2017 Giro CQ game

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 18 Princess stage (like a queen, but shorter)

Purple points

Sometimes a rider picked as a GC contender turns out to be a sstage hunter, to justify at least some of his cost.

VAN GARDEREN Tejay 70 13 teams
LANDA MEANA Mikel 40 42 teams
PINOT Thibaut 25 13 teams
DUMOULIN Tom 20 1 teams
POZZOVIVO Domenico 15 7 teams
HIRT Jan 10 4 teams
ZAKARIN Ilnur 7 19 teams
KRUIJSWIJK Steven 5 25 teams
MOLLEMA Bauke 3 0 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 1 1 teams

1 LosBrolin 147
2 Del1962, Hugo87 135
4 Carlo_Algatrensig 125
5 Joelsim 122
6 Scrool07, SilverGrenade 117
8 Comodoro, SemirS 115
10 BluesInTheBottle, Search 110
12 JustSomeGuy 100
13 Spokenspin 82
14 Fauniera, Kabete 80
16 Flo, Laarsland 77
18 Crevaison, Jakob747, Leadbelly 72
21 AmisVelo 70
22 Tych23 67
23 AG, Russell23 62
25 GodChild, LightBing, Minessa 60
28 Armchair_Cyclist 57
29 BicycleBoy, Josedin, Squire 52
32 Kazistuta 50
33 DJW 47, SafeBet 47
35 GeraintTooFast, Mellow_Velo, Rote_Laterne, ThePirate81, Torcia86, Vladimir 45
41 Shalgo 41
42 ChrisDK, GPBlanco, Hakkie2 40
45 Trudgin, Yellow_Knight 25
Collective_Wisdom 52

1 Fauniera 796
2 GPBlanco 753
3 Josedin 666
4 Hakkie2 664
5 Joelsim 654
6 BluesInTheBottle 634
7 Search 586
8 Trudgin 581
9 SemirS 563
10 LightBing 536
11 ThePirate81 525
12 Kazistuta 516
13 Yellow_Knight 490
14 Leadbelly 487
15 Del1962 475
16 Crevaison 455


Pink points

There were changes in time gaps high in the GC, but not many in position.

VAN GARDEREN Tejay 80 13 teams
LANDA MEANA Mikel 50 42 teams
YATES Adam 30 9 teams
PINOT Thibaut 24 13 teams
DUMOULIN Tom 20 1 team
KRUIJSWIJK Steven 20 25 teams
FORMOLO Davide 16 6 teams
POZZOVIVO Domenico 15 7 teams
ROLLAND Pierre 12 9 teams
HIRT Jan 10 4 teams
KISERLOVSKI Robert 10 3 teams
FOLIFOROV Alexander 10 25 teams
...
SCHLEGEL Michal -11 1 team
MOLARD Rudy -11 1 team
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques -14 1 team
PETILLI Simone -14 2 teams
DE BUYST Jasper -15 1 team (out of the race for AG)
JUNGELS Bob -30 3 teams
POLANC Jan -32 2 teams

A positive result, even if only just, for everyone.

1 SilverGrenade 181
2 LosBrolin 180
3 Comodoro 176
4 Carlo_Algatrensig 175
5 Del1962 164
6 BluesInTheBottle 162
7 Hugo87 158
8 Joelsim 156
9 Scrool07 146
10 Search 142
11 SemirS 130
12 BicycleBoy 128
13 JustSomeGuy 124
14 GodChild 113
15 Spokenspin 112
16 GeraintTooFast 106
17 Squire 104
18 Laarsland 102
19 Fauniera 101
19 Tych23 101
21 Flo 100
21 Rote_Laterne 100
23 Russell23 97
24 LightBing 95
25 Mellow_Velo 92
26 AmisVelo 90
26 Crevaison 90
26 Kabete 90
29 Jakob747 88
29 Leadbelly 88
31 Minessa 85
32 ThePirate81 83
33 DJW 80
33 Josedin 80
33 Torcia86 80
36 ChrisDK 72
36 SafeBet 72
38 Shalgo 67
39 Armchair_Cyclist 66
39 GPBlanco 66
41 AG 56
42 Yellow_Knight 52
43 Hakkie2 50
44 Vladimir 48
45 Kazistuta 30
46 Trudgin 9
Collective_Wisdom 86

Standings:

The top three are unchanged, but Fauniera's lead increases . Squire, moving from 5th to 4th is the highest placed to change position, and Josedin moves into the top ten, while Del1962 is the mover of the day.

