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The tour has been over for just a couple of days an I am already in withdrawal. I am looking to the next great race for excitement. The fantasy competition saw quite the movement over the past few stages. The big winner this year was Team Lop-side-down managed by Kelin Dunfee. With a well rounded team for the flats and mountains he took an early lead and held off Karpets Mullets managed by Jeff Cook-Lundgren by a mere 13 points for the win. Jeff's path to the top was focused in the last week and overall results. He jumped three spots with his impressive overall picks. The final podium spot belongs to Les Têtards managed by Charlie Sawyer. His final scoring push was enough to climb onto the podium. GC - Team Name - Manager - Score 1 - Team Lop-side-down - Kelin Dunfee - 6404 2 - Karpets Mullets - Jeff Cook-Lundgren - 6391 3 - Les Têtards - Charlie Sawyer - 6110 4 - Flo Ridas - Lizzy Sander - 5578 5 - Rushmore Racers - Ryan Buus - 5509 6 - But I'm Le Tired - Beth Geissler - 5360 7 - Sagan's Grease Lightning - Alex Hooke - 5333 8 - Salty Dog - Justin Rath - 5019 9 - Rainbow Warriors - Scott Bromelkamp - 4820 10 - Side Hustle - Jess Braun - 4796 11 - Team Bullseye: Back In The Saddle - Steve Knutson - 4737 12 - Childress' Children - Alex Kurt - 4701 13 - The Buusycles - Bethany Buus - 4419 14 - V V and V - Vicki Johnston - 4019
Stage results are here: Stage 17 Podium1 - Les Têtards - Charlie Sawyer - 243 2 - Rushmore Racers - Ryan Buus - 226 3 - Karpets Mullets - Jeff Cook-Lundgren - 160 Stage 18 Podium 1 - But I'm Le Tired - Beth Geissler - 301 2 - Les Têtards - Charlie Sawyer - 235 3 - Team Lop-side-down - Kelin Dunfee - 232 Stage 19 Podium 1 - Salty Dog - Justin Rath - 343 2 - Karpets Mullets - Jeff Cook-Lundgren - 224 3 - Flo Ridas - Lizzy Sander - 206 Stage 20 Podium 1 - Flo Ridas - Lizzy Sander - 307 2 - Les Têtards - Charlie Sawyer - 251 3 - But I'm Le Tired - Beth Geissler - 244 Stage 21 Podium 1 - Flo Ridas - Lizzy Sander - 261 2 - Karpets Mullets - Jeff Cook-Lundgren - 215 3 - Childress' Children - Alex Kurt - 206 Stage F Podium 1 - Karpets Mullets - Jeff Cook-Lundgren - 2507 2 - Salty Dog - Justin Rath - 2440 3 - Les Têtards - Charlie Sawyer - 2135 Top Scoring Riders (points - rider) 2062 - Christopher FROOME 1481 - Peter SAGAN 1420 - Adam YATES 1310 - Romain BARDET 1221 - Nairo Alexander QUINTANA ROJAS 1134 - Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE 997 - Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER 980 - Daniel MARTIN 963 - Louis MEINTJES 823 - Bauke MOLLEMA Most valuable riders (value - cost - points - rider name) 243 - 2 - 486 - Stef CLEMENT 201. - 4 - 807 - Jarlinson PANTANO GOMEZ 177. - 8 - 1420 - Adam YATES 134. - 5 - 670 - Thomas DE GENDT 120. - 8 - 963 - Louis MEINTJES 102. - 2 - 204 - Christophe LAPORTE 98.7 - 15 - 1481 - Peter SAGAN 91.5 - 2 - 183 - Sondre HOLST ENGER 90.0 - 2 - 180 - Edward THEUNS 82.4 - 25 - 2062 - Christopher FROOME 78.8 - 6 - 473 - Sébastien REICHENBACH 76.5 - 9 - 689 - Julian ALAPHILIPPE 75.3 - 13 - 980 - Daniel MARTIN 74.8 - 10 - 748 - Mark CAVENDISH 71.2 - 14 - 997 - Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER 70.8 - 16 - 1134 - Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE 69 - 2 - 138 - Daryl IMPEY 68.9 - 19 - 1310 - Romain BARDET 66 - 7 - 462 - Tom DUMOULIN 65.5 - 11 - 721 - Roman KREUZIGER
Full results are here. Team rosters are here. Individual rider scores here.
