2026 Spring Classics CQ Game

[RedheadDane]

Those who take the game seriously will spend the intervening time scowling at any of their riders that are in Paris-Nice or Tirreno-Adriatico for daring to use up their energy in events that don't get them any points.

Exactly! Like... Jasper, WTH are you doing? You left Trek so you could ride your own chance in the classics.

Also, I only just noticed @EvansIsTheBest's team... and people say I pick weird teams. At least my riders are all alive!

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

A fairly serious blow to 8 of us (including me)

https://twitter.com/x/status/2032453882849182031

View: https://x.com/LidlTrek/status/2032453882849182031

 

[Devil's Elbow]

That’s my two most expensive riders both finishing the game at 0 points courtesy of injury. Don’t think I’ve ever been this unlucky in one of these games.

 

[mikks]

That’s my two most expensive riders both finishing the game at 0 points courtesy of injury. Don’t think I’ve ever been this unlucky in one of these games.

Me too, my two most expensive picks - Matthews and Nys - will bring 0 points,

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Exactly! Like... Jasper, WTH are you doing? You left Trek so you could ride your own chance in the classics.

Also, I only just noticed @EvansIsTheBest's team... and people say I pick weird teams. At least my riders are all alive!

At least my team isn't getting beat by a bunch of dead Italians

 

[RedheadDane]

At least my team isn't getting beat by a bunch of dead Italians

Is it the dead Italians who are beating my team, or is it the living Dutchman?

I deliberately chose to not have too much variation in price between my riders since my theme is one for each month of the year, and "was born in a month" doesn't exactly narrow it down.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Race 7 of 24: Milano-Turino

I think we should probably just concede that MTF type races were not what most of us were thinking of in our selections

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
18​	CEPEDA HERNANDEZ Jefferson Alveiro	8​	Redhead Dane (80 green points)​
22​	GUALDI Simone	5​	Onizuka (36.67 )​
27​	PESCADOR CASTRO Diego	5​	18Valve and DJW (36.67 each)​

Those points are not enough to change anyone's position, but the green point table sees some movement:

1​	18Valve	296.67​	(-)
2​	SamuCuenca	235​	(-)
3​	RedheadDane	140​	(+5)
4​	DJW	137.67​	(-)
5​	Ingsve	116.67​	(-2)
6​	Onizuka	106.67​	(-)
7​	LosBrolin	80​	(-2)
8​	Josedin	70​	(-2)
9​	AmisVelo	50​	(-)
9​	DJSprtsch	50​	(-)

Let's hope that Nokere had a bit more to report...

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

... Not much more

Race 8 of 24 Nokere Koerse

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
1​	PHILIPSEN Jasper	130​	Onizuka (80 green points)​
10​	MORGADO Antonio Tomas	24​	Onizuka again​
11​	KOLZE CHANGIZI Sebastian	20​	Blues in the Bottle (50)​
16​	PAGE Hugo	10​	Peixotini and Redhead Dane (30 each)​
17​	VAN TRICHT Floris	9​	Leadbelly (15)​

Green standings

1​	18Valve	296.67​	(-)
2​	SamuCuenca	235​	(-)
3​	Onizuka	186.67​	(+3)
4​	RedheadDane	170​	(-1)
5​	DJW	137.67​	(-1)
6​	Ingsve	116.67​	(-1)
7​	LosBrolin	80​	(-)
8​	Josedin	70​	(-)
9​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	55​	(+13)
9​	Peixotini	55​	(+5)

Standings

I guess there is some interest in the lower half or the table...

