2026 Tour de France CQ game

[Armchair Cyclist]

on wednesday i was going to ask if i could sell him. he is still touch and go.........

Nope:

And that's it. No selected riders for enhanced points, no changing your selection for each stage, no buying replacements halfway through. As simple, and as brutal, as can be.

Brutal, but if his DS can't swap him out, neither can you.


There are so many games elsewhere that I have started, but need team tweaking stage by stage or race by race, and I forget or miss a deadline, and its not worth continuing. That's why I prefer these watchmaker games: select the parts, set them going, then just sit back and let them do what they will do.

 

[RedheadDane]

Brutal, but if his DS can't swap him out, neither can you.

Awwww... I was gonna replace Torstein Træen with Thibau Nys...

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

A good strategy to follow in those games is to not do what I do. Of course, unlike the Spring classics where I can express my genius unencumbered, I'm here artificially constrained by the limits of the startlist. At least that'll be my excuse when I come in 20th.

20th might have been a bit ambitious in retrospect. The rest of my post is spot on.

 

[Peteturbo2]

phew, i didnt lose any points on the rest day!

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 10
Le Lioran without the comeback (or with a different one)

Green points
Much of this game will be determined by the choices made between Seixas, Lipowitz and Ayuso. Does today tell us much about the points balance between them?

Rider	pts	Teams
POGACAR Tadej	80	0
EVENEPOEL Remco	50	0
SEIXAS Paul	35	18
LIPOWITZ Florian	25	11
AYUSO PESQUERA Juan	15	23
SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias	10	0
VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas	5	0
DEL TORO ROMERO Isaac	3	0
PIDCOCK Thomas	2	1
MARTINEZ Lenny	1	2

Daily gains

I hope it does...

Rank		Pts
1=	Armchair_Cyclist, BluesInTheBottle (Seixas + Lipowitz)	60
3=	Laarsland, Leadbelly, LosBrolin, Madrazo, Search (Seixas + Ayuso)	50
8=	AmisVelo, BicycleBoy, DJW, Nightowl, SlowClimber, TotalPackage (Lipowitz + Ayuso)	40
14=	Seixas teams	35
25=	Lipowitz teams	25
28=	Ayuso teams	15
40	PeteTurbo2	2
41=	Onizuka999, YellowKnight	1
	Collective_Wisdom	15
	Default	0
	Torito_y_amigos	3

Standings

Rank		Pts	+/-
1	Kazistuta	444	(-)
2	PostmanHat	392	(-)
3	Hayneplane	392	(-)
4	Triley36	384	(-)
5	DJSprtsch	365	(-)
6	Shakes	342	(-)
7	QueenStagiaire	340	(+1)
8	Dogboy	338	(-1)
9	Del1962	330	(-)
10	DevilsElbow	315	(+1)

Yellow points

Those three key players all overtook Del Toro, while Carapaz gets a boost in both GC and KoM rankings. Ven Eetvelt, a popular less expensive pick, lost a lot of time and places after his fall.

Rider	pts	Teams
SEIXAS Paul	70	18
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	54	23
LIPOWITZ Florian	53	11
AYUSO PESQUERA Juan	45	23
PIDCOCK Thomas	41	1
VAN WILDER Ilan	20	6
DEBRUYNE Ramses	11	3
PARET PEINTRE Valentin	10	7
JEGAT Jordan	-11	1
MARTIN GUYONNET Guillaume	-15	8
BAUDIN Alex	-16	1
VACEK Mathias	-16	1
JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland	-30	2
QUINN Sean	-30	7
VAN EETVELT Lennert	-35	21
MARTINEZ Lenny	-51	2

