2021 Spring Classics CQ Game

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 8, 2021

Race 7 GP Industria & Artigianato Was it on TV anywhere? I know nothing other than the result.

Only one of the first 30 finishers had been chosen by any of us. But that one finisher was the winner, has gained a massive return on his cost, and was on seven teams: Mauri Vansevenant wins 130 points for:
Amis Velo
Blues in the Bottle
ChrisDK
Josedin
Kazistuta
Leadbelly
Mellow Velo

and they each get 31.03 green points each (I'm deducting the 0.4 points that arise from the sum of 8th to tenth divided by the 15 non-scorers from every team)

Green point standings

		Green points	change in rank
1	Josedin	211.03	1
2	Ray10	200.31	-1
3	Kazistuta	113.03	1
4	MellowVelo	90.03	3
5	JustSomeGuy	85.21	-2
6	Blues_in_the_Bottle	84.03	2
7	Madrazo	80.21	-2
8	AmisVelo	69.03	2
9	Triley36	63	-3
10	Leadbelly	56.03	3
11	DJSprtsch	50.21	-2
12	ChrisDK	49.03	3

Standings
The top five all have Vansevenant

Rank	Team	Points	Change in rank
1	Josedin	996	0
2	MellowVelo	793	0
3	AmisVelo	766	1
4	Leadbelly	686	2
5	Blues_in_the_Bottle	664	6
6	Ray10	657	-3
7	Madrazo	575	-2
8	Kazistuta	573	9
9	RoteLaterne	551	-2
10	JustSomeGuy	540	-2
11	Triley36	536	-2
12	Bminchow	535	-2
13	Otoxiep87	517	-1
14	SemirS	501	-1
15	DJSprtsch	494	-1
16	Comodoro	470	-1
17	Googolplex	461	-1
18	Armchair	415	0
19	Search	346	0
20	ChrisDK	319	2
21	Del1962	275	-1
22	Scrool07	210	-1
	CollectiveWisdom	769

Velorooms 613
Cycling News 496

The racing calendar focuses on on week events for the next week and a bit: the next part of this game is Nokere Koerse on Wednesday week. My update may be late if I am celebrating St Patrick's Day.

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 17, 2021

Race 8: Nokere Koerse

After a week or so off for the one week races, the one day races are back with not much of a bang.

Position		Points	Teams
8	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	34	1 (Rote Laterne)
13	THEUNS Edward	16	6
19	SARREAU Marc	7	2
20	VANMARCKE Sep	6	19
30	LIVYNS Arjen	5	3

		This race	Scorers	Green points
1	RoteLaterne	56	Halvorsen, Theuns and Vanmarcke	80
2	Otoxiep87	27	Theuns, Vanmarcke and Livyns	50
3=	MellowVelo	22	Theuns & Vanmarcke	25
3=	Bminchow	22	"	25
3=	SemirS	22	"	25
6	JustSomeGuy	16	Theuns	10
7=	Armchair	13	Sarreau & Vanmarcke	4
7=	Search	13	"	4
9=	Josedin	11	Vanmarcke & Livyns	1.5
9=	Leadbelly	11	"	1.5
11=	Most of the rest	6	Vanmarcke
21=	ChrisDK and Del1962	0
	CollectiveWisdom	11

Green points

		Green points	change in rank
1	Josedin	212.53	0
2	Ray10	200.31	0
3	MellowVelo	115.03	1
4	Kazistuta	113.03	-1
5	RoteLaterne	99.21	10
6	JustSomeGuy	95.21	-1
7	Blues_in_the_Bottle	84.03	-1
8	Madrazo	80.21	-1
9	AmisVelo	69.03	-1
10	Triley36	63	-1
11	SemirS	60.21	2
12	Leadbelly	57.53	-2
13	Otoxiep87	52.21	6

Standings

Rank	Team	Points	Change in rank
1	Josedin	1007	0
2	MellowVelo	815	0
3	AmisVelo	772	0
4	Leadbelly	697	0
5	Blues_in_the_Bottle	670	0
6	Ray10	663	0
7	RoteLaterne	607	2
8	Madrazo	581	-1
9	Kazistuta	579	-1
10	Bminchow	557	2
11	JustSomeGuy	556	-1
12	Otoxiep87	544	1
13	Triley36	542	-2
14	SemirS	523	0
15	DJSprtsch	500	0
16	Comodoro	476	0
17	Googolplex	467	0
18	Armchair	428	0
19	Search	359	0
20	ChrisDK	319	0
21	Del1962	275	0
22	Scrool07	216	0
	CollectiveWisdom	780

Something similar to be expected on Friday in Koksijde, then the first of the classics and hopefully some large scores on Saturday.

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 19, 2021

I have no intention of delaying confirmation of the result until 19 September, so the Frankfurt race is out for this year (unless fewer than 15 take place on the original dates and I do a redux, per the OP, but thankfully that is looking less and less likely).

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 19, 2021

Race 9: Bredene Koksijde Classic

Rather more points than I had expected, but so many of them were earned by one almost ubiquitous choice means that it doesn't make so much difference.

Position in race		points	teams
1	MERLIER Tim	130	1 (ChrisDK)
2	PEDERSEN Mads	78	4
3	SENECHAL Florian	66	1 (Josedin)
9	POLITT Nils	28	19
11	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	20	1 (Rote Laterne)

		This race	Scorers	Green points
1	Josedin	172	Pedersen/Senechal/Politt	80
2	ChrisDK	130	Merlier	50
3=	Comodoro	106	Pedersen/Politt	25
3=	DJSprtsch	106	Pedersen/Politt	25
3=	Triley36	106	Pedersen/Politt	25
6	RoteLaterne	48	Politt/Halvorsen	10
7=	Most of the rest	28	Politt	0.79 each
21	Del1962 & Scrooll07	0
	CollectiveWisdom	28

Green point positions
In this, as in the main competition, Josedin extends his lead by being top on the day.

		Green points	change in rank
1	Josedin	292.53	0
2	Ray10	201.1	0
3	MellowVelo	115.82	0
4	Kazistuta	113.82	0
5	RoteLaterne	109.21	0
6	ChrisDK	99.03	9
7	JustSomeGuy	96	-1
8	Triley36	88	2
9	Blues_in_the_Bottle	84.82	-2
10	Madrazo	81	-2
11	DJSprtsch	75.21	3
12	AmisVelo	69.82	-3
13	SemirS	61	-2
14	Comodoro	60.21	3

Standings
Josedin's lead becomes almost intimidating, but he has none of the big favourites for Milan-San Remo tomorrow, and that has a much more generous point scale. I suspect it will not look as much of a lost cause for the also rans by this time tomorrow.

