2025 Spring Classics CQ game

[Shakes]

Looks like @Shakes, as the only manager to pick Lamperti, will be the main beneficiary of today's race. And Florian Vermeersch again making a mockery of the green points by creating a huge tie for positions behind him.

And he was an accident, I thought I picked Magnier! Confused the two somehow when picking riders.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Race 10 Brendene-Koksijde Classic

Scores would probably have been quite a bit lower had the catch happened

Race Pos'n	Pts	Teams
2​	LAMPERTI Luke	78​	1​
3​	EEKHOFF Nils	66​	1​
6​	VERMEERSCH Florian	46​	30​
17​	DAINESE Alberto	9​	1​
19​	VANGHELUWE Warre	7​	1​
20​	MARIT Arne	6​	1​
30​	RACCAGNI NOVIERO Andrea	5​	1​

Points today:

1​	Shakes	124​		80 green pts​
2​	Onizuka	112​		50​
3​	Kazistuta	55​		35​
4​	JonEzeitza	53​		25​
5​	SlowClimber	52​		15​
6​	Ray10	51​		10​
7=​	The rest with Vermeersch	46​		0.46​
31=​	Josedin, NBFC1962, SamuCuenca	0​
	CollectiveWisdom	46​
	SoLastYear	34​
	MainGamePop	46​

Standings

Green
Lacking Vermeersch is not holding Samu up in this classification

1​	SamuCuenca	186.14​	(-)
2​	Laarsland	130.6​	(-)
3​	Onizuka	130.14​	(+7)
3​	Shakes	130.14​	(+17)
5​	LosBrolin	124.96​	(-2)
6​	Search	117.49​	(-2)
7​	SlowClimber	110.14​	(-1)
8​	EvansIsTheBest	102.07​	(-3)
9​	Bminchow	83.99​	(-2)
10​	AmisVelo	82.49​	(-2)
10​	Rufs	82.49​	(-2)

Overall
Most teams got the same score, so not many positional changes. Some not insignificant ones though.

1​	Laarsland	631​	(-)
2​	Rufs	604​	(+1)
3​	Bminchow	587​	(+1)
4​	Ray10	584​	(+1)
5​	SamuCuenca	570​	(-3)
6​	EvansIsTheBest	531​	(-)
7​	Search	527​	(-)
8​	Ingsve	505​	(-)
9​	LosBrolin	503​	(-)
10​	Leadbelly	494​	(-)
11​	Abbulf	490​	(-)
12​	Del1962	487​	(-)
13​	AmisVelo	468​	(-)
13​	Madrazo	468​	(-)
15​	Onizuka	451​	(+4)
16​	SlowClimber	443​	(-1)
17​	DJSprtsch	421​	(-1)
18​	DevilsElbow	419​	(-1)
19​	Kazistuta	398​	(-1)
20​	Hfgon1	371​	(-)
21​	Shakes	350​	(+9)
22​	Vladimir	341​	(-1)
23​	RedheadDane	338​	(-1)
24​	Peixotini	321​	(-)
25​	Armchair	304​	(-)
26​	DJW	299​	(-)
27​	Triley36	297​	(-)
28​	JonEzeitza	291​	(-)
29​	Josedin	282​	(-6)
30​	QueenStagiare	250​	(+1)
31​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	248​	(+1)
32​	NBFC1962	227​	(-3)
33​	Ruvu	218​	(-)
	CollectiveWisdom	648​
	SoLastYear	84​
	MainGamePop	168​

The first of the big events is tomorrow, but the main favourites are very expensive, so largely unpicked. There should be some shake-up though.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Race 11 Milan-San Remo

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
2​	GANNA Filippo	170​	2​
10​	WRIGHT Fred	62​	2​
11​	TEUNISSEN Mike	54​	1​
16​	TULETT Ben	32​	14​
21​	GARCIA CORTINA Ivan	22​	3​
23​	STUYVEN Jasper	18​	1​
25​	LIVYNS Arjen	14​	1​

And 24 other finishers were also picked earning 5 pts each.