Daily swing

Rank		Pts
1	BicycleBoy	152
2	DevilsElbow	151
3	Nightowl	150
4	Leadbelly	140
5	JumboVismaFan	130
6	SamuCuenca	124
6	LosBrolin	124
8	BluesInTheBottle	123
9	DJW	117
10	IlMaestro	108
11	Search	104
11	Mikks	104
11	Madrazo	104
14	Josedin	103
15	Armchair_Cyclist	96
16	AmisVelo	95
17	Rufs	92
18	Ingsve	88
19	Squire	80
20	QueenStagiaire	79
21	Hayneplane	72
21	Bminchow	72
21	Avoriaz	72
24	ZigZagWanderer	66
25	Shakes	65
25	Lecko	65
25	Laarsland	65
28	Triley36	64
29	SlowClimber	58
30	Schachus	56
30	BsAsCycling	56
32	PostmanHat	50
32	Dogboy	50
34	EvansIsTheBest	48
35	PeteTurbo2	47
36	TotalPackage	41
37	YellowKnight	19
38	Kazistuta	18
38	DJSprtsch	18
40	Vladimir	13
41	MagliaNera	10
42	Del1962	-1
43	RedheadDane	-35
44	Onizuka999	-81
	Collective_Wisdom	66
	Default	26
	Torito_y_amigos	-206

Standings

Rank		Pts	+/-
1	Madrazo	1245	(-)
2	Leadbelly	1198	(+1)
3	AmisVelo	1176	(-1)
4	Search	1132	(-)
5	LosBrolin	1078	(+5)
6	DevilsElbow	1045	(+10)
7	Hayneplane	1044	(-)
8	Laarsland	1033	(-)
9	BicycleBoy	1033	(+9)
10	DJW	1030	(+4)
11	Nightowl	1030	(+8)
12	Kazistuta	1029	(-7)
13	TotalPackage	1028	(-7)
14	Triley36	1025	(-5)
15	Shakes	984	(-2)
16	QueenStagiaire	983	(-1)
17	PostmanHat	982	(-5)
18	Ingsve	974	(-1)
19	Del1962	946	(-8)
20	Mikks	934	(+2)
21	Armchair_Cyclist	920	(+2)
22	IlMaestro	918	(+4)
23	Schachus	901	(-2)
24	Dogboy	896	(-4)
25	SlowClimber	877	(-1)
26	Bminchow	868	(+2)
27	Josedin	848	(+2)
28	DJSprtsch	830	(-3)
29	MagliaNera	814	(-2)
30	ZigZagWanderer	811	(-1)
31	BluesInTheBottle	809	(+2)
32	Squire	804	(-1)
33	Avoriaz	784	(-1)
34	Rufs	730	(+2)
35	JumboVismaFan	727	(+6)
36	SamuCuenca	686	(+6)
37	BsAsCycling	685	(-)
38	Vladimir	667	(-3)
39	EvansIsTheBest	658	(-)
40	RedheadDane	629	(-6)
41	YellowKnight	623	(-1)
42	Onizuka999	543	(-4)
43	Lecko	535	(-)
44	PeteTurbo2	426	(-)
	Collective_Wisdom	1075
	Default	400
	Torito_y_amigos	660

 

[Devil's Elbow]

My 10-spot rise seems to have broken the table again 😎

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

My 10-spot rise seems to have broken the table again 😎

Thanks for pointing it out: I think I had forgotten to go via the converter that time. Now fixed

And congratulations on the ten place jump.

 

[laarsland]

I am yet to recieve my Biesterboost 😎

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 11
When a sprint stage doesn't have trains lining it out for the last 8km or so, you get very different names at the top.

Green points

Merlier teams not getting all the sprint stages

Rider	pts	Teams
WAERENSKJOLD Søren	80	0
KOOIJ Olav	50	15
PHILIPSEN Jasper	35	0
FRETIN Milan	25	3
ARTZ Huub	15	1
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	10	5
TURGIS Anthony	5	0
RUSSO Clément	3	0
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	2	4
ACKERMANN Pascal	1	1

Daily gains

A Kooij/Fretin combo beats the Kooij/Girmay(/Merlier) combination that has won most sprint stages

Rank		Pts
1	TotalPackage	75
2	Kazistuta	60
3	Triley36	52
4=	Other Kooij teams	50
16	Onizuka999	40
17	Search	27
18=	Other Girmay teams	10
22	Dogboy	3
23	Avoriaz	2
24=	the rest	0

Standings

And now I've heard that Philipsen has been relegated, so I need to recalculate all that...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Well, I hope you learned that the relegation was overturned before you recalculated everything @Armchair Cyclist ...

