2021 Giro CQ Game

Koronin · May 27, 2021

Armchair cyclist said:
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.

Leaving him off the team was my biggest mistake. I swear if it works points wise I may just pick the whole team for the Tour and see what happens. I can't be any worse than this and that's knowing Valverde is planning on going and leaving on the 2nd rest day.

Armchair cyclist · May 27, 2021

DNF damage to the beginning of stage 18

With 2 more rather significant DNSes today, we now have 37 riders out of the Giro, 18 of whom were selected for our game. Here are the 18 relevant to us:

Rider	Cost	Teams	Stage points
LANDA MEANA Mikel	917	7	0
EWAN Caleb	638	11	141
MERLIER Tim	633	3	95
HINDLEY Jai	620	3	0
SOLER GIMENEZ Marc	553	6	6
EVENEPOEL Remco	474	30	35
MASNADA Fausto	462	4	0
SIVAKOV Pavel	330	15	0
CICCONE Giulio	306	4	65
MOHORIC Matej	296	1	0
CHAMPOUSSIN Clément	277	1	0
POZZOVIVO Domenico	174	2	0
BUCHMANN Emanuel	157	31	0
DEKKER David	93	3	0
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd	44	1	70
BELLETTI Manuel	39	1	2
BERHANE Natnael Teweldemedhin	16	1	0
GROENEWEGEN Dylan	0	23	24

Some non finishers have still benefitted their managers by top tens (and in a few cases, even stage wins) before they dropped out. In some cases, a very satisfactory return on investment (if not always on hopes)

Of course, the pain is not evenly spread. Our teams here are sorted on the basis of collective cost of non-finishers

Team	DNFs	Cost	Stage pts
Shalgo	6	2155	59
BikeRacer33	6	2152	206
Del1962	5	2061	176
Triley36	5	2024	24
Koronin	3	1944	41
ChrisDK	4	1904	176
Berflamand	4	1743	198
Yellow_Knight	4	1732	200
Vladimir	3	1627	6
Northerner	4	1599	176
Madrazo	5	1581	59
Search	3	1548	35
Lecko	4	1443	176
BluesInTheBottle	4	1392	217
Comodoro	5	1360	103
Bonimenier	4	1269	200
Nyssinator	4	1269	200
BicycleBoy	4	1264	154
Scrooll07	4	1184	65
Rote_Laterne	4	1113	26
Otoxiep87	3	1112	200
Googolplex	4	1090	24
RedheadDane	3	1006	6
ZakaFan	3	963	119
Bminchow	4	961	59
DevilsElbow	4	961	59
Nathanptz	4	961	59
SafeBet	4	961	59
Kazistuta	3	937	103
Mellow_Velo	3	936	59
Fivezzz	3	805	35
Laarsland	3	729	68
LosBrolin	3	724	35
Rufs	2	638	165
AmisVelo	3	631	59
ArchieBoy	2	631	35
Leadbelly	3	631	59
Salvarani	3	631	59
Tobydawq	3	631	59
Armchair_Cyclist	2	619	0
Collective_Wisdom	4	961	59

Let's hope I am not being premature or tempting fate by posting this with 3 1/2 stages to go.

Armchair cyclist · May 27, 2021

Stage 18 Verrrrry long: battle for the break and not as much battle as one might have expected for the finish.

Purple points
They might have thought it was going to be more when he got away, but in the end Archie Boy, Nathanptz and Yellow Knight have to settle for 2 points each for Cavagna coming 9th. It's still two points more than anyone else got, and in the purple rankings it is enough to move Yellow Knight up one place to 32nd.

Pink points

Small positives, big negatives

BEVIN Patrick	17	5
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	16	27
MARTIN Daniel	15	8

EVENEPOEL Remco	-50	30
SCHULTZ Nicholas	-58	0
CICCONE Giulio	-138	4

Ten teams have Evenepoel, nine have a positive score today (Laarsland has Ciccone, but not Evenepoel). A week or so ago, having Ciccone was the key to being on the podium, so his loss hits some of those who have been high in the rankings. For the second time in three days, I seem to have stumbled to the top of the daily scores.

