Year 3 Month 10
So apart from the possibility of a little bit of number adjustment, that is it.
The final fling of the dice:
BERWICK Sebastian | 158 | 6 | Stage win & 3rd, GC 2nd in Hainan |
KOOIJ Olav | 154 | 29 | 2nd in Elfstedenrace, 2 stage wins and a 2nd in Guangxi |
VAN WILDER Ilan | 135 | 25 | Tre Valli Varenise win |
RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos | 118 | 13 | 7th Lombardia, 9th Tre Valli |
VAN GILS Maxim | 108 | 7 | 14th Lombardia, 4th in Japan Cup |
TEJADA CANACUE Harold Alfonso | 105 | 21 | 8th in Gran Piemonte, 3rd in Turkey |
JORGENSON Matteo | 93 | 17 | |
ZWIEHOFF Ben | 93 | 7 | |
DE LIE Arnaud | 89 | 1 | |
STRONG Corbin | 81 | 2 | |
MILAN Jonathan | 81 | 10 | |
ASKEY Lewis | 78 | 1 | |
MONIQUET Sylvain | 77 | 1 | |
1 | Karaev | 854 | Berwick, Kooij, Van Wilder, Van Gils, Tejada, Milan |
2 | Leadbelly | 828 | Berwick, Kooij, Rodriguez, Jorgenson, Zwiehoff, De Lie, Strong |
3 | YellowKnight | 752 |
Berwick, Kooij, Rodriguez, Jorgenson, Milan |
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4 | Squire | 724 | Berwick, Kooij, Van Wilder, Tejada, Zwiehoff |
5 | Northerner | 710 | |
6 | Laarsland | 700 | |
7 | LosBrolin | 675 | |
7 | Ludwigzgz | 675 | |
9 | Greenedge | 658 | |
10 | Cordi | 630 | |
11 | Otoxiep87 | 611 | |
12 | SafeBet | 603 | |
12 | HugoKoblet | 603 | |
14 | Kryvo | 593 | |
15 | Bminchow | 565 | |
16 | Nakazar | 548 | |
17 | Blues_in_the_Bottle | 538 | |
18 | Ray10 | 530 | |
18 | Kazistuta | 530 | |
20 | Vladimir | 521 | |
21 | RoteLaterne | 511 | |
22 | LukasCPH | 492 | |
23 | Skidmark | 477 | |
24 | AmisVelo | 455 | |
25 | Madrazo | 447 | |
26 | Nyssinator | 437 | |
27 | Fivezzz | 433 | |
28 | JonEzeitza | 431 | |
29 | Rufs | 415 | |
30 | Jakob747 | 413 | |
31 | Comodoro | 407 | |
32 | JPettersen | 391 | |
33 | Josedin | 379 | |
34 | Scrooll07 | 351 | |
35 | MuddyWaters | 286 | |
36 | Armchair_Cyclist | 274 | |
37 | Koronin | 229 | |
| CollectiveWisdom | 708 | |
| CollectiveIgnorance | 511 | |
| MainGame2021 | 396 | |
Standings
And so the game that has been most predictable for longest comes to its inevitable conclusion. SafeBet has been in the lead since June 2021, and has been top on at least 7 of the monthly updates. Cordi, winner of the 2020-22 edition in a very different race, has had almost as clear a grip on second place for almost as long, and Greenedge makes sure that the peloton are a long way clear of the rest.
The real battle for some time has been between SafeBet and the Collective Wisdom team, and despite strong contributions from Zana and Johannessen in the final weeks, SafeBet wins that one narrowly (a puncture for Van Wilder in his late Tre Valli attack, for example, would have been enough to reverse it). Had it not been for unique picks by Leadbelly (De Lie) and JPettersen (Skjelmose and Burgudeau), the CI team would have scored just short of 25000.
Full number crunching when the end of year modifications are done, but congratulations to Safe Bet, Cordi and Greenedge, and thanks to all who competed.
And when one game finishes, it must be time to start shortlisting for the next: how's that going for you all.