Rank	Team	Points	Change in rank
1	Josedin	1179	0
2	MellowVelo	843	0
3	AmisVelo	800	0
4	Leadbelly	725	0
5	Blues_in_the_Bottle	698	0
6	Ray10	691	0
7	RoteLaterne	655	0
8	Triley36	648	5
9	Madrazo	609	-1
10	Kazistuta	607	-1
11	DJSprtsch	606	4
12	Bminchow	585	-2
13	JustSomeGuy	584	-2
14	Comodoro	582	2
15	Otoxiep87	572	-3
16	SemirS	551	-2
17	Googolplex	495	0
18	Armchair	456	0
19	ChrisDK	449	1
20	Search	387	-1
21	Del1962	275	0
22	Scrool07	216	0
	CollectiveWisdom	808

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Six teams have Van der Poel for tomorrow, and four have Alaphilippe; none have Van Aert. Who will be harvesting the bigger points available?

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 21, 2021

Race 10: Milan-San Remo

Not the main scorers that we might have expected, but lots of points and movement in the tables.

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
1	STUYVEN Jasper	280	3
2	EWAN Caleb	170	0
3	VAN AERT Wout	145	0
4	SAGAN Peter	125	4
5	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	112	6
6	MATTHEWS Michael	100	1
7	ARANBURU DEBA Alexander	90	0
8	COLBRELLI Sonny	80	1
9	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	70	1
10	TURGIS Anthony	62	4
11	MOHORIC Matej	54	1
12	TRENTIN Matteo	46	5
13	VAN AVERMAET Greg	42	13
14	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	38	0
15	PIDCOCK Thomas	34	8
16	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	32	4
17	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	30	0
18	NIZZOLO Giacomo	28	0
19	BOUHANNI Nacer	26	0
20	ACKERMANN Pascal	24	0
21	NAESEN Oliver	22	12
22	LAPORTE Christophe	20	8
23	VENDRAME Andrea	18	0
24	VERMEERSCH Gianni	16	0
25	SERRANO RODRIGUEZ Gonzalo	14	0
26	DEMARE Arnaud	12	0
27	BARDET Romain	10	1
28	STANNARD Robert	8	0
29	SIMON Julien	7	0
30	GARCIA CORTINA Ivan	6	4

and 22 other finishers getting 5 points each.

Points today

Main scorers

Green points

1

Blues_in_the_Bottle

412

Stuyven & vdPoel

80

2

Madrazo

395

Stuyven/van Avermaet/Naesen/Laporte

50

3

ChrisDK

362

Stuyven/Turgis

35

4

Del1962

313

Sagan/Colbrelli/van Avermaet/Pidcock/Naesen

25

5

Bminchow

258

Sagan/Trentin/van Avermaet/Pidcock

15

6

Ray10

246

vdPoel/Kragh Andersen/Pidcock/Laporte

10

7

AmisVelo

227

5

8

Leadbelly

213

3

9

JustSomeGuy

208

2

10

MellowVelo

206

1

11

Kazistuta

204

12

Scrool07

199

13

RoteLaterne

191

14

Triley36

142

15

SemirS

135

16

DJSprtsch

134

17

Armchair

126

18

Otoxiep87

113

19

Search

105

20

Josedin

101

21

Googolplex

91

22

Comodoro

67

CollectiveWisdom

169

ChrisDK has had the winner two days in a row.

Green standings

		Green points	change in rank
1	Josedin	292.53	0
2	Ray10	211.1	0
3	Blues_in_the_Bottle	164.82	6
4	ChrisDK	134.03	2
5	Madrazo	131	5
6	MellowVelo	116.82	-3
7	Kazistuta	113.82	-3
8	RoteLaterne	109.21	-3
9	JustSomeGuy	98	-2
10	Triley36	88	-2
11	DJSprtsch	75.21	0
12	AmisVelo	74.82	0
13	Leadbelly	61.32	2
14	SemirS	61	-1
15	Comodoro	60.21	-1
16	Bminchow	57	1
17	Otoxiep87	53	-1
18	Del1962	28.21	3
19	Armchair	6	-1
20	Search	5	-1
21	Googolplex	4	-1
22	Scrool07	0.21	0

Standings
Josedin had only Turgis and Pidcock of the top 20, and nearly everyone has made up ground on him. He still has a considerable lead, but it looks a little less intimidating than it was.
Chris is the big mover, Blues and Madrazo may be the more significant ones.

Rank	Team	Points	Change in rank
1	Josedin	1280	0
2	Blues_in_the_Bottle	1110	3
3	MellowVelo	1049	-1
4	AmisVelo	1027	-1
5	Madrazo	1004	4
6	Leadbelly	938	-2
7	Ray10	937	-1
8	RoteLaterne	846	-1
9	Bminchow	843	3
10	ChrisDK	811	9
10	Kazistuta	811	0
12	JustSomeGuy	792	1
13	Triley36	790	-5
14	DJSprtsch	740	-3
15	SemirS	686	1
16	Otoxiep87	685	-1
17	Comodoro	649	-3
18	Del1962	588	3
19	Googolplex	586	-2
20	Armchair	582	-2
21	Search	492	-1
22	Scrool07	415	0
	CollectiveWisdom	977

Battle of the forums
CN 763
VR 880

Back up to Belgium for the next 4 events, the pre-Ronde races, starting with De Panne on Wednesday. Until then, browse the numbers at your leisure.

My first attempt to update on CN ground to a halt, the forum software didn't seem to like the embedded tables.

Then I put it in the wrong thread: oops

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 24, 2021

Race 11: De Panne (Oxyclean if you must)

Even at 2020 prices, top sprinters are a bit pricey for this game.

Those in today's race that were selected by our managers:

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
6	HOFSTETTER Hugo	62	2
7	BOL Cees	54	1
9	VIVIANI Elia	40	1
15	VERMEERSCH Florian	20	1
16	COLBRELLI Sonny	18	1
18	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	14	1

and 10 of the other finishers, who get 5 points each.

