2015 Vuelta CQ game

[scrooll07]

I was on a verge to choose Nibali but decide to get Landa instead of him,now will hope Landa+Pozzo to have good Vuelta,bad for Pelucchi who was also in my team

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 2
First stage of the game to make any difference, and the last in terms of having a chance for 24 teams?

Guaranteed points
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban 88 5 teams
DUMOULIN Tom 40 0 team
ROCHE Nicolas 25 0 team
MARTIN Daniel 15 0 team
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim 10 0 team
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 7 12 teams
FROOME Chris 5 0 team
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 3 0 team
MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel 2 3 teams
ARU Fabio 1 3 teams

1 AmisVelo 95 (Chaves and Quintana)
2 Midge 90 (Chaves and Moreno)
3 asdfgh101, Barmaher, Blues_in_the_Bottle 88 (Chaves)
6= Armchair_Cyclist, DJW, Hugo87, JustSomeGuy, MKind1, NairoQ, Semir, The_Sceptic, TomJelte, Tuart, Vladimir 7 (Quintana)
17= LightBing , Search 2 (Moreno)
19= 18Valve, Kabete, Mellow_Velo 1 (Aru)
22= All others and Collective Wisdom 0

Projected points
Probably not much correlation between this and the final standings, but here it is.
1 AmisVelo 1147
2 Barmaher 1090
3 Midge 1056
4 asdfgh101 1000
5 Blues_in_the_Bottle 994
6 Semir 511
7 Search 500
8 LightBing 491
9 Tuart 469
10 NairoQ 468
11 Armchair_Cyclist 437
12 Scrooll07 436
13 Kabete 433
14 Vladimir 419
15 TomJelte 411
16 MKind1 409
17 DJW 400
17 Hugo87 400
17 JustSomeGuy 400
20 GeraintTooFast 393
21 Mellow_Velo 386
22 18Valve 379
22 Comodoro 379
24 BigMac 367
25 The_Sceptic 362
26 Hakkie2 359
27 LosBrolin 345
28 Del1962 342
29 Shalgo 333
30 Crevaison 312
31 Postmanhat 301
32 Rote_Laterne 280
33 Joelsim 267
34 Leadbelly 257
34 Minessa 257
36 Murrjt 251
37 JosephD 232
38 Gigs_98 209
38 Karaev 209
40 Josedin 194
41 Trudgin 164
Collective_Wisdom 281

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 3
As is often the case with sprint stages, points are fairly sparse: some teams have however spent big on sprinters (or whatever pigeonhole Sagan fits in), so they shine today.

Guaranteed points
SAGAN Peter 70 1 team
BOUHANNI Nacer 40 2 teams
DEGENKOLB John 25 0 team
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban 18 5 teams
DRUCKER Jempy 15 1 team
OLIVEIRA Nelson Felipe Santos Simoes 10 0 team
REGUIGUI Youcef 7 1 team
DOCKER Mitchell 5 0 team
STUYVEN Jasper 3 1 team
REYNES MIMO Vicente 2 1 team
VAN ASBROECK Tom 1 0 team

Trudgin, last on the projected scores yesterday, is the guaranteed top point winner today, with a unique pick of Sagan, the most expensive rider in the game. Josedin had 2 unique picks in the top ten.

1 Trudgin 70
2= Gigs_98, Shalgo 40
4= AmisVelo, asdfgh101, Barmaher, Blues_in_the_Bottle, Midge 18
9 Josedin 17
10 Scrooll07 7
11 The_Sceptic 3
12 all other teams 0

Projected points
Bigger changes today for riders who are in the game, largely related to the Points and Mountain rankings:
SAGAN Peter 110 1
FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar 70 2
BOUHANNI Nacer 55 2
DRUCKER Jempy 18 1
BERHANE TEWELDEMEDHIN Natnael 18 3
POZZOVIVO Domenico 10 23
LANDA MEANA Mikel 8 8
CARDOSO Andre Fernando Santos Martins 8 2
REGUIGUI Youcef 7 1
CRADDOCK Lawson 6 14
...
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander -7 12
BRAMBILLA Gianluca -10 1
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel -16 1
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban -42 5
VANENDERT Jelle -47 1

In a real "Last shall be first, and the first shall be last set of results, the biggest loser was the leader yesterday, and the biggest gainer was the red lanterne overnght.
1 Trudgin 112
2 Josedin 107
3 Karaev 82
4 Shalgo 79
5 Gigs_98 73
6 LosBrolin 40
7 GeraintTooFast 30
8 Joelsim 24
9 LightBing 23
10 JustSomeGuy 21
11 Crevaison 19
12 Del1962 18
12 Murrjt 18
12 Postmanhat 18
15 Scrooll07 17
15 18Valve 17
17 BigMac 16
17 Leadbelly 16
17 Minessa 16
17 Semir 16
21 Kabete 15
21 Mellow_Velo 15
23 Rote_Laterne 14
24 The_Sceptic 12
25 Hakkie2 11
26 Comodoro 10
26 NairoQ 10
28 Armchair_Cyclist 9
28 Tuart 9
30 JosephD 8
31 MKind1 6
32 Vladimir 5
33 TomJelte 3
34 Hugo87 -5
35 DJW -7
36 Barmaher -21
37 Search -27
38 asdfgh101 -28
39 Midge -30
40 Blues_in_the_Bottle -32
41 AmisVelo -33
Collective_Wisdom 24

The gap between first and last is therefore somewhat compressed, and the current standings are:
1 AmisVelo 1114
2 Barmaher 1069
3 Midge 1026
4 asdfgh101 972
5 Blues_in_the_Bottle 962
6 Semir 527
7 LightBing 514
8 NairoQ 478
8 Tuart 478
10 Search 473
11 Scrooll07 453
12 Kabete 448
13 Armchair_Cyclist 446
14 Vladimir 424
15 GeraintTooFast 423
16 JustSomeGuy 421
17 MKind1 415
18 TomJelte 414
19 Shalgo 412
20 Mellow_Velo 401
21 18Valve 396
22 Hugo87 395
23 DJW 393
24 Comodoro 389
25 LosBrolin 385
26 BigMac 383
27 The_Sceptic 374
28 Hakkie2 370
29 Del1962 360
30 Crevaison 331
31 Postmanhat 319
32 Josedin 301
33 Rote_Laterne 294
34 Joelsim 291
34 Karaev 291
36 Gigs_98 282
37 Trudgin 276
38 Leadbelly 273
38 Minessa 273
40 Murrjt 269
41 JosephD 240
Collective_Wisdom 305

 

[BigMac]

Thanks a lot for the update Armchair. Just one thing, that should be Richeze instead of Oliveira in the Guaranteed Points, whom plenty of people had, no? Sorry if I'm wrong, I don't understand much of this stuff.

Cheers.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Re:

Thanks a lot for the update Armchair. Just one thing, that should be Richeze instead of Oliveira in the Guaranteed Points, whom plenty of people had, no? Sorry if I'm wrong, I don't understand much of this stuff.

