2026 Giro CQ game

Armchair Cyclist · May 20, 2026

Stage 11
Tuscany and Ligurian coast, but Strade Bianche and MSR it is not.

Purple points

The most popular pick finally becomes visible

NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan Manuel	70	0
MAS NICOLAU Enric	40	21
ULISSI Diego	25	0
HARPER Chris	15	4
VLASOV Aleksandr	10	1
SCARONI Christian	7	0
CRESCIOLI Ludovico	5	0
GUALDI Simone	3	1
BARGUIL Warren	2	0
RACCAGNI NOVIERO Andrea	1	0

Some combined Mas with Harper or Vlasov

1=	Del1962, Ingsve, Nightowl	55
4	LosBrolin	50
5=	All the other Mas teams	40
22	Shakes	15
23	RedheadDane	3

Standings

1	RedheadDane	258	(-)
2	DJW	209	(-)
3	Nightowl	203	(+4)
4	Mikks	170	(+6)
5	Armchair_Cyclist	169	(+6)
6	IlMaestro	167	(-3)
7	YellowKnight	163	(-3)
8	Qazaqstan	161	(+5)
9	JumboVismaFan	155	(+5)
10	Shakes	154	(-2)

Pink points

At the end of the game, when I do a Collective Ignorance team, Narvaez will presumably be the star.

In the game, though, Harper is the star of the day

HARPER Chris	72	4
MAS NICOLAU Enric	44	21
VLASOV Aleksandr	16	1
BAIS Mattia	15	1
EULALIO Afonso	15	1
HATHERLY Alan	10	1

ROMO OLIVER Javier	-10	6
CARUSO Damiano	-12	5
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	-14	2
BLIKRA Erlend Jordbrekk	-15	1
VAN EETVELT Lennert	-16	12
BOUWMAN Koen	-22	11
CEPEDA ORTIZ Jefferson Alexander	-23	2
BALLERINI Davide	-30	1

Blikra and Ballerini become the first DNFs to have contributed something to the managers that picked them: stage points, and pink jersey wearer's points, are guaranteed even if the rider does not make it to Rome. Although it is known that Van Eetvelt won't start tomorrow, he is still treated as 25th on GC in these points. He will be -54 tomorrow.

1	Del1962	116
2	Ingsve	110
3	Nightowl	96
4	Shakes	60
5	Search	44
6	JumboVismaFan	43
7	LosBrolin	42
8	DJW	41
9	BluesInTheBottle	35
10	Armchair_Cyclist	30
10	DJSprtsch	30
12	Triley36	28
13	Bminchow	26
14	Madrazo	21
15	SlowClimber	20
16	AmisVelo	19
17	Qazaqstan	16
17	Vladimir	16
19	JonEzeitza	15
20	Mikks	12
21	EvansIsTheBest	8
21	IlMaestro	8
23	RedheadDane	7
24	Rufs	6
25	Josedin	0
26	YellowKnight	-3
27	BsAsCycling	-18
28	Hayneplane	-19
29	DevilsElbow	-21
30	BicycleBoy	-22
31	Nevs	-24
32	SamuCuenca	-28
33	QueenStagiaire	-32
34	TheAsian	-34
35	Kazistuta	-35
36	Leadbelly	-40
	Collective_Wisdom	4
	Default	7

Standings

@nightowl , a first timer, moves up to second place here, as well as onto the purple podium.

1	DJW	1418	(-)
2	Nightowl	1217	(+1)
3	Qazaqstan	1181	(-1)
4	IlMaestro	1061	(-)
5	Armchair_Cyclist	1029	(-)
6	DJSprtsch	998	(-)
7	JumboVismaFan	984	(+2)
8	Triley36	954	(+2)
9	DevilsElbow	943	(-2)
10	Hayneplane	931	(-2)
11	Shakes	905	(-)
12	Bminchow	793	(+3)
13	Josedin	781	(-)
14	BsAsCycling	766	(-2)
15	SlowClimber	756	(+1)
16	BicycleBoy	751	(-2)
17	BluesInTheBottle	727	(+1)
18	QueenStagiaire	676	(-1)
19	Madrazo	665	(-)
20	Del1962	620	(+11)
20	RedheadDane	620	(+1)
22	Mikks	616	(-)
23	JonEzeitza	594	(+1)
24	Leadbelly	578	(-4)
24	YellowKnight	578	(-1)
26	Vladimir	576	(-)
27	LosBrolin	568	(+2)
28	Rufs	551	(-1)
29	Ingsve	550	(+5)
30	SamuCuenca	548	(-5)
31	AmisVelo	544	(-1)
32	TheAsian	495	(-4)
33	Search	489	(-)
34	EvansIsTheBest	486	(-2)
35	Kazistuta	395	(-)
36	Nevs	286	(-)
	Collective_Wisdom	763
	Default	391

I'm travelling for the next few days, so very late (maybe not quite as late as the stage 10 update) will probably be the norm for a while.

Armchair Cyclist · May 21, 2026

Mikks has had the misfortune to lose half the team already (Yates, Soler, Groves and now Ballerini); Leadbelly will join him in that sorry state when Van Eetvelt does not start today. Of those in the top ten, Qazaqstan, JBF and TRiley will be losing LVE.

nightowl · May 21, 2026

It seems my strategy of picking as many fringe GC riders as possible is working out. Either that or beginners luck

Still plenty of time to be brought back down to Earth though!

RedheadDane · May 21, 2026

Silva getting me some more Purplish points.

I feel like I should send him a thank-you letter.

