2021 Giro CQ Game

RedheadDane · May 13, 2021

Armchair cyclist said:
The column headed "position change"? There's a clue...

Well... I didn't read that part. I just scrolled right down to the button to find myself.

Koronin · May 13, 2021

Armchair cyclist said:
With three sprinters, and Jorgenson for breakaways, at least you could have a shot at the purple points classification. Although that would require Gaviria and UAE to get their game together.

That isn't going to happen.

Armchair cyclist · May 13, 2021

Stage 6 Echelons on the plateau, and no Roglic to steal it.

	Points	Teams
MÄDER Gino	70	0
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	40	27
MARTIN Daniel	25	8
EVENEPOEL Remco	15	30
CICCONE Giulio	10	4
CARUSO Damiano	7	0
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe	5	2
SOLER GIMENEZ Marc	3	6
CARTHY Hugh	2	15
VLASOV Aleksandr	1	6

Purple points
Executive decision: top 10 or so each day in the minor classification should suffice, it is all in the spreadsheet if you want to find more.

		Points today	Earned by:
1	Kazistuta	90	Bernal/Martin/Evenepoel/Ciccone
2	Fivezzz	82	Bernal/Martin/Evenepoel/Carthy
3=	Lecko/Madrazo/Tobydawq	80	Bernal/Martin/Evenepoel
6	Armchair_Cyclist	67	Bernal/Martin/Carthy
7=	Berflamand/Comodoro/Rufs	65	Bernal/Martin
10	Scrooll07	60	Bernal/Evenepoel/Soler/Carthy

Standings

	Name	Purple total	change
1	Rufs	205	3
2	ZakaFan	188	-1
3	BicycleBoy	183	-1
4	Otoxiep87	176	1
5	Lecko	171	5
6	Tobydawq	163	9
7	Kazistuta	160	15
8	Berflamand	155	4
9	Nyssinator	152	-2
10	Bonimenier	151	-2

Pink points

Most of those expected to fall away did so, one (whom none of us had chosen) takes the lead and so suppresses everyone else's score.

	Points gained/lost	teams
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	223	27
EVENEPOEL Remco	200	30
MARTIN Daniel	105	8
CICCONE Giulio	91	4
CARTHY Hugh	67	15
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe	51	2
VLASOV Aleksandr	51	6
SOLER GIMENEZ Marc	49	6
YATES Simon	39	39
BUCHMANN Emanuel	32	31

ALBANESE Vincenzo	-15	1
BELLETTI Manuel	-15	1
SIVAKOV Pavel	-15	15
TAARAMÄE Rein	-24	2
MOSCON Gianni	-28	4
POZZOVIVO Domenico	-59	2
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd	-88	1

With such huge gains for riders as popular as Bernal and Evenepoel, the scores today are very high.

		Point change
1	Kazistuta	708
2	Scrooll07	610
3	Fivezzz	607
4	Tobydawq	602
5	Madrazo	582
6	Comodoro	570
7	Mellow_Velo	565
8	Otoxiep87	563
9	Bonimenier	561
10	Berflamand	546
11	Lecko	540
12	Bminchow	538
12	SafeBet	538
14	Nyssinator	533
15	Del1962	497
15	Northerner	497
17	Armchair_Cyclist	487
18	Leadbelly	486
19	Nathanptz	479
20	LosBrolin	462
21	ChrisDK	457
22	AmisVelo	397
23	DevilsElbow	374
24	BikeRacer33	372
25	BicycleBoy	370
26	Vladimir	369
27	Salvarani	360
28	Search	359
29	Googolplex	345
30	ArchieBoy	341
31	Rufs	339
32	Shalgo	323
33	Rote_Laterne	306
34	Yellow_Knight	289
35	Koronin	288
36	Triley36	285
37	ZakaFan	258
38	Laarsland	174
39	RedheadDane	110
40	BluesInTheBottle	97
	Collective_Wisdom	554

Standings

The top 17 (and three others) have both Bernal and Evenepoel.

	,	Name	Tabulate	position change on day
1	,	Kazistuta	1538	6
2	,	Otoxiep87	1458	-1
3	,	Scrooll07	1449	3
4	,	Mellow_Velo	1410	1
5	,	Fivezzz	1394	3
6	,	SafeBet	1391	-4
7	,	Bminchow	1391	-4
8	,	Nyssinator	1386	-4
9	,	Bonimenier	1338	2
10	,	Berflamand	1326	-1
11	,	Lecko	1296	3
12	,	Tobydawq	1290	8
13	,	Del1962	1249	2
14	,	Comodoro	1237	10
15	,	Madrazo	1234	12
16	,	LosBrolin	1220	-3
17	,	Northerner	1202	0
18	,	Armchair_Cyclist	1180	1
19	,	AmisVelo	1176	-9
20	,	Leadbelly	1146	5
21	,	DevilsElbow	1145	-9
22	,	Nathanptz	1105	7
23	,	ChrisDK	1075	8
24	,	BikeRacer33	1072	-6
25	,	BicycleBoy	1026	1
26	,	Yellow_Knight	1000	-10
27	,	Salvarani	986	2
28	,	Rote_Laterne	985	-7
29	,	ArchieBoy	981	-1
30	,	Search	977	1
31	,	Vladimir	963	4
32	,	Rufs	955	1
33	,	Googolplex	906	3
34	,	Shalgo	879	3
35	,	ZakaFan	866	-1
36	,	Laarsland	846	-13
37	,	Koronin	825	1
38	,	Triley36	784	1
39	,	BluesInTheBottle	771	-17
40	,	RedheadDane	367	0
	,	Collective_Wisdom	1342

Armchair cyclist · May 15, 2021

Stage 7 An untypical sprint after a very typical sprint stage with a typical sprint result.

	Points	Teams
EWAN Caleb	70	11
CIMOLAI Davide	40	2
MERLIER Tim	25	3
MOSCHETTI Matteo	15	0
PASQUALON Andrea	10	1
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	7	4
GROENEWEGEN Dylan	5	23
KANTER Max	3	0
FIORELLI Filippo	2	0
MOLANO BENAVIDES Juan Sebastian	1	0

Purple points

	Name	Stage pts today
1=	Lecko/Northerner	77	Ewan & Gaviria
3=	BikeRacer33/Bonimenier/Nyssinator/Otoxiep87/Rufs/Yellow_Knight	75	Ewan & Groenewegen
9=	BluesInTheBottle/ChrisDK/Del1962	70	Ewan

Standings

	Name	Stage pts	Change
1	Rufs	280	0
2	Otoxiep87	251	2
3	Lecko	248	2
4	Nyssinator	227	5
5	Bonimenier	226	5
6	Northerner	223	6
7	ZakaFan	218	-5
8	BluesInTheBottle	216	4
9	BicycleBoy	213	-6
10=	ChrisDK	201	5
10=	Del1962	201	5

Pink points

Very little other than the sprinters today, and associated maglia ciclamino points, except for unfortunate Pozzovivo.

