2017 Giro CQ game

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 3 Boring flat stages can get interesting in the end

This is why 8 teams thought that Gaviria might be worth a price higher than some GC contenders. If he can stay in pink fro three more weeks, they will definitely be right, but given that that won't happen, he will be expected to do more on future stages.

Purple Points
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 88 8 teams
SELIG Rüdiger 40 0 team
NIZZOLO Giacomo 25 0 team
HAAS Nathan 15 0 team
RICHEZE ARAQUISTAIN Maximiliano Ariel 10 0 team
SIUTSOU Kanstantsin 7 0 team
JUNGELS Bob 5 3 teams
EWAN Caleb 3 0 team
MODOLO Sacha 2 4 teams
GREIPEL André 1 0 team

1 LightBing 90 (Gaviria and Modolo)
2= BluesInTheBottle, Fauniera, GPBlanco, Hakkie2, Joelsim, Josedin, Trudgin 88 (Gaviria)
9= Kazistuta, Mellow_Velo, SemirS 5 (Jungels)
12= Scrool07, Search, Torcia86 2 (Modolo)

Standings:
1 Josedin 120
2 LightBing 115
3 BluesInTheBottle 106
4 Fauniera 103
4 GPBlanco 103
4 Hakkie2 103
4 Joelsim 103
4 Trudgin 103
9 JustSomeGuy 88
10 AG 40
11 SilverGrenade 30
12 Search 14
13 Scrool07 12
13 Torcia86 12
15 Armchair_Cyclist 10
16 Kazistuta 9
17 Mellow_Velo 5
17 SemirS 5
19 ChrisDK 3
19 DJW 3
19 Leadbelly 3
19 Minessa 3
19 Russell23 3
19 Spokenspin 3
19 Tych23 3
26 ThePirate81 2
26 Vladimir 2
28 Yellow_Knight 1

Pink Points

On the day (but omitting riders that were not selected):
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando +461pts 8 teams
JUNGELS Bob 214 3 teams
MODOLO Sacha 47 4 teams
YATES Adam 26 9 teams
KONRAD Patrick 24 4 teams
POZZOVIVO Domenico 22 7 teams
PINOT Thibaut 20 13 teams
AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey 20 4 teams
MONFORT Maxime 20 1 team
FORMOLO Davide 17 6 teams
KRUIJSWIJK Steven 17 25 teams
LANDA MEANA Mikel 16 42 teams
BATTAGLIN Enrico 15 1 teams
KELDERMAN Wilco 15 1 teams
...
PÖSTLBERGER Lukas -80 1 team
FERRARI Roberto -81 1 team
PONZI Simone -81 9 teams
SBARAGLI Kristian -170 1 team
STUYVEN Jasper -226 1 teams

1 LightBing 563
2 Fauniera 516
3 BluesInTheBottle 513
4 Joelsim 512
5 GPBlanco 509
5 Hakkie2 509
7 Trudgin 489
8 Josedin 332
9 Mellow_Velo 270
10 SemirS 264
11 Kazistuta 238
12 Kabete 100
13 Scrool07 89
14 Search 78
15 Comodoro 75
16 Rote_Laterne 74
17 BicycleBoy 71
17 Carlo_Algatrensig 71
17 LosBrolin 71
20 DJW 70
20 Russell23 70
22 Jakob747 69
23 Flo 68
23 Laarsland 68
25 GodChild 63
25 Squire 63
25 Tych23 63
28 ChrisDK 60
29 GeraintTooFast 59
29 Spokenspin 59
31 Del1962 54
32 SafeBet 50
33 Armchair_Cyclist 47
34 Leadbelly 44
35 Yellow_Knight 33
36 Torcia86 23
37 Hugo87 -7
38 Minessa -18
39 AmisVelo -20
40 Crevaison -22
41 Vladimir -25
42 AG -27
43 ThePirate81 -43
44 Shalgo -71
45 JustSomeGuy -106
46 SilverGrenade -142
Collective_Wisdom 56

Standings

The leader for the first 2 days, Just Some Guy, drops behind the 8 Gaviria teams to 9th, but it is those Jungels owners that were lower in the table that have the biggest rises today.

1 BluesInTheBottle 1023
2 LightBing 1021
3 GPBlanco 958
3 Hakkie2 958
5 Fauniera 937
6 Trudgin 878
7 Josedin 873
8 Joelsim 866
9 JustSomeGuy 717
10 Kazistuta 639
11 SemirS 607
12 AG 580
13 Mellow_Velo 546
14 Armchair_Cyclist 533
15 ChrisDK 503
16 Minessa 481
17 Search 476
18 Tych23 457
19 Torcia86 451
20 Scrool07 450
21 Russell23 434
22 DJW 414
23 Rote_Laterne 413
24 GodChild 408
25 GeraintTooFast 406
26 SafeBet 397
27 SilverGrenade 389
28 Hugo87 374
29 Spokenspin 373
30 Del1962 368
31 Comodoro 361
32 Carlo_Algatrensig 357
33 Leadbelly 352
34 AmisVelo 350
35 Squire 334
36 ThePirate81 326
37 Crevaison 323
38 Kabete 316
39 Vladimir 309
40 Jakob747 308
41 BicycleBoy 306
42 LosBrolin 271
43 Flo 268
43 Laarsland 268
45 Shalgo 266
46 Yellow_Knight 222
Collective_Wisdom 332


Unless there is an eruption of Etna, causing a cancellation or curtailment, we can confidently predict an eruption in this table on Tuesday.

Nice of them to have a day off on the Monday following a first Sunday: I might be able to get some or all editions of the Emerging Riders games update done on the "rest day".

If you are stuck for how to use your cycling-watching time on rest day, you can peruse the spreadsheet here.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

So today is when the game begins to take shape.

In most editions of the GT games, the race winner is an absolute must have if he gets the leaders jersey early. In this edition, price differences are such that by eschewing the favourite to win, it was possible to get three or four (because Landa is so cheap) podium contenders.

I was pleased to see that one team did go for the Quintana/Landa/makeweights option (thanks Shalgo). If, as some expect, Quintana wins by a big margin today, he is headed for not only 500 pts for winning GC, but also a massive 306 accumulated pink jersey wearer points (equivalent to somewhere between 3rd and 4th in GC). Then Landa's performance becomes key: his ubiquity means he takes the tactical role of the teammate of a KoM jersey contender's teammate takeing points at a pass so that no-one else can get them. If Quintana were to take an unsurmountable grip on GC today (I don't particularly expect it myself, but some do), and Landa ends up 2nd on GC, then it will require 3rd, 4th and 5th from another Landa owning team to cancel that out. And that leaves the non-Shalgo team only 5 other riders, as opposed to Shalgo's 7, to get other points. If Landa is below 3rd in final GC, then 2nd, 3rd and 10th would be enough to cancel out Quintana, but that is still a set of results most of us won't get, or even get near to.

Now I put it like that, perhaps I should have gone for Quintana after all.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 4 Mt Etna

Purple Points

Although we saw no-one trying to break the race apart, we do have the riders who are more likely to be worth investment higher in the field, so at least a few points for nearly everyone.

POLANC Jan 70pts 2 teams (Jakob747 and Vladimir)
ZAKARIN Ilnur 40 19 teams
THOMAS Geraint 25 10 teams
JUNGELS Bob 23 3 teams
PINOT Thibaut 15 13 teams
CATALDO Dario 10 3 teams
DUMOULIN Tom 7 1 team
YATES Adam 3 9 teams
MOLLEMA Bauke 2 0 team
NIBALI Vincenzo 1 26 teams

1 Jakob747 128 (Polanc, Zakarin, Pinot and Yates)
2 Leadbelly 90 (Zakarin, Thomas, Pinot, Cataldo)
3 Vladimir 71 (Polanc, Nibali)
4 DJW 68 (Zakarin, Thomas, Yates)
5 Armchair_Cyclist 66 (Zakarin, Thomas, Nibali)
6 Russell23 65 (Zakarin, Thomas: ditto for next 2 teams)
6 Spokenspin 65
6 Tych23 65
9 Crevaison 56
10 Flo 55
10 Laarsland 55
10 LosBrolin 55
13 Kazistuta 49
14 SafeBet 44
15 BicycleBoy 43
15 SilverGrenade 43
17 AG 41
17 Scrool07 41
17 Squire 41
20 Joelsim 40
20 Josedin 40
22 BluesInTheBottle 28
23 ChrisDK 26
23 Mellow_Velo 26
23 Minessa 26
26 SemirS 24
27 AmisVelo 16
27 Del1962 16
27 Hugo87 16
27 JustSomeGuy 16
27 Trudgin 16
32 Fauniera 15
32 Kabete 15
34 GodChild 11
35 Shalgo 10
36 Yellow_Knight 7
37 GeraintTooFast 4
37 Rote_Laterne 4
39 Carlo_Algatrensig 1
39 Comodoro 1
39 GPBlanco 1
39 Hakkie2 1
39 Search 1
39 ThePirate81 1
39 Torcia86 1
46 LightBing 0
Collective_Wisdom 41

Finally, we are all off the mark:
1 Josedin 160
2 Joelsim 143
3 BluesInTheBottle 134
4 Jakob747 128
5 Trudgin 119
6 Fauniera 118
7 LightBing 115
8 GPBlanco 104
8 Hakkie2 104
8 JustSomeGuy 104
11 Leadbelly 93
12 AG 81
13 Armchair_Cyclist 76
14 SilverGrenade 73
14 Vladimir 73
16 DJW 71
17 Russell23 68
17 Spokenspin 68
17 Tych23 68
20 Kazistuta 58
21 Crevaison 56
22 Flo 55
22 Laarsland 55
22 LosBrolin 55
25 Scrool07 53
26 SafeBet 44
27 BicycleBoy 43
28 Squire 41
29 Mellow_Velo 31
30 ChrisDK 29
30 Minessa 29
30 SemirS 29
33 AmisVelo 16
33 Del1962 16
33 Hugo87 16
36 Kabete 15
36 Search 15
38 Torcia86 13
39 GodChild 11
40 Shalgo 10
41 Yellow_Knight 8
42 GeraintTooFast 4
42 Rote_Laterne 4
44 ThePirate81 3
45 Carlo_Algatrensig 1
45 Comodoro 1
Collective_Wisdom 41

Pink Points

Creamy substances float to near the top, but it might be a while until the real cream gets there: huge changes
THOMAS Geraint +290 pts 10 teams
JUNGELS Bob 258 3 teams
YATES Adam 214 9 teams
POLANC Jan 195 2 teams
NIBALI Vincenzo 154 26 teams
POZZOVIVO Domenico 144 7 teams
ZAKARIN Ilnur 138 19 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 137 1 team
DUMOULIN Tom 127 1 team
PINOT Thibaut 107 13 teams
LANDA MEANA Mikel 92 42 teams
VAN GARDEREN Tejay 70 13 teams
AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey 66 4 teams
FORMOLO Davide 62 6 teams
KRUIJSWIJK Steven 58 25 teams
KELDERMAN Wilco 54 1 team
CATALDO Dario 53 3 teams
KANGERT Tanel 52 10 teams
PETILLI Simone 51 2 teams
...
KONRAD Patrick -45 4 teams
MODOLO Sacha -120 4 teams
BATTAGLIN Enrico -135 1 team
FERRARI Roberto -175 1 team
PÖSTLBERGER Lukas -305 1 team
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando -485 8 teams

Three non-finishers and a disqualification today, but none of them were selected for the game.

