterne 414
43 Jancouver 379
44 Scrooll07 369
45 Midge 310
Collective_Wisdom 990

 

[murali]

i have bet heavily on Contador + Quintana doing really well.

AC, can you post your excel file?

i wanted to know how well my other two choices for team would have performed.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Re:

i have bet heavily on Contador + Quintana doing really well.

AC, can you post your excel file?

i wanted to know how well my other two choices for team would have performed.

See post above (11:12 on 5th July)

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 5
The first real sprinter stage: the first real evidence of how few teams have any sprinter other than Cavendish, who looks thus far as if he might fall short of the hopes of those who invested in him.

GREIPEL André 80 0 team
SAGAN Peter 50 1 team (Trudgin)
CAVENDISH Mark 35 14 teams *
KRISTOFF Alexander 25 0 team
MARTIN Tony 20 0 team
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald 15 0 team
DEGENKOLB John 10 0 team
DEMARE Arnaud 5 0 team
COQUARD Bryan 3 1 team (Jancouver)
CIMOLAI Davide 2 2 teams (Scrool07 and Trudgin)
VAN AVERMAET Greg 1 0 team

*Cavendish teams: Bicycle Boy, Blues in the Bottle, Claudio Cappucchino, JosephD, JustSomeGuy, L29205, Leadbelly, Midge, Murrjt, Scrooll07, Search, Togo95, USPostal, Yellow Knight

So the top scoring riders so far in terms of guaranteed points are:
1 MARTIN Tony 172 0 team
2 GREIPEL André 160 0 team
3 SAGAN Peter 135 1 team
4 DENNIS Rohan 100 0 team
5 CANCELLARA Fabian 90 2 team
6 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim 80 1 team
7 FROOME Chris 75 32 team
8 CAVENDISH Mark 60 14 team
8 DEGENKOLB John 60 0 team
10 VAN AVERMAET Greg 36 0 team
11 VUILLERMOZ Alexis 35 0 team
12 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald 30 0 team
13 DUMOULIN Tom 28 0 team
14 KRISTOFF Alexander 25 0 team
14 MARTIN Daniel 25 1 team

and the current standings are:
1 USPostal 225
2 Joelsim 168
3 JosephD 142
4 Leadbelly 137
4 Search 137
4 Yellow_Knight 137
4 Blues_in_the_Bottle 137
4 L29205 137
4 Togo95 137
4 Trudgin 137
11 Midge 88
12 AmisVelo 87
13 LightBing 82
14 Mellow_Velo 80
15 Shalgo 79
15 GeraintTooFast 79
15 Kazistutalate 79
15 Minessa 79
15 Hakkie2 79
15 LosBrolin 79
15 Postmanhat 79
22 Vladimir 78
23 Comodoro 77
23 DJW 77
23 Armchair_Cyclist 77
23 Tuart 77
23 Handbrake 77
23 NairoQ 77
23 Kabete 77
23 Diggercuz 77
23 The_Sceptic 77
23 Hugo87 77
23 Del1962 77
23 asdfgh101 77
35 Josedin 75
36 BicycleBoy 69
37 Scrooll07 66
38 ClaudioCappucchino 64
38 Murrjt 64
40 JustSomeGuy 62
41 MrHender 21
42 Rote_Laterne 12
43 Jancouver 8
44 Crevaison 7
45 Murali 2
Collective_Wisdom 77


Projected points
Other than Sagan and Gallopin swapping 4th and 5th in GC, and some changes on the points ranking, there were no major changes to projected points.
The only selected riders with a point change of >10 points are :
Sagan +80
Cavendish +47
and Gallopin -30

Only about 100 points from best gains to worst losses on the day, so not much to show in a revised table.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 6
As far as our game is concerned, almost a repeat of yesterday: scarcely picked riders in the top ten, almost no change (until the sign-in tomorrow anyway) in GC.
STYBAR Zdenek 80 0 team
SAGAN Peter 50 1 team (Trudgin)
COQUARD Bryan 35 1 team (Jancouver)
DEGENKOLB John 25 0 team
MARTIN Tony 20 0 team
VAN AVERMAET Greg 15 0 team
GALLOPIN Tony 10 1 team (MrHender)
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald 5 0 team
CIMOLAI Davide 3 2 teams (Scrool07 and Trudgin)
SIMON Julien 2 0 team
IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka 1 0 team

Top Guaranteed points: Trudgin up to 2nd
1 USPostal 225
2 Trudgin 190
3 Joelsim 168
4 JosephD 142
5= Leadbelly, Search, Yellow_Knight, Blues_in_the_Bottle, L29205, Togo95 137
then a fall to 88 points for 11th place


Projected point changes
The most dramatic changes arise from some cat 4 hills: enough said.
Selected riders with double digit changes on the day:
TEKLEHAIMANOT GIRMAZION Daniel 80 8 teams
SAGAN Peter 50 1 team
COQUARD Bryan 40 1 team
GALLOPIN Tony 10 1 team
...
DE GENDT Thomas -10 18 teams
VOSS Paul -12 1 team
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim -31 1 team

And even less of a range of score changes than yesterday.