Armchair Cyclist · May 22, 2026

stage 12

An anti-break stage

Purple points
The main sprinters missed out, and we didn't go for the lesser sprinters in big numbers

SEGAERT Alec	70	0
AERTS Toon	40	0
SILVA COUSSAN Guillermo Thomas	25	1
VERNON Ethan	15	1
STUYVEN Jasper	10	0
AULAR SANABRIA Orluis Alberto	7	0
MIHKELS Madis	5	2
NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan Manuel	3	0
ZAMBANINI Edoardo	2	0
LØLAND Sakarias Koller	1	0

1	RedheadDane	25
2	YellowKnight	15
3	Armchair_Cyclist	5
3	Search	5

Standings

Even with so few points, some change

1	RedheadDane	283	(-)
2	DJW	209	(-)
3	Nightowl	203	(-)
4	YellowKnight	178	(+3)
5	Armchair_Cyclist	174	(-)
6	Mikks	170	(-2)
7	IlMaestro	167	(-1)
8	Qazaqstan	161	(-)
9	JumboVismaFan	155	(-)
10	Shakes	154	(-)

Collective Wisdom has 157, so effectively 8th.

Pink points
Today's main news as far as the game is concerned broke last night, with Van Eetvelt's abandoning.
Mass moved up several places in the KoMranking

SILVA COUSSAN Guillermo Thomas	30	1
VERNON Ethan	17	1
EULALIO Afonso	16	1
MAS NICOLAU Enric	11	21
HATHERLY Alan	6	1
HAIG Jack	5	2
MIHKELS Madis	5	2
TONELLI Alessandro	5	1

ARRIETA LIZARRAGA Igor	-6	1
TAROZZI Manuele	-8	2
VLASOV Aleksandr	-8	1
ROMO OLIVER Javier	-15	6
VAN EETVELT Lennert	-54	12

Our leader is actually the day's biggest (but hardly big) gainer.

1	DJW	33
2	RedheadDane	28
3	Search	16
4	Armchair_Cyclist	15
4	Del1962	15
4	YellowKnight	15
7	EvansIsTheBest	14
8	BluesInTheBottle	13
8	SlowClimber	13
10	Vladimir	12
11	Nightowl	11
12	DJSprtsch	10
12	Mikks	10
14	Nevs	9
15	BicycleBoy	3
15	TheAsian	3
17	Hayneplane	-1
18	BsAsCycling	-5
18	SamuCuenca	-5
20	IlMaestro	-7
21	QueenStagiaire	-12
22	DevilsElbow	-14
23	Shakes	-16
24	Josedin	-23
25	Ingsve	-37
26	JonEzeitza	-39
27	Rufs	-40
28	AmisVelo	-41
29	JumboVismaFan	-43
29	Triley36	-43
31	Bminchow	-44
32	Madrazo	-46
33	Leadbelly	-52
33	LosBrolin	-52
35	Qazaqstan	-59
36	Kazistuta	-67
	Collective_Wisdom	-41
	Default	4

Standings

1	DJW	1451	(-)
2	Nightowl	1228	(-)
3	Qazaqstan	1122	(-)
4	IlMaestro	1054	(-)
5	Armchair_Cyclist	1044	(-)
6	DJSprtsch	1008	(-)
7	JumboVismaFan	941	(-)
8	Hayneplane	930	(+2)
9	DevilsElbow	929	(-)
10	Triley36	911	(-2)
11	Shakes	889	(-)
12	SlowClimber	769	(+3)
13	BsAsCycling	761	(+1)
14	Josedin	758	(-1)
15	BicycleBoy	754	(+1)
16	Bminchow	749	(-4)
17	BluesInTheBottle	740	(-)
18	QueenStagiaire	664	(-)
19	RedheadDane	648	(+1)
20	Del1962	635	(-)
21	Mikks	626	(+1)
22	Madrazo	619	(-3)
23	YellowKnight	593	(+1)
24	Vladimir	588	(+2)
25	JonEzeitza	555	(-2)
26	SamuCuenca	543	(+4)
27	Leadbelly	526	(-3)
28	LosBrolin	516	(-1)
29	Ingsve	513	(-)
30	Rufs	511	(-2)
31	Search	505	(+2)
32	AmisVelo	503	(-1)
33	EvansIsTheBest	500	(+1)
34	TheAsian	498	(-2)
35	Kazistuta	328	(-)
36	Nevs	295	(-)
	Collective_Wisdom	722
	Default	395

Armchair Cyclist · May 23, 2026

Very drunk after a nephew's wedding in @topcat 's part of the world; stage 13 update will follow eventually...

Armchair Cyclist · May 24, 2026

Stage 13
way back on Friday: flat with a cat3 near the end to discourage sprint teams from chasing the break.

Purple points
None, nothing, zilch. not a drop....

Pink points
Not much more than none, nothing, zilch.
Scaroni gifted some GC places, Eulalio picked up his final pink bonus.

