2017-19 Emerging riders CQ Game

[Armchair cyclist]

Year 1, Month 3 6th March to 2nd April

This cohort are not troubling anyone in the Spring Classics yet, but they are picking up points here and there...

BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley 90pts for 30 teams (4th in Settimana Coppi e Bartali, 16th in Tirreno-Adriatico)
BANASZEK Alan 67pts 2 teams (Win Rhodes GP, 9th in Nokere, 11th in Handzame and stage 2nd in Settimana Coppi e Bartali for Rote Laterne and Togo95)
PLANCKAERT Edward 46 12 (4th in Loire Atlantique + WT finisher points)
HOFSTETTER Hugo 45 1 (3rd in Loire Atlantique for Scrool07)
GAUDU David 45 34 (4th in Route Adélie de Vitré and some Catalunya points)
HAMILTON Lucas 40 2 (Oceania Championships win for 18Valve and Jakob747)
YSSAAD Yannis 39 4 (Paris-Troyes win, 7th in Adélie de Vitré)
EDMONDSON Alexander 38 1 (18th in Dreigaagse, 25th in Ronde and some Catalunya points)
SISR Frantisek 34 2 (10th in Drenth, 11th in Nokere)
TORRES BARCELO Albert 32 1 (5th in La Rioja)
ZURLO Federico 30 4 (finishing points in 6 WT races, but never higher than 49th)

1 Togo95 342 (Bernal, Banaszek, Planckaert and Gaudu)
2 Squire 319 (Bernal, Planckaert, Yssaad and Gaudu)
3 DJW 311 (Bernal, Yssaad, Zurlo and Gaudu)
4 Flo 303 (Bernal, Planckaert and Gaudu)
5 TheAsian 285
5 Ludwigzgz 285
7 Skidmark 284
8 Jakob747 275
9 Madrazo 272
9 LukasCPH 272
11 Blues_in_the_Bottle 267
11 18Valve 267
13 Murrjt 266
14 Cordi333 262
15 Kryvo 259
16 Scrooll07 255
17 Hakkie2 252
18 Del1962 241
19 ValvPiti 240
20 RoteLaterne 239
21 Torcio86 236
22 ThePirate81 234
23 HugoKoblet 229
24 GPBlanco 227
25 Comodoro 223
26 Laarsland 221
27 Kazistuta 217
28 AmisVelo 208
29 Tych23 195
30 Joelsim 185
31 Vladimir 181
32 Armchair_Cyclist 179
33 Josedin 173
34 Leadbelly 159
35 Trudgin 117
CollectiveWisdom 239


Standings

Although this is only month three, there was very little change in the table, and none at all in the top 7: 8th and 9th swap places, and Squire rises from 12th to be the only new entrant into the top ten. Togo95 links top score this month with biggest riser, but 5 places is scarcely game shattering.
A third place to follow up on 2 wins: DJW's lead already looking serious.

1 DJW 1307
2 Hakkie2 1081
3 Blues_in_the_Bottle 1072
4 TheAsian 1047
5 18Valve 1011
6 Madrazo 1009
7 Murrjt 994
8 Cordi333 977
9 ValvPiti 962
10 Squire 952
11 Ludwigzgz 927
12 Kazistuta 914
13 Flo 898
14 Skidmark 851
15 Del1962 805
16 Jakob747 798
17 AmisVelo 788
18 Torcio86 766
19 Kryvo 750
20 GPBlanco 747
21 Joelsim 737
22 HugoKoblet 729
23 LukasCPH 728
24 RoteLaterne 661
25 Vladimir 656
26 Scrooll07 635
27 Togo95 617
28 ThePirate81 593
29 Comodoro 590
30 Josedin 558
31 Armchair_Cyclist 552
32 Laarsland 548
33 Tych23 361
34 Leadbelly 327
35 Trudgin 260
CollectiveWisdom 976

 

[Squire]

Thanks for the update!
Nice to see I'm doing okay so far in this game. The list of scorers on my team for this update doesn't seem to be correct though. Hope it's only the names that are wrong, and not the points.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Looks like those not having Bernal can wave goodbye to this competition.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Re:

Thanks for the update!
Nice to see I'm doing okay so far in this game. The list of scorers on my team for this update doesn't seem to be correct though. Hope it's only the names that are wrong, and not the points.

I've double checked: I do have your team correct per the series of PMs on 31 Jan/1 Feb, but I was cutting and pasting Togo's top scorers (yours only had one name difference, and I am a hopeless typist) I substituted Planckaert instead of Banaszek with your pick of Yssaad.

Your scores for the month, and in total, are correct, it was just the summary I got wrong (now corrected).

 

[Squire]

Re: Re:

Thanks for the update!
Nice to see I'm doing okay so far in this game. The list of scorers on my team for this update doesn't seem to be correct though. Hope it's only the names that are wrong, and not the points.

I've double checked: I do have your team correct per the series of PMs on 31 Jan/1 Feb, but I was cutting and pasting Togo's top scorers (yours only had one name difference, and I am a hopeless typist) I substituted Planckaert instead of Banaszek with your pick of Yssaad.

Your scores for the month, and in total, are correct, it was just the summary I got wrong (now corrected).

That's good to know.

Will you ever upload any spreadsheets? Could be fun to get more of an overview of what's going on from time to time. If that's not more work for you, obviously.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Year 1, Month 4 3rd to 30th April (yes, that is a week ago, but it was the most recent update when I went to CQ this evening. I guess it fits the intention of monthly updates...

Two of the more popular picks came up trumps
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley 98pts (2nd in Appenino, 9th in Tour of the Alps) for 30 teams
GAUDU David 81 (7th in Finistere, 9th in Fleche) for 34 teams
LECROQ Jérémy 80 (6th in Denain, 3rd in both Ronde U23 and ZLM) for Kazistuta
MOLANO BENAVIDES Juan Sebastian 72 (3rd in Denain) for Jacob747
EDMONDSON Alexander 66 66 (3rd in 2 stages, 4th in another, and 3rd in points competition in Romandie) for Scrool007
HAMILTON Lucas 55 2
RODRIGUEZ MARTIN Cristian 53 1

Points gained
1 Jakob747 529 (Bernal, Gaudu, Molano and Hamilton)
2 Vladimir 434 (Bernal, Gaudu and Rodriguez)
3 18Valve 410 (Bernal, Gaudu and Hamilton)
4 Del1962 394
5 Torcio86 387
6 Flo 378
7 Blues_in_the_Bottle 377
8 Togo95 376
9 Murrjt 371
10 Cordi333 361
11 HugoKoblet 349
12 LukasCPH 348
13 Madrazo 345
14 Laarsland 343
15 Kazistuta 342
16 AmisVelo 331
17 GPBlanco 330
18 Kryvo 329
19 TheAsian 327
20 Armchair_Cyclist 324
21 Ludwigzgz 316
22 Hakkie2 313
23 Skidmark 311
24 ValvPiti 308
25 Squire 306
26 Scrooll07 299
27 Comodoro 298
28 ThePirate81 278
29 DJW 277
30 Joelsim 270
31 Josedin 243
32 Tych23 200
33 Trudgin 191
34 RoteLaterne 177
35 Leadbelly 122
CollectiveWisdom 356

