I think Vingegaard could still get a 2000 more points in Dauphine, TdF, Vuelta.
I don't see how it's better for the game when bad luck for the most expensive popular rider completely tanks him as a pick, because it means that the 35% of teams who have him are basically out of the running now through no fault of their own. IMO the season would have been at its most interesting if both Vingegaard and Van Aert had done as/slightly worse than expected, leaving them as solid picks but not complete musthaves, because that's the only scenario where the super obvious big ticket riders don't almost single-handedly dictate the game trajectory. And that just isn't what's happening.
Yeah, to make it still a season, that also Vingegaard owners can enjoy here, we should establish an extra competition here for everyone, who bet on the wrong horse this year.
I had pinned my hopes on Van Aert winning a monument or a couple of other big classics and whilst the RVV/PR pair of 4ths was a solid points haul in relation to his form and the Amstel/BP a nice bonus it needs a good Giro for him to get back on track.
Yeah Gee was looking like a write off this week after the first two stages but to end up with a podium is a solid haul ahead of a bid to top 3 the Giro.
The preview doesn't seem to work in dropbox but the download works perfectly fine on my laptop and my phone. It's hard for me to figure out where the issue is when I can't replicate it but I'll dig deeper if the issue persists with the next update. The current updated daily rankings can be found at https://www.savius.at/CQGame/cqgame.php?page=Ranking in the mean time.
I am not sure I would agree that the teams that may be out of the game because of Vingegaard is out through no fault of their own. It is of course bad luck that he is having the season he has so far. But on the other hand, one is putting a lot of eggs in one basket by choosing such an expensive rider., and this is a deliberate decision. Riders do get inured or have bad seasons from time to time, and it is a decision to make whether to risk so much on one rider, or rather spread the risk a bit more. I was also tempted by Jonas, but decided to go in another direction out of fear that my season could be lost if he would not perform (not that my other choices are doing that great anyway…).
I was going to point out why this is faulty logic, but then I remembered that better players than me already did so better than I would do at the start of the season.
For me (with excel 2016), the error seems to occur with the pivot table in the Popularity Table sheet. I get the option to Repair the file which basically removes the pivot table and then it opens ok. This might depend on one's individual excel security settings.
So instead you prefer spending 20+% of the budget on a duo or trio that has double or triple the chance of ruining your chances by getting their season ruined compared to the one expensive pick?
I didnt say it is better to spend 20% on just two other riders instead... that doesnt make much of a difference.
Ciccone, Bagioli and Tulett scores some points in LBL. Minor finishing points for others.Tour of the Alps is over and my riders finished 2nd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th and 12th.
Maybe some very minor points from a couple others as well.
Not too bad, aye?
Think Del Grosso's win today has temporarily moved me back to the top, but your team looks very strong for the week ahead. I never would have picked Almedia, so can't really regret not doing so, but he's beginning to look like one of the game changers this year?
He did follow Gee in his attacks on the first hard stage of O Gran Camiño, but apparently those efforts were too much for his back.
I actually watched that stage and came away with a good feeling about picking Kron, not sure how it slipped my mind.
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