1​	18Valve	712​	(-)
2​	SamuCuenca	517​	(-)
3​	DJW	514​	(-)
4​	Ingsve	504​	(-)
5​	Madrazo	382​	(-)
6​	Leadbelly	379​	(-)
7​	Josedin	367​	(-)
8​	Armchair	357​	(-)
9​	EvansIsTheBest	357​	(-)
10​	Search	348​	(-)
11​	Peixotini	342​	(-)
12​	AmisVelo	327​	(-)
13​	QueenStagiare	321​	(-)
14​	DJSprtsch	300​	(-)
15​	Triley36	293​	(-)
16​	HiHope	292​	(-)
17​	Onizuka	289​	(+12)
18​	SlowClimber	271​	(-1)
19​	Laarsland	251​	(-1)
20​	RedheadDane	248​	(-1)
21​	Mikks	210​	(-1)
22​	Del1962	209​	(-1)
23​	Rufs	206​	(-1)
24​	DevilsElbow	180​	(-1)
25​	LosBrolin	165​	(-1)
26​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	163​	(+2)
27​	Bminchow	157​	(-2)
28​	Shakes	149​	(-2)
29​	Vladimir	145​	(-2)
30​	Kazistuta	106​	(-)
31​	JonEzeitza	93​	(-)
	CollectiveWisdom	268​
	SoLastYear	258​
	MainGamePop	355​

Maybe Denain tomorrow will do a bit more.

 

[RedheadDane]

Race 7 of 24: Milano-Turino

I think we should probably just concede that MTF type races were not what most of us were thinking of in our selections

Race Pos'n	Pts	Teams
18​	CEPEDA HERNANDEZ Jefferson Alveiro	8​	Redhead Dane (80 green points)​

At least my guys for this game - well, one of my guys - scored some points, since my guys in the main game were absolutely useless.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Race 9 of 24 GP de Denain

At least one of the popular picks is doing something this week.

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
5​	ZINGLE Axel	52​	11​
9​	DEL GROSSO Tibor	28​	1 (Kazistuta)​
12​	MORGADO Antonio Tomas	18​	1 (Onizuka)​
19​	POLITT Nils	7​	4​
22​	VAN MOER Brent	5​	1​
25​	DE GENDT Aime	5​	1​
26​	SENECHAL Florian	5​	3​
29​	VERMEERSCH Gianni	5​	2​
30​	WALSCHEID Maximilian	5​	1​

Finally worth having a table for our points in this race. I might say very worth it

Armchair	62​	Zingle, De Gendt, Senechal	80 Green points​
JonEzeitza	57​	Zingle, Van Moer	42.5​
Peixotini	57​	Zingle, Senechal	42.5​
18Valve	52​	Zingle	7.63​
AmisVelo	52​	"	7.63​
Bminchow	52​	"	7.63​
DJSprtsch	52​	"	7.63​
DJW	52​	"	7.63​
Leadbelly	52​	"	7.63​
Madrazo	52​	"	7.63​
Vladimir	52​	"	7.63​
Kazistuta	28​
Onizuka	18​
HiHope	12​
DevilsElbow	7​
Laarsland	7​
QueenStagiare	7​
Blues_in_the_Bottle	5​
Del1962	5​
Search	5​

Green Standings
That'll probably be the last time that getting top scorer on the day guarantees an appearance in the top ten.

1​	18Valve	304.3​	(-)
2​	SamuCuenca	235​	(-)
3​	Onizuka	186.67​	(-)
4​	RedheadDane	170​	(-)
5​	DJW	145.3​	(-)
6​	Ingsve	116.67​	(-)
7​	Peixotini	97.5​	(+2)
8​	Armchair	94​	(+12)
9​	JonEzeitza	82.5​	(+4)
10​	LosBrolin	80​	(-3)

Standings

Points from the Omloop are finally less than half of those that have been accrued in the game altogether. Given the importance of that race, it's fairly remarkable that 18Valve, who had no more than 3 riders getting finisher points as his scorers in that one, is out front with a handsome lead. DJW becomes his closest chaser.

