2016 Tour de France CQ Game

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 10

Green
Matthews (80pts) is a unique pick for Hakkie2's sprinter-dominated team, and the 11 Froome teams get the yellow jersey bonuses. That's it.

Standings
Lead increases, 4 Froome teams overtake Slapshot.
1 Hakkie2 563
2 Kazistuta 459
3 LightBing 339
3 Minessa 339
5 Shalgo 338
5 Yellow_Knight 338
7 Slapshot 335
8 GeraintTooFast 329
9 Search 296
10 LukasCPH 265

Yellow
Gains and losses
Slight positional changes in Points competition and GC, but very few, so here are all the ones that are selected for the game:

MATTHEWS Michael +100pts 1 team
FROOME Chris 20 11
LANDA MEANA Mikel 2 5
...
CLEMENT Stef -1 1
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson -1 8
ALAPHILIPPE Julian -2 3
STETINA Peter -2 9
TEN DAM Laurens -2 13
ZAKARIN Ilnur -2 1
GREIPEL André -5 1
NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel -6 4
LANGEVELD Sebastian -20 1
BARDET Romain -30 2
CAVENDISH Mark -30 2

1 Hakkie2 70
2 Yellow_Knight 22
3 GeraintTooFast 20
3 18Valve 20
5 BluesInTheBottle 19
6 Minessa 18
6 Shalgo 18
6 Armchair_Cyclist 18
6 Del1962 18
10 LightBing 17
11 Kabete 12
12 Murrjt 2
13 Search 0
13 LukasCPH 0
13 Vladimir 0
13 RattaKuningas 0
13 Scrool07 0
13 DJW 0
13 LosBrolin 0
13 Josedin 0
21 Comodoro -1
21 JosephD -1
21 Postmanhat -1
24 Mellow_Velo -2
24 AmisVelo -2
24 Murali -2
24 Trudgin -2
24 Bbass -2
24 GodChild -2
30 BicycleBoy -3
30 Leadbelly -3
30 SemirS -3
30 Crevaison -3
34 Slapshot -4
34 GPBlanco -4
36 Rote_Laterne -6
36 NairoQ -6
38 AndyW09 -7
39 JustSomeGuy -8
40 Kazistuta -30
40 Laarsland -30
42 Martin -32
Collective_Wisdom -2

Standings

32 of us didn't have any change in position: Hakkie2 is the only one to have moved more than 1 place. About as neautralised as can be.

1 Minessa 1451
2 Kabete 1373
3 Shalgo 1371
4 GeraintTooFast 1345
5 Armchair_Cyclist 1310
6 LightBing 1275
7 Del1962 1259
8 BluesInTheBottle 1229
9 18Valve 1160
10 Search 1159
11 Yellow_Knight 1133
12 Comodoro 1070
13 Laarsland 1035
14 JustSomeGuy 932
15 Kazistuta 925
16 LosBrolin 919
17 Murali 909
18 NairoQ 893
19 AmisVelo 885
20 Rote_Laterne 865
21 Hakkie2 853
22 Bbass 820
22 DJW 820
24 Vladimir 818
25 Murrjt 768
26 BicycleBoy 741
27 Postmanhat 720
28 Martin 711
29 Leadbelly 684
30 Josedin 678
31 SemirS 674
32 RattaKuningas 660
33 GPBlanco 644
34 AndyW09 560
34 Mellow_Velo 560
36 Slapshot 546
37 LukasCPH 528
38 Scrool07 511
39 GodChild 470
40 JosephD 403
41 Crevaison 361
42 Trudgin 344
Collective_Wisdom 748

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Given the appalling attitude of administrators here to the Games subforum, I really feel very disinclined to post results here. Maybe if the second reply I am awaiting is more civil than the first one, I might reconsider, otherwise I'll see you at VR.

 

[NairoQ]

That's sad, but understandable. Could you pm me a link to the other thread, maybe?

 

[NairoQ]

Doing a 1-2-3 today with De Gendt, Pauwels and Navarro. I hope to win this stage

 

[Armchair cyclist]

For those who have not followed the Moderators forum, the reason I have taken offence is that when it was suggested that another thread be moved to the Games and Fantasy sub-forum from the Professional Road Race section, an administrator replied thus:

We've discussed race design thread, and decided to leave it be. We think it adds a lot to the forum, and posters put in a lot of effort in their races and write ups, so we think it's better in PRR, rather than in G&FC where it might be kinda forgotten about

That seems to me to suggest that Red Rick is either hopelessly unaware of the amount of time and effort put into running games, or that he thinks that the effort in the Race Design thread (which refers to neither real life road races nor professional cyclists) is such that it merits positioning in a high traffic area, whereas the time and effort spent here does not. It also implies that he does not consider anything here to "add a lot to the forum", but rather that what is here may "be kinda forgotten about".

This administrator has neither explained, not apologised for, these comments.

Maybe you think I am being unreasonable or over sensitive, but that is why I feel that I, and others who have put so much effort into the diversions here, have been grossly insulted.

 

[NairoQ]

Whoa, after all these consistent games with nearly daily updates, almost singlehandedly by you the last few years. I've found my way to VR and will continue to follow there, I for one am very grateful for all the work you put into this to ensure a cool game for dozens of us.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Well the admin who wrote so thoughtlessly has not had the decency to respond despite repeated invitation, and I have far less respect for the admins here than I had before (2 of them specifically, but the whole set up for its lack of rigour and accountability), but I guess I should not make it hard for those who have taken an interest in the game to see how they are doing on account of the irresponsibility and thoughtlessness of one person.

