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Update #28 : The calm before the storm
With the GC of the Tour de France coming up in the next update, major changes will be in order. In stark contrast, this update is one of the least important of the year. In fact nine of the top 20 teams failed to score even a single point this week. This can be explained by the fact that there were only a couple of races going on and the only one that had any significant impact was of course the Tour de France. Alexander Kristoff has had a wonderful week with two stage wins and it's therefore no surprise to see the three team that picked him performing very well this week. Grimm pairs Kristoff with Sagan to earn the week's highest scorer award while Hugo87 and Yellow Knight, the two other people relying on Kristoff were second and fourth. Bicycle_Boy (third) and Eyeballs Out (fifth) alos feature in the top five due to a rare pick, namely Rafal Majka, exceeding expectations.
This Week's Top Scorers
1 Grimm 274
2 Hugo87 217
3 Bicycle_Boy 197
4 Yellow Knight 175
5 Eyeballs Out 170
Unsurprisingly, Grimm also tops the highest jumpers list. Bicycle_Boy, Yellow Knight and Eyeballs Out also feature on both weekly lists. Ironted may have only scored through a single rider (Majka) bu that's enough to see him rise seven places into the top 20.
This Week's High Jumpers
1 Grimm (+14)
2 Bicycle_Boy (+10)
3 Yellow Knight (+9)
4 Eyeballs Out (+8)
5 ironted (+7)
With the top three scoring a grand total of fifteen points between them, saying that the top teams had a quiet week would be quite the understatement. On the other hand, Pentacycle rises five places to return to fourth, a position he held just two weeks ago. His main point scorers were all rare picks : Zilioli, Eiking, Navardauskas and more notably (for next week) Bardet. As a result of Pentacycle's rise a few teams are pushed down one place. Though the top ten was slightly reshuffled, the teams composing it are the same as last week's, a pretty rare occurence and one unlikely to repeat itself next week...
Top 10 Overall
1 Milanello 8773
2 freshman 8742
3 Geraint Too Fast 8643
4 Pentacycle 8543
5 rywann 8532
6 Oliveira 8518
7 MCardinalR 8508
8 The Hitch 8493
9 Cykeltyven 8448
10 minessa 8420
Spreadsheet at Mediafire
With the GC of the Tour de France coming up in the next update, major changes will be in order. In stark contrast, this update is one of the least important of the year. In fact nine of the top 20 teams failed to score even a single point this week. This can be explained by the fact that there were only a couple of races going on and the only one that had any significant impact was of course the Tour de France. Alexander Kristoff has had a wonderful week with two stage wins and it's therefore no surprise to see the three team that picked him performing very well this week. Grimm pairs Kristoff with Sagan to earn the week's highest scorer award while Hugo87 and Yellow Knight, the two other people relying on Kristoff were second and fourth. Bicycle_Boy (third) and Eyeballs Out (fifth) alos feature in the top five due to a rare pick, namely Rafal Majka, exceeding expectations.
This Week's Top Scorers
1 Grimm 274
2 Hugo87 217
3 Bicycle_Boy 197
4 Yellow Knight 175
5 Eyeballs Out 170
Unsurprisingly, Grimm also tops the highest jumpers list. Bicycle_Boy, Yellow Knight and Eyeballs Out also feature on both weekly lists. Ironted may have only scored through a single rider (Majka) bu that's enough to see him rise seven places into the top 20.
This Week's High Jumpers
1 Grimm (+14)
2 Bicycle_Boy (+10)
3 Yellow Knight (+9)
4 Eyeballs Out (+8)
5 ironted (+7)
With the top three scoring a grand total of fifteen points between them, saying that the top teams had a quiet week would be quite the understatement. On the other hand, Pentacycle rises five places to return to fourth, a position he held just two weeks ago. His main point scorers were all rare picks : Zilioli, Eiking, Navardauskas and more notably (for next week) Bardet. As a result of Pentacycle's rise a few teams are pushed down one place. Though the top ten was slightly reshuffled, the teams composing it are the same as last week's, a pretty rare occurence and one unlikely to repeat itself next week...
