2022 Vuelta CQ Game

[EvansIsTheBest]

Nice job DJW

Not that impressive really. Using 8 riders to score 1900 points, I used only one to get to 1300 . No but seriously congrats on an impressive win DJW. Thanks Armchair Cyclist for hosting the game and all the number crunching around it.

In the classics (Girmay) and the Vuelta (Evenepoel), I've had two unique picks perform exceedingly well in those shorter CQ games. It's a shame the rest of my picks were comically bad.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Four Season challenge
A little bonus competition for those that take part in all 4 of my short games (3 GTs and the Spring Classics), and a change in leadership during the Vuelta brings the victory to the silent board member who is usually the first to submit a team every time, Comodoro. He was modestly placed in all 4 events, but consistent enough to win. Blues in the Bottle had the lead going into the Vuelta, but not only had many non-starters in his numerous attempts at finalising a team, but also 4 non-finishers, including Yates, depriving much chance of defending the lead.

		Spring Classics	Giro	Tour	Vuelta	Total	Change in VaE
1​	Comodoro	1093​	1560​	1478​	1406​	5537​	1​
2​	BluesInTheBottle	943​	1645​	1742​	1072​	5402​	-1​
3​	Leadbelly	1176​	1581​	1187​	1119​	5063​	0​
4​	Evans_is_the_Best	1245​	1135​	1248​	1356​	4984​	1​
5​	AmisVelo	1200​	1461​	935​	1279​	4875​	1​
6​	Laarsland	1688​	713​	757​	1526​	4684​	5​
7​	Search	1102​	1667​	923​	759​	4451​	-3​
8​	Otoxiep87	1375​	921​	529​	1589​	4414​	6​
9​	Del1962	964​	1117​	1169​	1139​	4389​	1​
10​	Salvarani	1052​	949​	682​	1659​	4342​	7​
11​	Mellow_Velo	807​	818​	887​	1727​	4239​	9​
12​	Vladimir	829​	1549​	1124​	732​	4234​	-4​
13​	Armchair_Cyclist	994​	1267​	1247​	717​	4225​	-6​
14​	Rufs	1117​	1382​	956​	769​	4224​	-5​
15​	Bminchow	886​	1063​	1025​	1240​	4214​	-2​
16​	Rote_Laterne	883​	1613​	231​	1198​	3925​	0​
17​	Triley36	1207​	1098​	740​	727​	3772​	-5​
18​	Scrooll07	897​	726​	1026​	894​	3543​	0​
19​	BicycleBoy	521​	1181​	914​	848​	3464​	0​
20​	DJSprtsch	722​	598​	1433​	580​	3333​	-5​
21​	JumboVismaFan	1241​	514​	488​	950​	3193​	0​
22​	RedheadDane	470​	282​	379​	176​	1307​	0​
	Collective_Wisdom	1202​	1761​	1124​	1281​	5368​

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Rider scores
5 teams selected Mas: they took the top 5 places.

	TOTAL	Green	teams
EVENEPOEL Remco	1020​	225​	1​
MAS NICOLAU Enric	583​	158​	5​
PEDERSEN Mads	467​	382​	0​
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	389​	220​	19​
AYUSO PESQUERA Juan	374​	59​	4​
ARENSMAN Thymen	355​	125​	5​
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel	342​	74​	22​
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	260​	20​	11​
RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos	231​	41​	0​
URAN URAN Rigoberto	220​	70​	3​
SOLER GIMENEZ Marc	219​	152​	3​
ROGLIC Primoz	198​	180​	2​
MEINTJES Louis	197​	77​	0​
O'CONNOR Ben	184​	19​	12​
WRIGHT Fred	183​	128​	2​
HINDLEY Jai	173​	38​	7​
VINE Jay	160​	160​	2​
BENNETT Sam	147​	147​	7​
POLANC Jan	129​	17​	0​
ACKERMANN Pascal	124​	104​	1​
KELDERMAN Wilco	118​	44​	10​
HERRADA LOPEZ Jesus	110​	95​	0​
VAN POPPEL Danny	109​	87​	0​
GROVES Kaden	106​	89​	2​
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro	104​	0​	0​
MOLANO BENAVIDES Juan Sebastian	101​	85​	0​
PINOT Thibaut	101​	23​	1​
TEUNISSEN Mike	90​	57​	0​
LANDA MEANA Mikel	90​	0​	5​
GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	88​	18​	6​
BATTISTELLA Samuele	87​	87​	0​
GESINK Robert	85​	42​	0​
SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon	84​	0​	0​
MOLARD Rudy	76​	16​	1​
PACHER Quentin	73​	73​	0​
MERLIER Tim	72​	57​	0​

Percentage returns

	Cost	Score	%age	teams
GESINK Robert	50​	85​	170.0​	0​
LANGELLOTTI Victor	4​	5​	125.0​	4​
SOLER GIMENEZ Marc	196​	219​	111.7​	3​
AZURMENDI SAGASTIBELTZA Ibai	15​	15​	100.0​	1​
URAN URAN Rigoberto	230​	220​	95.7​	3​
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel	406​	342​	84.2​	22​
CABEDO CARDA Oscar	75​	60​	80.0​	1​
MALECKI Kamil	19​	15​	78.9​	4​
WRIGHT Fred	245​	183​	74.7​	2​
MAS NICOLAU Enric	789​	583​	73.9​	5​
ZAMBANINI Edoardo	95​	57​	60.0​	0​
AYUSO PESQUERA Juan	641​	374​	58.3​	4​
HEPBURN Michael	27​	15​	55.6​	1​
ARENSMAN Thymen	640​	355​	55.5​	5​
CHAMPION Thomas	28​	15​	53.6​	1​
ITURRIA SEGUROLA Mikel	28​	15​	53.6​	2​
IMPEY Daryl	103​	55​	53.4​	3​
HARPER Chris	106​	55​	51.9​	0​
VINE Jay	313​	160​	51.1​	2​

Impeccable picks
EVENEPOEL Remco
MAS NICOLAU Enric
AYUSO PESQUERA Juan
ARENSMAN Thymen
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
URAN URAN Rigoberto
SOLER GIMENEZ Marc
GESINK Robert
OLIVEIRA Ivo Emanuel Alves
FABBRO Matteo
AZURMENDI SAGASTIBELTZA Ibai
LANGELLOTTI Victor

Best possible team
maybe, you might find something better
MAS NICOLAU Enric
AYUSO PESQUERA Juan
ARENSMAN Thymen
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
URAN URAN Rigoberto
SOLER GIMENEZ Marc
WRIGHT Fred
VINE Jay
for 2436: DJW scored 81% of this: winning scores are often not mush more that 65%, so this is very good. All of them were picked, but only MAL was on more than 5 teams.

The winning team
MAS NICOLAU Enric
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio
ARENSMAN Thymen
BENNETT Sam
KELDERMAN Wilco
DIAZ GALLEGO Jose Manuel
FROOME Chris

Arensman and Kelderman were not among DJW's initial picks, but were brought in in place of Haig and Padun when it was pointed out that Haig wasn't taking part. Diaz never was his selection, but was the default replacement when Penalver tested positive for Covid at the 11th hour. But he had no need to rely on points from his cheaper picks in the end.

Any other data you wish to find is in the spreadsheet.

I'll see you all at the turn of the year for the next 3-year Emerging Riders instalment, and, if all goes to plan, a new CQ game too (very observant readers of another thread a couple of months ago might have spotted a clue).

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

I had the most consistent team in the 4 seasons challenge but unfortunately not consistently good. Fair play to comodoro and BluesInTheBottle that's a significant gap to third.