2022 Spring Classics CQ Game

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 26, 2022

Race 13: E3 Harelbeke
We have a team in the game called 'Jumbo Visma Fan', but even he didn't get the top two in what became (yet another) JV show of strength. In fairness, their prices were rather daunting.

But among those that we did pick:

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
5	GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	86	1
6	NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan Manuel	76	2
9	BENOOT Tiesj	52	4
11	TILLER Rasmus Fossum	40	1
13	TURGIS Anthony	30	8
16	GARCIA CORTINA Ivan	21	6
18	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	18	2
21	NAESEN Oliver	15	9
24	PEDERSEN Mads	12	4
27	TURNER Benjamin	9	1

and 25 'fivers'.

Very slightly higher scoring than De Panne on Wednesday, and everyone got something:

		This race	Main scorers	Green points
1	Madrazo	143	Narvaez/Turgis/Naesen/Pedersen	80
2	EvansIsTheBest	106	Girmay/Naesen	50
3	Berflamand	91	Narvaez	35
4	Otoxiep87	83	Benoot/Garcia	25
5	Blues_in_the_Bottle	80	Benoot/Van Hooydonck	15
6	AmisVelo	78	Benoot/Garcia	10
7	Vladimir	76	Turgis/Garcia/Naesen	5
8	Josedin	75	Tiller/Turgis	3
9	Triley36	68		2
10	Scrool07	62		1
11	Leadbelly	59
12	Armchair	55
13	LosBrolin	50
14	MellowVelo	36
15	Del1962	35
15	RoteLaterne	35
17	Kazistuta	31
18	JumboVismaFan	30
19	Bminchow	26
20	Laarsland	25
20	Search	25
22	DJSprtsch	20
23	Comodoro	17
23	Salvarani	17
25	RedheadDane	15
26	Rufs	12
27	BicycleBoy	10
27	SlowClimber	10
	CollectiveWisdom	37
	SoLastYear	63
	MainGamePop	5

and two of the teams who had not been in the top ten for a race, and therefore were still on zero green points, made the top ten here.

Standings

Green points
To celebrate getting halfway through the game, here is the full green points table rather than just the top ten. Apologies to MV.

		Green points	change in rank
1	Laarsland	398.5	0
2	Triley36	217.2	0
3	SlowClimber	188.5	0
4	JumboVismaFan	188.28	0
5	EvansIsTheBest	183.28	3
6	Rufs	182.67	-1
7	Madrazo	179.53	5
8	LosBrolin	160	-2
9	Bminchow	136	-2
10	Armchair	130.83	-1
11	Berflamand	121.5	4
12	Search	115	-2
13	Del1962	108.17	-2
14	DJSprtsch	95.17	-1
15	Vladimir	91.5	0
16	Kazistuta	91.28	-2
17	AmisVelo	64.28	1
18	RoteLaterne	59.67	-1
19	Josedin	43.75	0
20	Otoxiep87	41.03	5
21	RedheadDane	26.5	-1
22	Salvarani	25.61	-1
23	Comodoro	24	-1
24	Leadbelly	19.11	-1
25	BicycleBoy	16.67	-1
26	Blues_in_the_Bottle	15	0
27	Scrool07	1	-1
28	MellowVelo	0	-2

CQ points
And the main news from the race that seemed to prove that some seem teams are unbeatable, is that he who seemed as though he might be unbeatable has been toppled.

Rank	Team	Points	Change in rank
1	Madrazo	735	6
2	Triley36	730	0
3	Laarsland	719	-2
4	LosBrolin	692	-1
5	JumboVismaFan	669	-1
6	Armchair	661	-1
7	EvansIsTheBest	644	1
8	Rufs	607	-2
9	AmisVelo	527	2
10	Vladimir	509	2
11	Josedin	497	2
12	DJSprtsch	494	-3
13	Kazistuta	490	-3
14	Leadbelly	443	0
15	Otoxiep87	420	5
16	RoteLaterne	419	-2
17	Salvarani	389	-1
18	SlowClimber	377	-1
19	Search	369	-1
20	Berflamand	368	2
21	Bminchow	364	-2
22	Del1962	361	-1
23	Comodoro	261	0
24	RedheadDane	199	0
25	Blues_in_the_Bottle	192	2
26	MellowVelo	181	-1
27	Scrool07	154	1
28	BicycleBoy	146	-2
	CollectiveWisdom	456
	SoLastYear	519
	MainGamePop	334

Gent Wevelgem tomorrow

RedheadDane · Mar 26, 2022

I appear to have stalled...

