2018 Vuelta CQ Game

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 19 Volta a Andorra stage 1, to Rabassa

Green points
If your expensive GC picks scored well today, they have probably done well overall.
If not, you probably stopped reading these updates by the end of week one.

PINOT Thibaut 70 3
YATES Simon 58 3
KRUIJSWIJK Steven 25 0
URAN URAN Rigoberto 15 20
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel 10 3
MAS NICOLAU Enric 7 10
KELDERMAN Wilco 5 3
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 3 1
GALLOPIN Tony 2 0
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 1 17

1 Crevaison, Leadbelly 85 (Pinot and Uran)
3 Armchair_Cyclist 77 (Pinot and Mas)
4 SemirS 73 (Yates and Uran)
5 BicycleBoy 68 (Yates and Lopez)
6 AmisVelo 59 (Yates and Quintana)
7 Axl, Salvarani 23
9 BluesInTheBottle, Squire 22
11 Mellow_Velo, Minessa 21
13 Gotland 20
14 GPBlanco 17
15 Del1962, LosBrolin, Nathanptz, Paniou, Rote_Laterne, Shalgo 16
21 LightBing, MidnightFright, TotalPackage, Yellow_Knight 15
25 Koronin, Search 10
27 BikeRacer33, Hakkie2 8
29 Akuryo 7
30 Bminchow, Laarsland, Scrool07, Vladimir 1
34 Carlo_Algatrensig, Josedin, NorthAmericanScum 0
Collective_Wisdom 16

Standings
The accumulation of red jersey points finally get the Yates teams to monopolise the podium.
1 BicycleBoy 516
2 AmisVelo 415
3 SemirS 371
4 Koronin 347
5 GPBlanco 296
6 Leadbelly 281
7 Yellow_Knight 274
8 Armchair_Cyclist 268
9 Crevaison 253
10 NorthAmericanScum 238



It might not be quite the final shakedown, but those two separate groups going up the final mountain make a difference today, with KoM and Points classification implications as well as GC.

PINOT Thibaut 122 3
YATES Simon 70 3
URAN URAN Rigoberto 15 20
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello 13 1
ZAKARIN Ilnur 6 3
DE TIER Floris 6 1
MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel 6 3
BRAMBILLA Gianluca 6 2
KELDERMAN Wilco 5 3
...
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel -19 3
DE PLUS Laurens -25 6
DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David -26 15
IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Ion -40 1
MAS NICOLAU Enric -43 10

1 Crevaison 139
2 Armchair_Cyclist 86
2 Leadbelly 86
4 AmisVelo 76
5 SemirS 59
6 BicycleBoy 23
7 Mellow_Velo 22
8 TotalPackage 16
9 Del1962 13
10 MidnightFright 12
10 Rote_Laterne 12
12 Shalgo 11
12 Yellow_Knight 11
14 Vladimir 10
15 LightBing 9
16 Scrool07 0
17 Nathanptz -2
18 Minessa -5
19 LosBrolin -7
20 Gotland -10
20 Paniou -10
22 Carlo_Algatrensig -16
23 Laarsland -28
24 Salvarani -30
25 BluesInTheBottle -31
26 Bminchow -32
27 Koronin -38
28 Search -43
29 NorthAmericanScum -44
30 Josedin -48
31 Axl -54
32 Squire -57
33 Hakkie2 -71
34 BikeRacer33 -72
35 Akuryo -73
36 GPBlanco -90
Collective_Wisdom -13

Standings

Koronin is bumped off the podium by Semir, as the Yates teams take control. Salvarani moves up one, and Armchair Cyclist makes a late entry into the top ten (I recall last place at the end of week one). Crevaison has, by a large margin, the biggest jump of the day with 12 places.

