2015 Tour de France CQ game

[Armchair cyclist]

And we (eventually) add in the changes in the GC, Mountain and Point classifications to see what has happened the the projected points over those three days:

Quintana's leap in points is due to hi overtakingg Van Garderen for 2nd; Sagan and Pantano have decent points from rises in GC (51st to 26th and 25th to 19th respectively) as well as the stage points accounted for above.
SAGAN Peter 127 1 team
PLAZA MOLINA Ruben 87 1 team
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson 70 1 team
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 68 35 teams
FROOME Chris 65 32 teams
BARDET Romain 65 1 team
GESCHKE Simon 50 2 teams
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto 30 1 team
URAN URAN Rigoberto 29 1 team
NIBALI Vincenzo 20 2 teams
BARGUIL Warren 20 2 teams
...
ROLLAND Pierre -10 14 teams
FRANK Mathias -10 29 teams
FUGLSANG Jakob -17 6 teams
MARTIN Daniel -27 1 team
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim -33 1 team
GALLOPIN Tony -59 1 team
VAN GARDEREN Tejay -70 1 team
SEPULVEDA Eduardo -77 2 teams

For three days racing, the differences in team points are not huge:
1 Leadbelly 167
2 Rote_Laterne 164
3 Comodoro 146
4 L29205 137
5 Armchair_Cyclist 129
5 Kazistutalate 129
7 Del1962 128
7 Trudgin 128
9 Blues_in_the_Bottle 127
10 Postmanhat 125
11 JustSomeGuy 122
12 Shalgo 119
12 GeraintTooFast 119
14 Mellow_Velo 118
15 Search 117
15 Yellow_Knight 117
17 Hugo87 116
18 Hakkie2 112
19 The_Sceptic 110
20 NairoQ 109
20 Tuart 109
20 LosBrolin 109
23 Minessa 108
24 Diggercuz 107
25 Murali 103
26 Kabete 98
27 DJW 96
28 Handbrake 95
29 LightBing 79
30 Vladimir 68
31 Crevaison 67
32 USPostal 64
33 Scrooll07 59
34 AmisVelo 57
35 ClaudioCappucchino 51
36 JosephD 46
37 Jancouver 45
38 Togo95 42
38 Josedin 42
40 asdfgh101 35
41 Murrjt 30
42 BicycleBoy 10
43 Joelsim -30
44 MrHender -35
45 Midge -43
Collective_Wisdom 101

And so the standings as (cliché alert) we head into the Alps:
1 DJW 2248
2 Kabete 2213
3 NairoQ 2203
4 Tuart 2183
5 AmisVelo 2158
6 GeraintTooFast 2128
7 Shalgo 2109
8 Leadbelly 2102
9 Armchair_Cyclist 2085
10 Hugo87 2084
11 Handbrake 2081
12 Yellow_Knight 2046
13 Del1962 2039
14 Kazistutalate 2023
15 Search 2012
16 Minessa 2004
17 Diggercuz 1993
18 The_Sceptic 1948
19 Blues_in_the_Bottle 1930
20 L29205 1923
21 Comodoro 1908
22 LosBrolin 1900
23 Hakkie2 1885
24 asdfgh101 1879
25 Postmanhat 1872
26 Mellow_Velo 1869
27 Vladimir 1743
28 Joelsim 1673
29 JosephD 1593
30 Togo95 1585
31 USPostal 1562
32 Josedin 1490
33 JustSomeGuy 1357
34 LightBing 1267
35 ClaudioCappucchino 1261
36 Murrjt 1145
37 Crevaison 1089
38 Rote_Laterne 1085
39 Jancouver 971
40 Murali 929
41 Scrooll07 918
42 Trudgin 706
43 BicycleBoy 670
44 MrHender 638
45 Midge 618
Collective_Wisdom 2216
As might have been expected, TJVG's race position couldn't last, and so neither could Amis Velo's position. He drops off the podium, and Hugo and Handbrake slide down the top ten, with Leadbelly and yours truly taking advantage.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

If the main question of the race is "How can anyone catch Froome?", then I guess our rest day equivalent is "How can anyone catch DJW?"