Cheers.

You're right: thanks for pointing it out. Also Sbaragli (unselected) was 6th, not Reguigui. CN is about the only site that has a CSV format for the results, which the spreadsheet requires, but they are hopeless at updating any changes to the first released, provisional, results. Not only do they still record Songezo Jim as having come 14th on stage 2, but they ignore the 15 minutes plus that he lost on stage 3 and still have him in 14th on GC on Monday night.

So the eight teams who have Richeze (Search, Mellow_Velo, 18Valve, Comodoro, Crevaison, Leadbelly, Minessa and Scrooll07) get 10 guaranteed points, and one for now for 10th standing in the points classification, but one of those, Scrool07, loses 7 of those 11 points for the phantom appearance of Reguigui in the top ten.

A few slight changes in the standings:
1 AmisVelo 1114
2 Barmaher 1069
3 Midge 1026
4 asdfgh101 972
5 Blues_in_the_Bottle 962
6 Semir 527
7 LightBing 514
8 Search 484
9 NairoQ 478
9 Tuart 478
11 Scrooll07 457
12 Kabete 448
13 Armchair_Cyclist 446
14 Vladimir 424
15 GeraintTooFast 423
16 JustSomeGuy 421
17 MKind1 415
18 TomJelte 414
19 Mellow_Velo 412
19 Shalgo 412
21 18Valve 407
22 Comodoro 400
23 Hugo87 395
24 DJW 393
25 LosBrolin 385
26 BigMac 383
27 The_Sceptic 374
28 Hakkie2 370
29 Del1962 360
30 Crevaison 342
31 Postmanhat 319
32 Josedin 301
33 Rote_Laterne 294
34 Joelsim 291
34 Karaev 291
36 Leadbelly 284
36 Minessa 284
38 Gigs_98 282
39 Trudgin 276
40 Murrjt 269
41 JosephD 240

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 4
Trusting that CN have the results right this time...

Guaranteed points
Not many teams in the higher points today, but the popularity of Majka means that at least every team is off the mark now.

VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 70 0 team
SAGAN Peter 40 1 team
MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel 25 3 teams
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban 19 5 teams
ROCHE Nicolas 15 0 team
GONÇALVES Jose Isidro Maciel 10 0 team
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim 7 0 team
SIMON Julien 5 0 team
MAJKA Rafal 3 29 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 2 12 teams

1 Midge 44 (Moreno and Chaves)
2 Trudgin 40 (Sagan)
3 LightBing 28 (Moreno and Majka)
3 Search 28 (Moreno and Majka)
5 AmisVelo 24 (Chaves, Majka and Quintana)
6 asdfgh101 22 (Chaves and Majka)
6 Barmaher 22 (Chaves and Majka)
6 Blues_in_the_Bottle 22 (Chaves and Majka)
9= Hugo87, MKind1, NairoQ, Semir, TomJelte, Tuart, Vladimir 5 (Majka + Quintana)
16 seventeen teams with Majka 3
32 Four teams with Quintana 2

Total points in the bank:
1 Midge 152
2 AmisVelo 137
3 asdfgh101 128
3 Barmaher 128
3 Blues_in_the_Bottle 128
6 Trudgin 110
7 Gigs_98 40
7 Search 40
7 Shalgo 40
10 LightBing 30
11 Josedin 17
12 Mellow_Velo 14
13 Comodoro 13
13 Leadbelly 13
13 Minessa 13
16 Hugo87 12
16 MKind1 12
16 NairoQ 12
16 Semir 12
16 The_Sceptic 12
16 TomJelte 12
16 Tuart 12
16 Vladimir 12
24 18Valve 11
25 Crevaison 10
25 Scrooll07 10
27 Armchair_Cyclist 9
27 DJW 9
27 JustSomeGuy 9
30 Kabete 4
31 BigMac 3
31 Del1962 3
31 GeraintTooFast 3
31 Hakkie2 3
31 Joelsim 3
31 JosephD 3
31 Karaev 3
31 LosBrolin 3
31 Murrjt 3
31 Postmanhat 3
31 Rote_Laterne 3
Collective_Wisdom 3

Projected points

MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel 70 3 teams
SAGAN Peter 70 1 team
MAJKA Rafal 19 29 teams
HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis 18 4 teams
BRAMBILLA Gianluca 16 1 team
VAN GARDEREN Tejay 14 4 teams
POZZOVIVO Domenico 12 23 teams
NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel 10 10 teams
...
VILELA Ricardo Augusto Afonso -10 1 team
BOUHANNI Nacer -12 2 teams
ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar -12 3 teams
LE GAC Olivier -17 1 team
MONFORT Maxime -22 2 teams
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban -26 5 teams
MEINTJES Louis -30 1 team
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander -46 12 teams

1 LightBing 136
2 Search 116
3 Hakkie2 75
4 Trudgin 73
5 Midge 52
6 Rote_Laterne 51
7 JosephD 43
8 BigMac 41
9 Leadbelly 40
9 Minessa 40
11 Del1962 39
11 LosBrolin 39
13 Joelsim 36
14 Murrjt 35
15 Karaev 31
16 Barmaher 30
17 Mellow_Velo 26
18 Crevaison 17
19 Josedin 16
20 GeraintTooFast 15
21 Scrooll07 14
22 Postmanhat 12
23 Blues_in_the_Bottle 8
23 Comodoro 8
25 Shalgo 7
26 18Valve 3
27 Gigs_98 -4
27 Semir -4
29 Kabete -5
30 asdfgh101 -11
30 TomJelte -11
32 Tuart -14
33 MKind1 -18
34 Vladimir -23
35 Hugo87 -29
36 Armchair_Cyclist -30
37 JustSomeGuy -34
38 The_Sceptic -35
39 NairoQ -38
40 AmisVelo -53
41 DJW -56
Collective_Wisdom 43



Two hilly finishes already mean that the riders who will score high are already near the top of the rankings, but there are still pretenders who will fall away. Which of our teams near the top are underpinned by genuine contenders, and which by pretenders? (Partial answer to that mainly rhetorical question: the top 5 teams have Chaves)

1 Barmaher 1099
2 Midge 1078
3 AmisVelo 1061
4 Blues_in_the_Bottle 970
5 asdfgh101 961
6 LightBing 650
7 Search 600
8 Semir 523
9 Scrooll07 471
10 Tuart 464
11 Hakkie2 445
12 Kabete 443
13 NairoQ 440
14 GeraintTooFast 438
14 Mellow_Velo 438
16 BigMac 424
16 LosBrolin 424
18 Shalgo 419
19 Armchair_Cyclist 416
20 18Valve 410
21 Comodoro 408
22 TomJelte 403
23 Vladimir 401
24 Del1962 399
25 MKind1 397
26 JustSomeGuy 387
27 Hugo87 366
28 Crevaison 359
29 Trudgin 349
30 Rote_Laterne 345
31 The_Sceptic 339
32 DJW 337
33 Postmanhat 331
34 Joelsim 327
35 Leadbelly 324
35 Minessa 324
37 Karaev 322
38 Josedin 317
39 Murrjt 304
40 JosephD 283
41 Gigs_98 278
Collective_Wisdom 348

