well the final race has been run and won by the latest comeback kid, vino. as usual there are shadows of doubt over his victory, but as far as the tipping comp goes, the result on the day is the result for the comp. basically, if you know someone is doping, then make sure you tip them before they get busted.
anyway, with the top two teams tipping different riders, but only gaining 10 points difference, team bigchainring stayed clear at the end to claim victory. team globalbean finished strong, but was a good 70 points adrift at the end of the day. team solwest tipped well in the final 2 races to overtake team rob.a.bank for third place.
on the stage win leaderboard, team bigchainring was the clear leader tipping three winners. the way this works is that there is prize money for each race and this is split between the winners of the race. in other words, the more people that tip the winner, the less money you get.
in about 2 weeks the giro starts and we will run another tipping comp for this. the main difference is that you have to put a new tip in for every stage which is pretty much every day for three weeks. again, the more people involved, the more money for the winners.
the final leaderboards are here, but the pay-outs are as follows. if you are not worried about collecting your prize (due to the small amount) you can let me know and i can roll it into the entry for the next comp.
overall points
| Team Name | UCI Points | Prize | |
| 1 | Team BigChainRing | 440 | $100.00 |
| 2 | Globalbean | 370 | $50.00 |
| 3 | Solwest | 290 | $25.00 |
stage wins
| Team Name | Prize | |
| 1 | Team BigChainRing | $20.50 |
| 2 | Globalbean | $7.50 |
| 3 | Blessé Festival | $7.50 |
| 4 | Steak and Chips | $7.50 |
| 5 | Rob.a.bank | $5.50 |
| 6 | Team Liquigus | $5.50 |
| 7 | Red Lantern | $5.00 |
| 8 | Team Irelande | $5.00 |
| 9 | EusCadel-Eustralie | $5.00 |
| 10 | Got no proof | $5.00 |
| 11 | Solwest | $5.00 |
| 12 | Team Mountain Goat Wannabe | $3.00 |
| 13 | Cameltoe Test Team | $3.00 |
| 14 | Captain Poser & the Canine Shepards | $2.50 |
| 15 | Les Flambeurs | $2.50 |
Sweet! Well done Shane!
Put mine in the kitty Mr President, ready for the Giro
Roll mine over to the giro also please mr pres
thanks toby….great comp pete….thinking about a new team name for Giro “BigChainRing to BigAssInSand” in honour of my last race effort!
Roll it over for me to please Pete..
Roll mine over as well Pete, thanks.
and mine.
I’d like my winnings thanks Pete. Caméltoé needs to show return on investment to it’s investors.
Kimbo, how do you plan to divide $3 amongst your investors?
Kimbo, that should be enough to get half a coffee at the Bell Tower Cafe!
Pete, roll my ‘winnings’ into the Giro pot also.
Kimbo, it’s all about re-investing the dividends at the moment, particularly given the rate of return so far!!
Roll Over