Update #18 - Total Package racks up the points
Whilst there were stages for World Tour races taken into account for this update there was only one professional race that handed out GC points, that and the way the results played out means this isn't the highest scoring week, however it counts just as much as the update in a fortnight after the Giro when it comes to the green jersey and write up!
Weekly High Scorers
Rank Team Points
1 Total Package 327
2 lenissart 319
3 Eyeballs Out 304
4 Hakkie2 289
5 comodoro 282
This weeks winner is Total Package, they are one of just two people to select Clement Venturini (Hakkie2 being the other) whose stage placings and GC win in Dunkerque accounted for 60% of their winning points total, other contributions came from Giro stage winner Caleb Ewan and Yuri Trofimov's overall victory in his first race of the year in Moscow.
In second place lenissart got most of their points from stage wins in the Giro, three in a row coming from Fernando Gaviria, Silvan Dillier and Ewan, third place Eyeballs Out has the same three riders however they don't have Trofimov which made the difference, comodoro in fifth got a fair few points from Mauro Finetto who finished 6th in Dunkerque and in doing so moved into profit for the year.
Magnumpti who finished 7th has the second least popular team and all of their points came from four riders, Oliver Naesen, Florian Senechal, Adrien Petit and Jakub Mareczko, none of whom are on more than three teams.
Weekly High Movers
Rank Team Up/Down
1 lenissart (+14)
2 abbulf (+12)
3 Hakkie2 (+10)
4= Jakob747 (+9)
4= Eyeballs Out (+9)
lenissart is the biggest mover this week and is now in the top 50, last years third place finisher abbulf has advanced 12 places. Jakob747 was up this time partially due to Zakarin's 2nd place on Etna. None of the movement listed is at the business end but just outside the top five is Total Package who has gone from 30th to 23rd.
Green Jersey Competition
Rank Team Points
1 the asian 139
2 Geraint Too Fast 136
3 Kazistuta 127
4 GP Blanco 117
5= Blues in the bottle 112
5= fauniera 112
A Pinot fueled Geraint Too Fast continued to do well placing 8th this week and the accompanying 16 points has put them in second position as well as into the top 20 in the main game. Blues in the bottle scoring points for the second week in a row moves them into a tie for fifth and tom_jelte has moved into the top ten.
Top 10 Overall
Rank, Up/Down, Team, Points
1 (-) jeroenk 6026
2 (-) Googolplex 5947
3= (+1) Maaaaaaaarten 5783
3= (+2) 18-Valve. (pithy) 5783
5 (-2) Kazistuta 5773
6 (+1) tom_jelte 5766
7 (-1) the asian 5741
8 (+1) fauniera 5736
9 (-2) GP Blanco 5698
10 (-) Squire 5574
The top two this week are unchanged although jeroenk has slightly extended their lead over Googolplex, we have a tie for the final podium place between 18-Valve. (pithy) and Maaaaaaaarten. There is plenty of movement within the top ten however there are no new entries this week, Blues in the bottle gets close though as they are up 4 places into 11th. Currently 3rd through 8th is very tight with less than 50 points separating them.
Despite being downbeat over his team Jancouver finished 20th this week and is now only one point behind the winner of this years edition.
The spreadsheet can be viewed/downloaded
here