2025 Spring Classics CQ game

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Other special teams
You'll notice two other special teams after Collective Wisdom. There are two 'cheat lists' that one might use to build a team here: the points gained in these same races last year, and the popularity of the riders among participants in Skidmark's season long game.

For the Good Last Year team, there were two within budget combinations that (while omitting those who are unlikely to race much, if at all, in this series) gave the maximum score of points in these events in 2024:
STEIMLE Jannik
EDVARDSEN-FREDHEIM Stian
MALECKI Kamil
POLITT Nils
VAN GESTEL Dries
NORSGAARD Mathias
JARNET Maxime
VAN GILS Maxim
were common to both, but the numbers could be made up by either
GOOSSENS Kobe
TEUNS Dylan
and one of
KRIEGER Alexander
LÜHRS Luis-Joe
VANDEVELDE Yentl
(an 11 man team costing 2999: any one pointer didn't score in these events last year, so doesn't belong in this team)

or the final 4 places could be filled by
DESAL Cériel
CONSONNI Simone
and two out of the Krieger/Luhrs/Vandevelde tie.

So I have set it up so that the better of those will display.
These riders were not widely picked (only Teuns more than 3 times), but some of our teams seem to have paid some attention to points gathered in these races last time around:
1​
DJW
1184​
2​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
1156​
3​
Ruvu
1104​
4​
DevilsElbow
1079​
5​
NBFC1962
1066​
6​
EvansIsTheBest
1059​
7​
SlowClimber
957​
8​
LosBrolin
926​
9​
Rufs
913​
10​
Madrazo
855​
11​
DJSprtsch
829​
12​
Hfgon1
806​
13​
Vladimir
781​
14​
Search
775​
15​
Ingsve
766​
16​
Shakes
750​
17​
Peixotini
732​
18​
Abbulf
702​
19​
QueenStagiare
698​
20​
Triley36
691​
21​
Kazistuta
667​
22​
AmisVelo
657​
23​
Del1962
648​
24​
Ray10
644​
25​
Leadbelly
609​
26​
Laarsland
593​
27​
Josedin
544​
28​
RedheadDane
503​
29​
Bminchow
485​
30​
JonEzeitza
451​
31​
Armchair
419​
32​
Onizuka
394​
33​
SamuCuenca
252​
CollectiveWisdom
672​
SoLastYear
2250​
MainGamePop
385​


Many of those who were popular picks in the Main game will not expect to get many of their season points in this set of races, so the top twelve as a team may not score well, but they will be listed anyway:

UIJTDEBROEKS Cian
VAN BAARLE Dylan
VERMEERSCH Florian
PHILIPSEN Albert Withen
GEOGHEGAN HART Tao
KRON Andreas Lorentz
TORRES ARIAS Pablo
SEIXAS Paul
KÄMNA Lennard
GLOAG Thomas
VAN AERT Wout
HAYTER Ethan

But it's probably fair to say that if a rider is good value for the main game, and has these races as a target, he could be good value here. Whether by accident or design, some of our teams have a high count of main game picks:
1​
EvansIsTheBest
514​
2​
Abbulf
501​
3​
DevilsElbow
455​
4​
Laarsland
454​
5​
Madrazo
450​
6​
Kazistuta
435​
6​
Ray10
435​
8​
Triley36
429​
9​
Bminchow
409​
10​
Ruvu
402​
11​
Ingsve
397​
12​
Del1962
391​
13​
DJSprtsch
377​
14​
Rufs
375​
15​
DJW
373​
16​
AmisVelo
364​
17​
JonEzeitza
333​
18​
Armchair
329​
19​
Peixotini
325​
20​
Hfgon1
317​
21​
QueenStagiare
310​
22​
Leadbelly
309​
23​
Search
306​
24​
Onizuka
290​
25​
SlowClimber
289​
26​
Shakes
269​
27​
Josedin
232​
28​
SamuCuenca
214​
29​
LosBrolin
204​
30​
Vladimir
200​
31​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
102​
32​
RedheadDane
99​
33​
NBFC1962
81​
CollectiveWisdom
526​
SoLastYear
13​
MainGamePop
821​
 
Last edited:
What I hadn't noticed as teams came in (and I probably should have: I'm sure I have at least one of the spreadsheets set up to highlight duplicates in team lists) is that NBFC1962 had included Alexis Renard in his team twice. As I had confirmed the team to him, I accepted partial responsibility, so when he pointed it out (after the reveal) I offered him a chance to substitute in another rider so long as it was a unique pick (ie, not taking advantage of the reveal). So he now has STEIMLE Jannik. It's a less generous solution than I offered someone else in the Women's CQ game a few weeks ago, and I hope it is agreeable to all. I'll edit the reveal posts later.
 