1 BicycleBoy 1448
2 AmisVelo 1280
3 SemirS 1209
4 Koronin 1152
5 Axl 1014
6 Salvarani 959
7 GPBlanco 926
8 Armchair_Cyclist 914
9 Hakkie2 888
10 Nathanptz 880
11 BikeRacer33 860
12 Squire 811
13 Crevaison 802
14 Rote_Laterne 790
15 LosBrolin 770
16 Leadbelly 761
17 Shalgo 759
18 Minessa 752
19 Mellow_Velo 749
20 BluesInTheBottle 726
21 Paniou 699
22 Search 677
23 Yellow_Knight 674
24 Scrool07 666
25 Akuryo 661
26 Gotland 657
27 Bminchow 619
28 Del1962 596
29 TotalPackage 549
30 Laarsland 529
31 Josedin 518
32 Vladimir 504
33 MidnightFright 477
34 NorthAmericanScum 464
35 Carlo_Algatrensig 457
35 LightBing 457
Collective_Wisdom 761

All or nothing tomorrow, but there was no evidence today that Uran or Quintana will take enough points relative to to Lopez for Amis Velo or Semir to catch Bicycle Boy. Unless something really extraordinary happens.

 

[Koronin]

At this point Quintana has to be in the service of Valverde tomorrow.

Well my unique team at least is doing well. Hopefully for Valverde and my team his issues today were due to the high altitude and the fact he apparently hates this climb and the fact it appears to be a totally horrible climb for him.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 20 Not much left to decide after the Collada de la Gallina

Green points

Nearly the same set of riders as yesterday, but in a slightly different order.
MAS NICOLAU Enric 70 10
YATES Simon 43 3
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel 40 3
PINOT Thibaut 15 3
URAN URAN Rigoberto 10 20
KELDERMAN Wilco 7 3
KRUIJSWIJK Steven 5 0
DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David 3 15
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 2 17
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 1 1

1 GPBlanco 110 (Lopez and Mas)
2 BicycleBoy 86 (Yates, Lopez and de la Cruz)
3 Armchair_Cyclist, Axl 85 (Mas and Pinot/Uran, de la Cruz and Quintana)
5 Squire 83
6 Salvarani 82
7 BluesInTheBottle 80
8 BikeRacer33, Hakkie2 75
10 Akuryo 73
11 Koronin 71
12 SemirS 56
13 AmisVelo 45
14 Search 43
15 Leadbelly 28
16 Crevaison 25
17 Minessa 22
18 Gotland 20
19 Mellow_Velo 19
20 Paniou 15
21 Del1962, LosBrolin, Nathanptz, Rote_Laterne 12
21 Shalgo 12
26 LightBing, MidnightFright, TotalPackage, Yellow_Knight 10
30 Bminchow 5
31 Carlo_Algatrensig, NorthAmericanScum 3
33 Laarsland, Scrool07, Vladimir 2
36 Josedin 0
Collective_Wisdom 15


Standings
1 BicycleBoy 602
2 AmisVelo 460
3 SemirS 427
4 Koronin 418
5 GPBlanco 406
6 Armchair_Cyclist 353
7 Leadbelly 309
8 Yellow_Knight 284
9 Crevaison 278
9 Salvarani 278

Well, if the top 4 tomorrow were to be Nizzolo, Gibbons, Meintjes and Geoghegan Hart, Amis Velo could snatch it, but...

Red points
All change on the podium, and not a day to have chosen Movistar riders.

MAS NICOLAU Enric 182 10
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel 137 3
YATES Simon 70 3
PINOT Thibaut 38 3
URAN URAN Rigoberto 36 20
KELDERMAN Wilco 30 3
DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David 15 15
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello 10 1
...
DE TIER Floris -12 1
BRAMBILLA Gianluca -12 2
ARU Fabio -12 20
BENNETT George -14 8
MATE MARDONES Luis Angel -15 1
TEUNS Dylan -26 1
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander -48 17
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro -134 1