Points gained:

1​	SamuCuenca	207pts​	Ganna, Tulett, 1x5	80 green pts​
2​	Armchair	180​	Ganna, 2x5	50​
3​	DJSprtsch	101​	Teunissen, Tulett, 3x5	35​
4​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	89​	Wright, Garcia, 1x5	25​
5​	LosBrolin	86​	Wright, Livyns, 2x5	15​
6​	DevilsElbow	65​	Tulett, Stuyven, 3x5	10​
7​	AmisVelo	52​		4​
7​	Search	52​		4​
9​	Bminchow	47​		2​
10​	EvansIsTheBest	42​		0.25​
10​	Kazistuta	42​		0.25​
10​	Laarsland	42​		0.25​
10​	Madrazo	42​		0.25​
14​	Ingsve	37​
14​	Peixotini	37​
14​	Ray10	37​
14​	Rufs	37​
18​	Del1962	32​
18​	Ruvu	32​
20​	Hfgon1	20​
20​	QueenStagiare	20​
20​	SlowClimber	20​
20​	Triley36	20​
20​	Vladimir	20​
25​	Shakes	15​
26​	Leadbelly	10​
26​	NBFC1962	10​
28​	Abbulf	5​
28​	RedheadDane	5​
	CollectiveWisdom	45​
	SoLastYear	36​

Standings
Green
Three outright wins (and a 1/14th share of the win in Milano-Torino) gives Samu Cuenca a strong position here

1​	SamuCuenca	266.14​	(-)
2​	LosBrolin	139.96​	(+3)
3​	Laarsland	130.85​	(-1)
4​	Onizuka	130.14​	(-1)
4​	Shakes	130.14​	(-1)
6​	Search	121.49​	(-)
7​	DJSprtsch	111.32​	(+8)
8​	SlowClimber	110.14​	(-1)
9​	EvansIsTheBest	102.32​	(-1)
10​	AmisVelo	86.49​	(-)

Overall

I'll admit, when I saw @Samu Cuenca 's team initially, I asked myself, not for the first time, "What is the theme here?" Not all Basques or a self-imposed restriction of one rider per nation; maybe they all share a forename with characters in some soap opera I have never watched. With 7 unique picks and two others that are very rare, this seemed an eccentric bunch deemed to a low position, perhaps duelling with RhD (the only team lower in popularity scores) for last place. How wrong I was: there he is leading in both categories, flouting conventional wisdom and the only manager ahead of Collective Wisdom.

1​	SamuCuenca	777​	(+4)
2​	Laarsland	673​	(-1)
3​	Rufs	641​	(-1)
4​	Bminchow	634​	(-1)
5​	Ray10	621​	(-1)
6​	LosBrolin	589​	(+3)
7​	Search	579​	(-)
8​	EvansIsTheBest	573​	(-2)
9​	Ingsve	542​	(-1)
10​	DJSprtsch	522​	(+7)
11​	AmisVelo	520​	(+2)
12​	Del1962	519​	(-)
13​	Madrazo	510​	(-)
14​	Leadbelly	504​	(-4)
15​	Abbulf	495​	(-4)
16​	Armchair	484​	(+9)
16​	DevilsElbow	484​	(+2)
18​	SlowClimber	463​	(-2)
19​	Onizuka	451​	(-4)
20​	Kazistuta	440​	(-1)
21​	Hfgon1	391​	(-1)
22​	Shakes	365​	(-1)
23​	Vladimir	361​	(-1)
24​	Peixotini	358​	(-)
25​	RedheadDane	343​	(-2)
26​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	337​	(+5)
27​	Triley36	317​	(-)
28​	DJW	299​	(-2)
29​	JonEzeitza	291​	(-1)
30​	Josedin	282​	(-1)
31​	QueenStagiare	270​	(-1)
32​	Ruvu	250​	(+1)
33​	NBFC1962	237​	(-1)
	CollectiveWisdom	692​
	SoLastYear	120​
	MainGamePop	168​

After a busy spell, a few days' rest before the De Panne/E3/Gent-Wevelgem triptych.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Race 11 Milan-San Remo

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
2​	GANNA Filippo	170​	2​
10​	WRIGHT Fred	62​	2​
11​	TEUNISSEN Mike	54​	1​
16​	TULETT Ben	32​	14​
21​	GARCIA CORTINA Ivan	22​	3​
23​	STUYVEN Jasper	18​	1​
25​	LIVYNS Arjen	14​	1​

And 24 other finishers were also picked earning 5 pts each.

