Stage 2 to Tel Aviv
Purple points
For those new to following these games, the purple points every day will be the top ten, plus the pink jersey wearer. This year, on the sprint stages we will probably see few teams laying claim to the big points, as Viviani's price meant he was unchosen, and his presumed supremacy meant other moderately expensive sprinters are rare selections.
VIVIANI Elia 70 0 teams
MARECZKO Jakub 40 2 teams (Chiron, Trudgin)
BENNETT Sam 25 2 teams (Tigerion, Yellow Knight)
DENNIS Rohan 18 9 teams
BONIFAZIO Niccolo 15 5 teams
MODOLO Sacha 10 3 teams
VENTURINI Clément 7 0 teams
GIBBONS Ryan 5 7 teams
BELLETTI Manuel 3 0 teams
PLANCKAERT Baptiste 2 0 teams
DRUCKER Jempy 1 0 teams
1 Chiron 50
2 Tigerion 45
3 Trudgin 40
4 Yellow_Knight 30
5 SafeBet 23
6= Nathanptz, Search 20
8= AmisVelo, Armchair_Cyclist, Bminchow, Del1962, Drebola, PremierAndrew, Ruvu75, ThePirate81 18
16= Scrool07, Vladimir 15
18= Carlo_Algatrensig, Kazistuta 10
20= Laarsland, LosBrolin 5
22= Everyone else 0
Although I wouldn't think of it as the main game, there can be some bragging rights in topping the Purple points table, and some teams in the past have looked as though they were put together with that goal in mind. Maybe that ambition is behind the multisprinter teams of Chiron (Marecsko, Modolo and Van Poppel), Tigerion (Bennett, Bonifazio, Gibbons and Sbaragli) and some others.
Standings
For the moment, top two finishers in the prologue, with the pink jersey bonuses, still define the top 10.
1 BicycleBoy 88
2 Bminchow 63
2 SafeBet 63
4 AmisVelo 58
4 Armchair_Cyclist 58
4 Del1962 58
4 Drebola 58
4 PremierAndrew 58
4 Ruvu75 58
4 ThePirate81 58
11 Chiron 50
12 Trudgin 47
13 Tigerion 45
14 Yellow_Knight 35
15 Nathanptz 20
15 Scrool07 20
15 Search 20
18 Vladimir 15
19 Carlo_Algatrensig 10
19 Kazistuta 10
19 LosBrolin 10
19 Shalgo 10
23 Laarsland 5
23 Mellow_Velo 5
23 Rote_Laterne 5
26 Salvarani 3
27 Googolplex 1
Pink points
Dumoulin, and the Bicycle Boy team, demonstrate how negative points are a thing in this way of keeping score. At the end of the race, CQ will give 500 points to the GC winner and 375 to whoever is second. So in falling from 1st to second, he loses 125 projected points. He also loses a bunch in the points classification. Note also that the KoM classification makes an impact, with Barbin getting a 70 point increase despite being 67th on the stage.
(most days I will post the major changes only among those who have been selected)
VIVIANI Elia 140 0 team
DENNIS Rohan 128 9 teams
MARECZKO Jakub 80 2 teams
BARBIN Enrico 70 0 team
BENNETT Sam 40 2 teams
BOIVIN Guillaume 40 0 team
BALLERINI Davide 35 1 team
BONIFAZIO Niccolo 22 5 teams
ROELANDTS Jürgen 14 0 team
MODOLO Sacha 13 3 teams
PUCCIO Salvatore 11 0 team
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban 10 36 teams
HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis 10 2 teams
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DOWSETT Alex -10 1 team
HAGA Chad -13 0 team
GONÇALVES Jose Isidro Maciel -15 0 team
KIRYIENKA Vasil -17 0 team
CAMPENAERTS Victor -23 0 team
LUTSENKO Alexey -25 0 team
SEPULVEDA Eduardo -35 3 teams
POELS Wout -39 1 team
SCULLY Tom -63 0 team
DUMOULIN Tom -190 1 team
1 ThePirate81 156
2 Bminchow 152
3 Del1962 151
3 Drebola 151
5 Ruvu75 148
6 Armchair_Cyclist 146
7 SafeBet 139
8 PremierAndrew 128
9 AmisVelo 124
10 Chiron 122
11 Trudgin 108
12 Tigerion 77
13 Search 51
14 Vladimir 46
15 Carlo_Algatrensig 41
16 Fauniera 37
16 Nathanptz 37
18 Russell23 34
19 Kazistuta 32
20 Scrool07 27
21 LightBing 25
22 GPBlanco 24
23 Googolplex 22
24 Gotland 21
24 Hakkie2 21
26 SemirS 20
26 Squire 20
28 LosBrolin 17
29 Laarsland 15
29 Rote_Laterne 15
31 Comodoro 14
31 Salvarani 14
31 Shalgo 14
34 BikeRacer33 13
35 Mellow_Velo 12
35 Minessa 12
37 Caruut 10
37 Handbrake 10
37 Leadbelly 10
40 Koronin 9
41 Yellow_Knight 7
42 BluesInTheBottle -13
43 Axl -14
44 BicycleBoy -184
Collective_Wisdom 17
Standings
The top ten at this early (and probably irrelevant) stage consists of the 9 Dennis teams, followed by Bicycle Boy (Dumoulin). Yates is the main reason that Bminchow leads the Dennis teams, while the Pinot-Formolo combination raises Pirate and Del to the virtual podium, Kangert throwing the balance in The Pirate's favour.