More musings later. Here are the nuts and bolts. Who invited Kelin Dunfee to play anyway? He looks good to seal the overall. How did he get Froome, Quintana, Sagan, Cavendish and Kittel all on the same team?!?! The risks a fantasy cyclist takes... Stage 12 Podium 1 - Flo Ridas - Lizzy Sander - 248 2 - Karpets Mullets - Jeff Cook-Lundgren - 180 3 - Childress' Children - Alex Kurt - 164 Stage 13 Podium 1 - Sagan's Grease Lightning - Alex Hooke - 246 2 - Side Hustle - Jess Braun - 222 3 - Team Lop-side-down - Kelin Dunfee - 200 Stage 14 Podium 1 - Team Lop-side-down - Kelin Dunfee - 372 2 - Flo Ridas - Lizzy Sander - 253 3 - Karpets Mullets - Jeff Cook-Lundgren - 209 Stage 15 Podium 1 - V V and V - Vicki Johnston - 240 2 - Les Têtards - Charlie Sawyer - 224 3 - Rushmore Racers - Ryan Buus - 198 Stage 16 Podium 1 - Flo Ridas - Lizzy Sander - 316 2 - Karpets Mullets - Jeff Cook-Lundgren - 270 3 - Team Lop-side-down - Kelin Dunfee - 252 GC - Team Name - Manager - Score 1 - Team Lop-side-down - Kelin Dunfee - 3852 2 - Flo Ridas - Lizzy Sander - 2998 3 - Karpets Mullets - Jeff Cook-Lundgren - 2957 4 - Rainbow Warriors - Scott Bromelkamp - 2951 5 - But I'm Le Tired - Beth Geissler - 2936 6 - Team Bullseye: Back In The Saddle - Steve Knutson - 2927 7 - Sagan's Grease Lightning - Alex Hooke - 2907 8 - Les Têtards - Charlie Sawyer - 2884 9 - Rushmore Racers - Ryan Buus - 2794 10 - The Buusycles - Bethany Buus - 2659 11 - Side Hustle - Jess Braun - 2614 12 - Childress' Children - Alex Kurt - 2243 13 - V V and V - Vicki Johnston - 1975 14 - Salty Dog - Justin Rath - 1705
Top Scoring Riders (points - rider) 1156 - Peter SAGAN 748 - Mark CAVENDISH 869 - Christopher FROOME 567 - Marcel KITTEL 482 - Greg VAN AVERMAET 535 - Julian ALAPHILIPPE 431 - Daniel MARTIN 470 - Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE 535 - Adam YATES 387 - Bryan COQUARD Full results are here. Team rosters are here. Individual rider scores here.
The last three stages have had a bit of everything going on. On stage 9 riders conquered the first true mountain top finish, but a hail storm was the talk of the day. Other talk on the day was Contador getting in the car and the shadow Quintana was casting behind Froome. The rest day is always a day for the press to catch as many riders as possible. Some of the best quotes included Movistar boss Eusebio Unzué claiming that if Sky didn't bring such a strong team Quintana might attack more! Lets hope the 2nd half of le Tour has more uphill mountain attacks than the first weekend.
Stage 9 Podium 1 - Karpets Mullets - Jeff Cook-Lundgren - 183 2 - V V and V - Vicki Johnston - 178 3 - Childress' Children - Alex Kurt - 174 Stage 9 Overall GC - Team Name - Manager - Score 1 - Team Lop-side-down - Kelin Dunfee - 2187 2 - Rainbow Warriors - Scott Bromelkamp - 1718 3 - The Buusycles - Bethany Buus - 1706 Lanterne Rouge 14 - Childress' Children - Alex Kurt - 951
Stage 10 had drama of a different kind. The big breakaway for the day was stacked with classics all stars. The group that came to the line was a who's who of hard man sprinters. Excellent team tactics were on display by the Orica-BikeExchange squad. Peter Sagan is good, but the well played three vs. one tactics were just a bit too much.