Points gained:

1​	SamuCuenca	207pts​	Ganna, Tulett, 1x5	80 green pts​
2​	Armchair	180​	Ganna, 2x5	50​
3​	DJSprtsch	101​	Teunissen, Tulett, 3x5	35​
4​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	89​	Wright, Garcia, 1x5	25​
5​	LosBrolin	86​	Wright, Livyns, 2x5	15​
6​	DevilsElbow	65​	Tulett, Stuyven, 3x5	10​
7​	AmisVelo	52​		4​
7​	Search	52​		4​
9​	Bminchow	47​		2​
10​	EvansIsTheBest	42​		0.25​
10​	Kazistuta	42​		0.25​
10​	Laarsland	42​		0.25​
10​	Madrazo	42​		0.25​
14​	Ingsve	37​
14​	Peixotini	37​
14​	Ray10	37​
14​	Rufs	37​
18​	Del1962	32​
18​	Ruvu	32​
20​	Hfgon1	20​
20​	QueenStagiare	20​
20​	SlowClimber	20​
20​	Triley36	20​
20​	Vladimir	20​
25​	Shakes	15​
26​	Leadbelly	10​
26​	NBFC1962	10​
28​	Abbulf	5​
28​	RedheadDane	5​
	CollectiveWisdom	45​
	SoLastYear	36​

Standings
Green
Three outright wins (and a 1/14th share of the win in Milano-Torino) gives Samu Cuenca a strong position here

1​	SamuCuenca	266.14​	(-)
2​	LosBrolin	139.96​	(+3)
3​	Laarsland	130.85​	(-1)
4​	Onizuka	130.14​	(-1)
4​	Shakes	130.14​	(-1)
6​	Search	121.49​	(-)
7​	DJSprtsch	111.32​	(+8)
8​	SlowClimber	110.14​	(-1)
9​	EvansIsTheBest	102.32​	(-1)
10​	AmisVelo	86.49​	(-)

Overall

I'll admit, when I saw @Samu Cuenca 's team initially, I asked myself, not for the first time, "What is the theme here?" Not all Basques or a self-imposed restriction of one rider per nation; maybe they all share a forename with characters in some soap opera I have never watched. With 7 unique picks and two others that are very rare, this seemed an eccentric bunch deemed to a low position, perhaps duelling with RhD (the only team lower in popularity scores) for last place. How wrong I was: there he is leading in both categories, flouting conventional wisdom and the only manager ahead of Collective Wisdom.

1​	SamuCuenca	777​	(+4)
2​	Laarsland	673​	(-1)
3​	Rufs	641​	(-1)
4​	Bminchow	634​	(-1)
5​	Ray10	621​	(-1)
6​	LosBrolin	589​	(+3)
7​	Search	579​	(-)
8​	EvansIsTheBest	573​	(-2)
9​	Ingsve	542​	(-1)
10​	DJSprtsch	522​	(+7)
11​	AmisVelo	520​	(+2)
12​	Del1962	519​	(-)
13​	Madrazo	510​	(-)
14​	Leadbelly	504​	(-4)
15​	Abbulf	495​	(-4)
16​	Armchair	484​	(+9)
16​	DevilsElbow	484​	(+2)
18​	SlowClimber	463​	(-2)
19​	Onizuka	451​	(-4)
20​	Kazistuta	440​	(-1)
21​	Hfgon1	391​	(-1)
22​	Shakes	365​	(-1)
23​	Vladimir	361​	(-1)
24​	Peixotini	358​	(-)
25​	RedheadDane	343​	(-2)
26​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	337​	(+5)
27​	Triley36	317​	(-)
28​	DJW	299​	(-2)
29​	JonEzeitza	291​	(-1)
30​	Josedin	282​	(-1)
31​	QueenStagiare	270​	(-1)
32​	Ruvu	250​	(+1)
33​	NBFC1962	237​	(-1)
	CollectiveWisdom	692​
	SoLastYear	120​
	MainGamePop	168​

After a busy spell, a few days' rest before the De Panne/E3/Gent-Wevelgem triptych.

No one is more surprised than me. I've picked riders I hadn't picked for any of the other ongoing games, but in my attempt of correcting the failure of forgetting about Seixas for the ERG, I once again slept on Brennan.

 

[bminchow]

No one is more surprised than me. I've picked riders I hadn't picked for any of the other ongoing games, but in my attempt of correcting the failure of forgetting about Seixas for the ERG, I once again slept on Brennan.

