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2019 Vuelta CQ Game

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Green point scorers (stage points only)

The reason GC guys normally win the points classification at the Vuelta (but not the Giro or the Tour) is that there are the same points available regardless of the profile of the stage. That is true of course of CQ points as well, but the gradient of the points scale is much steeper on CQ, rewarding wins and seconds much more than lower places, so the outcome is quite different.

BENNETT Sam 302pts 7 teams
ROGLIC Primoz 261 9
POGACAR Tadej 228 2
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 189 2
GILBERT Philippe 167 0

JAKOBSEN Fabio 155 1
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 145 5
CAVAGNA Rémi 131 0

HIGUITA GARCIA Sergio Andres 90 6
FUGLSANG Jakob 87 0

ARANBURU DEBA Alexander 82 1
ARNDT Nikias 80 0

LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel 76 20
TEUNS Dylan 74 0

KUSS Sepp 72 1
HERRADA LOPEZ Jesus 70 0
ITURRIA SEGUROLA Mikel 70 0

MADRAZO RUIZ Angel 70 1
VAN DER SANDE Tosh 69 0

GEOGHEGAN HART Tao 66 12
MAJKA Rafal 59 4
RICHEZE ARAQUISTAIN Maximiliano Ariel 58 1
GUERREIRO Ruben Antonio Almeida 55 0

CRADDOCK Lawson 53 1
THEUNS Edward 47 1
ROCHE Nicolas 46 0
LASTRA MARTINEZ Jonathan 45 0
SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon 42 0
BEVIN Patrick 41 0

BOL Jetse 40 1
MEZGEC Luka 40 2

Some of those paid back more than 30% of their price on green points alone

KUSS Sepp 87%
ITURRIA SEGUROLA Mikel 75
MADRAZO RUIZ Angel 71
ARNDT Nikias 56
CAVAGNA Rémi 54
RICHEZE ARAQUISTAIN Maximiliano Ariel 41
BOL Jetse 38
BENNETT Sam 33
CRADDOCK Lawson 32
VAN DER SANDE Tosh 32
ARANBURU DEBA Alexander 30

and you could have had a team to get 1120 green points (and enough red points into the bargain to win the main game) with
BENNETT Sam
POGACAR Tadej
GILBERT Philippe
CAVAGNA Rémi
ARNDT Nikias
KUSS Sepp
ITURRIA SEGUROLA Mikel
MADRAZO RUIZ Angel


Red points


ROGLIC Primoz 1029pts 9 teams
POGACAR Tadej 598 2
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro 584 2
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 438 5
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel 377 20
BENNETT Sam 342 7
MAJKA Rafal 274 4
GILBERT Philippe 212 0

KELDERMAN Wilco 211 2
TEUNS Dylan 207 0
FUGLSANG Jakob 193 0

HIGUITA GARCIA Sergio Andres 187 6
SOLER GIMENEZ Marc 173 7
HAGEN Carl Fredrik 172 0

JAKOBSEN Fabio 170 1
CAVAGNA Rémi 146 0

KNOX James 146 2
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel 144 0

GEOGHEGAN HART Tao 142 12
GUERREIRO Ruben Antonio Almeida 133 0

MADRAZO RUIZ Angel 125 1
KUSS Sepp 118 1
PERNSTEINER Hermann 112 0
IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Ion 108 0
ROCHE Nicolas 100 0
SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon 100 0

ARANBURU DEBA Alexander 97 1
ARNDT Nikias 95 0
EDET Nicolas 92 0
BOUCHARD Geoffrey 90 0
VAN DER SANDE Tosh 86 0
ITURRIA SEGUROLA Mikel 85 0
RODRIGUEZ MARTIN Cristian 77 0

RICHEZE ARAQUISTAIN Maximiliano Ariel 73 1
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban 71 30
HERRADA LOPEZ Jesus 70 0

CRADDOCK Lawson 68 1
LATOUR Pierre 66 30
BIDARD François 66 0

GESINK Robert 65 2
THEUNS Edward 62 1
FRANKINY Kilian 62 0

O'CONNOR Ben 61 3
LASTRA MARTINEZ Jonathan 60 0
ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin 59 0

