2016 Tour de France CQ Game

[Armchair cyclist]

It'll happen, of course it will.

The Short version to confirm for those who are used to it:
4000 pt budget
Rider prices over 12 months to 26th June
Exactly 9 riders
Entries start on release of CQ update on Monday 27th May, closes by start of the race (12:20 French time on Sat 2 July)

The long version for newer entrants
Each team must have 9 riders who are taking part in the Tour. I have a rather complicated set of criteria for replacing ineligible riders or those in over-priced teams, but its easier if I just threaten you with who you will get substituted in if there is a problem.
Each team must fit within a budget of 4000 points. The price of each rider is their total CQ score over the 12 months to 26th June (CQ's last downloadable update before the race). This price list is available on the CQ website. I have put up a Dropbox file with prices, from which a copy and paste will give the correct formatting of names.

The points scored will be those allocated by CQ: there are points for all finishers, (a sliding scale of points for those finishing 1st to 50th), the top ten in each stage, the yellow jersey wearer each day, and top ten in green and polka-dot (but not white) jersey competitions:full points here.


Teams should be submitted, with rider names in CQ format (surname then first name, nothing else at all), to me by PM on this forum by the beginning of stage 1 on Saturday 2nd July.

Entrants as of Friday evening, about 18 hours to go
AmisVelo
Armchair_Cyclist
Bbass
BluesInTheBottle
Comodoro
Crevaison
Del1962
DJW
GPBlanco
Hakkie2
JosephD
JustSomeGuy
Kabete
Kazistuta
Laarsland
Leadbelly
LosBrolin
LukasCPH
Martin
Mellow_Velo
Murrjt
RattaKuningas
Rote_Laterne
Search
Shalgo
Slapshot
Trudgin
Vladimir


All teams valid and within the rules (after a tweak in one case), and nearly all submitted in the right format (thank you)

 

[Armchair cyclist]

The Dropbox file with prices is up: entries are open.

Let the game begin!

 

[Armchair cyclist]

6 teams in, all correctly formatted (thank you) and in budget.

All 6 teams have a different leader (most expensive pick), and there are 3 riders who are on 5/6 teams, and 28 out of the 198 riders have already been selected.

My team has been lodged with Just Some Guy, the first manager to submit a line-up.

Already in:
Armchair_Cyclist
DJW
JustSomeGuy
Kazistuta
RattaKuningas
Search

 

[rote_laterne]

Just submitted my team although I can't follow the tour this time.

 

[murali]

will be posting soon.....

I will be travelling for a week. be back next sunday(before it if i get free wifi)

 

[Armchair cyclist]

With 18 hours to go, 28 teams in, 72 riders chosen, of whom 2 are in more than half the teams, and 27 are unique picks.

Don't miss out!

 

[murali]

Done. I am going for the top heavy model this time.

 

[NairoQ]

Had to rush my team last night, hopefully without mistakes but I don't have much hope anyways. It was quite hard to compose a competitive team, so I've chosen a somewhat strange tactic.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

They're off so the entries have closed.

42 teams in, including 4 that I believe to be first timers: here they are (Alphabetical team order, riders in price order, unique picks indicated with a *).

18 Valve
FROOME Chris
LANDA MEANA Mikel
DEGENKOLB John
ROLLAND Pierre
MEINTJES Louis
BOZIC Borut
TEN DAM Laurens
TIRALONGO Paolo
WAGNER Robert

Amis Velo
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
KITTEL Marcel
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
CIMOLAI Davide
STETINA Peter
ROY Jérémy
DURASEK Kristijan
HUZARSKI Bartosz

AndyW09
GREIPEL André *
PORTE Richie
KITTEL Marcel
CHAVANEL Sylvain *
KISERLOVSKI Robert
TEN DAM Laurens
FEILLU Brice
EISEL Bernhard
PINEAU Cédric

Armchair Cyclist
FROOME Chris
BARGUIL Warren
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
MEINTJES Louis
SEPULVEDA Eduardo
STETINA Peter
ROY Jérémy
TIRALONGO Paolo
HUZARSKI Bartosz

B'bass
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
MARTIN Daniel
BARGUIL Warren
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
CIMOLAI Davide
ROOSEN Timo
TEN DAM Laurens
DURASEK Kristijan
TIRALONGO Paolo

Bicycle Boy
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
KITTEL Marcel
BARGUIL Warren
LANDA MEANA Mikel
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson
MEINTJES Louis
STETINA Peter
SOUPE Geoffrey
HUZARSKI Bartosz

Blues in the Bottle
FROOME Chris
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson
MEINTJES Louis
JEANNESSON Arnold
SEPULVEDA Eduardo
ROOSEN Timo
BONNET William
WAGNER Robert

Comodoro
MARTIN Daniel
BARGUIL Warren
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson
DEGENKOLB John
ROLLAND Pierre
MEINTJES Louis
KOREN Kristjan *
SOUPE Geoffrey

Crevaison
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
BARGUIL Warren
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson
DEGENKOLB John
ROLLAND Pierre
SEPULVEDA Eduardo
TEN DAM Laurens
COUSIN Jérôme
SOUPE Geoffrey

Del1962
FROOME Chris
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
PAUWELS Serge
MEINTJES Louis
SEPULVEDA Eduardo
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
CIMOLAI Davide
RENSHAW Mark
TEN DAM Laurens

DJW
PORTE Richie
KITTEL Marcel
BARGUIL Warren
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
ROLLAND Pierre
SEPULVEDA Eduardo
ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar
KISERLOVSKI Robert
DURASEK Kristijan

Geraint Too Fast
FROOME Chris
KITTEL Marcel
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
ROLLAND Pierre
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
SOUPE Geoffrey
EISEL Bernhard
PINEAU Cédric
WAGNER Robert

God Child
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
ARU Fabio
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
CIMOLAI Davide
TEN DAM Laurens
FEILLU Brice
TIRALONGO Paolo

GP Blanco
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
KITTEL Marcel
BARGUIL Warren
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
TEN DAM Laurens
STETINA Peter
ELMIGER Martin
TIRALONGO Paolo

Hakkie2
MATTHEWS Michael *
KITTEL Marcel
CAVENDISH Mark
DEGENKOLB John
STUYVEN Jasper *
ENGER Sondre Holst
CIMOLAI Davide
BONNET William
EISEL Bernhard

Josedin
BARGUIL Warren
VICHOT Arthur *
VUILLERMOZ Alexis
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
MCLAY Daniel *
REICHENBACH Sébastien *
MEINTJES Louis
CIMOLAI Davide
SOUPE Geoffrey

JosephD
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
ARU Fabio
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
DEGENKOLB John
CLEMENT Stef *
ELMIGER Martin
BREEN Vegard
DURASEK Kristijan
TIRALONGO Paolo

Just Some Guy
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
KITTEL Marcel
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel
ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar
TEN DAM Laurens
HUZARSKI Bartosz
EISEL Bernhard
PINEAU Cédric

Kabete
FROOME Chris
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
ROLLAND Pierre
MEINTJES Louis
NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel
SEPULVEDA Eduardo
STETINA Peter
GASTAUER Ben *
SOUPE Geoffrey

Kazistuta
KITTEL Marcel
CAVENDISH Mark
BARGUIL Warren
LANDA MEANA Mikel
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
DEGENKOLB John
STETINA Peter
HUZARSKI Bartosz
PINEAU Cédric

