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PCM.Daily Grand High Wizard Contest 2018
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| roturn |
Posted on 01-05-2018 15:30
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roturn wrote:
1) Eschborn-Frankfurt
Buchmann
Mühlberger
Matthews
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 02-05-2018 07:03
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Eschborn - Frankfurt Result
Podium
1) Alexander Kristoff
2) Michael Matthews
3) Olivier Naesen
For the fourth consecutive running, Alexander Kristoff won this race. Michael Matthews and Olivier Naesen, who've both been in good form this classics season, round out the podium.
Nine members backed the multiple times defending champion to win again and he delivered. Matthews was the next most popular, with eight picks. This was one of the rare races this season where the top favourites delivered perfectly! Naesen had only one backer, and it ensured a non-zero score for that member.
With picks of both Kristoff and Matthews, five members, Raziz, Aquarius, df_Trek, hillis and Freitas pick up the win in this race. Four others had only Kristoff, while three had only Matthews. Only Croatia picked Nasen, while trekbmc returns empty-handed from this race.
Stay tuned for results from the Year Long Predictions Set 2. The updated scoreboard will come then...
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 02-05-2018 07:32
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Please please make it double points for lonesome picks so that we dont look that embarrassing all the time 
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 02-05-2018 07:45
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Year Long Questions - Set 2 Result
Answers
1. Which WT team will be most successful in the Classics? (Wins get highest priority, then 2nd places, and so on.) - Quickstep (5)
2. Which country will be most successful in the Classics? (Wins get highest priority, then 2nd places, and so on.) - Belgium: 2 wins, 1 runners-up, 7 third place
(2nd: Netherlands 2 wins, 1 runners-up, 1 third place)
(3rd: Denmark 2 wins, 1 runners-up, 0 third)
(4th: Slovakia 2 win, 0 runner-up)
3. Which race will see the biggest margin of victory? - Strade Bianche (39 seconds, Benoot over Bardet)
(2nd: Liege - Bastogne - Liege 37 seconds, Jungels over Woods)
4. Which race will have the lowest number of finishers? - Strade Bianche (53)
5. Which will be Gilbert's best race? - E3 Prijs Harelbeke (2nd)
Ten members picked Quickstep to be the most successful team while all but one member picked Belgium to be the top country. It was closer than you would expect for Belgium, with the result decided by their far superior number of third place finishes. Three members had Strade Bianche down as the race which would produce the biggets margin of victory while nine had it down as the hardest race, leading to the fewest finishers. No one predicted E3 to be Gilbert's best race.
Here's how the members scored (with numbers in brackets indicating questions answered correctly):
Raziz - 75 (1,2,4)
Marco - 100 (1,2,3,4)
Aquarius - 25 (4)
df_Trek - 75 (1,2,3)
Croatia - 50 (1,2)
trekbmc - 75 (1,2,3)
purepasd - 75 (1,2,4)
Selwink - 50 (2,4)
United Forever - 50 (1,2)
Hillis - 50 (1,2)
roturn - 50 (1,2)
Freitas - 50 (2,4)
Jandal - 75 (1,2,4)
Abhishek - 50 (2,4)
Marco got the first four questions correct, the only one to do so!
Here's how the table looks like after this result:
| Name | Races Entered | Bonuses | Total Points | | Aquarius97 | 20 | 80 | 405 | | df_Trek | 20 | 120 | 395 | | AbhishekLFC | 20 | 105 | 380 | | Selwink | 20 | 75 | 365 | | Raziz | 20 | 95 | 345 | | Marcovdw | 20 | 140 | 325 | | jandal7 | 18 | 110 | 325 | | roturn | 20 | 80 | 315 | | purepasd | 19 | 85 | 300 | | FreitasPCM | 20 | 75 | 275 | | hillis91 | 20 | 70 | 270 | | trekbmc | 10 | 95 | 225 | | Croatia14 | 18 | 85 | 120 | | United Forever | 4 | 60 | 90 | | Agent David | 3 | | 40 | | aldrofj | 3 | 10 | 30 | | emre99 | 2 | | 15 |
Aquarius still holds on to the lead, but the gap is suddenly down to just 10 points. Moving up to 2nd and taking up the charge at the top is df_trek who pushes Abhishek down to third. Raziz and Marco have both made up a lot ground and the former champions are slowly but surely coming back into the game. Roturn has lost considerable ground as Jandal too moves past him. Croatia finally gets into three figures. trekbmc has some ground to make while Freitas and Hillis are slowly being cut adrift too!
Next up, the first Grand Tour is upon us!
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| roturn |
Posted on 02-05-2018 07:48
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Eschborn-Frankfurt looked so promising until 5km to go...
Then Mühlberger got stopped by a break mistake of Gogl and hence the group in front became smaller while Quickstep decided to pace behind with Gaviria failing afterwards though.
