VDS Scoring for OHN and KBK
by crashdan on Mar 2, 2009 4:47 PM EST
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PrintSince Chris is most likely overwhelmed at the present time getting the teams compiled and ordered, it's a safe bet that the official scoring won't come out for at least a few days. So to satiate your curiosity, the VDS scores for this weekends races are listed below. Just add up what you got and crow about it below.
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Terpstra saced the day with 80 points...
It could be much more but Langeveld… Poor guy
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
Veni Vidi Vici beats Txirrindulariak and I win a date..
hole.. hole.... hole? Which hole?!
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
Veni Vidi Vici beats Txirrindulariak and I win a date..
Me=400 points... you = 80 points...
Me – you = 320 points… the hole you are standing in is thus… 320 points.
Dude... why WOULDN'T Thor ride the chicken?
You are so nice.. I'm tired..
But this isn’t going well.. But Breschel, Gasparotto, Ciolek and Langeveld have to take their responsibility on the cobbles to take some of the gap down.. Tghey will get it down.. They have too..
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
Veni Vidi Vici beats Txirrindulariak and I win a date..
- the second but...
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
Veni Vidi Vici beats Txirrindulariak and I win a date..
I actually got 400 points combined between the two races...
… which compared to my results from last year, improve on them by 1,333. 400 points is also nearly a full 6 of my ENTIRE score for last year. I’m not going to rule the opening week… but I’m happy with the start… call it a mid-pack finish knowing that I’m aiming for races later in the season… a good leg stretcher.
Dude... why WOULDN'T Thor ride the chicken?
Just Tommeke here
which gives a not unreasonable 220
Same boat for me
I am pleased with 220 though for a first time player.
by australopithecine on Mar 2, 2009 5:54 PM EST up reply actions
Gilbert or Eisel?
How’d you wind up with an odd numbered score?
Dude... why WOULDN'T Thor ride the chicken?
Haussler and Gilbert...
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
Veni Vidi Vici beats Txirrindulariak and I win a date..
Update
Monty and I are working out a kink (most likely in my brain) but it’s close to done.
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by Chris Fontecchio on Mar 2, 2009 5:30 PM EST reply actions
605!
The Rabo rabble may not get me any wins, but if they clusterf*%# themselves into the top-10 enough it will add up. Thor, Haussler and Gilbert round things out nicely.
"Never swing a small stick. " Andy Hampsten
I don't know why you couldn't leave this
well enough alone, so folks would poke and prod Chris into an entertaining response.
Have pity on the poor man... he's spent a lot of time waiting for divers and goats this weekend.
Dude... why WOULDN'T Thor ride the chicken?
Did I mention the Pork stuffed Pork I had this weekend?
… and the bucket of Hoegaarden?
Dude... why WOULDN'T Thor ride the chicken?
I was buying Hoes for everyone...
… I can’t help it if no one from the Cafe was there. I was representin’… they had Six Nations Rugby on… they had Champion’s League action on… I even saw a brief glimpse of OHN highlights on one of the screens…
Dude... why WOULDN'T Thor ride the chicken?
450 for me, not too bad seeing I'm counting more on my gc guys to rack up the points
if Bert doesn’t hurt himself and tries, well than I already have P-N in the bag it seems. Oh, and Boonen seems more motivated then usual, more good news for my squad….must have been the motivational speech I gave to him before the weekend.
I don't know if you knew this, CTV is run by Bernard Madoff
185 for me
Nuyens twice at 30 points, and Eisel for 125. Very cunning don’t you think?
Sometimes I wonder...why is that Frisbee getting bigger?...and then it hits me.
15 points for me
which is better than 0 points.
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Doing what I can
I don’t want anyone to think that I’m not a glass is half full kind of guy. Cause I am. Honestly… Hey look everyone, my glass is half full! Better drink up!…
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0 points here...
the only guys i had riding this weekend were barredo and hoste…
I should be able to get 3000 points minimum points in ardennes week though, thats basically my classics season, as well as lombardia.
590 points
with Boonen, Flecha, Kroon and Klier.Too bad Flecha crashed in Het NewBladder.
He still expects to start Tirreno-Adriatico
He hopes to be fit for the classics—story at VeloNews.
Google is my domestique.
I'm posting under pressure...
Mr. SuiJuris is making me post my point total.
530
(Thor, Haussler, Flecha)
And obviously you've confused sleeping in a bed tonight...
… to sleeping in the garage on a bike with the seat missing.
Dude... why WOULDN'T Thor ride the chicken?
That was my thinking too
Now, if she sits down with you but has bread only, then you know it’s something worth than spit.