Laarsland
BARDET Romain
PORTE Richie
MARTIN Daniel
THOMAS Geraint
SABATINI Fabio *
BREEN Vegard
DURASEK Kristijan
SOUPE Geoffrey
SCHILLINGER Andreas

Leadbelly
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
KITTEL Marcel
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson
MEINTJES Louis
CIMOLAI Davide
STETINA Peter
SOUPE Geoffrey
HUZARSKI Bartosz

LightBing
FROOME Chris
KITTEL Marcel
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson
TEN DAM Laurens
DURASEK Kristijan
TIRALONGO Paolo
HUZARSKI Bartosz
EISEL Bernhard

Los Brolin
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
MARTIN Daniel
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
ENGER Sondre Holst
MEINTJES Louis
LAPORTE Christophe *
PERICHON Pierre-Luc *
BREEN Vegard
PINEAU Cédric

Lukas CPH
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
KITTEL Marcel
BENNETT Sam
ROLLAND Pierre
CUMMINGS Stephen
ARASHIRO Yukiya *
HANSEN Adam *
TIMMER Albert *
SCHILLINGER Andreas

Martin
BARDET Romain
KITTEL Marcel
DEGENKOLB John
CRADDOCK Lawson *
PETIT Adrien *
De Gendt Thomas
TEKLEHAIMANOT GIRMAZION Daniel
BOZIC Borut
TEN DAM Laurens

Mellow Velo
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
KITTEL Marcel
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
CIMOLAI Davide
DURASEK Kristijan
KEISSE Iljo
EISEL Bernhard
WAGNER Robert

Minessa
FROOME Chris
KITTEL Marcel
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
MEINTJES Louis
ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar
TEN DAM Laurens
DURASEK Kristijan
SOUPE Geoffrey
HUZARSKI Bartosz

Murali
FROOME Chris
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
SEPULVEDA Eduardo
LANGEVELD Sebastian *
STETINA Peter
ROY Jérémy
COUSIN Jérôme
KEISSE Iljo
HUZARSKI Bartosz

Murrjt
KITTEL Marcel
LANDA MEANA Mikel
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
BENNETT Sam
ROLLAND Pierre
MEINTJES Louis
KONRAD Patrick *
JEANNESSON Arnold
KISERLOVSKI Robert

NairoQ
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
ROLLAND Pierre
PAUWELS Serge
MEINTJES Louis
NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel
SEPULVEDA Eduardo
DE GENDT Thomas
SOUPE Geoffrey
BONNET William

Postmanhat
KELDERMAN Wilco *
BARGUIL Warren
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson
ROLLAND Pierre
MEINTJES Louis
SEPULVEDA Eduardo
TEKLEHAIMANOT GIRMAZION Daniel
DUCHESNE Antoine *

RattaKuningas
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
ARU Fabio
KITTEL Marcel
MEINTJES Louis
DURASEK Kristijan
TIRALONGO Paolo
HUZARSKI Bartosz
BONNET William
EISEL Bernhard

Rote Laterne
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
KITTEL Marcel
ROLLAND Pierre
NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
RENSHAW Mark
DURASEK Kristijan
TIRALONGO Paolo
PINEAU Cédric

Scrool07
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
KITTEL Marcel
THOMAS Geraint
JEANNESSON Arnold
POLANC Jan *
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
CIMOLAI Davide
FEILLU Brice
DURASEK Kristijan

Search
ARU Fabio
MARTIN Daniel
KITTEL Marcel
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
ROLLAND Pierre
DURASEK Kristijan
HUZARSKI Bartosz
EISEL Bernhard
WAGNER Robert

SemirS
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
KITTEL Marcel
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson
MEINTJES Louis
CIMOLAI Davide
STETINA Peter
KEISSE Iljo
TIRALONGO Paolo

Shalgo
FROOME Chris
KITTEL Marcel
ROLLAND Pierre
MEINTJES Louis
EDET Nicolas
TEN DAM Laurens
DURASEK Kristijan
TIRALONGO Paolo
HUZARSKI Bartosz

Slapshot
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
KITTEL Marcel
CUMMINGS Stephen
ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew
TEN DAM Laurens
LEMOINE Cyril *
SOUPE Geoffrey
TIRALONGO Paolo

Trudgin
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
ZAKARIN Ilnur *
VUILLERMOZ Alexis
CUMMINGS Stephen
EDET Nicolas
DE GENDT Thomas
TOSATTO Matteo *
TIRALONGO Paolo
BONNET William

Vladimir
ARU Fabio
KITTEL Marcel
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
ROLLAND Pierre
SICARD Romain *
GAUTIER Cyril *
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
DE GENDT Thomas
DURASEK Kristijan

Yellow Knight
FROOME Chris
KITTEL Marcel
LANDA MEANA Mikel
PAUWELS Serge
CIMOLAI Davide
FEILLU Brice
HUZARSKI Bartosz
EISEL Bernhard
PINEAU Cédric

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Rider Popularity

25 teams/42: KITTEL Marcel, VAN GARDEREN Tejay
17: MEINTJES Louis
15: CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
14: DURASEK Kristijan, ROLLAND Pierre
13: HUZARSKI Bartosz, TEN DAM Laurens, TIRALONGO Paolo
11: CIMOLAI Davide, FROOME Chris, SOUPE Geoffrey
10: BARGUIL Warren
9: EISEL Bernhard, SEPULVEDA Eduardo, STETINA Peter
8: PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson, VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
7: DEGENKOLB John, PINEAU Cédric
5: ARU Fabio, BONNET William, LANDA MEANA Mikel, MARTIN Daniel, WAGNER Robert
4: DE GENDT Thomas, FEILLU Brice, NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel, QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
3: ALAPHILIPPE Julian, BREEN Vegard, CUMMINGS Stephen, JEANNESSON Arnold, KEISSE Iljo, KISERLOVSKI Robert, PAUWELS Serge, PORTE Richie, ROY Jérémy, ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar
2: ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew, BARDET Romain, BENNETT Sam, BOZIC Borut, CAVENDISH Mark, COUSIN Jérôme, EDET Nicolas, ELMIGER Martin, ENGER Sondre Holst, RENSHAW Mark, ROOSEN Timo, SCHILLINGER Andreas, TEKLEHAIMANOT GIRMAZION Daniel, THOMAS Geraint, VUILLERMOZ Alexis

Unique picks, 28 of them, indicated in previous post

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Team popularity

The most popular 9 riders, with 13 or more picks each, have a total cost of 3810, and so are eligible to be entered as the Collective Wisdom team. Their popularity index score is 149, here are the scores for the real teams:

1 Leadbelly 134
2 Minessa 132
3 LightBing 131
4 SemirS 126
5 Shalgo 122
6 GPBlanco 120
7 RattaKuningas 116
8 Search 115
8 GeraintTooFast 115
10 AmisVelo 112
11 Armchair_Cyclist 110
11 Mellow_Velo 110
13 Bbass 108
14 DJW 106
15 JustSomeGuy 103
15 Kazistuta 103
17 Kabete 101
17 BicycleBoy 101
19 Del1962 99
20 Comodoro 98
21 Vladimir 97
22 GodChild 96
23 Murrjt 95
24 Rote_Laterne 91
25 Crevaison 89
26 Yellow_Knight 88
27 18Valve 87
27 Postmanhat 87
29 Slapshot 86
30 BluesInTheBottle 85
30 JosephD 85
32 Scrool07 83
33 Josedin 79
34 LosBrolin 76
35 NairoQ 71
36 Murali 66
36 AndyW09 66
38 LukasCPH 64
39 Hakkie2 63
40 Martin 57
41 Trudgin 46
42 Laarsland 43


As teams came in, I had the strangest notion that I might end up with Chris Froome as a unique pick. It was only when the 24th team was submitted that there was someone else opting for him. Among the teams that came in after about 10pm on Thursday, he was in more than half of them. What is to be derived from that, I have no idea, but I had been wondering whether there had been a rumour I had missed about him being injured.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Major picks

I usually do an analysis bases on picks of twice the average budget/rider (ie 888 pts) or more, but in view of the popularity and potential importance of Kittel, I have dropped that threshold down to 846 (which also brings Porte, Martin and Alaphilippe into consideration).