EWAN Caleb	125	11
CIMOLAI Davide	45	2
MERLIER Tim	40	3
MOSCHETTI Matteo	18	0
VALTER Attila	18	0
PASQUALON Andrea	10	1
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	9	4
GROENEWEGEN Dylan	5	23

POZZOVIVO Domenico	-15	2
VIVIANI Elia	-25	4

Gain/loss today

1

Yellow_Knight

134

2

Northerner

133

3

BikeRacer33

130

4

Bonimenier

129

4

Nyssinator

129

4

Otoxiep87

129

7

ChrisDK

128

7

Del1962

128

9

Rufs

126

10

BluesInTheBottle

125

11

Lecko

118

12

Salvarani

54

13

Berflamand

48

14

Vladimir

44

15

BicycleBoy

41

16

ZakaFan

40

17

Leadbelly

8

17

Madrazo

8

17

Mellow_Velo

8

17

RedheadDane

8

17

Triley36

8

22

DevilsElbow

5

22

Shalgo

5

24

Bminchow

4

24

Googolplex

4

24

Rote_Laterne

4

24

SafeBet

4

28

LosBrolin

3

29

AmisVelo

2

29

Armchair_Cyclist

2

31

Nathanptz

1

32

Tobydawq

0

33

Search

-1

34

ArchieBoy

-4

34

Comodoro

-4

36

Koronin

-6

37

Fivezzz

-16

38

Scrooll07

-21

39

Laarsland

-25

40

Kazistuta

-26

Collective_Wisdom

4

Armchair cyclist · May 15, 2021

Standings

Otoxiep took the lead after stage 2, lost it on stage 4, regained it on 5, lost it again on stage 6, and now has a third stint in the lead. How many more?

Tomorrow looks like a day when no-one can win the CQ game, but some could lose it.

			position change
1	Otoxiep87	1587	1
2	Nyssinator	1515	6
3	Kazistuta	1512	-2
4	Bonimenier	1467	5
5	Scrooll07	1428	-2
6	Mellow_Velo	1418	-2
7	Lecko	1414	4
8	SafeBet	1395	-2
9	Bminchow	1395	-2
10	Fivezzz	1378	-5
11	Del1962	1377	2
12	Berflamand	1374	-2
13	Northerner	1335	4
14	Tobydawq	1290	-2
15	Madrazo	1242	0
16	Comodoro	1233	-2
17	LosBrolin	1223	-1
18	ChrisDK	1203	5
19	BikeRacer33	1202	5
20	Armchair_Cyclist	1182	-2
21	AmisVelo	1178	-2
22	Leadbelly	1154	-2
23	DevilsElbow	1150	-2
24	Yellow_Knight	1134	2
25	Nathanptz	1106	-3
26	Rufs	1081	6
27	BicycleBoy	1067	-2
28	Salvarani	1040	-1
29	Vladimir	1007	2
30	Rote_Laterne	989	-2
31	ArchieBoy	977	-2
32	Search	976	-2
33	Googolplex	910	0
34	ZakaFan	906	1
35	BluesInTheBottle	896	4
36	Shalgo	884	-2
37	Laarsland	821	-1
38	Koronin	819	-1
39	Triley36	792	-1
40	RedheadDane	375	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1346

Armchair cyclist · May 15, 2021

Stage 8 The first hour was far more entertaining than the following three.

LAFAY Victor	70	0
GAVAZZI Francesco	40	0
ARNDT Nikias	25	0
OLIVEIRA Nelson Filipe Santos Simoes	15	0
CARBONI Giovanni	10	0
GOOSSENS Kobe	7	0
CAMPENAERTS Victor	5	0
GOUGEARD Alexis	3	0
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	2	4
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	1	4

Purple points
2 points each for Berflamand, Koronin, Lecko and Northerner (Gaviria)
1 point each for Leadbelly, Los Brolin, Redhead Dane and Salvarani (Almeida) No-one had both of them, or anyone else in the top ten

Of them, only Berflamand, Koronin and Leadbelly move up in the purple standings, to 13th, 20th and 24th respectively.

Pink points

GC lower top ten overtaking Vervaeke and Ewan falling from the ciclamino classification are the main matters relevant today.

	Pts gained/lost	teams
MERLIER Tim	30	3
CARTHY Hugh	25	15
CICCONE Giulio	25	4
MARTIN Daniel	15	8
YATES Simon	15	39
VIVIANI Elia	10	4

ALBANESE Vincenzo	-15	1
TAARAMÄE Rein	-20	2
EWAN Caleb	-85	11

Ewan's teams in the red. Which might be good if this were La Vuelta.

		Gained/lost
1	Berflamand	72
2	Kazistuta	69
3	BicycleBoy	67
4	Armchair_Cyclist	59
4	Fivezzz	59
6	Scrooll07	55
7	AmisVelo	50
7	Laarsland	50
9	ArchieBoy	49
10	Comodoro	47
10	DevilsElbow	47
10	Shalgo	47
10	ZakaFan	47
14	Search	46
15	Mellow_Velo	39
16	Tobydawq	38
17	Madrazo	35
18	Salvarani	30
19	Koronin	29
20	Leadbelly	27
21	Vladimir	24
22	Nathanptz	23
23	Bminchow	20
23	Googolplex	20
23	SafeBet	20
23	Triley36	20
27	LosBrolin	6
28	RedheadDane	1
29	Rote_Laterne	0
30	Nyssinator	-36
31	BikeRacer33	-38
32	BluesInTheBottle	-39
33	Bonimenier	-40
34	Otoxiep87	-46
35	Lecko	-47
36	Rufs	-49
37	Yellow_Knight	-59
38	Northerner	-62
39	Del1962	-66
40	ChrisDK	-72
	Collective_Wisdom	45

Standings

Otoxiep seems to find the leader's jersey itchy: takes it off pretty soon each time he claims it. Advantage passes back to Kazistuta, as the top placed without Ewan this morning.

			position change on day
1	Kazistuta	1581	2
2	Otoxiep87	1541	-1
3	Scrooll07	1483	2
4	Nyssinator	1479	-2
5	Mellow_Velo	1457	1
6	Berflamand	1446	6
7	Fivezzz	1437	3
8	Bonimenier	1427	-4
9	SafeBet	1415	-1
10	Bminchow	1415	-1
11	Lecko	1367	-4
12	Tobydawq	1328	2
13	Del1962	1311	-2
14	Comodoro	1280	2
15	Madrazo	1277	0
16	Northerner	1273	-3
17	Armchair_Cyclist	1241	3
18	LosBrolin	1229	-1
19	AmisVelo	1228	2
20	DevilsElbow	1197	3
21	Leadbelly	1181	1
22	BikeRacer33	1164	-3
23	BicycleBoy	1134	4
24	ChrisDK	1131	-6
25	Nathanptz	1129	0
26	Yellow_Knight	1075	-2
27	Salvarani	1070	1
28	Rufs	1032	-2
29	Vladimir	1031	0
30	ArchieBoy	1026	1
31	Search	1022	1
32	Rote_Laterne	989	-2
33	ZakaFan	953	1
34	Shalgo	931	2
35	Googolplex	930	-2
36	Laarsland	871	1
37	BluesInTheBottle	857	-2
38	Koronin	848	0
39	Triley36	812	0
40	RedheadDane	376	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1391

The first higher mountains tomorrow; that usually changes things a bit. But which of Bernal and Evenepoel prevails seems a redundant question when so many at the top of the game have them both.

Armchair cyclist · May 16, 2021

Stage 9 Egan Felice

	pts	teams
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	70	27
CICCONE Giulio	40	4
VLASOV Aleksandr	25	6
EVENEPOEL Remco	15	30
MARTIN Daniel	10	8
CARUSO Damiano	7	0
BARDET Romain	5	6
SOLER GIMENEZ Marc	3	6
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe	2	2
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	1	4

Purple points

That's more like it: the popularity of Bernal and Evenepoel mean we get much bigger scores in this category than previously. But having Ciccone as well is what makes for a special score.

1	Kazistuta	140	Bernal/Ciccone/Evenepoel/Martin/Bardet
2=	Berflamand/Comodoro	125	Bernal/Ciccone/Evenepoel
4=	Bminchow/SafeBet	110	Bernal/Vlasov/Evenepoel
6=	Fivezzz/Googolplex/Lecko/Madrazo/Rote_Laterne/Tobydawq	95	Bernal/Evenepoel/Martin

Standings
Although most of the white jersey guys in the real GC have fallen away, we have rookie competitors in 1st, 2nd ,5th and 7th here.

