WCS 2023

[Vos]

Tour de Suisse Women ; Gasparrini wins the sprint in stage 3.

CFF League stage 3 winner = Kalarratas
Kalarratas is the new GC leader with 1 more stage to go.

[Vos]

Tour de Suisse Women ;
Fisher-Black wins stage 4.  Final GC =  1st Reusser 0:00",  2nd Vollering 1:02",  3rd Longo Borghini 1:17"

CFF League stage 4 winner = Kalarratas

GC winner = Kalarratas
Kalarratas wins also the sprint- and mountain jerseys.
ophiuko and Vlominck, both win the youth jersey.

[Vos]

SEASON TR0PHIES 2023
( the only rule= when there is an equal amount of victories, the person who won last will be ranked higher )

TOP 9 Divine Champions Trophy

1 Vos   10
2 ophiuko   10
3 Patrick Kok   7
4 Kalarratas   3
5 Animatoca   3
6Mitte   2
7 Vlominck   2
8 MarnixStar   1
9 HtcHun   1

TOP 8 Chief of Classics Trophy

1 Vos   21
2 ophiuko   15
3 Kalarratas   7
4 Patrick Kok   3
5 WinterIsComing   3
6 Vlominck   2
7Mitte   1
8 pizzaboys   1

TOP 20 Emperor of Stage Wins Trophy 
( including prologue )

1 Vos   47
2 ophiuko   39
3 Patrick Kok   38 
4 Vlominck   24
5 Kalarratas   22
6 Animatoca   16
7Mitte   10
8 GaoYao   5
9 HtcHun   4
10 ZG   4
11 WinterIsComing   4
12 MarnixStar   3
13 ValeronIdolo   3
14 pizzaboys   3
15 Combuijs   3
16 5o&Tapa   2
17 BrotasTeam   2
18 Teacher   1
19 AJFactoryCycling   1
20 Foeke   1

TOP 9 Royal Sprint Trophy

1 ophiuko   10
2 Vos   10
3 Patrick Kok   9
4 Kalarratas   3
5 Animatoca   3
6 HtcHun   2
7Mitte   1
8 GaoYao   1
9 Vlominck   1

TOP 11 King of the Mountains Trophy

1 Vos   7 
2 Kalarratas   6
3 ophiuko   6
4 Patrick Kok   4
5 Vlominck   4
6Mitte   2
7 MarnixStar   1
8 Animatoca   1
9 pizzaboys   1
10 Combuijs   1
11 GaoYao   1

TOP 9 Prince of Youth Trophy

1 ophiuko   16 
2 Vlominck   6
3 Patrick Kok   6
4 Vos   6
5 Animatoca   3
6 Kalarratas   2
7Mitte   2
8 ValeronIdolo   1
9 WinterIsComing   1

[Vos]

next tour ;
  9 hours and 47 minutes left to join.
previous winners ; Vos ( 22 + 17 ), azerite ( 21 ), Animatoca ( 20 ), pizzaboys ( 19 ), Tarod ( 18 ).

[Vos]

  10 minutes left to join. 
previous winners ;
AJFactoryCycling ( 22 ), ophiuko ( 21 ), Patrick Kok ( 20 + 19 ), Cosminelul ( 18 ), MarnixStar ( 17 ), Sjiz ( 16 + 15 ), Aurora Australis ( 14 ), WinterIsComing ( 13 ).

TOP FAVORITES CFF LEAGUE :

TdF22 GC result & jerseys + other past TdF GC results & jerseys. ( x = total TdF stage victories )
Giro23 result & jerseys + past big tour victories + current WC jersey.
palmares 23 = little tour victories, in bold the WT ranked little tours. (w)= women's little tour.
the bookmakers can change the stars-rating with every update.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Patrick Kok  =  2 + 9 + 1 + 1.  ( 5 )
Giro = 9 + 21
23 = duVar, UAE, Bartali, VueltaF(w), Hongrie, Dunkerque, Norway.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ AJFactoryCycling  =  1 + 21 + 10 + 3 + 5 + 2.  ( 7 )
Giro = 3

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mitte  =  13 + 5.  ( 0 )
Giro = 1
23 = Belgium.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Foeke  =  3 + 14 + 20 + 14 + 10 + 22.  ( 3 )
Giro = 17 + 22 + 18
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ pizzaboys  =  5 + 24 + 22 + 3 + 6 + 2.  ( 7 )
Giro = 20 + 22
⭐⭐⭐⭐ ophiuko  =  17 + 1.  ( 3 )
Giro = 14
23 = TDU(w), TDU, Bèsseges, Oman, Andalucía, Rwanda, Romandie, Japan, London(w), ZLM.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ MarnixStar  =  dns + 18 + 13 + 1 + 5 + 18.  ( 20 )
Giro = 4
23 = Slovenia.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5o&Tapa  =  7 + 17 + 18 + 15 + 2 + 8 + 3.  ( 2 )
Giro = 5
⭐⭐⭐⭐ WinterIsComing  =  6 + 18 + 4 + 4 + 14 + 7 + 9 + 13 + 13 + 1.  ( 7 )
Giro = 23

⭐⭐⭐ Animatoca  =  16 + 12 + 26 + 26.  ( 2 )
Giro = 7 + 20 + 19
23 = Paris-Nice, Tirreno, Itzulia.