Quintana alone: Nairo Q
with Kittel: Just Some Guy, Amis Velo, Rote Laterne

Froome alone: Armchair Cyclist, Blues in the Bottle, Kabete, Del1962, 18 Valve
with Contador: Murali
with Kittel: Shalgo, Geraint Too Fast, Minessa, Yellow Knight, LightBing

Greipel with Porte and Kittel: AndyW09

Contador alone: Crevaison
With Aru: JosephD, God Child
With Aru and Kittel: Ratta Kuningas
With Zakharin: Trudgin
With D Martin: B'bass, Los Brolin
With Alaphilippe and Kittel: Slapshot, Mellow Velo
With Kittel: Leadbelly, Lukas CPH, GP Blanco, Scrool07, SemirS

Bardet
With D Martin and Porte: Laarsland
With Kittel: Martin

Aru
With D Martin and Kittel: Search
With Kittel: Vladimir

Matthews with Kittel: Hakkie2

Porte with Kittel: DJW

D Martin alone: Comodoro

Alaphilippe with Kittel: Bicycle Boy

Kittel alone: Kazistuta, Murrjt

Postmanhat's most expensive pick is Kelderman (771, unique pick), and Josedin's is Barguil (691)

 

[Armchair cyclist]

The spreadsheetas we start the race.

 

[murali]

My orginal team was
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto TNK
MARTIN Daniel EQS
CAVENDISH Mark DDD
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson IAM
DE GENDT Thomas LTS
KOREN Kristjan CPT
IRIZAR ARANBURU Markel TFS
ROY Jérémy FDJ
ELMIGER Martin IAM

exact 4000 points.

Then i made the current team:
Couldn't resist the chance to put winner and runner-up in this race

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 1
Guaranteed points, which I shall henceforth rename as the green jersey, not least because at least one team seemed to be submitted wit this as a specific goal.

CAVENDISH Mark 100pts 2 teams (Hakkie2 and Kazistuta; includes daily 20 pt bonus for holding yellow jersey)
KITTEL Marcel 50 25
SAGAN Peter 35 0
GREIPEL André 25 1 (AndyW09)
THEUNS Edward 15 0
LAPORTE Christophe 10 1 (Los Brolin)
COQUARD Bryan 5 0
KRISTOFF Alexander 3 0
MCLAY Daniel 2 1 (Josedin)
HENDERSON Gregory 1 0

Teams
1 Hakkie2 150
1 Kazistuta 150
3 AndyW09 75
4= 23 other Kittel teams 50
26 LosBrolin 10
27 Josedin 2
28= 15 other non-Kittel teams 0
Collective_Wisdom 50

Projected Points which in the light of the above, I'll refer to as the Yellow Jersey, as it is the main competition but takes some time to take shape. However, it is not only points for GC placement, it includes those, and the guaranteed points above, and points from the sprints and mountains classifications, as though the race finished today.

So Cavendish contributes 600 points as projected 1st, 80 for today's stage win, 20 as yellow jersey wearer, and 80 for top spot in the points classification, and everyone has 20 points as a finisher. Scores, like share prices, can fall as well as rise.
1 Hakkie2 1780
2 Kazistuta 1650
3 AndyW09 1090
4 BicycleBoy 900
5 Mellow_Velo 827
6 DJW 821
7 Slapshot 817
8 Rote_Laterne 813
9 GPBlanco 810
10 Martin 790
11 GeraintTooFast 776
12 LukasCPH 767
13 LightBing 749
13 Minessa 749
13 Shalgo 749
13 Yellow_Knight 749
17 Search 744
18 AmisVelo 739
18 JustSomeGuy 739
20 RattaKuningas 717
20 Vladimir 717
22 Leadbelly 710
22 Murrjt 710
22 Scrool07 710
22 SemirS 710
26 LosBrolin 551
27 Josedin 442
28 Comodoro 360
28 Crevaison 360
30 18Valve 326
31 Armchair_Cyclist 319
32 Del1962 293
33 Bbass 280
33 Postmanhat 280
35 JosephD 267
36 BluesInTheBottle 246
37 Kabete 219
37 Murali 219
39 NairoQ 209
40 Laarsland 191
41 GodChild 187
42 Trudgin 180
Collective_Wisdom 710

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 2

Green competition

SAGAN Peter 100pts 0 teams
ALAPHILIPPE Julian 50 3 (Bicycle Boy, Mellow Velo, Slapshot)
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 35 0
MARTIN Daniel 25 5 (B'bass, Comodoro, Laarsland, Los Brolin, Search)
MATTHEWS Michael 15 1 (Hakkie2)
KELDERMAN Wilco 10 1 (Postmanhat)
GALLOPIN Tony 5 0
VAN AVERMAET Greg 3 0
MOLLEMA Bauke 2 0
FROOME Chris 1 11

None of the teams had more than one scorer today, so daily scores are self-evident.

Team scores to stage 2

1 Hakkie2 165
2 Kazistuta 150
3 BicycleBoy 100
3 Mellow_Velo 100
3 Slapshot 100
6 AndyW09 75
6 Search 75
8 GeraintTooFast 51
8 LightBing 51
8 Minessa 51
8 Shalgo 51
8 Yellow_Knight 51
13 AmisVelo 50
13 DJW 50
13 GPBlanco 50
13 JustSomeGuy 50
13 Leadbelly 50
13 LukasCPH 50
13 Martin 50
13 Murrjt 50
13 RattaKuningas 50
13 Rote_Laterne 50
13 Scrool07 50
13 SemirS 50
13 Vladimir 50
26 LosBrolin 35
27 Bbass 25
27 Comodoro 25
27 Laarsland 25
30 Postmanhat 10
31 Josedin 2
32 18Valve 1
32 Armchair_Cyclist 1
32 BluesInTheBottle 1
32 Del1962 1
32 Kabete 1
32 Murali 1
38 Crevaison 0
38 GodChild 0
38 JosephD 0
38 NairoQ 0
38 Trudgin 0
Collective_Wisdom 50

Yellow competition

Main changes today
ALAPHILIPPE Julian +405 pts 3 teams
FROOME Chris 232 11
BARGUIL Warren 200 10
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 181 4
MARTIN Daniel 165 5
ARU Fabio 113 5
ROLLAND Pierre 110 14
KELDERMAN Wilco 90 1
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen 74 8
MATTHEWS Michael 72 1
BARDET Romain 68 2
VAN GARDEREN Tejay 62 25
...
TIMMER Albert -57pts 1 team
RENSHAW Mark -74 2
DEGENKOLB John -80 7
ENGER Sondre Holst -120 2
MCLAY Daniel -160 1
LAPORTE Christophe -241 1
GREIPEL André -300 1
KITTEL Marcel -445 25
CAVENDISH Mark -610 2

