2025 Vuelta CQ game

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Stage 2
More mountain sprint than MTF


Green points
We are rather more invested in today's results than yesterday's

VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas
70 pts​
26 teams​
CICCONE Giulio
40​
1​
GAUDU David
25​
0​
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
15​
20​
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves
10​
2​
GALL Felix
7​
2​
HINDLEY Jai
5​
13​
AYUSO PESQUERA Juan
3​
4​
JORGENSON Matteo
2​
0​
PIDCOCK Thomas
1​
0​



1​
Armchair_Cyclist
90​
Vingegaard, Bernal and Hindley
1​
Bminchow
90​
1​
Del1962
90​
1​
Hayneplane
90​
1​
Hfgon1
90​
1​
LosBrolin
90​
1​
Madrazo
90​
1​
MagliaNera
90​
1​
Shakes
90​
10​
BicycleBoy
85​
Vingegaard & Bernal
10​
Ingsve
85​
10​
JumboVismaFan
85​
10​
Kazistuta
85​
10​
NBFC1962
85​
10​
QueenStagiaire
85​
10​
Titan31
85​
10​
YellowKnight
85​
18​
Triley36
80​
Vingegaard and Almeida
19​
Onizuka999
77​
20​
DevilsElbow
75​
20​
Rufs
75​
22​
DJSprtsch
73​
22​
EvansIsTheBest
73​
24​
BluesInTheBottle
70​
24​
DJW
70​
24​
Vladimir
70​
27​
Search
40​
Ciccone
28​
Leadbelly
27​
29​
AmisVelo
20​
30​
Laarsland
18​
31​
Peixotini
10​
32​
Nevs
3​
33​
RedheadDane
0​
33​
SamuCuenca
0​
Collective_Wisdom
90​
Default
0​


Standings
Three of those that benefitted from yesterday's sprint also had Vingegaard: they are now the top two in the minor classification.

1​
Ingsve
100​
Vingegaard, Bernal, Viviani
2​
Triley36
95​
Vingegaard, Viviani
3​
Vingegaard, Bernal, Hindley teams
90​
12​
Kazistuta
86​
Vingegaard, Bernal, Mihkels
13​
Vingegaard and Bernal teams
85​
19​
Onizuka999
77​
20​
DevilsElbow
75​
20​
Rufs
75​

Red points

There will be gains and losses every stage, but not normally as major as this:


VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas
660 point difference since yesterday​
26 teams​
CICCONE Giulio
437​
1​
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
267​
20​
HINDLEY Jai
184​
13​
AYUSO PESQUERA Juan
138​
4​
SOLER Marc
120​
3​
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves
107​
2​
LECERF William Junior
105​
2​
PARET PEINTRE Valentin
89​
3​
KUSS Sepp
81​
8​
RICCITELLO Matthew
63​
10​
PELLIZZARI Giulio
59​
13​


VAN UDEN Casper
-55​
7​
TURNER Ben
-75​
1​
VAN DIJKE Tim
-81​
1​
MIHKELS Madis
-89​
1​
VIVIANI Elia
-184​
3​
BOUWMAN Koen
-203​
2​

so our teams also have huge fluctuations (mainly for the better)
1​
MagliaNera
1276​
2​
Hfgon1
1263​
3​
Bminchow
1262​
4​
Madrazo
1241​
5​
Armchair_Cyclist
1225​
6​
Del1962
1213​
7​
Hayneplane
1208​
8​
YellowKnight
1201​
9​
BicycleBoy
1185​
10​
LosBrolin
1168​
11​
Shakes
1119​
12​
JumboVismaFan
1067​
13​
NBFC1962
1033​
14​
Ingsve
1006​
15​
Titan31
968​
16​
Kazistuta
943​
17​
QueenStagiaire
939​
18​
EvansIsTheBest
911​
19​
Vladimir
876​
20​
DJW
825​
21​
BluesInTheBottle
808​
22​
Onizuka999
805​
23​
Rufs
786​
24​
DevilsElbow
751​
25​
AmisVelo
742​
26​
Leadbelly
685​
27​
DJSprtsch
659​
28​
Triley36
617​
29​
Search
581​
30​
Laarsland
535​
31​
RedheadDane
175​
32​
Nevs
168​
33​
SamuCuenca
35​
34​
Peixotini
-40​
Collective_Wisdom
1275​
Default
-321​



Standings
Some of us have been doing these games for about 10 years now: the rookie player is in second place, and after some below par recent games, Bminchow suggests that he remembers how to score well after all.