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
560 here
Flecha
Haussler
Boonen
Voeckler
beginners luck…
"Action without thought is a form of insanity, thought without action is a crime"
- Albert Einstien
Well my Sweet Rears
Gave me 325, Not to bad!!
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oohhh butt it's soo just hanging out there..
by Christopher See on Mar 3, 2009 1:11 PM EST up reply actions
1108 here.
Oh, wait—that’s their CQ points, where 19 have already scored something. In VDS, still at 265 for Van Avermaet, Haussler, and Gilbert.
They are just warming up.
Google is my domestique.
340
Which I will gladly take for one race! ’Cause I did bupkis in KBK
230
Haussler
Voeckler
Kroon
First two race of my illustrious VDS career.
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
don't worry
160 should be enough to stay ahead of me for several months
formerly known as cyclingchallenge
You have to learn to distinguish the VDS-flahutes
that are racking up big points these days from the light and nimble GC-VDS’s who will be soaring in the summer.
60% of all VDS points come from stageraces.
520 for the weekend
Flecha
Burghardt
Klier
Haussler
Actually I only got 10 points on Sunday, Saturday was much kinder….
On Saturday, my 16 VDS point outlay returned 510 points, not too shabby indeed!
475
Flecha
Van Avermaet
Haussler
Gilbert
Chavanel
You may very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment.
330 points
With 3-4 guys in both races. A 50-point average is not bad I guess. I have another 4 in Murcia.
Null points
Which is an average score of . . . . nothing from everyone.
I think I’ll be having some stern words at TTPP headquarters. there’s will some heads hung in shame by the time i’m through with them. Melton Mowberry (the virtual sponsor) will not be happy at all!
Mind you, once puerto is released it’ll only take about 50 riders to be banned and i’ll be in the points!!!
Maybe not.
Jens is right. If you can bear to not have riders in the spring (which is not to imply that this is something that should be borne!) then you have a fair chance at cleaning up later in the season.
Scoring tabulations
Since this is my first time doing the VDS thing, I was wondering…is there going to be some kind of official on-going score-keeping here, or should I start keeping the numbers myself?
No their is gonna be a scoring list..
It’s posted left on the podiumcafe site after every (completed) race.. Because all the teams must been put in an working excel sheet the first time takes a bit longer… So you have to be a little patient
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
Veni Vidi Vici beats Txirrindulariak and I win a date..
btw.. Their will be this kind of posts by people how scored far too many points on the race.... ;)
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
Veni Vidi Vici beats Txirrindulariak and I win a date..
Btw
I am more disturbed by the ‘how=who’ peculiarity in Frinking’s posts than the reverse smilies. Care to explain that one Frinking? I have restrained myself long enough. Now I want answers!
That's what your mom said, Trebek
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
I thought he was the redeeeming presence
in The Presidio.
“I’m only going to use my right thumb. Left one’s much too powerful for you.”
But Swellsie is dead on
That movie was somewhat worth it just for that scene.
“I want to assure you that my intentions towards your daughter are strictly honorable.”
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
Am I really going to have to rent it just for that one scene?
… it’s ok if I just fast forward through all of Mark Harmon right?
Dude... why WOULDN'T Thor ride the chicken?
I wouldn't respect you if you didn't
Why not just pop over to youtube and type in Presidio – Connery fight scene? I’m sure it’s there.
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
C'mon, that's not a fair comparison.
That is the Silver medal standard of fight scenes.
Go ahead and guess the Gold medal. Go ahead, don’t be scared.
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
Ok, here it is
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
Hmmm...
… in my opinion… toss up between the Drunken Fist vs. Laughing Man fight at the end of “Last Hero in China” and the fight between Wong Kei Ying and the evil Shaolin Monks in Iron Monkey.
If you’ve never seen Wong Kei Ying (Donnie Yen’s) version of the “No Shadow Kick of Fu Shan”… holy good god damn (the sounds added by the poster are an abomination).
Oh dear lord I love YouTube. Jet Li as Wong Fei Hong vs. Laughing Man fight.
Dude... why WOULDN'T Thor ride the chicken?
I'm sure it's good (and I'll look later), but
The Chairman, at the height of his powers, caving in the ribs of a young Henry Silva, while ripping his arm out of the socket? And then assaulting two cops? I’m sorry, but that scene will never be topped.
For fuck’s sake – he smashed through a coffee table with one blow.
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
What can I say... the quality of the fight hasn't aged well...
… it is somewhat stilted… it’s major redeeming factor is the Sinatra angle… you can actually see a young Sinatra beating on things. This is truly fantastic… but more as an anachronism rather than as a balls out fight scene.
