An optimal team for the Internet Tour de France Game 1998 is a team that would have achieved the highest possible number of points in this edition of the game. There are different teams that achieve the same score so the team presented here is not unique. I cannot guarantee that the team shown here cannot be improved so if you are able to construct a team that achieves more points you can send it to erikt@stp.ling.uu.se . Please include the score of your team.
The team presented here would have achieved 738 points (winner Tako Molanus achieved 564 points). Freek Burger and Tako Molanus have corrected the original team, thanks!
Name | Stage results in top ten
1. T. Steels | 7x: 5 7 6 7 1* 1* 1* 2. E. Zabel | 9x: 6 2* 5 8 5 5 9 2* 5 3. B. Julich | 6x: 3* 4 3* 5 3* 2 4. M. Pantani | 5x: 2 1 1 2 3 5. S. O'Grady | 6x: 5* 6 1 3 9 3 6. R. McEwen | 5x: 2 6* 6* 4 6* 7. G. Hincapie | 5x: 3 7* 10 10 4 8. J. Ullrich | 5x: 1 8* 8* 1 1 9. F. Simon | 5x: 9* 2 9* 7 8 10. J. Svorada | 5x: 1 3 3 10* 10* 11. M. Boogerd | 4x: 3 4 6 6 12. F. Escartin | 4x: 7 6 3 4 13. N. Minali | 4x: 8 2 2 4 14. M. Cipollini | 3x: 3 1 1 15. L. van Bon | 3x: 1 3 6
A cyclist gets (16-his place) points if he finishes within the top 10 of a stage. Bonus points are awarded if the place of the cyclist in the team is equal to his place in a stage (3 points for a top 3 cyclist and 2 for the other top 10 cyclists). Behind each cyclist you will find the number of times that he finished in the top-10 and the rankings he has achieved. If the cyclist has finished at the same place as his place in the list, a star is appended to the place.
Here is the score sheet of the team:
tot 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21
1. T. Steels 114 15 . 15 . 15 . . 15 . . 18 . . . . 18 . . 18
2. E. Zabel 132 . . 14 17 14 . 14 14 . . 14 . 14 . . 17 . . 14
3. B. Julich 87 . . . . . 16 . . 13 16 . . . 13 16 . . 13 .
4. M. Pantani 60 . . . . . . . . 12 12 . . . 12 12 . . 12 .
5. S. O'Grady 68 . 13 . . . . . . . . 11 . 11 . . 11 11 . 11
6. R. McEwen 56 10 . . 12 . . . 12 . . . . . . . 10 . . 12
7. G. Hincapie 47 . 9 . 11 9 . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . 9
8. J. Ullrich 44 . . . . . 8 . . 10 10 . . . . 8 . . 8 .
9. F. Simon 39 . . . . . . . 9 . . 7 9 . . . 7 . . 7
10. J. Svorada 34 6 . 6 . 6 . 8 . . . . . 8 . *
11. M. Boogerd 20 . . . . . . . . 5 5 . . . 5 5 . . . .
12. F. Escartin 16 . . . . . . . . 4 4 . . . 4 4 *
13. N. Minali 12 3 . 3 . 3 . . . . . 3 . . . . *
14. M. Cipollini 6 2 . . 2 2 . . *
15. L. van Bon 3 . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . 1 . . .
Points: 738 36 22 38 42 49 24 22 51 44 47 62 9 34 34 45 64 11 33 71
Percentiles: 100 81 99 66 88 71 16 94 99 96 99100 97100 99 89100 99 86100
This team would have won 4 stages in the game: stages 12, 14, 18 and 21.
The other cyclists that finished in the top 10 of a stage are:
Name | Stage results in top ten
. M. Traversoni | 3x: 7 8 7 . J. Durand | 3x: 1 5 7 . F. Moncassin | 3x: 4 9 4 . J. Blijlevens | 3x: 9 1 8 . L. Piepoli | 3x: 10 5 8 . S. Heulot | 3x: 9 4 9 . C. Rinero | 3x: 7 4 7 . F. Guidi | 3x: 10 8 9 . A. Turricchia | 3x: 4 8 10 . J. Robin | 3x: 9 8 10 . A. Tafi | 2x: 2 3 . M. den Bakker | 2x: 10 2 . A. Vierhouten | 2x: 8 9 . B. Hamburger | 2x: 4 10 . R. Massi | 2x: 1 2 . J. Garcia | 2x: 6 2 . S. Ivanov | 2x: 9 7 . L. Michaelsen | 2x: 8 10 . E. Mazzoleni | 2x: 4 3 . F. Guesdon | 2x: 7 5 . E. Magnien | 2x: 6 9 . L. Desbiens | 2x: 5 5 . P. Gaumont | 2x: 5 7 . R. Meier | 2x: 2 10 . A. Merckx | 2x: 5 9 . F. Sacchi | 2x: 3 6 . A. Ferrigato | 2x: 4 7 . D. Baranowski | 2x: 10 4 . V. Ekimov | 2x: 5 6 . J. Heppner | 1x: 1 . B. Riis | 1x: 7 . P. Herve | 1x: 7 . R. Forconi | 1x: 8 . G. di Grande | 1x: 5 . D. Nardello | 1x: 1 . S. Zanini | 1x: 2 . L. Jalabert | 1x: 4 . R. Diaz | 1x: 8 . K. Moerenhout | 1x: 6 . C. Agnolutto | 1x: 4 . S. Barthe | 1x: 3 . P. Chanteur | 1x: 9 . J. Kirsipuu | 1x: 7 . A. Olano | 1x: 6 . M. Beltran | 1x: 9 . J. Jimenez | 1x: 6 . O. Rodrigues | 1x: 2 . M. Backstedt | 1x: 1 . J. Voigt | 1x: 2 . J. Laukka | 1x: 6 . A. Tchmile | 1x: 5 . A. Teteriuk | 1x: 5 . G. Calcaterra | 1x: 6 . E. Berzin | 1x: 7 . X. Jan | 1x: 2 . C. Mengin | 1x: 3 . D. Nazon | 1x: 9 . M. Sciandri | 1x: 9 . F. Casagrande | 1x: 8 . N. Jalabert | 1x: 8 . M. Lelli | 1x: 3 . K. Livingston | 1x: 9 . S. Martinello | 1x: 10 . A. Bongioni | 1x: 10 . F. Roscioli | 1x: 8 . A. Casero | 1x: 10 . F. Cabello | 1x: 8 . M. Serrano | 1x: 7 . P. Derame | 1x: 4 . T. Hamilton | 1x: 2 . M. Jemison | 1x: 5 . P. Nielsen | 1x: 4 . F. Baldato | 1x: 10 . V. Djavanian | 1x: 10 . T. Gouvenou | 1x: 10