Points earned today:

		This race	Main scorers	Green points
1	ChrisDK	67	Hofstetter and a fiver	80
2	Madrazo	62	Hofstetter	50
3	Kazistuta	54	Bol	35
4	DJSprtsch	45	Viviani	25
5	RoteLaterne	24	Halvorsen and 2 fivers	15
6	Scrool07	20	Vermeersch	10
7	Del1962	18	Colbrelli	5
8=	Josedin	10		1.5
8=	JustSomeGuy	10		1.5
8=	MellowVelo	10		1.5
8=	Search	10		1.5
12=	Most other teams	5
20=	AmisVelo/BitB/Triley	0
	CollectiveWisdom	2

Green standings:

		Green points	change in rank
1	Josedin	294.03	0
2	ChrisDK	214.03	2
3	Ray10	211.1	-1
4	Madrazo	181	1
5	Blues_in_the_Bottle	164.82	-2
6	Kazistuta	148.82	1
7	RoteLaterne	124.21	1
8	MellowVelo	118.32	-2
9	DJSprtsch	100.21	2
10	JustSomeGuy	99.5	-1
11	Triley36	88	-1
12	AmisVelo	74.82	0
13	Leadbelly	61.32	0
14	SemirS	61	0
15	Comodoro	60.21	0
16	Bminchow	57	0
17	Otoxiep87	53	0
18	Del1962	33.21	0
19	Scrool07	10.21	3
20	Search	6.5	0
21	Armchair	6	-2
22	Googolplex	4	-1

Standings

Rank	Team	Points	Change in rank
1	Josedin	1290	0
2	Blues_in_the_Bottle	1110	0
3	Madrazo	1066	2
4	MellowVelo	1059	-1
5	AmisVelo	1027	-1
6	Leadbelly	943	0
7	Ray10	942	0
8	ChrisDK	878	2
9	RoteLaterne	870	-1
10	Kazistuta	865	0
11	Bminchow	848	-2
12	JustSomeGuy	802	0
13	Triley36	790	0
14	DJSprtsch	785	0
15	SemirS	691	0
16	Otoxiep87	690	0
17	Comodoro	654	0
18	Del1962	606	0
19	Googolplex	591	0
20	Armchair	587	0
21	Search	502	0
22	Scrool07	435	0
	CollectiveWisdom	979

E3 on Friday should see more of the riders that we have chosen. But will they score decent points?

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 27, 2021

Race 12: E3 Harelbeke

Not quite as many points as Omloop or Milan-San Remo, but pretty high scores today.

Nobody chose Asgreen, but Josedin, top of the table, had runner up Senechal as a unique pick.

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
2	SENECHAL Florian	132	1
3	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	112	6
4	NAESEN Oliver	96	12
5	STYBAR Zdenek	86	7
6	VAN AVERMAET Greg	76	13
12	TURGIS Anthony	35	4
13	LAMPAERT Yves	30	1
14	STUYVEN Jasper	27	3
15	BENOOT Tiesj	24	1
16	VERMEERSCH Florian	21	1
17	DE BUYST Jasper	19	1
18	TRENTIN Matteo	18	5
24	VAN DER HOORN Taco	12	1
25	PIDCOCK Thomas	11	8
26	BALLERINI Davide	10	2
27	GARCIA CORTINA Ivan	9	4
29	DEGENKOLB John	7	2
30	VANMARCKE Sep	6	19

And 11 of the remaining finishers, who each get 5 points, were chosen.

		This race	Main scorers	Green points
1	RoteLaterne	386	VdPoel/Naesen/Stybar/VanAvermaet	80
2	Madrazo	315	Naesen/Stybar/VanAvermaet/Stuyven	50
3	AmisVelo	313	VdPoel/Naesen/VanAvermaet/Trentin	35
4	SemirS	292	Naesen/Stybar/VanAvermaet/Trentin	25
5	Search	278	Naesen/Stybar/VanAvermaet	15
6	Armchair	269		10
7	MellowVelo	254		5
8	Ray10	225		3
9	JustSomeGuy	209		2
10	Scrool07	206		1
11	Josedin	204
12	Del1962	188
13	Blues_in_the_Bottle	167
14	Otoxiep87	147
15	Triley36	137
16	DJSprtsch	136
17	Kazistuta	134
18	Bminchow	125
19	Googolplex	108
20	Leadbelly	103
21	ChrisDK	92
22	Comodoro	82
	CollectiveWisdom	316

Leading Green point totals

		Green points	change in rank
1	Josedin	294.03	0
2	Madrazo	231	2
3	Ray10	214.1	0
4	ChrisDK	214.03	-2
5	RoteLaterne	204.21	2
6	Blues_in_the_Bottle	164.82	-1
7	Kazistuta	148.82	-1
8	MellowVelo	123.32	0
9	AmisVelo	109.82	3
10	JustSomeGuy	101.5	0

Standings

Rank	Team	Points	Change in rank
1	Josedin	1494	0
2	Madrazo	1381	1
3	AmisVelo	1340	2
4	MellowVelo	1313	0
5	Blues_in_the_Bottle	1277	-3
6	RoteLaterne	1256	3
7	Ray10	1167	0
8	Leadbelly	1046	-2
9	JustSomeGuy	1011	3
10	Kazistuta	999	0
11	SemirS	983	4
12	Bminchow	973	-1
13	ChrisDK	970	-5
14	Triley36	927	-1
15	DJSprtsch	921	-1
16	Armchair	856	4
17	Otoxiep87	837	-1
18	Del1962	794	0
19	Search	780	2
20	Comodoro	736	-3
21	Googolplex	699	-2
22	Scrool07	641	0
	CollectiveWisdom	1294

The 11 day tour of Flanders continues into Wevelgem on Sunday.

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 29, 2021

Race 13: Gent-Wevelgem

Wout van Aert, although he has taken more points in the races that make up this game than anyone else, was presumably deemed too expensive by all the managers. But plenty of managers had interest in that breakaway.

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
3	TRENTIN Matteo	112	5
4	COLBRELLI Sonny	96	1
5	MATTHEWS Michael	86	1
9	TURGIS Anthony	52	4
12	VAN AVERMAET Greg	35	13
14	LAMPAERT Yves	27	1
16	NAESEN Oliver	21	12
18	GARCIA CORTINA Ivan	18	4
25	STYBAR Zdenek	11	7
27	DEGENKOLB John	9	2

and 11 of the other finishers, for 5 points, were also selected.

		This race	Main scorers	Green points
1	SemirS	184	Trentin/van Avermaet/Naesen/Stybar	80
2	AmisVelo	173	Trentin/van Avermaet/Naesen	50
3	Bminchow	165	Trentin/van Avermaet/Garcia	35
4	Kazistuta	156	Trentin/Naesen/Garcia	25
5	Del1962	152	Colbrelli/van Avermaet/Naesen	15
6	Triley36	147	Trentin/Naesen/Degenkolb	10
7	Leadbelly	121	Matthews/van Avermaet	5
8	Madrazo	105		3
9	DJSprtsch	97		2
10	ChrisDK	94		1
11	Search	90
12	MellowVelo	78
13	Armchair	77
14	RoteLaterne	72
15	Scrool07	65
16	Josedin	57
17	Comodoro	45
18	JustSomeGuy	40
19	Otoxiep87	31
20	Ray10	21
20	Googolplex	21
22	Blues_in_the_Bottle	0
	CollectiveWisdom	74

Leading green points

		Green points	change in rank
1	Josedin	294.03	0
2	Madrazo	234	0
3	ChrisDK	215.03	1
4	Ray10	214.1	-1
5	RoteLaterne	204.21	0
6	Kazistuta	173.82	1
7	SemirS	166	6
8	Blues_in_the_Bottle	164.82	-2
9	AmisVelo	159.82	0
10	MellowVelo	123.32	-2

Standings
Josedin has been in the lead since the opening weekend, and four races ago he had a margin of 336: now it is down to 38.