EULALIO Afonso	18	1
SVESTAD-BAARDSENG Embret	10	1
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	6	2
CARUSO Damiano	6	5

RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto	-5	5
SILVA COUSSAN Guillermo Thomas	-5	1
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	-6	2
CEPEDA ORTIZ Jefferson Alexander	-7	2

1	DJW	29
2	TheAsian	11
3	Vladimir	10
4	SamuCuenca	9
5	EvansIsTheBest	7
6	BicycleBoy	5
6	Leadbelly	5
6	QueenStagiaire	5
9	BsAsCycling	3
10	Armchair_Cyclist	2
10	DJSprtsch	2
12	YellowKnight	1
13	Search	0
13	Shakes	0
13	Triley36	0
16	DevilsElbow	-1
17	Ingsve	-2
18	Rufs	-3
18	SlowClimber	-3
20	Bminchow	-4
20	IlMaestro	-4
20	JumboVismaFan	-4
20	LosBrolin	-4
20	Mikks	-4
20	Qazaqstan	-4
26	AmisVelo	-5
26	Kazistuta	-5
28	Hayneplane	-7
28	Nightowl	-7
28	RedheadDane	-7
31	Del1962	-8
31	JonEzeitza	-8
33	BluesInTheBottle	-9
34	Josedin	-10
35	Madrazo	-15
35	Nevs	-15
	Collective_Wisdom	1
	Default	2

Standings

I wouldn't have thought a 4 place jump possible with scores as low as this: well done @the asian

1	DJW	1480	(-)
2	Nightowl	1221	(-)
3	Qazaqstan	1118	(-)
4	IlMaestro	1050	(-)
5	Armchair_Cyclist	1046	(-)
6	DJSprtsch	1010	(-)
7	JumboVismaFan	937	(-)
8	DevilsElbow	928	(+1)
9	Hayneplane	923	(-1)
10	Triley36	911	(-)
11	Shakes	889	(-)
12	SlowClimber	766	(-)
13	BsAsCycling	764	(-)
14	BicycleBoy	759	(+1)
15	Josedin	748	(-1)
16	Bminchow	745	(-)
17	BluesInTheBottle	731	(-)
18	QueenStagiaire	669	(-)
19	RedheadDane	641	(-)
20	Del1962	627	(-)
21	Mikks	622	(-)
22	Madrazo	604	(-)
23	Vladimir	598	(+1)
24	YellowKnight	594	(-1)
25	SamuCuenca	552	(+1)
26	JonEzeitza	547	(-1)
27	Leadbelly	531	(-)
28	LosBrolin	512	(-)
29	Ingsve	511	(-)
30	TheAsian	509	(+4)
31	Rufs	508	(-1)
32	EvansIsTheBest	507	(+1)
33	Search	505	(-2)
34	AmisVelo	498	(-2)
35	Kazistuta	323	(-)
36	Nevs	280	(-)
	Collective_Wisdom	723
	Default	397

Armchair Cyclist · May 24, 2026

Stage 14
Pila-ing on the pressure

Purple points

VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas	70	2
GALL Felix	40	3
HINDLEY Jai	25	15
PIGANZOLI Davide	15	0
PELLIZZARI Giulio	10	20
ARENSMAN Thymen	7	11
STORER Michael	5	5
POELS Wout	3	3
HIRT Jan	2	15
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	1	2

Almost everyone scores, many with several riders:

1	DevilsElbow	77
2	BicycleBoy	72
2	BsAsCycling	72
4	QueenStagiaire	52
5	DJSprtsch	42
6	JumboVismaFan	40
6	Nightowl	40
8	DJW	37
8	IlMaestro	37
8	Leadbelly	37
8	Qazaqstan	37
12	Bminchow	35
12	Madrazo	35
14	Armchair_Cyclist	32
14	Shakes	32
14	SlowClimber	32
17	Hayneplane	27
18	Del1962	25
18	LosBrolin	25
18	Mikks	25
21	Triley36	19
22	BluesInTheBottle	17
23	EvansIsTheBest	13
24	AmisVelo	12
24	Josedin	12
24	SamuCuenca	12
24	Search	12
24	TheAsian	12
29	Ingsve	10
29	JonEzeitza	10
29	Kazistuta	10
29	Nevs	10
29	Rufs	10
34	YellowKnight	5
35	Vladimir	3
36	RedheadDane	0
	Collective_Wisdom	37
	Default	0

Standings

Everyone gets a bit closer to RhD

1	RedheadDane	283	(-)
2	DJW	246	(-)
3	Nightowl	243	(-)
4	BicycleBoy	222	(+8)
4	BsAsCycling	222	(+8)
6	DevilsElbow	209	(+14)
7	Armchair_Cyclist	206	(-2)
8	IlMaestro	204	(-1)
9	Qazaqstan	198	(-1)
10	DJSprtsch	195	(+1)
10	JumboVismaFan	195	(-1)
10	Mikks	195	(-4)

Pink points

The long expected change at the top finally happens, with plenty of other positional swaps.

VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas	213	2
GALL Felix	80	3
PELLIZZARI Giulio	75	20
HINDLEY Jai	53	15
VAN DER LEE Jardi	40	1
CICCONE Giulio	31	3

HARPER Chris	-31	4
ARENSMAN Thymen	-43	11
O'CONNOR Ben	-75	1
EULALIO Afonso	-126	1

Recoveries for Hindley and Pellizzari mean it is not as disastrous a day for DJW as it might have been.

1	BicycleBoy	233
1	BsAsCycling	233
3	DevilsElbow	232
4	QueenStagiaire	215
5	Leadbelly	148
6	Madrazo	147
7	Bminchow	114
8	EvansIsTheBest	113
9	SamuCuenca	103
10	TheAsian	101
11	AmisVelo	100
12	DJSprtsch	92
13	Kazistuta	91
14	Search	84
15	Nevs	80
16	Rufs	73
17	Vladimir	63
18	LosBrolin	60
19	Hayneplane	56
20	BluesInTheBottle	49
21	JonEzeitza	45
22	Mikks	39
23	IlMaestro	32
24	Ingsve	31
25	YellowKnight	29
26	Del1962	28
27	Triley36	26
28	SlowClimber	23
29	DJW	21
30	RedheadDane	19
31	Nightowl	12
32	Armchair_Cyclist	2
33	Qazaqstan	1
34	Shakes	-12
35	Josedin	-13
36	JumboVismaFan	-22
	Collective_Wisdom	149
	Default	10

Standings

Blood is in the water, the pursuing back smell hope.
Despite pink bonuses to come, the two Vingegaard teams won't have had the budget for anyone else to score much to support the race leader.

