2022 Giro CQ Game

Armchair cyclist · May 20, 2022

Stage 12
Breakaway, 'nuff said.

Purple points

OLDANI Stefano	70	0
ROTA Lorenzo	40	0
LEEMREIZE Gijs	25	1
MOLLEMA Bauke	15	0
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	10	0
KELDERMAN Wilco	7	3
HAMILTON Lucas	5	3
VENDRAME Andrea	3	1
TAARAMÄE Rein	2	2
EENKHOORN Pascal	1	0

Today

1	Scrooll07	25
2	Bminchow	7
2	Bonimenier	7
2	Nyssinator	7
5	Armchair_Cyclist	5
5	Rufs	5
5	Titan31	5
8	Will10	3
9	EvansIsTheBest	2
9	Laarsland	2

Evans is the Best extends his lead by 2 points; no-one else who scored was in the top ten, and won't break into it with such paltry scores today.

Pink points
Kelderman, Hamilton and Mollema gain some GC positions, and Mollema moves up in the KoM classification. Ewan's departure doesn't actually cost his 19 teams very many points, but they will not feel as though they have had value for their investment.

KELDERMAN Wilco	53	3
HAMILTON Lucas	37	3
LEEMREIZE Gijs	35	1
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	18	1
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	15	5
TAARAMÄE Rein	12	2

KÄMNA Lennard	-10	12
CARTHY Hugh	-12	18
SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro	-12	6
OOMEN Sam	-12	0
FORTUNATO Lorenzo	-14	1
CAVENDISH Mark	-15	0
EWAN Caleb	-18	19

Today's changes, such as they are

1	Bonimenier	38
2	Armchair_Cyclist	27
3	Bminchow	15
3	Nyssinator	15
5	Titan31	11
6	Scrooll07	6
7	BicycleBoy	0
8	RedheadDane	-1
9	EvansIsTheBest	-2
10	Rufs	-3
11	Laarsland	-6
11	Otoxiep87	-6
13	Search	-7
14	SamuCuenca	-11
15	Berflamand	-12
15	Josedin	-12
17	Triley36	-13
18	Mellow_Velo	-15
19	Comodoro	-17
20	Salvarani	-19
21	ZigzagWanderer	-28
22	BluesInTheBottle	-30
22	Yellow_Knight	-30
24	ArchieBoy	-32
24	DJSprtsch	-32
26	Manafana	-33
27	AmisVelo	-36
27	Vladimir	-36
29	SafeBet	-37
30	Northerner	-38
30	Rote_Laterne	-38
32	SlowClimber	-39
33	JumboVismaFan	-41
33	Kazistuta	-41
35	Leadbelly	-44
36	Will10	-46
37	Del1962	-51
	Collective_Wisdom	-48

Tomorrow will, one must expect, be equally inconsequential in terms of pink points, but there is little consensus on which group of riders might take the purple ones.

RedheadDane · May 20, 2022

And did any of "my guys" manage to sneak into the lead and get some time?
No...

Armchair cyclist · May 20, 2022

Stage 13
It nearly wasn't, but a sprint nonetheless, with all the nothing that usually implies for the game.

Purple points

DEMARE Arnaud	70	1
BAUHAUS Phil	40	1
CAVENDISH Mark	25	0
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	15	5
DAINESE Alberto	10	1
CONSONNI Simone	7	0
DE BONDT Dries	5	1
NIZZOLO Giacomo	3	0
VENDRAME Andrea	2	1
BAYER Tobias	1	0

Today
Two of those unique picks belong to the same manager, Redhead Dane.

1	Josedin	70
2	RedheadDane	45
3	Comodoro	15
3	EvansIsTheBest	15
3	Kazistuta	15
3	Otoxiep87	15
3	Search	15
8	SamuCuenca	10
9	Will10	2

Standings

1	EvansIsTheBest	419	0
2	Josedin	415	0
3	Kazistuta	339	2
4	Rote_Laterne	333	-1
5	DJSprtsch	328	-1
6	Yellow_Knight	303	0
7	ZigzagWanderer	303	0
8	Salvarani	298	0
9	Leadbelly	288	0
10	Search	285	2

Pink points
Unlucky stage 13 for Bardet and the five teams that have him.

DEMARE Arnaud	70	1
BAUHAUS Phil	45	1
HINDLEY Jai	25	7
MARTIN Guillaume	25	1
LANDA MEANA Mikel	25	27
POZZOVIVO Domenico	25	4
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	18	1
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	15	1
BUCHMANN Emanuel	15	5
DAINESE Alberto	13	1
SIVAKOV Pavel	10	2
KELDERMAN Wilco	8	3
ARENSMAN Thymen	8	11
NIBALI Vincenzo	8	3
CICCONE Giulio	8	9

LEEMREIZE Gijs	-8	1
YATES Simon	-8	18
PORTE Richie	-10	0
BARDET Romain	-267	5

1	Josedin	108
2	Berflamand	76
3	Rufs	66
4	Northerner	65
5	Rote_Laterne	61
5	Titan31	61
7	SamuCuenca	59
8	AmisVelo	56
9	Search	54
10	RedheadDane	52
11	SafeBet	50
12	Comodoro	48
12	Manafana	48
14	Leadbelly	45
14	Vladimir	45
16	Bminchow	44
16	EvansIsTheBest	44
18	Mellow_Velo	43
19	BluesInTheBottle	31
20	Armchair_Cyclist	29
20	Kazistuta	29
20	SlowClimber	29
23	Yellow_Knight	27
24	Nyssinator	25
25	BicycleBoy	24
26	ZigzagWanderer	22
27	Otoxiep87	21
28	Will10	15
29	DJSprtsch	6
30	ArchieBoy	1
31	Laarsland	-1
32	JumboVismaFan	-10
33	Bonimenier	-217
34	Del1962	-224
35	Triley36	-234
36	Salvarani	-237
37	Scrooll07	-269
	Collective_Wisdom	26

Standings
For the first time in many stages, T Riley is within sight of the chasers. And just when I was thinking of writing that even with the probability of Lopez dropping to about 10th that he likely had enough (with Bardet, Landa and accumulated jersey points) to hang on to the lead. That looks a lot less likely now, but how high a place can Lopez keep? (and might Rosa hang onto those 70 points for the blue jersey?)

1	Triley36	1422	0
2	Josedin	1340	1
3	Search	1302	-1
4	Rote_Laterne	1158	0
5	Northerner	1101	1
6	BluesInTheBottle	1092	-1
7	Berflamand	1063	2
8	Comodoro	1015	3
9	Rufs	1013	5
10	BicycleBoy	1008	0
11	Vladimir	989	4
12	Leadbelly	987	4
13	Armchair_Cyclist	985	-1
14	Titan31	966	3
15	Mellow_Velo	919	3
16	AmisVelo	900	5
17	EvansIsTheBest	895	2
18	Manafana	885	4
19	Kazistuta	876	1
20	ZigzagWanderer	804	3
21	Salvarani	787	-14
22	SamuCuenca	784	2
23	Del1962	767	-15
24	Bminchow	757	1
25	Yellow_Knight	738	1
26	Bonimenier	736	-13
27	Will10	703	0
28	Nyssinator	697	0
29	SafeBet	696	1
30	SlowClimber	654	1
31	Otoxiep87	638	1
32	Laarsland	601	1
33	DJSprtsch	584	1
34	JumboVismaFan	465	1
35	ArchieBoy	398	1
36	Scrooll07	397	-7
37	RedheadDane	207	0
	Collective_Wisdom	783

Armchair cyclist · May 21, 2022

Stage 14

Once again, hills are better than mountains

Purple points
Everyone in the top ten got picked: that is very rare.

