I'm afraid it'll be tomorrow evening before I'll have a chance to do any number crunching. Same with the women's. Been out all day, watched highlights of the men's, not seen the women's at all yet. Trying to avoid spoilers.
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Race 24 Liege-Bastogne-Liege
The penultimate event, but is it the decisive one?
Not many scoring riders, but one very significant one:
Just 7 five pointers today, including Alaphlippe, who is on 24 teams.
Once again, the majority of teams have Pidcock + fivers.
Standings
Green points
Salvarani only has to finish to claim the title (I'm not sure how one can fail to finish in this).
BitB joins Slow Climber and DJSprtsch with three outright wins in a race: Salvarani has 2, and Devil's Elbow in 5th has none.
Teams down to 7th still have a chance for the podium.
Main Game
Having either Pidcock or Van der Poel has been essential: having both looks to have been the key.
One race left, 180 points for the winning rider of Eschborn Frankfurt, but there are not many riders chosen in the game who could flourish there, if the race is as expected. Welsford or not Welsford?
The penultimate event, but is it the decisive one?
Not many scoring riders, but one very significant one:
| Race Pos'n | Pts | Teams | |
2 | PIDCOCK Thomas | 170 | 22 |
7 | BENOOT Tiesj | 90 | 1 |
11 | VAN GILS Maxim | 54 | 1 |
22 | VAN WILDER Ilan | 20 | 2 |
25 | TRATNIK Jan | 14 | 1 |
Once again, the majority of teams have Pidcock + fivers.
1 | Blues_in_the_Bottle | 265 | Pidcock & Benoot | 80 |
2 | Josedin | 234 | Pidcock & Van Gils | 50 |
3 | Anderis | 200 | Pidcock & Van Wilder | 35 |
4 | Googolplex | 195 | Pidcock & Van Wilder | 25 |
5 | Kazistuta | 180 | Pidcock | 10 |
5 | Search | 180 | 10 | |
5 | SlowClimber | 180 | 10 | |
8 | AmisVelo | 175 | 0.4 | |
8 | Armchair | 175 | 0.4 | |
8 | Bminchow | 175 | 0.4 | |
8 | Comodoro | 175 | 0.4 | |
8 | Del1962 | 175 | 0.4 | |
8 | DevilsElbow | 175 | 0.4 | |
8 | DJW | 175 | 0.4 | |
8 | EvansIsTheBest | 175 | 0.4 | |
8 | Hfgon1 | 175 | 0.4 | |
8 | JumboVismaFan | 175 | 0.4 | |
8 | Laarsland | 175 | 0.4 | |
8 | Madrazo | 175 | 0.4 | |
8 | RoteLaterne | 175 | 0.4 | |
8 | Triley36 | 175 | 0.4 | |
8 | Twiddle87 | 175 | 0.4 | |
23 | Rufs | 19 | Tratnik | |
24 | BR | 10 | ||
24 | Peixotini | 10 | ||
24 | Salvarani | 10 | ||
27 | Leadbelly | 5 | ||
27 | Vladimir | 5 | ||
29 | DJSprtsch | 0 | ||
29 | RedheadDane | 0 | ||
| CollectiveWisdom | 175 | |||
| SoLastYear | 90 | |||
| MainGamePop | 175 |
Standings
Green points
1 | Salvarani | 501.5 | 0 |
2 | Blues_in_the_Bottle | 374.95 | 2 |
3 | SlowClimber | 367.5 | -1 |
4 | DJSprtsch | 317.1 | -1 |
5 | DevilsElbow | 261.07 | 0 |
6 | Vladimir | 258.35 | 0 |
7 | Googolplex | 252.1 | 0 |
8 | DJW | 216.7 | 0 |
9 | EvansIsTheBest | 202.85 | 0 |
10 | Peixotini | 187 | 0 |
BitB joins Slow Climber and DJSprtsch with three outright wins in a race: Salvarani has 2, and Devil's Elbow in 5th has none.
Teams down to 7th still have a chance for the podium.
