2016 Vuelta CQ Game

[Armchair Cyclist]

Time for the last of these games for this year:

Team of exactly nine riders all of whom must be in the race.
Budget Budget will be 3500 points. If you don't leave your team until the last moment, I'll be able to warn you of errors and give you an idea of what substitutions I would make unless you make your own. The sooner you enter, the more time you will have to think again if necessary.

Price of riders
CQ current score as at 14th August, with points accumulated over 12 months leading up to that date, for which the update file that CQ released on Monday 15th will be considered definitive.
There is a Dropbox spreadsheet of riders likely to participate and their prices for the game, and a facility for checking the team total.

Submitting your team
By personal message to me, either here or at Velorooms.
Please send the team with names formatted as per CQ. (Surname[space]Forename and nothing else: Spanish/Portuguese names need particular care. It makes an enormous difference to the efficiency of adding teams. If you use the dropbox spreadsheet it will be a simple copy and paste job.

Deadline
The start of the race, which I believe to be Saturday 20th May at 17:25 (UK time)

Scoring
Points issued according to the points tables of CQ (column GT2). Note there are no points issued for the young rider category.

Entries (to 1:40 am Saturday UK time, little under 16 hours to go)
AmisVelo
ArchieBoy
Armchair_Cyclist
BicycleBoy
BigMac
BluesInTheBottle
ChrisDK
Comodoro
Crevaison
Del1962
DJW
Hakkie2
Hugo87
Joelsim
Josedin
JosephD
JustSomeGuy
Kazistuta
Laarsland
Leadbelly
LightBing
LosBrolin
Mellow_Velo
Murali
Murrjt
Rote_Laterne
Search
SemirS
Shalgo
Slapshot
Trudgin
USPostal
Yellow_Knight
All teams now within budget and composed of riders expected to start.

Good luck to all.

 

[vredeling]

Seems like fun, I want to join

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

This is also, for those who have been having a go at all of my short CQ games this year, the deciding element of the Four Seasons title.

Current standings:
Classics + Giro + Tour = Total thus far

GeraintTooFast 1807 + 1058 + 1608 = 4473
Del1962 1494 + 989 + 1568 = 4051
Vladimir 2378 + 701 + 909 = 3988
Search 1777 + 1146 + 1002 = 3925
RoteLaterne 2007 + 905 + 929 = 3841
Armchair 1275 + 962 + 1596 = 3833
Kazistuta 2043 + 840 + 904 = 3787
DJW 1868 + 941 + 950 = 3759
AmisVelo 1528 + 1160 + 875 = 3563
Comodoro 1177 + 1256 + 1120 = 3553
Murrjt 2052 + 385 + 769 = 3206
GPBlanco 1619 + 1013 + 470 = 3102
Leadbelly 1873 + 154 + 951 = 2978
Josedin 1926 + 310 + 711 = 2947
JustSomeGuy 1086 + 758 + 958 = 2802
MellowVelo 1633 + 576 + 577 = 2786
LosBrolin 1333 + 660 + 741 = 2734
Bbaas 1437 + 577 + 522 = 2536
Scrool07 1447 + 478 + 525 = 2450
Trudgin 930 + 380 + 681 = 1991

CollectiveWisdom 1974 + 302 + 777 = 3053

 

[rote_laterne]

Re:

This is also, for those who have been having a go at all of my short CQ games this year, the deciding element of the Four Seasons title.

Well, then I think I will submit a team for this game too

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

11 teams in so far, 43 different riders selected, of whom 22 are unique picks, and 3 are in more than half the teams.

Still plenty of time to make your selection: I believe that the dropbox selector sheet in the OP is now complete with all starters, barring last minute changes.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

A flurry of entries last night: now 20 teams in, 58 different riders nominated, with 24 of them unique picks.

3 riders are on more than half the teams, and only 3 different riders costing more than twice the average spend (ie >777) so far, with no-one taking more than one of them.

About 30 hours to go...

 

[murali]

sent a team now. too busy this year to follow most of the races.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Early hours of Saturday morning, 33 teams in, 78 riders selected, 33 unique picks, 4 on more than half the teams.

5 different expensive riders selected: 2 teams have doubled up on these, one has opted for no expensive member.

About 15 1/2 hours from the timestamp on this post for your entries.

 

[vredeling]

Got my PM, Armchair Cyclist? Thanks for the reminder.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

So here we go!

46 teams, 91 riders: here is how they are spread out.
(Alphabetical order of teams, Price order of riders)
Asterisks indicate unique picks (there are 31 of them)
Hash mark indicates substitution for non-competing rider (just one case of this)

18Valve
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
LATOUR Pierre
MEERSMAN Gianni
GESINK Robert
KÖNIG Leopold
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
HAAS Nathan
BOSWELL Ian

Amis Velo
FROOME Chris *
TALANSKY Andrew
YATES Simon
FRANK Mathias
KÖNIG Leopold
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
SCARPONI Michele
VANBILSEN Kenneth
RESTREPO VALENCIA Jhonatan

Archie Boy
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
CARTHY Hugh
YATES Simon
MEERSMAN Gianni
FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar
SCARPONI Michele
VERVAEKE Louis
CARDIS Romain

Armchair Cyclist
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
TALANSKY Andrew
TAARAMÄE Rein
YATES Simon
BATTAGLIN Enrico
PERAUD Jean-Christophe
KISERLOVSKI Robert
HUZARSKI Bartosz