Stage 10 Podium 1 - Sagan's Grease Lightning - Alex Hooke - 293 2 - Karpets Mullets - Jeff Cook-Lundgren - 270 3 - Team Lop-side-down - Kelin Dunfee - 240 Stage 11 looked to be another day for the fast men, but the talks of cross winds always makes for a nervous peloton. Skinny mountain climbers and wind don't often mix well. At least one rider seems to lose le Tour on a windy transition stage each year. Most of the top 10 GC riders were within 6 seconds of Froome and his second sneak attack on the field. However, Louis Meintjes and Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver found themselves 1.09 back from the front and now outside the top 10.
Stage 11 Podium 1 - Les Têtards - Charlie Sawyer - 338 2 - Team Lop-side-down - Kelin Dunfee - 328 3 - Sagan's Grease Lightning - Alex Hooke - 324 Stage 11 Overall GC - Team Name - Manager - Score 1 - Team Lop-side-down - Kelin Dunfee - 2755 2 - Rainbow Warriors - Scott Bromelkamp - 2236 3 - But I'm Le Tired - Beth Geissler - 2213 4 - The Buusycles - Bethany Buus - 2107 5 - Team Bullseye: Back In The Saddle - Steve Knutson - 2086 6 - Rushmore Racers - Ryan Buus - 2041 7 - Sagan's Grease Lightning - Alex Hooke - 2037 8 - Karpets Mullets - Jeff Cook-Lundgren - 1986 9 - Flo Ridas - Lizzy Sander - 1984 10 - Les Têtards - Charlie Sawyer - 1981 11 - Side Hustle - Jess Braun - 1835 12 - V V and V - Vicki Johnston - 1476 13 - Childress' Children - Alex Kurt - 1369 14 - Salty Dog - Justin Rath - 1236
The Fantasy competition is just getting good. The top spot has been occupied by Team Lop-side-down managed by Kelin Dunfee since the start. The battle for the podium, however has not been as clear. See the nice line graph below to analyze with your own eyes.
Full results are here. Team rosters are here. Individual rider scores here. Thegraph is here.
Two days in the mountains and two different winners. Two teams that have not finished on the podium nabbed 1st and 2nd today on stage 8. The focus on GC riders is a coup Salty Dog managed by Justin Rath employs most years. He has started his climb from the bottom and if things continue on this way he will make is way to the top. Team Lop-side-down managed by Kelin Dunfee had a solid showing over the last couple of days and maintains the top spot in the overall competition. The fight for the podium is hot with But I'm Le Tired managed by Beth Geissler, The Buusycles managed by Bethany Buus and Rainbow Warriors managed by Scott Bromelkamp sitting just EIGHT points apart. The legion of Froome should be licking their chops now that he is in yellow. Will it be a SKY stranglehold like 2013 and 2015 or will one of the 12 riders within 34 seconds of the lead snatch yellow from the SKY mountain train? Tomorrow should be another great day with a mountain top finish in Andorra. Stage 7 Podium 1 - The Buusycles - Bethany Buus - 178 2 - Sagan's Grease Lightning - Alex Hooke - 175 3 - Flo Ridas - Lizzy Sander - 173 Stage 8 Podium 1 - Salty Dog - Justin Rath - 300 2 - Les Têtards - Charlie Sawyer - 270 3 - Sagan's Grease Lightning - Alex Hooke - 235 Full results are here. Team rosters are here.