Main Game
Having either Pidcock or Van der Poel has been essential: having both looks to have been the key.
1 | EvansIsTheBest | 1902 | 1 |
2 | Blues_in_the_Bottle | 1841 | 1 |
3 | Salvarani | 1755 | -2 |
4 | SlowClimber | 1657 | 0 |
5 | DevilsElbow | 1587 | 0 |
6 | AmisVelo | 1529 | 1 |
7 | Laarsland | 1515 | 1 |
8 | DJW | 1501 | 1 |
9 | Googolplex | 1453 | 1 |
10 | Kazistuta | 1400 | 1 |
11 | Madrazo | 1390 | 1 |
12 | DJSprtsch | 1370 | -6 |
13 | Anderis | 1369 | 3 |
14 | Triley36 | 1363 | -1 |
15 | Twiddle87 | 1351 | -1 |
16 | Search | 1348 | 1 |
17 | JumboVismaFan | 1319 | 1 |
18 | Bminchow | 1270 | 2 |
19 | RoteLaterne | 1230 | 2 |
20 | Hfgon1 | 1211 | 2 |
21 | Del1962 | 1204 | 2 |
22 | Armchair | 1181 | 2 |
22 | Peixotini | 1181 | -7 |
24 | Comodoro | 1160 | 1 |
25 | Josedin | 1140 | 1 |
26 | Vladimir | 1129 | -7 |
27 | Leadbelly | 819 | 0 |
28 | BR | 646 | 0 |
29 | Rufs | 529 | 0 |
30 | RedheadDane | 355 | 0 |
| CollectiveWisdom | 1170 | ||
| SoLastYear | 1288 | ||
| MainGamePop | 1181 |
One race left, 180 points for the winning rider of Eschborn Frankfurt, but there are not many riders chosen in the game who could flourish there, if the race is as expected. Welsford or not Welsford?
I have rather taken my eye off the ball for the startlist changes in our decisive event, but it would appear that Sam Welsford is not now riding in Frankfurt, which puts a rather large spoke in the wheels of Salvarani's comeback hopes. What I see in the PCS startlist offers little prospect of big points for any of the top three in their last spin of the bottle.
Evans is the Best
Schelling
Hermans
Blues in the Bottle
Politt
Engelhardt
Salvarani
Van Asbroeck
All shall be confirmed on Monday.
Evans is the Best
Schelling
Hermans
Blues in the Bottle
Politt
Engelhardt
Salvarani
Van Asbroeck
All shall be confirmed on Monday.
Hermans was the only one to make the front group so that should be it. Unless there's a Soren Kragh Andersen team that can jump in front of every one else.
The final showdown, and a better race than I had anticipated.
Race 25 Eschborn-Frankfurt
A better race to watch, perhaps, but not outstanding in terms of points for our game.
and 6 five pointers.
It wasn't actually that bad in terms of contribution to the team's scores: today was the 12th highest points-yielding event, and it outscored Gent-Wevelgem, Fleche Wallonne and Brabantse Pijl, which one might expect to be higher scoring. I trust my abbreviations will be self-evident.
No idea why the numbers have aligned differently for some races....
Race 25 Eschborn-Frankfurt
A better race to watch, perhaps, but not outstanding in terms of points for our game.