It all depends, of course, on who might fall away in the last week.
If Froome were to withdraw tomorrow, it would make precious little difference to the table, mainly because all the top teams also have Quintana, who would benefit most, and they already have the accrued yellow jersey points.
If Quintana were to fail to get out of bed, most of the top ten would remain roughly where they are, but mid-table teams Vladimir and Joelsim would enter into podium contention.

Apart from Froome and Quintana, 3 other riders are near universal choices at the top of the table: Talansky is on 39 out of 45 teams, including all of the top 30, while Gesink and Frank are both on all teams in the top 7 except for AmisVelo, who has neither, and therefore has most to gain if either of them were to falter.

But if these five all keep their positions more or less intact, what other variables are there?
The selected riders other than those five for teams in the reckoning are (withdrawn riders in brackets):

DJW 1st
Fuglsang
A Yates
Teklehaimanot
(Nerz)

Kabete 2nd @ 35 pts
A Yates
Rolland
Ten Dam
Kudus

NairoQ 3rd @ 45 pts
Rolland
Ten Dam
Navarro
De Gendt

Tuart 4th @ 65 pts
Rolland
De Gendt
Arredondo
(Nerz)

Amis Velo 5th @ 90 pts
Does not have Gesink or Frank
Van Garderen
Soupe
Hollenstein
Vaugrenard
Chavanel Séb
(Basso)

The dangers to DJW seem to be either Fuglsang sacrificing himself in a big way for Nibali, or a successful break for Rolland. Amis Velo has all his remaining eggs in the Van Garderen basket, which is only likely to get emptier.

Beyond the immediate challengers, a stage win for Kelderman could raise Geraint Too Fast and Shalgo into podium contention, and a Champs Elysees win for Cavendish would bring Leadbelly up there too (and if combined with a Gesink disaster, would make him likely winner).

But the closest challenger is in fact the Collective Wisdom team: a top three place on a stage for Rolland would put that team in first.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Rider scores
(projected totals as of stage 16)

1 FROOME Chris 1073 32 teams
2 SAGAN Peter 528 1 team
3 QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 498 35 teams
4 VAN GARDEREN Tejay 413 1 team
5 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 390 0 team
6 GREIPEL André 360 0 team
7 CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto 300 1 team
8 THOMAS Geraint 282 0 team
9 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim 265 1 team
10 GESINK Robert 256 14 teams
11 DEGENKOLB John 240 0 team
12 BARDET Romain 215 1 team
13 NIBALI Vincenzo 213 2 teams
14 MARTIN Tony 192 0 team
15 MOLLEMA Bauke 188 0 team
16 GALLOPIN Tony 187 1 team
16 VUILLERMOZ Alexis 187 0 team
18 CAVENDISH Mark 185 14 teams
19 BARGUIL Warren 161 2 teams
19 VAN AVERMAET Greg 161 0 team
21 MARTIN Daniel 155 1 team
22 FUGLSANG Jakob 153 6 teams
23 DENNIS Rohan 140 0 team
24 PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson 131 1 team
25 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel 130 0 team
26 PINOT Thibaut 127 0 team
27 FRANK Mathias 122 29 teams
28 PAUWELS Serge 117 0 team
29 MAJKA Rafal 111 0 team
30 STYBAR Zdenek 108 0 team
31 PLAZA MOLINA Ruben 107 1 team
31 PORTE Richie 107 0 team
33 ROLLAND Pierre 103 14 teams
34 CUMMINGS Stephen 101 0 team
141 riders are on course for at least some points



