WCS 2023

[Vos]

  Merlier wins sprint stage 1.

CFF League stage 1 winner = Kalarratas 


Evenepoel wins for the 3rd time San Sebastián, this time by outsprinting Bilbao.
Vlasov finished as 3rd on 0:28", who was earlier in the very high pace 3-men-breakaway.
The "chasing" group gave up with about 12km to go, because despite big efforts, the supertrio-breakaway increased the big gap.

CFF League winner = Mitte 


Vollering was by far the best on the very foggy Tourmalet. If nothing strange happens in today's time trial, she will win this TdF.
Niewiadoma finished as 2nd on 1:58" and she wins the mountain jersey.
Former GC leader Kopecky surprised everyone by finishing as 6th on 3:32" Now 4th GC, and a chance to finish on the final GC podium.
This relentless stage was a battlefield to everyone. Enough abandonned cyclists ; before, during ánd after the race ( due to time limit ).

CFF League stage 7 winner = PieterJanVB 
PieterJanVB takes back the GC lead.

[Vos]

Reusser wins the time trial.
In the picture the final GC ;  2nd Kopecky 3:03",  1st Vollering 0:00" ,  3rd Niewiadoma 3:03"

CFF League stage 8 winners ( split victory ) = ophiuko     &  PieterJanVB 

GC winner = PieterJanVB 
PieterJanVB wins also the sprint- and mountain jerseys.
Mitte wins the youth jersey.

  Mohorič wins mountain stage 2.

CFF League stage 2 winner = Vos 
Vos is the new GC leader.

[wacco]

CFF League stage 8 winners ( split victory ) = ophiuko     &  PieterJanVB 

Does that count as a stage victory? Not bad 5 out 8 stage wins. At the two top three positions and i am very happy about the tour de france.

[Vos]

Does that count as a stage victory?

Yes, every split victory counts as one full victory for each.
The same for a split win, for example in the youth classification of the TdF men ;
2 youth jersey winners, you and ophiuko, and both get each +1 in the Prince of Youth Trophy.

And your great TdF-femmes victory is an excellent redemption for the last moment unfortunate drop in the GC of the TdF men.
The key to success was to pick Kopecky, she scored the most points. Only 2 CFF managers picked her, including you.

  Majka wins stage 3, and Mohorič is still the GC leader but the top 10 within 0:20"

CFF League stage 3 winner = Vos 
Vos is the current GC leader of all WCS participants !

[ophiuko]

WARNING!

The World Championships this year are in Glasgow, where I live. Make wise cyclist selections, I'll make sure all riders not selected by me do not finish the race 

[Vos]

  Kooij wins stage 4, and M.van den Berg wins stage 5. Mohorič is still the GC leader.
CFF League ;
stage 4 winner = Vos 
stage 5 winner = PieterJanVB 
Vos is the still the GC leader of the CFF League and 2nd GC all WCS participants. There are 2 more stages to go.

[Vos]

WARNING!

The World Championships this year are in Glasgow, where I live. Make wise cyclist selections, I'll make sure all riders not selected by me do not finish the race 

Reading this, I'm wondering how you are going to try to achieve this.
Let's make a forum quiz about this :     

FORUM QUIZ :
HOW WILL OPHIUKO MAKE SURE THAT HIS NOT-PICKED CYCLISTS DO NOT FINISH THE RACE ?
Rules :
You can send as many answers as you want in this forum topic. Deadline = before the first WC race in 3 days and 11½ hours.
The winner will be appointed by the only juror = ophiuko himself. 

Participants forum quiz :

Vos = he will be serving his notorious Spanish-Scottish dish "haggis á la ophiuko" to everyone, except for his 15 picks,
then for sure everyone gets stomach problems and cannot finish the race.

[Vos]

Participants forum quiz :

Vos = ophiuko has booked hotel stays for hundreds of Scottish teenage girls, in the same hotels as the cyclists.
Each duo teenage girls gets the task from ophiuko, to harras one cyclist almost all night long.
With as consequence, that the cyclist is arrested by the Scottisch police, who is on the payroll of ophiuko too.
Of course, this answer only applies if ophiuko did not pick M. van der Poel. 