Let's deal with the main event first:
Race 1: Omloop

The riders that were selected for the game (so Waerenskjold, inter alia, not listed here)

Race Pos'nPtsTeams
2​
MAGNIER Paul
108​
14​
4​
VAN MOER Brent
78​
1 (Redhead Dane)​
9​
VAN DEN BERG Marijn
40​
1 (Search)​
10​
ASKEY Lewis
36​
1 (Vladimir)​
11​
VAN AERT Wout
30​
19​
14​
RENARD Alexis
22​
2​
15​
VACEK Mathias
20​
4​
16​
LIVYNS Arjen
18​
1​
18​
TEUNISSEN Mike
14​
1​
19​
STEWART Jake
12​
1​
21​
NAESEN Oliver
10​
1​
25​
VAN DIJKE Mick
6​
2​


Apart from Rufs (Magnier, Vacek, Van Dijke), the top ten are all scoring via Magnier, Van Aert, and a varying number of five pointers.
1​
AmisVelo
173​
65​
1​
Peixotini
173​
65​
3​
Madrazo
168​
35​
4​
Abbulf
163​
20​
4​
Del1962
163​
20​
6​
Rufs
154​
10​
7​
Ray10
148​
5​
8​
JonEzeitza
143​
3​
9​
Josedin
138​
2​
10​
Bminchow
128​
0.5​
10​
Leadbelly
128​
0.5​
12​
Onizuka
123​
0​
13​
Armchair
118​
0​
14​
SamuCuenca
108​
0​
14​
Vladimir
108​
0​
16​
RedheadDane
103​
0​
17​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
87​
0​
18​
DJSprtsch
74​
0​
19​
Ruvu
70​
0​
20​
DevilsElbow
65​
0​
20​
Search
65​
0​
22​
Ingsve
61​
0​
23​
NBFC1962
57​
0​
24​
DJW
55​
0​
24​
Hfgon1
55​
0​
24​
Kazistuta
55​
0​
24​
Laarsland
55​
0​
28​
EvansIsTheBest
50​
0​
28​
Shakes
50​
0​
28​
SlowClimber
50​
0​
31​
LosBrolin
48​
0​
32​
Triley36
45​
0​
33​
QueenStagiare
40​
0​
CollectiveWisdom
161​
SoLastYear
20​
MainGamePop
35​
The last column there are the points for the minor classification, the Green Jersey. Points to managers of the top ten teams, in the same scale of points as CQ uses for stages in the Tour de France (80-50-35-25-15-10-5-3-2-1), shared in the case of a tie (as here).
 
Race 2: Faun Ardeche

Or was it another stage of Tour of Algarve?

Race Pos'nPtsTeams
5​
SCARONI Christian
52​
9​
11​
BARRE Louis
20​
1 (Samu Cuenca)​
14​
TULETT Ben
14​
14​
19​
BAGIOLI Andrea
7​
10​
20​
JEGAT Jordan
6​
1​
25​
SVESTAD-BAARDSENG Embret
5​
2​

Samu Cuenca's team was one of the more eclectic, but it has come up trumps here: one of 5 teams that had both Scaroni and Tulett, but also had Barre as a unique pick

1​
SamuCuenca
86​
80​
2​
Bminchow
66​
31.25​
2​
Ingsve
66​
31.25​
2​
Laarsland
66​
31.25​
2​
Ray10
66​
31.25​
6​
Leadbelly
64​
10​
7​
Hfgon1
59​
5​
8​
LosBrolin
57​
3​
9​
Josedin
52​
2​
10​
DevilsElbow
21​
0.33​
10​
DJSprtsch
21​
0.33​
10​
EvansIsTheBest
21​
0.33​
13​
AmisVelo
14​
0​
13​
Del1962
14​
0​
13​
Kazistuta
14​
0​
13​
Madrazo
14​
0​
13​
Rufs
14​
0​
13​
Search
14​
0​
19​
Abbulf
7​
0​
19​
Armchair
7​
0​
19​
QueenStagiare
7​
0​
19​
SlowClimber
7​
0​
19​
Triley36
7​
0​
24​
RedheadDane
6​
0​
CollectiveWisdom
73​

If your team isn't listed, it's because they didn't score anything. There may be races on the schedule where that is the case for nearly all of us.

Standings

Green points
I will normally only put up the top ten in this category, but for first day, here is everyone that has got off the mark

1​
SamuCuenca
80​
2​
AmisVelo
65​
2​
Peixotini
65​
4​
Ray10
36.25​
5​
Madrazo
35​
6​
Bminchow
31.75​
7​
Ingsve
31.25​
7​
Laarsland
31.25​
9​
Abbulf
20​
9​
Del1962
20​
11​
Leadbelly
10.5​
12​
Rufs
10​
13​
Hfgon1
5​
14​
Josedin
4​
15​
JonEzeitza
3​
15​
LosBrolin
3​
17​
DevilsElbow
0.33​
17​
DJSprtsch
0.33​
17​
EvansIsTheBest
0.33​

Overall:
There were 4 times as many points scored in the Omloop than Ardeche today, so these rankings are weighted to that result (all races carry equal weight in the green jersey competition, at least in part in the hope that one team won't dominate both).

