Velogames Number Crunching: Stage 17

Explanation Here.

Stage 17 Value Team;
All Rounders:
Score: 1141 Cost: 22 Rider: Andy SCHLECK
Score: 1004 Cost: 28 Rider: Alberto CONTADOR

Category Total Score, Cost 2145 50
Category % of Score, Cost 38.40% 53.19%

Climbers:
Score: 702 Cost: 14 Rider: Samuel SÁNCHEZ
Score: 298 Cost: 6 Rider: Pierrick FEDRIGO

Category Total Score, cost 1000 20
Category % of Score, cost 17.90% 21.28%

Domestiques:
Score: 484 Cost: 4 Rider: José Joaquin ROJAS
Score: 394 Cost: 2 Rider: Geraint THOMAS
Score: 256 Cost: 2 Rider: Sebastien TURGOT

Category Total Score, cost 1134 8
Category % of Score, cost 20.30% 8.51%

Wildcard:
Score: 474 Cost: 4 Rider: Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK

Category Total Score, cost 474 4
Category % of Score, cost 8.49% 4.26%

Sprinter:
Score: 833 Cost: 12 Rider: Alessandro PETACCHI

Category Total Score, cost 833 12
Category % of Score, cost 14.91% 12.77%

Grand Totals, Score, Cost 5586 94

Some changes here, perhaps the most significant being the appearance of Alberto Contador, who's taken a while to score highly enough to represent good value for his high credit cost. Jurgen Van Den Broeck also displaces Maxime Bouet as the team wildcard, his riding belying his classification as a "Domestique" in the mountains. The value team is still well within the credit budget, 6 credits under the maximum team cost of 100.

Stage 17 High Score Team:

All Rounders:
Score: 1141 Cost: 22 Rider: Andy SCHLECK
Score: 550 Cost: 16 Rider: Denis MENCHOV

Category Total Score, cost 1691 38
Category % of Score, cost 28.85% 38.00%

Climbers:
Score: 702 Cost: 14 Rider: Samuel SÁNCHEZ
Score: 298 Cost: 6 Rider: Pierrick FEDRIGO

Category Total Score, cost 1000 20
Category % of Score, cost 17.06% 20.00%

Domestiques:
Score: 612 Cost: 6 Rider: Sylvain CHAVANEL
Score: 484 Cost: 4 Rider: José Joaquin ROJAS
Score: 394 Cost: 2 Rider: Geraint THOMAS

Category Total Score, cost 1490 12
Category % of Score, cost 25.42% 12.00%

Sprinter:
Score: 848 Cost: 18 Rider: Thor HUSHOVD

Category Total Score, cost 848 18
Category % of Score, cost 14.47% 18.00%

Wildcard:
Score: 833 Cost: 12 Rider: Alessandro PETACCHI

Category Total Score, cost 833 12
Category % of Score, cost 14.21% 12.00%

Grand Totals, Score, Cost: 5862 100

In the high score team, Denis Menchov replaces Alexandre Vinokourov, his credit value and score making him a good swap to get the credit cost down to 100.

At this point in the game, the winning team had a score of 4970, giving our value team a lead of 616 points, and the high score team a lead of 692.