I'm away for the weekend: Sunday evening is the probable next update.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stages 7 to 9
Guaranteed points:
Stage 7
CAVENDISH Mark 80 14 teams
GREIPEL André 50 0 team
SAGAN Peter 35 1 team
DEGENKOLB John 25 0 team
FROOME Chris 20 32 teams
KRISTOFF Alexander 15 0 team
DEMARE Arnaud 10 0 team
FARRAR Tyler 5 0 team
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt 3 0 team
CIMOLAI Davide 2 2 teams
BENNETT Sam 1 12 teams

Eight teams combine Cavendish and Froome to be joint top: JosephD, Yellow_Knight, Search, Blues_in_the_Bottle, L29205, Togo95, USPostal, Leadbelly.


Stage 8
VUILLERMOZ Alexis 80 0 team
MARTIN Daniel 50 1 team
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 35 0 team
SAGAN Peter 25 1 team
FROOME Chris 23 32 teams
GALLOPIN Tony 15 1 team
VAN AVERMAET Greg 10 0 team
YATES Adam 5 13 teams
MOLLEMA Bauke 2 0 team
VAN GARDEREN Tejay 1 1 team

Midge, the only manager to select Dan Martin, is top of the day with 50 points, followed by 11 teams that combine Yates and Froome for 28 points.

Stage 9
(Only showing the riders who were selected, as there are f more than the usual 10 or 11 today)

FROOME Chris 32 32 teams
VAN GARDEREN Tejay 20 1 team
ROCHE Nicolas 12 1 team
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 8 35 teams
BASSO Ivan 6 9 teams
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto 6 1 team
KREUZIGER Roman 6 3 teams
SAGAN Peter 6 1 team
FUGLSANG Jakob 3 6 teams
KANGERT Tanel 3 1 team
NIBALI Vincenzo 3 2 teams
SCARPONI Michele 3 1 team
WESTRA Lieuwe 3 5 teams
COPPEL Jérôme 2 1 team
FRANK Mathias 2 29 teams
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson 2 1 team
WYSS Marcel 2 2 teams
TRENTIN Matteo 1 1 team
URAN URAN Rigoberto 1 1 team

1 AmisVelo 66 (Froome, Van Garderen, Quintana and Basso)
2 Handbrake 53 (Froome, Quintana, Kreuziger, Fuglsang, Frank and Wyss)
3= L29205, Armchair_Cyclist 49 (Froome, Quintana, a Tinkoff, Westra)
5= Hakkie2, Search, Shalgo, Diggercuz, GeraintTooFast 48

So the current Guaranteed rankings positions are:
1 USPostal 385
2 L29205 309
2 Togo95 309
4 Search 308
5 Blues_in_the_Bottle 306
6 JosephD 304
7 Leadbelly 302
7 Yellow_Knight 302
9 Trudgin 259
10 Joelsim 250
11 Midge 222
12 AmisVelo 197
13 Handbrake 178
14 Hakkie2 175
15 LosBrolin 173
16 Shalgo 171
17 DJW 170
17 GeraintTooFast 170
19 Armchair_Cyclist 169
19 asdfgh101 169
19 Mellow_Velo 169
22 Diggercuz 168
23 Minessa 167
23 Kabete 167
25 Hugo87 166
25 Del1962 166
27 Kazistutalate 165
28 Scrooll07 164
29 Comodoro 163
29 The_Sceptic 163
29 Murrjt 163
32 Tuart 162
32 NairoQ 162
32 Postmanhat 162
35 ClaudioCappucchino 157
36 Vladimir 153
36 Josedin 153
36 JustSomeGuy 153
39 BicycleBoy 151
40 LightBing 94
41 Jancouver 54
42 MrHender 52
43 Rote_Laterne 29
44 Murali 22
45 Crevaison 20
Collective_Wisdom 167


Projected point changes over three stages
((Bigger changes and riders selected for the game only)

FROOME Chris 219 32 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 100 35 teams
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto 96 1 team
SAGAN Peter 96 1 team
VAN GARDEREN Tejay 91 1 team
CAVENDISH Mark 86 14 teams
MARTIN Daniel 56 1 team
KREUZIGER Roman 36 3 teams
URAN URAN Rigoberto 31 1 team
FRANK Mathias 13 29 teams
ROCHE Nicolas 12 1 team
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson 11 1 team
...
DE GENDT Thomas -10 18 teams
GESINK Robert -10 14 teams
PAOLINI Luca -20 1 team
HENDERSON Gregory -20 1 team
BARGUIL Warren -30 2 teams
GALLOPIN Tony -132 1 team

