2024 Spring Classics CQ Game

Armchair Cyclist · Feb 28, 2024

Race 5 Trofeo Laigueglia
Not many picks, but a few have gained something, some from more than one rider

6	RAFFERTY Darren	46	1
7	BARRE Louis	40	1
11	GREGOIRE Romain	20	1
14	BETTIOL Alberto	14	8
16	ALBANESE Vincenzo	10	1
28	BUSATTO Francesco	5	1

It should be obvious who has picked whom from the points gained:

		This race	Green points
1	Vladimir	54	80
2	Josedin	46	50
3	Sam6	24	35
4	EvansIsTheBest	20	25
5	Anderis	14	6
5	Laarsland	14	6
5	Leadbelly	14	6
5	Peixotini	14	6
5	Salvarani	14	6
5	Triley36	14	6
11	Kazistuta	5

Archie Ryan is on more than half the teams in the main game, but no-one here gains his 18 points.

Standings
Josedin has been second in all three of the lower scoring (non-Belgian) races: great for this classification, but not getting him very far in the main part of this game. Sam6 also impressively consistent in this early phase: three thirds and a fourth.

1	Josedin	150	0
2	Sam6	130	0
3	EvansIsTheBest	107	1
4	SlowClimber	95	-2
5	Vladimir	87.5	15
6	DevilsElbow	80.25	-1
7	DJW	80	-1
8	Blues_in_the_Bottle	75	-1
9	Rufs	53	-1
10	Search	36.6	-1

Main points
The top 6 took no points today

1	SlowClimber	532	0
2	Blues_in_the_Bottle	420	0
3	Rufs	409	0
4	Search	397	0
5	RoteLaterne	394	0
6	DJW	382	0
7	EvansIsTheBest	364	3
8	Salvarani	357	3
9	QueenStagiare	356	-2
10	AmisVelo	355	-2
11	Madrazo	349	-2
12	Anderis	306	1
13	Del1962	294	-1
14	Triley36	276	0
15	Laarsland	270	1
16	Laurens147	261	-1
17	Scribers	254	0
18	DevilsElbow	232	0
19	Sam6	222	1
20	Josedin	214	2
21	JumboVismaFan	207	-2
22	Vladimir	198	3
23	DJSprtsch	185	-2
24	Leadbelly	164	-1
25	Hfgon1	148	-1
26	Peixotini	130	2
27	NTFC1962	126	-1
28	Pitinho91	117	-1
29	Ingsve	87	0
30	JonEzeitza	78	0
31	Armchair	72	0
32	Bminchow	52	0
33	Kazistuta	45	0
34	RedheadDane	37	0
35	Sussannna	24	0
	CollectiveWisdom	323
	SoLastYear	118
	MainGamePop	40

Strade Bianche on Saturday.

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 3, 2024

Race 6: Strade Bianche
The winner cost more than the budget allowance, but that's not necessarily an excuse for us only having three of the top 10 between us.

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
3	VAN GILS Maxim	112	1
4	PIDCOCK Thomas	96	12
6	COSNEFROY Benoît	76	6
11	VAN EETVELT Lennert	40	5
13	WELLENS Tim	30	2
14	BUSATTO Francesco	27	1
18	SHEFFIELD Magnus	18	5
23	TEUNS Dylan	13	4
24	CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	12	1
26	TRONCHON Bastien	10	6

and 18 fivers were also selected

A unique pick as the only rider on the podium is only good enough for third place, while everybody has scored at least something here

1	DevilsElbow	195	Pidcock, Cosnefroy, Teuns, Tronchon	80
2	Anderis	151	Pidcock, Van Eetvelt, Tronchon	50
3	Josedin	130	Van Gils, Sheffield	35
4	Laarsland	121	Cosnefroy, Van Eetvelt	25
5	EvansIsTheBest	119	Pidcock, Sheffield	15
6	Salvarani	116		10
7	Blues_in_the_Bottle	109		5
8	Madrazo	106		2.5
8	Peixotini	106		2.5
10	DJSprtsch	101		0.5
10	NTFC1962	101		0.5
12	AmisVelo	96
12	DJW	96
12	RoteLaterne	96
15	Kazistuta	95
16	Ingsve	91
17	JonEzeitza	86
17	Sam6	86
19	Del1962	76
20	Laurens147	58
21	Hfgon1	52
22	Rufs	40
23	SlowClimber	30
24	JumboVismaFan	23
24	Pitinho91	23
26	Leadbelly	15
26	RedheadDane	15
28	Sussannna	13
29	Search	10
29	Triley36	10
29	Vladimir	10
32	Armchair	5
32	Bminchow	5
32	QueenStagiare	5
32	Scribers	5
	CollectiveWisdom	96
	SoLastYear	101
	MainGamePop	17

Standings
Green
Devil's Elbow has won 2 of the 6 events, but that doesn't overhaul Josedin who now has 4 podiums.