Standings

DJW still leads the way, but he had a fallible month to give the rest of the contestants some hope. Blues in the Bottle and 18Valve are new on the podium, and the volatility pf the early stages of the game is shown by Jakob747's 7 place rise into the top ten.
1 DJW 1584
2 Blues_in_the_Bottle 1449
3 18Valve 1421
4 Hakkie2 1394
5 TheAsian 1374
6 Murrjt 1365
7 Madrazo 1354
8 Cordi333 1338
9 Jakob747 1327
10 Flo 1276
11 ValvPiti 1270
12 Squire 1258
13 Kazistuta 1256
14 Ludwigzgz 1243
15 Del1962 1199
16 Skidmark 1162
17 Torcio86 1153
18 AmisVelo 1119
19 Vladimir 1090
20 Kryvo 1079
21 HugoKoblet 1078
22 GPBlanco 1077
23 LukasCPH 1076
24 Joelsim 1007
25 Togo95 993
26 Scrooll07 934
27 Laarsland 891
28 Comodoro 888
29 Armchair_Cyclist 876
30 ThePirate81 871
31 RoteLaterne 838
32 Josedin 801
33 Tych23 561
34 Trudgin 451
35 Leadbelly 449
CollectiveWisdom 1332

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Year 1, Month 5 1-28 May
This period was dominated for cycling fans by the Giro, but not in this game. We had a Giro stage winner in year one of the Emerging riders cycle last year, no more than a few top tens, culminating in a 5th place, this time.

Top Scorers
LAUK Karl Patrick 141pts (stage and GC wins in Tour of Estonia) for Vladimir
CAVAGNA Rémi 136 (2nd in GC in Belgium Tour) for 16 teams
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio 109 (6th in Vuelta Communidad de Madrid, 4th in Castilla y Leon) for 12 teams
GUERREIRO Ruben Antonio Almeida 78pts 16 teams
HAGEN Carl Fredrik 75 1
VENDRAME Andrea 65 8
SCHULTZ Nicholas 64 1
AGUIRRE CALPA Hernan Ricardo 60 1
KÄMNA Lennard 50 23

Points gained
1 Vladimir 632 (Lauk, Cavagna, Carapaz, Kamna)
2 AmisVelo 599 (Cavagna, Carapaz, Vendrame, Kamna)
3 ValvPiti 592 (Cavagna, Carapaz, Guerreiro, Kamna)
4 GPBlanco 491
5 Jakob747 474
6 Flo 465
7 Blues_in_the_Bottle 438
8 Del1962 436
9 Squire 420
10 Laarsland 411
11 Murrjt 408
12 Josedin 401
13 DJW 399
14 TheAsian 396
15 Hakkie2 394
16 Madrazo 390
17 Cordi333 386
18 Ludwigzgz 385
19 ThePirate81 372
20 HugoKoblet 368
21 Torcio86 354
22 Scrooll07 353
23 Kazistuta 321
24 Kryvo 314
25 Skidmark 309
26 RoteLaterne 303
27 Armchair_Cyclist 299
28 LukasCPH 276
29 Joelsim 266
29 Trudgin 266
31 18Valve 253
32 Togo95 214
33 Tych23 153
34 Leadbelly 144
35 Comodoro 130
CollectiveWisdom 410

Standings

8 place rises for Valv Piti and Vladimir are the biggest,with ValvPiti now 3rd, and Jakob also has a significant rise, from 9th to 4th.
1 DJW 1983
2 Blues_in_the_Bottle 1887
3 ValvPiti 1862
4 Jakob747 1801
5 Hakkie2 1788
6 Murrjt 1773
7 TheAsian 1770
8 Madrazo 1744
9 Flo 1741
10 Cordi333 1724
11 Vladimir 1722
12 AmisVelo 1718
13 Squire 1678
14 18Valve 1674
15 Del1962 1635
16 Ludwigzgz 1628
17 Kazistuta 1577
18 GPBlanco 1568
19 Torcio86 1507
20 Skidmark 1471
21 HugoKoblet 1446
22 Kryvo 1393
23 LukasCPH 1352
24 Laarsland 1302
25 Scrooll07 1287
26 Joelsim 1273
27 ThePirate81 1243
28 Togo95 1207
29 Josedin 1202
30 Armchair_Cyclist 1175
31 RoteLaterne 1141
32 Comodoro 1018
33 Trudgin 717
34 Tych23 714
35 Leadbelly 593
CollectiveWisdom 1742

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Collective Ignorance

FILOSI Iuri 246
VAN GESTEL Dries 143
TOUZE Damien 133
HOLLER Nikodemus 116
TOTO Paolo 98
VAN SCHIP Jan-Willem 97
ORRICO Davide 96
STRAKHOV Dmitry 94
SUMMERHILL Daniel 92
MA Guangtong 90
KANEPEJS Deins 90
ARISTI GARDOKI Mikel 84
DE LAAT Jasper 83
SAHBAOUI Soufiane 83
GALDOUNE Amine Ahmed 83
PERNSTEINER Hermann 83
MASNADA Fausto 82
PAREDES ZAPATA Wilmar Andres 82
Total 1875

Best possible team:
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley 334 pts 30 teams
GIBBONS Ryan 330 1
FILOSI Iuri 246 0
RESTREPO VALENCIA Jhonatan 214 20
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio 203 12
HINDLEY Jai 199 1
GAUDU David 179 34
HAMILTON Lucas 179 2
STORER Michael 161 8
CAVAGNA Rémi 151 16
SCOTSON Miles 147 13
VAN GESTEL Dries 143 0
LAUK Karl Patrick 141 1
TOUZE Damien 133 0
MOLANO BENAVIDES Juan Sebastian 132 1
DUNBAR Eddie 122 3
GUERREIRO Ruben Antonio Almeida 121 16
HOLLER Nikodemus 116 0
Total 3251

Dropbox

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Year 1, Month 6 29 May to 2 July
There were some important U23 races this month particularly that only yielded few points (Nat U23, Baby Giro): lack of points not necessarily reflective of performance here.