EvansIsTheBest · Mar 27, 2022

I'm wondering how much gloating would be socially acceptable for the person who was the only one to believe in Girmay in this game

Jumbo Visma Fan :) · Mar 27, 2022

EvansIsTheBest said:
I'm wondering how much gloating would be socially acceptable for the person who was the only one to believe in Girmay in this game

Infinite amounts.

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 27, 2022

Race 14: Gent-Wevelgem In Flanders' Fields
An historic day. Never before has our sport seen Evans is the Best pick a classics winner.

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
1	GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	220	1
5	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	86	10
7	PEDERSEN Mads	66	4
8	GARCIA CORTINA Ivan	58	6
11	KRISTOFF Alexander	40	3
17	VAN AVERMAET Greg	19	1
18	LIVYNS Arjen	18	1
19	VERMEERSCH Florian	17	11
23	VAN DEN BERG Marijn	13	2
26	TURGIS Anthony	10	8
27	DEGENKOLB John	9	1
28	TURNER Benjamin	8	1
30	TILLER Rasmus Fossum	6	1

and 20 others getting 5 each

An inspired (and maybe inspiring) unique pick takes the day's spoils

		This race	Main scorers	Green points
1	EvansIsTheBest	266	Girmay/Van Avermaet/Vermeersch	80
2	Otoxiep87	181	Kragh/Garcia/Vermeersch	50
3	Comodoro	175	Kragh/Pedersen/Van den Berg	35
4	Vladimir	169	Kragh/Garcia/Turgis	25
5	Kazistuta	159	Kragh/Garcia	15
6	AmisVelo	154	Kragh/Garcia	7.5
6	Bminchow	154	Kragh/Garcia	7.5
8	Armchair	123		3
9	LosBrolin	106		2
10	DJSprtsch	104		1
11	Madrazo	96
11	RedheadDane	96
13	MellowVelo	90
14	Salvarani	86
15	Rufs	81
16	SlowClimber	60
17	Laarsland	55
18	Search	50
19	Triley36	46
20	Scrool07	40
21	Blues_in_the_Bottle	37
21	JumboVismaFan	37
21	RoteLaterne	37
24	Leadbelly	33
25	Berflamand	27
25	BicycleBoy	27
27	Josedin	21
28	Del1962	20
	CollectiveWisdom	137
	SoLastYear	128
	MainGamePop	5

Standings

It might be just as well for all the teams bar one that Biniam has gone home to his wife and child.

		Green points	change in rank
1	Laarsland	398.5	0
2	EvansIsTheBest	263.28	3
3	Triley36	217.2	-1
4	SlowClimber	188.5	-1
5	JumboVismaFan	188.28	-1
6	Rufs	182.67	0
7	Madrazo	179.53	0
8	LosBrolin	162	0
9	Bminchow	143.5	0
10	Armchair	133.83	0

CQ Points
All change at the top again

Rank	Team	Points	Change in rank
1	EvansIsTheBest	910	6
2	Madrazo	831	-1
3	LosBrolin	798	1
4	Armchair	784	2
5	Triley36	776	-3
6	Laarsland	774	-3
7	JumboVismaFan	706	-2
8	Rufs	688	0
9	AmisVelo	681	0
10	Vladimir	678	0
11	Kazistuta	649	2
12	Otoxiep87	601	3
13	DJSprtsch	598	-1
14	Bminchow	518	7
14	Josedin	518	-3
16	Leadbelly	476	-2
17	Salvarani	475	0
18	RoteLaterne	456	-2
19	SlowClimber	437	-1
20	Comodoro	436	3
21	Search	419	-2
22	Berflamand	395	-2
23	Del1962	381	-1
24	RedheadDane	295	0
25	MellowVelo	271	1
26	Blues_in_the_Bottle	229	-1
27	Scrool07	194	0
28	BicycleBoy	173	0
	CollectiveWisdom	593
	SoLastYear	647
	MainGamePop	339

I had totally forgotten that Industria & Artigiano was on today: only noticed when I looked at the list of races to see when my next update was to be. I'll be back with that one soon(ish).

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 27, 2022

Race 15: GP Industriana & Artigianato

Although I had forgotten it, it won't delay me long:
Tony Gallopin in 7th place was the only rider selected in the game in the top 30, gaining 40 points (and 80 Green points) for Salvarani, who rises 7 places to 16th in the Green points table and one place, also to 16th, in the main game.

That's it.

