2026 Giro CQ game

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Stage 2
Bulgarian hills, a huge crash, and a late catch of the favourites' late break.

Purple points

That would have been a brave prediction with a km to go, yet alone before the race started.

SILVA COUSSAN Guillermo Thomas
70
1
STORK Florian
40
0
CICCONE Giulio
25
3
SCARONI Christian
15
0
PELLIZZARI Giulio
10
20
SOBRERO Matteo
7
0
LEKNESSUND Andreas
5
0
CHRISTEN Jan
3
1
TJØTTA Martin
2
0
RONDEL Mathys
1
0


First and third on the stage have names beginning with G, and so made Redhead Dane's selection.

1
RedheadDane
95
2
Vladimir
25
2
YellowKnight
25
4
Nevs
13
5
19 more teams with Pellizari
10
5
13 others
0


Standings
As this is the minor classification, I'll just show the top ten most days


1
RedheadDane
95
(+15)
2
YellowKnight
50
(-1)
3
Vladimir
40
(-)
4
Search
35
(-3)
5
AmisVelo
25
(-2)
5
DJW
25
(-2)
5
Kazistuta
25
(-2)
5
SamuCuenca
25
(-2)
5
TheAsian
25
(-2)
10
Del1962
15
(-7)
10
IlMaestro
15
(-7)
10
Josedin
15
(-7)
10
LosBrolin
15
(-7)
10
Nightowl
15
(-7)
10
Shakes
15
(-7)
but sometimes there might be 15 in the top ten.

Pink points

I'll post the most significant changes in points for riders that are part of the game each day (some days very small changes will be considered significant). Because these are projections, changes can be negative: sometimes a rider might have a considerable drop but still be scoring well.

SILVA COUSSAN Guillermo Thomas
588
1 team (Redhead Dane)
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
300
2 (Evans, Vladimir)
CICCONE Giulio
251
3
ARENSMAN Thymen
219
11
CHRISTEN Jan
178
1
VAN EETVELT Lennert
154
12
KULSET Johannes
136
1
VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas
109
2
HIRT Jan
105
15
HINDLEY Jai
97
15
CARUSO Damiano
81
5
MAS NICOLAU Enric
75
21
O'CONNOR Ben
63
1
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro
59
2
ROMO OLIVER Javier
55
6
PELLIZZARI Giulio
54
20
RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto
51
5

VAN UDEN Casper
-51
4
VLASOV Aleksandr
-70
1
SOLER GIMENEZ Marc
-90
4
MIHKELS Madis
-157
2
MILAN Jonathan
-165
13
MORGADO Antonio Tomas
-200
1
VERNON Ethan
-265
1
TAROZZI Manuele
-335
2

And negative changes for riders mean that negative changes for teams happen too. But mainly positive today.

1
RedheadDane
810
2
Vladimir
647
3
Qazaqstan
641
4
Triley36
596
5
DJSprtsch
526
6
EvansIsTheBest
490
7
Madrazo
467
8
Hayneplane
448
9
DevilsElbow
397
10
Leadbelly
365
11
SlowClimber
340
12
Bminchow
333
13
JumboVismaFan
303
14
JonEzeitza
269
14
Rufs
269
16
Nightowl
262
17
AmisVelo
253
18
Armchair_Cyclist
251
19
Ingsve
250
20
Josedin
214
21
BluesInTheBottle
193
22
BicycleBoy
188
23
IlMaestro
185
24
Nevs
181
25
DJW
165
26
QueenStagiaire
158
27
Shakes
134
28
Kazistuta
112
29
LosBrolin
68
30
Mikks
63
31
TheAsian
53
32
YellowKnight
17
33
Del1962
-22
34
Search
-109
35
SamuCuenca
-125
36
BsAsCycling
-147
Collective_Wisdom
319
Default
-111


Standings

11 teams have already suffered the loss of a rider, due to Soler, Vlasov and Buitrago getting caught up in that crash and not finishing.

Large changes of position are pretty much to be expected until the GC in the race takes some meaningful form. So possibly not until stage 7

1
Vladimir
972
(+16)
2
RedheadDane
969
(+27)
3
Qazaqstan
816
(+21)
4
Triley36
756
(+24)
5
DJSprtsch
677
(+26)
6
EvansIsTheBest
659
(+21)
7
Armchair_Cyclist
646
(+1)
8
Hayneplane
620
(+18)
9
Nightowl
619
(+4)
10
IlMaestro
616
(-5)
11
Madrazo
613
(+22)
12
AmisVelo
587
(+3)
13
SamuCuenca
587
(-12)
14
Josedin
570
(-)
15
BluesInTheBottle
565
(-6)
16
Shakes
547
(-10)
17
SlowClimber
542
(+3)
18
Bminchow
528
(+4)
19
Leadbelly
518
(+11)
20
DevilsElbow
517
(+16)
21
DJW
491
(-5)
22
Kazistuta
477
(-11)
23
LosBrolin
474
(-16)
24
YellowKnight
458
(-20)
25
JumboVismaFan
445
(+10)
26
JonEzeitza
443
(-1)
27
Ingsve
433
(-4)
28
Rufs
416
(+4)
29
TheAsian
415
(-17)
30
Nevs
401
(-11)
31
Search
392
(-29)
32
QueenStagiaire
354
(-11)
33
Del1962
347
(-23)
34
BsAsCycling
346
(-31)
35
BicycleBoy
334
(-2)
36
Mikks
302
(-18)
Collective_Wisdom
648
Default
305


Tomorrow might give us a better idea than stage 1 did of which sprinters are going to be relevant, assuming more than 11 make it to the line as a lead group.
 
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Dec 12, 2010
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Such a shame about that stage 2 crash. Hopefully all the riders make a speedy recovery. As for my team, Yates is out so I'll see you people for the Tour de France.
 