1	DJW	1501	(-)
2	Nightowl	1233	(-)
3	DevilsElbow	1160	(+5)
4	Qazaqstan	1119	(-1)
5	DJSprtsch	1102	(+1)
6	IlMaestro	1082	(-2)
7	Armchair_Cyclist	1048	(-2)
8	BsAsCycling	997	(+5)
9	BicycleBoy	992	(+5)
10	Hayneplane	979	(-1)
11	Triley36	937	(-1)
12	JumboVismaFan	915	(-5)
13	QueenStagiaire	884	(+5)
14	Shakes	877	(-3)
15	Bminchow	859	(+1)
16	SlowClimber	789	(-4)
17	BluesInTheBottle	780	(-)
18	Madrazo	751	(+4)
19	Josedin	735	(-4)
20	Leadbelly	679	(+7)
21	Mikks	661	(-)
21	Vladimir	661	(+2)
23	RedheadDane	660	(-4)
24	Del1962	655	(-4)
24	SamuCuenca	655	(+1)
26	YellowKnight	623	(-2)
27	EvansIsTheBest	620	(+5)
28	TheAsian	610	(+2)
29	AmisVelo	598	(+5)
30	JonEzeitza	592	(-4)
31	Search	589	(+2)
32	Rufs	581	(-1)
33	LosBrolin	572	(-5)
34	Ingsve	542	(-5)
35	Kazistuta	414	(-)
36	Nevs	360	(-)
	Collective_Wisdom	872
	Default	407

But today's stage surely won't be the one to make much difference.

Devil's Elbow · May 24, 2026

Armchair Cyclist said:
But today's stage surely won't be the one to make much difference.

With Milan on the #1, #2 and #6 teams, it was a decently important day. With him not scoring any stage points and having no path left anymore to move up in the points classification, it could even have been a decisive day if a different team wins (crosses fingers).

Armchair Cyclist · May 25, 2026

Stage 15
Into Milan a week early

I have no idea what happened today (still travelling, and this time TNT not tricked by the VPN)

But as far as I can tell there is a result:

Purple points

By Friday's standards, this was highly relevant in the game{

DVERSNES Fredrik	70	0
MAESTRI Mirco	40	0
MARCELLUSI Martin	25	0
BAIS Mattia	15	1 (Jumbo Visma Fan)
MAGNIER Paul	10	0
GROENEWEGEN Dylan	7	0
LUND ANDRESEN Tobias	5	0
VERNON Ethan	3	1 (Yellow Knight)
PENHOËT Paul	2	0
MOZZATO Luca	1	0

JBV moves up from joint tenth to sixth, Yellow Knight goes up from 13th to 14th.

Pink points

BAIS Mattia	20	1
VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas	18	2
VERNON Ethan	3	1

HAIG Jack	-2	2
TAROZZI Manuele	-2	2

1	JumboVismaFan	20
2	BicycleBoy	18
3	BsAsCycling	16
4	YellowKnight	3
5=	Almost everyone	0
34	Del1962	-2
34	Nevs	-2
34	SamuCuenca	-2
	Collective_Wisdom	0
	Default	2

Standings

Not worth the internet bandwidth to put up a table: no changes of position at all.

RedheadDane · May 26, 2026

Armchair Cyclist said:
I have no idea what happened today (still travelling, and this time TNT not tricked by the VPN)

Why would TNT not be available in Ireland?
(That's what topcat's part of the world means, right?)

Armchair Cyclist · May 26, 2026

RedheadDane said:
Why would TNT not be available in Ireland?
(That's what topcat's part of the world means, right?)

It is available, but my account isn't valid.

Armchair Cyclist · May 27, 2026

Stage 16
As in Italy, so in Switzerland

Purple points

VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas	70	2
GALL Felix	40	3
HINDLEY Jai	25	15
ARENSMAN Thymen	15	11
GEE-WEST Derek	10	10
PIGANZOLI Davide	7	0
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	5	2
STORER Michael	3	5
RONDEL Mathys	2	0
POELS Wout	1	3

1	BicycleBoy, BsAsCycling	70
3	DevilsElbow	65
4	Qazaqstan	53
5	IlMaestro	51
6	Armchair_Cyclist, JumboVismaFan	50
8	Nightowl	44
9	DJSprtsch, QueenStagiaire, Shakes, SlowClimber	40
13	Bminchow, Mikks	35
15	Del1962, DJW, Leadbelly, LosBrolin, Madrazo, Triley36	25
21	Hayneplane	19
22	Josedin	18
23	BluesInTheBottle	15
24	JonEzeitza, RedheadDane, Rufs	10
27	EvansIsTheBest, Vladimir	5
29	YellowKnight	3
	Collective_Wisdom	25
	Default	0

Standings

I didn't do the full listing before the rest day: I'll do it now instead.

