2020 TdF CQ Game

[Armchair cyclist]

Well, the dates are different, but everything else is pretty much the same.

You need to pick a team of 8 riders taking part in the Tour, who have a total cost on CQ current rankings (on download to be dated 23 August, presumably available from afternoon of 24th) not exceeding 4000 points. Your success (or otherwise) is measured by the CQ points gained by the riders in the Tour.

You can find rider prices, the points scoring system, and a selector tool, here. There is also a secondary game (the Green points classification) based on your riders' daily positions, regardless of GC and other classifications.

Send your entries in CQ format (Surname, then forename: Danish, Portuguese, Eritrean and Spanish-language names can be difficult, please help me out by looking for the rider on CQranking.com and giving their version of the name, or use the selection tool) by PM on CyclingNews or Velorooms before the race starts at 2pm (French time) on 29th August. However, please do not try to enter before the appropriate scores are fixed on Monday evening: scores in the selection tool are only an indication until then (and will change due to Nationals and Wallonie/Emilia).

Non-starters or being over budget will be resolved by subbing in the next most expensive from the same team if possible, or next most expensive in the field if not. If you don't leave it to the last minute, I will be able to alert you and let you know the substitution that would happen.

Good luck, and enjoy the game. Any questions, PM me or ask in this thread.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Prices are not as low as you might imagine (or hope). What I think CQ have done for their current rankings is to include not only all results in the last 12 months (as per usual), but also results from 2019 races that had their 2020 equivalent rescheduled by the time it was due to start. (Their explanation:"If on the day of the (postponed) race - or the last day of a stage race - the new date has NOT been announced, the points scored in the previous year will be subtracted in our rankings. If the new date has been published, these points will be retained until the new race date."
So to look at Rui Costa, as an example, his score (download of 16 August) is 500 points:
326 from races in 2020, so nothing unusual
80 from the World Championships (less than a year ago, 2020 version not yet held, same as any other year)
71 from the Canadian GPs (cancelled this year, but still less than a year ago)
23 from last year's Tour de France (more than a year ago, but it was rescheduled before the anniversary date)
His score does not include points from the 2019 Milan-Torino (less than a year ago, but 2020 edition already held), nor his points from earlier than 22/08/19 (except the Tour) That means that his Tirreno Adriatico and BrabantsePijl/Fleche/AmstelGR points from last year are not in his current price (the 2020 versions have not yet been held, but as of the date the 2020 versions were to take place, they had not yet been rescheduled).

So in short, 2019 points for the Tour and the Giro (and a few other races probably) are still in there although they were more than a year ago, but riders who would probably have gained points in the spring classics or stage races like Romandie/Suisse/Catalunia/Basque Country/Tirreno-Adriatico are cheaper this year than they would be most years.

 

[BlueRoads]

I did not understand anything but "prices are not as low as you might imagine". Okay. Got that.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

I did not understand anything but "prices are not as low as you might imagine". Okay. Got that.

I was predicting that people were expecting prices to be only CQ points gained in the last 12 months. But that's not the case: 2019 Giro and Tour de France points are still part of a rider's current CQ ranking. In terms of playing the game, you don't really need to know why each rider's cost is what it is, just work with it.

But considering the prices are lower than usual, I'm expecting some good scores in this edition.

 

[Koronin]

Prices may be lower than typical but we have a lot more questions about health and form of riders.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

OK, the price list from CQ has been released, and is on the spreadsheet listed in the OP, and all but 4 of the teams are confirmed (and those that are not seem unlikely to change much), and the first team has been sent it.

So the game is now fully open: looking forward to receiving your teams (and ChrisDK will receive mine some time this evening).

 

[SafeBet]

Team submitted.
It never took me so little to put together a team, which is probably not good for my chances.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

If you don't fancy using the spreadsheet tool, then Search has, once again, put up a rider list on Velorooms which has correct versions of the names and the prices.

 

[Koronin]

Team submitted. I'll enjoy cheering for them, but I suspect I'll likely be near the bottom of the pack.

 

[ray10]

Team submitted to Armchair cyclist.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

A bit less than 48 hours to go, and with 13 teams in, 43 riders have been chosen, and two of them are way ahead in popularity, while 20 are unique picks.

Four different riders costing more than twice the average 500 pts/man have been selected.

Don't forget to send your selection in.

 

[Salvarani]

Team submitted!

