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Nemolito
Thank you for the penultimate ranking update, Ollfardh. Hoping we can stay in the top-5 with the final block.

Final block, Zondagscoureurs:
TAMINIAUX Lionel
DE BONDT Dries
ALLEGAERT Piet
DUPONT Timothy
FRETIN Milan
GAUDU David
GREGOIRE Romain
MOSCON Gianni
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Ollfardh
Fabianski wrote:


Defending our Top 10 will be hard or even impossible, unless Cosnefroy does his magic one more time.


He did!
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cunego59
4th, 7th and 13th in Morbihan is a very good result. Should cement our Top 10 rank, hopefully. All of Venturini, Albanese and Prades go again today in the Tro-Bro Léon, hopefully they can add more points.
 
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Fabianski
Ollfardh wrote:

Fabianski wrote:


Defending our Top 10 will be hard or even impossible, unless Cosnefroy does his magic one more time.


He did!

Indeed, fantastic spring season for him overall! The win in Morbihan was exactly what we needed - and then Gautherat doubling up with 3rd in Bro Leon (with Capiot in 12th and Cosnefroy in 15th) is fantastic! Even Einhorn got some points from Elfstedenronde, so I guess the Top 10 might be safe now Smile
 
Ollfardh
I think my podium finish should be safe as well now, unless something insane happens in Circuit de Wallonie. Those fighting for the top 10 are taking all the big points.

As mentioned before, I'm leaving on holiday so the final results will be two weeks away, very sorry about that.
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Ollfardh
Final Results




Did you think that I'd forgotten you? Perhaps you hoped I had.



With the final race and my vacation over, we can have the Block 10 and final results. Morbihan was good scoring for several teams, as was Tro Bro Leon. The Elfstedenronde had a weaker startlist, most likely due to the calendar change. Circuit de Wallonie saw more redemption from De Lie and Zingle.

This means we have our final rankings:

SP1SP2SP3SP4SP5SP6SP7SP8SP9MORTBLELFCDWSP10TOT
Racoons1601006358228250316334337000002089
W507213219033043130715216001600161840
Rogues246154217325111020228423674152721631821
Zondagcoureurs29920239150291102137276601421044791635
Cobblers9635261385121353921407582403351575
Spokes10512191363306901645119906000601550
59'ers130102033652451717014184907002441471
Macros246155117377117526162285008613991373
Hornets4735350100701073063363661090642391350
Fainthearts901011942181891059496458083001631295
Red Lanterns282269453257200225028744028791244
Ice Tulips5315931160471254686315000001022
Hussars29212012202210749225500000897
Bombers10104570381007601802001030478




Congratulations to this year's Winners, the Alexkr's Racoons! I'll go into more detail later this week, but a solid R1 pick in Pedersen and and even more impressive R6 pick with Van Gils are the key factors for their success. They finish the game with a lead of well over 200 points.

In 2nd place we have the UU W, aka Team Mathieu. Their star rider did his absolute best, scoring 57% of the team points, but he did not get the necessary support to win the game.

In 3rd place we have the Ollfardh Rogues with a strong finish, only missing 2nd place by 19 points. But looking at the 268 points needed to win the game, the manager will keep asking homself how Van Aert would have done in Ronde and Roubaix.

Just missing out on the podium are the Nemolito Zondagscoureurs. The three-headed monster Pidcock-Wellens-Stuyven lost one of its heads too soon, and no one else was really stepping up.

Coming in 5th we have the KB Cobblers. They looked to be title candidates when Philipsen and Hirschi were riding, but really missed scoring when they didn't. Still, they won a Monument!

In 6th place we have the Seancoll Spokes. Random fact: if they had picked Van Gils instead of Healey, they would have easily won the game.

The final team in the upper half are the Cunego's 59ers. Unlucky with Evenepoel not riding a single race, the rest of their team did rather well.

On to 8th place with Marcovdw Macros, who got the top pick this year. We can only say Laporte disappointed and they had to struggle to finish in the top 10, but they made it!

Then we have the sprinter team Laurens147 Hornets finishing 9th. De Lie had ups and downs but scored ok in the end. A few of the other picks were more questionable, so they had to fight until the end for that top 10.

The final team in the top 10 are Fab's Fainthearts. After 3 awful first round picks and the biggest selection miss of the game, they still recovered and made the top 10.

That means sad news for the Bikex Red Lanterns who finish 11th. Lots of promising riders who did not deliver in the end means that they are 51 points short of the top 10.