Gains and losses:
The teams that have a lot of sprinters, and especially Gaviria, take a big hit, otherwise it has been a day to rake in the points.
1 Kazistuta 807 (Thomas, Jungels, Nibali, Landa)
2 DJW 800 (Thomas, Yates, Zakarin, Landa, Amador)
3 Russell23 756 (Thomas, Pozzovivo, Zakarin, Landa, Formolo, Kangert)
4 Jakob747 746
5 Minessa 738
6 Leadbelly 685
7 Tych23 667
8 Mellow_Velo 652
9 SafeBet 627
10 SemirS 610
11 BicycleBoy 584
12 Vladimir 558
13 Armchair_Cyclist 552
13 GeraintTooFast 552
15 Rote_Laterne 548
16 Crevaison 543
17 ChrisDK 540
18 Squire 534
19 GodChild 514
20 Hugo87 489
20 Spokenspin 489
22 Comodoro 488
23 SilverGrenade 468
24 LosBrolin 465
25 Carlo_Algatrensig 454
26 Laarsland 452
27 Flo 425
28 Kabete 407
29 Del1962 405
30 AmisVelo 404
31 ThePirate81 357
32 AG 353
33 Scrool07 334
34 Torcia86 298
35 Yellow_Knight 267
36 Shalgo 260
37 Search 204
38 BluesInTheBottle 181
39 JustSomeGuy 84
40 GPBlanco -108
41 Fauniera -134
42 Joelsim -140
43 Josedin -208
44 Trudgin -218
45 Hakkie2 -261
46 LightBing -311
Collective_Wisdom 472


Standings
Yesterday's standings are reduced to irrelevance: of that top ten, only 2 are in the top ten today(yesterday's leader is now 5th, today's was 10th), and 4 are in the bottom ten. 23 teams have a double digit move (Jakob's 30 place rise being the best), and only the two teams at the bottom are in the same places as when they left Sardinia.

1 Kazistuta 1446
2 Minessa 1219
3 SemirS 1217
4 DJW 1214
5 BluesInTheBottle 1204
6 Mellow_Velo 1198
7 Russell23 1190
8 Tych23 1124
9 Armchair_Cyclist 1085
10 Jakob747 1054
11 ChrisDK 1043
12 Leadbelly 1037
13 SafeBet 1024
14 Rote_Laterne 961
15 GeraintTooFast 958
16 AG 933
17 GodChild 922
18 BicycleBoy 890
19 Squire 868
20 Vladimir 867
21 Crevaison 866
22 Hugo87 863
23 Spokenspin 862
24 SilverGrenade 857
25 GPBlanco 850
26 Comodoro 849
27 Carlo_Algatrensig 811
28 Fauniera 803
29 JustSomeGuy 801
30 Scrool07 784
31 Del1962 773
32 AmisVelo 754
33 Torcia86 749
34 LosBrolin 736
35 Joelsim 726
36 Kabete 723
37 Laarsland 720
38 LightBing 710
39 Hakkie2 697
40 Flo 693
41 ThePirate81 683
42 Search 680
43 Josedin 665
44 Trudgin 660
45 Shalgo 526
46 Yellow_Knight 489
Collective_Wisdom 804

Spreadsheet

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 5 Race to the ferry

I haven't watched yet: might get a chance to later but I get the impression I haven't missed anything.

Purple points
Mainly lower profile sprinters in the top ten, who are therefore more affordable and more frequently chosen. And Gaviria, who is getting close to justifying the big outlay that some have spent on him. He already has enough guaranteed points to be better than 8th in GC (if that rider were to get no more than 7 stage points).

GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 70pts 8 teams
MARECZKO Jakub 40 0 team
BENNETT Sam 25 3 teams
JUNGELS Bob 18 3 teams
GREIPEL André 15 0 team
BAUHAUS Phil 10 2 teams
SBARAGLI Kristian 7 1 team
GIBBONS Ryan 5 0 team
FERRARI Roberto 3 1 team
STUYVEN Jasper 2 1 team
BATTAGLIN Enrico 1 1 team

You should be able to work out who has who from the scores
1 Josedin 77
2 BluesInTheBottle 70
2 Fauniera 70
2 GPBlanco 70
2 Hakkie2 70
2 Joelsim 70
2 LightBing 70
2 Trudgin 70
9 Kazistuta 28
10 Search 25
10 ThePirate81 25
10 Vladimir 25
13 Mellow_Velo 18
13 SemirS 18
15 Yellow_Knight 10
16 AG 3
17 SilverGrenade 2
18 Armchair_Cyclist 1

Gaviria teams dominate, and probably will for some time:
1 Josedin 237
2 Joelsim 213
3 BluesInTheBottle 204
4 Trudgin 189
5 Fauniera 188
6 LightBing 185
7 GPBlanco 174
7 Hakkie2 174
9 Jakob747 128
10 JustSomeGuy 104
11 Vladimir 98
12 Leadbelly 93
13 Kazistuta 86
14 AG 84
15 Armchair_Cyclist 77
16 SilverGrenade 75
17 DJW 71
18 Russell23 68
18 Spokenspin 68
18 Tych23 68
21 Crevaison 56
22 Flo 55
22 Laarsland 55
22 LosBrolin 55
25 Scrool07 53
26 Mellow_Velo 49
27 SemirS 47
28 SafeBet 44
29 BicycleBoy 43
30 Squire 41
31 Search 40
32 ChrisDK 29
32 Minessa 29
34 ThePirate81 28
35 Yellow_Knight 18
36 AmisVelo 16
36 Del1962 16
36 Hugo87 16
39 Kabete 15
40 Torcia86 13
41 GodChild 11
42 Shalgo 10
43 GeraintTooFast 4
43 Rote_Laterne 4
45 Carlo_Algatrensig 1
45 Comodoro 1
Collective_Wisdom 41


Pink Points

Rider changes
The bunch of riders from 3rd to 13th on the same time mean that there will be variations in total finish position determined standings, so changes in points with no real change in race status.

GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 115 8 teams
VAN GARDEREN Tejay 30 13 teams
POZZOVIVO Domenico 25 7 teams
DUMOULIN Tom 25 1 team
BENNETT Sam 25 3 teams
AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey 23 4 teams
...
PINOT Thibaut -15 13 teams
NIBALI Vincenzo -25 26 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander -25 1 team
LANDA MEANA Mikel -38 42 teams


Changes
1 BluesInTheBottle 107
1 Joelsim 107
3 LightBing 102
4 Josedin 94
5 Fauniera 85
6 Trudgin 76
7 GPBlanco 74
8 Hakkie2 53
9 Yellow_Knight 33
10 Spokenspin 30
11 SilverGrenade 1
12 Search -10
13 JustSomeGuy -12
14 Russell23 -13
14 Tych23 -13
16 DJW -15
16 SemirS -15
18 Mellow_Velo -22
19 LosBrolin -23
20 Hugo87 -25
21 Kabete -30
22 Carlo_Algatrensig -32
23 Comodoro -33
23 Scrool07 -33
25 AG -34
26 Kazistuta -35
27 Vladimir -37
28 Minessa -38
29 GodChild -39
30 BicycleBoy -40
30 ThePirate81 -40
32 Del1962 -47
33 Flo -53
33 Jakob747 -53
33 Laarsland -53
33 Leadbelly -53
37 Armchair_Cyclist -62
37 ChrisDK -62
37 GeraintTooFast -62
40 Rote_Laterne -63
40 SafeBet -63
40 Shalgo -63
40 Torcia86 -63
44 Squire -65
45 AmisVelo -78
45 Crevaison -78
Collective_Wisdom -63

Standings
The only Gaviria team in the top ten is the most significant change, up three places to 2nd. 4 of his fellow Gavirists have 11 place rises, but far enough down the table to not draw much attention.

1 Kazistuta 1411
2 BluesInTheBottle 1311
3 SemirS 1202
4 DJW 1199
5 Minessa 1181
6 Russell23 1177
7 Mellow_Velo 1176
8 Tych23 1111
9 Armchair_Cyclist 1023
10 Jakob747 1001
11 Leadbelly 984
12 ChrisDK 981
13 SafeBet 961
14 GPBlanco 924
15 AG 899
16 Rote_Laterne 898
17 GeraintTooFast 896
18 Spokenspin 892
19 Fauniera 888
20 GodChild 883
21 SilverGrenade 858
22 BicycleBoy 850
23 Hugo87 838
24 Joelsim 833
25 Vladimir 830
26 Comodoro 816
27 LightBing 812
28 Squire 803
29 JustSomeGuy 789
30 Crevaison 788
31 Carlo_Algatrensig 779
32 Josedin 759
33 Scrool07 751
34 Hakkie2 750
35 Trudgin 736
36 Del1962 726
37 LosBrolin 713
38 Kabete 693
39 Torcia86 686
40 AmisVelo 676
41 Search 670
42 Laarsland 667
43 ThePirate81 643
44 Flo 640
45 Yellow_Knight 522
46 Shalgo 463
Collective_Wisdom 741

I have now seen the last few KM while I have been doing this: I wasn't wrong. Dropbox

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 6 Breakaway on the mainland

Purple points
Most of us have some picks in whom our hoes are for a breakaway: most won't work out, but some do.

DILLIER Silvan 70 0 team
STUYVEN Jasper 40 1 team
PÖSTLBERGER Lukas 25 1 team
JUNGELS Bob 21 3 teams
ANDREETTA Simone 15 1 team
WOODS Michael 10 2 teams
YATES Adam 7 9 teams
KELDERMAN Wilco 5 1 team
MOLLEMA Bauke 2 0 team
THOMAS Geraint 1 10 teams

1 SilverGrenade 47
2 Mellow_Velo 28
3 JustSomeGuy 25
4 Kazistuta 22
5 SemirS 21
6 Joelsim 15
7 Hakkie2 10
7 ThePirate81 10
9 BluesInTheBottle 8
9 DJW 8
11 BicycleBoy, GeraintTooFast, Jakob747, Rote_Laterne, SafeBet 7
16 Vladimir 5
17 Armchair_Cyclist, ChrisDK, Leadbelly, Minessa , Russell23, Spokenspin, Tych23 1

Standings (those 100 pts +)
1 Josedin 237
2 Joelsim 228
3 BluesInTheBottle 212
4 Trudgin 189
5 Fauniera 188
6 LightBing 185
7 Hakkie2 184
8 GPBlanco 174
9 Jakob747 135
10 JustSomeGuy 129
11 SilverGrenade 122
12 Kazistuta 108
13 Vladimir 103

Pink points

STUYVEN Jasper 70 1 team
PÖSTLBERGER Lukas 36 1 team
ANDREETTA Simone 25 1 team
NIBALI Vincenzo 25 26 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 25 1 team
JUNGELS Bob 21 3 teams
WOODS Michael 12 2 teams
...
ROLLAND Pierre -10 9 teams
SBARAGLI Kristian -15 1 team
POZZOVIVO Domenico -25 7 teams
DUMOULIN Tom -25 1 team

1 SilverGrenade 83
2 JustSomeGuy 59
3 SemirS 45
4 Kazistuta 44
5 Hakkie2 42
6 Rote_Laterne 31
6 SafeBet 31
8 ChrisDK 26
8 Shalgo 26
8 ThePirate81 26
11 Carlo_Algatrensig 25
11 Comodoro 25
11 GeraintTooFast 25
11 Joelsim 25
11 Scrool07 25
16 Torcia86 24
16 Trudgin 24
16 Vladimir 24
19 Armchair_Cyclist 23
19 Crevaison 23
19 Hugo87 23
22 AmisVelo 22
23 Mellow_Velo 18
24 Del1962 17
25 Squire 15
26 Search 14
27 GPBlanco 8
28 BluesInTheBottle 5
28 DJW 5
28 Jakob747 5
31 Spokenspin 3
32 Kabete 1
32 Laarsland 1
32 Leadbelly 1
35 AG -2
35 LosBrolin -2
35 Minessa -2
38 BicycleBoy -3
38 Flo -3
40 GodChild -9
41 Josedin -17
42 LightBing -25
43 Russell23 -28
44 Tych23 -30
45 Yellow_Knight -35
46 Fauniera -38
Collective_Wisdom 24

Standings
No echelons, meaningful chase of the break or driving finish from the puncheurs; likewise, no real action in the table, with Mellow Velo up 2 places as the most relevant change, one new member of the top ten sneaking in at number ten (ChrisDK), and the biggest rise being 7 places for Silver Grenade.
1 Kazistuta 1455
2 BluesInTheBottle 1316
3 SemirS 1247
4 DJW 1204
5 Mellow_Velo 1194
6 Minessa 1179
7 Russell23 1149
8 Tych23 1081
9 Armchair_Cyclist 1046
10 ChrisDK 1007
11 Jakob747 1006
12 SafeBet 992
13 Leadbelly 985
14 SilverGrenade 941
15 GPBlanco 932
16 Rote_Laterne 929
17 GeraintTooFast 921
18 AG 897
19 Spokenspin 895
20 GodChild 874
21 Hugo87 861
22 Joelsim 858
23 Vladimir 854
24 Fauniera 850
25 JustSomeGuy 848
26 BicycleBoy 847
27 Comodoro 841
28 Squire 818
29 Crevaison 811
30 Carlo_Algatrensig 804
31 Hakkie2 792
32 LightBing 787
33 Scrool07 776
34 Trudgin 760
35 Del1962 743
36 Josedin 742
37 LosBrolin 711
38 Torcia86 710
39 AmisVelo 698
40 Kabete 694
41 Search 684
42 ThePirate81 669
43 Laarsland 668
44 Flo 637
45 Shalgo 489
46 Yellow_Knight 487
Collective_Wisdom 765


I'm not sure that I am expecting much more change tomorrow either.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 7 Marshall dodging and a one lap crit

Purple points

Gaviria is now equivalent to 6th in final GC through guaranteed points alone: there will be more expensive GC picks who don't do that...
Meanwhile, Jungels' accumulated leader bonuses are now worth more than a stage win.