B'bass
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel
DRUCKER Jempy
GESINK Robert
KÖNIG Leopold
BATTAGLIN Enrico
REYNES MIMO Vicente
RESTREPO VALENCIA Jhonatan

Bicycle Boy
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
ATAPUMA HURTADO Jhon Darwin *
SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel
CARTHY Hugh
TALANSKY Andrew
YATES Simon
MEERSMAN Gianni
CLARKE Simon
MACHADO Tiago Jose Pinto

BigMac
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
GONÇALVES Jose Isidro Maciel *
LATOUR Pierre
TAARAMÄE Rein
YATES Simon
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
VERVAEKE Louis
DURASEK Kristijan
QUEMENEUR Perrig

BluesInTheBottle
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
CARTHY Hugh
TALANSKY Andrew
YATES Simon
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
LUDVIGSSON Tobias
FARRAR Tyler
PAULINHO Sergio Miguel Moreira

Capt Cavman
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
YATES Simon
MEERSMAN Gianni
FRANK Mathias
SCARPONI Michele
LUDVIGSSON Tobias #
PERAUD Jean-Christophe
RIBLON Christophe

Carlo Algatrensig
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
CARTHY Hugh
KENNAUGH Peter
YATES Simon
FORMOLO Davide
ROLLAND Pierre
MEERSMAN Gianni
DURASEK Kristijan

ChrisDK
GILBERT Philippe *
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin *
CARTHY Hugh
YATES Simon
GENIEZ Alexandre
GESINK Robert
DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David
MALACARNE Davide

Comodoro
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
MEERSMAN Gianni
FRANK Mathias
TEUNS Dylan
HAAS Nathan
VERVAEKE Louis
MANZIN Lorrenzo *

Crevaison
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
BARGUIL Warren
ROLLAND Pierre
GESINK Robert
ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
REYNES MIMO Vicente
VANBILSEN Kenneth

Del1962
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
YATES Simon
MEERSMAN Gianni
GENIEZ Alexandre
MACHADO Tiago Jose Pinto
KÖNIG Leopold
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
SCARPONI Michele

DJW
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
YATES Simon
ROLLAND Pierre
ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar
FRANK Mathias
KÖNIG Leopold
FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar
SCARPONI Michele

Geraint Too Fast
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban
YATES Simon
KÖNIG Leopold
ZOIDL Riccardo *
WYSS Marcel *
HUZARSKI Bartosz
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques
PAULINHO Sergio Miguel Moreira

GPBlanco
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
TALANSKY Andrew
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
SCARPONI Michele
VERVAEKE Louis
JAUREGUI Quentin
PAULINHO Sergio Miguel Moreira

Hakkie
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel
YATES Simon
GESINK Robert
ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor
PERAUD Jean-Christophe
DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David
RESTREPO VALENCIA Jhonatan

Hayabusa
MEINTJES Louis *
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
DE GENDT Thomas
YATES Simon
ROLLAND Pierre
KÖNIG Leopold
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
HANSEN Adam

Hugo87
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
MEERSMAN Gianni
FRANK Mathias
KÖNIG Leopold
PERAUD Jean-Christophe
KISERLOVSKI Robert
LOPEZ GARCIA David

Joelsim
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
TAARAMÄE Rein
FRANK Mathias
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
PERAUD Jean-Christophe
RESTREPO VALENCIA Jhonatan
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques

Josedin
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
MEERSMAN Gianni
FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar
SCARPONI Michele
REZA Kévin *
DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David
HUZARSKI Bartosz

JosephD
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
TALANSKY Andrew
MONFORT Maxime *
MEERSMAN Gianni
GENIEZ Alexandre
ROSON GARCIA Jaime *
FARRAR Tyler
RESTREPO VALENCIA Jhonatan

Just Some Guy
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
TALANSKY Andrew
MEERSMAN Gianni
FRANK Mathias
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques
QUEMENEUR Perrig
PAULINHO Sergio Miguel Moreira

Kazistuta
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
YATES Simon
MEERSMAN Gianni
GENIEZ Alexandre
FRANK Mathias
FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar
SCARPONI Michele
HAAS Nathan

Laarsland
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
ARNDT Nikias
TALANSKY Andrew
MEERSMAN Gianni
KÖNIG Leopold
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
QUEMENEUR Perrig
CARDIS Romain

Leadbelly
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban
MEERSMAN Gianni
FRANK Mathias
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
PERAUD Jean-Christophe
REYNES MIMO Vicente
HUZARSKI Bartosz
VANBILSEN Kenneth

LightBing
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
BRAMBILLA Gianluca *
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
FORMOLO Davide
SELIG Rüdiger *
LOPEZ GARCIA David
RESTREPO VALENCIA Jhonatan
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques
PAULINHO Sergio Miguel Moreira

Los Brolin
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
TALANSKY Andrew
YATES Simon
MEERSMAN Gianni
KÖNIG Leopold
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
PERAUD Jean-Christophe
HUREL Tony *

Luxembourg Finest
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel
FORMOLO Davide
ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
HAAS Nathan
PERAUD Jean-Christophe
HERKLOTZ Silvio *

Mellow Velo
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
DRUCKER Jempy
YATES Simon
GESINK Robert
KÖNIG Leopold
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David
BOSWELL Ian

Minessa
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
YATES Simon
HERMANS Ben
MEERSMAN Gianni
GESINK Robert
SCARPONI Michele
PERAUD Jean-Christophe
SCHWARZMANN Michael *