1 GPBlanco 301 (Mas and Lopez, but Bennett)
2 BicycleBoy 224 (Lopez, Yates and de la Cruz)
3 Squire 213 (Mas, Uran and de la Cruz, but Bennett and Aru)
4 Armchair_Cyclist 205 (Mas and Pinot, but Brambilla)
5 BluesInTheBottle 203 (Mas and Uran, but Aru)
6 Axl 176
7 Akuryo 173
8 Salvarani 155
9 Search 138
10 BikeRacer33 135
11 Hakkie2 126
12 SemirS 121
13 Leadbelly 89
14 Gotland 69
15 Crevaison 66
16 Koronin 45
17 Minessa 33
18 LightBing 26
19 TotalPackage 23
20 AmisVelo 21
20 MidnightFright 21
22 NorthAmericanScum 18
23 Yellow_Knight 16
24 Mellow_Velo 15
25 Paniou 3
26 Carlo_Algatrensig -3
27 Del1962 -27
27 Shalgo -27
29 Josedin -34
29 LosBrolin -34
31 Rote_Laterne -38
32 Nathanptz -40
33 Bminchow -62
34 Vladimir -64
35 Laarsland -68
36 Scrool07 -96
Collective_Wisdom -12

Standings
Quintana's accompaniment of Valverde's final limp to the line, and thereby being passed on the road and in GC by Uran, puts SemirS into second place, which is quite an achievement as he had wasted 1/4 of his budget on Porte. GPBlanco has the two young guns on the podium, and the protagonists of today's stage, so gets the prime place behind the Yates teams. His 3 place jump is matched by Squire, getting into the top ten, but outdone by Search, Blues in the Bottle, and above all by Akuryo, whose 9 position improvement is the best of the day.
But our leader stretches out his lead yet again, and seems about as unlikely to yield as Simon Yates.

1 BicycleBoy 1672
2 SemirS 1330
3 AmisVelo 1301
4 GPBlanco 1227
5 Koronin 1197
6 Axl 1190
7 Armchair_Cyclist 1119
8 Salvarani 1114
9 Squire 1024
10 Hakkie2 1014
11 BikeRacer33 995
12 BluesInTheBottle 929
13 Crevaison 868
14 Leadbelly 850
15 Nathanptz 840
16 Akuryo 834
17 Search 815
18 Minessa 785
19 Mellow_Velo 764
20 Rote_Laterne 752
21 LosBrolin 736
22 Shalgo 732
23 Gotland 726
24 Paniou 702
25 Yellow_Knight 690
26 TotalPackage 572
27 Scrool07 570
28 Del1962 569
29 Bminchow 557
30 MidnightFright 498
31 Josedin 484
32 LightBing 483
33 NorthAmericanScum 482
34 Laarsland 461
35 Carlo_Algatrensig 454
36 Vladimir 440
Collective_Wisdom 749

Tomorrow will probably see a few points lost in the points competition by teams with Yates, Lopez, Pinot and Teuns, plus a few sprinter points, although the favourites are unpicked.

But unless someone very significant fails to finish, or has a serious issue just before the 3km marker, there shouldn't be much change tomorrow.

 

[Koronin]

Today's stage just flat out was HORRIBLE. Nothing at all good about it. I will not watch it and I have no interest at all in tomorrow's either. I just totally do not care.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 21 Los Campos Elisianos

Green points

Final contributions (no red jersey bonus today)

VIVIANI Elia 70 0
SAGAN Peter 40 0
NIZZOLO Giacomo 25 14
VAN POPPEL Danny 15 2
SARREAU Marc 10 0
ABERASTURI IZAGA Jon 7 2
CONSONNI Simone 5 0
TRENTIN Matteo 3 1
VAN ASBROECK Tom 2 2
GIBBONS Ryan 1 11

Final gains

1 Shalgo 41 (Nizzolo, Van Poppel and Gibbons)
2 AmisVelo, Bminchow, Gotland, Mellow_Velo, Search 26
7 Armchair_Cyclist, BikeRacer33, BluesInTheBottle, MidnightFright, Paniou, Salvarani, Scrool07, TotalPackage 25
15 NorthAmericanScum 22
16 Josedin 8
17 LightBing 3
18 Crevaison, Vladimir 2
20 Del1962, Laarsland, Minessa, SemirS 1

