2026 Giro CQ game

Armchair Cyclist · May 29, 2026

RedheadDane said:
Not cool!
I need those points...

And now you have them

And I don't...

RedheadDane · May 29, 2026

Armchair Cyclist said:
And now you have them

And I don't...

Much better.

Armchair Cyclist · May 29, 2026

Narvaez DNFs, which will mean teams with Milan get 15 points rise for free: that's 1st, 3rd and 5th.

Armchair Cyclist · May 29, 2026

Stage 19

Queen of the Dolomites, Giau and others.

Purple points
They did it again, swapping Hindley and Caruso, but I am wise to their antics now.

KUSS Sepp	70	0
GEE-WEST Derek	40	10
CICCONE Giulio	25	3
GALL Felix	15	3
VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas	10	2
HINDLEY Jai	7	15
CARUSO Damiano	5	5
PIGANZOLI Davide	3	0
RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto	2	5
STORER Michael	1	5

Redhead's tactic of names (forenames or sunames) beginning with G comes good again with Gee and Ciccone

1	RedheadDane	65
2	JumboVismaFan	55
3	Armchair_Cyclist	52
4	Qazaqstan	48
5	Bminchow, IlMaestro, Mikks	47
8	JonEzeitza, Rufs, Triley36	40
11	Vladimir	30
12	YellowKnight	26
13	DevilsElbow	24
14	QueenStagiaire	15
15	DJSprtsch	12
16	BicycleBoy, BsAsCycling	10
18	Madrazo	9
19	Nightowl	8
20	Del1962, DJW, Leadbelly, LosBrolin, Shakes, SlowClimber	7
26	SamuCuenca, TheAsian	5
28	AmisVelo, BluesInTheBottle, Kazistuta	2
31	Hayneplane, Josedin	1
33	4 more	0
	Collective_Wisdom	7
	Default	70

Standings

RhD returns to the top

1	RedheadDane	365	(+1)
2	Armchair_Cyclist	338	(+4)
3	IlMaestro	332	(+4)
4	Nightowl	320	(-3)
5	JumboVismaFan	315	(+5)
6	DevilsElbow	308	(+2)
7	DJW	303	(-4)
8	BsAsCycling	302	(-4)
9	BicycleBoy	302	(-4)
10	Qazaqstan	299	(+1)

Pink points

Enough GC changes to swamp the relevance of stage points: points and KoM Classifications also cause change

CICCONE Giulio	70	3
GEE-WEST Derek	67	10
HINDLEY Jai	57	15
RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto	20	5
HARPER Chris	16	4
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	15	2
MILAN Jonathan	15	13
SILVA COUSSAN Guillermo Thomas	10	1

VERNON Ethan	-15	1
EULALIO Afonso	-25	1
O'CONNOR Ben	-39	1
ARENSMAN Thymen	-50	11

1	RedheadDane	148
2	Bminchow	122
3	Mikks	118
4	Vladimir	99
5	IlMaestro	87
6	DevilsElbow	81
7	Del1962	80
8	Armchair_Cyclist	73
9	Qazaqstan	69
9	Rufs	69
11	JonEzeitza	67
11	Madrazo	67
13	Leadbelly	65
14	LosBrolin	64
15	YellowKnight	58
16	DJW	53
17	Shakes	43
18	Kazistuta	39
19	Nightowl	35
20	AmisVelo	33
21	SamuCuenca	28
21	TheAsian	28
23	JumboVismaFan	23
24	EvansIsTheBest	17
25	Triley36	15
26	QueenStagiaire	13
26	Search	13
28	DJSprtsch	10
28	Ingsve	10
30	Nevs	7
31	SlowClimber	5
32	BicycleBoy	3
32	BsAsCycling	3
34	BluesInTheBottle	-32
35	Josedin	-37
36	Hayneplane	-47
	Collective_Wisdom	74
	Default	88

Standings

Il Maestro moves up to second place, and only 20 behind Nightowl.. Only 57 points between 1st and 5th.