Murali
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
BARGUIL Warren
ARNDT Nikias
HANSEN Adam
HERRADA LOPEZ Jose *
DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David
HUZARSKI Bartosz
HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ Jesus *

Murrjt
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
YATES Simon
CORT NIELSEN Magnus
MEERSMAN Gianni
GESINK Robert
FRANK Mathias
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
CATTANEO Mattia

NairoQ
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
YATES Simon
GESINK Robert
KÖNIG Leopold
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
PERAUD Jean-Christophe
VANOTTI Alessandro *
JAUREGUI Quentin

Postmanhat
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
BONIFAZIO Niccolo *
KENNAUGH Peter
FRANK Mathias
MAMYKIN Matvey *
BYSTRØM Sven Erik *
PERAUD Jean-Christophe
VERVAEKE Louis

Rote Laterne
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
BARGUIL Warren
ARROYO DURAN David *
YATES Simon
GENIEZ Alexandre
ELISSONDE Kenny
ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor
FRANK Mathias
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques

Search
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
TALANSKY Andrew
YATES Simon
BEVIN Patrick *
FRANK Mathias
KÖNIG Leopold
BATTAGLIN Enrico
PERAUD Jean-Christophe

SemirS
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
YATES Simon
GESINK Robert
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques
PAULINHO Sergio Miguel Moreira

Shalgo
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
TALANSKY Andrew
FRANK Mathias
BAGDONAS Gediminas *
PERAUD Jean-Christophe
RESTREPO VALENCIA Jhonatan
QUEMENEUR Perrig

Slapshot
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
DE GENDT Thomas
YATES Simon
CORT NIELSEN Magnus
SCARPONI Michele
VENTER Jaco *
KISERLOVSKI Robert
FARRAR Tyler

Trudgin
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel
DE GENDT Thomas
SCARPONI Michele
HAAS Nathan
PERAUD Jean-Christophe
KISERLOVSKI Robert
MALACARNE Davide

USPostal
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
TALANSKY Andrew
DE CLERCQ Bart
ROLLAND Pierre
ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar
CLARKE Simon
TEUNS Dylan
RIBLON Christophe

Vladimir
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
TALANSKY Andrew
ROLLAND Pierre
SICARD Romain *
GESINK Robert
ELISSONDE Kenny
ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor
SCARPONI Michele
CATTANEO Mattia

Vredeling
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
PARDILLA BELLON Sergio *
YATES Simon
HERMANS Ben
CORT NIELSEN Magnus
MEERSMAN Gianni
GENIEZ Alexandre
VERVAEKE Louis

Yellow Knight
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
TALANSKY Andrew
YATES Simon
DE CLERCQ Bart
MACHADO Tiago Jose Pinto
FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar
TROFIMOV Yury *
FISCHER Murilo Antonio *

#: Capt Cavman had named John Degenkolb, a non-entrant in the Vuelta, in his team. My principle in such cases (apart from letting the manager know as soon as I can and hoping they rejig their team) is to replace the non-contestant with the next most expensive member of the same team, which is why Ludvigsson is now part of that team.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Rider popularity

A very clear favourite for the overall among our picks.

35 teams out of 46 CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
28 LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
26 YATES Simon
21 KRUIJSWIJK Steven
18 MEERSMAN Gianni
17 DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
14 TALANSKY Andrew, FRANK Mathias, PERAUD Jean-Christophe
13 KÖNIG Leopold
12 SCARPONI Michele
11 GESINK Robert
7 RESTREPO VALENCIA Jhonatan
6 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David, GENIEZ Alexandre, JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques, PAULINHO Sergio Miguel Moreira, ROLLAND Pierre, VERVAEKE Louis
5 CARTHY Hugh, CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban, FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar, HAAS Nathan, HUZARSKI Bartosz, SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel
4 ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor, KISERLOVSKI Robert, QUEMENEUR Perrig
3 BARGUIL Warren, BATTAGLIN Enrico, CORT NIELSEN Magnus, DE GENDT Thomas, FARRAR Tyler, FORMOLO Davide, MACHADO Tiago Jose Pinto, REYNES MIMO Vicente, TAARAMÄE Rein, VANBILSEN Kenneth, ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar
2 ARNDT Nikias, BOSWELL Ian, CARDIS Romain, CATTANEO Mattia, CLARKE Simon, DE CLERCQ Bart, DRUCKER Jempy, DURASEK Kristijan, ELISSONDE Kenny, HANSEN Adam, HERMANS Ben, JAUREGUI Quentin, KENNAUGH Peter, LATOUR Pierre, LOPEZ GARCIA David, LUDVIGSSON Tobias, MALACARNE Davide, QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander, RIBLON Christophe, TEUNS Dylan, VAN GARDEREN Tejay

Those on one team indicated above with an asterisk.