It is inevitable that the scores are very volatile at this stage:
1 Armchair_Cyclist 531
2 Postmanhat 530
3 Comodoro 513
4 Kabete 441
5 Bbass 427
6 Del1962 346
7 NairoQ 343
8 BluesInTheBottle 338
9 18Valve 301
10 Crevaison 273
11 Laarsland 262
12 BicycleBoy 257
13 GodChild 249
14 Murali 244
15 Josedin 216
16 JosephD 130
17 Trudgin 21
18 GeraintTooFast 6
19 Mellow_Velo -5
20 Search -22
21 Slapshot -57
22 DJW -63
23 Vladimir -67
24 LosBrolin -74
25 Shalgo -78
26 GPBlanco -109
27 Minessa -117
28 LightBing -120
29 AmisVelo -128
30 Rote_Laterne -154
31 Yellow_Knight -157
32 JustSomeGuy -193
33 Murrjt -196
34 RattaKuningas -307
35 Leadbelly -327
35 SemirS -327
37 Scrool07 -363
38 LukasCPH -392
39 Martin -438
40 AndyW09 -775
41 Kazistuta -832
42 Hakkie2 -1213
Collective_Wisdom -248

This table is highly correlated to the question "How far did you ignore sprinters in your selection?"

Standings
1 BicycleBoy 1157
2 Comodoro 873
3 Armchair_Cyclist 850
4 Mellow_Velo 822
5 Kazistuta 818
6 Postmanhat 810
7 GeraintTooFast 782
8 Slapshot 760
9 DJW 758
10 Search 722
11 Bbass 707
12 GPBlanco 701
13 Shalgo 671
14 Kabete 660
15 Rote_Laterne 659
16 Josedin 658
17 Vladimir 650
18 Del1962 639
19 Crevaison 633
20 Minessa 632
21 LightBing 629
22 18Valve 627
23 AmisVelo 611
24 Yellow_Knight 592
25 BluesInTheBottle 584
26 Hakkie2 567
27 NairoQ 552
28 JustSomeGuy 546
29 Murrjt 514
30 LosBrolin 477
31 Murali 463
32 Laarsland 453
33 GodChild 436
34 RattaKuningas 410
35 JosephD 397
36 Leadbelly 383
36 SemirS 383
38 LukasCPH 375
39 Martin 352
40 Scrool07 347
41 AndyW09 315
42 Trudgin 201
Collective_Wisdom 462


Expect the balance to swing back towards the sprinters tomorrow. I'll bask in my virtual podium until then.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 3

Green

Points today:
CAVENDISH Mark 80 pts 2 teams (Hakkie2 and Kazistuta)
GREIPEL André 50 1 (AndyW09)
SAGAN Peter 45 0
COQUARD Bryan 35 0
THEUNS Edward 15 0
ENGER Sondre Holst 10 2 (Hakkie2, Los Brolin)
KITTEL Marcel 5 25
LAPORTE Christophe 3 1 (Los Brolin)
MCLAY Daniel 2 1 (Josedin)
GROENEWEGEN Dylan 1 0

1 Hakkie2 95
2 Kazistuta 85
3 AndyW09 55
4 LosBrolin 13
5= 22 more Kittel teams 5
27 Josedin 2
28= Kittelless teams 0


Hakkie remains on target for his stated goal for the game.
1 Hakkie2 260
2 Kazistuta 235
3 AndyW09 130
4 BicycleBoy 105
4 Mellow_Velo 105
4 Slapshot 105
7 Search 80
8 GeraintTooFast 56
8 Shalgo 56
8 Minessa 56
8 LightBing 56
8 Yellow_Knight 56
13 DJW 55
13 GPBlanco 55
13 Rote_Laterne 55
13 Vladimir 55
13 AmisVelo 55
13 JustSomeGuy 55
13 Murrjt 55
13 RattaKuningas 55
13 Leadbelly 55
13 SemirS 55
13 LukasCPH 55
13 Martin 55
13 Scrool07 55
26 LosBrolin 48
27 Comodoro 25
27 Bbass 25
27 Laarsland 25
30 Postmanhat 10
31 Josedin 4
32 Armchair_Cyclist 1
32 Kabete 1
32 Del1962 1
32 18Valve 1
32 BluesInTheBottle 1
32 Murali 1
38 Crevaison 0
38 NairoQ 0
38 GodChild 0
38 JosephD 0
38 Trudgin 0
Collective_Wisdom 55

Yellow
today's changes (highest variations, only riders selected for our teams)

Sprint stages normally make less change other than those carried over from the green table. However, we are still early enough in the race that GC standings are effected by countback of finish positions.

CAVENDISH Mark +110pts 2 teams
GREIPEL André 60 1
MATTHEWS Michael 56 1
ARU Fabio 40 5
FROOME Chris 30 11
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 30 4
VAN GARDEREN Tejay 12 25
ENGER Sondre Holst 10 2
KELDERMAN Wilco 10 1
ROLLAND Pierre 10 14
...
ALAPHILIPPE Julian -10 3
BREEN Vegard -10 3
BARDET Romain -23 2
BARGUIL Warren -30 10

1 Hakkie2 171
2 Kazistuta 85
3 Search 57
4 AndyW09 55
4 Kabete 55
6 Vladimir 52
7 BluesInTheBottle 46
7 GodChild 46
9 NairoQ 45
10 JosephD 42
11 GeraintTooFast 41
11 Del1962 41
13 18Valve 38
14 Minessa 37
14 LightBing 37
14 JustSomeGuy 37
17 Shalgo 35
17 RattaKuningas 35
19 Murali 33
20 AmisVelo 31
21 Rote_Laterne 29
22 Yellow_Knight 25
23 Murrjt 19
24 LosBrolin 16
25 Armchair_Cyclist 15
26 Leadbelly 7
26 SemirS 7
28 LukasCPH 5
28 Postmanhat 5
30 Trudgin 0
31 Mellow_Velo -3
32 Scrool07 -6
33 Comodoro -8
34 DJW -10
35 Josedin -14
36 Slapshot -15
37 Crevaison -17
38 Bbass -18
39 Martin -28
40 GPBlanco -29
41 Laarsland -32
42 BicycleBoy -47
Collective_Wisdom 17

Standings
Biggest loss of points today does not dislodge Bicycle Boy from the top: he has a lot of points to spare, but Alaphilippe is unlikely to stay in 2nd on GC for very much longer.

1 BicycleBoy 1110
2 Kazistuta 903
3 Armchair_Cyclist 865
3 Comodoro 865
5 GeraintTooFast 823
6 Mellow_Velo 819
7 Postmanhat 815
8 Search 779
9 DJW 748
10 Slapshot 745
11 Hakkie2 738
12 Kabete 715
13 Shalgo 706
14 Vladimir 702
15 Bbass 689
16 Rote_Laterne 688
17 Del1962 680
18 GPBlanco 672
19 Minessa 669
20 LightBing 666
21 18Valve 665
22 Josedin 644
23 AmisVelo 642
24 BluesInTheBottle 630
25 Yellow_Knight 617
26 Crevaison 616
27 NairoQ 597
28 JustSomeGuy 583
29 Murrjt 533
30 Murali 496
31 LosBrolin 493
32 GodChild 482
33 RattaKuningas 445
34 JosephD 439
35 Laarsland 421
36 Leadbelly 390
36 SemirS 390
38 LukasCPH 380
39 AndyW09 370
40 Scrool07 341
41 Martin 324
42 Trudgin 201
Collective_Wisdom 479

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 4

Green

Just when the wisdom of a very popular expensive pick was beginning to come into question, and at a time when it was probably not expected, KIttel rewards the majority who believed in him. Very few other points today.