And those earning at least a quarter of their cost:
1 PLAZA MOLINA Ruben 151% 1 team
2 FRANK Mathias 96% 29 teams
3 GESINK Robert 90% 14 teams
4 PAUWELS Serge% 90 0 team
5 FROOME Chris 82% 32 teams
6 CHAVANEL Sébastien 80% 9 teams
7 PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson 70% 1 team
8 VAUGRENARD Benoît 67% 4 teams
9 HOLLENSTEIN Reto 61% 4 teams
10 SOUPE Geoffrey 54% 5 teams
11 QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 48% 35 teams
12 TALANSKY Andrew 44% 39 teams
13 GESCHKE Simon 44% 2 teams
14 BONO Matteo 40% 0 team
15 BRUN Frédéric 39% 2 teams
15 DE KORT Koen 39% 1 team
17 QUEMENEUR Perrig 38% 4 teams
18 CHEREL Mikael 37% 0 team
19 VUILLERMOZ Alexis 37% 0 team
20 GREIPEL André 34% 0 team
21 VAN GARDEREN Tejay 32% 1 team
22 FUGLSANG Jakob 32% 6 teams
23 SAGAN Peter 31% 1 team
24 CURVERS Roy 31% 0 team
25 MARTIN Tony 31% 0 team
26 SIEBERG Marcel 30% 1 team
27 BARGUIL Warren 30% 2 teams
28 BUCHMANN Emanuel 30% 2 teams
29 WYSS Marcel 28% 2 teams
30 CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan 27% 0 team
31 TOSATTO Matteo 27% 0 team
32 CUMMINGS Stephen 26% 0 team
33 ROLLAND Pierre 26% 14 teams
34 GRUZDEV Dmitriy 25% 0 team
34 IRIZAR ARANBURU Markel 25% 0 team
36 THOMAS Geraint 25% 0 team

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 17: First of the Alps
GC had a bit of a shake up, with most riders moving up due to Van Garderen's withdrawal, and popular selection Frank moving several notches up, but first:
Guaranteed Points
GESCHKE Simon 80 2 teams (Leadbelly and Mr Hender)
TALANSKY Andrew 50 39 teams
URAN URAN Rigoberto 35 1 team (Comodoro)
PINOT Thibaut 25 0 team
FROOME Chris 20 32 teams
FRANK Mathias 15 29 teams
KRUIJSWIJK Steven 10 0 team
ROCHE Nicolas 5 1 team
CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan 3 0 team
PAUWELS Serge 2 0 team
YATES Adam 1 13 teams

1 Leadbelly 165 (Geschke, Talansky, Froome & Frank)
2 Comodoro 120 (Talansky, Uran, Froome & Frank)
3 MrHender 95 (Geschke, Frank)
4= DJW, Kabete, Handbrake, LosBrolin, Hakkie2, asdfgh101, JosephD 86 (Talansky, Froome, Frank & Yates)
11= NairoQ, Tuart, GeraintTooFast, Shalgo, Yellow_Knight, Search, Minessa, Diggercuz, The_Sceptic, Mellow_Velo, Josedin 85 (Talansky, Froome & Frank)

Standings
USPostal, mainly because of Cancellara and Cavendish, has been top, or joint top, since Utrecht, is finally dislodged as Leadbelly takes over:
1 Leadbelly 760
2 USPostal 707
3 Search 661
4 L29205 657
5 Yellow_Knight 655
6 Blues_in_the_Bottle 644
7 JosephD 633
8 Togo95 629
9 DJW 609
10 Handbrake 590
11 Joelsim 585
12 Minessa 578
13 Comodoro 576
14 Armchair_Cyclist 570
15 Kabete 554
16 Shalgo 552
17 GeraintTooFast 551
18 NairoQ 546
18 Tuart 546
20 Del1962 545
21 Hakkie2 537
21 AmisVelo 537
23 LosBrolin 532
23 Hugo87 532
25 asdfgh101 531
25 Kazistutalate 531
27 Diggercuz 524
28 Mellow_Velo 523
29 The_Sceptic 522
30 Postmanhat 511
31 Vladimir 484
32 Josedin 477
33 Trudgin 404
34 Midge 323
35 Murrjt 322
36 LightBing 312
37 JustSomeGuy 298
38 ClaudioCappucchino 282
39 Scrooll07 260
40 MrHender 240
41 BicycleBoy 222
42 Rote_Laterne 212
43 Jancouver 160
44 Crevaison 133
45 Murali 66
Collective_Wisdom 557


Projected points
Most riders in the upper echelons (but not Froome, Quintana or Contador, nor Gallopin who drops) gain through the DNF by Van Garderen: popular choices Frank and Talansky have major rises, even apart from their stage points.

