2018-20 Emerging Riders CQ Game

[jon ezeitza]

Is there any excel where you can see the points of each cyclist? I'm missing 9 points to locate :redface:

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Re:

Is there any excel where you can see the points of each cyclist? I'm missing 9 points to locate :redface:

The spreadsheet is here, and its updates will be here each month though I might not always publish the link. Let me know if you identify a problem.

 

[shalgo]

Thanks for the update! It is my first time participating in one of these emerging riders games, and there is definitely a different rhythm to it than to one of the shorter (season-long, GT, or classics) games. It will be fun to watch how all of these riders develop over the next three years.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

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

Three big scorers this month, but all three among our most popular picks.

HODEG CHAGUI Alvaro Jose 190 (won Handzame and a stage in Catalunya) 22 teams
JAKOBSEN Fabio 155 (Handzame win) 27 teams
PHILIPSEN Jasper 132 (3rd in dreidaagse, won the triptique: I'm guessing his lucky number is 3) 21 teams
DAVIDS Brendon 62 for Lukas CPH
WELTEN Bram 59 pts 10 teams
TURGIS Tanguy 54 3

13 teams have all three of those popular picks, three of us have none of them.

1 Karaev 690 (Hodeg, Jakobsen, Philipsen and Welten)
2 TheAsian 651 (Hodeg, Jakobsen, Philipsen and Welten)
3 Comodoro 644 (Hodeg, Jakobsen, Philipsen and Turgis)
4 Kryvo 638 (Hodeg, Jakobsen, Philipsen and Turgis)
5 Skidmark 622 (Hodeg, Jakobsen, Philipsen and Welten)
6 Flo 594
7 Ludwigzgz 583
8 HugoKoblet 569
9 Hakkie2 568
10 Cordi333 567
11 Josedin 548
12 LosBrolin 539
13 Nathanptz 533
14 Armchair_Cyclist 528
15 Madrazo 513
16 Scrooll07 509
17 Squire 473
18 RoteLaterne 462
19 Fauniera 458
19 Shalgo 458
21 Kazistuta 445
22 Blues_in_the_Bottle 440
23 AmisVelo 418
24 AlyKaptan 398
25 JonEzeitza 395
26 Joelsim 386
27 Laarsland 367
28 DJW 362
29 Monsieur_Hulot 284
30 Vladimir 269
31 Trudgin 265
32 LukasCPH 244
33 NorthAmericanScum 237
34 Leadbelly 154
CollectiveWisdom 581

Standings

The Asian moves up from 6th to take the lead, and is sweating under two yellow jerseys, as he also leads the 2017-19 version. Kryvo was immediately ahead of him, now immediately behind in second, having dislodged Scrool, who hangs onto his podium place ahead of Skidmark, who makes an impressive jump from 12th. Also bursting into the top ten are Flo, on the back of a 7 place rise, and Ludwigzgz, whose 10 place rise is matched only by monthly winner Karaev.

1 TheAsian 1221
2 Kryvo 1215
3 Scrooll07 1175
4 Skidmark 1144
5 Hakkie2 1124
6 Blues_in_the_Bottle 1114
7 HugoKoblet 1107
8 Flo 1075
8 Fauniera 1075
10 Ludwigzgz 995
11 Shalgo 981
12 AlyKaptan 977
13 Cordi333 974
14 AmisVelo 972
15 Kazistuta 967
16 Nathanptz 929
17 Squire 919
18 Armchair_Cyclist 918
19 Laarsland 902
20 Karaev 892
21 JonEzeitza 890
22 Joelsim 866
23 Madrazo 863
24 Comodoro 859
25 RoteLaterne 805
26 DJW 793
27 Josedin 736
28 LosBrolin 688
29 LukasCPH 659
30 Vladimir 655
31 Monsieur_Hulot 578
32 Trudgin 511
33 NorthAmericanScum 405
34 Leadbelly 271
CollectiveWisdom 1020

 

[Ludwigzgz]

Wow, spectacular performance this month from my friends and me :razz: :razz: :razz:

 

[Kryvo]

Yeah!

 

[the asian]

I'm sucking in the main CQ game this year. Really pleased with the performance here.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Year 1, Month 4 April 2nd to May 6th

Once again, the best scorers were fairly high on the popular picks list.