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Well, I hope you learned that the relegation was overturned before you recalculated everything @Armchair Cyclist ...

I delayed doing so in case that happened. Has it been?

Later edit: Thanks for the heads up, I see letour.fr has finally caught up with @Devil's Elbow as a source.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

So, as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted:

Standings
Jake Stewart and Piet Allegaert came in 27th and 28th respectively today. I hope they raced it out properly, recognising the importance of it, because that is why Madrazo is in this top ten, and Leadbelly isn't.

Rank		Pts	+/-
1	Kazistuta	504	(-)
2	PostmanHat	442	(-)
3	Hayneplane	442	(-)
4	Triley36	436	(-)
5	DJSprtsch	415	(-)
6	Shakes	392	(-)
7	Dogboy	341	(+1)
8	QueenStagiaire	340	(-1)
9	Del1962	330	(-)
10	Madrazo	324	(+7)

Yellow points

Philipsen, eventually, is confirmed to have moved above Merlier in the points standings, which is more impactful than anything else, outside of stage points, today. (sometimes I have to report those that I have omitted here, that just moved 1 or 2 points, just to have a table for this part of the update.

Rider	pts	Teams
KOOIJ Olav	50	15
FRETIN Milan	25	3
ARTZ Huub	16	1
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	10	5
MERLIER Tim	-10	16

Daily swings

Rank		Pts
1	TotalPackage	76
2	Laarsland	52
2	Leadbelly	52
4	AmisVelo	51
4	Ingsve	51
4	Josedin	51
4	Kazistuta	51
4	Nightowl	51
9	BicycleBoy	50
9	Madrazo	50
11	Triley36	42
12	Hayneplane	41
12	Onizuka999	41
14	DJSprtsch	40
14	PostmanHat	40
14	Shakes	40
17	Search	27
18	Bminchow	13
19	BsAsCycling	12
19	Rufs	12
21	Lecko	9
22	EvansIsTheBest	3
22	Squire	3
22	YellowKnight	3
25	DJW	2
25	LosBrolin	2
25	ZigZagWanderer	2
28	Armchair_Cyclist	1
28	SlowClimber	1
30	BluesInTheBottle	0
30	JumboVismaFan	0
30	PeteTurbo2	0
30	SamuCuenca	0
34	Vladimir	-2
35	Dogboy	-5
36	Avoriaz	-7
37	DevilsElbow	-8
37	MagliaNera	-8
37	Mikks	-8
37	QueenStagiaire	-8
41	IlMaestro	-9
42	Del1962	-10
42	Schachus	-10
44	RedheadDane	-11
	Collective_Wisdom	41
	Default	4
	Torito_y_amigos	-1

Standings

It's crazily close in the lower half of the top ten but the top four have been the top 4 since stage 6, and still have a bit of a buffer zone. Total Package is the latest to make a large jump to sit just behind them.

