Pro Tour Pundit 2010

afx237vi

Well, Nibs didn't fall off a mountain, which means that Kléber is our new leader by a handsome 50 point margin. The other person to benefit from Nibali's performance was andyp, who moves from 7th to 2nd.

Fear not, though, there are still 300 points to play for this season, meaning we could yet have a few more twists before the end.

Overall scores after the Vuelta

Name             Score
--------------------------
1   Kléber            1270
2   andyp             1220
3   FJS               1202
4   Snorebens         1200
5   GroupOfOne        1179
6   bring_back_jan    1167
7   The Prodigy       1160
8   mididoctors       1146
9   jp1985            1142
10  TakeTheHighRoad   1139
11  guinea            1136
12  pb21              1136
13  ShockedSoShocked  1119
14  Bronzie           1107
15  Art Vandelay      1103
16  Pokerface         1088
17  stagehopper       1082
18  Cumulonimbus      1065
19  thomasmc          1063
20  Richrd2205        1047

https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key ... utput=html

Kléber

Olé!

Last year's edition went right down to the final race in Lombardy.

andyp

It was the same three currently at the top who fought out the win last year wasn't it?

Snorebens

Well played Kleber
Well ridden Menchov :roll:

bring_back_jan

dennis 'the pope' menchov is not welcome round my house this christmas :evil:

FJS

It was always a bit of gamble with both Menchov and Nibali, but kudos for Kleber and Andyp to not go with the majority flow and do very well out of it. Interesting the difference between Kleber and Andyp is exactly a one-day race win...

And look, GroupofOne's there again, for yet again a top 10 place finish

afx237vi

andyp wrote:

It was the same three currently at the top who fought out the win last year wasn't it?

Yes indeed. Last year, after the Vuelta, the scores looked like this:

andyp      1296
FJS        1281
Kléber     1263

And by the end looked like this:

FJS        1403
andyp      1401
Kléber     1388

FWIW, none of the top 3 scored any points in Paris-Tours, and only FJS scored in Lombardia... getting 2 points thanks to Cadel Evans' 10th place finish.

And yeah, GroupOfOne's consistency is amazing!

pb21

It seems very close 200 points separating the top 20.

GroupOfOne MkII

afx237vi wrote:

And yeah, GroupOfOne's consistency is amazing!

Or rather sad, depending on the way you look at it. I'd like to point out I did 'win' the Giro and TdF and get a podium at the Vuelta, so I'm not lucking in. I just had some good steak back in May...

cal_stewart

I'm away for the rest of the season so can I have.

Paris-Tours. Gilbert
Giro di Lombardia. Dan Martin

afx237vi

With the World Championships over and just two 50 pointers to go, Kléber's lead of 48 points is starting to look like an unbeatable margin. He could technically seal the overall title next Sunday if he scores more points than FJS and andyp.

Overall scores after the Worlds

Name                Score
-----------------------------
1   Kléber               1400
2   FJS                  1352
3   andyp                1340
4   Snorebens            1330
5   GroupOfOne           1319
6   bring_back_jan       1307
7   The Prodigy          1300
8   mididoctors          1261
9   pb21                 1236
10  TakeTheHighRoad      1224
11  jp1985               1217
12  Art Vandelay         1203
13  Bronzie              1197
14  guinea               1186
15  DaveyL               1179
16  Pokerface            1178
17  ShockedSoShocked     1169
18  thomasmc             1163
19  Cumulonimbus         1155
20  Richrd2205           1147

https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key ... utput=html

afx237vi

Well, none of the leaders managed to score any points in Paris-Tours. That means one thing - it all comes down to the final race of the season once again. However, Kléber is still in a relatively comfortable position. 48 points in front with only 50 more on offer, FJS basically needs to pick the winner in Lombardia and hope Kléber misses out altogether.

Overall scores after Paris-Tours

Name              Score
---------------------------
1   Kléber             1400
2   FJS                1352
3   andyp              1340
4   Snorebens          1330
5   GroupOfOne         1319
6   bring_back_jan     1307
7   The Prodigy        1300
8   mididoctors        1261
9   pb21               1236
10  TakeTheHighRoad    1224
11  Art Vandelay       1223
12  ShockedSoShocked   1219
13  jp1985             1217
14  DaveyL             1214
15  Bronzie            1197
16  guinea             1186
17  Pokerface          1178
18  thomasmc           1163
19  Cumulonimbus       1155
20  Richrd2205         1147

https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key ... utput=html

afx237vi

Well, another season is done for the year, with the 5th PTP competition being won by Kléber. Well done to him - led since the Canadian races, but very consistent throughout the entire year.