1	Armchair_Cyclist	54
2	ZakaFan	39
3	Rufs	29
4	Vladimir	23
5	Triley36	22
6	Rote_Laterne	18
7	Googolplex	16
8	RedheadDane	9
9	BluesInTheBottle	8
10	Tobydawq	-2
11	Fivezzz	-19
11	Lecko	-19
11	Madrazo	-19
14	Mellow_Velo	-27
15	Bminchow	-28
15	Del1962	-28
15	Otoxiep87	-28
15	SafeBet	-28
19	ArchieBoy	-31
20	Nathanptz	-32
20	Search	-32
22	LosBrolin	-33
22	Northerner	-33
24	Bonimenier	-34
24	ChrisDK	-34
24	Scrooll07	-34
27	BicycleBoy	-35
27	Leadbelly	-35
29	Nyssinator	-36
30	AmisVelo	-44
31	Salvarani	-48
31	Yellow_Knight	-48
33	BikeRacer33	-50
33	DevilsElbow	-50
33	Shalgo	-50
36	Koronin	-53
37	Laarsland	-132
38	Kazistuta	-156
39	Berflamand	-166
40	Comodoro	-172
	Collective_Wisdom	-28

Standings
For the first time since BitB's remarkable, if short-lived, rise to the top on stage 4, we have a leader who is not Otoxiep or Kazistuta, as Rufs takes the lead in this as well as the minor classification.

1	Rufs	2026	2
2	Otoxiep87	1998	0
3	Kazistuta	1997	-2
4	Mellow_Velo	1942	0
5	Armchair_Cyclist	1929	0
6	Tobydawq	1868	0
7	Fivezzz	1839	0
8	Lecko	1827	1
9	Northerner	1823	-1
10	Vladimir	1815	3
11	Nyssinator	1785	0
12	Bonimenier	1764	0
13	ZakaFan	1761	4
14	SafeBet	1725	1
15	Bminchow	1725	1
16	Scrooll07	1688	1
17	Berflamand	1679	-7
18	LosBrolin	1646	1
19	Rote_Laterne	1640	2
20	Leadbelly	1639	0
21	Googolplex	1607	3
22	Comodoro	1602	-8
23	Madrazo	1596	0
24	Nathanptz	1588	-2
25	Del1962	1546	0
26	ChrisDK	1503	0
27	Triley36	1394	0
28	Salvarani	1283	0
29	AmisVelo	1192	0
30	BicycleBoy	1011	1
31	BluesInTheBottle	982	4
32	ArchieBoy	973	1
33	DevilsElbow	969	-1
34	Search	952	0
35	Laarsland	920	-5
36	Yellow_Knight	844	0
37	BikeRacer33	805	0
38	Shalgo	658	0
39	Koronin	651	0
40	RedheadDane	452	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1681

Every team that has Bernal is above every team that does not (looking at the position changes, that must have been true yesterday as well, but I hadn't noticed). Less than 100 points separate the top five, so still much to be decided.

And the lead has changed yet again: VR 1463 CN 1451

Armchair cyclist · May 29, 2021

Sorry it's late

Stage 19 Probing for weaknesses

YATES Simon	70	39
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	40	4
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	25	27
CARUSO Damiano	15	0
VLASOV Aleksandr	10	6
MARTIN Daniel	7	8
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe	5	2
BOUWMAN Koen	3	0
FOSS Tobias Svendsen	2	1
BARDET Romain	1	6

Purple points
When it is looking good for Yates, it looks good for everyone, to the real benefit of no-one*

Two teams manage the podium of the day: chapeau

1	Leadbelly/LosBrolin	135	Yates-Almeida-Bernal
3	Salvarani	116	Yates-Almeida-Martinez-Bardet
4	Bminchow/Googolplex/Rote_Laterne/SafeBet	105	Yates-Bernal-Vlasov
8	Kazistuta	103	Yates-Bernal-Martin-Bardet
9	Armchair_Cyclist/Fivezzz/Lecko/Madrazo/Rufs/Tobydawq	102	Yates-Bernal-Martin

Standings
Kazistuta is third on his own rather than tied with Tobydawq: that is the only change in the top ten.

1	Rufs	760
2	Lecko	689
3	Kazistuta	654
4	Tobydawq	653
5	Northerner	623
6	ZakaFan	603
7	Berflamand	598
8	Comodoro	572
9	Otoxiep87	569
10	Bonimenier	564

Pink points
Very little change in the GC or minor classifications, and only one of the day's DNFs had been selected.