Rank		Pts	+/-
1	Madrazo	1295	(-)
2	Leadbelly	1250	(-)
3	AmisVelo	1227	(-)
4	Search	1159	(-)
5	TotalPackage	1104	(+8)
6	Hayneplane	1085	(+1)
7	Laarsland	1085	(+1)
8	BicycleBoy	1083	(+1)
9	Nightowl	1081	(+2)
10	Kazistuta	1080	(+2)
11	LosBrolin	1080	(-6)
12	Triley36	1067	(+2)
13	DevilsElbow	1037	(-7)
14	DJW	1032	(-4)
15	Ingsve	1025	(+3)
16	Shakes	1024	(-1)
17	PostmanHat	1022	(-)
18	QueenStagiaire	975	(-2)
19	Del1962	936	(-)
20	Mikks	926	(-)
21	Armchair_Cyclist	921	(-)
22	IlMaestro	909	(-)
23	Josedin	899	(+4)
24	Schachus	891	(-1)
25	Dogboy	891	(-1)
26	Bminchow	881	(-)
27	SlowClimber	878	(-2)
28	DJSprtsch	870	(-)
29	ZigZagWanderer	813	(+1)
30	BluesInTheBottle	809	(+1)
31	Squire	807	(+1)
32	MagliaNera	806	(-3)
33	Avoriaz	777	(-)
34	Rufs	742	(-)
35	JumboVismaFan	727	(-)
36	BsAsCycling	697	(+1)
37	SamuCuenca	686	(-1)
38	Vladimir	665	(-)
39	EvansIsTheBest	661	(-)
40	YellowKnight	626	(+1)
41	RedheadDane	618	(-1)
42	Onizuka999	584	(-)
43	Lecko	544	(-)
44	PeteTurbo2	426	(-)
	Collective_Wisdom	1116
	Default	403
	Torito_y_amigos	659

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 12
Some valiant efforts late on to break up the inevitable bunch sprint, but a bunch sprint, with the almost inevitable outcome, it was.

Green points

Yesterday was a bit different, back to the normal for our sprint points

Rider	points	teams
MERLIER Tim	80	16
KOOIJ Olav	50	15
PHILIPSEN Jasper	35	0
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	25	5
FRETIN Milan	15	3
TURGIS Anthony	10	0
KANTER Max	5	1
RUSSO Clément	3	0
PEDERSEN Mads	2	0
ARTZ Huub	1	1

Daily gains
and normal means Kazistuta leading the way: 1st, 2nd and 4th today

Rank		Pts
1	Kazistuta	155
2=	DJSprtsch, Hayneplane, PostmanHat, Shakes, Triley36	130
7	Dogboy	85
8=	Merlier teams	80
17	TotalPackage	65
18=	Kooij teams	50
26=	Girmay teams	25
30	Onizuka999	16
31	Search	15
32=	the rest	0
	Collective_Wisdom	130

Standings

I haven't been giving Collective Wisdom the credit he/they/we deserve in this classification.

Rank		Pts	+/-
1	Kazistuta	659	(-)
2	PostmanHat	572	(-)
3	Hayneplane	572	(-)
4	Triley36	566	(-)
5	DJSprtsch	545	(-)
6	Shakes	522	(-)
7	Dogboy	426	(-)
8	QueenStagiaire	420	(-)
9	Del1962	410	(-)
10	DevilsElbow	395	(+2)
	Collective_Wisdom	586

Yellow points

Even less non-stage change than other days.

Rider	pts	Teams
MERLIER Tim	80	16
KOOIJ Olav	50	15
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	25	5
FRETIN Milan	17	3
JORGENSON Matteo	-8	1

Daily swings

Rank		Pts
1	Kazistuta	155
2	DJSprtsch	130
2	Hayneplane	130
2	PostmanHat	130
2	Shakes	130
2	Triley36	130
7	Schachus	84
8	Dogboy	83
9	Avoriaz	80
9	Del1962	80
9	DevilsElbow	80
9	IlMaestro	80
9	MagliaNera	80
9	QueenStagiaire	80
15	Mikks	78
15	RedheadDane	78
17	TotalPackage	67
18	AmisVelo	50
18	BicycleBoy	50
18	Josedin	50
18	Laarsland	50
18	Leadbelly	50
18	Madrazo	50
18	Nightowl	50
25	Ingsve	48
26	Bminchow	27
27	BsAsCycling	25
27	Rufs	25
29	Onizuka999	17
29	Search	17
31	Lecko	15
32	ZigZagWanderer	2
33	Armchair_Cyclist	0
33	BluesInTheBottle	0
33	DJW	0
33	JumboVismaFan	0
33	LosBrolin	0
33	PeteTurbo2	0
33	SamuCuenca	0
33	SlowClimber	0
41	EvansIsTheBest	-2
41	Squire	-2
41	Vladimir	-2
41	YellowKnight	-2
	Collective_Wisdom	130
	Default	12
	Torito_y_amigos	0

Standings

And after I said how stable the top four have been yesterday, Kazistuta and his band of sprinters disrupt that stability.