So who had a good weekend on the basis of that?
1 Leadbelly 434
2 Search 429
3 AmisVelo 421
3 Yellow_Knight 421
5 L29205 419
6 Blues_in_the_Bottle 416
7 Diggercuz 378
8 Handbrake 374
9 Comodoro 368
10 LosBrolin 349
11 Armchair_Cyclist 343
12 Hakkie2 341
13 Mellow_Velo 340
13 Kabete 340
15 asdfgh101 339
16 DJW 338
17 The_Sceptic 335
18 JosephD 331
19 Minessa 328
20 Hugo87 325
21 Shalgo 324
21 Tuart 324
23 GeraintTooFast 323
23 Togo95 323
23 Del1962 323
26 NairoQ 322
27 Postmanhat 319
28 USPostal 308
29 Kazistutalate 307
30 Josedin 243
31 Joelsim 231
32 Murrjt 204
33 Murali 202
34 ClaudioCappucchino 197
35 Vladimir 191
35 Scrooll07 191
37 JustSomeGuy 190
38 Midge 141
39 LightBing 134
40 Rote_Laterne 117
41 Jancouver 114
42 Crevaison 106
43 BicycleBoy 73
44 Trudgin 63
45 MrHender -109
Collective_Wisdom 330


And where does that leave us: the provisional standings
1 AmisVelo 1608
2 Comodoro 1479
3 DJW 1446
4 Leadbelly 1394
5 Search 1376
6 Handbrake 1372
7 Yellow_Knight 1370
8 Armchair_Cyclist 1345
9 Tuart 1334
10 Diggercuz 1328
11 L29205 1325
12 Blues_in_the_Bottle 1322
13 Minessa 1306
14 Kabete 1302
15 JosephD 1297
15 NairoQ 1297
17 Shalgo 1289
18 GeraintTooFast 1288
19 The_Sceptic 1255
20 Postmanhat 1245
21 Hugo87 1244
22 Del1962 1232
23 USPostal 1231
23 Kazistutalate 1231
25 asdfgh101 1225
26 Hakkie2 1218
27 LosBrolin 1211
28 Vladimir 1198
29 Togo95 1192
30 Mellow_Velo 1184
31 Joelsim 1146
32 Josedin 1043
33 Trudgin 815
34 ClaudioCappucchino 721
35 Murali 712
36 JustSomeGuy 707
37 Murrjt 698
38 LightBing 691
39 BicycleBoy 647
40 Crevaison 646
41 Rote_Laterne 623
42 Scrooll07 606
43 Jancouver 540
44 Midge 509
45 MrHender 459
Collective_Wisdom 1307

The top 3 places are unchanged, but both new entries into the top 5 (Leadbelly and Search) rose by 10 or more places over the three stages, as did L29205 and Blues in the Bottle (now 11th and 12th): Vladimir, however, dropped 23 places from 5th.

 

[postmanhat]

Cheers AC!

Am hoping Talansky and Kelderman can improve now we're heading upwards. Would be nice if Teklehaimanot can hang around in the mountains classification, but fear his job is done and he'll be riding support from now on.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Rest Day
A bit of extra data:
Top scoring riders for guaranteed points (stage finishes and leader bonuses):

1 SAGAN Peter 251 1 team
2 GREIPEL André 210 0 team
3 MARTIN Tony 192 0 team
4 FROOME Chris 150 32 teams
5 CAVENDISH Mark 140 14 teams
6 DENNIS Rohan 120 0 team
7 VUILLERMOZ Alexis 115 0 team
8 DEGENKOLB John 110 0 team
9 CANCELLARA Fabian 90 2 teams
10 STYBAR Zdenek 83 0 team
11 VAN AVERMAET Greg 81 0 team
12 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim 80 1 team
13 MARTIN Daniel 75 1 team
14 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 43 0 team
14 GALLOPIN Tony 43 1 team
16 KRISTOFF Alexander 40 0 team
17 COQUARD Bryan 39 1 team
18 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald 35 0 team
19 VAN GARDEREN Tejay 31 1 team
20 DUMOULIN Tom 28 0 team

Top 30 riders for projected points
(Guaranteed points, plus GC, Green Jersey and KoM standings as though they were final)

1 FROOME Chris 754 32 teams
2 SAGAN Peter 651 1 team
3 VAN GARDEREN Tejay 481 1 team
4 VAN AVERMAET Greg 471 0 team
5 CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto 296 1 team
6 GREIPEL André 280 0 team
7 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 273 0 team
8 URAN URAN Rigoberto 261 1 team
9 STYBAR Zdenek 248 0 team
10 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim 212 1 team
10 THOMAS Geraint 212 0 team
12 VUILLERMOZ Alexis 205 0 team
13 CAVENDISH Mark 195 14 teams
14 MARTIN Tony 192 0 team
15 QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 190 35 teams
16 GALLOPIN Tony 186 1 team
17 DEGENKOLB John 155 0 team
18 DENNIS Rohan 140 0 team
19 KREUZIGER Roman 136 3 teams
20 NIBALI Vincenzo 128 2 teams
21 MARTIN Daniel 124 1 team
22 BARGUIL Warren 111 2 teams
23 TEKLEHAIMANOT GIRMAZION Daniel 100 8 teams
23 GESINK Robert 100 14 teams
25 MOLLEMA Bauke 97 0 team
26 CANCELLARA Fabian 90 2 teams
27 PERAUD Jean-Christophe 88 0 team
28 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel 79 0 team
29 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald 78 0 team
30 TALANSKY Andrew 77 39 teams