Top 10 Overall
1 Milanello 8773
2 freshman 8742
3 Geraint Too Fast 8643
4 Pentacycle 8543
5 rywann 8532
6 Oliveira 8518
7 MCardinalR 8508
8 The Hitch 8493
9 Cykeltyven 8448
10 minessa 8420
Spreadsheet at Mediafire
I'm toast. Contador coming back for the Vuelta might salvage something (although it looks unlikely), but yeah, that's it for 2014. VdB my only TdF finisher, and a disappointing one at that. Well, time to lick my wounds, hope for the best from the rest of the team for the rest of the season, and start making a team for next year.
- Dec 12, 2010
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I'm supposed to do the update but I won't have time to do so until tonight. Sorry for the delay 
- Dec 12, 2010
- 1,138
- 897
- 12,680
Update #29 : The Tour doesn't climb to the Giro's height
The Giro, this year proved very successful with many popular picks performing extremely well. However, with many GC favorites crashing out of contention in France, everybody struggled to repeat the success of the Giro. auto de fé is the highest scorer this week. Despite Contador not finishing the race, with Pinot, König and Trofimov also featuring on his team he manages to score an impressive 1013 points, but that's not even half of what the top scorer managed in the Giro update. Eyeballs Out is the only other person to break the thousand points barrier thanks mainly to Majka and Pinot. Yoyokt, fourth highest scorer this week, also relies mainly on Pinot. Meanwhile, the two Péraud teams : *Falze* and PeterB complete the top five.
This Week's Top Scorers
1 auto de fé 1013
2 Eyeballs Out 1009
3 *Falze* 935
4 yoyokt 888
5 PeterB 881
Eyeballs Out edges out auto de fé for highest jumper of the week. With respectively 39 and 37 places gained, they both have reasons to be excited. Crevaison, Armchair Cyclist and yoyokt are all tied for third with a 28 place jump and can also be pleased with their week. More significantly, all five of theses teams feature Pinot and they are all in the top eight highest scorers, so once again both lists are pretty similar.
This Week's High Jumpers
1 Eyeballs Out (+39)
2 auto de fé (+37)
3 yoyokt (+28)
3 Crevaison (+28)
3 Armchair cyclist (+28)
Unsurprisingly, the top ten is completely different to the top ten of the previous update. Pentacycle rises back to the top spot thanks to some inspired picks such as Navardauskas and Bardet alongside the more popular Kruijswijk and Van den Broeck. The Hitch, a perennial presence near the top of the table year after year, is now second. Thibaut Pinot was the main architect of his rise but Adam Yates, the gift that keeps on giving, and Jurgen Van den Broeck were also key. Despite, Contador's withdrawal, MCardinalR clinches the last spot on the podium due to König's insprired performances in France (and also Van den Broeck). *Falze* is one of only two people to have Péraud. With Zubeldia eigth and Van den Broeck also high up in the GC, it's therefore no surprise that Falze jumps from 21st to 4th. freshman and Geraint Too Fast are both down three places to 5th and 6th respectively. König, Rolland, Navardauskas, Van den Broeck and Kruijswijk to help just some guy come back into the top ten, in seventh place to be exact. Milanello, the former leader plummets down to eigth, while Cykeltyven somehow manages to stay in the same spot. PeterB, the other team with Péraud, rouns up this new top ten.
Top 10 Overall
1 Pentacycle 9297
2 The Hitch 9273
3 MCardinalR 8977
4 *Falze* 8968
5 freshman 8921
6 Geraint Too Fast 8894
7 just some guy 8872
8 Milanello 8856
9 Cykeltyven 8830
10 PeterB 8829
Spreadsheet at Mediafire
With this week being by far the most important of the month, the monthly highscorers and highjumpers lists are, as expected, fairly similar to this week's so I won't bore you with the details.
This Month's Top Scorers
1 yoyokt 1477
2 Eyeballs Out 1335
3 Grimm 1327
4 Manafana 1303
5 auto de fé 1294
This Month's High Jumpers
1 Grimm (+43)
1 Eyeballs Out (+43)
3 yoyokt (+38)
3 Manafana (+38)
5 Zuremelk (+36)
The Giro, this year proved very successful with many popular picks performing extremely well. However, with many GC favorites crashing out of contention in France, everybody struggled to repeat the success of the Giro. auto de fé is the highest scorer this week. Despite Contador not finishing the race, with Pinot, König and Trofimov also featuring on his team he manages to score an impressive 1013 points, but that's not even half of what the top scorer managed in the Giro update. Eyeballs Out is the only other person to break the thousand points barrier thanks mainly to Majka and Pinot. Yoyokt, fourth highest scorer this week, also relies mainly on Pinot. Meanwhile, the two Péraud teams : *Falze* and PeterB complete the top five.