Riders in bold make up the Collective Wisdom team: Restrepo having to b brought in in place of the rather more popular Kruijswijk to keep within budget.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Team popularity

1 LosBrolin 166
2 Del1962 158
3 SemirS 156
4 Murrjt 154
5 Hugo87 149
5 Kazistuta 149
7 Search 148
8 Minessa 147
9 JustSomeGuy 146
10 Joelsim 145
11 Capt_Cavman 144
12 GPBlanco 141
13 Shalgo 138
14 BluesInTheBottle 136
14 Hakkie2 136
16 Mellow_Velo 133
17 Armchair_Cyclist 132
18 18Valve 131
19 ArchieBoy 130
20 Laarsland 126
21 Hayabusa 117
22 Leadbelly 114
22 NairoQ 114
24 Comodoro 111
24 Carlo_Algatrensig 111
24 LuxembourgFinest 111
24 Vredeling 111
28 Slapshot 108
28 Yellow_Knight 108
30 AmisVelo 107
30 Bbass 107
32 JosephD 106
33 DJW 105
34 BicycleBoy 102
34 Postmanhat 102
36 Josedin 101
36 Trudgin 101
38 GeraintTooFast 98
39 Rote_Laterne 97
40 BigMac 96
41 ChrisDK 86
42 LightBing 82
43 Crevaison 80
44 Murali 76
45 USPostal 68
46 Vladimir 54
Collective_Wisdom 173

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I have, in recent editions, been making up an analysis of teams on the basis of the expensive riders chosen, because normally there has been a big spread of tactics identifiable by picking out riders who cost at least twice the average spend.

This time around, it will tell us very little, as 32 teams have only Contador in the 777+ price bracket.
3 of the Contadorists have a second high priced rider: Leadbelly and Geraint Too Fast link him with Chaves, while LightBing combines Contador with his unique pick of Brambilla.

Of the 11 teams that do not have a Contador foundation, Crevaison, DJW and Josedin have gone for Chaves, NairoQ and Vladimir for Quintana, Amis Velo for Froome and ChrisDK for Gilbert. Which leaves four teams with a much wider spread of their budgets, having eschewed all the expensive riders: Bicycle Boy, Carlos Algatrensig, Hayabusa and Vredeling.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 1 TTT

Green points
These are the guaranteed points: stage points and red jersey wearer points. They can't be taken away (except for doping), so it does not matter whether the rider reaches Madrid. They are not the main competition, but there will be a table most days, because it avoids the extreme volatility of the main game in the early stages. If you want to take pride in your standing, feel free.

KENNAUGH Peter 35 pts 2 teams
FROOME Chris 17 1
KÖNIG Leopold 17 13
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 10 2
ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin 10 1
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban 6 5
CORT NIELSEN Magnus 6 3
YATES Simon 6 26
ATAPUMA HURTADO Jhon Darwin 3 1
GILBERT Philippe 3 1
SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel 3 5
VAN GARDEREN Tejay 3 2
BRAMBILLA Gianluca 2 1
MEERSMAN Gianni 2 18
KRUIJSWIJK Steven 1 21
ZOIDL Riccardo 1 1
ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar 1 3

At least everyone is off the mark:
1 Carlo_Algatrensig 44 (Kennaugh, Yates, Meersman & Kruijswijk)
2 AmisVelo 40 (Froome, Konig and Yates)
3 Postmanhat 35 (Kennaugh)
4 NairoQ 33 (Konig, Qunitana, Yates)
5 DJW 31 (Konig, Yates, Chaves, Kruijswijk, Zubeldia)
6 GeraintTooFast 30
7 Del1962 25
7 LosBrolin 25
9 Hayabusa 24
9 Mellow_Velo 24
11 Search 23
12 Bbass 20
12 Hugo87 20
12 Laarsland 20
15 18Valve 19
15 ChrisDK 19
17 Vredeling 15
18 BicycleBoy 14
18 Murrjt 14
20 Slapshot 13
21 Vladimir 10
22 ArchieBoy 9
22 Capt_Cavman 9
22 Hakkie2 9
22 Josedin 9
26 Kazistuta 8
26 Leadbelly 8
26 Minessa 8
29 SemirS 7
29 Yellow_Knight 7
31 Armchair_Cyclist 6
31 BigMac 6
31 BluesInTheBottle 6
31 Crevaison 6
31 Rote_Laterne 6
36 Comodoro 5
37 LuxembourgFinest 4
37 Trudgin 4
37 USPostal 4
40 JosephD 3
40 JustSomeGuy 3
40 LightBing 3
43 GPBlanco 1
43 Joelsim 1
43 Murali 1
43 Shalgo 1
Collective_Wisdom 8

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Red points
This is the main classification, what I previously referred to as the projected points, because it is made up of the points from stage points and red jersey wearer (as in the red sect in the red section), but also the GC points, and points for the top ten in points and mountains classifications, as if the race were to finish today. This table is very volatile, especially after the more decisive stages, but it settles down towards the end of the race, and this is the main title.

This first set of standings should not be considered to be much of an indicator, it is useful for my spreadsheet to be tested. There are two reasons not to read too much into it: it is predicated upon standings like Puccio being in second place in GC, which no-one expects in 3 weeks time, and also because the CN race report has many positional errors, like Van Garderen being in 142nd place rather than 22nd, but (for reasons of spreadsheet format) that is the results service I am dependent on.

That being said, for what it is worth, the very temporary standings are:
1 Carlo_Algatrensig 805
2 AmisVelo 742
3 Postmanhat 656
4 NairoQ 622
5 DJW 610
6 GeraintTooFast 584
7 Mellow_Velo 536
8 LosBrolin 534
9 Del1962 526
10 Hayabusa 516
11 Hugo87 503
12 Search 498
13 Laarsland 471
14 Bbass 451
15 ChrisDK 444
16 18Valve 439
17 Vredeling 391
18 BicycleBoy 368
19 Murrjt 354
20 Slapshot 342
21 Josedin 292
22 Hakkie2 290
23 ArchieBoy 280
23 Capt_Cavman 280
25 Vladimir 273
25 Minessa 273
27 SemirS 269
28 Kazistuta 256
29 Yellow_Knight 255
30 Leadbelly 253
31 LightBing 244
32 BluesInTheBottle 234
33 Armchair_Cyclist 231
33 Comodoro 231
35 USPostal 229
36 BigMac 226
37 Rote_Laterne 223
38 Crevaison 219
39 LuxembourgFinest 209
40 Trudgin 208
41 JosephD 201
41 JustSomeGuy 201
43 Murali 179
44 GPBlanco 171
45 Shalgo 168
46 Joelsim 163
Collective_Wisdom 252

 

[Hugo87]

Good luck to everyone, let's have fun.