YATES Simon	70	18
HINDLEY Jai	40	7
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	25	7
NIBALI Vincenzo	15	3
POZZOVIVO Domenico	10	4
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	7	1
LANDA MEANA Mikel	5	27
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	3	1
BUCHMANN Emanuel	2	5
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	1	1

1	Northerner	117	Yates/Hindley/Landa/Buchmann
1	Rote_Laterne	117	"
3	AmisVelo	115	Yates/Hindley/Landa
3	Comodoro	115	"
3	Leadbelly	115	"
3	Manafana	115	"
7	Armchair_Cyclist	100	Yates/Carapaz/Landa
8	Triley36	76	Yates/Landa/Lopez
9	Kazistuta	75	Yates/Landa
9	Nyssinator	75	"
9	Otoxiep87	75	"
9	SafeBet	75	"
9	SlowClimber	75	"
9	Will10	75	"
9	ZigzagWanderer	75	"

Standings

1	Rote_Laterne	450	3
2	Josedin	445	0
3	EvansIsTheBest	439	-2
4	Kazistuta	414	-1
5	Leadbelly	403	4
6	Comodoro	390	6
7	ZigzagWanderer	378	0
8	AmisVelo	363	8
9	Northerner	332	11
10	Triley36	329	5

Pink points
After a rather passive week in the main classification, apart from the misfortunes of Bardet and Girmay, we finally have some action. Which is a good thing for some, but not others.

CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	184	7
HINDLEY Jai	160	7
YATES Simon	108	18
NIBALI Vincenzo	76	3
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	68	1
POZZOVIVO Domenico	60	4
LANDA MEANA Mikel	55	27
BUCHMANN Emanuel	27	5
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd	16	1
FORTUNATO Lorenzo	10	1

LEEMREIZE Gijs	-10	1
BOL Cees	-15	1
SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro	-16	6
CARTHY Hugh	-18	18
TAARAMÄE Rein	-18	2
KÄMNA Lennard	-21	12
ARENSMAN Thymen	-30	11
DUMOULIN Tom	-42	9
MARTIN Guillaume	-128	1
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	-349	1

I presume there was good and bad news for all teams today, but not in equal measure...

1	Armchair_Cyclist	311
2	BluesInTheBottle	307
3	Northerner	304
4	Leadbelly	296
5	Comodoro	289
6	Rote_Laterne	287
7	Manafana	284
8	AmisVelo	281
9	Search	260
10	Vladimir	251
11	BicycleBoy	245
12	Josedin	192
13	Otoxiep87	156
14	Laarsland	145
15	Nyssinator	144
16	Will10	137
17	Kazistuta	126
18	ZigzagWanderer	124
19	SafeBet	122
20	SlowClimber	114
21	Berflamand	88
22	JumboVismaFan	86
23	Titan31	85
24	Scrooll07	80
25	ArchieBoy	73
26	EvansIsTheBest	72
27	Del1962	50
28	Yellow_Knight	32
29	Bminchow	30
29	Salvarani	30
31	Rufs	28
32	RedheadDane	6
33	Mellow_Velo	-29
34	Bonimenier	-42
35	DJSprtsch	-47
36	SamuCuenca	-90
37	Triley36	-223
	Collective_Wisdom	88

Standings
No disrespect intended to Lopez or TRiley, but these perhaps represent a more likely shape of the game. But with plenty of opportunities for things to change (except maybe for RhD)

1	Search	1562	2
2	Josedin	1532	0
3	Rote_Laterne	1445	1
4	Northerner	1405	1
5	BluesInTheBottle	1399	1
6	Comodoro	1304	2
7	Armchair_Cyclist	1296	6
8	Leadbelly	1283	4
9	BicycleBoy	1253	1
10	Vladimir	1240	1
11	Triley36	1199	-10
12	AmisVelo	1181	4
13	Manafana	1169	5
14	Berflamand	1151	-7
15	Titan31	1051	-1
16	Rufs	1041	-7
17	Kazistuta	1002	2
18	EvansIsTheBest	967	-1
19	ZigzagWanderer	928	1
20	Mellow_Velo	890	-5
21	Nyssinator	841	7
22	Will10	840	5
23	SafeBet	818	6
24	Del1962	817	-1
24	Salvarani	817	-3
26	Otoxiep87	794	5
27	Bminchow	787	-3
28	Yellow_Knight	770	-3
29	SlowClimber	768	1
30	Laarsland	746	2
31	Bonimenier	694	-5
31	SamuCuenca	694	-9
33	JumboVismaFan	551	1
34	DJSprtsch	537	-1
35	Scrooll07	477	1
36	ArchieBoy	471	-1
37	RedheadDane	213	0
	Collective_Wisdom	871

Laarsland now only has 3 riders left; Del 1962 has one more, but has 2262 points of his budget having a lie in tomorrow.

And just about the only thing that didn't change today is the interforum challenge position:
VR 1071
CN 953

Armchair cyclist · May 23, 2022

Stage 15

Taking advantage of the rest day by not doing the update last night, but extra info to make up for it.

Purple points

CICCONE Giulio	70	9
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	40	0
PEDRERO LOPEZ Antonio	25	1
CARTHY Hugh	15	18
TUSVELD Martijn	10	0
COVILI Luca	7	0
TESFATSION Natnael Ocbit	5	1
MOLLEMA Bauke	3	0
LEEMREIZE Gijs	2	1
MARTIN Guillaume	1	1

On the day
5 teams have both Ciccone and Carthy, but only Scrooll has Leemreize as well.

1	Scrooll07	87
2	Bminchow	85
2	Kazistuta	85
2	Rufs	85
2	SafeBet	85
6	AmisVelo	70
6	BluesInTheBottle	70
6	Leadbelly	70
6	Vladimir	70
10	ArchieBoy	25
11	Remaining Carthy teams	15

Main stage points scorers ( a second place or higher points equivalent)

DEMARE Arnaud	265	1
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	160	4
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	155	6
YATES Simon	140	18
CAVENDISH Mark	127	0
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	120	5
HINDLEY Jai	110	7
DAINESE Alberto	87	1
KÄMNA Lennard	80	12
BOUWMAN Koen	77	0
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	73	7
CICCONE Giulio	70	9
DE GENDT Thomas	70	3
OLDANI Stefano	70	0
MOLLEMA Bauke	63	0
BAUHAUS Phil	57	1
EWAN Caleb	53	19
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	50	0
BARDET Romain	48	5
CONSONNI Simone	41	0
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	41	1
DUMOULIN Tom	40	9
GABBURO Davide	40	0
ROTA Lorenzo	40	0

Standings
(with riders who have 40 pts + in this classification for the top ten)

1	Kazistuta	499	3	Yates/Gaviria/Kamna/Ciccone/Ewan
2	Leadbelly	473	3	Yates/Hindley/Kamna/Ciccone/Ewan
3	Josedin	460	-1	Demare/Carapaz/De Gendt
4	Rote_Laterne	450	-3	Yates/Hindley/Kamna/Ewan/Dumoulin
5	EvansIsTheBest	439	-2	Girmay/Gaviria/Ewan/Dumoulin
6	AmisVelo	433	2	Yates/Hindley/Ciccone/Ewan/Dumoulin
7	Comodoro	405	-1	Yates/Gaviria/Hindley
8	ZigzagWanderer	383	-1	Girmay/Yates/Ewan
9	Rufs	365	10	Van der Poel/Ciccone/Ewan/Dumoulin
10	Bminchow	355	12	Girmay/Ciccone/Ewan
11	Search	340	1
12	BluesInTheBottle	333	12
13	Northerner	332	-4
14	Triley36	329	-4
15	DJSprtsch	328	-4
16	Yellow_Knight	323	-1
17	BicycleBoy	318	-4
18	Will10	312	-4
19	Scrooll07	310	7
20	JumboVismaFan	305	-4
21	Salvarani	303	-4
22	Otoxiep87	302	-4
23	Manafana	286	-2
24	Nyssinator	280	-1
25	Armchair_Cyclist	278	-5
26	Del1962	274	-1
27	SafeBet	254	5
28	ArchieBoy	238	1
29	SlowClimber	237	-2
30	Titan31	235	-2
31	Vladimir	224	3
32	Berflamand	216	-2
33	SamuCuenca	194	-2
34	Laarsland	163	-1
35	Bonimenier	162	0
36	Mellow_Velo	107	0
37	RedheadDane	69	0
	Collective_Wisdom	310