EWAN Caleb 70 0 team
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 40 8 teams
BENNETT Sam 25 3 teams
JUNGELS Bob 18 3 teams
GREIPEL André 15 0 team
STUYVEN Jasper 10 1 team
GIBBONS Ryan 7 0 team
BATTAGLIN Enrico 5 1 team
SELIG Rüdiger 3 0 team
TSATEVICH Alexei 2 0 team
NIBALI Vincenzo 1 26 teams

1 GPBlanco 41, Hakkie2, Trudgin 41
4 BluesInTheBottle, Fauniera, Joelsim, Josedin, LightBing 40
9 Search, ThePirate81, Vladimir 26
12 Kazistuta, SemirS 19
14 Mellow_Velo 18
15 SilverGrenade 10
16 Armchair_Cyclist 6
17 Seventeen more Nibali teams 1
No-one else broken into the 100+ club yet. Gaviria's contribution to the top 8 is 213 points

1 Josedin 277
2 Joelsim 268
3 BluesInTheBottle 252
4 Trudgin 230
5 Fauniera 228
6 Hakkie2 225
6 LightBing 225
8 GPBlanco 215
9 Jakob747 135
10 SilverGrenade 132
11 JustSomeGuy 130
12 Vladimir 129
13 Kazistuta 127

Pink points
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando +40pts 8 teams
BENNETT Sam 26 3 teams
DUMOULIN Tom 25 1 team
JUNGELS Bob 18 3 teams
AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey 15 4 teams
STUYVEN Jasper 10 1 team
...
VAN GARDEREN Tejay -15 13 teams
ROLLAND Pierre -18 9 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander -25 1 team

1 Trudgin 42
2 LightBing 40
3 Hakkie2 39
4 GPBlanco 38
5 Josedin 36
6 Vladimir 27
7 BluesInTheBottle 25
8 Joelsim 23
8 Kazistuta 23
10 Fauniera 22
11 Kabete 19
12 DJW 15
13 Armchair_Cyclist 10
14 ThePirate81 7
14 Yellow_Knight 7
16 Leadbelly 6
17 SemirS 4
18 Torcia86 2
19 AG 1
19 AmisVelo 1
19 ChrisDK 1
19 Crevaison 1
19 Hugo87 1
19 Minessa 1
19 Rote_Laterne 1
26 Flo 0
26 Jakob747 0
26 Laarsland 0
26 Mellow_Velo 0
26 Russell23 0
26 Tych23 0
32 GeraintTooFast -3
32 SafeBet -3
34 SilverGrenade -5
35 Search -6
36 Carlo_Algatrensig -9
37 GodChild -10
38 Comodoro -14
38 Del1962 -14
38 Scrool07 -14
41 LosBrolin -15
41 Spokenspin -15
43 Squire -17
44 BicycleBoy -18
45 JustSomeGuy -19
45 Shalgo -19
Collective_Wisdom 1


You have to go as far as 12th to find any change in position: Hakkie2 manages a 6 place rise.
1 Kazistuta 1478
2 BluesInTheBottle 1341
3 SemirS 1251
4 DJW 1219
5 Mellow_Velo 1194
6 Minessa 1180
7 Russell23 1149
8 Tych23 1081
9 Armchair_Cyclist 1056
10 ChrisDK 1008
11 Jakob747 1006
12 Leadbelly 991
13 SafeBet 989
14 GPBlanco 970
15 SilverGrenade 936
16 Rote_Laterne 930
17 GeraintTooFast 918
18 AG 898
19 Joelsim 881
19 Vladimir 881
21 Spokenspin 880
22 Fauniera 872
23 GodChild 864
24 Hugo87 862
25 Hakkie2 831
26 BicycleBoy 829
26 JustSomeGuy 829
28 Comodoro 827
28 LightBing 827
30 Crevaison 812
31 Trudgin 802
32 Squire 801
33 Carlo_Algatrensig 795
34 Josedin 778
35 Scrool07 762
36 Del1962 729
37 Kabete 713
38 Torcia86 712
39 AmisVelo 699
40 LosBrolin 696
41 Search 678
42 ThePirate81 676
43 Laarsland 668
44 Flo 637
45 Yellow_Knight 494
46 Shalgo 470
Collective_Wisdom 766

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 8 One hairpin too many for Conti

Purple points

Torcia86 will have been upset about the fate of his unique pick in the last km, and Jungels' retention of pink, which twice seemed to be in doubt, prevented my unique pick from being top scorer today.

IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka 70 0 team
VISCONTI Giovanni 40 0 team
SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon 25 0 team
JUNGELS Bob 19 3 teams
BATTAGLIN Enrico 15 1 team
WOODS Michael 10 2 teams
PINOT Thibaut 7 13 teams
NIBALI Vincenzo 5 26 teams
YATES Adam 3 9 teams
KRUIJSWIJK Steven 2 25 teams

Between Nibali and Kruijswijk, nearly everyone got at least something, but no-one got very much.

1 SemirS 26
2 Kazistuta 24
2 Mellow_Velo 24
4 Armchair_Cyclist 20
5 ThePirate81 17
6 Hakkie2 15
7 AmisVelo, JustSomeGuy 14
9 Crevaison, Del1962, Hugo87, Trudgin 12
13 GeraintTooFast, Jakob747, Rote_Laterne 10
16 Flo, Kabete, Laarsland, LosBrolin 9
20 SafeBet 8
21 Nine Pinot teams 7
30 Six Nibali teams 5
36 BluesInTheBottle, DJW, SilverGrenade 3
39 Six Kruijswijk teams 2
45 Russell23, Shalgo 0
Collective_Wisdom 7

No sprint stage today, or for a few days to come, but the Gavirians will remain at the top for a while yet.
1 Josedin 279
2 Joelsim 270
3 BluesInTheBottle 255
4 Trudgin 242
5 Hakkie2 240
6 Fauniera 235
7 LightBing 227
8 GPBlanco 220
9 Kazistuta 151
10 Jakob747 145
11 JustSomeGuy 144
12 Vladimir 136
13 SilverGrenade 135
14 Mellow_Velo 119
15 SemirS 113
16 Armchair_Cyclist 104
17 Leadbelly 101


Pink points

PINOT Thibaut 36 13 teams
JUNGELS Bob 19 3 teams
BATTAGLIN Enrico 16 1 team
WOODS Michael 10 2 teams
HIRT Jan 6 4 teams
RODRIGUEZ MARTIN Cristian 6 2 teams
NIBALI Vincenzo 5 26 teams
...
LUDVIGSSON Tobias -5 2 teams
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques -5 1 team
ZAKARIN Ilnur -10 19 teams
VAN GARDEREN Tejay -15 13 teams
AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey -15 4 teams
HANSEN Jesper -19 3 teams

1 Trudgin 43
2 Fauniera 38
3 AmisVelo 37
4 Crevaison 31
5 Jakob747 29
6 Kazistuta 28
7 Flo 27
7 JustSomeGuy 27
7 Mellow_Velo 27
10 Del1962 25
11 ThePirate81 19
12 Hakkie2 16
13 Armchair_Cyclist 15
13 Torcia86 15
15 LosBrolin 13
16 Hugo87 11
17 SemirS 10
18 GeraintTooFast 9
18 Kabete 9
18 Rote_Laterne 9
21 Laarsland 8
22 Vladimir 7
23 Minessa 5
23 Yellow_Knight 5
25 ChrisDK 4
25 GodChild 4
25 Leadbelly 4
28 LightBing 2
29 Squire 0
30 Shalgo -1
31 BicycleBoy -2
32 Josedin -3
32 SafeBet -3
34 AG -5
35 Carlo_Algatrensig -7
36 Comodoro -8
36 GPBlanco -8
36 Search -8
39 Russell23 -13
39 Tych23 -13
41 BluesInTheBottle -14
42 SilverGrenade -19
43 Scrool07 -20
44 Spokenspin -23
45 DJW -24
46 Joelsim -26
Collective_Wisdom -4


Standings
One place rises within the top ten for Mellow Velo and for Armchair Cyclist, and for Jakob to get into the top ten, while the biggest jump mention is shared between Trudgin and Fauniera.
1 Kazistuta 1506
2 BluesInTheBottle 1327
3 SemirS 1261
4 Mellow_Velo 1221
5 DJW 1195
6 Minessa 1185
7 Russell23 1136
8 Armchair_Cyclist 1071
9 Tych23 1068
10 Jakob747 1035
11 ChrisDK 1012
12 Leadbelly 995
13 SafeBet 986
14 GPBlanco 962
15 Rote_Laterne 939
16 GeraintTooFast 927
17 SilverGrenade 917
18 Fauniera 910
19 AG 893
20 Vladimir 888
21 Hugo87 873
22 GodChild 868
23 Spokenspin 857
24 JustSomeGuy 856
25 Joelsim 855
26 Hakkie2 847
27 Trudgin 845
28 Crevaison 843
29 LightBing 829
30 BicycleBoy 827
31 Comodoro 819
32 Squire 801
33 Carlo_Algatrensig 788
34 Josedin 775
35 Del1962 754
36 Scrool07 742
37 AmisVelo 736
38 Torcia86 727
39 Kabete 722
40 LosBrolin 709
41 ThePirate81 695
42 Laarsland 676
43 Search 670
44 Flo 664
45 Yellow_Knight 499
46 Shalgo 469
Collective_Wisdom 762

Tomorrow, finally, there should be something to report...

 

[god.child]

Thx for the updates AC.
Hope for some action both in the race and thread tomorow. I have faith in Pozzo shine like IT was 2012.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Re:

I have faith in Pozzo shine like IT was 2012.

The laptop I run this game on: the IT is 2012

 

[god.child]

Re: Re:

I have faith in Pozzo shine like IT was 2012.

The laptop I run this game on: the IT is 2012

Lol!

Pozzo doin good today. Kingtana bossing that Choice might be a winning move.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 9 Blockhaus and block-headed police

The five most expensive GC riders were the first five home: price put nearly all of us off three of them.

