2024 Tour de France CQ Game

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 14, 2024

Stage 14 Plat d'Adet

Green points

POGACAR Tadej	80	0
VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas	50	2
EVENEPOEL Remco	35	0
RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos	25	16
CICCONE Giulio	15	17
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	10	11
YATES Adam	5	0
GALL Felix	3	12
JORGENSON Matteo	2	10
GEE Derek	1	26

Some fairly popular picks there, but not many in the really big investments

1	Yellow_Knight	66 (Vingegaard, Ciccone, Gee)
2	Triley36	51 (Rodriguez, Ciccone, Buitrago, Gee)
3	Peixotini	50 (Rodriguez, Ciccone, Buitrago)
3	Salvarani	50 (Vingegaard)
5	ArchieBoy	44
6	DJW	43
7	DJSprtsch	40
8	Rufs	38
9	BicycleBoy	36
10	Josedin	31
11	BluesInTheBottle	29
11	Titan31	29
11	Vladimir	29
14	Evans_is_the_Best	28
14	LosBrolin	28
16	Laarsland	27
17	Devils_Elbow	26
17	Hfgon1	26
17	Sam6	26
17	Scrooll07	26
17	SlowClimber	26
22	JumboVismaFan	25
23	Madrazo	19
23	Search	19
25	Leadbelly	18
26	Del1962	17
27	18_Valve	16
27	Lecko	16
27	Queen_Stagiaire	16
30	Kazistuta	15
31	AmisVelo	12
31	Armchair_Cyclist	12
33	Googolplex	4
33	Ingsve	4
35	Gotland	3
36	Anderis	1
36	ZigZagWanderer	1
38	RedheadDane	0
38	SamuCuenca	0
	Collective_Wisdom	54
	Pog_vs_the_World	80

Standings

1	Kazistuta	483	0
2	Search	379	0
3	Scrooll07	356	0
4	SlowClimber	341	1
5	Yellow_Knight	318	3
6	Anderis	317	-2
7	Queen_Stagiaire	284	-1
8	Lecko	276	-1
9	Madrazo	260	0
10	18_Valve	238	1

Only one more stage for the sprinters who have put the top three there: it might change a bit yet.
Yellow
Moving up to second on GC is rather more significant than 2nd on the stage

VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas	135	2
RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos	25	16
YATES Simon	21	5
COQUARD Bryan	20	1
CICCONE Giulio	15	17
LAZKANO LOPEZ Oier	15	1
JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland	13	1
MEINTJES Louis	12	18
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	10	11

HAIG Jack	-10	13
MAS NICOLAU Enric	-12	10
THOMAS Geraint	-12	1
VAN DEN BROEK Frank	-13	1
BOIVIN Guillaume	-20	1
VERVAEKE Louis	-20	1
HINDLEY Jai	-21	3
PIDCOCK Thomas	-37	1

1	Yellow_Knight	163
2	Salvarani	140
3	ArchieBoy	66
4	BicycleBoy	50
4	Peixotini	50
4	Rufs	50
4	Sam6	50
8	Del1962	48
9	Titan31	46
10	Leadbelly	43
11	Triley36	42
12	DJSprtsch	40
13	Evans_is_the_Best	36
14	DJW	33
14	LosBrolin	33
16	Josedin	31
17	Search	30
18	JumboVismaFan	28
18	Lecko	28
20	Ingsve	27
21	Scrooll07	25
22	Madrazo	24
23	Hfgon1	22
24	Kazistuta	21
25	ZigZagWanderer	20
26	BluesInTheBottle	19
26	Vladimir	19
28	Laarsland	17
29	Queen_Stagiaire	13
30	AmisVelo	11
30	Devils_Elbow	11
32	Gotland	8
33	18_Valve	7
34	Armchair_Cyclist	2
35	RedheadDane	-5
36	Anderis	-12
36	SlowClimber	-12
38	Googolplex	-19
39	SamuCuenca	-27
	Collective_Wisdom	56
	Pog_vs_the_World	104

Standings
A Vingegaard-powered step into the lead for Yellow Knight

1	Yellow_Knight	1321	1
2	Hfgon1	1205	-1
3	Triley36	1176	0
4	DJW	1147	0
5	BicycleBoy	1127	0
6	Search	1104	0
7	Peixotini	1087	0
8	ArchieBoy	1061	3
9	Leadbelly	1051	0
10	Devils_Elbow	1040	-2
11	BluesInTheBottle	1018	-1
12	Scrooll07	1017	0
13	18_Valve	997	0
14	Josedin	992	2
15	Vladimir	983	0
16	Anderis	970	-2
17	LosBrolin	954	2
18	Kazistuta	941	2
19	Titan31	930	3
20	Googolplex	923	-3
21	Queen_Stagiaire	914	0
22	SlowClimber	912	-4
23	Madrazo	897	0
24	Evans_is_the_Best	891	0
25	Salvarani	889	6
26	Sam6	870	-1
27	Rufs	846	-1
28	DJSprtsch	816	0
29	Del1962	801	1
30	Lecko	799	-1
31	Laarsland	798	-4
32	JumboVismaFan	744	0
33	Ingsve	727	1
33	ZigZagWanderer	727	0
35	Gotland	708	-1
36	AmisVelo	670	0
37	Armchair_Cyclist	611	0
38	SamuCuenca	432	0
39	RedheadDane	338	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1305
	Pog_vs_the_World	1337

RedheadDane · Jul 14, 2024

Yeah, it's not looking great for me...

BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland
HEALY Ben
LAPEIRA Paul
DEMARE Arnaud
KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren
WRIGHT Fred
VERVAEKE Louis

At least Demare managed to hang on by the tip of his nails.

Samu Cuenca · Jul 14, 2024

RedheadDane said:
Yeah, it's not looking great for me...

BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland
HEALY Ben
LAPEIRA Paul
DEMARE Arnaud
KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren
WRIGHT Fred
VERVAEKE Louis

At least Demare managed to hang on by the tip of his nails.

I would find it funny if none of my riders finish the race, but for my performance in the other game, I very much need Landa to keep going strong.