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Stage 3 Main road to the capital before they leave the country
I was out all day: I missed little


Purple points
A rather similar combination to stage 1

MAGNIER Paul
70
0
MILAN Jonathan
40
13
GROENEWEGEN Dylan
25
0
MIHKELS Madis
15
2
MALUCELLI Matteo
10
0
BLIKRA Erlend Jordbrekk
7
1
ACKERMANN Pascal
5
0
BALLERINI Davide
3
1
LUND ANDRESEN Tobias
2
0
ZANONCELLO Enrico
1
0


Search has both Milan and Mihkels: it should be obvious what other points came from whom.

1
Search
55
2
AmisVelo
40
2
Del1962
40
2
DJW
40
2
IlMaestro
40
2
Josedin
40
2
Kazistuta
40
2
LosBrolin
40
2
Nightowl
40
2
SamuCuenca
40
2
Shakes
40
2
TheAsian
40
2
Vladimir
40
14
Armchair_Cyclist
15
15
JonEzeitza
7
16
Mikks
3
17
BicycleBoy
0


Standings

1
RedheadDane
95
(-)
2
Search
90
(+2)
3
Vladimir
80
(-)
4
AmisVelo
65
(+1)
4
DJW
65
(+1)
4
Kazistuta
65
(+1)
4
SamuCuenca
65
(+1)
4
TheAsian
65
(+1)
9
Del1962
55
(+1)
9
IlMaestro
55
(+1)
9
Josedin
55
(+1)
9
LosBrolin
55
(+1)
9
Nightowl
55
(+1)
9
Shakes
55
(+1)


Pink points
With lots of riders tied for time, changes in GC position because of countback makes a disproportionate difference.

MAS NICOLAU Enric
60
21
MILAN Jonathan
55
13
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro
38
2
TAROZZI Manuele
30
2
MIHKELS Madis
27
2
VLASOV Aleksandr
21
1
RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto
18
5
SILVA COUSSAN Guillermo Thomas
10
1
TONELLI Alessandro
10
1

PELLIZZARI Giulio
-12
20
YATES Adam
-15
10
HIRT Jan
-16
15
O'CONNOR Ben
-24
1
KULSET Johannes
-25
1
VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas
-29
2
CARUSO Damiano
-30
5
VAN EETVELT Lennert
-34
12
HINDLEY Jai
-54
15


It's unusual for a sprint stage with so little by way of time gaps to produce more than minimal changes

1
Search
114
2
Josedin
104
3
AmisVelo
71
4
Vladimir
68
5
Nightowl
59
6
BluesInTheBottle
58
7
Del1962
38
8
Kazistuta
35
9
DJW
33
9
LosBrolin
33
11
EvansIsTheBest
21
11
JonEzeitza
21
13
Shakes
9
14
RedheadDane
3
15
SamuCuenca
2
16
Madrazo
1
17
Nevs
-4
17
YellowKnight
-4
19
Rufs
-7
20
Triley36
-8
21
JumboVismaFan
-10
22
TheAsian
-11
23
Ingsve
-13
24
BsAsCycling
-15
25
IlMaestro
-16
26
SlowClimber
-17
27
Armchair_Cyclist
-18
28
Mikks
-20
29
QueenStagiaire
-26
30
Hayneplane
-30
31
DJSprtsch
-36
31
Qazaqstan
-36
33
BicycleBoy
-45
34
Bminchow
-54
35
DevilsElbow
-62
36
Leadbelly
-131
Collective_Wisdom
-1
Default
-26

The withdrawal of Adam Yates doesn't really show as a big effect in this way of logging scores, but the loss of more than a quarter of the budget like that will limit future scoring for those 10 teams (me included)

Standings

1
Vladimir
1040
(-)
2
RedheadDane
972
(-)
3
Qazaqstan
780
(-)
4
Triley36
748
(-)
5
EvansIsTheBest
680
(+1)
6
Nightowl
678
(+3)
7
Josedin
674
(+7)
8
AmisVelo
658
(+4)
9
DJSprtsch
641
(-4)
10
Armchair_Cyclist
628
(-3)
11
BluesInTheBottle
623
(+4)
12
Madrazo
614
(-1)
13
IlMaestro
600
(-3)
14
Hayneplane
590
(-6)
15
SamuCuenca
589
(-2)
16
Shakes
556
(-)
17
SlowClimber
525
(-)
18
DJW
524
(+3)
19
Kazistuta
512
(+3)
20
LosBrolin
507
(+3)
21
Search
506
(+10)
22
Bminchow
474
(-4)
23
JonEzeitza
464
(+3)
24
DevilsElbow
455
(-4)
25
YellowKnight
454
(-1)
26
JumboVismaFan
435
(-1)
27
Ingsve
420
(-)
28
Rufs
409
(-)
29
TheAsian
404
(-)
30
Nevs
397
(-)
31
Leadbelly
387
(-12)
32
Del1962
385
(+1)
33
BsAsCycling
331
(+1)
34
QueenStagiaire
328
(-2)
35
BicycleBoy
289
(-)
36
Mikks
282
(-)
Collective_Wisdom
647
Default
279

 
Away from home and doing this very much with fingers crossed: Google Spreadsheets on a chromebook rather than Excel on aWindows 11.

Stage 4 In Italy: Movistar doing all the work but not getting the reward.

Purple points

NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan Manuel700
AULAR SANABRIA Orluis Alberto400
CICCONE Giulio253
TURNER Ben150
PINARELLO Alessandro1010
EULALIO Afonso71
VAN EETVELT Lennert512
ULISSI Diego30
RACCAGNI NOVIERO Andrea20
VALGREN HUNDAHL Michael10


Yellow Knight pairs Ciccone with Pinarello: three teams combine Pinarello and Van Eetvelt.
Aular fell into the Default team: rare prominence for them in a day's numbers.