The gains and losses today are:
FRANK Mathias 95 29 teams
TALANSKY Andrew 92 39 teams
GESCHKE Simon 88 2 teams
URAN URAN Rigoberto 49 1 team
GESINK Robert 30 14 teams
NIBALI Vincenzo 30 2 teams
FROOME Chris 20 32 teams
ROCHE Nicolas 18 1 team
YATES Adam 13 13 teams
ROLLAND Pierre 10 14 teams
TEKLEHAIMANOT GIRMAZION Daniel 10 8 teams
...
FUGLSANG Jakob -8 6 teams
DIDIER Laurent -20 1 team
COPPEL Jérôme -20 1 team
BENNETT Sam -20 12 teams
GALLOPIN Tony -46 1 team
VAN GARDEREN Tejay -380 1 team


Massive losses for the one team that had TJVG, six of the top 8 on the day were in the top eight overall before the rest day.
1 Leadbelly 295
2 Kabete 260
3 Comodoro 256
4 DJW 252
5 NairoQ 247
5 Tuart 247
7 GeraintTooFast 237
7 Crevaison 237
9 JosephD 230
10 ClaudioCappucchino 223
11 Hakkie2 220
12 Diggercuz 219
13 Shalgo 217
14 Handbrake 214
15 Minessa 209
16 Search 207
16 Yellow_Knight 207
18 LosBrolin 200
18 asdfgh101 200
20 The_Sceptic 197
20 Josedin 197
20 BicycleBoy 197
23 Mellow_Velo 187
24 LightBing 185
25 Jancouver 177
26 Murrjt 172
27 Joelsim 158
28 Togo95 153
29 Hugo87 152
29 Vladimir 152
31 Armchair_Cyclist 144
32 Rote_Laterne 143
33 Del1962 135
34 Postmanhat 132
35 USPostal 125
36 Kazistutalate 122
37 L29205 112
38 JustSomeGuy 110
39 MrHender 109
40 Scrooll07 105
41 Blues_in_the_Bottle 92
42 Murali 10
43 Trudgin -10
44 Midge -30
45 AmisVelo -268
Collective_Wisdom 260

Overall
The top four remain unchanged, all having had a good result today, while Leadbelly moves up 3 places and into podium contention, especially as he has the Cavendish potential for Paris. Handbrake and Yellow Knight have also had 3 place rises to get into the top ten, but Comodoro's 5 spots saw the biggest positive place change. I shall take great pleasure in telling Amis Velo tonight that he has fallen 22 places from 5th.
1 DJW 2500
2 Kabete 2473
3 NairoQ 2450
4 Tuart 2430
5 Leadbelly 2397
6 GeraintTooFast 2365
7 Shalgo 2326
8 Handbrake 2295
9 Yellow_Knight 2253
10 Hugo87 2236
11 Armchair_Cyclist 2229
12 Search 2219
13 Minessa 2213
14 Diggercuz 2212
15 Del1962 2174
16 Comodoro 2164
17 The_Sceptic 2145
17 Kazistutalate 2145
19 Hakkie2 2105
20 LosBrolin 2100
21 asdfgh101 2079
22 Mellow_Velo 2056
23 L29205 2035
24 Blues_in_the_Bottle 2022
25 Postmanhat 2004
26 Vladimir 1895
27 AmisVelo 1890
28 Joelsim 1831
29 JosephD 1823
30 Togo95 1738
31 Josedin 1687
31 USPostal 1687
33 ClaudioCappucchino 1484
34 JustSomeGuy 1467
35 LightBing 1452
36 Crevaison 1326
37 Murrjt 1317
38 Rote_Laterne 1228
39 Jancouver 1148
40 Scrooll07 1023
41 Murali 939
42 BicycleBoy 867
43 MrHender 747
44 Trudgin 696
45 Midge 588
Collective_Wisdom 2476

 

[NairoQ]

Will be exciting to follow today! I think me and Kabete gained a few points relatively, thanks to Rolland, and I gained some relative to Kabete thanks to A. Yates worsening. I think it's really close between the three of us, didn't calculate though.

 

[NairoQ]

Kabete takes it home, is my guess. One of the most exciting games to follow (for me personally), close until the end!

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Had to go down to my in-laws again: still working it out.

But I might post in bits and pieces, as I go through the last 3 days and to extend the suspense...