To Stage 16

Green

1 Hakkie2 773
2 LightBing 654
3 Yellow_Knight 636
4 Kazistuta 604
5 Shalgo 578
6 Minessa 574
7 GeraintTooFast 569
8 Kabete 466
9 BluesInTheBottle 444
10 Del1962 427
11 18Valve 418
12 Martin 410
13 Armchair_Cyclist 374
14 Murali 373
15 Slapshot 366
16 BicycleBoy 360
17 Vladimir 346
18 Search 316
19 JustSomeGuy 308
20 AndyW09 304
21 Rote_Laterne 302
22 Leadbelly 294
23 NairoQ 292
24 LukasCPH 286
25 SemirS 284
26 Mellow_Velo 274
27 Trudgin 249
28 Comodoro 226
29 RattaKuningas 220
30 AmisVelo 214
31 Scrool07 213
32 DJW 207
33 Murrjt 206
34 GPBlanco 201
35 LosBrolin 193
36 Crevaison 135
37 Laarsland 126
38 Josedin 108
39 Postmanhat 101
40 Bbass 94
41 JosephD 86
42 GodChild 29
Collective_Wisdom 216


Yellow

1 Minessa 1727
2 LightBing 1687
3 Kabete 1667
4 Shalgo 1574
5 GeraintTooFast 1572
6 BluesInTheBottle 1537
7 Armchair_Cyclist 1519
8 Yellow_Knight 1498
9 Del1962 1497
10 18Valve 1368
11 NairoQ 1135
12 Kazistuta 1128
13 Murali 1126
14 JustSomeGuy 1124
15 Search 1102
16 Hakkie2 1048
17 Comodoro 1021
18 DJW 995
19 Laarsland 990
20 Vladimir 981
21 Martin 917
22 AmisVelo 914
23 Rote_Laterne 898
24 Leadbelly 839
25 BicycleBoy 822
26 SemirS 806
27 Murrjt 791
28 LosBrolin 783
29 Josedin 782
30 Postmanhat 773
31 AndyW09 721
32 RattaKuningas 688
33 Bbass 656
34 Mellow_Velo 652
35 GPBlanco 620
36 JosephD 612
37 Slapshot 565
38 LukasCPH 549
39 Trudgin 547
40 GodChild 490
41 Crevaison 468
42 Scrool07 462
Collective_Wisdom 792

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Rest Day

Rider scores

Green
Points scored
1 SAGAN Peter 490 0 team
2 FROOME Chris 363 11 teams
3 CAVENDISH Mark 343 2 teams
4 KITTEL Marcel 200 25 teams
5 VAN AVERMAET Greg 184 0 team
6 KRISTOFF Alexander 168 0 team
7 DUMOULIN Tom 160 0 team
8 DE GENDT Thomas 130 4 teams
9 MAJKA Rafal 120 0 team
10 MATTHEWS Michael 110 1 team
11 COQUARD Bryan 97 0 team
11 NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel 97 4 teams
13 MARTIN Daniel 90 5 teams
14 GREIPEL André 88 1 team
15 CUMMINGS Stephen 81 3 teams
16 PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson 80 8 teams
17 ALAPHILIPPE Julian 70 3 teams
18 IMPEY Daryl 60 0 team
18 PAUWELS Serge 60 3 teams
18 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim 60 0 team
21 ENGER Sondre Holst 57 2 teams
22 COSTA Rui Alberto Faria 50 0 team
22 DEGENKOLB John 50 7 teams
24 LAPORTE Christophe 45 1 team
25 MCLAY Daniel 44 1 team
26 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald 42 0 team
27 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 39 0 team
28 BODNAR Maciej 35 0 team
28 OLIVEIRA Nelson Filipe Santos Simoes 35 0 team
28 VUILLERMOZ Alexis 35 2 teams

%age return
1 DE GENDT Thomas 70 4 teams
2 CAVENDISH Mark 49 2 teams
3 HUZARSKI Bartosz 40 13 teams
4 NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel 32 4 teams
5 CLEMENT Stef 26 1 team
6 KITTEL Marcel 24 25 teams
7 IMPEY Daryl 23 0 teams
8 CUMMINGS Stephen 22 3 teams
9 LAPORTE Christophe 21 1 teams
10 FROOME Chris 19 11 teams
11 SAGAN Peter 19 0 teams
12 PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson 16 8 teams
13 PAUWELS Serge 16 3 teams
14 BODNAR Maciej 15 0 teams
15 ENGER Sondre Holst 14 2 teams
16 VAN AVERMAET Greg 12 0 teams
17 DUMOULIN Tom 11 0 teams
18 MATTHEWS Michael 11 1 teams
19 MAJKA Rafal 11 0 teams
20 DEGENKOLB John 10 7 teams
21 MARTIN Daniel 10 5 teams


Yellow

Points gained (some guaranteed, some projected)

