DDV: FGBC Spring Classics Pool Update

Charlene's Team OYNG (Obviously You're Not a Golfer) wins the day with a nicely diversified approach: 275 pts from Eeckhout, 100 from Fischer, and 70 from Van Dijk to go along with a paltry 5 points from Tom "remember when I was a badass bike racer" Boonen, who finished a disappointing 37th. You can almost hear the Belgian media wanting to come out and say that he sucks, but they can't quite get themselves to do it. In all fairness, though, he crashed yesterday and then didn't seem inclined to take any risks on the wet roads. Still, to put it all in perspective, after last year's Dwars Door Vlaanderen he had already accumulated 1250 points. This year he's sitting at 350. But there are two more races this weekend, so it's not too late to lose hope just yet. At least that's what Charlene and Vic are telling themselves. With 450 points on the day, Team OYNG doubles its point total and now sits solidly in the middle of the pack at 880. If the real Tom Boonen were to show up, they'd be right up there in the top 3.

The top 30:

1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone - 4.32.27 (44.04 km/h)
2 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step - 0.28
3 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - s.t.
4 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road s.t.
5 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC - s.t.
6 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto s.t.
7 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R - La Mondiale s.t.
8 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi s.t.
9 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank s.t.
10 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
11 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas s.t.
12 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram - 0.32
13 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana - 0.44
14 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto - s.t.
15 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step - s.t.
16 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram - s.t.
17 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi - s.t.
18 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - s.t.
19 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano - s.t.
20 Michael Reihs (Den) Team Designa Køkken - s.t.
21 André Greipel (Ger) Team High Road - s.t.
22 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Willems Veranda's Continental Team - s.t.
23 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - s.t.
24 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus - s.t.
25 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus - s.t.
26 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner - s.t.
27 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux - s.t.
28 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) An Post - M: Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team - s.t.
29 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - s.t.
30 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi - s.t.

Today's Results:

Obviously You're Not a Golfer (Charlene) - 450
Creedence Tapes (Chris) - 415
Vee Vant Ze Money (Andy) - 310
That Good Sasparilla (Rachel) - 310
White Russians (Victor) - 295
Nice Marmot (Hal) - 250
You're Out of Your Element, Jonny (Jonny G) - 90
Bunny Lebowski's Toe (Dallas) - 90
Little Lebowski Urban Achievers (Ian) - 85
Shut the F*ck Up Jonny (Jonny B) - 45
That Rug Really Tied the Room Together (Tomek) - 15
New Shit (Matt) - 10
Is This Your Homework, Larry? (Arlene) - 10
F*ck Sympathy (David S) - 10
A Roadie for Metallica (Bill) - 5
Uli Kunkel powered by Karl Hungus (Adam) - 5
These Men Are Cowards (Paddy) - 0
Shomer F*cking Shabbas (Donna) - 0

Overall Standings:

Vee Vant Ze Money (Andy) - 2975
Creedence Tapes (Chris) - 2385
Little Lebowski Urban Achievers (Ian) - 1675
Is This Your Homework, Larry? (Arlene) - 1495
New Shit (Matt) - 1395
These Men Are Cowards (Paddy) - 990
A Roadie for Metallica (Bill) - 920
Obviously You're Not a Golfer (Charlene) - 880
Nice Marmot (Hal) - 755
That Good Sasparilla (Rachel) - 685
Bunny Lebowski's Toe (Dallas) - 635
White Russians (Victor) - 605
Shomer F*cking Shabbas (Donna) - 345
That Rug Really Tied the Room Together (Tomek) - 330
F*ck Sympathy (David S) - 250
You're Out of Your Element, Jonny (Jonny G) - 245
Uli Kunkel powered by Karl Hungus (Adam) - 240
Shut the F*ck Up Jonny (Jonny B) - 174

Next up is the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen on Saturday. More info to follow.

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