 

[NairoQ]

Sounds cool, gives me more of a chance to grab the first place, if even! No hurry at all, extend it until the Vuelta if you can

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Guaranteed pts
Stage 18
BARDET Romain 80 1 team (Just Some Guy)
ROLLAND Pierre 50 14 teams
ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew 35 0 team
JUNGELS Bob 25 0 team
FROOME Chris 20 32 teams
FUGLSANG Jakob 15 6 teams
PAUWELS Serge 10 0 team
GAUTIER Cyril 5 0 team
CARUSO Damiano 3 0 team
TALANSKY Andrew 2 39 teams
BARGUIL Warren 1 2 teams

1 JustSomeGuy 80 (Bardet)
2 Vladimir 73 (Rolland, Froome, Talansky and Barguil)
3= Kabete, NairoQ, Tuart, Hugo87, Diggercuz, The_Sceptic, Postmanhat, Togo95, Josedin & Collective Wisdom 72 (Rolland, Froome and Talansky)
12= LightBing, Crevaison, Rote_Laterne, Jancouver 52 (Rolland and Talansky)
16= DJW, Handbrake, Minessa 37 (Froome, Fuglsang and Talansky)
19= Loads of Froome amd Talansky teams 22

Standings in projected points on Thursday evening

Collective_Wisdom 2496
1 Kabete 2488
2 DJW 2485
3 NairoQ 2482
4 Tuart 2462
5 Leadbelly 2352
6 GeraintTooFast 2337
7 Handbrake 2302
8 Shalgo 2298
9 Hugo87 2263
10 Diggercuz 2246

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 19
NIBALI Vincenzo 80 2 teams
FROOME Chris 55 32 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 50 35 teams
PINOT Thibaut 25 0 team
BARDET Romain 15 1 team
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 10 0 team
MOLLEMA Bauke 5 0 team
GESINK Robert 3 14 teams
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto 2 1 team
SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel 1 0 team


1= Crevaison and Rote_Laterne 130 (Quintana and Nibali)
3= Kabete, DJW, NairoQ, Tuart, GeraintTooFast, Shalgo, Hugo87, Armchair_Cyclist, Del1962, Kazistutalate & Collective Wisdom 108
13= Teams with Froome and Quinana but not Gesink 105


Standings in projected points on Friday evening

Collective_Wisdom 2725
1 Kabete 2719
2 NairoQ 2714
3 Tuart 2694
4 DJW 2648
5 GeraintTooFast 2534
6 Leadbelly 2529
7 Diggercuz 2494
8 Shalgo 2485
9 Handbrake 2475
10 Hugo87 2467

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 20

PINOT Thibaut 80 0 team
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 50 35 teams
FROOME Chris 35 32 teams
HESJEDAL Ryder 35 1 team
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 25 0 team
ROLLAND Pierre 10 14 teams
PORTE Richie 5 0 team
ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew 3 0 team
POELS Wout 2 0 team
PLAZA MOLINA Ruben 1 1 team

1= Kabete, NairoQ, Tuart, Diggercuz, Hugo87, The_Sceptic, Postmanhat and Collective Wisdom 95 (Froome, Quintana and Rolland)
8= Froome +Quintana teams 85


Guaranteed points to stage 20:
1 Leadbelly 972
2 Search 873
3 L29205 869
4 Yellow_Knight 867
5 Blues_in_the_Bottle 856
6 DJW 839
7 Kabete 829
8 NairoQ 821
8 Tuart 821
10 USPostal 819
11 Handbrake 817
12 Hugo87 807
13 Minessa 805
14 Togo95 801
15 Diggercuz 796
16 The_Sceptic 794
17 Comodoro 788
18 Armchair_Cyclist 785
19 Postmanhat 783
20 Shalgo 767
21 GeraintTooFast 766
22 Del1962 760
23 Hakkie2 749
23 AmisVelo 749
25 Kazistutalate 746
26 JosephD 745
27 LosBrolin 744
28 asdfgh101 743
29 Mellow_Velo 735
30 Joelsim 698
31 Vladimir 660
32 Josedin 649
33 JustSomeGuy 496
34 LightBing 474
35 Rote_Laterne 455
36 Murrjt 439
37 Trudgin 404
38 ClaudioCappucchino 387
39 Crevaison 375
40 Scrooll07 362
41 Midge 338
42 Jancouver 322
43 BicycleBoy 260
44 MrHender 255
45 Murali 168
Collective_Wisdom 832

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Projected point changes over stages 18 to 20