1 Fauniera 1606
2 GPBlanco 1528
3 GodChild 1509
4 Squire 1484
5 Crevaison 1476
6 SemirS 1465
7 AmisVelo 1414
8 Hakkie2 1391
8 Josedin 1391
10 AG 1390
11 Jakob747 1384
12 Joelsim 1367
12 SafeBet 1367
14 Trudgin 1345
15 Del1962 1342
15 ThePirate81 1342
17 Laarsland 1337
17 Leadbelly 1337
19 Hugo87 1336
20 Flo 1319
21 LosBrolin 1317
22 JustSomeGuy 1316
23 Yellow_Knight 1280
24 Kabete 1274
25 GeraintTooFast 1263
25 Search 1263
27 Tych23 1251
28 Armchair_Cyclist 1248
29 Carlo_Algatrensig 1243
30 Vladimir 1236
31 Russell23 1221
32 Minessa 1219
33 Kazistuta 1210
34 LightBing 1201
35 SilverGrenade 1195
36 Rote_Laterne 1194
37 Scrool07 1191
38 BicycleBoy 1170
39 Comodoro 1149
40 Mellow_Velo 1143
41 BluesInTheBottle 1130
42 Shalgo 1088
43 Torcia86 1042
44 ChrisDK 998
45 Spokenspin 963
46 DJW 956
Collective_Wisdom 1360

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 19 Yo-yos, and yo-yos that snap.

More than 90% of us feeling that our choice is vindicated, even if not in the way we expected.

LANDA MEANA Mikel 70 42 teams
COSTA Rui Alberto Faria 40 0 team
ROLLAND Pierre 25 9 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 18 1 team
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello 15 1 team
HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian 10 1 team
SHALUNOV Evgeny 7 0 team
SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon 5 0 team
BUSATO Matteo 3 1 team
ROTA Lorenzo 2 0 team
KOSHEVOY Ilia 1 2 teams


Given that 42 out of 46 teams have Landa, it's not surprising that 8 out of 9 Rolland teams have Landa.
1 BicycleBoy, Fauniera, GodChild, GPBlanco , Mellow_Velo, Search, Squire, ThePirate81 95
9 Shalgo 88
10 Hakkie2 80
11 Russell23 73
12 Jakob747, SemirS 71
14 29 mora Landa teams, and Collective wisdom 70
43 Yellow_Knight 40
44 JustSomeGuy, Spokenspin, Trudgin 0


1 Fauniera 891
2 GPBlanco 848
3 Hakkie2 744
4 Josedin 736
5 Joelsim 724
6 BluesInTheBottle 704
7 Search 681
8 SemirS 634
9 ThePirate81 620
10 LightBing 606
11 Kazistuta 586
12 Trudgin 581
13 Leadbelly 557

Since Gaviria stopped gaining points, his teams have retained the top 6 spots in this ranking, but 2 of them, those with less mountain support, have dropped to 10th and 12th.


Pink points
Gaps near the top close again without change of positions, apart from the most important position swap there is. But only one team able to gain from that, and one that suffers. Kruijswijk's fall is more significant in our game than Dumoulin's.

QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 138 1 team
LANDA MEANA Mikel 88 42 teams
ROLLAND Pierre 38 9 teams
HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian 18 1 team
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello 15 1 team
YATES Adam 15 9 teams
JUNGELS Bob 15 3 teams
HIRT Jan 12 4 teams
PLAZA MOLINA Ruben 10 1 team
...
AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey -24 4 teams
KRUIJSWIJK Steven -30 25 teams
DUMOULIN Tom -125 1 teams


