Red points
Similarly, those who brought their managers over 100 points in total for the main game:
| Price | Stage pts | GC pts | Other † | TOTAL | teams |
ROGLIC Primoz | 2583 | 445 | 500 | 245 | 1190 | 5 |
MAS NICOLAU Enric | 867 | 135 | 375 | 13 | 523 | 3 |
HAIG Jack | 375 | 70 | 315 | 7 | 392 | 2 |
JAKOBSEN Fabio | 95 | 290 | 15 | 70 | 375 | 20 |
YATES Adam | 792 | 76 | 265 | 0 | 341 | 3 |
CORT NIELSEN Magnus | 322 | 275 | 15 | 25 | 315 | 1 |
EIKING Odd Christian | 271 | 18 | 120 | 126 | 264 | 0 |
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley | 1480 | 37 | 215 | 4 | 256 | 13 |
MÄDER Gino | 438 | 15 | 240 | 0 | 255 | 0 |
STORER Michael | 284 | 140 | 26 | 70 | 236 | 0 |
KUSS Sepp | 396 | 60 | 165 | 5 | 230 | 4 |
DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David | 367 | 10 | 190 | 0 | 200 | 3 |
CHAMPOUSSIN Clément | 329 | 106 | 84 | 0 | 190 | 2 |
BARDET Romain | 559 | 84 | 54 | 40 | 178 | 6 |
PHILIPSEN Jasper | 1168 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 0 |
CARUSO Damiano | 817 | 70 | 78 | 15 | 163 | 0 |
GROSSSCHARTNER Felix | 356 | 28 | 135 | 0 | 163 | 1 |
KRUIJSWIJK Steven | 81 | 43 | 112 | 0 | 155 | 3 |
MARTIN Guillaume | 923 | 0 | 150 | 0 | 150 | 0 |
MAJKA Rafal | 311 | 70 | 62 | 10 | 142 | 5 |
DAINESE Alberto | 70 | 118 | 15 | 7 | 140 | 6 |
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel | 434 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 139 | 17 |
TAARAMÄE Rein | 136 | 70 | 15 | 36 | 121 | 1 |
TRENTIN Matteo | 484 | 85 | 15 | 15 | 115 | 1 |
MATTHEWS Michael | 1000 | 89 | 15 | 5 | 109 | 0 |
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro | 66 | 0 | 104 | 0 | 104 | 2 |
BAGIOLI Andrea | 289 | 85 | 15 | 3 | 103 | 3 |
† Other points are Red Jersey bonuses, and points in the Sprint and KoM classifications.
And the impact of these riders on the game:
1 | Mellow_Velo | 1887 | Roglic/FJ/Kruijswijk/Dainese |
2 | Search | 1659 | Roglic/FJ |
3 | Rote_Laterne | 1615 | Roglic/FJ |
4 | Triley36 | 1613 | Mas/FJ/Cort/Kuss/MAL |
5 | BluesInTheBottle | 1592 | Roglic/MAL/Lopez Perez |
6 | Berflamand | 1418 | Haig/FJ/Yates/Champoussin/Bagioli |
7 | Bminchow | 1300 | FJ/Bernal/Kuss/Kruijswijk/MAL/Bagioli |
8 | BicycleBoy | 1298 | Roglic |
9 | Otoxiep87 | 1291 | FJ/Bernal/De la Cruz/Grossschartner/Dainese/MAL |
10 | Northerner | 1265 | FJ/Yates/De la Cruz/Bardet/MAL |
11 | ArchieBoy | 1175 | Mas/FJ/Bardet |
12 | SafeBet | 1171 | FJ/Yates/Kuss/MAL |
13 | Yellow_Knight | 1038 | FJ/Bernal/De la Cruz/MAL |
14 | ChrisDK | 999 | FJ/Bernal/MAL/Lopez Perez |
15 | Leadbelly | 973 | FJ/Bernal/Majka/MAL |
16 | Comodoro | 899 | FJ/Dainese/Bardet/MAL |
17 | Armchair_Cyclist | 873 | Haig/Bernal/Bardet |
18 | Rufs | 872 | Bernal/Bardet/Majka/Dainese/MAL |
19 | Vladimir | 865 | Bernal/Champoussin/Majka/MAL |
20 | Titan31 | 863 | FJ/Bernal/Dainese |
21 | RedheadDane | 846 | Mas/Taaramae/Trentin |
22 | Earns1985 | 845 | FJ/Bernal/MAL |
23 | Del1962 | 840 | Bernal/Bardet/Kruijswijk/MAL |
24 | Salvarani | 835 | FJ/Bernal/Dainese |
25 | AmisVelo | 832 | FJ/Bernal/MAL |
26 | Bonimenier | 743 | FJ/Majka/MAL |
27 | DJSprtsch | 694 | FJ/MAL/Bagioli |
28 | Koronin | 549 | Kuss/Majka |
| Collective_Wisdom | 961 | FJ/Bernal/MAL + ave of Bardet & Dainese |
Almost as important to having success as having Roglic was not having Bernal: once he had been bought, it was almost impossible to get enough points to make up for his relatively poor showing. MAL was not a total disaster in the game, unlike the more expensive and more popular Landa (and unlike Valverde: the two teams that paid out big for him occupy the last two places.)
But Roglic's score was so huge, and Jakobsen such good value, that you could reach the game's podium with Cepeda or Cherel as your 3rd highest scorer once you had those two (or make the top ten with Cerny as your second best if you had Roglic).
Blues in the Bottle got a very decent 5th place, but would actually have done better if he had opted for his alternative selection that featured Mas, Haig, Bernal, Kuss and Dainese (would have come 3rd). Mellow Velo, on the other hand, will be glad to have gone for this team rather than the alternative he shared that had Jakobsen, Yates, Bernal, Dainese and Lopez, which would have seen him tenth rather than top.
The
best possible team I can find would not have Roglic or Bernal, but has 8 of the top ten scoring riders and is still within budget:
MAS NICOLAU Enric
HAIG Jack
JAKOBSEN Fabio
YATES Adam
CORT NIELSEN Magnus
EIKING Odd Christian
STORER Michael
MÄDER Gino
for 2701 points
I tried a few combinations with Roglic: the best I could find was very similar to the best green points team but with Cras instead of Calmejane, and Cabedo as the <22 price rider, getting 2549.
I have got a few more names and numbers to share, but must get to bed...