2022 Tour de France CQ Game

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 1, 2022

And the race is underway, and we have 38 teams. I haven't sent an acknowledgement to those that entered today, but they were all fine.

I had messed up my timings: "4 o'clock in Denmark, that's great, just starting at 5 as I get in from work". I normally know which way the clock goes. So I missed most of the significant action (but not the winning ride)

Among the team listings, keep an eye out for:

Jumbo Visma Fan being very loyal to a team (but not TJV),
Samu being very Francophile (if only the 8th man were Pierre Saguin),
the biggest investment in one rider ever seen in a CQ game by Yellow Knight, thus preventing Rote Laterne taking that record,
a couple of teams with Ganna whose hopes for the early lead look likely to be thwarted by Bicycle Boy,
Del 1962 and Carrick-on-Seine battling it out to name the oldest team in CQ history

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 1, 2022

Teams
Listed alphabetically, by price within teams, unique picks have asterisks

18 Valve
VINGEGAARD RASMUSSEN Jonas
GROENEWEGEN Dylan
THOMAS Geraint
PIDCOCK Thomas
EWAN Caleb
SAGAN Peter
MØRKØV CHRISTENSEN Michael *
BAUER Jack *

Amis Velo
O'CONNOR Ben
HAIG Jack
PINOT Thibaut
THOMAS Geraint
EWAN Caleb
SAGAN Peter
BETTIOL Alberto
SOLER GIMENEZ Marc

Archie Boy
VLASOV Aleksandr
HAIG Jack
STORER Michael *
THOMAS Geraint
GUERREIRO Ruben Antonio Almeida
VERMEERSCH Florian *
ROLLAND Pierre
GRADEK Kamil *

Armchair Cyclist
VLASOV Aleksandr
HAIG Jack
THOMAS Geraint
CICCONE Giulio *
EWAN Caleb
SAGAN Peter
JUNGELS Bob
GOUGEARD Alexis

Bicycle Boy
VAN DER POEL Mathieu
GANNA Filippo
ASGREEN Kasper *
THOMAS Geraint
SAGAN Peter
LAMPAERT Yves *
MÜHLBERGER Gregor
JANSEN Amund Grøndahl

Blues in the Bottle
VINGEGAARD RASMUSSEN Jonas
MAS NICOLAU Enric *
GROENEWEGEN Dylan
EWAN Caleb
JUNGELS Bob
WRIGHT Fred *
DUCHESNE Antoine
JANSEN Amund Grøndahl

Bminchow
VLASOV Aleksandr
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe
THOMAS Geraint
EWAN Caleb
LEKNESSUND Andreas
BAGIOLI Andrea
SOLER GIMENEZ Marc
VAN MOER Brent

Bonimenier
CARUSO Damiano
GAUDU David
FUGLSANG Jakob
THOMAS Geraint
MEINTJES Louis
EWAN Caleb
KÄMNA Lennard
JUNGELS Bob

Carrick on Seine
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe
BARDET Romain
GROENEWEGEN Dylan
FUGLSANG Jakob
THOMAS Geraint
SAGAN Peter
JUNGELS Bob
DEGENKOLB John

ChrisDK
O'CONNOR Ben
LAPORTE Christophe *
GROENEWEGEN Dylan
PINOT Thibaut
EWAN Caleb
LEKNESSUND Andreas
JORGENSON Matteo
IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka

Comodoro
VLASOV Aleksandr
BARDET Romain
THOMAS Geraint
LATOUR Pierre
CATTANEO Mattia
BETTIOL Alberto
JUNGELS Bob
GOOSSENS Kobe

Del 1962
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe
CARUSO Damiano
PINOT Thibaut
THOMAS Geraint
MEINTJES Louis
KÄMNA Lennard
SAGAN Peter
FROOME Chris

DJSprtsch
GANNA Filippo
BARDET Romain
CORT NIELSEN Magnus
THOMAS Geraint
PIDCOCK Thomas
EWAN Caleb
JUNGELS Bob
MÜHLBERGER Gregor

DJW
VINGEGAARD RASMUSSEN Jonas
O'CONNOR Ben
FUGLSANG Jakob
THOMAS Geraint
ROLLAND Pierre
BENNETT George
VAN MOER Brent
MÜHLBERGER Gregor

Evans is the Best
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe
GAUDU David
FUGLSANG Jakob
PINOT Thibaut
URAN URAN Rigoberto
THOMAS Geraint
SCHACHMANN Maximilian
JANSEN Amund Grøndahl

Josedin
JAKOBSEN Fabio *
CARUSO Damiano
DAINESE Alberto *
THOMAS Geraint
SIMMONS Quinn *
KÄMNA Lennard
JORGENSON Matteo
JUUL JENSEN Christopher *

Jumbo Visma Fan
VAN DER POEL Mathieu
PHILIPSEN Jasper *
FUGLSANG Jakob
GOGL Michael
DILLIER Silvan
PLANCKAERT Edward *
VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume *
KRIEGER Alexander

Kazistuta
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
PINOT Thibaut
THOMAS Geraint
EWAN Caleb
SAGAN Peter
BETTIOL Alberto
FELLINE Fabio *

Laarsland
VLASOV Aleksandr
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe
PINOT Thibaut
EWAN Caleb
SAGAN Peter
LEKNESSUND Andreas
VERMAERKE Kevin
EEKHOFF Nils

Leadbelly
YATES Adam
BARDET Romain
FUGLSANG Jakob
PINOT Thibaut
THOMAS Geraint
GUERREIRO Ruben Antonio Almeida
EWAN Caleb
TORRES BARCELO Albert *

Lecko
VINGEGAARD RASMUSSEN Jonas
FUGLSANG Jakob
THOMAS Geraint
EWAN Caleb
LAFAY Victor
BETTIOL Alberto
IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka
ROLLAND Pierre

Los Brolin
VINGEGAARD RASMUSSEN Jonas
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe
THOMAS Geraint
GUERREIRO Ruben Antonio Almeida
SAGAN Peter
CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan
KRIEGER Alexander
JANSEN Amund Grøndahl

Mellow Velo
O'CONNOR Ben
HAIG Jack
BARDET Romain
THOMAS Geraint
CATTANEO Mattia
EWAN Caleb
BENNETT George
MÜHLBERGER Gregor

Northerner
VINGEGAARD RASMUSSEN Jonas
BARDET Romain
THOMAS Geraint
EWAN Caleb
SAGAN Peter
JORGENSON Matteo
ROLLAND Pierre
EEKHOFF Nils

Otoxiep87
VLASOV Aleksandr
HAIG Jack
CATTANEO Mattia
EWAN Caleb
SAGAN Peter
LAFAY Victor
SCHACHMANN Maximilian
GOOSSENS Kobe

Postman Hat
VAN DER POEL Mathieu
BARDET Romain
GROENEWEGEN Dylan
THOMAS Geraint
KÄMNA Lennard
SCHACHMANN Maximilian
GENIETS Kévin *
VAN MOER Brent