Points today
KITTEL Marcel 80 25
SAGAN Peter 55 0
COQUARD Bryan 50 0
GROENEWEGEN Dylan 25 0
KRISTOFF Alexander 15 0
ENGER Sondre Holst 10 2
MCLAY Daniel 5 1
CAVENDISH Mark 3 2
DUMOULIN Samuel 2 0
GERRANS Simon 1 0

1 Hakkie2 93
2 Kazistuta 83
3= Everyone else with Kittel 80
26 LosBrolin 10
27 Josedin 5
28 Everyone else without Kittel 0

Standings
1 Hakkie2 353
2 Kazistuta 318
3 AndyW09 210
4 BicycleBoy 185
4 Mellow_Velo 185
4 Slapshot 185
7 Search 160
8 GeraintTooFast 136
8 LightBing 136
8 Minessa 136
8 Shalgo 136
8 Yellow_Knight 136
13 AmisVelo 135
13 DJW 135
13 GPBlanco 135
13 JustSomeGuy 135
13 Leadbelly 135
13 LukasCPH 135
13 Martin 135
13 Murrjt 135
13 RattaKuningas 135
13 Rote_Laterne 135
13 Scrool07 135
13 SemirS 135
13 Vladimir 135
26 LosBrolin 58
27 Bbass 25
27 Comodoro 25
27 Laarsland 25
30 Postmanhat 10
31 Josedin 9
32 18Valve 1
32 Armchair_Cyclist 1
32 BluesInTheBottle 1
32 Del1962 1
32 Kabete 1
32 Murali 1
38 Crevaison 0
38 GodChild 0
38 JosephD 0
38 NairoQ 0
38 Trudgin 0
Collective_Wisdom 135

Kittel, you will have realised, has 135 pts so far.

Yellow
Minor changes in GC on position countback and the points classification.

Changes today
KITTEL Marcel +90 points 25 teams
MATTHEWS Michael 50 1
BARGUIL Warren 30 10
ARU Fabio 20 5
ROLLAND Pierre 20 14
BARDET Romain 17 2
ENGER Sondre Holst 11 2
...
GREIPEL André -10 1
CAVENDISH Mark -27 2
FROOME Chris -30 11
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander -30 4
MARTIN Daniel -40 5


One non-Kittel team outperformed one Kittel team
1 DJW 148
2 Vladimir 141
3 GPBlanco 132
4 Hakkie2 124
4 Murrjt 124
6 BicycleBoy 121
7 RattaKuningas 114
8 LukasCPH 110
9 Martin 107
10 Leadbelly 100
10 Scrool07 100
10 SemirS 100
13 Kazistuta 99
14 Search 96
15 Mellow_Velo 93
16 GeraintTooFast 92
17 Slapshot 87
18 Rote_Laterne 86
19 Shalgo 84
20 AndyW09 80
21 AmisVelo 72
22 Minessa 70
23 JustSomeGuy 66
23 LightBing 66
25 Postmanhat 62
26 Yellow_Knight 58
27 Crevaison 52
28 Josedin 41
29 GodChild 32
30 JosephD 26
31 Comodoro 20
32 Armchair_Cyclist 12
33 Kabete 2
34 Trudgin 0
35 Bbass -4
36 18Valve -6
36 NairoQ -6
38 Del1962 -14
39 BluesInTheBottle -16
40 LosBrolin -20
41 Laarsland -22
42 Murali -28
Collective_Wisdom 120

Standings
Comodoro and I fall from our shared podium spot, which Geraint takes over. Lukas CPH, GP Blanco, DJW and Amis Velo have the best risers of the day, while the top two remain in place.

1 BicycleBoy 1231
2 Kazistuta 1002
3 GeraintTooFast 915
4 Mellow_Velo 912
5 DJW 896
6 Comodoro 885
7 Armchair_Cyclist 877
7 Postmanhat 877
9 Search 875
10 Hakkie2 862
11 Vladimir 843
12 Slapshot 832
13 GPBlanco 804
14 Shalgo 790
15 Rote_Laterne 774
16 Minessa 739
17 LightBing 732
18 Kabete 717
19 AmisVelo 714
20 Bbass 685
20 Josedin 685
22 Yellow_Knight 675
23 Crevaison 668
24 Del1962 666
25 18Valve 659
26 Murrjt 657
27 JustSomeGuy 649
28 BluesInTheBottle 614
29 NairoQ 591
30 RattaKuningas 559
31 GodChild 514
32 Leadbelly 490
32 LukasCPH 490
32 SemirS 490
35 LosBrolin 473
36 Murali 468
37 JosephD 465
38 AndyW09 450
39 Scrool07 441
40 Martin 431
41 Laarsland 399
42 Trudgin 201
Collective_Wisdom 599

There should be rather more of a shake-up tomorrow.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 5 A big shake up, as expected, but not the shake up we expected.

Green

VAN AVERMAET Greg 100pts 0 teams
DE GENDT Thomas 50 4 (Martin, NairoQ, Trudgin, Vladimir)
MAJKA Rafal 35 0
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim 25 0
MARTIN Daniel 15 5 (B'bass, Comodoro, Laarsland, Los Brolin, Search)
HUZARSKI Bartosz 10 13
ALAPHILIPPE Julian 5 3 (Bicycle Boy, Mellow Velo, Slapshot)
YATES Adam 3 0
FROOME Chris 2 11
VAN GARDEREN Tejay 1 25


Only one of the 4 De Gendt teams has the popular pick Van Garderen, so Vladimir is top of today's pile. A few of us have three of today's top ten, Search (Martin, Huzarski, TJVG) being the highest scoring.
1 Vladimir 51
2= NairoQ, Martin, Trudgin 50
5 Search 26
6= Comodoro, Bbass, LosBrolin 16
9= BicycleBoy, Laarsland, Armchair_Cyclist 13
11= Minessa, LightBing 13
14= Shalgo, Yellow_Knight, Murali 12
17 Kazistuta, AmisVelo, JustSomeGuy, Leadbelly 11
21 RattaKuningas 10
22 Mellow_Velo 6
23 Slapshot 5
24= GeraintTooFast, Kabete ,Del1962, BluesInTheBottle 3
28 18Valve 2
29= DJW, Postmanhat, GPBlanco, Josedin, Murrjt, GodChild, SemirS, JosephD 1
37= Hakkie2, Rote_Laterne, Crevaison, LukasCPH, AndyW09, Scrool07 0
Collective_Wisdom 11

Standings
1 Hakkie2 353
2 Kazistuta 329
3 AndyW09 210
4 BicycleBoy 200
5 Mellow_Velo 191
6 Slapshot 190
7 Search 186
7 Vladimir 186
9 Martin 185
10 LightBing 149
10 Minessa 149
12 Shalgo 148
12 Yellow_Knight 148
14 AmisVelo 146
14 JustSomeGuy 146
14 Leadbelly 146
17 RattaKuningas 145
18 GeraintTooFast 139
19 DJW 136
19 GPBlanco 136
19 Murrjt 136
19 SemirS 136
23 LukasCPH 135
23 Rote_Laterne 135
23 Scrool07 135
26 LosBrolin 74
27 NairoQ 50
27 Trudgin 50
29 Bbass 41
29 Comodoro 41
31 Laarsland 40
32 Armchair_Cyclist 14
33 Murali 13
34 Postmanhat 11
35 Josedin 10
36 BluesInTheBottle 4
36 Del1962 4
36 Kabete 4
39 18Valve 3
40 GodChild 1
40 JosephD 1
42 Crevaison 0
Collective_Wisdom 146
If Pierre Roland had finished just one place higher for Crevaison, we would finally have everyone off the mark.