Chiron manages a 15 place jump in position.
1 Bminchow 962
2 ThePirate81 871
3 Del1962 838
4 SafeBet 797
5 AmisVelo 790
6 Ruvu75 785
7 Drebola 757
8 Armchair_Cyclist 726
9 PremierAndrew 688
10 BicycleBoy 677
11 Trudgin 616
12 Shalgo 423
13 LosBrolin 410
14 Mellow_Velo 403
15 Scrool07 398
16 Rote_Laterne 397
17 Yellow_Knight 380
18 Salvarani 376
19 Nathanptz 342
20 Vladimir 334
21 Fauniera 322
22 Russell23 314
23 Googolplex 310
24 BikeRacer33 304
25 Chiron 296
26 SemirS 286
26 Squire 286
28 Tigerion 277
29 Laarsland 270
30 Axl 266
31 Gotland 264
31 LightBing 264
33 GPBlanco 262
34 Comodoro 251
35 Minessa 229
36 Carlo_Algatrensig 223
37 Leadbelly 217
38 Search 215
39 Handbrake 210
40 Hakkie2 197
41 BluesInTheBottle 194
42 Kazistuta 173
43 Caruut 154
44 Koronin 139
Collective_Wisdom 241
I probably won't think of posting the link to the spreadsheet every day, but here it is, and that is where you will find it any time you might want to look it up.
Purple points
For those new to following these games, the purple points every day will be the top ten, plus the pink jersey wearer. This year, on the sprint stages we will probably see few teams laying claim to the big points, as Viviani's price meant he was unchosen, and his presumed supremacy meant other moderately expensive sprinters are rare selections.
VIVIANI Elia 70 0 teams
MARECZKO Jakub 40 2 teams (Chiron, Trudgin)
BENNETT Sam 25 2 teams (Tigerion, Yellow Knight)
DENNIS Rohan 18 9 teams
BONIFAZIO Niccolo 15 5 teams
MODOLO Sacha 10 3 teams
VENTURINI Clément 7 0 teams
GIBBONS Ryan 5 7 teams
BELLETTI Manuel 3 0 teams
PLANCKAERT Baptiste 2 0 teams
DRUCKER Jempy 1 0 teams
1 Chiron 50
2 Tigerion 45
3 Trudgin 40
4 Yellow_Knight 30
5 SafeBet 23
6= Nathanptz, Search 20
8= AmisVelo, Armchair_Cyclist, Bminchow, Del1962, Drebola, PremierAndrew, Ruvu75, ThePirate81 18
16= Scrool07, Vladimir 15
18= Carlo_Algatrensig, Kazistuta 10
20= Laarsland, LosBrolin 5
22= Everyone else 0
Although I wouldn't think of it as the main game, there can be some bragging rights in topping the Purple points table, and some teams in the past have looked as though they were put together with that goal in mind. Maybe that ambition is behind the multisprinter teams of Chiron (Marecsko, Modolo and Van Poppel), Tigerion (Bennett, Bonifazio, Gibbons and Sbaragli) and some others.
Standings
For the moment, top two finishers in the prologue, with the pink jersey bonuses, still define the top 10.