YATES Simon	70	39
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	43	27
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	40	4
VLASOV Aleksandr	10	6
MARTIN Daniel	7	8
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe	5	2

FORMOLO Davide	-6	12
TAARAMÄE Rein	-10	2
BEVIN Patrick	-12	5
CEPEDA ORTIZ Jefferson Alexander	-15	7

1	LosBrolin	143
2	Leadbelly	138
3	Googolplex	123
4	Kazistuta	121
4	Rufs	121
6	Lecko	120
6	Madrazo	120
8	Bminchow	117
8	SafeBet	117
10	Salvarani	116
11	Northerner	114
12	Bonimenier	113
12	Comodoro	113
12	Nathanptz	113
12	Nyssinator	113
12	Rote_Laterne	113
12	Scrooll07	113
18	Otoxiep87	109
19	Mellow_Velo	108
19	Tobydawq	108
19	Vladimir	108
22	Berflamand	107
22	Del1962	107
22	Triley36	107
25	Fivezzz	105
26	Armchair_Cyclist	102
27	ChrisDK	98
28	ZakaFan	95
29	BicycleBoy	77
30	BikeRacer33	70
30	Koronin	70
30	Shalgo	70
30	Yellow_Knight	70
34	AmisVelo	69
35	DevilsElbow	65
36	Laarsland	59
37	ArchieBoy	58
38	BluesInTheBottle	55
39	Search	44
40	RedheadDane	41
	Collective_Wisdom	107

Standings

1	Rufs	2147	0
2	Kazistuta	2118	1
3	Otoxiep87	2107	-1
4	Mellow_Velo	2050	0
5	Armchair_Cyclist	2031	0
6	Tobydawq	1976	0
7	Lecko	1947	1
8	Fivezzz	1944	-1
9	Northerner	1937	0
10	Vladimir	1923	0
11	Nyssinator	1898	0
12	Bonimenier	1877	0
13	ZakaFan	1856	0
14	SafeBet	1842	0
15	Bminchow	1842	0
16	Scrooll07	1801	0
17	LosBrolin	1789	1
18	Berflamand	1786	-1
19	Leadbelly	1777	1
20	Rote_Laterne	1753	-1
21	Googolplex	1730	0
22	Madrazo	1716	1
23	Comodoro	1715	-1
24	Nathanptz	1701	0
25	Del1962	1653	0
26	ChrisDK	1601	0
27	Triley36	1501	0
28	Salvarani	1399	0
29	AmisVelo	1261	0
30	BicycleBoy	1088	0
31	BluesInTheBottle	1037	0
32	DevilsElbow	1034	1
33	ArchieBoy	1031	-1
34	Search	996	0
35	Laarsland	979	0
36	Yellow_Knight	914	0
37	BikeRacer33	875	0
38	Shalgo	728	0
39	Koronin	721	0
40	RedheadDane	493	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1788

Armchair cyclist · May 29, 2021

So to be high in the table it is pretty inevitable that a team will have Bernal and Yates, and all teams have some DNFs who can no longer contribute.
So which riders might make the difference for whom?
Rufs:- Martin, Moscon, Hermans, Sagan
Kazistuta:- Martin, Bardet, Viviani
Otoxiep87:- Carthy, Foss, Formolo
Mellow Velo:- Carthy, Bardet, Formolo
Armchair Cyclist:- Carthy, Martin, Formolo, Bevin
The highest team with Vlasov is in 14th, and with Almeida 17th: they are unlikely to make an impact.

Kazistuta · May 29, 2021

Ciccones crash and withdrawal really made my likely victory very unlikely. Bardets 4th place today and 5th overall will most definitely be switched to a 8th overall after tomorrow. Actually think Otoxiep87 has the biggest chance to end on top.

Armchair cyclist · May 30, 2021

Late again, but it really just builds up the tension...

Stage 20 Ninja no more.

CARUSO Damiano	70	0
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	40	27
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe	25	2
BARDET Romain	15	6
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	10	4
YATES Simon	7	39
VLASOV Aleksandr	5	6
CARTHY Hugh	3	15
FORTUNATO Lorenzo	2	0
PEDRERO LOPEZ Antonio	1	0

Purple points
28 teams got at least 47 points, 27 of them due to the Bernal/Yates combination, but some got a bit more.