1 FROOME Chris 963pts 11 teams
2 SAGAN Peter 590 0 team
3 MOLLEMA Bauke 465 0 team
4 CAVENDISH Mark 413 2 teams
5 YATES Adam 389 0 team
6 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 329 0 team
7 QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 320 4 teams
8 BARDET Romain 285 2 teams
9 MARTIN Daniel 270 5 teams
10 KITTEL Marcel 255 25 teams
11 MAJKA Rafal 241 0 team
12 PORTE Richie 231 3 teams
13 VAN AVERMAET Greg 211 0 team
14 DUMOULIN Tom 206 0 team
15 KRISTOFF Alexander 203 0 team
16 DE GENDT Thomas 202 4 teams
17 VAN GARDEREN Tejay 201 25 teams
18 NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel 190 4 teams
19 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim 180 0 team
20 ARU Fabio 170 5 teams
21 KREUZIGER Roman 155 0 team
22 COQUARD Bryan 142 0 team
23 MATTHEWS Michael 140 1 team
24 PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson 135 8 teams
24 REICHENBACH Sébastien 135 1 team
26 PAUWELS Serge 132 3 teams
27 MEINTJES Louis 130 17 teams
28 GREIPEL André 113 1 team
29 VUILLERMOZ Alexis 107 2 teams
30 THOMAS Geraint 104 2 teams
31 CUMMINGS Stephen 101 3 teams
32 HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis 100 0 team

%age returns
1 HUZARSKI Bartosz 212.0% 13 teams
2 EISEL Bernhard 200.0 9 teams
2 WAGNER Robert 200.0 5 teams
4 DE GENDT Thomas 108.6 4 teams
5 BONNET William 100.0 5 teams
6 CLEMENT Stef 92.9 1 team
7 NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel 62.9 4 teams
8 CAVENDISH Mark 58.5 2 teams
9 SCHILLINGER Andreas 51.3 2 teams
9 TIRALONGO Paolo 51.3 13 teams
11 FROOME Chris 50.5 11 teams
12 TIMMER Albert 50.0 1 team
13 YATES Adam 49.1 0 team
14 SOUPE Geoffrey 47.6 11 teams
15 KEISSE Iljo 44.4 3 teams
15 TOSATTO Matteo 44.4 1 teams
17 MOLLEMA Bauke 42.8 0 team
18 ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar 42.8 3 teams
19 DURASEK Kristijan 40.0 14 teams
20 LEMOINE Cyril 39.2 1 team
21 MEINTJES Louis 37.6 17 teams
22 BREEN Vegard 37.0 3 teams
23 VAN GARDEREN Tejay 36.4 25 teams
24 SABATINI Fabio 36.4 1 team
25 PAUWELS Serge 35.9 3 teams
26 REICHENBACH Sébastien 35.7 1 team
27 IMPEY Daryl 35.0 0 team
28 FEILLU Brice 33.3 4 teams
29 GASTAUER Ben 31.3 1 team
30 MARTIN Daniel 30.8 5 teams
31 LAPORTE Christophe 30.8 1 team
32 COUSIN Jérôme 30.8 2 teams
33 KITTEL Marcel 30.1 25 teams

Top teams
There are 60 points between the top three, then a 93 point fall to the rest of the challengers. Other than Froome and Van Garderen, who are in all three teams, the top teams are composed thus:

Minessa

KITTEL Marcel 255
MEINTJES Louis 130
ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar 65
HUZARSKI Bartosz 53
TEN DAM Laurens 20
DURASEK Kristijan 20
SOUPE Geoffrey 20


LightBing @ 40 pts

KITTEL Marcel 255
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson 135
HUZARSKI Bartosz 53
TEN DAM Laurens 20
DURASEK Kristijan 20
TIRALONGO Paolo 20
EISEL Bernhard 20


Kabete @ 60pts

NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel 190
MEINTJES Louis 130
ROLLAND Pierre 93
SEPULVEDA Eduardo 28
STETINA Peter 22
GASTAUER Ben 20
SOUPE Geoffrey 20

Dropbox file up to stage 16

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 17
Sorry its late: one rest day, and I forget that I am meant to do the update each evening...

Green
ZAKARIN Ilnur 80pts 1 team
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson 50 8
MAJKA Rafal 35 0
DURASEK Kristijan 25 14
FROOME Chris 20 11
FEILLU Brice 15 4
VOECKLER Thomas 10 0
POZZOVIVO Domenico 5 0
CLEMENT Stef 3 1
MORABITO Steve 2 0
PORTE Richie 1 3

1 LightBing 95 (Pantano, Durasek & Froome)
2 Trudgin 80 (Zakarin)
3 BluesInTheBottle 70 (Pantano & Froome)
4= Comodoro, Leadbelly, BicycleBoy, SemirS, Postmanhat, Crevaison 50 (Pantano)
10= Minessa, Shalgo 45 (Durasek & Froome)
12 Scrool07 40 (Durasek & Feillu)
13 Yellow_Knight 35 (Froome & Feillu)
14 JosephD 28 (Durasek & Clement)
15= DJW, Laarsland 26 (Durasek & Porte)
17= Search, Vladimir, AmisVelo, Rote_Laterne, RattaKuningas, Bbass, Mellow_Velo 25 (Durasek)
24= Remaining Froome teams 20
30 AndyW09 16 (Feillu & Porte)
31 GodChild 15 (Feillu)
32= The rest 0

Standings

Fewer of his favoured sprinters available for the Paris stage, and Froome-friendly stages and yellow jersey bonuses to come for LightBing: can Hakkie hold on for his target sub-competition?

