2015-17 Emerging Riders CQ game

[Kazistuta]

I'm not surprised. I totally forgot about him (even though I have him in the main cq team). He's the most proven talent IMO.

 

[Ruudz0r]

Wow even a current U17 rider has been picked, he will be 2nd year junior in the year the game ends, that seems a bit optimistic Geraint

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Wow even a current U17 rider has been picked, he will be 2nd year junior in the year the game ends, that seems a bit optimistic Geraint

Yeah, there are only so many points that can be accrued in the Bahamian national championships, the field on which successive generations of Holoweskos harvest their CQ points.

In my stats summary, I hadn't even included Liam as one of the non-pros: the three I meant there were Affini, Anderberg and Paret-Peintre, all on DJSprtsh's unique-pick-heavy selection. They don't even have a CQ page yet: I'll have to keep a close eye out that they don't crop up in a different spelling.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

One late entry, from Karaev. He has been a regular in these games, and the team is 23rd on the popularity of picks chart: I see no reason to suspect cherry picking from the teams already submitted, but if any of you wish to imagine that team in the tables with an asterisk, feel free. He has no unique picks, but has robbed no-one of any.

Karaev
QUINTANA ROJAS Dayer Uberney
POWER Robert
WISNIOWSKI Lukasz
VAN DER POEL Mathieu
MARECZKO Jakub
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando
VAN DER HAAR Lars
BOSWELL Ian
ZORDAN Andrea
MOHORIC Matej
SARREAU Marc
VALLEE Boris
MANZIN Lorenzo
LEDANOIS Kevin
ANDREETTA Simone
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
LATOUR Pierre-Roger
RUFFONI Nicola

HilltopFinisher submitted a team with 2 Campbell Flakemores in it. Again, he is a regular participant in CQ games, and I have told him that so long as the replacement is fairly low among the popularity rankings, there should be no difficulty in believing that it was someone on his radar anyway. (Later edit: he has replaced one of the Flakemores with GIBSON Matthew, a unique pick and a member of his youth team)

Karaev's inclusion of Gaviria releases the perhaps unsurprising statistical quirk that Gaviria was absent from all the early submissions, up to Stage 2 of San Luis, but in more than half of those sent in after that.

One other footnote to the team submissions: one entrant , perhaps confusing this with the Career in Decline game, sent in a team of 15 instead of 18 on CN. He then sent, via Velorooms, another team of 15, 7 of whom had been on the original list. With no reply to my having alerted him to my awareness to his ruse, I have entered his team as the 15 names from the first submitted list, plus the first three non-repeated names on the second team. I shall respect his anonymity to protect the guilty.

Later edit: Joelsim had sent an adjusted team that I missed: it was well in advance of the deadline. Per that message, Gaviria and Mareczco have replaced McLay and unique pick Van Lerberghe.

Apologies to Hilltop, Karaev and the unnamed dual-entrant for the use of male pronouns if they are not male.

 

[karaev]

Thanks for letting me in AC. I made a list of 30+ riders and wanted to select 18 last night but something came up and I had no time to do it. Regarding Gaviria , he is my unique pick in The Youth CQ Game so I would probably selected him even before San Luis...

Also I checked the 2014-2016 game and I am in top 10. I did not expected that so I'm really excited about that game too.

 

[rote_laterne]

But really, I think I can forget class of 2015-2017. Race over already.

2 or 3 of your unique picks might turn out to be pretty good. Last year Adam Yates wasn't that popular and he turned out to score more points in the first year than his brother.

I'm really exited for the new edition. I sent my team pretty early and didn't change it for quite obvious "relevations" Mareczko and Gaviria. Also I didn't include riders from my 2014-2016 team that are still eligible and might be pretty good in 2017 (Henao, Mohoric) as I feel more like signing 18 new guys to your already existing team.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Wow even a current U17 rider has been picked, he will be 2nd year junior in the year the game ends, that seems a bit optimistic Geraint

He's 14 years old and he has CQ points. I had to pick him.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

No problem for me to include to two teams. I don't understand how you can miss the deadline but whatever.

Interesting to see the teams. I don't find it that surprising that I have the second most popular team. I just went for many of the most obvious picks. Last minute I swapped Van Der Poel for Wisniowski just to make my team a little "less popular". I don't know how much road racing Van Der Poel will do, but in hindsight, I should probably have picked him just as a defensive pick.

 

[rote_laterne]

Two of my riders scored in January, although not as much as some from other teams:
QUINTANA ROJAS Dayer Uberney 4
POWER Robert 5

And today the first surprising 6 points for ZEPUNTKE Ruben.