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 5
Sagan is again the unique pick that is drawing in the points, while Pozovivo's unexpected placing means that most teams get at least something out of the day:
EWAN Caleb 70 0 team
DEGENKOLB John 40 0 team
SAGAN Peter 25 1 team (Trudgin, who does not have Pozzovivo)
DUMOULIN Tom 18 0 team
DRUCKER Jempy 15 1 team (Josedin, who does)
SBARAGLI Kristian 7 0 team
POZZOVIVO Domenico 5 23 teams
MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel 3 3 teams (Lightbing, Midge, Search, all of whom have Pozzovivo)
VAN DER SANDE Tosh 2 0 team
MAES Nikolas 1 0 team

Midge extends her lead in the guaranteed points ranking slightly.

Projected standing
Very few points gained or lost by riders in the game today, except for a partial return to Earth for the Chaves teams; these are the only selected riders to have a shift of more than 10 points today
MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel 33 3 teams
SAGAN Peter 25 1 team
DRUCKER Jempy 20 1 team
...
NIEMIEC Przemyslaw -15 1 team
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander -17 12 teams
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban -135 5 teams

Midge leapfrogs Barmaher to lead both classifications, as the Chaves teams retain the top 5 places, but much closer to the rest of the field.
1 Midge 981
2 Barmaher 968
3 AmisVelo 913
4 Blues_in_the_Bottle 835
5 asdfgh101 826
6 LightBing 693
7 Search 634
8 Semir 518
9 Scrooll07 477
10 Kabete 451
11 Hakkie2 449
12 GeraintTooFast 447
13 Tuart 446
14 Mellow_Velo 443
15 LosBrolin 429
16 NairoQ 425
17 Shalgo 422
18 18Valve 414
19 BigMac 413
20 Armchair_Cyclist 408
21 Comodoro 406
22 Del1962 404
23 TomJelte 390
24 Vladimir 388
25 MKind1 385
26 JustSomeGuy 375
27 Trudgin 373
28 Crevaison 367
29 Hugo87 353
30 Rote_Laterne 349
31 Josedin 348
32 Joelsim 331
33 Karaev 328
33 Postmanhat 328
35 Leadbelly 327
35 Minessa 327
37 The_Sceptic 326
38 DJW 320
39 Murrjt 310
40 Gigs_98 297
41 JosephD 288
Collective_Wisdom 357

Giggs98 gains 15 points, and Big Mac loses 15, by virtue of CN finally correcting the identity of the Lampre non-finisher on stage 2 as Niemiec rather than Koshevoy.

 

[NairoQ]

Perhaps tomorrow could be a step towards a more representative view of the final results. Curious about Chaves, among others AmisVelo might just profit really well if he keeps up longer, or even gets a top 10 in the end.

 

[BigMac]

Why do I keep losing points because of Niemiec.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Re:

Why do I keep losing points because of Niemiec.

You've only lost them once: from stages 2 to 4 you were credited with 15 presumed finishing points (position >50th), that you shouldn't have been, and they have now been removed. You are currently getting ) points for him, and you can rest confident that this will remain his score.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Thanks to Blues in the Bottle for pointing out that the 4 teams with Rojas (Blues in the Bottle, Josedin, MellowVelo, Murrjt) were deprived of their 10 points for his 5th place yesterday. I'll blame it on inconsistency in the presentation of names on CN, and my correcting 29 out of the 30 such inconsistencies yesterday, while missing that one.
Murrjt moves up one place, Josedin two, and Mellow Velo four and into the top ten.

 

[BigMac]

Re: Re:

Why do I keep losing points because of Niemiec.

You've only lost them once: from stages 2 to 4 you were credited with 15 presumed finishing points (position >50th), that you shouldn't have been, and they have now been removed. You are currently getting ) points for him, and you can rest confident that this will remain his score.

Ha ha, thanks. It was more of a tongue in cheek.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 6
The Chaves bounce, with a vengeance.
Guaranteed points today
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban 88 5 teams
MARTIN Daniel 40 0 team
DUMOULIN Tom 25 0 team
PLAZA MOLINA Ruben 15 2 teams
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 10 0 team
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim 7 0 team
FROOME Chris 5 0 team
MAJKA Rafal 3 29 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 2 12 teams
ROCHE Nicolas 1 0 team

1 AmisVelo 93 (Chaves, Majka and Quintana)
2= asdfgh101, Barmaher, Blues_in_the_Bottle 91 (Chaves and Majka)
5 Midge 88 (Chaves only)
6 Tuart 20 (Plaza, Majka and Quintana)
7 Murrjt 18 (Plaza and Majka)
8= Hugo87, MKind1, NairoQ, Semir, TomJelte, Vladimir 5 (Majka and Quintana)
14= 17 Majka teams 3
31= 4 Quintana teams 2

Projected points
As hill top finishes gradually move towards being mountain top finishers, some unrealistic GC projections fall away. Expect this process to be continued even more emphatically tomorrow.

CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban 243 5 teams
PLAZA MOLINA Ruben 15 2 teams
SCHLECK Fränk 10 14 teams
MAJKA Rafal 9 29 teams
...
MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel -8 3 teams
LE GAC Olivier -9 1 team
BRAMBILLA Gianluca -12 1 team
DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David -15 3 teams
MOHORIC Matej -15 2 teams
ATAPUMA HURTADO Jhon Darwin -21 2 teams

The good week for the Chavistas is extended:
1 Blues_in_the_Bottle 260
2 Barmaher 259
3 AmisVelo 252
4 asdfgh101 250
5 Midge 237
6 Tuart 39
7 Murrjt 32
8 Semir 28
9 LosBrolin 25
10 Rote_Laterne 21
11 TomJelte 17
12 LightBing 16
13 GeraintTooFast 15
13 Gigs_98 15
15 Karaev 13
15 Leadbelly 13
15 Minessa 13
18 Joelsim 12
19 Comodoro 11
19 JosephD 11
21 Crevaison 10
21 Hugo87 10
21 MKind1 10
21 NairoQ 10
25 BigMac 9
25 Search 9
27 Kabete 8
28 Mellow_Velo 7
29 Postmanhat 6
30 Del1962 4
30 JustSomeGuy 4
32 Scrooll07 1
32 The_Sceptic 1
34 Hakkie2 -1
35 Shalgo -2
36 18Valve -6
37 Josedin -10
37 Vladimir -10
39 Trudgin -16
40 Armchair_Cyclist -19
41 DJW -24
Collective_Wisdom 17

