The team competition is modeled on the Tour’s team competition, which is decided by combining the times of a team’s three highest placed riders in the overall classification. Last year’s Fantasy TdF showed that getting three riders across the line with good times was not at all the same thing as amassing points. The same is true this year with overall winner Two Phat 2 limping home in 27th place in the team competition, while wooden spooner Babel turned the table the other way, coming in 16th. But it was Stuey who leaped from the upper mid-table mediocrity of 11th place to take out the consistency award and its $30 prize. I’ve added a table to the Fantasy TdF page showing all the team times. It’s interesting to note that in this case the real thing beats a fantasy, with Team CSC’s 263:29:57 putting them more than an hour ahead of Stuey’s lineup.
That’s it for this year’s Fantasy TdF. Thanks to all the players for making it such an interesting competition. We hope we haven’t broken up too many homes as a result. Next year if we get our act together we might run a non-random competition instead of or as well as this year’s no-brainer format.
In a tight finish worthy of the Champs Élysées, and despite the enormous risk of entering the Fantasy Tour de France without a genuine overall contender, Two Phat 2 has hung onto top spot after the allocation of yellow jersey points. While Two Phat 2 failed to score a single point from the top 20 GC riders, the result is all the more incredible as the final reckoning sees six teams sandwiched between 1100 and 1200 points.
| Fantasy TdF top five (final) |
| Rank |
Player |
Score |
Prize |
| 1 |
Two Phat 2 |
1198 |
$100 |
| 2 |
Little Mig |
1171 |
$60 |
| 3 |
FatBoy |
1164 |
$40 |
| 4 |
Paddles |
1157 |
$20 |
| 5 |
Blinder |
1127 |
$10 |
At the other end of the table Spunker faltered at the last hurdle, scoring 28 points for Amaël Moinard’s fifteenth overall. I guess with no previous starts in the Tour and 74th in this year’s Paris-Nice young Amaël seemed like a safe enough pick. This allowed Flirty O’Dirty to sneak back into the wooden spoon money - a suitable way to salvage her reputation after last year’s controversy.
| Fantasy TdF bottom three (final) |
| Rank |
Player |
Score |
Prize |
| 34 |
Flirty O’Dirty |
200 |
$10 |
| 35 |
Ribs |
172 |
$10 |
| 36 |
Babel |
102 |
$20 |
All that remains now is the team prize, which I’ll do in another post…
Yellow jersey
TechnoBoy scored 400 for Carlos Sastre Candil coming in first place
Paddles scored 400 for Carlos Sastre Candil coming in first place
Two Phat 1 scored 300 for Cadel Evans coming in second place
Blinder scored 300 for Cadel Evans coming in second place
Digger scored 240 for Bernhard Kohl coming in third place
FatBoy scored 240 for Bernhard Kohl coming in third place
Vulcan scored 220 for Denis Menchov coming in fourth place
Little Mig scored 220 for Denis Menchov coming in fourth place
Chicken scored 200 for Christian Vande Velde coming in fifth place
Bad Boy Benny scored 200 for Christian Vande Velde coming in fifth place
Bif scored 180 for Frank Schleck coming in sixth place
Hardcore scored 180 for Frank Schleck coming in sixth place
Stuey scored 160 for Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez coming in seventh place
Hardcore scored 160 for Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez coming in seventh place
Shorty scored 140 for Kim Kirchen coming in eighth place
Sicknote scored 140 for Kim Kirchen coming in eighth place
Zippy scored 120 for Alejandro Valverde Belmonte coming in ninth place
Dirty Pierre scored 120 for Alejandro Valverde Belmonte coming in ninth place
Stuey scored 100 for Tadej Valjavec coming in tenth place
Zippy scored 80 for Vladimir Efimkin coming in eleventh place
Mutant scored 80 for Vladimir Efimkin coming in eleventh place
Tommy scored 60 for Andy Schleck coming in twelfth place
The Doctor scored 60 for Andy Schleck coming in twelfth place
TechnoBoy scored 48 for Roman Kreuziger coming in thirteenth place
Chicken scored 36 for Sandy Casar coming in forteenth place
Dirty Pierre scored 36 for Sandy Casar coming in forteenth place
Spunker scored 28 for Amaël Moinard coming in fifteenth place
Shorty scored 20 for Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau coming in sixteenth place
Mutant scored 20 for Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau coming in sixteenth place
Bif scored 16 for Kanstantsin Siutsou coming in seventeenth place
Vulcan scored 12 for Alexandre Botcharov coming in eighteenth place
Albany Postal scored 12 for Alexandre Botcharov coming in eighteenth place
Tommy scored 8 for Dmitriy Fofonov coming in nineteenth place
Dirty Pierre scored 8 for Dmitriy Fofonov coming in nineteenth place
Break-Al-Way scored 4 for Vincenzo Nibali coming in twentieth place
Cookie scored 4 for Vincenzo Nibali coming in twentieth place
Fantasy TdF leaders Two Phat 2 and Goanna have shown their strength in the sprint for the line by scoring well in the green jersey competition. Early leader Zippy, so sorely cheated at the first rest day by Sicknote’s team of drug fiends has slipped further out of the money, while Little Mig and Dangerous Dave have made late moves thanks to Oscar Freire. It’s hard to believe a rider with his consistency and all-round strength has never before won the maillot vert. No movement in the wooden spoon competition with the bottom five all resolutely out of the points.