1	Mellow_Velo	65	Bardet & Carthy
2=	Kazistuta/Northerner/Vladimir	62	Bardet
5=	Leadbelly/LosBrolin	57	Almeida
5=	Salvarani	57	Martinez-Bardet-Almeida-Yates
8=	Bminchow/Googolplex/Rote_Laterne/SafeBet	52	Vlasov

Standings

Otoxiep87 moves from 9th to joint 8th, otherwise as they were:

1	Rufs	807
2	Lecko	736
3	Kazistuta	716
4	Tobydawq	700
5	Northerner	685
6	ZakaFan	650
7	Berflamand	645
8=	Comodoro	619
8=	Otoxiep87	619
10	Bonimenier	614

There are not many TT specialists among our selections: Cavagna should put Nathanptz into the top ten, and Bevin would have a very slight chance of bumping Toby towards the podium, while Foss, if he has the TT legs from the opening stage after those climbs, might elevate Otoxiep a bit. But otherwise there shouldn't be much change here tonight.

Pink points
The nature of these scores as projections is that the nearer we get to the end of the race, the wider the margins and the less frequent the changes, but also the closer it is to final expectations. But some of the stage 20 changes might well be temporary (unless you have confidence in Bardet to TT like he never has before)

BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	63	27
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe	50	2
BARDET Romain	41	6
YATES Simon	17	39
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	14	4
VLASOV Aleksandr	5	6

MOSCON Gianni	-6	4
FORMOLO Davide	-6	12
MARTIN Daniel	-10	8
TAARAMÄE Rein	-19	2
CARTHY Hugh	-47	15

Despite Bernal finishing second today and taking his final Pink jersey bonus, it is one of the minority of teams without him that tops the daily scoring.

1	Salvarani	122
2	Northerner	121
3	Vladimir	115
4	Kazistuta	111
5	Leadbelly	88
6	Googolplex	85
7	ChrisDK	80
7	Comodoro	80
7	Nathanptz	80
10	Bminchow	79
10	SafeBet	79
12	Berflamand	74
12	Del1962	74
12	Triley36	74
15	ZakaFan	71
16	Lecko	70
16	Madrazo	70
18	LosBrolin	69
19	Mellow_Velo	68
20	Tobydawq	67
21	Rote_Laterne	66
22	Rufs	64
23	Bonimenier	33
23	Scrooll07	33
25	Nyssinator	27
25	Otoxiep87	27
27	Fivezzz	23
28	Koronin	22
29	Laarsland	16
30	AmisVelo	14
30	Armchair_Cyclist	14
30	RedheadDane	14
33	Search	8
34	BicycleBoy	7
35	DevilsElbow	-25
36	BikeRacer33	-30
36	BluesInTheBottle	-30
36	Shalgo	-30
36	Yellow_Knight	-30
40	ArchieBoy	-33
	Collective_Wisdom	27

Standings
Yet another stint in the leader's jersey for Kazistuta: can he hold it this time? Northerner makes a late appearance as a podium challenger.

1	Kazistuta	2229	1
2	Rufs	2211	-1
3	Otoxiep87	2134	0
4	Mellow_Velo	2118	0
5	Northerner	2058	4
6	Armchair_Cyclist	2045	-1
7	Tobydawq	2043	-1
8	Vladimir	2038	2
9	Lecko	2017	-2
10	Fivezzz	1967	-2
11	ZakaFan	1927	2
12	Nyssinator	1925	-1
13	SafeBet	1921	1
14	Bminchow	1921	1
15	Bonimenier	1910	-3
16	Leadbelly	1865	3
17	Berflamand	1860	1
18	LosBrolin	1858	-1
19	Scrooll07	1834	-3
20	Rote_Laterne	1819	0
21	Googolplex	1815	0
22	Comodoro	1795	1
23	Madrazo	1786	-1
24	Nathanptz	1781	0
25	Del1962	1727	0
26	ChrisDK	1681	0
27	Triley36	1575	0
28	Salvarani	1521	0
29	AmisVelo	1275	0
30	BicycleBoy	1095	0
31	DevilsElbow	1009	1
32	BluesInTheBottle	1007	-1
33	Search	1004	1
34	ArchieBoy	998	-1
35	Laarsland	995	0
36	Yellow_Knight	884	0
37	BikeRacer33	845	0
38	Koronin	743	1
39	Shalgo	698	-1
40	RedheadDane	507	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1815

I suspect that Bardet will lose enough positions today (I have him on another thread as likely to finish 8th) that the advantage would swing back to Rufs, but I have been wrong before (I remember it well, it was a Tuesday...) Foss may do well, but I don't see him getting enough stage points to make any real benefit to Otoxiep's position.