Thanks AC!

 

[rote_laterne]

My unique pick Arroyo already lost much time at the first two stages. So he'll win the KOM classification. some stages and will be in the top 15.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 2

Green points

Today
MEERSMAN Gianni 70pts 18 teams
SCHWARZMANN Michael 40 1 team
KWIATKOWSKI Michal 33 0 team (includes 18 pt bonus for Red Jersey)
CORT NIELSEN Magnus 25 3 teams
VAN GENECHTEN Jonas 10 0 team
SBARAGLI Kristian 7 0 team
BONIFAZIO Niccolo 5 1 team
RESTREPO VALENCIA Jhonatan 3 7 teams
DRUCKER Jempy 2 2 teams
MANZIN Lorrenzo 1 1 team

1 Minessa 110 (Meersman + Schwartzmann)
2= Murrjt, Vredeling 95 (Meersman + Cort Nielsen)
4 JosephD 73 (Meersman + Restrepo)
5 Comodoro 71 (Meersman + Manzin)
6= 13 more Meersman teams, and Collective Wisdom 70
19 Slapshot 25 (Cort Nielsen)
20= Postmanhat 5 (Bonifazio)
20= Bbass 5 (Restrepo & Drucker)
22= Restrepo teams 3
27 Mellow_Velo 2
28 Everyone else 0

Standings
1 Minessa 118
2 Carlo_Algatrensig 114
3 Vredeling 110
4 Murrjt 109
5 LosBrolin 95
5 Del1962 95
7 Hugo87 90
7 Laarsland 90
9 18Valve 89
10 BicycleBoy 84
11 Josedin 79
11 ArchieBoy 79
11 Capt_Cavman 79
14 Kazistuta 78
14 Leadbelly 78
16 JosephD 76
16 Comodoro 76
18 JustSomeGuy 73
19 AmisVelo 43
20 Postmanhat 40
21 Slapshot 38
22 NairoQ 33
23 DJW 31
24 GeraintTooFast 30
25 Mellow_Velo 26
26 Bbass 25
27 Hayabusa 24
28 Search 23
29 ChrisDK 19
30 Hakkie2 12
31 Vladimir 10
32 SemirS 7
32 Yellow_Knight 7
34 LightBing 6
34 BluesInTheBottle 6
34 Armchair_Cyclist 6
34 BigMac 6
34 Rote_Laterne 6
34 Crevaison 6
40 Shalgo 4
40 Joelsim 4
40 USPostal 4
40 LuxembourgFinest 4
40 Trudgin 4
45 Murali 1
45 GPBlanco 1
Collective_Wisdom 78

Red points
This took ages: CN are not being consistent with the way they give riders' names in their results tables, which plays havoc with my spreadsheet.
It's not worth showing projected points as a change from yesterday, as so many of yesterday's standings were wrong. This is, I believe, accurate, but a long way away from a confident indicator of final positions.


1 ChrisDK 697
2 Carlo_Algatrensig 672
3 AmisVelo 665
4 Vredeling 605
5 LosBrolin 588
6 Del1962 579
7 NairoQ 568
8 Murrjt 565
9 Laarsland 547
10 Hugo87 534
11 BicycleBoy 526
12 DJW 510
13 Minessa 509
14 18Valve 504
15 GeraintTooFast 482
16 Josedin 460
17 Mellow_Velo 457
18 ArchieBoy 440
18 Capt_Cavman 440
20 Leadbelly 418
21 Hayabusa 417
22 Slapshot 410
23 Kazistuta 406
24 Search 397
25 Postmanhat 391
26 Comodoro 381
26 Bbass 381
28 JosephD 380
29 JustSomeGuy 374
30 Vladimir 329
31 Hakkie2 310
32 SemirS 286
33 Yellow_Knight 271
34 Trudgin 240
35 BluesInTheBottle 236
35 LuxembourgFinest 236
37 LightBing 235
38 Armchair_Cyclist 232
39 USPostal 231
40 BigMac 227
41 Crevaison 222
42 Rote_Laterne 221
43 Murali 209
44 Shalgo 195
44 GPBlanco 195
46 Joelsim 192
Collective_Wisdom 406

Nice to see a newcomer to our games at the top of the table, no matter how provisional it is.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 3 First hilltop finish.

Bad day for our two most popular picks: Lopez becomes a stage hunter at best, and Contador leaves himself with more ground to make up.