Purple Points

QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 88 1 team
PINOT Thibaut 40 13 teams
DUMOULIN Tom 25 1 team
MOLLEMA Bauke 15 0 team
NIBALI Vincenzo 10 26 teams
POZZOVIVO Domenico 7 7 teams
KANGERT Tanel 5 10 teams
ZAKARIN Ilnur 3 19 teams
REICHENBACH Sébastien 2 0 team
FORMOLO Davide 1 6 teams


1 Shalgo 88 (Quintana)
2 Crevaison 58 (Pinot, Nibali, Zakarin and Kangert)
3 AmisVelo, Del1962, Hugo87, JustSomeGuy, Trudgin 50 (Pinot & Nibali)
8 Flo, Laarsland 48
10 Fauniera 47
11 Kabete 45
12 Jakob747, Leadbelly, LosBrolin 43
15 Yellow_Knight 30
16 AG 20
17 GodChild, Minessa 17
19 Comodoro, Russell23 16
21 GPBlanco, Rote_Laterne 15
23 Squire 14
24 Armchair_Cyclist, SafeBet 13
24 Scrool07 13
27 Carlo_Algatrensig 11, ChrisDK, Torcia86 11
30 GeraintTooFast, Hakkie2, Kazistuta, Search, SemirS, ThePirate81, Tych23, Vladimir 10
38 BicycleBoy 8
39 LightBing 7
40 DJW, Joelsim, Josedin, SilverGrenade, Spokenspin 3
45 BluesInTheBottle, Mellow_Velo 0
Collective_Wisdom 18

Trudgin and Fauniera are the only Gavirians who have high finishers today (both have Pinot, Trudgin has Nibali and Fauniera has Pozzovivo)
1 Trudgin 292
2 Fauniera 282
2 Josedin 282
4 Joelsim 273
5 BluesInTheBottle 255
6 Hakkie2 250
7 GPBlanco 235
8 LightBing 234
9 JustSomeGuy 194
10 Jakob747 188
11 Kazistuta 161
12 Vladimir 146
13 Leadbelly 144
14 SilverGrenade 138
15 Crevaison 127
16 SemirS 123
17 Mellow_Velo 119
18 Armchair_Cyclist 117
19 Flo 112
19 Laarsland 112
21 AG 110
22 LosBrolin 107

Pink points
Mayhem
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 438 1 team
PINOT Thibaut 288 13 teams
DUMOULIN Tom 130 1 team
ZAKARIN Ilnur 92 19 teams
FORMOLO Davide 62 6 teams
KANGERT Tanel 51 10 teams
KRUIJSWIJK Steven 45 25 teams
CATALDO Dario 30 3 teams
...
MONTAGUTI Matteo -23 1 team
KELDERMAN Wilco -84 1 team
LANDA MEANA Mikel -90 42 teams
YATES Adam -231 9 teams
THOMAS Geraint -301 10 teams
JUNGELS Bob -388 3 teams

1 Laarsland 402 (Pinot, Zakarin, Kangert, Kruijswijk and Hansen, but Landa)
2 Flo 385 (Pinot, Zakarin, Kangert and Kruijswijk, but Landa)
3 Shalgo 377 (Quintana and Cataldo, but Landa)
4 Kabete 355
5 Crevaison 326
6 LosBrolin 319
7 JustSomeGuy 302
8 Trudgin 283
9 AmisVelo 229
10 Yellow_Knight 217
11 Hugo87 182
12 Fauniera 170
13 Del1962 166
14 Squire 85
15 Jakob747 79
16 Josedin 64
17 Comodoro 37
18 Leadbelly 35
19 Joelsim 26
20 Torcia86 20
21 Carlo_Algatrensig 1
22 Scrool07 -29
23 AG -31
24 GPBlanco -49
25 GodChild -57
26 LightBing -63
27 ThePirate81 -70
28 Hakkie2 -88
29 Vladimir -124
30 Search -131
31 BicycleBoy -142
32 Spokenspin -163
33 Russell23 -205
34 SilverGrenade -227
35 Rote_Laterne -241
36 SafeBet -245
37 Tych23 -276
38 GeraintTooFast -292
39 Armchair_Cyclist -301
40 ChrisDK -349
41 Minessa -379
42 SemirS -465
43 DJW -515
44 BluesInTheBottle -638 (Thomas, Yates, Landa and Van Garderen)
45 Mellow_Velo -673 (Jungels, Yates and Landa, but at least Kruijswijk)
46 Kazistuta -780 (Jungels, Thomas, Landa and Nibali, with only Hirt to reduce the hurt)
Collective_Wisdom 82

Standings
Forget everything prior to today.
Of yesterday's top 5, only one is now in the top 30; one of yesterday's top ten is still top ten (Jakob, now 4th). Today's top three were 28th, 24th and 27th yesterday. 3 teams rise by 30+ places (Laarsland 36, Flo 35, Kabete 32) and another 7 by 20+: 9 teams fell by more than 20 places, with Mellow Velo surely breaking all records, tumbling 41 places in a 46 strong field.

1 Crevaison 1169
2 JustSomeGuy 1158
3 Trudgin 1128
4 Jakob747 1114
5 Fauniera 1080
6 Laarsland 1078
7 Kabete 1077
8 Hugo87 1055
9 Flo 1049
10 Leadbelly 1030
11 LosBrolin 1028
12 AmisVelo 965
13 Russell23 931
14 Del1962 920
15 GPBlanco 913
16 Squire 886
17 Joelsim 881
18 AG 862
19 Comodoro 856
20 Shalgo 846
21 Josedin 839
22 GodChild 811
23 Minessa 806
24 SemirS 796
25 Tych23 792
26 Carlo_Algatrensig 789
27 Armchair_Cyclist 770
28 LightBing 766
29 Vladimir 764
30 Hakkie2 759
31 Torcia86 747
32 SafeBet 741
33 Kazistuta 726
34 Yellow_Knight 716
35 Scrool07 713
36 Rote_Laterne 698
37 Spokenspin 694
38 SilverGrenade 690
39 BluesInTheBottle 689
40 BicycleBoy 685
41 DJW 680
42 ChrisDK 663
43 GeraintTooFast 635
44 ThePirate81 625
45 Mellow_Velo 548
46 Search 539
Collective_Wisdom 844

7 teams within 100 points of the lead: this could be pretty competitive.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

A quick look at the riders' scores for rest day:

Guaranteed (purple) points so far:
Those scoring equivalent to one third place or more
1 GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 213 8 teams
2 GREIPEL André 144 0 team
3 EWAN Caleb 115 0 team
4 PÖSTLBERGER Lukas 113 1 team
5 JUNGELS Bob 104 3 teams
6 QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 88 1 team
7 STUYVEN Jasper 82 1 team
8 POLANC Jan 70 2 teams
8 DILLIER Silvan 70 0 team
8 IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka 70 0 team
11 PINOT Thibaut 62 13 teams
12 BENNETT Sam 52 3 teams
13 ZAKARIN Ilnur 43 19 teams
13 FERRARI Roberto 43 1 team
13 SELIG Rüdiger 43 0 team
16 VISCONTI Giovanni 40 0 team
16 MARECZKO Jakub 40 0 team
16 NIZZOLO Giacomo 40 0 team
19 DUMOULIN Tom 32 1 team
20 THOMAS Geraint 29 10 teams
21 BATTAGLIN Enrico 28 1 team
22 SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon 25 0 team

%age return on rider price (purple points only)

1 PÖSTLBERGER Lukas 70% 1 team
2 POLANC Jan 38 2 teams
3 DILLIER Silvan 30 0 team
4 GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 24 8 teams
5 FERRARI Roberto 23 1 team
6 BATTAGLIN Enrico 22 1 team
7 SELIG Rüdiger 22 0 team
8 ANDREETTA Simone 21 1 team
9 STUYVEN Jasper 18 1 team
10 EWAN Caleb 15 0 team
11 JUNGELS Bob 15 3 teams
12 IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka 14 0 team
13 GREIPEL André 12 0 team
14 BENNETT Sam 11 3 teams
15 MARECZKO Jakub 10 0 team


And the "as they stand" points ("Pink Points")
Those with 100 pts+
1 QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 628 1 team
2 PINOT Thibaut 462 13 teams
3 DUMOULIN Tom 352 1 team
4 GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 298 8 teams
5 MOLLEMA Bauke 284 0 team
6 NIBALI Vincenzo 257 26 teams
7 ZAKARIN Ilnur 243 19 teams
8 POLANC Jan 230 2 teams
9 POZZOVIVO Domenico 222 7 teams
10 JUNGELS Bob 216 3 teams
11 GREIPEL André 184 0 team
12 FORMOLO Davide 166 6 teams
13 AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey 150 4 teams
14 EWAN Caleb 145 0 team
15 PÖSTLBERGER Lukas 138 1 team
16 STUYVEN Jasper 137 1 teams
16 KRUIJSWIJK Steven 137 25 teams
18 KANGERT Tanel 125 10 teams
19 THOMAS Geraint 108 10 teams
20 CATALDO Dario 106 3 teams
21 VAN GARDEREN Tejay 104 13 teams

and best by %age returns (if the next 12 stages are cancelled)

1 KOZONTCHUK Dmitriy 167% 5 teams
2 AGNOLI Valerio 150 9 teams
3 POLANC Jan 125 2 teams
4 PÖSTLBERGER Lukas 85 1 team
5 RODRIGUEZ MARTIN Cristian 63 2 teams
6 ALAFACI Eugenio 60 3 teams
7 PETILLI Simone 58 2 teams
8 CATALDO Dario 53 3 teams
9 STETINA Peter 48 0 team
10 PINOT Thibaut 46 13 teams
11 KANGERT Tanel 44 10 teams
12 HANSEN Jesper 44 3 teams
13 ANDREETTA Simone 44 1 team
14 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques 44 1 team
15 POZZOVIVO Domenico 40 7 teams
16 PELLIZOTTI Franco 39 0 team
17 DILLIER Silvan 38 0 team
18 AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey 38 4 teams
19 FORMOLO Davide 38 6 teams
20 TIRALONGO Paolo 38 10 teams
20 VAN ZYL Johann 38 0 team
22 DEIGNAN Philip 37 1 team
23 ZAKARIN Ilnur 35 19 teams
24 BATTAGLIN Enrico 34 1 teams
25 VAUGRENARD Benoît 33 1 team
25 BERARD Julien 33 0 team
25 STAMSNIJDER Tom 33 0 team
25 KEIZER Martijn 33 0 team
25 KISERLOVSKI Robert 33 3 teams
30 GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 33 8 teams


The Dropbox file should be available and updated every day, even if I don't repeat it.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 10 ITT

Did only one entrant think Dumoulin might be in with a chance, or was it that only one thought he was half as good again as a prospect than Nibali or Pinot? Yellow Knight's trust brings some dividends. Mollema meanwhile, almost exactly the same price as Pinot, got the nod over the Frenchman from absolutely no-one, which is beginning to look collectively remiss of us.

Purple points


DUMOULIN Tom 88 1 team
THOMAS Geraint 40 10 teams
JUNGELS Bob 25 3 teams
SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon 15 0 team
KIRYIENKA Vasil 10 1 team
NIBALI Vincenzo 7 26 teams
MONFORT Maxime 5 1 team
VAN EMDEN Jos 3 0 team
AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey 2 4 teams
MOLLEMA Bauke 1 0 team

1 Yellow_Knight 88
2 Kazistuta 72 (Thomas, Jungels & Nibali)
3 Armchair_Cyclist, ChrisDK, Minessa 47
6 DJW 42
7 BluesInTheBottle, Leadbelly, Russell23, Spokenspin, Tych23 40
12 SemirS 32
13 Mellow_Velo 25
14 AG 17
15 GPBlanco, Hugo87 9
17 19 other Nibalists 7
and 10 teams fail to score

Kazistuta gets very close to getting among the Gavirians
1 Trudgin 299
2 BluesInTheBottle 295
3 Fauniera 282
3 Josedin 282
5 Joelsim 273
6 Hakkie2 257
7 GPBlanco 244
8 LightBing 234
9 Kazistuta 233
10 JustSomeGuy 201
11 Jakob747 188
12 Leadbelly 184
13 Armchair_Cyclist 164
14 SemirS 155
15 Vladimir 153
16 Mellow_Velo 144
17 SilverGrenade 138
17 Yellow_Knight 138
19 Crevaison 134
20 AG 127
20 DJW 127
22 Russell23 125
23 Tych23 121
24 Spokenspin 114
25 Flo 112
25 Laarsland 112
27 LosBrolin 107
28 Minessa 102


Pink points

DUMOULIN Tom 273 1 team
JUNGELS Bob 128 3 teams
THOMAS Geraint 82 10 teams
KIRYIENKA Vasil 10 1 team
...
CONTI Valerio -10 1 team
PELUCCHI Matteo -15 7 teams
POZZOVIVO Domenico -25 7 teams
ZAKARIN Ilnur -25 19 teams
VAN GARDEREN Tejay -26 13 teams
FORMOLO Davide -61 6 teams
PINOT Thibaut -110 13 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander -125 1 team



1 Yellow_Knight 264
2 Kazistuta 221
3 Mellow_Velo 129
4 SemirS 111
5 Armchair_Cyclist 68
6 Minessa 66
7 BluesInTheBottle 58
8 DJW 46
9 Tych23 34
10 Spokenspin 31
11 ChrisDK 29
12 Vladimir 15
13 GeraintTooFast 9
13 Hakkie2 9
15 ThePirate81 8
16 GPBlanco 2
17 Rote_Laterne 1
18 Search -18
19 Josedin -21
20 GodChild -23
20 LightBing -23
22 AG -31
22 SafeBet -31
24 BicycleBoy -32
25 Russell23 -35
26 SilverGrenade -49
27 Scrool07 -57
28 Torcia86 -60
29 Leadbelly -61
30 Joelsim -64
31 Carlo_Algatrensig -76
32 Squire -78
33 Comodoro -86
34 AmisVelo -102
35 Trudgin -107
36 Kabete -111
37 Hugo87 -125
38 Jakob747 -127
39 JustSomeGuy -129
39 Shalgo -129
41 Crevaison -134
42 Flo -141
43 Del1962 -142
44 Laarsland -145
45 Fauniera -149
46 LosBrolin -174
Collective_Wisdom -24

In contrast to many previous games, most teams go into week 2 with their full complement of 9, and no team has lost more than one rider. Pelucci was, I assume, a cheap sprinter in the hope of some fluke top tens rather than a major tactical bulwark for his 7 teams: Kelderman will have been more of a loss to Vladimir.



