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2025 Spring Classics CQ game

Page 4 - Get up to date with the latest news, scores & standings from the Cycling News Community.
Race 19 Paris-Roubaix Sorry for the delay, but it was Paris-Roubaix, so you won't have forgotten what happened

Race Pos'nPtsTeams
4​
VAN AERT Wout
125​
19​
5​
VERMEERSCH Florian
112​
30​
9​
WRIGHT Fred
70​
2​
10​
REX Laurenz
62​
2​
13​
GANNA Filippo
42​
2​
14​
MIHKELS Madis
38​
1​
16​
TEUNISSEN Mike
32​
1​
18​
VAN DIJKE Mick
28​
2​
22​
DE BONDT Dries
20​
1​
24​
MORGADO Antonio Tomas
16​
22​
28​
LAMPAERT Yves
8​
2​
30​
VAN DIJKE Tim
6​
4​
and 23 other finishers for five.


This has been by far the biggest contribution of points to the scores, worth more than 460 Scheldeprijses (Scheldeprisen?)
Van Aert and Vermeersch both featured in the top 19 teams here.
1​
Hfgon1
315​
Rex, Morgado
80​
2​
Triley36
301​
Mihkels, Morgado
50​
3​
Ingsve
297​
both Van Dijkes, Morgado
35​
4​
DJW
289​
De Bondt, Morgado
25​
5​
DJSprtsch
284​
Teunissen
15​
6​
AmisVelo
273​
7.5​
6​
Del1962
273​
7.5​
8​
Peixotini
266​
3​
9​
DevilsElbow
263​
0.75​
9​
Kazistuta
263​
0.75​
9​
Madrazo
263​
0.75​
9​
Ray10
263​
0.75​
13​
Abbulf
258​
13​
EvansIsTheBest
258​
15​
Ruvu
247​
16​
Shakes
245​
17​
Laarsland
242​
17​
SlowClimber
242​
17​
Vladimir
242​
20​
LosBrolin
208​
21​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
197​
22​
Armchair
180​
23​
QueenStagiare
159​
24​
Rufs
156​
25​
JonEzeitza
143​
26​
Bminchow
133​
27​
Leadbelly
128​
27​
Onizuka
128​
29​
Search
127​
30​
RedheadDane
122​
31​
NBFC1962
88​
32​
SamuCuenca
42​
33​
Josedin
26​
CollectiveWisdom
261​
SoLastYear
0​
MainGamePop
242​

Standings

What I said about Roubaix enormously outscoring Scheldeprijs doesn't apply here of course. I think this is the first race where an outright top score hasn't pushed that manager into the top 10, so I'll give a top 15:
1​
SamuCuenca
301.14​
(-)
2​
Armchair
267.1​
(-)
3​
Shakes
208.14​
(-)
4​
DevilsElbow
199.48​
(-)
5​
SlowClimber
186.8​
(-)
6​
Onizuka
180.14​
(-)
7​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
178.96​
(-)
8​
DJW
170.46​
(+4)
9​
DJSprtsch
168.48​
(+2)
10​
Ruvu
163.85​
(-2)
11​
Peixotini
160.35​
(-2)
12​
LosBrolin
154.96​
(-2)
13​
Ingsve
153.24​
(+3)
14​
Hfgon1
138.76​
(+14)
15​
Vladimir
134.46​
(-2)

Overall points
Evereyone in the top twelve here has both Van Aert and F Vermeersch, so that rather flattened out the changes that so many other points might have been expected to bring about.

1​
DevilsElbow
1514​
(-)
2​
Ingsve
1431​
(-)
3​
DJSprtsch
1391​
(+1)
4​
Laarsland
1371​
(-1)
5​
Ruvu
1320​
(-)
6​
Madrazo
1278​
(+1)
7​
Peixotini
1277​
(+2)
8​
SlowClimber
1272​
(-2)
9​
DJW
1268​
(+2)
10​
Ray10
1242​
(+1)
11​
Hfgon1
1238​
(+5)
12​
EvansIsTheBest
1222​
(+2)
13​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
1201​
(-3)
14​
AmisVelo
1198​
(+1)
15​
Armchair
1192​
(-7)
16​
Del1962
1157​
(+2)
17​
Triley36
1154​
(+4)
18​
Shakes
1153​
(-1)
19​
Abbulf
1136​
(-)
20​
Kazistuta
1103​
(+3)
21​
Vladimir
1089​
(+1)
22​
LosBrolin
1068​
(-2)
23​
SamuCuenca
1021​
(-12)
24​
Search
956​
(-)
25​
Rufs
929​
(+1)
26​
Bminchow
921​
(-1)
27​
Onizuka
779​
(-)
28​
Leadbelly
768​
(-)
29​
QueenStagiare
660​
(-)
30​
RedheadDane
603​
(+1)
31​
NBFC1962
583​
(-1)
32​
JonEzeitza
539​
(-)
33​
Josedin
343​
(-)
CollectiveWisdom
1511​
SoLastYear
227​
MainGamePop
720​


Cobbles are, to all intents and purposes, now behind us, so in many teams it is a different set of riders that will carry the burden of our hopes from now on.

