Update #29: Pantani Does the Double - Tour GC shakes up standings, but things remain consolidated at the top
July has been a bit of a slow burn for the CQ game, as stage wins and yellow jersey points were about all that were on offer. But the last week of July always brings massive points, and with some fairly frequently picked riders taking top points (Geraint Thomas, on 24 teams, had 848 points this week alone), it was bound to have a big impact on this game. Let's see how the standings are shaken up.
This Week's Top Scorers
Rank Team Points this week
1 Pantani1 1806
2 PeterB 1746
3 Object 1680
4 Bicycle_Boy 1625
5 greenedge 1594
While Froome and Dumoulin had some of the most impressive Giro-Tour attempts in the last 20 years, the namesake of the last rider to achieve the double wins this GC week of the Tour. Of course, the anchor of any winning lineup this week was going to be Thomas, but Pantani1 also had help from Quintana and Alaphilippe (both over 200 points), and the underachieving-but-still-138-points-this-week showing from Warren Barguil. Throw in some other race points from Nizzolo and Kennaugh and you've got a winning formula. PeterB runs an impressive second with Thomas and a few rare picks - Kruijswijk (6 teams, 303 points) and Fuglsang (3 teams, 130 points). Object, with 1680 points, takes third.
This Week's High Movers
Rank Team Up/down
1 Pantani1 (+44)
2 zaka_fan (+38)
3 Carlo_Algatrensig (+35)
4 l'velo (+32)
5 Josedin (+30)
This should give an indication of how much things are shaken up by such huge points in a week - Pantani1 does the double here, and moves up 44 places in a single week, 2/3 of the way through the cycling season. Wow! The rest of the top 5 all moved up more than 30 spots as well, with zaka_fan emulating their namesake's last week of the Tour by jumping up the standings, and Carlo_Algatrensig rounding out the podium for the week.
This Month's Top Scorers
Rank Team Points this Month
1 Bicycle_Boy 2714
2 Pantani1 2266
3 greenedge 2263
4 bort 2138
5 Squire 2114
Whew. This one's not even close. Bicycle_Boy has a huge month, beating everyone else by about 450 points. When your lineup is headlined by Thomas (1123 points) and Sagan (594) and Alaphilippe (396), that is a good start - those 3 alone would be in the top 5 of this month's teams. Add in some Ion Izagirre (165) and it's a first place team with those four, even without the smattering of points from other riders. This week's winner Pantani1 grabs second, while greenedge has a very impressive showing, just being edged out and ending up in third.
This Month's High Movers
Rank Team Up/down
1 Pantani1 (+52)
2 Bicycle_Boy (+42)
3 zaka_fan (+41)
4 Carlo_Algatrensig (+34)
5 PremierAndrew (+30)
5 Josedin (+30)
A very similar look to this table, with the top 2 spots flipped - in fact, Bicycle_Boy being on top of the other chart is the only thing stopping Pantani1 from sweeping the month as well as the week. Betraying how big this GC week was, it's interesting that 5th place for the month (+30) is the same as 5th place for the week.
Green Jersey Competition
Rank Team Total
1 Squire 220
2 greenedge 179
3 Eric10 162
4 Bicycle_Boy 160
5 LightBing 150
Some movement here; Bicycle_Boy finishes off a torrid July with 113 points over the last four weeks to move into the top 5 overall. greenedge scores 22 points this week to leap into 2nd in the competition, but doesn't do quite as much to close down Squire, who scores 12 more points this week.
Top 10 Overall
Rank Up/down Team Points
1 (-) Squire 11501
2 (-) ruvu75 11321
3 (-) TheArt 11065
4 (+2) Gigs_98 10497
5 (+7) PeterB 10395
6 (+10) Bicycle_Boy 10139
7 (-3) Eyeballs Out 10055
8 (-1) trackstand 9936
9 (+12) bort 9929
10 (+12) greenedge 9916
Some real movement here, except at the very top. Which, let's talk about that - not only do the 3 podium holders stay put in their respective places, they remarkably finished 11th, 12th, and 13th on the week, with Squire gaining a mere 1 point on ruvu75 (1526-1525) and 4 on TheArt (1522). They are each separated by a few hundred points, and 4th-5th are over 600 down from there, so it's pretty stratified. But with the Tour over and the back end of the season starting, the question becomes, what has everyone got left? The stage is set for either some exciting flip-flopping or some stable status quo maintenance. We shall see. Some big shakeups in the top 10, as PeterB, Bicycle_Boy, bort and greenedge all power into the top 10, while Wallenquist, Total Package, MADRAZO and GP Blanco tumble out.
spreadsheet at dropbox