1 Shalgo 219
2 Fauniera 126
3 Mellow_Velo 125
4 Search 124
5 Kazistuta 115
6 SilverGrenade 114
7 Jakob747 111
8 BicycleBoy 110
9 Hakkie2 105
10 Armchair_Cyclist 100
10 GPBlanco 100
12 BluesInTheBottle 98
13 SafeBet 97
14 Squire 96
15 ChrisDK 91
15 ThePirate81 91
17 Russell23 90
18 GodChild 89
19 AG 88
20 Crevaison 87
21 Del1962 85
21 Scrool07 85
23 DJW 79
24 Leadbelly 75
25 Rote_Laterne 73
26 SemirS 71
27 GeraintTooFast 64
27 Vladimir 64
29 Carlo_Algatrensig 62
30 Hugo87 61
31 Flo 58
31 Minessa 58
33 AmisVelo 57
33 LightBing 57
33 Tych23 57
36 Joelsim 56
36 LosBrolin 56
38 Comodoro 55
39 Torcia86 54
40 Josedin 53
41 Laarsland 51
42 Kabete 32
43 Trudgin 4
44 Spokenspin -29
45 JustSomeGuy -37
46 Yellow_Knight -102
Collective_Wisdom 57


Standings

It was not a good day for the leader on the road, but it was in this game. If it looked uncertain that there was a way to shake Dumoulin yesterday, it looks more so the case for Fauniera here.
Unless Nibali repeats his stage 20 of last year...

1 Fauniera 1732
2 GPBlanco 1628
3 GodChild 1598
4 Squire 1580
5 Crevaison 1563
6 SemirS 1536
7 Hakkie2 1496
8 Jakob747 1495
9 AG 1478
10 AmisVelo 1471
11 SafeBet 1464
12 Josedin 1444
13 ThePirate81 1433
14 Del1962 1427
15 Joelsim 1423
16 Leadbelly 1412
17 Hugo87 1397
18 Laarsland 1388
19 Search 1387
20 Flo 1377
21 LosBrolin 1373
22 Trudgin 1349
23 Armchair_Cyclist 1348
24 GeraintTooFast 1327
25 Kazistuta 1325
26 Russell23 1311
27 SilverGrenade 1309
28 Tych23 1308
29 Shalgo 1307
30 Kabete 1306
31 Carlo_Algatrensig 1305
32 Vladimir 1300
33 BicycleBoy 1280
34 JustSomeGuy 1279
35 Minessa 1277
36 Scrool07 1276
37 Mellow_Velo 1268
38 Rote_Laterne 1267
39 LightBing 1258
40 BluesInTheBottle 1228
41 Comodoro 1204
42 Yellow_Knight 1178
43 Torcia86 1096
44 ChrisDK 1089
45 DJW 1035
46 Spokenspin 934
Collective_Wisdom 1417

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Of the top 4 plus one other that I posted team details of as top contenders on Monday, Fauniera remains top, but the others have dropped to 8th, 12, 22nd and 42nd.

So which teams and riders now pose a threat to the team that has been top since Kangert's argument with road furniture affected the 5 teams that had been above him at the start of stage 15.

The lead is beyond that which is likely to be made up simply by stage finish points, but after significant top 10 GC variation, the gaps could be tiny.

1st: Fauniera
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 438
PINOT Thibaut 388
LANDA MEANA Mikel 323
POZZOVIVO Domenico 262
ROLLAND Pierre 193
FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar 113
TIRALONGO Paolo 15
(EDMONDSON Alexander 0)
(PELUCCHI Matteo 0)


2nd: GPBlanco @ 104 pts
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 438
NIBALI Vincenzo 419
LANDA MEANA Mikel 323
ROLLAND Pierre 193
FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar 113
AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey 68
KISERLOVSKI Robert 38
(KANGERT Tanel 21)
GASPAROTTO Enrico 15

3rd: GodChild @ 134pts
NIBALI Vincenzo 419
LANDA MEANA Mikel 323
POZZOVIVO Domenico 262
ROLLAND Pierre 193
KRUIJSWIJK Steven 144
FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar 113
CATALDO Dario 105
FOLIFOROV Alexander 24
LUDVIGSSON Tobias 15

4th: Squire @ 142 pts
NIBALI Vincenzo 419
ZAKARIN Ilnur 343
LANDA MEANA Mikel 323
ROLLAND Pierre 193
KRUIJSWIJK Steven 144
FORMOLO Davide 128
KOZONTCHUK Dmitriy 15
AGNOLI Valerio 15
(SAVITSKY Ivan 0)

5th: Crevaison @ 169
NIBALI Vincenzo 419
PINOT Thibaut 388
ZAKARIN Ilnur 343
LANDA MEANA Mikel 323
FOLIFOROV Alexander 24
(KANGERT Tanel 21)
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen 15
PONZI Simone 15
AGNOLI Valerio 15


Landa is ubiquitous, and therefore irrelevant to the battle, and Gaviria will surely not add to his haul.. Fauniera is really only vulnerable if Nibali moves up and Pinot does not, but a repeat today of stage 19 for Dumoulin, or Time Trial overhauling of Quintana, means that that is far from impossible.