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 14, 2024

Stage 15 Plateau de Beille
Both history and repeat

Green points

POGACAR Tadej	80	0
VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas	50	2
EVENEPOEL Remco	35	0
LANDA MEANA Mikel	25	1
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	15	3
YATES Adam	10	0
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	5	11
RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos	3	16
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	2	9
GALL Felix	1	12

1	Salvarani	50
1	Yellow_Knight	50
3	SamuCuenca	25
4	Hfgon1	22
5	Googolplex	16
6	Anderis	15
7	Rufs	9
8	BicycleBoy	8
8	Peixotini	8
8	Triley36	8
11	Sam6	7
12	18_Valve	6
12	Evans_is_the_Best	6
12	Titan31	6
15	AmisVelo	5
15	Armchair_Cyclist	5
15	JumboVismaFan	5
15	SlowClimber	5
19	ArchieBoy	4
19	BluesInTheBottle	4
19	Josedin	4
19	Vladimir	4
23	Devils_Elbow	3
23	DJSprtsch	3
23	DJW	3
23	Laarsland	3
23	LosBrolin	3
23	Scrooll07	3
29	Del1962	2
29	Kazistuta	2
29	Leadbelly	2
29	Queen_Stagiaire	2
29	ZigZagWanderer	2
34	Ingsve	1
34	Madrazo	1
34	Search	1
37	Gotland	0
37	Lecko	0
37	RedheadDane	0
	Collective_Wisdom	9
	Pog_vs_the_World	80

Standings

The weekly list with everyone, not just the top ten

1	Kazistuta	485	0
2	Search	380	0
3	Yellow_Knight	368	2
4	Scrooll07	359	-1
5	SlowClimber	346	-1
6	Anderis	332	0
7	Queen_Stagiaire	286	0
8	Lecko	276	0
9	Madrazo	261	0
10	18_Valve	244	0
11	Gotland	231	0
12	Triley36	224	0
13	Salvarani	220	7
14	DJW	218	-1
15	Peixotini	211	-1
16	Hfgon1	210	0
17	Armchair_Cyclist	194	-2
18	BicycleBoy	189	-1
19	Titan31	181	-1
20	BluesInTheBottle	178	-1
21	Leadbelly	158	0
22	Devils_Elbow	156	0
23	Googolplex	152	2
24	Laarsland	150	-1
25	DJSprtsch	145	-1
26	Rufs	142	1
27	Ingsve	136	-1
27	Josedin	136	1
29	SamuCuenca	133	5
30	Evans_is_the_Best	128	0
31	Del1962	125	-2
32	JumboVismaFan	123	-1
33	ArchieBoy	120	-1
34	AmisVelo	114	-1
35	Sam6	87	1
36	LosBrolin	86	-1
37	Vladimir	81	0
38	ZigZagWanderer	54	0
39	RedheadDane	30	0
	Collective_Wisdom	209
	Pog_vs_the_World	372

Yellow points

LANDA MEANA Mikel	55	1
VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas	50	2
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	35	11
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	22	9
YATES Simon	22	5
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	15	3
HINDLEY Jai	15	3
JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland	14	1
MAS NICOLAU Enric	14	10
DE PLUS Laurens	11	4

THOMAS Geraint	-10	1
HAIG Jack	-17	13
WELTEN Bram	-20	1
JORGENSON Matteo	-30	10
RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos	-32	16
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	-53	5

More negatives than positives today

1	Salvarani	67
1	Sam6	67
3	Hfgon1	55
4	SamuCuenca	54
5	Yellow_Knight	48
6	SlowClimber	34
6	Titan31	34
8	Ingsve	33
9	Googolplex	31
10	AmisVelo	24
11	Kazistuta	20
12	Triley36	16
13	Peixotini	15
14	Madrazo	12
15	Evans_is_the_Best	3
15	Queen_Stagiaire	3
17	Lecko	-2
17	Search	-2
19	Anderis	-3
20	Del1962	-5
21	18_Valve	-7
22	BluesInTheBottle	-8
23	JumboVismaFan	-10
24	Armchair_Cyclist	-12
25	Rufs	-18
26	Gotland	-19
27	DJSprtsch	-20
28	ZigZagWanderer	-26
29	RedheadDane	-30
30	ArchieBoy	-33
30	Scrooll07	-33
32	Vladimir	-36
33	LosBrolin	-39
34	BicycleBoy	-43
35	Leadbelly	-52
36	Josedin	-61
37	Laarsland	-77
38	DJW	-79
39	Devils_Elbow	-91
	Collective_Wisdom	-15
	Pog_vs_the_World	105

Standings

1	Yellow_Knight	1369	0
2	Hfgon1	1260	0
3	Triley36	1192	0
4	Search	1102	2
5	Peixotini	1102	2
6	BicycleBoy	1084	-1
7	DJW	1068	-3
8	ArchieBoy	1028	0
9	BluesInTheBottle	1010	2
10	Leadbelly	999	-1
11	18_Valve	990	2
12	Scrooll07	984	0
13	Anderis	967	3
14	Titan31	964	5
15	Kazistuta	961	3
16	Salvarani	956	9
17	Googolplex	954	3
18	Devils_Elbow	949	-8
19	Vladimir	947	-4
20	SlowClimber	946	2
21	Sam6	937	5
22	Josedin	931	-8
23	Queen_Stagiaire	917	-2
24	LosBrolin	915	-7
25	Madrazo	909	-2
26	Evans_is_the_Best	894	-2
27	Rufs	828	0
28	Lecko	797	2
29	Del1962	796	0
29	DJSprtsch	796	-1
31	Ingsve	760	2
32	JumboVismaFan	734	0
33	Laarsland	721	-2
34	ZigZagWanderer	701	-1
35	AmisVelo	694	1
36	Gotland	689	-1
37	Armchair_Cyclist	599	0
38	SamuCuenca	486	0
39	RedheadDane	308	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1290
	Pog_vs_the_World	1442

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 15, 2024

Rest Day 2
Who is contributing what?

	cost	Yellow points	Green points	teams
POGACAR Tadej	4190	1317	367	0
VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas	2486	720	220	2
EVENEPOEL Remco	2119	656	239	0
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	768	469	369	0
PHILIPSEN Jasper	2211	355	285	0
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	1008	351	31	3
LANDA MEANA Mikel	805	323	33	1
RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos	1289	305	40	16
YATES Adam	1930	250	20	0
CICCONE Giulio	436	232	32	17
GEE Derek	354	216	36	26
VAN AERT Wout	1522	193	170	0
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	587	176	16	11
DE LIE Arnaud	1556	170	125	0
ACKERMANN Pascal	230	163	142	2
GALL Felix	742	145	5	12
BARDET Romain	807	141	80	1
HEALY Ben	667	139	17	3
JORGENSON Matteo	1144	137	7	10
TURGIS Anthony	284	120	85	0
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	150	120	100	5
GROENEWEGEN Dylan	930	119	99	0
YATES Simon	1122	110	0	5
VAUQUELIN Kévin	629	110	90	0
CAVENDISH Mark	130	100	80	28
CRAS Steff	230	100	0	7
ABRAHAMSEN Jonas	550	100	50	0
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	689	98	3	9
MARTIN Guillaume	794	94	0	0
DE PLUS Laurens	246	88	0	4
ROGLIC Primoz	1732	85	85	10
ROMO OLIVER Javier	171	83	5	0
HINDLEY Jai	755	82	0	3

Green top 5

1	Kazistuta	485	Ackermann, Gaviria, Roglic, Cavendish
2	Search	380	Ackermann, Roglic, Cavendish
3	Yellow_Knight	368	Vingegaard, Cavendish
4	Scrooll07	359	Gaviria, Roglic, Cavendish
5	SlowClimber	346	Gaviria, Cavendish

Yellow top 5

1	Yellow_Knight	1369	Vingegaard, Ciccone, Gee, Cavendish
2	Hfgon1	1260	Almeida, Ciccone, Gee, Buitrago, Cavendish, Carapaz
3	Triley36	1192	Rodriguez, Ciccone, Gee, Buitrago, Cavendish, Hindley
4	Search	1102	Ciccone, Gee, Acckermann, Gall, Cavendish, Cras, Roglic
5	Peixotini	1102	Rodriguez, Ciccone, Buitrago, Cavendish, Cras

Ciccone and Gee seems to be the key combination to have: 13 teams have both of them, seven of which are in the top ten. The highest placed team without either of them is Salvarani, who has Vingegaard and yet is down in 16th: the 790 that that pair would have cost went on Mas and Grignard instead.