Best %age returns on investment based on current projected points:
1 TEKLEHAIMANOT GIRMAZION Daniel 84.7 8 teams
2 CHAVANEL Sébastien 80.0 9 teams
3 VAUGRENARD Benoît 66.7 4 teams
4 BASSO Ivan 63.4 9 teams
5 HOLLENSTEIN Reto 60.6 4 teams
6 FRANK Mathias 58.3 29 teams
7 FROOME Chris 57.3 32 teams
8 SOUPE Geoffrey 54.1 5 teams
9 DE KORT Koen 51.0 1 team
10 VUILLERMOZ Alexis 40.6 0 team
11 BONO Matteo 40.0 0 team
12 BRUN Frédéric 39.2 2 teams
13 TALANSKY Andrew 38.9 39 teams
14 QUEMENEUR Perrig 38.5 4 teams
15 SAGAN Peter 38.4 1 team
16 VAN GARDEREN Tejay 37.6 1 team
17 SCHÄR Michael 35.4 0 team
18 GESINK Robert 35.3 14 teams
19 KREUZIGER Roman 33.9 3 teams
20 DEMPSTER Zakkari 31.7 1 team


Our current leader causes me pride and pain in almost equal measure. Amis Velo is not a member of either this forum or Velorooms, but a guy I know locally. He rides far too seriously for me to keep up with him, but its good to have someone to discuss the sport with in real life. He has had a go at these games a few times recently.

My initial team, submitted to Trudgin on the first day to prove that I wasn't stealing everyone else's ideas, included Froome, Quintana and Van Garderen. Within 20 minutes, I realised that I had forgotten Talansky, who I had marked down as a must have, so I switched for the team that now sees me in 8th (still a lot better than my usual record in my own games). When I invited him to enter this time, I recounted my change of mind, he quickly pointed out that I could have had Froome, Quintana, Van Garderen and Talansky if I had taken the 5 cheapest riders as the filler for the team. As he was a bit pushed for time when I showed him the spreadsheet, he simply concluded "So I'll do that for my team".

 

[NairoQ]

My closest matches: 3 teams with only 2 riders that are different, and one special team with 1 different 'pick'...

The_sceptic: Gesink and Ten Dam vs. Bennett and Nerz
-> beatable, because of Gesink obviously

Tuart: Navarro and De Gendt vs. A. Yates and Kudus
-> possible to beat, provided succes of De Gendt, but likely to win against me

Kabete: Navarro and Ten Dam vs. Arredondo and Nerz
-> possible to beat, provided Ten Dam only goes up from here

Then, the one I'm most scared of... Collective wisdom!
Ten Dam vs. A. Yates is really our only difference. Don't see me beating him, I really hope Collective wisdom does well as they're not really in competition

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 10: The first mountain massacre

Guaranteed points on the day:
FROOME Chris 100 32 teams
PORTE Richie 50 0 team
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 35 35 teams
GESINK Robert 25 14 teams
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 15 0 team
THOMAS Geraint 10 0 team
YATES Adam 5 13 teams
ROLLAND Pierre 3 14 teams
GALLOPIN Tony 2 1 team
VAN GARDEREN Tejay 1 1 team

10 teams link Froome, Quintana and Gesink, and so did the Collective Wisdom team: we all came joint top today!

1 Kabete 168 (Froome, Quintana and Gesink, plus Rolland and Yates)
2 DJW 165 (F, Q, G and Yates)
2 Del1962 165
4 Hugo87 163 (F, Q, G and Rolland)
4 Tuart 163
4 NairoQ 163
7 Shalgo 160
7 GeraintTooFast 160
7 Armchair_Cyclist 160
7 Kazistutalate 160
11 Handbrake 140
11 Hakkie2 140
11 LosBrolin 140
11 asdfgh101 140
15 Diggercuz 138
15 The_Sceptic 138
15 Postmanhat 138
18 AmisVelo 136
19 L29205 135
19 Search 135
19 Blues_in_the_Bottle 135
19 Leadbelly 135
19 Yellow_Knight 135
19 Mellow_Velo 135
19 Minessa 135
19 Comodoro 135
27 Joelsim 130
28 Vladimir 128
29 Togo95 108
30 USPostal 105
30 JosephD 105
32 Josedin 103
33 ClaudioCappucchino 60
33 JustSomeGuy 60
35 Scrooll07 40
35 Murrjt 40
37 LightBing 38
37 Jancouver 38
37 Rote_Laterne 38
37 Crevaison 38
41 Murali 35
42 MrHender 2
43 Trudgin 0
43 Midge 0
43 BicycleBoy 0
Collective_Wisdom 168

Top Guaranteed point standings:
1 USPostal 490
2 L29205 444
3 Search 443
4 Blues_in_the_Bottle 441
5 Leadbelly 437
5 Yellow_Knight 437
7 Togo95 417
8 JosephD 409
9 Joelsim 380
10 Kabete 335
10 DJW 335

Projected Points
This will probably be the stage with the greatest changes, as all the non climbers fell away, and people reach places within a few spots of likely final GC places.

QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 270 35 teams
FROOME Chris 186 32 teams
GESINK Robert 150 14 teams
GALLOPIN Tony 94 1 team
BARGUIL Warren 70 2 teams
FUGLSANG Jakob 59 6 teams
NIBALI Vincenzo 40 2 teams
YATES Adam 36 13 teams
ROLLAND Pierre 32 14 teams
FRANK Mathias 28 29 teams
SEPULVEDA Eduardo 24 2 teams
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson 14 1 team
ROGERS Michael 14 1 team
NERZ Dominik 10 5 teams
...
TALANSKY Andrew -18 39 teams
BASSO Ivan -20 9 teams
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto -30 1 team
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim -38 1 team
KREUZIGER Roman -48 3 teams
TEKLEHAIMANOT GIRMAZION Daniel -79 8 teams
URAN URAN Rigoberto -130 1 team
SAGAN Peter -309 1 team

Team projected score changes on this stage:
1 Kabete 684
2 Tuart 653
3 NairoQ 643
4 DJW 642
5 Del1962 624
6 GeraintTooFast 611
7 Hugo87 600
8 Shalgo 591
9 Kazistutalate 583
10 Armchair_Cyclist 535
11 asdfgh101 521
12 Handbrake 508
13 The_Sceptic 503
14 LosBrolin 502
15 Hakkie2 477
16 Yellow_Knight 466
17 Mellow_Velo 464
18 Leadbelly 459
19 Diggercuz 450
20 Search 446
20 JustSomeGuy 446
22 Minessa 441
23 ClaudioCappucchino 432
24 Vladimir 430
25 AmisVelo 424
26 Joelsim 422
27 L29205 418
27 Blues_in_the_Bottle 418
29 Postmanhat 386
30 Murrjt 370
31 Comodoro 345
32 Jancouver 307
33 LightBing 288
34 Scrooll07 283
35 Crevaison 278
36 Togo95 231
37 Josedin 228
38 Rote_Laterne 225
39 USPostal 199
40 MrHender 174
41 JosephD 153
42 Murali 146
43 Midge 57
44 BicycleBoy -1
45 Trudgin -300
Collective_Wisdom 679


And so the new projected standings are:
1 DJW 2088
2 AmisVelo 2032
3 Tuart 1987
4 Kabete 1986
5 NairoQ 1940
6 GeraintTooFast 1899
7 Shalgo 1880
7 Armchair_Cyclist 1880
7 Handbrake 1880
10 Del1962 1856
11 Leadbelly 1853
12 Hugo87 1844
13 Yellow_Knight 1836
14 Comodoro 1824
15 Search 1822
16 Kazistutalate 1814
17 Diggercuz 1778
18 The_Sceptic 1758
19 Minessa 1747
20 asdfgh101 1746
21 L29205 1743
22 Blues_in_the_Bottle 1740
23 LosBrolin 1713
24 Hakkie2 1695
25 Mellow_Velo 1648
26 Postmanhat 1631
27 Vladimir 1628
28 Joelsim 1568
29 JosephD 1450
30 USPostal 1430
31 Togo95 1423
32 Josedin 1271
33 JustSomeGuy 1153
33 ClaudioCappucchino 1153
35 Murrjt 1068
36 LightBing 979
37 Crevaison 924
38 Scrooll07 889
39 Murali 858
40 Rote_Laterne 848
41 Jancouver 847
42 BicycleBoy 646
43 MrHender 633
44 Midge 566
45 Trudgin 515
Collective_Wisdom 1986

DJW has risen from 3rd before the rest day, to push previous leader Amis Velo down to 2nd, outscoring him by very nearly 200 points on the day. 3rd place Tuart has risen from 9th, and the 5 new entries in the top ten (Kabete, NairoQ, GeraintTooFast, Shalgo and Del1962) have risen an average 11 places to those spots. Conversely, Comodoro fell by 12 places from 2nd place, a fall matched by Trudgin, and exceeded by JosephD.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 11 Pyrenean stalemate

Guaranteed points on the day

MAJKA Rafal 80 0 team
MARTIN Daniel 50 1 team (Midge)
BUCHMANN Emanuel 35 2 teams (Armchair and Joelsim)
PAUWELS Serge 25 0 team
FROOME Chris 22 32 teams
VOECKLER Thomas 15 0 team
SIMON Julien 10 0 team
MOLLEMA Bauke 5 0 team
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 3 0 team
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto 1 1 team (Murali)

1= Armchair and Joelsim 57
3 Midge
4= All the Froome teams that don't have Buchmann 22
34 Murali 1

Joelsim and Armchair are now 8th and 10th respectively in the Guaranteed point rankings: not really worth publishing a new list for so little change.