1	RedheadDane	293	(-)
2	BicycleBoy	292	(+2)
2	BsAsCycling	292	(+2)
4	Nightowl	287	(-1)
5	DevilsElbow	274	(+2)
6	DJW	271	(-4)
7	JumboVismaFan	260	(-1)
8	Armchair_Cyclist	256	(-)
9	IlMaestro	255	(-)
10	Qazaqstan	251	(-)
11	DJSprtsch	235	(-)
12	Mikks	230	(-1)
13	Shakes	226	(-)
14	SlowClimber	210	(+2)
15	QueenStagiaire	202	(+4)
16	Bminchow	198	(+2)
17	Del1962	197	(-2)
18	Triley36	190	(-1)
19	YellowKnight	189	(-6)
20	LosBrolin	187	(-1)
21	BluesInTheBottle	163	(+2)
22	Search	162	(-3)
23	Madrazo	160	(+3)
24	Vladimir	158	(-2)
25	Josedin	154	(-)
26	Hayneplane	147	(+1)
27	AmisVelo	137	(-3)
28	Leadbelly	124	(+5)
29	JonEzeitza	118	(-1)
30	Rufs	115	(-)
31	TheAsian	107	(-2)
32	Ingsve	105	(-2)
33	SamuCuenca	100	(-1)
34	Kazistuta	95	(-)
35	EvansIsTheBest	88	(-)
36	Nevs	38	(-)
	Collective_Wisdom	219
	Default	138

Looks like I will have to devise a tiebreak in this classification: I have applied the least reliance on a high scorer, as in most of my games, but that isn't going to make a distinction between the two Vingegaard teams here. I guess it will have to be best finish among non-shared non-scorers.

Pink points

A bad day for the second most popular player in the game, and for most significant unique pick.

GALL Felix	110	3
VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas	91	2
GEE-WEST Derek	75	10
ARENSMAN Thymen	65	11
HINDLEY Jai	50	15
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	28	2
KULSET Johannes	16	1
CICCONE Giulio	15	3

O'CONNOR Ben	-15	1
LOPEZ GRANIZO Harold Martin	-16	1
VAN DER LEE Jardi	-25	1
EULALIO Afonso	-135	1
PELLIZZARI Giulio	-145	20

But not a bad day for the teams that don't have Pellizzari or Eulalio:

1	Armchair_Cyclist	192
2	Qazaqstan	187
3	IlMaestro	179
4	JumboVismaFan	164
5	Nightowl	137
6	Shakes	123
7	Mikks	119
7	SlowClimber	119
9	BicycleBoy	91
10	BsAsCycling	90
11	RedheadDane	88
12	Josedin	64
13	Del1962	56
14	LosBrolin	46
15	Vladimir	35
16	YellowKnight	22
17	DevilsElbow	12
18	Triley36	-21
19	Bminchow	-26
20	DJSprtsch	-28
21	QueenStagiaire	-60
22	Rufs	-66
23	BluesInTheBottle	-79
24	Hayneplane	-80
25	Madrazo	-90
26	JonEzeitza	-92
27	Leadbelly	-95
28	SamuCuenca	-122
29	EvansIsTheBest	-123
30	TheAsian	-137
31	Kazistuta	-138
32	Nevs	-141
33	Ingsve	-147
34	AmisVelo	-154
35	Search	-161
36	DJW	-226
	Collective_Wisdom	-101
	Default	22

Standings

DJW's long run is ended: a new player to the game is in line to repeat what happened in the Vuelta game last year with the experienced CQers being put in their place.

1	Nightowl	1370	(+1)
2	Qazaqstan	1306	(+2)
3	DJW	1275	(-2)
4	IlMaestro	1261	(+2)
5	Armchair_Cyclist	1240	(+2)
6	DevilsElbow	1172	(-3)
7	BsAsCycling	1103	(+1)
8	BicycleBoy	1101	(+1)
9	JumboVismaFan	1099	(+3)
10	DJSprtsch	1074	(-5)
11	Shakes	1000	(+3)
12	Triley36	916	(-1)
13	SlowClimber	908	(+3)
14	Hayneplane	899	(-4)
15	Bminchow	833	(-)
16	QueenStagiaire	824	(-3)
17	Josedin	799	(+2)
18	Mikks	780	(+3)
19	RedheadDane	748	(+4)
20	Del1962	709	(+4)
21	BluesInTheBottle	701	(-4)
22	Vladimir	696	(-1)
23	Madrazo	661	(-5)
24	YellowKnight	648	(+2)
25	LosBrolin	618	(+8)
26	Leadbelly	584	(-6)
27	SamuCuenca	531	(-3)
28	Rufs	515	(+4)
29	JonEzeitza	500	(+1)
30	EvansIsTheBest	497	(-3)
31	TheAsian	473	(-3)
32	AmisVelo	444	(-3)
33	Search	428	(-2)
34	Ingsve	395	(-)
35	Kazistuta	276	(-)
36	Nevs	217	(-)
	Collective_Wisdom	771
	Default	431

Don't forget where you can find the spreadsheet.

Kazistuta · May 27, 2026

You should've just allowed me to keep Bouwman as a 9th rider, wouldn't have mattered anyway

RedheadDane · May 27, 2026

Armchair Cyclist said:
1
RedheadDane
293
(-)
2
BicycleBoy
292
(+2)
2
BsAsCycling
292
(+2)

They're getting a little too close!

Armchair Cyclist · May 27, 2026

Armchair Cyclist said:
Looks like I will have to devise a tiebreak in this classification: I have applied the least reliance on a high scorer, as in most of my games, but that isn't going to make a distinction between the two Vingegaard teams here. I guess it will have to be best finish among non-shared non-scorers.

So the only difference between the two teams with Vingegaard is Paasschens for @Bicycle Boy vs Tarozzi for @BsAsCycling .
Tarozzi has managed a 36th (on stage 15), while the best placing Paasschens has achieved is 52nd (stage 16).
That's advantage BsAs for now...