Standings

No change among that very tight top 4, except that it is even tighter, and immediately below them Yellow Knight, who was second last before they started the Blockhaus stage, but up 29 places today (putting Kazistuta's 25 place rise in the shade) and with the prospect of at least a few days' worth of 18 point bonuses to follow. The other upward movement in the top ten is Leadbelly going from 10th to 6th.

1 Crevaison 1035
2 JustSomeGuy 1029
3 Trudgin 1021
4 Jakob747 987
5 Yellow_Knight 980
6 Leadbelly 969
7 Kabete 966
8 Kazistuta 947
9 Laarsland 933
10 Fauniera 931
11 Hugo87 930
12 GPBlanco 915
13 Flo 908
14 SemirS 907
15 Russell23 896
16 Minessa 872
17 AmisVelo 863
18 LosBrolin 854
19 Armchair_Cyclist 838
20 AG 831
21 Tych23 826
22 Josedin 818
23 Joelsim 817
24 Squire 808
25 GodChild 788
26 Vladimir 779
27 Del1962 778
28 Comodoro 770
29 Hakkie2 768
30 BluesInTheBottle 747
31 LightBing 743
32 DJW 726
33 Spokenspin 725
34 Shalgo 717
35 Carlo_Algatrensig 713
36 SafeBet 710
37 Rote_Laterne 699
38 ChrisDK 692
39 Torcia86 687
40 Mellow_Velo 677
41 Scrool07 656
42 BicycleBoy 653
43 GeraintTooFast 644
44 SilverGrenade 641
45 ThePirate81 633
46 Search 521
Collective_Wisdom 820

 

[del1962]

Heres me thinkig good points from Fraile only to find 21 others with him

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 11 Short and Bumpy

Purple points

Half our teams thought that Omar would be the man for the Blue jersey, and maybe for a few stage placings, but not for sprinting like that.

FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar 70 21 teams
COSTA Rui Alberto Faria 40 0 team
ROLLAND Pierre 25 9 teams
DUMOULIN Tom 18 1 team
KANGERT Tanel 15 10 teams
VISCONTI Giovanni 10 0 team
HERMANS Ben 7 0 team
CATALDO Dario 5 3 teams
PETILLI Simone 3 2 teams
MONFORT Maxime 2 1 team
DE PLUS Laurens 1 0 team

1 GPBlanco 110 (Fraile, Rolland, Kangert)
2 GodChild 100 (Fraile, Rolland, Cataldo)
3 Fauniera, Search, ThePirate81 95 (Fraile, Rolland)
6 Kabete 87
7 Flo, Laarsland, Rote_Laterne, Russell23 85
11 Leadbelly, Shalgo 75
13 GeraintTooFast, SafeBet 73
15 Seven more Fraile teams 70
22 Yellow_Knight 58
23 BicycleBoy 40
24 Mellow_Velo, Squire 25
26 Comodoro,Crevaison 15
28 Remaining 19 teams 0
Collective_Wisdom 85


Vast majority of teams now have over 100 points, so here is everyone's standings in the minor ranking so far:
1 Fauniera 377
2 GPBlanco 354
3 Josedin 352
4 Hakkie2 327
5 Trudgin 299
6 BluesInTheBottle 295
7 Joelsim 273
8 Leadbelly 259
9 LightBing 234
10 Kazistuta 233
11 SemirS 225
12 Russell23 210
13 JustSomeGuy 201
14 Flo 197
14 Laarsland 197
16 Yellow_Knight 196
17 ThePirate81 193
18 Tych23 191
19 Jakob747 188
20 Spokenspin 184
21 Search 183
22 Shalgo 173
23 Mellow_Velo 169
24 Armchair_Cyclist 164
25 Kabete 163
26 AmisVelo 158
27 Del1962 156
28 SafeBet 153
28 Vladimir 153
30 Crevaison 149
31 GodChild 143
32 SilverGrenade 138
33 Rote_Laterne 129
34 AG 127
34 DJW 127
36 GeraintTooFast 112
37 LosBrolin 107
38 BicycleBoy 103
39 Minessa 102
40 Squire 95
41 ChrisDK 94
42 Hugo87 88
43 Scrool07 79
44 Comodoro 47
45 Torcia86 39
46 Carlo_Algatrensig 27
Collective_Wisdom 159
Leadbelly becomes the first non-Gavirian to break into that top 8 for a while.


Pink points
Other than the stage points, the rises of Amador, Kangert and Cataldo have an opposite effect of falls for other riders who might no longer be thought of as contenders. Van Garderen's fall is achieved independently of the efforts of the breakaway.

FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar 110 21 teams
KANGERT Tanel 68 10 teams
AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey 65 4 teams
ROLLAND Pierre 36 9 teams
CATALDO Dario 35 3 teams
DUMOULIN Tom 14 1 team
MONFORT Maxime 10 1 team
...
PINOT Thibaut -10 13 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander -15 1 team
POLANC Jan -22 2 teams
KRUIJSWIJK Steven -23 25 teams
JUNGELS Bob -25 3 teams
THOMAS Geraint -25 10 teams
CONTI Valerio -33 1 team
ZAKARIN Ilnur -35 19 teams
POZZOVIVO Domenico -40 7 teams
VAN GARDEREN Tejay -44 13 teams


1 GPBlanco 270
2 Kabete 223
3 Rote_Laterne 146
4 Shalgo 123
5 ThePirate81 112
6 Laarsland 109
7 GodChild 105
7 Hakkie2 105
9 Flo 101
10 Yellow_Knight 95
11 Search 93
12 Fauniera 87
12 GeraintTooFast 87
14 Leadbelly 74
15 SafeBet 73
16 Russell23 71
17 AmisVelo 70
18 Del1962 49
19 Josedin 45
20 BicycleBoy 39
21 Crevaison 16
22 SemirS 11
23 Hugo87 4
24 DJW -4
25 Comodoro -6
26 Spokenspin -9
27 Trudgin -10
28 ChrisDK -18
29 Mellow_Velo -19
30 Tych23 -20
31 Squire -31
32 Kazistuta -53
33 Vladimir -54
34 Armchair_Cyclist -63
35 Torcia86 -65
36 LightBing -70
37 Carlo_Algatrensig -74
37 Jakob747 -74
39 BluesInTheBottle -75
40 JustSomeGuy -77
41 SilverGrenade -80
42 AG -84
43 Scrool07 -86
44 Minessa -97
45 Joelsim -113
46 LosBrolin -121
Collective_Wisdom 113

Standings

The two big scorers on the day, Kabete and GPBlanco, leap from 7th and 12th respectively to first and second places, but their tenure is only as safe as the new elevated positions of Amador and Kangert. Yellow Knight, the only team with Dumoulin, also has Kangert, and also reaches the podium. There are even bigger rises further down the table, Rote Laterne being the biggest climber (17 places).

1 Kabete 1189
2 GPBlanco 1185
3 Yellow_Knight 1075
4 Crevaison 1051
5 Leadbelly 1043
6 Laarsland 1042
7 Fauniera 1018
8 Trudgin 1011
9 Flo 1009
10 Russell23 967
11 JustSomeGuy 952
12 Hugo87 934
13 AmisVelo 933
14 SemirS 918
15 Jakob747 913
16 Kazistuta 894
17 GodChild 893
18 Hakkie2 873
19 Josedin 863
20 Rote_Laterne 845
21 Shalgo 840
22 Del1962 827
23 Tych23 806
24 SafeBet 783
25 Squire 777
26 Armchair_Cyclist 775
26 Minessa 775
28 Comodoro 764
29 AG 747
30 ThePirate81 745
31 LosBrolin 733
32 GeraintTooFast 731
33 Vladimir 725
34 DJW 722
35 Spokenspin 716
36 Joelsim 704
37 BicycleBoy 692
38 ChrisDK 674
39 LightBing 673
40 BluesInTheBottle 672
41 Mellow_Velo 658
42 Carlo_Algatrensig 639
43 Torcia86 622
44 Search 614
45 Scrool07 570
46 SilverGrenade 561
Collective_Wisdom 933

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 12 A sprint before a sprint

Purple points

The domjnation of Gaviria, and his teams, in the subgame continues. If I am late posting tomorrow, read this sentence again.

GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 70 8 teams
MARECZKO Jakub 40 0 team
BENNETT Sam 25 3 teams
DUMOULIN Tom 18 1 team
BAUHAUS Phil 15 2 teams
RICHEZE ARAQUISTAIN Maximiliano Ariel 10 0 team
GIBBONS Ryan 7 0 team
MODOLO Sacha 5 4 teams
GREIPEL André 3 0 team
STUYVEN Jasper 2 1 team
FERRARI Roberto 1 1 team

1 LightBing 75
2 BluesInTheBottle, Fauniera, GPBlanco, Hakkie2, Joelsim, Josedin, Trudgin 70
9 Yellow_Knight 33
10 Search 30
11 ThePirate81, Vladimir 25
13 Kazistuta 15
14 Scrool07, Torcia86 5
16 SilverGrenade 2
17 AG 1
18 Most teams 0

1 Fauniera 447
2 GPBlanco 424
3 Josedin 422
4 Hakkie2 397
5 Trudgin 369
6 BluesInTheBottle 365
7 Joelsim 343
8 LightBing 309
9 Leadbelly 259
10 Kazistuta 248
11 Yellow_Knight 229
12 SemirS 225
13 ThePirate81 218
14 Search 213
15 Russell23 210
16 JustSomeGuy 201

1 Fauniera 447
2 GPBlanco 424
3 Josedin 422
4 Hakkie2 397
5 Trudgin 369
6 BluesInTheBottle 365
7 Joelsim 343
8 LightBing 309
9 Leadbelly 259
10 Kazistuta 248
11 Yellow_Knight 229
12 SemirS 225
13 ThePirate81 218
14 Search 213
15 Russell23 210
16 JustSomeGuy 201


Pink points
Very little happening here...

GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 70 8 teams
BENNETT Sam 31 3 teams
FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar 30 21 teams
DUMOULIN Tom 17 1 team
BAUHAUS Phil 15 2 teams
POZZOVIVO Domenico 15 7 teams
...
KANGERT Tanel -15 10 teams
POLANC Jan -30 2 teams


1 Fauniera 113
2 Hakkie2 107
3 Josedin 101
4 LightBing 93
5 GPBlanco 83
6 Joelsim 72
7 Trudgin 70
8 Search 68
9 BluesInTheBottle 65
10 ThePirate81 62
11 GodChild 44
12 Tych23 40
13 Del1962 33
13 GeraintTooFast 33
13 SemirS 33
16 AmisVelo 32
17 Shalgo 31
18 SafeBet 30
19 Spokenspin 29
20 Russell23 25
21 Leadbelly 19
22 Flo 17
23 AG 16
24 Rote_Laterne 15
24 Yellow_Knight 15
26 Kazistuta 13
27 Kabete 11
28 Laarsland 10
29 Minessa 9
30 Scrool07 8
31 SilverGrenade 7
31 Torcia86 7
33 Carlo_Algatrensig 5
34 JustSomeGuy 4
35 Hugo87 3
36 LosBrolin 2
37 Vladimir 1
38 Mellow_Velo -1
39 Squire -2
40 ChrisDK -3
41 Armchair_Cyclist -4
42 DJW -6
43 Comodoro -12
44 Crevaison -14
45 BicycleBoy -16
46 Jakob747 -29
Collective_Wisdom 16

Standings

Having Gaviria lifts GP Blanco above Kabete: Fauniera and Trudgin ove up within the top ten for the same reason. LightBing and Joelsim move up by more than the other Gavirians, both by 9 places.