Samu, you are hot in all the games! Well done.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Race 12 Brugge - De Panne
Halfway point of our series

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
3​	MIHKELS Madis	92​	1 (TRiley)​
7​	RENARD Alexis	54​	2 (BitB, NBFC)​
8​	REX Laurenz	46​	2 (Hfgon, NBFC)​
10​	WELSFORD Sam	36​	1 (Ray)​
15​	LAMPERTI Luke	20​	1 (Shakes)​
25​	BALLERINI Davide	6​	11​

and 19 fivers

NBFC comes top by the Astana tactic. Top and bottom in the overall after the previous event swap position for today's points

1​	NBFC1962	115​	80​
2​	Triley36	107​	50​
3​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	70​	35​
4​	Hfgon1	56​	25​
5​	Ray10	46​	15​
6​	Shakes	41​	10​
7​	Peixotini	31​	5​
8​	JonEzeitza	25​	3​
9​	Armchair	20​	1.5​
9​	DJSprtsch	20​	1.5​
11​	DevilsElbow	16​
11​	Ingsve	16​
11​	Laarsland	16​
11​	Madrazo	16​
11​	Ruvu	16​
16​	Bminchow	15​
16​	Del1962	15​
16​	DJW	15​
16​	Kazistuta	15​
16​	QueenStagiare	15​
16​	RedheadDane	15​
22​	Search	11​
22​	SlowClimber	11​
22​	Vladimir	11​
25​	Abbulf	10​
25​	AmisVelo	10​
25​	EvansIsTheBest	10​
25​	Josedin	10​
25​	Leadbelly	10​
25​	LosBrolin	10​
25​	Onizuka	10​
32​	Rufs	5​
33​	SamuCuenca	0​
	CollectiveWisdom	16​
	SoLastYear	29​
	MainGamePop	5​

Standings
Green

1​	SamuCuenca	266.14​	(-)
2​	Shakes	140.14​	(+2)
3​	LosBrolin	139.96​	(-1)
4​	Laarsland	130.85​	(-1)
5​	Onizuka	130.14​	(-1)
6​	Search	121.49​	(-)
7​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	113.96​	(+7)
8​	DJSprtsch	112.82​	(-1)
9​	SlowClimber	110.14​	(-1)
10​	NBFC1962	102.5​	(+18)

Overall

1​	SamuCuenca	777​	(-)
2​	Laarsland	689​	(-)
3​	Ray10	667​	(+2)
4​	Bminchow	649​	(-)
5​	Rufs	646​	(-2)
6​	LosBrolin	599​	(-)
7​	Search	590​	(-)
8​	EvansIsTheBest	583​	(-)
9​	Ingsve	558​	(-)
10​	DJSprtsch	542​	(-)
11​	Del1962	534​	(+1)
12​	AmisVelo	530​	(-1)
13​	Madrazo	526​	(-)
14​	Leadbelly	514​	(-)
15​	Abbulf	505​	(-)
16​	Armchair	504​	(-)
17​	DevilsElbow	500​	(-1)
18​	SlowClimber	474​	(-)
19​	Onizuka	461​	(-)
20​	Kazistuta	455​	(-)
21​	Hfgon1	447​	(-)
22​	Triley36	424​	(+5)
23​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	407​	(+3)
24​	Shakes	406​	(-2)
25​	Peixotini	389​	(-1)
26​	Vladimir	372​	(-3)
27​	RedheadDane	358​	(-2)
28​	NBFC1962	352​	(+5)
29​	JonEzeitza	316​	(-)
30​	DJW	314​	(-2)
31​	Josedin	292​	(-1)
32​	QueenStagiare	285​	(-1)
33​	Ruvu	266​	(-1)
	CollectiveWisdom	708​
	SoLastYear	139​
	MainGamePop	173​

If it's Friday, it must be E3

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Race 13 E3 Harelbeke

Race Pos'n	Pts	Teams
3​	GANNA Filippo	112​	2 (Armchair, Samu)​
5​	STUYVEN Jasper	86​	1 (Devil's Elbow)​
10​	TEUNISSEN Mike	46​	1 (DJSprtsch)​
12​	NAESEN Oliver	35​	1 (Queen Stagiare)​
15​	VAN AERT Wout	24​	19​
19​	VAN DIJKE Tim	17​	4​
20​	BENOOT Tiesj	16​	3​
21​	LOUVEL Matîs	15​	4​
23​	LIVYNS Arjen	13​	1​
24​	VERMEERSCH Florian	12​	30​
25​	GARCIA CORTINA Ivan	11​	3​
29​	TURGIS Anthony	7​	1​

and 26 fivers

And something that is much more of a surprise than a MvdP 40 km solo:

		This race	Main scorers	Green points
1​	Armchair	141​	Ganna, Vermeersch, Turgis	80​
2​	DevilsElbow	137​	Stuyven, Van Aert, Vermeersch	50​
3​	SamuCuenca	112​	Ganna	35​
4​	DJSprtsch	107​	Teunissen, Van Art, Louvel, Vermeersch	25​
5​	DJW	94​	Van Aert, Van Dijke, Benoot, Vermeersch	15​
6​	QueenStagiare	84​	Naesen, Van Dijke, Vermeersch	10​
7​	Ingsve	73​		4​
7​	Ruvu	73​		4​
9​	Peixotini	72​		2​
10​	AmisVelo	66​		1​
11​	Del1962	61​
11​	Kazistuta	61​
13​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	54​
14​	Triley36	51​
14​	Vladimir	51​
16​	EvansIsTheBest	46​
16​	Hfgon1	46​
16​	Madrazo	46​
19​	Abbulf	41​
19​	Laarsland	41​
19​	Ray10	41​
19​	Shakes	41​
19​	SlowClimber	41​
24​	LosBrolin	40​
25​	Rufs	39​
26​	Bminchow	27​
26​	JonEzeitza	27​
26​	RedheadDane	27​
29​	NBFC1962	25​
30​	Leadbelly	17​
30​	Onizuka	17​
30​	Search	17​
33​	Josedin	5​
	CollectiveWisdom	46​
	SoLastYear	33​
	MainGamePop	41​

Standings
Green

1​	SamuCuenca	301.14​	(-)
2​	Shakes	140.14​	(-)
3​	LosBrolin	139.96​	(-)
4​	DJSprtsch	137.82​	(+4)
5​	Armchair	132.1​	(+19)
6​	DevilsElbow	132.07​	(+10)
7​	Laarsland	130.85​	(-3)
8​	Onizuka	130.14​	(-3)
9​	Search	121.49​	(-3)
10​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	113.96​	(-3)

Very close for the minor positions, but Samu seems to be running away with this.


Overall:
Samu in a very strong position here as well, but wins are worth up to 280 points, so still plenty of opportunity for change.

1​	SamuCuenca	889​	(-)
2​	Laarsland	730​	(-)
3​	Ray10	708​	(-)
4​	Rufs	685​	(+1)
5​	Bminchow	676​	(-1)
6​	DJSprtsch	649​	(+4)
7​	Armchair	645​	(+9)
8​	LosBrolin	639​	(-2)
9​	DevilsElbow	637​	(+8)
10​	Ingsve	631​	(-1)
11​	EvansIsTheBest	629​	(-3)
12​	Search	607​	(-5)
13​	AmisVelo	596​	(-1)
14​	Del1962	595​	(-3)
15​	Madrazo	572​	(-2)
16​	Abbulf	546​	(-1)
17​	Leadbelly	531​	(-3)
18​	Kazistuta	516​	(+2)
19​	SlowClimber	515​	(-1)
20​	Hfgon1	493​	(+1)
21​	Onizuka	478​	(-2)
22​	Triley36	475​	(-)
23​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	461​	(-)
23​	Peixotini	461​	(+2)
25​	Shakes	447​	(-1)
26​	Vladimir	423​	(-)
27​	DJW	408​	(+3)
28​	RedheadDane	385​	(-1)
29​	NBFC1962	377​	(-1)
30​	QueenStagiare	369​	(+2)
31​	JonEzeitza	343​	(-2)
32​	Ruvu	339​	(+1)
33​	Josedin	297​	(-2)
	CollectiveWisdom	754​
	SoLastYear	172​
	MainGamePop	214​

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Race 14 Gent-Wevelgem
A few more selected riders than usual, although none of the top 5 and only 2 of the top 10