Redhead Dane
MADOUAS Valentin *
HONORE Mikkel Frølich *
CAPIOT Amaury *
KUSS Sepp *
WALSCHEID Maximilian *
GROSSSCHARTNER Felix *
EWAN Caleb
NAESEN Oliver *

Rote Laterne
ROGLIC Primoz *
EWAN Caleb
HALLER Marco *
SOLER GIMENEZ Marc
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd *
BENNETT George
CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan
DILLIER Silvan

Rufs
YATES Adam
HAIG Jack
PINOT Thibaut
URAN URAN Rigoberto
THOMAS Geraint
BISSEGGER Stefan
SCHACHMANN Maximilian
GOGL Michael

Salvarani
VAN DER POEL Mathieu
GAUDU David
HAIG Jack
PINOT Thibaut
LEKNESSUND Andreas
BENNETT George
EEKHOFF Nils
JANSEN Amund Grøndahl

Samu Cuenca
MARTIN Guillaume *
GAUDU David
PINOT Thibaut
LATOUR Pierre
SAGAN Peter
BOUCHARD Geoffrey *
PEREZ Anthony *
ROLLAND Pierre

Scrool07
O'CONNOR Ben
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
HAIG Jack
THOMAS Geraint
EWAN Caleb
SAGAN Peter
FROOME Chris
JANSEN Amund Grøndahl

Search
CARUSO Damiano
LUTSENKO Alexey *
CORT NIELSEN Magnus
FUGLSANG Jakob
THOMAS Geraint
LATOUR Pierre
GESCHKE Simon *
LAFAY Victor

Titan 31
GAUDU David
BARDET Romain
FUGLSANG Jakob
THOMAS Geraint
GUERREIRO Ruben Antonio Almeida
EWAN Caleb
SAGAN Peter
SCHACHMANN Maximilian

TRiley36
O'CONNOR Ben
HAIG Jack
FUGLSANG Jakob
URAN URAN Rigoberto
THOMAS Geraint
SAGAN Peter
BAGIOLI Andrea
FROOME Chris

Vladimir
VLASOV Aleksandr
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
GAUDU David
LATOUR Pierre
MOSCON Gianni *
DEGENKOLB John
GOUGEARD Alexis
JANSEN Amund Grøndahl

Yellow Knight
POGACAR Tadej *
HAMILTON Chris *
BJERG Mikkel *
DOULL Owain *
BENNETT George
VERMAERKE Kevin
DUCHESNE Antoine
JANSEN Amund Grøndahl

ZigZag Wanderer
O'CONNOR Ben
HAIG Jack
PINOT Thibaut
MEINTJES Louis
VERONA QUINTANILLA Carlos *
KRON Andreas Lorentz *
BISSEGGER Stefan
JUNGELS Bob

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 1, 2022

Major investments
Riders costing 700 points plus in our teams:

Pogacar: Yellow Knight

Roglic: Rote Laterne

Vingegaard with Mas: Blues in the Bottle
with O'Connor: DJW
with Martinez: Los Brolin
with Bardet: Northerner
alone: 18 Valve, Lecko

Van der Poel with Philipsen: Jumbo Visma Fan
with Gaudu and Haig: Salvarani
with Ganna: Bicycle Boy
with Bardet: Postman Hat

Vlasov with Martinez: Bminchow, Laarsland
with Quintana and Gaudu: Vladimir
with Haig: Archie Boy, Armchair Cyclist, Otoxiep87
with Bardet: Comodoro

Jakobsen with Caruso: Josedin

O'Connor with Quintana and Haig: Scrooll07
with Haig: Amis Velo, Triley36, ZigZag Wanderer
with Haig and Bardet: Mellow Velo
with Laporte: ChrisDK

Martinez with Quintana: Kazistuta
with Caruso: Del 1962
with Gaudu: Evans is the Best
with Bardet: Carrick on Seine

Yates with Haig: Rufs
with Bardet: Leadbelly

Martin with Gaudu: Samu Cuenca

Caruso with Gaudu: Bonimenier
only: Search

Gaudu with Bardet: Titan 31

Ganna with Bardet: DJSprtsch

Samu Cuenca · Jul 1, 2022

I can't believe I'm once again the only one who have picked Martin. I mean, there are three teams with Meintjes in them (ok, he only costed half of Martin's price, so I kind of get it).

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 1, 2022

Riders
95 of the 176 riders have been selected: 43 of them are unique picks, not listed here. The most popular pick is on 68% of teams, which is not particularly high compared to previous editions, but will still make his performance null in a lot of battles for places.

26 teams: THOMAS Geraint
19: EWAN Caleb
15: SAGAN Peter
11: PINOT Thibaut
10: FUGLSANG Jakob, HAIG Jack
8: BARDET Romain, JANSEN Amund Grøndahl
Those 8 make up the Collective Wisdom team, which would be comfortably within budget at 3713
7: JUNGELS Bob, MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe, O'CONNOR Ben, VLASOV Aleksandr
6: GAUDU David, VINGEGAARD RASMUSSEN Jonas
5: BENNETT George, GROENEWEGEN Dylan, ROLLAND Pierre, SCHACHMANN Maximilian
4: BETTIOL Alberto, CARUSO Damiano, GUERREIRO Ruben Antonio Almeida, KÄMNA Lennard, LATOUR Pierre, LEKNESSUND Andreas, MÜHLBERGER Gregor, VAN DER POEL Mathieu
3: CATTANEO Mattia, EEKHOFF Nils, FROOME Chris, JORGENSON Matteo, LAFAY Victor, MEINTJES Louis, QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander, SOLER GIMENEZ Marc, URAN URAN Rigoberto, VAN MOER Brent
2: BAGIOLI Andrea, BISSEGGER Stefan, CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan, CORT NIELSEN Magnus, DEGENKOLB John, DILLIER Silvan, DUCHESNE Antoine, GANNA Filippo, GOGL Michael, GOOSSENS Kobe, GOUGEARD Alexis, IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka, KRIEGER Alexander, PIDCOCK Thomas, VERMAERKE Kevin, YATES Adam

There weren't too many affected by late covid withdrawals: of the teams who had Impey, most rejigged their team and Rufs said that he was happy with the default replacement of Gogl.

And I drove home suspecting that I would have to adjust loads of teams in response to messages taking TBV riders out for fear of disqualification, but no-one did that.