1	Rufs	360	0
2	Lecko	345	1
3	Otoxiep87	336	-1
4	Northerner	315	2
5	Berflamand	314	8
6	Nyssinator	312	-2
7	Bonimenier	311	-2
8	Kazistuta	300	8
9	ZakaFan	288	-2
10	ChrisDK	286	0
10	Del1962	286	0

Pink points
For the first time in this edition, points for leading the GC enter into the game. Along with a huge yield of other points, for most teams at least.

	change	teams
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	313	27
CICCONE Giulio	125	4
VLASOV Aleksandr	75	6
EVENEPOEL Remco	16	30
FORMOLO Davide	15	12
BARDET Romain	13	6
SOLER GIMENEZ Marc	11	6
MARTIN Daniel	10	8
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe	10	2

CHAMPOUSSIN Clément	-15	1
MOHORIC Matej	-22	1
CARTHY Hugh	-25	15

Evenepoel is leap-frogged, so his high position on the day brings no new GC projection points, though he is still bringing lots of points to the teams who have him. Meanwhile Bernal brings a lot more points than he did yesterday, including the race leader bonus points, which feature in the game scoring for the first time in this edition.

		Gain/loss
1	Kazistuta	477
2	Berflamand	469
3	Comodoro	454
4	Bminchow	419
4	SafeBet	419
6	Googolplex	388
7	Rote_Laterne	383
8	Vladimir	352
9	Northerner	342
10	Madrazo	341
11	Del1962	340
12	Lecko	339
13	Leadbelly	338
14	LosBrolin	333
15	Tobydawq	330
15	Triley36	330
17	Nathanptz	329
18	Mellow_Velo	328
19	Rufs	327
20	ChrisDK	325
21	Otoxiep87	319
21	ZakaFan	319
23	Scrooll07	315
24	Fivezzz	314
25	Nyssinator	308
26	Bonimenier	304
27	Armchair_Cyclist	300
28	Laarsland	215
29	DevilsElbow	66
30	Salvarani	44
31	Koronin	27
32	BicycleBoy	26
33	AmisVelo	16
34	BikeRacer33	2
35	RedheadDane	-2
36	Search	-5
37	BluesInTheBottle	-10
38	Yellow_Knight	-14
39	ArchieBoy	-18
40	Shalgo	-24
	Collective_Wisdom	319

Shalgo becomes the first to suffer the loss of a third team member, with Champoussin's DNF.

Standings

Kazistuta was already in the lead, and with 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th today he is beginning to look more comfortable in that spot as he passes 2000 points.

		Total	change
1	Kazistuta	2058	0
2	Berflamand	1915	4
3	Otoxiep87	1860	-1
4	SafeBet	1834	5
5	Bminchow	1834	5
6	Scrooll07	1798	-3
7	Nyssinator	1787	-3
8	Mellow_Velo	1785	-3
9	Fivezzz	1751	-2
10	Comodoro	1734	4
11	Bonimenier	1731	-3
12	Lecko	1706	-1
13	Tobydawq	1658	-1
14	Del1962	1651	-1
15	Madrazo	1618	0
16	Northerner	1615	0
17	LosBrolin	1562	1
18	Armchair_Cyclist	1541	-1
19	Leadbelly	1519	2
20	Nathanptz	1458	5
21	ChrisDK	1456	3
22	Vladimir	1383	7
23	Rote_Laterne	1372	9
24	Rufs	1359	4
25	Googolplex	1318	10
26	ZakaFan	1272	7
27	DevilsElbow	1263	-7
28	AmisVelo	1244	-9
29	BikeRacer33	1166	-7
30	BicycleBoy	1160	-7
31	Triley36	1142	8
32	Salvarani	1114	-5
33	Laarsland	1086	3
34	Yellow_Knight	1061	-8
35	Search	1017	-4
36	ArchieBoy	1008	-6
37	Shalgo	907	-3
38	Koronin	875	0
39	BluesInTheBottle	847	-2
40	RedheadDane	374	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1710

Armchair cyclist · May 18, 2021

Stage 10 Bora finally get rid of enough sprinters

SAGAN Peter	70	8
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	40	4
CIMOLAI Davide	25	2
OLDANI Stefano	15	0
VERMEERSCH Gianni	10	0
DE BONDT Dries	7	0
VENDRAME Andrea	5	0
ALBANESE Vincenzo	3	1
VIVIANI Elia	2	4
MOLANO BENAVIDES Juan Sebastian	1	0

Purple points
Only Koronin had more than one of these (Gaviria and Viviani), so joint 1st if you have Sagan, Joint 10th if you have Gaviria but not Viviani, etc.

Standings
Rufs, Zaka, Toby and Comodoro all have Sagan: Lecko, Northerner and Berflamand have Gaviria.

1	Rufs	430	0
2	Lecko	385	0
3	ZakaFan	358	6
4	Northerner	355	0
5	Berflamand	354	0
6	Otoxiep87	336	-3
7	Tobydawq	333	5
8	Comodoro	315	5
9	Nyssinator	312	-3
10	Bonimenier	311	-3

Pink points
No change in GC (although in what way most of the field claim they were delayed by Kanter I have no idea), so it is essentially stage points, Bernal's jersey bonus, and changes in the sprint jersey classification.

SAGAN Peter	130	8
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	73	4
CIMOLAI Davide	35	2
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	18	27
ALBANESE Vincenzo	3	1

VIVIANI Elia	-13	4
MERLIER Tim	-55	3

And this time we have every rider that has been selected whose score changed today.

1	Comodoro	148
1	Nathanptz	148
1	Rufs	148
1	Tobydawq	148
5	AmisVelo	130
5	ArchieBoy	130
7	ZakaFan	93
8	Lecko	91
8	Northerner	91
10	BicycleBoy	75
11	Koronin	60
12	Vladimir	53
13	Berflamand	36
14	Salvarani	35
15	Armchair_Cyclist	18
15	Bminchow	18
15	Bonimenier	18
15	ChrisDK	18
15	Del1962	18
15	Fivezzz	18
15	Googolplex	18
15	Leadbelly	18
15	LosBrolin	18
15	Madrazo	18
15	Mellow_Velo	18
15	Nyssinator	18
15	Otoxiep87	18
15	Rote_Laterne	18
15	SafeBet	18
15	Triley36	18
31	Kazistuta	5
31	Scrooll07	5
33	Yellow_Knight	3
34	BikeRacer33	0
34	BluesInTheBottle	0
34	DevilsElbow	0
34	RedheadDane	0
34	Search	0
34	Shalgo	0
40	Laarsland	-13
	Collective_Wisdom	18

Standings
A couple of big jumps, considering it was a low key day, into the top ten for Toby and onto the podium for Comodoro.

		Total	change
1	Kazistuta	2063	0
2	Berflamand	1951	0
3	Comodoro	1882	7
4	Otoxiep87	1878	-1
5	SafeBet	1852	-1
6	Bminchow	1852	-1
7	Tobydawq	1806	6
8	Nyssinator	1805	-1
9	Mellow_Velo	1803	-1
9	Scrooll07	1803	-3
11	Lecko	1797	1
12	Fivezzz	1769	-3
13	Bonimenier	1749	-2
14	Northerner	1706	2
15	Del1962	1669	-1
16	Madrazo	1636	-1
17	Nathanptz	1606	3
18	LosBrolin	1580	-1
19	Armchair_Cyclist	1559	-1
20	Leadbelly	1537	-1
21	Rufs	1507	3
22	ChrisDK	1474	-1
23	Vladimir	1436	-1
24	Rote_Laterne	1390	-1
25	AmisVelo	1374	3
26	ZakaFan	1365	0
27	Googolplex	1336	-2
28	DevilsElbow	1263	-1
29	BicycleBoy	1235	1
30	BikeRacer33	1166	-1
31	Triley36	1160	0
32	Salvarani	1149	0
33	ArchieBoy	1138	3
34	Laarsland	1073	-1
35	Yellow_Knight	1064	-1
36	Search	1017	-1
37	Koronin	935	1
38	Shalgo	907	-1
39	BluesInTheBottle	847	0
40	RedheadDane	374	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1728

Rest day: phew.