1	Josedin	185	0
2	DevilsElbow	160.25	4
3	Sam6	130	-1
4	EvansIsTheBest	122	-1
5	SlowClimber	95	-1
6	Vladimir	87.5	-1
7	Blues_in_the_Bottle	80	1
7	DJW	80	0
9	Anderis	67.6	6
10	Rufs	53	-1

CQ points

1	SlowClimber	562	0
2	Blues_in_the_Bottle	529	0
3	RoteLaterne	490	2
4	EvansIsTheBest	483	3
5	DJW	478	1
6	Salvarani	473	2
7	Anderis	457	5
8	Madrazo	455	3
9	AmisVelo	451	1
10	Rufs	449	-7
11	DevilsElbow	427	7
12	Search	407	-8
13	Laarsland	391	2
14	Del1962	370	-1
15	QueenStagiare	361	-6
16	Josedin	344	4
17	Laurens147	319	-1
18	Sam6	308	1
19	DJSprtsch	286	4
19	Triley36	286	-5
21	Scribers	259	-4
22	Peixotini	236	4
23	JumboVismaFan	230	-2
24	NTFC1962	227	3
25	Vladimir	208	-3
26	Hfgon1	200	-1
27	Leadbelly	179	-3
28	Ingsve	178	1
29	JonEzeitza	164	1
30	Kazistuta	140	3
30	Pitinho91	140	-2
32	Armchair	77	-1
33	Bminchow	57	-1
34	RedheadDane	52	0
35	Sussannna	37	0
	CollectiveWisdom	424
	SoLastYear	219
	MainGamePop	57

Slow climber hangs on to the lead, but the margin is much reduced.

No races for this game until the Great Overlap Week is finished, then 4 relatively small midweek events before Milan-San Remo.

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 13, 2024

Race 7 Milano-Torino
The race that doesn't know what its identity is, but it wasn't a bad race from the bit I watched after work

Riders in the game that scored:

Race Pos'n	Pts	Teams
1	BETTIOL Alberto	130	8
7	HERZOG Emil	40	6
12	DE TIER Floris	18	1
15	JUNGELS Bob	12	4
18	STEWART Jake	8	2

Points earned:
Only five selected riders scored, and two teams had three of them each, to rather different effect.

1	Triley36	182	Bettiol, Herzog and Jungels	80 green points
2	Anderis	130	Bettiol	20.43
2	Laarsland	130		20.43
2	Leadbelly	130		20.43
2	Peixotini	130		20.43
2	Salvarani	130		20.43
2	Sam6	130		20.43
2	Vladimir	130		20.43
9	Blues_in_the_Bottle	40	Herzog	0.6
9	Ingsve	40		0.6
9	Josedin	40		0.6
9	Rufs	40		0.6
9	Search	40		0.6
14	JumboVismaFan	38	De Tier, Jungels, Stewart
15	QueenStagiare	12	Jungels
15	RedheadDane	12
17	Hfgon1	8	Stewart

Standings
Briefly, the positions are:
Green points

1	Josedin	185.6	0
2	DevilsElbow	160.25	0
3	Sam6	150.43	0
4	EvansIsTheBest	122	0
5	Vladimir	107.93	1
6	SlowClimber	95	-1
7	Anderis	88.03	2
8	Triley36	86.25	18
9	Blues_in_the_Bottle	80.6	-2
10	DJW	80	-3

Overall
two of the Bettiol teams were already in the top ten: tey are the top two now, and two more of the Bettiolistas join the top ten. This morning's leader didn't have any riders in the points on this one: his name is not apt in the table.

1	Salvarani	603	5
2	Anderis	587	5
3	Blues_in_the_Bottle	569	-1
4	SlowClimber	562	-3
5	Laarsland	521	8
6	RoteLaterne	490	-3
7	Rufs	489	3
8	EvansIsTheBest	483	-4
9	DJW	478	-4
10	Triley36	468	9
11	Madrazo	455	-3
12	AmisVelo	451	-3
13	Search	447	-1
14	Sam6	438	4
15	DevilsElbow	427	-4
16	Josedin	384	0
17	QueenStagiare	373	-2
18	Del1962	370	-4
19	Peixotini	366	3
20	Vladimir	338	5
21	Laurens147	319	-4
22	Leadbelly	309	5
23	DJSprtsch	286	-4
24	JumboVismaFan	268	-1
25	Scribers	259	-4
26	NTFC1962	227	-2
27	Ingsve	218	1
28	Hfgon1	208	-2
29	JonEzeitza	164	0
30	Kazistuta	140	0
30	Pitinho91	140	0
32	Armchair	77	0
33	RedheadDane	64	1
34	Bminchow	57	-1
35	Sussannna	37	0
	CollectiveWisdom	554
	SoLastYear	219
	MainGamePop	57

I probably need to cook dinner before I do the Nokere Koerse data.