1 Hakkie2 773
2 LightBing 749
3 Yellow_Knight 671
4 Shalgo 623
5 Minessa 619
6 Kazistuta 604
7 GeraintTooFast 589
8 BluesInTheBottle 514
9 Kabete 486
10 Del1962 447
11 18Valve 438
12 BicycleBoy 410
12 Martin 410
14 Armchair_Cyclist 394
15 Murali 393
16 Vladimir 371
17 Slapshot 366
18 Leadbelly 344
19 Search 341
20 SemirS 334
21 Trudgin 329
22 Rote_Laterne 327
23 AndyW09 320
24 JustSomeGuy 308
25 Mellow_Velo 299
26 NairoQ 292
27 LukasCPH 286
28 Comodoro 276
29 Scrool07 253
30 RattaKuningas 245
31 AmisVelo 239
32 DJW 233
33 Murrjt 206
34 GPBlanco 201
35 LosBrolin 193
36 Crevaison 185
37 Laarsland 152
38 Postmanhat 151
39 Bbass 119
40 JosephD 114
41 Josedin 108
42 GodChild 44
Collective_Wisdom 241

Yellow

The main non-stage points change yesterday is the bonk of popular pick Van Garderen, and the concomitant rise in position of about 10 other riders, while Cavendish's withdrawal sees those in the points classfication shuffle upwards

ZAKARIN Ilnur +118pts 1 team
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson 73 8
ARU Fabio 40 5
PORTE Richie 31 3
BARDET Romain 30 2
MEINTJES Louis 30 17
DURASEK Kristijan 26 14
FROOME Chris 20 11
CLEMENT Stef 17 1
FEILLU Brice 15 4
KITTEL Marcel 15 25
...
BARGUIL Warren -10 10
KELDERMAN Wilco -10 1
HUZARSKI Bartosz -11 13
PAUWELS Serge -13 3
BOZIC Borut -20 2
NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel -24 4
CAVENDISH Mark -70 2
VAN GARDEREN Tejay -112 25

1 Trudgin 116
2 BicycleBoy 103
3 RattaKuningas 100
4 Laarsland 93
5 Shalgo 86
6 Scrool07 62
7 Crevaison 61
8 AndyW09 58
9 18Valve 37
10 Martin 28
11 Yellow_Knight 27
12 Rote_Laterne 23
13 LukasCPH 21
14 Slapshot 13
15 SemirS 12
16 LightBing 11
17 Murali 7
18 BluesInTheBottle 3
19 Leadbelly 1
20 NairoQ -6
21 Comodoro -13
22 Vladimir -22
23 JosephD -29
24 Postmanhat -31
25 Minessa -36
25 Search -36
27 Hakkie2 -50
28 DJW -56
29 GodChild -58
30 Murrjt -60
31 GeraintTooFast -71
32 Mellow_Velo -72
33 AmisVelo -76
34 Kabete -82
34 LosBrolin -82
36 Del1962 -83
37 Armchair_Cyclist -85
38 Josedin -87
39 Bbass -96
40 GPBlanco -101
41 JustSomeGuy -136
42 Kazistuta -181
Collective_Wisdom -46

Standings

Pantano's performance is the key to LightBing dislodging Minessa from the top spot occupied since stage 8, and not having Van Garderen is what raised Shalgo to the podium, as well as giving Yellow Knight the only 2 place rise within the top ten. Laarsland and Trudgin both find themselves 6 places higher than they were.

1 LightBing 1698
2 Minessa 1691
3 Shalgo 1660
4 Kabete 1585
5 BluesInTheBottle 1540
6 Yellow_Knight 1525
7 GeraintTooFast 1501
8 Armchair_Cyclist 1434
9 Del1962 1414
10 18Valve 1405
11 Murali 1133
12 NairoQ 1129
13 Laarsland 1083
14 Search 1066
15 Comodoro 1008
16 Hakkie2 998
17 JustSomeGuy 988
18 Vladimir 959
19 Kazistuta 947
20 Martin 945
21 DJW 939
22 BicycleBoy 925
23 Rote_Laterne 921
24 Leadbelly 840
25 AmisVelo 838
26 SemirS 818
27 RattaKuningas 788
28 AndyW09 779
29 Postmanhat 742
30 Murrjt 731
31 LosBrolin 701
32 Josedin 695
33 Trudgin 663
34 JosephD 583
35 Mellow_Velo 580
36 Slapshot 578
37 LukasCPH 570
38 Bbass 560
39 Crevaison 529
40 Scrool07 524
41 GPBlanco 519
42 GodChild 432
Collective_Wisdom 746

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 18

Green

Time Trials are relatively predictable: they usually yield a good number of scorers, especially if the time trialists are thought likely to get good GC points:

FROOME Chris 100pts 11 teams
DUMOULIN Tom 50 0
ARU Fabio 35 5
PORTE Richie 25 3
BARDET Romain 15 2
DE GENDT Thomas 10 4
IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Ion 5 0
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim 3 0
MEINTJES Louis 2 17
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 1 4

1= 18Valve, Armchair_Cyclist, BluesInTheBottle, Del1962, Kabete, Minessa , Shalgo 102 (Froome & Meintjes)
8= GeraintTooFast, LightBing, Murali 100 (Froome)
12 Vladimir 45 (Aru and De Gendt)
13 Laarsland 40 (Porte & Bardet)
14 RattaKuningas 37 (Aru & Meintjes)
15= GodChild, JosephD, Search 35 (Aru)
18= AndyW09, DJW, (Porte) Martin (Bardet, De Gendt) 25
21 NairoQ 13 (De Gendt, Meintjes, Quintana)
22 Trudgin 10 (De Gendt)
23= BicycleBoy, Comodoro, Josedin, Leadbelly, LosBrolin, Murrjt, Postmanhat, SemirS 2 (Meintjes)
31= AmisVelo, JustSomeGuy, Rote_Laterne 1 (Quintana)
34= The rest 0

Standings

Hakkie2 finally has to yield top spot, and he and Kazistuta are now under severe pressure from several Froomian teams.