Rank		Pts	+/-
1	Madrazo	1345	(-)
2	Leadbelly	1300	(-)
3	AmisVelo	1277	(-)
4	Kazistuta	1235	(+6)
5	Hayneplane	1215	(+1)
6	Triley36	1197	(+6)
7	Search	1176	(-3)
8	TotalPackage	1171	(-3)
9	Shakes	1154	(+7)
10	PostmanHat	1152	(+7)
11	Laarsland	1135	(-4)
12	BicycleBoy	1133	(-4)
13	Nightowl	1131	(-4)
14	DevilsElbow	1117	(-1)
15	LosBrolin	1080	(-4)
16	Ingsve	1073	(-1)
17	QueenStagiaire	1055	(+1)
18	DJW	1032	(-4)
19	Del1962	1016	(-)
20	Mikks	1004	(-)
21	DJSprtsch	1000	(+7)
22	IlMaestro	989	(-)
23	Schachus	975	(+1)
24	Dogboy	974	(+1)
25	Josedin	949	(-2)
26	Armchair_Cyclist	921	(-5)
27	Bminchow	908	(-1)
28	MagliaNera	886	(+4)
29	SlowClimber	878	(-2)
30	Avoriaz	857	(+3)
31	ZigZagWanderer	815	(-2)
32	BluesInTheBottle	809	(-2)
33	Squire	805	(-2)
34	Rufs	767	(-)
35	JumboVismaFan	727	(-)
36	BsAsCycling	722	(-)
37	RedheadDane	696	(+4)
38	SamuCuenca	686	(-1)
39	Vladimir	663	(-1)
40	EvansIsTheBest	659	(-1)
41	YellowKnight	624	(-1)
42	Onizuka999	601	(-)
43	Lecko	559	(-)
44	PeteTurbo2	426	(-)
	Collective_Wisdom	1246
	Default	415
	Torito_y_amigos	659

 

[Shakes]

Something is off. It says I'm in the top 10? My position is always halfway the table, not top 10. Luckily upcoming stages won't boost me so order can be restored.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Something is off. It says I'm in the top 10? My position is always halfway the table, not top 10. Luckily upcoming stages won't boost me so order can be restored.

I think the current standings might be as good as it gets for the multi-sprinter teams.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Time for Jordan Jegat to implement operation 'Oscar Pereiro' to get my team out of the gutter.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

@Peteturbo2 looking forward to tonight's update: possibly the only one in profit.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 13

Turning the numbers on our game upside down?

Green points

Some of those "I suppose he could do something one day" picks find a day on which to do something.

Rider	pts	Teams
SCHMID Mauro	80	0
TEJADA CANACUE Harold Alfonso	50	2
PIDCOCK Thomas	35	1
VAN GILS Maxim	25	9
MCNULTY Brandon	15	0
VAUQUELIN Kévin	10	10
JEGAT Jordan	5	1
BRAZ AFONSO Clément	3	1
WELLENS Tim	2	0
PLAPP Lucas	1	0

Daily gains

Rank		Pts
1=	RedheadDane, Vladimir (Tejada)	50
3=	Del1962, Mikks, PostmanHat (Van Gils+ Vauquelin), PeteTurbo2 (Pidcock)	35
7=	Armchair_Cyclist, Bminchow, Hayneplane, LosBrolin, Onizuka999, Rufs (Van Gils)	25
13	EvansIsTheBest (Vauquelin & Jegat)	15
14=	Avoriaz, DJW, Dogboy, IlMaestro, Ingsve, SlowClimber (Vauquelin)	10
20	Josedin	3
21=	Most teams	0

Standings

Daylight, finally, between PostmanHat and Hayneplane, while this top three remains secure