Green points

GENIEZ Alexandre 70 6 teams
FERNANDEZ ANDUJAR Ruben 58 0 team
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 25 0 team
FROOME Chris 15 1 team
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban 10 5 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 7 2 teams
ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor 5 4 teams
SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel 3 5 teams
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto 2 35 teams
BRAMBILLA Gianluca 1 1 team

1 Rote_Laterne 77 (Geniez, Anton, Contador)
2= Del1962, Kazistuta, JosephD 72 (Geniez, Contador)
5= ChrisDK, Vredeling 70 (Geniez)
7= AmisVelo 15 (Froome)
7 Crevaison 15 (Chaves, Anton)
9= GeraintTooFast, Leadbelly 12 (Chaves, Contador)
9= Vladimir 12 (Quintana, Anton)
12= DJW, Josedin 10 (Chaves)
12= Hakkie2 10 (Anton, Sanchez, Contador)
15 NairoQ 7 (Quintana)
16= Bbass, Trudgin, LuxembourgFinest 5 (Sanchez, Contador)
19= BicycleBoy 3 (Sanchez)
19= LightBing 3 (Contador, Brambilla)
21= Contador teams 2
45= Carlo_Algatrensig, Hayabusa 0

Standings

Newcomers to the CQ games world are making a good start: another one announcing their arrival by topping the standings.

1 Vredeling 180
2 Del1962 167
3 Kazistuta 150
4 JosephD 148
5 Minessa 120
6 Carlo_Algatrensig 114
7 Murrjt 111
8 LosBrolin 97
9 Laarsland 92
9 Hugo87 92
11 18Valve 91
12 Leadbelly 90
13 ChrisDK 89
13 Josedin 89
15 BicycleBoy 87
16 Rote_Laterne 83
17 ArchieBoy 81
17 Capt_Cavman 81
19 Comodoro 78
20 JustSomeGuy 75
21 AmisVelo 58
22 GeraintTooFast 42
22 Postmanhat 42
24 DJW 41
25 NairoQ 40
25 Slapshot 40
27 Bbass 30
28 Mellow_Velo 28
29 Search 25
30 Hayabusa 24
31 Vladimir 22
31 Hakkie2 22
33 Crevaison 21
34 Trudgin 9
34 LuxembourgFinest 9
34 LightBing 9
34 SemirS 9
34 Yellow_Knight 9
39 BluesInTheBottle 8
39 Armchair_Cyclist 8
39 BigMac 8
42 USPostal 6
42 Shalgo 6
42 Joelsim 6
45 Murali 3
45 GPBlanco 3
Collective_Wisdom 80

Red points

Changes today

For those unfamiliar, this shows the main changes in projected points on the day. Because they are projections of what would happen if these wer final position, scores can be negative, if a rider slips down the GC or the Point or Mountain classifications. I only show the bigger changes each day, and only those riders that have been chosen by managers in the game.

GENIEZ Alexandre +210 6 teams
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban 187 5
SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel 148 5
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto 88 35
BRAMBILLA Gianluca 82 1
ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor 74 4
FROOME Chris 70 1
DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David 64 6
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 57 2
HUZARSKI Bartosz 55 5
FORMOLO Davide 55 3
HERMANS Ben 52 2
SCARPONI Michele 51 12
TALANSKY Andrew 50 14
...
MEERSMAN Gianni -73 18 teams
GILBERT Philippe -87 1
CORT NIELSEN Magnus -115 3
ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin -357 1

And if riders can get negative points on the day, so can the teams:
1 Rote_Laterne 479
2 GeraintTooFast 412
3 Hakkie2 411
4 Kazistuta 353
5 DJW 347
6 Del1962 321
7 LuxembourgFinest 319
8 Leadbelly 296
9 Trudgin 291
10 Josedin 286
11 JosephD 285
12 Vladimir 272
13 Crevaison 240
14 AmisVelo 239
15 Bbass 231
15 Armchair_Cyclist 231
17 LightBing 230
18 Yellow_Knight 227
19 Search 219
20 BicycleBoy 196
21 SemirS 190
21 Murali 190
23 GPBlanco 185
24 Mellow_Velo 182
24 Shalgo 182
26 BluesInTheBottle 168
27 BigMac 160
28 USPostal 156
29 Capt_Cavman 149
30 Minessa 133
31 Joelsim 132
32 Vredeling 122
33 Postmanhat 116
34 JustSomeGuy 114
35 ArchieBoy 104
36 LosBrolin 99
37 NairoQ 91
38 Laarsland 61
39 Hugo87 60
39 Slapshot 60
41 Hayabusa 41
42 18Valve 26
43 Comodoro 10
44 Carlo_Algatrensig -5
45 Murrjt -29
46 ChrisDK -134
Collective_Wisdom 140

Standings
Many riders have moved much nearer to their realistic GC position, causing huge changes in our positions. 17 teams have a change of at least ten places since stage 2. For example, the selection of Rojas, whose rather unrealistic second place in GC yesterday had ChrisDK at the top of the table, makes for a dramatic tumble as he falls rapidly to a more realistic GC position, but Chris' 23 place fall pales compared to the 31 place rise of Rote Laterne. Rote Laterne has however, like Murali and Crevaison, lost one of his major investments in Warren Barguil.