1	Josedin	1551	0
2	AmisVelo	1513	1
3	Madrazo	1486	-1
4	MellowVelo	1391	0
5	RoteLaterne	1328	1
6	Blues_in_the_Bottle	1277	-1
7	Ray10	1188	0
8	SemirS	1167	3
8	Leadbelly	1167	0
10	Kazistuta	1155	0
11	Bminchow	1138	1
12	Triley36	1074	2
13	ChrisDK	1064	0
14	JustSomeGuy	1051	-5
15	DJSprtsch	1018	0
16	Del1962	946	2
17	Armchair	933	-1
18	Search	870	1
19	Otoxiep87	868	-2
20	Comodoro	781	0
21	Googolplex	720	0
22	Scrool07	706	0
	CollectiveWisdom	1368

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 29, 2021

(If I don't leave space below a table when I post it, it doesn't let me add space below it)
Cycling News average:1055
Velorooms:1200

Next up, Dwars door Vlaanderen, and the final appearance of puppy paws and top-tubing.
Spreadsheet

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 31, 2021

Race 14: Dwars door Vlaanderen
The forum software has suddenly stopped allowing me to copy and paste slabs of Excel as a table.

Race Pos'n , , Pts , Teams
2 , LAPORTE Christophe , 108 , 8
3 , MERLIER Tim , 92 , 1
4 , LAMPAERT Yves , 78 , 1
7 , VAN AVERMAET Greg , 54 , 13
8 , TURGIS Anthony , 46 , 4
9 , SENECHAL Florian , 40 , 1
10 , STUYVEN Jasper , 36 , 3
14 , COQUARD Bryan , 22 , 1
17 , LIVYNS Arjen , 16 , 3
19 , NAESEN Oliver , 12 , 12
20 , TRENTIN Matteo , 11 , 5
22 , ALAPHILIPPE Julian , 9 , 4
23 , BENOOT Tiesj , 8 , 1
and no less than 19 other finishers, each scoring 5 points

, , This race , Main scorers , Green points
1 , ChrisDK , 272 ,Merlier/Lampaert/Turgis/Stuyven , 80
2 , DJSprtsch , 235 ,Laporte/van Avermaet/Turgis/Coquard , 50
3 , Madrazo , 230 ,Laporte/van Avermaet/Stuyven , 35
4 , Armchair , 198 , , 25
5 , Search , 189 , , 15
6 , Otoxiep87 , 173 , , 10
7 , Comodoro , 172 , , 5
8 , Googolplex , 132 , , 3
9 , Ray10 , 123 , , 2
10 , Josedin , 112 , , 1
11 , AmisVelo , 97 , ,
11 , SemirS , 97 , ,
13 , Leadbelly , 89 , ,
14 , RoteLaterne , 86 , ,
15 , Bminchow , 85 , ,
16 , JustSomeGuy , 84 , ,
17 , Del1962 , 81 , ,
18 , MellowVelo , 73 , ,
19 , Scrool07 , 71 , ,
20 , Blues_in_the_Bottle , 61 , ,
21 , Kazistuta , 48 , ,
22 , Triley36 , 33 , ,
, CollectiveWisdom , 191 , ,

Green points

A tie!
, , Green points , change in rank
1 , ChrisDK , 295.03 , 2
1 , Josedin , 295.03 , 0
3 , Madrazo , 269 , -1
4 , Ray10 , 216.1 , 0
5 , RoteLaterne , 204.21 , 0
6 , Kazistuta , 173.82 , 0
7 , SemirS , 166 , 0
8 , Blues_in_the_Bottle , 164.82 , 0
9 , AmisVelo , 159.82 , 0
10 , DJSprtsch , 152.21 , 1

Standings

Change at the top, for the first time in ten races.

Rank , Team , Points , Change in rank
1 , Madrazo , 1716 , 2
2 , Josedin , 1663 , -1
3 , AmisVelo , 1610 , -1
4 , MellowVelo , 1464 , 0
5 , RoteLaterne , 1414 , 0
6 , Blues_in_the_Bottle , 1338 , 0
7 , ChrisDK , 1336 , 6
8 , Ray10 , 1311 , -1
9 , SemirS , 1264 , -1
10 , Leadbelly , 1256 , -2
11 , DJSprtsch , 1253 , 4
12 , Bminchow , 1223 , -1
13 , Kazistuta , 1203 , -3
14 , JustSomeGuy , 1135 , 0
15 , Armchair , 1131 , 2
16 , Triley36 , 1107 , -4
17 , Search , 1059 , 1
18 , Otoxiep87 , 1041 , 1
19 , Del1962 , 1027 , -3
20 , Comodoro , 953 , 0
21 , Googolplex , 852 , 0
22 , Scrool07 , 777 , 0
, CollectiveWisdom , 1559 ,

Cycling News: 1169
Velorooms: 1331

Next up is the big one on Saturday. Well, Big Mig anyway, the GP Indurain. But I think I can only find three riders who have been selected for the game on the startlist for that one. Sunday though...

Sorry if this has been hard to read: if there is an admin or a tecchie type who can address the issue, it would be much appreciated. I'll raise the issue on the 'About the Forum' board, but I suspect that is a largely abandoned zone.

You might find the tables easier to read in their incarnation over at Velorooms.

bminchow · Apr 1, 2021

Good luck in the big one this weekend guys.

Armchair Cyclist · Apr 3, 2021

Race 15: GP Indurain
I was right, there were only three riders selected for the game in the race, but they all finished in the top ten.

Lutsenko's second place earns 78 points, and 65 green points, for Del1962 and DJSprtsch; Neilands came 6th, getting 46 (35 green) for ChrisDK, and De Plus finished 10th, scoring 24 for Triley36 (25 green points). Everyone else gets 2 green points, because that's the way it works.

In the green classification ChrisDK breaks the tie with Josedin, and moves into a 33 point lead, DJS and Del each move up 5 places, to 5th and 13th respectively, and Triley moves up one spot.

In the main overall, Chris moves up one spot to 6th, DJS up 3 to 8th, Triley up one spot and Del up two.

