2024 Giro CQ Game

Salvarani · May 26, 2024

FYI. Landa is probably my current favorite rider as Sagan has retired (basically).

Pog is just the GOAT and very entertaining to watch. The greatest rider I have seen.

Anyway, thats neither here nor there for this game... but since it was mentioned.

RedheadDane · May 26, 2024

So, just to be clear; if a rider drops out early, but is then allowed to go race elsewhere, and scores points, those points still count for this game, right?

No?

DAMMIT!

Armchair Cyclist · May 26, 2024

RedheadDane said:
So, just to be clear; if a rider drops out early, but is then allowed to go race elsewhere, and scores points, those points still count for this game, right?

No?

DAMMIT!

If only second place in a 1.1 carried 1400 points: you'd be right up there but for that technicality.

Armchair Cyclist · May 26, 2024

Stage 21 Rome, not Milan
Il hurrah finale

Purplish points

MERLIER Tim	70	0
MILAN Jonathan	40	12
GROVES Kaden	25	0
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	15	7
VAN DIJKE Tim	10	0
ANIOLKOWSKI Stanislaw	7	0
DAINESE Alberto	5	1
LONARDI Giovanni	3	2
EWAN Caleb	2	1
GRONDIN Donavan	1	2

B teams did better than real ones today

1	AmisVelo	55
1	Peixotini	55
1	QueenStagiaire	55
1	Search	55
5	ArchieBoy	43
6	Scrooll07	42
7	Josedin	40
7	Rote_Laterne	40
7	Rufs	40
7	SamuCuenca	40
7	SlowClimber	40
7	Titan31	40
13	Kazistuta	18
14	Laurens147	15
14	Triley36	15
16	BartalliCoppi	5
17	BluesInTheBottle	1
17	EvansIsTheBest	1
	Collective_Wisdom	20
	Hfgon_Late	15
	BitB_Cteam	25
	Kazistuta_Bteam	85
	Sam6_Bteam	70

Final standings
Kazistuta's B team has 4 sprinters, but three of them were beaten in contributions for this classification by Martinez, but all 8 scored 37 or more. But that was not a team that was selected, so it is Queen Stagiaire who takes the minor title, with Peixotini, having Gaviria, overtaking Slow Climber at the last for 2nd.

1	QueenStagiaire	895	5	0
2	Peixotini	846	9	2
3	SlowClimber	841	13	-1
4	Titan31	840	10	-1
5	Search	809	2	1
6	AmisVelo	806	-1	1
7	Scrooll07	763	1	4
8	Salvarani	763	-7	-3
9	Laarsland	749	-6	-1
10	Googolplex	749	-8	-1
11	Anderis	732	-7	-1
12	Josedin	731	14	0
13	Rufs	701	14	2
14	EvansIsTheBest	687	-5	-1
15	BluesInTheBottle	684	-3	-1
16	Kazistuta	662	4	1
17	Vladimir	650	5	-1
18	Laurens147	624	-1	0
19	Rote_Laterne	606	9	2
20	ArchieBoy	589	10	2
21	Sam6	584	-2	-2
22	BicycleBoy	575	-1	-2
23	Bminchow	531	-8	0
24	SamuCuenca	512	8	2
25	DJSprtsch	499	-7	-1
26	DevilsElbow	492	-16	-1
27	DJW	460	-14	0
28	Triley36	441	-4	1
29	Madrazo	431	-6	-1
30	Leadbelly	385	-5	0
31	Shakes	286	-2	0
32	Del1962	285	5	0
33	BartalliCoppi	273	0	0
34	RedheadDane	258	0	0
35	Yellow_Knight	257	1	0
36	Armchair_Cyclist	249	-5	0
37	Harad	222	-2	0
	Collective_Wisdom	655
	Hfgon_Late	277
	BitB_Bteam	445
	BitB_Cteam	472
	Kazistuta_Bteam	930
	RoteLaterne_Bteam	644
	Sam6_Bteam	405

Final Pink points
Very few non-stage point adjustments on the last day, as the riders would probably hope.

MILAN Jonathan	40	12
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	15	7
DAINESE Alberto	5	1
LONARDI Giovanni	3	2
EWAN Caleb	2	1
MULUBRHAN Henok	1	1
GRONDIN Donavan	1	2
BARTA William	1	1
DE MARCHI Alessandro	-1	2
ALAPHILIPPE Julian	-2	2
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	-5	3

On the day

1	AmisVelo	55
1	Peixotini	55
1	QueenStagiaire	55
1	Search	55
5	ArchieBoy	43
6	Scrooll07	42
7	Josedin	40
7	Rote_Laterne	40
7	SamuCuenca	40
7	SlowClimber	40
7	Titan31	40
12	Rufs	35
13	Kazistuta	18
14	Triley36	15
15	Laurens147	14
16	BartalliCoppi	5
17	RedheadDane	2
18	BluesInTheBottle	1
18	EvansIsTheBest	1
34	BicycleBoy	-1
35	DJSprtsch	-2
36	Leadbelly	-5
37	Del1962	-7
	Collective_Wisdom	20
	Hfgon_Late	15
	BitB_Cteam	25
	Kazistuta_Bteam	85
	Sam6_Bteam	70

Final standings
The only stage in the race in which Pogacar has not gained points does not affect the top pair because of the margin they already had. That gap stays the same, as was probably to be expected. Milan only got second, which of itself would not have lifted Amis Velo to the podium, but he also has Gaviria, to pips Laarsland for 3rd. The 11th, and last, Pogacar team is in 22nd place, which means that there are equal numbers with and without him in those 22 spots.