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Me too.
Went really fast. Did one shuffle where Tejada and Ewan had to go and ended up at 4000 exactly.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

And as they roll away from Nice, here we go:

30 teams (listed alphabetically), 62 riders selected (listed by price in their teams), 19 unique picks (indicated here by an asterisk)

Amis Velo
ROGLIC Primoz
PINOT Thibaut
BUCHMANN Emanuel
GIBBONS Ryan
HERMANS Ben
BOL Cees
DUMOULIN Tom
VAN GARDEREN Tejay

ArchieBoy
VAN AERT Wout
PINOT Thibaut
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe
SIVAKOV Pavel
BUCHMANN Emanuel
MEZGEC Luka
BOL Cees
ROLLAND Pierre

Armchair Cyclist
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
PINOT Thibaut
KÄMNA Lennard
URAN URAN Rigoberto
DEGENKOLB John
DUMOULIN Tom
VAN GARDEREN Tejay

Bicycle Boy
ROGLIC Primoz
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
POELS Wout
HERMANS Ben
DUMOULIN Tom
ELISSONDE Kenny
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
NIEUWENHUIS Joris

BikeRacer33
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
PINOT Thibaut
BARDET Romain
FORMOLO Davide
KÄMNA Lennard
BONIFAZIO Niccolo *
DUMOULIN Tom
ELISSONDE Kenny

Blues in the Bottle
ROGLIC Primoz
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
COQUARD Bryan
JUNGELS Bob *
DUMOULIN Tom
NIV Guy *
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
REZA Kévin

Bminchow
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
SAGAN Peter
PINOT Thibaut
URAN URAN Rigoberto
MARTIN Daniel
DUMOULIN Tom
LATOUR Pierre
TEJADA CANACUE Harold Alfonso

ChrisDK
VAN AERT Wout
NIZZOLO Giacomo
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban
KÄMNA Lennard
DE GENDT Thomas
POELS Wout
DUMOULIN Tom

Comodoro
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
PINOT Thibaut
BARDET Romain
BUCHMANN Emanuel
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban
BOL Cees
DUMOULIN Tom
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald

Del1962
ROGLIC Primoz
PINOT Thibaut
BARDET Romain
MARTIN Daniel
DUMOULIN Tom
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
ELISSONDE Kenny
VAN GARDEREN Tejay

DJSprtsch
SAGAN Peter
NIZZOLO Giacomo
PINOT Thibaut
PEDERSEN Mads *
URAN URAN Rigoberto
ROLLAND Pierre
DUMOULIN Tom
ELISSONDE Kenny

Googolplex
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
BENNETT Sam
PINOT Thibaut
KUSS Sepp
ARU Fabio
BOL Cees
DUMOULIN Tom
PÖSTLBERGER Lukas *

Josedin
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
PINOT Thibaut
BUCHMANN Emanuel
KÄMNA Lennard
DE GENDT Thomas
COQUARD Bryan
REICHENBACH Sébastien *
DE MARCHI Alessandro *

Just Some Guy
POGACAR Tadej
PINOT Thibaut
BUCHMANN Emanuel
MAS NICOLAU Enric
DE GENDT Thomas
COQUARD Bryan
GIBBONS Ryan
DUMOULIN Tom

Koronin
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro *
PINOT Thibaut
HERRADA LOPEZ Jesus *
MAS NICOLAU Enric
KUSS Sepp
SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon *
COQUARD Bryan
DUMOULIN Tom

Laarsland
BENNETT Sam
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
NIZZOLO Giacomo
PINOT Thibaut
MEZGEC Luka
DUMOULIN Tom
LATOUR Pierre
POZZOVIVO Domenico

LeadBelly
MARTIN Guillaume
PINOT Thibaut
SIVAKOV Pavel
BARDET Romain
BUCHMANN Emanuel
FORMOLO Davide
HERMANS Ben
DUMOULIN Tom

Mellow Velo
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
LANDA MEANA Mikel *
PINOT Thibaut
BUCHMANN Emanuel
BOL Cees
DUMOULIN Tom
POZZOVIVO Domenico
REZA Kévin

Northerner
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
PINOT Thibaut
BARDET Romain
MARTIN Daniel
ROLLAND Pierre
DUMOULIN Tom
NIEUWENHUIS Joris

Otoxiep87
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
PINOT Thibaut
BUCHMANN Emanuel
MEZGEC Luka
BOL Cees
DUMOULIN Tom
CRAS Steff *

Pirate81
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
PINOT Thibaut
BENNETT George
BUCHMANN Emanuel
KÄMNA Lennard
DUMOULIN Tom
POZZOVIVO Domenico
TEJADA CANACUE Harold Alfonso