And as we head towards real mountains, the standings are:
1 Barmaher 1227
2 Midge 1218
3 AmisVelo 1165
4 Blues_in_the_Bottle 1105
5 asdfgh101 1076
6 LightBing 709
7 Search 643
8 Semir 546
9 Tuart 485
10 Scrooll07 478
11 GeraintTooFast 462
12 Mellow_Velo 460
13 Kabete 459
14 LosBrolin 454
15 Hakkie2 448
16 NairoQ 435
17 BigMac 422
18 Shalgo 420
19 Comodoro 417
20 18Valve 408
20 Del1962 408
22 TomJelte 407
23 MKind1 395
24 Armchair_Cyclist 389
25 JustSomeGuy 379
26 Vladimir 378
27 Crevaison 377
28 Rote_Laterne 370
29 Hugo87 363
30 Trudgin 357
31 Murrjt 352
32 Josedin 348
33 Joelsim 343
34 Karaev 341
35 Leadbelly 340
35 Minessa 340
37 Postmanhat 334
38 The_Sceptic 327
39 Gigs_98 312
40 JosephD 299
41 DJW 296
Collective_Wisdom 374

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 7
Sorry it's late, it's the weekend... (and CN have totally messed up their results: they reckon Richeze came 2nd on the stage, and that Songezo Jim is 15th in GC, and that no-one was placed between 72nd and 75th, so this is taking a lot longer than it should)

Guaranteed points on the stage

LINDEMAN Bert-Jan 70 0 team
KOSHEVOY Ilia 40 1 team
ARU Fabio 25 3 teams
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban 25 5 teams
COUSIN Jérôme 15 0 team
MAJKA Rafal 10 29 teams
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 5 0 team
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 3 12 teams
MEINTJES Louis 2 1 team
ROCHE Nicolas 1 0 team

Koshevoy was "awarded" to Gigs 98 as a replacement for non-starter Serpa: it's nice when the strange rules I dreamt up have a good outcome.
1 Gigs_98 40 (Koshevoy)
2 AmisVelo 38 (Majka, Chaves, Quintana)
3= Kabete, Mellow_Velo 35 (Aro and Majka); asdfgh101, Barmaher, Blues_in_the_Bottle 35 (Majka & Chaves)
8 Midge 25 (Chaves)
9 Hugo87, MKind1, NairoQ, Semir, TomJelte, Tuart, Vladimir 13 (Majka & Quintana)
16 Comodoro 12 (Majka & Maintjes)
17= Other Majka teams 10
32= Other Quintana teams 3

GP standings
1 Midge 273
2 AmisVelo 268
3 Blues_in_the_Bottle 264
4 Barmaher 259
5 asdfgh101 254
6 Trudgin 135
7 Gigs_98 85
8 Mellow_Velo 67
9 Search 61
10 LightBing 51
11 Josedin 47
12 Murrjt 46
13 Shalgo 45
13 Tuart 45
15 Kabete 42
16 18Valve 36
17 Semir 35
18 Leadbelly 31
18 Minessa 31
20 Hugo87 30
20 MKind1 30
20 NairoQ 30
20 TomJelte 30
20 Vladimir 30
25 Comodoro 28
26 Del1962 21
26 GeraintTooFast 21
26 Hakkie2 21
26 Joelsim 21
26 Karaev 21
26 LosBrolin 21
26 Rote_Laterne 21
33 Armchair_Cyclist 19
33 JustSomeGuy 19
35 The_Sceptic 17
36 BigMac 16
36 JosephD 16
36 Postmanhat 16
39 Crevaison 15
39 Scrooll07 15
41 DJW 14
Collective_Wisdom 21

Projected points
ARU Fabio 60 3 teams
KOSHEVOY Ilia 50 1 team
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban 47 5 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 45 12 teams
POZZOVIVO Domenico 39 23 teams
MAJKA Rafal 30 29 teams
MEINTJES Louis 22 1 team
ZOIDL Riccardo 13 3 teams
ARROYO DURAN David 12 7 teams
...
CRADDOCK Lawson -10 14 teams
VILELA Ricardo Augusto Afonso -11 1 team
BERHANE TEWELDEMEDHIN Natnael -12 3 teams
HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis -12 4 teams
VAN GARDEREN Tejay -20 4 teams
LANDA MEANA Mikel -24 8 teams
SAGAN Peter -30 1 team
MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel -66 3 teams

1 Mellow_Velo 137
2 AmisVelo 123
3 Barmaher 108
4 Semir 105
4 Tuart 105
6 Gigs_98 102
7 NairoQ 96
8 Kabete 95
9 Joelsim 89
10 Murrjt 86
11 GeraintTooFast 85
12 Armchair_Cyclist 82
13 MKind1 81
14 Vladimir 80
15 JustSomeGuy 72
15 Minessa 72
17 Hugo87 71
18 Rote_Laterne 69
18 TomJelte 69
20 asdfgh101 65
20 Leadbelly 65
22 Karaev 64
23 Blues_in_the_Bottle 55
24 Del1962 49
24 The_Sceptic 49
26 Hakkie2 43
27 Comodoro 40
28 Crevaison 39
28 Shalgo 39
30 DJW 35
30 Scrooll07 35
32 18Valve 34
33 LosBrolin 33
34 Josedin 28
34 Midge 28
34 Postmanhat 28
37 Search 15
38 JosephD 12
39 LightBing 1
40 Trudgin -22
41 BigMac -28
Collective_Wisdom 67

Standings
Amis and Midge swap minor podium spots: Mellow Velo enters the virtual top 10.
1 Barmaher 1335
2 AmisVelo 1288
3 Midge 1246
4 Blues_in_the_Bottle 1160
5 asdfgh101 1141
6 LightBing 710
7 Search 658
8 Semir 651
9 Mellow_Velo 597
10 Tuart 590
11 Kabete 554
12 GeraintTooFast 547
13 NairoQ 531
14 Scrooll07 513
15 Hakkie2 491
16 LosBrolin 487
17 MKind1 476
17 TomJelte 476
19 Armchair_Cyclist 471
20 Shalgo 459
21 Vladimir 458
22 Comodoro 457
22 Del1962 457
24 JustSomeGuy 451
25 18Valve 442
26 Rote_Laterne 439
27 Murrjt 438
28 Hugo87 434
29 Joelsim 432
30 Crevaison 416
31 Gigs_98 414
32 Minessa 412
33 Karaev 405
33 Leadbelly 405
35 BigMac 394
36 Josedin 376
36 The_Sceptic 376
38 Postmanhat 362
39 Trudgin 335
40 DJW 331
41 JosephD 311
Collective_Wisdom 441

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 8
None of the popular picks featured today
STUYVEN Jasper 70 1 team
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello 40 0 team
REZA Kévin 25 2 teams
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban 18 5 teams
VISCONTI Giovanni 15 3 teams
SBARAGLI Kristian 10 0 team
VAN DER SANDE Tosh 7 0 team
SIMON Julien 5 0 team
SERRY Pieter 3 0 team
ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin 2 4 teams
ROCHE Nicolas 1 0 team