RedheadDane · Mar 13, 2024

Look, I'm not last!

Anderis · Mar 13, 2024

Yay for Bettiol!

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 13, 2024

Hmmm, didn't do a bad job of that dinner, if I say so myself.

Race 8 Nokere Koerse

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
4	ACKERMANN Pascal	58	1
6	VAN ASBROECK Tom	46	1
9	HOFSTETTER Hugo	28	2
11	BARONCINI Filippo	20	1
13	ASKEY Lewis	16	1
16	KÜNG Stefan	10	1
20	SEGAERT Alec	6	1
26	LAMPERTI Luke	5	15
30	WELLENS Tim	5	2

1	JonEzeitza	74	Ackermann & Askey	80 Green points
2	Laarsland	46	Van Asbroeck	50
3	Madrazo	33	Hofstetter & Lamperti	35
4	Laurens147	28	Hofstetter	25
5	Pitinho91	20	Baroncini	15
6	Leadbelly	15	Kung & Lamperti	10
7	Sam6	11	Segaert & Lamperti	5
8	Rufs	10	Wellens & Lamperti	2.5
8	SlowClimber	10		2.5
10	AmisVelo	5	Lamperti	0.1
10	Armchair	5		0.1
10	DevilsElbow	5		0.1
10	DJSprtsch	5		0.1
10	Hfgon1	5		0.1
10	Peixotini	5		0.1
10	RoteLaterne	5		0.1
10	Salvarani	5		0.1
10	Scribers	5		0.1
10	Triley36	5		0.1
	CollectiveWisdom	5
	SoLastYear	0
	MainGamePop	0

Standings
for a bit longer than the last update, but only until tomorrow
Green
Even with ten teams tying for tenth place, there are still 3 teams that haven't scored in this category yet.

1	Josedin	185.6	0
2	DevilsElbow	160.35	0
3	Sam6	155.43	0
4	EvansIsTheBest	122	0
5	Vladimir	107.93	0
6	Laarsland	101.76	6
7	SlowClimber	97.5	-1
8	Anderis	88.03	-1
9	Triley36	86.35	-1
10	Blues_in_the_Bottle	80.6	-1

Overall
This morning's leader climbs slowly back to the podium, and Madrazo's exile from the top ten was as short as TRiley's foray into it.

1	Salvarani	608	0
2	Anderis	587	0
3	SlowClimber	572	1
4	Blues_in_the_Bottle	569	-1
5	Laarsland	567	0
6	Rufs	499	1
7	RoteLaterne	495	-1
8	Madrazo	488	3
9	EvansIsTheBest	483	-1
10	DJW	478	-1
11	Triley36	473	-1
12	AmisVelo	456	0
13	Sam6	449	1
14	Search	447	-1
15	DevilsElbow	432	0
16	Josedin	384	0
17	QueenStagiare	373	0
18	Peixotini	371	1
19	Del1962	370	-1
20	Laurens147	347	1
21	Vladimir	338	-1
22	Leadbelly	324	0
23	DJSprtsch	291	0
24	JumboVismaFan	268	0
25	Scribers	264	0
26	JonEzeitza	238	3
27	NTFC1962	227	-1
28	Ingsve	218	-1
29	Hfgon1	213	-1
30	Pitinho91	160	0
31	Kazistuta	140	-1
32	Armchair	82	0
33	RedheadDane	64	0
34	Bminchow	57	0
35	Sussannna	37	0
	CollectiveWisdom	559
	SoLastYear	219
	MainGamePop	57

~~Another double header tomorrow~~ Edit: No it isn't, Koksijde isn't until Friday. Does no-one else read this stuff?

slow_climber · Mar 14, 2024

Hanging in there, but my guys are just saving themselves for later

Anderis · Mar 14, 2024

Armchair cyclist said:
This morning's leader climbs slowly back to the podium

I love the pun.

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 14, 2024

Race 9 Circuit de Denain
By the time they had finished toppling over, there were no major points left for the main riders we have.

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
3	VAN GESTEL Dries	66	1
4	DE LIE Arnaud	58	1
5	PAGE Hugo	52	1
10	CAPIOT Amaury	24	23
11	BENNETT Sam	20	1
14	MORGADO Antonio Tomas	14	8
15	REX Laurenz	12	5
18	TURGIS Anthony	8	2
22	SEGAERT Alec	5	1
26	KÜNG Stefan	5	1
30	KIELICH Timo	5	1