I has only occurred to me that I don't think I had ever linked to the spreadsheet, in which case you would have had access to the update data since Sunday night. Here it is

This was late, but at least I have it out of the way before Brabantse Pijl tomorrow, our next installment.
 
Race 20 Brabantse Pijl

Race Pos'nPtsTeams
2​
VAN AERT Wout
78​
19​
3​
MORGADO Antonio Tomas
66​
22​
10​
DEL GROSSO Tibor
24​
1​
11​
PIDCOCK Thomas
20​
6​
16​
HERMANS Quinten
10​
1​
18​
TURGIS Anthony
8​
1​
19​
BENOOT Tiesj
7​
3​
24​
LIVYNS Arjen
5​
1​
25​
NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan Manuel
5​
2​
27​
DESAL Cériel
5​
1​
30​
TEUNS Dylan
5​
7​



The top 13 have Van Aert and Morgado, a few eams supplemented that duo

1​
EvansIsTheBest
164​
Pidcock
80​
2​
DJW
151​
Benoot
50​
3​
DevilsElbow
149​
Teuns
30​
3​
Madrazo
149​
Teuns
30​
5​
Abbulf
144​
4​
5​
AmisVelo
144​
4​
5​
Del1962
144​
4​
5​
Hfgon1
144​
4​
5​
Ingsve
144​
4​
5​
Kazistuta
144​
4​
5​
Peixotini
144​
4​
5​
Ray10
144​
4​
5​
Triley36
144​
4​
14​
LosBrolin
115​
15​
SlowClimber
98​
16​
NBFC1962
91​
17​
Ruvu
90​
18​
Vladimir
83​
19​
Armchair
79​
20​
DJSprtsch
78​
20​
Laarsland
78​
20​
Shakes
78​
23​
Leadbelly
76​
24​
Bminchow
66​
24​
JonEzeitza
66​
24​
Josedin
66​
24​
Onizuka
66​
24​
QueenStagiare
66​
29​
Search
25​
30​
Rufs
20​
31​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
12​
32​
RedheadDane
10​
33​
SamuCuenca
0​
CollectiveWisdom
144​
SoLastYear
5​
MainGamePop
78​


Standings

Green
1​
SamuCuenca
301.14​
(-)
2​
Armchair
267.1​
(-)
3​
DevilsElbow
229.48​
(+1)
4​
DJW
220.46​
(+4)
5​
Shakes
208.14​
(-2)
6​
EvansIsTheBest
192.98​
(+13)
7​
SlowClimber
186.8​
(-2)
8​
Onizuka
180.14​
(-2)
9​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
178.96​
(-2)
10​
DJSprtsch
168.48​
(-1)


Overall
The leading pair both had the Van Aert-Morgado combination, while those 3rd and 4th managed to hold off those chasing despite not having Morgado.
1​
DevilsElbow
1663​
(-)
2​
Ingsve
1575​
(-)
3​
DJSprtsch
1469​
(-)
4​
Laarsland
1449​
(-)
5​
Madrazo
1427​
(+1)
6​
Peixotini
1421​
(+1)
7​
DJW
1419​
(+2)
8​
Ruvu
1410​
(-3)
9​
EvansIsTheBest
1386​
(+3)
9​
Ray10
1386​
(+1)
11​
Hfgon1
1382​
(-)
12​
SlowClimber
1370​
(-4)
13​
AmisVelo
1342​
(+1)
14​
Del1962
1301​
(+2)
15​
Triley36
1298​
(+2)
16​
Abbulf
1280​
(+3)
17​
Armchair
1271​
(-2)
18​
Kazistuta
1247​
(+2)
19​
Shakes
1231​
(-1)
20​
Blues_in_the_Bottle
1213​
(-7)
21​
LosBrolin
1183​
(+1)
22​
Vladimir
1172​
(-1)
23​
SamuCuenca
1021​
(-)
24​
Bminchow
987​
(+2)
25​
Search
981​
(-1)
26​
Rufs
949​
(-1)
27​
Onizuka
845​
(-)
28​
Leadbelly
844​
(-)
29​
QueenStagiare
726​
(-)
30​
NBFC1962
674​
(+1)
31​
RedheadDane
613​
(-1)
32​
JonEzeitza
605​
(-)
33​
Josedin
409​
(-)
CollectiveWisdom
1655​
SoLastYear
232​
MainGamePop
798​


In 2016, and again (though not as dramatically) in 2018, Enrico Gasparotto scored freely in the Ardennes to expose some teams who had overlooked those races in their selections, and greatly changed the table towards the end: will any rider serve the same function this time around?

We might get clues on Sunday.