Armchair cyclist · May 30, 2021

Stage 21 The fat lady has sung in the city of opera

The stage, as expected, did not really do a lot for our game:

GANNA Filippo	70	0
CAVAGNA Rémi	40	3
AFFINI Edoardo	25	0
SOBRERO Matteo	15	0
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	10	4
WALSCHEID Maximilian	7	0
BETTIOL Alberto	5	0
TRATNIK Jan	3	0
MOSCON Gianni	2	4
KEISSE Iljo	1	0

Purple points
Some consolation for the Cavagna teams who thought they had a stage win on the way the other day.

1=	ArchieBoy/Nathanptz/Yellow_Knight	40	Cavagna
4=	Leadbelly/LosBrolin	12	Almeida and Moscon
6=	RedheadDane/Salvarani	10	Almeida
8=	Nyssinator/Rufs	2	Moscon
10=	Everyone else	0

Final Purple Standings
Nathanptz takes advantage of the principle that it doesn't matter how late you get into the top 10, so long as you are there at the end.

1	Rufs	809
2	Lecko	736
3	Kazistuta	716
4	Tobydawq	700
5	Northerner	685
6	ZakaFan	650
7	Berflamand	645
8	Nathanptz	630
9	Comodoro	619
9	Otoxiep87	619
11	Bonimenier	614
12	Nyssinator	592
13	ChrisDK	575
14	Vladimir	566
15	Leadbelly	560
16	Del1962	552
17	Madrazo	545
18	LosBrolin	538
19	Fivezzz	536
20	Scrooll07	523
21	Salvarani	522
22	BicycleBoy	520
23	Armchair_Cyclist	513
24	Mellow_Velo	511
25	Bminchow	481
25	SafeBet	481
27	Rote_Laterne	448
28	Googolplex	444
29	Triley36	400
30	ArchieBoy	391
31	Yellow_Knight	379
32	AmisVelo	376
33	BluesInTheBottle	372
34	BikeRacer33	330
35	Koronin	313
36	Laarsland	291
37	Search	230
38	DevilsElbow	229
39	Shalgo	183
40	RedheadDane	171
	Collective_Wisdom	450

Well done to Rufs, not for the last time in this post.

Pink points
Nothing was going to happen at the top of the race, despite what the commentators wanted to make sound possible (and it would have made very little difference to our game anyway). The key action was all around the middle of the GC top ten.

ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	60	4
CAVAGNA Rémi	40	3
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe	25	2
FORMOLO Davide	6	12
MOSCON Gianni	4	4

CARTHY Hugh	-25	15
BARDET Romain	-50	6

1	Leadbelly	64
1	LosBrolin	64
3	RedheadDane	59
4	Nathanptz	40
5	Salvarani	35
6	ArchieBoy	16
7	Yellow_Knight	15
8	ZakaFan	7
9	AmisVelo	6
9	Berflamand	6
9	Bminchow	6
9	Del1962	6
9	Laarsland	6
9	SafeBet	6
9	Triley36	6
16	Rufs	3
17	Tobydawq	1
18	BicycleBoy	0
18	ChrisDK	0
18	Comodoro	0
18	Googolplex	0
18	Koronin	0
18	Lecko	0
18	Madrazo	0
18	Rote_Laterne	0
26	Armchair_Cyclist	-18
27	Otoxiep87	-19
28	Nyssinator	-21
29	BikeRacer33	-25
29	BluesInTheBottle	-25
29	Bonimenier	-25
29	DevilsElbow	-25
29	Fivezzz	-25
29	Scrooll07	-25
29	Shalgo	-25
36	Vladimir	-44
37	Kazistuta	-50
37	Northerner	-50
39	Mellow_Velo	-69
40	Search	-74
	Collective_Wisdom	-19

Final Pink standings
Bardet lost today most of the GC gains that he had yesterday, and that means that most of the changes in the game yesterday are reversed today. Most importantly, at the very top of our table:

1	Rufs	2214	1
2	Kazistuta	2179	-1
3	Otoxiep87	2115	0
4	Mellow_Velo	2049	0
5	Tobydawq	2044	2
6	Armchair_Cyclist	2027	0
7	Lecko	2017	2
8	Northerner	2008	-3
9	Vladimir	1994	-1
10	Fivezzz	1942	0
11	ZakaFan	1934	0
12	Leadbelly	1929	4
13	SafeBet	1927	0
14	Bminchow	1927	0
15	LosBrolin	1922	3
16	Nyssinator	1904	-4
17	Bonimenier	1885	-2
18	Berflamand	1866	-1
19	Nathanptz	1821	5
20	Rote_Laterne	1819	0
21	Googolplex	1815	0
22	Scrooll07	1809	-3
23	Comodoro	1795	-1
24	Madrazo	1786	-1
25	Del1962	1733	0
26	ChrisDK	1681	0
27	Triley36	1581	0
28	Salvarani	1556	0
29	AmisVelo	1281	0
30	BicycleBoy	1095	0
31	ArchieBoy	1014	3
32	Laarsland	1001	3
33	DevilsElbow	984	-2
34	BluesInTheBottle	982	-2
35	Search	930	-2
36	Yellow_Knight	899	0
37	BikeRacer33	820	0
38	Koronin	743	0
39	Shalgo	673	0
40	RedheadDane	566	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1796

So, after a nip and tuck battle between one of our long time stalwarts, a total rookie, and one of the fairly recent Spanish contingent from Parlamiento Ciclismo, it is Rufs who emerges (non-Bahrain) victorious in both 'classements' (as Seán Kelly would have it).

Well done to our podium teams, and thanks to all who entered, to the riders, and to the CQ and PCS (because CQ don't to daily classification tables) sites.
And well done to the Cycling News entrants, who finally get their first win in the 5 games for which I have kept a tally of the inter-forum averages: CN 1602 - VR 1580.

A bit of number crunching tomorrow, but other than that I will see you all again, I hope, for the Tour de France game, and perhaps a few of you for the Emerging Riders updates that should happen this week.

RedheadDane · May 30, 2021

I shall be back for the Tour Game, and I shall... not fail spectacularily!

Or maybe I shall...

We'll see...

Rufs · May 31, 2021

Thanks. Great for a rookie to beat all the experts in here. Coming of course to go for a GT triple: -o).

SafeBet · May 31, 2021

Experts yeah

Kazistuta · May 31, 2021

Damned! But congrats, rookie

Koronin · May 31, 2021

RedheadDane said:
I shall be back for the Tour Game, and I shall... not fail spectacularily!

Or maybe I shall...

We'll see...

We could have combined our teams and still not placed much better.

Armchair cyclist · Jun 1, 2021

How did we get (or miss out on) all those points?

Riders' purple points

94 riders got at least a top ten stage place, these are the ones who scored the equivalent of a stage win or better.

(It is not allowing me to paste tables from Excel all of a sudden. I'm glad this didn't happen during the race.)
Rider,purple points, teams
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley , 265 , 27
NIZZOLO Giacomo , 150 , 0
SAGAN Peter , 145 , 8
EWAN Caleb , 141 , 11
GANNA Filippo , 140 , 0
CARUSO Damiano , 135 , 0
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves , 124 , 4
CIMOLAI Davide , 123 , 2
MARTIN Daniel , 112 , 8
YATES Simon , 109 , 39
AFFINI Edoardo , 105 , 0
MERLIER Tim , 95 , 3
BETTIOL Alberto , 78 , 0
CAMPENAERTS Victor , 75 , 0
VENDRAME Andrea , 75 , 0
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando , 74 , 4
FORTUNATO Lorenzo , 72 , 0
VAN DER HOORN Taco , 72 , 0
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd , 70 , 1
LAFAY Victor , 70 , 0
MÄDER Gino , 70 , 0
SCHMID Mauro , 70 , 0

Only Rufs (classification winner) included Bernal, Sagan and Ewan, and he also had Martin and the ubiquitous Yates.
Zaka Fan(6th), Comodoro (jt 9th), Nathanptz (8th) and Tobydawq (4th) had Bernal and Sagan; Bonimenier (11th), Otoxiep (jt 9th), ChrisDK (13th), Lecko (2nd), Nyssinator (12th), Del 1962 (16th) and Northerner (5th) put Bernal and Ewan together. Kazistuta manages 3rd in this category although the underwhelming Viviani (69 points) was his only sprinter, and Berflamand managed 7th with only Bernal from the very high scorers, but also Merlier and Gaviria.