Ray10
VAN AERT Wout
PINOT Thibaut
BENNETT George
BUCHMANN Emanuel
KÄMNA Lennard
GAUDU David *
KWIATKOWSKI Michal *
DUMOULIN Tom

Rote Laterne
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander *
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
PINOT Thibaut
URAN URAN Rigoberto
DUMOULIN Tom
DEBUSSCHERE Jens *
VERONA QUINTANILLA Carlos *
REZA Kévin

SafeBet
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
PINOT Thibaut
COQUARD Bryan
DUMOULIN Tom
LATOUR Pierre
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew *

Salvarani
POGACAR Tadej
MARTIN Guillaume
PINOT Thibaut
DE GENDT Thomas
MARTIN Daniel
BOL Cees
ROLLAND Pierre
DUMOULIN Tom

Scrool07
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
PINOT Thibaut
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe
BARDET Romain
KÄMNA Lennard
KUSS Sepp
HIRSCHI Marc
DUMOULIN Tom

Search
BENNETT Sam
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
PINOT Thibaut
BARDET Romain
URAN URAN Rigoberto
MOHORIC Matej *
HIRSCHI Marc
DUMOULIN Tom

Shalgo
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
BENNETT Sam
PINOT Thibaut
URAN URAN Rigoberto
DEGENKOLB John
GIBBONS Ryan
ROLLAND Pierre
DUMOULIN Tom

TRiley36
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
PINOT Thibaut
SIVAKOV Pavel
BUCHMANN Emanuel
URAN URAN Rigoberto
ARU Fabio
ROLLAND Pierre
DUMOULIN Tom

Yellow Knight
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
SAGAN Peter
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe
BUCHMANN Emanuel
HERMANS Ben
DUMOULIN Tom
ELISSONDE Kenny
VAN GARDEREN Tejay

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Rider Popularity
When 3 managers were able to ignore the hype around Remco Evenepoel for the edition of the Emerging Riders game for which he was eligible I should have admitted to myself that 100% selection of a rider in a CQ game would never happen. But Tom Dumoulin available here at 139 points, it seemed likely.

No.

28 teams (out of 30): DUMOULIN Tom
26: PINOT Thibaut
16: BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
12: BUCHMANN Emanuel
7: BARDET Romain, BOL Cees, KÄMNA Lennard, URAN URAN Rigoberto, VAN GARDEREN Tejay
(The Collective Wisdom team will be the 4 riders on a dozen or more teams, plus 80% of the total of the five men selected seven times, it is quite a long way under budget at 3842)
6: LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel, ROLLAND Pierre
5: COQUARD Bryan, ELISSONDE Kenny
4: BENNETT Sam, DE GENDT Thomas, HERMANS Ben, MARTIN Daniel, MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe, ROGLIC Primoz
3: GIBBONS Ryan, KUSS Sepp, LATOUR Pierre, MEZGEC Luka, NIZZOLO Giacomo, POZZOVIVO Domenico, REZA Kévin, SAGAN Peter, SIVAKOV Pavel, VAN AERT Wout
2: ALAPHILIPPE Julian, ARU Fabio, BENNETT George, BOASSON HAGEN Edvald, CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban, DEGENKOLB John, FORMOLO Davide, HIRSCHI Marc, MARTIN Guillaume, MAS NICOLAU Enric, NIEUWENHUIS Joris, POELS Wout, POGACAR Tadej, TEJADA CANACUE Harold Alfonso

Maybe ArchieBoy and Josedin will let us know why they thought Pierre Rolland and Alessandro De Marchi respectively were likely to score more than Dumoulin.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Popularity ranking

1= Comodoro 100
1= Triley36 100
3= Armchair_Cyclist 99
3= Otoxiep87 99
5= Mellow_Velo 96
5= Pirate81 96
7 Northerner 95
8= BikeRacer33 92
8= Shalgo 92
10 AmisVelo 91
11 Bminchow 89
12 SafeBet 88
13 Googolplex 87
14 Leadbelly 84
15= Del1962 83
15= Rote_Laterne 83
15= Scrool07 83
18 JustSomeGuy 82
19 Search 81
20 Ray10 80
21= DJSprtsch 79
21= Salvarani 79
21= Yellow_Knight 79
24 Laarsland 76
25 BicycleBoy 68
26 Koronin 67
27 BluesInTheBottle 65
28 ArchieBoy 64
29 Josedin 58
30 ChrisDK 53
Collective_Wisdom 110