JAKOBSEN Fabio 140 (Scheldeprijs win) for 27 teams
PADUN Mark 88 (2nd in Itzulia mountains category, stage win and 12 in GC in Tour of the Alps) for 19 teams
MCNULTY Brandon 78 (stage 2nd and GC 5th in Beiras e Serra da Estrela, 10th in Klasika Primavera) for 18
EG Niklas 77 (5th in Tour of Croatia) for 21
MADOUAS Valentin 63pts 10 teams
BOL Cees 60 1
LECROQ Jérémy 54 8

1 AlyKaptan 604 (Jakobsen, McNulty, Eg, Madouas, Lecroq)
2 RoteLaterne 584 (Jakobsen, Padun, McNulty, Eg)
3 Kazistuta 571 (Jakobsen, Padun, McNulty, Madouas, Lecroq)
4 Karaev 561
5 Comodoro 547
6 Laarsland 534
7 Nathanptz 517
8 LosBrolin 516
9 Squire 513
10 Josedin 501
11 Cordi333 488
12 Kryvo 477
13 Skidmark 465
14 JonEzeitza 464
15 Scrooll07 447
15 Monsieur_Hulot 447
17 Vladimir 443
18 Madrazo 441
19 TheAsian 433
20 AmisVelo 423
21 Flo 422
22 Fauniera 415
23 Armchair_Cyclist 414
24 Hakkie2 400
25 Ludwigzgz 398
26 HugoKoblet 397
27 Blues_in_the_Bottle 336
28 DJW 319
29 Shalgo 307
30 Joelsim 302
31 LukasCPH 257
32 Leadbelly 162
33 NorthAmericanScum 157
34 Trudgin 40
CollectiveWisdom 540

Standings

Kryvo moves back to the top of the table, but the table is still pretty volatile, with 4 teams moving up by 7 places or more, including new entries in the top ten Alykaptan and Kazizstuta (biggest riser: 9 places).

1 Kryvo 1692
2 TheAsian 1654
3 Scrooll07 1622
4 Skidmark 1609
5 AlyKaptan 1581
6 Kazistuta 1538
7 Hakkie2 1524
8 HugoKoblet 1504
9 Flo 1497
10 Fauniera 1490
11 Cordi333 1462
12 Karaev 1453
13 Blues_in_the_Bottle 1450
14 Nathanptz 1446
15 Laarsland 1436
16 Squire 1432
17 Comodoro 1406
18 AmisVelo 1395
19 Ludwigzgz 1393
20 RoteLaterne 1389
21 JonEzeitza 1354
22 Armchair_Cyclist 1332
23 Madrazo 1304
24 Shalgo 1288
25 Josedin 1237
26 LosBrolin 1204
27 Joelsim 1168
28 DJW 1112
29 Vladimir 1098
30 Monsieur_Hulot 1025
31 LukasCPH 916
32 NorthAmericanScum 562
33 Trudgin 551
34 Leadbelly 433
CollectiveWisdom 1560

Spreadsheet at dropbox

 

[shalgo]

No points for my unique pick Nans Peters at the Tour de Suisse today, but at least he looked strong before being caught near the finish--hopefully a sign of things to come. (He also put in a good ride at the Tour de 'Ain last month.)

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Last Monday passed me by without my noticing it was the first Monday (normal update schedule), and this week looks rather busy for me. Working on these three games during the build up to, and in the duration of, the TdF game is likely to be impossible if I am to maintain a marriage. So with your forbearance (or, frankly, without it), I'll do an early-May to mid-June 'month' next week, and another 6 week 'month' ending on the first Monday of August. Hopefully we will be back on schedule thereafter (though I won't promise that any update due mid Vuelta won't also be postponed).

This applies equally to the 2016-18 and 2017-19 editions. If you feel I have seriously undermined your enjoyment of the games, I will reimburse 25% of your entry fee if you send me the receipt.