Pink points
Those pink jersey wearer points mounted up, with 14 days' worth of them giving Bernal 216 points above his GC (500), stage (265) Kom (40) and cyclamen (10) points. He scored more on his own than ten of the thirteen teams who though his back issues meant he couldn't be relied on (I assume that was their reasoning anyway).

The other riders who garnered more than 100 points are:

, Pink point total, Popularity , price
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley , 1031 , 27 , 711
CARUSO Damiano , 535 , 0 , 507
YATES Simon , 434 , 39 , 557
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves , 346 , 4 , 1365
VLASOV Aleksandr , 311 , 6 , 1085
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe , 286 , 2 , 494
MARTIN Daniel , 262 , 8 , 547
BARDET Romain , 253 , 6 , 375
SAGAN Peter , 230 , 8 , 864
GANNA Filippo , 209 , 0 , 797
CARTHY Hugh , 180 , 15 , 756
CIMOLAI Davide , 178 , 2 , 64
FOSS Tobias Svendsen , 178 , 1 , 155
FORTUNATO Lorenzo , 159 , 0 , 30
VALTER Attila , 157 , 0 , 265
BENNETT George , 151 , 2 , 680
NIZZOLO Giacomo , 150 , 0 , 780
EWAN Caleb , 141 , 11 , 638
BETTIOL Alberto , 123 , 0 , 87
AFFINI Edoardo , 122 , 0 , 100
BOUWMAN Koen , 115 , 0 , 109
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando , 114 , 4 , 241
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello , 106 , 0 , 883
ULISSI Diego , 103 , 0 , 850

Obviously the high placed teams all had Bernal and Yates, their other 100pt + riders were:

1 , Rufs , 2214 ,Martin-Sagan-Ewan
2 , Kazistuta , 2179 ,Martin-Bardet
3 , Otoxiep87 , 2115 ,Carthy-Foss-Ewan
4 , Mellow_Velo , 2049 ,Bardet-Carthy
5 , Tobydawq , 2044 ,Martin-Sagan
6 , Armchair_Cyclist , 2027 ,Martin-Carthy
7 , Lecko , 2017 ,Martin-Ewan-Gaviria
8 , Northerner , 2008 ,Bardet-Ewan-Gaviria
9 , Vladimir , 1994 ,Bardet-Cimolai
10 , Fivezzz , 1942 ,Martin-Carthy

As far as I can see, the best possible team would have been
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
CARUSO Damiano
YATES Simon
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe
MARTIN Daniel
BARDET Romain
CIMOLAI Davide
FOSS Tobias Svendsen
at a cost of 3410 and giving 3157 points (879 purple points)

The impeccable picks are:
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
CARUSO Damiano
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe
BARDET Romain
CIMOLAI Davide
FORTUNATO Lorenzo
GAVAZZI Francesco
GROENEWEGEN Dylan

and the riders in profit are:

,%age return,teams
GROENEWEGEN Dylan, infinite, 23
GAVAZZI Francesco, 685, 0
FORTUNATO Lorenzo, 530, 0
CHRISTIAN Mark, 300, 0
RIVI Samuele, 300, 0
CIMOLAI Davide, 278, 2
SCHMID Mauro, 170, 0
ARNDT Nikias, 160, 0
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd, 159, 1
DUCHESNE Antoine, 150, 0
VAN DEN BERG Lars, 150, 0
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley, 145, 27
BETTIOL Alberto, 141, 0
VERVAEKE Louis ,140, 0
PONOMAR Andriy, 136, 0
AFFINI Edoardo ,122, 0
DINA Marton ,115, 0
FOSS Tobias Svendsen ,115 ,1
CARUSO Damiano ,106, 0
BOUWMAN Koen, 106, 0
CARBONI Giovanni ,105, 0
KANGERT Tanel ,103 ,0

The low 2020 costs made the scores from this edition higher than most years, but only marginally better than Archie Boy's tally of 2173 two years ago, and nowhere near the 2536 of Hugo87 in the 2014 game.

All other numbers are in the spreadsheet here.

Let me know if you have any thoughts about adjustments/improvements/new ideas in these games, and see if you can spur your friends into having a thought about it for the Tour de France game, launching in, I guess, less than three weeks.

(Sorry if these tables are hard to read: you might find the formatting easier at http://velorooms.com/index.php?topic=9817.new#new) (now the insert link button isn't working either...)

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