Post-Giro VDS Open Thread
by Chris Fontecchio on Jun 2, 2008 2:48 AM EDT
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Barring math errors, check the left sidebar for your final Giro VDS results. Congratulations Vamos Alejandro! It was pretty tight, with Pigs on Wheels falling a mere 22 points short. Nobody wants to check my math... except maybe the Pigs. Anyway, I haven't done much analysis, but I'll be surprised if there's a single team in the top 10 that didn't have Sella, who edged out Ricco for most points. Personally, I have little to say; Ricco kept my squad afloat, but otherwise it was over early. As for the rest of you... Let the recriminations begin!
Whoops! Thanks to a spelling problem, Josep Jufre Pou's points in the Volta had gone missing. And now that they're back, Pigs on Wheels is down to 4th, just, behind Team Davis Wheelworks. Betcha can't guess who figured out my error. Sorry Pigs for misleading you... but it's a long season.
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Just off the podium
in 4th I think for the Giro. Which makes me . . . . oh dear god no! I’m Franco Pellizoti. I’ll just have to make sure I stay away from humid environments for a while. And 2nd overall on the yearlong comp. Which makes me – well, who the hell knows, or cares.
Big scores from Sella, Ricco, with minor contributions from Tony Martin, Greipel and CAS.
The Giro was on the VDS schedule!?!
No one told me! Or at least if you saw my point totals you’d figure no one told me. :-o
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. - G. Marx
Giro... VDSentry...
together? Why was I not told?
"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race
Ricco isms
I just didn’t have the support from my team that I needed to make up the last 22 points. Nobody wanted to help me . Did They Might Be Burritos think they were going to win the Giro VDS? They should have ridden harder to catch Alejandro!
Bennati is coming to the USA
Benna will be racing in Philly, I expect there to lots of swooning in the streets of Philly by the Ladies of PdC. And guys, they don’t call it the City of Brotherly love for nothing. Story is at CN.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. - G. Marx
You sound like Ricco
If I’d scored more points than Demoncats I could have finished higher in the VDS
;-)
"Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated."
Giro VDS at a quick glance -
Top 20 Overall:
1 Vamos Alejandro 2377
2 Pigs on Wheels 2355
3 They Might Be Burritos 2048
4 Team North Road 2002
5 Semprenaroda (Giro) 1879
6 Fromagerie Duval 1736
7 The Bike Game 1579
8 Way of the Cross 1566
9 Dreaming of Cobbles 1555
10 Chase Group 1502
11 Arancione Nero (Giro) 1483
12 Belle Gambe (Giro) 1480
13 Didyagetanyonya 1468
14 kCycle 1443
15 Zegno1 1375
16 Square Wheels for Speed 1341
17 WWJD 1307
18 Rudie Can’t Fail 1274
19 Team Arland 1239
20 Multiple Scoregasm 1225
Bottom 5:
126 TeamBornFromJets 85
127 Crazy D’s Chain Gang 42
128 Lions of Flanders 27
129 Team Gunners 26
130 Crevaison 0
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
crevaison =
maglia zero
I couldn’t even get best hair points from karpets thanks to pellizotti
Enjoyable
Above the lower but below the upper kind of Giro for me. :-)
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
Hey Chris!
On my VDS application I now realize that I misspelled a name! Can you correct it for me? The right spelling is S-e-l-l-a. I spelled it S-o-l-e-r.
Thanks so much! ;)
No
You’re welcome.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jun 2, 2008 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions
48th on the Giro... 88th on the Season Long...
So my Giro placing didn’t improve over the last week, but I moved up 5 places from 93rd on the season long. that means I’m only a mere 3,000 points behind Jered in the overall.