Also in the Pink competition, Tarozzi has, from intermediate stage points, got ninth place, and 2 CQ points, in the ciclamino ranking. When and if that advantage for BsAs disappears, these two teams will have to be split by who is higher in GC between Tarozzi and Paasschens: Paaschens, and therefore Bicycle Boy, has the better standing there, with Paasschens 82nd vs Tarozzi 88th, 5 minutes adrift.

Armchair Cyclist · May 27, 2026

It's getting quite competitive at the top now that Eulalio has slid back a bit.

Here are the top ten teams, according to the current scores of their riders still on the road. Which riders might add to, or drop, their projected points, and which teams are able to benefit?

Excuse the ü: that shows as a tick on the spreadsheet, but I wasn't thinking about the absence of Wingdings on the forum, and couldn't be bothered to go back and redo them.

		Nightowl	Qazaqstan	DJW	Il Maestro	Armchair	Devil's Elbow	BsAs Cycling	Bicycle Boy	JVF	DJSprtsch
			-64	-95	-109	-130	-198	-267	-269	-271	-296
VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas	907							ü	ü
GALL Felix	560						ü			ü
EULALIO Afonso	459			ü
ARENSMAN Thymen	393	ü	ü		ü	ü					ü
HINDLEY Jai	345	ü	ü	ü	ü	ü	ü				ü
GEE-WEST Derek	245		ü		ü	ü				ü
STORER Michael	201	ü	ü
O'CONNOR Ben	160									ü
HARPER Chris	127	ü
PELLIZZARI Giulio	105			ü			ü				ü
CARUSO Damiano	104					ü					ü
MILAN Jonathan	95	ü		ü	ü
MAS NICOLAU Enric	92	ü	ü	ü		ü				ü	ü
HIRT Jan	76			ü	ü		ü	ü	ü
POELS Wout	64	ü			ü
RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto	56						ü
BOUWMAN Koen	53	ü		ü				ü	ü
SVESTAD-BAARDSENG Embret	50			ü
MIHKELS Madis	45					ü
GAROFOLI Gianmarco	43				ü
BAIS Mattia	37									ü
PINARELLO Alessandro	25		ü
PRICE-PEJTERSEN Johan	20							ü	ü		ü
TAROZZI Manuele	17							ü
VAN UDEN Casper	16					ü
FROIDEVAUX Robin	15						ü
VERGALLITO Luca	15						ü
LIENHARD Fabian	15							ü	ü
BASTIAENS Ayco	15							ü	ü
PAASSCHENS Mathijs	15								ü
ROJAS NARANJO Vicente Rodrigo	15										ü

Armchair Cyclist · May 27, 2026

Stage 17
That was a fun classic

Purple points

VALGREN HUNDAHL Michael	70	0
LEKNESSUND Andreas	40	0
CARUSO Damiano	25	5
VLASOV Aleksandr	15	1
RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto	10	5
ARRIETA LIZARRAGA Igor	7	1
GAROFOLI Gianmarco	5	2
DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David	3	0
NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan Manuel	2	0
DONOVAN Mark	1	0

1	Armchair_Cyclist, DJSprtsch, SamuCuenca, TheAsian, Vladimir	25
6	LosBrolin	15
7	AmisVelo, BluesInTheBottle, DevilsElbow, Kazistuta, Madrazo	10
12	YellowKnight	7
13	IlMaestro, Josedin	5
15	Everyone else, incl Collective Wisdom	0
	Default	7

Standings

With tie breakers applied, per message of this morning.

1	RedheadDane	293	(-)
2	BsAsCycling	292	(-)
3	BicycleBoy	292	(-1)
4	Nightowl	287	(-)
5	DevilsElbow	284	(-)
6	Armchair_Cyclist	281	(+2)
7	DJW	271	(-1)
8	DJSprtsch	260	(+3)
9	IlMaestro	260	(-)
10	JumboVismaFan	260	(-3)

Pink points

Pellizzari lost 8 minutes odd to the GC group, but only one GC place: Caruso was the big GC winner, O'Connor and Harper dropping most points.

CARUSO Damiano	71	5
VLASOV Aleksandr	19	1
RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto	17	5
VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas	17	2
ARRIETA LIZARRAGA Igor	11	1
HIRT Jan	10	15

MILAN Jonathan	-10	13
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	-15	2
O'CONNOR Ben	-15	1
HARPER Chris	-16	4

My second stage in a row of topping the daily gains/losses table (and not just on alphabetical order), and the overall leader is bottom today. But the gaps are mainly small.

1	Armchair_Cyclist	71
2	DJSprtsch	67
3	TheAsian	65
4	SamuCuenca	60
5	Vladimir	58
6	BicycleBoy	25
7	BsAsCycling	24
8	DevilsElbow	23
9	Madrazo	15
10	AmisVelo	13
10	BluesInTheBottle	13
12	YellowKnight	11
13	LosBrolin	9
14	IlMaestro	7
15	Triley36	6
16	Hayneplane	4
16	Leadbelly	4
18	Kazistuta	3
19	Josedin	2
20	Mikks	0
20	Qazaqstan	0
20	RedheadDane	0
23	QueenStagiaire	-1
24	Nevs	-2
24	SlowClimber	-2
26	Bminchow	-4
26	Search	-4
28	DJW	-6
28	Rufs	-6
30	EvansIsTheBest	-11
31	JonEzeitza	-13
32	JumboVismaFan	-17
33	Del1962	-25
33	Shakes	-25
35	Ingsve	-26
36	Nightowl	-30
	Collective_Wisdom	-6
	Default	1

Standings

Well, I'd have to say it's going a lot better for my team than I expected when Yates crashed out in Bulgaria. @nightowl keeps his lead, but this one will go all the way to Rome to be sorted.