In 12th place we have the IE Ice Tulips. Pogacar was a good pick, but he didn't really ride enough classics this year. The rest of the team was a mix of older riders and younger talents that didn't really work.

Who would've expected last year's winners to finish 13th? The Jaxika Hussars had an extreme focus towards the Ardennes, but it never payed off. It's a miracle this team didn't finish last.

As the final place go to the BBL Bombers. It's a pain to lose your number 1 pick to injuries before the game even starts. Furthermore Alaphilippe was saganing his way to an early retirement.
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Ollfardh
Final Rider rankings




Mathieu was a beast this year. Philipsen wins his first monument and Van Gils had his big breakthrough. Politt in 5th was also a big surprise for me.




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VAN DER POEL Mathieu00090270250270016001040
PHILIPSEN Jasper00703701030310000853
VAN GILS Maxim10210009008001043080784
POGACAR Tadej0150016000002500560
POLITT Nils11000064160146000480
PEDERSEN Mads0001401780160000478
HIRSCHI Marc963180150156120750438
WELLENS Tim106340158060100000395
DE LIE Arnaud1809200000636010060220393
MOZZATO Luca07802510200500442064391
COSNEFROY Benoit16660580808825801393381
PIDCOCK Thomas3280050000150600372
BENOOT Tiesj4100098300130450344
MERLIER Tim00100100400100000340
VAN AERT Wout19800011800000316
MATTHEWS Michael000200650272000303
BETTIOL Alberto061001200700000296
STUYVEN Jasper56008014000000276
JORGENSON Matteo41000200001000251
VERMEERSCH Gianni500481530150000248
AYUSO Juan16060000001500235
KUNG Stefan70601000120000233
MADOUAS Valentin610002025070900221
TEUNS Dylan00000808030300220
VENTURINI Clement600370100005080130219
BARDET Romain1170000002000218
SHEEHAN Riley0000040001126060212
MEEUS Jordi10008100080000198
MOHORIC Matej07001002400000194
NAESEN Oliver7600018900000184
LAPORTE Christophe1612000000000181
VANSEVENANT Mauri0000000801000180
TRATNIK Jan1430002800000171
ZINGLE Axel00000000507050120170
GROENEWEGEN Dylan0070030070000170
KIELICH Timo04261815840000165
PITHIE Laurence0260388090000162
ULISSI Diego26076150000440161
WILLIAMS Stephen700000015000157
GREGOIRE Romain7020000006600156
VAN ASBROECK Tom074290000001616155
BJERG Mikkel000051450000150
VAN GESTEL Dries437300056009413149
MILAN Jonathan0000130015000145
VAN DE PAAR Jarne06000008007070138
MARTIN Guillaume0000340186150136
ARANBURU Alex000000001350135
HOFSTETTER Hugo0936009510200125
VAUQUELIN Kevin000000012000120
KRAGH ANDERSEN Soren0000353000470112
WAERENSKJOLD Soren000000112000112
ALBANESE Vincenzo44004620000261036110
SKJELMOSE Mattias102000000700109
KRISTOFF Alexander100601200008080108
SHEFFIELD Magnus060001000000106
EENKHOORN Pascal000057000290104
GAUTHERAT Pierre160001600007070102
TAMINIAUX Lionel272880010000415827100
BILBAO Pello000000030700100
VAN POPPEL Danny000802000000100
DE BONDT Dries80007100001061695
KOOIJ Olav00035600000095
MIHKELS Madis01040008000094
GAUDU David00000320600092
TESSON Jason0009000000090
MENTEN Milan01627120160006101687
GALL Felix50000000320082
LAMPERTI Luke3401518001500082
LAZKANO Oier70000120000082
JAKOBSEN Fabio0080000000080
BIERMANS Jenthe0790000000079
BARGUIL Warren58000018000076
BUSATTO Francesco91200053000074
ADRIA Roger00000001260072
BAX Sjoerd260160000030072
TILLER Rasmus050001201000072
TRENTIN Matteo2500020101600071
IZAGIRRE Ion00000600010070
BUITRAGO Santiago0000000700070
DUPONT Timothy040200001000070
ONLEY Oscar0000070000070
ALAPHILIPPE Julian0007000000070
VENDRAME Andrea0700000000070
GODON Dorian130000015400068
CHAMPOUSSIN Clement00000340330067
VAN DEN BERG Marijn001500034180067
THIJSSEN Gerben0060700000067
BRAET Vito035000001402141665
VAN MOER Brent002601400004202464
BOL Cees0030006000063
ROTA Lorenzo2613000000167762
EEKHOFF Nils51010000000061
JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland0000000600060
MONIQUET Sylvain6100001014200060
NARVAEZ Jhonatan0000600000060
ACKERMANN Pascal0060000000060
DEGENKOLB John0000405005059
GIRMAY Biniam0000550000055
DVERSNES Fredrik3000429000054
PAGE Hugo0042000000101052
LAURANCE AXEL00030000615051
VAN BAARLE Dylan41000100000051
ASKEY Lewis0092580080050
FORMOLO Davide0500000000050
WRIGHT Fred0000404500049
DEL TORO Isaac02000000028048
STRONG Corbin00020702000047
FISHER-BLACK Finn00000001530045
CAPIOT Amaury02023000000043
WELSFORD Sam0008003400042
SEGAERT Alec002000001141582740
THEUNS Edward00052001500040
BARCELO Fernando03000161280039
HOELGAARD Markus0000000018202038
GARCIA CORTINA Ivan26000000012038
MOSCHETTI Matteo00100002700037
FRETIN Milan000500000313136
ASGREEN Kasper00025001000035
DE KLEIJN Arvid0026000900035
PEREZ Anthony0002590000034
HAGENES Per Strand0000100101003333
BERCKMOES Jenno41000007100031
ALMEIDA Joao0000000030030
TURNER Ben3000700200030
ALLEGAERT Piet001100012005528
VAN EETVELT Lennert0280000000028
MAYRHOFER Marius2000060000026
TEUNISSEN Mike2100050000026
VAN DIJKE Tim0000002500025
TURGIS Anthony0415000600025
GROVES Kaden00000141000024
LAMPAERT Yves0080015000023
SIVAKOV Pavel0000022000022
HERMANS Quinten0000000515020
KWIATKOWSKI Michal0000000200020
PLAPP Lucas0002000000020
HALLER Marco00001001000020
SENECHAL Florian0000020000020
SCHACHMANN Maximilian0000020000020
COVI Alessandro0401500000019
SIMMONS Quinn4150000000019
BISSEGGER Stefan0000160000016
HEALY Ben0160000000016
PARET-PEINTRE Aurelien1600000000016
MCNULTY Brandon0000000150015
MOSCON Gianni0000001500015
BAGIOLI Andrea0150000000015
CARAPAZ Richard0000000140014
DE POOTER Dries0104000000014
LUTSENKO Alexey0012000000012
BOVEN Lars506000000011
PRADES Eduard0000002008810
KRON Andreas0000000100010
GAVIRIA Fernando0001000000010
MAGNIER Paul0010000000010
CAMPENAERTS Victor000000000888
WATSON Samuel0000000004488
COQUARD Bryan002000000668
ZIMMERMANN Georg40000000408
MEZGEC Luka00800000008
WALSCHEID Max00000060006
CAVAGNA Remi00006000006
VLASOV Aleksandr00000000505
DEMARE Arnaud00500000005
VALTER Attila05000000005
DE BUYST Jasper40000000004
VAN DER SANDE Tosh000000000333
BURGAUDEAU Mathieu30000000003
VAN UDEN Casper01000000001