Armchair cyclist · May 23, 2022

Main (Pink) competition
Stage 15 update

CICCONE Giulio	109	9
PEDRERO LOPEZ Antonio	42	1
MARTIN Guillaume	24	1
CARTHY Hugh	23	18
LEEMREIZE Gijs	16	1
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	13	7
TESFATSION Natnael Ocbit	10	1

SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro	-10	6
FORMOLO Davide	-11	0
TAARAMÄE Rein	-11	2
VALTER Attila	-11	3
HAMILTON Chris	-12	0
FORTUNATO Lorenzo	-14	1
CONTI Valerio	-15	0
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro	-15	0
YATES Simon	-16	18
ROSA Diego	-30	2

On the day:

1	Rufs	132
1	Scrooll07	132
3	Bminchow	127
4	Vladimir	126
5	Kazistuta	122
6	BluesInTheBottle	111
7	SafeBet	109
8	AmisVelo	93
9	Leadbelly	92
10	Josedin	36
11	Search	35
12	ArchieBoy	24
13	Berflamand	23
13	Yellow_Knight	23
15	Del1962	22
16	Bonimenier	18
17	Mellow_Velo	16
17	SamuCuenca	16
19	BicycleBoy	13
20	Titan31	9
21	DJSprtsch	5
22	Laarsland	2
23	SlowClimber	0
24	Salvarani	-1
25	Armchair_Cyclist	-3
25	Comodoro	-3
27	RedheadDane	-5
28	Manafana	-9
28	Nyssinator	-9
30	Otoxiep87	-11
31	EvansIsTheBest	-17
31	Rote_Laterne	-17
33	Northerner	-26
34	JumboVismaFan	-32
35	ZigzagWanderer	-36
36	Will10	-45
37	Triley36	-57
	Collective_Wisdom	6

Top scoring riders

CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	620	7
HINDLEY Jai	510	7
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	371	1
DEMARE Arnaud	350	1
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	338	1
LANDA MEANA Mikel	285	27
POZZOVIVO Domenico	257	4
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	248	1
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	239	6
YATES Simon	202	18
BUCHMANN Emanuel	197	5
BOUWMAN Koen	195	0
NIBALI Vincenzo	183	3
CAVENDISH Mark	182	0
CICCONE Giulio	169	9
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	160	5
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	160	4
KELDERMAN Wilco	143	3
KÄMNA Lennard	141	12
MARTIN Guillaume	138	1
MOLLEMA Bauke	132	0
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	128	0
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro	124	0
DAINESE Alberto	112	1
HIRT Jan	112	0
HAMILTON Lucas	101	3

Standings
With the 100 pt + scorers for the top ten

1	Search	1597	0	Carapaz/Landa/Pozzovivo/Gaviria/Kamna
2	Josedin	1568	0	Carapaz/Demare/Landa
3	BluesInTheBottle	1510	2	Carapaz/Hindley/Ciccone/Kamna
4	Rote_Laterne	1428	-1	Hindley/Landa/Yates/Buchmann/Kamna
5	Northerner	1379	-1	Hindley/Landa/Yates/Buchmann
6	Leadbelly	1375	2	Hindley/Landa/Yates/Ciccone/Kamna
7	Vladimir	1366	3	Carapaz/Buchmann/Nibali/Ciccone
8	Comodoro	1301	-2	Hindley/Landa/Yates/Gaviria
9	Armchair_Cyclist	1293	-2	Carapaz/Landa/Yates/Hamilton
10	AmisVelo	1274	2	Hindley/Landa/Yates/Ciccone
11	BicycleBoy	1266	-2
12	Berflamand	1174	2
13	Rufs	1173	3
14	Manafana	1160	-1
15	Triley36	1142	-4
16	Kazistuta	1124	1
17	Titan31	1060	-2
18	EvansIsTheBest	950	0
19	SafeBet	927	4
20	Bminchow	914	7
21	Mellow_Velo	906	-1
22	ZigzagWanderer	892	-3
23	Del1962	839	1
24	Nyssinator	832	-3
25	Salvarani	816	-1
26	Will10	795	-4
27	Yellow_Knight	793	1
28	Otoxiep87	783	-2
29	SlowClimber	768	0
30	Laarsland	748	0
31	Bonimenier	712	0
32	SamuCuenca	710	-1
33	Scrooll07	609	2
34	DJSprtsch	542	0
35	JumboVismaFan	519	-2
36	ArchieBoy	495	0
37	RedheadDane	208	0
	Collective_Wisdom	877

Spreadshhet

PS
A bad luck table (number of DNFs, net cost of DNFs)

Laarsland	5	1342
Del1962	4	2121
DJSprtsch	4	1554
Bonimenier	3	1702
EvansIsTheBest	3	1551
Bminchow	3	1487
Rote_Laterne	3	1244
AmisVelo	3	1244
Triley36	2	1384
Scrooll07	2	1384
ZigzagWanderer	2	1193
SlowClimber	2	979
JumboVismaFan	2	979
Northerner	2	926
Leadbelly	2	926
Yellow_Knight	2	926
Rufs	2	737
Otoxiep87	2	571

RedheadDane · May 23, 2022

All my riders are still in the race... at least I got that going for me...

Armchair cyclist · May 25, 2022

Stage 16 The 'Queen Stage'

Untold chaos and drama, so long as you ignore the top 4.

Purplish points

HIRT Jan	70	0
ARENSMAN Thymen	40	11
HINDLEY Jai	25	7
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	15	7
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro	10	0
LANDA MEANA Mikel	7	27
KÄMNA Lennard	5	12
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	3	1
NIBALI Vincenzo	2	3
CARTHY Hugh	1	18

Today

1	Northerner	72	Arensman/Hindley/Landa
2	Josedin	63	Arensman/Carapaz/Landa/Carthy
3	Vladimir	57	Arensman/Carapaz/Nibali
4	Mellow_Velo	51	Arensman/Landa/Almeida/Carthy
5	Berflamand	48	Arensman/Landa/Carthy
5	Titan31	48
5	SafeBet	48
5	SlowClimber	48
5	Bonimenier	48
10	ZigzagWanderer	47	Arensman/Landa
11	BluesInTheBottle	45	Hindley/Carapaz/Kamna
12	ArchieBoy	40	Arensman

Standings

1	Josedin	523	2
2	Kazistuta	512	-1
3	Leadbelly	510	-1
4	Rote_Laterne	487	0
5	AmisVelo	465	1
6	EvansIsTheBest	448	-1
7	Comodoro	438	0
8	ZigzagWanderer	430	0
9	Northerner	404	4
10	BluesInTheBottle	378	2

Pink points
Lots of changes in GC, just not at the top of it.