Final standings

1 BicycleBoy 602
2 AmisVelo 486
3 SemirS 428
4 Koronin 418
5 GPBlanco 406
6 Armchair_Cyclist 378
7 Leadbelly 309
8 Salvarani 303
9 BikeRacer33 294
9 Search 294
11 Shalgo 284
11 Yellow_Knight 284
13 Crevaison 280
14 NorthAmericanScum 263
15 BluesInTheBottle 253
16 Nathanptz 238
17 TotalPackage 234
18 Mellow_Velo 224
19 Gotland 218
20 Axl 217
21 Paniou 206
22 Rote_Laterne 190
23 Squire 185
24 MidnightFright 184
25 Bminchow 176
26 Hakkie2 167
27 Scrool07 155
28 LightBing 154
29 LosBrolin 151
30 Minessa 145
31 Akuryo 137
32 Josedin 93
33 Laarsland 82
34 Del1962 81
35 Vladimir 62
36 Carlo_Algatrensig 53
Collective_Wisdom 211

Even without the 180 red jersey points accumulated by Yates, Bicycle Boy would have held off Koronin, by just 4 points.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

The final reckoning

Apart from the sprint points, there are tiny GC changes way down the list, and more significant sprint classification changes.

NIZZOLO Giacomo 26 14
VAN POPPEL Danny 17 2
ABERASTURI IZAGA Jon 7 2
TRENTIN Matteo 3 1
VAN ASBROECK Tom 2 2
GIBBONS Ryan 1 11
MONFORT Maxime 1 3
DE TIER Floris 1 1
...
URAN URAN Rigoberto -1 20
MAS NICOLAU Enric -2 10
TEUNS Dylan -2 1
PINOT Thibaut -3 3
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel -15 3
YATES Simon -25 3

1 Shalgo 43
2 Bminchow 27
3 Gotland 26
3 Mellow_Velo 26
3 Scrool07 26
6 MidnightFright 25
6 Paniou 25
6 TotalPackage 25
9 BikeRacer33 24
9 NorthAmericanScum 24
11 BluesInTheBottle 23
11 Salvarani 23
13 Armchair_Cyclist 21
14 Search 12
15 Josedin 8
16 LightBing 3
16 Vladimir 3
18 AmisVelo 2
19 Laarsland 1
20 Carlo_Algatrensig 0
20 Del1962 0
20 Minessa 0
23 LosBrolin -1
23 Rote_Laterne -1
23 Yellow_Knight -1
26 Akuryo -2
26 Axl -2
26 Crevaison -2
26 Hakkie2 -2
26 Koronin -2
31 Nathanptz -3
31 Squire -3
33 Leadbelly -4
34 GPBlanco -17
35 SemirS -25
36 BicycleBoy -39
Collective_Wisdom 26

Final standings

Not many points, so not much change. BikeRider gets a cheeky last gasp bump up into the top ten as the highest change in the table, and Shalgo, Gotland and NAS each manage to improve their final standings bu two points.

Despite being second worst scorer on the day, SemirS holds off Amis Velo's late attempt to gain second place, akin to Mas diving into that last corner in Andorra yesterday for 2nd place.

But it would have taken a lot worse than merely being last on the day to have deprived Bicycle Boy of the lead that he has held since stage 14, and I suspect 300 points plus as a winning margin may not have been done before. I doubt the team lowest on the popularity chart has ever won before either.

1 BicycleBoy 1633
2 SemirS 1305
3 AmisVelo 1303
4 GPBlanco 1210
5 Koronin 1195
6 Axl 1188
7 Armchair_Cyclist 1140
8 Salvarani 1137
9 Squire 1021
10 BikeRacer33 1019
11 Hakkie2 1012
12 BluesInTheBottle 952
13 Crevaison 866
14 Leadbelly 846
15 Nathanptz 837
16 Akuryo 832
17 Search 827
18 Mellow_Velo 790
19 Minessa 785
20 Shalgo 775
21 Gotland 752
22 Rote_Laterne 751
23 LosBrolin 735
24 Paniou 727
25 Yellow_Knight 689
26 TotalPackage 597
27 Scrool07 596
28 Bminchow 584
29 Del1962 569
30 MidnightFright 523
31 NorthAmericanScum 506
32 Josedin 492
33 LightBing 486
34 Laarsland 462
35 Carlo_Algatrensig 454
36 Vladimir 443
Collective_Wisdom 775