Top Scorers
SCHACHMANN Maximilian 124 (4th in Ster ZLM, 4th in Nat TT, 5th in Nat RR) 23 teams
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio 90pts (2nd in Route du Sud) 12 teams
LAMBRECHT Bjorg 84 (win Course de la Paix, 2nd in Tour de Savoie Mt Blanc) 7 teams
GUERREIRO Ruben Antonio Almeida 66 (National Champion) 16
VENDRAME Andrea 66 (4th in Boucles de la Mayenne) 8
POWLESS Neilson 66 (2nd in Nats RR, 3rd in the TT) 20
VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan 62 (5th in Nat RR) 4
MERLIER Tim 59 (6th in Nat RR) 3

Points this month
1 Cordi333 643 (Schachmann, Carapaz, Lambrecht and Powless)
2 AmisVelo 601 (Schachmann, Carapaz, Lambrecht and Vendrame)
3 Blues_in_the_Bottle 592 (Schachmann, Carapaz, Guerreiro, Vendrame and Powless)
4 Jakob747 566
5 HugoKoblet 548
6 Del1962 539
7 Skidmark 516
8 Kryvo 500
9 Ludwigzgz 496
10 Torcio86 494
11 Comodoro 476
12 Hakkie2 473
13 18Valve 465
14 Armchair_Cyclist 462
15 Murrjt 458
16 Flo 448
16 ThePirate81 448
18 Squire 447
19 Madrazo 444
20 LukasCPH 443
21 TheAsian 432
22 Josedin 408
23 RoteLaterne 403
24 ValvPiti 402
25 Togo95 399
26 Joelsim 391
27 Vladimir 380
28 DJW 355
29 Laarsland 342
30 Kazistuta 341
31 GPBlanco 315
32 Trudgin 253
33 Tych23 234
34 Scrooll07 210
35 Leadbelly 203
CollectiveWisdom 496


Standings
Early thoughts that DJW might do a Maes, a Bottecchia or a Frantz by leading from stage 1 to the finish are put aside. Blues in the Bottle moves from second to the leadership, June's top scorer Cordi333 is also the top jumper, with an 8 place climb to second, and a 7 place rise makes Amis Velo the only new entry in the top ten.


1 Blues_in_the_Bottle 2479
2 Cordi333 2367
2 Jakob747 2367
4 DJW 2338
5 AmisVelo 2319
6 ValvPiti 2264
7 Hakkie2 2261
8 Murrjt 2231
9 TheAsian 2202
10 Flo 2189
11 Madrazo 2188
12 Del1962 2174
13 18Valve 2139
14 Squire 2125
15 Ludwigzgz 2124
16 Vladimir 2102
17 Torcio86 2001
18 HugoKoblet 1994
19 Skidmark 1987
20 Kazistuta 1918
21 Kryvo 1893
22 GPBlanco 1883
23 LukasCPH 1795
24 ThePirate81 1691
25 Joelsim 1664
26 Laarsland 1644
27 Armchair_Cyclist 1637
28 Josedin 1610
29 Togo95 1606
30 RoteLaterne 1544
31 Scrooll07 1497
32 Comodoro 1494
33 Trudgin 970
34 Tych23 948
35 Leadbelly 796
CollectiveWisdom 2238

All the numbers

 

[Cordi333]

I just realize that I forgot Pavel Sivakov in my team. It's been a fantastic year for him, winning in Isard and Baby Giro. He's now one of the best promises to become a GT contender. Maybe he's going to be a key pick, it's only in 5 teams.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Year 1 Month 7 3 to 30 July

Only one of our selected riders was in the Tour de France, but a few other races were going on out of the limelight

BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley 162 (wins 2 stages and GC in Sibiu) 30 teams (out of 35)
O'CONNOR Ben 70 (GC 5th and a stage win in Tour of Austria) for Comodoro, Laarsland and Scrool07
MOSCA Jacopo 63 (2 stage podiums and 11th overall at Qinghai Lake) for The Pirate81
RYBALKIN Aleksey 38 1
LATHAM Christopher 36 1
PLANCKAERT Edward 36 12
SIVAKOV Pavel 33 5
CORBEL Erwann 30 1
LASTRA MARTINEZ Jonathan 30 1

1 Comodoro 324 (Bernal, O'Connor, Rybalkin)
2 Laarsland 291 (Bernal, O'Connor)
3 AmisVelo 287 ( (Bernal, Sivakov, Corbel)
4 Togo95 278
5 Madrazo 275
6 18Valve 274
7 Flo 272
8 Cordi333 268
9 ThePirate81 259
10 TheAsian 250
11 Armchair_Cyclist 248
12 Squire 247
13 Blues_in_the_Bottle 243
14 Jakob747 240
15 Ludwigzgz 237
15 Skidmark 237
17 DJW 234
18 Hakkie2 231
18 HugoKoblet 231
20 Tych23 228
21 Torcio86 227
22 Kazistuta 222
23 GPBlanco 221
24 LukasCPH 218
25 Del1962 216
25 Vladimir 216
27 Joelsim 215
28 Murrjt 212
29 ValvPiti 208
30 Kryvo 200
31 RoteLaterne 154
32 Scrooll07 152
33 Josedin 125
34 Leadbelly 103
35 Trudgin 41
CollectiveWisdom 214

Standings
The tie for second place is temporarily resolved in Cordi333's favour, AmisVelo, Hakkie2 and Flo have upward moves within the top ten, and Madrazo, with the joint biggest rise this month (shared with Comodoro), gets into the top ten.


1 Blues_in_the_Bottle 2722
2 Cordi333 2635
3 Jakob747 2607
4 AmisVelo 2606
5 DJW 2572
6 Hakkie2 2492
7 ValvPiti 2472
8 Madrazo 2463
9 Flo 2461
10 TheAsian 2452
11 Murrjt 2443
12 18Valve 2413
13 Del1962 2390
14 Squire 2372
15 Ludwigzgz 2361
16 Vladimir 2318
17 Torcio86 2228
18 HugoKoblet 2225
19 Skidmark 2224
20 Kazistuta 2140
21 GPBlanco 2104
22 Kryvo 2093
23 LukasCPH 2013
24 ThePirate81 1950
25 Laarsland 1935
26 Armchair_Cyclist 1885
27 Togo95 1884
28 Joelsim 1879
29 Comodoro 1818
30 Josedin 1735
31 RoteLaterne 1698
32 Scrooll07 1649
33 Tych23 1176
34 Trudgin 1011
35 Leadbelly 899
CollectiveWisdom 2452

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Year 1 Month 8 31 July to 27 August

MAS NICOLAU Enric 175pts (2nd, 3rd and 4th on stages, and GC 2nd in Burgos, and 3rd on a Vuelta stage) for 27 teams
EISENHART Taylor 145 (11th in Utah, 4th in Colorado with a stage 2nd) for Leadbelly
GESBERT Elie 118 (Stage win and 2nd overall in Tour du Limousin) for Armchair, Kazistuta and Madrazo
GAUDU David 105 (Stage win and 2nd overall in Tour de l'Ain) for 34 teams
JANSEN Amund Grøndahl 102 (2nd in Druivenkoers, 4th in Schaal Sels) 14 teams
POWLESS Neilson 98pts 20 teams
MERLIER Tim 83 3 teams
GUERREIRO Ruben Antonio Almeida 81 16 teams
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley 72 30 teams

And Albanese, the 2nd most popular pick on 32 out of 35 teams, finally gets off the mark for coming second last on Sunday.