NIBALI Vincenzo	77	3
ARENSMAN Thymen	63	11
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	30	7
CARTHY Hugh	23	18
KÄMNA Lennard	20	12
SIVAKOV Pavel	16	2
HINDLEY Jai	15	7
PRONSKIY Vadim	11	1

LEEMREIZE Gijs	-14	1
SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro	-14	6
ROSA Diego	-15	2
TESFATSION Natnael Ocbit	-22	1
POZZOVIVO Domenico	-25	4
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	-25	1
BUCHMANN Emanuel	-25	5
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	-30	1
KELDERMAN Wilco	-33	3
MARTIN Guillaume	-51	1

Today

1	Vladimir	156
2	Del1962	127
3	Josedin	123
4	SafeBet	110
5	Mellow_Velo	96
6	SlowClimber	93
7	EvansIsTheBest	90
8	Titan31	84
9	ArchieBoy	69
10	Bonimenier	60
11	Search	55
12	BluesInTheBottle	52
13	Kazistuta	50
14	Northerner	46
15	Armchair_Cyclist	45
16	Leadbelly	43
16	Salvarani	43
16	Berflamand	43
19	Laarsland	35
20	ZigzagWanderer	33
21	Manafana	32
22	Comodoro	31
23	Yellow_Knight	30
23	Otoxiep87	30
25	DJSprtsch	24
25	JumboVismaFan	24
27	AmisVelo	23
28	Rote_Laterne	17
29	Rufs	14
30	Will10	13
31	Scrooll07	10
32	BicycleBoy	5
33	Bminchow	-2
33	RedheadDane	-2
35	Nyssinator	-3
36	Triley36	-32
37	SamuCuenca	-56
	Collective_Wisdom	113

Standings
Change at the top, because Arensman's gains were much more than the slight net loss of Kamna and Pozzovivo.
The top 4 have Carapaz, the next three have Hindley (and BitB in 3rd has both)

1	Josedin	1691	1
2	Search	1652	-1
3	BluesInTheBottle	1562	0
4	Vladimir	1522	3
5	Rote_Laterne	1445	-1
6	Northerner	1425	-1
7	Leadbelly	1418	-1
8	Armchair_Cyclist	1338	1
9	Comodoro	1332	-1
10	AmisVelo	1297	0
11	BicycleBoy	1271	0
12	Berflamand	1217	0
13	Manafana	1192	1
14	Rufs	1187	-1
15	Kazistuta	1174	1
16	Titan31	1144	1
17	Triley36	1110	-2
18	EvansIsTheBest	1040	0
19	SafeBet	1037	0
20	Mellow_Velo	1002	1
21	Del1962	966	2
22	ZigzagWanderer	925	0
23	Bminchow	912	-3
24	SlowClimber	861	5
25	Salvarani	859	0
26	Nyssinator	829	-2
27	Yellow_Knight	823	0
28	Otoxiep87	813	0
29	Will10	808	-3
30	Laarsland	783	0
31	Bonimenier	772	0
32	SamuCuenca	654	0
33	Scrooll07	619	0
34	DJSprtsch	566	0
35	ArchieBoy	564	1
36	JumboVismaFan	543	-1
37	RedheadDane	206	0
	Collective_Wisdom	990

VR 1167
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Armchair cyclist · May 25, 2022

Stage 17
Rather similar to yesterday, with some of the same riders featuring.

Purple points

BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	70	0
LEEMREIZE Gijs	40	1
HIRT Jan	25	0
CARTHY Hugh	15	18
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	10	7
HINDLEY Jai	7	7
VANSEVENANT Mauri	5	1
BOUWMAN Koen	3	0
MARTIN Guillaume	2	1
LANDA MEANA Mikel	1	27

Today

1	Scrooll07	55	Leemreize/Carthy
2	Josedin	26	Carthy/Carapaz/Landa
2	Search	26
4	Comodoro	23	Carthy/Hindley/Landa
4	Manafana	23
6	BluesInTheBottle	17	Carapaz/Hindley
7	Thirteen teams	16	Carthy/Landa

Standings

1	Josedin	549	0
2	Kazistuta	528	0
3	Leadbelly	518	0
4	Rote_Laterne	495	0
5	AmisVelo	473	0
6	Comodoro	461	1
7	EvansIsTheBest	449	-1
8	ZigzagWanderer	431	0
9	Northerner	412	0
10	BluesInTheBottle	395	0

Pink points
Simon Yates had rather fewer GC points than the teams that invested in him would have hoped for, but enough that his dropping out rivals Landa taking the podium spot (to stay?) as the most impactful change in today's scores.

LEEMREIZE Gijs	54	1
LANDA MEANA Mikel	51	27
CARTHY Hugh	39	18
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	30	1
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	27	7
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	25	1
POELS Wout	12	1
VANSEVENANT Mauri	11	1

CICCONE Giulio	-12	9
HAMILTON Lucas	-14	3
VANHOUCKE Harm	-15	0
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro	-23	0
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	-50	1
YATES Simon	-62	18
POZZOVIVO Domenico	-80	4

Today

1	Josedin	107
2	Titan31	92
3	Del1962	90
4	Yellow_Knight	89
5	Bonimenier	79
6	Bminchow	76
7	Rufs	64
8	Salvarani	51
9	EvansIsTheBest	43
10	Comodoro	39
10	Manafana	39
12	Search	37
13	Nyssinator	35
14	Otoxiep87	30
15	BluesInTheBottle	26
16	Mellow_Velo	24
17	Triley36	23
18	Scrooll07	19
18	Laarsland	19
20	Kazistuta	16
21	SlowClimber	12
22	DJSprtsch	4
23	Armchair_Cyclist	2
23	Vladimir	2
25	Berflamand	1
26	SafeBet	0
27	Rote_Laterne	-4
28	Will10	-5
29	RedheadDane	-7
30	Northerner	-9
31	Leadbelly	-16
31	AmisVelo	-16
33	ZigzagWanderer	-20
34	BicycleBoy	-54
35	ArchieBoy	-57
36	JumboVismaFan	-58
37	SamuCuenca	-85

Standings
Not much change at the top of the rankings, and with the leader being the top scorer today, that margin gets wider.

1	Josedin	1798	0
2	Search	1689	0
3	BluesInTheBottle	1588	0
4	Vladimir	1524	0
5	Rote_Laterne	1441	0
6	Northerner	1416	0
7	Leadbelly	1402	0
8	Comodoro	1371	1
9	Armchair_Cyclist	1340	-1
10	AmisVelo	1281	0
11	Rufs	1251	3
12	Titan31	1236	4
13	Manafana	1231	0
14	Berflamand	1218	-2
15	BicycleBoy	1217	-4
16	Kazistuta	1190	-1
17	Triley36	1133	0
18	EvansIsTheBest	1083	0
19	Del1962	1056	2
20	SafeBet	1037	-1
21	Mellow_Velo	1026	-1
22	Bminchow	988	1
23	Yellow_Knight	912	4
24	Salvarani	910	1
25	ZigzagWanderer	905	-3
26	SlowClimber	873	-2
27	Nyssinator	864	-1
28	Bonimenier	851	3
29	Otoxiep87	843	-1
30	Will10	803	-1
31	Laarsland	802	-1
32	Scrooll07	638	1
33	DJSprtsch	570	1
34	SamuCuenca	569	-2
35	ArchieBoy	507	0
36	JumboVismaFan	485	0
37	RedheadDane	199	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1009

Tomorrow should be for the sprinters, and so not much pink point change should be expected.

bminchow · May 26, 2022

Well done JosedIN!!