Projected point changes

MARTIN Daniel 105 1 team
ROLLAND Pierre 44 14 teams
TALANSKY Andrew 41 39 teams
BUCHMANN Emanuel 35 2 teams
FRANK Mathias 30 29 teams
FROOME Chris 22 32 teams
KANGERT Tanel 21 1 team
ROGERS Michael 18 1 team
SAGAN Peter 18 1 team
...
KREUZIGER Roman -15 3 teams
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim -17 1 team
NIBALI Vincenzo -20 2 teams
VANSUMMEREN Johan -20 1 team
BENNATI Daniele -20 1 team
GASTAUER Ben -20 1 team
TAARAMÄE Rein -20 1 team
FUGLSANG Jakob -38 6 teams
URAN URAN Rigoberto -42 1 team
NERZ Dominik -67 5 teams


1 Josedin 137
2 NairoQ 117
3 Kabete 108
4 Jancouver 105
5 Postmanhat 96
6 Diggercuz 92
7 LightBing 90
8 Togo95 88
9 Hugo87 87
10 Mellow_Velo 83
11 Crevaison 79
12 asdfgh101 78
13 Hakkie2 74
13 LosBrolin 74
15 Search 73
15 Yellow_Knight 73
15 JosephD 73
15 Shalgo 73
15 GeraintTooFast 73
20 Joelsim 72
21 Leadbelly 66
22 ClaudioCappucchino 62
23 The_Sceptic 60
23 BicycleBoy 60
25 Midge 57
26 Rote_Laterne 54
27 Tuart 50
28 AmisVelo 48
29 USPostal 44
29 Minessa 44
31 Blues_in_the_Bottle 43
31 Armchair_Cyclist 43
31 Kazistutalate 43
34 Trudgin 36
35 Del1962 34
36 Vladimir 30
37 L29205 23
38 Handbrake 21
39 Scrooll07 12
40 JustSomeGuy 7
41 Murrjt 4
42 Murali -15
43 Comodoro -31
44 MrHender -33
45 DJW -42
Collective_Wisdom 108

Projected final standings
Yesterday's maillot jaune had the worst day out of everybody today, mainly because of the decline of Fuglsang and the demise of Nerz, and so lost his lead, dropping to 4th. Kabete rises from 4th to replace him, although that could be said to be a joint lead with the Combined Wisdom team. Amis Velo remains second, while NairoQ and Tuart swap 3rd and 5th places. Hugo87 and Leadbelly slip into the top ten, the former with the biggest rise of the day, at 4 places which shows the placid nature of today's changes (and riding) compared to yesterday's.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 12

Guaranteed Points
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim 80 1 team (Lightbing)
FUGLSANG Jakob 50 6 teams (DJW, Handbrake, Midge, Minessa, MrHender, Murrjt)
BARDET Romain 35 1 team (Just Some Guy)
IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka 25 0 team
FROOME Chris 21 32 teams
MEINTJES Louis 15 1 team (MrHender)
BARTA Jan 10 0 team
SICARD Romain 5 0 team
CHEREL Mikael 3 0 team
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 2 0 team

1 LightBing 80
2= DJW, Handbrake, Minessa 71
5 MrHender 65
6= Murrjt, Midge 50
8 JustSomeGuy 35
9= 29 Froome teams 21
38= 8 non-Froomians 0

Only change in the Guaranteed Point Top Ten is DJW coming in at 10th.

Projected Points
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim 153 1 team
FUGLSANG Jakob 113 6 teams
BARDET Romain 66 1 team
NIBALI Vincenzo 40 2 teams
FROOME Chris 21 32 teams
GESINK Robert 17 14 teams
MEINTJES Louis 15 1 team
SEPULVEDA Eduardo 11 2 teams
...
ROLLAND Pierre -16 14 teams
TALANSKY Andrew -18 39 teams
YATES Adam -18 13 teams
DEMPSTER Zakkari -20 1 team
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander -20 35 teams
GALLOPIN Tony -30 1 team
MARTIN Daniel -39 1 team
BARGUIL Warren -40 2 teams
URAN URAN Rigoberto -49 1 team

Congratulations to the 9 teams who finished the day in the black:
1 MrHender 102
2 LightBing 99
3 Minessa 96
4 DJW 95
5 Handbrake 74
5 Midge 74
7 JustSomeGuy 63
8 Murrjt 57
9 Joelsim 31

Projected Standings:
Fuglsang more than made up for his lost places yesterday, and His efforts launch DJW back to the top of the pile. Kabete had 4 of his riders in the red today, so drops down to third. Handbrake, in 6th place, is the only new entry in the top ten, but his 6 place rise was eclipsed by Minessa leaping by 7 spots.
1 DJW 2141
2 AmisVelo 2063
3 Kabete 2060
4 NairoQ 2041
5 Tuart 2021
6 Handbrake 1975
7 GeraintTooFast 1972
8 Shalgo 1953
9 Armchair_Cyclist 1919
10 Hugo87 1915
11 Leadbelly 1898
12 Yellow_Knight 1892
13 Minessa 1887
14 Del1962 1872
15 Search 1858
16 Kazistutalate 1857
17 Diggercuz 1833
18 asdfgh101 1800
19 The_Sceptic 1785
20 Blues_in_the_Bottle 1766
21 LosBrolin 1752
22 L29205 1749
23 Hakkie2 1734
24 Comodoro 1727
25 Mellow_Velo 1714
26 Postmanhat 1694
27 Joelsim 1671
28 Vladimir 1622
29 JosephD 1508
30 Togo95 1484
31 USPostal 1459
32 Josedin 1395
33 JustSomeGuy 1223
34 ClaudioCappucchino 1192
35 LightBing 1168
36 Murrjt 1129
37 Crevaison 989
38 Jancouver 898
39 Rote_Laterne 888
40 Scrooll07 845
41 Murali 823
42 MrHender 702
43 Midge 697
44 BicycleBoy 648
45 Trudgin 538
Collective_Wisdom 2060