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 1, 2022

Popularity chart
26 points for Thomas (Geraint, not Benjamin or Pidcock), 1 for a unique pick. The Collective Wisdom team scores 107

		Popularity score	unique picks
1	AmisVelo	95	0
2	Titan31	93	0
3	Scrooll07	91	0
4	Armchair_Cyclist	87	1
5	Kazistuta	86	1
6	Northerner	85	0
7	Mellow_Velo	82	0
8	Leadbelly	81	1
9	Carrick_on_Seine	80	0
10	Bonimenier	79	0
11	Evans_is_the_Best	76	0
11	Triley36	76	0
13	18Valve	75	2
13	Lecko	75	0
15	Del1962	73	0
16	Bminchow	71	0
17	DJSprtsch	70	0
17	LosBrolin	70	0
19	Laarsland	68	0
20	DJW	66	0
21	Otoxiep87	64	0
22	BicycleBoy	61	2
22	Comodoro	61	0
22	Rufs	61	0
25	PostmanHat	56	1
26	ArchieBoy	55	3
27	ChrisDK	52	1
28	Salvarani	51	0
28	Search	51	2
30	BluesInTheBottle	49	2
31	SamuCuenca	44	3
32	ZigZagWanderer	42	2
33	Josedin	41	4
34	Rote_Laterne	34	3
35	Vladimir	33	1
36	RedheadDane	26	7
37	JumboVismaFan	23	3
38	Yellow_Knight	21	4

I need to go and visit my loopy mother-in-law: back later with today's opening scores, and any more data that jumps out at me.

laarsland · Jul 1, 2022

Given I ended up taking a punt on three of their riders, my teamname is: (B)DSM without a safeword

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 1, 2022

Stage 1 Copenhagen Time Trial

Green points The stage points: these can't be lost even if the rider does not reach Paris.

	pts	teams
LAMPAERT Yves	80	1
VAN AERT Wout	50	0
POGACAR Tadej	35	1
GANNA Filippo	25	2
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	15	4
PEDERSEN Mads	10	0
VINGEGAARD RASMUSSEN Jonas	5	6
ROGLIC Primoz	3	1
MOLLEMA Bauke	2	0
TEUNS Dylan	1	0

Bicycle Boy has not only Lampaert, but Ganna and Van der Poel as well.

1	BicycleBoy	120
2	Yellow_Knight	35
3	DJSprtsch	25
4	JumboVismaFan	15
4	PostmanHat	15
4	Salvarani	15
7	18Valve	5
7	BluesInTheBottle	5
7	DJW	5
7	Lecko	5
7	LosBrolin	5
7	Northerner	5
13	Rote_Laterne	3

Yellow points
This includes the stage points, but also 20 points for the yellow jersey wearer on the next stage, and projected points based on current standings in the GC, points and KoM (once they hit some hills: no points in that yet)

1	BicycleBoy	1640
2	DJSprtsch	897
3	PostmanHat	629
4	Yellow_Knight	590
5	18Valve	522
6	LosBrolin	502
7	BluesInTheBottle	496
8	Northerner	478
9	Salvarani	472
10	JumboVismaFan	460
11	Lecko	459
12	Comodoro	450
13	DJW	442
14	Bonimenier	430
15	Rote_Laterne	383
16	Armchair_Cyclist	379
17	Carrick_on_Seine	370
18	Search	361
19	Rufs	357
20	Del1962	343
21	Leadbelly	337
22	ArchieBoy	314
23	ZigZagWanderer	311
24	Otoxiep87	294
25	Bminchow	292
26	Mellow_Velo	289
27	Josedin	288
28	Evans_is_the_Best	280
29	Titan31	272
30	Kazistuta	254
31	Laarsland	242
32	Scrooll07	227
33	AmisVelo	226
34	Triley36	222
35	ChrisDK	221
36	Vladimir	213
37	RedheadDane	189
38	SamuCuenca	160
	Collective_Wisdom	237

I still want to do a bit of tweaking on the spreadsheet: I'll share it some time tomorrow.

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 2, 2022

I didn't include yesterday:
Team simiilarity
In the past I have sometimes had to ask teams to select a 9th rider because their teams are so similar, but nothing like the same amount of overlap between teams this year, perhaps because the lack of multiple obvious mid-market standout picks means there is a greater range of picks from the most and least expensive ends of the pricelist.

Riders that are in the Collective Wisdom team:
5: AmisVelo, Leadbelly, Scrooll07, Titan31
4: Armchair_Cyclist, Carrick_on_Seine, Evans_is_the_Best, Kazistuta, Mellow_Velo, Northerner, Triley36
3: 18Valve, BicycleBoy, Bonimenier, Del1962, DJSprtsch, Laarsland, Lecko, LosBrolin, Otoxiep87, Rufs, Salvarani
2: ArchieBoy, BluesInTheBottle, Bminchow, ChrisDK, Comodoro, DJW, PostmanHat, SamuCuenca, Search, ZigZagWanderer
1: Josedin, JumboVismaFan, RedheadDane, Rote_Laterne, Vladimir, Yellow_Knight

Most similar teams
5 shared riders:
Amis Velo & Kazistuta
Amis Velo & Scrooll07
Leadbelly & Titan 31
Scrooll07 & TRiley36
4:
18 Valve & Northern
Amis Velo & Armchair Cyclist
Amis Velo and Mellow Velo
Amis Velo & TRiley36
Armchair Cyclist & Otoxiep87
Armchair Cyclist & Scrooll07
Bminchow & Laarsland
Bonimenier & Del 1962
Bonimenier & Titan 31
Carrick-on-Seine & Titan 31
Del 1962 & Kazistuta
DJSprtsch & Mellow Velo
DJW & Lecko
DJW & Mellow Velo
Evans is the Best & Rufs
Evans is the Best & Titan 31
Kazistuta & Laarsland
Kazistuta & Scrooll07
Lecko & Northerner
Mellow Velo & Scrooll07
Northerner & Titan 31

And for the teams not yet mentioned, the teams they share most riders with (3 unless stated otherwise):
Archie Boy: Armchair Cyclist
Bicycle Boy: Los Brolin, Scrool07
Blues in the Bottle: 18 Valve
ChrisDK: Amis Velo, Laarsland
Comodoro: Armchair Cyclist, Carrick-on-Seine, DJSprtsch
Josedin: Bonimenier, Del1962
Jumbo Visma Fan: 15 teams with 1 rider (most commonly Fuglsang) shared
Los Brolin: 9 teams with 3 riders shared
Postman Hat: Carrick-on-Seine and Titan 31
Redhead Dane: 18 teams with whom she shares Ewan
Rote Laterne: Amis Velo, Bminchow and Mellow Velo (2 shared)
Salvarani: Evans is the Best and Laarsland
Samu Cuenca: 9 teams with 2 shared riders
Search: Bonimenier and Lecko
Vladimir: 6 teams with 2 shared
Yellow Knight: Blues in the Bottle and Salvarani (2)
Zigzag Warrior: Amis Velo and Rufs (2)
and all other permutations visible on the 'Team similarity' tab on the spreadsheet.

And if anyone else noticed that a team was missing from the major investments post, Redhead Dane doesn't have anyone above the 700 point threshhold I used in that post, Madouas being her most expensive team member.