Armchair cyclist · May 27, 2022

Stage 18
The sprint stage that wasn't

Purple points

DE BONDT Dries	70	1
AFFINI Edoardo	40	0
CORT NIELSEN Magnus	25	2
GABBURO Davide	15	0
DAINESE Alberto	10	1
DEMARE Arnaud	7	1
CIMOLAI Davide	5	3
CAVENDISH Mark	3	0
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	2	5
CONSONNI Simone	1	0

Just occasionally, random is the way to go

1	RedheadDane	70
2	ArchieBoy	25
2	JumboVismaFan	25
4	SamuCuenca	10
5	Josedin	7
5	Comodoro	7
7	Scrooll07	5
7	DJSprtsch	5
9	Search	2
9	Kazistuta	2
9	EvansIsTheBest	2
9	Otoxiep87	2

Standings
Two points is enough to lift Search into the top ten. Precious few other points here though.

1	Josedin	556	0
2	Kazistuta	530	0
3	Leadbelly	518	0
4	Rote_Laterne	495	0
5	AmisVelo	473	0
6	Comodoro	468	0
7	EvansIsTheBest	451	0
8	ZigzagWanderer	431	0
9	Northerner	412	0
10	Search	396	1

Pink points
Only one team loses out by Almeida's diagnosis (hard luck MV), but lots pick up points by moving into the void he leaves.

DE BONDT Dries	77	1
POZZOVIVO Domenico	30	4
CORT NIELSEN Magnus	25	2
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	25	1
NIBALI Vincenzo	25	3
BUCHMANN Emanuel	25	5
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	16	7
CARTHY Hugh	15	18
DAINESE Alberto	10	1

DE GENDT Thomas	-1	3
LEEMREIZE Gijs	-2	1
BAUHAUS Phil	-4	1
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	-265	1

1	Vladimir	75
2	RedheadDane	73
3	Berflamand	70
4	Search	67
5	Titan31	52
6	SamuCuenca	50
7	Rufs	48
8	BicycleBoy	45
9	Del1962	44
10	Josedin	37
11	JumboVismaFan	31
12	EvansIsTheBest	30
13	Rote_Laterne	29
13	Northerner	29
15	ArchieBoy	27
16	Kazistuta	26
16	Comodoro	26
16	BluesInTheBottle	26
19	Armchair_Cyclist	22
20	Bminchow	21
20	SafeBet	21
22	Scrooll07	20
22	Manafana	20
22	Nyssinator	20
25	Bonimenier	19
26	Otoxiep87	18
26	Laarsland	18
28	SlowClimber	15
29	Yellow_Knight	14
30	DJSprtsch	13
31	Will10	9
32	Triley36	8
32	Salvarani	8
34	Leadbelly	6
35	AmisVelo	2
36	ZigzagWanderer	0
37	Mellow_Velo	-250
	Collective_Wisdom	19

1	Vladimir	75
2	RedheadDane	73
3	Berflamand	70
4	Search	67
5	Titan31	52
6	SamuCuenca	50
7	Rufs	48
8	BicycleBoy	45
9	Del1962	44
10	Josedin	37
11	JumboVismaFan	31
12	EvansIsTheBest	30
13	Rote_Laterne	29
13	Northerner	29
15	ArchieBoy	27
16	Kazistuta	26
16	Comodoro	26
16	BluesInTheBottle	26
19	Armchair_Cyclist	22
20	Bminchow	21
20	SafeBet	21
22	Scrooll07	20
22	Manafana	20
22	Nyssinator	20
25	Bonimenier	19
26	Otoxiep87	18
26	Laarsland	18
28	SlowClimber	15
29	Yellow_Knight	14
30	DJSprtsch	13
31	Will10	9
32	Triley36	8
32	Salvarani	8
34	Leadbelly	6
35	AmisVelo	2
36	ZigzagWanderer	0
37	Mellow_Velo	-250
	Collective_Wisdom	19

Standings

1	Josedin	1835	0
2	Search	1756	0
3	BluesInTheBottle	1614	0
4	Vladimir	1599	0
5	Rote_Laterne	1470	0
6	Northerner	1445	0
7	Leadbelly	1408	0
8	Comodoro	1397	0
9	Armchair_Cyclist	1362	0
10	Rufs	1299	1
11	Berflamand	1288	3
11	Titan31	1288	1
13	AmisVelo	1283	-3
14	BicycleBoy	1262	1
15	Manafana	1251	-2
16	Kazistuta	1216	0
17	Triley36	1141	0
18	EvansIsTheBest	1113	0
19	Del1962	1100	0
20	SafeBet	1058	0
21	Bminchow	1009	1
22	Yellow_Knight	926	1
23	Salvarani	918	1
24	ZigzagWanderer	905	1
25	SlowClimber	888	1
26	Nyssinator	884	1
27	Bonimenier	870	1
28	Otoxiep87	861	1
29	Laarsland	820	2
30	Will10	812	0
31	Mellow_Velo	776	-10
32	Scrooll07	658	0
33	SamuCuenca	619	1
34	DJSprtsch	583	-1
35	ArchieBoy	534	0
36	JumboVismaFan	516	0
37	RedheadDane	272	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1028

Three stages to go: which of them, if any, will cause any real change here?

Armchair cyclist · May 27, 2022

Stage 19
Showdown postponed, again

Purple points
Lots of people getting a small haul of points, not many getting more than that.

BOUWMAN Koen	70	0
SCHMID Mauro	40	1
TONELLI Alessandro	25	1
VALTER Attila	15	3
VENDRAME Andrea	10	1
BAYER Tobias	7	0
MARTIN Guillaume	5	1
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	3	7
HINDLEY Jai	2	7
LANDA MEANA Mikel	1	27

Today

1	Yellow_Knight	41	,
2	Will10	26	,
3	RedheadDane	25	,
4	Nyssinator	16	,
4	Otoxiep87	16	,
6	BluesInTheBottle	5	,
6	SamuCuenca	5	,
8	Josedin	4	,
8	Search	4	,
8	Armchair_Cyclist	4	,

Technically, the top ten hasn't changed. BitB gains one point on Search that would make him joint 10th, except for the tiebreaker rule that keeps him 11th.

Pink points
Arensman loses 20 minutes + and 6 places. Might make more difference to managers here than it does to him...

SCHMID Mauro	40	1
VALTER Attila	26	3
TONELLI Alessandro	25	1
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	21	7
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	15	5
MARTIN Guillaume	11	1
VENDRAME Andrea	10	1

SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro	-12	6
CEPEDA ORTIZ Jefferson Alexander	-15	2
ARENSMAN Thymen	-34	11

1	Yellow_Knight	44
2	Otoxiep87	41
3	Nyssinator	34
4	Armchair_Cyclist	30
5	Will10	28
6	Search	26
6	Laarsland	26
8	RedheadDane	24
9	EvansIsTheBest	21
9	BicycleBoy	21
11	Kazistuta	17
11	SamuCuenca	17
13	Salvarani	14
14	Leadbelly	12
15	Rufs	11
16	Bminchow	10
16	Scrooll07	10
18	JumboVismaFan	8
19	Rote_Laterne	7
20	Comodoro	6
21	AmisVelo	5
21	Del1962	5
23	BluesInTheBottle	2
24	DJSprtsch	-2
25	Manafana	-3
26	Triley36	-7
27	Vladimir	-8
28	Josedin	-12
29	Titan31	-16
30	ArchieBoy	-24
31	SafeBet	-26
31	Bonimenier	-26
33	ZigzagWanderer	-30
33	Berflamand	-30
35	SlowClimber	-31
35	Mellow_Velo	-31
37	Northerner	-43
	Collective_Wisdom	-26

Standings

1	Josedin	1823	0
2	Search	1782	0
3	BluesInTheBottle	1616	0
4	Vladimir	1591	0
5	Rote_Laterne	1477	0
6	Leadbelly	1420	1
7	Comodoro	1403	1
8	Northerner	1402	-2
9	Armchair_Cyclist	1392	0
10	Rufs	1310	0
11	AmisVelo	1288	2
12	BicycleBoy	1283	2
13	Titan31	1272	-2
14	Berflamand	1258	-3
15	Manafana	1248	0
16	Kazistuta	1233	0
17	EvansIsTheBest	1134	1
17	Triley36	1134	0
19	Del1962	1105	0
20	SafeBet	1032	0
21	Bminchow	1019	0
22	Yellow_Knight	970	0
23	Salvarani	932	0
24	Nyssinator	918	2
25	Otoxiep87	902	3
26	ZigzagWanderer	875	-2
27	SlowClimber	857	-2
28	Laarsland	846	1
29	Bonimenier	844	-2
30	Will10	840	0
31	Mellow_Velo	745	0
32	Scrooll07	668	0
33	SamuCuenca	636	0
34	DJSprtsch	581	0
35	JumboVismaFan	524	1
36	ArchieBoy	510	-1
37	RedheadDane	296	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1002

Armchair cyclist · May 28, 2022

Stage 20
Change!!!!