Main picks
The average budget per rider is 500pts: the riders who cost 1.5x that or more are:

Roglic and Bernal: Blues in the Bottle, Bicycle Boy
Roglic and Pinot: Amis Velo, Del1962


Pogacar with G Martin and Pinot: Salvarani
Pogacar and Pinot: Just Some Guy

Quintana with Bernal and Pinot: Rote Laterne

Alaphilippe with Bernal and Pinot: SafeBet
Alaphilippe and Pinot: Josedin

Bernal with Sagan: Yellow Knight
Bernal with Sagan and Pinot: Bminchow
Bernal with Landa and Pinot: Mellow Velo
Bernal with S Bennett and Pinot: Googolplex, Shalgo
Bernal with Lopez and Pinot: Armchair Cyclist, Northerner, Otoxiep
Bernal and Pinot: BikeRacer33, Comodoro, Pirate81, TRiley37

Valverde and Pinot: Koronin

Sagan with Nizzolo and Pinot: DJSprtsch

Van Aert and Nizzolo: ChrisDK
Van Aert and Pinot: ArchieBoy, Ray 10

S Bennett with Lopez and Pinot: Search

Lopez and Pinot: Scrool07

G Martin and Pinot: Leadbelly

 

[Armchair cyclist]

A couple more things I should add before I start getting on with today's stage result:

If anything unscheduled happens that would affect scoring, I will avoid ever having to make a decision by following the point allocation of CQRankings.com.

I might not post the link to the spreadsheet in every evening's updates, but it should be synchronised on Google Drive, and be available here throughout.

 

[bminchow]

And nobody had Kristoff

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 1

Green points

I'm not sure that we have any new managers this time around, but in case we have, or anyone has forgotten, these are the stage points for the first 10 finishers in each stage, distributed 80, 50, 35, 25, 15, 10, 5, 3, 2, 1.


1 DJSprtsch 70 (Pedersen, Sagan and Nizzolo)
2 Googolplex 60 (Bol and Bennett)
3= AmisVelo, ArchieBoy, Comodoro, Mellow_Velo, Otoxiep87, Salvarani 35 (Bol)
9 Laarsland 30 (Bennett and Nizzolo)
10= Search, Shalgo, 25 (Bennett)
12= Bminchow, Yellow_Knight 15 (Sagan)
14 ChrisDK 5 (Nizzolo)
15 BluesInTheBottle, Josedin, JustSomeGuy, Koronin, SafeBet 3 (Coquard)
20= Everyone else 0
Collective_Wisdom 28

Main game

There are far more points available than the stage points of the green competition, Most importantly, the GC rankings, but also 20 points for wearing the yellow jersey (apart from after stage 21) and points for the KoM and Sprints classifications. So had anyone picked Kristoff, he would give them 80 for today's stage, 20 for being leader (these 100 points would be certain, whereas those that follow can, and for Kristoff surely will, reduce) 600 for top place in GC, and 80 for top in the points classification)

These rankings are therefore about as secure as Kristoff's grasp on the race lead, but we have to start somewhere.

1 DJSprtsch 1233
2 Googolplex 939
3 Laarsland 823
4 ArchieBoy 691
5 Otoxiep87 669
6 Salvarani 641
7 AmisVelo 596
8 Comodoro 584
9 Mellow_Velo 579
10 Search 518
11 Shalgo 515
12 Yellow_Knight 511
13 Bminchow 494
14 JustSomeGuy 435
15 ChrisDK 424
16 BluesInTheBottle 374
17 Koronin 366
18 SafeBet 362
19 Josedin 348
20 BikeRacer33 213
21 BicycleBoy 209
22 Leadbelly 207
23 Northerner 197
24 Scrool07 195
25 Ray10 187
26 Del1962 180
27 Rote_Laterne 178
28 Pirate81 174
28 Triley36 174
30 Armchair_Cyclist 154
Collective_Wisdom 498

And Shalgo and I have both lost a rider already.

 

[Koronin]

With all the riders who crashed today, I'm very happy that it appears that only 1 of my riders was involved in any of those crashes. Of course that rider was Pinot.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

I’m number one! Even if it’s only for some 24 hours it feels really good.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Yours was one of the teams that looked like it had been put together with an eye on the green points category, so a sprint stage is likely to bring you to the fore.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 2

Green points

Today

1= Josedin, SafeBet 80 (Alaphilippe)
3= Scrool07, Search 50 (Hirschi)
5= JustSomeGuy, Salvarani 3 (Pogacar)
No-one else scored. A change in the minor classification after discussion before the Vuelta last year means that the two Alaphilippe teams don't get the 20 points for leading the GC table (in this classification, they still get them in the main game).