1​	18Valve	764​	(-)
2​	DJW	566​	(+1)
3​	SamuCuenca	517​	(-1)
4​	Ingsve	504​	(-)
5​	Madrazo	434​	(-)
6​	Leadbelly	431​	(-)
7​	Armchair	419​	(+1)
8​	Peixotini	399​	(+3)
9​	AmisVelo	379​	(+3)
10​	Josedin	367​	(-3)
11​	EvansIsTheBest	357​	(-2)
12​	Search	353​	(-2)
13​	DJSprtsch	352​	(+1)
14​	QueenStagiare	328​	(-1)
15​	Onizuka	307​	(+2)
16​	HiHope	304​	(-)
17​	Triley36	293​	(-2)
18​	SlowClimber	271​	(-)
19​	Laarsland	258​	(-)
20​	RedheadDane	248​	(-)
21​	Del1962	214​	(+1)
22​	Mikks	210​	(-1)
23​	Bminchow	209​	(+4)
24​	Rufs	206​	(-1)
25​	Vladimir	197​	(+4)
26​	DevilsElbow	187​	(-2)
27​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	168​	(-1)
28​	LosBrolin	165​	(-3)
29​	JonEzeitza	150​	(+2)
30​	Shakes	149​	(-2)
31​	Kazistuta	134​	(-1)
	CollectiveWisdom	320​
	SoLastYear	273​
	MainGamePop	407​

I doubt there will be enough points won in Koksijde tomorrow to change a lot, but Saturday might see pendulums in motion.

 

[Shakes]

It's getting more painful by the day.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

It's getting more painful by the day.

It get's a bit better for you today...

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Race 11 of 24: Koksijde
And we're back to minor points for rare picks

Race Pos'n	Pts	Teams
7​	MOZZATO Luca	40​	3​
10​	THIJSSEN Gerben	24​	1​
12​	THEUNS Edward	18​	1​
21​	SENTJENS Sente	5​	3​
22​	BIESTERBOS Frits	5​	2​
29​	REINDERS Elmar	5​	1​

Some of us got something, but this is another that will be more for the green jersey than the GC

1=​	DJSprtsch, RedheadDane, SamuCuenca	40​	Mozzato	55 green pts​
4​	Shakes	29​	Thijssen & Biesterbos	25​
5​	AmisVelo	23​	Theuns & Reinders	15​
6=​	DJW, Kazistuta, Leadbelly, Vladimir	5​		5​

Green standings
No disrespect intended to 18Valve, but I'm still hoping that this classification develops its own leader, to make it feel a bit more worthwhile.

1​	18Valve	304.3​	(-)
2​	SamuCuenca	290​	(-)
3​	RedheadDane	225​	(+1)
4​	Onizuka	186.67​	(-1)
5​	DJW	150.3​	(-)
6​	Ingsve	116.67​	(-)
7​	DJSprtsch	112.63​	(+5)
8​	Peixotini	97.5​	(-1)
9​	Armchair	94​	(-1)
10​	JonEzeitza	82.5​	(-1)

Standings
DJW reduces the lead, but it will take several seasons if that only happens at a rate of 5 points per race

1​	18Valve	764​	(-)
2​	DJW	571​	(-)
3​	SamuCuenca	557​	(-)
4​	Ingsve	504​	(-)
5​	Leadbelly	436​	(+1)
6​	Madrazo	434​	(-1)
7​	Armchair	419​	(-)
8​	AmisVelo	402​	(+1)
9​	Peixotini	399​	(-1)
10​	DJSprtsch	392​	(+3)
11​	Josedin	367​	(-1)
12​	EvansIsTheBest	357​	(-1)
13​	Search	353​	(-1)
14​	QueenStagiare	328​	(-)
15​	Onizuka	307​	(-)
16​	HiHope	304​	(-)
17​	Triley36	293​	(-)
18​	RedheadDane	288​	(+2)
19​	SlowClimber	271​	(-1)
20​	Laarsland	258​	(-1)
21​	Del1962	214​	(-)
22​	Mikks	210​	(-)
23​	Bminchow	209​	(-)
24​	Rufs	206​	(-)
25​	Vladimir	202​	(-)
26​	DevilsElbow	187​	(-)
27​	Shakes	178​	(+3)
28​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	168​	(-1)
29​	LosBrolin	165​	(-1)
30​	JonEzeitza	150​	(-1)
31​	Kazistuta	139​	(-)
	CollectiveWisdom	320​
	SoLastYear	291​
	MainGamePop	407​

Many say that MSR is one of the least eventful races of the year: hopefully it will see some action among these numbers, even if not on the capi or the Cipressa. Should be another update tomorrow evening.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Can't believe that Merckx and Girardengo despite their 13 MSR wins couldn't manage a single point today. Bums