Only 10 teams got any points at all:
1 The_Sceptic 70 (Stuyven as a unique pick)
2 Midge 58 (Reza, Chaves and Visconti)
3 asdfgh101 33 (Chaves and Visconti)
4 Mellow_Velo 27 (Reza & Rojas)
5 Blues_in_the_Bottle 20 (Chaves & Rojas)
6= AmisVelo, Barmaher 18 (Chaves)
8 Trudgin 15 (Visconti)
9= Josedin, Murrjt 2 (Rojas)


Projected points
More movement than might have been expected today, mainly through riders shuffling up the rankings because of DNFs by Martin and Van Garderen.
STUYVEN Jasper 73 1 team
VISCONTI Giovanni 26 3 teams
ARU Fabio 25 3 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 25 12 teams
REZA Kévin 25 2 teams
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban 18 5 teams
ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar 18 3 teams
ARROYO DURAN David 16 7 teams
ZOIDL Riccardo 16 3 teams
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel 15 1 team
POZZOVIVO Domenico 15 23 teams
MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel 14 3 teams
HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis 12 4 teams
BRAMBILLA Gianluca 10 1 team
ELISSONDE Kenny 10 21 teams
ROSA Diego 10 1 team
...
CRADDOCK Lawson -12 14 teams
BOUHANNI Nacer -15 2 teams
SAGAN Peter -15 1 team
MONFORT Maxime -16 2 teams
SCHLECK Fränk -18 14 teams
VAN GARDEREN Tejay -84 4 teams

1 Midge 108
2 The_Sceptic 96
3 Mellow_Velo 86
4 asdfgh101 72
5 NairoQ 71
6 Scrooll07 62
7 Joelsim 55
8 Crevaison 52
9 AmisVelo 47
10 Kabete 45
11 Tuart 42
12 DJW 40
12 JustSomeGuy 40
14 Armchair_Cyclist 38
15 MKind1 37
15 Trudgin 37
17 Postmanhat 36
18 LightBing 35
18 Search 35
20 Hakkie2 33
21 Hugo87 32
22 18Valve 31
22 Leadbelly 31
24 Minessa 29
24 Vladimir 29
26 Semir 26
27 Karaev 23
28 Shalgo 16
29 JosephD 15
30 Del1962 13
30 GeraintTooFast 13
30 LosBrolin 13
30 Murrjt 13
34 Rote_Laterne 8
35 Josedin 6
36 TomJelte 3
37 Gigs_98 -2
38 Barmaher -21
39 Comodoro -54
40 Blues_in_the_Bottle -73
41 BigMac -80
Collective_Wisdom 3

Standings:
Midge regains the red jersey, The Sceptic manages an 11 place rise: the teams with Van Garderen suffer the biggest losses (Barmaher, BigMac, Blues in the Bottle, Comodoro), those with Bouhanni (Gigs 98, Shalgo) will consider themselves less likely to pick up future stage points.

1 Midge 1354
2 AmisVelo 1335
3 Barmaher 1314
4 asdfgh101 1213
5 Blues_in_the_Bottle 1087
6 LightBing 745
7 Search 693
8 Mellow_Velo 683
9 Semir 677
10 Tuart 632
11 NairoQ 602
12 Kabete 599
13 Scrooll07 575
14 GeraintTooFast 560
15 Hakkie2 524
16 MKind1 513
17 Armchair_Cyclist 509
18 LosBrolin 500
19 JustSomeGuy 491
20 Joelsim 487
20 Vladimir 487
22 TomJelte 479
23 Shalgo 475
24 18Valve 473
25 The_Sceptic 472
26 Del1962 470
27 Crevaison 468
28 Hugo87 466
29 Murrjt 451
30 Rote_Laterne 447
31 Minessa 441
32 Leadbelly 436
33 Karaev 428
34 Gigs_98 412
35 Comodoro 403
36 Postmanhat 398
37 Josedin 382
38 Trudgin 372
39 DJW 371
40 JosephD 326
41 BigMac 314
Collective_Wisdom 444

 

[Gigs_98]

I really don't want to watch the results anymore, but I am 99.9% sure I am last. But to be honest if two riders I choose don't participate and the most expensive rider abandons, that shouldnt be very surprising (and its also the first time I participate so I really didn't know which riders are good for a game like this)

 

[BigMac]

Oh hey, back where I belong. Biggest loser on the day and dead last overall.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 9
An increasingly unpredictable race, and a few favourites who stretched the budget to the limit, make this an edition of the CQ series which has many scorers that are doing nothing for any, or best very few, of our participants. The popular picks, one again, gain only the minor points.
DUMOULIN Tom 88 0 team
FROOME Chris 40 0 team
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim 25 0 team
ARU Fabio 15 3 teams
MAJKA Rafal 10 29 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 7 12 teams
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 5 0 team
ROCHE Nicolas 3 0 team
POZZOVIVO Domenico 2 23 teams
MEINTJES Louis 1 1 teams

1 Mellow_Velo 27 (Aru, Majka and Pozzovivo)
2 Kabete 25 (Aru & Majka)
3 Semir 19 (Majka, Quintana, Pozzovivo)
4= 7 teams with Qunitana and Majka 17
11 18Valve 15 (Aru)
12= Thirteen teams with Majka and Pozzovivo 12
25 Comodoro 11(Majka and Meintjes)
26= Rest of the Majka teams 10
31= Two teams with Quintana and Pozzovivo 9
33= two remaining Quintana teams 7
35= the rest of the Pozzovivo squads 2
41 Trudgin 0
Collective_Wisdom 12

Projected points
Chaves is finally toppled from the lead, but those overtaking him, Dumoulin and Rodriguez, have no teams taking advantage of the fact.
MAJKA Rafal 50 29 teams
ARU Fabio 41 3 teams
MEINTJES Louis 17 1 team
DE CLERCQ Bart 16 1 team
'''
VILELA Ricardo Augusto Afonso -10 1 team
POZZOVIVO Domenico -13 23 teams
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel -15 1 team
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander -15 12 teams
STUYVEN Jasper -18 1 team
SAGAN Peter -40 1 team
LANDA MEANA Mikel -58 8 teams
MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel -61 3 teams
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban -187 5 teams