1​
Ray10
214​
(+6)
2​
Bminchow
194​
(+8)
2​
SamuCuenca
194​
(+12)
4​
Leadbelly
192​
(+6)
5​
Josedin
190​
(+4)
6​
AmisVelo
187​
(-5)
7​
Madrazo
182​
(-4)
8​
Del1962
177​
(-4)
9​
Peixotini
173​
(-8)
10​
Abbulf
170​
(-6)
11​
Rufs
168​
(-5)
12​
JonEzeitza
143​
(-4)
13​
Ingsve
127​
(+9)
14​
Armchair
125​
(-1)
15​
Onizuka
123​
(-3)
16​
Laarsland
121​
(+8)
17​
Hfgon1
114​
(+7)
18​
RedheadDane
109​
(-2)
19​
Vladimir
108​
(-5)
20​
LosBrolin
105​
(+11)
21​
DJSprtsch
95​
(-3)
22​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
87​
(-5)
23​
DevilsElbow
86​
(-3)
24​
Search
79​
(-4)
25​
EvansIsTheBest
71​
(+3)
26​
Ruvu
70​
(-7)
27​
Kazistuta
69​
(-3)
28​
NBFC1962
57​
(-5)
28​
SlowClimber
57​
(-)
30​
DJW
55​
(-6)
31​
Triley36
52​
(+1)
32​
Shakes
50​
(-4)
33​
QueenStagiare
47​
(-)
CollectiveWisdom
234​
SoLastYear
25​
MainGamePop
35​

2 more races tomorrow
 
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Tim Van Dijke had been missing from the results but actually finished 15th, has this already been updated in the game? @Armchair Cyclist
Oh [blast]

So 4 teams have Tim Van Dijk, who got 20 points, but 4 teams with Vacek, 1 each with Livyns, Teunissen, Stewart and 2 with, ironically, Mick van Dijk lose places and points. In some cases, the same teams, so the net changes are

DJW
20​
Ingsve
19​
QueenStagiare
19​
Rufs
17​
Vladimir
-1​
JonEzeitza
-2​
Josedin
-2​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
-2​
DJSprtsch
-2​
LosBrolin
-2​

That in turn means that moves up from 6th to 3rd in this race, displacing Madrazo, Abbulf and Del, with the resultant changes in green points.
Rufs25
Abbulf-7.5
Del1962-7.5
Madrazo-10

So the adjusted tables are

Green
1​
SamuCuenca
80​
2​
AmisVelo
65​
2​
Peixotini
65​
4​
Ray10
36.25​
5​
Rufs
35​
6​
Bminchow
31.75​
7​
Ingsve
31.25​
7​
Laarsland
31.25​
9​
Madrazo
25​
10​
Abbulf
12.5​
10​
Del1962
12.5​
12​
Leadbelly
10.5​
13​
Hfgon1
5​
14​
Josedin
4​
15​
JonEzeitza
3​
15​
LosBrolin
3​
17​
DevilsElbow
0.33​
17​
DJSprtsch
0.33​
17​
EvansIsTheBest
0.33​





Main
1​
Ray10
214​
2​
Bminchow
194​
2​
SamuCuenca
194​
4​
Leadbelly
192​
5​
Josedin
188​
6​
AmisVelo
187​
7​
Rufs
185​
8​
Madrazo
182​
9​
Del1962
177​
10​
Peixotini
173​
11​
Abbulf
170​
12​
Ingsve
146​
13​
JonEzeitza
141​
14​
Armchair
125​
15​
Onizuka
123​
16​
Laarsland
121​
17​
Hfgon1
114​
18​
RedheadDane
109​
19​
Vladimir
107​
20​
LosBrolin
103​
21​
DJSprtsch
93​
22​
DevilsElbow
86​
23​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
85​
24​
Search
79​
25​
DJW
75​
26​
EvansIsTheBest
71​
27​
Ruvu
70​
28​
Kazistuta
69​
29​
QueenStagiare
66​
30​
NBFC1962
57​
30​
SlowClimber
57​
32​
Triley36
52​
33​
Shakes
50​

Note to self: wait until CQ remove the provisional disclaimer before you process a race's results.
 
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Race 3: Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne

This event gets a higher profile than almost any other 1.Pro race. It's effect on this game is not the reason.

As so often in sprint finishes, the highest placed riders are not deemed good value by the managers here.
4th​
MARIT Arne
58 pts​
1 team​
7​
VAN DEN BERG Marijn
40​
1​
16​
ASKEY Lewis
10​
1​
18​
WRIGHT Fred
8​
2​
21​
NAESEN Oliver
5​
1​
22​
GARCIA CORTINA Ivan
5​
3​
26​
REINDERS Elmar
5​
1​
29​
TEUNISSEN Mike
5​
1​

PointsGreen pts
1​
SlowClimber
58​
80​
2​
Search
40​
50​
3​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
13​
35​
4​
Vladimir
10​
25​
5​
LosBrolin
8​
15​
6​
DJSprtsch
5​
4.25​
6​
Peixotini
5​
4.25​
6​
QueenStagiare
5​
4.25​
6​
RedheadDane
5​
4.25​
6​
Ruvu
5​
4.25​


Standings
Green
1​
SamuCuenca
80​
(-)
1​
SlowClimber
80​
(+19)
3​
Peixotini
69.25​
(-1)
4​
AmisVelo
65​
(-2)
5​
Search
50​
(+15)
6​
Ray10
36.25​
(-2)
7​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
35​
(+13)
7​
Rufs
35​
(-2)
9​
Bminchow
31.75​
(-3)
10​
Ingsve
31.25​
(-3)
10​
Laarsland
31.25​
(-3)

Overall
Blues in the Bottle scored in this race, without improving his position at all. Peixotini is the only one in the top 18 after 2 events to score in the third one.