Yellow

Gains and losses
Some significant changes, but without anyone having Sagan(-580) or Van Avermaet (-688) , not the biggest ones.
Despite his troubles, the huge number of riders falling away much earlier than he did means that Contador rises from 54th to 25th in GC, and gains a decent profit on the day.


DE GENDT Thomas +132pts 4 teams
MARTIN Daniel 55 5
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto 39 15
THOMAS Geraint 38 2
PORTE Richie 35 3
VAN GARDEREN Tejay 31 25
KELDERMAN Wilco 30 1
...
LANDA MEANA Mikel -37 5
VICHOT Arthur -41 1
STUYVEN Jasper -45 1
BARGUIL Warren -60 10
MATTHEWS Michael -163 1


1 NairoQ 218
2 Vladimir 195
3 Trudgin 163
4 Martin 141
5 Laarsland 134
6 LosBrolin 130
7 Search 123
8 Del1962 93
8 Kabete 93
10 Minessa 92
11 Leadbelly 90
12 RattaKuningas 84
13 Mellow_Velo 76
14 SemirS 73
15 Murali 70
16 Shalgo 67
17 Bbass 65
18 GodChild 64
18 Scrool07 64
20 JustSomeGuy 62
21 JosephD 59
21 LukasCPH 59
23 DJW 52
24 Comodoro 49
25 GeraintTooFast 47
26 BluesInTheBottle 45
26 Slapshot 45
28 AmisVelo 42
29 Murrjt 38
30 Postmanhat 36
31 Armchair_Cyclist 30
32 AndyW09 25
32 LightBing 25
34 Rote_Laterne 14
35 18Valve 13
36 Yellow_Knight 8
37 GPBlanco 4
38 Crevaison -14
39 Josedin -23
40 Kazistuta -49
41 BicycleBoy -71
42 Hakkie2 -209
Collective_Wisdom 135


Standings
Bicycle Boy again survives a very bad day while still at the top, but Vladimir leaps from 11th to being his closest challenger. NairoQ had an even bigger jump (14 places), while Hakkie pays the price for a sprinter heavy team with a 19 place fall.

1 BicycleBoy 1160
2 Vladimir 1038
3 Search 998
4 Mellow_Velo 988
5 GeraintTooFast 962
6 Kazistuta 953
7 DJW 948
8 Comodoro 934
9 Postmanhat 913
10 Armchair_Cyclist 907
11 Slapshot 877
12 Shalgo 857
13 Minessa 831
14 Kabete 810
15 NairoQ 809
16 GPBlanco 808
17 Rote_Laterne 788
18 Del1962 759
19 LightBing 757
20 AmisVelo 756
21 Bbass 750
22 JustSomeGuy 711
23 Murrjt 695
24 Yellow_Knight 683
25 18Valve 672
26 Josedin 662
27 BluesInTheBottle 659
28 Crevaison 654
29 Hakkie2 653
30 RattaKuningas 643
31 LosBrolin 603
32 Leadbelly 580
33 GodChild 578
34 Martin 572
35 SemirS 563
36 LukasCPH 549
37 Murali 538
38 Laarsland 533
39 JosephD 524
40 Scrool07 505
41 AndyW09 475
42 Trudgin 364
Collective_Wisdom 734

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 6


Green comp

By now, 23 of the teams that include Kittel will be wishing they had plumped for Cavendish instead: 140 points cheaper and 78 extra green points earned. The other two Kittel teams have Cav as well.

CAVENDISH Mark 80 points 2 teams (Hakkie2 and Kazistuta)
KITTEL Marcel 50 25
MCLAY Daniel 35 1 (Josedin)
KRISTOFF Alexander 25 0
VAN AVERMAET Greg 20 0
LAPORTE Christophe 15 1 (Los Brolin)
SAGAN Peter 10 0
GROENEWEGEN Dylan 5 0
THEUNS Edward 3 0
COQUARD Bryan 2 0
ARCHBOLD Shane 1 0

1 Kazistuta 130
1 Hakkie2 130
3= Anyone else with Kittel 50
26 Josedin 35
27 LosBrolin 15
28 Everyone else 0

Standings
Those who were doing well on the back of sprinters are doing better: those who weren't, still aren't.

1 Hakkie2 483
2 Kazistuta 459
3 AndyW09 260
4 BicycleBoy 250
5 Mellow_Velo 241
6 Slapshot 240
7 Vladimir 236
7 Search 236
9 Martin 235
10 Minessa 199
10 LightBing 199

Yellow competition
Daily gains and losses
Other than the green points, there are only slight shuffles in the mountains and points categories.
CAVENDISH Mark +110pts 2 teams
KITTEL Marcel 65 25
MCLAY Daniel 35 1
ROLLAND Pierre 20 14
LAPORTE Christophe 15 1
VAN GARDEREN Tejay 10 25
ARASHIRO Yukiya 10 1
...
KELDERMAN Wilco -10 1
ARU Fabio -20 5

1 Kazistuta 181
2 Hakkie2 177
3 DJW 97
4 GeraintTooFast 95
4 LukasCPH 95
6 Murrjt 93
7 Rote_Laterne 85
8 Shalgo 83
9 SemirS 76
10 GPBlanco 75
10 JustSomeGuy 75
10 Minessa 75
13 Leadbelly 74
13 LightBing 74
15 AmisVelo 73
15 Mellow_Velo 73
15 Search 73
15 Vladimir 73
19 AndyW09 65
19 Scrool07 65
21 Martin 64
22 Slapshot 63
23 Yellow_Knight 61
24 BicycleBoy 60
25 RattaKuningas 43
26 Josedin 40
27 Comodoro 31
28 Kabete 30
29 LosBrolin 22
30 Crevaison 21
30 Postmanhat 21
32 18Valve 18
32 NairoQ 18
34 BluesInTheBottle 11
35 Bbass 10
35 Del1962 10
37 Armchair_Cyclist 8
38 Murali -2
38 Trudgin -2
40 Laarsland -3
41 GodChild -10
42 JosephD -13
Collective_Wisdom 93


Standings
Kazistuta regains the 2nd place he had after the last sprint stage: Hakkie recovers 11 of the 19 places he fell yesterday.
1 BicycleBoy 1220
2 Kazistuta 1134
3 Vladimir 1111
4 Search 1071
5 Mellow_Velo 1061
6 GeraintTooFast 1057
7 DJW 1045
8 Comodoro 965
9 Shalgo 940
9 Slapshot 940
11 Postmanhat 934
12 Armchair_Cyclist 915
13 Minessa 906
14 GPBlanco 883
15 Rote_Laterne 873
16 Kabete 840
17 LightBing 831
18 Hakkie2 830
19 AmisVelo 829
20 NairoQ 827
21 Murrjt 788
22 JustSomeGuy 786
23 Del1962 769
24 Bbass 760
25 Yellow_Knight 744
26 Josedin 702
27 18Valve 690
28 RattaKuningas 686
29 Crevaison 675
30 BluesInTheBottle 670
31 Leadbelly 654
32 LukasCPH 644
33 SemirS 639
34 Martin 636
35 LosBrolin 625
36 Scrool07 570
37 GodChild 568
38 AndyW09 540
39 Murali 536
40 Laarsland 530
41 JosephD 511
42 Trudgin 362
Collective_Wisdom 827

 

[Bicycle Boy]

I have enjoyed my 5 days in Yellow to go with my 1 day in Pink at the Giro, but I fear all good things must come to an end.....