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
6​	BALLERINI Davide	76​	11​
10​	REX Laurenz	46​	2​
11​	DEGENKOLB John	40​	3​
12​	TURGIS Anthony	35​	1​
14​	MIHKELS Madis	27​	1​
16​	TEUNISSEN Mike	21​	1​
17​	LOUVEL Matîs	19​	4​
19​	BENOOT Tiesj	17​	3​
21​	NAESEN Oliver	15​	1​
22​	DE BONDT Dries	14​	1​
23​	VERMEERSCH Florian	13​	30​
24​	GARCIA CORTINA Ivan	12​	3​
25​	TURNER Ben	11​	8​
27​	PITHIE Laurence	9​	1​

and 13 fivers

1​	Shakes	134​	Ballerini, Degenkolb, Vermeersch	65​
1​	SlowClimber	134​	Ballerini, Degenkolb, Vermeersch	65​
3​	Peixotini	130​	Ballerini, Louvel, Vermeersch, Garcia	35​
4​	Ruvu	129​	Ballerini, Benoot, Vermeersch, Garcia, Turner	25​
5​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	123​	Ballerini, Benoot, Vermeersch, Garcia	15​
6​	Madrazo	105​		10​
7​	Ingsve	104​		5​
8​	Search	100​		3​
9​	Hfgon1	99​		2​
10​	DevilsElbow	94​		1​
11​	Laarsland	89​
11​	Vladimir	89​
13​	AmisVelo	53​
13​	Armchair	53​
13​	DJSprtsch	53​
16​	NBFC1962	51​
16​	Triley36	51​
18​	DJW	49​
19​	Kazistuta	43​
20​	Bminchow	38​
20​	QueenStagiare	38​
22​	LosBrolin	34​
23​	Rufs	28​
24​	Del1962	23​
24​	JonEzeitza	23​
26​	Abbulf	18​
26​	Leadbelly	18​
26​	Onizuka	18​
26​	Ray10	18​
26​	RedheadDane	18​
31​	EvansIsTheBest	13​
32​	Josedin	5​
32​	SamuCuenca	5​
	CollectiveWisdom	100​
	SoLastYear	10​
	MainGamePop	13​

Standings
Green
Shakes and Slow climber each already have a race win, now they share one. They take the podium places.

1​	SamuCuenca	301.14​	(-)
2​	Shakes	205.14​	(-)
3​	SlowClimber	175.14​	(+8)
4​	LosBrolin	139.96​	(-1)
5​	DJSprtsch	137.82​	(-1)
6​	DevilsElbow	133.07​	(-)
7​	Armchair	132.1​	(-2)
8​	Laarsland	130.85​	(-1)
9​	Onizuka	130.14​	(-1)
10​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	128.96​	(-)

Overall
Samu is having a bit of a roller coaster here: not the first time he has been last in a race, but still top of GC.

1​	SamuCuenca	894​	(-)
2​	Laarsland	819​	(-)
3​	Ingsve	735​	(+7)
4​	DevilsElbow	731​	(+5)
5​	Ray10	726​	(-2)
6​	Bminchow	714​	(-1)
7​	Rufs	713​	(-3)
8​	Search	707​	(+4)
9​	DJSprtsch	702​	(-3)
10​	Armchair	698​	(-3)
11​	Madrazo	677​	(+4)
12​	LosBrolin	673​	(-4)
13​	AmisVelo	649​	(-)
13​	SlowClimber	649​	(+6)
15​	EvansIsTheBest	642​	(-4)
16​	Del1962	618​	(-2)
17​	Hfgon1	592​	(+3)
18​	Peixotini	591​	(+5)
19​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	584​	(+4)
20​	Shakes	581​	(+5)
21​	Abbulf	564​	(-5)
22​	Kazistuta	559​	(-4)
23​	Leadbelly	549​	(-6)
24​	Triley36	526​	(-2)
25​	Vladimir	512​	(+1)
26​	Onizuka	496​	(-5)
27​	Ruvu	468​	(+5)
28​	DJW	457​	(-1)
29​	NBFC1962	428​	(-)
30​	QueenStagiare	407​	(-)
31​	RedheadDane	403​	(-3)
32​	JonEzeitza	366​	(-1)
33​	Josedin	302​	(-)
	CollectiveWisdom	854​
	SoLastYear	182​
	MainGamePop	227​

Dwars door Vlaanderen on Wednesday. I'm not sure what dwars translates as: I suspect it is watered down Ronde.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I almost had two riders at the top of the cheese board, but that race is sadly only 1.1.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Race 15 Dwars door Vlaanderen (aka the Visma gift shop)

Relevant riders:

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
2​	VAN AERT Wout	108​	19​
3​	BENOOT Tiesj	92​	3 (BitB, DJW, Ruvu)​
6​	DEL GROSSO Tibor	62​	1 (Los Brolin)​
7​	DE BONDT Dries	54​	1 (DJW)​
8​	LIVYNS Arjen	46​	1 (Los Brolin)​
11​	TILLER Rasmus Fossum	30​	1 (Ingsve)​
14​	VAN DEN BERG Marijn	22​	1 (Search)​
15​	VAN DIJKE Mick	20​	2 (Ingsve, Rufs)​
16​	WRIGHT Fred	18​	2​
18​	STUYVEN Jasper	14​	1​
19​	LAMPAERT Yves	12​	2​
23​	VAN BAARLE Dylan	8​	17​

and 23 fivers

1​	DJW	272​	80​
2​	Ruvu	223​	50​
3​	Ingsve	171​	35​
4​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	140​	25​
5​	LosBrolin	139​	15​
6​	Peixotini	138​	10​
7​	DevilsElbow	135​	5​
8​	DJSprtsch	131​	3​
9​	Shakes	130​	2​
10​	SlowClimber	123​	1​
11​	AmisVelo	121​
11​	Madrazo	121​
13​	Hfgon1	118​
13​	Laarsland	118​
13​	Vladimir	118​
16​	Del1962	116​
16​	EvansIsTheBest	116​
16​	Kazistuta	116​
16​	Triley36	116​
20​	Ray10	113​
21​	Abbulf	108​
22​	Search	45​
23​	Rufs	28​
24​	NBFC1962	25​
25​	RedheadDane	20​
26​	Armchair	13​
27​	QueenStagiare	8​
28​	JonEzeitza	5​
28​	Leadbelly	5​
28​	Onizuka	5​
31​	Bminchow	0​
31​	Josedin	0​
31​	SamuCuenca	0​
	CollectiveWisdom	121​
	SoLastYear	20​
	MainGamePop	116​

Standings
Green
Getting the top score on a race doesn't guarantee appearance in this frame, but it is still fairly likely: DJW just sneaks in.

1​	SamuCuenca	301.14​	(-)
2​	Shakes	207.14​	(-)
3​	SlowClimber	176.14​	(-)
4​	LosBrolin	154.96​	(-)
5​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	153.96​	(+5)
6​	DJSprtsch	140.82​	(-1)
7​	DevilsElbow	138.07​	(-1)
8​	Armchair	132.1​	(-1)
9​	Laarsland	130.85​	(-1)
10​	DJW	130.46​	(+16)

Overall
Laarsland only had a couple of five pointers to supplement the pick of Van Aert, but he has been first in the queue to replace Samu for a while, so no great surprise that he becomes the new leader.

1​	Laarsland	937​	(+1)
2​	Ingsve	906​	(+1)
3​	SamuCuenca	894​	(-2)
4​	DevilsElbow	866​	(-)
5​	Ray10	839​	(-)
6​	DJSprtsch	833​	(+3)
7​	LosBrolin	812​	(+5)
8​	Madrazo	798​	(+3)
9​	SlowClimber	772​	(+4)
10​	AmisVelo	770​	(+3)
11​	EvansIsTheBest	758​	(+4)
12​	Search	752​	(-4)
13​	Rufs	741​	(-6)
14​	Del1962	734​	(+2)
15​	DJW	729​	(+13)
15​	Peixotini	729​	(+3)
17​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	724​	(+2)
18​	Bminchow	714​	(-12)
19​	Armchair	711​	(-9)
19​	Shakes	711​	(+1)
21​	Hfgon1	710​	(-4)
22​	Ruvu	691​	(+5)
23​	Kazistuta	675​	(-1)
24​	Abbulf	672​	(-3)
25​	Triley36	642​	(-1)
26​	Vladimir	630​	(-1)
27​	Leadbelly	554​	(-4)
28​	Onizuka	501​	(-2)
29​	NBFC1962	453​	(-)
30​	RedheadDane	423​	(+1)
31​	QueenStagiare	415​	(-1)
32​	JonEzeitza	371​	(-)
33​	Josedin	302​	(-)
	CollectiveWisdom	975​
	SoLastYear	202​
	MainGamePop	343​

I'm not expecting large scores from the Big Mig race on Saturday, and then on Sunday we see what our picks can glean after the too-expensive-to-choose riders have taken what they can on Sunday.