1​
Ray10
214​
(-)
2​
Bminchow
194​
(-)
2​
SamuCuenca
194​
(-)
4​
Leadbelly
192​
(-)
5​
Josedin
188​
(-)
6​
AmisVelo
187​
(-)
7​
Rufs
185​
(-)
8​
Madrazo
182​
(-)
9​
Peixotini
178​
(+1)
10​
Del1962
177​
(-1)
11​
Abbulf
170​
(-)
12​
Ingsve
146​
(-)
13​
JonEzeitza
141​
(-)
14​
Armchair
125​
(-)
15​
Onizuka
123​
(-)
16​
Laarsland
121​
(-)
17​
Search
119​
(+7)
18​
Vladimir
117​
(+1)
19​
SlowClimber
115​
(+11)
20​
Hfgon1
114​
(-3)
20​
RedheadDane
114​
(-2)
22​
LosBrolin
111​
(-2)
23​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
98​
(-)
23​
DJSprtsch
98​
(-2)
25​
DevilsElbow
86​
(-3)
26​
DJW
75​
(-1)
26​
Ruvu
75​
(+1)
28​
EvansIsTheBest
71​
(-2)
28​
QueenStagiare
71​
(+1)
30​
Kazistuta
69​
(-2)
31​
NBFC1962
57​
(-1)
32​
Triley36
52​
(-)
33​
Shakes
50​
(-)
CollectiveWisdom
234​
SoLastYear
25​
MainGamePop
35​
 
Race 4: Drome Classic
more than 10 times as many points won in France than in Belgium today:

Race Pos'nPtsTeams
3​
TULETT Ben
66​
14​
5​
BAGIOLI Andrea
52​
10​
8​
SIMMONS Quinn
34​
4​
17​
BARRE Louis
9​
1​
28​
SVESTAD-BAARDSENG Embret
5​
2​
30​
HEALY Ben
5​
1​
Tullett has probably already done enough to get into the best possible team at the end of the game, given his 27 point cost.


Three teams combine the two top five finishers that were picked.
1​
DevilsElbow
118​
55​
1​
DJSprtsch
118​
55​
1​
EvansIsTheBest
118​
55​
4​
Bminchow
100​
20​
4​
Del1962
100​
20​
6​
Triley36
86​
10​
7​
SamuCuenca
80​
5​
8​
AmisVelo
66​
0.75​
8​
Ingsve
66​
0.75​
8​
Kazistuta
66​
0.75​
8​
Laarsland
66​
0.75​
8​
Madrazo
66​
0.75​
8​
Ray10
66​
0.75​
8​
Rufs
66​
0.75​
8​
Search
66​
0.75​
16​
Leadbelly
57​
17​
Abbulf
52​
17​
Armchair
52​
17​
Hfgon1
52​
17​
QueenStagiare
52​
17​
SlowClimber
52​
22​
Shakes
34​
23​
LosBrolin
5​
CollectiveWisdom
118​


Standings
Green
1​
SamuCuenca
85​
(-)
2​
SlowClimber
80​
(-1)
3​
Peixotini
69.25​
(-)
4​
AmisVelo
65.75​
(-)
5​
DJSprtsch
59.58​
(+14)
6​
DevilsElbow
55.33​
(+19)
6​
EvansIsTheBest
55.33​
(+19)
8​
Bminchow
51.75​
(+1)
9​
Search
50.75​
(-4)
10​
Ray10
37​
(-4)
Overall
1​
Bminchow
294​
(+1)
2​
Ray10
280​
(-1)
3​
Del1962
277​
(+7)
4​
SamuCuenca
274​
(-2)
5​
AmisVelo
253​
(+1)
6​
Rufs
251​
(+1)
7​
Leadbelly
249​
(-3)
8​
Madrazo
248​
(-)
9​
Abbulf
222​
(+2)
10​
DJSprtsch
216​
(+13)
11​
Ingsve
212​
(+1)
12​
DevilsElbow
204​
(+13)
13​
EvansIsTheBest
189​
(+15)
14​
Josedin
188​
(-9)
15​
Laarsland
187​
(+1)
16​
Search
185​
(+1)
17​
Peixotini
178​
(-8)
18​
Armchair
177​
(-4)
19​
SlowClimber
167​
(-)
20​
Hfgon1
166​
(-)
21​
JonEzeitza
141​
(-8)
22​
Triley36
138​
(+10)
23​
Kazistuta
135​
(+7)
24​
Onizuka
123​
(-9)
24​
QueenStagiare
123​
(+4)
26​
Vladimir
117​
(-8)
27​
LosBrolin
116​
(-5)
28​
RedheadDane
114​
(-8)
29​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
98​
(-6)
30​
Shakes
84​
(+3)
31​
DJW
75​
(-5)
31​
Ruvu
75​
(-5)
33​
NBFC1962
57​
(-2)
CollectiveWisdom
352​
SoLastYear
25​
MainGamePop
35​
Le Samyn, unfortunately, is still not of 1.Pro status, but Laigueglia is, so let's reconvene on Wednesday evening.
 
