Update #34: Lead changes as Vuelta heats up
The first week of the Vuelta was a hot one, both temperature-wise and CQ-wise. Stage points were picked up by a bunch of riders that have relevance to this game, while withdrawals and crashes put a dent in the hopes of some teams for the lucrative third week when GC points are available. The GP Plouay didn't have too much impact in the game, as the podium of Kristoff/Ponzi/Navardauskus were picked by 0/2/0 teams. The real pick of the week was Esteban Chaves, who got another stage win and a bunch of points for wearing the leader's jersey. He's still 62 points behind last year's total, but the 31 teams that have him will certainly be happier this week than last. A few scorers such as Stuyven and Sagan (and Ewan to a degree as his exit was planned) provided a mixed return, as they dropped out and will miss out on points from several stages that might have suited them.
This week's top scorers
Rank Team Points this week
1 MADRAZO 596
2 Nyssinator 517
3 Kjellus 516
4 Leadbelly 508
5 markene2 489
With points from Chaves, Roelandts, Stuyven and Ewan, as well as a few dozen each from Benoot, Le Bon, Haussler and Rodriguez, MADRAZO's team takes it decisively in a relatively quiet week. The top 5 is rounded out by markene2, whose team scores their first green jersey points of the year! martybart, in 6th place, also ends a long drought, having only gotten 1 point for tying for 15th early in the season.
This week's high movers
Rank Team Up/down
1 MADRAZO (+14)
2 Nyssinator (+12)
2 martybart (+12)
4 Joelsim (+9)
5 mutschi (+8)
5 rote_laterne (+8)
No surprise that similar teams make up this list, as many of the top scorers are right in the thick of things in the middle of the overall standings, where things are pretty close and you can move a fair bit in a week.
Points competition
Rank Team Points
1 Kjellus 162
2 GP Blanco 154
3 derrudi 148
4 RoudeLeiw 145
5 Ruvu75 144
6 merengues 139
7 Schleckamagurky 139
8 will10 130
9 skidmark 129
10 afpm90 127
We have a new leader! With third place on the week, Kjellus' 30 points move their team to the top overall position in the green jersey contest. RoudeLeiw and merengues move up in the top 10 as well, with 16 and 12 points respectively this week. With markene2's team scoring, that leaves just 7 teams that haven't scored a point yet this year - I know I organize the game and so shouldn't be biased, but I'm going to be rooting for them all the way to the Tour of Taihu Lake.
Overall standings
Rank Up/down Team Points
Points this week
1 (+3) Cykeltyven 13160 435
2 (-) skidmark 13141 317
3 (-) GP Blanco 13076 308
4 (-3) Londonpat 13005 144
5 (+2) Kjellus 12909 516
6 (-1) snccdcno 12786 192
7 (-1) derrudi 12714 302
8 (-) greenedge 12692 313
9 (+1) kabete 12605 416
10 (-1) karaev 12547 246
I speculated a few days ago that with a good week my team could maybe move into the top spot; instead, it goes from 37 points out of the top spot to an even closer 19 points. The exciting flip-flop at the top continues, with Cykeltyven getting the most out of Chaves, which only their team had out of the top 4 overall. Londonpat drops from the top spot all the way to 4th after a pretty quiet week, whereas aside from Kjellus the rest of the top 10 is only separated by a a few points on the week. For the first time I can remember, no one moves in or out of the top 10. With the 2.1 Tour of Alberta starting tomorrow and a couple of 1.HC races on the weekend, not to mention the mountain stages of the Vuelta, this could all change by next Monday.
Spreadsheet at dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/atx9kc8lfl0b4ep/CQ%202015%20update%2034.xls?dl=0
The first week of the Vuelta was a hot one, both temperature-wise and CQ-wise. Stage points were picked up by a bunch of riders that have relevance to this game, while withdrawals and crashes put a dent in the hopes of some teams for the lucrative third week when GC points are available. The GP Plouay didn't have too much impact in the game, as the podium of Kristoff/Ponzi/Navardauskus were picked by 0/2/0 teams. The real pick of the week was Esteban Chaves, who got another stage win and a bunch of points for wearing the leader's jersey. He's still 62 points behind last year's total, but the 31 teams that have him will certainly be happier this week than last. A few scorers such as Stuyven and Sagan (and Ewan to a degree as his exit was planned) provided a mixed return, as they dropped out and will miss out on points from several stages that might have suited them.
This week's top scorers
Rank Team Points this week
1 MADRAZO 596
2 Nyssinator 517
3 Kjellus 516
4 Leadbelly 508
5 markene2 489
With points from Chaves, Roelandts, Stuyven and Ewan, as well as a few dozen each from Benoot, Le Bon, Haussler and Rodriguez, MADRAZO's team takes it decisively in a relatively quiet week. The top 5 is rounded out by markene2, whose team scores their first green jersey points of the year! martybart, in 6th place, also ends a long drought, having only gotten 1 point for tying for 15th early in the season.
This week's high movers
Rank Team Up/down
1 MADRAZO (+14)
2 Nyssinator (+12)
2 martybart (+12)
4 Joelsim (+9)
5 mutschi (+8)
5 rote_laterne (+8)
No surprise that similar teams make up this list, as many of the top scorers are right in the thick of things in the middle of the overall standings, where things are pretty close and you can move a fair bit in a week.
Points competition
Rank Team Points
1 Kjellus 162
2 GP Blanco 154
3 derrudi 148
4 RoudeLeiw 145
5 Ruvu75 144
6 merengues 139
7 Schleckamagurky 139
8 will10 130
9 skidmark 129
10 afpm90 127
We have a new leader! With third place on the week, Kjellus' 30 points move their team to the top overall position in the green jersey contest. RoudeLeiw and merengues move up in the top 10 as well, with 16 and 12 points respectively this week. With markene2's team scoring, that leaves just 7 teams that haven't scored a point yet this year - I know I organize the game and so shouldn't be biased, but I'm going to be rooting for them all the way to the Tour of Taihu Lake.
Overall standings
Rank Up/down Team Points
Points this week
1 (+3) Cykeltyven 13160 435
2 (-) skidmark 13141 317
3 (-) GP Blanco 13076 308
4 (-3) Londonpat 13005 144
5 (+2) Kjellus 12909 516
6 (-1) snccdcno 12786 192
7 (-1) derrudi 12714 302
8 (-) greenedge 12692 313
9 (+1) kabete 12605 416
10 (-1) karaev 12547 246
I speculated a few days ago that with a good week my team could maybe move into the top spot; instead, it goes from 37 points out of the top spot to an even closer 19 points. The exciting flip-flop at the top continues, with Cykeltyven getting the most out of Chaves, which only their team had out of the top 4 overall. Londonpat drops from the top spot all the way to 4th after a pretty quiet week, whereas aside from Kjellus the rest of the top 10 is only separated by a a few points on the week. For the first time I can remember, no one moves in or out of the top 10. With the 2.1 Tour of Alberta starting tomorrow and a couple of 1.HC races on the weekend, not to mention the mountain stages of the Vuelta, this could all change by next Monday.
Spreadsheet at dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/atx9kc8lfl0b4ep/CQ%202015%20update%2034.xls?dl=0
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