Update #5: the asian scores a continent of points; trackstand waits for the right moment and sprints to first
February has begun, and things are getting serious, CQ-points-wise. With two of the most popular picks in Cavendish and Ewan scoring some good points in their respective races the points were always going to be high, but the winner scoring almost 700 points in a week in early February is quite impressive. 29 teams had over 500 points this week; to give some perspective, last week's leader had just over 1100 points cumulative. Needless to say, there are some changes.
With five continents hosting races with a decent chunk of CQ points this week (African and Colombian championships, Besseges in Europe, Dubai in Asia, HST in Oz), it's fitting that our weekly leader's name suggests an entire continent unto itself. the asian takes top spot by the nearest of margins - there were several teams who had the big winners from all 3 stage races (Meyer, Cav, Jungels), but the asian decided to pick Uran as well, who scored 90 points from the nationals. Second place Ceramiche_Cauz went a different route with Degenkolb instead of Meyer, and finished a mere 2 points back of the weekly win.
This Week's Top Scorers
Rank Team Points this week
1 the asian 674
2 Ceramiche_Cauz 672
3 Tuarts 646
4 Jancouver 629
5 ironted 625
In the realm of High Movers, the top 2 also take the cake, with the asian moving a ludicrous 82 places up the standings. All in all, there was a lot of movement, with 28 teams moving up more than 20 points, and 29 teams moving downward at least that much.
This Week's High Movers
Rank Team Up/down
1 the asian (+82)
2 Ceramiche_Cauz (+63)
3 uspostal (+59)
4 ironted (+56)
5 Tuarts (+52)
I never came back to the Green Jersey competition last week, sorry guys. In short, the contest is a mix of top overall contenders and opportunists who score high in a given week, which was as I had hoped to begin with. Zam won last week and got 45 points, as the asian did this week. Of our 5 weekly winners, only the week 1 co-winners of kjellus and ingsve have gotten more points since, but it's Object with a 2nd and 5th so far that is in the lead. As of now, there are 72 teams who have scored at least a point.
Points Competition Totals
Rank Team Points
1 Object 57
2 ingsve 55
3 trackstand 48
4 Kjellus 47
5 Zam_Olyas 45
5 the asian 45
5 Ferminal 45
5 Vesica 45
9 Ceramiche_Cauz 42
10 jeroenk 41
In the overall, Vesica's reign at the top comes crashing down to earth with the same 'live by the unique pick, die by not having enough popular picks' credo that brought Zam to the top of the weekly charts last week. After reaching the top due to the savvy pick of Dennis but also the unique pick of Dumoulin, Vesica drops to 8th due to not having Cavendish. It's fitting that, on the weekend of Dennis' hour record on the track, one of his beneficiaries in this game is named trackstand. After hanging around the podium for a few weeks, this week was enough to convincingly separate himself from the pack, nursing a lead of nearly 100 points.
Top 10 Overall
Rank Up/down Team Points
1 (+2) trackstand 1579
2 (+4) PeterB 1487
3 (+1) Armchair cyclist 1473
4 (-2) Object 1456
5 (+5) theyoungest 1435
6 (+2) Roderick 1432
7 (+2) Blues in the bottle 1404
8 (-1) ansimi 1386
9 (-8) Vesica 1343
10 (+5) Geraint Too Fast 1323
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