EvansIsTheBest · Mar 29, 2022

Girmay has been so awesome that my team is somehow in first despite nobody else performing to expectations. I'm not gonna (Arnaud De) lie (apologies for the terrible pun), I'm not too confident in the rest of that bunch stepping up for the stretch run.

RedheadDane · Mar 30, 2022

I would like to officially declare Vanmarcke useless!

Date	Result	Race	Distance	Points PCS
30.03	101	Dwars door Vlaanderen - A travers la Flandre ME (1.UWT)	183.7	5	more
27.03	77	Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields ME (1.UWT)	248.8	5	more
25.03	DNF	E3 Saxo Bank Classic (1.UWT)	203.9		more
26.02	DNS	Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ME (1.UWT)	204.2

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 31, 2022

Dwaars: too late, too tired. Toomorow.

bminchow · Mar 31, 2022

RedheadDane said:
I would like to officially declare Vanmarcke useless!

Date
Result
Race
Distance Points
PCS Points
UCI
30.03 101 Dwars door Vlaanderen - A travers la Flandre ME (1.UWT) 183.7 5 more
27.03 77 Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields ME (1.UWT) 248.8 5 more
25.03 DNF E3 Saxo Bank Classic (1.UWT) 203.9 more
26.02 DNS Omloop Het Nieuwsblad ME (1.UWT) 204.2

I'll trade ya for Moscon

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 31, 2022

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
2	BENOOT Tiesj	108	4
3	PIDCOCK Thomas	92	17
4	CAMPENAERTS Victor	78	3
5	POLITT Nils	70	2
8	TURNER Benjamin	46	1
13	CAPIOT Amaury	24	1
15	SHEFFIELD Magnus	20	9
16	VAN AVERMAET Greg	18	1
17	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	16	10
19	LOUVEL Matis	12	1
20	GOUGEARD Alexis	11	1
22	EENKHOORN Pascal	9	1
23	COQUARD Bryan	8	2
25	WRIGHT Fred	6	1

and 30 more who got 5 points each. With that many scorers, and 4 of the top 5 making it into the game, it's no surprise that this is only second to Milan-San Remo in points scored.

		This race	Main scorers	Green points
1	Blues_in_the_Bottle	275	Benoot/Pidcock/Politt	80
2	Otoxiep87	241	Benoot/Pidcock/Andersen	50
3	Leadbelly	189	Pidcock/Turner/Sheffield/Gougeard	35
4	Berflamand	185	Pidcock/Campanaerts	25
5	Rufs	180	Pidcock/Campanaerts	15
6	SlowClimber	173	Campanaerts/Polit/Sheffield	10
7	AmisVelo	147		5
8	Madrazo	137		3
9	Josedin	129		1.5
9	Kazistuta	129		1.5
11	Comodoro	128
11	Scrool07	128
13	Del1962	127
13	JumboVismaFan	127
13	RoteLaterne	127
16	Bminchow	123
17	MellowVelo	117
18	BicycleBoy	112
18	Salvarani	112
20	Search	110
21	Laarsland	59
22	RedheadDane	50
23	Triley36	45
24	Vladimir	36
25	EvansIsTheBest	33
26	Armchair	31
26	DJSprtsch	31
28	LosBrolin	26
	CollectiveWisdom	145
	SoLastYear	139
	MainGamePop	97

Standings

Green
Blues and Otoxiep each move up 7 places, but don't make this list.

1	Laarsland	398.5	0
2	EvansIsTheBest	263.28	0
3	Triley36	217.2	0
4	SlowClimber	198.5	0
5	Rufs	197.67	1
6	JumboVismaFan	188.28	-1
7	Madrazo	182.53	0
8	LosBrolin	162	0
9	Berflamand	146.5	2
10	Bminchow	143.5	-1

CQ points
Madrazo moves back to the top, and Rufs recovers from his recent slump to the temporary podium. Otoxiep goes from 12th to 4th, which shows that plenty of teams are still in with a chance of a decent position. I've applied the principle I use in the GT games (omit the highest scorer) to separate Laarsland and JVF.