1	Nightowl	1414	(-)
2	IlMaestro	1394	(+1)
3	Armchair_Cyclist	1389	(-1)
4	Qazaqstan	1375	(-)
5	DJW	1357	(-)
6	DevilsElbow	1276	(-)
7	DJSprtsch	1151	(+2)
8	BsAsCycling	1148	(-1)
9	BicycleBoy	1147	(-1)
10	JumboVismaFan	1107	(-)
11	Shakes	1055	(-)
12	Bminchow	951	(+4)
13	Triley36	937	(-1)
14	SlowClimber	911	(-)
15	RedheadDane	904	(+5)
16	Mikks	898	(+3)
17	Vladimir	882	(+1)
18	Hayneplane	860	(-5)
19	QueenStagiaire	836	(-2)
20	Del1962	801	(+1)
20	Josedin	801	(-5)
22	Madrazo	743	(+1)
23	LosBrolin	728	(+1)
24	YellowKnight	711	(+1)
25	BluesInTheBottle	682	(-3)
26	SamuCuenca	654	(-)
27	Leadbelly	653	(-)
28	TheAsian	601	(-)
29	Rufs	578	(-)
30	JonEzeitza	552	(+2)
31	AmisVelo	525	(-1)
32	EvansIsTheBest	503	(-1)
33	Search	477	(-)
34	Ingsve	382	(-)
35	Kazistuta	353	(-)
36	Nevs	226	(-)
	Collective_Wisdom	874
	Default	520

Armchair Cyclist · May 30, 2026

Stage 20
Piancavallo, all bar the shouting

Purple points

The stage top ten is the GC top ten, so it does not augur well for the teams that got no purple points today.

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

1	BicycleBoy, BsAsCycling	70
3	DevilsElbow	65
4	JumboVismaFan	55
5	Armchair_Cyclist	53
6	Qazaqstan	52
7	IlMaestro	50
8	Bminchow, Mikks, QueenStagiaire	40
11	DJSprtsch	38
12	Nightowl	37
13	Shakes, SlowClimber	35
15	DJW	30
16	Del1962, Leadbelly, LosBrolin, Madrazo, Triley36	25
21	JonEzeitza, RedheadDane, Rufs	15
24	Hayneplane, Josedin	12
26	BluesInTheBottle, Vladimir	10
28	EvansIsTheBest	7
29	SamuCuenca, TheAsian	3
31	YellowKnight	2
32	oh dear...	0
	Collective_Wisdom	25
	Default	0

Standings

With the sprinters for tomorrow for each team (extended to 11th, as Mikks might get a boost tomorrow)

1	Armchair_Cyclist	391	(+1)	Mihkels and Van Uden
2	IlMaestro	382	(+1)	Milan
3	RedheadDane	380	(-2)	Silva
4	DevilsElbow	373	(+2)	Froidevaux
5	BsAsCycling	372	(+3)
6	BicycleBoy	372	(+3)
7	JumboVismaFan	370	(-2)
8	Nightowl	357	(-4)	Milan
9	Qazaqstan	351	(+1)
10	DJW	333	(-3)	Milan
11	Mikks	311		Ballerini

So if Milan wins, we will probably have Il Maestro-Nightowl-DJW as the top three: some podium chance for RhD or Armchair.

I am looking for Magnier and Groenewegen ( or Lund, or Malucelli: I don't care who) to get the big points, so that if my two both manage a low top ten it might hold the Milan teams off. RhD and Devil's Elbow thinking likewise, but it would take a remarkable result from either of their sprinters to improve their placements. Unless, of course, the stage does not follow the formula.

If Ballerini wins, there is a route for Mikks to even make the podium, but...

BsAs will remain ahead of Bicycle Boy so long as Paaschens does not finish ahead of Tarozzi and also at least 35th.

Pink points
The final 18 point bonus for Vingegaarde today, but not a stage that saw much GC change, none above 12th. Minor changes in the other scoring classifications.

VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas	95
GALL Felix	47
HINDLEY Jai	29
HIRT Jan	28
GEE-WEST Derek	15
ARENSMAN Thymen	10
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	7
ARRIETA LIZARRAGA Igor	6
GAROFOLI Gianmarco	6

VLASOV Aleksandr	-6	1
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	-7	2
MAS NICOLAU Enric	-8	21
PELLIZZARI Giulio	-8	20
O'CONNOR Ben	-12	1
GANNA Filippo	-15	1
TURCONI Filippo	-15	1
HARPER Chris	-34	4

Jan Hirt clawed back a few GC places to ensure a bit of prominence for the Vingegaard teams.