Well done to Bicycle Boy, congratulations also to Semir and Amis Velo for getting the key pick that put them on the odium, to GPBlanco for doing best of the non-Yates teams, and thanks to everyone for having a go.

 

[Koronin]

Well no podium, but much, much better than either the Giro or Tour.

Armchair cyclist Thanks for doing this. Had fun and for my 3rd attempt at a GT I'm overall happy with my finish.

 

[Bicycle Boy]

Thanks for running this game and all of the games throughout the year Armchair. I am very happy to have won the Vuelta. I realise these games are partly down to luck, but winning a CQ game with the bottom ranked team in the popularity ranking and by 300 points makes the victory extra special :surprised:

 

[SemirS]

Thanks @armchaircyclist for organising this again. It's a great game.

Second time in a row I pick the winner of the GT and this gets me on the podium (Geraint in the Tour and now Simon) and both times having Porte in my team. In the end, I'm very satisfied with the result and congrats to the winner.

 

[shalgo]

Thank you Armchair cyclist for running this game yet again!

 

[Squire]

Thanks Armchair cyclist! I really appreciate the effort you put into these games.

Looking forward to the year totals. I think I topped that ranking last year, if I'm not mistaken (my only CQ game 'win' ever). Don't think I'll be close to that this year, but I'm happy that my team of bang average GC contenders/pretenders got me a top ten in the Vuelta.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Thanks for the comments. I'm happy with my top ten here, partly because I was dead last after stage 13, partly because it was achieved despite wasted points on Porte, and partly for reasons that will become clear when I put up a few more numbers from the spreadsheet tonight.

 

[Hakkie2]

Best possible team for a cost of 3477 points:
KING Benjamin 0 selections
MAS NICOLAU Enric 10
YATES Simon 3
RODRIGUEZ GARAICOECHEA Oscar 3
DE MARCHI Alessandro 2
WALLAYS Jelle 0
PINOT Thibaut 3
NIZZOLO Giacomo 14

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Top Green points

1 YATES Simon 350pts 3 teams (incl 180 red jersey pts)
2 VIVIANI Elia 250 0
3 SAGAN Peter 212 0
4 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 209 1
5 PINOT Thibaut 172 3
6 DENNIS Rohan 158 1 (incl 18 red jersey)
7 LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel 149 3
8 KWIATKOWSKI Michal 144 0 (54 red jersey)
9 KING Benjamin 141 0
10 TEUNS Dylan 115 1
11 DE MARCHI Alessandro 109 2
12 NIZZOLO Giacomo 102 14
13 VAN POPPEL Danny 101 2
14 MAS NICOLAU Enric 99 10
15 BOUHANNI Nacer 85 2
16 MOLLEMA Bauke 80 0
17 GALLOPIN Tony 79 0
17 MOLARD Rudy 79 0 (72 red jersey)
19 WALLAYS Jelle 77 0
20 WOODS Michael 70 0
20 CLARKE Simon 70 0
20 GENIEZ Alexandre 70 1
20 RODRIGUEZ GARAICOECHEA Oscar 70 3