Tomorrow's update should take longer, and make the tables worthwhile. For the 4 people who might be bothered to see today's data, the tables are in the usual place.

And according to the principle that I put in the opening post, with 15 races having been staged, I will not be re-opening the game for any events postponed to the autumn, which means that the game finishes in Liege.

Armchair Cyclist · Apr 5, 2021

Race 16: Ronde van Vlaanderen

For the 6th race in a row, nobody picked the winner, but even so, the scores in this race were massive.

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
2	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	170	6
3	VAN AVERMAET Greg	145	13
4	STUYVEN Jasper	125	3
5	VANMARCKE Sep	112	19
8	TURGIS Anthony	80	4
9	SENECHAL Florian	70	1
11	LAPORTE Christophe	54	8
12	BENOOT Tiesj	46	1
15	SAGAN Peter	34	4
17	LAMPAERT Yves	30	1
21	MATTHEWS Michael	22	1
22	POLITT Nils	20	19
23	GARCIA CORTINA Ivan	18	4
24	HOFSTETTER Hugo	16	2
25	WELLENS Tim	14	6
28	BETTIOL Alberto	8	2
30	DEGENKOLB John	6	2

and twenty 5 point finishers.

		This race	Main scorers	Green points
1	Madrazo	500	Van Avermaet/Stuyven/Vanmarcke/Laporte	80
2	AmisVelo	462	Van der Poel/Van Avermaet/Vanmarcke	42.5
2	RoteLaterne	462	Van der Poel/Van Avermaet/Vanmarcke	42.5
4	Blues_in_the_Bottle	447	Van der Poel/Stuyven/Vanmarcke	25
5	DJSprtsch	411	Van Avermaet/Vanmarcke/Turgis/Laporte	15
6	MellowVelo	406	Van der Poel/Vanmarcke/Turgis	10
7	Search	373		5
8	Ray10	371		3
9	JustSomeGuy	364		2
10	Bminchow	358		1
11	Armchair	346
12	Comodoro	331
13	SemirS	319
13	Leadbelly	319
15	Scrool07	316
16	Josedin	297
17	Otoxiep87	262
18	ChrisDK	256
19	Kazistuta	209
20	Googolplex	201
21	Del1962	199
22	Triley36	161
	CollectiveWisdom	406

Obviously the 2020 suppression of points in the cost of riders helped, but I am fairly sure we have not had race scores anything like that high in the Classics game before.

Green points
If it is not inappropriate to apply stage race analogies to a Classics game, Madrazo was already in yellow, and won the stage, thereby taking the green jersey too. Though I guess ChrisDK will have to wear green while watching Scheldeprijs on Wednesday.

		Green points	change in rank
1	Madrazo	351	2
2	ChrisDK	330.03	-1
3	Josedin	297.03	-1
4	RoteLaterne	248.71	2
5	DJSprtsch	232.21	0
6	Ray10	221.1	-2
7	AmisVelo	204.32	3
8	Blues_in_the_Bottle	191.82	1
9	Kazistuta	175.82	-2
10	SemirS	168	-2
11	MellowVelo	135.32	0
12	Triley36	123	0
13	Del1962	113.21	0
14	JustSomeGuy	105.5	0
15	Bminchow	95	0
16	Leadbelly	68.32	0
17	Comodoro	67.21	0
18	Otoxiep87	65	0
19	Search	43.5	1
20	Armchair	43	-1
21	Scrool07	13.21	0
22	Googolplex	9	0

Standings
The top 6 teams in the Ronde were all already in the top eight here, so the big scores did not shake up the table as much as they might have. Amis Velo moving to second is the most significant change, but 500 points today gives Madrazo a healthy margin at the pivotal point of the game.

1	Madrazo	2216	0
2	AmisVelo	2072	1
3	Josedin	1960	-1
4	RoteLaterne	1876	1
5	MellowVelo	1870	-1
6	Blues_in_the_Bottle	1785	1
7	DJSprtsch	1742	1
8	Ray10	1682	1
9	ChrisDK	1638	-3
10	SemirS	1583	0
11	Bminchow	1581	1
12	Leadbelly	1575	-1
13	JustSomeGuy	1499	1
14	Armchair	1477	1
15	Search	1432	3
16	Kazistuta	1412	-3
17	Del1962	1304	0
18	Otoxiep87	1303	1
19	Triley36	1292	-4
20	Comodoro	1284	0
21	Scrool07	1093	1
22	Googolplex	1053	-1
	CollectiveWisdom	1964
	SoLastYear	0

CN 1502
VR 1692

With the postponement of Paris-Roubaix beyond the time frame of this game, we have now reached the end of scoring for those picks who specialise in the bumpy roads, and (after the sprinters' roller derby in Scheldeprijs and the strange in-between that is the Brabantse Pijl) it will be down to what spaces we left in our teams for the hill climbers.

It looks like it is for Philippe Gilbert to defend Madrazo's lead in the Ardennes against whatever Jungels and Vansevenant might manage for Amis Velo and Josedin, but as ever, something unexpected might happen, and it could all be a matter of who will have most guys trailing in with the grupetto for five points.

Wednesday brings us back here for Scheldeprijs, but the main scorers there tend to be expensive sprinters who are not widely picked in the game. But with Merlier (ChrisDK) and Bol (Kazistuta) we might get something other than scraps.

See you then.

Armchair Cyclist · Apr 5, 2021

And suddenly I am able to paste tables from Excel again: what was that about?

Armchair Cyclist · Apr 7, 2021

Race 17: Scheldeprijs

Not just the group ride to the bunch gallop this time.

Race pos'n		Pts	Teams
9	SARREAU Marc	28	2
14	POLITT Nils	14	19
18	HAVIK Piotr	8	1
20	BOL Cees	6	1
26	DEWULF Stan	5	1

As I suspected, not much more than scraps, but at least a popular pick means there are scraps for plenty of us.

		This race	Main scorers	Green points
1=	Armchair	42	Sarreau and Politt	65
1=	Search	42	Sarreau and Politt	65
3	Comodoro	22	Politt and Havik	35
4	Kazistuta	20	Politt and Bol	25
5	Blues_in_the_Bottle	19	Politt and Dewulf	15
6=	Most of the rest	14	Politt	1.5 each
20	ChrisDK, Del1962 , Scrool07	0
	CollectiveWisdom	14

Green points

		Green points	change in rank
1	Madrazo	352.5	0
2	ChrisDK	330.03	0
3	Josedin	298.53	0
4	RoteLaterne	250.21	0
5	DJSprtsch	233.71	0
6	Ray10	222.6	0
7	Blues_in_the_Bottle	206.82	1
8	AmisVelo	205.82	-1
9	Kazistuta	200.82	0
10	SemirS	169.5	0

Standings
Of the top ten, only Blues in the Bottle had anyone other than Politt, and only ChrisDK lacks him.

