Pro Tour Punditry 2018 **no spoilers**

[themosquitoking]

Stage 5 if not too late. Ackerman, Dumoulin, DeGendt

 

[brommers]

A bit busy, but will update the final results for TdR later today.

 

[brommers]

After Stage 5 - Final Results

Smutch - 25 + 15 + 0 + 30 + 60 + 25 = 155 + 50 = 205

Adam - 25 + 0 + 10 + 45 + 45 + 25 + 50 = 150 + 50 = 200

Marmy - 15 + 5 + 45 +15 + 35 + 35 = 150 + 50 = 200

Brommers - 15 + 20 + 25 + 20 + 35 + 0 = 115 + 35 = 150

Rich - 15 + 5 + 10 + 20 + 40 + 0 = 90 + 60 = 150

Mozzy - 10 + 0 + 0 + DNS + 40 + 25 = 75 + 50 = 125

Gk09 - 15 + 0 + 0 + 15 + 15 + 35 = 80 + 35 = 115

RR - 25 + 5 + 10 + 0 + 20 + 0 = 60 + 35 = 95

Smutch edges it. Well done @smutchin

Here's your prize*

*Cow not included​

 

[smutchin]

Smutch edges it. Well done @smutchin

Here's your prize*

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*Cow not included​

Woo! I'll have to go out and get my own cow to celebrate.

 

[roadrash]

@smutchin it looks like your W has fallen over, surely it should be Moo

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

The View attachment 406660 Giro d'Italia starts on 4th May 2018 in that famous Italian city of Jerusalem, finishing on the 27th May 2018 in Roma.

Jerseys competitions: GC Points KOM
3 selections per category
Scoring: 100, 80, 60, 40, 30

Stages
3 selections per stage
Scoring: 50, 40, 30, 20, 10
Bonus 50 points: 1st, 2nd and 3rd on a stage

Double Points stages: 4, 9, 14, 16, 20 (bonus 50 points is not doubled if 1,2,3 on double points stage)

Wildcard selection: choose any rider before the start, other than any of your jersey selections, and if they come in the top 10 of any stage they score 20 points. You can include your wildcard in your stage selections.

Will defending champion @Archie manage to win again, or will one of us other nobbers get lucky this year?

Old punditeers and new most welcome to join in.

If you have any new ideas re scoring and competitions you can fark off as I'm at the limit of my abilities as it is

 

[darrensmith0410]

GC: Dumoulin, Lopez, Yates
Points: Modolo, Viviani, Dumoulin
KOM: Polanc, Lopez, Gesink

Wildcard: Visconti

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

KOM: Visconti

Wildcard: Visconti

Hidden within my ramblings was this:

Wildcard selection: choose any rider before the start, other than any of your jersey selections,

Can you swap someone in for either the KOM or the wildcard?

It's not clearly standing out so I'll go and highlight it in nice Giro pink.

 

[darrensmith0410]

Sorry thought I’d changed it. Have edited it now. Needs to be brighter tbh!

 

[brommers]

GIRO
GC - Froome, Yates, Pinot
PTS - S. Bennett, Modolo, Viviani
KOM - Pozzovivo, Berhane, Hermans
W/C - LL Sanchez

STAGE 1 - T. Martin, van Emden, Kiryienka

 

[darrensmith0410]

Stage 1: Van Emden, Dennis, T.Martin.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

GC: Aru, Lopez, Pinot
Points: Viviani, Wellens, S.Bennett
KOM: Woods, G. Bennett, Visconti
WC: Dumoulin

Stage 1: Dennis, Dumoulin, Campenaerts

 

[brommers]

GC: Aru, Lopez, Pinot
Points: Viviani, Wellens, Bennett
KOM: Woods, Gesink, Visconti
WC: Dumoulin

Stage 1: Dennis, Dumoulin, Campenaerts

I see that you've got a new selection of coloured pencils Marmy - what happened to Dumoulin though?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I see that you've got a new selection of coloured pencils Marmy - what happened to Dumoulin though?

He was going to be white in the middle but then nobody could read him, and the WC just seemed to need a bold statement of intent

 

[themosquitoking]

Points - Wellens, Stybar, Viviani
KOM - Yates, Pozzivivo, Pinot
GC - Lopez, Aru, Chavez
W/C - Dumoulin

Stage 1 - Froome, Dennis, Dumoulin.