Standings
SafeBet and Josedin don't only share Alaphilippe, but also Coquard, so they had the same points yesterday and are still not separated in this competition.
1= Josedin 83
1= SafeBet 83
3 Search 75
4 DJSprtsch 70
5 Googolplex 60
6 Scrool07 50
7 Salvarani 38
8= AmisVelo 35
8= ArchieBoy 35
8= Comodoro 35
8= Mellow_Velo 35
8= Otoxiep87 35

Main game

Most of the points are projected points: in previous years I have described that as 'if the Tour were to finish here', but in 2020 that seems unsubtle. But because they are projections they become closer to reality the nearer we get to the end of the race, and scores can go down as well as up (So had anyone picked Kristoff, he had 780 points yesterday (80 for stage win, 20 Yellow jersey points, 600 for top of GC and 80 for top of green jersey), today he has 200 (he can't lose the stage winner and yellow jersey wearer points, even if he doesn't finish the Tour, but his 600 race leader points have dropped to 20 for being 129th on GC, and he still has the lead in the sprints classification, but will probably lose some placings in that over the next three weeks) and so his points difference on the day is -580. And if individual riders can get negative daily scores, so can a team.


The main points changes, as they affect riders selected for our teams:
ALAPHILIPPE Julian 695 2 teams
HIRSCHI Marc 416 2 teams
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban 235 2 teams
POGACAR Tadej 205 2 teams
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley 174 16 teams
FORMOLO Davide 171 2 teams
DUMOULIN Tom 132 28 teams
ROGLIC Primoz 108 4 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 100 1 team
MARTIN Guillaume 90 2 teams
BUCHMANN Emanuel 80 12 teams
---
COQUARD Bryan -183 5 teams
NIZZOLO Giacomo -210 3 teams
SAGAN Peter -255 3 teams
BENNETT Sam -300 4 teams
BOL Cees -370 7 teams
PEDERSEN Mads -470 1 team

Scores will probably not fluctuate this violently most days:
1 SafeBet 909 (Alaphilippe, Bernal, Dumoulin, but Coquard)
2 Scrool07 636(Hirschi and Dumoulin)
3 Josedin 617 (Alaphilippe, but Coquard: A rare Dumoulin-less team)
4 BikeRacer33 588 (Bernal, Formolo and Dumoulin)
5 Leadbelly 543
6 Triley36 501
7 Rote_Laterne 464
8 BicycleBoy 432
8 Pirate81 432
10 Northerner 429
11 Armchair_Cyclist 399
12 Search 388
13 Del1962 351
14 Comodoro 321
15 JustSomeGuy 303
16 Ray10 252
17 BluesInTheBottle 231
18 Bminchow 181
19 Yellow_Knight 160
20 ChrisDK 136
21 Salvarani 125
22 Koronin 123
23 Shalgo 102
24 Mellow_Velo 76
25 Otoxiep87 -20
26 AmisVelo -38
27 ArchieBoy -333
28 Googolplex -334
28 Laarsland -334
30 DJSprtsch -655
Collective_Wisdom 182

Standings

No real correspondence to yesterday's table: the top two have both risen 17 places and Scrool 19.
That looks like an enormous, as if unsurmountable, lead already: how realistic it is, like the GC tables in last year's tour, depends on the durability of Alaphilippe's tenure of yellow.
1 SafeBet 1271
2 Josedin 965
3 Search 906
4 Comodoro 905
5 Scrool07 831
6 BikeRacer33 801
7 Salvarani 766
8 Leadbelly 750
9 JustSomeGuy 738
10 Bminchow 675
10 Triley36 675
12 Yellow_Knight 671
13 Mellow_Velo 655
14 Otoxiep87 649
15 Rote_Laterne 642
16 BicycleBoy 641
17 Northerner 626
18 Shalgo 617
19 Pirate81 606
20 BluesInTheBottle 605
20 Googolplex 605
22 DJSprtsch 578
23 ChrisDK 560
24 AmisVelo 558
25 Armchair_Cyclist 553
26 Del1962 531
27 Koronin 489
27 Laarsland 489
29 Ray10 439
30 ArchieBoy 358
Collective_Wisdom 680

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Yours was one of the teams that looked like it had been put together with an eye on the green points category, so a sprint stage is likely to bring you to the fore.