Now, considering that my two VDS studs were @#$%!!! and Leipheimer… I’m pleased that I’m not TOTALLY sucking wind. Those two have combined for a magnificent total 150 points. Cavendish and Gasparotto have combined for 1106 points. The only thing keeping me afloat is Gasparotto’s success at the Three Days of Bread. I’ve got 7 riders that have combined to provide me with absolutely Bupkus: Robbie Hunter, Bert Grabsch, Tomas Vaitkus, Bert Roesems, Danielle Nardello, Dario Cioni and Ludovic Turpin.
Stuart O’Grady, the Australian quintiplegic, was seen still climbing to the finish line… using his lips alone.
Sorted results?
Is there a sorted version of the season long VDS? I don’t see it in the master spreadsheet. Not that it matters. I just want to see how badly I have done.
Open Excel... copy the results column... go to a different worksheet and
... select “Paste Special” and paste as values so that you get the actual content of the cells, not the cell reference. Then you can sort to your hearts content.
Stuart O’Grady, the Australian quintiplegic, was seen still climbing to the finish line… using his lips alone.
Year Long VDS Quick look -
Top 25:
1 The Bike Game DS: Jered 6210
2 Team North Road DS: Rothko 5904
3 Pigs on Wheels DS: John 5747
4 Team Davis Wheelworks DS: Bruno 5739
5 Slipshod Hauenstein DS: Dean M 5662
6 The Saint DS: Herman Boer 5634
7 Dreaming of Cobbles DS: Cyclingfan 5471
8 Lactic Euphoria DS: McLovin 5437
9 Down Road Team DS: King of Doping 5390
10 Fromagerie Duval DS: Anatole 5386
11 Didyagetanyonya DS: Frank Effin Zappa 5332
12 Diminutive Vikings DS: Tshawytcha 5040
13 Tarmac ‘n Cobbles DS: DZI 5012
14 TeamBornFromJets DS: Jens 4862
15 Chase Group DS: Chris in SF 4853
16 They Might Be Burritos DS: Demoncats (psst: free beer!) 4748
17 The Down Tube Shifters DS: Noah 4746
18 Team Gunners DS: Sarah 4737
19 South Berkeley Flahutes DS: Bob G 4717
20 St. Domingo DS: Martin 4715
21 Gianluca Express DS: Highroller 4674
22 Square Wheels for Speed DS: Ursula 4663
23 Donkeys DS: Nikonoclast 4549
24 Roller Coasters DS: Veloki 4518
25 Stoempers DS: Pupsel 4474
Bottom 5:
118 Dark Horse DS: Kevin Kimmich 2239
119 Hit You W/The Real Thing DS: Ruthann 2180
120 The 29 Team DS: ER1C612 2072
121 Zabriskie’s Mustache Ride DS: Megan 2044
122 Fernwood/Piuma DS: 2+2=5 1311
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
MWAHAHAHA
9th. Now it’s time for Soler to win the Tour and the olympics
by King of Doping on Jun 2, 2008 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Yep... that'll happen...
... just as soon as Cavendish wins the Vuelta for me. I hear the climbing in the Giro really prepped him for it :)
Stuart O’Grady, the Australian quintiplegic, was seen still climbing to the finish line… using his lips alone.
Thanks, Nikki
for doing the excel work and posting the rankings, especially when Fromagerie Duval is in them. Just wait till I unleash Sanchez and Sastre this summer and, miffed about his Giro snub, Thor smash Tour!
by huy on Jun 2, 2008 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions
No problemo!
That sort of thing is so easy to do/hide within my other work, I mean, it was my pleasure. :-)
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
Hey Chris -
When are teams due to you for le Tour ? ! ? And is the same rules?
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
Same rules
I guess I should kick off the contest this week, so people have time to ponder. But plan on the wednesday before the prologue.
"If writing too much about the Classics is wrong, I don't want to be right."
by Chris Fontecchio on Jun 2, 2008 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Top Three in the Giro...
Top-20 in the Year-Long!
Now it all goes to hell in a handbasket!
By the Worlds, my team will be in the weeds!
Racing for Victory and Free Beer!
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