1​
Bminchow
1430​
(+11)
2​
MagliaNera
1425​
(+13)
3​
Hfgon1
1412​
(+12)
4​
Hayneplane
1412​
(+4)
5​
Madrazo
1390​
(+10)
6​
Armchair_Cyclist
1374​
(+9)
7​
Del1962
1362​
(+8)
8​
Ingsve
1334​
(-4)
9​
YellowKnight
1329​
(+20)
10​
LosBrolin
1317​
(+5)
11​
BicycleBoy
1313​
(+18)
12​
Shakes
1268​
(+3)
13​
Kazistuta
1216​
(-6)
14​
JumboVismaFan
1195​
(+15)
15​
NBFC1962
1161​
(+14)
16​
DevilsElbow
1158​
(-14)
17​
Titan31
1151​
(-7)
18​
QueenStagiaire
1142​
(-9)
19​
Rufs
1110​
(-13)
20​
EvansIsTheBest
1040​
(+8)
21​
DJSprtsch
1007​
(-18)
22​
Vladimir
1004​
(+7)
23​
DJW
992​
(-10)
24​
BluesInTheBottle
951​
(-2)
25​
Triley36
945​
(-21)
26​
Onizuka999
940​
(-1)
27​
AmisVelo
883​
(-4)
28​
Leadbelly
826​
(-5)
29​
Search
759​
(-18)
30​
Laarsland
655​
(+4)
31​
Peixotini
374​
(-30)
32​
Nevs
325​
(-18)
33​
RedheadDane
308​
(-7)
34​
SamuCuenca
168​
(-8)
Collective_Wisdom
1424​
Default
364​
Tomorrow looks like a stage on which most point changes will be those on the stage, but with a lot of riders on same time as others, there will be some GC changes on countback.
 
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The spreadsheet should now be fit for public release.

You'll see that I have included 2 tabs for Team similarity. The first, regarding how much of the budgets have been spent in the same way, has three instances of teams having spent more than 3000 on the same group of riders: Los Brolin and Madrazo matching each other's receipts to the extent of 3048, and both of them havin 3033 spent in the same way as I did (so they must both have Simon Carr).

The second is based simply on the number of riders held in common: Hfgon shares 6 riders with both Del1962 and Madrazo (and 7 with the Collective Wisdom group), while 5 rider overlaps are found between:
Amis Velo - Hfgon
Amis Velo - Leadbelly
Del - Madrazo
Hfgon -Los Brolin
Hfgon - Maglia Nera
Kazistuta - Titan
Los Brolin - Madrazo
and strangest of all, considering where they each are in the popularity table, Redhead Dane and Samu Cuenca.

Anyway, if you think you can make head or tail of my very inefficient Excel efforts, or if you reckon you can make interesting discoveries, the spreadsheet is on Google drive here, and hopefully I will remember to press save and update that each time I do an update. I might think to repeat the location occasionally, but if you will want to explore it, remember which post I have put the link in.
 
Stage 2
More mountain sprint than MTF


Green points
We are rather more invested in today's results than yesterday's

VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas
70 pts​
26 teams​
CICCONE Giulio
40​
1​
GAUDU David
25​
0​
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
15​
20​
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves
10​
2​
GALL Felix
7​
2​
HINDLEY Jai
5​
13​
AYUSO PESQUERA Juan
3​
4​
JORGENSON Matteo
2​
0​
PIDCOCK Thomas
1​
0​