Green jersey
Dangerous Dave scored 200 for Oscar Freire Gomez coming in first place
Little Mig scored 200 for Oscar Freire Gomez coming in first place
Two Phat 2 scored 150 for Thor Hushovd coming in second place
Tagalong scored 150 for Thor Hushovd coming in second place
Goanna scored 110 for Erik Zabel coming in third place
Bad Boy Benny scored 110 for Erik Zabel coming in third place
Two Phat 2 scored 80 for Leonardo Duque coming in fourth place
Simmie scored 80 for Leonardo Duque coming in fourth place
Shorty scored 64 for Kim Kirchen coming in fifth place
Sicknote scored 64 for Kim Kirchen coming in fifth place
Zippy scored 52 for Alejandro Valverde Belmonte coming in sixth place
Dirty Pierre scored 52 for Alejandro Valverde Belmonte coming in sixth place
Mrs Spunker scored 44 for Robert Hunter coming in seventh place
Bad Boy Benny scored 44 for Robert Hunter coming in seventh place
Nelmsey scored 36 for Robbie McEwen coming in eighth place
Mutant scored 36 for Robbie McEwen coming in eighth place
Tommy scored 32 for Julian Dean coming in ninth place
Paddles scored 32 for Julian Dean coming in ninth place
Bif scored 28 for Gerald Ciolek coming in tenth place
Blinder scored 28 for Gerald Ciolek coming in tenth place
O’Dirty scored 24 for Gert Steegmans coming in eleventh place
Tagalong scored 24 for Gert Steegmans coming in eleventh place
Dangerous Dave scored 20 for Filippo Pozzato coming in twelfth place
Mrs Flirty O’Dirty scored 20 for Filippo Pozzato coming in twelfth place
Stuey scored 16 for Stefan Schumacher coming in thirteenth place
FatBoy scored 16 for Stefan Schumacher coming in thirteenth place
Two Phat 1 scored 12 for Cadel Evans coming in forteenth place
Blinder scored 12 for Cadel Evans coming in forteenth place
Mrs Spunker scored 8 for Robert Förster coming in fifteenth place
Dirty Pierre scored 8 for Robert Förster coming in fifteenth place
First up another hearty thanks to O’Dirty for keeping the Fantasy TdF on the rails for the last three weeks. It’s a big job watching every stage so you can provide some kind of post the next day, not to mention updating the scores, and on top of that the Two Phats had to add the challenge of a daily word to be worked into the post. So, weary from his daily battle, he has handed me the responsibility of doing the tallies for the jerseys and working out the teams competition winner. It might take a day or two to get to the final result, so bear with me.
Recent Tour de France tradition seems to be that the polka-dot jersey is fought out by opportunists who chase down the points in breakaways and the pure climbers who fight out the big mountain stages. So while the overall race leaders must do well in the mountains, it’s been a while since the yellow/polka-dot jersey double was achieved. The same seems to be true for the Fanatasy TdF, where the competition leaders have failed to score big points from the spotty shirt.
Fatboy is the big mover thanks to Bernhard Kohl, leaping from ninth to third, while Blinder slips to sixth by failing to score for the first time in an allocation of points. No doubt he was relying on his main man Evans to make the top fifteen in this contest, but if that were the case… At the other end of the table there is some movement, with Spunker and Ribs mounting rearguard actions for the wooden spoon cash. Digger must now relinquish all hope as his 200-point haul from Kohl only cements his middle-table mediocrity.
Polka dot jersey
Digger scored 200 for Bernhard Kohl coming in first place
FatBoy scored 200 for Bernhard Kohl coming in first place
TechnoBoy scored 150 for Carlos Sastre Candil coming in second place
Paddles scored 150 for Carlos Sastre Candil coming in second place
Bif scored 110 for Frank Schleck coming in third place
Hardcore scored 110 for Frank Schleck coming in third place
TechnoBoy scored 80 for Thomas Voeckler coming in fourth place
Mrs Flirty O’Dirty scored 80 for Thomas Voeckler coming in fourth place
Flirty O’Dirty scored 64 for Sebastian Lang coming in fifth place
Stuey scored 52 for Stefan Schumacher coming in sixth place
FatBoy scored 52 for Stefan Schumacher coming in sixth place
Mrs Spunker scored 44 for John-Lee Augustyn coming in seventh place
Tagalong scored 44 for John-Lee Augustyn coming in seventh place
Zippy scored 36 for Alejandro Valverde Belmonte coming in eighth place
Dirty Pierre scored 36 for Alejandro Valverde Belmonte coming in eighth place
Vulcan scored 32 for Rémy Di Gregorio coming in ninth place
Paddles scored 32 for Rémy Di Gregorio coming in ninth place
Zippy scored 28 for Egoi Martinez De Esteban coming in tenth place
Tommy scored 24 for Simon Gerrans coming in eleventh place
Sicknote scored 24 for Simon Gerrans coming in eleventh place
Two Phat 2 scored 20 for Yaroslav Popovych coming in twelfth place
Goanna scored 16 for Cyril Dessel coming in thirteenth place
Cookie scored 16 for Cyril Dessel coming in thirteenth place
Vulcan scored 12 for Denis Menchov coming in forteenth place
Little Mig scored 12 for Denis Menchov coming in forteenth place
Tommy scored 8 for Andy Schleck coming in fifteenth place
The Doctor scored 8 for Andy Schleck coming in fifteenth place
Breaking news, Dmitriy Fofonov in the teams of Tommy and Dirty Pierre, has tested positive for the stimulant heptaminol. I have readjusted the table and removed the 52 points Fofonov earned for his teams. Read the news here.
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