The runner-up spot goes to andyp for the second consecutive year, while PTP neophyte Snorebens rounds out the podium.

Special mention to FJS, last year's winner, who could have retained the title going into today's race. He made a big gamble, which didn't pay off, but chapeau for giving it a go.

Final overall scores

Name                 Score
------------------------------
1   Kléber                1450
2   andyp                 1390
3   Snorebens             1380
4   GroupOfOne            1369
5   bring_back_jan        1357
6   FJS                   1352
7   mididoctors           1311
8   The Prodigy           1300
9   pb21                  1286
10  TakeTheHighRoad       1274
11  ShockedSoShocked      1269
12  Art Vandelay          1248
13  guinea                1236
14  jp1985                1217
15  DaveyL                1214
16  Cumulonimbus          1205
17  Pokerface             1203
18  Bronzie               1197
19  Moomaloid             1182
20  thomasmc              1163

[^ Small edit to fix the error pointed out by Art Vandelay.]

And thanks to everyone for playing this year. 151 people made it into the spreadsheet.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key ... utput=html

scwxx77

Thanks for your efforts afx. See you next year.

Bronzie

Well done Kleber - some top punditry going on there.

And of course thanks to Afx for making it happen once again.

Snorebens

Wow ! Dead chuffed - thanks so much for your hard work AFX and chapeau indeed to FJS and a death or glory bid...

Will be back next year for sure - whether no Valv piti points in the early season will curtail early form like this year we will see.

LangerDan

AFX - thanks very much for all the work you put into PTP each year and congrats to Kléber

I shall go to Spain to prepare for 2011 and live on a diet of local beef and plasticisers

Art Vandelay

One small error to report - the honour of 11th place belongs to Shocked as I gambled on Nibali demoting me to a lowly 12th.
Thanks Afx and well done Kleber.

takethehighroad

If that's the correct scores then well done to everyone, especially Kleber and comisserations to Art Vandelay.

Personally, I'm well chuffed at making the Top 10

But the biggest thanks, as ever, go to afx. As I said after too many shandies during Eurovision, we all heart afx

Pokerface

Happy with a top-20, considering how many races I got '0' for this year! Can't wait till next year. Thanks again.

brucey72

Thanks AFX for all your efforts. In the words of Arnie "I'll be back"

andyp

Thanks as always to the pixelated monkey. Your hard work is much appreciated.

I've a virtual banana for you here.

ridgerider

Thank you for all your efforts again.

Moomaloid

Ahhhh sweet! Squeezed into the top 20 on the last day!!

Brilliant job again AFX!!

Tusher

*mwah* *mwah* afx, you're the best. Thank you so much- can't wait until next season.


Never expected to get into the top 100- I'm chuffed to bits!

afx237vi

Art Vandelay wrote:

One small error to report - the honour of 11th place belongs to Shocked as I gambled on Nibali demoting me to a lowly 12th.
Thanks Afx and well done Kleber.

Cheers. Fixed.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key ... utput=html

Tusher, 58th is a bit better than just "inside the top 100"!

shockedsoshocked

Ah, so close! Was hoping to break top 10 this year, but forget to put in for the Womens World TT! Live and learn!

Thanks for running it afx, has kept me interested in the racing right through the season!

mididoctors

7th again!

thought I did worse than that....

cheers AFX interesting year racing wise and harder to call on many an occasion

congrats to Kleber

guinea

It was my first time this year. I was flirting with top 5/10 for a lot of the year but dropped off badly in the last few weeks. 13th feels surprisingly high I guess.

Anyway, thanks for this, completely awesome way to keep on top of racing. Thanks for the time and effort.

I'll be back!

mididoctors

cumulonimbus finished higher than I thought after picking armstrong for the tour

I guess everyone picking menchov for the vuelta helped


the lead swapped around a fair bit all year.