| Race Pos'n | Pts | Teams | |
1 | ANDERSEN Søren Kragh | 180 | 5 |
9 | HERMANS Ben | 40 | 2 |
13 | BIERMANS Jenthe | 24 | 1 |
15 | BYSTRØM Sven Erik | 20 | 2 |
20 | POLITT Nils | 11 | 5 |
1 | Twiddle87 | 200 | Kragh and Bystrom | 80 |
2 | Peixotini | 191 | Kragh and Politt | 42.5 |
2 | Vladimir | 191 | 42.5 | |
4 | DJW | 180 | Kragh | 20 |
4 | JumboVismaFan | 180 | 20 | |
6 | Comodoro | 45 | Hermans | 10 |
7 | EvansIsTheBest | 40 | Hermans | 5 |
8 | BR | 24 | Biermanns | 3 |
9 | Laarsland | 20 | 2 | |
10 | Blues_in_the_Bottle | 16 | 1 | |
11 | AmisVelo | 11 | ||
11 | Search | 11 | ||
13 | Josedin | 10 | ||
13 | RedheadDane | 10 | ||
15 | DJSprtsch | 5 | ||
15 | Leadbelly | 5 | ||
15 | Triley36 | 5 | ||
| CollectiveWisdom | 0 | |||
| SoLastYear | 10 | |||
| MainGamePop | 0 |
It wasn't actually that bad in terms of contribution to the team's scores: today was the 12th highest points-yielding event, and it outscored Gent-Wevelgem, Fleche Wallonne and Brabantse Pijl, which one might expect to be higher scoring. I trust my abbreviations will be self-evident.
| Strade | 6863 | |
| LBL | 4118 | |
| MSR | 3790 | |
| Ardeche |
| |
| Ronde | 3382 | |
| Amstel | 3151 | |
| Omloop |
| |
| PR | 1847 | |
| Dwars | 1685 | |
| Drome | 1478 | |
| E3 | 1428 | |
| Frankfurt | 1144 | |
| Gent-Wev | 978 | |
| Fleche | 786 | |
| KBK | 676 | |
| De Panne | 449 | |
| Mil-Tor | 373 | |
| Schelde | 290 | |
| Koksijde | 263 | |
| Brabantse | 215 | |
| Laig | 189 | |
| Nokere | 165 | |
| GP Indurain | 58 | |
| Denain | 16 | |
| GP Industria | 0 |
The Green points
Winning on the day bumped a new player, Twiddle87, into the top ten here, with his second race victory. Salvarani was knocked off the top in the main classification in Liege, but the win here has looked nailed on for some time, with 2 outright wins, 2 shared wins, 3 seconds and a third. Slow Climber, Blues in the Bottle and DJSprtsch each got 3 wins, but the manager with most top tens (or tied for top ten) was DJW.
My only consolation was that there were 7 teams that got fewer top tens than me (DJSprtsch only got 6, but 3 of them were wins!), but all 7 got a podium at some point.
I am always pleased when the minor classification returns a rather different result than the game proper: I don't think I am spoiling the surprise too much by saying that our overall winner didn't even make the top ten here.
1 | Salvarani | 501.5 | 0 |
2 | Blues_in_the_Bottle | 375.95 | 0 |
3 | SlowClimber | 367.5 | 0 |
4 | DJSprtsch | 317.1 | 0 |
5 | Vladimir | 300.85 | 1 |
6 | DevilsElbow | 261.07 | -1 |
7 | Googolplex | 252.1 | 0 |
8 | Twiddle87 | 251.4 | 5 |
9 | DJW | 236.7 | -1 |
10 | Peixotini | 229.5 | 0 |
11 | EvansIsTheBest | 207.85 | -2 |
12 | Laarsland | 188.75 | -1 |
13 | Josedin | 184.17 | -1 |
14 | Anderis | 164.6 | 0 |
15 | Leadbelly | 147.6 | 0 |
16 | JumboVismaFan | 142.15 | 3 |
17 | Madrazo | 138.85 | -1 |
18 | Kazistuta | 137.55 | -1 |
19 | AmisVelo | 131.18 | -1 |
20 | Comodoro | 101.42 | 0 |
21 | Search | 85.77 | 0 |
22 | Del1962 | 81.75 | 0 |
23 | RedheadDane | 70 | 0 |
24 | Triley36 | 66.85 | 0 |
25 | Rufs | 60.35 | 0 |
26 | Bminchow | 58.78 | 0 |
27 | BR | 46.28 | 0 |
28 | Hfgon1 | 24.63 | 0 |
29 | RoteLaterne | 11.8 | 0 |
30 | Armchair | 9.98 | 0 |
My only consolation was that there were 7 teams that got fewer top tens than me (DJSprtsch only got 6, but 3 of them were wins!), but all 7 got a podium at some point.