Purple points

COVI Alessandro	70	0
NOVAK Domen	40	0
CICCONE Giulio	25	9
PEDRERO LOPEZ Antonio	15	1
ARENSMAN Thymen	10	11
HINDLEY Jai	7	7
LEEMREIZE Gijs	5	1
CARTHY Hugh	3	18
LANDA MEANA Mikel	2	27
KÄMNA Lennard	1	12

Today

1	SafeBet	40	Ciccone/Arensman/Carthy/Landa
2	Vladimir	35	Ciccone/Arensman
2	Leadbelly	35	Ciccone/Hindley/Landa/Kamna
4	AmisVelo	34	Ciccone/Hindley/Landa
5	BluesInTheBottle	33	Ciccone/Hindley/Kamna
5	Scrooll07	33	Ciccone/Leemreize/Carthy
7	Kazistuta	31	Ciccone/Carthy/Landa/Kamna
8	Rufs	30	Ciccone/Carthy/Landa
8	Bminchow	30	Ciccone/Carthy/Landa
10	ArchieBoy	25	Pedrero/Arensman

Standings
I wouldn't think the teams that could catch Josedin have the time trialists to do so.

1	Josedin	575	0
2	Kazistuta	562	0
3	Leadbelly	556	0
4	AmisVelo	510	1
5	Rote_Laterne	508	-1
6	Comodoro	483	0
7	EvansIsTheBest	454	0
8	ZigzagWanderer	444	0
9	Northerner	434	0
10	BluesInTheBottle	433	1

Pink points
Only one significant change in the GC rankings, which seems odd for a final mountain stage. But it's been that sort of a Giro. The one change there was, however, is the biggie.

HINDLEY Jai	142	7
COVI Alessandro	101	0
NOVAK Domen	52	0
CICCONE Giulio	27	9
PEDRERO LOPEZ Antonio	17	1
FORMOLO Davide	15	0
ARENSMAN Thymen	14	11
LEEMREIZE Gijs	13	1

KÄMNA Lennard	-8	12
ROSA Diego	-10	2
ULISSI Diego	-10	0
DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David	-15	1
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	-128	7

Today
Those who have the big two have big jumps in their scores. Apart from BitB who has both of them cancelling each other out.

1	AmisVelo	171
2	Leadbelly	161
3	Northerner	155
4	Manafana	145
5	Comodoro	144
6	Rote_Laterne	136
7	SafeBet	44
8	Scrooll07	43
9	Rufs	32
10	BluesInTheBottle	30
11	Bminchow	29
12	Kazistuta	26
13	ArchieBoy	25
14	Titan31	17
14	Berflamand	17
16	Bonimenier	16
17	SlowClimber	15
17	Mellow_Velo	15
19	ZigzagWanderer	4
20	Yellow_Knight	3
21	EvansIsTheBest	1
21	Otoxiep87	1
23	Nyssinator	0
24	Del1962	-3
25	DJSprtsch	-8
25	Salvarani	-8
27	SamuCuenca	-12
28	Will10	-13
29	RedheadDane	-17
30	JumboVismaFan	-18
31	Triley36	-19
32	Vladimir	-85
33	Josedin	-109
34	Armchair_Cyclist	-126
35	BicycleBoy	-128
36	Search	-131
37	Laarsland	-134

Standings
So, did the Carapaz teams at the top hold on?

1	Josedin	1714	0
2	Search	1651	0
3	BluesInTheBottle	1646	0
4	Rote_Laterne	1613	1
5	Leadbelly	1581	1
6	Northerner	1557	2
7	Comodoro	1547	0
8	Vladimir	1506	-4
9	AmisVelo	1459	2
10	Manafana	1393	5
11	Rufs	1342	-1
12	Titan31	1289	1
13	Berflamand	1275	1
14	Armchair_Cyclist	1266	-5
15	Kazistuta	1259	1
16	BicycleBoy	1155	-4
17	EvansIsTheBest	1135	0
18	Triley36	1115	-1
19	Del1962	1102	0
20	SafeBet	1076	0
21	Bminchow	1048	0
22	Yellow_Knight	973	0
23	Salvarani	924	0
24	Nyssinator	918	0
25	Otoxiep87	903	0
26	ZigzagWanderer	879	0
27	SlowClimber	872	0
28	Bonimenier	860	1
29	Will10	827	1
30	Mellow_Velo	760	1
31	Laarsland	712	-3
32	Scrooll07	711	0
33	SamuCuenca	624	0
34	DJSprtsch	573	0
35	ArchieBoy	535	1
36	JumboVismaFan	506	-1
37	RedheadDane	279	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1011

Yes, they do. Surprisingly, only Vladimir really seems to have suffered from Carapaz's fading in the last few km today.

Any final twists have only 17 km in which to happen.

Armchair cyclist · May 29, 2022

Stage 21

The final time trial
If you were looking for any major final upheaval, think again.

Purplish points

SOBRERO Matteo	70	0
ARENSMAN Thymen	40	11
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	25	6
MOLLEMA Bauke	15	0
TULETT Ben	10	0
SCHMID Mauro	7	1
CORT NIELSEN Magnus	5	2
FOSS Tobias Svendsen	3	8
HEPBURN Michael	2	2
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	1	7

Today
11 teams have Arensman: only one of them pairs him with Van der Poel.

1	Berflamand	65
2	ArchieBoy	45
3	Josedin	43
3	SafeBet	43
3	SlowClimber	43
3	Mellow_Velo	43
7	Vladimir	41
8	Northerner	40
8	Titan31	40
8	ZigzagWanderer	40
8	Bonimenier	40

1	Josedin	618	0
2	Kazistuta	562	0
3	Leadbelly	556	0
4	AmisVelo	512	0
5	Rote_Laterne	508	0
6	ZigzagWanderer	484	2
7	Comodoro	483	-1
8	Northerner	474	1
9	EvansIsTheBest	454	-2
10	Rufs	445	1
11	BluesInTheBottle	434	-1
12	Yellow_Knight	425	3
13	Bminchow	410	-1
14	Search	407	-1
15	Scrooll07	404	-1
16	SafeBet	402	0
17	ArchieBoy	373	8
18	BicycleBoy	372	2
19	Vladimir	370	5
20	DJSprtsch	364	3
21	Berflamand	361	11
22	SlowClimber	360	6
23	Will10	357	-5
24	Manafana	357	-7
25	Titan31	355	5
26	Otoxiep87	352	-7
27	JumboVismaFan	349	-5
28	Triley36	346	-8
29	Salvarani	345	-2
30	Nyssinator	325	-4
31	Armchair_Cyclist	318	-3
32	Del1962	312	-1
33	Bonimenier	282	0
34	Mellow_Velo	233	2
35	SamuCuenca	220	-1
36	Laarsland	192	-1
37	RedheadDane	167	0
	Collective_Wisdom	436

Samu Cuenca · May 29, 2022

My goal was to either win or lose, so I didn't quite achieve it.