	Team	Points	Change in rank
1	Madrazo	968	1
2	EvansIsTheBest	943	-1
3	Rufs	868	5
4	Otoxiep87	842	8
5	Laarsland	833	1
6	JumboVismaFan	833	1
7	AmisVelo	828	2
8	LosBrolin	824	-5
9	Triley36	821	-4
10	Armchair	815	-6
11	Kazistuta	778	0
12	Vladimir	714	-2
13	Leadbelly	665	4
14	Josedin	647	0
15	Bminchow	641	-1
16	DJSprtsch	629	-3
17	Salvarani	627	-1
18	SlowClimber	610	1
19	RoteLaterne	583	-1
20	Berflamand	580	2
21	Comodoro	564	-1
22	Search	529	-1
23	Del1962	508	0
24	Blues_in_the_Bottle	504	2
25	MellowVelo	388	0
26	RedheadDane	345	-2
27	Scrool07	322	0
28	BicycleBoy	285	0
	CollectiveWisdom	738
	SoLastYear	785
	MainGamePop	436

Armchair Cyclist · Apr 2, 2022

The only riders in the game that are on the Startline of GP Miguel Indurain are
Clarke, Gall, Kamna, Paret-Peintre (V), Quintana and Van Gils.

Kamna is on 6 teams, the other 5 are unique picks. None of the Kamna teams have one of the other 5 riders.

And I really need to find something constructive to do to fill my Saturday...

Armchair Cyclist · Apr 2, 2022

Race 17: GP Miguel Indurain

6 riders from our game on the startline: three of them in the top 30

Race Pos'n		Pts	Team	Green points
3	CLARKE Simon	66	Slow Climber	80
14	VAN GILS Maxim	14	Josedin	50
28	PARET-PEINTRE Valentin	5	Blues in the Bottle	35

Standings

Green points
Slow Climber is 2nd, and although the other 2 scorers today move up 4 and 6 places, they are still not in the top ten.

		Green points	change in rank
1	Laarsland	398.5	0
2	SlowClimber	278.5	2
3	EvansIsTheBest	263.28	-1
4	Triley36	217.2	-1
5	Rufs	197.67	0

CQ points
Seems a bit rough on Josedin that he is the second highest scorer and still drops a place, but CQ games are cruel sometimes.

	Team	Points	Change in rank
1	Madrazo	968	0
2	EvansIsTheBest	943	0
3	Rufs	868	0
4	Otoxiep87	842	0
5	Laarsland	833	0
6	JumboVismaFan	833	0
7	AmisVelo	828	0
8	LosBrolin	824	0
9	Triley36	821	0
10	Armchair	815	0
11	Kazistuta	778	0
12	Vladimir	714	0
13	SlowClimber	676	5
14	Leadbelly	665	-1
15	Josedin	661	-1
16	Bminchow	641	-1
17	DJSprtsch	629	-1
18	Salvarani	627	-1
19	RoteLaterne	583	0
20	Berflamand	580	0
21	Comodoro	564	0
22	Search	529	0
23	Blues_in_the_Bottle	509	1
24	Del1962	508	-1
25	MellowVelo	388	0
26	RedheadDane	345	0
27	Scrool07	322	0
28	BicycleBoy	285	0
	CollectiveWisdom	738
	SoLastYear	785
	MainGamePop	436

Armchair Cyclist · Apr 3, 2022

Race 18: Ronde van Vlaanderen

Not as big a points haul as we might expect from this race, but points for everyone, and at least some of the top ten made it into our teams.

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
7	WRIGHT Fred	90	1
8	PEDERSEN Mads	80	4
10	KRISTOFF Alexander	62	3
13	BENOOT Tiesj	42	4
14	PIDCOCK Thomas	38	17
15	VAN AVERMAET Greg	34	1
17	LOUVEL Matis	30	1
18	DEGENKOLB John	28	1
22	GARCIA CORTINA Ivan	20	6
24	CAPIOT Amaury	16	1
30	LAMPAERT Yves	6	1

and 23 fivers

Points earned today:

		This race	Main scorers	Green points
1	Kazistuta	153	Wright/Pidcock/Garcia	80
2	Madrazo	138	Pedersen/Pidcock	50
3	Comodoro	128	Pedersen/Pidcock	35
4	Rufs	123	Pedersen/Pidcock	20
4	Salvarani	123	Pedersen/Pidcock	20
6	Otoxiep87	115	Benoot/Pidcock/Garcia	10
7	Search	110	Kristoff/Pidcock	5
8	Blues_in_the_Bottle	100	Benoot/Pidcock	3
9	Laarsland	93		2
10	MellowVelo	84		1
11	Josedin	78
12	SlowClimber	77
13	Bminchow	68
14	AmisVelo	67
15	JumboVismaFan	63
16	Berflamand	58
16	Del1962	58
16	Leadbelly	58
19	Scrool07	57
20	BicycleBoy	53
20	Triley36	53
22	RoteLaterne	48
23	EvansIsTheBest	44
24	Vladimir	30
25	Armchair	20
26	DJSprtsch	15
27	LosBrolin	10
28	RedheadDane	5
	CollectiveWisdom	70
	SoLastYear	90
	MainGamePop	43

Standings
Green

To celebrate MV's 10th place, and therefore his first Green point, here is the whole Green points table.