I am always pleased when the minor classification returns a rather different result than the game proper: I don't think I am spoiling the surprise too much by saying that our overall winner didn't even make the top ten here.
Spring Classics CQ Game, the final reckoning
A proud day for Mrs ITB, as her two boys top the final table.
Evans will have been pleased to see no Sam Welsford on the startline, and more so to see Ben Hermans in the decisive break. DJW, Twiddle and Jumbo Visma Fan will have been pleased to see a last minute boost to their standings.
The margins looked fairly comfortable in the end, but I think the game was nicely balanced this time around.
Congratulations to Evans is the Best, and to Blues in the Bottle and Salvarani for their podium places, and thanks to all for entering: I hope it gave an extra aspect to your springtime viewing.
Not much time left before you need to get your entries in for the Giro CQ Game, don't be late.
I hope to do some rider analysis tomorrow, but if you want to dig deeper into the numbers for yourselves, here they are.
A proud day for Mrs ITB, as her two boys top the final table.
Evans will have been pleased to see no Sam Welsford on the startline, and more so to see Ben Hermans in the decisive break. DJW, Twiddle and Jumbo Visma Fan will have been pleased to see a last minute boost to their standings.
1 | EvansIsTheBest | 1942 | 0 |
2 | Blues_in_the_Bottle | 1857 | 0 |
3 | Salvarani | 1755 | 0 |
4 | DJW | 1681 | 4 |
5 | SlowClimber | 1657 | -1 |
6 | DevilsElbow | 1587 | -1 |
7 | Twiddle87 | 1551 | 8 |
8 | AmisVelo | 1540 | -2 |
9 | Laarsland | 1535 | -2 |
10 | JumboVismaFan | 1499 | 7 |
11 | Googolplex | 1453 | -2 |
12 | Kazistuta | 1400 | -2 |
13 | Madrazo | 1390 | -2 |
14 | DJSprtsch | 1375 | -2 |
15 | Peixotini | 1372 | 7 |
16 | Anderis | 1369 | -3 |
17 | Triley36 | 1368 | -3 |
18 | Search | 1359 | -2 |
19 | Vladimir | 1320 | 7 |
20 | Bminchow | 1270 | -2 |
21 | RoteLaterne | 1230 | -2 |
22 | Hfgon1 | 1211 | -2 |
23 | Comodoro | 1205 | 1 |
24 | Del1962 | 1204 | -3 |
25 | Armchair | 1181 | -3 |
26 | Josedin | 1150 | -1 |
27 | Leadbelly | 824 | 0 |
28 | BR | 670 | 0 |
29 | Rufs | 529 | 0 |
30 | RedheadDane | 365 | 0 |
| CollectiveWisdom | 1170 | ||
| SoLastYear | 1298 | ||
| MainGamePop | 1181 |
The margins looked fairly comfortable in the end, but I think the game was nicely balanced this time around.
Congratulations to Evans is the Best, and to Blues in the Bottle and Salvarani for their podium places, and thanks to all for entering: I hope it gave an extra aspect to your springtime viewing.
Not much time left before you need to get your entries in for the Giro CQ Game, don't be late.
I hope to do some rider analysis tomorrow, but if you want to dig deeper into the numbers for yourselves, here they are.
I know that a lot of people are going to think I finished first just because I'm the only person to go for the Van der Poel/Pidcock combo. To be fair they would be right since those two combined for 78% of my points but I want people to consider this instead: 100% winning rate in CQ games when I select Manuele Boaro.
Is four riders who scored nothing a record for a winning team in a game like this? Goes to show that the cheap value picks are less important than getting the big calls right.
Not picking Ala or Pidcock was a bold strategy from me... and it was almost enough to win the overall but finished 3rd in the end. I will take the win in the Green jersey competition for having a pretty consistent team that scored in many races.
Biggest what if is if Turner doesnt crash in Omloop, but that is something you cant control so not something to dwell over.
Congratulations to @EvansIsTheBest for winning the game and to @Armchair cyclist for arranging it. Updating very fast after each race. Very much appreciated.