1 GPBlanco 1268
2 Kabete 1200
3 Fauniera 1131
4 Yellow_Knight 1090
5 Trudgin 1081
6 Leadbelly 1062
7 Laarsland 1052
8 Crevaison 1037
9 Flo 1026
10 Russell23 992
11 Hakkie2 980
12 AmisVelo 965
13 Josedin 964
14 JustSomeGuy 956
15 SemirS 951
16 GodChild 937
16 Hugo87 937
18 Kazistuta 907
19 Jakob747 884
20 Shalgo 871
21 Del1962 860
21 Rote_Laterne 860
23 Tych23 846
24 SafeBet 813
25 ThePirate81 807
26 Minessa 784
27 Joelsim 776
28 Squire 775
29 Armchair_Cyclist 771
30 LightBing 766
31 GeraintTooFast 764
32 AG 763
33 Comodoro 752
34 Spokenspin 745
35 BluesInTheBottle 737
36 LosBrolin 735
37 Vladimir 726
38 DJW 716
39 Search 682
40 BicycleBoy 676
41 ChrisDK 671
42 Mellow_Velo 657
43 Carlo_Algatrensig 644
44 Torcia86 629
45 Scrool07 578
46 SilverGrenade 568
Collective_Wisdom 949

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 13 Sprint after a sprint, but the last of them

Purple points
Assuming Gaviria gets into Milan, he will probably score more game points than whoever comes 2nd on GC, and will probably have been much cheaper than whoever that is. Well done to the teams that picked him.

GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 70 8 teams
BENNETT Sam 40 3 teams
STUYVEN Jasper 25 1 team
DUMOULIN Tom 18 1 team
FERRARI Roberto 15 1 team
GIBBONS Ryan 10 0 team
SELIG Rüdiger 7 0 team
MODOLO Sacha 5 4 teams
EWAN Caleb 3 0 team
GREIPEL André 2 0 team
KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav 1 0 team

1 LightBing 75
2 BluesInTheBottle, Fauniera, GPBlanco, Hakkie2, Joelsim, Josedin, Trudgin 70
9 Search 45
10 ThePirate81, Vladimir 40
12 SilverGrenade 25
13 Yellow_Knight 18
14 AG 15
15 Scrool07, Torcia86 5

What? You expect me to have something new to say about the fact that this classification is entirely in the hands of the Gavirians?
1 Fauniera 517
2 GPBlanco 494
3 Josedin 492
4 Hakkie2 467
5 Trudgin 439
6 BluesInTheBottle 435
7 Joelsim 413
8 LightBing 384
9 Leadbelly 259
10 Search 258
10 ThePirate81 258
12 Kazistuta 248
13 Yellow_Knight 247
14 SemirS 225
15 Vladimir 218
16 Russell23 210
17 JustSomeGuy 201

Pink points

The Thomas teams had probably only retained a small hope of an acceptable return: today that lingering shred was eliminated. I suppose itmeans that today at least had some GC relevance.

GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 70 8 teams
BENNETT Sam 48 3 teams
STUYVEN Jasper 25 1 team
DUMOULIN Tom 18 1 team
FERRARI Roberto 16 1 team
...
THOMAS Geraint -90 10 teams

1 Joelsim 77
2 LightBing 76
3 Trudgin 74
4 Hakkie2 73
4 Josedin 73
6 Fauniera 71
6 GPBlanco 71
8 Search 58
9 Vladimir 55
10 ThePirate81 47
11 SilverGrenade 38
12 AG 19
13 Kabete 17
14 Yellow_Knight 16
15 SafeBet 13
16 GeraintTooFast 11
16 Jakob747 11
18 Scrool07 10
18 Torcia86 10
20 Carlo_Algatrensig 9
20 Rote_Laterne 9
22 LosBrolin 7
23 BicycleBoy 5
23 Comodoro 5
23 Del1962 5
23 Hugo87 5
23 Laarsland 5
23 Mellow_Velo 5
23 SemirS 5
30 Flo 3
31 AmisVelo 2
32 Crevaison 1
32 JustSomeGuy 1
32 Shalgo 1
32 Squire 1
36 GodChild -1
37 BluesInTheBottle -7
38 DJW -81
39 Armchair_Cyclist -83
39 Kazistuta -83
41 ChrisDK -85
41 Leadbelly -85
43 Spokenspin -86
44 Minessa -87
45 Russell23 -89
45 Tych23 -89

Standings

That is beginning to look like a very tidy lead, built on Gaviriia,Nibali, GPM specialist Fraile, and what many will consider to be two top ten overachievers in Amador and Kangert. Can they, and GPBlanco, hang on? Vladimir out-rises the Gavirians, taking a nine place leap courtesy of Bennett.


1 GPBlanco 1339
2 Kabete 1217
3 Fauniera 1202
4 Trudgin 1155
5 Yellow_Knight 1106
6 Laarsland 1057
7 Hakkie2 1053
8 Crevaison 1038
9 Josedin 1037
10 Flo 1029
11 Leadbelly 977
12 AmisVelo 967
13 JustSomeGuy 957
14 SemirS 956
15 Hugo87 942
16 GodChild 936
17 Russell23 903
18 Jakob747 895
19 Shalgo 872
20 Rote_Laterne 869
21 Del1962 865
22 ThePirate81 854
23 Joelsim 853
24 LightBing 842
25 SafeBet 826
26 Kazistuta 824
27 AG 782
28 Vladimir 781
29 Squire 776
30 GeraintTooFast 775
31 Comodoro 757
31 Tych23 757
33 LosBrolin 742
34 Search 740
35 BluesInTheBottle 730
36 Minessa 697
37 Armchair_Cyclist 688
38 BicycleBoy 681
39 Mellow_Velo 662
40 Spokenspin 659
41 Carlo_Algatrensig 653
42 Torcia86 639
43 DJW 635
44 SilverGrenade 606
45 Scrool07 588
46 ChrisDK 586
Collective_Wisdom 950

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Sorry: went out early, got back late, slept in late.

Stage 14 Oropa: in search of sanctuary from attacks

Purple points

A possible 126 pink jersey points still to come, and another TT for which he will be a favourite: Dumoulin will be a big part of this classification as well as of the main part of the game.

Popular riders abound in the top 10 today, along with the pair who were not to be ignored, but were too expensive to be very popular.

DUMOULIN Tom 88 1 team
ZAKARIN Ilnur 40 19 teams
LANDA MEANA Mikel 25 42 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 15 1 team
PINOT Thibaut 10 13 teams
YATES Adam 7 9 teams
NIBALI Vincenzo 5 26 teams
PELLIZOTTI Franco 3 0 team
KRUIJSWIJK Steven 2 25 teams
KANGERT Tanel 1 10 teams

1 Yellow_Knight 91 (Dumoulin, Kruijswijk and Kangert)
2 Jakob747 82 (Zakarin, Landa, Pinot and Yates)
3 Crevaison 81 (Zakarin, Landa, Pinot, Nibali and Kangert)
4 Flo, Laarsland 78 Zakarin, Landa, Pinot, Kruijswijk and Kangert)
6 LosBrolin, SafeBet 77
8 BicycleBoy, Leadbelly 75
10 DJW 72, SilverGrenade, Squire 72
13 AG, Armchair_Cyclis, Scrool07 70
16 Joelsim, Josedin, Tych23 67
19 Russell23 66
20 AmisVelo, Spokenspin 42
22 Del1962, Hugo87, Rote_Laterne, Shalgo 40
26 GeraintTooFast 39
27 Kabete 38
28 Fauniera 35
29 Mellow_Velo 34
30 Comodoro 33
31 BluesInTheBottle, Carlo_Algatrensig, GodChild, Minessa, SemirS, ThePirate81, Torcia86, Vladimir 32
39 GPBlanco 31
40 ChrisDK, Hakkie2, Kazistuta, Search 30
44 LightBing 27
45 JustSomeGuy 17
46 Trudgin 15
Collective_Wisdom 73

Yellow Knight (the only Dumoulin team) positions himself as the highest challenger to the Gavirian domination:
1 Josedin 559
2 Fauniera 552
3 GPBlanco 525
4 Hakkie2 497
5 Joelsim 480
6 BluesInTheBottle 467
7 Trudgin 454
8 LightBing 411
9 Yellow_Knight 338
10 Leadbelly 334
11 ThePirate81 290
12 Search 288
13 Kazistuta 278
14 Russell23 276
15 Flo 275
15 Laarsland 275
17 Jakob747 270
18 Tych23 258
19 SemirS 257
20 Vladimir 250
21 SilverGrenade 237
22 Armchair_Cyclist 234
23 Crevaison 230
23 SafeBet 230
25 Spokenspin 226
26 JustSomeGuy 218
27 AG 213
27 Shalgo 213
29 Mellow_Velo 203
30 Kabete 201
31 AmisVelo 200
32 DJW 199
33 Del1962 196
34 LosBrolin 184
35 BicycleBoy 178
36 GodChild 175
37 Rote_Laterne 169
38 Squire 167
39 Scrool07 159
40 GeraintTooFast 151
41 Minessa 134
42 Hugo87 128
43 ChrisDK 124
44 Torcia86 81
45 Comodoro 80
46 Carlo_Algatrensig 59
Collective_Wisdom 232

Pink points

Zakarin tops up his 2nd place points with a GC jump from 10th to 5th, but Dumoulin goes from 11th to first on the KoM classification, and so gets 70 more projected points. In effect, He has maximised his projected category points, which ban only fall, and can only gain through daily bonuses.

DUMOULIN Tom 158 1 team
ZAKARIN Ilnur 150 19 teams
PINOT Thibaut 52 13 teams
KANGERT Tanel 41 10 teams
LANDA MEANA Mikel 33 42 teams
NIBALI Vincenzo 30 26 teams
YATES Adam 21 9 teams
BENNETT Sam 10 3 teams
KRUIJSWIJK Steven 10 25 teams
...
MONFORT Maxime -10 1 team
WOODS Michael -14 2 teams
FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar -30 21 teams
JUNGELS Bob -40 3 teams
AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey -80 4 teams

Mollema was the only GC high placing contender who went unpicked: yesterday's 100 point drop vindicates us collectively.

Nearly all of us (but not the leader going into the day) come away from Oropa in profit:
1 Crevaison 306
2 Laarsland 260
3 BicycleBoy 255
4 Flo 254
5 Jakob747 247
6 LosBrolin 239
7 AG 215
7 Squire 215
9 Armchair_Cyclist 213
10 Yellow_Knight 209
11 Scrool07 207
12 SafeBet 204
13 SilverGrenade 202
14 Leadbelly 201
15 Joelsim 187
16 Russell23 186
17 Josedin 163
17 Tych23 163
19 Spokenspin 128
20 DJW 124
21 Rote_Laterne 105
22 Comodoro 100
23 AmisVelo 99
24 JustSomeGuy 87
25 Trudgin 84
26 Del1962 79
27 Vladimir 74
28 Minessa 73
29 Torcia86 63
30 GeraintTooFast 62
31 Carlo_Algatrensig 59
32 Fauniera 55
33 BluesInTheBottle 52
34 ChrisDK 50
35 LightBing 41
36 ThePirate81 39
37 GodChild 35
37 Search 35
39 Hugo87 29
40 Mellow_Velo 24
41 Hakkie2 21
41 Kazistuta 21
43 Kabete 20
44 Shalgo 0
45 SemirS -3
46 GPBlanco -6
Collective_Wisdom 234


Standings

And it is back to being very close: 8 teams within 107 points. Kangert's gain was not enough to make up for the losses of Amador for GPBlanco, while Crevaison, with all five of the non-Dumoulin riders whose score increased by 30 or more, comes from 7th to overtake him. Fauniera, Trudgin and Kabete (2nd, 3rd and 4th previously) slip backwards for lack of Zakarin/Dumoulin, allowing Laarsland, Yellow Knight and Flo to move up. Leadbelly makes a top ten appearance, and Los Brolin is the 13 place high riser of the day.

1 Crevaison 1344
2 GPBlanco 1333
3 Laarsland 1317
4 Yellow_Knight 1315
5 Flo 1283
6 Fauniera 1257
7 Trudgin 1239
8 Kabete 1237
9 Josedin 1200
10 Leadbelly 1178
11 Jakob747 1142
12 Russell23 1089
13 Hakkie2 1074
14 AmisVelo 1066
15 JustSomeGuy 1044
16 Joelsim 1040
17 SafeBet 1030
18 AG 997
19 Squire 991
20 LosBrolin 981
21 Rote_Laterne 974
22 GodChild 971
22 Hugo87 971
24 SemirS 953
25 Del1962 944
26 BicycleBoy 936
27 Tych23 920
28 Armchair_Cyclist 901
29 ThePirate81 893
30 LightBing 883
31 Shalgo 872
32 Comodoro 857
33 Vladimir 855
34 Kazistuta 845
35 GeraintTooFast 837
36 SilverGrenade 808
37 Scrool07 795
38 Spokenspin 787
39 BluesInTheBottle 782
40 Search 775
41 Minessa 770
42 DJW 759
43 Carlo_Algatrensig 712
44 Torcia86 702
45 Mellow_Velo 686
46 ChrisDK 636
Collective_Wisdom 1184

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 15 The race of the leaves that are staying put

Lots of points for the few, and a few for the many. (But there again, the Tories are about to win an election, so what would you expect?)