Red points earned

YATES Simon 872pts 3 teams
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 519 1
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel 484 3
MAS NICOLAU Enric 474 10
PINOT Thibaut 399 3
KRUIJSWIJK Steven 331 0
VIVIANI Elia 290 0
SAGAN Peter 267 0
URAN URAN Rigoberto 236 20
KING Benjamin 212 0
GALLOPIN Tony 199 0
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 195 17
IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Ion 178 1
MOLARD Rudy 175 0
KELDERMAN Wilco 172 3
KWIATKOWSKI Michal 168 0
MOLLEMA Bauke 164 0
MAJKA Rafal 164 0
DENNIS Rohan 158 1
TEUNS Dylan 158 1
DE MARCHI Alessandro 124 2
BUCHMANN Emanuel 121 10
NIZZOLO Giacomo 118 14
VAN POPPEL Danny 118 2
DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David 118 15
WOODS Michael 108 0
HERRADA LOPEZ Jesus 108 0
WALLAYS Jelle 92 0
CLARKE Simon 90 0
BRAMBILLA Gianluca 89 2
DE GENDT Thomas 87 0
BOUHANNI Nacer 85 2
GENIEZ Alexandre 85 1
RODRIGUEZ GARAICOECHEA Oscar 85 3
ZAKARIN Ilnur 81 3
BIZKARRA ETXEGIBEL Mikel 78 0
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio 74 0
HAIG Jack 70 0
FORMOLO Davide 67 0
ARU Fabio 59 20
BYSTRØM Sven Erik 55 0
ROSSKOPF Joey 55 0
RESTREPO VALENCIA Jhonatan 55 1
STALNOV Nikita 55 0
MATE MARDONES Luis Angel 55 1
RODRIGUEZ MARTIN Cristian 54 2
DUPONT Hubert 52 2
VAN BAARLE Dylan 50 0
CAMPENAERTS Victor 50 1
KUDUS Merhawi Gebremedhin 50 0
HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis 50 1


Percentage return

RODRIGUEZ GARAICOECHEA Oscar 607% 3
CUBERO GALVEZ Jorge 300 3
DELAGE Mickaël 300 3
KING Benjamin 275 0
RODRIGUEZ MARTIN Cristian 208 2
MAS NICOLAU Enric 103 10
CHETOUT Loïc 100 1
WALLAYS Jelle 93 0
RESTREPO VALENCIA Jhonatan 87 1
BYSTRØM Sven Erik 83 0
STALNOV Nikita 77 0
DE MARCHI Alessandro 73 2
CABEDO CARDA Oscar 69 2
GASTAUER Ben 65 0
SOTO MARTINEZ Nelson Andres 64 0
YATES Simon 62 3
CLARKE Simon 52 0


Impeccable picks
YATES Simon
MAS NICOLAU Enric
KING Benjamin
RODRIGUEZ GARAICOECHEA Oscar
CUBERO GALVEZ Jorge/DELAGE Mickaël



Best possible team (almost certainly to be improved upon by Hakkie)

rider/cost/points won
YATES Simon 1413 872
MAS NICOLAU Enric 458 474
URAN URAN Rigoberto 663 236
KING Benjamin 77 212
TEUNS Dylan 578 158
DE MARCHI Alessandro 169 124
WALLAYS Jelle 99 92
RODRIGUEZ GARAICOECHEA Oscar 14 85
Total 2253, for a cost of 3471


The expensive mistakes
TRENTIN Matteo 1 team, 1285 spent, 32 earned
MARTIN Daniel 1 team 870 spent, 0 earned
PORTE Richie 10 teams 847 spent, 15 earned (but didn't stop Semir making 2nd place)


The winning selection

rider/cost/points won
YATES Simon 1413 872
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel 1441 484
DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David 454 118
RODRIGUEZ GARAICOECHEA Oscar 14 85
MONFORT Maxime 75 29
ROSSETTO Stéphane 85 15
CUBERO GALVEZ Jorge 5 15
DELAGE Mickaël 5 15

The most popular picks

Those picked at least 10 times
MAS NICOLAU Enric 458 474
URAN URAN Rigoberto 663 236
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 994 195
BUCHMANN Emanuel 543 121
DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David 454 118
NIZZOLO Giacomo 331 118
ARU Fabio 613 59
GIBBONS Ryan 77 19
MEINTJES Louis 240 15
PORTE Richie 847 15

All the numbers you could want on the spreadsheet that did all the work.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Yep, Hakkie found a better team than my thoughts as to what was best before I even posted it.