		This race	Main scorers	Green points
1	NTFC1962	102	Van Gestel, Capiot & Rex	80
2	Search	82	De Lie & Capiot	50
3	Hfgon1	76	Page & Capiot	35
4	Leadbelly	43	Capiot, Morgado, Kung	25
5	Salvarani	38	Capiot, Morgado	7
5	SlowClimber	38		7
5	Laarsland	38		7
5	DevilsElbow	38		7
5	Ingsve	38		7
10	Rufs	36	Capiot, Rex	0.33
10	AmisVelo	36		0.33
10	DJSprtsch	36		0.33
13	RoteLaterne	32
14	Sam6	29
15	Anderis	24
15	Blues_in_the_Bottle	24
15	Madrazo	24
15	EvansIsTheBest	24
15	Triley36	24
15	Peixotini	24
15	Del1962	24
15	Laurens147	24
15	Armchair	24
24	Kazistuta	20
25	DJW	14
25	Bminchow	14
27	Pitinho91	12
28	Vladimir	8
29	JonEzeitza	5
	CollectiveWisdom	24
	SoLastYear	12
	MainGamePop	24

Standings
Green
We've reached the point where getting 80 green points as top scorer of the day no longer necessarily gets you into the top ten. But being second having had some previous points does.

1	Josedin	185.6	0
2	DevilsElbow	167.35	0
3	Sam6	155.43	0
4	EvansIsTheBest	122	0
5	Laarsland	108.76	1
6	Vladimir	107.93	-1
7	SlowClimber	104.5	0
8	Anderis	88.03	0
9	Search	87.2	9
10	Triley36	86.35	-1

Overall
The top two have held those positions, despite not scoring much, through two minor races: another to follow tomorrow.

1	Salvarani	646	0
2	Anderis	611	0
3	SlowClimber	610	0
4	Laarsland	605	1
5	Blues_in_the_Bottle	593	-1
6	Rufs	535	0
7	Search	529	7
8	RoteLaterne	527	-1
9	Madrazo	512	-1
10	EvansIsTheBest	507	-1
11	Triley36	497	0
12	DJW	492	-2
12	AmisVelo	492	0
14	Sam6	478	-1
15	DevilsElbow	470	0
16	Peixotini	395	2
17	Del1962	394	2
18	Josedin	384	-2
19	QueenStagiare	373	-2
20	Laurens147	371	0
21	Leadbelly	367	1
22	Vladimir	346	-1
23	NTFC1962	329	4
24	DJSprtsch	327	-1
25	Hfgon1	289	4
26	JumboVismaFan	268	-2
27	Scribers	264	-2
28	Ingsve	256	0
29	JonEzeitza	243	-3
30	Pitinho91	172	0
31	Kazistuta	160	0
32	Armchair	106	0
33	Bminchow	71	1
34	RedheadDane	64	-1
35	Sussannna	37	0
	CollectiveWisdom	597
	SoLastYear	231
	MainGamePop	81

Koksijde tomorrow, then all attention to the Ligurian coast.

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 15, 2024

Race 10 Bredene-Koksijde
And again, fancied riders in a late fall.

Race Pos'n	Pts	Teams
5	DE LIE Arnaud	52	1
9	HOFSTETTER Hugo	28	2
10	VAN GESTEL Dries	24	1
11	MAGNIER Paul	20	11
13	TURGIS Anthony	16	2
24	GELDERS Gil	5	3
27	DE POOTER Dries	5	1
28	POLITT Nils	5	5

		This race	Main scorers	Green points
1	Search	52	De Lie	80
2	Madrazo	48	Hofstetter & Magnier	50
3	RoteLaterne	41	Magnier, Turgis & Politt	35
4	NTFC1962	29	Van Gestel & Gelders	25
5	Laurens147	28	Hofstetter	15
6	Anderis	25		6
6	DJW	25		6
6	Del1962	25		6
9	Leadbelly	20		0.5
9	Salvarani	20		0.5
9	SlowClimber	20		0.5
9	Sam6	20		0.5
9	Josedin	20		0.5
9	Bminchow	20		0.5
15	Vladimir	16
16	Blues_in_the_Bottle	5
16	Peixotini	5
16	QueenStagiare	5
16	Pitinho91	5
	CollectiveWisdom	20

Standings

Green
Search was 2nd yesterday and top today, so becomes a contender here

1	Josedin	186.1	0
2	DevilsElbow	167.35	0
3	Search	167.2	6
4	Sam6	155.93	-1
5	EvansIsTheBest	122	-1
6	Laarsland	108.76	-1
7	Vladimir	107.93	-1
8	NTFC1962	105.5	4
9	SlowClimber	105	-2
10	Madrazo	101.6	8

Overall
The top three today were already in the top ten, but the points were modest, so they each move just one pace forwards.

