Update #2: Small Week, Big Leaderboard
Yes there was racing this week, and yes there were points scored in this game! For 16 teams at least. And there was just enough to get some clear separation at the top of the overall standings. It's weeks like this that give those who chose rare picks a moment in the sun.
This Week's Top Scorers
Yes, only one team scored even in the double digits this week - okay, we're far from the GT GC weeks with 1000+ scores, but a week is a week in this game! Jakob747 sees a reward for his dedication to emerging talents from around the globe by finishing first on the back of 20 points from unique pick Didier Merchan. The Colombian neo-pro from Androni managed a stage win and 3rd on the GC at the 1.2 Vuelta a Tachira in Venezuela. If I needed more support for my personal theory that Jakob747 is actually Gianni Savio in the anonymity of a message board, here it is. The rest of the podium is split between 14 teams, all of which had Chris Lawless, who was a pointless rider last year (wording deliberately chosen as one of his owners last year) but sees an infinite return on investment in his very first race at the 1.2 race in Valencia.
Green Jersey Competition
Jakob747 gets 45 points for the weekly win, surpassing the two teams who split last week's win and the corresponding points. All the teams that tied for 2nd got 15.92 points, which for coherence's sake I rounded up to 16 on the spreadsheet. But if there ends up being a dead heat for the top spot, I reserve the right to make a tiebreaker by counting back to the rounding!
Top 10 Overall
You may have noted that I said 16 teams scored points this week, and the weekly leaders table had 1 leader and 14 teams with Lawless. Sneaking in 16th unremarked-upon until now was Eyeballs Out, who got 4 points from Tachira from unique pick Juan Diego Alba. And coincidentally, Eyeballs Out was tied for the lead last week with Nakazar, so this is enough to break the tie, congrats!
After these little morsels for appetizers, the European season (that is, above .2 level) starts this week, with the Mallorca Challenge races and Etoile de Besseges. There should be a bit more definition on the leaderboard come this time next week.
Spreadsheet at dropbox