The other key info I missed last night was the Inter Forum Challenge
The VeloRooms team is:
18Valve, AmisVelo, ArchieBoy, ChrisDK, DJW, Josedin, Leadbelly, Mellow_Velo, Otoxiep87, Rote_Laterne, Scrooll07 and Search
and everyone else (except me: I stay neutral) is for Cycling News and the averages are taken to compare them.
After stage one, it is no surprise considering the gap to second that the challenge is led by the page of choice of Bicycle Boy: CN 440 vs 325 VR

I won't link to the spreadsheet every day, but the location won't change: it is here, at Google Docs. That will be updated each evening, normally. I am away for part of the last weekend, but we'll see what we can do about that when we get to it.

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 3, 2022

Stage 2
The bridge of sighs of disappointment

Green points

JAKOBSEN Fabio	80	1
VAN AERT Wout	50	0
PEDERSEN Mads	35	0
VAN POPPEL Danny	25	0
PHILIPSEN Jasper	15	1
SAGAN Peter	10	15
LECROQ Jérémy	5	0
GROENEWEGEN Dylan	3	5
MOZZATO Luca	2	0
HOFSTETTER Hugo	1	0

1	Josedin	80
2	JumboVismaFan	15
3	18Valve	13
3	Carrick_on_Seine	13
5	13 teams with Sagan	10
18	BluesInTheBottle	3
18	ChrisDK	3
18	PostmanHat	3

Standings
This is the minor classification, so I'll normally just give the top ten.
All stages give the same points here, so it is not weighted in favour of sprint stages the way that the 'real life' Green jersey classification is (and no intermediate points here either)

1	BicycleBoy	130	0
2	Josedin	80	12
3	Yellow_Knight	35	-1
4	JumboVismaFan	30	0
5	DJSprtsch	25	-2
6	18Valve	18	1
6	PostmanHat	18	-2
8	LosBrolin	15	-1
8	Northerner	15	-1
8	Salvarani	15	-4

Yellow points
Because this ranking is, until we get to Paris, based on projections, points can drop as well as rise (eg Lampaert is no longer projected for winning). On sprint stages, or breakaway victories with no GC impact, there may be very little change here other than the day's stage points. On major GC stages, there may be huge change here. But not today (I'll list main gains and losses by riders who are selected in the game)

JAKOBSEN Fabio	130	1
SAGAN Peter	35	15
PHILIPSEN Jasper	15	1

GANNA Filippo	-25	2
CORT NIELSEN Magnus	-30	2
POGACAR Tadej	-35	1
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	-45	4
LAMPAERT Yves	-215	1

Teams will have a net change in their score each day:

1	Josedin	142
2	Armchair_Cyclist	58
2	Carrick_on_Seine	58
4	18Valve	51
5	Del1962	50
6	Otoxiep87	49
7	Titan31	48
8	Kazistuta	47
9	Laarsland	45
10	AmisVelo	44
10	Scrooll07	44
12	Northerner	42
13	Triley36	41
14	LosBrolin	40
15	SamuCuenca	36
16	Comodoro	29
17	Bonimenier	26
18	Leadbelly	20
19	Rufs	18
20	Bminchow	15
20	Mellow_Velo	15
22	ArchieBoy	13
23	ZigZagWanderer	12
24	BluesInTheBottle	11
24	Evans_is_the_Best	11
26	ChrisDK	10
27	Vladimir	8
28	Lecko	6
29	RedheadDane	4
30	DJW	1
30	Rote_Laterne	1
32	Search	-22
33	DJSprtsch	-25
34	PostmanHat	-27
35	JumboVismaFan	-30
36	Yellow_Knight	-35
37	Salvarani	-43
38	BicycleBoy	-243
	Collective_Wisdom	45

and there should be at least some change each day, even if in fairly insignificant parts of the table, in the Standings

1	BicycleBoy	1397	0
2	DJSprtsch	872	0
3	PostmanHat	602	0
4	18Valve	573	1
5	Yellow_Knight	555	-1
6	LosBrolin	542	0
7	Northerner	520	1
8	BluesInTheBottle	507	-1
9	Comodoro	479	3
10	Lecko	465	1
11	Bonimenier	456	3
12	DJW	443	1
13	Armchair_Cyclist	437	3
14	Josedin	430	13
14	JumboVismaFan	430	-4
16	Salvarani	429	-7
17	Carrick_on_Seine	428	0
18	Del1962	393	2
19	Rote_Laterne	384	-4
20	Rufs	375	-1
21	Leadbelly	357	0
22	Otoxiep87	343	2
23	Search	339	-5
24	ArchieBoy	327	-2
25	ZigZagWanderer	323	-2
26	Titan31	320	3
27	Bminchow	307	-2
28	Mellow_Velo	304	-2
29	Kazistuta	301	1
30	Evans_is_the_Best	291	-2
31	Laarsland	287	0
32	Scrooll07	271	0
33	AmisVelo	270	0
34	Triley36	263	0
35	ChrisDK	231	0
36	Vladimir	221	0
37	SamuCuenca	196	1
38	RedheadDane	193	-1
	Collective_Wisdom	282

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 3, 2022

Stage 3 Farewell to the lands of the north

Green points

GROENEWEGEN Dylan	80	5
VAN AERT Wout	50	0
PHILIPSEN Jasper	35	1
SAGAN Peter	25	15
JAKOBSEN Fabio	15	1
LAPORTE Christophe	10	1
DAINESE Alberto	5	1
HOFSTETTER Hugo	3	0
EWAN Caleb	2	19
VAN POPPEL Danny	1	0

Of the 5 teams with Groenewegen, 18 Valve has Sagan and Ewan, Carrick-on-Seine has Sagan, ChrisDK has Laporte and Ewan, and BitB has Ewan.

1	18Valve	107
2	Carrick_on_Seine	105
3	ChrisDK	92
4	BluesInTheBottle	82
5	PostmanHat	80
6	JumboVismaFan	35
7	8 teams with Sagan and Evans	27
15	5 more Sagan teams	25
20	Josedin	20

Standings

1	BicycleBoy	155	0
2	18Valve	125	4
3	Carrick_on_Seine	118	8
4	Josedin	100	-2
5	PostmanHat	98	1
6	ChrisDK	95	19
7	BluesInTheBottle	90	15
8	JumboVismaFan	65	-4
9	Northerner	42	-1
10	LosBrolin	40	-2

Yellow Points
There was a bunch of riders 39 seconds down. Only 39 seconds, but some of them lost dozens of places, so that means some notable point shifts.