If Nibali and Pinot both get improvements in standing ( as in the above two scenarios, but more extreme) then Crevaison will come into play, especially if one of those expensive, one team riders who are currently first and second fall far enough to Zakarin to overtake them and make the podium.

If Nibali moves up, but Pinot stays off the podium, then we are probably looking at Zakarin trying to get 28 seconds from Pinot (on the last 14km today or the time trial) as the battle between Squire and those on the virtual podium as it stands.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I wrote all that without having read of Kruijswijk's DNS today.

That really removes GodChild and Squire from the reckoning: so Pinot is key for Fauniera and Crevaison, Nibali for GPBlanco and Crevaison, and Zakarin for Crevaison. If there is success for Nibali, then stage points still hold the balance.

What was that last sentence in my previous post?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

So Kruijswijk loses the 135 projected points for 10th place, to the detriment of 25 teams, and riders below him each move up a bit granting some compensation, mainly to the benefit of Formolo teams.

New top ten, sans Kruijswijk:
1 Fauniera 1740 (holds position)
2 GPBlanco 1642 (holds position)
3 Crevaison 1570 ( up from 5th)
4= Hakkie2 1510 (up from 7th)
4= Jakob747 1510 (up from 8)
6 AG 1484 (was 9th)
7 GodChild 1478 (was 3rd)
8 SafeBet 1472 (was 11th)
9 Squire 1468 (was 4th)
10 Del1962 1436 (was 14th)

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 20 Last throw of the dice for climbers

Purple points

PINOT Thibaut 70 13 teams
ZAKARIN Ilnur 40 19 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 28 1 team
NIBALI Vincenzo 25 26 teams
POZZOVIVO Domenico 15 7 teams
JUNGELS Bob 7 3 teams
YATES Adam 5 9 teams
REICHENBACH Sébastien 3 0 team
MOLLEMA Bauke 2 0 team
DUMOULIN Tom 1 1 team


1 Crevaison 135
2 Jakob747 115
3 Flo, Laarsland, Leadbelly, LosBrolin 110
7 AmisVelo, Del1962, Hugo87, JustSomeGuy, Trudgin 95
12 Fauniera 85
13 AG 80
14 Kabete, SafeBet 70
16 Armchair_Cyclist, Scrool07, Squire 65
19 Russell23, Tych23 55
21 BicycleBoy, DJW, SilverGrenade 45
24 GodChild, Joelsim, Josedin, Minessa, Spokenspin 40
29 Kazistuta, SemirS 32
31 GeraintTooFast, Rote_Laterne 30
33 Shalgo 28
34 Carlo_Algatrensig, ChrisDK, Comodoro, GPBlanco, Hakkie2, Search, ThePirate81, Torcia86, Vladimir 25
43 LightBing 15
44 Mellow_Velo 12
45 BluesInTheBottle 5
46 Yellow_Knight 1
Collective_Wisdom 65

1 Fauniera 976
2 GPBlanco 873
3 Josedin 776
4 Hakkie2 769
5 Joelsim 764
6 BluesInTheBottle 709
7 Search 706
8 Trudgin 676
9 Leadbelly 667
10 SemirS 666
11 Crevaison 660
12 ThePirate81 645
13 Del1962 640
14 Jakob747 623
15 LightBing 621
16 Kazistuta 618
17 Flo 613
17 Laarsland 613

Pink points

A lot of these points are likely to be temporary, but Kruijswijk's losses are not. (Read this as though you had not seen my lunchtime post about the effect of Kruijswijk's withdrawal, because those calculations are included again here)

PINOT Thibaut 121 13 teams
NIBALI Vincenzo 85 26 teams
ZAKARIN Ilnur 46 19 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 33 1 team
POZZOVIVO Domenico 17 7 teams
HIRT Jan 16 4 teams
FORMOLO Davide 15 6 teams
HANSEN Jesper 12 3 teams
KONRAD Patrick 10 4 teams
HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian 10 1 team
...
DUMOULIN Tom -110 1 team
KRUIJSWIJK Steven -135 25 teams


I am pretty certain that the team with biggest losses today has biggest gains tomorrow.