1 Madrazo 768 (Mas, Gesbert, Gaudu, Jansen, Powless, Bernal)
2 Del1962 732 (Mas, Gaudu, Jansen, Powless, Guerreiro, Bernal)
3 Squire 726 (Mas, Gaudu, Jansen, Powless, Guerreiro, Bernal)
4 Cordi333 725 (Mas, Gaudu, Jansen, Powless, Bernal)
5 Skidmark 723 (Mas, Gaudu, Jansen, Merlier, Guerreiro, Bernal)
6 HugoKoblet 718 (Mas, Gaudu, Jansen, Powless, Bernal)
7 Blues_in_the_Bottle 662
8 Hakkie2 661
9 LukasCPH 656
10 Flo 654
11 Jakob747 640
12 TheAsian 638
13 Kryvo 636
14 Armchair_Cyclist 634
15 ValvPiti 624
16 GPBlanco 613
17 Murrjt 610
18 Joelsim 606
19 ThePirate81 605
20 DJW 588
21 18Valve 583
22 Ludwigzgz 578
23 Comodoro 571
24 Scrooll07 563
25 Togo95 556
26 Josedin 552
27 AmisVelo 550
28 RoteLaterne 546
29 Torcio86 545
30 Laarsland 539
31 Vladimir 502
32 Kazistuta 470
33 Leadbelly 333
34 Trudgin 267
35 Tych23 256
CollectiveWisdom 739

Standings
An unchanged podium, but the lead is much reduced. Madrazo's top score of the month is rewarded with a jump from 8th to 4th, and those 2nd and 3rd this month move into the top ten, Del with a month's best 5 place rise.

1 Blues_in_the_Bottle 3384
2 Cordi333 3360
3 Jakob747 3247
4 Madrazo 3231
5 DJW 3160
6 AmisVelo 3156
7 Hakkie2 3153
8 Del1962 3122
9 Flo 3115
10 Squire 3098
11 ValvPiti 3096
12 TheAsian 3090
13 Murrjt 3053
14 18Valve 2996
15 Skidmark 2947
16 HugoKoblet 2943
17 Ludwigzgz 2939
18 Vladimir 2820
19 Torcio86 2773
20 Kryvo 2729
21 GPBlanco 2717
22 LukasCPH 2669
23 Kazistuta 2610
24 ThePirate81 2555
25 Armchair_Cyclist 2519
26 Joelsim 2485
27 Laarsland 2474
28 Togo95 2440
29 Comodoro 2389
30 Josedin 2287
31 RoteLaterne 2244
32 Scrooll07 2212
33 Tych23 1432
34 Trudgin 1278
35 Leadbelly 1232
CollectiveWisdom 3191

Even if I forget to say so some months, the spreadsheet is here.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Year 1 month 9 28th Aug to 24th Sep
BERTAZZO Liam 179 pts (stage win, 2 podiums and the overall in Tour of China #1) for Trudgin
KÄMNA Lennard 101 (World Champs TTT win and U23 silver) for 23 teams
HOFSTEDE Lennard 84 (5th in Danmark Runtd, and a 3rd on one stage) for Scrool007 (and for Team Big Bang Theory)
JANSEN Amund Grøndahl 56pts 14 teams
MINALI Riccardo 54 14
TOLHOEK Antwan 50 1 (Armchair Cyclist)
GARCIA CORTINA Ivan 50 6
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley 40 30

1 GPBlanco 458 (Kamna, Jansen, Minali, Garcia and Bernal)
2 Madrazo 392 (Kamna, Jansen, Minali and Bernal)
3 Scrooll07 374 (Kamna, Hosstede and Jansen)
4 Torcio86 354
4 Josedin 354
6 Kazistuta 353
7 HugoKoblet 343
8 Hakkie2 341
9 Del1962 334
10 Armchair_Cyclist 325
11 ValvPiti 322
12 Ludwigzgz 320
13 Vladimir 318
14 Jakob747 305
15 Trudgin 303
16 AmisVelo 296
16 TheAsian 296
18 Flo 287
19 18Valve 286
20 Murrjt 282
21 Skidmark 277
22 Squire 260
23 Kryvo 257
23 ThePirate81 257
23 Togo95 257
23 Tych23 257
27 Laarsland 255
28 Cordi333 249
29 DJW 233
30 Blues_in_the_Bottle 201
31 LukasCPH 194
32 RoteLaterne 182
33 Joelsim 148
34 Comodoro 147
35 Leadbelly 127
CollectiveWisdom 368


Standings

Madrazo's riders have had a great couple of months: he was top of the monthly scores last month, and 2nd this time, which has brought him to the top of the rankings. Cordi333 retains 2nd place, with previous leader Blues in the Bottle dropping to 3rd. Madrazo, the month's top scorer, GP Blanco and ValvPiti share the best rise mention (3 spots), the latter breaking into the top ten

1 Madrazo 3623
2 Cordi333 3609
3 Blues_in_the_Bottle 3585
4 Jakob747 3552
5 Hakkie2 3494
6 Del1962 3456
7 AmisVelo 3452
8 ValvPiti 3418
9 Flo 3402
10 DJW 3393
11 TheAsian 3386
12 Squire 3358
13 Murrjt 3335
14 HugoKoblet 3286
15 18Valve 3282
16 Ludwigzgz 3259
17 Skidmark 3224
18 GPBlanco 3175
19 Vladimir 3138
20 Torcio86 3127
21 Kryvo 2986
22 Kazistuta 2963
23 LukasCPH 2863
24 Armchair_Cyclist 2844
25 ThePirate81 2812
26 Laarsland 2729
27 Togo95 2697
28 Josedin 2641
29 Joelsim 2633
30 Scrooll07 2586
31 Comodoro 2536
32 RoteLaterne 2426
33 Tych23 1689
34 Trudgin 1581
35 Leadbelly 1359
CollectiveWisdom 3559

 

[Squire]

I probably say the same every few months, but thanks again for running and keeping all these games up to date!

I'm happy that I'm doing quite well so far in my first participation. I'm also happy to note that none of my riders look like complete duds yet (getting a bit worried about Ravasi, but he's so popular that it's not a disaster). Also, my team (and a lot of others) now have an advantage over the 16 Cink teams (which includes the leader, Madrazo).

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Year 1, Month 10 25th Sept to 5th November (but not much likely to happen for the rest of the year)

Those low profile end of year Chinese races with disproportionately high rankings are the unpredictable sting in the tail in these games each season, but we also have Italian Autumn classics and the final WT tours of the year in the month's summary.

Points this month
MOSCA Jacopo 201 pts (Stage win and GC win in Tour of Hainan) for Pirate81
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe 192 (9th in Tre Valli Varesine, 7th in Milano-Torino, 4th GC in Turkey) for 16 teams
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley 118 (5th in Giro della Toscana, 13 in Il Lombardia) for 30 teams
GODOY Yonder Eduardo 111 (6th in Turkey GC) for Trudgin
JANSEN Amund Grøndahl 78 pts for 14 teams
CAVAGNA Rémi 74 16
TOLHOEK Antwan 67 for Armchair Cyclist
ALZATE ESCOBAR Carlos Eduardo 66 for Trudgin
GAUDU David 59 34
LECROQ Jérémy 52 for Kazistuta