DNF effect

24 riders have dropped out of the race so far, half or them are relevant to the game, most of them as unique picks and many of them as inexpensive makeweights.
Stage points still contribute to your team's score (as would yellow jersey bonuses if there had been any won by the DNFs), so a net cost is relevant.

	cost	scored	net cost	teams
ROGLIC Primoz	1732	85	1647	10
PIDCOCK Thomas	950	50	900	1
IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Ion	538	0	538	1
KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren	381	0	381	1
HERRADA LOPEZ Jesus	326	0	326	1
JAKOBSEN Fabio	303	20	283	7
WRIGHT Fred	148	3	145	4
VERVAEKE Louis	129	0	129	1
BOIVIN Guillaume	91	0	91	1
DECLERCQ Tim	66	0	66	1
WELTEN Bram	62	0	62	1
MØRKØV CHRISTENSEN Michael	41	0	41	1

The teams that have suffered most:

	DNFs	Net cost
SamuCuenca	4	2342
Madrazo	2	1930
Gotland	2	1930
Armchair_Cyclist	2	1792
Search	1	1647
Scrooll07	1	1647
Queen_Stagiaire	1	1647
Lecko	1	1647
Kazistuta	1	1647
Anderis	1	1647
SlowClimber	2	1183
RedheadDane	3	655
DJW	2	428
Vladimir	1	326
Triley36	1	283
Laarsland	1	283
DJSprtsch	1	283
Del1962	1	145
Rufs	1	62
Yellow_Knight	1	41
19 teams, and Collective Wisdom, still complete	0	0
Pog_vs_the_World	1	41

I have to travel this week: Thursday's update will definitely be very late, and same might apply to Tuesday and Wednesday, so bear with me (going to Ireland for a funeral)

A reminder:the Spreadsheet remains at the same location.

James M · Jul 15, 2024

Armchair cyclist said:
Rest Day 2
Who is contributing what?

cost Yellow points Green points teams
POGACAR Tadej
4190
1317
367
0
VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas
2486
720
220
2
EVENEPOEL Remco
2119
656
239
0
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam
768
469
369
0
PHILIPSEN Jasper
2211
355
285
0
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves
1008
351
31
3
LANDA MEANA Mikel
805
323
33
1
RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos
1289
305
40
16
YATES Adam
1930
250
20
0
CICCONE Giulio
436
232
32
17
GEE Derek
354
216
36
26
VAN AERT Wout
1522
193
170
0
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago
587
176
16
11
DE LIE Arnaud
1556
170
125
0
ACKERMANN Pascal
230
163
142
2
GALL Felix
742
145
5
12
BARDET Romain
807
141
80
1
HEALY Ben
667
139
17
3
JORGENSON Matteo
1144
137
7
10
TURGIS Anthony
284
120
85
0
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando
150
120
100
5
GROENEWEGEN Dylan
930
119
99
0
YATES Simon
1122
110
0
5
VAUQUELIN Kévin
629
110
90
0
CAVENDISH Mark
130
100
80
28
CRAS Steff
230
100
0
7
ABRAHAMSEN Jonas
550
100
50
0
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio
689
98
3
9
MARTIN Guillaume
794
94
0
0
DE PLUS Laurens
246
88
0
4
ROGLIC Primoz
1732
85
85
10
ROMO OLIVER Javier
171
83
5
0
HINDLEY Jai
755
82
0
3

Green top 5

1
Kazistuta
485
Ackermann, Gaviria, Roglic, Cavendish
2
Search
380
Ackermann, Roglic, Cavendish
3
Yellow_Knight
368
Vingegaard, Cavendish
4
Scrooll07
359
Gaviria, Roglic, Cavendish
5
SlowClimber
346
Gaviria, Cavendish

Yellow top 5

1
Yellow_Knight
1369
Vingegaard, Ciccone, Gee, Cavendish
2
Hfgon1
1260
Almeida, Ciccone, Gee, Buitrago, Cavendish, Carapaz
3
Triley36
1192
Rodriguez, Ciccone, Gee, Buitrago, Cavendish, Hindley
4
Search
1102
Ciccone, Gee, Acckermann, Gall, Cavendish, Cras, Roglic
5
Peixotini
1102
Rodriguez, Ciccone, Buitrago, Cavendish, Cras

Ciccone and Gee seems to be the key combination to have: 13 teams have both of them, seven of which are in the top ten. The highest placed team without either of them is Salvarani, who has Vingegaard and yet is down in 16th: the 790 that that pair would have cost went on Mas and Grignard instead.

DNF effect

24 riders have dropped out of the race so far, half or them are relevant to the game, most of them as unique picks and many of them as inexpensive makeweights.
Stage points still contribute to your team's score (as would yellow jersey bonuses if there had been any won by the DNFs), so a net cost is relevant.

cost scored net cost teams
ROGLIC Primoz
1732
85
1647
10
PIDCOCK Thomas
950
50
900
1
IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Ion
538
0
538
1
KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren
381
0
381
1
HERRADA LOPEZ Jesus
326
0
326
1
JAKOBSEN Fabio
303
20
283
7
WRIGHT Fred
148
3
145
4
VERVAEKE Louis
129
0
129
1
BOIVIN Guillaume
91
0
91
1
DECLERCQ Tim
66
0
66
1
WELTEN Bram
62
0
62
1
MØRKØV CHRISTENSEN Michael
41
0
41
1

The teams that have suffered most:

DNFs Net cost
SamuCuenca
4
2342
Madrazo
2
1930
Gotland
2
1930
Armchair_Cyclist
2
1792
Search
1
1647
Scrooll07
1
1647
Queen_Stagiaire
1
1647
Lecko
1
1647
Kazistuta
1
1647
Anderis
1
1647
SlowClimber
2
1183
RedheadDane
3
655
DJW
2
428
Vladimir
1
326
Triley36
1
283
Laarsland
1
283
DJSprtsch
1
283
Del1962
1
145
Rufs
1
62
Yellow_Knight
1
41
19 teams, and Collective Wisdom, still complete
0
0
Pog_vs_the_World
1
41

I have to travel this week: Thursday's update will definitely be very late, and same might apply to Tuesday and Wednesday, so bear with me (going to Ireland for a funeral)

A reminder:the Spreadsheet remains at the same location.

Can everyone join this? Seems very cool and fun throughoutt he Tour

Can I join next year or do you have to do something or can anyone join?