NIBALI Vincenzo 170 2 teams
BARDET Romain 160 1 team
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 147 35 teams
ROLLAND Pierre 120 14 teams
FROOME Chris 115 32 teams
HESJEDAL Ryder 46 1 team
PLAZA MOLINA Ruben 28 1 team
KREUZIGER Roman 23 3 teams
KANGERT Tanel 12 1 team
TALANSKY Andrew 12 39 teams
SCARPONI Michele 10 1 team
...
FUGLSANG Jakob -11 6 teams
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson -11 1 team
YATES Adam -14 13 teams
MEINTJES Louis -20 1 team
GESCHKE Simon -26 2 teams
SAGAN Peter -26 1 team
URAN URAN Rigoberto -26 1 team
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim -33 1 team
BARGUIL Warren -49 2 teams
GALLOPIN Tony -49 1 team


1 Rote_Laterne 469
2 Crevaison 441
3 Diggercuz 417
4 NairoQ 398
4 Tuart 398
6 Hugo87 396
6 The_Sceptic 396
8 Postmanhat 388
9 Kabete 382
10 JustSomeGuy 309
11 Armchair_Cyclist 301
12 GeraintTooFast 288
13 Shalgo 278
13 Kazistutalate 278
15 Jancouver 276
16 Search 274
16 L29205 274
16 Yellow_Knight 274
16 Blues_in_the_Bottle 274
16 Handbrake 274
16 AmisVelo 274
16 Mellow_Velo 274
23 Del1962 262
23 Hakkie2 262
23 asdfgh101 262
26 LosBrolin 260
27 Minessa 257
28 Leadbelly 248
28 Comodoro 248
30 Josedin 247
31 DJW 243
32 Togo95 235
32 LightBing 235
34 Vladimir 200
35 ClaudioCappucchino 173
36 Scrooll07 147
37 Murali 141
38 Murrjt 136
39 USPostal 115
40 JosephD 105
41 Joelsim 103
42 BicycleBoy 1
43 Midge -7
44 Trudgin -28
45 MrHender -106
Collective_Wisdom 384

 

[Armchair cyclist]

The projected, but unlikely to change very much, points are:
1 Kabete 2855
2 NairoQ 2848
3 Tuart 2828
4 DJW 2743
5 GeraintTooFast 2653
6 Leadbelly 2645
7 Hugo87 2632
8 Diggercuz 2629
9 Shalgo 2604
10 Handbrake 2569
11 The_Sceptic 2541
12 Armchair_Cyclist 2530
13 Yellow_Knight 2527
14 Search 2493
15 Minessa 2470
16 Del1962 2436
17 Kazistutalate 2423
18 Comodoro 2412
19 Postmanhat 2392
20 Hakkie2 2367
21 LosBrolin 2360
22 asdfgh101 2341
23 Mellow_Velo 2330
24 L29205 2309
25 Blues_in_the_Bottle 2296
26 AmisVelo 2164
27 Vladimir 2095
28 Togo95 1973
29 Josedin 1934
29 Joelsim 1934
31 JosephD 1928
32 USPostal 1802
33 JustSomeGuy 1776
34 Crevaison 1767
35 Rote_Laterne 1697
36 LightBing 1687
37 ClaudioCappucchino 1657
38 Murrjt 1453
39 Jancouver 1424
40 Scrooll07 1170
41 Murali 1080
42 BicycleBoy 868
43 Trudgin 668
44 MrHender 641
45 Midge 581
Collective_Wisdom 2860

 

[NairoQ]

At least I came close, and I'm doing my nickname honor! Congratz!

 

[Hugo87]

Very close edition!

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 21 Paris at last

The balance between cost of best sprinters and the number of stages they were likely to feature in meant that they were rare picks.
GREIPEL André 80 0 team
COQUARD Bryan 50 1 team (Jancouver)
KRISTOFF Alexander 35 0 team
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald 25 0 team
DEMARE Arnaud 15 0 team
CAVENDISH Mark 10 14 teams
SAGAN Peter 5 1 team
DEGENKOLB John 3 0 team
MATTHEWS Michael 2 1 team
NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas 1 0 team
No 20 point bonus for Froome today.

Jancouver got 50 points, the 14 teams with Cavendish got 10, and so on...