 

[RedheadDane]

Stuyven finally showing me I wasn't wrong to switch him in last minute.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Race 12 Milano - San Remo

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
3​	VAN AERT Wout	145​	3​
7​	STUYVEN Jasper	90​	6​
8​	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	80​	8​
11​	BERCKMOES Jenno	54​	1 (BitB)​
13​	LUND ANDRESEN Tobias	42​	1 (Josedin)​
15​	MOHORIC Matej	34​	13​
16​	LAPORTE Christophe	32​	22​
18​	GREGOIRE Romain	28​	2​
19​	PITHIE Laurence	26​	11​
27​	ASGREEN Kasper	10​	2​
30​	VALGREN HUNDAHL Michael	6​	2​

and another 26 selected riders getting 5 points each for finishing.

1​	DJW	202​	Stuyven, van der Poel, Laporte	80 green​
2​	Armchair	187​	Van Aert, Laporte and 2 fivers	36.67​
2​	QueenStagiare	187​	"	36.67​
2​	Shakes	187​	"	36.67​
5​	Search	177​	Van der Poel, Mohoric, Laporte, Pithie	15​
6​	DevilsElbow	156​	Stuyven.Mohoric, Laporte	10​
7​	Leadbelly	151​	Van der Poel, Mohoric, Laporte and a fiver	4​
7​	Madrazo	151​	"	4​
9​	EvansIsTheBest	146​		2​
10​	AmisVelo	143​		0.5​
10​	Peixotini	143​		0.5​
12​	Vladimir	138​
13​	RedheadDane	132​
14​	JonEzeitza	126​
15​	Kazistuta	121​
16​	Triley36	117​
17​	Del1962	112​
18​	Rufs	107​
19​	DJSprtsch	102​
19​	Mikks	102​
21​	Laarsland	81​
22​	SlowClimber	76​
23​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	74​
24​	HiHope	71​
25​	18Valve	62​
26​	Ingsve	58​
27​	Josedin	42​
28​	Bminchow	36​
29​	SamuCuenca	34​
30​	LosBrolin	20​
31​	Onizuka	10​
	CollectiveWisdom	149​
	SoLastYear	110​
	MainGamePop	32​

Green standings
In honour of reaching the halfway point of the series of races, and of the fact that everyone is now off the mark, here is the complete table.

1​	18Valve	304.3​	(-)
2​	SamuCuenca	290​	(-)
3​	DJW	230.3​	(+2)
4​	RedheadDane	225​	(-1)
5​	Onizuka	186.67​	(-1)
6​	Armchair	130.67​	(+3)
7​	Ingsve	116.67​	(-1)
8​	DJSprtsch	112.63​	(-1)
9​	Peixotini	98​	(-1)
10​	JonEzeitza	82.5​	(-)
11​	LosBrolin	80​	(-)
12​	AmisVelo	73.13​	(-)
13​	Josedin	70​	(-)
14​	Shakes	61.67​	(+4)
15​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	55​	(-1)
16​	Search	50​	(-)
17​	QueenStagiare	41.17​	(+10)
18​	Leadbelly	39.33​	(-3)
19​	HiHope	31.67​	(-2)
20​	Madrazo	26.63​	(-1)
21​	Mikks	16.67​	(-1)
22​	Laarsland	15.2​	(-1)
23​	Bminchow	13.13​	(-1)
24​	Vladimir	12.63​	(-1)
25​	DevilsElbow	10​	(+6)
26​	Triley36	7.5​	(-2)
27​	EvansIsTheBest	5.2​	(+1)
28​	Del1962	5​	(-3)
28​	Kazistuta	5​	(-3)
30​	Rufs	0.2​	(-1)
30​	SlowClimber	0.2​	(-1)

Standings

The gap from 3rd to 16th is smaller than that from 1st to third. So the battle for lower podium spot/top 5 if wide open, but are the top two already clear?