To be honest it was put together in five minues without much thought at all. I only knew that I wanted Dumo, Pinot and Sagan. Haven't even checked how many points Sagan got from his other years compared to someone who finished high on the GC...

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Stage 3

I waited a while in case Sam Bennett was relegated, but I'm assuming that if it hasn't been announced by now, it won't happen.

Green points

Today

1 Laarsland 85 (Bennett and Nizzolo)
2 Googolplex 55 (Bennett and Bol)
3= DJSprtsch (Nizzolo and Sagan), Search, Shalgo (Bennett) 50
6 ChrisDK 35
7 Bminchow, Yellow_Knight 15
9= AmisVelo, ArchieBoy, Comodoro, Mellow_Velo, Otoxiep87, Salvarani 5
15= BluesInTheBottle, Josedin, JustSomeGuy, Koronin, SafeBet 2
20 BikeRacer33 1
21 The rest 0

Standings

1 Search 125 (+2)
2 DJSprtsch 120 (+2)
3= Googolplex 115 (+2)
3= Laarsland 115 (+10)
5= Josedin 85 (-4)
5= SafeBet 85 (-4)
7 Shalgo 75 (+7)
8 Scrool07 50
9 Salvarani 43
10= AmisVelo 40
10= ArchieBoy 40
10= ChrisDK 40
10= Comodoro 40
10= Mellow_Velo 40
10= Otoxiep87 40


Main Game

On sprint or breakaway stages, there are often few changes other than those in the Green classification, but while so many riders are on the same time, cumulative positions cause some GC changes.

DUMOULIN Tom 70 28 teams
MARTIN Guillaume 70 2
FORMOLO Davide 60 2
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley 60 16
BENNETT Sam 60 4
NIZZOLO Giacomo 45 3
SAGAN Peter 45 3
POGACAR Tadej 30 2
SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon 30 1
BARDET Romain 21 7
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 20 1
---
KWIATKOWSKI Michal -15 1
LATOUR Pierre -16 3
ELISSONDE Kenny -16 5
ROGLIC Primoz -40 4
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban -100 2

Today
1 Leadbelly 221 (Dumoulin, Martin, Formolo, Bardet)
2 Googolplex 208 (Dumoulin, Bernal, Bennett)
3 BikeRacer33 202 (Dumoulin, Bernal and Bardet, but Elissonde)
4 Laarsland 182
5 Shalgo 178
6 Salvarani 174
7 Northerner 163
8 Search 160
9 Bminchow 157
10 Yellow_Knight 155
11 Otoxiep87 154
12 Mellow_Velo 151
13 Rote_Laterne 148
14 Armchair_Cyclist 144
15 Pirate81 132
15 SafeBet 132
17 DJSprtsch 123
18 Triley36 114
19 Scrool07 112
20 BluesInTheBottle 95
20 Koronin 95
22 JustSomeGuy 93
23 BicycleBoy 74
24 Comodoro 59
25 Ray10 46
26 Del1962 41
27 AmisVelo 38
28 Josedin 10
29 ChrisDK 7
30 ArchieBoy -10
Collective_Wisdom 147

Standings

SafeBet still has that huge lead, but Search moves up one place, and Bikeracer three. Leadbelly (also 3 places) and Bminchow are also heading the right way within the top ten, and Googolplex has moved up 8.

1 SafeBet 1403
2 Search 1066
3 BikeRacer33 1003
4 Josedin 975
5 Leadbelly 971
6 Comodoro 964
7 Scrool07 943
8 Salvarani 940
9 Bminchow 832
10 JustSomeGuy 831
11 Yellow_Knight 826
12 Googolplex 813
13 Mellow_Velo 806
14 Otoxiep87 803
15 Shalgo 795
16 Rote_Laterne 790
17 Northerner 789
17 Triley36 789
19 Pirate81 738
20 BicycleBoy 715
21 DJSprtsch 701
22 BluesInTheBottle 700
23 Armchair_Cyclist 697
24 Laarsland 671
25 AmisVelo 596
26 Koronin 584
27 Del1962 572
28 ChrisDK 567
29 Ray10 485
30 ArchieBoy 348
Collective_Wisdom 827


I guess we will find out tomorrow whether Alaphippe (and therefore SafeBet and Josedin) is a true yellow jersey contender, or just a holder in the early stages.