Standings

1RedheadDane120(-)
2Vladimir105(+1)
3Search90(-1)
4YellowKnight85(+11)
5TheAsian75(-1)
6DJW72(-2)
7AmisVelo70(-3)
7Kazistuta70(-3)
9Del196265(-)
9SamuCuenca65(-5)


Pink points

Very large changes for a small number of riders...

CICCONE Giulio3133
PELLIZZARI Giulio17020
CHRISTEN Jan1601
VAN EETVELT Lennert5712
VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas402

BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley-502
ROMO OLIVER Javier-566
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro-972
KULSET Johannes-1401
SILVA COUSSAN Guillermo Thomas-4901

...but for quite a large number of teams



Standings

That is suddenly a massive lead for @vladimir , with Ciccone, Bernal, Mas and Hirt making big contributions to his score. But it is only as secure as the current standings are a genuine indicator of hw things will be in Rome.

1Vladimir1392(-)
2Triley361026(+2)
3AmisVelo949(+5)
4Qazaqstan881(-1)
5DJSprtsch861(+4)
6Hayneplane851(+8)
7EvansIsTheBest842(-2)
8BluesInTheBottle837(+3)
9DJW811(+9)
10Madrazo809(+2)
11RedheadDane805(-9)
12YellowKnight802(+13)
13Bminchow799(+9)
14Nightowl753(-8)
15Nevs743(-2)
16Ingsve710(+11)
17Armchair_Cyclist708(-7)
18Search702(+3)
19JonEzeitza694(+4)
20Kazistuta681(-1)
21Leadbelly677(+10)
22IlMaestro670(-9)
23Rufs666(+5)
24TheAsian664(+5)
25DevilsElbow659(-1)
26SamuCuenca656(-11)
27LosBrolin597(-7)
28SlowClimber573(-11)
29JumboVismaFan556(-3)
30Shakes522(-14)
31Josedin479(-24)
32Del1962473(-)
33QueenStagiaire472(+1)
34BsAsCycling385(-1)
35Mikks380(+1)
36BicycleBoy360(-1)
Collective_Wisdom942
Default235


Tomorrow has a lot of climbing: will it impose some real GC shape on the rankings?
 
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I gotta say - my team with 7500 points would be in super shape for tomorrow's stage.
 
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For some reason I stupidly decided that eulalio would be in my overall 2026 team but not in my giro team. Anyway since I lost Soler on day 2 I don't expect to be near the top of the standings.
 
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Stage 5
A wet Wednesday in southern Italy and a crazy two man race for last 15 km


Purple points

ARRIETA LIZARRAGA Igor
70
1
EULALIO Afonso
40
1
SILVA COUSSAN Guillermo Thomas
25
1
MILESI Lorenzo
15
0
SCARONI Christian
10
0
GAROFOLI Gianmarco
7
2
BOUWMAN Koen
5
11
KULSET Johannes
3
1
RACCAGNI NOVIERO Andrea
2
0
CRESCIOLI Ludovico
1
0


Second stage in a row that @Yellow Knight tops this table (if the default team is ignored)

1
YellowKnight
70
2
DJW
45
3
RedheadDane
25
4
SamuCuenca
8
5
IlMaestro
7
5
Josedin
7
7
BicycleBoy
5
7
BsAsCycling
5
7
EvansIsTheBest
5
7
Leadbelly
5
7
Nightowl
5
7
QueenStagiaire
5
7
Rufs
5
7
SlowClimber
5
7
TheAsian
5

Standings

Two wins in a row bring YK from 15th to top.

1
YellowKnight
155
(+3)
2
RedheadDane
145
(-1)
3
DJW
117
(+3)
4
Vladimir
105
(-2)
5
Search
90
(-2)
6
TheAsian
80
(-1)
7
SamuCuenca
73
(+2)
8
AmisVelo
70
(-1)
8
Kazistuta
70
(-1)
10
Del1962
65
(-1)

Pink points
Those that might have been expected to gain points today lost quite a few, and a rather surprising section gained.

EULALIO Afonso
523
1
ARRIETA LIZARRAGA Igor
470
1
KULSET Johannes
218
1
SILVA COUSSAN Guillermo Thomas
47
1
BOUWMAN Koen
40
11

VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas
-38
2
HIRT Jan
-51
15
RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto
-63
5
MAS NICOLAU Enric
-66
21
VAN EETVELT Lennert
-78
12
PELLIZZARI Giulio
-97
20
ARENSMAN Thymen
-105
11
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
-115
2
CHRISTEN Jan
-185
1
CICCONE Giulio
-288
3
with few exceptions: Ouch
1
DJW
333
2
YellowKnight
141
3
SamuCuenca
86
4
BsAsCycling
-62
5
BicycleBoy
-64
6
Josedin
-71
7
Shakes
-97
8
QueenStagiaire
-98
9
Del1962
-103
10
Mikks
-111
11
LosBrolin
-149
12
JumboVismaFan
-150
13
Nightowl
-158
14
TheAsian
-167
15
IlMaestro
-169
16
SlowClimber
-180
17
Rufs
-197
18
Armchair_Cyclist
-213
19
DevilsElbow
-217
19
Leadbelly
-217
21
Search
-218
22
JonEzeitza
-226
23
RedheadDane
-237
24
Kazistuta
-241
25
Ingsve
-262
26
Bminchow
-286
26
Qazaqstan
-286
28
EvansIsTheBest
-289
29
Nevs
-290
30
DJSprtsch
-310
31
Madrazo
-312
32
Hayneplane
-317
33
AmisVelo
-355
34
BluesInTheBottle
-379
35
Triley36
-408
36
Vladimir
-561
Collective_Wisdom
-268
Default
650

Standings

We seem to be moving farther from what might be an expectation of final scores. DJW has the new pink jersey, in the game and in his team.
Yesterday Vladimir was 366 clear, today he is 313 behind. The third best team is a mathematical selection based on being average.