Rank	Team	Points	Change in rank
1	Madrazo	2230	0
2	AmisVelo	2086	0
3	Josedin	1974	0
4	RoteLaterne	1890	0
5	MellowVelo	1884	0
6	Blues_in_the_Bottle	1804	0
7	DJSprtsch	1756	0
8	Ray10	1696	0
9	ChrisDK	1638	0
10	SemirS	1597	0
11	Bminchow	1595	0
12	Leadbelly	1589	0
13	Armchair	1519	1
14	JustSomeGuy	1513	-1
15	Search	1474	0
16	Kazistuta	1432	0
17	Otoxiep87	1317	1
18	Comodoro	1306	2
18	Triley36	1306	1
20	Del1962	1304	-3
21	Scrool07	1093	0
22	Googolplex	1067	0
	CollectiveWisdom	1978

4 events left, but an unscheduled weekend off: Brabantse Pijl next Wednesday is our next appointment.

Armchair Cyclist · Apr 15, 2021

Race 18 Brabantse Pijl

For the first time since Milan-San Remo, the race winner appears in some of our teams.

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
1	PIDCOCK Thomas	130	8
3	TRENTIN Matteo	66	5
7	TEUNS Dylan	40	2
12	VAN AVERMAET Greg	18	13
14	MADOUAS Valentin	14	1
18	LAPORTE Christophe	8	8

		This race	Main scorers	Green points
1	Bminchow	214	Pidcock/Trentin/Van Avermaet	80
2	Leadbelly	148	Pidcock/Van Avermaet	36.66
2	JustSomeGuy	148	"	36.66
2	Del1962	148	"	36.66
5	Ray10	138	Pidcock/Laporte	10
5	Otoxiep87	138	"	10
5	Googolplex	138	"	10
8	Josedin	130	Pidcock	3
9	Kazistuta	120	Trentin/Teuns/Madouas	2
10	AmisVelo	84		0.5
10	SemirS	84		0.5
12	Triley36	66
13	Blues_in_the_Bottle	40
14	Madrazo	26
14	DJSprtsch	26
14	Armchair	26
14	Search	26
14	Comodoro	26
19	RoteLaterne	18
19	Scrool07	18
21	MellowVelo	0
21	ChrisDK	0
	CollectiveWisdom	156

Green points
Any manager could score, in theory, another 240 points, if they topscore in the three remaining events, which would mean that anyone down to Triley in 15th could still win.

		Green points	change in rank
1	Madrazo	352.5	0
2	ChrisDK	330.03	0
3	Josedin	301.53	0
4	RoteLaterne	250.21	0
5	DJSprtsch	233.71	0
6	Ray10	232.6	0
7	Blues_in_the_Bottle	206.82	0
8	AmisVelo	206.32	0
9	Kazistuta	202.82	0
10	Bminchow	176.5	8

Standings

The leader failed to score, and the team in 3rd outscored that in second: it is bunching up at the top.

Rank	Team	Points	Change in rank
1	Madrazo	2256	0
2	AmisVelo	2170	0
3	Josedin	2104	0
4	RoteLaterne	1908	0
5	MellowVelo	1884	0
6	Blues_in_the_Bottle	1844	0
7	Ray10	1834	1
8	Bminchow	1809	3
9	DJSprtsch	1782	-2
10	Leadbelly	1737	2
11	SemirS	1681	-1
12	JustSomeGuy	1661	2
13	ChrisDK	1638	-4
14	Kazistuta	1552	2
15	Armchair	1545	-2
16	Search	1500	-1
17	Otoxiep87	1455	0
18	Del1962	1452	2
19	Triley36	1372	-1
20	Comodoro	1332	-2
21	Googolplex	1205	1
22	Scrool07	1111	-1
	CollectiveWisdom	2134

CN: 1602
VR: 1784

The leader seems to be running out of steam, and two are chasing him down relentlessly. As we head into the final hills, it seems that these three will comprise the podium, but in what order? Or will someone emerge, like Cosnefroy, to try to chase them down? And if so, will it turn out not to be Cosnefroy-esque, but more like AGR 2019? The race situation in Brabantse Pijl and our game seem to be echoes of each other. I had overlooked Pidcock in my summary of who might hold the key in my post-Ronde roundup: neither I nor Wout Van Aert should have underestimated him.

Spreadsheet

Armchair Cyclist · Apr 20, 2021

Sorry it's been delayed: RL interfering

Race 19 Amstel Gold Race

I thought for a while we might have to share the points from 1st and 2nd...

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
2	PIDCOCK Thomas	132	8
4	MATTHEWS Michael	96	1
6	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	76	4
9	MOHORIC Matej	52	1
12	TRENTIN Matteo	35	5
13	VALGREN HUNDAHL (ANDERSEN) Michael	30	2
15	BENOOT Tiesj	24	1
20	HERMANS Quinten	16	2
26	VAN AVERMAET Greg	10	13
27	MADOUAS Valentin	9	1
29	WELLENS Tim	7	6

and 15 5-pointers.

		This race	Main scorers	Green points
1	Leadbelly	319	Pidcock/Matthews/Alaphilippe	80
2	Otoxiep87	237	Pidcock/Alaphilippe /Benoot	50
3	Googolplex	213	Pidcock/Alaphilippe	35
4	Bminchow	189	Pidcock/Trentin/Van Avermaet	25
5	JustSomeGuy	170	Pidcock/Trentin/Van Avermaet	15
6	Del1962	157	Pidcock/Van Avermaet	10
7	Josedin	142		5
8	Ray10	132		3
9	Triley36	87		2
10	Armchair	86		1
11	SemirS	57
12	Kazistuta	54
13	AmisVelo	50
13	Blues_in_the_Bottle	50
15	ChrisDK	45
16	MellowVelo	33
17	Search	27
18	Scrool07	22
19	Comodoro	20
20	Madrazo	15
20	RoteLaterne	15
20	DJSprtsch	15
	CollectiveWisdom	151

Green standings

		Green points	change in rank
1	Madrazo	352.5	0
2	ChrisDK	330.03	0
3	Josedin	306.53	0
4	RoteLaterne	250.21	0
5	Ray10	235.6	1
6	DJSprtsch	233.71	-1
7	Blues_in_the_Bottle	206.82	0
8	AmisVelo	206.32	0
9	Kazistuta	202.82	0
10	Bminchow	201.5	0
11	Leadbelly	186.48	7
12	SemirS	170	-1
13	Del1962	159.87	-1
14	JustSomeGuy	158.66	-1
15	MellowVelo	136.82	-1
16	Otoxiep87	126.5	4
16	Triley36	126.5	-1
18	Armchair	109	-1
19	Search	108.5	-3
20	Comodoro	102.21	-1
21	Googolplex	55.5	0
22	Scrool07	13.21	0

Standings
And the top three become even more closely bunched, with a change to their order, while Leadbelly makes that late charge towards the podium that I wondered about in the last update.