GROENEWEGEN Dylan	115	5
YATES Adam	70	2
PIDCOCK Thomas	50	2
LAPORTE Christophe	47	1
THOMAS Geraint	42	26
PHILIPSEN Jasper	38	1
KÄMNA Lennard	38	4
CATTANEO Mattia	33	3
ROGLIC Primoz	30	1
VINGEGAARD RASMUSSEN Jonas	30	6
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	30	4
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander	29	3
VLASOV Aleksandr	28	7
VERMEERSCH Florian	27	1
GAUDU David	26	6
EEKHOFF Nils	26	3
SAGAN Peter	25	15
SCHACHMANN Maximilian	25	5

WALSCHEID Maximilian	-31	1
CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan	-39	2
MEINTJES Louis	-43	3
JUNGELS Bob	-119	7
GANNA Filippo	-271	2

On the day:

1	18Valve	294
2	PostmanHat	282
3	Titan31	162
4	Leadbelly	156
5	ChrisDK	152
6	Northerner	142
7	Rufs	137
8	Evans_is_the_Best	128
9	Carrick_on_Seine	126
10	Kazistuta	116
10	Otoxiep87	116
12	Josedin	111
12	Laarsland	111
14	Mellow_Velo	107
15	Scrooll07	104
15	Vladimir	104
17	Bminchow	102
18	ArchieBoy	97
19	DJW	90
20	Salvarani	89
21	Triley36	85
22	Search	84
23	JumboVismaFan	83
24	Del1962	82
25	LosBrolin	78
26	Lecko	72
27	AmisVelo	70
28	SamuCuenca	51
29	BluesInTheBottle	35
30	Comodoro	3
31	Armchair_Cyclist	0
31	Yellow_Knight	0
33	Rote_Laterne	-4
34	RedheadDane	-26
35	Bonimenier	-36
36	ZigZagWanderer	-159
37	BicycleBoy	-198
38	DJSprtsch	-264
	Collective_Wisdom	111

Standings
Bicycle Boy has lost more than 400 points in the last 2 stages, but still retains a healthy lead.

1	BicycleBoy	1199	0
2	PostmanHat	884	1
3	18Valve	867	1
4	Northerner	662	3
5	LosBrolin	620	1
6	DJSprtsch	608	-4
7	Yellow_Knight	555	-2
8	Carrick_on_Seine	554	9
9	BluesInTheBottle	542	-1
10	Josedin	541	4
11	Lecko	537	-1
12	DJW	533	0
13	Salvarani	518	3
14	JumboVismaFan	513	0
14	Leadbelly	513	7
16	Rufs	512	4
17	Comodoro	482	-8
17	Titan31	482	9
19	Del1962	475	-1
20	Otoxiep87	459	2
21	Armchair_Cyclist	437	-8
22	ArchieBoy	424	2
23	Search	423	0
24	Bonimenier	420	-13
25	Evans_is_the_Best	419	5
26	Kazistuta	417	3
27	Mellow_Velo	411	1
28	Bminchow	409	-1
29	Laarsland	398	2
30	ChrisDK	383	5
31	Rote_Laterne	380	-12
32	Scrooll07	375	0
33	Triley36	348	1
34	AmisVelo	340	-1
35	Vladimir	325	1
36	SamuCuenca	247	1
37	RedheadDane	167	1
38	ZigZagWanderer	164	-13
	Collective_Wisdom	393

But there is time for plenty to change yet.

Much closer in the interforum challenge:
CN 498
VR 471

See you on Tuesday

RedheadDane · Jul 3, 2022

At least I can walk straight.

DJ Sprtsch · Jul 3, 2022

Ha ha, just noticed I messed up with the rules, I thought the team limit was 3500 CQ points.

Samu Cuenca · Jul 3, 2022

DJ Sprtsch said:
Ha ha, just noticed I messed up with the rules, I thought the team limit was 3500 CQ points.

Anyone who gets even close to the limit is doing it all wrong anyway, so you got no reason to feel bad

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 5, 2022

DJ Sprtsch said:
Ha ha, just noticed I messed up with the rules, I thought the team limit was 3500 CQ points.

If I remember the history correctly, the first GT game was a Giro initiated by, I think, CQManager, and when he followed that up with a Tour game there was discussion about whether the budget should be the same. Consensus settled around 4000, and hasn't changed since (even when it changed from 9 riders to 8 per team).

Maybe I should have pointed it out to you when you sent your team in: I probably just checked that it wasn't over 4000 and ignored the hundreds value.

So who would you have picked?

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 6, 2022

Stage 4 Back in France

Three TdF stage wins in France in a row for van Aert

Green points

VAN AERT Wout	80	0
PHILIPSEN Jasper	50	1
LAPORTE Christophe	35	1
KRISTOFF Alexander	25	0
SAGAN Peter	15	15
MOZZATO Luca	10	0
VAN POPPEL Danny	5	0
HOFSTETTER Hugo	3	0
MATTHEWS Michael	2	0
THOMAS Benjamin	1	0

Only 3 of the top ten selected, and 2 of them as unique picks:

1	JumboVismaFan	50
2	ChrisDK	35
3	Fifteen Sagan teams	15

Standings

1	BicycleBoy	170	,	0
2	18Valve	140	,	0
3	Carrick_on_Seine	133	,	0
4	ChrisDK	130	,	2
5	JumboVismaFan	115	,	3
6	Josedin	100	,	-2
7	PostmanHat	98	,	-2
8	BluesInTheBottle	90	,	-1
9	Northerner	57	,	0
10	LosBrolin	55	,	0

Yellow Points

PHILIPSEN Jasper	62	1
LAPORTE Christophe	56	1
SAGAN Peter	25	15
FUGLSANG Jakob	12	10
MAS NICOLAU Enric	10	1

MØRKØV CHRISTENSEN Michael	-10	1
CORT NIELSEN Magnus	-10	2
BAUER Jack	-17	1
GOUGEARD Alexis	-19	2
SIMMONS Quinn	-21	1
GROENEWEGEN Dylan	-25	5
GANNA Filippo	-29	2
EEKHOFF Nils	-39	3

on the day

1	JumboVismaFan	74
2	ChrisDK	44
2	Triley36	44
4	Titan31	39
5	Scrooll07	32
6	AmisVelo	30
7	SamuCuenca	29
8	Carrick_on_Seine	27
9	Del1962	25
9	Kazistuta	25
9	LosBrolin	25
12	Otoxiep87	23
13	Bonimenier	22
14	DJW	19
15	ZigZagWanderer	18
16	RedheadDane	17
17	Evans_is_the_Best	16
18	Armchair_Cyclist	12
19	Leadbelly	10
19	Lecko	10
21	Comodoro	8
22	Bminchow	6
23	Mellow_Velo	5
24	Rufs	3
25	Search	2
26	Yellow_Knight	0
27	Rote_Laterne	-2
28	BicycleBoy	-4
29	ArchieBoy	-6
29	Vladimir	-6
31	Laarsland	-8
32	BluesInTheBottle	-9
33	Northerner	-16
33	PostmanHat	-16
35	Josedin	-21
36	Salvarani	-27
37	18Valve	-29
38	DJSprtsch	-33
	Collective_Wisdom	35

Standings

1	BicycleBoy	1195	0
2	PostmanHat	868	0
3	18Valve	838	0
4	Northerner	646	0
5	LosBrolin	645	0
6	JumboVismaFan	587	8
7	Carrick_on_Seine	581	1
8	DJSprtsch	575	-2
9	Yellow_Knight	555	-2
10	DJW	552	2
11	Lecko	547	0
12	BluesInTheBottle	533	-3
13	Leadbelly	523	1
14	Titan31	521	3
15	Josedin	520	-5
16	Rufs	515	0
17	Del1962	500	2
18	Salvarani	491	-5
19	Comodoro	490	-2
20	Otoxiep87	482	0
21	Armchair_Cyclist	449	0
22	Bonimenier	442	2
22	Kazistuta	442	4
24	Evans_is_the_Best	435	1
25	ChrisDK	427	5
26	Search	425	-3
27	ArchieBoy	418	-5
28	Mellow_Velo	416	-1
29	Bminchow	415	-1
30	Scrooll07	407	2
31	Triley36	392	2
32	Laarsland	390	-3
33	Rote_Laterne	378	-2
34	AmisVelo	370	0
35	Vladimir	319	0
36	SamuCuenca	276	0
37	RedheadDane	184	0
38	ZigZagWanderer	182	0
	Collective_Wisdom	428

There should be a bit of a shake up tomorrow.

