The 2023 Amy Pieters Trofee (Prediction Game WE)

[Samu Cuenca]

Katie Unknown

I think you might have to explain that one...

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I think you might have to explain that one...

Niewiadoma, translated literally. I used to use that nickname for her regularly but haven't so much in recent years.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Vuelta Femenina – GC	AVV, Vollering, NFB
Vuelta – Stage huntresses	Realini, Barbieri
Vuelta – Points jersey	Vollering
Vuelta – QOM	Chabbey

 

[bminchow]

I'm sorry for the confusing phrasing. It's 3 points for 1st place in the final GC, 2 points for 2nd and 1 point for 3rd + 2 bonus points if you have all three as your GC picks + 0.5 point per stage win for your stage huntresses (the TTT doesn't count) + 1 point for the points jersey winner + 1 point for the QOM winner, so you can actually score a maximum of 13 points during the Vuelta.

Ok great. That make sense. So only a stage huntress can get 0.5 points for stage win. Tough to decide on strategy!

 

[bminchow]

oKAY. Now that I know the rules a little better, I still have no idea. I am way in last so may as well take some chances.✌✌

Vuelta Femenina – GC 3 riders	Niewiadoma, K Van Vleuten, A Vollering, D
Vuelta – Stage huntresses (Can't be any of the GC or jersey picks)	Chabbey, E Markus, R
Vuelta – Points jersey	Van Vleuten, A
Vuelta – QOM	Realini, G

 

[bminchow]

This is what I got

CQ Ranking

	bminchow	Cuenca	Seguros	Gwbert	JV Fan	Yaco	Dk one	Pohja	BR2	Dane
Vuelta Femenina – GC 3 riders	Niewiadoma, K Van Vleuten, A Vollering, D	Van Vleuten, A Vollering, D Fischer-Black, N	Vollering, D Realini, G Niewiadoma, K	Vollering, D Realini, G Van Vleuten, A	Van Vleuten, A Vollering, D Niewiadoma, K	Van Vleuten, A Vollering, D Spratt, A	Vollering, D Niewiadoma, K Van Vleuten, A	Vollering, D Van Vleuten, A Realini, G	Vollering, D Realini, G Garcia, M
Vuelta – Stage huntresses (Can't be any of the GC or jersey picks)	Chabbey, E Markus, R	Realini, G Barbieri, R	Kool, C Van Vleuten, A	Faulkner, K Kool, C	Kool, C Vos, M	Kool, C Dygert, C	Kool, C Realini, G	Kool, C Reusser, M	Kool, C Spratt, A
Vuelta – Points jersey	Van Vleuten, A	Vollering, D	Persico, S	Persico, S	Persico, S	Persico, S	Persico, S	Persico, S	Persico, S
Vuelta – QOM	Realini, G	Chabbey, E	Chabbey, E	Lippert, L	Faulkner, K	Realini, G	Chabbey, E	Muzic, E	Niewiadoma, K

 

[Gwbert]

Interesting that noone picked Cavalli - i guess she’s still finding her form. I admit that my knowledge of 1 day racing (just pick Demi) is good but for a GC I’m pretty clueless.

 

[bminchow]

I'm curious as to why everyone picked Persico as the points jersey. Just because she won it last year? She snuck up on the pack last year.

 

[yaco]

Persico will contest the sprints on flatter stages and will be up there in the mountainous/hilly stages.

 

[bminchow]

My prediction of Kool biting the dust has come back to bite me.

 

[RedheadDane]

As you should know by now, I always list you alphabetically in case of a tie, but that doesn't mean you're not currently in third place, cause I have still not introduced a tiebreaker.

The good news, for you, is that you won't need to worry about a tiebreaker after the Vuelta.
The bad news, for me, is that it's because I'll likely be significantly behind...

 

[RedheadDane]

Seems my GC picks weren't so bad after all.
However, everything was all-over the place...

 

[bminchow]

Itzulia
Vollering
Reusser

Stage Hunteress
Lippert

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Itzulia
Vollering
Reusser

Stage Hunteress
Lippert

You had me worried for a minute there, but I'm afraid I haven't included Itzulia in the game.

I promise to update the scores soon, but I'm in the midst of moving house at the moment, so I don't have a lot of free time (where I'm not too tired to do calculations).

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I still haven't found the time to update the scores after the Vuelta, but it's already time for us to switch our focus to the Vuelta a Burgos which starts tomorrow. However a full start list is sadly not available yet (quelle surprise!). But we know that AVV isn't starting.

 

[yaco]

What are categories for this race.

 

[BR2]

What are categories for this race.

I think looking at the first page it's one for GC, one stage huntress.

Without knowing who's starting I say Vollering (GC) and Reusser (huntress).

 

[Samu Cuenca]

What are categories for this race.

I think looking at the first page it's one for GC, one stage huntress.

Without knowing who's starting I say Vollering (GC) and Reusser (huntress).

You may pick two GC riders and one stage huntress.

 

[BR2]

You may pick two GC riders and one stage huntress.

Okay, then I'll think about it until tomorrow... and maybe we'll even have a startlist until the start...

 

[Dk one]

GC: Vollering and CUL. Stage: Consonni.
Might change it when the full start list comes out.

 

[yaco]

It's a joke that we don't have a full start list less than 24 hours before the race.

 

[Põhja Konn]

Burgos:

GC: Vollering and Moolman
Stages: Wiebes

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I think there will be a lot of pretty similar-looking teams here to be fair.

GC: Demi and Ash
Stagehunter: Elisa Balsamo

 

[BR2]

It's a joke that we don't have a full start list less than 24 hours before the race.

What is the reason, where is the data stuck?

 

[yaco]

GC ; Vollering and Moolman-Pasio.
Stage hunter ; Wiebes.

Gotta say this is an underwhelming route.