1​
Armchair_Cyclist
90​
Vingegaard, Bernal and Hindley
1​
Bminchow
90​
1​
Del1962
90​
1​
Hayneplane
90​
1​
Hfgon1
90​
1​
LosBrolin
90​
1​
Madrazo
90​
1​
MagliaNera
90​
1​
Shakes
90​
10​
BicycleBoy
85​
Vingegaard & Bernal
10​
Ingsve
85​
10​
JumboVismaFan
85​
10​
Kazistuta
85​
10​
NBFC1962
85​
10​
QueenStagiaire
85​
10​
Titan31
85​
10​
YellowKnight
85​
18​
Triley36
80​
Vingegaard and Almeida
19​
Onizuka999
77​
20​
DevilsElbow
75​
20​
Rufs
75​
22​
DJSprtsch
73​
22​
EvansIsTheBest
73​
24​
BluesInTheBottle
70​
24​
DJW
70​
24​
Vladimir
70​
27​
Search
40​
Ciccone
28​
Leadbelly
27​
29​
AmisVelo
20​
30​
Laarsland
18​
31​
Peixotini
10​
32​
Nevs
3​
33​
RedheadDane
0​
33​
SamuCuenca
0​
Collective_Wisdom
90​
Default
0​


Standings
Three of those that benefitted from yesterday's sprint also had Vingegaard: they are now the top two in the minor classification.

1​
Ingsve
100​
Vingegaard, Bernal, Viviani
2​
Triley36
95​
Vingegaard, Viviani
3​
Vingegaard, Bernal, Hindley teams
90​
12​
Kazistuta
86​
Vingegaard, Bernal, Mihkels
13​
Vingegaard and Bernal teams
85​
19​
Onizuka999
77​
20​
DevilsElbow
75​
20​
Rufs
75​

Red points

There will be gains and losses every stage, but not normally as major as this:


VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas
660 point difference since yesterday​
26 teams​
CICCONE Giulio
437​
1​
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
267​
20​
HINDLEY Jai
184​
13​
AYUSO PESQUERA Juan
138​
4​
SOLER Marc
120​
3​
ALMEIDA Joao Pedro Gonçalves
107​
2​
LECERF William Junior
105​
2​
PARET PEINTRE Valentin
89​
3​
KUSS Sepp
81​
8​
RICCITELLO Matthew
63​
10​
PELLIZZARI Giulio
59​
13​


VAN UDEN Casper
-55​
7​
TURNER Ben
-75​
1​
VAN DIJKE Tim
-81​
1​
MIHKELS Madis
-89​
1​
VIVIANI Elia
-184​
3​
BOUWMAN Koen
-203​
2​

so our teams also have huge fluctuations (mainly for the better)
1​
MagliaNera
1276​
2​
Hfgon1
1263​
3​
Bminchow
1262​
4​
Madrazo
1241​
5​
Armchair_Cyclist
1225​
6​
Del1962
1213​
7​
Hayneplane
1208​
8​
YellowKnight
1201​
9​
BicycleBoy
1185​
10​
LosBrolin
1168​
11​
Shakes
1119​
12​
JumboVismaFan
1067​
13​
NBFC1962
1033​
14​
Ingsve
1006​
15​
Titan31
968​
16​
Kazistuta
943​
17​
QueenStagiaire
939​
18​
EvansIsTheBest
911​
19​
Vladimir
876​
20​
DJW
825​
21​
BluesInTheBottle
808​
22​
Onizuka999
805​
23​
Rufs
786​
24​
DevilsElbow
751​
25​
AmisVelo
742​
26​
Leadbelly
685​
27​
DJSprtsch
659​
28​
Triley36
617​
29​
Search
581​
30​
Laarsland
535​
31​
RedheadDane
175​
32​
Nevs
168​
33​
SamuCuenca
35​
34​
Peixotini
-40​
Collective_Wisdom
1275​
Default
-321​



Standings
Some of us have been doing these games for about 10 years now: the rookie player is in second place, and after some below par recent games, Bminchow suggests that he remembers how to score well after all.