1 ThePirate81 633 (Mosca, Martinez, Bernal & Gaudu)
2 TheAsian 615 (Martinez, Bernal, Jansen, Cavagna, Gaudu)
3 HugoKoblet 563 (Martinez, Bernal, Jansen, Cavagna, Gaudu)
4 Ludwigzgz 545 (Martinez, Bernal, Jansen, Cavagna, Gaudu)
5 Squire 534 (Martinez, Bernal, Jansen, Gaudu)
6 Skidmark 511 (Martinez, Bernal, Jansen, Gaudu)
7 LukasCPH 498
8 Vladimir 488
9 Murrjt 480
10 Laarsland 471
11 ValvPiti 459
12 Joelsim 430
13 Hakkie2 429
14 18Valve 411
15 DJW 406
16 Trudgin 399
17 Togo95 393
18 Madrazo 389
19 Del1962 372
20 GPBlanco 371
21 Flo 358
22 RoteLaterne 338
23 Kazistuta 310
24 Josedin 295
25 AmisVelo 294
26 Cordi333 275
26 Armchair_Cyclist 275
26 Comodoro 275
29 Kryvo 272
29 Scrooll07 272
31 Blues_in_the_Bottle 265
32 Torcio86 261
33 Jakob747 228
34 Tych23 207
35 Leadbelly 58
CollectiveWisdom 563

Standings

Madrazo just hangs on to his lead, as The Asian leaps from 11th to 2nd. Almost as dramatic a rise by Squire (4th from 12th), while Hugo Koblet and Murrjt are also new entries to the top ten.

1 Madrazo 4012
2 TheAsian 4001
3 Hakkie2 3923
4 Squire 3892
5 Cordi333 3884
6 ValvPiti 3877
7 Blues_in_the_Bottle 3850
8 HugoKoblet 3849
9 Del1962 3828
10 Murrjt 3815
11 Ludwigzgz 3804
12 DJW 3799
13 Jakob747 3780
14 Flo 3760
15 AmisVelo 3746
16 Skidmark 3735
17 18Valve 3693
18 Vladimir 3626
19 GPBlanco 3546
20 ThePirate81 3445
21 Torcio86 3388
22 LukasCPH 3361
23 Kazistuta 3273
24 Kryvo 3258
25 Laarsland 3200
26 Armchair_Cyclist 3119
27 Togo95 3090
28 Joelsim 3063
29 Josedin 2936
30 Scrooll07 2858
31 Comodoro 2811
32 RoteLaterne 2764
33 Trudgin 1980
34 Tych23 1896
35 Leadbelly 1417
CollectiveWisdom 4122

Year one lays a foundation in this game, but even if we have had 33% of the races, we have probably only had about 20% of the scoring if other editions are anything to go by, so much still to happen.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

The Collective Ignorance team at the presumed end of Year One: scoring well, but none of us thought of any of them (and all now with over 200pts, so not giving away any tips for the next edition here)

THOMAS Benjamin 409
VAN DER HOORN Taco 334
CERNY Josef 311
STÜSSI Colin 276
FILOSI Iuri 271
VAN GESTEL Dries 269
KUSS Sepp 261
LEVEAU Jérémy 243
TOUZE Damien 233
MASNADA Fausto 225
STRAKHOV Dmitry 216
LIENHARD Fabian 205
PEYSKENS Dimitri 203
PEREZ Anthony 196
DE KLEIJN Arvid 195
TOTO Paolo 193
LAWLESS Christopher 193
COSNEFROY Benoit 191
Team Total 4424 (they are winning by a mile)


The Fruits of our Thoughts selection: the best team out of those who were selected, even if only once:

BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley 766pts 30 teams (out of 35)
GIBBONS Ryan 357 1 (DJW)
GAUDU David 352 34
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio 349 12
MOSCA Jacopo 325 1 (The Pirate81)
JANSEN Amund Grøndahl 304 14
MAS NICOLAU Enric 285 27
CAVAGNA Rémi 281 16
GUERREIRO Ruben Antonio Almeida 273 16
HINDLEY Jai 260 1 (Jakob747)
HAMILTON Lucas 255 2
RESTREPO VALENCIA Jhonatan 236 20
BERTAZZO Liam 232 1 (Trudgin)
SCHACHMANN Maximilian 221 23
KÄMNA Lennard 220 23
LAMBRECHT Bjorg 218 7
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe 217 16
POWLESS Neilson 216 20
Team Total 5367 So at least our collective best beats the ignorance score.

And putting those together yields the Best Possible squad: (6 of them popular enough for the Collective Wisdom team, 7 of them not selected at all)

BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley 766
THOMAS Benjamin 409
GIBBONS Ryan 357
GAUDU David 352
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio 349
VAN DER HOORN Taco 334
MOSCA Jacopo 325
CERNY Josef 311
JANSEN Amund Grøndahl 304
MAS NICOLAU Enric 285
CAVAGNA Rémi 281
STÜSSI Colin 276
GUERREIRO Ruben Antonio Almeida 273
FILOSI Iuri 271
VAN GESTEL Dries 269
KUSS Sepp 261
HINDLEY Jai 260
HAMILTON Lucas 255

Team Total 5938

So our leader is returning 67.6% of the maximum possible, and 80% of us are at least managing more than half of the potential.

All the numbers here


Similar to follow for the games that started in 2016 and 2015 to follow in next day or two, if all goes to plan...

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Apologies to ThePirate81 and to Joelsim. The rider entered as Kevin Rivera on the spreadsheet (per their entries) is known to CQ as Kevin Rivera Serrano, and so the single point he got in June wasn't credited to those teams. Nor were the 154 that he gained in the last update period, for a stage win, 4 yellow jerseys, and the overall win in the Tour of China II (wherever China II is).

The Pirate was already top of the October rankings: with Rivera now noticed as the 3rd best scorer of the month, he how has all of the top 4 that month in his team, and won it by a 172 point margin. In the overall, Pirate moves up one place, and Joelsim four places.

Corrected table:

1 Madrazo 4012
2 TheAsian 4001
3 Hakkie2 3923
4 Squire 3892
5 Cordi333 3884
6 ValvPiti 3877
7 Blues_in_the_Bottle 3850
8 HugoKoblet 3849
9 Del1962 3828
10 Murrjt 3815
11 Ludwigzgz 3804
12 DJW 3799
13 Jakob747 3780
14 Flo 3760
15 AmisVelo 3746
16 Skidmark 3735
17 18Valve 3693
18 Vladimir 3626
19 ThePirate81 3600
20 GPBlanco 3546
21 Torcio86 3388
22 LukasCPH 3361
23 Kazistuta 3273
24 Kryvo 3258
25 Joelsim 3218
26 Laarsland 3200
27 Armchair_Cyclist 3119
28 Togo95 3090
29 Josedin 2936
30 Scrooll07 2858
31 Comodoro 2811
32 RoteLaterne 2764
33 Trudgin 1980
34 Tych23 1896
35 Leadbelly 1417
CollectiveWisdom 4122

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Between the 5th November update and the end of the year, three riders selected for the game have gained points:
Jai Hindley got 136 pts for a stage win, and the overall win, in Tour of Fuzhou;
Mark Padun was awarded 12 points after the disqualification of Kvasina from the Fleche du Sud;
Jacopo Mosca gained six points from Santoro's DQ in Qinghai Lake.

All three were unique picks: Mosca's six did not raise ThePirate81 above his 19th place, but both Hindley and Padun were Jakob747's selections, and the accumulated 148 points moves him all the way from 13th to 3rd.