1	Salvarani	666	0
2	Anderis	636	0
3	SlowClimber	630	0
4	Laarsland	605	0
5	Blues_in_the_Bottle	598	0
6	Search	581	1
7	RoteLaterne	568	1
8	Madrazo	560	1
9	Rufs	535	-3
10	DJW	517	2
11	EvansIsTheBest	507	-1
12	Sam6	498	2
13	Triley36	497	-2
14	AmisVelo	492	-2
15	DevilsElbow	470	0
16	Del1962	419	1
17	Josedin	404	1
18	Peixotini	400	-2
19	Laurens147	399	1
20	Leadbelly	387	1
21	QueenStagiare	378	-2
22	Vladimir	362	0
23	NTFC1962	358	0
24	DJSprtsch	327	0
25	Hfgon1	289	0
26	JumboVismaFan	268	0
27	Scribers	264	0
28	Ingsve	256	0
29	JonEzeitza	243	0
30	Pitinho91	177	0
31	Kazistuta	160	0
32	Armchair	106	0
33	Bminchow	91	0
34	RedheadDane	64	0
35	Sussannna	37	0
	CollectiveWisdom	617
	SoLastYear	231
	MainGamePop	81

This week has seen Search's big budget choice get points: tomorrow will show whether some of the other expensive selections were wise.

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 17, 2024

Race 11 Milan-San Remo
More points from this than from the 1.Pro races this week combined, although the first four finishers were unpicked.

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
5	BETTIOL Alberto	112	8
7	VAN GILS Maxim	90	1
8	STUYVEN Jasper	80	1
9	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	70	5
10	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	62	1
11	PIDCOCK Thomas	54	12
13	PEDERSEN Casper Phillip	42	1
15	PITHIE Laurence	34	1
16	ASGREEN Kasper	32	1
20	COSNEFROY Benoît	24	6
22	BATTISTELLA Samuele	20	1
23	KÜNG Stefan	18	1
24	ALBANESE Vincenzo	16	1
27	GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	10	21
29	CAMPENAERTS Victor	7	1
30	WRIGHT Fred	6	8

and 28 fivers

Those with Pidcock, and Susssanna with van der Poel, may have thought they had a chance of more at various points in the finale.

1	Leadbelly	215	Bettiol, Alaphilippe, Kung	80
2	Peixotini	191	Bettiol, Pidcock, Girmay	50
3	Salvarani	186	Bettiol, Pidcock, Girmay	35
4	Anderis	176	Bettiol, Pidcock, Girmay	25
5	Sam6	167	Bettiol, Cosnefroy, Albanese, Girmay	15
6	Laarsland	157	Bettiol, Cosnefroy, Girmay, Wright	10
7	Vladimir	147	Bettiol, Girmay	5
8	Triley36	137	Bettiol, Girmay	3
9	Josedin	135	Van Gils, Pithie, Wright	2
10	Ingsve	114		1
11	JumboVismaFan	105
11	Armchair	105
13	SlowClimber	100
14	DevilsElbow	88
15	QueenStagiare	86
16	AmisVelo	75
17	Madrazo	74
17	DJSprtsch	74
17	Scribers	74
20	Sussannna	72
21	Blues_in_the_Bottle	65
22	RoteLaterne	64
22	EvansIsTheBest	64
24	DJW	60
25	NTFC1962	59
26	Del1962	55
27	Kazistuta	42
28	JonEzeitza	34
29	Pitinho91	31
30	Hfgon1	30
30	Bminchow	30
32	Search	25
33	Rufs	15
33	Laurens147	15
33	RedheadDane	15
	CollectiveWisdom	74
	SoLastYear	64
	MainGamePop	20

Standings
Green

1	Josedin	188.1	0
2	Sam6	170.93	2
3	DevilsElbow	167.35	-1
4	Search	167.2	-1
5	Leadbelly	153.53	11
6	EvansIsTheBest	122	-1
7	Anderis	119.03	4
8	Laarsland	118.76	-2
9	Vladimir	112.93	-2
10	NTFC1962	105.5	-2

Overall

The top two teams, who have 8 riders in common, were the 3rd and 4th in MSR, so hold their places while the two teams that beat them are still outside the top ten. Laarsland is back onto the virtual podium, and new player Sam6 makes a strong move into the top 5.

1	Salvarani	852	0
2	Anderis	812	0
3	Laarsland	762	1
4	SlowClimber	730	-1
5	Sam6	665	7
6	Blues_in_the_Bottle	663	-1
7	Madrazo	634	1
7	Triley36	634	6
9	RoteLaterne	632	-2
10	Search	606	-4
11	Leadbelly	602	9
12	Peixotini	591	6
13	DJW	577	-3
14	EvansIsTheBest	571	-3
15	AmisVelo	567	-1
16	DevilsElbow	558	-1
17	Rufs	550	-8
18	Josedin	539	-1
19	Vladimir	509	3
20	Del1962	474	-4
21	QueenStagiare	464	0
22	NTFC1962	417	1
23	Laurens147	414	-4
24	DJSprtsch	401	0
25	JumboVismaFan	373	1
26	Ingsve	370	2
27	Scribers	338	0
28	Hfgon1	319	-3
29	JonEzeitza	277	0
30	Armchair	211	2
31	Pitinho91	208	-1
32	Kazistuta	202	-1
33	Bminchow	121	0
34	Sussannna	109	1
35	RedheadDane	79	-1
	CollectiveWisdom	803
	SoLastYear	295
	MainGamePop	101