Sprint or a breakaway, tomorrow seems unlikely to have a high impact on the game.

 

[murali]

i went for a top heavy team and paying price for it now :-(

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Re:

i went for a top heavy team and paying price for it now :-(

Most teams went top heavy: Froome is on 32 teams, and Quintana on 35. It was not selecting from the top of the tree, but the particular top branch fruit that you chose, that has hurt your chances.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 13 A 'Classic Transition'?

Guaranteed Points
As predicted, not much action in the table today:
VAN AVERMAET Greg 80 0
SAGAN Peter 50 1 (Trudgin)
BAKELANTS Jan 35 0
FROOME Chris 30 32
DEGENKOLB John 25 0
MARTENS Paul 15 0
NIBALI Vincenzo 5 2 (Crevaison, Rote Laterne)
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto 3 1 (Murali)
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 2 0
VAN GARDEREN Tejay 1 1 (Amis Velo)

1 Trudgin 50
2 AmisVelo 31
3= All the other Froomians 30

The only change in order in the guaranteed points tables is that Crevaison and Murali are no longer joint last: Murali carries the red lantern alone.

Projected Points
Precious little change in GC and Green Jersey, and none in the KoM, so perhaps a record low impact on the game today:

SAGAN Peter 50 1 teams
FROOME Chris 25 32 teams
ROLLAND Pierre 16 14 teams
BARDET Romain 12 1 teams
TALANSKY Andrew 12 39 teams
...
MARTIN Daniel -8 1 team
ROGERS Michael -10 1 team
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim -12 1 team
FUGLSANG Jakob -28 6 teams

Top ten of each end of the point gainers today:
1 Togo95 59
2 Kabete 55
3 Hugo87 53
3 NairoQ 53
3 Tuart 53
3 Diggercuz 53
3 The_Sceptic 53
3 Postmanhat 53
3 Vladimir 53
3 Josedin 53
...
36 Scrooll07 14
37 JustSomeGuy 12
37 BicycleBoy 12
39 DJW 11
39 Handbrake 11
41 Minessa 9
42 Murali 3
43 Murrjt -14
44 MrHender -29
45 Midge -36

Top ten in Projected points:
Kabete and Amis Velo swap lower podium places: Handbrake in dropping 2 spots is the most volatile mover. There were absolutely no ovements below 14th place in the table.
1 DJW 2152
2 Kabete 2115
3 AmisVelo 2101
4 NairoQ 2094
5 Tuart 2074
6 GeraintTooFast 2009
7 Shalgo 1990
8 Handbrake 1986
9 Hugo87 1968
10 Armchair_Cyclist 1956


My father in law, whose health disrupted the Giro updates, is in hospital again, so I will be away for the weekend. Further updates unlikely before Monday evening.

 

[Hugo87]

Re:

Stage 13

My father in law, whose health disrupted the Giro updates, is in hospital again, so I will be away for the weekend. Further updates unlikely before Monday evening.

Thanks Armchair and don't worry about the updates we can wait.

 

[murali]

we can wait.

 

[rote_laterne]

I hope your family situation improved over the weekend Armchair cyclist. Game updates are not the most important things.

My unique pick Ruben Plaza unexpectedly won todays stage. Not that it matters for my overall ranking but it's nice anyways. So all my cheap picks minus Basso scored stage points and not only points for finishing.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Guaranteed Points from the last three stages:

Stage 14
CUMMINGS Stephen 80 0 team
PINOT Thibaut 50 0 team
BARDET Romain 35 1 team (Just Some Guy)
URAN URAN Rigoberto 25 1 team (Comodoro)
FROOME Chris 20 32 teams
SAGAN Peter 15 1 team
GAUTIER Cyril 10 0 team
PLAZA MOLINA Ruben 5 1 team
JUNGELS Bob 3 0 team
CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan 2 0 team
YATES Simon 1 5 teams

1 Comodoro 45
2 JustSomeGuy 35
3= Mellow_Velo, Joelsim 21
5 All other Froomians 20

Stage 15

GREIPEL André 80 0 team
DEGENKOLB John 50 0 team
KRISTOFF Alexander 35 0 team
SAGAN Peter 25 1 team (Trudgin)
FROOME Chris 20 32 teams
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald 15 0 team
NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas 10 0 team
LAPORTE Christophe 5 0 team
MATTHEWS Michael 3 1 team
CIMOLAI Davide 2 2 teams
VACHON Florian 1 0 team