DJ Sprtsch · Jul 6, 2022

No idea. I think I would've tried to build a completely different team based on an expensive GT rider like Pogi or Vingegaard. Right now, in hindsight, Van Aert looks like the best pick, but I don't think I would've done gone down that road. My plan was for Ganna to crush all in the TT, take pink and keep it for a good while, ideally up until Super Planche.

bminchow · Jul 6, 2022

I dont see Bicycle Boy hanging on much longer. 18valve looking better with Vingogo and Thomas.

triley36 · Jul 6, 2022

As a team owner with O’Connor and Haig as GC leaders, is it bad form to ask when the Vuelta starts?

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 7, 2022

Stage 5 Cobbles and chaos

Green points

CLARKE Simon	80	0
VAN DER HOORN Taco	50	0
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	35	0
POWLESS Neilson	25	0
CORT NIELSEN Magnus	15	2
STUYVEN Jasper	10	0
POGACAR Tadej	5	1
PHILIPSEN Jasper	3	1
JAKOBSEN Fabio	2	1
MOZZATO Luca	1	0

Not many green points earned today

1	DJSprtsch	15
1	Search	15
3	Yellow_Knight	5
4	JumboVismaFan	3
5	Josedin	2

JVF and Josedin remain 5th and 6th, and the other three scorers are still well outside the top ten.

Yellow points
This was the opposite of the recent sprint stages: not much on the green table, but lots of overall positional change. The biggest (temporary) winners were unselected, so on the whole it has been a negative day.

CORT NIELSEN Magnus	45	2
PHILIPSEN Jasper	34	1
JAKOBSEN Fabio	31	1
DEGENKOLB John	30	2
THOMAS Geraint	30	26
CATTANEO Mattia	30	3
VLASOV Aleksandr	30	7
SCHACHMANN Maximilian	28	5
MAS NICOLAU Enric	24	1
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe	23	7
GAUDU David	21	6
BARDET Romain	21	8
FUGLSANG Jakob	20	10
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander	20	3
PIDCOCK Thomas	20	2

HAIG Jack	-20	10
GOGL Michael	-20	2
VINGEGAARD RASMUSSEN Jonas	-30	6
LUTSENKO Alexey	-42	1
LAPORTE Christophe	-50	1
POGACAR Tadej	-55	1
VERMEERSCH Florian	-63	1
KÄMNA Lennard	-94	4
LAMPAERT Yves	-160	1
ROGLIC Primoz	-203	1
VAN DER POEL Mathieu	-270	4

On the day

1	Evans_is_the_Best	142
2	Titan31	108
3	DJSprtsch	105
4	Comodoro	102
5	Vladimir	101
6	Carrick_on_Seine	98
7	Leadbelly	78
8	Kazistuta	70
9	Search	68
10	Bminchow	66
11	Otoxiep87	56
12	Mellow_Velo	49
13	Laarsland	35
13	Rufs	35
15	SamuCuenca	32
16	Triley36	21
17	Armchair_Cyclist	19
18	Lecko	18
19	LosBrolin	13
20	DJW	10
21	Northerner	9
22	Scrooll07	8
23	18Valve	1
24	AmisVelo	-3
25	RedheadDane	-13
26	Josedin	-18
27	Bonimenier	-19
28	ArchieBoy	-23
29	BluesInTheBottle	-24
30	Del1962	-27
31	ZigZagWanderer	-33
32	Yellow_Knight	-55
33	ChrisDK	-75
34	Rote_Laterne	-205
35	JumboVismaFan	-236
36	Salvarani	-275
37	PostmanHat	-309
38	BicycleBoy	-410
	Collective_Wisdom	48

Since an amazing stage 1 score, Bicycle Boy has had three huge negative scores in 4 stages, and finally that takes him off the lead.

1	18Valve	839	2
2	BicycleBoy	785	-1
3	DJSprtsch	680	5
4	Carrick_on_Seine	679	3
5	LosBrolin	658	0
6	Northerner	655	-2
7	Titan31	629	7
8	Leadbelly	601	5
9	Comodoro	592	10
10	Evans_is_the_Best	577	14
11	Lecko	565	0
12	DJW	562	-2
13	PostmanHat	559	-11
14	Rufs	550	2
15	Otoxiep87	538	5
16	Kazistuta	512	6
17	BluesInTheBottle	509	-5
18	Josedin	502	-3
19	Yellow_Knight	500	-10
20	Search	493	6
21	Bminchow	481	8
22	Del1962	473	-5
23	Armchair_Cyclist	468	-2
24	Mellow_Velo	465	4
25	Laarsland	425	7
26	Bonimenier	423	-4
27	Vladimir	420	8
28	Scrooll07	415	2
29	Triley36	413	2
30	ArchieBoy	395	-3
31	AmisVelo	367	3
32	ChrisDK	352	-7
33	JumboVismaFan	351	-27
34	SamuCuenca	308	2
35	Salvarani	216	-17
36	Rote_Laterne	173	-3
37	RedheadDane	171	0
38	ZigZagWanderer	149	0
	Collective_Wisdom	476

CN 491
VR 475

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 7, 2022

You're welcome

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Armchair Cyclist · Jul 8, 2022

Stage 6 Uphill finish at Longwy

I guess Pogacar didn't lose all his energy for those 13 seconds yesterday, but why make an effort for 15km to get 13 seconds when you can get 10 for a 400 metre effort?