1​
Bminchow
1430​
(+11)
2​
MagliaNera
1425​
(+13)
3​
Hfgon1
1412​
(+12)
4​
Hayneplane
1412​
(+4)
5​
Madrazo
1390​
(+10)
6​
Armchair_Cyclist
1374​
(+9)
7​
Del1962
1362​
(+8)
8​
Ingsve
1334​
(-4)
9​
YellowKnight
1329​
(+20)
10​
LosBrolin
1317​
(+5)
11​
BicycleBoy
1313​
(+18)
12​
Shakes
1268​
(+3)
13​
Kazistuta
1216​
(-6)
14​
JumboVismaFan
1195​
(+15)
15​
NBFC1962
1161​
(+14)
16​
DevilsElbow
1158​
(-14)
17​
Titan31
1151​
(-7)
18​
QueenStagiaire
1142​
(-9)
19​
Rufs
1110​
(-13)
20​
EvansIsTheBest
1040​
(+8)
21​
DJSprtsch
1007​
(-18)
22​
Vladimir
1004​
(+7)
23​
DJW
992​
(-10)
24​
BluesInTheBottle
951​
(-2)
25​
Triley36
945​
(-21)
26​
Onizuka999
940​
(-1)
27​
AmisVelo
883​
(-4)
28​
Leadbelly
826​
(-5)
29​
Search
759​
(-18)
30​
Laarsland
655​
(+4)
31​
Peixotini
374​
(-30)
32​
Nevs
325​
(-18)
33​
RedheadDane
308​
(-7)
34​
SamuCuenca
168​
(-8)
Collective_Wisdom
1424​
Default
364​
Tomorrow looks like a stage on which most point changes will be those on the stage, but with a lot of riders on same time as others, there will be some GC changes on countback.
Yes, i was starting to get concerned that I had lost all concept on how to play this game.
 
Stage 3

I do like these mixed up top tens: Vingegaard/Gaudu/Ciccone, so it must be a mountainous stage; but Pedersen/Aular, so it's a hard sprint; but Labrosse/Koerdt, so ???

Green points
GAUDU David
70​
0​
PEDERSEN Mads
40​
0​
VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas
25​
26​
CICCONE Giulio
15​
1​
LABROSSE Jordan
10​
0​
AULAR SANABRIA Orluis Alberto
7​
0​
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago
5​
0​
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
3​
20​
KOERDT Bjoern
2​
0​
HINDLEY Jai
1​
13​

The same triple combination as yesterday leads the way today: Vingegaard, Bernal and Hindley
1​
Shakes
29​
1​
MagliaNera
29​
1​
Madrazo
29​
1​
LosBrolin
29​
1​
Hfgon1
29​
1​
Hayneplane
29​
1​
Del1962
29​
1​
Bminchow
29​
1​
Armchair_Cyclist
29​
10​
YellowKnight
28​
10​
Titan31
28​
10​
QueenStagiaire
28​
10​
NBFC1962
28​
10​
Kazistuta
28​
10​
JumboVismaFan
28​
10​
Ingsve
28​
10​
BicycleBoy
28​
18​
Rufs
26​
18​
DevilsElbow
26​
20​
Vladimir
25​
20​
Triley36
25​
20​
Onizuka999
25​
20​
EvansIsTheBest
25​
20​
DJW
25​
20​
DJSprtsch
25​
20​
BluesInTheBottle
25​
27​
Search
15​
28​
Leadbelly
4​
28​
AmisVelo
4​
30​
Laarsland
3​
31​
SamuCuenca
0​
31​
RedheadDane
0​
31​
Peixotini
0​
31​
Nevs
0​
Collective_Wisdom
29​
Default
0​
Standings
This is the minor classification, so I normally just show the top ten. The same riders as yesterday are relevant, so the same teams are in the same positions

1​
Ingsve
128​
(-)
2​
Triley36
120​
(-)
3​
Armchair_Cyclist
119​
(-)
3​
Bminchow
119​
(-)
3​
Del1962
119​
(-)
3​
Hayneplane
119​
(-)
3​
Hfgon1
119​
(-)
3​
LosBrolin
119​
(-)
3​
Madrazo
119​
(-)
3​
MagliaNera
119​
(-)
3​
Shakes
119​
(-)
Red points

Rather less dramatic change than yesterday:

VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas
58​
26​
PARET PEINTRE Valentin
31​
3​
KUSS Sepp
16​
8​
LANGELLOTTI Victor
16​
1​
QUINN Sean
12​
3​
HARPER Chris
-13​
1​
ZINGLE Axel
-15​
3​
SOBRERO Matteo
-21​
1​
CICCONE Giulio
-30​
1​
LECERF William Junior
-30​
2​
SOLER Marc
-51​
3​
DJW, Peixotini and Rufs suffer the first loss of a selected rider (Zingle)
All 8 riders in credit in Yellow Knight's team

1​
YellowKnight
125​
2​
Bminchow
99​
3​
JumboVismaFan
87​
4​
Hayneplane
86​
5​
EvansIsTheBest
84​
6​
Triley36
80​
7​
Armchair_Cyclist
79​
8​
Titan31
78​
9​
DJSprtsch
77​
9​
MagliaNera
77​
11​
DJW
73​
12​
Del1962
72​
13​
BluesInTheBottle
71​
13​
QueenStagiaire
71​
15​
NBFC1962
70​
16​
Shakes
68​
17​
Hfgon1
67​
18​
Onizuka999
66​
19​
LosBrolin
62​
20​
Kazistuta
61​
21​
Madrazo
58​
22​
Vladimir
52​
23​
Rufs
48​
24​
Ingsve
29​
25​
AmisVelo
26​
26​
Leadbelly
25​
27​
DevilsElbow
13​
27​
Laarsland
13​
29​
SamuCuenca
10​
30​
Nevs
9​
31​
Peixotini
-11​
32​
BicycleBoy
-12​
33​
Search
-22​
34​
RedheadDane
-45​
Collective_Wisdom
67​
Default
-63​
Standings
GC position change on countback for Paret Peintre and Kuss are the reason for Yellow Knight's jump.

1​
Bminchow
1529​
(-)
2​
MagliaNera
1502​
(-)
3​
Hayneplane
1498​
(+1)
4​
Hfgon1
1479​
(-1)
5​
YellowKnight
1454​
(+4)
6​
Armchair_Cyclist
1453​
(-)
7​
Madrazo
1448​
(-2)
8​
Del1962
1434​
(-1)
9​
LosBrolin
1379​
(+1)
10​
Ingsve
1363​
(-2)
11​
Shakes
1336​
(+1)
12​
BicycleBoy
1301​
(-1)
13​
JumboVismaFan
1282​
(+1)
14​
Kazistuta
1277​
(-1)
15​
NBFC1962
1231​
(-)
16​
Titan31
1229​
(+1)
17​
QueenStagiaire
1213​
(+1)
18​
DevilsElbow
1171​
(-2)
19​
Rufs
1158​
(-)
20​
EvansIsTheBest
1124​
(-)
21​
DJSprtsch
1084​
(-)
22​
DJW
1065​
(+1)
23​
Vladimir
1056​
(-1)
24​
Triley36
1025​
(+1)
25​
BluesInTheBottle
1022​
(-1)
26​
Onizuka999
1006​
(-)
27​
AmisVelo
909​
(-)
28​
Leadbelly
851​
(-)
29​
Search
737​
(-)
30​
Laarsland
668​
(-)
31​
Peixotini
363​
(-)
32​
Nevs
334​
(-)
33​
RedheadDane
263​
(-)
34​
SamuCuenca
178​
(-)
Collective_Wisdom
1491​
Default
301​
 
Stage 4
From Italy to France

Green points

Those in even numbered positions were to be expected in a spring stage, the odd positions, not so much
TURNER Ben
70​
1​
PHILIPSEN Jasper
40​
0​
PLANCKAERT Edward
25​
0​
VERNON Ethan
15​
0​
BIERMANS Jenthe
10​
0​
PEDERSEN Mads
7​
0​
CHRISTEN Fabio
5​
0​
AULAR SANABRIA Orluis Alberto
3​
0​
SILVA COUSSAN Guillermo Thomas
2​
0​
BURATTI Nicolo
1​
1​

Turner wasn't on the start list when most of us submitted our selections. But the other eight were, so our excuses are limited.
70 points for Queen Stagiaire, 1 for Titan31


Standings

1​
QueenStagiaire
183​
(+12)
2​
Ingsve
128​
(-1)
3​
Triley36
120​
(-1)
4=​
nine teams with Vingegaard/Bernal/Hindley
119​
(-1)

Titan holds the same position (13th) but would have dropped if not for that Buratti point.