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Laurens147
Great run from De Lie at the end. Otherwise much to learn for next season Pfft

Thanks mate for running this!
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Marcovdw
When your best scorer is a R12 pick :lol: Didn't really work out this season but glad to have made the top ten. Thanks Ollfardh and congrats alex!
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kandesbunzler26
First of all thank you Ollfardh for running this game. Also congrats to alex for a well deserved win!

Philipsen and Hirschi were great picks for us finishing 2nd and 7th in the individual rankings, but the rest of the team not even scoring 300 points shows there wasn't any depth. Probably a relocation is on the table for next year as our Brits got us practically no points at all.
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cunego59
Thank you Ollfardh, first and foremost. This is always a lot of fun! I had some nice mid to late round picks with Milan, Albanese, Venturini or Van de Paar. Madouas was not a great but still a decent 1st round pick, and Politt really carried this team on his back.

Evenepoel was a questionable 2nd round pick given his focus on stage races, but could've proven worth it with a strong Ardennes campaign, maybe giving me a shot at the podium, but the injury got in the way. With Rui Costa missing the entire season injured and Van Eetvelt not riding a single race after Strade despite his fantastic results, I basically got one race out of 3 of my Top 5 picks combined (also not a single race for 7th rd pick Dainese), which is obviously not ideal. Considering that, I'm honestly pretty happy with 7th.