Rank		Pts
1	Kazistuta	659	-
2	PostmanHat	607	-
3	Hayneplane	597	-
4	Triley36	566	-
5	DJSprtsch	545	-
6	Shakes	522	-
7	Del1962	445	+2
8	Dogboy	436	-1
9	RedheadDane	422	+7
10	QueenStagiaire	420	-2
	Collective_Wisdom	596

Yellow points

Rider	pts	Teams
PIDCOCK Thomas	220	1
JEGAT Jordan	68	1
TEJADA CANACUE Harold Alfonso	60	2
VAN GILS Maxim	25	9
VAUQUELIN Kévin	20	10
GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	-10	1
JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland	-10	2
VAN WILDER Ilan	-10	6
PARET PEINTRE Valentin	-12	7
BAUDIN Alex	-13	1
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam	-15	5
BIESTERBOS Frits	-20	1
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando	-20	4
MARTINEZ Lenny	-21	2
AYUSO PESQUERA Juan	-30	23
LIPOWITZ Florian	-31	11
SEIXAS Paul	-35	18

Daily swings

Pete Turbo is not the only one in profit, but gains are a rarity.

Rank		Pts
1	PeteTurbo2	210
2	RedheadDane	48
3	EvansIsTheBest	41
4	PostmanHat	9
5	Vladimir	6
6	Del1962	-2
7	Mikks	-4
8	Onizuka999	-6
9	IlMaestro	-19
10	Hayneplane	-22
11	Rufs	-26
12	Lecko	-33
13	DJSprtsch	-37
14	YellowKnight	-38
15	Bminchow	-39
15	JumboVismaFan	-39
17	Josedin	-40
17	SamuCuenca	-40
19	Avoriaz	-41
19	BsAsCycling	-41
19	DevilsElbow	-41
22	Ingsve	-43
22	MagliaNera	-43
24	Dogboy	-44
24	Shakes	-44
26	QueenStagiaire	-46
27	Schachus	-48
28	SlowClimber	-49
29	LosBrolin	-51
30	DJW	-52
31	Squire	-54
32	Armchair_Cyclist	-57
32	Kazistuta	-57
34	ZigZagWanderer	-59
35	Triley36	-61
36	BicycleBoy	-66
36	BluesInTheBottle	-66
38	Nightowl	-67
39	Leadbelly	-76
40	TotalPackage	-79
41	Madrazo	-82
42	AmisVelo	-84
43	Laarsland	-91
44	Search	-102
	Collective_Wisdom	-27
	Default	-23
	Torito_y_amigos	-49

Standings
Hayneplane goes from the wrong side of a tiebreaker for 2nd in the green points, to wrong side of a tiebreaker for 3rd in the yellow. And the large advantage on the day raises PeteTurbo from last.

Rank		Points	+/-
1	Madrazo	1263	(-)
2	Leadbelly	1224	(-)
3	AmisVelo	1193	(-)
4	Hayneplane	1193	(+1)
5	Kazistuta	1178	(-1)
6	PostmanHat	1161	(+4)
7	Triley36	1136	(-1)
8	Shakes	1110	(+1)
9	TotalPackage	1092	(-1)
10	DevilsElbow	1076	(+4)
11	Search	1074	(-4)
12	BicycleBoy	1067	(-)
13	Nightowl	1064	(-)
14	Laarsland	1044	(-3)
15	Ingsve	1030	(+1)
16	LosBrolin	1029	(-1)
17	Del1962	1014	(+2)
18	QueenStagiaire	1009	(-1)
19	Mikks	1000	(+1)
20	DJW	980	(-2)
21	IlMaestro	970	(+1)
22	DJSprtsch	963	(-1)
23	Dogboy	930	(+1)
24	Schachus	927	(-1)
25	Josedin	909	(-)
26	Bminchow	869	(+1)
27	Armchair_Cyclist	864	(-1)
28	MagliaNera	843	(-)
29	SlowClimber	829	(-)
30	Avoriaz	816	(-)
31	ZigZagWanderer	756	(-)
32	Squire	751	(+1)
33	RedheadDane	744	(+4)
34	BluesInTheBottle	743	(-2)
35	Rufs	741	(-1)
36	EvansIsTheBest	700	(+4)
37	JumboVismaFan	688	(-2)
38	BsAsCycling	681	(-2)
39	Vladimir	669	(-)
40	SamuCuenca	646	(-2)
41	PeteTurbo2	636	(+3)
42	Onizuka999	595	(-)
43	YellowKnight	586	(-2)
44	Lecko	526	(-1)
	Collective_Wisdom	1219
	Default	392
	Torito_y_amigos	610