1	BicycleBoy	125
1	BsAsCycling	125
3	DevilsElbow	98
4	IlMaestro	90
5	QueenStagiaire	64
6	Leadbelly	51
7	DJW	50
8	Armchair_Cyclist	49
9	Qazaqstan	48
10	JumboVismaFan	39
11	Triley36	37
12	Mikks	36
13	Hayneplane	34
14	SlowClimber	33
15	Bminchow	28
15	Vladimir	28
17	DJSprtsch	26
18	SamuCuenca	25
18	TheAsian	25
20	EvansIsTheBest	21
21	Josedin	15
21	LosBrolin	15
23	AmisVelo	14
24	Search	12
25	Shakes	9
26	Madrazo	8
27	YellowKnight	5
28	Nightowl	3
28	RedheadDane	3
30	Rufs	1
31	BluesInTheBottle	-4
31	Nevs	-4
33	JonEzeitza	-6
33	Kazistuta	-6
35	Del1962	-13
36	Ingsve	-65
	Collective_Wisdom	43
	Default	6

Standings

A perfectly timed rise through the table by Il Maestro puts him in pole position (which is how he spelled Wout Poels in his team submission). Chris Harper finding the race one day too long, and Jan Hirt finally riding into his legs, seems to have cost Nightowl any chance of the win.

1	IlMaestro	1484	(+1)
2	Armchair_Cyclist	1438	(+1)
3	Qazaqstan	1423	(+1)
4	Nightowl	1417	(-3)
5	DJW	1407	(-)
6	DevilsElbow	1374	(-)
7	BsAsCycling	1273	(+1)
8	BicycleBoy	1272	(+1)
9	DJSprtsch	1177	(-2)
10	JumboVismaFan	1146	(-)
11	Shakes	1064	(-)
12	Bminchow	979	(-)
13	Triley36	974	(-)
14	SlowClimber	944	(-)
15	Mikks	934	(+1)
16	Vladimir	910	(+1)
17	RedheadDane	907	(-2)
18	QueenStagiaire	900	(+1)
19	Hayneplane	894	(-1)
20	Josedin	816	(-)
21	Del1962	788	(-1)
22	Madrazo	751	(-)
23	LosBrolin	743	(-)
24	YellowKnight	716	(-)
25	Leadbelly	704	(+2)
26	SamuCuenca	679	(-)
27	BluesInTheBottle	678	(-2)
28	TheAsian	626	(-)
29	Rufs	579	(-)
30	JonEzeitza	546	(-)
31	AmisVelo	539	(-)
32	EvansIsTheBest	524	(-)
33	Search	489	(-)
34	Kazistuta	347	(+1)
35	Ingsve	317	(-1)
36	Nevs	222	(-)
	Collective_Wisdom	917
	Default	526

Barring any unfortunate DNFs or time and places lost by a slow final victory lap, the chances of scoring are pretty much those I have identified as sprinters above. DJSprtsch is the only manager in the top ten not included in that analysis, but he has no sprinter since the withdrawal of Groves. There are some sprinters outside the ciclamino top ten that could move into it an steal a handful of points from some picks, but I don't think that will be significant.

Even if Tarozzi loses the 10th place he has held on to in the ciclamino, BsAs will stay ahead of Bicycle Boy so long as Tarozzi finishes within 9:37 of Paaschens.

Devil's Elbow · May 30, 2026

Armchair Cyclist said:
If Ballerini wins, there is a route for Mikks to even make the podium, but...

That would be pretty impressive given that he was a DNF on stage 11.

RedheadDane · May 31, 2026

This is when I really could have needed Groves...

Armchair Cyclist · May 31, 2026

Devil's Elbow said:
That would be pretty impressive given that he was a DNF on stage 11.

D'oh: I had forgotten, and only ran my name down the list of names, rather than the GC current scores column which I usually do to refresh my memory about who is still in the race.

@mikks shares with @Leadbelly and @Kazistuta the misfortune of having 4 DNFs in the team. Mikks has the biggest spend on non-finishers (1870): more than half the budget.

Armchair Cyclist · May 31, 2026

Stage 21

If you have the Eternal City and the Trophy without End, I suppose time gaps can't really be meaningful.