This Week's Top Scorers
1 auto de fé 1013
2 Eyeballs Out 1009
3 *Falze* 935
4 yoyokt 888
5 PeterB 881
Eyeballs Out edges out auto de fé for highest jumper of the week. With respectively 39 and 37 places gained, they both have reasons to be excited. Crevaison, Armchair Cyclist and yoyokt are all tied for third with a 28 place jump and can also be pleased with their week. More significantly, all five of theses teams feature Pinot and they are all in the top eight highest scorers, so once again both lists are pretty similar.
This Week's High Jumpers
1 Eyeballs Out (+39)
2 auto de fé (+37)
3 yoyokt (+28)
3 Crevaison (+28)
3 Armchair cyclist (+28)
Unsurprisingly, the top ten is completely different to the top ten of the previous update. Pentacycle rises back to the top spot thanks to some inspired picks such as Navardauskas and Bardet alongside the more popular Kruijswijk and Van den Broeck. The Hitch, a perennial presence near the top of the table year after year, is now second. Thibaut Pinot was the main architect of his rise but Adam Yates, the gift that keeps on giving, and Jurgen Van den Broeck were also key. Despite, Contador's withdrawal, MCardinalR clinches the last spot on the podium due to König's insprired performances in France (and also Van den Broeck). *Falze* is one of only two people to have Péraud. With Zubeldia eigth and Van den Broeck also high up in the GC, it's therefore no surprise that Falze jumps from 21st to 4th. freshman and Geraint Too Fast are both down three places to 5th and 6th respectively. König, Rolland, Navardauskas, Van den Broeck and Kruijswijk to help just some guy come back into the top ten, in seventh place to be exact. Milanello, the former leader plummets down to eigth, while Cykeltyven somehow manages to stay in the same spot. PeterB, the other team with Péraud, rouns up this new top ten.
Top 10 Overall
1 Pentacycle 9297
2 The Hitch 9273
3 MCardinalR 8977
4 *Falze* 8968
5 freshman 8921
6 Geraint Too Fast 8894
7 just some guy 8872
8 Milanello 8856
9 Cykeltyven 8830
10 PeterB 8829
Spreadsheet at Mediafire
With this week being by far the most important of the month, the monthly highscorers and highjumpers lists are, as expected, fairly similar to this week's so I won't bore you with the details.
This Month's Top Scorers
1 yoyokt 1477
2 Eyeballs Out 1335
3 Grimm 1327
4 Manafana 1303
5 auto de fé 1294
This Month's High Jumpers
1 Grimm (+43)
1 Eyeballs Out (+43)
3 yoyokt (+38)
3 Manafana (+38)
5 Zuremelk (+36)
Thanks EITB! It seems like it's time for my team to get itself out of a hole. Don't get me wrong, 46th is not a terrible place in a field of 150, but I need to start moving up now. I will do that with:
Portugal
LL Sanchez - don't rest on your laurels now that you've got a contract! What's that? You're third? Keep it up!
San Sebastian
Vanendert
Howson
Van Baarle
Craddock
Olivier
Lutsenko
err... a bunch of young guys of questionable form. It's far past time for Lutsenko to start doing something, though...
Poland
Aru
Lutsenko
Brajkovic
Moser
Le Bon
Hesjedal
De Gendt
EBH
Oh there you are, guys from my team who were hiding during the TdF! How are you?
Remember when Moser won this race? Remember when De Gendt won things? Or, for that matter, Boasson Hagen? Those were the days, huh?
Utah
Anacona
that's it. Really? These US races are usually where I get a bunch of points! Eep.
Portugal
LL Sanchez - don't rest on your laurels now that you've got a contract! What's that? You're third? Keep it up!
San Sebastian
Vanendert
Howson
Van Baarle
Craddock
Olivier
Lutsenko
err... a bunch of young guys of questionable form. It's far past time for Lutsenko to start doing something, though...