1​	18Valve	826​	(-)
2​	DJW	773​	(-)
3​	Armchair	606​	(+4)
4​	SamuCuenca	591​	(-1)
5​	Leadbelly	587​	(-)
6​	Madrazo	585​	(-)
7​	Ingsve	562​	(-3)
8​	AmisVelo	545​	(-)
9​	Peixotini	542​	(-)
10​	Search	530​	(+3)
11​	QueenStagiare	515​	(+3)
12​	EvansIsTheBest	503​	(-)
13​	DJSprtsch	494​	(-3)
14​	RedheadDane	420​	(+4)
15​	Triley36	410​	(+2)
16​	Josedin	409​	(-5)
17​	HiHope	375​	(-1)
18​	Shakes	365​	(+9)
19​	SlowClimber	347​	(-)
20​	DevilsElbow	343​	(+6)
21​	Vladimir	340​	(+4)
22​	Laarsland	339​	(-2)
23​	Del1962	326​	(-2)
24​	Onizuka	317​	(-9)
25​	Rufs	313​	(-1)
26​	Mikks	312​	(-4)
27​	JonEzeitza	276​	(+3)
28​	Kazistuta	260​	(+3)
29​	Bminchow	245​	(-6)
30​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	242​	(-2)
31​	LosBrolin	185​	(-2)
	CollectiveWisdom	468​
	SoLastYear	401​
	MainGamePop	439​

From Bruges but not to De Panne on Wednesday: is nothing sacred?

Meanwhile, a reminder that the spreadsheet is here.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Race 13: Tour de Bruges (I'm keeping it as De Panne in my spreadsheet)

2​	PHILIPSEN Jasper	114​	1​
5​	MOZZATO Luca	74​	3​
8​	REX Laurenz	50​	1​
9​	LAMPERTI Luke	45​	2​
15​	VERMEERSCH Florian	20​	1​
18​	TURNER Ben	14​	4​
19​	BALLERINI Davide	12​	2​
20​	VAN TRICHT Floris	11​	1​
23​	BEVORT Carl-Frederik	8​	2​
25​	VAN GESTEL Dries	6​	1​

and 14 each getting 5 points for finishing

1​	Onizuka	114​	Philipsen	80​
2​	RedheadDane	84​	Mozzato and 2 fives	50​
3​	SamuCuenca	79​	Mozzato and 1 five	35​
4​	DJSprtsch	74​	Mozzato and no five	25​
5​	Laarsland	62​	Rex and Ballerini	15​
6​	Armchair	50​	Lamperti and 1 five	7.5​
6​	Del1962	50​	Lamperti and 1 five	7.5​
8​	LosBrolin	22​		2.5​
8​	Shakes	22​		2.5​
10​	SlowClimber	20​		1​
11​	Rufs	19​
12​	AmisVelo	15​
13​	HiHope	14​
13​	Kazistuta	14​
15​	Leadbelly	11​
16​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	10​
16​	Josedin	10​
18​	18Valve	8​
19​	Madrazo	6​
20​	Bminchow	5​
20​	Peixotini	5​
20​	Search	5​
	CollectiveWisdom	0​
	SoLastYear	55​
	MainGamePop	0​

Green Standings
A change of leadership, Samu staking a claim to retain his title.
Onizuka will probably continue to win a race when unique pick Philipsen places well.

1​	SamuCuenca	325​	(+1)
2​	18Valve	304.3​	(-1)
3​	RedheadDane	275​	(+1)
4​	Onizuka	266.67​	(+1)
5​	DJW	230.3​	(-2)
6​	Armchair	138.17​	(-)
7​	DJSprtsch	137.63​	(+1)
8​	Ingsve	116.67​	(-1)
9​	Peixotini	98​	(-)
10​	JonEzeitza	82.5​	(-)
10​	LosBrolin	82.5​	(+1)

Standings

Samu steps onto the podium: DJSprtsch jumps into the top ten.