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Only now see I accidentally picked Lamperti instead of Magnier. Oops! Was happy with results until I realized my blunder. Doing it in a hurry without double checking, ouch.
 
Race 5 Trofeo Laigueglia


Race Pos'nPtsTeams
2​
SCARONI Christian
78​
9​
8​
BARRE Louis
34​
1​
13​
KWIATKOWSKI Michal
16​
6​
25​
MORGADO Antonio Tomas
5​
22​
26​
RYAN Archie
5​
2​
28​
JEGAT Jordan
5​
1​

Samu is top for the second time, both times with Louis Barre making the difference.
1​
SamuCuenca
112​
80​
2​
Leadbelly
99​
50​
3​
Bminchow
83​
15.5​
3​
Hfgon1
83​
15.5​
3​
Ingsve
83​
15.5​
3​
Josedin
83​
15.5​
3​
LosBrolin
83​
15.5​
3​
Ray10
83​
15.5​
9​
Laarsland
78​
2​
10​
Peixotini
21​
0.5​
10​
Triley36
21​
0.5​
12​
Rufs
16​
12​
SlowClimber
16​
12​
Vladimir
16​
15​
Kazistuta
10​
15​
RedheadDane
10​
17​
12 teams with one of the 5 pointers
5​
CollectiveWisdom
83​


Standings

Green

I might have to rename this the Louis Barre Trophy

1​
SamuCuenca
165​
(-)
2​
SlowClimber
80​
(-)
3​
Peixotini
69.75​
(-)
4​
Bminchow
67.25​
(+4)
5​
AmisVelo
65.75​
(-1)
6​
Leadbelly
60.5​
(+14)
7​
DJSprtsch
59.58​
(-2)
8​
DevilsElbow
55.33​
(-2)
8​
EvansIsTheBest
55.33​
(-2)
10​
Ray10
52.5​
(-)

Overall
A rare situation: the team lowest in the popularity rankings is in the lead:
1​
SamuCuenca
386​
(+3)
2​
Bminchow
377​
(-1)
3​
Ray10
363​
(-1)
4​
Leadbelly
348​
(+3)
5​
Ingsve
295​
(+6)
6​
Del1962
282​
(-3)
7​
Josedin
271​
(+7)
8​
Rufs
267​
(-2)
9​
Laarsland
265​
(+6)
10​
AmisVelo
258​
(-5)
11​
Madrazo
253​
(-3)
12​
Hfgon1
249​
(+8)
13​
Abbulf
227​
(-4)
14​
DJSprtsch
216​
(-4)
15​
DevilsElbow
209​
(-3)
16​
LosBrolin
199​
(+11)
16​
Peixotini
199​
(+1)
18​
EvansIsTheBest
194​
(-5)
19​
Search
185​
(-3)
20​
SlowClimber
183​
(-1)
21​
Armchair
182​
(-3)
22​
Triley36
159​
(-)
23​
JonEzeitza
146​
(-2)
24​
Kazistuta
145​
(-1)
25​
Vladimir
133​
(+1)
26​
Onizuka
128​
(-2)
26​
QueenStagiare
128​
(-2)
28​
RedheadDane
124​
(-)
29​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
98​
(-)
30​
Shakes
84​
(-)
31​
DJW
80​
(-)
32​
Ruvu
75​
(-1)
33​
NBFC1962
62​
(-)
CollectiveWisdom
435​
SoLastYear
25​
MainGamePop
35​


We keep our attention of Italy for our next event: Strade Bianche on Saturday.
 
Race 6 Strade Bianche


Race Pos'nPtsTeams
2​
PIDCOCK Thomas
132​
6​
4​
HEALY Ben
96​
1​
15​
HERMANS Quinten
24​
1​
17​
LABROSSE Jordan
19​
2​
18​
VERMEERSCH Florian
18​
30​
19​
ASKEY Lewis
17​
1​
25​
PHILIPSEN Albert Withen
11​
8​

and six 5 pointers

1​
LosBrolin
179​
Pidcock, Labrosse, Vermeersch and 2 fivers
80​
2​
Search
160​
Pidcock, Vermeersch, 2 fivers
50​
3​
EvansIsTheBest
155​
as above, one fiver
30​
3​
Rufs
155​
30​
5​
SlowClimber
150​
no fivers
15​
6​
NBFC1962
137​
Pidcock, one fiver
10​
7​
SamuCuenca
106​
Healy, 2 fivers
5​
8​
Leadbelly
42​
2.5​
8​
RedheadDane
42​
2.5​
10​
Vladimir
40​
1​
11​
Ruvu
39​
12​
Laarsland
34​
12​
Ray10
34​
12​
Triley36
34​
15​
Madrazo
33​
16​
Abbulf
29​
16​
DJW
29​
16​
JonEzeitza
29​
19​
AmisVelo
28​
19​
Bminchow
28​
19​
DevilsElbow
28​
19​
Ingsve
28​
19​
Kazistuta
28​
24​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
23​
24​
Del1962
23​
24​
DJSprtsch
23​
24​
Onizuka
23​
28​
Armchair
18​
28​
Hfgon1
18​
28​
Peixotini
18​
28​
QueenStagiare
18​
28​
Shakes
18​
33​
Josedin
11​
CollectiveWisdom
31​
SoLastYear
0​
MainGamePop
29​