1
DJW
1144
(+8)
2
YellowKnight
943
(+10)
3
Vladimir
831
(-2)
4
SamuCuenca
742
(+22)
5
Triley36
618
(-3)
6
Nightowl
595
(+8)
6
Qazaqstan
595
(-2)
8
AmisVelo
594
(-5)
9
RedheadDane
568
(+2)
10
EvansIsTheBest
553
(-3)
11
DJSprtsch
551
(-6)
12
Hayneplane
534
(-6)
13
Bminchow
513
(-)
14
IlMaestro
501
(+8)
15
Madrazo
497
(-2)
15
TheAsian
497
(+9)
17
Armchair_Cyclist
495
(-)
18
Search
484
(-)
19
Rufs
469
(+4)
20
JonEzeitza
468
(-1)
21
Leadbelly
460
(-)
22
BluesInTheBottle
458
(-14)
23
Nevs
453
(-8)
24
Ingsve
448
(-8)
24
LosBrolin
448
(+3)
26
DevilsElbow
442
(-1)
27
Kazistuta
440
(-7)
28
Shakes
425
(+2)
29
Josedin
408
(+2)
30
JumboVismaFan
406
(-1)
31
SlowClimber
393
(-3)
32
QueenStagiaire
374
(+1)
33
Del1962
370
(-1)
34
BsAsCycling
323
(-)
35
BicycleBoy
296
(+1)
36
Mikks
269
(-1)
Collective_Wisdom
674
Default
885

Tomorrow should be more about purple than pink.
 
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Not great for my team, already two riders out (yates and groves) without scoring, Milan held up in a crash (thankfully it didn't look to bad for him) so missing out on vital points today. Not looking good at all
 
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Stage 6
Sprint around a hairpin in Naples.

Purple points

If most of the sprinters didn't get around that bend, then most of our sprint picks didn't, either

BALLERINI Davide
70
1
STUYVEN Jasper
40
0
MAGNIER Paul
25
0
PLOWRIGHT Jensen
15
0
TURNER Ben
10
0
SEGAERT Alec
7
0
MOZZATO Luca
5
0
MAGLI Filippo
3
0
ZANONCELLO Enrico
2
0
VAN UDEN Casper
1
4

But one notable, and one almost indiscernible, exception to that

1
Mikks
70
2
Armchair_Cyclist
1
2
Bminchow
1
2
JonEzeitza
1
2
Shakes
1

At least one team beat the default group today (Mozzato scoring there)

Standings

1
YellowKnight
155
(-)
2
RedheadDane
145
(-)
3
DJW
117
(-)
4
Vladimir
105
(-)
5
Search
90
(-)
6
Mikks
83
(+24)
7
TheAsian
80
(-1)
8
SamuCuenca
73
(-1)
9
AmisVelo
70
(-1)
9
Kazistuta
70
(-1)
Collective_Wisdom
75
Default
125

Pink points

A few GC shifts through countback totals, some movement in the minor classifications, and the pink jersey bonus: makes up a bit for the lack of stage points.

BALLERINI Davide
95
1
CEPEDA ORTIZ Jefferson Alexander
26
2
EULALIO Afonso
16
1
O'CONNOR Ben
12
1
TAROZZI Manuele
10
2
CARUSO Damiano
6
5
VAN UDEN Casper
1
4

MIHKELS Madis
-1
2
CICCONE Giulio
-5
3
RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto
-5
5
SILVA COUSSAN Guillermo Thomas
-7
1
HINDLEY Jai
-8
15
HIRT Jan
-14
15

At least there are a few more teams in positive territory than yesterday, but only one that could really be pleased about their team today.

1
Mikks
87
2
Nevs
26
3
Hayneplane
12
3
JumboVismaFan
12
5
SamuCuenca
2
6
JonEzeitza
1
7
Ingsve
0
7
Josedin
0
7
Rufs
0
10
Armchair_Cyclist
-2
10
DJSprtsch
-2
12
BsAsCycling
-4
13
BluesInTheBottle
-5
13
Kazistuta
-5
13
YellowKnight
-5
16
DJW
-6
17
Bminchow
-7
17
Shakes
-7
19
Del1962
-8
19
LosBrolin
-8
19
Nightowl
-8
19
Qazaqstan
-8
19
SlowClimber
-8
19
TheAsian
-8
25
RedheadDane
-12
26
Madrazo
-13
26
Vladimir
-13
28
BicycleBoy
-14
28
EvansIsTheBest
-14
28
QueenStagiaire
-14
28
Triley36
-14
32
Search
-15
33
AmisVelo
-19
34
IlMaestro
-22
34
Leadbelly
-22
36
DevilsElbow
-27
Collective_Wisdom
-22
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Standings

If there are changes, it speaks more of how closely bunched teams are than of dramatic changes in our fortunes.

1
DJW
1138
(-)
2
YellowKnight
938
(-)
3
Vladimir
818
(-)
4
SamuCuenca
744
(-)
5
Triley36
604
(-)
6
Nightowl
587
(-)
7
Qazaqstan
587
(-1)
8
AmisVelo
575
(-)
9
RedheadDane
556
(-)
10
DJSprtsch
549
(+1)
11
Hayneplane
546
(+1)
12
EvansIsTheBest
539
(-2)
13
Bminchow
506
(-)
14
Armchair_Cyclist
493
(+3)
15
TheAsian
489
(-)
16
Madrazo
484
(-1)
17
IlMaestro
479
(-3)
18
Nevs
479
(+5)
19
Search
469
(-1)
20
JonEzeitza
469
(-)
21
Rufs
469
(-2)
22
BluesInTheBottle
453
(-)
23
Ingsve
448
(+1)
24
LosBrolin
440
(-)
25
Leadbelly
438
(-4)
26
Kazistuta
435
(+1)
27
JumboVismaFan
418
(+3)
28
Shakes
418
(-)
29
DevilsElbow
415
(-3)
30
Josedin
408
(-1)
31
SlowClimber
385
(-)
32
Del1962
362
(+1)
33
QueenStagiaire
360
(-1)
34
Mikks
356
(+2)
35
BsAsCycling
319
(-1)
36
BicycleBoy
282
(-1)
Collective_Wisdom
652
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Tomorrow will tell us a lot more about where this Giro, and this game, is going.
 
