Week 7: Clasica San Sebastian
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After a long slumber through late spring and early summer, MP3ers were, in part, back for Round 6 of the World Cup, the HEW Classics.... Beck.... IS BACK. (okay, so I've used this before, but it's a good line)
It's crunch time -- only MP3 weeks left in the World Cup, and Mike Beck, despite picking Davide Rebellin over MP3 über-favorite Paolo Bettini for his #1, scored strong with Ivan Basso as his #3, to pull off the third best score for the week. Only former MP3 leader Julian Humphries and the surprising Bill Reams were able to pull off a better selection for the week -- they got Bettini and Rebellin in the right order, with solid choices of Basso and Freire for the #3 spot.
The fight for the top is a virtual dead-heat, however, with three MP3'ers within 100 points of the lead, with former "free of the organizer's curse" Frank "just call me Carpel Tunnel" Kurzawa not far behind.
It was a weak field for the dark horse competition, with Andy White taking the prize with his #3 choice of Juan Antonio Flecha. Fortunately, Juan didn't win today, as we are thus spared another demonstration of his goofy salute....
As the series winds down, the Cyborgs have produced disappointing results. Despite pattern recognition algorithms which are state of the art in predictive engineering, they wallow deep in the standings. WC2003 and Podium 2003 are breathing down the neck of Julian and yours truly. WC2004, deeper in the standings, showed signs of life however, with an impressive 305 points for this week. It's a strong enough showing to make some of the humans in the game nervous.
Just the facts, Ma'am
OVERALL SCORES
# player tot w01 w02 w03 w04 w05
1 Michael Beck 1523 294(1) 33(19) 176(2) 222(13) 308(6)
2 Jake North 1503 258(3) 53(6) 172(3) 350(1) 108(20)
3 Tom McMinn 1444 168(8) 82(3) 160(6) 290(8) 370(3)
4 Jeff Galloway 1441 268(2) 46(12) 148(9) 318(5) 112(19)
5 Frank Kurzawa 1317 168(8) 21(23) 112(15) 330(3) 204(12)
6 Alon G 1293 222(4) 43(13) 172(3) 92(23) 440(2)
7 Randy Wright 1228 168(8) 50(10) 196(1) 152(20) 262(7)
8 Dan Connelly 1167 72(19) 33(19) 94(19) 236(12) 252(8)
9 Julian Humphries 1150 0(24) 35(17) 144(11) 338(2) 153(15)
10 WC2003 1101 88(16) 82(3) 32(25) 326(4) 153(15)
11 Podium2003 1084 100(15) 30(21) 96(18) 180(17) 130(17)
12 Bill Reams 1077 212(5) 41(14) 70(21) 246(11) 184(13)
13 Andy White 1045 88(16) 120(2) 118(14) 190(15) 58(21)
14 Bill Strachan 1038 204(6) 36(15) 66(22) 310(6) 212(10)
15 WC2004 923 88(16) 9(24) 34(24) 42(25) 169(14)
16 Steven Mullins 921 24(20) 50(10) 140(12) 263(10) 444(1)
17 Kenneth D Lloyd 860 118(11) 52(7) 94(19) 302(7) 34(22)
18 David Henderson 811 24(20) 35(17) 156(8) 190(15) 310(4)
19 Lee Rusk 683 112(12) 36(15) 108(16) 106(22) 15(23)
20 Ryan Robinson 638 104(14) 52(7) 122(13) 50(24) 310(4)
21 Jason Rivers 613 24(20) 52(7) 160(6) 141(21) 14(24)
22 Karen White 606 0(25) 54(5) 148(9) 192(14) 212(10)
23 John Bartle 584 108(13) 0(25) 64(23) 290(8) 122(18)
24 Richard Whittington 572 24(20) 0(26) 0(26) 0(26) 232(9)
25 David Orr 508 180(7) 26(22) 104(17) 178(18) 0(25)
26 Shawn Liberty 328 0(26) 0(27) 172(3) 156(19) 0(26)
27 Kenneth D. LLoyd 232 0(27) 0(28) 0(27) 0(27) 0(27)
28 Dustoyevsky 126 0(28) 126(1) 0(28) 0(28) 0(28)
OVERALL SCORES
# player tot w06 w07
1 Michael Beck 1523 168(12) 322(3)
2 Jake North 1503 274(4) 288(7)
3 Tom McMinn 1444 64(17) 310(4)
4 Jeff Galloway 1441 289(2) 260(9)
5 Frank Kurzawa 1317 172(11) 310(4)