Standings
Green

1​
SamuCuenca
170​
(-)
2​
LosBrolin
113.5​
(+14)
3​
Search
100.75​
(+8)
4​
SlowClimber
95​
(-2)
5​
EvansIsTheBest
85.33​
(+3)
6​
Peixotini
69.75​
(-3)
7​
Bminchow
67.25​
(-3)
8​
AmisVelo
65.75​
(-3)
8​
Rufs
65.75​
(+5)
10​
Leadbelly
63​
(-4)


Overall

1​
SamuCuenca
492​
(-)
2​
Rufs
422​
(+6)
3​
Bminchow
405​
(-1)
4​
Ray10
397​
(-1)
5​
Leadbelly
390​
(-1)
6​
LosBrolin
378​
(+10)
7​
EvansIsTheBest
349​
(+11)
8​
Search
345​
(+11)
9​
SlowClimber
333​
(+11)
10​
Ingsve
323​
(-5)
11​
Del1962
305​
(-5)
12​
Laarsland
299​
(-3)
13​
AmisVelo
286​
(-3)
13​
Madrazo
286​
(-2)
15​
Josedin
282​
(-8)
16​
Hfgon1
267​
(-4)
17​
Abbulf
256​
(-4)
18​
DJSprtsch
239​
(-4)
19​
DevilsElbow
237​
(-4)
20​
Peixotini
217​
(-4)
21​
Armchair
200​
(-)
22​
NBFC1962
199​
(+11)
23​
Triley36
193​
(-1)
24​
JonEzeitza
175​
(-1)
25​
Kazistuta
173​
(-1)
25​
Vladimir
173​
(-)
27​
RedheadDane
166​
(+1)
28​
Onizuka
151​
(-2)
29​
QueenStagiare
146​
(-3)
30​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
121​
(-1)
31​
Ruvu
114​
(+1)
32​
DJW
109​
(-1)
33​
Shakes
102​
(-3)
CollectiveWisdom
466​
SoLastYear
30​
MainGamePop
64​


Those mathematically selected teams are being left well adrift already.

Next up is a double header on Wednesday week: Nokere Koerse and Milan-Torino (with Superga this time).
Enjoy P-N and T-A until then.
 
I didn't expect to still be in the lead after Scaroni crashed out yesterday, but being the only one to have Healy helped me a lot. But we're in the early stages and once we reach the mountains, the green jersey could easily get in trouble.
 
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A busy few days: 5 races in 4 of them.

Today's pair in chronological order:
Race 7 Milano-Torino
Race Pos'nPtsTeams
2​
TULETT Ben
78​
14​
13​
JEGAT Jordan
16​
1​

1​
AmisVelo, Bminchow, Del1962, DevilsElbow, DJSprtsch, EvansIsTheBest, Ingsve, Kazistuta, Laarsland, Madrazo, Ray10, Rufs, SamuCuenca, Search
78​
16.14 green points​
15​
RedheadDane
16​
CollectiveWisdom
78​

Standings (for about an hour)
Green
The two that dropped in the table lack Tullett

1​
SamuCuenca
186.14​
(-)
2​
Search
116.89​
(+1)
3​
LosBrolin
113.5​
(-1)
4​
EvansIsTheBest
101.47​
(+1)
5​
SlowClimber
95​
(-1)
6​
Bminchow
83.39​
(+1)
7​
AmisVelo
81.89​
(+1)
7​
Rufs
81.89​
(+1)
9​
DJSprtsch
75.72​
(+2)
10​
DevilsElbow
71.47​
(+2)
Main
A very simple pattern in this one: is you scored, you moved up, unless you were already in the top 4, if not, you dropped unless you were already in the bottom 6