1 AmisVelo 904
2 Del1962 900
3 GeraintTooFast 894
4 DJW 857
5 Kazistuta 759
6 Josedin 746
7 Vredeling 727
8 BicycleBoy 722
9 Hakkie2 721
10 Leadbelly 714
11 Rote_Laterne 700
12 LosBrolin 687
13 Carlo_Algatrensig 667
14 JosephD 665
15 NairoQ 659
16 Minessa 642
17 Mellow_Velo 639
18 Search 616
19 Bbass 612
20 Laarsland 608
21 Vladimir 601
22 Hugo87 594
23 Capt_Cavman 589
24 ChrisDK 563
25 LuxembourgFinest 555
26 ArchieBoy 544
27 Murrjt 536
28 Trudgin 531
29 18Valve 530
30 Postmanhat 507
31 Yellow_Knight 498
32 JustSomeGuy 488
33 SemirS 476
34 Slapshot 470
35 LightBing 465
36 Armchair_Cyclist 463
37 Crevaison 462
38 Hayabusa 458
39 BluesInTheBottle 404
40 Murali 399
41 Comodoro 391
42 BigMac 387
42 USPostal 387
44 GPBlanco 380
45 Shalgo 377
46 Joelsim 324
Collective_Wisdom 546

 

[vredeling]

Thanks for all the hard work ArmchairCyclist. Nice game. Even nicer to be competing with the best at the moment.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Sorry for the delay: household internet down last night.

Stage 4

I suspect that we might get quite a few of these: breakaway wins with riders that few of us chose, so very little happening on the Green points, but some unfortunate rider having a GC catastrophe (or, less often, a great day making someone storm up the rankings) shaking up the red points a bit.

Green points

On the stage

CALMEJANE Lilian 70 0 team
ATAPUMA HURTADO Jhon Darwin 58 1 team
KING Benjamin 25 0 team
ZEITS Andrey 15 0 team
HAAS Nathan 10 5 teams
BATTAGLIN Enrico 7 3 teams
ROLLAND Pierre 5 6 teams
HAGA Chad 3 0 team
ROSON GARCIA Jaime 2 1 team
BENEDETTI Cesare 1 0 team


1 BicycleBoy 58 (Atapuma)
2= Kazistuta, LuxembourgFinest, Trudgin, 18Valve, Comodoro 10 (Haas)
7= Search, Bbass, Armchair_Cyclist 7 (Battaglin)
10= DJW, Carlo_Algatrensig, Vladimir, Crevaison, Hayabusa, USPostal 5 (Rolland)
16 JosephD 2 (Roson)
17 Every else 0

Standings

1 Vredeling 180
2 Del1962 167
3 Kazistuta 160
4 JosephD 150
5 BicycleBoy 145
6 Minessa 120
7 Carlo_Algatrensig 119
8 Murrjt 111
9 18Valve 101
10 LosBrolin 97


Red points

On the day
ATAPUMA HURTADO Jhon Darwin 482pts 1 team
WYSS Marcel 62 1
DE GENDT Thomas 40 3
LATOUR Pierre 22 2
HAAS Nathan 18 5
MEINTJES Louis 14 1
...
ZOIDL Riccardo -10 1
FORMOLO Davide -12 3
MAMYKIN Matvey -13 1
MACHADO Tiago Jose Pinto -15 3
MEERSMAN Gianni -15 18
REYNES MIMO Vicente -15 3
HERMANS Ben -20 2
ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor -24 4
GONÇALVES Jose Isidro Maciel -25 1
YATES Simon -30 26
ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar -35 3
FRANK Mathias -39 14
KENNAUGH Peter -40 2
HUZARSKI Bartosz -40 5

Only one person really happy with the day:
1 BicycleBoy 426
2 Trudgin 56
3 Hayabusa 21
4 18Valve 17
5 Slapshot -3
6 GPBlanco -4
7 Vladimir -5
8 Bbass -16
9 NairoQ -24
10 JosephD -25
11 Laarsland -27
12 GeraintTooFast -31
12 LuxembourgFinest -31
12 LightBing -31
15 BluesInTheBottle -34
16 Crevaison -36
16 USPostal -36
18 BigMac -41
19 LosBrolin -43
19 ChrisDK -43
21 Comodoro -44
22 Shalgo -45
23 Joelsim -52
24 ArchieBoy -53
25 Mellow_Velo -54
26 SemirS -57
27 Yellow_Knight -59
28 Del1962 -60
28 Search -60
30 AmisVelo -61
30 Armchair_Cyclist -61
32 Hugo87 -64
32 Hakkie2 -64
32 Murali -64
35 Josedin -65
36 Kazistuta -66
37 Minessa -67
38 Vredeling -69
38 JustSomeGuy -69
40 Capt_Cavman -86
41 Postmanhat -94
42 Murrjt -97
43 Carlo_Algatrensig -100
44 DJW -101
45 Rote_Laterne -110
46 Leadbelly -113
Collective_Wisdom -82

Standings
A convincing looking lead, but dependent on Atapuma remaining in red. Anyone expecting that?
Despite his massively biggest score of the day,Bicycle Boy is not the highest riser on the day: Trudgin (11 spots) and Hayabusa (9) move up more quickly than Bicycle Boy or Vladimir (who matches BB's 7 place rise).

1 BicycleBoy 1148
2 GeraintTooFast 863
3 AmisVelo 843
4 Del1962 840
5 DJW 756
6 Kazistuta 693
7 Josedin 681
8 Vredeling 658
9 Hakkie2 657
10 LosBrolin 644
11 JosephD 640
12 NairoQ 635
13 Leadbelly 601
14 Vladimir 596
14 Bbass 596
16 Rote_Laterne 590
17 Trudgin 587
18 Mellow_Velo 585
19 Laarsland 581
20 Minessa 575
21 Carlo_Algatrensig 567
22 Search 556
23 18Valve 547
24 Hugo87 530
25 LuxembourgFinest 524
26 ChrisDK 520
27 Capt_Cavman 503
28 ArchieBoy 491
29 Hayabusa 479
30 Slapshot 467
31 Yellow_Knight 439
31 Murrjt 439
33 LightBing 434
34 Crevaison 426
35 SemirS 419
35 JustSomeGuy 419
37 Postmanhat 413
38 Armchair_Cyclist 402
39 GPBlanco 376
40 BluesInTheBottle 370
41 USPostal 351
42 Comodoro 347
43 BigMac 346
44 Murali 335
45 Shalgo 332
46 Joelsim 272
Collective_Wisdom 464

 

[vredeling]

With Kruijswijk out, I'm out of the game too I guess.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 5

Green points
Several popular picks are now clearly unsuccessful: atleast in Meersman there is one popular pick scoring at or above expectations.