And changes in the classification points were even fewer: none in GC or KoM, and gains of 5 pts and 1 pt for Coquard and Krisstoff, and equivalent losses for Froome and Plaza, and that's it.

Final stage+jersey (formerly guaranteed) points:
1 Leadbelly 982
2 Search 883
3 L29205 879
4 Yellow_Knight 877
5 Blues_in_the_Bottle 866
6 DJW 839
7 USPostal 829
7 Kabete 829
9 NairoQ 821
9 Tuart 821
11 Handbrake 817
12 Togo95 811
13 Hugo87 807
14 Minessa 805
15 Diggercuz 796
16 The_Sceptic 794
17 Comodoro 788
18 Armchair_Cyclist 785
19 Postmanhat 783
20 Shalgo 767
21 GeraintTooFast 766
22 Del1962 760
23 JosephD 755
24 Hakkie2 749
24 AmisVelo 749
26 Kazistutalate 746
27 LosBrolin 744
28 asdfgh101 743
29 Mellow_Velo 735
30 Joelsim 698
31 Vladimir 660
32 Josedin 651
33 JustSomeGuy 506
34 LightBing 474
35 Rote_Laterne 455
36 Murrjt 449
37 Trudgin 409
38 ClaudioCappucchino 397
39 Crevaison 375
40 Jancouver 372
40 Scrooll07 372
42 Midge 348
43 BicycleBoy 270
44 MrHender 255
45 Murali 168
Collective_Wisdom 832


And the overall result:
Cavendish brings Leadbelly one place higher: similar changes further down, otherwise, we knew the result yesterday.
1 Kabete 2850
2 NairoQ 2843
3 Tuart 2823
4 DJW 2738
5 Leadbelly 2650
6 GeraintTooFast 2648
7 Hugo87 2627
8 Diggercuz 2624
9 Shalgo 2599
10 Handbrake 2564
11 The_Sceptic 2536
12 Yellow_Knight 2532
13 Armchair_Cyclist 2525
14 Search 2498
15 Minessa 2465
16 Del1962 2431
17 Kazistutalate 2418
18 Comodoro 2407
19 Postmanhat 2387
20 Hakkie2 2362
21 LosBrolin 2355
22 asdfgh101 2336
23 Mellow_Velo 2325
24 L29205 2314
25 Blues_in_the_Bottle 2301
26 AmisVelo 2159
27 Vladimir 2090
28 Togo95 1978
29 JosephD 1933
30 Josedin 1931
31 Joelsim 1929
32 USPostal 1807
33 JustSomeGuy 1786
34 Crevaison 1767
35 Rote_Laterne 1696
36 LightBing 1687
37 ClaudioCappucchino 1667
38 Jancouver 1479
39 Murrjt 1463
40 Scrooll07 1180
41 Murali 1080
42 BicycleBoy 878
43 Trudgin 673
44 MrHender 641
45 Midge 591
Collective_Wisdom 2855

Well done to Kabete, to all who ran him close, and to all who contributed to the best scoring team of all, our selection based on the most popular picks.

Thanks for having a go: see you all again for the Vuelta in a few weeks time.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Top scoring riders
1 FROOME Chris 1203 32 teams
2 QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 645 35 teams
3 SAGAN Peter 501 1 team
4 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 488 0 team
5 GREIPEL André 440 0 team
6 NIBALI Vincenzo 413 2 teams
7 BARDET Romain 380 1 team
8 PINOT Thibaut 304 0 team
9 CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto 302 1 team
10 GESINK Robert 288 14 teams
11 DEGENKOLB John 243 0 team
11 MOLLEMA Bauke 243 0 team
13 ROLLAND Pierre 233 14 teams
14 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim 226 1 team
15 FRANK Mathias 217 29 teams
16 CAVENDISH Mark 195 14 teams
17 TALANSKY Andrew 192 39 teams
17 MARTIN Tony 192 0 team
19 VUILLERMOZ Alexis 172 0 team
20 VAN AVERMAET Greg 161 0 team
21 PAUWELS Serge 158 0 team
22 MARTIN Daniel 157 1 team
23 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel 151 0 team
24 DENNIS Rohan 140 0 team
25 MAJKA Rafal 139 0 team
26 GESCHKE Simon 138 2 teams
27 PLAZA MOLINA Ruben 135 1 team
28 FUGLSANG Jakob 134 6 teams
29 KRISTOFF Alexander 131 0 team
30 COQUARD Bryan 124 1 team
31 THOMAS Geraint 122 0 team
32 PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson 114 1 team
33 BARGUIL Warren 112 2 teams
34 BAKELANTS Jan 107 0 team
35 STYBAR Zdenek 103 0 team
36 CUMMINGS Stephen 101 0 team