 

[Armchair cyclist]

As soon as Alaphilippe stops finishing with the GC contenders, I suspect you will drop like the proverbial stone. Possibly not tomorrow, but inevitable.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 7

Green competition

Breakaway winners are harder to pick, or risky investments, but went for it.

CUMMINGS Stephen 80pts 3 teams (Lukas CPH, Slapshot, Trudgin)
IMPEY Daryl 50 0
NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel 35 4 (Just Some Guy, Kabete, NairoQ, Rote Laterne)
VAN AVERMAET Greg 35 0
NIBALI Vincenzo 25 0
MATE MARDONES Luis Angel 10 0
THOMAS Geraint 5 2 (Laarsland, Scrool07)
POELS Wout 3 0
IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka 2 0
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 1 0

Standings

3rd and 4th places are invaded by Cummings teams

1 Hakkie2 483
2 Kazistuta 459
3 Slapshot 320
4 LukasCPH 265
5 AndyW09 260
6 BicycleBoy 250
7 Mellow_Velo 241
8 Vladimir 236
8 Search 236
10 Martin 235

Yellow

Changes
Other than the 246 stage/yellow jersey points, and DNFs if they still happen, the points are a zero sum, but when an unpicked rider like Yates takes a daily profit of 330 points, then there may be a large negative show in our scores.

CUMMINGS Stephen +115pts 3 teams
NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel 60 4
THOMAS Geraint 7 2
CLEMENT Stef 6 1
LANDA MEANA Mikel 6 5
...
KELDERMAN Wilco -10 1
VAN GARDEREN Tejay -10 25
PAUWELS Serge -12 3
ROLLAND Pierre -20 14
STUYVEN Jasper -25 1
FROOME Chris -30 11
GAUTIER Cyril -37 1
ARU Fabio -40 5
BARGUIL Warren -60 10
ALAPHILIPPE Julian -70 3

1 Trudgin 124
2 LukasCPH 90
3 Slapshot 49
4 JustSomeGuy 47
5 Rote_Laterne 40
6 NairoQ 30
7 Laarsland 13
8 Scrool07 9
9 Kabete 2
10 AndyW09 1
10 Martin 1
12 SemirS -4
13 LosBrolin -6
14 Leadbelly -9
15 AmisVelo -15
16 Hakkie2 -25
16 Murrjt -25
18 Murali -29
19 BluesInTheBottle -38
20 JosephD -40
21 RattaKuningas -41
21 Yellow_Knight -41
23 LightBing -43
23 Minessa -43
25 18Valve -44
26 GodChild -46
27 Del1962 -50
28 Shalgo -55
29 GeraintTooFast -60
30 Josedin -63
31 Bbass -66
31 GPBlanco -66
33 Kazistuta -69
34 Crevaison -72
35 Search -75
36 Mellow_Velo -76
37 DJW -80
38 Comodoro -88
39 Postmanhat -96
40 Armchair_Cyclist -103
41 Vladimir -107
42 BicycleBoy -127
Collective_Wisdom -31


Standings

1 BicycleBoy 1093
2 Kazistuta 1065
3 Vladimir 1004
4 GeraintTooFast 997
5 Search 996
6 Slapshot 989
7 Mellow_Velo 985
8 DJW 965
9 Rote_Laterne 913
10 Shalgo 885
11 Comodoro 877
12 Minessa 863
13 NairoQ 857
14 Kabete 842
15 Postmanhat 838
16 JustSomeGuy 833
17 GPBlanco 817
18 AmisVelo 814
19 Armchair_Cyclist 812
20 Hakkie2 805
21 LightBing 788
22 Murrjt 763
23 LukasCPH 734
24 Del1962 719
25 Yellow_Knight 703
26 Bbass 694
27 18Valve 646
28 Leadbelly 645
28 RattaKuningas 645
30 Josedin 639
31 Martin 637
32 SemirS 635
33 BluesInTheBottle 632
34 LosBrolin 619
35 Crevaison 603
36 Scrool07 579
37 Laarsland 543
38 AndyW09 541
39 GodChild 522
40 Murali 507
41 Trudgin 486
42 JosephD 471
Collective_Wisdom 796

Bicycle Boy survives another day of being last on the day but the huge margin (284 points after stage 2) has all but disappeared (28 points now). Rote Laterne has a 6 place jump into the top ten, but in terms of places gained, he is surpassed by Lukas CPH (9 places) and NairoQ (7).

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 8

Green
This could be the first of many 20 point Yellow Jersey bonuses for Froome: that could prove important.

FROOME Chris 100pts 11 teams
MARTIN Daniel 50 5
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim 35 0
BARDET Romain 25 2
KREUZIGER Roman 15 0
ARU Fabio 10 5
YATES Adam 5 0
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 3 0
MOLLEMA Bauke 2 0
PORTE Richie 1 3


Only two team has more than on of today's top ten

1= Froome teams (18Valve, Armchair_Cyclist, BluesInTheBottle, Del1962, GeraintTooFast, Kabete, LightBing, Minessa, Murali, Shalgo, Yellow_Knight) 100
12 Laarsland 76 (Martin, Bardet & Porte)
13 Search 60 (Martin & Aru)
14= Bbass, Comodoro, LosBrolin 50 (Martin)
17 Martin 25 (Bardet)
18= GodChild, JosephD, RattaKuningas, Vladimir 10 (Aru)
22= AndyW09, DJW 1 (Porte)
24= The rest 0

Standings

The 5 teams that combine Kittel and Froome move into the top ten (4th-7th and 9th)
1 Hakkie2 483
2 Kazistuta 459
3 Slapshot 320
4 LightBing 299
4 Minessa 299
6 Shalgo 298
6 Yellow_Knight 298
8 Search 296
9 GeraintTooFast 289
10 LukasCPH 265
11 AndyW09 261
12 Martin 260
13 BicycleBoy 250
14 Vladimir 246
15 Mellow_Velo 241
16 JustSomeGuy 231
17 Rote_Laterne 220
18 RattaKuningas 205
19 AmisVelo 196
19 Leadbelly 196
21 Scrool07 190
22 DJW 187
23 GPBlanco 186
23 Murrjt 186
23 SemirS 186
26 Kabete 139
26 LosBrolin 139
28 Trudgin 130
29 Laarsland 121
30 Armchair_Cyclist 114
31 Murali 113
32 BluesInTheBottle 104
32 Del1962 104
34 18Valve 103
35 Bbass 91
35 Comodoro 91
37 NairoQ 85
38 Josedin 45
39 GodChild 11
39 JosephD 11
39 Postmanhat 11
42 Crevaison 0
Collective_Wisdom 196


Yellow
Daily gains and losses

FROOME Chris +475 pts 11 teams
MARTIN Daniel 211 5
ARU Fabio 100 5
BARDET Romain 95 2
VAN GARDEREN Tejay 70 25
MEINTJES Louis 43 17
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 30 4
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson 22 8
PORTE Richie 22 3
...
NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel -25 4
KELDERMAN Wilco -26 1
PAUWELS Serge -29 3
CUMMINGS Stephen -35 3
DE GENDT Thomas -75 4
ROLLAND Pierre -80 14
BARGUIL Warren -90 10
ALAPHILIPPE Julian -349 3