Poland
Aru
Lutsenko
Brajkovic
Moser
Le Bon
Hesjedal
De Gendt
EBH
Oh there you are, guys from my team who were hiding during the TdF! How are you?
Remember when Moser won this race? Remember when De Gendt won things? Or, for that matter, Boasson Hagen? Those were the days, huh?
Utah
Anacona
that's it. Really? These US races are usually where I get a bunch of points! Eep.
- Sep 30, 2009
- 9
- 0
- 0
Woohoo,
I'm a top something!
I'd like to thank Pinot and König for giving 110 percent once I lost Contador. Without them I could never have achieved my amazing climb from lower-mid-table nothingness to upper-mid-table obscurity. Sadly, unless EBH finds a better gynecologist, I'm headed one way from here.
Many thanks to EvansIsTheBest for the update.
I'm a top something!
I'd like to thank Pinot and König for giving 110 percent once I lost Contador. Without them I could never have achieved my amazing climb from lower-mid-table nothingness to upper-mid-table obscurity. Sadly, unless EBH finds a better gynecologist, I'm headed one way from here.
Many thanks to EvansIsTheBest for the update.
- Jul 5, 2011
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Still in the top 10, even though it feels like my team has been soft-pedalling since May. Contador's DNF was definitely my best result from the Tour.
Now it's transfer season, so time to start adding some names to the longlist for 2015.
Now it's transfer season, so time to start adding some names to the longlist for 2015.
wow, in the top10 for the first time in second year of participating - feels good
It was surprise to me that we were only two teams picking Peraud. He showed a lot of potential in last year's TdF until he crashed out, and I recall some interviews with him over the winter in which he declared he wanted revenge this year.
I'm probably out of top10 after next update as I had only Vanendert with some result in San Sebastian, but if Vakoc keeps delivering in Poland, I may be back next week! (again only two teams with Vakoc - Petr, that is)
It was surprise to me that we were only two teams picking Peraud. He showed a lot of potential in last year's TdF until he crashed out, and I recall some interviews with him over the winter in which he declared he wanted revenge this year.
I'm probably out of top10 after next update as I had only Vanendert with some result in San Sebastian, but if Vakoc keeps delivering in Poland, I may be back next week! (again only two teams with Vakoc - Petr, that is)
- Jul 5, 2011
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Update #30: Not a flat week for Crevaison
With most teams suffering a bit of a post-TDF hangover, Crevaison took advantage to top the High Scorer & High Mover charts this week. Lotto-Belisol teammates Gallopin and Vanendert's exploits in San Sebastian account for the majority of his points, but there were also significant contributions from Mondory, Turgot, and unique pick Duchesne. Gianni Meersman single-handedly scored more than most teams in this update, and one of only two people who picked him, olafjt, is the closest challenger to Crevasion this week.
This Week's Top Scorers
1. Crevaison 336
2. olafjt 312
3. Blues in the bottle 311
4. MADRAZO 251
5. Maaaaaaaarten 249
This Week's High Movers
1. Crevaison (+13)
2. Blues in the bottle (+10)
2. MADRAZO (+10)
4. Maaaaaaaarten (+9)
5. Froome19 (+7)
No new names in the Top 10 this week, just a bit of reshuffling. Pentacycle still leads, while PeterB is the biggest beneficiary of CQ's decision to include the points from Stage 2 of Tour de Pologne in this update.
Top 10 Overall
1. (-) Pentacycle 9452
2. (-) The Hitch 9381
3. (+1) *Falze* 9133
4. (-1) MCardinalR 9099
5. (-) freshman 9060
6. (+4) PeterB 8967
7. (+2) Cykeltyven 8946
8. (-2) Geraint Too Fast 8942
9. (-2) just some guy 8904
10. (-2) Milanello 8881
The Spreadsheet at Dropbox
With most teams suffering a bit of a post-TDF hangover, Crevaison took advantage to top the High Scorer & High Mover charts this week. Lotto-Belisol teammates Gallopin and Vanendert's exploits in San Sebastian account for the majority of his points, but there were also significant contributions from Mondory, Turgot, and unique pick Duchesne. Gianni Meersman single-handedly scored more than most teams in this update, and one of only two people who picked him, olafjt, is the closest challenger to Crevasion this week.