1	Nightowl	1340	(-)
2	Armchair_Cyclist	1311	(+3)
3	Qazaqstan	1306	(-1)
4	DJW	1269	(-1)
5	IlMaestro	1268	(-1)
6	DevilsElbow	1195	(-)
7	DJSprtsch	1141	(+3)
8	BsAsCycling	1127	(-1)
9	BicycleBoy	1126	(-1)
10	JumboVismaFan	1082	(-1)
11	Shakes	975	(-)
12	Triley36	922	(-)
13	SlowClimber	906	(-)
14	Hayneplane	903	(-)
15	Bminchow	829	(-)
16	QueenStagiaire	823	(-)
17	Josedin	801	(-)
18	Mikks	780	(-)
19	Vladimir	754	(+3)
20	RedheadDane	748	(-1)
21	BluesInTheBottle	714	(-)
22	Del1962	684	(-2)
23	Madrazo	676	(-)
24	YellowKnight	659	(-)
25	LosBrolin	627	(-)
26	SamuCuenca	591	(+1)
27	Leadbelly	588	(-1)
28	TheAsian	538	(+3)
29	Rufs	509	(-1)
30	JonEzeitza	487	(-1)
31	EvansIsTheBest	486	(-1)
32	AmisVelo	457	(-)
33	Search	424	(-)
34	Ingsve	369	(-)
35	Kazistuta	279	(-)
36	Nevs	215	(-)
	Collective_Wisdom	765
	Default	432

Devil's Elbow · May 27, 2026

33 points from first to tenth in the green jersey this late in the race is nuts, by the way.

Armchair Cyclist · May 27, 2026

Devil's Elbow said:
33 points from first to tenth in the green jersey this late in the race is nuts, by the way.

If Vingegaard wins on both Friday and Saturday, there might be 0 points between 1st and 2nd at the end.

(green/ciclamino/purplish/purple: who's counting?)

Armchair Cyclist · May 28, 2026

Stage 18
The sprint we were promised would not be happening

Purple points

MAGNIER Paul	70	0
ZAMBANINI Edoardo	40	0
MILAN Jonathan	25	13
BUSATTO Francesco	15	0
STRONG Corbin	10	0
MIHKELS Madis	7	2
SILVA COUSSAN Guillermo Thomas	5	1
MAGLI Filippo	3	0
LØLAND Sakarias Koller	2	0
KUBIS Lukas	1	0

One manager combines Milan and Mihkels:

1	Search	32
2	AmisVelo, Del1962, DJW, IlMaestro, Josedin, Kazistuta, LosBrolin, Nightowl, SamuCuenca, Shakes, TheAsian, Vladimir	25
14	Armchair_Cyclist	7
15	RedheadDane	5
16	the rest	0
	Collective_Wisdom	25
	Default	0

Standings

Nightowl makes a bid for the double

1	Nightowl	312	(+3)
2	RedheadDane	298	(-1)
3	DJW	296	(+4)
4	BsAsCycling	292	(-2)
5	BicycleBoy	292	(-2)
6	Armchair_Cyclist	288	(-)
7	IlMaestro	285	(+2)
8	DevilsElbow	284	(-3)
9	DJSprtsch	260	(-1)
10	JumboVismaFan	260	(-)

Pink points

Very little to add to the purple points:

MILAN Jonathan	35 pts	13 teams
VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas	19	2
CARUSO Damiano	15	5
SILVA COUSSAN Guillermo Thomas	13	1
MIHKELS Madis	7	2

ARRIETA LIZARRAGA Igor	-4	1
CICCONE Giulio	-6	3

1	SamuCuenca	54
1	TheAsian	54
3	Search	46
4	Vladimir	44
5	AmisVelo	39
5	DJW	39
5	IlMaestro	39
5	Kazistuta	39
5	Nightowl	39
10	Del1962	37
10	Josedin	37
10	LosBrolin	37
10	Shakes	37
14	Armchair_Cyclist	22
15	BicycleBoy	19
15	BsAsCycling	19
15	DJSprtsch	19
18	Hayneplane	8
18	Nevs	8
20	Ingsve	7
21	RedheadDane	6
22	BluesInTheBottle	4
22	Bminchow	4
22	DevilsElbow	4
22	EvansIsTheBest	4
22	Leadbelly	4
22	Madrazo	4
22	QueenStagiaire	4
22	Rufs	4
22	Triley36	4
31	JonEzeitza	2
31	JumboVismaFan	2
33	Mikks	0
33	Qazaqstan	0
33	SlowClimber	0
36	YellowKnight	-10
	Collective_Wisdom	39
	Default	-4