6 Alon G 1293 64(17) 260(9)
7 Randy Wright 1228 302(1) 98(17)
8 Dan Connelly 1167 242(8) 238(11)
9 Julian Humphries 1150 155(13) 325(1)
10 WC2003 1101 210(10) 210(14)
11 Podium2003 1084 274(4) 274(8)
12 Bill Reams 1077 0(21) 324(2)
13 Andy White 1045 248(7) 223(13)
14 Bill Strachan 1038 140(14) 70(19)
15 WC2004 923 276(3) 305(6)
16 Steven Mullins 921 0(22) 0(21)
17 Kenneth D Lloyd 860 260(6) 0(22)
18 David Henderson 811 96(16) 0(23)
19 Lee Rusk 683 214(9) 92(18)
20 Ryan Robinson 638 0(23) 0(24)
21 Jason Rivers 613 40(19) 182(15)
22 Karen White 606 0(24) 0(25)
23 John Bartle 584 0(25) 0(26)
24 Richard Whittington 572 134(15) 182(15)
25 David Orr 508 6(20) 14(20)
26 Shawn Liberty 328 0(26) 0(27)
27 Kenneth D. LLoyd 232 0(27) 232(12)
28 Dustoyevsky 126 0(28) 0(28)
TOP WEEKLY POINTS
breakers: weekly rank, overall, week
# player wk pts(wr)
1 Steven Mullins 5 444(1)
2 Alon G 5 440(2)
3 Tom McMinn 5 370(3)
4 Jake North 4 350(1)
5 Julian Humphries 4 338(2)
6 Frank Kurzawa 4 330(3)
7 WC2003 4 326(4)
8 Julian Humphries 7 325(1)
9 Bill Reams 7 324(2)
10 Michael Beck 7 322(3)
WEEK 7 PICKS
Week 7 picks, w/ points scored:
player rider#1 pts rider#2 pts rider#3 pts tot
Julian Humphries... Paolo Bettini.. 210 Davide Rebellin............ 100 Oscar Freire Gomez.......... 15 325
Bill Reams......... Paolo Bettini.. 210 Ivan Basso................. 64 Davide Rebellin............. 50 324
Michael Beck....... Davide Rebellin 150 Paolo Bettini.............. 140 Ivan Basso.................. 32 322
Frank Kurzawa...... Paolo Bettini.. 210 Davide Rebellin............ 100 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte. 0 310
Tom McMinn......... Paolo Bettini.. 210 Davide Rebellin............ 100 George Hincapie............. 0 310
WC2004............. Davide Rebellin 150 Paolo Bettini.............. 140 Oscar Freire Gomez.......... 15 305
Jake North......... Paolo Bettini.. 210 Igor Astarloa.............. 28 Davide Rebellin............. 50 288
Podium2003......... Paolo Bettini.. 210 Ivan Basso................. 64 Danilo Di Luca.............. 0 274
Alon G............. Paolo Bettini.. 210 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0 Davide Rebellin............. 50 260
Jeff Galloway...... Paolo Bettini.. 210 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0 Davide Rebellin............. 50 260
Dan Connelly....... Paolo Bettini.. 210 Igor Astarloa.............. 28 Jan Ullrich................. 0 238
Kenneth D. LLoyd... Davide Rebellin 150 Stefano Garzelli........... 12 Paolo Bettini............... 70 232
Andy White......... Paolo Bettini.. 210 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni 13 223
WC2003............. Paolo Bettini.. 210 Michael Boogerd............ 0 Peter Van Petegem........... 0 210
Jason Rivers....... Igor Astarloa.. 42 Paolo Bettini.............. 140 Cadel Evans................. 0 182
Richard Whittington Igor Astarloa.. 42 Paolo Bettini.............. 140 Jan Ullrich................. 0 182
Randy Wright....... Danilo Di Luca. 0 Igor Astarloa.............. 28 Paolo Bettini............... 70 98
Lee Rusk........... Igor Astarloa.. 42 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0 Davide Rebellin............. 50 92
Bill Strachan...... Jan Ullrich.... 0 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0 Paolo Bettini............... 70 70
David Orr.......... George Hincapie 0 Axel Merckx................ 0 Igor Astarloa............... 14 14
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