BOL Jetse 55 1
TUSVELD Martijn 52 1
SAJNOK Szymon 51 0
STYBAR Zdenek 50 0



Best return on investment


BICO Nuno Miguel Alves Matos 300%
BOUCHARD Geoffrey 150
BARTA William 145
KUSS Sepp 142
MADRAZO RUIZ Angel 128
NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel 93
ITURRIA SEGUROLA Mikel 91
CUBERO GALVEZ Jorge 83
SAMITIER SAMITIER Sergio 75
SOLER GIMENEZ Marc 75
HAGEN Carl Fredrik 74
PERNSTEINER Hermann 71
ARNDT Nikias 67
CAVAGNA Rémi 61
RODRIGUEZ MARTIN Cristian 59
PARDILLA BELLON Sergio 58
VILELA Ricardo Augusto Afonso 58
POGACAR Tadej 57
OWEN Logan 56
CABEDO CARDA Oscar 54
KNOX James 53
GESINK Robert 53
BOL Jetse 53
ROGLIC Primoz 53
BAGÜES KALPARSORO Aritz 52
RICHEZE ARAQUISTAIN Maximiliano Ariel 51
DLAMINI Nicholas 50

Impeccable picks

ROGLIC Primoz
POGACAR Tadej
BENNETT Sam
MAJKA Rafal
KELDERMAN Wilco
SOLER GIMENEZ Marc
MADRAZO RUIZ Angel
KUSS Sepp
BOUCHARD Geoffrey
SAMITIER SAMITIER Sergio
NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel
BARTA William
BICO Nuno Miguel Alves Matos


Best team by my attempts: @Hakkie2 usually does better

ROGLIC Primoz
POGACAR Tadej
SOLER GIMENEZ Marc
MADRAZO RUIZ Angel
KUSS Sepp
BOUCHARD Geoffrey
BARTA William
BICO Nuno Miguel Alves Matos
would have scored 2164


Four Seasons Challenge
20 managers entered the Spring Classics game and all three of the GTs, but given his huge winning margin in the classics, almost all Tobydawq needed to do was turn up for the three week races.

Spring Classics + Giro + Tour + Vuelta = Total (position change in Vuelta)
1 Tobydawq 3211 + 1973 + 1567 + 606 = 7357 (0)
2 AmisVelo 2183 + 1502 + 1947 + 1396 = 7028 (0)
3 Del1962 1730 + 1729 + 1735 + 1609 = 6803 (2)
4 LosBrolin 1289 + 1495 + 1963 + 1501 = 6248 (4)
5 Rote_Laterne 1088 + 1520 + 2003 + 1559 = 6170 (7)
6 Laarsland 1676 + 1623 + 1715 + 1147 = 6161 (1)
7 Search 2085 + 1275 + 1935 + 839 = 6134 (-4)
7 Armchair_Cyclist 1859 + 1421 + 1942 + 912 = 6134 (-3)
9 Salvarani 1469 + 1454 + 1737 + 1133 = 5793 (1)
10 Leadbelly 1736 + 1492 + 1385 + 1126 = 5739 (1)
11 Scrool07 1507 + 2018 + 1573 + 539 = 5637 (-5)
12 Josedin 1321 + 1822 + 1438 + 1022 = 5603 (1)
13 Bminchow 1228 + 1334 + 1605 + 1422 = 5589 (2)
14 Triley36 1715 + 1414 + 1591 + 602 = 5322 (-5)
15 BluesInTheBottle 1687 + 964 + 1332 + 1304 = 5287 (4)
16 Vladimir 1008 + 1545 + 1471 + 1229 = 5253 (2)
17 Kazistuta 1529 + 1462 + 1172 + 1001 = 5164 (-1)
18 Comodoro 861 + 1488 + 1732 + 895 = 4976 (-1)
19 Mellow_Velo 924 + 1484 + 1768 + 626 = 4802 (-5)
20 JustSomeGuy 1220 + 1023 + 1661 + 811 = 4715 (0)

Collective_Wisdom 1660 + 1637 + 1961 + 1062 = 6320



The spreadsheet that did all the work.

Thanks to the managers, the riders, and the guys at CQ.
 
Funny enough Valverde finished 4th in green points both in the way la Vuelta does them and the way our game does them.

Nice seeing three of my picks (and two being unique picks) on the best return on investment list. That's a nice bonus.

Thank you running these games.
 

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