The teams that have Chaves were the biggest scorers: they are the highest fallers (especially when, as for Midge, Chaves is teamed with Dani Moreno):
1 Kabete 95
2 Mellow_Velo 79
3 Postmanhat 76
4 Comodoro 69
5 JosephD 59
6 Hakkie2 50
7 Tuart 45
8 Murrjt 44
9 Minessa 43
10 Vladimir 42
11 Joelsim 41
12 GeraintTooFast 40
13 Leadbelly 39
13 Rote_Laterne 39
15 TomJelte 38
16 Hugo87 37
16 Karaev 37
18 NairoQ 34
19 MKind1 30
20 Semir 7
21 BigMac -7
22 Gigs_98 -12
23 DJW -13
23 Josedin -13
25 18Valve -14
26 Del1962 -19
27 Search -20
28 LightBing -21
29 LosBrolin -24
30 Armchair_Cyclist -25
31 Trudgin -31
32 JustSomeGuy -33
33 The_Sceptic -34
34 Shalgo -65
35 Crevaison -75
36 Scrooll07 -84
37 Blues_in_the_Bottle -136
38 AmisVelo -145
39 Barmaher -156
40 asdfgh101 -189
41 Midge -257
Collective_Wisdom 42


Current standings
For all that they have had a bad day, Chaves remains the highest chosen rider on GC, and the best accumulator of guaranteed points, so the top five remain the Chavistas, albeit with a much reduced margin. Midge slips to 3rd, Mellow Velo moves into position as the top team awaiting further dropping of Chaves' position, and Kabete is a new entry in the top ten.

1 AmisVelo 1190
2 Barmaher 1158
3 Midge 1097
4 asdfgh101 1024
5 Blues_in_the_Bottle 951
6 Mellow_Velo 762
7 LightBing 724
8 Kabete 694
9 Semir 684
10 Tuart 677
11 Search 673
12 NairoQ 636
13 GeraintTooFast 600
14 Hakkie2 574
15 MKind1 543
16 Vladimir 529
17 Joelsim 528
18 TomJelte 517
19 Hugo87 503
20 Murrjt 495
21 Scrooll07 491
22 Rote_Laterne 486
23 Armchair_Cyclist 484
23 Minessa 484
25 LosBrolin 476
26 Leadbelly 475
27 Postmanhat 474
28 Comodoro 472
29 Karaev 465
30 18Valve 459
31 JustSomeGuy 458
32 Del1962 451
33 The_Sceptic 438
34 Shalgo 410
35 Gigs_98 400
36 Crevaison 393
37 JosephD 385
38 Josedin 369
39 DJW 358
40 Trudgin 341
41 BigMac 307
Collective_Wisdom 486

And thank you to whoever sorted out the results section in the CN reports: makes my task a lot easier.

Later edit: Just read that times have been altered, with the net effect of Aru overtaking Valverde in GC, and therefore having 25 extra projected points. That's 25 points for Mellow Velo, Kabete and 18 Valve that will appear in tomorrow's reckoning.

 

[rote_laterne]

Re:

Stage 9
Current standings
For all that they have had a bad day, Chaves remains the highest chosen rider on GC, and the best accumulator of guaranteed points, so the top five remain the Chavistas, albeit with a much reduced margin. Midge slips to 3rd, Mellow Velo moves into position as the top team awaiting further dropping of Chaves' position, and Kabete is a new entry in the top ten.

1 AmisVelo 1190
2 Barmaher 1158
3 Midge 1097
4 asdfgh101 1024
5 Blues_in_the_Bottle 951
6 Mellow_Velo 762
7 LightBing 724
8 Kabete 694
9 Semir 684
10 Tuart 677
11 Search 673
12 NairoQ 636
13 GeraintTooFast 600
14 Hakkie2 574
15 MKind1 543
16 Vladimir 529
17 Joelsim 528
18 TomJelte 517
19 Hugo87 503
20 Murrjt 495
21 Scrooll07 491
22 Rote_Laterne 486
23 Armchair_Cyclist 484
23 Minessa 484
25 LosBrolin 476
26 Leadbelly 475
27 Postmanhat 474
28 Comodoro 472
29 Karaev 465
30 18Valve 459
31 JustSomeGuy 458
32 Del1962 451
33 The_Sceptic 438
34 Shalgo 410
35 Gigs_98 400
36 Crevaison 393
37 JosephD 385
38 Josedin 369
39 DJW 358
40 Trudgin 341
41 BigMac 307
Collective_Wisdom 486

And thank you to whoever sorted out the results section in the CN reports: makes my task a lot easier.

I am collective wisdom
Second time Nibali was a bad pick for me. Also Rolland and Schleck out of GC after the first week (well, after the first days). If this ranking is the final I will be happy.

 

[SemirS]

@Armchair_Cyclist

Valverdes finishing time on todays stage has been corrected, they added 8 seconds to his time (rightfully).
Because of that Aru is now in front of him in the GC.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 10
The calm before the Andorran storm.

I'm sure there has never been a day's racing that had less impact on the scores than this in the CQ GC games I have run. Only Rojas among the top ten had any picks, and the red jersey wearer has no teams.
So 25 points each for Blues in the Bottle, Josedin, MellowVelo and Murrjt, and that's it. The top of the Guaranteed points is now:
1 Midge 333
2 Blues_in_the_Bottle 319
3 AmisVelo 303
4 asdfgh101 297
5 Barmaher 289
6 Trudgin 150
7 Mellow_Velo 146
8 The_Sceptic 94
9 Gigs_98 87
10 Murrjt 85
11 Josedin 76
12 Search 73



Projected points
Again, very little action here. I've gone down to changes of 5 points or more to try to make it look like there was something happening. Even at this, one of the main changes is Aru's 25 points due to a time adjustment the previous day that I hadn't included on Sunday evening's update.

ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin 25 4 teams
ARU Fabio 23 3 teams
MONFORT Maxime 7 2 teams
BRAMBILLA Gianluca 6 1 team
DE CLERCQ Bart 6 1 team
ROSA Diego 6 1 team
VISCONTI Giovanni 6 3 teams

...
PLAZA MOLINA Ruben -5 2 teams
VERONA QUINTANILLA Carlos -11 6 teams
LANDA MEANA Mikel -16 8 teams
ZOIDL Riccardo -16 3 teams
HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis -44 4 teams


Changes on the day:
1 Mellow_Velo 49
2 Blues_in_the_Bottle 27
3 Murrjt 25
4 Josedin 24
5 GeraintTooFast 20
6 Kabete 19
7 Trudgin 16
8 Minessa 10
9 18Valve 9
9 Joelsim 9
9 Midge 9
9 Search 9
13 Leadbelly 6
13 Rote_Laterne 6
15 Comodoro 5
15 The_Sceptic 5
15 Tuart 5
18 AmisVelo 1
18 DJW 1
18 Vladimir 1
21 Armchair_Cyclist -1
21 Hugo87 -1
23 Karaev -2
23 TomJelte -2
25 JustSomeGuy -3
26 asdfgh101 -5
26 Shalgo -5
28 Barmaher -6
29 Scrooll07 -8
30 Gigs_98 -12
31 Del1962 -14
31 LosBrolin -14
31 MKind1 -14
34 Semir -15
35 BigMac -19
36 Crevaison -20
37 NairoQ -26
38 Postmanhat -33
39 Hakkie2 -41
40 JosephD -44
41 LightBing -51
Collective_Wisdom 4