This Week's Top Scorers
1. Crevaison 336
2. olafjt 312
3. Blues in the bottle 311
4. MADRAZO 251
5. Maaaaaaaarten 249
This Week's High Movers
1. Crevaison (+13)
2. Blues in the bottle (+10)
2. MADRAZO (+10)
4. Maaaaaaaarten (+9)
5. Froome19 (+7)
No new names in the Top 10 this week, just a bit of reshuffling. Pentacycle still leads, while PeterB is the biggest beneficiary of CQ's decision to include the points from Stage 2 of Tour de Pologne in this update.
Top 10 Overall
1. (-) Pentacycle 9452
2. (-) The Hitch 9381
3. (+1) *Falze* 9133
4. (-1) MCardinalR 9099
5. (-) freshman 9060
6. (+4) PeterB 8967
7. (+2) Cykeltyven 8946
8. (-2) Geraint Too Fast 8942
9. (-2) just some guy 8904
10. (-2) Milanello 8881
The Spreadsheet at Dropbox
- Dec 11, 2013
- 5
- 0
- 8,530
Well, well..look at that! I guess I didn't expect this team to get much of a mention anywhere since I only picked riders who I'd actually want do well (to not disturb my preferences when watching the races ). And also since I based the team around french guys which would normally be a recipe for disaster..but maybe the tide is indeed turning for them.
- Jul 5, 2011
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Update #31: Danish Domination from martinaagard
There is quite a strong Danish feel to martinaagard's team so he was probably expecting to do well in the update after Post Danmark Rundt, but maybe not quite this well? His team features the race winner (Michael Valgren), 3rd and 4th overall (Boaro and Lutsenko - who both won stages as well), along with as Breschel, Quaade & Jørgensen for some minor stage/GC placings. And to top it all off, his team also contains Rafal Majka - the double stage winner and overall victor of Tour de Pologne. So it's no surprise that martinaagard leaves everybody trailing in his wake this week.
Leading the pack behind him is gustienordic, who's scoring was a bit more diverse. Along with good results in Poland and Denmark (and the Netherlands, because Guardini's points from stage 1 of the Eneco Tour are included in this update), gustienordic also benifited from Anacona's strong showing in Utah and a great RideLondon Classic where he picked up 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, thanks too Swift, Alaphillipe, and Gilbert respectively.
Martinaagard and gustienordic both feature strongly in the high movers chart as well, with only Eyeballs Out (the 3rd highest scoring team this week) able to seperate them.
This Week's Top Scorers
1. martinaagard 861
2. gustienordic 648
3. Eyeballs Out 595
4. ironted 557
5. knallertjeblaf 545
This Week's High Movers
1. martinaagard (+25)
2. Eyeballs Out (+24)
3. gustienordic (+18)
4. Handbrake (+17)
5. Skibby the bush kangaroo (+16)
5. adamski101 (+16)
The overall top 3 is unchanged this week. PeterB continues his upward momentum of recent weeks by climbing to 4th, and there are two new/re-entries in the top 10 - minessa and Slow_Rider replace just some guy and Milanello.
Top 10 Overall
1. (-) Pentacycle 9691
2. (-) The Hitch 9623
3. (-) *Falze* 9469
4. (+2) PeterB 9409
5. (-) freshman 9393
6. (+1) Cykeltyven 9337
7. (+7) minessa 9255
8. (-4) MCardinalR 9248
9. (-1) Geraint Too Fast 9235
10. (+5) Slow_Rider 9173
The Spreadsheet at Dropbox
There is quite a strong Danish feel to martinaagard's team so he was probably expecting to do well in the update after Post Danmark Rundt, but maybe not quite this well? His team features the race winner (Michael Valgren), 3rd and 4th overall (Boaro and Lutsenko - who both won stages as well), along with as Breschel, Quaade & Jørgensen for some minor stage/GC placings. And to top it all off, his team also contains Rafal Majka - the double stage winner and overall victor of Tour de Pologne. So it's no surprise that martinaagard leaves everybody trailing in his wake this week.
