Quick ranking update before the final stage! Abhishek does very well to increase his lead with a nice stage 19 win and predicting six riders correctly, most of all McNulty's 60 points helping him towards a nice score there. Together with Ulrich, who was clearly the best on stage 20 with a great Harper prediction, it's clear that those two are the winners of the two mountain stages that just went by! And we also see that in the rankings below.
S1-18
S19-20
Total
AbhishekLFC
907
130
1037
Ulrich
709
169
878
Laurens
789
70
859
kandesbunzler
763
91
854
alexkr00
783
65
848
ember
798
26
824
knockout
782
27
809
seancoll
765
43
808
Ollfardh
725
70
795
Nemolito
598
80
678
The times that Abhishek was chilling with me at the bottom of the table are far from over, as he increases his lead on basically everyone again. Ulrich jumps from ninth to second because of Harper and the gang, and below it's still very close as well form places three to nine. My 'hoping for the breakaway' did help me in creeping a bit closer to the rest, but I'm still far from home. Good luck to everyone for the very last time already!
Game, set and match! Visma won the final stage as well as the GC, and we are nearing to the finish of this game as well. In this update you get the ranking with the final stage included, as well as the bonus questions. Soon the classifications and captain points will follow.
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
S21
Kooij
Groves
Moschetti
Pedersen
Lamperti
Kanter
Baroncini
Aular
Zanoncello
Lonardi
Ollfardh
10
9
13
7
60
8
10
117
ember
10
9
13
7
40
5
84
knockout
10
9
13
7
8
10
57
alexkr00
10
9
7
10
10
5
51
AbhishekLFC
10
9
13
7
8
47
seancoll
10
9
13
7
8
47
kandesbunzler
10
9
7
8
10
44
Nemolito
10
9
13
7
39
Ulrich
10
9
7
8
34
Laurens
10
9
7
26
Numbers 1, 2 and 4 were predicted by everyone, and number three Moschetti also by six out of ten managers. The big points scorers here are Lamperti (60 points for our final stage winner Ollfardh), and 40 Baroncini points for ember. Kanter gave six people eight points, whereas Aular and Zanoncello delivered ten points each to a handful of managers. Lonardi with five points for ember and alexkr00, who have somehow been related with similar standings and picks since the beginning Congratulations to Ollfardh on winning the final stage! Viva Belgica!
S1-20
S21
Total
1
AbhishekLFC
1037
47
1084
2
Ulrich
878
34
912
2
Ollfardh
795
117
912
4
ember
824
84
908
5
alexkr00
848
51
899
6
kandesbunzler
854
44
898
7
Laurens
859
26
885
8
knockout
809
57
866
9
seancoll
808
47
855
10
Nemolito
678
39
717
And while I'm in the mood for congratulating, congratulations Abhishek on being the best predictor of all stages! Obviously that one gigantic stage win with the sole predictor of 1-2-3 was massive, but in general a nice three weeks of picking names. Congratulations to all of you in fact for writing down 210 stage names! (200 for a not to be named American friend).
The rest of the rankings (not counting the red lantern) are so so close. We even have a tie for place two with Ollfardh and Ulrich, but ninth place seancoll is only 57 points below these two. The bonus question points could thus immediately give us some changes.
First: the correct answers to the bonus questions.
1) What team will have the most stage wins? Lidl - Trek
2) What rider will be part of the first breakaway of the Giro? Tonelli, Tarozzi, Moniquet, Verre, Van der Hoorn
3) What rider will lead the U25 classification during the second rest day (after stage 9)? Del Toro
4) What team will win the team’s classification? UAE
5) On which stage will there be the biggest time gap between the first and second place finishers? Stage 20
6) What rider will win back-to-back stages? (Write no rider or sth if you think it won’t happen) No rider
7) How many stages will be won by an Italian rider? One stage
8) Will the final Giro podium (Top 3 overall) include a rider who has never before podiumed at a Grand Tour? Yes - Del Toro
9) Will there be a stage where the peloton finishes more than 12 minutes behind the breakaway winner? Yes - Stage 18
10) Will someone get Zabel’d for any stage victory? No
Correct answers
Points
Ollfardh
4 5 7 8 10
125
seancoll
1 2 4 9 10
125
Nemolito
4 6 8 10
100
kandesbunzler26
4 8 9 10
100
Ulrich
4 6 8 10
100
ember
4 5 8 10
100
knockout
4 6 10
75
AbhishekLFC
4 6 10
75
Laurens
4 10
50
alexkr00
6 10
50
Ollfardh does it again! Shared bonus points win with seancoll, with four guys scoring 100 points. Abhishek and knockout reduce the damage with three correct answers, whereas Laurens and alexkr00 lose some more points with two correct answers each.
Stages
Bonus
Total
1
AbhishekLFC
1084
75
1159
2
Ollfardh
912
125
1037
3
Ulrich
912
100
1012
4
ember
908
100
1008
5
kandesbunzler
898
100
998
6
seancoll
855
125
980
7
alexkr00
899
50
949
8
knockout
866
75
941
9
Laurens
885
50
935
10
Nemolito
717
100
817
With only the classifications and captain points left, Abhishek remains in the lead. Most of the peloton coming closer though, but ovbiously also still big points to win. Alex and Laurens with a little dive after their two correct answers, still everything to play for of course.