1​
SamuCuenca
570​
(-)
2​
Rufs
500​
(-)
3​
Bminchow
483​
(-)
4​
Ray10
475​
(-)
5​
EvansIsTheBest
427​
(+2)
6​
Search
423​
(+2)
7​
Ingsve
401​
(+3)
8​
Leadbelly
390​
(-3)
9​
Del1962
383​
(+2)
10​
LosBrolin
378​
(-4)
11​
Laarsland
377​
(+1)
12​
AmisVelo
364​
(+1)
12​
Madrazo
364​
(+1)
14​
SlowClimber
333​
(-5)
15​
DJSprtsch
317​
(+3)
16​
DevilsElbow
315​
(+3)
17​
Josedin
282​
(-2)
18​
Hfgon1
267​
(-2)
19​
Abbulf
256​
(-2)
20​
Kazistuta
251​
(+5)
21​
Peixotini
217​
(-1)
22​
Armchair
200​
(-1)
23​
NBFC1962
199​
(-1)
24​
Triley36
193​
(-1)
25​
RedheadDane
182​
(+2)
26​
JonEzeitza
175​
(-2)
27​
Vladimir
173​
(-2)
28​
Onizuka
151​
(-)
29​
QueenStagiare
146​
(-)
30​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
121​
(-)
31​
Ruvu
114​
(-)
32​
DJW
109​
(-)
33​
Shakes
102​
(-)
CollectiveWisdom
544​
SoLastYear
30​
MainGamePop
64​
 
Race 8: Nokere Koerse

After 7 unsuccessful races, we have a race winner who actually got picked
Race Pos'nPtsTeams
1​
EEKHOFF Nils
130​
1​
3​
LAMPERTI Luke
66​
1​
7​
ASKEY Lewis
40​
1​
8​
DAINESE Alberto
34​
1​
12​
RENARD Alexis
18​
2​
13​
LIVYNS Arjen
16​
1​

So it should be obvious who the scoring teams selected
1​
Onizuka
130​
80​
2​
Shakes
66​
50​
3​
Vladimir
40​
35​
4​
Kazistuta
34​
25​
5​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
18​
12.5​
5​
NBFC1962
18​
12.5​
7​
LosBrolin
16​
5​

Standings
Green
Before this result there were 4 teams still without any green points, but two of them were the top two here

1​
SamuCuenca
186.14​
(-)
2​
LosBrolin
118.5​
(+1)
3​
Search
116.89​
(-1)
4​
EvansIsTheBest
101.47​
(-)
5​
SlowClimber
95​
(-)
6​
Bminchow
83.39​
(-)
7​
AmisVelo
81.89​
(-)
7​
Rufs
81.89​
(-)
9​
Onizuka
80​
(+21)
10​
DJSprtsch
75.72​
(-1)


Main
Of those in the top half of the table, only Los Brolin scored.
1​
SamuCuenca
570​
(-)
2​
Rufs
500​
(-)
3​
Bminchow
483​
(-)
4​
Ray10
475​
(-)
5​
EvansIsTheBest
427​
(-)
6​
Search
423​
(-)
7​
Ingsve
401​
(-)
8​
LosBrolin
394​
(+2)
9​
Leadbelly
390​
(-1)
10​
Del1962
383​
(-1)
11​
Laarsland
377​
(-)
12​
AmisVelo
364​
(-)
12​
Madrazo
364​
(-)
14​
SlowClimber
333​
(-)
15​
DJSprtsch
317​
(-)
16​
DevilsElbow
315​
(-)
17​
Kazistuta
285​
(+3)
18​
Josedin
282​
(-1)
19​
Onizuka
281​
(+9)
20​
Hfgon1
267​
(-2)
21​
Abbulf
256​
(-2)
22​
NBFC1962
217​
(+1)
22​
Peixotini
217​
(-1)
24​
Vladimir
213​
(+3)
25​
Armchair
200​
(-3)
26​
Triley36
193​
(-2)
27​
RedheadDane
182​
(-2)
28​
JonEzeitza
175​
(-2)
29​
Shakes
168​
(+4)
30​
QueenStagiare
146​
(-1)
31​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
139​
(-1)
32​
Ruvu
114​
(-1)
33​
DJW
109​
(-1)
CollectiveWisdom
544​
SoLastYear
50​
MainGamePop
64​

Denain tomorrow, then Koksijde on Friday and the main event of the week, Milan-San Remo, on Saturday. Hopefully there will be some more interesting scoring in one of them.
 
Race 9 GP de Denain

That's more like it: 4 of the first 5 were selected, and one of them was the most popular pick in the game.

Race Pos'nPtsTeams
1​
BRENNAN Matthew
130​
2​
3​
DE BONDT Dries
66​
1​
4​
VERMEERSCH Florian
58​
30​
5​
VAN MOER Brent
52​
1​
10​
ASKEY Lewis
24​
1​
11​
DE SCHUYTENEER Steffen
20​
2​
23​
VAN MECHELEN Vlad
5​
2​
25​
DEL GROSSO Tibor
5​
1​
30​
RENARD Alexis
5​
2​