1 LightBing 849
2 Hakkie2 773
3 Yellow_Knight 771
4 Shalgo 725
5 Minessa 721
6 GeraintTooFast 689
7 BluesInTheBottle 616
8 Kazistuta 604
9 Kabete 588
10 Del1962 549

Yellow

The gaps in the GC are big enough that few positional changes were wrought today.

FROOME Chris +103pts 11 teams
ARU Fabio 65 5
PORTE Richie 25 3
MEINTJES Louis 22 17
BARDET Romain 15 2
DE GENDT Thomas 10 4
...

VUILLERMOZ Alexis -2 2
NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel -3 4
MARTIN Daniel -20 5

1 18Valve, Armchair_Cyclist, BluesInTheBottle, Del1962, Minessa, Shalgo 125
7 Kabete 122
8 GeraintTooFast, LightBing, Murali, Yellow_Knight 103
12 RattaKuningas 87
13 Vladimir 75
14 GodChild, JosephD 65
16 Search 45
17 NairoQ 30
18 AndyW09, DJW, Martin 25
21 BicycleBoy, Leadbelly, Murrjt, Postmanhat, SemirS 22
26 Josedin, Laarsland 20
28 Trudgin 8
29 Comodoro, LosBrolin 2
31 AmisVelo 1
32 Crevaison, GPBlanco, Hakkie2, Kazistuta, LukasCPH, Mellow_Velo, Scrool07, Slapshot 0
40 JustSomeGuy, Rote_Laterne -2
42 Bbass -20
Collective_Wisdom 22

Standings


Only one change in the top ten, but it is the most important one: Minessa moves back ahead due to Meintjes overtaking Dan Martin. Vladimir and Ratta Kuningas have the biggest junmps, but only 3 places.

1 Minessa 1816
2 LightBing 1801
3 Shalgo 1785
4 Kabete 1707
5 BluesInTheBottle 1665
6 Yellow_Knight 1628
7 GeraintTooFast 1604
8 Armchair_Cyclist 1559
9 Del1962 1539
10 18Valve 1530
11 Murali 1236
12 NairoQ 1159
13 Search 1111
14 Laarsland 1103
15 Vladimir 1034
16 Comodoro 1010
17 Hakkie2 998
18 JustSomeGuy 986
19 Martin 970
20 DJW 964
21 BicycleBoy 947
21 Kazistuta 947
23 Rote_Laterne 919
24 RattaKuningas 875
25 Leadbelly 862
26 SemirS 840
27 AmisVelo 839
28 AndyW09 804
29 Postmanhat 764
30 Murrjt 753
31 Josedin 715
32 LosBrolin 703
33 Trudgin 671
34 JosephD 648
35 Mellow_Velo 580
36 Slapshot 578
37 LukasCPH 570
38 Bbass 540
39 Crevaison 529
40 Scrool07 524
41 GPBlanco 519
42 GodChild 497
Collective_Wisdom 768

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 19

Green

A bit of a lottery as to who would stay standing, but at last we got GC contenders contesting a MTF stage.

BARDET Romain 80pts 2 teams
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim 50 0
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 35 0
MEINTJES Louis 25 17
FROOME Chris 22 11
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 15 4
ARU Fabio 10 5
MARTIN Daniel 5 5
POELS Wout 3 0
PORTE Richie 1 3

1 Laarsland 86 (Bardet, Martin, Porte)
2 Martin 80 (Bardet)
3= 18Valve, Armchair_Cyclist, BluesInTheBottle, Del1962, Kabete, Minessa, Shalgo 47 (Meintjes and Froome)
10 NairoQ 40 (Meintjes and Quintana)
11 RattaKuningas 35 (Meintjes and Aru)
12= Comodoro, LosBrolin 30 (Martin and Meintjes)
14= BicycleBoy, Josedin, Leadbelly, Murrjt, Postmanhat, SemirS 25 (Meintjes)
20= GeraintTooFast, LightBing, Murali, Yellow_Knight 22 (Froome)
24= AmisVelo, JustSomeGuy, Rote_Laterne (Quintana), Search (Aru + Martin) 15
28= GodChild, JosephD, Vladimir 10 (Aru)
31 Bbass 5 (Martin)
32= AndyW09, DJW 1 (Porte)
34 The rest 0

Standings

The two sprint specialists each drop another place:
1 LightBing 871
2 Yellow_Knight 793
3 Hakkie2 773
4 Shalgo 772
5 Minessa 768
6 GeraintTooFast 711
7 BluesInTheBottle 663
8 Kabete 635
9 Kazistuta 604
10 Del1962 596

Yellow

Gains and losses

Fotunately,no-one selected Mollema (-290 pts today)

BARDET Romain +240pts 2 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 75 4
MEINTJES Louis 45 17
ARU Fabio 40 5
PORTE Richie 31 3
MARTIN Daniel 25 5
FROOME Chris 22 11
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson 22 8
MATTHEWS Michael 20 1
...
ZAKARIN Ilnur -10 1
REICHENBACH Sébastien -10 1
VAN GARDEREN Tejay -33 25
NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel -66 4

