WCS 2026

[Vos]

Currently you are the 4th favorite with 5 stars. If you finish at the same place as 2 seasons ago, the "bookmakers" are spot on.
And looking at your palmares, an argument for more stars makes more sense to me, than an argument for less stars.
But let me know if you cannot handle the "pressure" of those 5 stars ;
then I will try to convince the bookmakers to give you more stars, so that you collapse under pressure.     

This might be also a reason why B.E-L has 7 stars, what causes tremendous pressure and almost impossible to win the TdF 3x in a row. 

[B.E-L]

WOW 7 stars    I've selected a great team to defend my titel. I hope that they can stand the pressure

[Vos]

 

[Vos]

  1 minute left to join. 
previous winners ;
B.E-L ( 25 + 24 ), Averatalm ( 23 ), AJFactoryCycling ( 22 ), ophiuko ( 21 ), Patrick Kok ( 20 + 19 ),
Cosminelul ( 18 ), MarnixStar ( 17 ), Sjiz ( 16 + 15 ), Aurora Australis ( 14 ), WinterIsComing ( 13 ).

TOP FAVORITES CFF LEAGUE :

TdF25 GC result & jerseys + other past TdF GC results & jerseys. ( x = total TdF stage victories )
Giro26 result & jerseys + past big tour victories + current WC jersey.
palmares 26 = little tour victories, in bold the WT ranked little tours. (w)= women's tour.
the "bookmakers" can change the stars-rating with every update.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ B.E-L  =  1+ 1+ 11 + 10 + 15 + 20 + 8 + 18.  ( 13 )
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Patrick Kok  =  17 + 12 + 10 + 2 + 9 + 1 + 1.  ( 8 )
Giro = 8 + 25+ 24+ 21
26 = TDU, Valenciana, UAE, Andalucía, Camiño.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sjiz  =  3 + 24 + 4+ 22 + 13 + 8 + 21 + 1 + 1 + 7 + 8.  ( 13 )
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Vlominck  =  13 + 6 + 18 + 19 + 16.  ( 2 )
Giro = 2 + 25
26 = Bartali, Romandie.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Aurora Australis  =  10 + 4 + 12 + 20 + 11 + 18 + 6 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 6.  ( 13 )
Giro = 3 + 23+ 17
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Kalarratas  =  5 + 22 + 24 + 21 + 20 + 7 + 6 + 8 + 21 + 7.  ( 5 )
Giro = 5 + 20
26 = AlUla, Vuelta(w), Hongrie, Dunkerque, Dauphiné.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ ophiuko  =  7 + 11 + 15+ 17 + 1.  ( 4 )
Giro = 16
26 = Oman, ParisNice, Mayenne, Giro(w).
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Averatalm  =  15 + 2 + 1+ 7 + 14 + 16 + 9 + 6.  ( 10 )
Giro = 15
⭐⭐⭐⭐ AJFactoryCycling  =  23 + 3 + 20 + 1+ 21 + 10 + 3 + 5 + 2.  ( 10 )
Giro = 12 + 24
26 = Catalunya.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mitte  =  9 + 7 + 17 + 13 + 5.  ( 2 )
Giro = 9 + 23
26 = Algarve, Rwanda.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mlb  =  6+ 10 + 10 + 13.  ( 3 )
Giro = 18 + 21
26 = Itzulia(w).
⭐⭐⭐ PieterJanVB  =  14 + 19 + 5+ 15 + 8 + 12 + 2 + 5 + 9 + 11 + 15.  ( 11 )
Giro = 6
⭐⭐⭐ WinterIsComing  =  16 + 14 + 3 + 6 + 18 + 4 + 4 + 14 + 7 + 9 + 13 + 13 + 1.  ( 9 )
Giro = 11

⭐⭐⭐ Animatoca  =  12 + 26 + 21 + 16 + 12 + 26 + 26.  ( 2 )
Giro = 10 + 20 + 19
26 = Slovenia.

⭐⭐⭐ Vos  =  20 + 8 + 16 + 11 + 19 + 5 + 9 + 12 + 20 + 14 + 17.  ( 1 )
Giro = 13 + 25
26 = TDU(w), Bessèges, UAE(w), Tirreno, Itzulia, Alps, Türkiye, Burgos(w), Japan, Suisse(w), u23Giro, Belgium, Suisse.

⭐⭐ plopsaladaantje  =  22 + 16 + 11 + 7 + 18.  ( 1 )
Giro = 4

⭐ JGonmar  =  24.  ( 0 )
Giro = 17

[Vos]

Team Visma | Lease a Bike / Vingegaard wins the team-time-trial in Barcelona.

CFF League stage 1 winner = JGonmar 

[Vos]

Pogačar allowed his team mate Del Toro to win stage 2.