So now, perhaps, it's all about the Seixas/Lipowitz/Ayuso/Pidcock relative positions. Which might change tomorrow.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Time for Jordan Jegat to implement operation 'Oscar Pereiro' to get my team out of the gutter.

So it begins...

 

[hayneplane]

I demand a stewards enquiry for these tiebreakers 🤣

 

[del1962]

So my yellow points go down by 2, but my yellow placing goes up by 2 🙂

 

[Peteturbo2]

speaking from my lofty perch as head of the day's swingers, i can say with true feeling this time; 'Pidders, you are sacked'.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

speaking from my lofty perch as head of the day's swingers, i can say with true feeling this time; 'Pidders, you are sacked'.

You haven't got that many points: do you really want to renounce 2/3 of them?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Stage 14

Why all the fuss about a bike path? Do most of us not regularly ride on bike paths?

Green points

It's the minor variations on the repeating themes that keep us coming back

Rider	pts	Teams
POGACAR Tadej	80	0
DEL TORO ROMERO Isaac	50	0
SEIXAS Paul	35	18
VINGEGAARD HANSEN Jonas	25	0
EVENEPOEL Remco	15	0
AYUSO PESQUERA Juan	10	23
LIPOWITZ Florian	5	11
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	3	23
JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland	2	2
SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias	1	0

Daily gains
The Seixas/Ayuso/Carapaz combination comes out top today

Rank		Pts
1=	Leadbelly, LosBrolin, Madrazo, Search	48
5	Laarsland (Seixas, Ayuso)	45
6=	Armchair_Cyclist, BluesInTheBottle (Seixas, Lipowitz)	40
8=	Seixas & Carapaz	38
12=	Seixas	35
19=	Ayuso, Lipowitz & Carapaz	18
23	Ayuso & Lipowitz	15
25=	Ayuso & Carapaz	13
32=	Ayuso	10
37=	Lipowitz & Carapaz	8
39	Lipowitz	5
40=	Carapaz	3
40	YellowKnight	3
42=	Johannessen	2
44	just one pointless team today	0
	Collective_Wisdom	13
	Default	0
	Torito_y_amigos	50

Standings

Not much of a dent on standings still dominated by those with Merlier and Kooij.

Rank		Pts	+/-
1	Kazistuta	669	(-)
2	PostmanHat	617	(-)
3	Hayneplane	610	(-)
4	Triley36	579	(-)
5	DJSprtsch	550	(-)
6	Shakes	532	(-)
7	Del1962	480	(-)
8	QueenStagiaire	458	(+2)
9	Dogboy	446	(-1)
10	DevilsElbow	433	(+2)
	Collective_Wisdom	609

Yellow points
Pidcock, and most of yesterday's changes, are undone.

Rider	pts	Teams
SEIXAS Paul	100	18
PARET PEINTRE Valentin	48	7
LIPOWITZ Florian	35	11
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	26	23
GEE-WEST Derek	16	3
RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto	15	9
JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland	12	2
AYUSO PESQUERA Juan	10	23
JEGAT Jordan	-10	1
VACEK Mathias	-10	1
PARRA CUERDA Jose Felix	-11	4
TEJADA CANACUE Harold Alfonso	-12	2
QUINN Sean	-27	7
DEBRUYNE Ramses	-82	3
PIDCOCK Thomas	-155	1

Daily swing

Seixas overtaking Ayuso also mattered quite a bit. Your host is quietly pleased about that.