How many points would you have had if you had simply picked the eight Israel riders?

Armchair cyclist · May 29, 2022

Stage 21 Final Pink points update

Other than the stage points, there were no changes in the Mountains or Points classifications, very little in GC (Carthy taking 9th from Lopez being the most significant), and not even a pink jersey bonus. Less consequential than a mass sprint.

ARENSMAN Thymen	40	11
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	25	6
CARTHY Hugh	15	18
SCHMID Mauro	7	1
CORT NIELSEN Magnus	5	2
FOSS Tobias Svendsen	3	8
HEPBURN Michael	2	2
FELLINE Fabio	2	2
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	1	7

SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro	-2	6
POELS Wout	-2	1
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	-15	1

Today

1	Berflamand	80
2	Josedin	58
2	SafeBet	58
2	SlowClimber	58
2	Mellow_Velo	58
6	Titan31	55
6	Bonimenier	55
8	Yellow_Knight	47
9	ArchieBoy	43
9	Vladimir	43
11	ZigzagWanderer	40
11	Rufs	40
13	Northerner	38
14	BicycleBoy	26
15	DJSprtsch	25
15	Salvarani	25
17	Otoxiep87	18
18	Kazistuta	17
19	Search	16
20	Bminchow	15
20	Scrooll07	15
20	Nyssinator	15
20	Del1962	15
24	Comodoro	13
24	Manafana	13
26	JumboVismaFan	8
27	SamuCuenca	3
27	RedheadDane	3
29	AmisVelo	2
30	Will10	1
30	Armchair_Cyclist	1
30	Laarsland	1
33	Leadbelly	0
33	Rote_Laterne	0
33	EvansIsTheBest	0
36	BluesInTheBottle	-1
37	Triley36	-17
	Collective_Wisdom	55

The final reckoning
Josedin has also led this main classification since Aprica, and with joint second on the day consolidates that victory.

1	Josedin	1772	0
2	Search	1667	0
3	BluesInTheBottle	1645	0
4	Rote_Laterne	1613	0
5	Northerner	1595	1
6	Leadbelly	1581	-1
7	Comodoro	1560	0
8	Vladimir	1549	0
9	AmisVelo	1461	0
10	Manafana	1406	0
11	Rufs	1382	0
12	Berflamand	1355	1
13	Titan31	1344	-1
14	Kazistuta	1276	1
15	Armchair_Cyclist	1267	-1
16	BicycleBoy	1181	0
17	EvansIsTheBest	1135	0
18	SafeBet	1134	2
19	Del1962	1117	0
20	Triley36	1098	-2
21	Bminchow	1063	0
22	Yellow_Knight	1020	0
23	Salvarani	949	0
24	Nyssinator	933	0
25	SlowClimber	930	2
26	Otoxiep87	921	-1
27	ZigzagWanderer	919	-1
28	Bonimenier	915	0
29	Will10	828	0
30	Mellow_Velo	818	0
31	Scrooll07	726	1
32	Laarsland	713	-1
33	SamuCuenca	627	0
34	DJSprtsch	598	0
35	ArchieBoy	578	0
36	JumboVismaFan	514	0
37	RedheadDane	282	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1066

Enhorabuena to Josedin (I think he is one of our Spanish contingent)

Congratulations also to Velorooms, whose members came 1st, 2nd, 4th and 6th, setting up a victory by 1237 to 1107

I am not working tomorrow, so I will do a bit of numbers breakdown then. If you can't wait that long to pour over your successes and failures,
here is the spreadsheet

Thanks to all who have joined in, to the riders, and to CQ and PCS for the results services.

Armchair cyclist · May 29, 2022

Samu Cuenca said:
My goal was to either win or lose, so I didn't quite achieve it.

How many points would you have had if you had simply picked the eight Israel riders?

You were only looking at the results of the minor classification there. You came much closer to your secondary goal in the main event.

Were Israel PT in this race?

Samu Cuenca · May 29, 2022

Armchair cyclist said:
You were only looking at the results of the minor classification there. You came much closer to your secondary goal in the main event.

Were Israel PT in this race?

I still couldn't make it, but I guess you can't lose them all.

Thanks to you as well for hosting the game.

slow_climber · May 29, 2022

Thanks to Armchair cyclist.

My totally average team struggled to escape the bottom third. Shows a need to pick a few unusual picks. Also shows how many of the favourites fell by the wayside - tough race

Jumbo Visma Fan :) · May 29, 2022

Welp, finishing the last of the people that actually tried feels bad. For the Tour, I’m going to do a mix of the good picks and a random system because I’ll be during away during parts of it.

Armchair cyclist · May 30, 2022

Before the usual analysis, and inspired by Samu's question about a team based entirely on Israel PT riders, here are the team performances. Only UAD were overbudget, and many used a very small proportion of what we were allowed.

	Team	Cost	St points	Total
1	Bora	1908	281	1209
2	Bahrain	3311	284	1065
3	Intermarche Wanty	2717	339	810
4	Ineos	3203	122	788
5	Trek	2221	230	777
6	Jumbo Visma	2170	320	628
7	Alpecin	2558	343	509
8	FdJ	1511	287	496
9	UAD	4881	246	471
10	Bike Exchange	1802	232	449
11	Astana	2011	21	432
12	DSM	2177	247	426
13	QuickStep	2143	217	376
14	Movistar	1935	79	326
15	Ed First	1338	79	289
16	Cofidis	2612	67	273
17	Eolo	1378	32	242
18	Lotto Soudal	981	153	231
19	Bardiani	1177	90	225
20	AGR Citroen	1060	23	187
21	Israel PT	1565	38	143
22	Drone Hopper	1199	8	99

Armchair cyclist · May 30, 2022

Purple points top scorers
Stage points only: stage winners or equivalents

DEMARE Arnaud	272	1
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	180	6
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	160	4
HINDLEY Jai	151	7
BOUWMAN Koen	150	0
YATES Simon	140	18
CAVENDISH Mark	130	0
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	122	5
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	120	0
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	102	7
DAINESE Alberto	97	1
CICCONE Giulio	95	9
HIRT Jan	95	0
ARENSMAN Thymen	92	11
KÄMNA Lennard	86	12
SOBRERO Matteo	85	0
LEEMREIZE Gijs	79	1
MOLLEMA Bauke	78	0
DE BONDT Dries	75	1
COVI Alessandro	70	0
DE GENDT Thomas	70	3
OLDANI Stefano	70	0

I've already put up the final stage points table, but here are the top ten with their top three contributors (and any other 70 point plus riders)

1	Josedin	618	Demare/Carapaz/Arensman/De Gendt
2	Kazistuta	562	Yates/Gaviria/Ciccone/Kamna
3	Leadbelly	556	Hindley/Yates/Ciccone/Kamna
4	AmisVelo	512	Hindley/Yates/Ciccone
5	Rote_Laterne	508	Hindley/Yates/Kamna
6	ZigzagWanderer	484	Girmay/Yates/Arensman
7	Comodoro	483	Hindley/Yates/Gaviria
8	Northerner	474	Hindley/Yates/Arensman
9	EvansIsTheBest	454	Girmay/Gaviria/Ewan (53)
10	Rufs	445	Van der Poel/Ciccone/Ewan

Part of the reason for doing the minor classification is to provide interest for those who are not going to be competitive in the Main Game. Josedin rather undermines that by winning both, but Kazistuta, Zigzag and Evans were not in the top ten in that, and Leadbelly and Amis Velo both do considerably better here.