Two races left, it will all be done this weekend, but still much to be finalised. The Mur de Huy will set things up tomorrow...

Rank	Team	Points	Change in rank
1	Madrazo	2271	0
2	Josedin	2246	1
3	AmisVelo	2220	-1
4	Leadbelly	2056	6
5	Bminchow	1998	3
6	Ray10	1966	1
7	RoteLaterne	1923	-3
8	MellowVelo	1917	-3
9	Blues_in_the_Bottle	1894	-3
10	JustSomeGuy	1831	2
11	DJSprtsch	1797	-2
12	SemirS	1738	-1
13	Otoxiep87	1692	4
14	ChrisDK	1683	-1
15	Armchair	1631	0
16	Del1962	1609	2
17	Kazistuta	1606	-3
18	Search	1527	-2
19	Triley36	1459	0
20	Googolplex	1418	1
21	Comodoro	1352	-1
22	Scrool07	1133	0
	CollectiveWisdom	2285

bminchow · Apr 21, 2021

I made my move to the top 5. But I don't have the climbers on my team. It's been fun though.

Armchair Cyclist · Apr 21, 2021

Race 20: Flèche Wallonne

The four managers that selected Alaphilippe will have felt that he has not really delivered on the amount spent on him. Until today.

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
1	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	220	4
4	WOODS Michael	96	3
6	PIDCOCK Thomas	76	8
14	HERMANS Quinten	27	2
21	MATTHEWS Michael	15	1
22	POELS Wout	14	1
24	BRENNER Marco	12	1
27	VANSEVENANT Mauri	9	7

and 12 of the five pointers were also picked.

		This race	Main scorers	Green points
1	Googolplex	392	Alaphilippe/Woods/Pidcock	80
2	Leadbelly	330	Alaphilippe/Pidcock/Matthews/Vansevenant	50
3	Otoxiep87	296	Alaphilippe/Pidcock	35
4	Armchair	220	Alaphilippe	25
5	Comodoro	115	Woods/Poels	15
6	JustSomeGuy	108	Pidcock/Hermans	10
7	Search	106	Woods	5
8	Bminchow	93		3
9	Josedin	90		2
10	Ray10	81		0.5
10	Del1962	81		0.5
12	MellowVelo	46
13	ChrisDK	24
14	Blues_in_the_Bottle	19
14	Kazistuta	19
16	Triley36	15
17	AmisVelo	14
18	SemirS	10
19	Madrazo	5
19	RoteLaterne	5
19	DJSprtsch	5
19	Scrool07	5
	CollectiveWisdom	92

Green points
Only the top three could win now...

		Green points	change in rank
1	Madrazo	352.5	0
2	ChrisDK	330.03	0
3	Josedin	308.53	0
4	RoteLaterne	250.21	0
5	Leadbelly	236.48	6
6	Ray10	236.1	-1
7	DJSprtsch	233.71	-1
8	Blues_in_the_Bottle	206.82	-1
9	AmisVelo	206.32	-1
10	Bminchow	204.5	0

Standings
Not only chasing down the three who had been out front, but going straight past them without even sitting in their wheels:

1	Leadbelly	2386	3
2	Josedin	2336	0
3	Madrazo	2276	-2
4	AmisVelo	2234	-1
5	Bminchow	2091	0
6	Ray10	2047	0
7	Otoxiep87	1988	6
8	MellowVelo	1963	0
9	JustSomeGuy	1939	1
10	RoteLaterne	1928	-3
11	Blues_in_the_Bottle	1913	-2
12	Armchair	1851	3
13	Googolplex	1810	7
14	DJSprtsch	1802	-3
15	SemirS	1748	-3
16	ChrisDK	1707	-2
17	Del1962	1690	-1
18	Search	1633	0
19	Kazistuta	1625	-2
20	Triley36	1474	-1
21	Comodoro	1467	0
22	Scrool07	1138	0
	CollectiveWisdom	2377

Liege-Bastogne-Liege on Sunday is the 21st and final race of the series, and that neatly parallels the 21 stages of a GT for our game. From the startlists, I don't think it is more likely to change the leadership than the final stage of most GTs, but this is cycling, and one can never be sure.

Armchair Cyclist · Apr 22, 2021

bminchow said:
I made my move to the top 5. But I don't have the climbers on my team. It's been fun though.

I would say that you did very well considering you put 1/4 of your budget on Peter Sagan. But sometimes riders don't realise what we have invested in them, and do other races instead.

bminchow · Apr 22, 2021

Armchair cyclist said:
I would say that you did very well considering you put 1/4 of your budget on Peter Sagan. But sometimes riders don't realise what we have invested in them, and do other races instead.

Rookie mistake. Wait, i think I won this last fall. So maybe I was too cocky.

bminchow · Apr 22, 2021

bminchow said:
Rookie mistake. Wait, i think I won this last fall. So maybe I was too cocky.

And my original team which I submitted, which I changed at the last minute when Lutsenko looked like crap, would have been even worse.

HIRSCHI Marc

ANDERSEN Søren Kragh

VAN AVERMAET Greg

LUTSENKO Alexey

JUNGELS Bob

THEUNS Edward

VINGEGAARD RASMUSSEN Jonas

POLITT Nils

VANMARCKE Sep

PIDCOCK Thomas

VANSEVENANT Mauri

DE PLUS Laurens

Armchair Cyclist · Apr 23, 2021

bminchow said:
And my original team which I submitted, which I changed at the last minute when Lutsenko looked like crap, would have been even worse.

HIRSCHI Marc
ANDERSEN Søren Kragh
VAN AVERMAET Greg
LUTSENKO Alexey
JUNGELS Bob
THEUNS Edward
VINGEGAARD RASMUSSEN Jonas
POLITT Nils
VANMARCKE Sep
PIDCOCK Thomas
VANSEVENANT Mauri
DE PLUS Laurens

Would have 1800 points and 14th place

Armchair Cyclist · Apr 26, 2021

Race 21 and final: Liege-Bastogne-Liege

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
2	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	170	4
5	WOODS Michael	112	3
7	BENOOT Tiesj	90	1
10	MOHORIC Matej	62	1
19	MATTHEWS Michael	26	1
24	WELLENS Tim	16	6
25	NEILANDS Krists	14	1

and 13 five pointers.

