Paris-Roubaix VDS Thread
by ursula on Apr 12, 2009 11:41 AM EDT
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Print- Tom Boonen (350
- Filippo Pozzato 300
- Thor Hushovd 275
- Leif Hoste 250
- Johan Vansummeren 225
- Juan Antonio Flecha 200
- Heinrich Haussler 175
- Sylvain Chavanel 150
- Quinziato 125
- Breschel 100
- Weylandt 90
- Klier 80
- Guesdon 70
- Van Impe 60
- Hammond 50
- Arveson 40
- Terpstra 30
- Scheirinckx 20
- Hunt 10
- Sieberg 5
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1390 for me for the pair
I really don’t have a cobbles team, but Boonen winning did a lot for me. Plus having both HH and Quinz helped. Basically everyone I had in PR scored in the top 10 (I don’t think I had any other riders in today’s race).
+255 in Klasika Primavera
this has been a really good weekend for me, I think…
Wow--nice.
You must be destroyed, of course. But, nice.
"Sean Kelly? Sorry, I am not so good with cycling history. I just want to race." --Edvald Boasson Hagen
It's pretty much only Boonen though
so I don’t know if that counts as a “team” for cobbles. I do also have HH, though I didn’t expect him to do this well when I picked him
450...
Did I not say that mediocre in PV = meh in PR?
There you go.
quinz and terpstra
What can I say, we’re a grand tour team.
CQRanking.com, you complete me.
by Chris Fontecchio on Apr 12, 2009 11:48 AM EDT reply actions
2,6,7,12 & 15
805.
For a while there it was looking even better than that, but then lady luck and maybe a touch of fate stepped in…
I learned two things from today’s race:
1) Boonen is destined to win this race, again and again and again
2) Until he changes his strategy Pozzato is destined to finish behind Boonen, again and again and again.
Odd. Thought you said Boonen was the new VDS points leader...
"Sean Kelly? Sorry, I am not so good with cycling history. I just want to race." --Edvald Boasson Hagen
Boonen is
Didn’t you get his team? He has Bert, HH, Hushovd, Cancellara, Cunego, Lulu, Pippo, Chavanel, Devo, AND Boonen on it!
lol
"Sean Kelly? Sorry, I am not so good with cycling history. I just want to race." --Edvald Boasson Hagen
Favoritism--who let him have all those 20-25 pt people?
"Sean Kelly? Sorry, I am not so good with cycling history. I just want to race." --Edvald Boasson Hagen
If Boonen wanted to apply a little pressure to me, I'd probably buckle, too.
"Sean Kelly? Sorry, I am not so good with cycling history. I just want to race." --Edvald Boasson Hagen
4,7,10,12,15, & 16
for 695 via the shot gun method for scoring points via lower placings
Just spinning the pedals in the hills of Western Maryland
I'm happy that Vansummeren did well today.
112.5 pps in one fell swoop.
"Sean Kelly? Sorry, I am not so good with cycling history. I just want to race." --Edvald Boasson Hagen
Top 15 Scorers
Top 15 VDS scorers through April 12
Heinrich Haussler 985 (492.5 pps!) 82 teams
Thor Hushovd 960 (60 pps) 33 teams
Tom Boonen 925 (46.25 pps) 41 teams
Alberto Contador 861 (34.44 pps) 101 teams
Filippo Pozzato 815 (58.21 pps) 16 teams
Sylvain Chavanel 618 (51.5 pps) 24 teams
Stijn Devolder 565 (40.36 pps) 14 teams
Mark Cavendish 515 (25.75 pps) 79 teams
Lulu Sanchez 488 (81.33 pps) 51 teams
Marcus Burghardt 485 (121.25 pps) 27 teams
Juan Antonio van der Flecha 455 (56.88 pps) 24 teams
Antonio Colom 390 (195 pps) 37 teams
Thomas Lovkvist 355 (25.36 pps) 22 teams
Edvald Boasson Hagen 330 (55 pps) 29 teams
Fabian Wegmann 325 (81.25 pps) 25 teams
"Sean Kelly? Sorry, I am not so good with cycling history. I just want to race." --Edvald Boasson Hagen
Fun facts!
Cancellara is now the only 25-pointer who hasn’t scored a single point.
Heinrich Haussler’s VDS point total is now higher than the yearly cost of his hair gel (in Euros).
Bob Stapleton and Patrick Lefevre struck a deal at the beginning of the season to motivate their riders. “Okay, first get Tommeke to say that Cav can’t make it over hills, then I’ll get Cav to call Tom old…” Tom now leads Cavendish by over 400 points—but just wait for the green jersey battle…
Apparently, Spanish stage races produce actual points. Must inform the team…
"Sean Kelly? Sorry, I am not so good with cycling history. I just want to race." --Edvald Boasson Hagen
Cance is starting to look liks a VDS bust this year
by this time last year I’m sure he had round about a thousand points. Most of what he scored for the year, in fact.