Armchair cyclist · May 18, 2021

Rest Day 1 10 stages down

Quick review

Purple points
Riders with a stage podium or equivalent picked up by multiple lower placings. These points cannot be lost (which is just as well for the teams that have Ewan, Dombrowski and, as of tomorrow, Merlier).

	Stage points	Teams	Price
EWAN Caleb	141	11	638
SAGAN Peter	120	8	864
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	110	27	711
CIMOLAI Davide	108	2	64
MERLIER Tim	95	3	633
NIZZOLO Giacomo	80	0	780
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd	70	1	44
GANNA Filippo	70	0	797
LAFAY Victor	70	0	118
MÄDER Gino	70	0	271
VAN DER HOORN Taco	70	0	96
VIVIANI Elia	67	4	278
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	64	4	241
CICCONE Giulio	50	4	306
AFFINI Edoardo	40	0	100
DE MARCHI Alessandro	40	0	252
GAVAZZI Francesco	40	0	13
EVENEPOEL Remco	35	30	474
MARTIN Daniel	35	8	547
FIORELLI Filippo	32	0	178
MOSCHETTI Matteo	29	0	131
VLASOV Aleksandr	26	6	1085
ARNDT Nikias	25	0	50
FOSS Tobias Svendsen	25	1	155

Unlike in the maglia ciclamino category, all stages yield the same CQ points: hence Bernal is 3rd here, but 11th in the jersey race.
Cimolai representing very good value, and Dombrowski and Gavazzi also giving a high return on investment. Two seconds > a win in CQ points, but that is little consolation to Nizzolo.

Standings

1	Rufs	430	Ewan/Sagan/Bernal/Martin
2	Lecko	385	Ewan/Bernal/Gaviria/Evenepoel/Martin
3	ZakaFan	358	Sagan/Bernal/Merlier
4	Northerner	355	Ewan/Bernal/Gaviria/Evenepoel
5	Berflamand	354	Bernal/Merlier/Gaviria/Ciccone/Evenepoel
6	Otoxiep87	336	Ewan/Bernal/Evenepoel/Foss
7	Tobydawq	333	Sagan/Bernal/Evenepoel/Martin
8	Comodoro	315	Sagan/Bernal/Ciccone/Evenepoel
9	Nyssinator	312	Ewan/Bernal/Evenepoel
10	Bonimenier	311	Ewan/Bernal/Evenepoel
11	BicycleBoy	308
12	Kazistuta	302
13	Nathanptz	298
14	ChrisDK	286
14	Del1962	286
16	Scrooll07	243
17	Vladimir	229
18	BluesInTheBottle	219
19	Yellow_Knight	214
20	BikeRacer33	207
21	Madrazo	203
22	Salvarani	195
23	Bminchow	194
23	SafeBet	194
25	AmisVelo	187
25	Koronin	187
27	Leadbelly	186
28	Fivezzz	182
29	ArchieBoy	177
30	Mellow_Velo	175
31	LosBrolin	165
32	Rote_Laterne	163
33	Googolplex	159
34	Armchair_Cyclist	157
35	Laarsland	143
36	Triley36	133
37	DevilsElbow	86
38	Shalgo	60
39	Search	52
40	RedheadDane	23
	Collective_Wisdom	170

Pink Points

I was going to do those over 100 points, but thought I may as well include the very popular Buchmann.

	Pts	Teams	Price
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	686	27	711
EVENEPOEL Remco	411	30	474
VLASOV Aleksandr	341	6	1085
CICCONE Giulio	325	4	306
VALTER Attila	301	0	265
CARTHY Hugh	217	15	756
SAGAN Peter	205	8	864
CARUSO Damiano	204	0	507
MARTIN Daniel	200	8	547
YATES Simon	150	39	557
CIMOLAI Davide	148	2	64
EWAN Caleb	141	11	638
GANNA Filippo	139	0	797
FORMOLO Davide	135	12	164
MÄDER Gino	127	0	271
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe	127	2	494
MERLIER Tim	125	3	633
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	119	4	241
SOLER GIMENEZ Marc	118	6	553
VERVAEKE Louis	111	0	58
BARDET Romain	109	6	375
NIZZOLO Giacomo	102	0	780
FOSS Tobias Svendsen	99	1	155
VIVIANI Elia	92	4	278
DE MARCHI Alessandro	91	0	252
BUCHMANN Emanuel	90	31	157

Other than the already mentioned Cimolai, Vervaeke and Valter, should they be able to hang on to something like their current positions, appear to be the bargains we all overlooked.

Bernal, Evenepoel, Yates aare in all of the top 10 teams, so is Buchmann unless there is an asterisk . The other main (90pt+) contributors to the top teams are:

1	Kazistuta	2063	Ciccone/Martin/Bardet/Viviani
2	Berflamand	1951	CicconeFormolo//Merlier/Gaviria *
3	Comodoro	1882	Ciccone/Sagan
4	Otoxiep87	1878	Carthy/Ewan/Formolo/Foss*
5	SafeBet	1852	Vlasov/Formolo
6	Bminchow	1852	Vlasov/Formolo
7	Tobydawq	1806	Sagan/Martin
8	Nyssinator	1805	Carthy/Ewan
9	Mellow_Velo	1803	Carthy/Formolo/Bardet *
9	Scrooll07	1803	Carthy/Soler
11	Lecko	1797
12	Fivezzz	1769
13	Bonimenier	1749
14	Northerner	1706
15	Del1962	1669
16	Madrazo	1636
17	Nathanptz	1606
18	LosBrolin	1580
19	Armchair_Cyclist	1559
20	Leadbelly	1537
21	Rufs	1507
22	ChrisDK	1474
23	Vladimir	1436
24	Rote_Laterne	1390
25	AmisVelo	1374
26	ZakaFan	1365
27	Googolplex	1336
28	DevilsElbow	1263
29	BicycleBoy	1235
30	BikeRacer33	1166
31	Triley36	1160
32	Salvarani	1149
33	ArchieBoy	1138
34	Laarsland	1073
35	Yellow_Knight	1064
36	Search	1017
37	Koronin	935
38	Shalgo	907
39	BluesInTheBottle	847
40	RedheadDane	374
	Collective_Wisdom	1728

Kazistuta has no-one on the team scoring less than Buchmann: a team with no disappointments is very rare in these games.

You have to go down as far as 19th to find a team that does not have both Bernal and Evenepoel.

The top three all have Ciccone: the only other team to include him is Laarsland's, but that was selected to a 3000 point budget due to not readingthe rules carefully, and has neither of the top two riders.

Rubio, with 28 points for 38th on GC, keeps SafeBet ahead of Bminchow (Dekker, one of 85 riders on the minimum 15 points for those still riding) for 5th; Having Formolo rather than Soler as 5th highest scorer is all that keeps Mellow Velo ahead of Scrooll07 (well, that and alphabetical order).

And despite 4 defeats out of the 4 times I have logged inter-forum averages, CN have taken the lead here (CN 1465: VR 1450)

Any other numbers you may want to scrutinise while waiting for tomorrow's stage to get as ruthless as we are all hoping are on Google Drive.

Armchair cyclist · May 19, 2021

Stage 11 Strade bianche are bad news for the maglia bianca

Purple points
Three teams each get 25 points for Vanhoucke getting third:
Archie Boy moves up 7 places to 22nd;
ChrisDK rises 3 to 11th;
Bonimenier gets a 4 spot jump to 6th.