		Green points	change in rank
1	Laarsland	400.5	0
2	SlowClimber	278.5	0
3	EvansIsTheBest	263.28	0
4	Madrazo	232.53	3
5	Rufs	217.67	0
6	Triley36	217.2	-2
7	JumboVismaFan	188.28	-1
8	Kazistuta	187.78	9
9	LosBrolin	162	-1
10	Otoxiep87	151.03	1
11	Berflamand	146.5	-2
12	Bminchow	143.5	-2
13	Armchair	133.83	-1
14	Blues_in_the_Bottle	133	-1
15	Salvarani	125.61	3
16	Search	120	-1
17	Vladimir	116.5	-3
18	Del1962	108.17	-2
19	DJSprtsch	96.17	0
20	Josedin	95.25	0
21	Comodoro	94	2
22	AmisVelo	76.78	-1
23	RoteLaterne	59.67	-1
24	Leadbelly	54.11	0
25	RedheadDane	26.5	0
26	BicycleBoy	16.67	0
27	MellowVelo	1	1
27	Scrool07	1	0

CQ points
Madrazo breaks the 1000 point barrier and stretches his lead

	Team	Points	Change in rank
1	Madrazo	1106	0
2	Rufs	991	1
3	EvansIsTheBest	987	-1
4	Otoxiep87	957	0
5	Kazistuta	931	6
6	Laarsland	926	-1
7	JumboVismaFan	896	-2
8	AmisVelo	895	-1
9	Triley36	874	0
10	Armchair	835	0
11	LosBrolin	834	-3
12	SlowClimber	753	1
13	Salvarani	750	5
14	Vladimir	744	-2
15	Josedin	739	0
16	Leadbelly	723	-2
17	Bminchow	709	-1
18	Comodoro	692	3
19	DJSprtsch	644	-2
20	Search	639	2
21	Berflamand	638	-1
22	RoteLaterne	631	-3
23	Blues_in_the_Bottle	609	0
24	Del1962	566	0
25	MellowVelo	472	0
26	Scrool07	379	1
27	RedheadDane	350	-1
28	BicycleBoy	338	0
	CollectiveWisdom	807
	SoLastYear	875
	MainGamePop	479

There is only one more 'proper' cobbles race left, and most points from now on come from sprinters and those suited to the hillier rides. Who has the riders for those?

ScheldePrijs on Wednesday. We can only wonder which riders will still have collarbones for the 6 races that follow it.

CyclingNews still well out in the lead, 755 to VeloRooms' 679 (average scores)

And in case you have lost the link, here is the spreadsheet.

Armchair Cyclist · Apr 6, 2022

Race 19: Scheldeprijs Not a crashfest and sprinters' gallop!
Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
1	KRISTOFF Alexander	130	3
6	VANBILSEN Kenneth	46	1
14	DE LIE Arnaud	14	12
15	JAKOBSEN Fabio	12	1
16	POLITT Nils	10	2
23	VERMEERSCH Florian	5	11
26	VAN MOER Brent	5	1
27	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	5	2
29	STYBAR Zdenek	5	7
30	HOOLE Daan	5	1

		This race	Main scorers	Green points
1	Laarsland	144	Kristoff & De Lie	80
2	Search	140		42.5
2	SlowClimber	140		42.5
4	BicycleBoy	51		25
5	Otoxiep87	24		12.5
5	Triley36	24		12.5
7	Armchair	19		1.83
7	EvansIsTheBest	19		1.83
7	JumboVismaFan	19		1.83
7	Leadbelly	19		1.83
7	LosBrolin	19		1.83
7	Salvarani	19		1.83
13	Blues_in_the_Bottle	15
14	AmisVelo	14
14	Kazistuta	14
14	Madrazo	14
17	Rufs	12
18	Berflamand	10
18	MellowVelo	10
20	Del1962	5
20	DJSprtsch	5
20	RoteLaterne	5
20	Scrool07	5
24	Bminchow	0
24	Comodoro	0
24	Josedin	0
24	RedheadDane	0
24	Vladimir	0
	CollectiveWisdom	24
	SoLastYear	0
	MainGamePop	0

Standings
Green
With 6 races left, and 80 points to the winner of each race, in theory even the two teams with just one point each could win this classification. But by now, we all know who will.