Two teams with the winner this time, and the highest scores from one race yet in this edition.
1​
Laarsland
208​
Brennan, Vermeersch and De Schuyteneer
80​
2​
Abbulf
188​
Brennan & Vermeersch
50​
3​
DJW
144​
De Bondt, Vermeesch and De Schuyteneer
35​
4​
RedheadDane
110​
Vermeersch and Van Moer
25​
5​
Vladimir
82​
Vermeersch and Askey
15​
6​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
63​
6​
6​
JonEzeitza
63​
6​
6​
LosBrolin
63​
6​
9​
AmisVelo
58​
0.14​
9​
Armchair
58​
0.14​
9​
Bminchow
58​
0.14​
9​
Del1962
58​
0.14​
9​
DevilsElbow
58​
0.14​
9​
DJSprtsch
58​
0.14​
9​
EvansIsTheBest
58​
0.14​
9​
Hfgon1
58​
0.14​
9​
Ingsve
58​
0.14​
9​
Kazistuta
58​
0.14​
9​
Leadbelly
58​
0.14​
9​
Madrazo
58​
0.14​
9​
Onizuka
58​
0.14​
9​
Peixotini
58​
0.14​
9​
QueenStagiare
58​
0.14​
9​
Ray10
58​
0.14​
9​
Rufs
58​
0.14​
9​
Ruvu
58​
0.14​
9​
Search
58​
0.14​
9​
Shakes
58​
0.14​
9​
SlowClimber
58​
0.14​
9​
Triley36
58​
0.14​
31​
NBFC1962
10​
32​
Josedin
0​
32​
SamuCuenca
0​
CollectiveWisdom
58​
SoLastYear
0​
MainGamePop
58​


Standings
Green
So many people being joint ninth means that we are finally all off the mark, and my habit is to celebrate that landmark by giving the full table. Even if it does become an act of self-humiliation

1​
SamuCuenca
186.14​
(-)
2​
Laarsland
130.14​
(+15)
3​
LosBrolin
124.5​
(-1)
4​
Search
117.03​
(-1)
5​
EvansIsTheBest
101.61​
(-1)
6​
SlowClimber
95.14​
(-1)
7​
Bminchow
83.53​
(-1)
8​
AmisVelo
82.03​
(-1)
8​
Rufs
82.03​
(-1)
10​
Onizuka
80.14​
(-1)
11​
Vladimir
76​
(+5)
12​
DJSprtsch
75.86​
(-2)
13​
DevilsElbow
71.61​
(-2)
14​
Peixotini
69.89​
(-2)
15​
Ray10
68.78​
(-2)
16​
Ingsve
63.78​
(-2)
17​
Leadbelly
63.14​
(-2)
18​
Abbulf
62.5​
(+8)
19​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
53.5​
(+1)
20​
Shakes
50.14​
(-2)
21​
Del1962
48.78​
(-2)
22​
Kazistuta
42.03​
(-1)
22​
Madrazo
42.03​
(-1)
24​
DJW
35​
(+8)
25​
RedheadDane
31.75​
(+3)
26​
NBFC1962
22.5​
(-3)
27​
Hfgon1
20.64​
(-3)
28​
Josedin
19.5​
(-3)
29​
Triley36
10.64​
(-2)
30​
JonEzeitza
9​
(+1)
31​
QueenStagiare
4.39​
(-2)
31​
Ruvu
4.39​
(-2)
33​
Armchair
0.14​
(-1)
Overall
A change at the top, as the two teams with Brennan both make 10 place leaps forward, and Samu Cuenca's rare status as an non-picker of Vermeersch comes into play.

1​
Laarsland
585​
(+10)
2​
SamuCuenca
570​
(-1)
3​
Rufs
558​
(-1)
4​
Bminchow
541​
(-1)
5​
Ray10
533​
(-1)
6​
EvansIsTheBest
485​
(-1)
7​
Search
481​
(-1)
8​
Ingsve
459​
(-1)
9​
LosBrolin
457​
(-1)
10​
Leadbelly
448​
(-1)
11​
Abbulf
444​
(+10)
12​
Del1962
441​
(-2)
13​
AmisVelo
422​
(-1)
13​
Madrazo
422​
(-1)
15​
SlowClimber
391​
(-1)
16​
DJSprtsch
375​
(-1)
17​
DevilsElbow
373​
(-1)
18​
Kazistuta
343​
(-1)
19​
Onizuka
339​
(-)
20​
Hfgon1
325​
(-)
21​
Vladimir
295​
(+3)
22​
RedheadDane
292​
(+5)
23​
Josedin
282​
(-5)
24​
Peixotini
275​
(-2)
25​
Armchair
258​
(-)
26​
DJW
253​
(+7)
27​
Triley36
251​
(-1)
28​
JonEzeitza
238​
(-)
29​
NBFC1962
227​
(-7)
30​
Shakes
226​
(-1)
31​
QueenStagiare
204​
(-1)
32​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
202​
(-1)
33​
Ruvu
172​
(-1)
CollectiveWisdom
602​
SoLastYear
50​
MainGamePop
122​

I'm surprised to see that only 38% of tomorrow's field were in this race (I had sort of assumed that the three northern races this week had the same cast), so it'll be different. But to whose advantage?
 
1​
Laarsland
208​
Brennan, Vermeersch and De Schuyteneer
80​
2​
Abbulf
188​
Brennan & Vermeersch
50​
3​
DJW
144​
De Bondt, Vermeesch and De Schuyteneer
35​
4​
RedheadDane
110​
Vermeersch and Van Moer
25​
5​
Vladimir
82​
Vermeersch and Askey
15​

So, we all picked F. Vermeersch, while none of us picked G. Vermeersch?
Also, what do the second and third number collumn mean?
 

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