That's it.

Pink points
Rather more change here.

The first 2 lines here would suggest that 3/4 of the teams get a 215 point boost to their scores: what follows rather undermines that cheer for most of them.

	Gain/loss	Teams
BUCHMANN Emanuel	125	31
YATES Simon	90	39
FOSS Tobias Svendsen	76	1
VLASOV Aleksandr	60	6
CARTHY Hugh	50	15
VANHOUCKE Harm	25	3
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	20	4
MOSCON Gianni	20	4
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	18	27
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe	15	2

MASNADA Fausto	-10	4
MERLIER Tim	-30	3
FORMOLO Davide	-65	12
MARTIN Daniel	-91	8
CICCONE Giulio	-100	4
EVENEPOEL Remco	-185	30

So a big range between the losers and winners on a stage like this, to the extent that most of what follows might just be fine tuning:

1	Rote_Laterne	299
2	Googolplex	293
3	BluesInTheBottle	277
4	Vladimir	184
5	Triley36	168
6	RedheadDane	157
7	DevilsElbow	140
8	Bonimenier	123
9	Nyssinator	118
10	Armchair_Cyclist	117
11	Scrooll07	111
12	ArchieBoy	105
13	LosBrolin	94
14	BikeRacer33	88
14	Leadbelly	88
14	Search	88
17	Shalgo	80
18	Salvarani	73
19	Northerner	56
20	Nathanptz	48
21	Bminchow	43
21	SafeBet	43
23	Rufs	37
24	AmisVelo	30
25	ZakaFan	13
26	Fivezzz	7
27	Laarsland	-10
28	Otoxiep87	-16
29	Del1962	-27
30	Lecko	-43
30	Madrazo	-43
30	Tobydawq	-43
33	Yellow_Knight	-45
34	Comodoro	-52
35	ChrisDK	-62
36	Koronin	-82
37	BicycleBoy	-91
38	Mellow_Velo	-94
39	Kazistuta	-130
40	Berflamand	-272
	Collective_Wisdom	33

Standings

Despite having the second worst score of the day, and the triple whammy of Evenepoel, Ciccone and Martin, Kazistuta hangs on to a (greatly reduced) lead. But Evenepoel and Ciccone are no longer the best pairing to have alongside Bernal, and the Ciccone party on the podium is well and truly broken up. Carthy is a member of all teams ranked 2 to 7.

		Points	up/down
1	Kazistuta	1933	0
2	Nyssinator	1923	6
3	Scrooll07	1914	6
4	SafeBet	1895	1
5	Bminchow	1895	1
6	Bonimenier	1872	7
7	Otoxiep87	1862	-3
8	Comodoro	1830	-5
9	Fivezzz	1776	3
10	Tobydawq	1763	-3
11	Northerner	1762	3
12	Lecko	1754	-1
13	Mellow_Velo	1709	-4
14	Rote_Laterne	1689	10
15	Berflamand	1679	-13
16	Armchair_Cyclist	1676	3
17	LosBrolin	1674	1
18	Nathanptz	1654	-1
19	Del1962	1642	-4
20	Googolplex	1629	7
21	Leadbelly	1625	-1
22	Vladimir	1620	1
23	Madrazo	1593	-7
24	Rufs	1544	-3
25	ChrisDK	1412	-3
26	AmisVelo	1404	-1
27	DevilsElbow	1403	1
28	ZakaFan	1378	-2
29	Triley36	1328	2
30	BikeRacer33	1254	0
31	ArchieBoy	1243	2
32	Salvarani	1222	0
33	BicycleBoy	1144	-4
34	BluesInTheBottle	1124	5
35	Search	1105	1
36	Laarsland	1063	-2
37	Yellow_Knight	1019	-2
38	Shalgo	987	0
39	Koronin	853	-2
40	RedheadDane	531	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1761

Cycling News's lead in the inter-forum battle didn't last long: VeloRooms are back in front, but it is close (1509-1504)

Will some of the riders/teams that lost ground today be able to make amends? Will they start to do so tomorrow? Don't ask me, my predictions are useless.

Armchair cyclist · May 21, 2021

Stage 12 Recovery from yesterday

Purple points
After a rather odd relegation, it is 25 rather than 15 points from George Bennett for Blues in the Bottle (up 2 places to 16th) and Redhead Dane (no change: still last).

Pink points

Very little happening, and that is more due to DNFs than finishing time.

BENNETT George	33	2
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	18	27
BARDET Romain	8	6

MASNADA Fausto	-46	4
SOLER GIMENEZ Marc	-120	6

1	LosBrolin	38
2	Kazistuta	31
3	Leadbelly	30
4	Northerner	27
4	Rufs	27
6	Rote_Laterne	25
7	Nyssinator	24
8	Berflamand	23
8	Bminchow	23
8	Fivezzz	23
8	Lecko	23
8	SafeBet	23
13	Otoxiep87	22
13	Tobydawq	22
15	ZakaFan	21
16	Comodoro	19
17	Bonimenier	18
17	Googolplex	18
17	Nathanptz	18
20	Madrazo	16
21	Triley36	15
22	Salvarani	14
23	Search	9
24	Laarsland	5
25	AmisVelo	4
25	BicycleBoy	4
27	ArchieBoy	1
27	DevilsElbow	1
29	Shalgo	0
30	Yellow_Knight	-4
31	Mellow_Velo	-16
32	Armchair_Cyclist	-20
33	Del1962	-23
34	ChrisDK	-27
35	RedheadDane	-81
36	BluesInTheBottle	-87
37	Vladimir	-90
38	Scrooll07	-102
39	Koronin	-119
40	BikeRacer33	-120
	Collective_Wisdom	22

Standings
I'm surprised there is this much change to be honest.

1	Kazistuta	1964	0
2	Nyssinator	1947	0
3	SafeBet	1918	1
4	Bminchow	1918	1
5	Bonimenier	1890	1
6	Otoxiep87	1884	1
7	Comodoro	1849	1
8	Scrooll07	1812	-5
9	Fivezzz	1799	0
10	Northerner	1789	1
11	Tobydawq	1785	-1
12	Lecko	1777	0
13	Rote_Laterne	1714	1
14	LosBrolin	1712	3
15	Berflamand	1702	0
16	Mellow_Velo	1693	-3
17	Nathanptz	1672	1
18	Armchair_Cyclist	1656	-2
19	Leadbelly	1655	2
20	Googolplex	1647	0
21	Del1962	1619	-2
22	Madrazo	1609	1
23	Rufs	1571	1
24	Vladimir	1530	-2
25	AmisVelo	1408	1
26	DevilsElbow	1404	1
27	ZakaFan	1399	1
28	ChrisDK	1385	-3
29	Triley36	1343	0
30	ArchieBoy	1244	1
31	Salvarani	1236	1
32	BicycleBoy	1148	1
33	BikeRacer33	1134	-3
34	Search	1114	1
35	Laarsland	1068	1
36	BluesInTheBottle	1037	-2
37	Yellow_Knight	1015	0
38	Shalgo	987	0
39	Koronin	734	0
40	RedheadDane	450	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1783

Sprinters tomorrow? There should be something on the purple points at least.
And CN take the lead again: 1504-1495.

RedheadDane · May 21, 2021

Watch out, Koronin. I am gaining on you!

Koronin · May 21, 2021

RedheadDane said:
Watch out, Koronin. I am gaining on you!

Apparently we have useless teams again. I've lost two of the main riders I was counting on.

lecko · May 21, 2021

Thanks to Armchair cyclist for organizing this. It has quite complicated scoring,but our job as managers was done on the start day and now wecan just cheer and it not time consuming. Only other cycling fantasy I played till now had totaly different format. I wont say it was better,but managers had to be active every day: you chose 10 cyclists on first day, after every stage 2 could be replaced. So a lot of gambling on less popular riders winning breakaway, because only stage rankings were scored.