Back from Primavera to Lentetijd for Brugge-De Panne on Wednesday

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 17, 2024

It's probably too early to say that this will be between Salvarani and Anderis, but in case it is, noting which riders they have might be of interest.
They have eight riders in common, so the battle between them is between

Salvarani	Anderis
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe	VAN EETVELT Lennert
LAMPERTI Luke	BOVEN Lars
MORGADO Antonio Tomas	GELDERS Gil
MOSCON Gianni	BAUDIN Alex

Because it became a minor thing in the Main Game thread, congratulations to Salvarani on having all of his riders off the mark first when Magnier came in 11th in Koksijde: 3 more teams reached that landmark in MSR yesterday.

I'm not sure that the link to the spreadsheet has been updating properly : try this one (Anyone able to help with why my "My Drive" folder is not synching with the Google cloud?)

Anderis · Mar 17, 2024

Armchair cyclist said:
It's probably too early to say that this will be between Salvarani and Anderis, but in case it is, noting which riders they have might be of interest.
They have eight riders in common, so the battle between them is between

Salvarani Anderis
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe VAN EETVELT Lennert
LAMPERTI Luke BOVEN Lars
MORGADO Antonio Tomas GELDERS Gil
MOSCON Gianni BAUDIN Alex

I don't like how I compare to Salvarani here. Boven and Gelders are two riders that are disappointing me a lot in recent weeks, they've literally done nothing in these small classics I've picked them for and I have them in a lot of games this year.

I would like my chances on Van Eetvelt vs Martinez, but Van Eetvelt has knee issues so I'm cooked if he doesn't come back in good form for the Ardennes.

Salvarani · Mar 17, 2024

@Armchair cyclist

I just noticed. In the table on page 1 for each team. Kazistuta and Laarsland are identical, but Laarslands team maybe look a bit different I am assuming.

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 17, 2024

Salvarani said:
@Armchair cyclist

I just noticed. In the table on page 1 for each team. Kazistuta and Laarsland are identical, but Laarslands team maybe look a bit different I am assuming.

See post#22 on the same page. Given that they are now 29 places apart in the overall ranking, I am confident that the spreadsheet reflects two different selections.

We have had, I think twice, two identical teams in GT games, so I had each manager involved name a ninth rider whose only relevance was as a tiebreaker. (checks calendar to see whether it is too early to turn this into a reminder to start planning for the Giro game, decides that it is)

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 21, 2024

Race 12 Brugge - De Panne

No longer even pretending to be a three day race.

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
6	EDVARDSEN-FREDHEIM Stian	62	1 (Rote Laterne)
11	KANTER Max	30	2 (Hfgon, Ingsve)
15	PITHIE Laurence	20	1 (Josedin)
17	LAMPERTI Luke	16	15
20	DOULL Owain	11	1 (Redhead Dane)
26	WELSFORD Sam	5	1
29	BEULLENS Cédric	5	1

1	RoteLaterne	78	80
2	Hfgon1	46	50
3	Ingsve	30	35
4	Armchair	21	25
5	Josedin	20	15
6	AmisVelo	16	1.75
6	DevilsElbow	16	1.75
6	DJSprtsch	16	1.75
6	Leadbelly	16	1.75
6	Madrazo	16	1.75
6	Peixotini	16	1.75
6	Rufs	16	1.75
6	Salvarani	16	1.75
6	Sam6	16	1.75
6	Scribers	16	1.75
6	SlowClimber	16	1.75
6	Triley36	16	1.75
18	RedheadDane	11
19	Laurens147	5
	CollectiveWisdom	16

Standings
Green

1	Josedin	203.1	0
2	Sam6	172.68	0
3	DevilsElbow	169.1	0
4	Search	167.2	0
5	Leadbelly	155.28	0
6	RoteLaterne	150.1	13
7	EvansIsTheBest	122	-1
8	Anderis	119.03	-1
9	Laarsland	118.76	-1
10	Vladimir	112.93	-1

Overall
Rote Laterne was the only one to select a top ten finisher, and reaps the reward in climbing into the top five: Salvarani slightly extends his lead.

1	Salvarani	868	0
2	Anderis	812	0
3	Laarsland	762	0
4	SlowClimber	746	0
5	RoteLaterne	710	4
6	Sam6	681	-1
7	Blues_in_the_Bottle	663	-1
8	Madrazo	650	-1
8	Triley36	650	-1
10	Leadbelly	618	1
11	Peixotini	607	1
12	Search	606	-2
13	AmisVelo	583	2
14	DJW	577	-1
15	DevilsElbow	574	1
16	EvansIsTheBest	571	-2
17	Rufs	566	0
18	Josedin	559	0
19	Vladimir	509	0
20	Del1962	474	0
21	QueenStagiare	464	0
22	Laurens147	419	1
23	NTFC1962	417	-1
23	DJSprtsch	417	1
25	Ingsve	400	1
26	JumboVismaFan	373	-1
27	Hfgon1	365	1
28	Scribers	354	-1
29	JonEzeitza	277	0
30	Armchair	232	0
31	Pitinho91	208	0
32	Kazistuta	202	0
33	Bminchow	121	0
34	Sussannna	109	0
35	RedheadDane	90	0
	CollectiveWisdom	819
	SoLastYear	295
	MainGamePop	101

Friday's race should seen more of our selections featuring than this modest selection

slow_climber · Mar 22, 2024

Stuyven and Wellens!!