Green points
Eight of the top ten in a stage having been selected may well be as many as we will get

POGACAR Tadej	80	1
MATTHEWS Michael	50	0
GAUDU David	35	6
PIDCOCK Thomas	25	2
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander	15	3
TEUNS Dylan	10	0
VINGEGAARD RASMUSSEN Jonas	5	6
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe	3	7
ROGLIC Primoz	2	1
BARDET Romain	1	8

1	Yellow_Knight	80	Pogacar
2	Vladimir	50	Gaudu/Quintana
3	Evans_is_the_Best	38	Gaudu/Martinez
4	Titan31	36	Gaudu/Bardet
5	Bonimenier	35	Gaudu
5	Salvarani	35
5	SamuCuenca	35
8	18Valve	30	Pidcock/Vingegaard
9	DJSprtsch	26	Pidcock/Bardet
10	Kazistuta	18	Quintana/Martinez

Standings
I use elimination of the highest scoring rider as the tiebreaker when scores are equal (although if it is too far down the table, I generally don't bother)

1	BicycleBoy	170	0
2	18Valve	170	0
3	Carrick_on_Seine	137	0
4	ChrisDK	130	0
5	Yellow_Knight	120	17
6	JumboVismaFan	118	-1
7	Josedin	102	-1
8	PostmanHat	99	-1
9	BluesInTheBottle	95	-1
10	Titan31	88	1

Yellow Points
Non-climbers drop away from the higher placings, and the lighter guys move up to fill the gaps. Is the destination of the daily 20 jersey points already determined for the rest of the race?

POGACAR Tadej	385	1
VINGEGAARD RASMUSSEN Jonas	155	6
GAUDU David	138	6
PIDCOCK Thomas	135	2
YATES Adam	120	2
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe	115	7
THOMAS Geraint	100	26
VLASOV Aleksandr	100	7
BARDET Romain	99	8
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander	78	3
MAS NICOLAU Enric	65	1
FUGLSANG Jakob	53	10
PHILIPSEN Jasper	46	1
MARTIN Guillaume	40	1

LAPORTE Christophe	-39	1
DEGENKOLB John	-41	2
SCHACHMANN Maximilian	-47	5
STUYVEN Jasper	-100	0
LAMPAERT Yves	-225	1

1	Evans_is_the_Best	387
2	Yellow_Knight	385
3	18Valve	378
4	Leadbelly	373
5	LosBrolin	360
6	Bonimenier	358
7	Northerner	343
8	DJSprtsch	336
9	Titan31	332
10	Bminchow	331
11	Carrick_on_Seine	328
12	DJW	308
13	Lecko	307
14	Comodoro	292
15	Kazistuta	284
16	Vladimir	275
17	Del1962	262
18	BluesInTheBottle	231
19	Laarsland	223
20	Armchair_Cyclist	202
21	Rufs	201
22	ArchieBoy	195
23	Search	193
24	Mellow_Velo	178
25	PostmanHat	170
25	SamuCuenca	170
27	Triley36	169
28	Scrooll07	167
29	Salvarani	157
30	Josedin	139
31	JumboVismaFan	99
32	AmisVelo	91
33	Rote_Laterne	27
33	ZigZagWanderer	27
35	Otoxiep87	22
36	RedheadDane	10
37	ChrisDK	-22
38	BicycleBoy	-135
	Collective_Wisdom	243

1	18Valve	1217	0
2	LosBrolin	1018	3
3	DJSprtsch	1016	0
4	Carrick_on_Seine	1007	0
5	Northerner	998	1
6	Leadbelly	974	2
7	Evans_is_the_Best	964	3
8	Titan31	961	-1
9	Yellow_Knight	885	10
10	Comodoro	884	-1
11	Lecko	872	0
12	DJW	870	0
13	Bminchow	812	8
14	Kazistuta	796	2
15	Bonimenier	781	11
16	Rufs	751	-2
17	BluesInTheBottle	740	0
18	Del1962	735	4
19	PostmanHat	729	-6
20	Vladimir	695	7
21	Search	686	-1
22	Armchair_Cyclist	670	1
23	BicycleBoy	650	-21
24	Laarsland	648	1
25	Mellow_Velo	643	-1
26	Josedin	641	-8
27	ArchieBoy	590	3
28	Scrooll07	582	0
28	Triley36	582	1
30	Otoxiep87	560	-15
31	SamuCuenca	478	3
32	AmisVelo	458	-1
33	JumboVismaFan	450	0
34	Salvarani	373	1
35	ChrisDK	330	-3
36	Rote_Laterne	200	0
37	RedheadDane	181	0
38	ZigZagWanderer	176	0
	Collective_Wisdom	719

Tomorrow may see those who could do the short steep climbs but don't enjoy the longer slogs lose their places: GC will have something of a plausible shape and then we'll really see how we stand.

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 8, 2022

Stage 7 The pretty girls' super bench

This looks to be a pattern that will repeat itself many times in the remaining 2 weeks.

Green points
Ignore what I said in the preamble to this section yesterday: all ten green point scorers today are selected.

POGACAR Tadej	80	1
VINGEGAARD RASMUSSEN Jonas	50	6
ROGLIC Primoz	35	1
KÄMNA Lennard	25	4
THOMAS Geraint	15	26
GAUDU David	10	6
MAS NICOLAU Enric	5	1
BARDET Romain	3	8
YATES Adam	2	2
KUSS Sepp	1	1

All bar 4 teams got at least something today:

1	Yellow_Knight	80
2	Northerner	68
3	18Valve	65
3	DJW	65
3	Lecko	65
3	LosBrolin	65
7	BluesInTheBottle	55
8	Bonimenier	50
9	PostmanHat	43
10	Del1962	40
10	Josedin	40

Standings
Still one team waiting for its first top ten finisher.

1	18Valve	235	1
2	Yellow_Knight	200	3
3	BicycleBoy	185	-2
4	Carrick_on_Seine	155	-1
5	BluesInTheBottle	150	4
6	PostmanHat	142	2
7	Josedin	142	0
8	Northerner	131	7
9	ChrisDK	130	-5
10	LosBrolin	128	5

Yellow Points
Not only the expected riders dropping down the GC: a few surprises in there too.

POGACAR Tadej	180	1
VINGEGAARD RASMUSSEN Jonas	155	6
THOMAS Geraint	137	26
ROGLIC Primoz	127	1
GAUDU David	126	6
KÄMNA Lennard	83	4
BARDET Romain	83	8
MAS NICOLAU Enric	55	1
URAN URAN Rigoberto	37	3
MARTIN Guillaume	28	1
CARUSO Damiano	23	4
MEINTJES Louis	23	3
MADOUAS Valentin	22	1

SIMMONS Quinn	-25	1
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe	-40	7
CATTANEO Mattia	-43	3
LAMPAERT Yves	-45	1
PIDCOCK Thomas	-60	2
PHILIPSEN Jasper	-67	1
FUGLSANG Jakob	-71	10
VLASOV Aleksandr	-100	7

On the day

1	Northerner	365
2	Bonimenier	335
3	PostmanHat	299
4	Titan31	261
5	LosBrolin	242
6	Del1962	227
7	DJW	226
8	BluesInTheBottle	224
9	18Valve	222
10	Lecko	221
11	Josedin	218
12	Evans_is_the_Best	195
13	Rufs	182
13	Mellow_Velo	182
15	Yellow_Knight	180
16	Leadbelly	161
17	DJSprtsch	159
18	SamuCuenca	154
19	AmisVelo	142
20	Salvarani	136
21	Scrooll07	133
22	Rote_Laterne	127
23	Carrick_on_Seine	113
24	Search	102
25	Triley36	99
26	Kazistuta	97
27	Comodoro	91
28	BicycleBoy	82
29	ZigZagWanderer	52
30	Armchair_Cyclist	41
31	ArchieBoy	37
32	RedheadDane	34
33	Vladimir	26
34	ChrisDK	20
35	Bminchow	-3
36	JumboVismaFan	-138
37	Laarsland	-140
38	Otoxiep87	-157
	Collective_Wisdom	149

Standings
At this stage, Vingegaard seems to be the essential pick: the top three all have him, but so do three teams who are not in the top ten. Yellow Knight has Pogacar, who obviously brings more points individually, but leaves little in the budget: his other 7 riders each contribute only the 20 points for projected arrival in Paris.