Armchair cyclist · May 21, 2021

Stage 13 The formulaic sprint stage, with an "at last" result.

NIZZOLO Giacomo	70	0
AFFINI Edoardo	40	0
SAGAN Peter	25	8
CIMOLAI Davide	15	2
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	10	4
OLDANI Stefano	7	0
PASQUALON Andrea	5	1
KANTER Max	3	0
VIVIANI Elia	2	4
GROENEWEGEN Dylan	1	23

Purple points
Wednesday had nothing for this classification, but chaos in the pink game; yesterday was essentially neutral for both, and what happens today will be all about whatever changes in the stage points.

1=	AmisVelo/BicycleBoy/Nathanptz/Rufs/Tobydawq/ZakaFan	26
7=	ArchieBoy/Comodoro	25
9	Koronin	17
10	Salvarani	16
11	Vladimir	15
12=	Berflamand/Lecko/Northerner	10
15	Scrooll07	3
16	Kazistuta/Laarsland	2
18	Groenewegen teams	1

Standings

1	Rufs	456	0
2	Lecko	395	0
3	ZakaFan	384	0
4	Northerner	365	0
5	Berflamand	364	0
6	Tobydawq	359	2
7	Comodoro	340	2
8	Bonimenier	337	-2
8	Otoxiep87	337	-2
10	BicycleBoy	334	2
11	Nathanptz	324	3
12	Nyssinator	313	-2
13	ChrisDK	311	-2
14	Kazistuta	304	-1
15	Del1962	286	0

Pink points

Very few points, but for quite a lot of teams. One of those days when I may as well show every rider on a team who had a points change.

SAGAN Peter	25	8
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	18	27
CIMOLAI Davide	15	2
PASQUALON Andrea	5	1
GROENEWEGEN Dylan	2	23

VIVIANI Elia	-3	4
GAVAZZI Francesco	-5	0
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	-15	4

1	Nathanptz	45
1	Rufs	45
1	Tobydawq	45
1	ZakaFan	45
5	Comodoro	43
6	Vladimir	33
7	AmisVelo	27
7	BicycleBoy	27
9	ArchieBoy	25
10	Bminchow	20
10	Bonimenier	20
10	Googolplex	20
10	Leadbelly	20
10	Madrazo	20
10	Mellow_Velo	20
10	Nyssinator	20
10	Otoxiep87	20
10	Rote_Laterne	20
10	SafeBet	20
10	Triley36	20
21	Armchair_Cyclist	18
21	ChrisDK	18
21	Del1962	18
21	Fivezzz	18
21	LosBrolin	18
26	Salvarani	17
26	Scrooll07	17
28	Kazistuta	15
29	Berflamand	3
29	Lecko	3
29	Northerner	3
32	BikeRacer33	2
32	DevilsElbow	2
32	Shalgo	2
32	Yellow_Knight	2
36	BluesInTheBottle	0
36	RedheadDane	0
36	Search	0
39	Laarsland	-3
40	Koronin	-13

Standings

1	Kazistuta	1979	0
2	Nyssinator	1967	0
3	SafeBet	1938	0
4	Bminchow	1938	0
5	Bonimenier	1910	0
6	Otoxiep87	1904	0
7	Comodoro	1892	0
8	Tobydawq	1830	3
9	Scrooll07	1829	-1
10	Fivezzz	1817	-1
11	Northerner	1792	-1
12	Lecko	1780	0
13	Rote_Laterne	1734	0
14	LosBrolin	1730	0
15	Nathanptz	1717	2
16	Mellow_Velo	1713	0
17	Berflamand	1705	-2
18	Leadbelly	1675	1
19	Armchair_Cyclist	1674	-1
20	Googolplex	1667	0
21	Del1962	1637	0
22	Madrazo	1629	0
23	Rufs	1616	0
24	Vladimir	1563	0
25	ZakaFan	1444	2
26	AmisVelo	1435	-1
27	DevilsElbow	1406	-1
28	ChrisDK	1403	0
29	Triley36	1363	0
30	ArchieBoy	1269	0
31	Salvarani	1253	0
32	BicycleBoy	1175	0
33	BikeRacer33	1136	0
34	Search	1114	0
35	Laarsland	1065	0
36	BluesInTheBottle	1037	0
37	Yellow_Knight	1017	0
38	Shalgo	989	0
39	Koronin	721	0
40	RedheadDane	450	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1803

Someone will drop away in the rankings tomorrow, with others rising to claim his CQ points. But who?

Armchair cyclist · May 23, 2021

Stage 14 Zoncolan

Enough of the break was caught that stage points are not a rarity. But in terms of competitive advantage, they mean almost nothing.

FORTUNATO Lorenzo	70	0
TRATNIK Jan	40	0
COVI Alessandro	25	0
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	15	27
MOLLEMA Bauke	10	0
YATES Simon	7	39
BENNETT George	5	2
OLIVEIRA Nelson Filipe Santos Simoes	3	0
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe	2	2
CARUSO Damiano	1	0

Purple Points

27 teams have Bernal and Yates, and share top score of the day on 22, Blues in the Bottle has 12 for Yates and Bennett, Amis Velo and Salvarani get 9 for Yates + Martinez, and behind the remaining Yates teams, RHD has 5 from Bennett.

Scores largely cancelled each other out, but Madrazo moves up 4 places to 20th; SafeBet and Bminchow up 2 in inevitable tandem to share 24th (but more on their entanglement below), and Triley and Nathanptz move 1 place each, to 35th and 10th respectively.

Pink points

The most popular pick proves himself worth the 'not to be missed' status that we all gave him, but that only really makes a difference in so far as it depresses the scores of Vlasov and Carthy.

YATES Simon	142	39
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	33	27
MARTIN Daniel	26	8
BENNETT George	21	2
CICCONE Giulio	20	4
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe	17	2
BARDET Romain	15	6
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	12	4
FORMOLO Davide	10	12

DEKKER David	-15	3
GROENEWEGEN Dylan	-16	23
CARTHY Hugh	-25	15
EVENEPOEL Remco	-27	30
TAARAMÄE Rein	-27	2
FOSS Tobias Svendsen	-30	1
MOSCON Gianni	-40	4
HINDLEY Jai	-54	3
VLASOV Aleksandr	-111	6

Standings
And so the lead is considerably extended.

1	Kazistuta	2188	0
2	Comodoro	2045	5
3	Nyssinator	2034	-1
4	Bonimenier	2017	1
5	Otoxiep87	1991	1
6	Tobydawq	1988	2
7	SafeBet	1969	-4
8	Bminchow	1969	-4
9	Fivezzz	1966	1
10	Northerner	1955	1
11	Lecko	1954	1
12	Scrooll07	1936	-3
13	Berflamand	1883	4
14	Armchair_Cyclist	1860	5
15	Nathanptz	1849	0
16	Mellow_Velo	1845	0
17	LosBrolin	1808	-3
18	Del1962	1795	3
19	Leadbelly	1779	-1
20	Vladimir	1763	4
21	Rufs	1761	2
22	Rote_Laterne	1755	-9
23	Madrazo	1733	-1
24	Googolplex	1715	-4
25	ZakaFan	1613	0
26	ChrisDK	1551	2
27	AmisVelo	1536	-1
28	Triley36	1478	1
29	Salvarani	1396	2
30	DevilsElbow	1369	-3
31	ArchieBoy	1359	-1
32	BicycleBoy	1300	0
33	Search	1219	1
34	BikeRacer33	1210	-1
35	BluesInTheBottle	1175	1
36	Laarsland	1111	-1
37	Shalgo	1063	1
38	Yellow_Knight	1033	-1
39	Koronin	837	0
40	RedheadDane	483	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1920

In theory, I guess even Redhead Dane could still win, although that might require Siegle and Puccio managing a 25 minute breakaway win in every remaining stage, one team now cannot possibly win. The DNS by David Dekker means that no matter how well his riders do, Bminchow is bound to finish tied on points with, but behind, SafeBet.