		Green points	change in rank
1	Laarsland	480.5	0
2	SlowClimber	321	0
3	EvansIsTheBest	265.11	0
4	Madrazo	232.53	0
5	Triley36	229.7	1
6	Rufs	217.67	-1
7	JumboVismaFan	190.11	0
8	Kazistuta	187.78	0
9	LosBrolin	163.83	0
10	Otoxiep87	163.53	0

CQ points
Not very high scoring, but some of the moves are significant.

	Team	Points	Change in rank
1	Madrazo	1120	0
2	Laarsland	1070	4
3	EvansIsTheBest	1006	0
4	Rufs	1003	-2
5	Otoxiep87	981	-1
6	Kazistuta	945	-1
7	JumboVismaFan	915	0
8	AmisVelo	909	0
9	Triley36	898	0
10	SlowClimber	893	2
11	Armchair	854	-1
12	LosBrolin	853	-1
13	Search	779	7
14	Salvarani	769	-1
15	Vladimir	744	-1
16	Leadbelly	742	0
17	Josedin	739	-2
18	Bminchow	709	-1
19	Comodoro	692	-1
20	DJSprtsch	649	-1
21	Berflamand	648	0
22	RoteLaterne	636	0
23	Blues_in_the_Bottle	624	0
24	Del1962	571	0
25	MellowVelo	482	0
26	BicycleBoy	389	2
27	Scrool07	384	-1
28	RedheadDane	350	-1
	CollectiveWisdom	831
	SoLastYear	875
	MainGamePop	479

So now we have the Ardennes-ish races before Paris Roubaix, and then the Ardennes proper after that. Damned democracy messing up our season.

Armchair Cyclist · Apr 10, 2022

Race 20: Amstel Gold race

The first race this year where the whole podium has been part of the game:

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
1	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	220	1
2	COSNEFROY Benoît	132	1
3	BENOOT Tiesj	112	4
5	KAMP Alexander	86	1
11	PIDCOCK Thomas	40	17
16	FUGLSANG Jakob	21	2
23	VAN GILS Maxim	13	1
24	VAN AVERMAET Greg	12	1
25	STYBAR Zdenek	11	7
29	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	7	10

and 19 fivers

Scrool gets some respite from what has been a disastrous series of races for his team

		This race	Main scorers	Green points
1	Scrool07	342	Kwiatkowski/Benoot	80
2	Otoxiep87	175	Benoot/Pidcock/Stybar/Anderson	50
3	Blues_in_the_Bottle	167	Benoot/Pidcock	35
4	MellowVelo	147	Kamp/Pidcock/Stybar	25
5	Laarsland	137	Cosnefroy	15
6	AmisVelo	134	Benoot/Anderson	10
7	Comodoro	68		5
8	Search	66		3
9	Josedin	63		2
10	Salvarani	61		1
11	Bminchow	57
11	Kazistuta	57
13	Berflamand	56
13	Leadbelly	56
15	Del1962	51
16	BicycleBoy	45
16	Madrazo	45
16	Rufs	45
19	JumboVismaFan	40
19	RoteLaterne	40
21	DJSprtsch	22
21	RedheadDane	22
23	Triley36	16
24	EvansIsTheBest	12
24	Vladimir	12
26	Armchair	7
26	LosBrolin	7
28	SlowClimber	5
	CollectiveWisdom	60
	SoLastYear	77
	MainGamePop	51

Even if the throw of the bikes had gone the other way, the points from Benoot would have given Scrool the win today. But Laarsland will nevertheless be happy with what follows...

Standings
Green

		Green points	change in rank
1	Laarsland	495.5	0
2	SlowClimber	321	0
3	EvansIsTheBest	265.11	0
4	Madrazo	232.53	0
5	Triley36	229.7	0
6	Rufs	217.67	0
7	Otoxiep87	213.53	3
8	JumboVismaFan	190.11	-1
9	Kazistuta	187.78	-1
10	Blues_in_the_Bottle	168	5

CQ Points
A week ago, after the Ronde, Laarsland was sixth. Now he is back where he was from Nokere Koerse to De Panne