Upcoming races:
Etoile de Bess?ges (2.1)
LATOUR Pierre-Roger
MULLEN Ryan

Herald Sun Tour (2.1)
POWER Robert

Dubai Tour (2.HC)
K?NG Stefan

 

[scrooll07]

Two of my riders scored in January, although not as much as some from other teams:
QUINTANA ROJAS Dayer Uberney 4
POWER Robert 5

And today the first surprising 6 points for ZEPUNTKE Ruben.

Upcoming races:
Etoile de Bess?ges (2.1)
LATOUR Pierre-Roger
MULLEN Ryan

Herald Sun Tour (2.1)
POWER Robert

Dubai Tour (2.HC)
K?NG Stefan

nice,Latour can score good points in Etoile
in my team we have 4 riders in Etoile de Bess?ges:LECUISINIER Pierre-Henri,BOUDAT Thomas,JAUREGUI Quentin and LOOIJ Andre
Only one in Herald tour:EDMONDSON Joshua and one in Dubai:LUDVIGSSON Tobias

 

[del1962]

nice,Latour can score good points in Etoile
in my team we have 4 riders in Etoile de Bess?ges:LECUISINIER Pierre-Henri,BOUDAT Thomas,JAUREGUI Quentin and LOOIJ Andre
Only one in Herald tour:EDMONDSON Joshua and one in Dubai:LUDVIGSSON Tobias

Are you getting brothers mixed up, you must have Fredrik Ludvigsson as Tobias has to many points to qualify and he is out injured for a while.

 

[mutschi]

2 or 3 of your unique picks might turn out to be pretty good. Last year Adam Yates wasn't that popular and he turned out to score more points in the first year than his brother.

Maybe you right. One of my unique picks (Tanner Putt) just scored 6 points in Australia.

 

[scrooll07]

Are you getting brothers mixed up, you must have Fredrik Ludvigsson as Tobias has to many points to qualify and he is out injured for a while.

Oh yeah,you are right I've didn't know he is having brother at the same team
so no one from me in the Dubai tour

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

End of month 1

18 selected riders are off the mark:
Name/points/popularity
GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando 56 14
FLAKEMORE Campbell 54 16
CONTRERAS PINZON Rodrigo 50 3
SPOKES Sam 40 1
JARAMILLO DIEZ Daniel Alexander 35 1
VALLEE Boris 19 5
BOSWELL Ian 16 4
MARECZKO Jakub 13 17
ORAM James 13 1
PUTT Tanner 7 1
ZEPUNTKE Ruben 6 9
POWER Robert 5 24
ROOSEN Timo 5 3
DOMONT Axel 5 2
ALAFACI Eugenio 5 1
WATSON Calvin 5 1
QUINTANA ROJAS Dayer Uberney 4 26
MARINI Nicolas 3 1

And all of us have at least one rider on that list (in fact, at least two), so everyone is underway:
1 Joelsim 147
2 The_Fool_on_the_Hill 136
3 GPBlanco 133
4 Blues_in_the_Bottle 132
4 HugoKoblet 132
6 Kazistuta 128
6 Ruudz0r 128
8 Josedin 127
9 Mutschi 125
10 Jakob747 124
11 Asdfgh101 114
12 Karaev 113
13 Scrooll07 87
14 Del1962 84
14 ItalianGigolo 84
16 Alykaptan 82
17 Madrazo 78
18 HilltopFinisher 74
18 Snccdcno 74
20 Skidmark 71
21 MCMountain 63
22 GeraintTooFast 61
23 Comodoro 59
24 Flo 58
25 Ludwigzgz 40
26 Vladimir 28
27 Nuvolablu 24
28 Multispeed 22
29 AlPacino 19
30 RoteLaterne 15
31 Armchair_Cyclist 9
31 DJSprtsch 9
31 Leadbelly 9


(Fool on the Hill's score is provisional: he is the second rider to have a duplicate Flakemore entry.)

The riders that scored well this month had gained a high profile before entries to the game closed: those who chose them, for the most part, knew they had done well this month. But will they be good picks after 3 years of racing rather than 3 weeks?

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

I expect stuff to happen on my team in month 28-34...

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

The Fool on the Hill has replaced his second Campbell Flakemore with VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan: a unique pick for him this year, as it was last.

He thus drops to 15th in month 1: everyone from 3rd to 14th previously moves up one.