Purply points (as I think Milan just called them)

Not the most obvious bunch of sprinters, so not many scorers

MILAN Jonathan	70	13
LONARDI Giovanni	40	0
PENHOËT Paul	25	0
GROENEWEGEN Dylan	15	0
MIHKELS Madis	10	2
PLOWRIGHT Jensen	7	0
LUND ANDRESEN Tobias	5	0
STRONG Corbin	3	0
AERTS Toon	2	0
MOZZATO Luca	1	0

1	Search	80
2	AmisVelo, Del1962, DJW, IlMaestro, Josedin, Kazistuta, LosBrolin, Nightowl, SamuCuenca, Shakes, TheAsian, Vladimir	70
14	Armchair_Cyclist	10

Final standings

As I had suspected, a Milan win brings late but significant rises for Nightowl and DJW from the middle of the top ten, but more importantly, Il Maestro moves into the lead for the first, and only, time.

1	IlMaestro	452	(+1)
2	Nightowl	427	(+6)
3	DJW	403	(+7)
4	Armchair_Cyclist	401	(-3)
5	RedheadDane	380	(-2)
6	DevilsElbow	373	(-2)
7	BsAsCycling	372	(-2)
8	BicycleBoy	372	(-2)
9	JumboVismaFan	370	(-2)
10	Shakes	363	(+3)
11	Qazaqstan	351	(-2)
12	LosBrolin	329	(+3)
13	Del1962	324	(+5)
14	Vladimir	318	(+6)
15	Mikks	317	(-4)
16	DJSprtsch	310	(-4)
17	Bminchow	285	(-3)
18	Search	272	(+6)
19	Josedin	267	(+4)
20	QueenStagiaire	257	(-4)
21	Triley36	255	(-4)
22	SlowClimber	252	(-3)
23	AmisVelo	244	(+3)
24	TheAsian	235	(+5)
25	SamuCuenca	228	(+6)
26	YellowKnight	224	(-5)
27	Madrazo	204	(-5)
28	Kazistuta	202	(+5)
29	BluesInTheBottle	185	(-4)
30	JonEzeitza	173	(-3)
31	Rufs	170	(-3)
32	Hayneplane	160	(-2)
33	Leadbelly	156	(-1)
34	Ingsve	105	(-)
35	EvansIsTheBest	95	(-)
36	Nevs	38	(-)
	Collective_Wisdom	346
	Default	281

They say fourth is the hardest position to finish, but congratulations to the podium teams and especially Il Maestro.

Pink points

There really wasn't much at all apart from purple points

MILAN Jonathan	70	13
MIHKELS Madis	10	2
MAS NICOLAU Enric	2	21
HAIG Jack	1	2
TONELLI Alessandro	1	1

HATHERLY Alan	-1	1
LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	-2	2

1	Search	82
2	Del1962	73
3	AmisVelo	72
3	DJW	72
3	LosBrolin	72
3	Nightowl	72
3	Vladimir	72
8	IlMaestro	70
8	Kazistuta	70
8	SamuCuenca	70
8	Shakes	70
8	TheAsian	70
13	Josedin	68
14	Armchair_Cyclist	12
15	BluesInTheBottle	2
15	Bminchow	2
15	DJSprtsch	2
15	EvansIsTheBest	2
15	JonEzeitza	2
15	JumboVismaFan	2
15	Mikks	2
15	Qazaqstan	2
15	Rufs	2
15	SlowClimber	2
15	Triley36	2
26	Ingsve	1
26	Nevs	1
26	YellowKnight	1
29	BicycleBoy	0
29	BsAsCycling	0
29	DevilsElbow	0
29	Hayneplane	0
29	Leadbelly	0
29	Madrazo	0
29	QueenStagiaire	0
29	RedheadDane	0
	Collective_Wisdom	72
	Default	66

Final standings

The same top three as in the minor classification

1	IlMaestro	1554	(-)
2	Nightowl	1489	(+2)
3	DJW	1479	(+2)
4	Armchair_Cyclist	1450	(-2)
5	Qazaqstan	1425	(-2)
6	DevilsElbow	1374	(-)
7	BsAsCycling	1273	(-)
8	BicycleBoy	1272	(-)
9	DJSprtsch	1179	(-)
10	JumboVismaFan	1148	(-)
11	Shakes	1134	(-)
12	Vladimir	982	(+5)
13	Bminchow	981	(-1)
14	Triley36	976	(-1)
15	SlowClimber	946	(-1)
16	Mikks	936	(-1)
17	RedheadDane	922	(-1)
18	QueenStagiaire	900	(-)
19	Hayneplane	894	(-)
20	Josedin	884	(-)
21	Del1962	861	(-)
22	LosBrolin	815	(+1)
23	Madrazo	751	(-1)
24	SamuCuenca	749	(+2)
25	YellowKnight	717	(-1)
26	Leadbelly	704	(-1)
27	TheAsian	696	(+1)
28	BluesInTheBottle	680	(-1)
29	AmisVelo	611	(+2)
30	Rufs	581	(-1)
31	Search	571	(+2)
32	JonEzeitza	548	(-2)
33	EvansIsTheBest	526	(-1)
34	Kazistuta	417	(-)
35	Ingsve	333	(-)
36	Nevs	223	(-)
	Collective_Wisdom	989
	Default	592

Thanks to all players, the riders, and both PCS and CQ.