Two big winners today:
1 Laarsland 300
2 Martin 246
3 BicycleBoy 86
3 RattaKuningas 86
5 18Valve 79
6 Comodoro 69
7 Shalgo 68
8 BluesInTheBottle 59
9 NairoQ 54
10 Armchair_Cyclist 46
11 AmisVelo 45
11 Postmanhat 45
13 LosBrolin 37
13 Minessa 37
15 SemirS 36
16 Crevaison 35
17 Leadbelly 33
17 Search 33
19 AndyW09 29
20 Del1962 28
21 JosephD 24
21 Murali 24
21 Murrjt 24
24 Yellow_Knight 22
25 Hakkie2 20
25 Josedin 20
27 DJW 17
27 Vladimir 17
29 Rote_Laterne 13
30 LightBing 12
31 GodChild 7
32 Bbass 6
33 Scrool07 4
33 Trudgin 4
35 LukasCPH 0
36 Slapshot -2
37 GeraintTooFast -11
38 Kazistuta -12
39 GPBlanco -21
40 JustSomeGuy -25
41 Kabete -27
42 Mellow_Velo -31
Collective_Wisdom 13

Standings

My error in only including the top three teams in the squad analysis on Tuesday's rest day is spotlighted with Shalgo, 4th then and 153 points behind, now being tied for the lead. Of the 2 Bardet teams, Martin gets the biggest jump of the day (6 places) and Laarsland, but rising 3 places to 11th, he provides some interruption to the constant string of Froome teams at the top. 18Valve matches Laarsland's 3 place rise.

1 Minessa 1853
1 Shalgo 1853
3 LightBing 1813
4 BluesInTheBottle 1724
5 Kabete 1680
6 Yellow_Knight 1650
7 18Valve 1609
8 Armchair_Cyclist 1605
9 GeraintTooFast 1593
10 Del1962 1567
11 Laarsland 1403
12 Murali 1260
13 Martin 1216
14 NairoQ 1213
15 Search 1144
16 Comodoro 1079
17 Vladimir 1051
18 BicycleBoy 1033
19 Hakkie2 1018
20 DJW 981
21 JustSomeGuy 961
21 RattaKuningas 961
23 Kazistuta 935
24 Rote_Laterne 932
25 Leadbelly 895
26 AmisVelo 884
27 SemirS 876
28 AndyW09 833
29 Postmanhat 809
30 Murrjt 777
31 LosBrolin 740
32 Josedin 735
33 Trudgin 675
34 JosephD 672
35 Slapshot 576
36 LukasCPH 570
37 Crevaison 564
38 Mellow_Velo 549
39 Bbass 546
40 Scrool07 528
41 GodChild 504
42 GPBlanco 498
Collective_Wisdom 781


So with 2 stages left, it looks like it comes down to who will score better out of
ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
SOUPE Geoffrey for Minessa

or
ROLLAND Pierre
EDET Nicolas
TIRALONGO Paolo for Shalgo

(Froome, Kittel, Meintjes, Durasek and Huzarski being common to both teams)

Which probably boils down to who will fall fewest places out of Rolland and Van Garderen tomorrow.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 20 Almost done...

Green
IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Ion 80pts 0 team
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson 50 8
NIBALI Vincenzo 35 0
ALAPHILIPPE Julian 25 3
FROOME Chris 20 11
COSTA Rui Alberto Faria 15 0
KREUZIGER Roman 10 0
KELDERMAN Wilco 5 1
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim 3 0
MARTIN Daniel 2 5
BARDET Romain 1 2

1 BicycleBoy 75 (Pantano, Alaphilippe)
2= LightBing, BluesInTheBottle 70 (Pantano & Froome)
4 Postmanhat 55 (Pantano & Kelderman)
5 Comodoro 52 (Pantano & Martin)
6= Leadbelly, SemirS, Crevaison 50 (Pantano)
9= Slapshot, Mellow_Velo 25 (Alaphilippe)
11= Other 9 Froome teams 20
20 Laarsland 3 (Martin & Bardet)
21= Search, LosBrolin, Bbass 2 (Martin)
24 Martin 1 (Bardet)
25= The rest 0


Standings
1 LightBing 941
2 Yellow_Knight 813
3 Shalgo 792
4 Minessa 788
5 Hakkie2 773
6 BluesInTheBottle 733
7 GeraintTooFast 731
8 Kabete 655
9 Del1962 616
10 18Valve 607
11 Kazistuta 604
12 Armchair_Cyclist 563
13 Murali 535
14 Martin 516
15 BicycleBoy 512
16 Vladimir 426
17 Leadbelly 421
18 SemirS 411
19 Search 393
20 Slapshot 391
21 Comodoro 360
22 AndyW09 346
23 NairoQ 345
24 Rote_Laterne 343
25 Trudgin 339
26 JustSomeGuy 324
26 Mellow_Velo 324
28 RattaKuningas 317
29 LukasCPH 286
30 Laarsland 281
31 DJW 259
32 AmisVelo 255
33 Scrool07 253
34 Crevaison 235
35 Murrjt 233
35 Postmanhat 233
37 LosBrolin 227
38 GPBlanco 201
39 JosephD 159
40 Josedin 135
41 Bbass 126
42 GodChild 89
Collective_Wisdom 268

Pantano has been a surprise asset in the points competition, and puts LightBing on top.
To overhaul him, unless sprinters fail to feature at all, only Hakkie has a chance, and that would need Degenkolb, Enger Holst, Matthews, Stuyven, Eisel and Cimolai to secure, between them, the first three spots and at least 6th as well.

Yellow

PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson +62 pts 8 teams
ALAPHILIPPE Julian 35 3
FROOME Chris 20 11
KELDERMAN Wilco 13 1
DE GENDT Thomas 10 4
...
PAUWELS Serge -11 3
BARGUIL Warren -19 10
ARU Fabio -140 5

A disaster for Aru, but the highest of his teams was 15th before this stage, so not much consequence here.