Congrats to the Racoons, dominant victory. Already looking forward to next year!
 
Ollfardh
Everyone, you're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it as much as I have.

For my own team, I'm happy with my third place, especially as I don't have single rider in the top 10, showing the team depth. If Wout doesn't crash, I think I could've won it too. Aside from Svrcek, who was a total miss, all my riders scored points somewhere. Vansevenant was an excellent pick, as was Pithie although I feel he deserved more points than he did.
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Fabianski
Well, looks like I still can't get the picks in the first couple of rounds right. Kooij didn't have enough races for a R1 pick, and in those he had he was rather disappointing. Welsford raced much less than last year after his transfer, and also didn't do well.
Schmid had some kind of injury and never got up to speed, finishing with zero points; anyway, the only really useful Swiss riders this year were Hirschi and Küng, who sadly both were picked in the first two rounds. Christen would've been the only viable alternative I guess...
Lewis was pretty solid in R4, 50 points are good for a young rider. Still disappointed I missed out on Grégoire by one spot, but alas. At least my list wasn't that wrong with Pithie also high up - wasn't to be.
Bettiol in R5 and especially Cosnefroy in R6 definitely were my top picks. Sadly I missed out on the latter's Brabantse win, still blaming incomplete early startlists for that. Cosnefroy would've finished inside the Top 10 with these points, but for the team it wouldn't have made a huge difference after all. Still, great spring season by him, will happily get him again next year Smile
Hofstetter then also a bit worse than last year, but 125 points are rather satisfying. De Kleijn was pretty disappointing, doing less races than last year and being rather bad in those he did - definitely worse than in the early-season stage races.
On the other hand, Gautherat was a pretty good pick I guess, 109 points in R9 isn't all that bad. Capiot once again had quite some bad luck with crashes and injuries, would be great to see him ride a classics season without any issues...
Barguil was kind of solid, but also had bad luck with an injury while preparing for the big races in the Ardennes. Bissegger on the other hand was just bad, should definitely have picked Christen there... (hesitated for quite some time ^^)
Geniets got his only Top 20 places in block 1 where I benched him, blame the manager. Injury in Paris-Nice, no further races, blame bad luck. Blame the manager again for Tronchon's zero-pointer, as he took 6th in Drôme after being benched in a last-minute update (like Geniets)...
Einhorn also was relegated in the team's pecking order, getting to do only the smaller races - at least he scored in Elfstedenronde. That's what I thought, but apparently these points somehow were not counted? Anyway, those 20 points wouldn't gain us anything in the final standings.
And finally, Perez. Reliable helper, scoring small points here and there - this time lacking the occasional big result.

All in all, obviously not happy with my draft strategy once again. Last year, I got R1 right with De Lie (who ended up doing pretty well again, despite a shaky period), this time the first four rounds were really bad. Still happy with some of the lower picks, and Cosnefroy really was fun to have on board!
Hopefully I'll get the first round picks right next year as well - I'll be there to try again!

Congrats to the Racoons, great team you put together - did you see Van Gils' amazing breakthrough coming?
And thanks a lot to Ollfardh for organizing this once again Smile
 
Ulrich Ulriksen
Thanks to Ollfardh for running this.

The gamble on Girmay in the first round clearly didn't work out. But mostly just not very good at this and without the obvious MVDP pick we would have been mid-table a best.
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Ollfardh
Fabianski - You're definitely due some extra points, I'll fix that asap.
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Nemolito
Thank you Ollfardh for the final ranking update and overall running of the super fun game. Fourth is definitely a nice spot to finish I think, and can only be happy with my first three picks. A shame Stuyven got robbed of his Paris - Roubaix win with that crash of course Smile

Most of my lesser riders, such as Aniolkowski, Taminiaux and Dupont, all proved their value as well, and the FDJ puncheurs didn't do amazing but also not the worst ever I guess. The risky Ewan pick proved to be totally useless with no participations at all, and Simon Yates was also worse than what I thought he could be. Fretin's early season crash might be the reason for his weaker than expected results, and Voisard and Kamp showed me I should have no faith in Tudor Pfft

Congratulations to Alex Smile
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alexkr00
Thanks Ollfardh for organizing this.

Thank you for the congrats, guys. And thank you for taking part in this. It was quite a fun game. Already looking forward to next year.

Guess Van Gils will be on of the top picks next season.

@Fab, I was looking at Ardennes specialists and his results last year looked quite promising for a 23 year old at that time. But I wasn't expecting this outcome.
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