Rest Day standings:
Search moves into the top ten, but otherwise little change
1 AmisVelo 1191
2 Barmaher 1152
3 Midge 1106
4 asdfgh101 1019
5 Blues_in_the_Bottle 978
6 Mellow_Velo 811
7 Kabete 713
8 Search 682
8 Tuart 682
10 LightBing 673
11 Semir 669
12 GeraintTooFast 620
13 NairoQ 610
14 Joelsim 537
15 Hakkie2 533
16 Vladimir 530
17 MKind1 529
18 Murrjt 520
19 TomJelte 515
20 Hugo87 502
21 Minessa 494
22 Rote_Laterne 492
23 Armchair_Cyclist 483
23 Scrooll07 483
25 Leadbelly 481
26 Comodoro 477
27 18Valve 468
28 Karaev 463
29 LosBrolin 462
30 JustSomeGuy 455
31 The_Sceptic 443
32 Postmanhat 441
33 Del1962 437
34 Shalgo 405
35 Josedin 393
36 Gigs_98 388
37 Crevaison 373
38 DJW 359
39 Trudgin 357
40 JosephD 341
41 BigMac 288
Collective_Wisdom 490

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Rest Day
So you can see above how the teams we have selected are doing: what scores are the riders accumulating?
Guaranteed points
Clearly, those who have racked up the points were either too expensive for nearly all of us, or not not fancied by many of us.
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban 256 5 teams
DUMOULIN Tom 189 0 team
SAGAN Peter 135 1 team
DEGENKOLB John 105 0 team
SBARAGLI Kristian 94 0 team
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 93 0 team
STUYVEN Jasper 73 1 team
EWAN Caleb 70 0 team
LINDEMAN Bert-Jan 70 0 team
MARTIN Daniel 55 0 team
FROOME Chris 50 0 team
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim 49 0 team
ROCHE Nicolas 46 0 team
ARU Fabio 41 3 teams
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello 40 0 team
BOUHANNI Nacer 40 2 teams
KOSHEVOY Ilia 40 1 team
ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin 37 4 teams
DRUCKER Jempy 30 1 team
MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel 30 3 teams
MAJKA Rafal 26 29 teams
REZA Kévin 25 2 teams
VAN DER SANDE Tosh 24 0 team
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 21 12 teams
GONÇALVES Jose Isidro Maciel 20 0 team


Guaranteed points as a %age of price:
There has been some decent value for 'money' missed by all, or all but one of us, in several instances,

CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban 69.8%
LINDEMAN Bert-Jan 68.6%
STUYVEN Jasper 40.6%
KOSHEVOY Ilia 33.9%
COUSIN Jérôme 27.3%
REZA Kévin 21.0%
SBARAGLI Kristian 20.9%
ROCHE Nicolas 18.7%
DUMOULIN Tom 16.7%
VAN DER SANDE Tosh 15.9%
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello 13.2%
ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin 13.0%
RICHEZE ARAQUISTAIN Ariel Maximiliano 12.3%
DOCKER Mitchell 11.1%
EWAN Caleb 9.7%
GONÇALVES Jose Isidro Maciel 8.9%
PLAZA MOLINA Ruben 7.9%
SAGAN Peter 7.6%
DEGENKOLB John 5.4%
DRUCKER Jempy 5.1%

Projected Points
Make up your own minds about who will rise or fall, and how far, in this table, but this is how it stands before they undertake the Volta a Andorra.
DUMOULIN Tom 754 0 team
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban 646 5 teams
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim 429 0 team
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 348 0 team
ROCHE Nicolas 321 0 team
ARU Fabio 285 3 teams
FROOME Chris 220 0 team
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 213 12 teams
MAJKA Rafal 176 29 teams
POZZOVIVO Domenico 142 23 teams
SAGAN Peter 135 1 team
MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel 134 3 teams
DEGENKOLB John 127 0 team
SBARAGLI Kristian 124 0 team
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel 120 1 team
MEINTJES Louis 115 1 team
LINDEMAN Bert-Jan 110 0 team
BRAMBILLA Gianluca 96 1 team
SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel 90 0 team
FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar 85 2 teams
DE CLERCQ Bart 84 1 team
CARDOSO Andre Fernando Santos Martins 78 2 teams
SICARD Romain 74 0 team
STUYVEN Jasper 73 1 team
EWAN Caleb 70 0 team
NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel 70 10 teams
GONÇALVES Jose Isidro Maciel 68 0 team
JEANDESBOZ Fabrice 66 0 team
KOSHEVOY Ilia 62 1 team
ROSSETTO Stéphane 62 0 team
ELISSONDE Kenny 61 21 teams
ARROYO DURAN David 58 7 teams
VAN DER SANDE Tosh 56 0 team
ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar 56 3 teams
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello 55 0 team
MARTIN Daniel 55 0 team
BOUET Maxime 54 0 team
VISCONTI Giovanni 53 3 teams
HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis 52 4 teams
ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin 52 4 teams
BENNETT George 50 0 team

And by percentage, we see the bargains (also some of these have so few points, they would not greatly benefit a team)
JIM Songezo 300.0 2 teams
PELLAUD Simon 187.5 2 teams
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban 176.0 5 teams
ROCHE Nicolas 130.5 0 team
LINDEMAN Bert-Jan 107.8 0 team
ELISSONDE Kenny 100.0 21 teams
FISCHER Murilo Antonio 100.0 2 teams
ROLLIN Dominique 100.0 3 teams
BRAMBILLA Gianluca 72.2 1 team
CATTANEO Mattia 68.2 1 team
DUMOULIN Tom 66.5 0 team
VERONA QUINTANILLA Carlos 62.8 6 teams
HUPOND Thierry 60.0 0 team
KADRI Blel 60.0 17 teams
VANOTTI Alessandro 60.0 2 teams
COUSIN Jérôme 54.5 0 team
VAN WINDEN Dennis 53.6 0 team
KOSHEVOY Ilia 52.5 1 team
RAMIREZ CHACON Brayan Stiven 51.7 0 team
VALENCIA GONZALEZ Juan Pablo 51.7 0 team
ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar 50.5 3 teams
AREGGER Marcel 50.0 0 team
STAMSNIJDER Tom 50.0 0 team
VENTER Jaco 48.4 0 team
BOUET Maxime 48.2 0 team
DOCKER Mitchell 44.4 0 team
STUYVEN Jasper 40.6 1 team
VELITS Martin 40.5 0 team



And where there are bargains, there are also spends that are, at best "unfortunate"
(< 5% projected points return, riders chosen for the game only)

Rider, price, points, teams
BOUHANNI Nacer , 1104 , 40 , 2
VAN GARDEREN Tejay , 956 , 0 , 4
NIBALI Vincenzo , 863 , 0 , 24
LANDA MEANA Mikel , 849 , 30 , 8
ROLLAND Pierre , 481 , 15 , 5
TALANSKY Andrew , 385 , 15 , 7
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd , 379 , 15 , 11
BARBERO CUESTA Carlos , 351 , 15 , 4
NIEMIEC Przemyslaw , 318 , 0 , 1
PELUCCHI Matteo , 313 , 0 , 8
MEZGEC Luka , 304 , 15 , 1
RUBIANO CHAVEZ Miguel Angel , 286 , 15 , 1
DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David , 136 , 0 , 3
TANNER David , 125 , 0 , 1
MOHORIC Matej , 69 , 0 , 2

But having these riders is not necessarily disastrous: Barmaher (2nd) and Blues in the Bottle (5th) both have Van Garderen, asdfgh101 (4th) has both Nibali and Landa. On the other hand, behind the Chaves teams, there are 6 teams free of such disappointments.

8 teams still have all 9 riders in the race: AmisVelo, Hugo87, Kabete, LightBing, Mellow_Velo, Search, Semir, Tuart
8 remaining: 18Valve, asdfgh101, Barmaher, Blues_in_the_Bottle, Crevaison, DJW, GeraintTooFast, Gigs_98, Hakkie2, Josedin, JustSomeGuy, Leadbelly, LosBrolin, Midge, Minessa, NairoQ, Postmanhat, Rote_Laterne, Scrooll07, TomJelte, Trudgin
7 still going: Armchair_Cyclist, BigMac, Comodoro, Del1962, Joelsim, Karaev, MKind1, Murrjt, Shalgo, Vladimir
Only 6 still in the team: JosephD, The_Sceptic

If you wish to investigate the data any farther, here is the spreadsheet.

 

[barmaher]

Nice work, thanks very much for organising this.

 

[NairoQ]

Interesting on a rest day, thanks! Sucks that Zoidl lost 10 minutes yesterday, he seemed in a good position.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 11 Purito's punishment
Now the race, and the game, might begin to reveal their true colours.

LANDA MEANA Mikel 70 8 teams
ARU Fabio 58 3 teams
BOSWELL Ian 25 0 team
MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel 15 3 teams
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim 10 0 team
MAJKA Rafal 7 29 teams
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel 5 1 team
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban 3 5 teams
DUMOULIN Tom 2 0 team
ROSA Diego 1 1 team

Astana specialist 18 Valve wins the day: imagine his day score if Nibali had been there too.

1 18Valve 128 (Landa & Aru)
2 asdfgh101 80 (Landa, Majka & Chaves)
3= BigMac, Del1962, LosBrolin 77 (Landa & Majka)
6 Scrooll07 75 (Landa and Nieve)
7= Crevaison, Shalgo 70 ((Landa)
9= Kabete, Mellow_Velo 65 (Aru & Majka)
The best of the rest win just 22 guaranteed points today.

asdfgh101, the only Chaves manager to also have one of the key Astana riders, moves to the top of the guaranteed point rankings. With the likelihood of several days of Red jersey bonus to come, expect the three Aru teams to start moving up this table.
1 asdfgh101 377
2 Midge 351
3 Blues_in_the_Bottle 329
4 AmisVelo 313
5 Barmaher 299
6 Mellow_Velo 211
7 18Valve 179
8 Trudgin 151
9 Kabete 132
10 Shalgo 117
11 Del1962 110
11 LosBrolin 110
13 BigMac 103
14 Search 95
15 The_Sceptic 94
16 Murrjt 92
16 Scrooll07 92
18 Crevaison 87
18 Gigs_98 87
20 LightBing 85
21 Josedin 76
22 Tuart 69
23 Semir 61
24 Hugo87 54
24 MKind1 54
24 NairoQ 54
24 TomJelte 54
24 Vladimir 54
29 Leadbelly 50
29 Minessa 50
31 Comodoro 46
32 GeraintTooFast 40
32 Hakkie2 40
32 Joelsim 40
32 Karaev 40
32 Rote_Laterne 40
37 JosephD 33
37 Postmanhat 33
39 Armchair_Cyclist 28
39 JustSomeGuy 28
41 DJW 21
Collective_Wisdom 40

Projected points
Major reshuffle in the rankings today, as contenders and pretenders are separated.

ARU Fabio 331 3
LANDA MEANA Mikel 130 8
MAJKA Rafal 124 29
MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel 102 3
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel 50 1
PLAZA MOLINA Ruben 25 2
MEINTJES Louis 23 1
ROSA Diego 17 1
ATAPUMA HURTADO Jhon Darwin 12 2
SCHLECK Fränk 10 14
...
BERHANE TEWELDEMEDHIN Natnael -10 3
ZOIDL Riccardo -13 3
ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar -14 3
POZZOVIVO Domenico -15 23
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander -42 12
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban -77 5

The riders who lost most projected points today (Dumoulin, Roche, Froome) were not selected, which fact, combined with Majka's popularity, means that there is a rich haul of points for most teams (but not mine, or the team most similar to it).
1 18Valve 469
2 Mellow_Velo 445
3 Kabete 431
4 BigMac 261
5 Del1962 249
6 LosBrolin 243
7 LightBing 220
8 Search 218
9 asdfgh101 185
10 Scrooll07 165
11 Murrjt 149
12 Comodoro 144
13 Shalgo 130
14 JosephD 126
15 GeraintTooFast 120
15 Postmanhat 120
17 Crevaison 117
18 Hakkie2 114
18 Tuart 114
20 Karaev 113
21 Rote_Laterne 111
22 Joelsim 106
23 Leadbelly 102
23 Minessa 102
25 TomJelte 95
26 Vladimir 90
27 MKind1 87
28 Semir 83
29 Hugo87 79
30 Blues_in_the_Bottle 61
31 NairoQ 60
32 Trudgin 35
33 Barmaher 30
34 Midge 25
35 AmisVelo 17
36 Josedin -12
37 Gigs_98 -21
38 The_Sceptic -42
39 DJW -44
40 Armchair_Cyclist -49
41 JustSomeGuy -67
Collective_Wisdom 131

Standings
Mellow Velo's trip to Andorra brings him cause to celebrate, as the Chaves teams finally yield the top places. Other Aru teams are now 5th and (after a 19 place jump) 8th: Del1962, Los Brolin and BigMac also have 2 digit place rises.
1 Mellow_Velo 1256
2 AmisVelo 1208
3 asdfgh101 1204
4 Barmaher 1182
5 Kabete 1144
6 Midge 1131
7 Blues_in_the_Bottle 1039
8 18Valve 937
9 Search 900
10 LightBing 893
11 Tuart 796
12 Semir 752
13 GeraintTooFast 740
14 LosBrolin 705
15 Del1962 686
16 NairoQ 670
17 Murrjt 669
18 Scrooll07 648
19 Hakkie2 647
20 Joelsim 643
21 Comodoro 621
22 Vladimir 620
23 MKind1 616
24 TomJelte 610
25 Rote_Laterne 603
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