Biggest what if is if Turner doesnt crash in Omloop, but that is something you cant control so not something to dwell over.
Congratulations to @EvansIsTheBest for winning the game and to @Armchair cyclist for arranging it. Updating very fast after each race. Very much appreciated.
Nearly five even, Hermans only scored on the last day. I don't think anybody has won with such a top heavy team before. It helps that the winning score was lower than most years. Usually the winner scores 2k+ and I don't think you can get there without some good value picks.
But generally speaking, I think that you need to get the right expensive picks and then between teams that share the winning combo of expensive guys, the value picks make the difference. So you need both unless there's something crazy happening like only one team having the right combo of high cost picks.
Armchair you are right, Mrs. ITB was so pleased with her boys. Both she and I were very happy because this is as high as I have scored. Thanks for putting the game on.
Congratulations to EitB your big guys did their jobs. Salvarani sorry to pass you at the end; but it felt good from my seat. See you all in Italy.
Congratulations to EitB your big guys did their jobs. Salvarani sorry to pass you at the end; but it felt good from my seat. See you all in Italy.
Some data:
Top scoring riders with their cost and popularity
Riders in profit (sorted by the net profit, because infinite percentage might still only be 5 points)
Best Possible Team I don't normally do this very successfully, but as far as I can find...
Just as low in the popularity rankings as RhD's team.
The Collective Ignorance team Best possible of those that nobody picked, with the same provisos about my accuracy.
The 'Oops' list Riders that were selected, at more than average (250 pt) cost, who scored less than 15% of their price, ordered by net loss.
Top scoring riders with their cost and popularity
| POGACAR Tadej | 957points scored | 3398 cost | 0 teams |
| VAN DER POEL Mathieu | 886 | 1230 | 3 |
| VAN AERT Wout | 767 | 2810 | 0 |
| LAPORTE Christophe | 693 | 1189 | 0 |
| PIDCOCK Thomas | 625 | 599 | 22 |
| PHILIPSEN Jasper | 597 | 1423 | 0 |
| PEDERSEN Mads | 553 | 1472 | 0 |
| BENOOT Tiesj | 489 | 543 | 1 |
| HEALY Ben | 470 | 167 | 0 |
| SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias | 438 | 944 | 0 |
| ANDERSEN Søren Kragh | 364 | 362 | 5 |
| MADOUAS Valentin | 359 | 952 | 0 |
| MOHORIC Matej | 333 | 971 | 0 |
| GANNA Filippo | 321 | 574 | 0 |
| KÜNG Stefan | 307 | 1358 | 0 |
| POWLESS Neilson | 299 | 802 | 0 |
| DE LIE Arnaud | 295 | 1439 | 0 |
| EVENEPOEL Remco | 280 | 3154 | 0 |
| VANMARCKE Sep | 276 | 267 | 2 |
| VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan | 241 | 112 | 0 |
| ALAPHILIPPE Julian | 214 | 489 | 24 |
| COSTA Rui Alberto Faria | 212 | 236 | 6 |
| VAN GILS Maxim | 212 | 336 | 1 |
| MOLANO BENAVIDES Juan Sebastian | 210 | 305 | 0 |
| ROTA Lorenzo | 207 | 915 | 0 |
| BALLERINI Davide | 205 | 262 | 1 |
| KRON Andreas Lorentz | 205 | 395 | 1 |
| DEGENKOLB John | 200 | 187 | 0 |
| KONRAD Patrick | 200 | 364 | 0 |
Riders in profit (sorted by the net profit, because infinite percentage might still only be 5 points)
| HEALY Ben | 470 points | 167 cost | 0 teams | 281.4 % |
| VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan | 241 | 112 | 0 | 215.2 |
| FRISON Frederik | 194 | 72 | 0 | 269.4 |
| STEINHAUSER Georg | 86 | 25 | 0 | 344.0 |
| RICKAERT Jonas | 67 | 10 | 0 | 670.0 |
| GREGOIRE Romain | 156 | 108 | 4 | 144.4 |
| COLOMBO Filippo | 50 | 5 | 0 | 1000.0 |
| PETERS Nans | 135 | 91 | 0 | 148.4 |
| VAN DIJKE Tim | 112 | 72 | 0 | 155.6 |
| HEIDUK Kim | 54 | 17 | 3 | 317.6 |
| BLOUWE Louis | 55 | 25 | 0 | 220.0 |
| PIDCOCK Thomas | 625 | 599 | 22 | 104.3 |
| BJERG Mikkel | 182 | 159 | 0 | 114.5 |
| DEKKER David | 25 | 3 | 11 | 833.3 |
| HALVORSEN Kristoffer | 46 | 25 | 2 | 184.0 |
| HERMANS Ben | 40 | 20 | 2 | 200.0 |
| KIELICH Timo | 124 | 104 | 0 | 119.2 |
| KOPECKY Matyas | 23 | 4 | 0 | 575.0 |
| VANDEPITTE Nathan | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1050.0 |
| MAGLI Filippo | 15 | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! |
| REX Laurenz | 96 | 81 | 2 | 118.5 |
| WOOD Harrison | 20 | 5 | 1 | 400.0 |
| DEGENKOLB John | 200 | 187 | 0 | 107.0 |
| PUPPIO Antonio | 15 | 2 | 0 | 750.0 |
| DE VOS Adam | 12 | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! |
| PELLIZZARI Giulio | 12 | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! |
| SERRANO RODRIGUEZ Javier | 14 | 2 | 0 | 700.0 |
| EDVARDSEN-FREDHEIM Stian | 46 | 35 | 0 | 131.4 |
| GEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel Werkilul | 83 | 72 | 0 | 115.3 |
| MARTIN ROMERO David | 10 | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! |
| VAN DEN BOSSCHE Fabio | 20 | 10 | 1 | 200.0 |
| JENSEN August | 12 | 3 | 0 | 400.0 |
| VANMARCKE Sep | 276 | 267 | 2 | 103.4 |
| SOUPE Geoffrey | 15 | 8 | 0 | 187.5 |
| FAGUNDEZ LIMA Eric Antonio | 5 | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! |
| HOFSTEDE Lennard | 5 | 0 | 1 | #DIV/0! |
| HUYS Branko | 5 | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! |
| NABERMAN Tim | 5 | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! |
| TAROZZI Manuele | 5 | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! |
| VANDENBRANDEN Noah | 5 | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! |
| ZAMBELLI Samuele | 5 | 0 | 0 | #DIV/0! |
| ALLENO Clément | 11 | 7 | 0 | 157.1 |
| SLOCK Liam | 15 | 11 | 0 | 136.4 |
| VAN BOVEN Luca | 35 | 31 | 0 | 112.9 |
| JARNET Maxime | 20 | 17 | 0 | 117.6 |
| ANDERSEN Søren Kragh | 364 | 362 | 5 | 100.6 |
| RENARD Alexis | 99 | 97 | 0 | 102.1 |
| VAN DER MEER Nick | 5 | 3 | 0 | 166.7 |
| MARIS Elias | 15 | 14 | 0 | 107.1 |
Best Possible Team I don't normally do this very successfully, but as far as I can find...
| PIDCOCK Thomas | 599 points | 625 cost | 22 teams |
| BENOOT Tiesj | 543 | 489 | 1 |
| HEALY Ben | 167 | 470 | 0 |
| ANDERSEN Søren Kragh | 362 | 364 | 5 |
| VANMARCKE Sep | 267 | 276 | 2 |
| VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan | 112 | 241 | 0 |
| COSTA Rui Alberto Faria | 236 | 212 | 6 |
| BALLERINI Davide | 262 | 205 | 1 |
| DEGENKOLB John | 187 | 200 | 0 |
| FRISON Frederik | 72 | 194 | 0 |
| PETERS Nans | 91 | 135 | 0 |
| VAN DIJKE Tim | 72 | 112 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 2970 | 3523 | 37 |
The Collective Ignorance team Best possible of those that nobody picked, with the same provisos about my accuracy.