[ophiuko]

 

[Vos]

World Championship Trophy
How to win this WC jersey of the cycling for fun league ?
Who wins the most WC races, wins the WC jersey. With an equal amount of victories, the person who won last, will get the WC jersey.
previous winners ;
2022 Vlominck  ( 2 victories out of 5 WC races )
2021 Kalarratas  ( 2 victories out of 5 WC races )
2020 Kalarratas  ( 1 victory out of 4 WC races )
2019 Vos  ( 2 victories out of 4 WC races )
2018 Vos  ( 3 victories out of 4 WC races )
2017 oldmen  ( 1 victory out of 3 WC races )

the 5 WC races ;
men's roadrace = 3 days left to join.
previous winners ; Vlominck ( 22 ), Kalarratas ( 21 + 20 ), Txonys ( 19 ), Vos ( 18 ), oldmen ( 17 ).
women's time trial = not yet open to join, it starts in 7 days.
previous winners ; Vlominck ( 22 ), Cosminelul ( 21 ), Vos ( 20 ).
men's time trial = not yet open to join, it starts in 8 days.
previous winners ; ophiuko ( 22 ), Vos ( 21 + 19 + 18 ), Sjiz ( 20 ).
u23 roadrace = not yet open to join, it starts in 9 days.
previous winners ; Vos ( 22 + 19 + 17 ), Kalarratas ( 21 ), Ciscoboss96 ( 18 ).
women's roadrace = not yet open to join, it starts in 10 days.
previous winners ; Animatoca ( 22 + 20 ), Cosminelul ( 21 ), Patrick Kok ( 19 ), Vos ( 18 ), Kalarratas ( 17 ).

[Vos]

  Cattaneo wins the 16km time trial. Mohorič is still the GC leader, but Almeida moved up to 2nd GC, also on 0:00"

CFF League stage 6 winner = Vos 
Vos takes back the GC lead of all WCS participants ! One more stage to go.

[Vos]

Merlier wins the final sprint stage 7.
Before this stage, Mohorič and Almeida both on 0:00",
and the exciting GC battle was decided halfway this stage in an intermediate bonus-sprint between the 2 GC rivals, won by Mohorič.
In the picture the final GC ;  2nd Almeida 0:01",  1st Mohorič 0:00",  3rd Kwiatkowski 0:17"

CFF League stage 7 winner = Mitte 

GC winner = Vos 
Vos wins also the sprint jersey.
PieterJanVB wins the mountain jersey.
Animatoca wins the youth jersey.


next ;
men's roadrace = 24 hours and 50 minutes left to join.
previous winners ; Vlominck ( 22 ), Kalarratas ( 21 + 20 ), Txonys ( 19 ), Vos ( 18 ), oldmen ( 17 ).

[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 11 Divine Champions Trophy

1 Vos   12
2 ophiuko   11
3 Patrick Kok   7
4 Kalarratas   3
5 Animatoca   3
6Mitte   2
7 Vlominck   2
8 PieterJanVB   1
9Averatalm   1
10 MarnixStar   1
11 HtcHun   1

TOP 8 Chief of Classics Trophy

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

TOP 25 Emperor of Stage Wins Trophy 
( including prologue )

1 Vos   54
2 ophiuko   46
3 Patrick Kok   40
4 Kalarratas   25
5 Vlominck   24
6 Animatoca   17
7Mitte   14
8 PieterJanVB   10
9 HtcHun   6
10 Combuijs   5
11 GaoYao   5
12 MarnixStar   4
13 pizzaboys   4
14 ZG   4
15 WinterIsComing   4
16Averatalm   3
17 AJFactoryCycling   3
18 5o&Tapa   3
19 ValeronIdolo   3
20 B.E-L   2
21 BrotasTeam   2
22 edu5   1
23 Sjiz   1
24 Teacher   1
25 Foeke   1

TOP 11 Royal Sprint Trophy

1 Vos   12
2 ophiuko   11
3 Patrick Kok   9
4 Kalarratas   3
5 Animatoca   3
6 HtcHun   2
7 PieterJanVB   1
8 MarnixStar   1
9Mitte   1
10 GaoYao   1
11 Vlominck   1

TOP 13 King of the Mountains Trophy

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

TOP 10 Prince of Youth Trophy

1 ophiuko   17 
2 Vos   7
3 Vlominck   6
4 Patrick Kok   6
5 Animatoca   4
6Mitte   3
7 Kalarratas   3
8 PieterJanVB   1
9 ValeronIdolo   1
10 WinterIsComing   1

[ophiuko]

Amazing race. I didn't think it was going to be that hard when the circuit was first published, but it seems the very short but hard hills of Glasgow were hell for all riders. The flat parts had so many sharp turns that there wasn't really much distance to close gaps after the hills. I kind of expected after watching yesterday's Junior races. At 90km to go, I could see in most riders faces that they were completely shattered. It was definitely not a race for sprinters. Women sprinters like Balsamo, Vos or Wiebes must be thinking twice if they should come next week.

If you want to see some videos, they are in the Discord chat.

[Vos]

An epic battlefield & legendary podium ; 2nd van Aert, 1st van der Poel, 3rd Pogačar.

CFF League winner = ophiuko