I have given up on my ambitions to make the tweaks I was planning to the spreadsheet.
Here it is

Ballerini's successful day lifts Mikks from the bottom of the table: the two below him are the two that invested (nearly) everything on Vingegaard. Tomorrow will, I am fairly sure, see them rise somewhat.
 
Stage 7 Blokhaus: The Giro starts here?

Purple points

The most predictable stage so far

VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas
70
2
GALL Felix
40
3
HINDLEY Jai
25
15
PELLIZZARI Giulio
15
20
O'CONNOR Ben
10
1
RONDEL Mathys
7
0
CICCONE Giulio
5
3
GEE-WEST Derek
3
10
STORER Michael
2
5
ARENSMAN Thymen
1
11

Points for everyone

1
DevilsElbow
80 (Gall, Hindley, Pellizzari)
2
BicycleBoy
70 (Vingegaard)
2
BsAsCycling
70
4
QueenStagiaire
55 (Gall, Pellizzari)
5
JumboVismaFan
53 (Gall, O'Connor, Gee)
6
Bminchow
43
7
DJSprtsch
41
8
DJW
40
8
Leadbelly
40
8
Madrazo
40
11
Qazaqstan
31
12
Armchair_Cyclist
29
12
IlMaestro
29
14
Mikks
28
14
Nightowl
28
16
Shakes
26
16
SlowClimber
26
18
Del1962
25
18
LosBrolin
25
20
Triley36
19
21
Hayneplane
18
21
JonEzeitza
18
21
Rufs
18
24
BluesInTheBottle
16
25
AmisVelo
15
25
EvansIsTheBest
15
25
Ingsve
15
25
Kazistuta
15
25
Nevs
15
25
SamuCuenca
15
25
Search
15
25
TheAsian
15
33
RedheadDane
8
34
YellowKnight
7
35
Vladimir
5
36
Josedin
3
Collective_Wisdom
40
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Standings

1
YellowKnight
162
(-)
2
DJW
157
(+1)
3
RedheadDane
153
(-1)
4
Mikks
111
(+2)
5
Vladimir
110
(-1)
6
Search
105
(-1)
7
TheAsian
95
(-)
8
IlMaestro
91
(+4)
9
Del1962
90
(+2)
9
DevilsElbow
90
(+23)

Pink points
Some sort of plausible GC shape beginning to emerge, but still a pretender on the throne.

VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas
418
2 teams
GALL Felix
324
3
HINDLEY Jai
231
15
O'CONNOR Ben
147
1
PELLIZZARI Giulio
137
20
STORER Michael
79
5
GEE-WEST Derek
59
10
HIRT Jan
50
15

VAN EETVELT Lennert
-50
12
MAS NICOLAU Enric
-56
21
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
-60
2
CHRISTEN Jan
-132
1
KULSET Johannes
-174
1
ARRIETA LIZARRAGA Igor
-304
1

A spread of over 1000 points (over 1200 if we count the default team) could well be a record for daily gains and losses.

1
DevilsElbow
750
2
QueenStagiaire
503
3
BicycleBoy
454
4
BsAsCycling
439
5
JumboVismaFan
424
6
IlMaestro
377
7
DJW
362
8
Leadbelly
354
9
DJSprtsch
322
10
Bminchow
321
11
Nightowl
301
12
Qazaqstan
285
13
Shakes
281
14
Madrazo
273
15
Hayneplane
259
16
Armchair_Cyclist
244
17
Mikks
234
18
Del1962
203
19
SlowClimber
177
20
TheAsian
167
21
Triley36
156
22
LosBrolin
143
23
Search
131
24
Josedin
114
25
JonEzeitza
108
26
BluesInTheBottle
99
27
Kazistuta
95
28
AmisVelo
83
29
Rufs
76
30
Ingsve
59
31
EvansIsTheBest
57
32
RedheadDane
2
33
SamuCuenca
-22
34
Nevs
-35
35
Vladimir
-114
36
YellowKnight
-266
Collective_Wisdom
298
Default
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Standings

Rather like the GC, huge alterations, but not at the top. Eulalio and the manager that has him as a unique pick hang on defiantly.

1
DJW
1500
(-)
2
DevilsElbow
1165
(+27)
3
Nightowl
888
(+3)
4
Qazaqstan
872
(+3)
5
DJSprtsch
871
(+5)
6
QueenStagiaire
863
(+27)
7
IlMaestro
856
(+10)
8
JumboVismaFan
842
(+19)
9
Bminchow
827
(+4)
10
Hayneplane
805
(+1)
11
Leadbelly
792
(+14)
12
Triley36
760
(-7)
13
BsAsCycling
758
(+22)
14
Madrazo
757
(+2)
15
Armchair_Cyclist
737
(-1)
16
BicycleBoy
736
(+20)
17
SamuCuenca
722
(-13)
18
Vladimir
704
(-15)
19
Shakes
699
(+9)
20
YellowKnight
672
(-18)
21
AmisVelo
658
(-13)
22
TheAsian
656
(-7)
23
Search
600
(-4)
24
EvansIsTheBest
596
(-12)
25
Mikks
590
(+9)
26
LosBrolin
583
(-2)
27
JonEzeitza
577
(-7)
28
Del1962
565
(+4)
29
SlowClimber
562
(+2)
30
RedheadDane
558
(-21)
31
BluesInTheBottle
552
(-9)
32
Rufs
545
(-11)
33
Kazistuta
530
(-7)
34
Josedin
522
(-4)
35
Ingsve
507
(-12)
36
Nevs
444
(-18)
Collective_Wisdom
950
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This is the point at which those that picked Yates or Buitrago suffer: those with Bernal or Mas don't come out of it well either.
 