At least picked both Buchmann and Mühlberger for the race alongside Matthews. Was a fun day of watching it hence.  |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 02-05-2018 07:49
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Croatia14 wrote:
Please please make it double points for lonesome picks so that we dont look that embarrassing all the time
Definitely something we can look at next season
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 02-05-2018 08:35
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I'm not very good in the Year Long sets, hence suddenly all the gap i've been growing all season is gone 
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 02-05-2018 10:40
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surely a good week, now full immersion with GT's with many points up for grabs 
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 02-05-2018 11:00
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What a mess of predictions, I’m no wizard, Harry  |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 02-05-2018 13:03
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Reminder that the deadline for Giro d'Italia is tomorrow night. Huge points on offer. So send in your entries!
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| Ad Bot |
Posted on 06-12-2025 11:55
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| Selwink |
Posted on 02-05-2018 13:25
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Giro
Rider 1: Dumoulin
Rider 2: Froome
Rider 3: Aru
Rider 4: MA Lopez
Rider 5: Chaves
KOM: Carapaz
Points: Viviani
Young Rider: MA Lopez
Bonus:
YL 3
1. Who will be the highest finishing home rider in any GT? Valverde
2. Who will be the highest finishing U25s eligible rider in any GT? MA Lopez
3. Who will be the highest finishing Colombian in any GT? MA Lopez
4. Which country will have the most stage wins combined in the GTs? Italy
5. What will be the most stages won by a single rider in a single GT (just number)? 5
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 02-05-2018 16:41
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Year Long Predictions - Set 3 - Grand Tours Set
1. Who will be the highest finishing home rider in any GT? Mikel Landa
2. Who will be the highest finishing U25s eligible rider in any GT? Miguel Angel Lopez
3. Who will be the highest finishing Colombian in any GT? Miguel Angel Lopez
4. Which country will have the most stage wins combined in the GTs? Italy
5. What will be the most stages won by a single rider in a single GT (just number)? 4
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 02-05-2018 17:34
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Giro d'Italia
Rider 1: Froome
Rider 2: Dumoulin
Rider 3: Pinot
Rider 4: Aru
Rider 5: Pozzovivo
KOM: Lopez
Points: Froome
Young Rider: Lopez
Bonus: 5
Year Long Predictions - Set 3 - Grand Tours Set
1. Who will be the highest finishing home rider in any GT?
Aru
2. Who will be the highest finishing U25s eligible rider in any GT?
Lopez
3. Who will be the highest finishing Colombian in any GT?
Quintana
4. Which country will have the most stage wins combined in the GTs?
Spain
5. What will be the most stages won by a single rider in a single GT (just number)?
4
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 03-05-2018 07:31
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Deadline for both the Giro and Set 3 of the Year Long Questions is Midnight, Tonight, GMT.
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| df_Trek |
Posted on 03-05-2018 10:33
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Giro d'Italia
Rider 1: Christopher Froome
Rider 2: Thibaut Pinot
Rider 3: Tom Dumoulin
Rider 4: Fabio Aru
Rider 5: Miguel Angel Lopez
KOM: Richard Carapaz
Points: Elia Viviani
Young Rider: Miguel Angel Lopez
Bonus: 7
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 03-05-2018 10:42
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Giro d'Italia
Tom Dumoulin
Thibaut Pinot
Domenico Pozzovivo
Miguel Angel Lopez
Davide Formolo
Points: Elia Viviani
KoM: Pello Bilbao
Young: Miguel Angel Lopez
Bonus: 6
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 03-05-2018 10:44
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YLP Set 3
1- Mikel Landa
2- Miguel Angel Lopez
3- Miguel Angel Lopez
4- Italy
5- 5
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| United Forever |
Posted on 03-05-2018 11:34
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Giro d'Italia
Rider 1: Tom Dumoulin
Rider 2: Christopher Froome
Rider 3: Fabio Aru
Rider 4: Miguel Angel Lopez
Rider 5: Thibaut Pinot
KOM: Giulio Ciccone
Points: Elia Viviani
Young Rider: Miguel Angel Lopez
Bonus: 6 |
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 03-05-2018 12:12
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Yeiy!
2 out of 3 
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 03-05-2018 12:30
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Giro d'Italia
Rider 1: Yates
Rider 2: Formolo
Rider 3: Woods
Rider 4: Carapaz
Rider 5: Kangert
KOM: Pinot
Points: Viviani
Young Rider: Lopez
Bonus: 6
Spoiler Would've loved Masnada and Ciccone as picks too
Year Long Predictions - Set 3 - Grand Tours Set
1. Who will be the highest finishing home rider in any GT?
Bardet
2. Who will be the highest finishing U25s eligible rider in any GT?
Bernal
3. Who will be the highest finishing Colombian in any GT?
Quintana
4. Which country will have the most stage wins combined in the GTs?
Italy
5. What will be the most stages won by a single rider in a single GT (just number)?
5
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