Leading the pack behind him is gustienordic, who's scoring was a bit more diverse. Along with good results in Poland and Denmark (and the Netherlands, because Guardini's points from stage 1 of the Eneco Tour are included in this update), gustienordic also benifited from Anacona's strong showing in Utah and a great RideLondon Classic where he picked up 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, thanks too Swift, Alaphillipe, and Gilbert respectively.
Martinaagard and gustienordic both feature strongly in the high movers chart as well, with only Eyeballs Out (the 3rd highest scoring team this week) able to seperate them.
This Week's Top Scorers
1. martinaagard 861
2. gustienordic 648
3. Eyeballs Out 595
4. ironted 557
5. knallertjeblaf 545
This Week's High Movers
1. martinaagard (+25)
2. Eyeballs Out (+24)
3. gustienordic (+18)
4. Handbrake (+17)
5. Skibby the bush kangaroo (+16)
5. adamski101 (+16)
The overall top 3 is unchanged this week. PeterB continues his upward momentum of recent weeks by climbing to 4th, and there are two new/re-entries in the top 10 - minessa and Slow_Rider replace just some guy and Milanello.
Top 10 Overall
1. (-) Pentacycle 9691
2. (-) The Hitch 9623
3. (-) *Falze* 9469
4. (+2) PeterB 9409
5. (-) freshman 9393
6. (+1) Cykeltyven 9337
7. (+7) minessa 9255
8. (-4) MCardinalR 9248
9. (-1) Geraint Too Fast 9235
10. (+5) Slow_Rider 9173
The Spreadsheet at Dropbox
- Dec 29, 2011
- 299
- 3
- 9,035
Thanks for the update!
Never expected to fight for top30 after my disastrous start up to the Giro.
Never expected to fight for top30 after my disastrous start up to the Giro.
- Apr 30, 2011
- 45,459
- 27,940
- 28,180
- Jul 5, 2011
- 3,348
- 1
- 13,480
Update #32: Pentacycle breaks away
When I signed up to do this set of updates I was expecting them to be fairly quiet, with the big late season moves waiting until the Vuelta. How wrong I was! Before I get to the overall rankings, I should give some credit to asdfgh101 for being the weeks top scorer and highest mover. There were a few riders who scored triple figures this week and asdfgh101 had four of them - Wellens, Thomas, Kruijswijk, & Brajkovic, who all helped to make up the only 800+ score of this update. The 2nd best team this week is vladimir, but in 3rd and 4th we have two of the overall contenders, Pentacycle & minessa.
This Week's Top Scorers
1. asdfgh101 862
2. vladimir 776
3. Pentacycle 727
4. minessa 654
5. Jakob747 612
This Week's High Movers
1. asdfgh101 (+32)
2. vladimir (+27)
3. the asian (+19)
3. LaFlorecita (+19)
3. DJ Sprtsch (+19)
It was an average week for many in the overall top 10, and the high scorers have really taken advantage of this. Minessa jumps five places to 2nd, but it is Pentacycle who steals the show this week - he is the first team to pass 10000 points for the year, and in the process increases his lead to over 500 points! It's also interesting to note that the points difference between 1st and 2nd is now bigger than the difference between 2nd and 11th.
Despite the action at the top of the rankings, there are no new names in the top 10 this week.
Top 10 Overall
1. (-) Pentacycle 10418
2. (+5) minessa 9909
3. (+3) Cykeltyven 9885
4. (-2) The Hitch 9802
5. (-2) *Falze* 9800
6. (-2) PeterB 9755
7. (-2) freshman 9700
8. (+1) Geraint Too Fast 9579
9. (-1) MCardinalR 9574
10. (-) Slow_Rider 9570
The Spreadsheet at Dropbox
When I signed up to do this set of updates I was expecting them to be fairly quiet, with the big late season moves waiting until the Vuelta. How wrong I was! Before I get to the overall rankings, I should give some credit to asdfgh101 for being the weeks top scorer and highest mover. There were a few riders who scored triple figures this week and asdfgh101 had four of them - Wellens, Thomas, Kruijswijk, & Brajkovic, who all helped to make up the only 800+ score of this update. The 2nd best team this week is vladimir, but in 3rd and 4th we have two of the overall contenders, Pentacycle & minessa.