1 Crevaison 250
2 Hugo87 214
3 Del1962 210
3 Trudgin 210
5 Leadbelly 183
6 Jakob747 176
7 AG 144
8 Armchair_Cyclist 143
9 SafeBet 138
10 Scrool07 135
11 Fauniera 131
12 ChrisDK 108
12 Hakkie2 108
14 Kazistuta 104
15 GPBlanco 90
16 Search 84
17 JustSomeGuy 77
18 Russell23 76
19 AmisVelo 71
20 SilverGrenade 63
21 DJW 51
22 Laarsland 42
23 Shalgo 37
24 LosBrolin 34
25 Flo 28
26 BluesInTheBottle 16
27 Kabete 14
28 Squire 4
29 Carlo_Algatrensig -9
30 Comodoro -31
31 GodChild -32
32 GeraintTooFast -33
33 Minessa -37
34 SemirS -39
34 Torcia86 -39
36 Vladimir -40
37 Rote_Laterne -49
38 ThePirate81 -50
39 Spokenspin -71
40 Tych23 -74
41 Joelsim -87
42 BicycleBoy -89
43 Josedin -91
44 LightBing -120
45 Mellow_Velo -128
46 Yellow_Knight -248
Collective_Wisdom -6


Standings with one stage, and one big shake-up, to come

Crevaison leaps from 5th to second, and is the only real challenger, I would suggest, to Fauniera, though I reckon Pinot's win today will have been enough to keep Fauniera safe. Del 1962, Hugo87, Safebet and Leadbelly are new entries to the top ten as the Kruijswijk teams tumble. Scrool07 has the biggest (16 place) rise, and Yellow Knight will gain that honour tomorrow.

1 Fauniera 1863
2 Crevaison 1813
3 GPBlanco 1718
4 Jakob747 1671
5 Del1962 1637
6 AG 1622
7 Hugo87 1611
8 Hakkie2 1604
9 SafeBet 1602
10 Leadbelly 1595
11 Squire 1584
12 GodChild 1566
13 Trudgin 1559
14 AmisVelo 1542
15 SemirS 1497
16 Armchair_Cyclist 1491
17 Search 1471
18 Laarsland 1430
19 Kazistuta 1429
20 Scrool07 1411
21 LosBrolin 1407
22 Flo 1405
23 Russell23 1387
24 ThePirate81 1383
25 SilverGrenade 1372
26 JustSomeGuy 1356
27 Josedin 1353
28 Shalgo 1344
29 Joelsim 1336
30 Kabete 1320
31 Carlo_Algatrensig 1296
32 GeraintTooFast 1294
33 Vladimir 1260
34 BluesInTheBottle 1244
35 Minessa 1240
36 Tych23 1234
37 Rote_Laterne 1218
38 ChrisDK 1197
39 BicycleBoy 1191
40 Comodoro 1173
41 Mellow_Velo 1140
42 LightBing 1138
43 DJW 1086
44 Torcia86 1057
45 Yellow_Knight 930
46 Spokenspin 863
Collective_Wisdom 1411

The top two will both lose points tomorrow (as Dumoulin overtakes them), and Crevaison has 2 riders vulnerable to being overtaken by Dumoulin. Also in Fauniera's favour is that Pinot overhauling Nibali is neutral to Crevaison (who has both), but advantageous to Fauniera.
But there is a way in for Crevaison, if we were to end up with a Dumoulin-Nibali-Zakarin podium. I'm also assuming that Pozzovivo can hang on to his minute and a half over Mollema, but if that does not happen, that would be a 25 point swing to Crevaison which might bring it into stage points range to decide.

If you want to examine other permutations, here's the spreadsheet.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 21 TT to finish

The Purple classification first.