MEERSMAN Gianni 70 18 teams
FELLINE Fabio 40 0 team
REZA Kévin 25 1 team
ATAPUMA HURTADO Jhon Darwin 18 1 team
SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon 15 0 team
WAEYTENS Zico 10 0 team
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 7 0 team
HARDY Romain 5 0 team
DRUCKER Jempy 3 2 teams
VANBILSEN Kenneth 2 3 teams
GONÇALVES Jose Isidro Maciel 1 1 team

1 Josedin 95 (Meersman and Reza)
2 BicycleBoy 88 (Meersman and Atapuma)
3 Leadbelly 72 (Meersman and Van Bilsen)
4= Rest of Meersman teams 70
19= Bbass, Mellow_Velo 3 (Drucker)
21= AmisVelo, Crevaison 2 (Van Bilsen)
23 BigMac 1 (Goncalves)
24 All the rest 0

Standings

Spot the jumpin scores when we get to the last of the Meersman teams.
1 Vredeling 250
2 Del1962 237
3 BicycleBoy 233
4 Kazistuta 230
5 JosephD 220
6 Minessa 190
7 Carlo_Algatrensig 189
8 Josedin 184
9 Murrjt 181
10 18Valve 171
11 LosBrolin 167
12 Leadbelly 162
12 Laarsland 162
12 Hugo87 162
15 Comodoro 158
16 Capt_Cavman 151
16 ArchieBoy 151
18 JustSomeGuy 145
19 ChrisDK 89
20 Rote_Laterne 83
21 AmisVelo 60
22 DJW 46
23 GeraintTooFast 42
23 Postmanhat 42
25 Bbass 40
25 NairoQ 40
25 Slapshot 40
28 Search 32
29 Mellow_Velo 31
30 Hayabusa 29
31 Crevaison 28
32 Vladimir 27
33 Hakkie2 22
34 Trudgin 19
34 LuxembourgFinest 19
36 Armchair_Cyclist 15
37 USPostal 11
38 BigMac 9
38 Yellow_Knight 9
38 LightBing 9
38 SemirS 9
42 BluesInTheBottle 8
43 Shalgo 6
43 Joelsim 6
45 GPBlanco 3
45 Murali 3
Collective_Wisdom 153

Red points

Sprint stages normally make little impact here.
I only half trust these rankings not to be changed as more riders get adjusted by the 3km rule, but here it is.

MEERSMAN Gianni 115 points 18 teams
REZA Kévin 26 1
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 25 2
MEINTJES Louis 10 1
PARDILLA BELLON Sergio 10 1
HUZARSKI Bartosz 10 5
...
FISCHER Murilo Antonio -15 1
LATOUR Pierre -24 2
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban -25 5
GENIEZ Alexandre -30 6
ZOIDL Riccardo -30 1
ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor -33 4
YATES Simon -40 26
KRUIJSWIJK Steven -42 21

The points lost by Yates, following a 30 point loss yesterday, are at least recoverable: those lost by the nearly as popular Kruijswijk are terminal.

1 BicycleBoy 1242
2 Del1962 896
3 AmisVelo 819
4 GeraintTooFast 789
5 Josedin 769
6 Kazistuta 739
7 LosBrolin 732
8 Leadbelly 715
9 JosephD 697
10 Vredeling 673
11 DJW 667
12 Minessa 665
13 Laarsland 660
14 18Valve 630
15 NairoQ 627
16 Hugo87 615
17 Vladimir 610
18 Carlo_Algatrensig 604
19 Bbass 599
20 Hakkie2 591
21 Capt_Cavman 552
22 Trudgin 548
23 LuxembourgFinest 536
24 Search 534
25 ArchieBoy 528
26 Murrjt 517
27 JustSomeGuy 508
28 Mellow_Velo 506
29 Rote_Laterne 505
30 Comodoro 459
31 ChrisDK 451
32 Postmanhat 425
33 Hayabusa 407
34 LightBing 401
35 Slapshot 387
36 Armchair_Cyclist 385
37 USPostal 370
37 Crevaison 370
39 Yellow_Knight 359
40 GPBlanco 344
41 SemirS 342
42 BluesInTheBottle 336
43 Shalgo 308
44 Murali 303
45 BigMac 283
46 Joelsim 247
Collective_Wisdom 575

Comodoro has a 12 place rise, but more significant is Del1962's 2 place rise to take Geraint's podium spot, while Leadbelly and JosephD move into the top ten.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Re:

With Kruijswijk out, I'm out of the game too I guess.

That, of itself, is not necessarily fatal to your chances: our Giro game winner had invested 1100 points in Landa, who DNFed.

That said, your best placed rider in GC is 18th, so I wouldn't consider you to have a favourite's chance.

 

[BigMac]

Joelsim, how dare you stop me from being last!