Sep 20, 2017
13,654
25,669
28,180
If Rubio had had his legs two days ago, this would be about as close to a done deal as it gets a week into the race. It’s a really good thing for the game that a) that didn’t happen and b) the sole Eulalio team is pretty well put together in general, because given how today went it’s going to take something major for anyone to out-GC my GC trio.
 
Feb 12, 2026
61
85
280
Groves (16 teams, 340 cost) joins Yates (10, 898), Soler (4, 423) and Buitrago (7, 536) in offering no returns on the investments. @mikks and @slow_climber have each suffered three losses already. Iguess they can still rival each other for how they do...
Maybe I should stop picking riders; I seem to be a total jinx. It's the same story as the spring classics game, where my two most expensive picks got last minute injuries.
 
Stage 8
Muros in the Marche, according to the commentators, but the first hour was more interesting than the last.

Purple points

When teams are put together I suspect most have a few cheaper picks in a vague hope that they might do something on a breakaway. A few of those came up today, but scant rewards.

NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan Manuel
70
0
LEKNESSUND Andreas
40
0
TJØTTA Martin
25
0
SILVA COUSSAN Guillermo Thomas
15
1
MILESI Lorenzo
10
0
SCARONI Christian
7
0
STRONG Corbin
5
0
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro
3
2
POELS Wout
2
3
BELOKI FERNANDEZ Markel
1
0


1
RedheadDane
15
2
Josedin, Madrazo
3
4
Hayneplane, IlMaestro, Nightowl
2

Standings
But those few points make a difference: Redhead Dane back to the top.

1
RedheadDane
168
(+2)
2
YellowKnight
162
(-1)
3
DJW
157
(-1)
4
Mikks
111
(-)
5
Vladimir
110
(-)
6
Search
105
(-)
7
TheAsian
95
(-)
8
IlMaestro
93
(-)
9
Del1962
90
(-)
9
DevilsElbow
90
(-)
9
Nightowl
90
(+2)



Pink points

This is usually fairly quiet on a breakaway stage: Scaroni does damage to some scores by moving up in the top ten.

SILVA COUSSAN Guillermo Thomas
25
1
EULALIO Afonso
17
1
CHRISTEN Jan
12
1

BALLERINI Davide
-10
1
ROMO OLIVER Javier
-10
6
MILAN Jonathan
-15
13
HINDLEY Jai
-25
15
O'CONNOR Ben
-25
1
PELLIZZARI Giulio
-26
20
CICCONE Giulio
-119
3

For the Ciccone teams: will he gain enough points in breakaways to make up for what he lost in CC points today?

I'm not sure that I remember before a day when absolutely everyone lost points. Bicycle Boy gets the sort of win usually only seen on QI.

1
BicycleBoy
-2
2
BsAsCycling
-9
3
Nevs
-10
4
Ingsve
-12
5
SlowClimber
-17
6
Josedin
-18
7
Nightowl
-22
7
Rufs
-22
9
Hayneplane
-24
10
EvansIsTheBest
-26
10
JonEzeitza
-26
12
BluesInTheBottle
-27
12
JumboVismaFan
-27
14
Armchair_Cyclist
-31
15
Del1962
-34
15
LosBrolin
-34
17
Triley36
-36
18
Qazaqstan
-37
19
QueenStagiaire
-38
20
Mikks
-41
21
Madrazo
-43
21
TheAsian
-43
23
AmisVelo
-46
23
Shakes
-46
25
DJW
-47
25
Search
-47
27
IlMaestro
-48
28
DJSprtsch
-49
28
Leadbelly
-49
30
Kazistuta
-50
31
Bminchow
-53
32
SamuCuenca
-54
33
DevilsElbow
-72
34
RedheadDane
-102
35
YellowKnight
-111
36
Vladimir
-140
Collective_Wisdom
-62
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Standings

Even negative scores can make some teams rise:

1
DJW
1453
(-)
2
DevilsElbow
1093
(-)
3
Nightowl
866
(-)
4
Qazaqstan
835
(-)
5
QueenStagiaire
825
(+1)
6
DJSprtsch
822
(-1)
7
JumboVismaFan
815
(+1)
8
IlMaestro
808
(-1)
9
Hayneplane
781
(+1)
10
Bminchow
774
(-1)
11
BsAsCycling
749
(+2)
12
Leadbelly
743
(-1)
13
BicycleBoy
734
(+3)
14
Triley36
724
(-2)
15
Madrazo
714
(-1)
16
Armchair_Cyclist
706
(-1)
17
SamuCuenca
668
(-)
18
Shakes
653
(+1)
19
TheAsian
613
(+3)
20
AmisVelo
612
(+1)
21
EvansIsTheBest
570
(+3)
22
Vladimir
564
(-4)
23
YellowKnight
561
(-3)
24
Search
553
(-1)
25
JonEzeitza
551
(+2)
26
LosBrolin
549
(-)
27
Mikks
549
(-2)
28
SlowClimber
545
(+1)
29
Del1962
531
(-1)
30
BluesInTheBottle
525
(+1)
31
Rufs
523
(+1)
32
Josedin
504
(+2)
33
Ingsve
495
(+2)
34
Kazistuta
480
(-1)
35
RedheadDane
456
(-5)
36
Nevs
434
(-)
Collective_Wisdom
888
Default
422
 