Next update will come in the following days, I hope.
A good final day for us, the last rankings put me dead last (except for our gracious host, who does his best not to make anyone feel like a loser), so I'm happy we can still climb to second place for now. Not sure if I can hold on to the podium though, I recall I mentioned Ayuso, Landa and Ciccone quite a few times.
Penultimate update! Secondary classifications and captain points.
250
225
200
175
150
125
100
75
50
25
KoM
Fortunato
Scaroni
Prodhomme
Tarozzi
Verona
Harper
Carapaz
Bardet
Del Toro
Bilbao
Nemolito
225
10
235
alexkr00
83
125
16
10
234
ember
83
16
10
109
kandesbunzler
83
10
93
Ollfardh
16
10
25
51
Ulrich
10
25
35
seancoll
16
10
26
AbhishekLFC
25
25
Laurens
16
16
knockout
16
16
A story that we'll see in other classifications as well, less successes than hoped/thought. Definitely because of the big GC guys falling out as well. Three people predicted Fortunato, giving 83 points each as winner of the KoM. Alex, ember and kandesbunzler therefore second, third, and fourth. Alex scoring 125 points with Harper helping for second as well, but in the end one point shy from the win here. This is thanks to Scaroni's 225 points going to me. Carapaz, Bardet, Del Toro and Bilbao with minor points to several managers then, as nobody predicted numbers 3, 4 and 5 of the KoM.
As can be seen, difference between number one and ten over 200 points, so expect some changes in our final (penultimate) ranking update!
250
225
200
175
150
125
100
75
50
25
Points
Pedersen
Kooij
Van Aert
De Bondt
Del Toro
Groves
Van Uden
Tonelli
Carapaz
Aular
Ulrich
27
32
22
13
50
144
knockout
27
22
13
50
112
Nemolito
27
32
22
13
8
102
Laurens
27
32
22
13
8
102
alexkr00
27
32
22
13
8
102
kandesbunzler
27
22
50
99
seancoll
27
32
22
13
94
ember
27
32
22
13
94
Ollfardh
27
32
13
72
AbhishekLFC
22
13
35
Everything a bit closer together here, with the top-3 being predicted by most people actually. Groves also a very popular pick, but it's Van Uden's 50 points launching Ulrich and knockout to one and two here. Nice fifty Carapaz points for kandesbunzler as well there.
250
225
200
175
150
125
100
75
50
25
U25
Del Toro
Pellizzari
Poole
Piganzoli
Tiberi
Svestad-Bardseng
Zambanini
Frigo
Garofoli
Arrieta
ember
31
37
28
17
15
125
253
seancoll
31
37
28
17
15
25
153
alexkr00
31
37
28
17
15
15
6
149
Laurens
31
37
28
17
15
15
143
knockout
31
37
28
17
15
128
Ulrich
31
28
17
15
25
6
122
kandesbunzler
37
28
17
15
25
122
Ollfardh
31
17
15
15
6
84
Nemolito
31
17
15
15
78
AbhishekLFC
17
15
25
15
6
78
Bigger difference again between first and last here, with Abhishek not doing great with an 8th, 10th and 10th place in the secondary classifications. Five people predicting the entire U-25 top-5 correctly, but ember's great prediction of Svestad-Bardseng nets him another 125 points.
Tiberi did give 15 points to myself and alex, good for some extra captain points. Nevertheless, no other points by Ayuso, Roglic (both DNF) and Pidcock (no top 10's in classifications) means that the final extra captain points are way lower than what I would have expected before the start of the game.
captain
points
extra
seancoll
Pidcock
49
24
alexkr00
Tiberi
24
12
Nemolito
Tiberi
18
9
ember
Ayuso
16
8
laurens
Roglic
16
8
kandesbunzler26
Ayuso
16
8
Ollfardh
Ayuso
16
8
knockout
Roglic
32
16
AbhishekLFC
Ayuso
29
14
Ulrich
Ayuso
29
14
So the rankings, with only GC left, look like this.
Stages
Bonus
KoM
Points
U25
Cpt. Bonus
Total
1
ember
908
100
109
94
253
8
1472
2
alexkr00
899
50
234
102
149
19
1453
3
Ulrich
912
100
35
144
122
14
1327
4
kandesbunzler
898
100
93
99
122
8
1320
5
AbhishekLFC
1084
75
25
35
78
14
1311
6
seancoll
855
125
26
94
153
24
1277
7
Ollfardh
912
125
51
72
84
8
1252
8
Nemolito
717
100
235
102
78
16
1248
9
knockout
866
75
16
112
128
16
1213
10
Laurens
885
50
16
102
143
8
1204
ember and alex in one and two, bringing us back to right where we started this Giro! One update remaining, but it's of course the one where biggest points (at least for one classification/stage) can still be won.
Very surprised to see me lead this going into the final update. Seeing my absolute horror show for the GC picks, I can’t imagine holding on to the lead
We'll start with the six lowest scoring managers GC wise.