Come on Armchair cyclist, no cups of tea, making dinner or slow calculating this evening, as I am excited to see today's update.

(I'm 4th last in the main season long game, so please excuse my interest in this game)

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 22, 2024

Sorry: haven't watched yet, and need to go to the care home to visit mother-in-law. And maybe a cup of tea and some dinner after that.

And I might decide to watch today's Catalunya stage first too, just to punish you for the spoiler...

slow_climber · Mar 22, 2024

Armchair cyclist said:
Sorry: haven't watched yet, and need to go to the care home to visit mother-in-law. And maybe a cup of tea and some dinner after that.

And I might decide to watch today's Catalunya stage first too, just to punish you for the spoiler...

I deserve it for hassling you!

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 22, 2024

Race 13 E3 Harelbeke
Cycling's most prestigious Friday event, and a reward for Slow Climber's patience and for Sussannna's willing to make a big investment

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
1	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	220	1
2	STUYVEN Jasper	132	1
4	WELLENS Tim	96	2
5	JORGENSON Matteo	86	1
6	NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan Manuel	76	1
7	POLITT Nils	66	5
9	ALBANESE Vincenzo	52	1
14	LAZKANO LOPEZ Oier	27	2
16	KÜNG Stefan	21	1
19	GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	17	21
20	WRIGHT Fred	16	8
22	SHEEHAN Riley	14	6
24	VAN ASBROECK Tom	12	1
25	NAESEN Oliver	11	4
26	HALLER Marco	10	2
27	HOELGAARD Markus	9	1

and 27 fivers

1	SlowClimber	284	Stuyven, Wellens, Lazkano, Sheehan	80
2	Sussannna	225	Van Der Poel	50
3	Triley36	132	Jorgenson, Sheehan, Girmay	35
4	Del1962	125	Politt, Girmay, Wright, Naesen	25
5	Pitinho91	124	Narvaez, Girmay and Wright	15
6	Rufs	116	Wellens	10
7	Blues_in_the_Bottle	111		5
8	QueenStagiare	107		3
9	DJW	102		2
10	Sam6	96		1
11	RoteLaterne	76
12	Laarsland	70
13	Search	58
14	Hfgon1	52
15	Ingsve	51
16	Leadbelly	50
17	Vladimir	48
18	AmisVelo	43
19	Madrazo	42
20	Bminchow	41
21	Salvarani	37
21	JumboVismaFan	37
21	Scribers	37
24	Josedin	36
25	Anderis	32
25	DJSprtsch	32
25	Armchair	32
28	EvansIsTheBest	27
29	Peixotini	22
29	Laurens147	22
31	DevilsElbow	20
31	Kazistuta	20
33	NTFC1962	10
33	RedheadDane	10
35	JonEzeitza	5
	CollectiveWisdom	32
	SoLastYear	5
	MainGamePop	22

That more than triples Sussannna's total score

Standings
Green

1	Josedin	203.1	0
2	SlowClimber	186.75	9
3	Sam6	173.68	-1
4	DevilsElbow	169.1	-1
5	Search	167.2	-1
6	Leadbelly	155.28	-1
7	RoteLaterne	150.1	-1
8	Triley36	126.1	8
9	EvansIsTheBest	122	-2
10	Anderis	119.03	-2

Overall
There you go, Slow Climber: your wait is over, you can go to bed happy now.

1	SlowClimber	1030	3
2	Salvarani	905	-1
3	Anderis	844	-1
4	Laarsland	832	-1
5	RoteLaterne	786	0
6	Triley36	782	2
7	Sam6	777	-1
8	Blues_in_the_Bottle	774	-1
9	Madrazo	692	-1
10	Rufs	682	7
11	DJW	679	3
12	Leadbelly	668	-2
13	Search	664	-1
14	Peixotini	629	-3
15	AmisVelo	626	-2
16	Del1962	599	4
17	EvansIsTheBest	598	-1
18	Josedin	595	0
19	DevilsElbow	594	-4
20	QueenStagiare	571	1
21	Vladimir	557	-2
22	Ingsve	451	3
23	DJSprtsch	449	0
24	Laurens147	441	-2
25	NTFC1962	427	-2
26	Hfgon1	417	1
27	JumboVismaFan	410	-1
28	Scribers	391	0
29	Sussannna	334	5
30	Pitinho91	332	1
31	JonEzeitza	282	-2
32	Armchair	264	-2
33	Kazistuta	222	-1
34	Bminchow	162	-1
35	RedheadDane	100	0
	CollectiveWisdom	856
	SoLastYear	300
	MainGamePop	123

Gent Wevelgem on Sunday

slow_climber · Mar 22, 2024

Thank you. I will have sweet dreams!