The shake up really begins:
1 BluesInTheBottle 611
2 Minessa 605
3 LightBing 582
4 Del1962 576
5 Armchair_Cyclist 508
6 Murali 494
7 Kabete 493
8 18Valve 468
9 GeraintTooFast 465
10 Yellow_Knight 461
11 Shalgo 453
12 Laarsland 338
13 LosBrolin 333
14 Search 301
15 Bbass 215
16 GodChild 194
17 Comodoro 176
18 JosephD 164
19 Leadbelly 152
19 RattaKuningas 152
19 SemirS 152
22 AmisVelo 108
23 JustSomeGuy 92
24 AndyW09 47
25 Murrjt 44
26 Martin 33
27 Josedin 28
28 Vladimir 25
29 Scrool07 18
30 GPBlanco 12
31 Kazistuta 3
32 Hakkie2 -7
33 Postmanhat -59
34 DJW -64
35 Rote_Laterne -75
36 Trudgin -81
37 LukasCPH -107
38 Crevaison -122
39 NairoQ -134
40 Mellow_Velo -270
41 BicycleBoy -351
42 Slapshot -360
Collective_Wisdom 57


Standings
Previous positions are rendered almost irrelevant: only 2 of the top ten were there yesterday, and 20 of us have a change of more than 10 places.

1 Minessa 1468
2 GeraintTooFast 1462
3 LightBing 1370
4 Shalgo 1338
5 Kabete 1335
6 Armchair_Cyclist 1320
7 Search 1297
8 Del1962 1295
9 BluesInTheBottle 1243
10 Yellow_Knight 1164
11 18Valve 1114
12 Kazistuta 1068
13 Comodoro 1053
14 Vladimir 1029
15 Murali 1001
16 LosBrolin 952
17 JustSomeGuy 925
18 AmisVelo 922
19 Bbass 909
20 DJW 901
21 Laarsland 881
22 Rote_Laterne 838
23 GPBlanco 829
24 Murrjt 807
25 Hakkie2 798
26 Leadbelly 797
26 RattaKuningas 797
28 SemirS 787
29 Postmanhat 779
30 BicycleBoy 742
31 NairoQ 723
32 GodChild 716
33 Mellow_Velo 715
34 Martin 670
35 Josedin 667
36 JosephD 635
37 Slapshot 629
38 LukasCPH 627
39 Scrool07 597
40 AndyW09 588
41 Crevaison 481
42 Trudgin 405
Collective_Wisdom 853

Search is the highest non-Froome team.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 9

Green
The breakaway almost neutralised this element of the game today:
DUMOULIN Tom 80pts 0 teams
COSTA Rui Alberto Faria 50 0
MAJKA Rafal 35 0
NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel 25 4 (Just Some Guy, Kabete, NairoQ, Rote Laterne)
FROOME Chris 20 11
ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew 15 2 (God Child, Slapshot)
PINOT Thibaut 10 0
BENNETT George 5 0
ROSA Diego 3 0
FRANK Mathias 2 0
YATES Adam 1 0

Kabete has both Navarro and Froome, the points today are otherwise pretty obvious.

Standings
1 Hakkie2 483
2 Kazistuta 459
3 Slapshot 335
4 LightBing 319
4 Minessa 319
6 Shalgo 318
6 Yellow_Knight 318
8 GeraintTooFast 309
9 Search 296
10 LukasCPH 265

Geraint overtakes Search, and is the 5th of 5 teams in a row that got Froome's yellow jersey points: slapshot keeps 3rd through Navaro.

Yellow
The big news of the day is the withdrawal of Contador, a major investment for 15 teams, and the biggest budget member of the Collective Wisdom team: he had provisionally held 72 points for 20th place, but I guess his teams had not expected him to hold onto much of that. Aru's loss of placings will be a big hit to those 5 teams, and Van Garderen is one of the two most popular picks. The other most popular pick, Kittel, drops points by having been overtaken by Sagan's 138km pursuit of the intermediate sprint. Plenty of GC movement, but Froome ends up a nett loser on the day because he fell from 3rd to 9th in the mountains classification.

Changes today
BARDET Romain +80pts 2 teams
MEINTJES Louis 60 17
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 60 4
MARTIN Daniel 59 5
NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel 56 4
PORTE Richie 28 3
ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew 18 2
THOMAS Geraint 17 2
REICHENBACH Sébastien 15 1
...
BARGUIL Warren -10 10
KISERLOVSKI Robert -10 3
SICARD Romain -10 1
ROLLAND Pierre -12 14
FROOME Chris -14 11
KITTEL Marcel -15 25
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen -16 8
KELDERMAN Wilco -17 1
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson -19 8
PINEAU Cédric -20 7
RENSHAW Mark -20 2
VAN GARDEREN Tejay -60 25
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto -72 15
ARU Fabio -110 5

1 Laarsland 184
2 NairoQ 176
3 Martin 73
4 Rote_Laterne 33
5 18Valve 26
5 Kabete 26
7 Comodoro 18
8 JustSomeGuy 15
8 Shalgo 15
10 Josedin 11
11 BicycleBoy 2
12 Hakkie2 -15
13 AndyW09 -21
14 Armchair_Cyclist -28
15 BluesInTheBottle -33
15 LosBrolin -33
17 AmisVelo -35
17 Minessa -35
19 Murrjt -41
20 Yellow_Knight -53
21 Del1962 -54
22 Postmanhat -58
23 Trudgin -59
24 Slapshot -79
25 DJW -81
26 Scrool07 -86
27 Bbass -87
28 Murali -90
29 LukasCPH -99
30 Leadbelly -110
30 SemirS -110
32 LightBing -112
33 Kazistuta -113
34 Crevaison -117
35 GeraintTooFast -137
35 RattaKuningas -137
37 Search -138
38 Mellow_Velo -153
39 GPBlanco -181
40 Vladimir -211
41 JosephD -231
42 GodChild -244
Collective_Wisdom -103

Standings

Kabete moves from 5th to 2nd, and Shalgo also rises to a podium spot, and 18Valve makes the smallest of incursions into the top ten: the best riser is NairoQ (13 places).

1 Minessa 1433
2 Kabete 1361
3 Shalgo 1353
4 GeraintTooFast 1325
5 Armchair_Cyclist 1292
6 LightBing 1258
7 Del1962 1241
8 BluesInTheBottle 1210
9 Search 1159
10 18Valve 1140
11 Yellow_Knight 1111
12 Comodoro 1071
13 Laarsland 1065
14 Kazistuta 955
15 JustSomeGuy 940
16 LosBrolin 919
17 Murali 911
18 NairoQ 899
19 AmisVelo 887
20 Rote_Laterne 871
21 Bbass 822
22 DJW 820
23 Vladimir 818
24 Hakkie2 783
25 Murrjt 766
26 BicycleBoy 744
27 Martin 743
28 Postmanhat 721
29 Leadbelly 687
30 Josedin 678
31 SemirS 677
32 RattaKuningas 660
33 GPBlanco 648
34 AndyW09 567
35 Mellow_Velo 562
36 Slapshot 550
37 LukasCPH 528
38 Scrool07 511
39 GodChild 472
40 JosephD 404
41 Crevaison 364
42 Trudgin 346
Collective_Wisdom 750