		This race	Main scorers	Green points
1	Googolplex	282	Alaphilippe and Woods	80
2	Otoxiep87	260	Alaphilippe and Benoot	50
3	Leadbelly	216	Alaphilippe and Matthews	35
4	Armchair	175	Alaphilippe	25
5	Search	133	Woods and Wellens	15
6	Comodoro	127	Woods	10
7	Triley36	72	Mohoric	5
8	MellowVelo	31		3
9	ChrisDK	29		2
10	JustSomeGuy	26		0.33
10	SemirS	26		0.33
10	Scrool07	26		0.33
13	Bminchow	21
14	AmisVelo	15
14	Blues_in_the_Bottle	15
14	Del1962	15
14	Kazistuta	15
18	Madrazo	10
18	RoteLaterne	10
18	DJSprtsch	10
21	Josedin	5
21	Ray10	5
	CollectiveWisdom	20

Final Green Points standings

Maybe some consolation for Madrazo, who lead the main scoring until the end of the cobbles, but virtually disappeared from scoring in the Ardennes(ish) 4 race coda to the spring.

		Green points	change in rank
1	Madrazo	352.5	0
2	ChrisDK	332.03	0
3	Josedin	308.53	0
4	Leadbelly	271.48	1
5	RoteLaterne	250.21	-1
6	Ray10	236.1	0
7	DJSprtsch	233.71	0
8	Googolplex	215.5	9
9	Otoxiep87	211.5	5
10	Blues_in_the_Bottle	206.82	-2
11	AmisVelo	206.32	-2
12	Bminchow	204.5	-2
13	Kazistuta	202.82	-2
14	SemirS	170.33	-2
15	JustSomeGuy	168.99	-2
16	Del1962	160.37	-1
17	Armchair	159	1
18	MellowVelo	139.82	-2
19	Triley36	131.5	0
20	Search	128.5	1
21	Comodoro	127.21	-1
22	Scrool07	13.54	0

The final standings

This game is all about getting a balance between the variety of races that make up the series: after Scheldeprijs, Madrazo was top and Googolplex was last. In the 4 races since then, Madrazo scored 56 points and Googolplex 1025. Leadbelly scored a dozen points fewer, but had been mid-table before that final few hillier races. All four Alaphilippe teams, including the aforementioned lanterne rouge team, make the final top ten. And Leadbelly's margin over Josedin means that there's no argument about the notorious Huy photo changing the result.

Rank	Team	Points	Change in rank
1	Leadbelly	2602	0
2	Josedin	2341	0
3	Madrazo	2286	0
4	AmisVelo	2249	0
5	Otoxiep87	2248	2
6	Bminchow	2112	-1
7	Googolplex	2092	6
8	Ray10	2052	-2
9	Armchair	2026	3
10	MellowVelo	1994	-2
11	JustSomeGuy	1965	-2
12	RoteLaterne	1938	-2
13	Blues_in_the_Bottle	1928	-2
14	DJSprtsch	1812	0
15	SemirS	1774	0
16	Search	1766	2
17	ChrisDK	1736	-1
18	Del1962	1705	-1
19	Kazistuta	1640	0
20	Comodoro	1594	1
21	Triley36	1546	-1
22	Scrool07	1164	0
	CollectiveWisdom	2397

Averages from each forum:
Cycling News 1809
VeloRooms 2093

I should get time to do some analysis tomorrow, but until then, the reasons for your success or lack of it are revealed here.

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The riders

572 different riders scored points in these races: unfortunately, that only includes 80 of the 91 riders that we picked. These are the highest scoring of them:

	Points	Cost	Teams
VAN AERT Wout	881	1702	0
ALAPHILIPPE Julian	625	1247	4
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	597	1264	6
PIDCOCK Thomas	534	57	8
ASGREEN Kasper	521	543	0
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro	492	689	0
STUYVEN Jasper	478	502	3
VAN AVERMAET Greg	436	503	13
TRENTIN Matteo	397	370	5
MOLLEMA Bauke	387	310	0
VAN BAARLE Dylan	376	344	0
TURGIS Anthony	373	306	4
SENECHAL Florian	372	721	1
GAUDU David	352	484	0
MATTHEWS Michael	345	639	1
POGACAR Tadej	334	2044	0
NIZZOLO Giacomo	292	737	0
BENNETT Sam	268	901	0
SCHACHMANN Maximilian	266	956	0
COLBRELLI Sonny	260	347	1
PHILIPSEN Jasper	253	645	0
ARANBURU DEBA Alexander	253	298	0
MERLIER Tim	227	483	1
VERMEERSCH Gianni	226	348	0
LAPORTE Christophe	219	136	8
VANMARCKE Sep	216	70	19
VANSEVENANT Mauri	215	15	7
PEDERSEN Mads	213	736	4
WOODS Michael	213	666	3
BENOOT Tiesj	202	582	1
BALLERINI Davide	200	353	2

Being a good pick is not just about scoring high, but can be about good return on investments. These guys scored at least 20 points, and at least 150% of cost.

	Points	Cost	%age	Teams
HERMANS Quinten	48	0	infinite	2
GRIGNARD Sébastien	25	0	infinite	0
NORSGAARD JØRGENSEN Mathias	20	0	infinite	1
COLMAN Alex	20	0	infinite	0
VANSEVENANT Mauri	215	15	1433.3	7
PIDCOCK Thomas	534	57	936.8	8
GESBERT Elie	52	6	866.7	0
PERRY Benjamin	25	4	625.0	0
DE PLUS Laurens	24	5	480.0	1
CAVENDISH Mark	71	15	473.3	0
VAN POPPEL Boy	47	10	470.0	0
KREDER Wesley	22	5	440.0	0
SIEBERG Marcel	20	5	400.0	0
APERS Ruben	20	5	400.0	0
RUSSO Clément	99	25	396.0	0
VANMARCKE Sep	216	70	308.6	19
ROBEET Ludovic	140	50	280.0	0
ZAKHAROV Artyom	25	9	277.8	0
RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos	40	15	266.7	0
GAUDIN Damien	98	38	257.9	0
BURGHARDT Marcus	70	33	212.1	0
HOLLMANN Juri	30	15	200.0	0
BASSO Leonardo	20	10	200.0	0
VAN DER SANDE Tosh	136	71	191.5	0
SCHELLING Ide	150	79	189.9	0
VAN ASBROECK Tom	170	90	188.9	0
HAUSSLER Heinrich	133	79	168.4	0
LAPORTE Christophe	219	136	161.0	8
POLITT Nils	143	89	160.7	19
RESELL Erik Nordsaeter	34	22	154.5	0

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