Standings

1	Nightowl	1379	(-)
2	Armchair_Cyclist	1333	(-)
3	DJW	1308	(+1)
4	IlMaestro	1307	(+1)
5	Qazaqstan	1306	(-2)
6	DevilsElbow	1199	(-)
7	DJSprtsch	1160	(-)
8	BsAsCycling	1146	(-)
9	BicycleBoy	1145	(-)
10	JumboVismaFan	1084	(-)
11	Shakes	1012	(-)
12	Triley36	926	(-)
13	Hayneplane	911	(+1)
14	SlowClimber	906	(-1)
15	Josedin	838	(+2)
16	Bminchow	833	(-1)
17	QueenStagiaire	827	(-1)
18	Vladimir	798	(+1)
19	Mikks	780	(-1)
20	RedheadDane	754	(-)
21	Del1962	721	(+1)
22	BluesInTheBottle	718	(-1)
23	Madrazo	680	(-)
24	LosBrolin	664	(+1)
25	YellowKnight	649	(-1)
26	SamuCuenca	645	(-)
27	Leadbelly	592	(-)
27	TheAsian	592	(+1)
29	Rufs	513	(-)
30	AmisVelo	496	(+2)
31	EvansIsTheBest	490	(-)
32	JonEzeitza	489	(-2)
33	Search	470	(-)
34	Ingsve	376	(-)
35	Kazistuta	318	(-)
36	Nevs	223	(-)
	Collective_Wisdom	804
	Default	428

Armchair Cyclist · May 28, 2026

Hmmm: that doesn't look right: I don't see how Caruso can have gained points today. I'll have another look later.

Armchair Cyclist · May 28, 2026

Crafty little so and so's: I have uncovered some trap streets in PCS.*

On the results page, it correctly shows Silva 6th and Mihkels 7th, but when I copy and paste that into the spreadsheet, it displays Mihkels 6th and Silva 7th (try it for yourselves). They did the same for swapping 8th and 9th in the points standings (it shows Vingegaarde as a Bahrain rider in 8th, and Segaert as a V|LAB rider in 9th on the spreadsheet, but not on the website), Similarly, on GC they have swapped Caruso with Piganzoli, and Pellizzari with Arrieta (in coding, not in the display)

Of course, that meant I had to compare my spreadsheet's version of the top ten on every previous stage, but I don't see any instances of it there. It would have been less annoying if there were other corrections to make. If you fear that it cost you on previous editions of the game, research it for yourself and let me know.

I think I have also seen why: Because I have Mihkels in my team, I had watched out for him finishing, and had counted him in as seventh. I was delighted**, therefore, when Orla read through the results on the TNT screen and it showed him 6th today. That's why my 7 purple points to RhD's 5 (for Silva) seemed to make sense (I didn't really look at the top ten: I just copy and paste that without much consideration. So it seems that PCS have realised that TNT/HBO are lifting results from their website without acknowledgement, rather than (I would guess) paying a fee to RCS to subscribe to an official media results service. Naughty.

* I know it is a CQ points game, but they don't do daily rankings tables, so (as you may have seen if you have investigated the spreadsheet), I have set excel up to swap PCS name formats to CQ and apply points that way.
** As delighted as 2 points in a CQ game can make someone.

I really couldn't be bothered to go back and change all the daily adjustment scores (If you really want to, it is no change for Caruso & Piganzoli (rather than +/- 15), nor for Pellizari and Arrieta (not =/-4); Segaert is -2 , not -3; 18 rather than 19 gained for Vingegaard; 5 rather than 7 for Mihkels and 15 rather than 13 for Silva)

But the adjusted standings are:

1	Nightowl	312	(+3)
2	RedheadDane	300	(-1)
3	DJW	296	(+4)
4	BsAsCycling	292	(-2)
5	BicycleBoy	292	(-2)
6	Armchair_Cyclist	286	(-)
7	IlMaestro	285	(+2)
8	DevilsElbow	284	(-3)
9	DJSprtsch	260	(-1)
10	JumboVismaFan	260	(-)

Pellizzari not having gained a spot means it is Il Maestro, not DJW, on the third step of the podium.

1	Nightowl	1379	(-)
2	Armchair_Cyclist	1316	(-)
3	IlMaestro	1307	(+2)
4	Qazaqstan	1306	(-1)
5	DJW	1304	(-1)
6	DevilsElbow	1195	(-)
7	BsAsCycling	1145	(+1)
5	BicycleBoy	1144	(+4)
9	DJSprtsch	1141	(-2)
10	JumboVismaFan	1084	(-)
11	Shakes	1012	(-)
12	Triley36	922	(-)
13	Hayneplane	907	(+1)
14	SlowClimber	906	(-1)
15	Josedin	838	(+2)
16	Bminchow	829	(-1)
17	QueenStagiaire	823	(-1)
18	Vladimir	783	(+1)
19	Mikks	780	(-1)
20	RedheadDane	756	(-)
21	Del1962	721	(+1)
22	BluesInTheBottle	714	(-1)
23	Madrazo	676	(-)
24	LosBrolin	664	(+1)
25	YellowKnight	653	(-1)
26	SamuCuenca	626	(-)
27	Leadbelly	588	(-)
28	TheAsian	573	(-)
29	Rufs	509	(-)
30	AmisVelo	492	(+2)
31	EvansIsTheBest	486	(-)
32	JonEzeitza	485	(-2)
33	Search	464	(-)
34	Ingsve	372	(-)
35	Kazistuta	314	(-)
36	Nevs	219	(-)
	Collective_Wisdom	800
	Default	432

I hope this is not something I am going to have to check every stage from now on.

RedheadDane · May 29, 2026

Armchair Cyclist said:
I was delighted**, therefore, when Orla read through the results on the TNT screen and it showed him 6th today. That's why my 7 purple points to RhD's 5 (for Silva) seemed to make sense (I didn't really look at the top ten: I just copy and paste that without much consideration.

Not cool!
I need those points...

Ilmaestro99 · May 29, 2026

When I picked my team on pure instinct in the space of 3-4 minutes I did not expect to be up there on the podium towards the end of the race. Especially after I lost Soler. A lot can change these next 2 days but yeah I've already exceeded expectations

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