Ilmaestro99 · May 31, 2026

View: https://youtu.be/twstZoZLG-k?si=RSSEN3wU9SbGPDvk

Samu Cuenca · May 31, 2026

Ilmaestro99 said:
View: https://youtu.be/twstZoZLG-k?si=RSSEN3wU9SbGPDvk

Congratulations, you have now had more wins than Masnada in the past four years 😉

Devil's Elbow · May 31, 2026

Fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth also exactly the same in the overall and the ciclamino, the minor jersey has never had less added value.

GG Ilmaestro, it has to be considered a deserved win. As for myself, not dissatisfied with sixth even if I was expecting more after Blockhaus.

Ilmaestro99 · May 31, 2026

Thank you @Armchair Cyclist for the game and for the daily updates. As a first time player I have enjoyed it a lot. It added a bit of extra interest to a giro that I didn't consider that entertaining.

Personally (as is often the case at the giro) I feel a bit fortunate, with so many teams having Groves, pellizzari and van etvelt and therefore being unlucky. I took a gamble that pellizzari peaked too early in tour of the alpes, but he should be a podium level rider.

I did think it was obvious that Mas wouldn't perform here though.

When Milan looked awful on day 1, Soler crashed out and Gee lost a minute, I already thought I was out of it, and only after the first week did I notice I was still doing ok and took more of an interest. So yeah it's never over until it's over

In the end looks like the consistency of hindley, arensmen and gee, well supported by Hirt and Milan, got me over the line. Got to feel sorry for armchair who lost the podium on the last day.

As a winner on CQ game debut, it can only go downhill from here.

del1962 · Jun 1, 2026

Congrats to IIMaestro99 and thanks AC for hosting the game

Qazaqstan · Jun 1, 2026

Thanks for organising and congratz to the winners.
For the final standings should we accumulate the "final standings" + "pink points"?

Armchair Cyclist · Jun 1, 2026

Qazaqstan said:
Thanks for organising and congratz to the winners.
For the final standings should we accumulate the "final standings" + "pink points"?

The pink points (all CQ points gained by the rider in the Giro)are the main competition: purple points (stage points only) are very much the minor classification.[

Devil's Elbow said:
Fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth also exactly the same in the overall and the ciclamino, the minor jersey has never had less added value.

Yeah, I always hope that might keep more people interested for longer: I suppose it gave RhD something to look for at least.

I'll take a bit of a dive into the numbers this evening, I hope.

bminchow · Jun 1, 2026

Ilmaestro99 said:
Thank you @Armchair Cyclist for the game and for the daily updates. As a first time player I have enjoyed it a lot. It added a bit of extra interest to a giro that I didn't consider that entertaining.

Personally (as is often the case at the giro) I feel a bit fortunate, with so many teams having Groves, pellizzari and van etvelt and therefore being unlucky. I took a gamble that pellizzari peaked too early in tour of the alpes, but he should be a podium level rider.

I did think it was obvious that Mas wouldn't perform here though.

When Milan looked awful on day 1, Soler crashed out and Gee lost a minute, I already thought I was out of it, and only after the first week did I notice I was still doing ok and took more of an interest. So yeah it's never over until it's over

In the end looks like the consistency of hindley, arensmen and gee, well supported by Hirt and Milan, got me over the line. Got to feel sorry for armchair who lost the podium on the last day.

As a winner on CQ game debut, it can only go downhill from here.