A graph is here Stage 8 GC - Team Name - Manager - Score 1 - Team Lop-side-down - Kelin Dunfee - 2070 2 - But I'm Le Tired - Beth Geissler - 1617 3 - The Buusycles - Bethany Buus - 1614 4 - Rainbow Warriors - Scott Bromelkamp - 1609 5 - Rushmore Racers - Ryan Buus - 1534 6 - Team Bullseye: Back In The Saddle - Steve Knutson - 1485 7 - Flo Ridas - Lizzy Sander - 1467 8 - Sagan's Grease Lightning - Alex Hooke - 1315 9 - Side Hustle - Jess Braun - 1268 10 - Karpets Mullets - Jeff Cook-Lundgren - 1263 11 - Les Têtards - Charlie Sawyer - 1246 12 - V V and V - Vicki Johnston - 1118 13 - Salty Dog - Justin Rath - 817 14 - Childress' Children - Alex Kurt - 777 Top Scoring Riders (points - rider) 581 - Peter SAGAN 538 - Mark CAVENDISH 455 - Marcel KITTEL 427 - Julian ALAPHILIPPE 373 - Greg VAN AVERMAET 342 - Christopher FROOME 303 - Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE 302 - Bryan COQUARD 280 - Daniel MARTIN 243 - André GREIPEL Most valuable riders (value [cost/points] - cost - points - rider name) 85 - 2 - 170 - Edward THEUNS 61.5 - 2 - 123 - Christophe LAPORTE 53.8 - 10 - 538 - Mark CAVENDISH 53.0 - 2 - 106 - Daryl IMPEY 52.3 - 3 - 157 - Daniel MCLAY 47.4 - 9 - 427 - Julian ALAPHILIPPE 44.5 - 2 - 89 - Sondre HOLST ENGER 44.3 - 3 - 133 - Stephen CUMMINGS 41.4 - 9 - 373 - Greg VAN AVERMAET 38.7 - 15 - 581 - Peter SAGAN 37.7 - 8 - 302 - Bryan COQUARD 35.0 - 13 - 455 - Marcel KITTEL 34.4 - 5 - 172 - Thomas DE GENDT 31.0 - 3 - 93 - Dylan GROENEWEGEN 27.2 - 4 - 109 - Jasper STUYVEN 23.5 - 2 - 47 - Paul VOSS 23.1 - 8 - 185 - Adam YATES 21.5 - 13 - 280 - Daniel MARTIN 20.2 - 12 - 243 - André GREIPEL 18.9 - 16 - 303 - Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE
The last stage before the road tilts up was yesterday. One fantasy cyclist continued to capitalize on this. Team Lop-side-down managed by Kelin Dunfee has four stage wins to date with his sprint heavy team. The big question will be if he can manage to hold on as the road to tilts up. The next three days should be exciting. Will your riders be in front or be looking to turn into a stage chaser? Stage 6 Podium 1 - Team Lop-side-down - Kelin Dunfee - 326 2 - Rushmore Racers - Ryan Buus - 204 3 - Rainbow Warriors - Scott Bromelkamp - 197 GC - Team Name - Manager - Score 1 - Team Lop-side-down - Kelin Dunfee - 1753 2 - Rushmore Racers - Ryan Buus - 1345 3 - Rainbow Warriors - Scott Bromelkamp - 1324 4 - But I'm Le Tired - Beth Geissler - 1260 5 - The Buusycles - Bethany Buus - 1227 6 - Flo Ridas - Lizzy Sander - 1204 7 - Team Bullseye: Back In The Saddle - Steve Knutson - 1198 8 - Karpets Mullets - Jeff Cook-Lundgren - 976 9 - Side Hustle - Jess Braun - 959 10 - Les Têtards - Charlie Sawyer - 912 11 - Sagan's Grease Lightning - Alex Hooke - 905 12 - V V and V - Vicki Johnston - 890 13 - Salty Dog - Justin Rath - 457 14 - Childress' Children - Alex Kurt - 419 Full results are here. Team rosters are here. A graph is here
One fantasy cyclist is well ahead of the rest, but 2nd through 7th are divided by 126 points. The stages have been exciting thus far and seem to only be getting better. Stage 5 Podium 1 - Flo Ridas - Lizzy Sander - 218 2 - V V and V - Vicki Johnston - 182 3 - The Buusycles - Bethany Buus - 176 Stage 5 Overall Results: GC - Team Name - Manager - Score 1 - Team Lop-side-down - Kelin Dunfee - 1427 2 - Rushmore Racers - Ryan Buus - 1141 3 - But I'm Le Tired - Beth Geissler - 1138 4 - Rainbow Warriors - Scott Bromelkamp - 1127 5 - The Buusycles - Bethany Buus - 1115 6 - Flo Ridas - Lizzy Sander - 1054 7 - Team Bullseye: Back In The Saddle - Steve Knutson - 1015 8 - Karpets Mullets - Jeff Cook-Lundgren - 874 9 - Side Hustle - Jess Braun - 868 10 - V V and V - Vicki Johnston - 813 11 - Sagan's Grease Lightning - Alex Hooke - 809 12 - Les Têtards - Charlie Sawyer - 807 13 - Salty Dog - Justin Rath - 390 14 - Childress' Children - Alex Kurt - 322 Top Scoring Riders (points - rider) through Stage 5 524 - Peter SAGAN 368 - Mark CAVENDISH 335 - Julian ALAPHILIPPE 325 - Marcel KITTEL 259 - Bryan COQUARD 221 - Greg VAN AVERMAET 217 - André GREIPEL 191 - Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE 153 - Warren BARGUIL
148 - Thomas DE GENDT Stage 4 Podium 1 - Team Lop-side-down - Kelin Dunfee - 339 2 - Rushmore Racers - Ryan Buus - 323 3 - Rainbow Warriors - Scott Bromelkamp - 315 Full results can be found here. Team rosters are here. A nice graph for us visual folks here
Lots of great action over the long weekend. One manager, rookie fantasy cyclist Kelin Dunfee, went out on a "limb" with picking Cavendish and it has payed big dividends. Many who selected the big stage chasers are doing well. Others who have a team set up for the overall are biding their time until the mountains arrive. It should make for another exciting Wrath of le Tour! As usual, stage results are below. Links at the bottom to see the big spreadsheet.
Stage 3 Results: Podium 1 - Team Lop-side-down- Kelin Dunfee - 311 2 - V V and V - Vicki Johnston - 211 3 - The Buusycles - Bethany Buus - 208 GC - Team Name - Manager - Score 1 - Team Lop-side-down - Kelin Dunfee - 991 2 - But I'm Le Tired - Beth Geissler - 767 3 - The Buusycles - Bethany Buus - 737 4 - Rushmore Racers - Ryan Buus - 724 5 - Rainbow Warriors - Scott Bromelkamp - 719 6 - Team Bullseye: Back In The Saddle - Steve Knutson - 635 7 - Flo Ridas - Lizzy Sander - 615 8 - Side Hustle - Jess Braun - 590 9 - Karpets Mullets - Jeff Cook-Lundgren - 567 10 - V V and V - Vicki Johnston - 512 11 - Les Têtards - Charlie Sawyer - 509 12 - Sagan's Grease Lightning - Alex Hooke - 503 13 - Salty Dog - Justin Rath - 197 14 - Childress' Children - Alex Kurt - 165 Top Scoring Riders (points - rider) 383 - Peter SAGAN 326 - Mark CAVENDISH 216 - Julian ALAPHILIPPE 199 - André GREIPEL 182 - Marcel KITTEL 144 - Bryan COQUARD 131 - Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE 118 - Edward THEUNS 91 - Warren BARGUIL 83 - Christophe LAPORTE Stage 2 Results: Podium 1 - But I'm Le Tired - Beth Geissler - 422 2 - The Buusycles - Bethany Buus - 401 3 - Side Hustle - Jess Braun - 322 Stage 1 Results: GC - Team Name - Manager - Score 1 - Team Lop-side-down - Kelin Dunfee - 427 2 - Rushmore Racers - Ryan Buus - 273 3 - Rainbow Warriors - Scott Bromelkamp - 271 4 - Team Bullseye: Back In The Saddle - Steve Knutson - 251 5 - But I'm Le Tired - Beth Geissler - 151 6 - Flo Ridas - Lizzy Sander - 147 7 - Karpets Mullets - Jeff Cook-Lundgren - 131 8 - The Buusycles - Bethany Buus - 128 9 - Les Têtards - Charlie Sawyer - 113 10 - Sagan's Grease Lightning - Alex Hooke - 111 10 - Side Hustle - Jess Braun - 111 12 - V V and V - Vicki Johnston - 99 13 - Childress' Children - Alex Kurt - 36 14 - Salty Dog - Justin Rath - 2 Full results can be found here. Team rosters are here. A nice graph for us visual folks here