The end of year top 5 is, therefore:
1 Madrazo 4012
2 TheAsian 4001
3 Jakob747 3928
4 Hakkie2 3923
5 Squire 3892

 

[rote_laterne]

Vuelta a San Juan Internacional (2.1)
GANNA Filippo
VENDRAME Andrea
WOUTERS Enzo

Santos Tour Down Under (2.UWT)
LAMBRECHT Bjorg
MAS NICOLAU Enric
MINALI Riccardo
RESTREPO VALENCIA Jhonatan
STORER Michael

More riders competing than in the 2016-2018 game. :surprised:
Vendrame to score, Ganna and Wouters hopefully off to a better season.
TDU: all with a potential to score except Storer who's slaving for Oomen.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Year 2 Month 1 to 4th February

Best start to this year, from among those we have chosen:
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley 165pts (6th in TDU GC and nat TT Champ) for 30 teams
GUERREIRO Ruben Antonio Almeida 157 (9th in TDU GC, 4th in Herald Sun tour GC) 16 teams
EDMONDSON Alexander 112 (National RR Champ) for Scrool007
GANNA Filippo 91 (3rd in GC and other points in San Juan) 22 teams
HAMILTON Chris 69 (6th in Aussie Championships, 16th in TDU) 6 teams
TORRES BARCELO Albert 60 (a 5th and a 6th in Mallorcan races) for Leadbelly

This month
The top 7 have the trifecta of Bernal, Guerrero and Ganna: the top two also have Hamilton
1 Flo 586
2 Blues_in_the_Bottle 565
3 ValvPiti 558
4 Hakkie2 552
5 Ludwigzgz 547
5 Skidmark 547
7 Kryvo 527
8 Del1962 513
9 Laarsland 509
10 Torcio86 508
11 DJW 505
12 TheAsian 482
13 Murrjt 471
14 LukasCPH 440
15 HugoKoblet 407
16 Squire 406
17 Kazistuta 402
18 GPBlanco 390
19 Joelsim 377
20 Togo95 374
21 ThePirate81 371
22 Madrazo 360
23 Armchair_Cyclist 359
24 Cordi333 357
25 Comodoro 356
26 AmisVelo 348
27 Tych23 305
28 18Valve 284
29 Josedin 272
30 Vladimir 263
31 Jakob747 257
32 Scrooll07 226
33 RoteLaterne 193
34 Leadbelly 149
35 Trudgin 47
CollectiveWisdom 577

Standings
Having finished last year top of the pile, Madrazo (winner of the 2015-17 edition) has failed to get his season started so far, and falls to 5th, with The Asian assuming the lead, and Hakkie his closest (and very close, only 8 points between them) rival. Valv Piti is a new foot on the podium, while monthly top scorer Flo is joined by Ludwigzgz and DJW as an entry into the top ten.

1 TheAsian 4483
2 Hakkie2 4475
3 ValvPiti 4435
4 Blues_in_the_Bottle 4415
5 Madrazo 4372
6 Ludwigzgz 4351
7 Flo 4346
8 Del1962 4341
9 DJW 4304
10 Squire 4298
11 Murrjt 4286
12 Skidmark 4282
13 HugoKoblet 4256
14 Cordi333 4241
15 Jakob747 4185
16 AmisVelo 4094
17 ThePirate81 3977
17 18Valve 3977
19 GPBlanco 3936
20 Torcio86 3896
21 Vladimir 3889
22 LukasCPH 3801
23 Kryvo 3785
24 Laarsland 3709
25 Kazistuta 3675
26 Joelsim 3595
27 Armchair_Cyclist 3478
28 Togo95 3464
29 Josedin 3208
30 Comodoro 3167
31 Scrooll07 3084
32 RoteLaterne 2957
33 Tych23 2201
34 Trudgin 2027
35 Leadbelly 1566
CollectiveWisdom 4699

If you can't remember who is on your team, or why it is going so well/badly for you, the spreadsheet is, and always will be, here.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Year 22, Month 2 5th Feb to 4th March

Bernal top of the monthly scorers again, but is on most teams

BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley 125 pts (Colombia Oro y Paz win and stage points) for 30 teams
NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan Manuel 125pts (10th in Oro yPaz, 2nd in Drome Classic, 6th in Ardeche, 7th in West Vlaanderen) for Blues in the Bottle
SCHACHMANN Maximilian 120 (7th in Volta ao Algarve, 2nd in Ardeche) 23 teams
VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan 89 (4th in Dubai Tour) 4 teams
CAVAGNA Rémi 85 (West-Vlaanderen win) 16 teams
HOFSTETTER Hugo 72pts 1 teams
MADOUAS Valentin 67 2
GAUDU David 62 34
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe 55 16

We have outscored the edition featuring riders a year further into their careers, largely because the same riders were picked by more teams.
1 HugoKoblet 606 (Bernal, Schachmann, Van Hooydonck, Cavagna, Gaudu, Martinez)
2 Ludwigzgz 600 (Bernal, Schachmann, Cavagna, Gaudu, Martinez)
3 TheAsian 590 (Bernal, Schachmann, Cavagna, Gaudu, Martinez)
4 Blues_in_the_Bottle 539 (Bernal, Narvaez, Schachmann,Gaudu)
5 Flo 519
6 Laarsland 511
7 Madrazo 509
7 Murrjt 509
7 Vladimir 509
10 Armchair_Cyclist 492
11 Skidmark 488
12 Del1962 480
13 18Valve 453
14 AmisVelo 451
15 LukasCPH 450
16 Josedin 442
17 Togo95 437
18 Torcio86 421
19 Comodoro 415
20 DJW 395
21 GPBlanco 393
22 Cordi333 392
23 ValvPiti 391
24 Joelsim 375
25 Hakkie2 369
26 Jakob747 368
26 Kryvo 368
28 Squire 367
29 Scrooll07 329
30 Kazistuta 315
31 RoteLaterne 312
32 ThePirate81 311
33 Trudgin 291
34 Tych23 246
35 Leadbelly 94
CollectiveWisdom 555

Standings

Our leader, The Asian, scored well enough this month to hold onto his lead, but those who had been on the virtual podium, Hakkie and ValvPiti had very mediocre Februaries, each dropping 5 places with teams that were in the top ten overhauling them. The top scorer in February, Hugo Koblet, was also the biggest mover, up 7 places to 6th.

1 TheAsian 5073
2 Blues_in_the_Bottle 4954
3 Ludwigzgz 4951
4 Madrazo 4881
5 Flo 4865
6 HugoKoblet 4862
7 Hakkie2 4844
8 ValvPiti 4826
9 Del1962 4821
10 Murrjt 4795
11 Skidmark 4770
12 DJW 4699
13 Squire 4665
14 Cordi333 4633
15 Jakob747 4553
16 AmisVelo 4545
17 18Valve 4430
18 Vladimir 4398
19 GPBlanco 4329
20 Torcio86 4317
21 ThePirate81 4288
22 LukasCPH 4251
23 Laarsland 4220
24 Kryvo 4153
25 Kazistuta 3990
26 Armchair_Cyclist 3970
26 Joelsim 3970
28 Togo95 3901
29 Josedin 3650
30 Comodoro 3582
31 Scrooll07 3413
32 RoteLaterne 3269
33 Tych23 2447
34 Trudgin 2318
35 Leadbelly 1660
CollectiveWisdom 5254

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Year 2, month 3 5th March to 1st April

A very impressive monthly score for Hofstedder, quietly compiled in lower profile races, and most of our best scorers were low profile, rare picks.

HOFSTETTER Hugo 331 (2nd in Denain and Cholet, 3rd in Nokere Koerse and Tourangelle, 3 other 1.1 top tens) for Scrool07
HODEG CHAGUI Alvaro Jose 190 (won Handzame and a stage in Catalunya) for Comodoro and Leadbelly
SISR Frantisek 140 (Ronde van Drenthe win) for Lukas CPH and Tych23
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio 127 (3rd in Settinmana Coppi e Bartali, 11th in Paris-Nice GCs) for 12 teams
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe 86 (7th in Catalunya GC) 16 teams
MOSCA Jacopo 83 (Points classification win, although he didn't finish in the top 100 on any stage, and 2nd in mountains in Tirreno Adriatico) for The Pirate 81
MINALI Riccardo 76 pts 14 teams
SIVAKOV Pavel 61 5
O'CONNOR Ben 50 3

Teams that were lower on the popularity rankings have had a good month:

1 Scrooll07 524 (Hofstedder, O'Connor)
2 ThePirate81 522 (Carapaz, Mosca, Martinez)
3 Squire 496 (Carapaz, Martinez, Minali: also main scorers for the next two)
4 Vladimir 495
5 Hakkie2 470
6 Comodoro 463
7 Kazistuta 438
8 Joelsim 435
9 GPBlanco 424
10 LukasCPH 421
11 18Valve 405
12 AmisVelo 400
13 HugoKoblet 393
14 Blues_in_the_Bottle 385
15 Cordi333 383
15 Jakob747 383
17 Flo 376
18 RoteLaterne 375
19 ValvPiti 369
20 Togo95 365
21 Murrjt 357
22 TheAsian 339
23 Tych23 338
24 Torcio86 321
25 Laarsland 319
26 Madrazo 314
27 Ludwigzgz 297
28 Skidmark 294
29 Leadbelly 278
30 Del1962 259
30 Josedin 259
32 Armchair_Cyclist 249
33 Kryvo 228
34 DJW 175
35 Trudgin 154
CollectiveWisdom 385

Standings

Of those who were among the top ten at the beginning of the month, only Hakkie made the top 12 on March's scores, and is rewarded with a 4 place jump and a foot on the podium. The only other positive move in the top ten was Hugo Koblet, while Squire has the same increase in position as Hakkie, thus entering the top ten. The Asian's lead is trimmed back a bit, but the Collective Wisdom team has moved even further ahead, were it included in the ranking.

1 TheAsian 5412
2 Blues_in_the_Bottle 5339
3 Hakkie2 5314
4 HugoKoblet 5255
5 Ludwigzgz 5248
6 Flo 5241
7 ValvPiti 5195
7 Madrazo 5195
9 Squire 5161
10 Murrjt 5152
11 Del1962 5080
12 Skidmark 5064
13 Cordi333 5016
14 AmisVelo 4945
15 Jakob747 4936
16 Vladimir 4893
17 DJW 4874
18 18Valve 4835
19 ThePirate81 4810
20 GPBlanco 4753
21 LukasCPH 4672
22 Torcio86 4638
23 Laarsland 4539
24 Kazistuta 4428
25 Joelsim 4405
26 Kryvo 4381
27 Togo95 4266
28 Armchair_Cyclist 4219
29 Comodoro 4045
30 Scrooll07 3937
31 Josedin 3909
32 RoteLaterne 3644
33 Tych23 2785
34 Trudgin 2472
35 Leadbelly 1938
CollectiveWisdom 5639

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Year 2 Month 4 April 2nd to May 6th

A good month for many of our popular picks: hype is not always wrong

BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley 308 (2nd on GC and Mts classification, 3rd in Pts classification, a stage win and another podium, all in Romandie) for 30 teams
MAS NICOLAU Enric 157 (6th in Itzulia, with stage win and other placements) for 27 teams
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio 136 (GC and stage wins in Asturias) for 12
O'CONNOR Ben 90 (Stage win and 7th in GC in Tour of the Alps) 3 teams
VENDRAME Andrea 90 (6th in Circuit de la Sarthe, 3rd in Camembert) 8
PADUN Mark 88 (2nd in Itzulia mountains category, stage win and 12 in GC in Tour of the Alps) 1
MCNULTY Brandon 78 6
SCHACHMANN Maximilian 66 23
HIGUITA GARCIA Sergio Andres 66 1
HAGEN Carl Fredrik 65 1
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe 64 16

Probably because the biggest scorer is almost universal, rather than only on a couple of teams, scores are considerably higher here than on the game currently in Year 3.

1 Vladimir 993 (Bernal, Mas, Carapaz, Schachmann, Martinez)
2 Cordi333 912 (Bernal, Mas, Carapaz, McNulty, Schachmann)
3 Squire 906 (Bernal, Mas, Carapaz, Vendrame, Martinez)
4 Jakob747 905 (Bernal, Mas, Carapaz, Pdun, Schachmann)
5 AmisVelo 841
5 ThePirate81 841
7 ValvPiti 836
8 18Valve 831
9 Torcio86 808
10 Blues_in_the_Bottle 807
11 Flo 771
12 Laarsland 757
13 Kazistuta 727
14 Hakkie2 725
14 HugoKoblet 725
16 GPBlanco 717
17 Murrjt 714
18 Joelsim 711
19 TheAsian 697
19 Togo95 697
21 Del1962 676
22 Skidmark 672
23 Madrazo 628
24 LukasCPH 602
25 Armchair_Cyclist 592
26 Kryvo 586
27 Comodoro 571
28 RoteLaterne 547
29 Josedin 543
30 Ludwigzgz 520
31 Tych23 505
32 DJW 469
33 Scrooll07 418
34 Leadbelly 369
35 Trudgin 138
CollectiveWisdom 692

Standings

After 3 months in the lead, The Asian is supplanted by Blues in the Bottle, but the top 6 are separated by less than 150 points, and that is well within the range of any month's scores. A six place rise carries Squire to third place, while the two teams to beat him in April, Vladimir and Cirdi, jump into the top ten with rises of 7 and 5 places respectively.

1 Blues_in_the_Bottle 6146
2 TheAsian 6109
3 Squire 6067
4 Hakkie2 6039
5 ValvPiti 6031
6 Flo 6012
7 HugoKoblet 5980
8 Cordi333 5928
9 Vladimir 5886
10 Murrjt 5866
11 Jakob747 5841
12 Madrazo 5823
13 AmisVelo 5786
14 Ludwigzgz 5768
15 Del1962 5756
16 Skidmark 5736
17 18Valve 5666
18 ThePirate81 5651
19 GPBlanco 5470
20 Torcio86 5446
21 DJW 5343
22 Laarsland 5296
23 LukasCPH 5274
24 Kazistuta 5155
25 Joelsim 5116
26 Kryvo 4967
27 Togo95 4963
28 Armchair_Cyclist 4811
29 Comodoro 4616
30 Josedin 4452
31 Scrooll07 4355
32 RoteLaterne 4191
33 Tych23 3290
34 Trudgin 2610
35 Leadbelly 2307
CollectiveWisdom 6331

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Year 2 Month 5-6 7th May to 17 June (an extended month for reasons explained in the 2018-20 edition's thread)

If your team is based on Spanish speaking climbers, this will be a good update for you
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio 411pts (4th in Giro, with a stage win and a 2nd) 12 teams
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley 305 (Tour of California, won GC and 2 stages) 30 teams
MAS NICOLAU Enric 199 (GC 4th and 2nd on a stage in Tour de Suisse, Limburg Hammer winning team) 27
LAMBRECHT Bjorg 182 (2nd in Tour des Fjords with stage win) 7 teams
SCHACHMANN Maximilian 130pts 23 teams
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe 126 16
TOLHOEK Antwan 114 1
BOL Cees 103 4
MERLIER Tim 103 3
MADOUAS Valentin 102 2


All the top 5 scorers this "month" are in Cordi's selection. In Amis Velo's too, but his back-up riders were less successful.

1 Cordi333 1621 (Carapaz, Bernal, Mas, Lambrecht, Schachmann)
2 Squire 1551 (Carapaz, Bernal, Mas, Martinez, Bol)
3 Vladimir 1543 (Carapaz, Bernal, Mas, Schachmann, Martinez, Bol)
4 AmisVelo 1528 (Carapaz, Bernal, Mas, Lambrecht, Schachmann)
5 Jakob747 1496
6 Blues_in_the_Bottle 1468
7 ThePirate81 1413
8 Hakkie2 1389
9 ValvPiti 1336
10 18Valve 1317
11 Joelsim 1312
12 GPBlanco 1282
13 HugoKoblet 1237
14 Skidmark 1213
15 TheAsian 1162
16 Flo 1131
17 Del1962 1120
18 RoteLaterne 1091
19 Armchair_Cyclist 1088
20 Togo95 1068
21 Murrjt 1062
22 Kazistuta 1049
23 Ludwigzgz 1044
24 LukasCPH 1036
25 Torcio86 1013
26 Josedin 1002
27 Laarsland 983
28 Madrazo 975
29 Kryvo 914
30 Comodoro 886
31 DJW 871
32 Tych23 721
33 Leadbelly 681
34 Scrooll07 588
35 Trudgin 320
CollectiveWisdom 1128

Standings
Squire was 13th at the end of February, now up from 3rd to the top step. Cordi and Vladimir get 5 place jumps within the top ten, while Jakob and Amis Velo join that select group, but none quite match Pirate's 6 place improvement.
1 Squire 7618
2 Blues_in_the_Bottle 7614
3 Cordi333 7549
4 Vladimir 7429
5 Hakkie2 7428
6 ValvPiti 7367
7 Jakob747 7337
8 AmisVelo 7314
9 TheAsian 7271
10 HugoKoblet 7217
11 Flo 7143
12 ThePirate81 7064
13 18Valve 6983
14 Skidmark 6949
15 Murrjt 6928
16 Del1962 6876
17 Ludwigzgz 6812
18 Madrazo 6798
19 GPBlanco 6752
20 Torcio86 6459
21 Joelsim 6428
22 LukasCPH 6310
23 Laarsland 6279
24 DJW 6214
25 Kazistuta 6204
26 Togo95 6031
27 Armchair_Cyclist 5899
28 Kryvo 5881
29 Comodoro 5502
30 Josedin 5454
31 RoteLaterne 5282
32 Scrooll07 4943
33 Tych23 4011
34 Leadbelly 2988
35 Trudgin 2930
CollectiveWisdom 7459

Next update will be shortly after the Tour, so that will be another 6 week "month".

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Year 2, month 6-7 18 June to 5 August

As in this month's 2016-18 update, the two top scorers are unique picks (one of them the same rider) followed by a very popular pick.

SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro 284 (one stage and overall in both Adriatica Ionica and Sibiu) for Comodoro
AGUIRRE CALPA Hernan Ricardo 282pts (won 2 stages and GC in Qinghai Lake) for Jakob747 (who also has him as a unique pick in the 2016-18 game)
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley 117 (15th in Tour and some stage points) 30 teams
HODEG CHAGUI Alvaro Jose 112 (win and 2 seconds in Tour of Poland) Comodoro and Leadbelly
ARANBURU DEBA Alex 94 Pirate81 and Vladimir
NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan Manuel 92 Blues in the Bottle
RYBALKIN Aleksey 92 Comodoro
TOLHOEK Antwan 86 1
GARCIA CORTINA Ivan 78 6
HOFSTETTER Hugo 77 1
CARBONI Giovanni 75 2

Unsurprisingly in the light of the names above, Comodoro is top of the month by a huge margin:
1 Comodoro 835 (Sosa, Bernal, Hodeg and Rybalkin)
2 Jakob747 578 (Aguirre and Bernal)
3 Vladimir 508 (Bernal and Aranburu)
4 HugoKoblet 496
5 Armchair_Cyclist 488
6 Cordi333 471
7 Skidmark 469
8 ValvPiti 463
9 Blues_in_the_Bottle 460
10 GPBlanco 452
11 TheAsian 449
12 Hakkie2 443
13 ThePirate81 442
14 Madrazo 441
15 Joelsim 438
16 Ludwigzgz 437
17 Flo 436
17 Torcio86 436
19 Squire 433
20 RoteLaterne 430
21 Laarsland 428
22 Josedin 394
23 Togo95 393
24 AmisVelo 388
25 LukasCPH 369
26 Tych23 367
27 Del1962 361
28 Scrooll07 352
29 DJW 348
30 18Valve 344
31 Murrjt 341
32 Leadbelly 338
33 Kazistuta 330
34 Kryvo 320
35 Trudgin 176
CollectiveWisdom 436

Standings
Blues in the Bottle returns to the lead, and further down the top ten, Jakob moved up and unmatched 2 places and The Asian and Hugo Koblet one each.
1 Blues_in_the_Bottle 8074
2 Squire 8051
3 Cordi333 8020
4 Vladimir 7937
5 Jakob747 7915
6 Hakkie2 7871
7 ValvPiti 7830
8 TheAsian 7720
9 HugoKoblet 7713
10 AmisVelo 7702
11 Flo 7579
12 ThePirate81 7506
13 Skidmark 7418
14 18Valve 7327
15 Murrjt 7269
16 Ludwigzgz 7249
17 Madrazo 7239
18 Del1962 7237
19 GPBlanco 7204
20 Torcio86 6895
21 Joelsim 6866
22 Laarsland 6707
23 LukasCPH 6679
24 DJW 6562
25 Kazistuta 6534
26 Togo95 6424
27 Armchair_Cyclist 6387
28 Comodoro 6337
29 Kryvo 6201
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