Low points expectation for tomorrow.

RedheadDane · May 23, 2021

Armchair cyclist said:
In theory, I guess even Redhead Dane could still win, although that might require Siegle and Puccio managing a 25 minute breakaway win in every remaining stage,

Unfortunately for me, they do not seem to be reading this thread...

Armchair cyclist · May 23, 2021

Stage 15 Chaos on the causeway and criss-crossing the border.

Can I do the Purple points before the main group finish?

10 points for Rufs and Redhead Dane from Hermans. The top and bottom teams score, Rufs cannot move higher, RHD moves up to second last.

(many hours later)

Pink points
If not for the unfortunate DNFs (and the tactical DNS), there would be almost nothing to report at all. But no matter how regretable a rider's withdrawal from the race, other riders (and their teams) will gain points with the concomitant rise in the standings.

CICCONE Giulio	25	4
EVENEPOEL Remco	25	30
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	18	27
BARDET Romain	15	6
CIMOLAI Davide	15	2
FOSS Tobias Svendsen	15	1
HERMANS Quinten	15	2
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe	15	2
FORMOLO Davide	12	12
BENNETT George	10	2
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	10	4

BERHANE Natnael Teweldemedhin	-15	1
BUCHMANN Emanuel	-215	31

Buchmann's bargain price and potential to finish in a high position made him a very popular pick that looked like it was going to pay dividends, until the lottery that is a peloton crash intervened. But some teams benefit from it. No prizes for identifying the nine teams without him in this list:

1	Berflamand	90
2	Mellow_Velo	70
2	Otoxiep87	70
4	Rufs	45
5	ChrisDK	43
6	Laarsland	42
7	Koronin	40
8	ZakaFan	30
9	Yellow_Knight	25
10	Kazistuta	-119
11	Salvarani	-137
12	Comodoro	-147
12	Northerner	-147
14	LosBrolin	-152
15	Lecko	-154
16	Vladimir	-155
17	Bminchow	-160
17	Del1962	-160
17	Leadbelly	-160
17	SafeBet	-160
21	AmisVelo	-163
22	Fivezzz	-164
22	Madrazo	-164
22	Tobydawq	-164
25	Scrooll07	-167
26	Nyssinator	-168
27	Bonimenier	-172
27	Nathanptz	-172
29	Search	-175
30	Armchair_Cyclist	-177
31	BicycleBoy	-182
31	RedheadDane	-182
33	Triley36	-185
34	Rote_Laterne	-189
35	ArchieBoy	-190
35	BikeRacer33	-190
35	DevilsElbow	-190
35	Shalgo	-190
39	BluesInTheBottle	-205
40	Googolplex	-212
	Collective_Wisdom	-160

Standings

Of the 31 teams that suffered today, it was the leader, Kazistuta, who mitigated the loss best: the highest placed rider who didn't incur that loss today is Otoxiep87, who moves up to 2nd and only 8 points behind. Even bigger jumps bring Berflamand and Mellow Velo ahead of most of the morning's top ten.

1	Kazistuta	2069	0
2	Otoxiep87	2061	3
3	Berflamand	1973	10
4	Mellow_Velo	1915	12
5	Comodoro	1898	-3
6	Nyssinator	1866	-3
7	Bonimenier	1845	-3
8	Tobydawq	1824	-2
9	SafeBet	1809	-2
10	Bminchow	1809	-2
11	Northerner	1808	-1
12	Rufs	1806	9
13	Fivezzz	1802	-4
14	Lecko	1800	-3
15	Scrooll07	1769	-3
16	Armchair_Cyclist	1683	-2
17	Nathanptz	1677	-2
18	LosBrolin	1656	-1
19	ZakaFan	1643	6
20	Del1962	1635	-2
21	Leadbelly	1619	-2
22	Vladimir	1608	-2
23	ChrisDK	1594	3
24	Madrazo	1569	-1
25	Rote_Laterne	1566	-3
26	Googolplex	1503	-2
27	AmisVelo	1373	0
28	Triley36	1293	0
29	Salvarani	1259	0
30	DevilsElbow	1179	0
31	ArchieBoy	1169	0
32	Laarsland	1153	4
33	BicycleBoy	1118	-1
34	Yellow_Knight	1058	4
35	Search	1044	-2
36	BikeRacer33	1020	-2
37	BluesInTheBottle	970	-2
38	Koronin	877	1
39	Shalgo	873	-2
40	RedheadDane	301	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1760

There are now no teams who still have their full complement of 8 riders in the race, and three who, like Lotto Soudal, are down to a contingent of three (Triley36, BikeRacer33 and Shalgo).

Buchmann appears to have been a less popular selection at VeloRooms than CyclingNews, as the pendulum swings again in that battle VR 1525: CN 1501

Tomorrow should see some shake up in the GC: let's hope that this time it is determined by legs rather than tarmac.

Koronin · May 23, 2021

RedheadDane said:
Unfortunately for me, they do not seem to be reading this thread...

We're back in the same boat again. Even combining what's left of our teams we can't win this.

Bonimenier · May 24, 2021

Poor RhD losing almost half of her points.

RedheadDane · May 24, 2021

So... I made a jump, right?

Armchair cyclist · May 24, 2021

Stage 16 The queen stage dethroned (but I bet it would have been good if we could have seen it)

BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	70	27
BARDET Romain	40	6
CARUSO Damiano	25	0
CICCONE Giulio	15	4
CARTHY Hugh	10	15
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	7	4
VLASOV Aleksandr	5	6
IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka	3	0
FORMOLO Davide	2	12
FOSS Tobias Svendsen	1	1

Purple points
Kazistuta appears at the top of yet another table with first, second and fourth:

1	Kazistuta	125	Bernal/Bardet/Ciccone
2	Mellow_Velo	122	Bernal/Bardet/Ciccone
3	Vladimir	112	Bernal/Bardet/Formolo
4	Northerner	110	Bernal/Bardet/Carthy/Formolo
5	Berflamand	87	Bernal/Ciccone/Formolo
6	Comodoro	85	Bernal/Ciccone
7	Otoxiep87	83	Bernal/Carthy/Formolo/Foss
8	Armchair_Cyclist	82	Bernal/Carthy/Formolo
9=	Bonimenier/Fivezzz/Nyssinator/Scrooll07	80	Bernal/Carthy

Standings

1	Rufs	558	0
2	Northerner	497	2
3	Lecko	487	-1
4	ZakaFan	478	-1
5	Berflamand	473	0
6	Kazistuta	451	8
6	Tobydawq	451	0
8	Comodoro	447	-1
9	Otoxiep87	442	-1
10	Bonimenier	439	-2

Pink points

As I hoped yesterday, these are at least 'proper' racing changes, not accident and incident.
The losses of two popular picks will outweigh the benefits of those who

BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	98	27
CARTHY Hugh	85	15
BARDET Romain	82	6
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	38	4
FORMOLO Davide	26	12
CICCONE Giulio	17	4
FOSS Tobias Svendsen	16	1
BENNETT George	12	2

TAARAMÄE Rein	-26	2
EVENEPOEL Remco	-120	30
YATES Simon	-135	39

A damaging day if you have Evenepoel and Yates, as so many do (and apparently another 70 likely to be lost on Wednesday for the Evenepoel teams). But not too bad if you have Bernal but not Evenepoel (or neither Yates nor Evenepoel because your team was chosen by random).