If I said that the final TT was inconsequential, you might not agree, but in this minor classification it was:
VAN EMDEN Jos 70 0 team
DUMOULIN Tom 40 1 team
QUINZIATO Manuel 25 0 team
KIRYIENKA Vasil 15 1 team
ROSSKOPF Joey 10 0 team
BARTA Jan 7 0 team
PREIDLER Georg 5 0 team
JUNGELS Bob 3 3 teams
TRATNIK Jan 2 0 team
AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey 1 4 teams

1 Yellow_Knight 40
2 AG 15
3 Kazistuta, Mellow_Velo, SemirS 3
6 DJW , GPBlanco, Hugo87, Kabete 1
10 Everyone else 0

Final standings in the minor classification:
1 Fauniera 976
2 GPBlanco 874
3 Josedin 776
4 Hakkie2 769
5 Joelsim 764
6 BluesInTheBottle 709
7 Search 706
8 Trudgin 676
9 SemirS 669
10 Leadbelly 667
11 Crevaison 660
12 ThePirate81 645
13 Del1962 640
14 Jakob747 623
15 Kazistuta 621
15 LightBing 621
17 Flo 613
17 Laarsland 613
19 AG 592
20 LosBrolin 589
21 GodChild 583
21 Squire 583
23 AmisVelo 579
24 Yellow_Knight 571
25 Hugo87 570
26 SafeBet 564
27 Russell23 563
28 Mellow_Velo 558
29 Armchair_Cyclist 553
30 SilverGrenade 545
31 Scrool07 538
32 Tych23 530
33 JustSomeGuy 514
34 BicycleBoy 509
35 Vladimir 505
36 Kabete 491
37 Shalgo 478
38 Rote_Laterne 449
39 Minessa 444
40 DJW 431
40 GeraintTooFast 431
42 Comodoro 412
43 Carlo_Algatrensig 401
44 ChrisDK 388
45 Spokenspin 370
46 Torcia86 343
Collective_Wisdom 549

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 21 Pink points

More losses than gains to finish off, but your rivals might have lost points too.

DUMOULIN Tom 281 1 team
JUNGELS Bob 18 3 teams
KIRYIENKA Vasil 15 1 team
...
YATES Adam -15 9 teams
PINOT Thibaut -50 13 teams
NIBALI Vincenzo -60 26 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander -125 1 team


As predicted (and eminently predictable), Yellow Knight crushes the daily competition.

1 Yellow_Knight 281
2 Mellow_Velo 7
3 Joelsim 4
3 LightBing 4
3 Russell23 4
3 Tych23 4
7 Josedin 2
8 Spokenspin 0
9 DJW -6
10 SilverGrenade -7
11 BicycleBoy -11
11 BluesInTheBottle -11
13 Kazistuta -38
13 SemirS -38
15 AG -42
16 Kabete -45
17 Fauniera -46
17 Flo -46
17 LosBrolin -46
20 Laarsland -50
20 Leadbelly -50
22 GPBlanco -55
23 Armchair_Cyclist -56
23 ChrisDK -56
23 Comodoro -56
23 GodChild -56
23 Hakkie2 -56
23 Minessa -56
23 Scrool07 -56
23 Search -56
23 Squire -56
23 ThePirate81 -56
23 Torcia86 -56
34 Carlo_Algatrensig -57
35 Vladimir -60
36 Jakob747 -61
37 Rote_Laterne -71
37 SafeBet -71
39 GeraintTooFast -75
40 Hugo87 -101
41 AmisVelo -106
41 Crevaison -106
41 Del1962 -106
44 JustSomeGuy -110
45 Trudgin -111
46 Shalgo -121
Collective_Wisdom -56

Final positions

In the end, Fauniera only had one rider overtaken by Dumoulin and Crevaison had two, and so the winning margin more than doubled on the last day. AG, Hakkie2 and Leadbelly have some promotion within the top ten, and Squire replaces Hugo87 to get into the final top 10. Inevitably, Yellow Knight is the Dumoulin-powered top riser of the day, but for the only team with the race winner to end up 35th of 46 (and that with the advantage of 162 pink jersey wearer bonus points), and the only team with the rider 2nd in GC to be only 2 places better off, shows that this was an unusual edition of the game.

1 Fauniera 1817
2 Crevaison 1707
3 GPBlanco 1663
4 Jakob747 1610
5 AG 1580
6 Hakkie2 1548
7 Leadbelly 1545
8 Del1962 1531
8 SafeBet 1531
10 Squire 1528
11 GodChild 1510
11 Hugo87 1510
13 SemirS 1459
14 Trudgin 1448
15 AmisVelo 1436
16 Armchair_Cyclist 1435
17 Search 1415
18 Kazistuta 1391
18 Russell23 1391
20 Laarsland 1380
21 SilverGrenade 1365
22 LosBrolin 1361
23 Flo 1359
24 Josedin 1355
24 Scrool07 1355
26 Joelsim 1340
27 ThePirate81 1327
28 Kabete 1275
29 JustSomeGuy 1246
30 Carlo_Algatrensig 1239
31 Tych23 1238
32 BluesInTheBottle 1233
33 Shalgo 1223
34 GeraintTooFast 1219
35 Yellow_Knight 1211
36 Vladimir 1200
37 Minessa 1184
38 BicycleBoy 1180
39 Mellow_Velo 1147
39 Rote_Laterne 1147
41 LightBing 1142
42 ChrisDK 1141
43 Comodoro 1117
44 DJW 1080
45 Torcia86 1001
46 Spokenspin 863
Collective_Wisdom 1355