Congrats mate. well done

Armchair Cyclist · Jun 2, 2026

Top scoring riders

Those that scored the equivalent to at least a stage win

	total (pink) points	Stage (purple) points	teams
VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas	1036	360	2
GALL Felix	607	215	3
EULALIO Afonso	439	62	1
HINDLEY Jai	431	109	15
ARENSMAN Thymen	353	88	11
MAGNIER Paul	348	245	0
GEE-WEST Derek	327	85	10
CICCONE Giulio	237	80	3
SILVA COUSSAN Guillermo Thomas	218	142	1
PIGANZOLI Davide	216	51	0
NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan Manuel	215	215	0
MILAN Jonathan	205	150	13
STORER Michael	204	14	5
CARUSO Damiano	183	33	5
KUSS Sepp	177	73	0
LEKNESSUND Andreas	170	125	0
ARRIETA LIZARRAGA Igor	150	77	1
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	148	13	2
RONDEL Mathys	135	15	0
HIRT Jan	114	2	15
DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David	99	3	0
PELLIZZARI Giulio	97	35	20
STUYVEN Jasper	97	75	0
RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto	95	12	5
O'CONNOR Ben	94	10	1
HARPER Chris	93	15	4
SEGAERT Alec	92	77	0
MÜHLBERGER Gregor	90	0	0
VALGREN HUNDAHL Michael	86	86	0
BETTIOL Alberto	85	70	0
DVERSNES Fredrik	85	70	0
GANNA Filippo	85	70	1
MAS NICOLAU Enric	80	40	21
VLASOV Aleksandr	79	25	1
KULSET Johannes	77	3	1
BALLERINI Davide	73	73	1

Note that Narvaez, Valgren and Ballerini score decently despite not finishing.

Best return on investment
Hirt was the bargain of the bunch: well done to those that picked him.
(all those contributing at least 1/3 of their cost)

	score	teams	cost	percentage
HIRT Jan	114	15	28	407.1
BOUWMAN Koen	57	11	20	285.0
EULALIO Afonso	439	1	308	142.5
HINDLEY Jai	431	15	493	87.4
PRICE-PEJTERSEN Johan	20	4	25	80.0
BASTIAENS Ayco	15	3	20	75.0
GEE-WEST Derek	327	10	503	65.0
POELS Wout	66	3	113	58.4
GALL Felix	607	3	1044	58.1
MÜHLBERGER Gregor	90	0	167	53.9
CARUSO Damiano	183	5	366	50.0
ARENSMAN Thymen	353	11	717	49.2
MAS NICOLAU Enric	80	21	174	46.0
PIGANZOLI Davide	216	0	480	45.0
KUSS Sepp	177	0	412	43.0
LIENHARD Fabian	15	2	35	42.9
PAASSCHENS Mathijs	15	1	35	42.9
BAIS Mattia	35	1	82	42.7
MIHKELS Madis	60	2	141	42.6
SCOTSON Callum	38	0	91	41.8
VALGREN HUNDAHL Michael	86	0	215	40.0
AERTS Toon	57	0	145	39.3
HAIG Jack	27	2	69	39.1
STAUNE-MITTET Johannes	36	3	92	39.1
MAESTRI Mirco	55	0	142	38.7
NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan Manuel	215	0	583	36.9
RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto	95	5	258	36.8
LEKNESSUND Andreas	170	0	470	36.2
ARRIETA LIZARRAGA Igor	150	1	428	35.0
REX Tim	15	0	44	34.1
HARPER Chris	93	4	274	33.9
ZWIEHOFF Ben	42	0	124	33.9
KENCH Joshua	22	0	65	33.8

Best possible team

		score	price	teams
GALL Felix		1044	607	3
EULALIO Afonso		308	439	1
HINDLEY Jai		493	431	15
ARENSMAN Thymen		717	353	11
GEE-WEST Derek		503	327	10
CARUSO Damiano		366	183	5
HIRT Jan		28	114	15
BOUWMAN Koen		20	57	11

	Totals	3479	2511	71

They would have easily won the purple points with 599, but this group would have done even better in that category:

GALL Felix		1044	607	3	215
NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan Manuel		583	215	0	215
SILVA COUSSAN Guillermo Thomas		689	218	1	142
LEKNESSUND Andreas		470	170	0	125
VALGREN HUNDAHL Michael		215	86	0	86
BALLERINI Davide		282	73	1	73
MIHKELS Madis		141	60	2	45
BAX Sjoerd		76	15	0	15

	Totals	3500	1444	7	916

916 stage points is crazy

Il Maestro's winning score is 61.9% of the ideal
But the best team without any of his picks would have been:

GALL Felix	1044	607	3
EULALIO Afonso	308	439	1
PIGANZOLI Davide	480	216	0
NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan Manuel	583	215	0
CARUSO Damiano	366	183	5
KUSS Sepp	412	177	0
RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto	258	95	5
BOUWMAN Koen	20	57	11

	3471	1989	25

The team without any of anyone's picks:
Collective Ignorance

AERTS Toon	145	57
KUSS Sepp	412	177
MAGNIER Paul	1394	348
MÜHLBERGER Gregor	167	90
PIGANZOLI Davide	480	216
SCOTSON Callum	91	38
NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan Manuel	583	215
VALGREN HUNDAHL Michael	215	86

	3487	1227

Would have come 10th

Impeccable picks
A very short list this time

	price	change since yest	Popularity
VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas	3274	1036	2
GALL Felix	1044	607	3
EULALIO Afonso	308	439	1
HIRT Jan	28	114	15
BOUWMAN Koen	20	57	11

Armchair Cyclist · Jun 2, 2026

26 of our 36 players had also been in the Spring Classics game, so there are 26 in the field for the 4 Seasons trophy (well, there's no trophy, but by all means get yourself a pizza if you win it)

@DJW has been consistent, with a 2nd in the classics and 3rd in the Giro: before you conclude that I am also consistent, look at who is 86th in the season long main game.

		Spring Classics	Giro	Tour	Vuelta	Total
1	Armchair_Cyclist	2307	1450			3757	(-)
2	DJW	2222	1479			3701	(-)
3	DevilsElbow	1709	1374			3083	(+8)
4	DJSprtsch	1830	1179			3009	(+4)
5	QueenStagiaire	1922	900			2822	(-)
6	Triley36	1766	976			2742	(+4)
7	Leadbelly	1972	704			2676	(-3)
8	Shakes	1481	1134			2615	(+9)
9	RedheadDane	1689	922			2611	(+4)
10	Ingsve	2220	333			2553	(-7)
11	Madrazo	1795	751			2546	(-2)
12	Vladimir	1549	982			2531	(+2)
13	AmisVelo	1871	611			2482	(-6)
14	Search	1898	571			2469	(-8)
15	SlowClimber	1521	946			2467	(+1)
16	Mikks	1469	936			2405	(+2)
17	Del1962	1528	861			2389	(-2)
18	EvansIsTheBest	1703	526			2229	(-6)
19	SamuCuenca	1380	749			2129	(-)
20	Josedin	1066	884			1950	(+3)
21	JonEzeitza	1183	548			1731	(-1)
22	Rufs	1126	581			1707	(-)
23	Bminchow	596	981			1577	(+1)
24	Kazistuta	1127	417			1544	(-3)
25	LosBrolin	495	815			1310	(-)
26	BluesInTheBottle	600	680			1280	(-)
	Collective_Wisdom	1807	989			2796

I'll be back to nag you all into participating in the Tour game.

Armchair Cyclist · Jun 2, 2026

And probably the last bit of data to extract: the Tough luck table of the number and net* cost of non finishers

	DNFs	Net cost	Finishing Pos'n
Mikks	4	1870	16
Leadbelly	4	1655	26
Kazistuta	4	801	34
SlowClimber	3	1774	15
LosBrolin	3	1421	22
Rufs	3	1421	30
JumboVismaFan	3	1059	10
QueenStagiaire	3	1003	18
JonEzeitza	3	780	32
Triley36	3	757	14
Del1962	2	1238	21
Ingsve	2	1081	35
Madrazo	2	1081	23
Search	2	876	31
Shakes	2	776	11
AmisVelo	2	719	29
Josedin	2	580	20
Bminchow	2	523	13
Qazaqstan	2	423	5
Armchair_Cyclist	1	898	4
EvansIsTheBest	1	898	33
YellowKnight	1	545	25
IlMaestro	1	423	1
Nevs	1	423	36
DJSprtsch	1	340	9
RedheadDane	1	340	17
SamuCuenca	1	340	24
TheAsian	1	340	27
DevilsElbow	1	240	6
BicycleBoy	1	38	8
BluesInTheBottle	1	38	28
BsAsCycling	1	38	7
Vladimir	1	38	12
DJW	0	0	3
Hayneplane	0	0	19
Nightowl	0	0	2
Collective_Wisdom	2	523
Default	1	423

* where a rider scored stage points, these are deducted from the price to give net cost.

EvansIsTheBest · Jun 9, 2026

Late thank you to Armchair for hosting and congrats to ilmaestro on the win. The less said about my performance, the better.

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