Stage 9
Unipuerto to Corno alle Scale

Purple points
VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas
70
2 teams
GALL Felix
40
3
PIGANZOLI Davide
25
0
ARENSMAN Thymen
15
11
EULALIO Afonso
10
1
GEE-WEST Derek
7
10
RONDEL Mathys
5
0
KUSS Sepp
3
0
HINDLEY Jai
2
15
STORER Michael
1
5
1
BicycleBoy, BsAsCycling
70
3
JumboVismaFan
47
4
DevilsElbow
42
5
QueenStagiaire
40
6
Qazaqstan
25
7
IlMaestro, Armchair_Cyclist
24
9
Triley36
22
10
Nightowl
18
11
DJSprtsch, Shakes, SlowClimber
17
14
Hayneplane, Josedin
16
16
BluesInTheBottle
15
17
DJW
12
18
Bminchow, Mikks
9
20
JonEzeitza, RedheadDane, Rufs
7
23
Del1962, Leadbelly, LosBrolin, Madrazo
2
27
YellowKnight
1
Standings

Because it's rest day, here is the full list

1
RedheadDane
175
(-)
2
DJW
169
(+1)
3
YellowKnight
163
(-1)
4
BicycleBoy
145
(+13)
4
BsAsCycling
145
(+13)
6
DevilsElbow
132
(+3)
7
Mikks
120
(-3)
8
IlMaestro
117
(-)
9
QueenStagiaire
110
(+10)
9
Vladimir
110
(-4)
11
Nightowl
108
(-2)
12
JumboVismaFan
105
(+11)
12
Search
105
(-6)
14
Shakes
99
(+2)
15
TheAsian
95
(-8)
16
Del1962
92
(-7)
17
SamuCuenca
88
(-5)
18
LosBrolin
87
(-5)
19
AmisVelo
85
(-6)
19
Kazistuta
85
(-6)
21
Josedin
84
(-)
22
Armchair_Cyclist
79
(+3)
23
Bminchow
78
(-3)
24
Qazaqstan
71
(+3)
25
DJSprtsch
68
(+1)
26
Leadbelly
62
(-4)
27
Madrazo
60
(-4)
28
SlowClimber
58
(-)
29
Hayneplane
56
(+1)
29
Triley36
56
(+5)
31
BluesInTheBottle
51
(+2)
32
JonEzeitza
48
(-4)
33
Rufs
45
(-1)
34
Ingsve
40
(-4)
35
EvansIsTheBest
30
(-)
36
Nevs
28
(-)
Collective_Wisdom
117
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128


Pink points

Differences in GC outscore the stage points this time.

ARENSMAN Thymen
80
11
VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas
70
2
GALL Felix
40
3
EULALIO Afonso
34
1
HINDLEY Jai
23
15
RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto
19
5
VAN EETVELT Lennert
12
12

O'CONNOR Ben
-25
1
ARRIETA LIZARRAGA Igor
-39
1
CHRISTEN Jan
-42
1
PELLIZZARI Giulio
-66
20
Not a good day for the second most popular rider in the game, and therefore not good for most teams.

1
Qazaqstan
118
2
Armchair_Cyclist
114
2
IlMaestro
114
4
SlowClimber
99
5
Nightowl
98
6
Shakes
92
7
Josedin
84
8
BicycleBoy
68
9
BsAsCycling
64
10
DJSprtsch
41
11
LosBrolin
37
12
JumboVismaFan
32
13
BluesInTheBottle
31
13
Triley36
31
15
Mikks
28
16
Hayneplane
19
17
Del1962
13
17
DevilsElbow
13
19
Vladimir
10
20
RedheadDane
8
21
Madrazo
-6
22
DJW
-7
23
Bminchow
-26
24
QueenStagiaire
-31
25
Leadbelly
-33
25
YellowKnight
-33
27
AmisVelo
-37
28
Kazistuta
-38
29
JonEzeitza
-45
30
Rufs
-51
31
Ingsve
-59
32
TheAsian
-62
33
SamuCuenca
-68
33
Search
-68
35
EvansIsTheBest
-70
36
Nevs
-110
Collective_Wisdom
-35
Default
-20
So, going into the first rest day, this is where we are:
Standings

The "if only it weren't for my DNF" stories are in the lower half of the top ten: Il Maestro is the highest with Soler, DJSprtsch the highest with Groves, JVF for Buitrago, and Armchair for Yates.

1
DJW
1446
(-)
2
DevilsElbow
1106
(-)
3
Nightowl
964
(-)
4
Qazaqstan
953
(-)
5
IlMaestro
922
(+3)
6
DJSprtsch
863
(-)
7
JumboVismaFan
847
(-)
8
Armchair_Cyclist
820
(+8)
9
BsAsCycling
813
(+2)
10
BicycleBoy
802
(+3)
11
Hayneplane
800
(-2)
12
QueenStagiaire
794
(-7)
13
Triley36
755
(+1)
14
Bminchow
748
(-4)
15
Shakes
745
(+3)
16
Leadbelly
710
(-4)
17
Madrazo
708
(-2)
18
SlowClimber
644
(+10)
19
SamuCuenca
600
(-2)
20
Josedin
588
(+12)
21
LosBrolin
586
(+5)
22
Mikks
577
(+5)
23
AmisVelo
575
(-3)
24
Vladimir
574
(-2)
25
BluesInTheBottle
556
(+5)
26
TheAsian
551
(-7)
27
Del1962
544
(+2)
28
YellowKnight
528
(-5)
29
JonEzeitza
506
(-4)
30
EvansIsTheBest
500
(-9)
31
Search
485
(-7)
32
Rufs
472
(-1)
33
RedheadDane
464
(+2)
34
Kazistuta
442
(-)
35
Ingsve
436
(-2)
36
Nevs
324
(-)
Collective_Wisdom
853
Default
402