1	Salvarani	2380	0
2	Googolplex	2370	0
3	AmisVelo	2223	2
4	Laarsland	2209	-1
5	Anderis	2203	-1
6	QueenStagiaire	2169	0
7	Search	2151	0
8	Scrooll07	2116	0
9	Peixotini	2057	2
10	EvansIsTheBest	2027	-1
11	DevilsElbow	2018	-1
12	BluesInTheBottle	2001	0
13	Titan31	1999	1
14	DJW	1985	-1
15	SlowClimber	1964	1
16	Bminchow	1935	-1
17	Laurens147	1882	0
18	DJSprtsch	1846	0
19	Sam6	1846	0
20	Kazistuta	1838	0
21	BicycleBoy	1779	0
22	Vladimir	1735	0
23	Madrazo	1683	0
24	Triley36	1605	0
25	Josedin	1601	1
26	Rufs	1570	1
27	Leadbelly	1558	-2
28	Rote_Laterne	1454	0
29	ArchieBoy	1294	1
30	Shakes	1273	-1
31	Armchair_Cyclist	1249	0
32	SamuCuenca	1151	0
33	BartalliCoppi	985	0
34	RedheadDane	970	0
35	Harad	878	0
36	Yellow_Knight	775	0
37	Del1962	622	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1997
	Hfgon_Late	1184
	BitB_Bteam	1449
	BitB_Cteam	1379
	Kazistuta_Bteam	1959
	RoteLaterne_Bteam	1948
	Sam6_Bteam	992

Congratulations to Salvarani, and to Queen Stagiaire in the purple classification on their victories, and to Googol plex and Amis Velo (and Peixotini and Slow Climber) on their podiums.
Thanks to CQ for the points and prices, and to PCS for the daily tables I have been using.
Thanks to the riders, for their unwitting but essential contribution to the game.

And thanks to all who took part, especially the small number of teams polite enough to finish below me. See you all again in a few weeks for the Tour. Will Pogacar fit in the budget there?

Some number crunching to follow, probably tomorrow.

Shakes · May 26, 2024

Depressing!

Thanks for organising though.

slow_climber · May 26, 2024

Thanks for organising. Enjoyed the daily updates and obviously enjoying the podium spot!

RedheadDane · May 26, 2024

Armchair cyclist said:
And thanks to all who took part, especially the small number of teams polite enough to finish below me.

You're welcome.

Laurens147 · May 27, 2024

Thanks for organising this! Finished in the middle of the pack, couldn't really ask for more

Armchair Cyclist · May 27, 2024

Pink perfection

Although the top two teams had Pogacar, the best possible team would have omitted him:

MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe	537 pts	20 teams
MILAN Jonathan	465	12
THOMAS Geraint	394	13
TIBERI Antonio	322	21
ARENSMAN Thymen	270	11
PARET PEINTRE Valentin	198	1
STEINHAUSER Georg	183	1
HIRT Jan	169	7

	2538	86

Amis Velo, the top non-Pogacar manager, had 6 of these, but Uijtdebroecks and Gaviria don't add up to Paret Peintre and Steinhauser. 3 and two halves of this group are in the collective Wisdom team (look at that tab to make sense of that).

The best possible team with Pogacar could have run them fairly close:

POGACAR Tadej	1447	11
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe	537	20
HIRT Jan	169	7
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander	125	27
GESCHKE Simon	108	3
PIETROBON Andrea	47	6
BALLERINI Davide	29	10
MUÑOZ LLANA Francisco	15	1

	2477	85

Again, Salvarani had six of them, with Leemreize and Pickrell not reaching the heights of Gaschke and Muñoz. But 93.8 % of the best possible score, especially while only having two of those riders, is remarkable. I might delve into previous Giro and Vuelta games to see if either 2380 or 93.8% have been achieved before: I suspect not.

Purplish perfection

I don't really expect anyone to put in a team specifically aimed at the stage points category, although I sometimes suspect that some teams have half an eye on it. It would have been possible to have Milan and Merlier as teammates rather than rivals, and still have budget for some other stage winners:

MILAN Jonathan	380	12
MERLIER Tim	223	0
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe	155	20
STEINHAUSER Georg	120	1
PARET PEINTRE Valentin	111	1
SANCHEZ MAYO Pelayo	110	0
TIBERI Antonio	82	21
THOMAS Benjamin	71	1

	1252	56

They would have scored 2175 points overall and come 6th.

Or you could take your 6 stage wins from one man rather than two, but then some strange picks are needed to maximise the score while observing the 8 rider rule.

POGACAR Tadej	525	11
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe	155	20
STEINHAUSER Georg	120	1
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander	40	27
PIETROBON Andrea	25	6
GRONDIN Donavan	1	2
COLLEONI Kevin	0	5
MUÑOZ LLANA Francisco	0	1

	866	73

But this team was beaten by Queen Stagiaire's selection.

More rider stats later, I hope.

EvansIsTheBest · May 27, 2024

I correctly identified that Pogacar was good at riding his bike.
I correctly identified that Tiberi was going to have a good Giro.
I correctly identified that Leemreize was going to be the decisive pick and should be on my roster.

Of those three predictions I think the first one was the most impressive as it was very hard to see it coming.

Thanks Armchair for organizing and congrats to the top teams Salvarani and Googolplex.

Anderis · May 28, 2024

I had a good idea of Pogacar + Martinez, but should've gone for Hirt over Chaves, which I considered, but unfortunately decided against in the end.

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