Rank		Pts
1	Armchair_Cyclist	153
2	JumboVismaFan	145
3	Leadbelly	140
4	BluesInTheBottle	135
5	EvansIsTheBest	131
6	SamuCuenca	126
7	DevilsElbow	119
8	LosBrolin	115
9	Avoriaz	111
10	Madrazo	109
11	Search	108
12	Laarsland	107
13	QueenStagiaire	96
14	Mikks	95
15	Lecko	89
16	BsAsCycling	86
17	Ingsve	80
18	Vladimir	79
19	Del1962	78
20	YellowKnight	77
21	BicycleBoy	71
21	DJW	71
21	Nightowl	71
24	Squire	70
25	Rufs	67
26	Bminchow	64
27	IlMaestro	63
28	Dogboy	60
28	Hayneplane	60
30	AmisVelo	59
31	Schachus	51
32	SlowClimber	47
33	MagliaNera	46
34	Triley36	36
35	DJSprtsch	35
36	TotalPackage	32
37	Kazistuta	25
38	ZigZagWanderer	22
39	Onizuka999	19
40	Josedin	12
41	RedheadDane	6
42	Shakes	4
43	PostmanHat	-67
44	PeteTurbo2	-147
	Collective_Wisdom	47
	Default	16
	Torito_y_amigos	72

Everyday I check my daily point change against that of @DJW, the pair of us having quite a gap ahead of the rest in the 4 Seasons challenge. I think this has been the biggest gain either of us has had over the other in the Tour game so far.

Standings

@Leadbelly takes back a large chunk of @MADRAZO's lead: only 8 points in it now (Verona moves up, Quinn drops down).
@hayneplane gets properly onto the podium in the first change of top three members since stage 6.

Rank		Pts	+/-
1	Madrazo	1372	(-)
2	Leadbelly	1364	(-)
3	Hayneplane	1253	(+1)
4	AmisVelo	1252	(-1)
5	Kazistuta	1203	(-)
6	DevilsElbow	1195	(+4)
7	Search	1182	(+4)
8	Triley36	1172	(-1)
9	Laarsland	1151	(+5)
10	LosBrolin	1144	(+6)
11	BicycleBoy	1138	(+1)
12	Nightowl	1135	(+1)
13	TotalPackage	1124	(-4)
14	Shakes	1114	(-6)
15	Ingsve	1110	(-)
16	QueenStagiaire	1105	(+2)
17	Mikks	1095	(+2)
18	PostmanHat	1094	(-12)
19	Del1962	1092	(-2)
20	DJW	1051	(-)
21	IlMaestro	1033	(-)
22	Armchair_Cyclist	1017	(+5)
23	DJSprtsch	998	(-1)
24	Dogboy	990	(-1)
25	Schachus	978	(-1)
26	Bminchow	933	(-)
27	Avoriaz	927	(+3)
28	Josedin	921	(-3)
29	MagliaNera	889	(-1)
30	BluesInTheBottle	878	(+4)
31	SlowClimber	876	(-2)
32	JumboVismaFan	833	(+5)
33	EvansIsTheBest	831	(+3)
34	Squire	821	(-2)
35	Rufs	808	(-)
36	ZigZagWanderer	778	(-5)
37	SamuCuenca	772	(+3)
38	BsAsCycling	767	(-)
39	RedheadDane	750	(-6)
40	Vladimir	748	(-1)
41	YellowKnight	663	(+2)
42	Lecko	615	(+2)
43	Onizuka999	614	(-1)
44	PeteTurbo2	489	(-3)
	Collective_Wisdom	1266
	Default	407
	Torito_y_amigos	682

The timegaps from 3rd to 7th on GC are still very small, and any change in position there will be a swing of 60 to 120 points, so the densely packed sections of the table could still see plenty of change.

 

[RedheadDane]

You haven't got that many points: do you really want to renounce 2/3 of them?

If he doesn't want them, you can always give them to me...

It doesn't work like that?

Awww... shoot...