1	Laarsland	1207	1
2	Madrazo	1165	-1
3	Otoxiep87	1156	2
4	Rufs	1048	0
5	AmisVelo	1043	3
6	EvansIsTheBest	1018	-3
7	Kazistuta	1002	-1
8	JumboVismaFan	955	-1
9	Triley36	914	0
10	SlowClimber	898	0
11	Armchair	861	0
12	LosBrolin	860	0
13	Search	845	0
14	Salvarani	830	0
15	Josedin	802	2
16	Leadbelly	798	0
17	Blues_in_the_Bottle	791	6
18	Bminchow	766	0
19	Comodoro	760	0
20	Vladimir	756	-5
21	Scrool07	726	6
22	Berflamand	704	-1
23	RoteLaterne	676	-1
24	DJSprtsch	671	-4
25	MellowVelo	629	0
26	Del1962	622	-2
27	BicycleBoy	434	-1
28	RedheadDane	372	0
	CollectiveWisdom	891
	SoLastYear	951
	MainGamePop	530

So great was Scrool's winning margin, coupled with decent scores for the Velo brothers (Amis and Mellow), that the large lead that CN had in the interforum challenge has been overturned.
CN 830
VR 834

Brabant on Wednesday.

RedheadDane · Apr 10, 2022

And all I notice is that now you're frikkin' trying to make Søren Kragh Swedish too!

Armchair Cyclist · Apr 10, 2022

Anything to divert attention from your position in the table...

RedheadDane · Apr 10, 2022

Armchair cyclist said:
Anything to divert attention from your position in the table...

I suppose it was inevitable that I'd end up there, having put my hope in Vanmarcke!

Armchair Cyclist · Apr 10, 2022

RedheadDane said:
I suppose it was inevitable that I'd end up there, having put my hope in Vanmarcke!

Except that 5 other teams have him as well, including the team in second. And 9 teams spent far more on Moscon.

Armchair Cyclist · Apr 14, 2022

Sorry it's late: I was away from home for a couple of days, and so only saw the highlights this morning.
Race 21: Brabantse Pijl

By a long way the most picked race winner of the series.

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
1	SHEFFIELD Magnus	130	9
2	COSNEFROY Benoît	78	1
4	TURNER Benjamin	58	1
5	PIDCOCK Thomas	52	17
14	VANSEVENANT Mauri	14	2
19	NAESEN Oliver	7	9
21	GALLOPIN Tony	5	1
23	AYUSO PESQUERA Juan	5	4

not WT, so no points beyond the top 30

Leadbelly is rewarded for his loyalty to Ineos

		This race	Main scorers	Green points
1	Leadbelly	240	Sheffield/Turner/Pidcock	80
2	Laarsland	215	Sheffield/Cosnefroy/Naesen	50
3	Josedin	196	Sheffield/Pidcock/Vansevenant	35
4	JumboVismaFan	194	Sheffield/Pidcock/Naesen/Ayuso	25
5	Del1962	189	Sheffield/Pidcock/Naesen	12.5
5	Madrazo	189	Sheffield/Pidcock/Naesen	12.5
7	RoteLaterne	187	Sheffield/Pidcock/Ayuso	5
8	Triley36	149	Sheffield/Vansevenant/Ayuso	3
9	SlowClimber	130		2
10	Search	59		1

11	Rufs	57
11	Salvarani	57
13	Berflamand	52
13	BicycleBoy	52
13	Blues_in_the_Bottle	52
13	Bminchow	52
13	Comodoro	52
13	Kazistuta	52
13	MellowVelo	52
13	Otoxiep87	52
21	Armchair	7
21	EvansIsTheBest	7
21	LosBrolin	7
21	Vladimir	7
25	AmisVelo	0
25	DJSprtsch	0
25	RedheadDane	0
25	Scrool07	0
	CollectiveWisdom	189
	SoLastYear	68
	MainGamePop	57

Standings
Green
And Laarsland's lead grows and grows...

		Green points	change in rank
1	Laarsland	545.5	0
2	SlowClimber	323	0
3	EvansIsTheBest	265.11	0
4	Madrazo	245.03	0
5	Triley36	232.7	0
6	Rufs	217.67	0
7	JumboVismaFan	215.11	1
8	Otoxiep87	213.53	-1
9	Kazistuta	187.78	0
10	Blues_in_the_Bottle	168	0

Leadbelly rose 10 places, but still only in 15th.

CQ Points
Laarsland outscores his closest challengers again, and although a few teams moved several places, only one of them (JVF) seems significantly positioned.