This competition has been in existence since 2007. The genius of Justin Rath was the one to get it up in going. Now moving onto the 10th annual fantasy cycling event here is a look back at the podium and lanterne rouge winners. Some highlights over the years: *In 2015, 121 points separated first from third. *Lizzy Sander won in 2014 after being crowned lanterne rouge in 2013 and 2012. *Matt Kurke is the most winningest manager on record with two victories. *A handful of managers have been on the podium multiple times: Matt Kurke (1st x2), Ryan Buus (1st x1, 2nd x1), Charlie Sawyer (2nd x1, 3rd x1), Jeff Cook-Lundgren (2nd x1, 3rd x1), Chris Duffy (2nd x1, 3rd x1) *Jennie Friedrich has more podium places than the rest of her family. 2016 1 - TBD 2 - TBD 3 - TBD Lanterne Rouge x - TBD 2015 1 - Drugs over talent - Matt Kurke - 6426 2 - Team Rush-more - Ryan Buus - 6322 3 - Les Têtards - Charlie Sawyer - 6305 Lanterne Rouge 12 - MOTO MAN - JUSTIN RATH - 3722 2014 1 - Flo Ridas - Lizzy Sander - 5787 2 - Faire le Pont - Jeff Cook-Lundgren - 5532 3 - JENNIE - Jennie Friedrich - 4324 Lanterne Rouge 16 - Pedal Pushers - Bethany Buus - 1058
2013 1 - #1 in Sales 79-81, Spanning 2 decades! - Matthew Kurke - 7444 2 - Les Têtards - Charlie Sawyer - 7213 3 - Allez mes coureurs - Jeff Cook-Lundgren - 6105 Lanterne Rouge 15 - Flo Ridas - Lizzy Sander - 1103
2012 1 - Rushmore Racing - Ryan Buus 6693 2 - In it to Schwinn it - Jered Newell - 6372 3 - Masters of Mayhem - Marge Koenig - 6290 Lanterne Rouge 24 - Flo Ridas - Lizzy Sander - 1955 2011 1 - Team BABA - Diane Rath - 4252 2 - Holes of Glory - Chris Duffy - 3719.5 3 - Jerry!!! P.S. I Love You! - 3387.5 Lanterne Rouge 27 - Buddha Belly - Cali Rath - 870 2010 1 - Team Angen_Landis - Matt Holton - 6216 2 - Loose the Goose - Samir Kelada - 5754 3 - Pamplemousse - Megan Betterman - 5667 Lanterne Rouge 34 - Blue Team - Mark Calaway - 1997 2009 Good question... 2008 1 - Equipe d'Awesome - Carl Martin - 4077 2 - S-Bone...What an Idiot - Chris Duffy - 3998 3 - Team Intensity - Justin Rath - 3831 Lanterne Rouge 28 - - Jeff Doll - 1541 2007 Off in the abyss. **Unfortunately the scores from year to year change so comparing between years is not so easy. In most years the GC favorites were worth either 25 or 30 points. To get your name at the top submit your team! Team selection sheet is here Scoring grid is here Rules are here
Many of the
best cyclist in the world are starting their trip to Paris on Saturday. This is the deepest field in my my memory. Many contenders have a realistic chance for the win and even more will have a shot at the podium. It is a mountainous affair this year so the power to weight ratio guys are licking their chops. That said, the sprinters will have plenty of flat stages to display their speed and power. @fantasycyclist will be posting all updates for the league and you can also follow at fantasycyclist.blogspot.com Submit your teams to fantasycyclist@gmail.com or share via google as soon as possible as the race starts on Saturday. Please pass this along to anyone you feel may be interested. Small rivalry over fantasy cycling is a good conversation topic for the month of July. If you are traveling, at the cabin, shooting off fireworks or have
some other reason not to be able to get your team in immediately that is OK.
The competition does not have a hard deadline, but cheating is not
looked upon very kindly. Team selection sheet is here Scoring grid is here Rules are here See you on the fantasy cycling circuit. GIDDY UP!!
The 2016 Tour de France starts on Saturday, July 2nd. This is exciting. Rosters are starting to be announced. Endless hours of analyzing and over analyzing have begun. Soon real live daredevil professional cyclists will be earning points for us fantasy cyclists enjoying the spectacle. Seems like it will be a serene tour of France from this:
I am hoping for some of this minus all the crashes:
