And here we are, the big finale! We'll dive right in!
Bigger points and differences than usual, but in the end, still no big outliers like Ollfardh's Giro's Del Toro. Gall with 60 points per predictor as highest point scorer here, but even though I missed out on him, I did manage to get the others in the top-7, winning the GC-prediction. Yellow jersey knockout penultimate here, let's see what it means in our GC.
500
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
GC
Pogi
Vinge
Lipo
Onley
Gall
TH Johan
Vauque
Rogla
Healy
Jegat
Nemolito
33
30
40
58
35
66
262
seancoll
33
30
40
58
60
35
256
Abhishek
33
30
58
35
66
13
235
Ollfardh
33
30
58
60
35
13
229
Imladrik
33
30
60
66
13
202
alexkr00
33
30
40
60
13
176
jaxika
33
30
58
35
13
169
kb26
33
30
40
60
163
Dane B
33
30
40
35
13
151
ember
33
30
40
35
13
151
bbl312
33
30
58
13
134
sammyt93
33
30
40
13
116
Laurens147
33
30
40
13
116
knockout
33
30
40
13
116
Ulrich
33
30
40
103
He holds the lead! seancoll's good result leads to him being second now. With only the captain bonus points coming now, it's not looking bad for knockout.
Stages
Questions
U25
Green
KoM
GC
Total
1
knockout
1014
200
61
64
52
116
1507
2
seancoll
615
175
89
79
125
256
1339
3
ember
766
175
69
60
82
151
1303
4
Imladrik
767
75
49
60
143
202
1296
5
Ollfardh
706
150
60
79
51
229
1275
6
bbl312
638
200
112
43
67
134
1194
7
Nemolito
627
75
69
85
67
262
1185
8
Dane B
655
150
92
78
52
151
1178
9
alexkr00
614
175
69
60
74
176
1168
10
Abhishek
501
100
49
62
215
235
1162
11
Laurens147
694
125
49
72
81
116
1137
12
Ulrich
721
50
92
54
50
103
1070
13
sammyt93
472
175
110
103
74
116
1050
14
jaxika
596
75
69
60
81
169
1050
15
kb26
390
125
75
85
141
163
979
People chose safety over risk, resulting in 13 Pogi picks. Some decent bonus points thanks to his stage and classification results. alexkr00 picked Evenepoel and had the bad luck of a bad Tour of the Belgian, whereas Imladrik's trust in Van Aert also did not get paid back. Onto the final rankings now...
Pogi
Cpt points
Evenepoel
Cpt points
Van Aert
cpt points
Nemolito
130
65
seancoll
138
69
Abhishek
95
47
Ollfardh
130
65
Imladrik
21
10
alexkr00
47
23
jaxika
104
52
kb26
87
43
Dane B
130
65
ember
144
72
bbl312
143
71
sammyt93
130
65
Laurens147
130
65
knockout
128
64
Ulrich
137
68
And as you could have guessed, knockout brings home the maillot jaune! Many stage wins, many days in yellow, and many congratulations from me! Seancoll with a great second place after a good day today, and ember the final name on the podium. That's two podiums in a row, not bad. Giro winner Ollfardh in fourth then, followed by Imladrik, who sees the Van Aert gamble lose a place after the GC rankings. Alexkr00 also with the Evenepoel pick leading to dropping out of the final top-10. Kandesbunzler26 went for surprising winners on the stages and hoped for some more (French) breakaway victories, but it wasn't meant to be.
Stages
Questions
U25
Green
KoM
GC
Extra C
Total
1
knockout
1014
200
61
64
52
116
64
1571
2
seancoll
615
175
89
79
125
256
69
1408
3
ember
766
175
69
60
82
151
72
1375
4
Ollfardh
706
150
60
79
51
229
65
1340
5
Imladrik
767
75
49
60
143
202
10
1306
6
bbl312
638
200
112
43
67
134
71
1265
7
Nemolito
627
75
69
85
67
262
65
1250
8
Dane B
655
150
92
78
52
151
65
1243
9
Abhishek
501
100
49
62
215
235
47
1209
10
Laurens147
694
125
49
72
81
116
65
1202
11
alexkr00
614
175
69
60
74
176
23
1191
12
Ulrich
721
50
92
54
50
103
68
1138
13
sammyt93
472
175
110
103
74
116
65
1115
14
jaxika
596
75
69
60
81
169
52
1102
15
kb26
390
125
75
85
141
163
43
1022
Thank you all for playing!
Not sure if the Vuelta will also have this game or not, the timing of the GT isn't ideal for me (and for the forum perhaps as well with MG stuff ), but definitely hoping to be back some time, whether it is now with the Vuelta, or with a/more GT('s) next season.
Never thought i win a TDF prediction game but here we are. Maybe unnecessary to say but a ton of luck was needed for all those stage results - at times it felt like i couldnt gamble wrong.
Thank you Nemo for hosting this! Really enjoyed this game and also the race because of this. Will surely join again next year if we do this again (and likely also for the Vuelta if it happens although i will be busy with mg stuff)
Fun fact: If we only add up GC+points+KoM+U25 scoring, i'm dead last
Which shows how different paths to victory are possible when we compare that to the del Toro coup in the Giro. Imo thats really cool!
Thanks for organizing! A very up and down performance by me, but ultimately satisfied I was able to keep up as well as I did given how much my cycling knowledge has slipped.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy
), but definitely hoping to be back some time, whether it is now with the Vuelta, or with a/more GT('s) next season.
