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2024 Giro CQ Game

Page 6 - Get up to date with the latest news, scores & standings from the Cycling News Community.
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.
 
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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.









 
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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.
 
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.