Congratulations to Fauniera and rest of the podium, and thanks to all for joining in.

1 place off top 1/3 of the field: better than my usual.

 

[fauniera]

Yeah.

I was a bit worried as Crevaison came closer and closer at the end, but it was enough. Congrats to the other podium finishers.

Thanks for the game, Armchair cyclist!

 

[silvergrenade]

Congrats to the people who did so well.
It was my first shot at the fantasy league game and thoroughly enjoyed throughout the 24 days.(Maybe not when I was at the bottom )
Thanks to Armchair Cyclist for conducting this game

 

[Crevaison]

Quite fitting with a close finish to mirror the real race.. ..Kangert could have made the difference but you're always likely to lose at least one guy along the way.

 

[Squire]

Top ten in my first GT CQ game. Gotta be pleased with that. Hadn't Kruijswijk abandoned it would've been even better, but as Crevaison says, there's always some bad luck to be factored in. At least my strategy proved successful.

Thank you for doing this game and adding to the enjoyment of the Giro, Armchair Cyclist!

 

[GP Blanco]

My first podium in a CQ game. Happy to make the podium.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Some number crunching:

Best scoring riders:
(at least a stage win worth of points)

The overwhelming favourite to win was simply deemed too expensive by nearly everyone, and the one who did win was several hundred points dearer than riders who most pundits thought had a better chance.
Pinot finished behind Nibali, but gets the podium of point earners through better stage placings. Gaviria and Landa (on plan B) are the main riders whose place points are more important than GC.

1 DUMOULIN Tom 890 1 team
2 QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 605 1 team
3 PINOT Thibaut 459 13 teams
4 NIBALI Vincenzo 444 26 teams
5 GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 438 8 teams
6 ZAKARIN Ilnur 389 19 teams
7 JUNGELS Bob 377 3 teams
8 LANDA MEANA Mikel 323 42 teams
9 POZZOVIVO Domenico 279 7 teams
10 MOLLEMA Bauke 221 0 team
11 YATES Adam 192 9 teams
12 POLANC Jan 190 2 teams
12 ROLLAND Pierre 190 9 teams
14 COSTA Rui Alberto Faria 171 0 team
15 STUYVEN Jasper 164 1 team
16 BENNETT Sam 157 3 teams
17 GREIPEL André 149 0 team
18 FORMOLO Davide 143 6 teams
18 IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka 143 0 team
20 PÖSTLBERGER Lukas 138 1 team
21 VAN GARDEREN Tejay 136 13 teams
22 HIRT Jan 122 4 teams
23 EWAN Caleb 118 0 team
24 FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar 113 21 teams
25 CATALDO Dario 111 3 teams
25 MONFORT Maxime 111 1 team
27 SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon 108 0 team
28 REICHENBACH Sébastien 95 0 team
29 KONRAD Patrick 91 4 teams
30 VAN EMDEN Jos 88 0 team
31 DILLIER Silvan 85 0 team
32 MARECZKO Jakub 80 0 team
33 AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey 77 4 teams
34 FERRARI Roberto 75 1 team
35 DUPONT Hubert 70 0 team


If any team manager is building its pride on purple points, here are the highest scorers in that category:
1 DUMOULIN Tom 380 1 team
2 GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 353 8 teams
3 QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 215 1 team
4 JUNGELS Bob 212 3 teams
5 PINOT Thibaut 193 13 teams
6 LANDA MEANA Mikel 175 42 teams
7 GREIPEL André 149 0 team
8 ZAKARIN Ilnur 142 19 teams
9 NIBALI Vincenzo 129 26 teams
10 COSTA Rui Alberto Faria 121 0 teams
11 ROLLAND Pierre 120 9 teams
12 EWAN Caleb 118 0 team
13 BENNETT Sam 117 3 teams
14 PÖSTLBERGER Lukas 113 1 team
15 STUYVEN Jasper 109 1 team