And if anyone had wanted to target this classification alone, the best they could have done (I think) is
DEMARE Arnaud
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam
HINDLEY Jai
BOUWMAN Koen
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago
CICCONE Giulio
LEEMREIZE Gijs
on a spend of 3490, to score 1149 purple points (and an 'accidental' 2205 in the main game).

Armchair cyclist · May 30, 2022

Pink points

When we include all the CQ points available (not only the GC or pink jersey bonuses: pink points are what I call our main classification), the top scoring riders are:

HINDLEY Jai	676	7 teams
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	587	7
DEMARE Arnaud	357	1
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	356	1
LANDA MEANA Mikel	346	27
HIRT Jan	311	0
NIBALI Vincenzo	285	3
BOUWMAN Koen	284	0
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	273	1
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	264	6
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	235	0
BUCHMANN Emanuel	197	5
CICCONE Giulio	189	9
CARTHY Hugh	184	18
POZZOVIVO Domenico	182	4
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	177	5
CAVENDISH Mark	170	0
ARENSMAN Thymen	166	11
KÄMNA Lennard	161	12
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	160	4
YATES Simon	140	18
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro	134	0
MOLLEMA Bauke	130	0
LEEMREIZE Gijs	127	1
DAINESE Alberto	122	1
COVI Alessandro	116	0
KELDERMAN Wilco	115	3
HAMILTON Lucas	109	3
MARTIN Guillaume	106	1
SOBRERO Matteo	100	0

Of course, an expensive pick who scores high-ish might not be a great pick, so Percentage return on investment

HAMILTON Lucas	311 %	3 teams
DE GENDT Thomas	283	3
NOVAK Domen	200	0
HINDLEY Jai	186	7
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	185	1
LEEMREIZE Gijs	125	1
ARCAS PEÑA Jorge	114	0
CHEREL Mikael	114	0
BUCHMANN Emanuel	111	5
BOUWMAN Koen	92	0
HIRT Jan	88	0
LANDA MEANA Mikel	88	27
KÄMNA Lennard	88	12
TONELLI Alessandro	85	1
HEPBURN Michael	85	2
NIBALI Vincenzo	83	3
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	75	0
KLUGE Roger	75	0

Of course, the logical conclusion to the idea of value is that a cheaper rider and spare points in the budget can be a wiser pick than spending to the limit. But if you had chosen 7 favourite riders to a total cost of 1948, would you have had the courage to pick Hindley over Carapaz and send in a team that had only cost 2311 points?
Impeccable picks are those who you could not have scored better than with a rider who cost more.
HINDLEY Jai
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro
KÄMNA Lennard
LEEMREIZE Gijs
HAMILTON Lucas
DE GENDT Thomas
HEPBURN Michael

As in the purple points classification, I won't repeat the whole table from yesterday, but the top ten with their 100+ scorers:

1	Josedin	1772	Carapaz/Demare/Landa/Carthy/Arensman
2	Search	1667	Carapaz/Landa/Carthy/Pozzovivo/Gaviria/Kamna
3	BluesInTheBottle	1645	Hindley/Carapaz/Ciccone/Kamna
4	Rote_Laterne	1613	Hindley/Landa/Buchman/Kamna/Yates
5	Northerner	1595	Hindley/Landa/Buchman/Arensman/Yates
6	Leadbelly	1581	Hindley/Landa/Ciccone/Kamna/Yates
7	Comodoro	1560	Hindley/Landa/Carthy/Gaviria/Yates
8	Vladimir	1549	Carapaz/Nibali/Buchmann/Ciccone/Arensman
9	AmisVelo	1461	Hindley/Landa/Ciccone/Yates
10	Manafana	1406	Hindley/Landa/Carthy/Yates

Best possible team
with all my usual qualifiers about this being based on a fairly limited numbers of tries, and that better combinations may be possible.
HINDLEY Jai
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro
LANDA MEANA Mikel
HIRT Jan
NIBALI Vincenzo
BUCHMANN Emanuel
LEEMREIZE Gijs
at a cost of 3475 and earning 2885

Josedin's double winning team
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio
DEMARE Arnaud
LANDA MEANA Mikel
CARTHY Hugh
ARENSMAN Thymen
DE GENDT Thomas
BALLERINI Davide
HEPBURN Michael

Only Ballerini can be said to have been a real flop here. Hepburn was not the best cheap Aussie makeweight he could have afforded (that would have been Hamilton), but at least he finished and even picked up a couple of stage points at the death. I will admit to having thought that this team will go nowhere when I saw a big spend on Demare in a field that included Ewan, Cavendish, Gaviria and Girmay, but it is good to see a brave unique pick be rewarded (and also demonstrates the sort of insight that earned me 15th place).
If my Best Possible team is correct, this is 61.4% of what is possible: every time I do such a calculation the winner is in the low to mid sixties of what might have been done.

Hall of shame
Riders who were selected at a cost of 400 points or more, but who returned less than 10% of their cost, with the difference between their score and their price.

ALEOTTI Giovanni	-391	1
POELS Wout	-489	1
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel	-507	20
DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David	-549	1
BARDET Romain	-877	5
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	-1578	1

And finally, to give comfort to some, the Bad luck table, sorted by number of non-finishers, then by the difference between what those non-finishers cost and the points they may have gained before withdrawal.

Laarsland	5	1342
ZigzagWanderer	4	2476
Del1962	4	2121
Rote_Laterne	4	2079
AmisVelo	4	2079
DJSprtsch	4	1554
Triley36	3	2219
Scrooll07	3	2219
SlowClimber	3	1954
JumboVismaFan	3	1954
Northerner	3	1761
Leadbelly	3	1761
Bonimenier	3	1702
EvansIsTheBest	3	1551
Bminchow	3	1487
Otoxiep87	3	1406
Mellow_Velo	2	1896
Manafana	2	1482
Will10	2	1447
Comodoro	2	1342
SafeBet	2	1342
Kazistuta	2	1254
Nyssinator	2	1254
ArchieBoy	2	1254
Armchair_Cyclist	2	1153
Yellow_Knight	2	926
Rufs	2	737
BluesInTheBottle	2	671
Salvarani	1	877
Titan31	1	721
RedheadDane	1	549
Berflamand	1	507
Vladimir	1	419
SamuCuenca	1	217
Search	1	164
Josedin	0	0
BicycleBoy	0	0
Collective_Wisdom	3	1761

which perhaps makes Rote Laterne's 4th place more commendable.

And even finalier, the standings after two rounds of the Four Seasons challenge (ie totals for those who contested both this and the Spring Classics game, Tour and Vuelta to follow).

1	Josedin	2847
2	Search	2769
3	Leadbelly	2757
4	AmisVelo	2661
5	Comodoro	2653
6	BluesInTheBottle	2588
7	Rufs	2499
8	Rote_Laterne	2496
9	Kazistuta	2462
10	Laarsland	2401
11	EvansIsTheBest	2380
12	Vladimir	2378
13	Triley36	2305
14	Otoxiep87	2296
15	Armchair_Cyclist	2261
16	SlowClimber	2228
17	Berflamand	2128
18	Del1962	2081
19	Salvarani	2001
20	Bminchow	1949
21	JumboVismaFan	1755
22	BicycleBoy	1702
23	Mellow_Velo	1625
24	Scrooll07	1623
25	DJSprtsch	1320
26	RedheadDane	752
	Collective_Wisdom	2268

And remind me to tell you on around 23rd June that the Tour de France CQ Game should be 8 riders with a maximum budget of 4000 points as of 26th June, to be confirmed from a CQ update on the 27th, and that you'll need to submit teams by whatever time the first rider goes down the ramp in Copenhagen on 1st July.

Now, Emerging riders games...

RedheadDane · May 30, 2022

Well, that went about as well as you could have expected...

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