Dude... why WOULDN'T Thor ride the chicken?
Outland
He was just like Gregory Peck in High Noon.
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
You're out of your element Donny!
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
I might have to kill you for that
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
How about 5000 words on why you should stay the fuck out of my house!
Dude... why WOULDN'T Thor ride the chicken?
Do you see what happens Larry?
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
my English is bad..
When I first entered podiumcafe I had a hard time reading long posts.. Didn’t get a clue what I was reading.. I admit I have that sometimes too nowadays but a lot less..
The who and how thing.. Can’t seperate them.. It’s like though, tough, thought and many and much.. I just don’t enter my head.. But working on it…
Already feeling guilty why you ask? ;)
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
Veni Vidi Vici beats Txirrindulariak and I win a date..
You have seen "The Big Lebowski" right Frinking?
Because that will instantly explain 35% of all posts on PodiumCafe.
Dude... why WOULDN'T Thor ride the chicken?
Dude, what the fack are you talking about is a sentence out that movie?
It would be the answer why I can’t get the trashtalk from you andDrew and…
Crashdan: "Veni Vidi Vici beats Wing Kong Exchange... … and I’ll change my signature to a backwards smile for a month."
Veni Vidi Vici beats Txirrindulariak and I win a date..
Nearly every post in PodiumCafe that includes the word "Dude"...
… has some relation to that movie. See it Frinking. In English.
Dude... why WOULDN'T Thor ride the chicken?
Whoops...
I’ve only got one rider at Murcia… Athtarlotha.
Dude... why WOULDN'T Thor ride the chicken?
hmmm...
i’ve got two of my one-pointers, Meier and Browne…
You may very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment.
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ask a simple question...
learn stuff you never thought you’d need to know…
thanks, Jimbo ;)
You may very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment.
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The Land of Liggett...
… has to be populated by Oompa Loompas right? I mean no normal person could ever live there.
Dude... why WOULDN'T Thor ride the chicken?
Thanks so much for getting that song stuck in my head for the duration of the evening.
There truly is no tune more irritating…..well, apart from the bit with the side drum in the Leningrad Symphony….
Like aspiring for a hangover...
… this video is guaranteed to clear any lingering song from one’s brain, nearly instantly.
Dude... why WOULDN'T Thor ride the chicken?
You should see a doctor about that.
Dude... why WOULDN'T Thor ride the chicken?
by crashdan on Mar 3, 2009 4:30 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Track your own VDS team
If anybody wants to track their own VDS team without the bother of setting up a spreadsheet, I’ve uploaded mine on Google Docs and set it for anyone to play with. Just replace my team and their costs with yours, and it will show you each rider’s point goal, assuming your team goal is 10,000 points. As you enter the points they earn, it will give you the running total for your team, show you how many points they still need to earn, and what the PPS (per point spent) return is.
Ubergeeks can play with the Track All spreadsheet, which has every rider and every race listed. If I can keep it up throughout the season, it will automatically figure the PPS return of every cyclist so I don’t have to do it by hand for next year’s “Who was worth it?” analysis. You could also just modify it to show your riders to keep track of who scored what in each race.
Note: these are set up for anyone to use, whether you have a Google account or not.
If you DO have an account: go to File, Create a copy, and save the spreadsheet(s) to your own account.
If you DON’T have an account: once you’re done tinkering you’ll need to go to File, Export, and choose a format to export and save to your own computer.
Google is my domestique.
Wow Majope
You just made me very happy! Are you really going to keep this thing updated all season long?
Great stuff!
plus
i don’t have to change that much as our teams are so similar… :)
You may very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment.
Thanks, guys!
nickel—great minds think alike!
Lopex—yeah, I’m going to try to keep it updated. We’ll see how it goes, but since a maximum of 20 riders score each race, it shouldn’t be too hard. I hope…
Google is my domestique.
I am working on a workbook
that tracks all of this through just entering the place achieved in the VDS race and if a jersey was won in a SR. There are a couple of kinks to work out and I have to locate the number of stages in some of the smaller races, but i can share that as well. I am one of the aforementioned ubergeeks and I love excel.
by australopithecine on Mar 3, 2009 12:17 PM EST up reply actions
Relive the joy
for those looking to see the excitement from last weekend there is reposted versions of OHN and KBK here. Now with funky euro un-ch un-ch!! If the techno is getting to much, it seems that the un-ch un-ch is mostly in the left headphone and the commentator (in French) is more in the right.
Language lessone on the right; dance party on the left. What more could you want.
"Never swing a small stick. " Andy Hampsten
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