 

[laarsland]

And now for my fellow hometown farmboy Tord Gudmestad to start mopping up points too. Any day now

 

[RedheadDane]

How come nobody ever does this for this game?

My riders for Indurain (The race, not the guy)

Jegat
Mühlberger
Ryan

(Hopefully more in Flanders...)

 

[Kazistuta]

How come nobody ever does this for this game?

My riders for Indurain (The race, not the guy)

Jegat
Mühlberger
Ryan

(Hopefully more in Flanders...)

Maybe because it doesn't really bring anything to the discussion and mainly just is a personal way to track your riders. In my opinion it's pointless, to be honest, if there's not a debate involved in publishing your riders, it's just clouding up the thread. Might be just me, though...

 

[RedheadDane]

Maybe because it doesn't really bring anything to the discussion and mainly just is a personal way to track your riders. In my opinion it's pointless, to be honest, if there's not a debate involved in publishing your riders, it's just clouding up the thread. Might be just me, though...

Does it bring much to the discussion when people do it over in the Main Games Threads?
Seems to just be a tradition...

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Race 16 GP Miguel Indurain

I'm not expecting large scores from the Big Mig race on Saturday

Turns out I was the one player who should have expected a large score. Who'd a thot it?

Not many scorers, but first and third.

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
1​	NYS Thibau	130​	2​
3​	BAGIOLI Andrea	66​	10​
11​	RYAN Archie	20​	2​
18​	JEGAT Jordan	8​	1​

1​	Armchair	196​		80​
2​	Onizuka	130​		50​
3​	Abbulf	66​		10.66​
3​	DevilsElbow	66​		10.66​
3​	DJSprtsch	66​		10.66​
3​	EvansIsTheBest	66​		10.66​
3​	Hfgon1	66​		10.66​
3​	Leadbelly	66​		10.66​
3​	QueenStagiare	66​		10.66​
3​	SlowClimber	66​		10.66​
3​	Triley36	66​		10.66​
12​	RedheadDane	28​
13​	Kazistuta	20​
	CollectiveWisdom	66​

Standings

Green points

1​	SamuCuenca	301.14​	(-)
2​	Armchair	212.1​	(+6)
3​	Shakes	207.14​	(-1)
4​	SlowClimber	186.8​	(-1)
5​	Onizuka	180.14​	(+6)
6​	LosBrolin	154.96​	(-2)
7​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	153.96​	(-2)
8​	DJSprtsch	151.48​	(-2)
9​	DevilsElbow	148.73​	(-2)
10​	Laarsland	130.85​	(-1)

Overall
Leadbelly somehow manages to lose a place despite having Bagioli.
Two new teams onto the podium.

1​	Laarsland	937​	(-)
2​	DevilsElbow	932​	(+2)
3​	Armchair	907​	(+16)
4​	Ingsve	906​	(-2)
5​	DJSprtsch	899​	(+1)
6​	SamuCuenca	894​	(-3)
7​	Ray10	839​	(-2)
8​	SlowClimber	838​	(+1)
9​	EvansIsTheBest	824​	(+2)
10​	LosBrolin	812​	(-3)
11​	Madrazo	798​	(-3)
12​	Hfgon1	776​	(+9)
13​	AmisVelo	770​	(-3)
14​	Search	752​	(-2)
15​	Rufs	741​	(-2)
16​	Abbulf	738​	(+8)
17​	Del1962	734​	(-3)
18​	DJW	729​	(-3)
18​	Peixotini	729​	(-3)
20​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	724​	(-3)
21​	Bminchow	714​	(-3)
22​	Shakes	711​	(-3)
23​	Triley36	708​	(+2)
24​	Kazistuta	695​	(-1)
25​	Ruvu	691​	(-3)
26​	Onizuka	631​	(+2)
27​	Vladimir	630​	(-1)
28​	Leadbelly	620​	(-1)
29​	QueenStagiare	481​	(+2)
30​	NBFC1962	453​	(-1)
31​	RedheadDane	451​	(-1)
32​	JonEzeitza	371​	(-)
33​	Josedin	302​	(-)
	CollectiveWisdom	1041​
	SoLastYear	202​
	MainGamePop	343​

We are now 2/3 of the way through the series of races, but we still have 3 of the 4 monument level events to go, while we have 9 of the 11 non-WT races out of the way. Not sure that I can promise that that means the point scoring will accelerate.