1​	18Valve	834​	(-)
2​	DJW	773​	(-)
3​	SamuCuenca	670​	(+1)
4​	Armchair	656​	(-1)
5​	Leadbelly	598​	(-)
6​	Madrazo	591​	(-)
7​	DJSprtsch	568​	(+6)
8​	Ingsve	562​	(-1)
9​	AmisVelo	560​	(-1)
10​	Peixotini	547​	(-1)
11​	Search	535​	(-1)
12​	QueenStagiare	515​	(-1)
13​	RedheadDane	504​	(+1)
14​	EvansIsTheBest	503​	(-2)
15​	Onizuka	431​	(+9)
16​	Josedin	419​	(-)
17​	Triley36	410​	(-2)
18​	Laarsland	401​	(+4)
19​	HiHope	389​	(-2)
20​	Shakes	387​	(-2)
21​	Del1962	376​	(+2)
22​	SlowClimber	367​	(-3)
23​	DevilsElbow	343​	(-3)
24​	Vladimir	340​	(-3)
25​	Rufs	332​	(-)
26​	Mikks	312​	(-)
27​	JonEzeitza	276​	(-)
28​	Kazistuta	274​	(-)
29​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	252​	(+1)
30​	Bminchow	250​	(-1)
31​	LosBrolin	207​	(-)
	CollectiveWisdom	468​
	SoLastYear	456​
	MainGamePop	439​

E3 on Friday will be the 14th leg

 

[RedheadDane]

13​	RedheadDane	504​	(+1)
14​	EvansIsTheBest	503​	(-2)

YAY! I am no longer being beaten by a bunch of dead Italians!

 

[QueenStagiaire]

YAY! I am no longer being beaten by a bunch of dead Italians!

Actually only one dead Italian, although Maurice Garin was born in the Aosta valley in Italy, but I doubt the French would want to give the first Tour de France win to Italy. That makes it two dead Frenchmen though, and he has a geriatric Belgian as well.

 

[RedheadDane]

Actually only one dead Italian, although Maurice Garin was born in the Aosta valley in Italy, but I doubt the French would want to give the first Tour de France win to Italy. That makes it two dead Frenchmen though, and he has a geriatric Belgian as well.

(Finally getting around to reply...)

Well, it was EiTB who referred to his team as "A bunch of dead Italians".
Anyway, didn't get to stay ahead for long, coz unfortunately, there's also that very living Dutchman (who's also French.)

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Actually only one dead Italian, although Maurice Garin was born in the Aosta valley in Italy, but I doubt the French would want to give the first Tour de France win to Italy. That makes it two dead Frenchmen though, and he has a geriatric Belgian as well.

Why can't Garin be both ? Human beings are complex enough to be more than one thing at once. He was born in Italy to Italian parents and held Italian citizenship for 30+ years (including and this is especially relevant here during most of his cycling career). Surely whatever arbitrary bar for being Italian people want to make up, Garin clears it easily.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I really wish I had an geriatric Italian like Trentin in my team right now.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Race 14 E3
A bit of a mid-season shake up, almost as many points gained in this race as in Omloop. Which was also the last time we had the whole podium selected (admittedly with a 67% overlap)

Race Pos'n	Pts	Teams
1​	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	190​	8​
2​	HAGENES Per Strand	114​	5​
3​	VERMEERSCH Florian	96​	1 (Slow Climber)​
6​	LUND ANDRESEN Tobias	65​	1 (Josedin)​
7​	LAPORTE Christophe	57​	22​
8​	VERMEERSCH Gianni	50​	2​
11​	VALGREN HUNDAHL Michael	35​	2​
12​	SHEFFIELD Magnus	30​	1​
13​	BERCKMOES Jenno	26​	1​
14​	MORGADO Antonio Tomas	23​	1​
16​	STUYVEN Jasper	18​	6​
17​	DEL GROSSO Tibor	16​	1​
22​	POLITT Nils	9​	4​
24​	VAN DIJKE Tim	7​	2​
25​	DE GENDT Aime	6​	1​
26​	MADOUAS Valentin	5​	1​
27​	VAN MOER Brent	5​	1​
29​	GREGOIRE Romain	5​	2​
30​	LAMBRECHT Michiel	5​	1​

and 23 fivers

Points from the race:

1​	AmisVelo	376​	Van der Poel, Hagenes, Laporte	80​
2​	DJW	282​	Van der Poel, Laporte, Stuyven, Van Dijke	50​
3​	Search	277​	Van der Poel, Laporte and 6 fivers	35​
4​	Leadbelly	262​	Van der Poel, Laporte and 3 fivers	13.75​
4​	Madrazo	262​	"	13.75​
4​	Peixotini	262​	"	13.75​
4​	Triley36	262​	"	13.75​
8​	EvansIsTheBest	252​	Van der Poel, Laporte, just 1 fiver	3​
9​	Kazistuta	188​		2​
10​	Ingsve	181​		1​
11​	SlowClimber	173​
12​	Onizuka	137​
13​	HiHope	126​
14​	Vladimir	125​
15​	LosBrolin	124​
16​	DevilsElbow	89​
17​	QueenStagiare	88​
18​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	86​
18​	Laarsland	86​
20​	RedheadDane	85​
21​	Del1962	82​
22​	DJSprtsch	77​
23​	Josedin	75​
24​	Mikks	72​
24​	Rufs	72​
24​	Shakes	72​
27​	Armchair	63​
28​	SamuCuenca	45​
29​	JonEzeitza	33​
30​	Bminchow	20​
31​	18Valve	15​
	CollectiveWisdom	141​
	SoLastYear	94​
	MainGamePop	57​

Green standings
Only DJW, of the top 5, was a green scorer today (well, yesterday)

1​	SamuCuenca	325​	(-)
2​	18Valve	304.3​	(-)
3​	DJW	280.3​	(+2)
4​	RedheadDane	275​	(-1)
5​	Onizuka	266.67​	(-1)
6​	AmisVelo	153.13​	(+6)
7​	Armchair	138.17​	(-1)
8​	DJSprtsch	137.63​	(-1)
9​	Ingsve	117.67​	(-1)
10​	Peixotini	111.75​	(-1)

Standings

So much for my suggestion that the top two might have been clear after the last event: 18Valve was the lowest scorer, with only fivers. While DJW, who was second, was second best scorer in this, so takes the lead, and is the first to break the 1000 point barrier.

1​	DJW	1055​	(+1)
2​	AmisVelo	936​	(+7)
3​	Leadbelly	860​	(+2)
4​	Madrazo	853​	(+2)
5​	18Valve	849​	(-4)
6​	Search	812​	(+5)
7​	Peixotini	809​	(+3)
8​	EvansIsTheBest	755​	(+6)
9​	Ingsve	743​	(-1)
10​	Armchair	719​	(-6)
11​	SamuCuenca	715​	(-8)
12​	Triley36	672​	(+5)
13​	DJSprtsch	645​	(-6)
14​	QueenStagiare	603​	(-2)
15​	RedheadDane	589​	(-2)
16​	Onizuka	568​	(-1)
17​	SlowClimber	540​	(+5)
18​	HiHope	515​	(+1)
19​	Josedin	494​	(-3)
20​	Laarsland	487​	(-2)
21​	Vladimir	465​	(+3)
22​	Kazistuta	462​	(+6)
23​	Shakes	459​	(-3)
24​	Del1962	458​	(-3)
25​	DevilsElbow	432​	(-2)
26​	Rufs	404​	(-1)
27​	Mikks	384​	(-1)
28​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	338​	(+1)
29​	LosBrolin	331​	(+2)
30​	JonEzeitza	309​	(-3)
31​	Bminchow	270​	(-1)
	CollectiveWisdom	610​
	SoLastYear	550​
	MainGamePop	496​

18Valve remains the top scorer without van der Poel, 100 points clear of Ingsve, the next. So it is clearly MvdP that will determine the outcome: if he has three good Sundays, then I don't see anything else happening that will prevent the teams towards the top having the top places between them.

If kilometres 10-1 yesterday have the significance that some were suggesting, then there could be a total reshaping of the table between now and 1st May.

Gent-Wevelgem tomorrow should cast some light.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Race 15 Somewhere to Wevelgem
So not for the MvdP teams this time.