JUNGELS Bob 70 3 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 40 1 team
PINOT Thibaut 25 13 teams
DUMOULIN Tom 21 1 team
YATES Adam 15 9 teams
POZZOVIVO Domenico 10 7 teams
KONRAD Patrick 7 4 teams
NIBALI Vincenzo 5 26 teams
ZAKARIN Ilnur 2 19 teams
MOLLEMA Bauke 1 0 team


1 Mellow_Velo 85
2 Kazistuta, SemirS 75
4 Jakob747 42
5 Shalgo 40
6 Fauniera 35
7 Crevaison 32
8 AmisVelo, Del1962, Hugo87, JustSomeGuy, Trudgin 30
13 Flo, Laarsland, Leadbelly, LosBrolin 27
17 Kabete 25
18 SilverGrenade 24
19 SafeBet 22
20 Yellow_Knight 21
21 GeraintTooFast, Rote_Laterne 20
23 AG, BicycleBoy, DJW 17
26 BluesInTheBottle, GodChild, Minessa 15
29 ChrisDK, Hakkie2, Russell23, Tych23 12
33 LightBing 10
34 Spokenspin 9
35 Armchair_Cyclist, Scrool07, Squire 7
38 Carlo_Algatrensig, Comodoro, GPBlanco, Search, ThePirate81, Torcia86, Vladimir 5
45 Joelsim, Josedin 2
Collective_Wisdom 7

1 Fauniera 587
2 Josedin 561
3 GPBlanco 530
4 Hakkie2 509
5 Trudgin 484
6 BluesInTheBottle 482
6 Joelsim 482
8 LightBing 421
9 Leadbelly 361
10 Yellow_Knight 359
11 Kazistuta 353
12 SemirS 332
13 Jakob747 312
14 Flo 302
14 Laarsland 302
16 ThePirate81 295
17 Search 293
18 Mellow_Velo 288
18 Russell23 288
20 Tych23 270
21 Crevaison 262
22 SilverGrenade 261
23 Vladimir 255
24 Shalgo 253
25 SafeBet 252
26 JustSomeGuy 248
27 Armchair_Cyclist 241
28 Spokenspin 235
29 AG 230
29 AmisVelo 230
31 Del1962 226
31 Kabete 226
33 DJW 216
34 LosBrolin 211
Collective_Wisdom 239

Pink points
JUNGELS Bob +85 3 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 40 1 team
POZZOVIVO Domenico 35 7 teams
YATES Adam 31 9 teams
PINOT Thibaut 23 13 teams
DUMOULIN Tom 21 1 team
KONRAD Patrick 17 4 teams
FORMOLO Davide 16 6 teams
AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey 15 4 teams
KRUIJSWIJK Steven 15 25 teams
...
PETILLI Simone -14 2 teams
SAVITSKY Ivan -15 5 teams
KANGERT Tanel -190 10 teams

Kangert's inadvertent somersault is fairly disastrous to 10 teams, but none of them came off quite as badly as the Collective Wisdom squad.

1 Mellow_Velo 138
2 SemirS 111
3 Kazistuta 84
4 Jakob747 68
5 Fauniera 66
6 SilverGrenade 58
7 AmisVelo 56
7 Minessa 56
9 GodChild 54
9 JustSomeGuy 54
11 Carlo_Algatrensig 53
12 Tych23 52
13 LightBing 50
14 DJW 49
14 Hugo87 49
16 LosBrolin 47
17 AG 43
18 BluesInTheBottle 42
18 GeraintTooFast 42
20 Spokenspin 39
20 Trudgin 39
22 Vladimir 38
23 Del1962 34
24 Torcia86 33
25 Squire 31
26 ChrisDK 30
27 Hakkie2 29
28 ThePirate81 27
29 SafeBet 25
30 Joelsim 24
31 Leadbelly 23
32 Search 19
33 Shalgo 17
34 Armchair_Cyclist 16
35 Josedin 15
36 Scrool07 13
37 Kabete -112
38 BicycleBoy -135
39 Russell23 -137
40 Rote_Laterne -138
41 Yellow_Knight -147
42 Flo -149
43 GPBlanco -157
44 Laarsland -159
45 Crevaison -160
46 Comodoro -163
Collective_Wisdom -168


Those 10 Kangert included those who were the top 5 this morning, and 8th place. Those 6 teams now occupy 6th to 11th places, and we have a totally new top five. That means that the only Dumoulin team has taken a hit that 5 more pink jersey bonuses can only go halfway to making up for.

1 Fauniera 1323
2 Trudgin 1278
3 Josedin 1215
4 Jakob747 1210
5 Leadbelly 1201
6 Crevaison 1184
7 GPBlanco 1176
8 Yellow_Knight 1168
9 Laarsland 1158
10 Flo 1134
11 Kabete 1125
12 AmisVelo 1122
13 Hakkie2 1103
14 JustSomeGuy 1098
15 Joelsim 1064
15 SemirS 1064
17 SafeBet 1055
18 AG 1040
19 LosBrolin 1028
20 GodChild 1025
21 Squire 1022
22 Hugo87 1020
23 Del1962 978
24 Tych23 972
25 Russell23 952
26 LightBing 933
27 Kazistuta 929
28 ThePirate81 920
29 Armchair_Cyclist 917
30 Vladimir 893
31 Shalgo 889
32 GeraintTooFast 879
33 SilverGrenade 866
34 Rote_Laterne 836
35 Minessa 826
35 Spokenspin 826
37 BluesInTheBottle 824
37 Mellow_Velo 824
39 DJW 808
39 Scrool07 808
41 BicycleBoy 801
42 Search 794
43 Carlo_Algatrensig 765
44 Torcia86 735
45 Comodoro 694
46 ChrisDK 666
Collective_Wisdom 1016

I should be able to do some rest day rider score analysis tomorrow.

 

[Hugo87]

Thanks for all your work AC.

Not the best Giro for my team, but always curious to see the daily update.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

On Rest Day 2

Purple points
Riders who have at least the equivalent of a 2nd place on a stage:
1 GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 353 8 teams
2 DUMOULIN Tom 283 1 team
3 JUNGELS Bob 199 3 teams
4 GREIPEL André 149 0 team
5 QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 143 1 team
6 EWAN Caleb 118 0 team
7 BENNETT Sam 117 3 teams
8 PÖSTLBERGER Lukas 113 1 team
9 STUYVEN Jasper 109 1 team
10 PINOT Thibaut 97 13 teams
11 ZAKARIN Ilnur 85 19 teams
12 MARECZKO Jakub 80 0 team
13 DILLIER Silvan 70 0 team
13 FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar 70 21 teams
13 IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka 70 0 team
13 POLANC Jan 70 2 teams
17 THOMAS Geraint 69 10 teams
18 FERRARI Roberto 59 1 team
19 SELIG Rüdiger 50 0 team
19 VISCONTI Giovanni 50 0 team
21 COSTA Rui Alberto Faria 41 0 team
22 NIZZOLO Giacomo 40 0 team
22 SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon 40 0 team

%age return on the guaranteed points:
1 PÖSTLBERGER Lukas 70 1 team
2 FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar 40 21 teams
3 GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 39 8 teams
4 POLANC Jan 38 2 teams
5 FERRARI Roberto 32 1 team
6 DILLIER Silvan 30 0 team
7 JUNGELS Bob 29 3 teams
8 SELIG Rüdiger 25 0 team
9 BENNETT Sam 25 3 teams
10 STUYVEN Jasper 24 1 team
11 BATTAGLIN Enrico 22 1 team
12 ANDREETTA Simone 21 1 team
13 MARECZKO Jakub 20 0 team
14 DUMOULIN Tom 20 1 team

Pink points

1 DUMOULIN Tom 853 1 team
2 QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 533 1 team
3 GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 438 8 teams
4 PINOT Thibaut 417 13 teams
5 JUNGELS Bob 364 3 teams
6 ZAKARIN Ilnur 335 19 teams
7 NIBALI Vincenzo 299 26 teams
8 MOLLEMA Bauke 236 0 team
9 POZZOVIVO Domenico 207 7 teams
10 POLANC Jan 191 2 teams
11 STUYVEN Jasper 164 1 team
12 BENNETT Sam 157 3 teams
13 YATES Adam 155 9 teams
14 AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey 152 4 teams
15 GREIPEL André 149 0 team
16 PÖSTLBERGER Lukas 143 1 team
17 KRUIJSWIJK Steven 139 25 teams
18 FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar 125 21 teams
19 CATALDO Dario 119 3 teams
19 COSTA Rui Alberto Faria 119 0 team

%age return
1 KOZONTCHUK Dmitriy 166.7 5 teams
2 AGNOLI Valerio 150.0 9 teams
3 POLANC Jan 103.8 2 teams
4 PÖSTLBERGER Lukas 88.3 1 team
5 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques 72.6 1 team
6 FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar 71.0 21 teams
7 RODRIGUEZ MARTIN Cristian 63.3 2 teams
8 DEIGNAN Philip 61.0 1 team
9 ALAFACI Eugenio 60.0 3 teams
10 CATALDO Dario 59.5 3 teams
11 DUMOULIN Tom 58.8 1 team
12 PETILLI Simone 55.1 2 teams
13 HANSEN Jesper 54.0 3 teams
14 JUNGELS Bob 53.6 3 teams
15 GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 48.8 8 teams
16 ZAKARIN Ilnur 48.6 19 teams
17 STETINA Peter 46.5 0 team
18 DE PLUS Laurens 46.4 0 team
19 KISERLOVSKI Robert 44.4 3 teams
20 PELLIZOTTI Franco 43.0 0 team
21 PINOT Thibaut 41.6 13 teams
22 FERRARI Roberto 41.4 1 team
23 ANDREETTA Simone 41.1 1 team


Teams suffering withdrawal symptoms: (ordered by spend on non-finishers)
Thomas and Kangert: Russell23
Thomas & PelucchiJW
Thomas & Savitski: Kazistuta
Thomas: Armchair_Cyclist, BluesInTheBottle, ChrisDK, Leadbelly, Minessa, Spokenspin, Tych23
Kelderman: Vladimir
Tangert & Savitsky: Comodoro, Laarsland
Tangert: BicycleBoy, Crevaison, Flo, GPBlanco, Kabete, Rote_Laterne, Yellow_Knight
Pelucchi: Del1962, Fauniera, Joelsim, LosBrolin, SafeBet, Scrool07
Savitski:Shalgo, Squire



Front runners


1st: Fauniera
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 438
PINOT Thibaut 417
POZZOVIVO Domenico 207
FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar 125
ROLLAND Pierre 54
LANDA MEANA Mikel 52
TIRALONGO Paolo 15
EDMONDSON Alexander 15
(PELUCCHI Matteo 0)

2nd: Trudgin @ 45 pts
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 438
PINOT Thibaut 417
NIBALI Vincenzo 299
MOLARD Rudy 48
BERNARD Julien 16
GASPAROTTO Enrico 15
CICCONE Giulio 15
TIRALONGO Paolo 15
ALAFACI Eugenio 15


3rd: Josedin @ 108
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 438
ZAKARIN Ilnur 335
KRUIJSWIJK Steven 139
FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar 125
LANDA MEANA Mikel 52
RODRIGUEZ MARTIN Cristian 50
SBARAGLI Kristian 46
FOLIFOROV Alexander 15
EDMONDSON Alexander 15

4th (top non Gaviria): Jakob747 @ 113
PINOT Thibaut 417
ZAKARIN Ilnur 335
POLANC Jan 191
YATES Adam 155
LANDA MEANA Mikel 52
FOLIFOROV Alexander 15
RAVASI Edward 15
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe 15
KOSHEVOY Ilia 15