Percentage returns
1 KOZONTCHUK Dmitriy 166.7 5 teams
2 AGNOLI Valerio 150.0 9 teams
3 LANDA MEANA Mikel 109.9 42 teams
4 POLANC Jan 103.3 2 teams
5 KISERLOVSKI Robert 93.3 3 teams
6 PÖSTLBERGER Lukas 85.2 1 team
7 DEIGNAN Philip 73.2 1 team
8 FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar 64.2 21 teams
9 PLAZA MOLINA Ruben 63.8 1 team
10 DUMOULIN Tom 61.4 1 team
11 ALAFACI Eugenio 60.0 3 teams
12 ROLLAND Pierre 59.0 9 teams
13 ZAKARIN Ilnur 56.5 19 teams
14 JUNGELS Bob 55.5 3 teams
15 CATALDO Dario 55.5 3 teams
16 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques 51.6 1 team
17 PETILLI Simone 51.4 2 teams
18 ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew 50.5 0 team
19 BERNARD Julien 50.0 1 team
20 POZZOVIVO Domenico 49.6 7 teams
21 HIRT Jan 49.0 4 teams
22 GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 48.8 8 teams
23 NIBALI Vincenzo 45.9 26 teams
24 PELLIZOTTI Franco 45.8 0 team
25 PINOT Thibaut 45.8 13 teams
26 MONFORT Maxime 41.6 1 team
27 DE PLUS Laurens 41.3 0 team
28 ANDREETTA Simone 41.1 1 team
29 BIDARD François 40.9 0 team
30 FERRARI Roberto 40.3 1 team
31 HANSEN Jesper 40.0 3 teams


Impeccable picks

DUMOULIN Tom
PINOT Thibaut
NIBALI Vincenzo
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando
ZAKARIN Ilnur
JUNGELS Bob
LANDA MEANA Mikel
POLANC Jan
PÖSTLBERGER Lukas
PELLIZOTTI Franco
PETILLI Simone
PLAZA MOLINA Ruben
KISERLOVSKI Robert
DEIGNAN Philip
AGNOLI Valerio


Most popular picks
LANDA MEANA Mikel 323 42 teams *
NIBALI Vincenzo 444 26 teams *
FOLIFOROV Alexander 26 25 teams *
KRUIJSWIJK Steven 9 25 teams *
FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar 113 21 teams *
ZAKARIN Ilnur 389 19 teams *
PINOT Thibaut 459 13 teams
VAN GARDEREN Tejay 136 13 teams
GASPAROTTO Enrico 15 10 teams *
KANGERT Tanel 21 10 teams *
THOMAS Geraint 69 10 teams
TIRALONGO Paolo 15 10 teams *
AGNOLI Valerio 15 9 teams
PONZI Simone 15 9 teams
ROLLAND Pierre 190 9 teams
YATES Adam 192 9 teams

(asterisked riders made up the Collective Wisdom team, which came exactly halfway through the field)

Best Possible team
My record for doing this accurately is not good, and if there is a way of getting Excel to work it out definitively I don't know it, so the best I can come up with is:

DUMOULIN Tom
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando
LANDA MEANA Mikel
POLANC Jan
PÖSTLBERGER Lukas
FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar
DE PLUS Laurens
PETILLI Simone
PLAZA MOLINA Ruben

for a total of 2248 (and a popularity score that would have been the second lowest)

Not really related to this game, but for the last few GTs I have set up a ninja thread: highest placed rider with no daily top ten placing: it was Hubert Dupont in 19th place.

Spreadsheet here for further post mortem analysis of your efforts

 

[Hakkie2]

Small improvements to the Best Possible Team:

Landa
Polanc
Postlberger
Fraile
Rolland
Dumoulin
Zakarin
Cataldo
Kozontchuk

This team would have scored 2322 points. A special mention goes to Postlberger who was also part of the best possible spring classics team.

 

[Hakkie2]

Cumulative standings of Spring Classics Game + Giro:

1) AG 3363
2) Just Some Guy 3358
3) Kazistuta 3346
4) Del1962 3313
5) Mellow Velo 3068
...

Tight battle between the Top 4!