| LAPORTE Christophe | 1189 points | 693 cost |
| HEALY Ben | 167 | 470 |
| VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan | 112 | 241 |
| MOLANO BENAVIDES Juan Sebastian | 305 | 210 |
| DEGENKOLB John | 187 | 200 |
| KONRAD Patrick | 364 | 200 |
| FRISON Frederik | 72 | 194 |
| BJERG Mikkel | 159 | 182 |
| PETERS Nans | 91 | 135 |
| DE KLEIJN Arvid | 155 | 130 |
| KIELICH Timo | 104 | 124 |
| VAN DIJKE Tim | 72 | 112 |
2977 | 2891 |
The 'Oops' list Riders that were selected, at more than average (250 pt) cost, who scored less than 15% of their price, ordered by net loss.
| GIRMAY HAILU Biniam | 21 points | 1048 cost | 1 teams |
| SHEFFIELD Magnus | 73 | 621 | 2 |
| SENECHAL Florian | 24 | 480 | 1 |
| JUNGELS Bob | 0 | 449 | 1 |
| TRATNIK Jan | 24 | 426 | 1 |
| SAGAN Peter | 20 | 402 | 7 |
| TURNER Ben | 15 | 372 | 14 |
| STEWART Jake | 26 | 360 | 1 |
| TULETT Ben | 5 | 316 | 2 |
| LAURANCE Axel | 0 | 301 | 1 |
| HONORE Mikkel Frølich | 29 | 320 | 6 |
| KWIATKOWSKI Michal | 38 | 272 | 3 |
Re: collective ignorance, you have enough budget left to replace Peters with Grégoire, right? Nudges the score up a little.
Not in the Collective Ignorance team I couldn't, because Gregoire was picked 4 times, but good spot, I could have put him into the Best Possible team alongside Bjerg in place of Ballerini and Van Lijke to bump that score up by 21 points (and 97 spare points that I can't see a way of getting an advantage out of)
The data set that I forgot earlier was the impeccable picks list
| VAN DER POEL Mathieu |
| LAPORTE Christophe |
| PIDCOCK Thomas |
| BENOOT Tiesj |
| HEALY Ben |
| VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan |
| FRISON Frederik |
| STEINHAUSER Georg |
| RICKAERT Jonas |
| COLOMBO Filippo |
| DEKKER David |
| VANDEPITTE Nathan |
| MAGLI Filippo |
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One day the owners of Total Energies and Israel PremierTech will sit down over a glass of wine and debate who represented the worse value: Froome or Sagan.
However, like my team, you cannot blame the lack of success entirely on Sagan: you had about 7 others who operated below what you had probably hoped or expected.
This might have to end up in the battles we never got see thread, if it doesnt happen.
Of course, I put myself at a disadvantage by deliberately making a novelty team. However, it sure didn't help that the rider I reasonably could have expected to score me a decent haul managed to break his arm twice. Otherwise, who knows if I could have been within a 100 points of @Rufs?
And, yes, I checked. He doesn't have B. Turner.
And, yes, I checked. He doesn't have B. Turner.
The VeloRooms community thanks you for your assistance in helping them get the higher average score most times while that sub-competition (and that website) existed.
Congratulations EITB! Van Baarle seemed like an inspired unique pick for me after the opening race.....but not to be. But 4th is a decent finish with a few to the long game across the season....
Congrats EITB, the podium finishers, thanks AC for putting this game together year after year after year and all participants. Hope to see you at the Giro game.
Because the game starts with the first WT one-day race in spring and ends with the final WT one-day race in spring - two natural cutoffs. Yes, you could include all the 1.Pros in May, but @Armchair cyclist has a Giro game to run then, most players will be much more focused on that as well, and there wouldn't be very many points scored in May anyway so the game would just go on and on without much change to the rankings. In other words, nobody would be paying attention anymore.
I had a brief thought that Walscheid could have gotten a good position, which could - if the race had been included - have given me a few points.
Not that it would have helped me much...
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