1 LightBing 78
2 BluesInTheBottle 75
3 BicycleBoy 70
4 Leadbelly 56
5 SemirS 53
6 Postmanhat 49
7 Comodoro 41
8 Crevaison 40
9 Slapshot 35
10 Mellow_Velo 28
11 Shalgo 20
12 GeraintTooFast 16
13 Murali 15
14 18Valve 14
14 Minessa 14
16 Martin 11
16 Trudgin 11
18 Kabete 8
19 Yellow_Knight 6
20 AndyW09 3
21 Del1962 2
22 Hakkie2 0
22 Laarsland 0
22 LukasCPH 0
25 LosBrolin -2
26 JustSomeGuy -3
26 Rote_Laterne -3
26 Scrool07 -3
29 NairoQ -4
30 Armchair_Cyclist -8
31 AmisVelo -9
32 Murrjt -10
33 Bbass -24
33 Josedin -24
35 GPBlanco -28
36 DJW -31
36 Kazistuta -31
38 Vladimir -137
39 RattaKuningas -140
40 Search -142
41 GodChild -144
42 JosephD -153
Collective_Wisdom -4


Standings

During the stage I was calculating the likelihood of Caruso remaining near enough to Porte to overhaul Zubeldia, and whether this would split yesterday's joint leaders, all the while forgetting that the team in third had the man in second (well, first, then second, then third, then second, then first, then second), enabling LightBing to overtake both yesterday's joint leaders.


1 LightBing 1891
2 Shalgo 1873
3 Minessa 1867
4 BluesInTheBottle 1799
5 Kabete 1688
6 Yellow_Knight 1656
7 18Valve 1623
8 GeraintTooFast 1609
9 Armchair_Cyclist 1597
10 Del1962 1569
11 Laarsland 1403
12 Murali 1275
13 Martin 1227
14 NairoQ 1209
15 Comodoro 1120
16 BicycleBoy 1103
17 Hakkie2 1018
18 Search 1002
19 JustSomeGuy 958
20 Leadbelly 951
21 DJW 950
22 Rote_Laterne 929
22 SemirS 929
24 Vladimir 914
25 Kazistuta 904
26 AmisVelo 875
27 Postmanhat 858
28 AndyW09 836
29 RattaKuningas 821
30 Murrjt 767
31 LosBrolin 738
32 Josedin 711
33 Trudgin 686
34 Slapshot 611
35 Crevaison 604
36 Mellow_Velo 577
37 LukasCPH 570
38 Scrool07 525
39 Bbass 522
40 JosephD 519
41 GPBlanco 470
42 GodChild 360
Collective_Wisdom 777

The top three all have Kittel, but no other sprinters likely to be big scorers tomorrow (Minessa might hold out some hope for Geoffrey Soupe, but I doubt anyone else does), and if Kittel does nothing, there might be a tiny possibility that Roosen, Bonnet and Wagner might sprint like they never have before for Blues in the Bottle, but the most likely way tomorrow's action might effect the upper echelons is if there are splits in the bunch that no-one considers important enough to close, and positions in the 20s and 30s are lost by taking a casual final lap.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 21

Green

GREIPEL André 80pts 1 team
SAGAN Peter 50 0
KRISTOFF Alexander 35 0
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald 25 0
MATTHEWS Michael 15 1
STUYVEN Jasper 10 1
NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas 5 0
LAPORTE Christophe 3 1
BENNETT Sam 2 2
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt 1 0

1 AndyW09 80
2 Hakkie2 25
3 LosBrolin 3
4= LukasCPH , Murrjt 2
6 Everyone else 0

Final Green Standings

1 LightBing 941
2 Yellow_Knight 813
3 Hakkie2 798
4 Shalgo 792
5 Minessa 788
6 BluesInTheBottle 733
7 GeraintTooFast 731
8 Kabete 655
9 Del1962 616
10 18Valve 607
11 Kazistuta 604
12 Armchair_Cyclist 563
13 Murali 535
14 Martin 516
15 BicycleBoy 512
16 AndyW09 426
16 Vladimir 426
18 Leadbelly 421
19 SemirS 411
20 Search 393
21 Slapshot 391
22 Comodoro 360
23 NairoQ 345
24 Rote_Laterne 343
25 Trudgin 339
26 JustSomeGuy 324
26 Mellow_Velo 324
28 RattaKuningas 317
29 LukasCPH 288
30 Laarsland 281
31 DJW 259
32 AmisVelo 255
33 Scrool07 253
34 Crevaison 235
34 Murrjt 235
36 Postmanhat 233
37 LosBrolin 230
38 GPBlanco 201
39 JosephD 159
40 Josedin 135
41 Bbass 126
42 GodChild 89
Collective_Wisdom 268

Hakkie regained two places today, but if one rider gets 13 days worth of yellow jersey bonuses, then a team full of sprinters is not a guarantee of winning this category.

Yellow
Commissaires seem to have decided that they were not willing to acknowledge time differences today: some minor changes in the points classification.

