The Great Grand-Tour-Game 2014/15 "TdF Monster Edition"

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Surprise, surprise: 5 scorers on a "lottery stage"... 4 with Rolland, and one jackpot point with Bardet!

Geez, and its Al Pacino. Omg

 

[Flamin]

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Surprise, surprise: 5 scorers on a "lottery stage"... 4 with Rolland, and one jackpot point with Bardet!

Geez, and its Al Pacino. Omg

No lottery, it's called knowledge

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Provisional Standings after Stage 18: (Links: see frontpage)

Yes, Fuglsang is back ... hopefully for good
Mortand is on a late super super peak. Leading the division by 5 points and taking the overall lead.

The Anquetil Division:
34.0 Geraint Too Fast (DC)
33.5 Hugo87
33.0 FoxxyBrown1111
33.0 The Hitch
30.0 Jspear *
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30.0 al_pacino
29.0 Pantani_lives
(* Jspear wins the tie-breaker on step 1 with 18 scores against al_pacino with 17)

The Bartali Division:
34.0 mutschi
32.5 Flamin
32.5 Wallenquist (DC)
30.5 Eshnar
29.5 Ruudz0r
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28.0 Poursuivant
27.5 LosBrolin

The Coppi Division:
31.5 ILovecycling *
31.5 Sasquatch
31.0 diggercuz (DC)
30.5 Vino attacks everyone
28.5 aarnold517 **
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28.5 l.Harm
25.5 Mellow Velo
(* ILovecycling wins the tie-breaker on step 1 with 20 scores against Sasquatch with 18)
(** aarnold517 wins the tie-breaker on step 2 with 13 T-20s against l.Harm with 12)

The Defraeye Division:
34.5 mortand (WC)
29.5 Pricey_sky
29.5 the sceptic (DC)
28.5 vladimir
27.0 search
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26.5 kiilike
26.0 Arredondo

 

[Jspear]

I'm not liking this!....too close for comfort. Thanks for the update.

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

It all comes down to the last three stages. My position looks pretty, but I am depending on 4 extra points (like Hitch)...
Without extra points, the race against elimination in Anquetil is:
1st FB 29 points (18 scores, 13 T-20s)
2nd Hitch 29 points (18 scores, 11 T-20s, 4 stage wins)
3rd Jspear 29 points (18 scores, 11 T-20s, 2 stage wins)
4th PL 28 points (18 scores, 12 T-20s)
5th Al Pacino 28 points (17 scores, 12 T-20s)

Quintana & Kristoff need to come up now. NOW!! Will be three nail biters in a row.
And Fuglsang must stay in T-20. No matter how he does it, but its a must...

 

[aarnold517]

I'm back in! Have bardet one spot off, talansky one spot off, rolland three spots off and nairito, alberto and cav the next three days, feeling optimistic and hoping fuglsang doesn't drop 10 minutes again

 

[Pricey_sky]

Beautiful half a point gained today with my Rolland pick, did not bank on that at all, have Quintana for the final 2 days in the Alps so looking ok at the moment.

 

[Vino attacks everyone]

Got Quintana today, AC tomorrow and Cav in Paris. Hopefully not too shabby. Think Froome will take it tomorrow though

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Oh god, Fuglsang dropped to 21st

 

[Jspear]

I'm real curious to see provisionals....

 

[ILovecycling]

At least something from Nairo, and Nibali to 4th place to hit the sweet spot .OTOH I really want him to relegate Valverde to the 4th

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

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I'm real curious to see provisionals....

Better not have asked...


Provisional Standings after Stage 19: (Links: see frontpage)

Big changes. Shapes of things before my eyes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl_q9ZCoyOg

But still too close to call.
Thing is going down the wire and beyond...

The Anquetil Division:
34.0 Hugo87
33.5 Geraint Too Fast (DC)
31.5 al_pacino
31.5 FoxxyBrown1111
31.0 The Hitch
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30.5 Jspear
29.5 Pantani_lives

The Bartali Division:
33.5 mutschi
33.0 Wallenquist (DC)
31.0 Flamin
30.5 Eshnar
29.0 Ruudz0r
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27.5 Poursuivant
27.0 LosBrolin

The Coppi Division:
32.5 diggercuz (DC)
32.0 aarnold517
31.0 l.Harm
31.0 ILovecycling
30.0 Vino attacks everyone
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28.5 Sasquatch
25.5 Mellow Velo

The Defraeye Division:
32.0 mortand (WC)
30.0 Pricey_sky
29.0 the sceptic (DC)
27.0 vladimir
25.5 Arredondo
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25.0 search
24.5 kiilike

 

[aarnold517]

This is nerve-wracking, I've got four guys in the exact right spot, if they all move I go from second in coppi to not moving on to the vuelta

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

I´d prefer Nibali moves up to 3rd, I guess one point less doesnt hurt you too much Arnold...
Yeah, this game is nerve wracking. The TdF may be boring, but all this Fuglsang in and outs, Bardet moving in the wrong direction, sprinters finishing 4th instead of 3rd, etc, etc... Holy cow

 

[l.Harm]

2.5 point improvement I guess tomorrow it's all vanished

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

I guess tomorrow it's all vanished

You bet

 

[Jspear]

NOOOO!!!! Okay everything can turn around right? Fingers crossed.
Edit: My top 20 is HORRIBLE. Right now my most realistic hopes are if Nibali, Bardet, and Talansky all move up one place....

 

[aarnold517]

Actually, as long as rolland doesn't win tomorrow, I'm guaranteed to move to the vuelta since I own a tiebreaker over I.Harm, I'm up by a point, and we have 3 of the same guys in the same spot, so even if i lose a point he does as well, now it's all about trying to gain as many as possible to inherit more

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

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NOOOO!!!! Okay everything can turn around right? Fingers crossed.
Edit: My top 20 is HORRIBLE. Right now my most realistic hopes are if Nibali, Bardet, and Talansky all move up one place....

Yes, I´ll post a scenario for Anquetil soon, without the actual spot points (as I did yesterday)... without looking, I know I am in big big trouble.

@ Arnold: Good, at least some got the tie-breaker rules. Just reminds me of Sceptics funny post some months ago "I dont know why I lead, and how to calculate, but I like it" (something like that).

 

[ILovecycling]

Ahhhh..

Need to study what needs to happen to be safe

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

ILove, its kinda funny... again you break late. Sorry, couldnt resist

 

[ILovecycling]

Well, it will be a D Day tomorrow in Coppi as EVERYBODY has Cavendish for Elysses and I dont expect GC changes in stage 21
Fingers crossed for Quintana and Nibali (n Talansky)

 

[ILovecycling]

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ILove, its kinda funny... again you break late. Sorry, couldnt resist

I was waiting for this post

How many stages was I inthe lead? probably broke my own record from Giro

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

How many stages was I inthe lead?

Those stats, and more (like stage 21 scenarios) will come tomorrow after (almost) everything is said and done...

 

[Pricey_sky]

If Nibali doesn't stay 4th then I hope Quintana wins the stage, not counting my chickens but at least finishing on around 30 points will give me a fighting chance for la Vuelta.