Red points

Vingegaard not only loses the GC lead on countback, but also drops in the Sprint and KoM classifications



TURNER Ben
73​
1​
KUSS Sepp
38​
8​
QUINN Sean
28​
3​
SOLER Marc
20​
3​
LANDA MEANA Mikel
12​
12​
PELLIZZARI Giulio
-12​
13​
AYUSO PESQUERA Juan
-15​
4​
HIRT Jan
-27​
13​
CICCONE Giulio
-35​
1​
PARET PEINTRE Valentin
-135​
3​
VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas
-215​
26​


Many of the losses today may well prove to be temporary: they at least look dramatic. The teams without Vingegaard are the top 8 today.
1​
AmisVelo
43​
2​
RedheadDane
37​
3​
Leadbelly
26​
4​
SamuCuenca
15​
5​
Peixotini
-10​
6​
Search
-15​
7​
Nevs
-23​
8​
Laarsland
-29​
9​
QueenStagiaire
-163​
10​
DJW
-171​
11​
MagliaNera
-172​
12​
Armchair_Cyclist
-176​
13​
JumboVismaFan
-187​
14​
DevilsElbow
-189​
15​
BluesInTheBottle
-193​
16​
Rufs
-201​
17​
LosBrolin
-208​
18​
EvansIsTheBest
-212​
18​
Shakes
-212​
18​
Triley36
-212​
21​
BicycleBoy
-213​
22​
DJSprtsch
-215​
22​
NBFC1962
-215​
22​
Vladimir
-215​
25​
Titan31
-218​
26​
Onizuka999
-219​
27​
Kazistuta
-224​
28​
Del1962
-225​
28​
Hfgon1
-225​
30​
Madrazo
-239​
31​
Ingsve
-244​
32​
YellowKnight
-344​
33​
Hayneplane
-351​
34​
Bminchow
-378​
Collective_Wisdom
-249​
Default
60​

The bottom three in this list have Paret Peintre as well as Vingegaard: two of yesterday's top three suffer that withdrawal.



Standings
Our first timer takes the lead


1​
MagliaNera
1330​
(+1)
2​
Armchair_Cyclist
1277​
(+4)
3​
Hfgon1
1254​
(+1)
4​
Madrazo
1209​
(+3)
5​
Del1962
1209​
(+3)
6​
LosBrolin
1171​
(+3)
7​
Bminchow
1151​
(-6)
8​
Hayneplane
1147​
(-5)
9​
Shakes
1124​
(+2)
10​
Ingsve
1119​
(-)
11​
YellowKnight
1110​
(-6)
12​
JumboVismaFan
1095​
(+1)
13​
BicycleBoy
1088​
(-1)
14​
Kazistuta
1053​
(-)
15​
QueenStagiaire
1050​
(+2)
16​
NBFC1962
1016​
(-1)
17​
Titan31
1011​
(-1)
18​
DevilsElbow
982​
(-)
19​
Rufs
957​
(-)
20​
AmisVelo
952​
(+7)
21​
EvansIsTheBest
912​
(-1)
22​
DJW
894​
(-)
23​
Leadbelly
877​
(+5)
24​
DJSprtsch
869​
(-3)
25​
Vladimir
841​
(-2)
26​
BluesInTheBottle
829​
(-1)
27​
Triley36
813​
(-3)
28​
Onizuka999
787​
(-2)
29​
Search
722​
(-)
30​
Laarsland
639​
(-)
31​
Peixotini
353​
(-)
32​
Nevs
311​
(-)
33​
RedheadDane
300​
(-)
34​
SamuCuenca
193​
(-)
Collective_Wisdom
1242​
Default
361​

Although the daily difference tables look bad for Vingegaard and those that picked him, those teams still hold the top 19 places.


Tomorrow each of our teams gets a bonus according to how wealthy the teams that employ out picks are.