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 15, 2024

James M said:
Can everyone join this? Seems very cool and fun throughoutt he Tour Can I join next year or do you have to do something or can anyone join?

I see you joined on 17 June: I advertised it as widely as I could (without risking the wrath of the moderator

) around the forum starting on the 19th, so you could indeed have joined in.
But you don't have to wait for next year, there will be a game for La Vuelta. And then for the cyclocross season. And around New Year you'll be able to go for the Main season-long game, the Women's game, an emerging riders game that won't finish until November 2027, and possibly another women's emerging game; and later the Spring Classics and Il Giro before we get back to where we are now...

James M · Jul 15, 2024

Armchair cyclist said:
I see you joined on 17 June: I advertised it as widely as I could (without risking the wrath of the moderator ) around the forum starting on the 19th, so you could indeed have joined in.
But you don't have to wait for next year, there will be a game for La Vuelta. And then for the cyclocross season. And around New Year you'll be able to go for the Main season-long game, the Women's game, an emerging riders game that won't finish until November 2027, and possibly another women's emerging game; and later the Spring Classics and Il Giro before we get back to where we are now...

Awesome. Vuelta I will join next one then. Cyclecross is just im clueless so most likely not I dont even watch it. But Vuelta and always next year too. Seems like just some fun while watching throughout the Tour and Vuelta just a added fun to the thing, awesome..

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 17, 2024

Stage 16
Never really understood such a banal stage scheduled after a rest-day.
sorry about the late update: travelling, as mentioned above. Not a day to send people running to see what the effect of it was.
Green points

PHILIPSEN Jasper	80	0
BAUHAUS Phil	50	5
KRISTOFF Alexander	35	0
BENNETT Sam	25	3
VAN AERT Wout	15	0
ACKERMANN Pascal	10	2
COQUARD Bryan	5	1
WAERENSKJOLD Søren	3	0
GIBBONS Ryan	2	1
VAN POPPEL Danny	1	0

Kazistuta still chalking up the daily victories whenever it is a sprint

1	Kazistuta	60
2	DJSprtsch	50
2	Josedin	50
2	Lecko	50
5	Peixotini	50
6	Hfgon1	25
6	SlowClimber	25
6	Titan31	25
9	Search	10
10	ArchieBoy	5
11	AmisVelo	2

Standings
Slow Climber back up to the podium, and Peixotini enters the top ten

1	Kazistuta	545	0
2	Search	390	0
3	SlowClimber	371	2
4	Yellow_Knight	368	-1
5	Scrooll07	359	-1
6	Anderis	332	0
7	Lecko	326	1
8	Queen_Stagiaire	286	-1
9	Madrazo	261	0
9	Peixotini	261	6

Yellow Points
So few selected riders with point changes, I may as well show the lot:

BAUHAUS Phil	50	5
BENNETT Sam	25	3
ACKERMANN Pascal	11	2
COQUARD Bryan	5	1
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	5	5
GIBBONS Ryan	2	1
BARDET Romain	2	1
KELDERMAN Wilco	2	2
THOMAS Geraint	2	1
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	1	5
OLIVEIRA Nelson Filipe Santos Simoes	1	1
ONLEY Oscar	1	3

MAS NICOLAU Enric	-2	10
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	-5	9

1	Kazistuta	57
2	Josedin	50
2	Lecko	50
4	DJSprtsch	48
4	Peixotini	48
6	SlowClimber	26
6	Titan31	26
8	Hfgon1	20
9	Search	11
10	Devils_Elbow	7
11	ArchieBoy	6
12	18_Valve	5
12	BicycleBoy	5
12	RedheadDane	5
15	Laarsland	2
16	Anderis	1
16	SamuCuenca	1
16	Scrooll07	1
19	AmisVelo	0
19	Armchair_Cyclist	0
19	DJW	0
19	Googolplex	0
19	Gotland	0
19	Leadbelly	0
19	Madrazo	0
19	Rufs	0
19	Triley36	0
19	Yellow_Knight	0
19	ZigZagWanderer	0
30	Ingsve	-1
31	BluesInTheBottle	-2
31	LosBrolin	-2
31	Salvarani	-2
31	Vladimir	-2
35	Del1962	-5
35	Queen_Stagiaire	-5
35	Sam6	-5
38	Evans_is_the_Best	-7
38	JumboVismaFan	-7
	Collective_Wisdom	0
	Pog_vs_the_World	20

Standings
The lead is reduced to less than 100 points, Peixotini breaks the tie for 4th, and Kazistuta's sprinters' squad makes it into the top ten.

1	Yellow_Knight	1369	0
2	Hfgon1	1280	0
3	Triley36	1192	0
4	Peixotini	1150	0
5	Search	1113	-1
6	BicycleBoy	1089	0
7	DJW	1068	0
8	ArchieBoy	1034	0
9	Kazistuta	1018	6
10	BluesInTheBottle	1008	-1
11	Leadbelly	999	-1
12	18_Valve	995	-1
13	Titan31	990	1
14	Scrooll07	985	-2
15	Josedin	981	7
16	SlowClimber	972	4
17	Anderis	968	-4
18	Devils_Elbow	956	0
19	Googolplex	954	-2
19	Salvarani	954	-3
21	Vladimir	945	-2
22	Sam6	932	-1
23	LosBrolin	913	1
24	Queen_Stagiaire	912	-1
25	Madrazo	909	0
26	Evans_is_the_Best	887	0
27	Lecko	847	1
28	DJSprtsch	844	1
29	Rufs	828	-2
30	Del1962	791	-1
31	Ingsve	759	0
32	JumboVismaFan	727	0
33	Laarsland	723	0
34	ZigZagWanderer	701	0
35	AmisVelo	694	0
36	Gotland	689	0
37	Armchair_Cyclist	599	0
38	SamuCuenca	487	0
39	RedheadDane	313	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1290
	Pog_vs_the_World	1462

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 18, 2024

Stage 17 Superdevoluy
Even later than yesterday. As explained above, I am travelling, haven't seen any racing for 3 days, and then when I did get to log in I found myself on the fringes of a minor social media storm.