1 Trudgin 27
2 Josedin 23
3= Froomians 20

Stage 16
PLAZA MOLINA Ruben 80 1 team (Rote Laterne)
SAGAN Peter 50 1 team (Trudgin)
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson 35 1 team (Lightbing)
GESCHKE Simon 25 2 teams (Leadbelly, MrHender)
FROOME Chris 20 32 teams
JUNGELS Bob 15 0 team
RIBLON Christophe 10 3 teams
TEKLEHAIMANOT GIRMAZION Daniel 5 8 teams
DE GENDT Thomas 3 18 teams
MATE MARDONES Luis Angel 2 0 team
VOECKLER Thomas 1 0 team


1 Rote_Laterne 85
2 Trudgin 53
3 Leadbelly 45
4 LightBing 35
5 USPostal 33
6= Del1962 30
6= L29205 30
8= Minessa 28
8= Postmanhat 28
10= DJW 25
10= JosephD 25
10= MrHender 25
13= Teams with Froome + De Gendt 23
24= Other Froome teams 20


Total Guaranteed points for the three days
1 Trudgin 95
2 Rote_Laterne 90
3 Comodoro 85
3 Leadbelly 85
5 USPostal 73
6 Del1962 70
6 L29205 70
8 Minessa 68
8 Postmanhat 68
10 DJW 65
10 JosephD 65
12 Armchair_Cyclist 63
12 asdfgh101 63
12 GeraintTooFast 63
12 Hakkie2 63
12 Handbrake 63
12 Josedin 63
12 Kazistutalate 63
12 NairoQ 63
12 Shalgo 63
12 The_Sceptic 63
12 Togo95 63
12 Tuart 63
24 Joelsim 61
24 Mellow_Velo 61
26 AmisVelo 60
26 Blues_in_the_Bottle 60
26 Diggercuz 60
26 Hugo87 60
26 Kabete 60
26 LosBrolin 60
26 Search 60
26 Vladimir 60
26 Yellow_Knight 60
35 JustSomeGuy 35
35 LightBing 35
37 MrHender 26
38 BicycleBoy 6
39 Crevaison 5
39 Murali 5
39 Scrooll07 5
42 Jancouver 3
42 Murrjt 3
44 Midge 1
45 ClaudioCappucchino 0
Collective_Wisdom 63

Total Guaranteed points to stage 16
1 SAGAN Peter 391
2 FROOME Chris 383
3 GREIPEL André 290
4 MARTIN Tony 192
5 DEGENKOLB John 185
6 VAN AVERMAET Greg 161
7 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim 160
8 CAVENDISH Mark 140
9 MARTIN Daniel 125
10 DENNIS Rohan 120
11 VUILLERMOZ Alexis 115
12 CANCELLARA Fabian 90
13 MAJKA Rafal 86
14 PLAZA MOLINA Ruben 85
15 STYBAR Zdenek 83
16 CUMMINGS Stephen 81
17 KRISTOFF Alexander 75
18 BARDET Romain 70
19 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 65
20 PORTE Richie 62
21 FUGLSANG Jakob 53
22 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald, PINOT Thibaut 50
24 GALLOPIN Tony, QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 45
26 COQUARD Bryan 39
27 PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson 37
28 BAKELANTS Jan, BUCHMANN Emanuel 35
30 VAN GARDEREN Tejay 33
31 DUMOULIN Tom 28
32 IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka, URAN URAN Rigoberto 26
34 GESCHKE Simon, GESINK Robert, PAUWELS Serge 25
37 THOMAS Geraint 22
38 CARUSO Damiano, CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan, SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel 20
53 other riders have some guaranteed points

1 USPostal 636
2 Leadbelly 595
3 L29205 587
4 Search 576
5 Blues_in_the_Bottle 574
6 Yellow_Knight 570
7 Togo95 553
8 Joelsim 549
9 JosephD 547
10 DJW 523
11 Handbrake 504
12 Armchair_Cyclist 500
13 Minessa 493
14 Del1962 474
15 Kabete 468
16 Shalgo 467
16 AmisVelo 467
18 GeraintTooFast 466
19 Hugo87 462
20 Kazistutalate 461
20 NairoQ 461
20 Tuart 461
23 Comodoro 456
24 Hakkie2 451
25 LosBrolin 446
26 asdfgh101 445
27 Postmanhat 441
28 Diggercuz 439
29 Mellow_Velo 438
30 The_Sceptic 437
31 Vladimir 414
32 Trudgin 404
33 Josedin 392
34 Midge 323
35 JustSomeGuy 283
36 Murrjt 256
37 LightBing 247
38 ClaudioCappucchino 217
39 Scrooll07 209
40 Rote_Laterne 162
41 BicycleBoy 157
42 MrHender 145
43 Jancouver 95
44 Crevaison 68
45 Murali 66
Collective_Wisdom 471