Top scoring riders at rest day 2:

pink pointspurple pointsteams
EULALIO Afonso
653​
57​
1​
VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas
585​
140​
2​
GALL Felix
420​
80​
3​
HINDLEY Jai
295​
27​
15​
SCARONI Christian
272​
32​
0​
MAGNIER Paul
268​
165​
0​
ARENSMAN Thymen
231​
16​
11​
RONDEL Mathys
203​
13​
0​
NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan Manuel
201​
140​
0​
O'CONNOR Ben
175​
10​
1​
PELLIZZARI Giulio
175​
25​
20​
SILVA COUSSAN Guillermo Thomas
168​
110​
1​
ARRIETA LIZARRAGA Igor
150​
70​
1​
STORER Michael
138​
3​
5​
PIGANZOLI Davide
131​
25​
0​
CICCONE Giulio
130​
55​
3​
BELOKI FERNANDEZ Markel
121​
1​
0​
HIRT Jan
112​
0​
15​
GEE-WEST Derek
106​
10​
10​
BALLERINI Davide
103​
73​
1​
 
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54,077
32,253
28,180
Thanks to Ganna for giving me some points!


(I think it's gonna be all about the Purplish Jersey for me. Would be nice to add it to the point jersey I got in the Spring Classics Game.)
 
Stage 10
The time trial: remember that?

Purple points

GANNA Filippo
70
1
ARENSMAN Thymen
40
11
CAVAGNA Rémi
25
0
BAX Sjoerd
15
0
GEE-WEST Derek
10
10
WALSCHEID Maximilian
7
0
PRICE-PEJTERSEN Johan
5
4
BJERG Mikkel Norsgaard
3
0
MILESI Lorenzo
2
0
LARSEN Niklas
1
0

1
RedheadDane
80
2
Armchair_Cyclist, IlMaestro, Qazaqstan, Triley36
50
6
DJSprtsch, Hayneplane
45
8
BluesInTheBottle, Josedin, Nightowl, Shakes, SlowClimber
40
13
Bminchow, JonEzeitza, JumboVismaFan, Mikks, Rufs
10
18
BicycleBoy, BsAsCycling
5

Standings

1
RedheadDane
255
(-)
2
DJW
169
(-)
3
IlMaestro
167
(+5)
4
YellowKnight
163
(-1)
5
BicycleBoy
150
(-1)
5
BsAsCycling
150
(-1)
7
Nightowl
148
(+4)
8
Shakes
139
(+6)
9
DevilsElbow
132
(-3)
10
Mikks
130
(-3)


Pink points
When GC placings have been established through climbing, a TT can upset the standings a bit:

ARENSMAN Thymen
140
11
GEE-WEST Derek
79
10
O'CONNOR Ben
75
1
GANNA Filippo
70
1
STORER Michael
55
5

HIRT Jan
-38
15
GALL Felix
-50
3
HINDLEY Jai
-50
15



1
Qazaqstan
212
2
Josedin
193
3
Armchair_Cyclist
179
4
Triley36
171
5
Nightowl
157
6
Hayneplane
150
7
RedheadDane
149
8
BluesInTheBottle
136
9
IlMaestro
131
10
DJSprtsch
105
11
Shakes
100
12
JumboVismaFan
94
13
SlowClimber
92
14
JonEzeitza
73
14
Rufs
73
16
YellowKnight
53
17
Mikks
27
18
Bminchow
19
19
Ingsve
4
20
Kazistuta
-12
21
Nevs
-14
21
Vladimir
-14
23
EvansIsTheBest
-22
23
TheAsian
-22
25
SamuCuenca
-24
26
BicycleBoy
-29
26
BsAsCycling
-29
28
Del1962
-40
28
Search
-40
30
AmisVelo
-50
31
LosBrolin
-60
32
Madrazo
-64
33
DJW
-69
34
QueenStagiaire
-86
35
Leadbelly
-92
36
DevilsElbow
-142
Collective_Wisdom
-94
Default
-18

Standings
Not a good TT for either of the two top teams, DJW retails top spot, but the challengers look rather different. Will the next major climbs redress that or not?

1
DJW
1377
(-)
2
Qazaqstan
1165
(+2)
3
Nightowl
1121
(-)
4
IlMaestro
1053
(+1)
5
Armchair_Cyclist
999
(+3)
6
DJSprtsch
968
(-)
7
DevilsElbow
964
(-5)
8
Hayneplane
950
(+3)
9
JumboVismaFan
941
(-2)
10
Triley36
926
(+3)
11
Shakes
845
(+4)
12
BsAsCycling
784
(-3)
13
Josedin
781
(+7)
14
BicycleBoy
773
(-4)
15
Bminchow
767
(-1)
16
SlowClimber
736
(+2)
17
QueenStagiaire
708
(-5)
18
BluesInTheBottle
692
(+7)
19
Madrazo
644
(-2)
20
Leadbelly
618
(-4)
21
RedheadDane
613
(+12)
22
Mikks
604
(-)
23
YellowKnight
581
(+5)
24
JonEzeitza
579
(+5)
25
SamuCuenca
576
(-6)
26
Vladimir
560
(-2)
27
Rufs
545
(+5)
28
TheAsian
529
(-2)
29
LosBrolin
526
(-8)
30
AmisVelo
525
(-7)
31
Del1962
504
(-4)
32
EvansIsTheBest
478
(-2)
33
Search
445
(-2)
34
Ingsve
440
(+1)
35
Kazistuta
430
(-1)
36
Nevs
310
(-)
Collective_Wisdom
759
Default
384

 
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