Anyway, lest you have forgotten because it was so long ago, we are talking about the stage that ended like this:
Green points

CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	80	9
YATES Simon	50	5
MAS NICOLAU Enric	35	10
DE PLUS Laurens	25	4
ONLEY Oscar	15	3
MARTIN Guillaume	10	0
CORT NIELSEN Magnus	5	5
POELS Wout	3	1
JEGAT Jordan	2	0
ARANBURU DEBA Alexander	1	0

Better points than we have had on most stages this year

1	ZigZagWanderer	135
2	Del1962	130
2	Sam6	130
4	JumboVismaFan	120
5	Evans_is_the_Best	115
6	Leadbelly	105
7	Ingsve	100
8	AmisVelo	85
9	Hfgon1	80
9	Kazistuta	80
9	Queen_Stagiaire	80
12	LosBrolin	60
13	BluesInTheBottle	35
13	DJSprtsch	35
13	Peixotini	35
13	Salvarani	35
13	Vladimir	35
18	Gotland	25
18	Madrazo	25
20	ArchieBoy	15
20	Titan31	15
22	Anderis	5
22	Googolplex	5
22	Rufs	5
25	Lecko	3
26	the rest	0

Standings
of these, Kazistuta, Queen Stagiaire and Hfgon have Carapaz in their teams

1	Kazistuta	625	0
2	Search	390	0
3	SlowClimber	371	0
4	Yellow_Knight	368	0
5	Queen_Stagiaire	366	3
6	Scrooll07	359	-1
7	Anderis	337	-1
8	Lecko	329	-1
9	Hfgon1	315	3
10	Peixotini	296	-1

Yellow points

CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	102	9
YATES Simon	60	5
MAS NICOLAU Enric	39	10
DE PLUS Laurens	37	4
ONLEY Oscar	21	3
CRAS Steff	10	7
CORT NIELSEN Magnus	5	5

HINDLEY Jai	-5	3
GAUDU David	-5	3
JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland	-6	1
THOMAS Geraint	-7	1
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	-9	5
BAUHAUS Phil	-20	5
BENNETT Sam	-20	3
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	-21	5
HEALY Ben	-32	3

1	ZigZagWanderer	166
2	Del1962	164
3	Sam6	155
4	Evans_is_the_Best	153
5	JumboVismaFan	141
6	Leadbelly	134
7	Ingsve	124
8	Queen_Stagiaire	104
9	AmisVelo	97
10	Hfgon1	80
11	LosBrolin	78
12	Kazistuta	71
13	Vladimir	49
14	Salvarani	38
15	Gotland	37
15	Madrazo	37
17	Peixotini	31
18	DJSprtsch	21
19	ArchieBoy	19
20	Search	14
21	Rufs	7
22	BluesInTheBottle	5
23	Yellow_Knight	4
24	Titan31	1
25	Googolplex	0
26	Armchair_Cyclist	-2
26	Laarsland	-2
26	SamuCuenca	-2
29	Triley36	-3
30	DJW	-4
31	Lecko	-12
32	Scrooll07	-13
33	Anderis	-18
33	Devils_Elbow	-18
35	Josedin	-22
36	18_Valve	-32
37	BicycleBoy	-39
38	SlowClimber	-41
39	RedheadDane	-47
	Collective_Wisdom	0
	Pog_vs_the_World	20

Standings
The stage win for Carapaz, part of Hfgon's team, brings the top two to very close competition.

1	Yellow_Knight	1373	0
2	Hfgon1	1360	0
3	Triley36	1189	0
4	Peixotini	1181	0
5	Leadbelly	1133	6
6	Search	1127	-1
7	Kazistuta	1089	2
8	Sam6	1087	14
9	DJW	1064	-2
10	ArchieBoy	1053	-2
11	BicycleBoy	1050	-5
12	Evans_is_the_Best	1040	14
13	Queen_Stagiaire	1016	11
14	BluesInTheBottle	1013	-4
15	Vladimir	994	6
16	Salvarani	992	3
17	LosBrolin	991	6
17	Titan31	991	-4
19	Scrooll07	972	-5
20	18_Valve	963	-8
21	Josedin	959	-6
22	Del1962	955	8
23	Googolplex	954	-4
24	Anderis	950	-7
25	Madrazo	946	0
26	Devils_Elbow	938	-8
27	SlowClimber	931	-11
28	Ingsve	883	3
29	JumboVismaFan	868	3
30	ZigZagWanderer	867	4
31	DJSprtsch	865	-3
32	Lecko	835	-5
32	Rufs	835	-3
34	AmisVelo	791	1
35	Gotland	726	1
36	Laarsland	721	-3
37	Armchair_Cyclist	597	0
38	SamuCuenca	485	0
39	RedheadDane	266	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1290
	Pog_vs_the_World	1482

Apart from that top two, the table is pretty congested: I very much doubt that we have seen jumps (or falls) of more than 10 places as late in the game as this before.

If I get a chance to update before I have to head off to the airport, I will, but I rather suspect that it will be mid-morning tomorrow before today's stage is logged.

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 18, 2024

The two close teams at the top share Ciccone, Gee and Cavendish, so the difference is made by:

Yellow Knight			Hfgon1
	cost	score		cost	score
VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas	2486	720	ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	1008	351
CHAMPOUSSIN Clément	298	20	CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	689	195
MEINTJES Louis	142	65	BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	587	176
TURNER Ben	82	20	(BENNETT Sam)	577	37
(MØRKØV CHRISTENSEN Michael)	41	0	HAIG Jack	177	53

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 18, 2024

Stage 18
Green points

CAMPENAERTS Victor	80	0
VERCHER Mattéo	50	4
KWIATKOWSKI Michal	35	0
SKUJINS Toms	25	0
LAZKANO LOPEZ Oier	15	1
LEMMEN Bart	10	0
NEILANDS Krists	5	0
HINDLEY Jai	3	3
VAN AERT Wout	2	0
MATTHEWS Michael	1	1

cheap makeweight in 4 teams, and the Pogacar team, yields more than can have been expected of him.

1	ArchieBoy	50
1	Gotland	50
1	Josedin	50
1	LosBrolin	50
5	Titan31	15
6	Devils_Elbow	3
6	Googolplex	3
6	Triley36	3
9	Rufs	1
10	everyone else	0

Gotland got a 6 place rise to just nudge into the usually displayed group at tenth, displacing Peixotini: none of the morning's top ten scored.

Yellow points
some GC movement around the teens placings that will have some effect

VERCHER Mattéo	50	4
LAZKANO LOPEZ Oier	25	1
CRAS Steff	20	7
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	11	9
HINDLEY Jai	8	3
MEINTJES Louis	7	18
THOMAS Geraint	7	1

DE PLUS Laurens	-6	4
HEALY Ben	-11	3
YATES Simon	-20	5
JORGENSON Matteo	-20	10

1	ArchieBoy	46
2	Evans_is_the_Best	34
3	Kazistuta	31
4	Josedin	30
5	LosBrolin	27
5	Search	27
7	Gotland	24
8	Peixotini	23
8	Vladimir	23
10	Titan31	21
11	Scrooll07	20
12	Queen_Stagiaire	18
13	Triley36	15
14	JumboVismaFan	14
15	Devils_Elbow	11
15	Hfgon1	11
17	Lecko	9
17	ZigZagWanderer	9
19	Googolplex	8
19	Rufs	8
21	Yellow_Knight	7
22	DJSprtsch	3
22	Salvarani	3
24	Anderis	0
24	SlowClimber	0
26	SamuCuenca	-2
27	BicycleBoy	-6
27	Madrazo	-6
29	Sam6	-9
30	Leadbelly	-10
30	RedheadDane	-10
32	18_Valve	-15
32	BluesInTheBottle	-15
34	Armchair_Cyclist	-20
34	DJW	-20
36	Ingsve	-21
37	Del1962	-22
38	Laarsland	-28
39	AmisVelo	-44
	Collective_Wisdom	7
	Pog_vs_the_World	65