⭐⭐⭐ HtcHun  =  debut 
Giro = 2
23 = Dauphiné.
⭐⭐⭐ Aurora Australis  =  dns + 20 + 11 + 18 + 6 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 6.  ( 9 )
Giro = 11 + 17
⭐⭐⭐ Sjiz  =  22 + 13 + 8 + 21 + 1 + 1 + 7 + 8.  ( 9 )

⭐⭐⭐ GaoYao  =  12 + 6 + 10 + 8.  ( 4 )
Giro = 10 + 19

⭐⭐⭐ Vos  =  11 + 19 + 5 + 9 + 12 + 20 + 14 + 17.  ( 0 )
Giro = 12
23 = NewZealand, SanJuan, Saudi, UAE(w), Algarve, Alps, Asturias, Itzulia(w), u23Giro, Suisse.
⭐⭐⭐ Kalarratas  =  21 + 20 + 7 + 6 + 8 + 21 + 7.  ( 4 )
Giro = 21 + 20
23 = Camiño, Catalunya, Suisse(w).
⭐⭐⭐ PieterJanVB  =  15 + 8 + 12 + 2 + 5 + 9 + 11 + 15.  ( 6 )

⭐⭐ azerite  =  23 + 22 + 6 + 7 + 4 + 25.  ( 9 )

⭐⭐ BrotasTeam  =  14 + 4 + 25 + 15 + 18.  ( 1 )
Giro = 18

⭐⭐ Averatalm  =  dns + 7 + 14 + 16 + 9 + 6.  ( 4 )
Giro = 16

⭐⭐ B.E-L  =  10 + 15 + 20 + 8 + 18.  ( 6 )

⭐⭐ Vlominck  =  19 + 16.  ( 0 )
Giro = 6 + 22
23 = Tropicale, Valenciana.
⭐ edu5  =  dns + 17 + 19 + 20.  ( 3 )

⭐ Combuijs  =  18 + 27 + 19 + 19 + 19.  ( 1 )
Giro = 19

⭐ Teacher  =  debut 
Giro = 13

⭐ ValeronIdolo  =  debut 

[Vos]

Time trial stage 1 was halfway cancelled due to extreme rain. In stage 2 a solo victory of van Vleuten.

CFF League stage 2 winner = ophiuko 


Adam Yates wins the twinbrothers-battle, and his teammate Pogačar finished as 3rd by winning the sprint of the chasing group.
GC contenders Mas*****( 4x picked ) and Carapaz*( 21x picked ) crashed and are already out of this Tour de France.
( Carapaz managed to finish stage 1, but after the race it appeared he has a broken knee cap, and he does not start today. )

CFF League stage 1 winner = PieterJanVB 

TOP 3 GC ;
0:00"  PieterJanVB*
0:07"  B.E-L
0:12"  MarnixStar

top 1 sprint classification ;
128  PieterJanVB *

top 1 mountain classification ;
27  B.E-L
27  pizzaboys

top 1 youth classification ;
18  PieterJanVB *
18  azerite
18  Combuijs
18  Mitte
18  ophiuko

Ups ! Somehow I made the mistake by thinking that the max. stars possible was 45 !
Animatoca used 48 stars, and edu5 used 49 stars. Everyone else did not make a mistake, and used the max. 50 stars.

Most picked as GC winner = 17x Pogačar versus 9x Vingegaard.
And no surprise that both are picked by everyone.

[Aurora Australis]

Here's a question.  Ignoring the crashers, if you could replace one of your cyclist (for one with equal or less points), who would you get rid of? And who would be their replacement?

[ophiuko]

Probably I would get rid of Biniam Girmay, despite his win in Suisse, his form doesn't seem to have improved compared to the rest of the season. I would replace him by Victor Lafay.

Either that or Van Aert by Adam Yates, I was already in doubt when I made my selection after he said that he won't be as competitive as last year and he won't fight the green jersey. On top of that, I read that he might leave the Tour early due to her wife giving birth. But even with all that, still not completely sure if I would replace him by Adam Yates.