Anderis · Mar 22, 2024

SlowClimber has climbed the overall standings way too fast!

sam6 · Mar 23, 2024

I thought I had had a decent day in this with 3 riders in the top 20 but ended up dropping down a little!

Kazistuta · Mar 24, 2024

Salvarani said:
@Armchair cyclist

I just noticed. In the table on page 1 for each team. Kazistuta and Laarsland are identical, but Laarslands team maybe look a bit different I am assuming.

Nono... in fact my team IS the same as Larslaands. It can't be my own ill-picked team that makes me almost rock bottom... 😀

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 24, 2024

Race 14 Gent-Wevelgem well, Ieper -Wevelgem, but...
Pedersen was a bit more expensive than van der Poel, so his lack of picks is understandable. Meeus being absent from the teams is perhaps more surprising. Girmay beginning to show why he was one of the most popular picks, but still has a way to go to be considered a good pick.

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
2	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	132	1
5	MILAN Jonathan	86	2
7	GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	66	21
11	NAESEN Oliver	40	4
14	KÜNG Stefan	27	1
16	REX Laurenz	21	5
18	MAYRHOFER Marius	18	4
21	WRIGHT Fred	15	8
25	TURNER Ben	11	18
26	PITHIE Laurence	10	1
27	POLITT Nils	9	5

Sussannna would have got the win if MvdP had done so

1	Vladimir	223	Milan, Girmay, Naesen and Turner	80
2	Bminchow	173	Milan, Girmay and Turner	50
3	Del1962	159	Girmay, Naesen, Mayrhofer, Wright, Turner	35
4	Pitinho91	141	Girmay, Rex, Mayrhofer, Wright, Turner	25
5	Sussannna	137	Van der Poel	15
6	Search	127		10
7	AmisVelo	123		5
8	Hfgon1	121		3
9	DJSprtsch	108		2
10	Laarsland	107		1
11	Scribers	91
12	Armchair	87
12	Madrazo	87
14	JumboVismaFan	82
14	Triley36	82
16	EvansIsTheBest	76
16	Ingsve	76
16	Salvarani	76
16	Sam6	76
20	Anderis	71
20	Peixotini	71
22	Laurens147	66
23	Josedin	59
24	DJW	45
25	Leadbelly	42
25	QueenStagiare	42
25	Rufs	42
28	NTFC1962	41
29	SlowClimber	31
30	Blues_in_the_Bottle	29
31	DevilsElbow	26
31	Kazistuta	26
33	RoteLaterne	19
34	JonEzeitza	15
35	RedheadDane	10
	CollectiveWisdom	82
	SoLastYear	31
	MainGamePop	77

Standings
Green
This year, the minor category is earning its place by featuring a rather different group than the overall.

1	Josedin	203.1	0
2	Vladimir	192.93	10
3	SlowClimber	186.75	-1
4	Search	177.2	1
5	Sam6	173.68	-2
6	DevilsElbow	169.1	-2
7	Leadbelly	155.28	-1
8	RoteLaterne	150.1	-1
9	Triley36	126.1	-1
10	EvansIsTheBest	122	-1

Overall
The top four have been the same group, but in different orders, for 6 races in a row, but Vladimir shows there is still volatility in the table.

1	SlowClimber	1061	0
2	Salvarani	981	0
3	Laarsland	939	1
4	Anderis	915	-1
5	Triley36	864	1
6	Sam6	853	1
7	RoteLaterne	805	-2
8	Blues_in_the_Bottle	803	0
9	Search	791	4
10	Vladimir	780	11
11	Madrazo	779	-2
12	Del1962	758	4
13	AmisVelo	749	2
14	DJW	724	-3
14	Rufs	724	-4
16	Leadbelly	710	-4
17	Peixotini	700	-3
18	EvansIsTheBest	674	-1
19	Josedin	654	-1
20	DevilsElbow	620	-1
21	QueenStagiare	613	-1
22	DJSprtsch	557	1
23	Hfgon1	538	3
24	Ingsve	527	-2
25	Laurens147	507	-1
26	JumboVismaFan	492	1
27	Scribers	482	1
28	Pitinho91	473	2
29	Sussannna	471	0
30	NTFC1962	468	-5
31	Armchair	351	1
32	Bminchow	335	2
33	JonEzeitza	297	-2
34	Kazistuta	248	-1
35	RedheadDane	110	0
	CollectiveWisdom	943
	SoLastYear	331
	MainGamePop	200

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