Standings
Even closer, but no change at the top yet.
Tiebreaker applied for the last step on the podium (and the first outside the top ten)

1	Yellow_Knight	1380	0
2	Hfgon1	1371	0
3	Peixotini	1204	1
4	Triley36	1204	-1
5	Search	1154	1
6	Leadbelly	1123	-1
7	Kazistuta	1120	0
8	ArchieBoy	1099	2
9	Sam6	1078	-1
10	Evans_is_the_Best	1074	2
11	BicycleBoy	1044	0
12	DJW	1044	-3
13	Queen_Stagiaire	1034	0
14	LosBrolin	1018	3
15	Vladimir	1017	0
16	Titan31	1012	1
17	BluesInTheBottle	998	-3
18	Salvarani	995	-2
19	Scrooll07	992	0
20	Josedin	989	1
21	Googolplex	962	2
22	Anderis	950	2
23	Devils_Elbow	949	3
24	18_Valve	948	-4
25	Madrazo	940	0
26	Del1962	933	-4
27	SlowClimber	931	0
28	JumboVismaFan	882	1
29	ZigZagWanderer	876	1
30	DJSprtsch	868	1
31	Ingsve	862	-3
32	Lecko	844	0
33	Rufs	843	-1
34	Gotland	750	1
35	AmisVelo	747	-1
36	Laarsland	693	0
37	Armchair_Cyclist	577	0
38	SamuCuenca	483	0
39	RedheadDane	256	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1297
	Pog_vs_the_World	1547

I guess Vingegaard should be expected to place well on the three remaining stages, unless the GC battle is kept until very late in the day on the two climbing stages. That should give Yellow Knight the points to hold the lead, but a bit of grouping in the lower part of the top ten could give Hfgon a chance. He will be somethig of an Evenepoel fan for the next three days, I suspect (without having noticed where his loyalties usually lie) .

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 19, 2024

Stage 19 To Isola 2022

Green points

POGACAR Tadej	80	0
JORGENSON Matteo	50	10
YATES Simon	35	5
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	25	9
EVENEPOEL Remco	15	0
VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas	10	2
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	5	3
LANDA MEANA Mikel	3	1
KELDERMAN Wilco	2	2
GEE Derek	1	26

2nd, 3rd and 4th on the stage for Del

1	Del1962	110
2	AmisVelo	85
3	Leadbelly	76
4	Sam6	61
4	ZigZagWanderer	61
6	18_Valve	53
7	DJW	51
7	Gotland	51
7	Josedin	51
7	LosBrolin	51
11	Armchair_Cyclist	50
11	Laarsland	50
13	Ingsve	36
14	Hfgon1	31
15	Queen_Stagiaire	26
16	Evans_is_the_Best	25
16	JumboVismaFan	25
16	Kazistuta	25
19	Yellow_Knight	11
20	Salvarani	10
21	Anderis	6
21	Googolplex	6
23	Devils_Elbow	3
23	SamuCuenca	3
25	11 more teams with Gee	1
36	4 teams	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1
	Pog_vs_the_World	80

Standings
Del's clean sweep of the non-Pogacar podium gets him a big jump into the top ten: Carapaz puts Queen Stagiaire onto the podium, but surely Kazistuta is safe. In theory, a team with no overlap could catch up 223 points on each of the remaining two days, but...

1	Kazistuta	650	0
2	Queen_Stagiaire	392	3
3	Search	391	-1
4	Yellow_Knight	379	0
5	SlowClimber	372	-2
6	Del1962	365	8
7	Scrooll07	360	-1
8	Gotland	357	2
9	Hfgon1	346	0
10	Anderis	343	-3

Yellow points
Jorgenson took back several places in GC, and leapt from nowhere to 4th in the KoM points, say gats a big bonus: Carapaz's stage points were outstripped by those from his rise to top of the polka dots.

JORGENSON Matteo	145	10
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	90	9
YATES Simon	66	5
GEE Derek	21	26
KELDERMAN Wilco	13	2
BARDET Romain	10	1
MAS NICOLAU Enric	9	10
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	5	3
MEINTJES Louis	5	18

and there are concomitant losses

VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas	-5	2
JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland	-11	1
LAZKANO LOPEZ Oier	-15	1
HEALY Ben	-18	3
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	-20	11
DEMARE Arnaud	-20	2
CRAS Steff	-30	7
GALL Felix	-30	12
CICCONE Giulio	-40	17

One of the biggest ranges of daily scores in the entire game:

1	Del1962	264
2	Leadbelly	223
3	AmisVelo	198
4	LosBrolin	177
5	Gotland	166
6	Laarsland	152
7	ZigZagWanderer	147
8	Josedin	133
9	18_Valve	127
10	Armchair_Cyclist	123
11	DJW	121
12	Sam6	112
13	JumboVismaFan	96
14	Queen_Stagiaire	74
15	Ingsve	69
16	Hfgon1	54
17	Evans_is_the_Best	41
18	Devils_Elbow	36
19	Anderis	24
20	Kazistuta	19
21	Salvarani	6
22	SamuCuenca	3
23	Googolplex	-4
24	Lecko	-12
24	Scrooll07	-12
26	BicycleBoy	-13
27	Yellow_Knight	-19
28	BluesInTheBottle	-21
29	Vladimir	-30
30	Triley36	-37
31	SlowClimber	-39
32	RedheadDane	-47
33	Rufs	-48
34	DJSprtsch	-49
34	Madrazo	-49
36	ArchieBoy	-54
37	Search	-75
38	Peixotini	-79
39	Titan31	-86
	Collective_Wisdom	-69
	Pog_vs_the_World	75

Standings
Amazing that at this stage Del could pass more than half the competitors. The net swing from Vingegaard to Carapaz in the polka dot classification is the vast majority of the point swing from Yellow Knight to Hfgon which means that we have a new leader. The large gap from 3rd to 4th belies the fact that Leadbelly jumped 3 places to get there, and Los Brolin and DJW are also new in the top ten.

1	Hfgon1	1425	1
2	Yellow_Knight	1361	-1
3	Leadbelly	1346	3
4	Del1962	1197	22
5	LosBrolin	1195	9
6	Sam6	1190	3
7	Triley36	1167	-3
8	DJW	1165	4
9	Kazistuta	1139	-2
10	Peixotini	1125	-7
11	Josedin	1122	9
12	Evans_is_the_Best	1115	-2
13	Queen_Stagiaire	1108	0
14	Search	1079	-9
15	18_Valve	1075	9
16	ArchieBoy	1045	-8
17	BicycleBoy	1031	-6
18	ZigZagWanderer	1023	11
19	Salvarani	1001	-1
20	Vladimir	987	-5
21	Devils_Elbow	985	2
22	Scrooll07	980	-3
23	JumboVismaFan	978	5
24	BluesInTheBottle	977	-7
25	Anderis	974	-3
26	Googolplex	958	-5
27	AmisVelo	945	8
28	Ingsve	931	3
29	Titan31	926	-13
30	Gotland	916	4
31	SlowClimber	892	-4
32	Madrazo	891	-7
33	Laarsland	845	3
34	Lecko	832	-2
35	DJSprtsch	819	-5
36	Rufs	795	-3
37	Armchair_Cyclist	700	0
38	SamuCuenca	486	0
39	RedheadDane	209	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1228
	Pog_vs_the_World	1622

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 20, 2024

Almost there
Stage 20 Leaving Nice when they are meant to be finishing there.