This ritual humiliation four times a year is my reward for the games :razz:

 

[Armchair cyclist]

The Four Seasons Championship

The pizza for the top cumulative score in the 3 GTs and the Spring Classics
Spring Classics + Giro + Tour + Vuelta =
1 Armchair_Cyclist , 2277 + 1004 + 1731 + 1140 = 6152
2 Rote_Laterne , 1966 + 1885 + 771 + 751 = 5373
3 Hakkie2 , 2307 + 1081 + 800 + 1012 = 5200
4 LosBrolin , 2023 + 1168 + 1168 + 735 = 5094
5 Nathanptz , 2274 + 1132 + 812 + 837 = 5055
6 AmisVelo , 2017 + 1154 + 504 + 1303 = 4978
7 GPBlanco , 1809 + 882 + 1010 + 1210 = 4911
8 SemirS , 1028 + 908 + 1572 + 1305 = 4813
9 Squire , 1507 + 1005 + 1061 + 1021 = 4594
10 Laarsland , 1993 + 1007 + 1027 + 462 = 4489
11 Leadbelly , 1695 + 725 + 1062 + 846 = 4328
12 BluesInTheBottle , 1901 + 794 + 602 + 952 = 4249
13 Mellow_Velo , 1673 + 1066 + 699 + 790 = 4228
14 Shalgo , 1695 + 695 + 983 + 775 = 4148
15 Vladimir , 1462 + 1152 + 966 + 443 = 4023
16 Salvarani , 1087 + 637 + 922 + 1137 = 3783
17 Search , 1211 + 679 + 1025 + 827 = 3742
18 Del1962 , 1349 + 954 + 708 + 569 = 3580

Collective_Wisdom , 2119 + 934 + 1000 + 775 = 4828

In the early stages of the Vuelta, Los Brolin, Nathanptz and Rote Laterne all headed this table at some point, and I had thought that having Porte in my team would scupper my hopes. But as Mas moved up the rankings, and Pinot started winning stages and getting higher on GC, I ended up stretching the lead I had before this fourth leg.

Thanks especially to this bunch who have been loyal entrants in all the games this year.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

I notice that Bicycle Boy picked the Vuelta winner last year too, one of only teams to do so, but ended up 5th, largely because everyone above him had Lopez. This time he had the race winner and Lopez.

 

[Squire]

Re:

The Four Seasons Championship

The pizza for the top cumulative score in the 3 GTs and the Spring Classics
Spring Classics + Giro + Tour + Vuelta =
1 Armchair_Cyclist , 2277 + 1004 + 1731 + 1140 = 6152
2 Rote_Laterne , 1966 + 1885 + 771 + 751 = 5373
3 Hakkie2 , 2307 + 1081 + 800 + 1012 = 5200
4 LosBrolin , 2023 + 1168 + 1168 + 735 = 5094
5 Nathanptz , 2274 + 1132 + 812 + 837 = 5055
6 AmisVelo , 2017 + 1154 + 504 + 1303 = 4978
7 GPBlanco , 1809 + 882 + 1010 + 1210 = 4911
8 SemirS , 1028 + 908 + 1572 + 1305 = 4813
9 Squire , 1507 + 1005 + 1061 + 1021 = 4594
10 Laarsland , 1993 + 1007 + 1027 + 462 = 4489
11 Leadbelly , 1695 + 725 + 1062 + 846 = 4328
12 BluesInTheBottle , 1901 + 794 + 602 + 952 = 4249
13 Mellow_Velo , 1673 + 1066 + 699 + 790 = 4228
14 Shalgo , 1695 + 695 + 983 + 775 = 4148
15 Vladimir , 1462 + 1152 + 966 + 443 = 4023
16 Salvarani , 1087 + 637 + 922 + 1137 = 3783
17 Search , 1211 + 679 + 1025 + 827 = 3742
18 Del1962 , 1349 + 954 + 708 + 569 = 3580

Only entrant other than the overall winner to score 1000+ in every game. I'll take that