This Week's Top Scorers
1. asdfgh101 862
2. vladimir 776
3. Pentacycle 727
4. minessa 654
5. Jakob747 612
This Week's High Movers
1. asdfgh101 (+32)
2. vladimir (+27)
3. the asian (+19)
3. LaFlorecita (+19)
3. DJ Sprtsch (+19)
It was an average week for many in the overall top 10, and the high scorers have really taken advantage of this. Minessa jumps five places to 2nd, but it is Pentacycle who steals the show this week - he is the first team to pass 10000 points for the year, and in the process increases his lead to over 500 points! It's also interesting to note that the points difference between 1st and 2nd is now bigger than the difference between 2nd and 11th.
Despite the action at the top of the rankings, there are no new names in the top 10 this week.
Top 10 Overall
1. (-) Pentacycle 10418
2. (+5) minessa 9909
3. (+3) Cykeltyven 9885
4. (-2) The Hitch 9802
5. (-2) *Falze* 9800
6. (-2) PeterB 9755
7. (-2) freshman 9700
8. (+1) Geraint Too Fast 9579
9. (-1) MCardinalR 9574
10. (-) Slow_Rider 9570
The Spreadsheet at Dropbox
- Aug 20, 2011
- 973
- 100
- 10,180
Thanks for the update. I was almost expecting my score to be good enough to be top scorer this week, so quite impressed that asdfgh101 could beat me with 86 points. Still nice to climb 27 places in one week
I also noticed that it's my most common picks that are underperforming. Out of my six riders with the worst % return so far five are picked by more than 60 teams So if they start scoring it would probably not help me that much. In contrast both my unique picks are well into profit!
I also noticed that it's my most common picks that are underperforming. Out of my six riders with the worst % return so far five are picked by more than 60 teams
So if they start scoring it would probably not help me that much. In contrast both my unique picks are well into profit!Alright, back in regular internet service, all the better to obsess about my (now seemingly hopeless) CQ team. I'm all in for the Vuelta:
Aru
Lutsenko
Dennis
Le Bon
Hesjedal
Anacona
Van den Broeck
Boonen
Chaves
Craddock
Contador
LL Sanchez
Coppel
Teklehaimanot
That's 14 of my 33 riders. Obviously Contador is a big wild card, but I'm curious to see what Aru, Hesjedal, and VdB can do as well in their 2nd GTs of the year. Chaves should be interesting, he's seemed like a good GC threat that just is a little off here and there. But in a 6 day race, that's losing lots of places on a bad day; in a 21-day race, you can have a couple of bad days and still finish in the top 15 and get some points. Luis Leon and Coppel have been mysteries all season, and while we're at it, so has Rohan Dennis. Riding in support of 2 team leaders could either give him motivation to stay up there in the mountains without the pressure of a leader, or it could cause him to just sit up and chill. Anacona looked great in Utah, I could see him in a support role and still landing top 15. Lutsenko seems to be finally hitting stride, and the hilly sprint stages should suit him (well, at least on the podium behind Sagan and Degenkolb).
In short, the team is full of question marks, and if they all reach their ceiling I'll be in for a windfall, but if they all fall flat I'll be utterly disappointed. I could theoretically have like 7-8 riders in the top 15-20, but... we all know how those hopes turn out in CQ games.
Cyclassics race
Van Baarle
Goss
Boasson Hagen
Van Poppel
Bennett
Van Baarle aside, the other 4 should be threats for the final sprint. But Matthew Loss and Edvald Losson Hagen have lived up to their names so far this year, so I'm guardedly avoiding holding my breath.
Aru
Lutsenko
Dennis
Le Bon
Hesjedal
Anacona
Van den Broeck
Boonen
Chaves
Craddock
Contador
LL Sanchez
Coppel
Teklehaimanot
That's 14 of my 33 riders. Obviously Contador is a big wild card, but I'm curious to see what Aru, Hesjedal, and VdB can do as well in their 2nd GTs of the year. Chaves should be interesting, he's seemed like a good GC threat that just is a little off here and there. But in a 6 day race, that's losing lots of places on a bad day; in a 21-day race, you can have a couple of bad days and still finish in the top 15 and get some points. Luis Leon and Coppel have been mysteries all season, and while we're at it, so has Rohan Dennis. Riding in support of 2 team leaders could either give him motivation to stay up there in the mountains without the pressure of a leader, or it could cause him to just sit up and chill. Anacona looked great in Utah, I could see him in a support role and still landing top 15. Lutsenko seems to be finally hitting stride, and the hilly sprint stages should suit him (well, at least on the podium behind Sagan and Degenkolb).
In short, the team is full of question marks, and if they all reach their ceiling I'll be in for a windfall, but if they all fall flat I'll be utterly disappointed. I could theoretically have like 7-8 riders in the top 15-20, but... we all know how those hopes turn out in CQ games.
Cyclassics race
Van Baarle
Goss
Boasson Hagen
Van Poppel
Bennett
Van Baarle aside, the other 4 should be threats for the final sprint. But Matthew Loss and Edvald Losson Hagen have lived up to their names so far this year, so I'm guardedly avoiding holding my breath.
- Oct 23, 2011
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Vuelta will be intresting. My team for the Vuelta is quite similar to skidmark's, with Aru, JvdB, Hesjedal, Chaves, Lulu.... but I'm missing Alberto, which might hurt depending on how well he's recovered.
Also, hopefully Monfort will do something. I thought he would be a good pick because he would get some chances to be a captain this year, but so far he isn't using those chances very well.
ARU Fabio
LUTSENKO Alexey
DENNIS Rohan
HESJEDAL Ryder
ANACONA Winner
SERPA Jose Rodolfo
MONFORT Maxime
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
BOONEN Tom
CHAVES Johan Esteban
KENNAUGH Peter
BARGUIL Warren
JUNGELS Bob
SANCHEZ Luis Leon
COPPEL Jérome
Also, hopefully Monfort will do something. I thought he would be a good pick because he would get some chances to be a captain this year, but so far he isn't using those chances very well.
ARU Fabio
LUTSENKO Alexey
DENNIS Rohan
HESJEDAL Ryder
ANACONA Winner
SERPA Jose Rodolfo
MONFORT Maxime
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
BOONEN Tom
CHAVES Johan Esteban
KENNAUGH Peter
BARGUIL Warren
JUNGELS Bob
SANCHEZ Luis Leon
COPPEL Jérome
Vuelta : A.Contador + N.Quintana + R.Uran + F.Aru + D.Cunego + P.Kennaugh + J.E.Chaves for the mountain or general.
A good race to hope a victory for this game in october.
A good race to hope a victory for this game in october.
- Aug 29, 2011
- 3,684
- 2,065
- 16,680
Vuelta a Espana
GILBERT Philippe
URAN URAN Rigoberto
MONFORT Maxime
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
HESJEDAL Ryder
BOONEN Tom
SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques
ENGOULVENT Jimmy
GUARNIERI Jacopo
ZEITS Andrey
BRAMBILLA Gianluca
DOCKER Mitchell
I am actually quite satisfied with that line-up.
GILBERT Philippe
URAN URAN Rigoberto
MONFORT Maxime
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
HESJEDAL Ryder
BOONEN Tom
SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques
ENGOULVENT Jimmy
GUARNIERI Jacopo
ZEITS Andrey
BRAMBILLA Gianluca
DOCKER Mitchell
I am actually quite satisfied with that line-up.
Betancur
Talansky
Uran
Pinot
Cunego
Van Den Broeck
Boonen
Stuyven
Could've been worse, but I expect to do what I'm doing all year here: staying under the radar.
Talansky
Uran
Pinot
Cunego
Van Den Broeck
Boonen
Stuyven
Could've been worse, but I expect to do what I'm doing all year here: staying under the radar.
- Dec 12, 2010
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Vuelta
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
DEGENKOLB John
CUNEGO Damiano
SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
BARGUIL Warren
HESJEDAL Ryder
COPPEL Jérôme
BOONEN Tom
STUYVEN Jasper
KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN Merhawi
KENNAUGH Peter
ENGOULVENT Jimmy
I am pretty happy with this line-up. Hopefully I can move up a bit.
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
DEGENKOLB John
CUNEGO Damiano
SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
BARGUIL Warren
HESJEDAL Ryder
COPPEL Jérôme
BOONEN Tom
STUYVEN Jasper
KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN Merhawi
KENNAUGH Peter
ENGOULVENT Jimmy
I am pretty happy with this line-up. Hopefully I can move up a bit.
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