Green points

POGACAR Tadej	80	0
VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas	50	2
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	35	9
EVENEPOEL Remco	25	0
MAS NICOLAU Enric	15	10
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	10	3
JORGENSON Matteo	5	10
LANDA MEANA Mikel	3	1
YATES Adam	2	0
BARDET Romain	1	1

Salvarani has Vingegaard and Mas; Evans and Jumbo both combine Mas and Carapaz, while Yellow Knight has Vingegaard, and Hfgon pairs Carapaz with Almeida

1	Salvarani	65
2	Evans_is_the_Best	50
2	JumboVismaFan	50
2	Yellow_Knight	50
5	Hfgon1	45
6	Del1962	40
6	Leadbelly	40
8	Kazistuta	35
8	Queen_Stagiaire	35
8	Sam6	35
8	ZigZagWanderer	35
12	AmisVelo	20
12	LosBrolin	20
14	BluesInTheBottle	15
14	DJSprtsch	15
14	Ingsve	15
14	Peixotini	15
14	Vladimir	15
19	Anderis	10
19	Googolplex	10
21	Laarsland	6
22	18_Valve	5
22	Armchair_Cyclist	5
22	DJW	5
22	Gotland	5
22	Josedin	5
27	SamuCuenca	3
28	the rest	0
	Collective_Wisdom	0
	Pog_vs_the_World	80

Standings
Kazistuta's lead is now mathematically certain in this classification. Search's is the only team in the top 6 that was not in the top ten today.

1	Kazistuta	685	0
2	Yellow_Knight	429	2
3	Queen_Stagiaire	427	-1
4	Del1962	405	2
5	Hfgon1	391	4
5	Search	391	-2
7	Leadbelly	379	4
8	SlowClimber	372	-3
9	Gotland	362	-1
10	Scrooll07	360	-3

Yellow points
A few positions swapped within the top fifteen, which are significant point swings.

VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas	51	2
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	47	9
JORGENSON Matteo	25	10
MAS NICOLAU Enric	17	10
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	10	3
GALL Felix	10	12
KELDERMAN Wilco	7	2

LAZKANO LOPEZ Oier	-5	1
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	-10	5
CRAS Steff	-12	7
GEE Derek	-20	26
RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos	-30	16

1	Del1962	67
1	Salvarani	67
3	Leadbelly	42
4	AmisVelo	37
5	Kazistuta	34
6	Hfgon1	33
7	Evans_is_the_Best	32
8	Yellow_Knight	31
9	JumboVismaFan	29
10	Queen_Stagiaire	23
11	Armchair_Cyclist	21
11	Sam6	21
13	18_Valve	18
14	Ingsve	8
15	Gotland	5
16	SamuCuenca	3
17	Googolplex	0
17	ZigZagWanderer	0
19	Laarsland	-3
20	LosBrolin	-8
21	Madrazo	-10
21	RedheadDane	-10
23	DJSprtsch	-13
23	Titan31	-13
25	Anderis	-14
26	Josedin	-15
27	Lecko	-18
28	Rufs	-20
28	SlowClimber	-20
30	Search	-23
31	Peixotini	-25
32	BluesInTheBottle	-27
33	DJW	-29
34	ArchieBoy	-38
35	Vladimir	-39
36	Triley36	-50
37	Devils_Elbow	-57
38	Scrooll07	-62
39	BicycleBoy	-64
	Collective_Wisdom	-44
	Pog_vs_the_World	105

Standings

1	Hfgon1	1458	0
2	Yellow_Knight	1392	0
3	Leadbelly	1388	0
4	Del1962	1264	0
5	Sam6	1211	1
6	LosBrolin	1187	-1
7	Kazistuta	1173	2
8	Evans_is_the_Best	1147	4
9	DJW	1136	-1
10	Queen_Stagiaire	1131	3
11	Triley36	1117	-4
12	Josedin	1107	-1
13	Peixotini	1100	-3
14	18_Valve	1093	1
15	Salvarani	1068	4
16	Search	1056	-2
17	ZigZagWanderer	1023	1
18	ArchieBoy	1007	-2
18	JumboVismaFan	1007	5
20	AmisVelo	982	7
21	BicycleBoy	967	-4
22	Anderis	960	3
23	Googolplex	958	3
24	BluesInTheBottle	950	0
25	Vladimir	948	-5
26	Ingsve	939	2
27	Devils_Elbow	928	-6
28	Gotland	921	2
29	Scrooll07	918	-7
30	Titan31	913	-1
31	Madrazo	881	1
32	SlowClimber	872	-1
33	Laarsland	842	0
34	Lecko	814	0
35	DJSprtsch	806	0
36	Rufs	775	0
37	Armchair_Cyclist	721	0
38	SamuCuenca	489	0
39	RedheadDane	199	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1184
	Pog_vs_the_World	1727

Yellow Knight has Vingegaard, who should be expected to get a decent point haul in tomorrow's final stage. I'd assume enough to fend off Leadbelly's late charge, but not enough to overtake Hfgon, who has shared Carapaz's victories of the last couple of days.

But the reliability of my predictions is attested to by my standing on the table above, so who knows.

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 21, 2024

Stage 21 TT Nice way to finish

Green points
nine of the GC top ten are in the stage top ten

POGACAR Tadej	80	0
VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas	50	2
EVENEPOEL Remco	35	0
JORGENSON Matteo	25	10
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	15	3
GEE Derek	10	26
LANDA MEANA Mikel	5	1
TEJADA CANACUE Harold Alfonso	3	2
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	2	11
YATES Adam	1	0

on the day

1	Yellow_Knight	60
2	Salvarani	50
3	18_Valve	37
4	DJW	35
4	Gotland	35
4	Josedin	35
4	Leadbelly	35
4	LosBrolin	35
9	AmisVelo	27
9	Armchair_Cyclist	27
9	Hfgon1	27
12	Anderis	25
12	Del1962	25
12	Googolplex	25
12	Laarsland	25
16	Ingsve	13
16	ZigZagWanderer	13
18	BicycleBoy	12
18	Sam6	12
18	SlowClimber	12
18	Titan31	12
18	Triley36	12
23	ArchieBoy	10
23	BluesInTheBottle	10
23	Devils_Elbow	10
23	Lecko	10
23	Madrazo	10
23	Queen_Stagiaire	10
23	Scrooll07	10
23	Search	10
23	Vladimir	10
32	SamuCuenca	5
33	Peixotini	2
33	Rufs	2
35	DJSprtsch	0
35	Evans_is_the_Best	0
35	JumboVismaFan	0
35	Kazistuta	0
35	RedheadDane	0
	Collective_Wisdom	12
	Pog_vs_the_World	80

Final standings
Kazistuta has had this wrapped up for almost as long as Pogacar, and even beat the Pogacar team. Yellow Knight wins the final stage to make second place look more secure than it ever really had been, and Queen Stagiaire just holds off a few contenders for the podium.