 

[skidmark]

The ever popular popularity table:
1 Skidmark 305
2 HugoKoblet 295
3 Multispeed 280
4 Snccdcno 274
4 The_Fool_on_the_Hill 274
6 Madrazo 272
7 HilltopFinisher 266
8 Nuvolablu 260
8 Kazistuta 260
10 GPBlanco 255
10 ItalianGigolo 255
10 MCMountain 255
13 RoteLaterne 238
14 Ruudz0r 237
15 Blues_in_the_Bottle 233
16 Joelsim 232
17 Armchair_Cyclist 228
18 Asdfgh101 227
18 Ludwigzgz 227
20 Del1962 226
21 Leadbelly 225
22 Alykaptan 224
23 Vladimir 221
24 GeraintTooFast 220
25 Flo 211
26 Jakob747 204
27 Josedin 200
28 Mutschi 194
29 AlPacino 175
30 DJSprtsch 157
31 Comodoro 148
32 Scrooll07 126

Sigh, it's hard always being the most popular one...

just saw this now; had a good week and a half worth of catching up to do on the forum. Really excited for this game, although of course at least until mid-season I'll be more focused on the 2014-16 game, as more of those riders will be getting chances in their generally increased roles.

Thanks as always, AC, these games are great.

 

[rote_laterne]

Etoile de Bess?ges (2.1)
Good call, scrooll07, LATOUR Pierre-Roger scored 40 points. Mullen didn't show anything in the short ITT, I hope he'll show more in the years to come otherwise I'll regret choosing him over Flakemore.

Herald Sun Tour (2.1)
POWER Robert 45

Dubai Tour (2.HC)
K?NG Stefan 5

National Championships Colombia RR (NC)
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel 20

More points for me this week than last month. But now all my riders take a break from riding this week.

 

[rote_laterne]

I don't think I had anybody racing last week.
This week:

Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol (2.1)
VERVAEKE Louis

Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta (2.1)
SKJERPING Kristoffer

Trofeo Laigueglia (1.HC)
LEDANOIS Kevin

 

[scrooll07]

Clasica de Almeria:
Calvin Watson
CHEVRIER Cl?ment
LECUISINIER Pierre-Henri
BUCHMANN Emanuel
KOZHATAYEV Bakhtiyar

Tour of Oman:
ANDREETTA Simone

La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
DE TROYER Tim

Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta
KOZHATAYEV Bakhtiyar
BUCHMANN Emanuel

 

[rote_laterne]

Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta (2.1)
QUINTANA ROJAS Dayer Uberney 3


At least I have one rider in every race next week:
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (1.HC)
K?NG Stefan

Classic Sud Ard?che (1.1)
GODOY Yonder Eduardo

Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne (1.1)
K?NG Stefan

La Drome Classic (1.1)
GODOY Yonder Eduardo
LATOUR Pierre-Roger

SuisseGas Gran Premio Citt? di Lugano (1.HC)
HNIK Karel

 

[scrooll07]

Clasica de Almeria:
Calvin Watson
CHEVRIER Cl?ment
LECUISINIER Pierre-Henri
BUCHMANN Emanuel
KOZHATAYEV Bakhtiyar

Tour of Oman:
ANDREETTA Simone

La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
DE TROYER Tim

Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta
KOZHATAYEV Bakhtiyar
BUCHMANN Emanuel

De Troyer -18pts
Buchmann-3pts
Chevrier-5pts
Quintana-3pts
Warbase-3pts(Haut Var)
for upcoming races:
Classic Sud Ard?che - Souvenir
WATSON Calvin
LECUISINIER Pierre-Henri
DE TROYER Tim
Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne
LOOIJ Andre
LE GAC Olivier
La Drome Classic
LECUISINIER Pierre-Henri
ROOSEN Timo
LEDANOIS Kevin
Lugano
CHEVRIER Cl?ment
JAUREGUI Quentin

 

[rote_laterne]

Total fail week for me. Last year, although I had literally no knowledge, even I managed to choose some must have picks like the Yates twins, Magnus Cort Nielsen, Ewan Caleb. This year I'm not sure half of my riders will have a decent career. Most of them aren't even riding.

Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen (2.1)
K?NG Stefan
LATOUR Pierre-Roger

Strade Bianche (1.HC)
SKJERPING Kristoffer

Paris - Nice (2.UWT)
QUINTANA ROJAS Dayer Uberney

Le Tour de Langkawi (2.HC)
BELTRAN SUAREZ Edward Alexander

Beltran and Quintana should be good for points.

 

[scrooll07]

not a good week for me also,only 5pts from Chevrier
Paris-Nice
QUINTANA Dayer
Tirreno-Adriatico
ANDREETTA Simone
Le Samyn
VALL?E Boris
Vlaandren
LECUISINIER Pierre-Henri
LE GAC Olivier
VALL?E Boris
ROOSEN Timo
BOUDAT Thomas
LOOIJ Andre
DE TROYER Tim
FLAKEMORE Campbell
Langkawi
ANDREETTA Simone
KOZHATAYEV Bakhtiyar
Strade Bianche:
WATSON Calvin
hoping for points mainly in Vlaandren where I have a good number also Quintana could bring some

 

[LaFlorecita]

I think I scored 0

cool avi scrool!!