Okay, folks, here is the
spreadsheet. We have 46 teams this year
Nice to see that some people gambled with a big-points rider. Rudy Barbier and Kristoffer Halvorsen are both on 2 teams, despite eating up over 1/3rd of the budget. Adrien Costa isn't exactly cheap either at 274 points, but he managed to find his way onto 8 teams. snccdcno even paired him up with Iranian Amir Kolahdouz (also 274 points), who is an unique pick for him for the 2nd year in succession.
The dubious honour of craziest pick goes to Squire though, who spent 915(!!) points on Timothy Dupont. A bold move, let's see if it pays off
Last year, we had Gaviria as the most popular rider who was on 4/5th of all teams. He ended up being a great pick - wisdom of the crowd
We don't have a rider as popular this year, although Doull comes close, with 33 picks. As he is very cheap, he could definitely end up a great pick.
I thought it was interesting to see Gaudu so high up, considering his price tag is quite large and as a 20-year old on a WT team... I picked him as well, though
Riders picked 10 or more times (for more data, check the spreadsheet)
DOULL Owain 33
GANNA Filippo 25
GAUDU David 23
MAS NICOLAU Enric 23
ALBANESE Vincenzo 22
PETERS Nans 22
CONSONNI Simone 21
MINALI Riccardo 20
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio 17
RAVASI Edward 14
SCHACHMANN Maximilian 14
PLANCKAERT Edward 14
CINK Ondrej 14
CAVAGNA Rémi 11
POWLESS Neilson 11
FRANKINY Kilian 10
MCNULTY Brandon 10
VENDRAME Andrea 10
OWEN Logan 10
GARCIA CORTINA Ivan 10
Popularity Team
Looking at this ranking, the most popular team you'd be able to get would be the following. It consists of the 14 most popular riders, choosing Cavagna over Powless for budgetary reasons, with McNulty as a zero-pointer for the 15th spot.
GAUDU David 196
ALBANESE Vincenzo 159
RAVASI Edward 114
SCHACHMANN Maximilian 101
CAVAGNA Rémi 100
MAS NICOLAU Enric 92
CONSONNI Simone 89
PLANCKAERT Edward 45
GANNA Filippo 40
MINALI Riccardo 26
PETERS Nans 20
DOULL Owain 7
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio 5
CINK Ondrej 0
MCNULTY Brandon 0
With this team, you'd get a popularity score of 283, which is actually not that far ahead of what this year's most popular entry scored, defending champion Wallenquist with 253. It seems he will again be a force to be reckoned with.
Popularity ranking
1 Wallenquist 253
2 skidmark 246
3 CraZyCaLL 243
4 fauniera 240
5 Kazistuta 240
6 MADRAZO 238
7 Ludwigzgz 232
8 Hakkie2 224
9 allobroges 223
10 LaFlorecita 216
11 18-Valve 205
12 Joelsim 205
13 del1962 204
14 shawnm4747 203
15 GP Blanco 199
16 rote_lanterne 195
17 Armchair Cyclist 193
18 snccdcno 187
19 al_pacino 184
20 Roubaix 182
21 Nicosix 178
22 LosBrolin 177
23 Trudgin 173
24 Kryvo 169
25 torcia_86 169
26 AupaPyama 160
27 togo95 159
28 comodoro 148
29 Arb 146
30 laarsland 146
31 Josedin 145
32 DJW 144
33 postmanhat 144
34 LukasCPH 139
35 Leadbelly 128
36 Pentacycle 128
37 Squire 122
38 scrooll07 120
39 just some guy 115
40 Midge 108
41 search 107
42 Guilherme Ribeiro 104
43 marty 100
44 Tych23 83
45 Slapshot 77
46 Pantani1 74
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