Top riders by %age return on price
1 PLAZA MOLINA Ruben 190% 1 team
2 FRANK Mathias 171% 29 teams
3 PAUWELS Serge 122% 0 team
4 GESINK Robert 102% 14 teams
5 TALANSKY Andrew 97% 39 teams
6 FROOME Chris 91% 32 teams
7 GESCHKE Simon 80% 2 teams
8 CHAVANEL Sébastien 80% 9 teams
9 VAUGRENARD Benoît 67% 4 teams
10 QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 62% 35 teams
11 PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson 61% 1 team
12 HOLLENSTEIN Reto 61% 4 teams
13 ROLLAND Pierre 59% 14 teams
14 SOUPE Geoffrey 54% 5 teams
15 CHEREL Mikael 51% 0 team
16 GREIPEL André 41% 0 team
17 BONO Matteo 40% 0 team
18 BRUN Frédéric 39% 2 teams
18 DE KORT Koen 39% 1 team
20 QUEMENEUR Perrig 38% 4 teams
21 VUILLERMOZ Alexis 34% 0 team
22 BARDET Romain 34% 1 team
23 CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan 31% 0 team
24 CURVERS Roy 31% 0 team
25 MARTIN Tony 31% 0 team
26 SIEBERG Marcel 30% 1 team
27 BUCHMANN Emanuel 30% 2 teams
28 SAGAN Peter 30% 1 team
29 MOLLEMA Bauke 30% 0 team
30 FUGLSANG Jakob 28% 6 teams
31 WYSS Marcel 28% 2 teams
32 TOSATTO Matteo 27% 0 team
33 CUMMINGS Stephen 26% 0 team
34 ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew 26% 0 team
35 ROCHE Nicolas 26% 1 team
36 GRUZDEV Dmitriy 25% 0 team
36 IRIZAR ARANBURU Markel 25% 0 team
38 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel 25% 0 teams

Impeccable picks
FROOME Chris 32 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 35 teams
GESINK Robert 14 teams
FRANK Mathias 29 teams
PLAZA MOLINA Ruben 1 team
CHAVANEL Sébastien 9 teams

 

[shalgo]

Thanks for organizing the game and congratulations to Kabete!

 

[Jancouver]

Thanks for the game and congrats to the collective wisdom team!

 

[del1962]

Thanks AC for putting the time into this.

On another note, is this the first time that the collective wisdom team would have finished top in one of you competitions?

 

[Hakkie2]

I think this is the best possible team:

Plaza
Frank
Pauwels
Gesink
Talansky
Froome
Quintana
Rolland
Vuillermoz

A total of 3243 points for a budget of 3944.
None of us selected Pauwels or Vuillermoz, and only one selected Plaza.
The other 6 belonged to our collective wisdom team.
Thomas De Gendt, Adam Yates and Daniel Navarro are our collective disappointments.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Re:

Thanks AC for putting the time into this.

On another note, is this the first time that the collective wisdom team would have finished top in one of you competitions?

I'm fairly sure it is: sometimes the popularity charts simply don't lend themselves to creating a team, most times there is a popular flop.

 

[postmanhat]

Thanks a lot AC. Much appreciated!

Am regretting the decision not to include any riders from the season CQ game. If I'd had the easy pick of Gesink, would have been 5th, grrr. Will abandon that rule for the Vuelta, as my season CQ team is complete toilet

Looking forward to the Vuelta game. Should be much more unpredictable

 

[rote_laterne]

Thanks for running the game AC, congrats to Kabete and all the managers fighting for the win. All my riders except Basso scored, all but Quemeneur more points than just finishing. I'm pretty happy with Plaza, I hoped he would make on one or two stages the top ten, turns out he was my best pick.

 

[NairoQ]

Thanks ac, it was pleasant as always!