8th (Only Dumoulin team): Yellow Knight @155

DUMOULIN Tom 853
KRUIJSWIJK Steven 139
ROLLAND Pierre 54
BAUHAUS Phil 41
(KANGERT Tanel 21)
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello 15
TIRALONGO Paolo 15
AGNOLI Valerio 15
KOZONTCHUK Dmitriy 15

 

[god.child]

Cant wait for todays uppdate must be some shake Up.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Only just watched it,

Stage 16 Dropping time, and shorts, on the Queen stage

Purple points
Finally, most of us get something right:

NIBALI Vincenzo 70 26 teams
LANDA MEANA Mikel 40 42 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 25 1 team
DUMOULIN Tom 18 1 team
POZZOVIVO Domenico 15 7 teams
ZAKARIN Ilnur 10 19 teams
FORMOLO Davide 7 6 teams
MOLLEMA Bauke 5 0 team
JUNGELS Bob 3 3 teams
YATES Adam 2 9 teams
PINOT Thibaut 1 13 teams

1 AG 135 (Nibali, Landa, Pozzovivo and Zakarin)
2 Squire 127 (Nibali, Landa, Formolo and Zakarin)
3 GodChild, Minessa 125 (Nibali, Landa, Pozzovivo)
5 SafeBet 122
6 Crevaison 121
7 Armchair_Cyclist, Scrool07 120
9 Carlo_Algatrensig, ChrisDK, Comodoro, Torcia86 117
13 Kazistuta, SemirS 113
15 GeraintTooFast , Rote_Laterne 112
17 AmisVelo, Del1962, Hugo87 111
20 GPBlanco, Hakkie2, Search, ThePirate81, Vladimir 110
25 Russell23 72
26 JustSomeGuy, Trudgin 71
28 Shalgo, Tych23 65
30 Fauniera 56
31 LightBing 55
32 Jakob747 53
33 BicycleBoy, DJW, SilverGrenade 52
36 Flo, Laarsland, Leadbelly, LosBrolin 51
40 Joelsim, Josedin 50
42 Mellow_Velo 45
43 BluesInTheBottle 42
44 Kabete 41
45 Yellow_Knight 18
46 Spokenspin 10
Collective_Wisdom 120


Standings:
Most teams scored over 100 points, so time to push up the inclusion threshhold
1 Fauniera 643
2 GPBlanco 640
3 Hakkie2 619
4 Josedin 611
5 Trudgin 555
6 Joelsim 532
7 BluesInTheBottle 524
8 LightBing 476
9 Kazistuta 466
10 SemirS 445
11 Leadbelly 412
12 ThePirate81 405
13 Search 403
14 Crevaison 383
15 Yellow_Knight 377
16 SafeBet 374
17 AG 365
17 Jakob747 365
17 Vladimir 365
20 Armchair_Cyclist 361
21 Russell23 360
22 Flo 353
22 Laarsland 353
Collective_Wisdom 359

Pink Points

LANDA MEANA Mikel 139 42 teams
NIBALI Vincenzo 120 26 teams
POZZOVIVO Domenico 40 7 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 25 1 team
YATES Adam 17 9 teams
FORMOLO Davide 15 6 teams
KRUIJSWIJK Steven 15 25 teams
SCHLEGEL Michal 14 1 team
HIRT Jan 10 4 teams
KISERLOVSKI Robert 10 3 teams
PETILLI Simone 10 2 teams
...
MOLARD Rudy -10 1 team
WOODS Michael -10 2 teams
POLANC Jan -12 2 teams
CAMPENAERTS Victor -15 1 team (out of the race for Mellow Velo)
EDMONDSON Alexander -15 5 teams (out of the race for DJW, Fauniera, Josedin, SafeBet and SilverGrenade)
FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar -15 21 teams
RODRIGUEZ MARTIN Cristian -25 2 teams
AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey -38 4 teams
DUMOULIN Tom -45 1 team
PINOT Thibaut -52 13 teams


The only team in the red is Dumoulin's Yellow Knight, but through loss of KoM classification standing points (and lack of Landa) rather than losing the race lead.

1 Carlo_Algatrensig 319
2 Minessa 314
3 AG 302
4 Squire 299
5 GodChild 298
6 GeraintTooFast 296
7 Comodoro 295
8 ChrisDK 282
9 Rote_Laterne 276
10 Armchair_Cyclist 272
10 Kazistuta 272
10 Vladimir 272
13 Scrool07 268
13 SemirS 268
15 Torcia86 264
16 SafeBet 259
17 Search 257
18 ThePirate81 256
19 Hakkie2 236
20 GPBlanco 223
21 Crevaison 210
22 AmisVelo 203
23 Del1962 198
24 LightBing 194
25 Russell23 182
25 Tych23 182
27 BicycleBoy 181
28 Hugo87 175
29 Mellow_Velo 166
30 Joelsim 163
30 SilverGrenade 163
32 BluesInTheBottle 157
33 Shalgo 141
34 LosBrolin 111
35 DJW 106
36 Fauniera 104
37 Josedin 102
38 Jakob747 95
39 Flo 90
40 JustSomeGuy 89
41 Laarsland 84
42 Leadbelly 61
43 Kabete 59
44 Trudgin 57
45 Spokenspin 17
46 Yellow_Knight -23
Collective_Wisdom 262

Standings
Only 2 teams are still in the same position as before the rest day: one of them is mid-table, but the other is our leader, Fauniera. Plenty of change behind him, and a much narrower lead. The closest challengers, GPBlanco and Crevaison, are up from 7th and 6th respectivey, and behind them AG on the back of a best-of-the-day 14 place rise. Hakkie, SemirS, Amis Velo, GodChild and Squire are also entries to the top ten. Yellow Knight's fall is as much down to being Landa-less as Dumoulin's gastric discomfort, but while Quintana is well placed to take advantage, the only Quintana team, Shalgo, would require another 200 pts beyond the 125 additional points for 1st rather than 2nd, and the 72 remaining pink jersey bonus points, to be competitive.

1 Fauniera 1427
2 GPBlanco 1399
3 Crevaison 1394
4 AG 1342
5 Hakkie2 1339
6 Trudgin 1335
7 SemirS 1332
8 AmisVelo 1325
9 GodChild 1323
10 Squire 1321
11 Josedin 1317
12 SafeBet 1314
13 Jakob747 1305
14 Leadbelly 1262
15 Laarsland 1242
16 Joelsim 1227
17 Flo 1224
18 Kazistuta 1201
19 Hugo87 1195
20 Armchair_Cyclist 1189
21 JustSomeGuy 1187
22 Kabete 1184
23 Del1962 1176
23 ThePirate81 1176
25 GeraintTooFast 1175
26 Vladimir 1165
27 Tych23 1154
28 Yellow_Knight 1145
29 Minessa 1140
30 LosBrolin 1139
31 Russell23 1134
32 LightBing 1127
33 Rote_Laterne 1112
34 Carlo_Algatrensig 1084
35 Scrool07 1076
36 Search 1051
37 Shalgo 1030
38 SilverGrenade 1029
39 Torcia86 999
40 Mellow_Velo 990
41 Comodoro 989
42 BicycleBoy 982
43 BluesInTheBottle 981
44 ChrisDK 948
45 DJW 914
46 Spokenspin 843
Collective_Wisdom 1278

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 17 Cannondale getting into the winning habit

Purple points

Just occasionally, several teams make a stage hunter choice that comes off:

ROLLAND Pierre 70 9 teams
COSTA Rui Alberto Faria 40 0 team
IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka 25 0 team
DUMOULIN Tom 18 1 team
SUTHERLAND Rory 15 0 team
BUSATO Matteo 10 1 team
DEVENYNS Dries 7 0 team
GROSSSCHARTNER Felix 5 0 team
FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar 3 21 teams
WOODS Michael 2 2 team
BERNARD Julien 1 1 team

1 Yellow_Knight 88
2 ThePirate81 75
3 Fauniera, GodChild, GPBlanco, Search 73
7 BicycleBoy, Mellow_Velo, Squire 70
10 Russell23 13
11 Hakkie2 5
12 14 Fraile teams, and Collective Wisdom 3
26 Trudgin 1

ThePirate81 infiltrates the ranks of the Gavirians, but only just.1 Fauniera 716
2 GPBlanco 713
3 Hakkie2 624
4 Josedin 614
5 Trudgin 556
6 Joelsim 532
7 BluesInTheBottle 524
8 ThePirate81 480
9 LightBing 476
9 Search 476
11 Kazistuta 466
12 Yellow_Knight 465
13 SemirS 448
14 Leadbelly 415
15 Mellow_Velo 403


Pink Points

There are some who seemed to think that Polanc was heading for a much bigger point increase at some stage today...

ROLLAND Pierre 82 9 teams
POLANC Jan 29 2 teams
MONFORT Maxime 22 1 team
DUMOULIN Tom 16 1 team
BUSATO Matteo 10 1 team
...
YATES Adam -15 9 teams
BAUHAUS Phil -15 2 teams (out of the race for Kazistuta and Yellow Knight)
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe -15 3 teams (out of the race for Jakob747, Joelsim and Scrool07)
MODOLO Sacha -15 4 teams (out of the race for LightBing, Scrool07, Search and Torcia86)
FORMOLO Davide -16 6 teams
AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey -16 4 teams

So nothing very dramatic for our teams today:

1 ThePirate81 83
1 Yellow_Knight 83
3 Fauniera 78
4 GodChild 73
5 Search 70
6 GPBlanco 63
7 Mellow_Velo 61
8 BicycleBoy 60
9 Squire 59
10 Vladimir 23
11 Spokenspin 8
12 JustSomeGuy 5
13 SemirS 3
14 Del1962 2
14 Hakkie2 2
16 Trudgin 1
17 Kabete 0
18 AmisVelo -1
19 LosBrolin -2
20 Tych23 -4
21 Flo -5
22 Josedin -6
22 Minessa -6
24 Armchair_Cyclist -7
24 Laarsland -7
26 AG -8
26 Crevaison -8
28 Jakob747 -9
28 Shalgo -9
30 Russell23 -10
31 BluesInTheBottle -13
31 Leadbelly -13
33 SilverGrenade -15
34 Carlo_Algatrensig -16
34 Comodoro -16
34 Joelsim -16
37 Hugo87 -17
38 GeraintTooFast -18
38 Rote_Laterne -18
40 SafeBet -19
41 Kazistuta -21
41 LightBing -21
43 ChrisDK -22
44 Scrool07 -31
45 Torcia86 -37
46 DJW -38
Collective_Wisdom -4


Standings

The gap opens again at the top, as the top two have Rolland. Two other teams from the top ten have him: Godchild, up from 9th to reach the virtual podium, and Squire, from 10th to 5th. Despite the loss of Bauhaus, the combination of Dumoulin and Rolland make Yellow Knight the top riser (11 places) of the day.
1 Fauniera 1505
2 GPBlanco 1462
3 GodChild 1396
4 Crevaison 1386
5 Squire 1380
6 Hakkie2 1341
7 Trudgin 1336
8 SemirS 1335
9 AG 1334
10 AmisVelo 1324
11 Josedin 1311
12 Jakob747 1296
13 SafeBet 1295
14 ThePirate81 1259
15 Leadbelly 1249
16 Laarsland 1235
17 Yellow_Knight 1228
18 Flo 1219
19 Joelsim 1211
20 JustSomeGuy 1192
21 Vladimir 1188
22 Kabete 1184
23 Armchair_Cyclist 1182
24 Kazistuta 1180
25 Del1962 1178
25 Hugo87 1178
27 GeraintTooFast 1157
28 Tych23 1150
29 LosBrolin 1137
30 Minessa 1134
31 Russell23 1124
32 Search 1121
33 LightBing 1106
34 Rote_Laterne 1094
35 Carlo_Algatrensig 1068
36 Mellow_Velo 1051
37 Scrool07 1045
38 BicycleBoy 1042
39 Shalgo 1021
40 SilverGrenade 1014
41 Comodoro 973
42 BluesInTheBottle 968
43 Torcia86 962
44 ChrisDK 926
45 DJW 876
46 Spokenspin 851
Collective_Wisdom 1274

 

[GP Blanco]

Compared my team and Fauniera's. We have quite some riders in common, Gaviria, Landa, Rolland and Fraile. I have Nibali as my main GC guy and he has Pinot plus Pozzovivo. Which means he has the advantage of two GC men.