CFF League stage 2 winner = AJFactoryCycling 

TOP 10 GC ;
0:00"  AJFactoryCycling *
0:07"  JGonmar *
0:12"  Aurora Australis
- - - - - - - - - -
0:27"  Vlominck
0:37"  ophiuko
0:38"  Patrick Kok
0:48"  Sjiz
0:49"  Vos
0:52"  WinterIsComing
1:05"  Animatoca
1:05"  Mitte

top 3 sprint classification ;
161  AJFactoryCyling *
149  Aurora Australis
147  JGonmar *

top 3 mountain classification ;
16  Mitte
14  B.E-L
8  AJFactoryCycling *
8  Aurora Australis
8  Vlominck
8  ophiuko
8  Patrick Kok
8  Mlb
8  Averatalm

top 3 youth classification ;
25  ophiuko
22  JGonmar *
19  AJFactoryCycling *
19  Aurora Australis

[ophiuko]

If you exclude those users who pick only young riders on their teams, I'm 1st of all WCS in the youth classification 

[Vos]

Pogačar wins stage 3 and takes the GC lead.

CFF League stage 3 winner = AJFactoryCycling 

TOP 10 GC ;
0:00"  AJFactoryCycling **
0:13"  Aurora Australis
0:41"  JGonmar *
- - - - - - - - - -
0:54"  ophiuko
0:57"  Vlominck
1:04"  Patrick Kok
1:22"  Vos
1:31"  WinterIsComing
1:35"  Sjiz
1:43"  plopsaladaantje

top 3 sprint classification ;
286  AJFactoryCyling **
267  Aurora Australis
262  ophiuko

top 3 mountain classification ;
30  B.E-L
28  Aurora Australis
28  JGonmar *
28  Mitte

top 3 youth classification ;
42  ophiuko
39  AJFactoryCycling **
39  Aurora Australis

[Vos]

If you exclude those users who pick only young riders on their teams, I'm 1st of all WCS in the youth classification 

Not the case in the CFF League, where everyone wants to win the yellow jersey instead. 
It might be an interesting side-battle who wins the white jersey, looking at the number of picked youth cyclists in the CFF League ;

6 = ophiuko, Aurora Australis, Sjiz, Kalarratas, Mitte.
5 = AJFactoryCycling, JGonmar, WinterIsComing, Vos, PieterJanVB.
4 = Vlominck, Patrick Kok, plopsaladaantje, Averatalm, B.E-L.
3 = Animatoca.
2 = Mlb.

[B.E-L]

I’m not winning this TdF. Still last place for me

[Vos]

Pedersen wins stage 4 and Træen is the new GC leader.

CFF League stage 4 winner = WinterIsComing 

TOP 10 GC ;
0:00"  AJFactoryCycling **
0:18"  WinterIsComing *
0:56"  Aurora Australis
- - - - - - - - - -
1:05"  JGonmar *
1:27"  plopsaladaantje
1:36"  ophiuko
1:36"  Mitte
1:40"  Vlominck
1:47"  Patrick Kok
1:58"  Kalarratas

top 3 sprint classification ;
357  WinterIsComing *
338  AJFactoryCyling **
292  plopsaladaantje

top 3 mountain classification ;
33  PieterJanVB
32  Mitte
30  B.E-L

top 3 youth classification ;
43  ophiuko
40  AJFactoryCycling **
40  Aurora Australis

[Vos]

I’m not winning this TdF. Still last place for me

Somehow this reminds me of a song by Queen & Bowie. 

Perhaps there is also a song for dumb last minute replacements. 
Because as always in big tours, I keep on doing that, and always bad decisions.

In this TdF I replaced Pedersen***** and Gregoire***** literraly in the last minute for Lipowitz***** and van der Poel*****.
What was I thinking ? I really suck in big tours !   

By the way, without my dumb last minute replacements, currently I would be 3rd GC, so, I guess I have many more doubtfull picks.

[ophiuko]

That's one of the reasons why I try to make my team last minute: no time for regrets or changes 

However the Tour is very long, everything can change a lot.

[Vos]

Kooij sprints to stage 5 victory.

CFF League stage 5 winner = WinterIsComing 

TOP 10 GC ;
0:00"  WinterIsComing **
0:51"  AJFactoryCycling **
2:04"  Aurora Australis
- - - - - - - - - -
2:20"  Patrick Kok
2:25"  Kalarratas
2:30"  Mitte
2:51"  plopsaladaantje
2:56"  Vlominck
3:16"  Sjiz
3:21"  PieterJanVB

top 3 sprint classification ;
561  WinterIsComing **
478  AJFactoryCyling **
430  Kalarratas

top 3 mountain classification ;
33  PieterJanVB
32  Mitte
30  B.E-L

top 3 youth classification ;
46  Aurora Australis
44  AJFactoryCycling **
44  Sjiz
44  ophiuko

[Vos]

Solo victory of Pogačar in mountain stage 6, ánd already a big GC time gap versus nr 2 GC Vingegaard on 2:42"

CFF League stage 6 winner = WinterIsComing 

TOP 10 GC ;
0:00"  WinterIsComing ***
0:56"  AJFactoryCycling **
2:29"  Aurora Australis
- - - - - - - - - -
2:39"  Kalarratas
2:53"  Patrick Kok
3:37"  Mitte
3:41"  Vlominck
3:52"  Vos
3:57"  plopsaladaantje
3:59"  Sjiz
3:59"  JGonmar *

top 3 sprint classification ;
704  WinterIsComing ***
606  AJFactoryCyling **
549  Kalarratas

top 3 mountain classification ;
183  ophiuko
180  Vos
173  Kalarratas

top 3 youth classification ;
65  Aurora Australis
64  ophiuko
63  AJFactoryCycling **