1	18Valve	1439	1
2	Northerner	1363	7
3	LosBrolin	1260	5
4	Titan31	1222	-2
5	DJSprtsch	1175	-3
6	Evans_is_the_Best	1159	1
7	Leadbelly	1135	1
8	Carrick_on_Seine	1120	-1
9	Bonimenier	1116	11
10	DJW	1096	9
11	Lecko	1093	0
12	Yellow_Knight	1065	-3
13	PostmanHat	1028	6
14	Comodoro	975	-4
15	BluesInTheBottle	964	2
16	Del1962	962	2
17	Rufs	933	-1
18	Kazistuta	893	-4
19	Josedin	859	7
20	Mellow_Velo	825	5
21	Bminchow	809	-8
22	Search	788	-1
23	BicycleBoy	732	0
24	Vladimir	721	-4
25	Scrooll07	715	3
26	Armchair_Cyclist	711	-4
27	Triley36	681	1
28	SamuCuenca	632	3
29	ArchieBoy	627	-2
30	AmisVelo	600	2
31	Salvarani	509	3
32	Laarsland	508	-8
33	Otoxiep87	403	-3
34	ChrisDK	350	1
35	Rote_Laterne	327	1
36	JumboVismaFan	312	-3
37	ZigZagWanderer	228	1
38	RedheadDane	215	-1
	Collective_Wisdom	868

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 9, 2022

Apologies: an error in yesterday's data in terms of how much the position of the top ten had changed compared to the previous day. But now you have a permanent record of how much your green ranking had changed between stage 6 and 7 if you were in the top ten, and you can easily enough compare tables if you really want to know your daily change

Stage 8
Visiting IOC today, UCI tomorrow, like they've been summonsed for some indiscretion.

Green points

VAN AERT Wout	80	0
MATTHEWS Michael	50	0
POGACAR Tadej	35	1
KRON Andreas Lorentz	25	1
BETTIOL Alberto	15	4
VLASOV Aleksandr	10	7
THOMAS Benjamin	5	0
VINGEGAARD RASMUSSEN Jonas	3	6
JUNGELS Bob	2	7
PIDCOCK Thomas	1	2

Perseverance award to Zigzag, who finally gets his first points in this classification, and a good share of them too, through a unique pick of Kron.

1	Yellow_Knight	35
2	ZigZagWanderer	27
2	Comodoro	27
4	Lecko	18
5	Kazistuta	15
5	AmisVelo	15
7	Armchair_Cyclist	12
8	Vladimir	10
8	Otoxiep87	10
8	Laarsland	10
8	Bminchow	10
8	ArchieBoy	10

Standings

1	18Valve	239	0
2	Yellow_Knight	235	0
3	BicycleBoy	185	0
4	Carrick_on_Seine	157	0
5	BluesInTheBottle	155	0
6	PostmanHat	142	0
7	Josedin	142	0
8	Northerner	134	0
9	LosBrolin	131	1
10	ChrisDK	130	-1

Yellow points
Those who should be high in GC already were, so today didn't have much of a sorting effect, thus less dramatic changes here. But the number of non-finishers is creeping up, which don't necessarily reduce a score a lot, but damages point earning potential.

POGACAR Tadej	55	1
KRON Andreas Lorentz	25	1
BETTIOL Alberto	17	4
JUNGELS Bob	16	7
VLASOV Aleksandr	10	7
MARTIN Guillaume	10	1
MEINTJES Louis	10	3

SCHACHMANN Maximilian	-12	5
FUGLSANG Jakob	-12	10
VERMAERKE Kevin	-20	2
BOUCHARD Geoffrey	-20	1
MOSCON Gianni	-20	1
KÄMNA Lennard	-33	4
CATTANEO Mattia	-33	3

On the day
That'll probably be my best performance

1	ZigZagWanderer	48
2	Yellow_Knight	35
3	Armchair_Cyclist	24
4	BluesInTheBottle	18
5	Kazistuta	17
6	DJSprtsch	15
7	AmisVelo	12
8	ArchieBoy	8
8	Comodoro	8
10	Lecko	6
10	RedheadDane	6
12	Northerner	4
13	Bminchow	2
14	18Valve	1
14	Carrick_on_Seine	1
14	LosBrolin	1
17	Rote_Laterne	0
18	Search	-1
19	BicycleBoy	-2
20	Salvarani	-5
21	ChrisDK	-7
21	Scrooll07	-7
23	SamuCuenca	-9
24	Vladimir	-11
25	JumboVismaFan	-12
25	Leadbelly	-12
25	Rufs	-12
28	Laarsland	-14
29	Bonimenier	-16
29	DJW	-16
31	Del1962	-17
32	Triley36	-19
33	Evans_is_the_Best	-25
34	Josedin	-26
35	Titan31	-27
36	Otoxiep87	-35
37	Mellow_Velo	-40
38	PostmanHat	-48
	Collective_Wisdom	-12

Standings

1	18Valve	1440	0
2	Northerner	1367	0
3	LosBrolin	1261	0
4	Titan31	1195	0
5	DJSprtsch	1190	0
6	Evans_is_the_Best	1134	0
7	Leadbelly	1123	0
8	Carrick_on_Seine	1121	0
9	Bonimenier	1100	0
10	Yellow_Knight	1100	2
11	Lecko	1099	0
12	DJW	1080	-2
13	Comodoro	983	1
14	BluesInTheBottle	982	1
15	PostmanHat	980	-2
16	Del1962	945	0
17	Rufs	921	0
18	Kazistuta	910	0
19	Josedin	833	0
20	Bminchow	811	1
21	Search	787	1
22	Mellow_Velo	785	-2
23	Armchair_Cyclist	735	3
24	BicycleBoy	730	-1
25	Vladimir	710	-1
26	Scrooll07	708	-1
27	Triley36	662	0
28	ArchieBoy	635	1
29	SamuCuenca	623	-1
30	AmisVelo	612	0
31	Salvarani	504	0
32	Laarsland	494	0
33	Otoxiep87	368	0
34	ChrisDK	343	0
35	Rote_Laterne	327	0
36	JumboVismaFan	300	0
37	ZigZagWanderer	276	0
38	RedheadDane	221	0
	Collective_Wisdom	856

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 11, 2022

As with your (now deleted) friend the other day, you're welcome.

Is this the most polite spam attack ever? What is the twist here?

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