500
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
GC
S. Yates
Del Toro
Carapaz
Gee
Caruso
Pellizzari
Bernal
Rubio
McNulty
Storer
Ulrich
57
70
40
167
kandesbunzler
57
70
12
139
seancoll
57
70
12
139
AbhishekLFC
71
57
128
alexkr00
71
71
knockout
71
71
Ollfardh
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
Nemolito
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
ember
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
Laurens
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
Knockout and alexkr00 are among the biggest victims of the big GC massacre in the Giro. No 'certainties' such as Ayuso, Roglic and Tiberi in the top-10, make it so that they only have one rider correct. For both it's Simon Yates, scoring 71 points per manager, as in total 7 managers selected him. Abhishek also adds 57 Carapar points to this (7 selections in total as well for the Ecuadorian), to score 128 points in the GC.
Kandesbunzler26 and seancoll didn't select winner Yates, but have Carapaz in their team. They are two out of five managers scoring 70 Gee points, and two out of four managers scoring 12 Storer points. 139 points for both of them. Ulrich then with the Carapaz and Gee points as well, adding 40 Bernal points (1 out of five to have selected him), making it 167 in total.
So, with six out of ten manager's points in, the rankings look like this.
Stages
Bonus
KoM
Points
U25
Cpt. Bonus
GC
Total
1
alexkr00
899
50
234
102
149
19
71
1524
2
Ulrich
912
100
35
144
122
14
167
1494
3
ember
908
100
109
94
253
8
1472
4
kandesbunzler
898
100
93
99
122
8
139
1459
5
AbhishekLFC
1084
75
25
35
78
14
128
1439
6
seancoll
855
125
26
94
153
24
139
1416
7
knockout
866
75
16
112
128
16
71
1284
8
Ollfardh
912
125
51
72
84
8
1252
9
Nemolito
717
100
235
102
78
16
1248
10
Laurens
885
50
16
102
143
8
1204
The three Belgians chilling at the bottom now, with ember in pole position for the win in third place here.
But obviously, the reason for this set-up must be that something big is coming...
500
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
GC
S. Yates
Del Toro
Carapaz
Gee
Caruso
Pellizzari
Bernal
Rubio
McNulty
Storer
Ollfardh
71
450
57
40
618
Nemolito
71
57
70
40
238
ember
71
70
40
12
193
Laurens
71
57
40
12
180
And there it is! Laurens, ember and myself score a bit better than the six guys below us, but Ollfardh was the only manager who put Del Toro in his GC top-10. A golden pick, as the young Mexican scored 450 points for him! And if we now take a look at the full and final rankings...
Stages
Bonus
KoM
Points
U25
Cpt. Bonus
GC
Total
1
Ollfardh
912
125
51
72
84
8
618
1870
2
ember
908
100
109
94
253
8
193
1665
3
alexkr00
899
50
234
102
149
19
71
1524
4
Ulrich
912
100
35
144
122
14
167
1494
5
Nemolito
717
100
235
102
78
16
238
1486
6
kandesbunzler
898
100
93
99
122
8
139
1459
7
AbhishekLFC
1084
75
25
35
78
14
128
1439
8
seancoll
855
125
26
94
153
24
139
1416
9
Laurens
885
50
16
102
143
8
180
1384
10
knockout
866
75
16
112
128
16
71
1284
Ollfardh takes the win! He did very well to take second in the 21 stages, lost a bit of points towards the others in the secondary classifications and bonus questions, but comes back with a Mexican bang to win the game! Congratulations!
Also congratulations to ember and alexkr00 for the other podium spots. They started the game together at the top, dropped a bit around the middle of the game, but definitely also finished rather strong, consolidating those podium places.
Ulrich finishes fourth, 30 points behind the podium, so the question will for ever be whether he would have scored those points in the one stage he missed. Just below him I find myself, my stage guessing was rubbish, but the classifications were decent at least.
Kandesbunzler in sixth. Solid game for him I think, some very bad rounds, but also several stage wins with very big scoring. Abhishek on the other hand obviously amazing during the stages, but dropping to seventh because of the classifications.
Seancoll, Laurens and knockout then all with decent stage guesses, but the classifications not working out according to plan sadly.
Mandatory line obviously incoming: spot a mistake, tell me!
Thanks for playing. Was a nice experience and try-out as organizer, and hopefully we can do this again for the Tour!
Expected last at the start, finished exactly there too. Might have been different if i had spend more time than the absolute minimum on those classification picks but then i also assume to be the least knowledgable participant so im fine with it.
Thanks a lot for organizing, was enjoying this far more than i expected and gave me reason to follow the giro more than at any other point of the last decade. Very likely would participate again if you host it for future GTs.
Wow, I didn't realise I was the only one who picked Del Toro. I thought he could grab an easy top 10 in support of Ayuso, kinda like how McNulty did it now. In the end, I was the only one to get the podium right, so I'll take the win.
Thanks for organising Nemo, hope to see this again in a few weeks!
Congratulations to Ollfardh on winning the final stage! Viva Belgica!