	Team	Points	Change in rank
1	Laarsland	1422	0
2	Madrazo	1354	0
3	Otoxiep87	1208	0
4	JumboVismaFan	1149	4
5	Rufs	1105	-1
6	Triley36	1063	3
7	Kazistuta	1054	0
8	AmisVelo	1043	-3
9	Leadbelly	1038	7
10	SlowClimber	1028	0
11	EvansIsTheBest	1025	-5
12	Josedin	998	3
13	Search	904	0
14	Salvarani	887	0
15	Armchair	868	-4
16	LosBrolin	867	-4
17	RoteLaterne	863	6
18	Blues_in_the_Bottle	843	-1
19	Bminchow	818	-1
20	Comodoro	812	-1
21	Del1962	811	5
22	Vladimir	763	-2
23	Berflamand	756	-1
24	Scrool07	726	-3
25	MellowVelo	681	0
26	DJSprtsch	671	-2
27	BicycleBoy	486	0
28	RedheadDane	372	0
	CollectiveWisdom	1080
	SoLastYear	1019
	MainGamePop	587

Paris-Roubaix on Sunday. Will all the big points be taken by the riders we deemed too expensive to buy, or will we get some significant scoring here?

Armchair Cyclist · Apr 14, 2022

Startlists for the top 5 teams in the forthcoming races
(per PCS as of 14/04)

Paris Roubaix

Laarsland
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
CAPIOT Amaury
KRISTOFF Alexander
NAESEN Oliver
SHEFFIELD Magnus

Madrazo
NAESEN Oliver
PEDERSEN Mads
SHEFFIELD Magnus
TURGIS Anthony
VANMARCKE Sep

Otoxiep
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
GARCIA CORTINA Ivan
KEUKELEIRE Jens
STYBAR Zdenek
VERMEERSCH Florian

JVF
KIRSCH Alex
NAESEN Oliver
SHEFFIELD Magnus
VERMEERSCH Florian

Rufs
CAMPENAERTS Victor
KEUKELEIRE Jens
PEDERSEN Mads

Ardennes

Laarsland
BAGIOLI Andrea
COSNEFROY Benoît
JUNGELS Bob

Madrazo
JUNGELS Bob
PIDCOCK Thomas
BETTIOL Alberto (LBL only)

Otoxiep
ANDERSEN Søren Kragh
BENOOT Tiesj
JUNGELS Bob
PIDCOCK Thomas
BETTIOL Alberto (LBL only)

JVF
JUNGELS Bob
PIDCOCK Thomas
AYUSO PESQUERA Juan (Fleche only)
BETTIOL Alberto (LBL only)

Rufs
KRON Andreas Lorentz
PIDCOCK Thomas
VERMAERKE Kevin
AYUSO PESQUERA Juan (Fleche only)

Pidcock is relevant for closing down on Laarsland, buut not in terms of who wins if the leader is caught.
Jungels is relevant only because Rufs lacks him. The same is true of De Lie, who is, with Laarsland's Kristoff, one of only two riders from these teams in the early listings for Frankfurt.

laarsland · Apr 14, 2022

First time I’ve been slightly more considerate bringing some Ardennes-talent, fingers crossed!

Armchair Cyclist · Apr 15, 2022

I thought I would check whether the results that I post (often marked by CQ as provisional, but I don't want to wait too long until that tag is removed before I update), and found that three results had been changed:

Omloop
In a reversal of what was originally announced, Naesen is 4th and Campanaerts 5th: that means 8 extra points for the 9 teams with Naesen (Armchair Cyclist, Del 1962, Evans is the Best, Jumbo Visma Fan, Laarsland, Los Brolin, Madrazo, Search and Vladimir) and a corresponding loss of 8 for the 3 Campenaerts teams (Berflamand, Rufs and Slow Climber)
That is enough for Evans to overtake SlowClimber for 10th, and for Del1962 to move up 2 places to 19th.

There are concomitant changes in green points: JBV +10, Del +10, Search +5, Vladimir +2, Josedin +1, Madrazo +1, Rufs -9, Berflamand -20. Rufs drops to 8th in the green table, Jumbo Fan and Otoxiep87 passing him.

Also, but not affecting any scores, it was Tobias Johannessen, not Jonas Abrahamsen, who came 56th.

GP Denain
Timo Roosen (11th) was omitted from the early results, and he was a unique pick for Redhead Dane, who therefore takes 32 rather than 12 points from that race. She remains the 4th highest scorer, and is now the lowest scorer, because Guillaume Van Kiersbulck, who had been 30th, drops to 31st and therefore out of the points, costing DJSprsch and Search 5 points, and 12.5 green points, each.

There were also errors in the Strade Bianche result, but they included unselected riders (Zamperini instead of Zambanini, Francisco Guerrero instead of Ruben of that ilk, and three riders who were in fact OTL had been given points)

I wonder what I have missed by way of corrections in previous years...

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