Gains and losses, such as they are

GREIPEL André +103pts 1 team
MATTHEWS Michael 15 1
STUYVEN Jasper 10 1
LAPORTE Christophe 3 1
BENNETT Sam 2 2
...
FROOME Chris -1 11
DE GENDT Thomas -5 4

1 AndyW09 103
2 Hakkie2 25
3 LosBrolin 3
4 LukasCPH 2
4 Murrjt 2
6= Nearly everyone 0
28= Froomians -1
39 Martin -5
39 NairoQ -5
39 Trudgin -5
39 Vladimir -5

Final standings

The only change positional today is Andy moving up 6 spots, and 6 moving down one to accommodate that.

Which means our winner is LightBing, whose win over other teams that paired Froome and Kittel was cemented by everyone's new favourit Colombian, Jarlinson Pantano.

1 LightBing 1890
2 Shalgo 1872
3 Minessa 1866
4 BluesInTheBottle 1798
5 Kabete 1687
6 Yellow_Knight 1655
7 18Valve 1622
8 GeraintTooFast 1608
9 Armchair_Cyclist 1596
10 Del1962 1568
11 Laarsland 1403
12 Murali 1274
13 Martin 1222
14 NairoQ 1204
15 Comodoro 1120
16 BicycleBoy 1103
17 Hakkie2 1043
18 Search 1002
19 JustSomeGuy 958
20 Leadbelly 951
21 DJW 950
22 AndyW09 939
23 Rote_Laterne 929
23 SemirS 929
25 Vladimir 909
26 Kazistuta 904
27 AmisVelo 875
28 Postmanhat 858
29 RattaKuningas 821
30 Murrjt 769
31 LosBrolin 741
32 Josedin 711
33 Trudgin 681
34 Slapshot 611
35 Crevaison 604
36 Mellow_Velo 577
37 LukasCPH 572
38 Scrool07 525
39 Bbass 522
40 JosephD 519
41 GPBlanco 470
42 GodChild 360
Collective_Wisdom 777

Well done to LightBing, hard luck to Minessa and Shalgo who ran close, and thanks to everyone for taking part.

I'll do some breakdown on the numbers tomorrow.

 

[shalgo]

Thanks again for organizing the game and the regular reports; I know how much work it is.

Congratulations to LightBing on the victory!

 

[Hakkie2]

Congrats to Lightbing for his victory in the Green Jersey competition. The result in Montpellier blew it for me, unfortunately.

This would have been the perfect team for the Tour; 2400 points for a price of exactly 4000:

Froome
Cavendish
Pantano
Meintjes
Laporte
De Gendt
Clement
Durasek
Eisel/Wagner

Remarkable, in the Giro the ideal team consisted of 8 riders finsihing top-12 in GC + Foliforov. Here, only 2 GC-riders made it.

And this would have been the 'Most Popular Winning Team', the most popular selection of riders that would have beaten Lightbing:

Froome
Kiteel
Pantano
Meintjes
Ten Dam
Durasek
Soupe
Tiralongo
Huzarski

Together, these riders were selected 125 times. Froome+Kittel+Meintjes+Pantano+5 cheapies, why didn't anyone think of this?

 

[NairoQ]

Congratulations and thanks for organizing!

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Re:

Congrats to Lightbing for his victory in the Green Jersey competition. The result in Montpellier blew it for me, unfortunately.

This would have been the perfect team for the Tour; 2400 points for a price of exactly 4000:

Froome
Cavendish
Pantano
Meintjes
Laporte
De Gendt
Clement
Durasek
Eisel/Wagner

Remarkable, in the Giro the ideal team consisted of 8 riders finsihing top-12 in GC + Foliforov. Here, only 2 GC-riders made it.

And this would have been the 'Most Popular Winning Team', the most popular selection of riders that would have beaten Lightbing:

Froome
Kiteel
Pantano
Meintjes
Ten Dam
Durasek
Soupe
Tiralongo
Huzarski

Together, these riders were selected 125 times. Froome+Kittel+Meintjes+Pantano+5 cheapies, why didn't anyone think of this?

People tend to go with more than just two GC riders (Froome and Meintjes) I suppose? Or maybe it's just me. The budget allows for it, though, and I wasn't convinced that Kittel was a great pick because I was under the impression that echelon stages were likely in the first week. I had Froome and Meintjes, but paired them up with Landa and Rolland, who I mistakenly thought could top-10 and top-5, respectively. Really bad picks in retrospect, Landa in particular.

Congrats to Lightbing on winning the GC.

 

[LightBing]

Thanks guys and thank you to Armchair Cyclist for organizing the game. I always wanted to win one of these competitions. Is this the first time we had an official Green Competition?

Congrats to Lightbing for his victory in the Green Jersey competition. The result in Montpellier blew it for me, unfortunately.

This would have been the perfect team for the Tour; 2400 points for a price of exactly 4000:

Froome
Cavendish
Pantano
Meintjes
Laporte
De Gendt
Clement
Durasek
Eisel/Wagner

Remarkable, in the Giro the ideal team consisted of 8 riders finsihing top-12 in GC + Foliforov. Here, only 2 GC-riders made it.

And this would have been the 'Most Popular Winning Team', the most popular selection of riders that would have beaten Lightbing:

Froome
Kiteel
Pantano
Meintjes
Ten Dam
Durasek
Soupe
Tiralongo
Huzarski

Together, these riders were selected 125 times. Froome+Kittel+Meintjes+Pantano+5 cheapies, why didn't anyone think of this?

I actually thought of that team. Didn't follow through because I was really high on Tejay and thought Costa would be the GC leader at Lampre.

 

[murali]

came in 12th!!! no idea how that happened.

Thank you AC for running the game and congrats to LightBing.

(sorry for such a late post. was on a tour, followed by weeks spent on making up for the lost time )