1	Armchair_Cyclist	75
2	Vladimir	71
3	RedheadDane	52
4	Mellow_Velo	36
5	Triley36	-11
5	ZakaFan	-11
7	Otoxiep87	-30
8	Googolplex	-32
9	BluesInTheBottle	-38
10	Rufs	-42
11	Kazistuta	-57
12	Rote_Laterne	-58
13	Fivezzz	-71
14	Bonimenier	-72
14	Scrooll07	-72
16	Northerner	-75
17	Nyssinator	-80
18	Laarsland	-87
19	Search	-88
20	Berflamand	-114
21	Bminchow	-126
21	SafeBet	-126
23	Leadbelly	-127
24	Del1962	-131
25	Salvarani	-135
26	Comodoro	-140
27	AmisVelo	-144
28	LosBrolin	-153
29	Lecko	-156
29	Madrazo	-156
29	Tobydawq	-156
32	ChrisDK	-157
32	Nathanptz	-157
34	DevilsElbow	-165
35	ArchieBoy	-170
35	BikeRacer33	-170
35	Shalgo	-170
38	Yellow_Knight	-171
39	BicycleBoy	-254
40	Koronin	-256
	Collective_Wisdom	-46

Standings
Otoxiep takes the lead for the fourth time. Will he retain it for any longer than previously?

1	Otoxiep87	2031	1
2	Kazistuta	2012	-1
3	Mellow_Velo	1951	1
4	Berflamand	1859	-1
5	Nyssinator	1786	1
6	Bonimenier	1773	1
7	Rufs	1764	5
8	Armchair_Cyclist	1758	8
8	Comodoro	1758	-3
10	Northerner	1733	1
11	Fivezzz	1731	2
12	Scrooll07	1697	3
13	SafeBet	1683	-4
14	Bminchow	1683	-4
15	Vladimir	1679	7
16	Tobydawq	1668	-8
17	Lecko	1644	-3
18	ZakaFan	1632	1
19	Nathanptz	1520	-2
20	Rote_Laterne	1508	5
21	Del1962	1504	-1
22	LosBrolin	1503	-4
23	Leadbelly	1492	-2
24	Googolplex	1471	2
25	ChrisDK	1437	-2
26	Madrazo	1413	-2
27	Triley36	1282	1
28	AmisVelo	1229	-1
29	Salvarani	1124	0
30	Laarsland	1066	2
31	DevilsElbow	1014	-1
32	ArchieBoy	999	-1
33	Search	956	2
34	BluesInTheBottle	932	3
35	Yellow_Knight	887	-1
36	BicycleBoy	864	-3
37	BikeRacer33	850	-1
38	Shalgo	703	1
39	Koronin	621	-1
40	RedheadDane	353	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1714

I should have some time to do some rest day data tomorrow.

Koronin · May 27, 2021

At this rate just taking 8 riders from 1 team wouldn't have been any worse than what my team currently is doing.

Armchair cyclist · May 27, 2021

Stage 17 Perhaps it is not a foregone conclusion after all

Sorry I didn't get to do any rider-based number crunching yesterday, and it has become too late in the evening to do it today either.

MARTIN Daniel	70	8
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	40	4
YATES Simon	25	39
ULISSI Diego	15	0
CARUSO Damiano	10	0
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe	7	2
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	5	27
PEDRERO LOPEZ Antonio	3	0
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	2	0
BENNETT George	1	2

Purple points

1=	Armchair_Cyclist/Fivezzz/Kazistuta/Lecko/Madrazo/Rufs/Tobydawq	100
8	BicycleBoy	95
9	Salvarani	72
10=	Leadbelly/LosBrolin	70
12	RedheadDane	41
13	AmisVelo	32
14=	Yates and Bernal teams	30

Standings

1	Rufs	658	0
2	Lecko	587	1
3	Kazistuta	551	3
3	Tobydawq	551	3
5	Northerner	527	-3
6	ZakaFan	508	-2
7	Berflamand	503	-2
8	Comodoro	477	0
9	Otoxiep87	472	0
10	Bonimenier	469	0

Pink points

Yates' GC yoyoing means we all keep getting big fluctuations, but not necessarily any change in how we are doing. Bernal doesn't lose anything - quite the opposite. But for 13 teams, it hints at the possibility that he might.

MARTIN Daniel	102	8
YATES Simon	100	39
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	72	4
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe	32	2
BARDET Romain	23	6
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	20	27
BENNETT George	17	2

EVENEPOEL Remco	-20	30
FORMOLO Davide	-30	12
CARTHY Hugh	-75	15
CICCONE Giulio	-84	4

Evenepoel's score here is as of the end of stage 17, at which stage he is still in the race. But his managers should be ready for a 50 point hit tomorrow.

1	Rufs	233
2	Salvarani	207
3	Lecko	202
3	Madrazo	202
3	Tobydawq	202
6	BicycleBoy	182
6	Leadbelly	182
8	LosBrolin	176
9	Kazistuta	141
10	Fivezzz	127
11	Northerner	123
12	Googolplex	120
13	Armchair_Cyclist	117
14	Rote_Laterne	114
15	Vladimir	113
16	ChrisDK	100
16	Nathanptz	100
18	RedheadDane	90
18	Triley36	90
18	ZakaFan	90
21	Koronin	83
22	Bminchow	70
22	Del1962	70
22	SafeBet	70
25	BluesInTheBottle	42
26	Nyssinator	35
27	Search	28
28	Bonimenier	25
28	Scrooll07	25
30	Mellow_Velo	18
31	Comodoro	16
32	AmisVelo	7
33	ArchieBoy	5
33	BikeRacer33	5
33	DevilsElbow	5
33	Shalgo	5
33	Yellow_Knight	5
38	Otoxiep87	-5
39	Berflamand	-14
39	Laarsland	-14
	Collective_Wisdom	-5

Standings
Otoxiep treats leadership of the game as a hot potato yet again.

1	Kazistuta	2153	1
2	Otoxiep87	2026	-1
3	Rufs	1997	4
4	Mellow_Velo	1969	-1
5	Armchair_Cyclist	1875	3
6	Tobydawq	1870	10
7	Fivezzz	1858	4
8	Northerner	1856	2
9	Lecko	1846	8
10	Berflamand	1845	-6
11	Nyssinator	1821	-6
12	Bonimenier	1798	-6
13	Vladimir	1792	2
14	Comodoro	1774	-6
15	SafeBet	1753	-2
16	Bminchow	1753	-2
17	Scrooll07	1722	-5
17	ZakaFan	1722	1
19	LosBrolin	1679	3
20	Leadbelly	1674	3
21	Rote_Laterne	1622	-1
22	Nathanptz	1620	-3
23	Madrazo	1615	3
24	Googolplex	1591	0
25	Del1962	1574	-4
26	ChrisDK	1537	-1
27	Triley36	1372	0
28	Salvarani	1331	1
29	AmisVelo	1236	-1
30	Laarsland	1052	0
31	BicycleBoy	1046	5
32	DevilsElbow	1019	-1
33	ArchieBoy	1004	-1
34	Search	984	-1
35	BluesInTheBottle	974	-1
36	Yellow_Knight	892	-1
37	BikeRacer33	855	0
38	Shalgo	708	0
39	Koronin	704	0
40	RedheadDane	443	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1709

Unless a pick rather more popular than any of the (remaining) sprinters in the game wins tomorrow, or there is some entirely unpredictable shift, we already know the main headline for the game tomorrow.

But if you thought there was nothing left to play for: CN 1491, VR 1486

In case you have lost the link to the spreadsheet.

Armchair cyclist · May 27, 2021

Koronin said:
At this rate just taking 8 riders from 1 team wouldn't have been any worse than what my team currently is doing.

Every time I see Pedrero up there late in a stage, I think, "At least Koronin's team will get something," and then I remember that you didn't put as many eggs in the Movistar basket as you have sometimes done.

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