1 BicycleBoy 88
2 Bminchow 63
2 SafeBet 63
4 AmisVelo 58
4 Armchair_Cyclist 58
4 Del1962 58
4 Drebola 58
4 PremierAndrew 58
4 Ruvu75 58
4 ThePirate81 58
11 Chiron 50
12 Trudgin 47
13 Tigerion 45
14 Yellow_Knight 35
15 Nathanptz 20
15 Scrool07 20
15 Search 20
18 Vladimir 15
19 Carlo_Algatrensig 10
19 Kazistuta 10
19 LosBrolin 10
19 Shalgo 10
23 Laarsland 5
23 Mellow_Velo 5
23 Rote_Laterne 5
26 Salvarani 3
27 Googolplex 1
Pink points
Dumoulin, and the Bicycle Boy team, demonstrate how negative points are a thing in this way of keeping score. At the end of the race, CQ will give 500 points to the GC winner and 375 to whoever is second. So in falling from 1st to second, he loses 125 projected points. He also loses a bunch in the points classification. Note also that the KoM classification makes an impact, with Barbin getting a 70 point increase despite being 67th on the stage.
(most days I will post the major changes only among those who have been selected)
VIVIANI Elia 140 0 team
DENNIS Rohan 128 9 teams
MARECZKO Jakub 80 2 teams
BARBIN Enrico 70 0 team
BENNETT Sam 40 2 teams
BOIVIN Guillaume 40 0 team
BALLERINI Davide 35 1 team
BONIFAZIO Niccolo 22 5 teams
ROELANDTS Jürgen 14 0 team
MODOLO Sacha 13 3 teams
PUCCIO Salvatore 11 0 team
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban 10 36 teams
HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis 10 2 teams
---
DOWSETT Alex -10 1 team
HAGA Chad -13 0 team
GONÇALVES Jose Isidro Maciel -15 0 team
KIRYIENKA Vasil -17 0 team
CAMPENAERTS Victor -23 0 team
LUTSENKO Alexey -25 0 team
SEPULVEDA Eduardo -35 3 teams
POELS Wout -39 1 team
SCULLY Tom -63 0 team
DUMOULIN Tom -190 1 team
1 ThePirate81 156
2 Bminchow 152
3 Del1962 151
3 Drebola 151
5 Ruvu75 148
6 Armchair_Cyclist 146
7 SafeBet 139
8 PremierAndrew 128
9 AmisVelo 124
10 Chiron 122
11 Trudgin 108
12 Tigerion 77
13 Search 51
14 Vladimir 46
15 Carlo_Algatrensig 41
16 Fauniera 37
16 Nathanptz 37
18 Russell23 34
19 Kazistuta 32
20 Scrool07 27
21 LightBing 25
22 GPBlanco 24
23 Googolplex 22
24 Gotland 21
24 Hakkie2 21
26 SemirS 20
26 Squire 20
28 LosBrolin 17
29 Laarsland 15
29 Rote_Laterne 15
31 Comodoro 14
31 Salvarani 14
31 Shalgo 14
34 BikeRacer33 13
35 Mellow_Velo 12
35 Minessa 12
37 Caruut 10
37 Handbrake 10
37 Leadbelly 10
40 Koronin 9
41 Yellow_Knight 7
42 BluesInTheBottle -13
43 Axl -14
44 BicycleBoy -184
Collective_Wisdom 17
Standings
The top ten at this early (and probably irrelevant) stage consists of the 9 Dennis teams, followed by Bicycle Boy (Dumoulin). Yates is the main reason that Bminchow leads the Dennis teams, while the Pinot-Formolo combination raises Pirate and Del to the virtual podium, Kangert throwing the balance in The Pirate's favour.
Chiron manages a 15 place jump in position.
1 Bminchow 962
2 ThePirate81 871
3 Del1962 838
4 SafeBet 797
5 AmisVelo 790
6 Ruvu75 785
7 Drebola 757
8 Armchair_Cyclist 726
9 PremierAndrew 688
10 BicycleBoy 677
11 Trudgin 616
12 Shalgo 423
13 LosBrolin 410
14 Mellow_Velo 403
15 Scrool07 398
16 Rote_Laterne 397
17 Yellow_Knight 380
18 Salvarani 376
19 Nathanptz 342
20 Vladimir 334
21 Fauniera 322
22 Russell23 314
23 Googolplex 310
24 BikeRacer33 304
25 Chiron 296
26 SemirS 286
26 Squire 286
28 Tigerion 277
29 Laarsland 270
30 Axl 266
31 Gotland 264
31 LightBing 264
33 GPBlanco 262
34 Comodoro 251
35 Minessa 229
36 Carlo_Algatrensig 223
37 Leadbelly 217
38 Search 215
39 Handbrake 210
40 Hakkie2 197
41 BluesInTheBottle 194
42 Kazistuta 173
43 Caruut 154
44 Koronin 139
Collective_Wisdom 241
I probably won't think of posting the link to the spreadsheet every day, but here it is, and that is where you will find it any time you might want to look it up.