[wacco]

Great start of this tour de france.

With these two stages ofc i would have taken different riders. But some of them are always a chance. Powless would have been awesome but who would have known for sure he was gonna take the mountain Jersey.

[ophiuko]

Speaking about Lafay 

[Vos]

Here's a question.  Ignoring the crashers, if you could replace one of your cyclist (for one with equal or less points), who would you get rid of? And who would be their replacement?

Well, I will ignore the by me picked Carapaz, but because I used 5 stars less, I can replace like this :
⭐ Johannessen & ⭐Alaphilippe --> replaced by = ⭐⭐ Lafay  & ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Pidcock = finally 50 stars used ! 

[Vos]

  Wiebes wins sprint stage 3.

CFF League stage 3 winner = Mitte 
ophiuko is still the GC leader.


Lafay wins stage 2.
 
CFF League stage 2 winner = B.E-L 

TOP 10 GC ;
0:00"  B.E-L *
0:12"  PieterJanVB *
0:32"  MarnixStar
- - - - - - - - - -
0:46"  Combuijs
0:53"  WinterIsComing
0:56"  Averatalm
0:58"  HtcHun
1:05"  azerite
1:08"  ValeronIdolo
1:12"  Mitte

top 3 sprint classification ;
245  PieterJanVB *
215  Combuijs
212  MarnixStar
212  WinterIsComing

top 3 mountain classification ;
82  B.E-L *
76  pizzaboys
47  Foeke

top 3 youth classification ;
34  PieterJanVB *
34  Combuijs
34  azerite
34  Mitte
34  ophiuko

[Vos]

  a 3-women breakaway in a hilly final ; Longo Borghini outsprinted Ewers and GC leader van Vleuten.

CFF League stage 4 winner = ophiuko 
ophiuko is still the GC leader with 5 more stages to go.


Philipsen wins sprint stage 3.
 
CFF League stage 3 winner = B.E-L 

TOP 10 GC ;
0:00"  B.E-L **
0:40"  PieterJanVB *
0:41"  MarnixStar
- - - - - - - - - -
0:54"  Combuijs
1:02"  Averatalm
1:07"  WinterIsComing
1:50"  Aurora Australis
1:52"  Vlominck
1:52"  Sjiz
1:53"  Vos

top 3 sprint classification ;
405  PieterJanVB *
395  Combuijs
388  Averatalm

top 3 mountain classification ;
110  B.E-L **
104  pizzaboys
47  Foeke

top 3 youth classification ;
49  Combuijs
49  Mitte
48  PieterJanVB *
48  ophiuko

[Vos]

  Niedermaier wins solo stage 5.

CFF League stage 5 winner = ophiuko 
ophiuko is still the GC leader with 4 more stages to go.

  Again a sprint victory of Philipsen.
 
CFF League stage 4 winner = Patrick Kok 

TOP 10 GC ;
0:00"  PieterJanVB *
0:10"  B.E-L **
0:28"  MarnixStar
- - - - - - - - - -
0:38"  Combuijs
0:39"  Averatalm
0:58"  WinterIsComing
1:17"  Patrick Kok *
1:37"  Aurora Australis
1:39"  Vos
1:52"  Vlominck

top 3 sprint classification ;
578  PieterJanVB *
549  Averatalm
547  Combuijs

top 3 mountain classification ;
110  B.E-L **
104  pizzaboys
47  Foeke

top 3 youth classification ;
62  Combuijs
61  Mitte
60  PieterJanVB *
60  ophiuko

[Vos]

  solo victory of van Vleuten, who already has a GC lead of more than 3 minutes.

CFF League stage 6 winner = Kalarratas 
ophiuko is still the GC leader with 3 more stages to go.


Solo victory of Hindley, who is the new GC leader.
In the picture ; Vingegaard attacked Pogačar, and the Danish TdF title defender won 1 minute on his direct rival.
Perhaps Hindley can be a fierce rival too, after all, he won the Giro in 2022.

CFF League stage 5 winner = Sjiz 

TOP 10 GC ;
0:00"  Averatalm
0:27"  PieterJanVB *
1:01"  MarnixStar
- - - - - - - - - -
1:13"  Sjiz *
1:16"  WinterIsComing
2:11"  Patrick Kok *
2:13"  B.E-L **
2:20"  Foeke
2:21"  Combuijs
2:21"  Aurora Australis

top 3 sprint classification ;
682  PieterJanVB *
678  Averatalm
644  WinterIsComing

top 3 mountain classification ;
179  Sjiz *
160  Foeke
154  Averatalm

top 3 youth classification ;
80  PieterJanVB *
80  ophiuko
77  Combuijs