Thursday, July 11, 2013

Stage 12

With the show of Germanic force at this year's Tour de France (5 wins in 12 stages), it is surprising that Cousin Thomas and the Secretary are not doing better in The Pool. Their teams are usually stacked with Deutschlanders. Too bad Andreas Kloden is no longer the GC threat he once was. And where are Bernard Kohl and Stefan Schumacher when you really need them?

Today's stage was won by, well, me. In reality, it was Sagan, Lobato, Quintana, Kwiatkowski, and Impey who did all the hard work. But don't worry Anna, any hint of conspiracy will disappear soon. Between Pinot's fear of descents and J-Rod's less than awesome form, Jonathan and his dog named Froome will no doubt catch and pass me by the time the final allotment of GC points is distributed.

Mike G and Val tied for second on the day.

As for the overall race, we begin with a bit of revisionist history. It turns out there was some confusion in the spreadsheet between Dan and Tony Martin. Clearly the spreadsheet does not pay attention to teeth. In any case, Ben was not credited with all the points he deserved. And Brad got some points from Dan Martin that he did not deserve, while at the same time missing out on the points from Tony Martin's TT win that he should have gotten. It all gets a bit confusing at times. But everything has been fixed now and the standings from stage 8 onward have all been updated. The most important change is that Ben is in third overall. And the Halfrican never deserved the kudos he got for being there. He has not been higher than fourth. Sorry for the confusion.

The Awesome One now has the lanterne rouge. No bit of revisionist history is going to undo that.But lucky from him, a number of others are still lurking close by. It will no doubt change hands several more times yet before all is said and done.

Full results and overall standings here.

9 comments:

Peter said...

EMU at 2, 3 and 4!

The Dark Lord said...

Are you calling for an EMU vs. CMU Vicarious Racing Challenge? We could make that happen. There are ways, Dude. Hell, we could have made that happen by 3 o'clock this afternoon if it wasn't already past that time. Maybe tomorrow.

Peter said...

Since Randy is an EMU alum, I guess it is EMU at 2, 3, 4 and 5. You sure about the CMU challenge?

Ben Bailey said...
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Ben Bailey said...

Chris is the lone Canadian in the EMU breakaway. He'll have to organize a strong chase among the CMUers if they're going to stand a chance.

The Dark Lord said...

You guys have this one in the bag. But we will commence the CMU vs. EMU Vicarious Racing Challenge, if only to get something started for the future.

The Dark Lord said...

Someone will have to help identify the EMU folks. We are going with faculty, staff, students, alumni?

The Dark Lord said...

We probably need some rules. But we should keep them short and simple. How about cumulative scores for the top five from each school?

Peter said...

If we include alumni the emu folks are,aside from the ones currently in the top 5, Steve g, joe h, Jordan l, Nate b and Jason s. I think that is right but others can correct me.