I'm holding faith for him in some future races. :-)
"...if you're not going to pull through, I'm going to attack you." ~CVV (ToBC Stg 4)
I expect he'll do ok
just that it doesn’t seem likely he can make the return on investment, so to speak. But he will garner some points in the future. For example, if he doesn’t win the stage in Monaco to kick off Le Tour, I would consider it a big upset. This assumes no further sickness or injuries, of course.
Sooo...looking ahead...
The enigmatic Rund um Köln—no startlist, no apparent coverage—is tomorrow. If a race falls on a Monday and no one sees or hears it, does it happen?
Wednesday: Scheldeprijs, without the defending champ, then the Ardennes begin next Sunday with Amstel Gold (pretty obvious what we’re supposed to drink for that one). And we’re less than a month away from the Giro—how did that happen?
Paris-Roubaix is over, but there’s still so much to look forward to.
"Sean Kelly? Sorry, I am not so good with cycling history. I just want to race." --Edvald Boasson Hagen
1305 for Polliwoggin'
Should give me braggin’ rights in my family
Not only in the family
Well done
Oh my, I've just fallen in love with Roger De Vlaeminck's sideburns.
by TheFigurehead on Apr 12, 2009 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Hmm.
There have been 19 races scored in VDS this year: 8 in Belgium, 5 in Spain, and 3 each in Italy and France. So far, my team has averaged 463.33 points in each race in Italy; 185 in Belgium, 162.5 in France, and 7 in Spain. Yeah, 7.
The only possible conclusion is that there is something dreadfully wrong with Spain. That, and Italy makes my riders very happy (despite having no Italian riders on the team).
"Sean Kelly? Sorry, I am not so good with cycling history. I just want to race." --Edvald Boasson Hagen
So what's the secret to getting the guys to produce in Spain?
Paella? Sangria? Siestas? Having more than one Spanish rider on the team? I must know!
"Sean Kelly? Sorry, I am not so good with cycling history. I just want to race." --Edvald Boasson Hagen
How about
Actually having riders who race in Spain? I mean my cobbles lineup kills me (even with HH) but your Spain lineup is pants. Maybe Large Bomb will do something in the Vuelta or Van Avermaet will duplicate last year there. I’ll admit that Lovkvist should have done more than he did last week. That was a puzzle. And Dekker: you and me girl. We both got took unless he grows up before next Sunday.
But back to Spain- you don’t have hilly stage racers/Ardennes guys so you can’t be really surprised..Rui Costa I guess ain’t the Next Big Thing. (I have him too.) . Oh and you’ll fade post-Ardennes I think.
Lovkvist
I wonder if maybe he should have skipped Pais Vasco. Perhaps if Kirchen had been healthy enough he would have been there instead of the Swede? At any rate I say Lovkvist needs a rest to get ready for his next part of the season. He was so good in Italy.
Last year Lovkvist had scored 25% of his total points by now (220 of 865). He’s on 355 so he’s improved on that. The Big Question that I wonder about Lovkvist is where is he gonna recoup those 385 Deutschland points from last year.
Yeah, Dekker. Third in both Pais Vasco and CyL last year...
so I thought I had someone who could race in Spain. And I did think the hills might suit Lovkvist, Schleck jr. and Gerdemann. Ah, well. I didn’t really think about where people would get me points when I put the team together, just how many. And with luck, they’ll do all right.
"Sean Kelly? Sorry, I am not so good with cycling history. I just want to race." --Edvald Boasson Hagen
Last year Lövkvist were even worse in Pais Vasco
But I think he got sick after MSR last year. He had crappy Tour of Georgia as well tho. Then he didn’t race until Catalunya.
I don’t know what races he will be doing before the Giro, but I think it’s somewhere along the lines of LBL and Tour of Romandy. So I’m not sure what he aimed at in Pais Vasco.
Oh my, I've just fallen in love with Roger De Vlaeminck's sideburns.
by TheFigurehead on Apr 12, 2009 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions
He's never done well in PV for whatever reason
Ardennes is his definite next goal. I’ve only heard mention LBL but I’m guessing he will be doing Fleche too after the finishes he did in Eroica and on Montelupone. In the Giro he was to support Kirchen but I don’t know if that has changed.
Then there's young Andy Schleck
The good news about having hiom on your team is that he’s actually 30 points ahead of last year’s pace. Yes, at this point of the season he’d scored a zero points, The bad news is that lingering injury. I see he DNF’d at KP today. You’ll want him to score a few points in the Ardennes.
Lovkvist in the Giro- I see Rogers is tentatively there along with Lovkvist. Perhaps that is set to change and they are waiting on Kirchen’s full recovery?
Rogers could be a dangerman in the Giro
He has looked pretty decent in PV (in the resultlists anyway) plu he’ll be flying a bit under the radar. Don’t be an idiot Michael by focusing solely on the Tour.
Hear hear
I seriously hope that Dodgers has learned his lesson about focusing on only race, and spreads himself around this year. The guy has an engine and to date we’ve only caught glimpses of his potential.
I have him as well
I hope for a good result in CH.
3,4,6,7
good for 900. But for the crashes near the end, my VDS team might have done far better.
4
250 points. My one man cobbled team finally scored
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