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
1​	PHILIPSEN Jasper	220​	1 (Onizuka)​
2​	LUND ANDRESEN Tobias	132​	1 (Josedin)​
3​	LAPORTE Christophe	112​	22​
7​	MOZZATO Luca	66​	3 (DJSprtsch, RhD, Samu)​
8​	DE GENDT Aime	58​	1 (Armchair)​
10​	STUYVEN Jasper	46​	6​
11​	BERCKMOES Jenno	40​	1 (BitB)​
14​	DEGENKOLB John	27​	3​
15​	BALLERINI Davide	24​	2​
18​	POLITT Nils	18​	4​
20​	FEDOROV Yevgeniy	16​	1​
21​	GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	15​	1​
23​	ASGREEN Kasper	13​	2​
27​	GACHIGNARD Thomas	9​	1​
30​	VAN AERT Wout	6​	3​

and 25 fivers

1​	RedheadDane	244​	Lund, Mozzato, Stuyven	80​
2​	Onizuka	220​	Philipsen	50​
3​	DJSprtsch	208​	Laporte, Mozzato, Girmay	35​
4​	Armchair	186​	Laporte, De Gendt, Van Aert	25​
5​	DevilsElbow	181​	Laporte, Stuyven, Politt	15​
6​	Vladimir	179​		10​
7​	DJW	178​		4​
7​	QueenStagiare	178​		4​
9​	Laarsland	164​		2​
10​	Search	159​		1​
11​	Shakes	152​
12​	Madrazo	149​
13​	Del1962	142​
13​	Peixotini	142​
15​	HiHope	140​
16​	Mikks	135​
17​	AmisVelo	132​
17​	Josedin	132​
17​	SlowClimber	132​
20​	EvansIsTheBest	127​
20​	Leadbelly	127​
22​	Rufs	122​
22​	Triley36	122​
24​	Ingsve	117​
25​	SamuCuenca	80​
26​	JonEzeitza	56​
27​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	55​
28​	Kazistuta	51​
29​	LosBrolin	18​
30​	Bminchow	15​
31​	18Valve	5​
	CollectiveWisdom	141​
	SoLastYear	94​
	MainGamePop	57​

Green standings
An extraordinary day in CQ game history:

1​	RedheadDane	355​	(+3)
2​	SamuCuenca	325​	(-1)
3​	Onizuka	316.67​	(+2)
4​	18Valve	304.3​	(-2)
5​	DJW	284.3​	(-2)
6​	DJSprtsch	172.63​	(+2)
7​	Armchair	163.17​	(-)
8​	AmisVelo	153.13​	(-2)
9​	Ingsve	117.67​	(-)
10​	Peixotini	111.75​	(-)

Standings

1​	DJW	1233​	(-)
2​	AmisVelo	1068​	(-)
3​	Madrazo	1002​	(+1)
4​	Leadbelly	987​	(-1)
5​	Search	971​	(+1)
6​	Peixotini	951​	(+1)
7​	Armchair	905​	(+3)
8​	EvansIsTheBest	882​	(-)
9​	Ingsve	860​	(-)
10​	18Valve	854​	(-5)
11​	DJSprtsch	853​	(+2)
12​	RedheadDane	833​	(+3)
13​	SamuCuenca	795​	(-2)
14​	Triley36	794​	(-2)
15​	Onizuka	788​	(+1)
16​	QueenStagiare	781​	(-2)
17​	SlowClimber	672​	(-)
18​	HiHope	655​	(-)
19​	Laarsland	651​	(+1)
20​	Vladimir	644​	(+1)
21​	Josedin	626​	(-2)
22​	DevilsElbow	613​	(+3)
23​	Shakes	611​	(-)
24​	Del1962	600​	(-)
25​	Rufs	526​	(+1)
26​	Mikks	519​	(+1)
27​	Kazistuta	513​	(-5)
28​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	393​	(-)
29​	JonEzeitza	365​	(+1)
30​	LosBrolin	349​	(-1)
31​	Bminchow	285​	(-)
	CollectiveWisdom	749​
	SoLastYear	679​
	MainGamePop	608​

Final warm-up for the Ronde is on Wednesday

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Slightly annoying that Mozzato lost Trentin's wheel in the final and therefore couldn't beat him to the line.