1	Kazistuta	685	0
2	Yellow_Knight	489	0
3	Queen_Stagiaire	437	0
4	Del1962	430	0
5	Hfgon1	418	0
6	Leadbelly	414	1
7	Search	401	-2
8	Gotland	397	1
9	SlowClimber	384	-1
10	Salvarani	380	2
11	Anderis	378	0
12	Scrooll07	370	-2
13	Lecko	340	-1
14	18_Valve	339	5
15	AmisVelo	333	3
16	Josedin	327	4
17	Sam6	325	-1
18	Evans_is_the_Best	318	-4
18	JumboVismaFan	318	-4
20	Peixotini	313	-3
21	DJW	309	3
22	LosBrolin	302	3
23	Ingsve	300	-2
24	ZigZagWanderer	298	-1
25	Madrazo	297	-4
26	Armchair_Cyclist	276	0
27	Titan31	249	1
28	DJSprtsch	245	-1
29	Triley36	240	1
30	BluesInTheBottle	239	-1
31	Laarsland	231	0
32	BicycleBoy	202	1
33	ArchieBoy	201	-1
33	Googolplex	201	1
35	Devils_Elbow	172	0
36	Rufs	150	0
37	SamuCuenca	144	0
38	Vladimir	142	0
39	RedheadDane	30	0
	Collective_Wisdom	222
	Pog_vs_the_World	662

RedheadDane · Jul 21, 2024

Armchair cyclist said:
Stage 21 TT Nice way to finish

I want compensation for that pun!

RedheadDane said:
A very nice ending to this race!

Samu Cuenca · Jul 21, 2024

RedheadDane said:
I want compensation for that pun!

You forgot to capitalise the n though

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 21, 2024

Yellow points
A few GC swaps on the final day just to keep the battle for the win interesting:

VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas	50	2
JORGENSON Matteo	25	10
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	22	11
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves	15	3
GEE Derek	10	26
DE PLUS Laurens	6	4
CRAS Steff	6	7
LANDA MEANA Mikel	5	1
MAS NICOLAU Enric	5	10

MEINTJES Louis	-5	18
GALL Felix	-10	12
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	-12	9
CICCONE Giulio	-20	17

On the day

1	AmisVelo	52
2	Salvarani	50
3	18_Valve	47
3	Armchair_Cyclist	47
5	Gotland	41
5	LosBrolin	41
7	Yellow_Knight	35
8	Anderis	25
8	Josedin	25
10	Laarsland	24
11	BicycleBoy	23
12	Scrooll07	16
13	DJW	15
13	Googolplex	15
13	Hfgon1	15
16	SlowClimber	12
17	Peixotini	8
18	Rufs	7
18	Triley36	7
20	Vladimir	6
21	SamuCuenca	5
21	ZigZagWanderer	5
23	Ingsve	4
24	BluesInTheBottle	3
24	Devils_Elbow	3
24	Titan31	3
27	Leadbelly	2
28	Sam6	0
29	RedheadDane	-4
30	Del1962	-12
30	JumboVismaFan	-12
32	Lecko	-14
32	Madrazo	-14
34	Evans_is_the_Best	-16
35	ArchieBoy	-19
35	Search	-19
37	DJSprtsch	-20
38	Kazistuta	-26
39	Queen_Stagiaire	-27
	Collective_Wisdom	-3
	Pog_vs_the_World	80

Final Standings
Yellow Knight clawed back a few points in the last day, but the couple of GC places that Carapaz lost today did not cost Hfgon1 too dear, and it was Carapaz's last few days and polka dot jersey points that brought him the win. Leadbelly hangs onto his third place, and 18Valve and Josedin make a last minute raid on the top ten.

1	Hfgon1	1473	0
2	Yellow_Knight	1427	0
3	Leadbelly	1390	0
4	Del1962	1252	0
5	LosBrolin	1228	1
6	Sam6	1211	-1
7	DJW	1151	2
8	Kazistuta	1147	-1
9	18_Valve	1140	5
10	Josedin	1132	2
11	Evans_is_the_Best	1131	-3
12	Triley36	1124	-1
13	Salvarani	1118	2
14	Peixotini	1108	-1
15	Queen_Stagiaire	1104	-5
16	Search	1037	0
17	AmisVelo	1034	3
18	ZigZagWanderer	1028	-1
19	JumboVismaFan	995	-1
20	BicycleBoy	990	1
21	ArchieBoy	988	-3
22	Anderis	985	0
23	Googolplex	973	0
24	Gotland	962	4
25	Vladimir	954	0
26	BluesInTheBottle	953	-2
27	Ingsve	943	-1
28	Scrooll07	934	1
29	Devils_Elbow	931	-2
30	Titan31	916	0
31	SlowClimber	884	1
32	Madrazo	867	-1
33	Laarsland	866	0
34	Lecko	800	0
35	DJSprtsch	786	0
36	Rufs	782	0
37	Armchair_Cyclist	768	0
38	SamuCuenca	494	0
39	RedheadDane	195	0
	Collective_Wisdom	1181
	Pog_vs_the_World	1807

I hope to be able to do some number crunching tomorrow for the rider data.

Congratulations to the winners and those who keep them company on the podiums, my gratitude to PCS and CQ, undying admiration for all the riders, and thanks to all who gave it a go.

sam6 · Jul 21, 2024

I ended up 6th, not bad considering I think I was towards the bottom a while ago

Thanks very much for organizing again @Armchair cyclist and putting all that time into doing the spreadsheet and the posts! Interesting game and congrats to the winners

RedheadDane · Jul 21, 2024

Like I said, I think I should get a bonus for coming up with that pun!

300 points seem fair.

del1962 · Jul 21, 2024

Having been in bottom 4 on first rest day it’s nice to finish in top 4

Samu Cuenca · Jul 21, 2024

Big chapeau to @Armchair cyclist for hosting the game.

My 1989 team didn't finish last, so that's something.

Blues in the bottle · Jul 21, 2024

Three cheers to Hfgon1, that was not easy.
Thank you Armchair for putting this game together. Your hard work and diligence is appreciated by all.
Funny my Giro team would done quite well.
I hope Tadej rides the Vuelta, then my Giro team could have a pretty good year- at least in my own head.

EvansIsTheBest · Jul 21, 2024

Thanks @Armchair cyclist for hosting and congrats @hfgon1 for the winning team. Looking forward to the Vuelta.

Squire · Jul 21, 2024

del1962 said:
Having been in bottom 4 on first rest day it’s nice to finish in top 4

You clearly spent the rest day onboard your team bus parked on some remote alpine road, receiving some shady injections while a French guy on a motorcycle was speeding off in the distance!

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