Enjoy the additional tension waiting to see how you have done.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Year 1 Month 5-6 7th May to 17 June (for reasons explained last week)

POGACAR Tadej 136pts (Won GC at Course de la Paix, GC 4th in Tour of Slovenia, 2nd in ITT nats) 16 teams
LE CUNFF Kévin 106 (Won Boucles de l'Aulne) for Comodoro
BOL Cees 103 (2nd in GP Marcel Kint, 5th in Heistse Pijl) for Squire
MADOUAS Valentin 102 (7th in 4 Jours de Dunquerque, 8th in l'Occitanie) 10 teams
PEDERSEN Casper Phillip 102 (5th in4 Jours de Dunquerque and 2nd on a stage, top 20 in Belgium Tour) 11 teams
HIRSCHI Marc 97 (4th in Tour de l'Ain, 3rd in Course de la Paix) 7 teams
DE GENDT Aimé 81pts 1 team
MCNULTY Brandon 77 18
HODEG CHAGUI Alvaro Jose 70 22
JAKOBSEN Fabio 69 27
PETERS Nans 69 1
GODON Dorian 66 1
PLANCKAERT Edward 61 5

1 Squire 710 (Pogacar, Bol, Madouas, Hirschi, McNulty, Jakobsen)
2 Skidmark 661 (Pogacar, Pedersen, McNulty, Hodeg, Jakobsen, Planckaert)
3 Fauniera 641 (Pogacar, Madouas, Hirschi, McNulty, Hodeg)
4 Comodoro 623 (Pogacar, Le Cunff, McNulty, Hodeg, Jakobsen)
5 HugoKoblet 616
6 Cordi333 599
7 Nathanptz 588
8 Shalgo 547
9 Kryvo 536
10 Blues_in_the_Bottle 533
11 Kazistuta 525
12 Laarsland 520
13 Karaev 519
13 RoteLaterne 519
15 Scrooll07 514
16 AlyKaptan 510
17 LosBrolin 483
17 LukasCPH 483
19 Armchair_Cyclist 477
20 Josedin 474
21 Madrazo 467
22 Ludwigzgz 442
23 DJW 438
24 TheAsian 436
24 Leadbelly 436
26 Vladimir 418
27 JonEzeitza 415
28 Hakkie2 398
29 NorthAmericanScum 383
30 Monsieur_Hulot 369
31 Flo 360
32 AmisVelo 336
33 Joelsim 321
34 Trudgin 180
CollectiveWisdom 635

Standings
Little stability in the table so far: leader Skidmark was 4th at the beginning of May, and Squire leaps from 16th to 3rd. That is the biggest jump, but Fauniera's 5 place move within the top ten is notable, and Cordi is also a new face, just, in the top ten.

1 Skidmark 2270
2 Kryvo 2228
3 Squire 2142
4 Scrooll07 2136
5 Fauniera 2131
6 HugoKoblet 2120
7 AlyKaptan 2091
8 TheAsian 2090
9 Kazistuta 2063
10 Cordi333 2061
11 Nathanptz 2034
12 Comodoro 2029
13 Blues_in_the_Bottle 1983
14 Karaev 1972
15 Laarsland 1956
16 Hakkie2 1922
17 RoteLaterne 1908
18 Flo 1857
19 Shalgo 1835
19 Ludwigzgz 1835
21 Armchair_Cyclist 1809
22 Madrazo 1771
23 JonEzeitza 1769
24 AmisVelo 1731
25 Josedin 1711
26 LosBrolin 1687
27 DJW 1550
28 Vladimir 1516
29 Joelsim 1489
30 LukasCPH 1399
31 Monsieur_Hulot 1394
32 NorthAmericanScum 945
33 Leadbelly 869
34 Trudgin 731
CollectiveWisdom 2195

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Year 1, month 6-7 18 June to 5 August

None of the riders a year ahead of this cohort outscored these top two over this period, and only Akkermann of those 2 years ahead of them.

SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro 284 points (one stage and overall in both Adriatica Ionica and Sibiu) for 12 teams
AGUIRRE CALPA Hernan Ricardo 282 (won 2 stages and GC in Qinghai Lake) 4 teams
HODEG CHAGUI Alvaro Jose 112 (win and 2 seconds in Tour of Poland) 22
NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan Manuel 92 26
KNOX James 90 14
JOHANSEN Julius 79 1
CARBONI Giovanni 75 2
NOMMELA Aksel 60 2
VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan 60 10
JAKOBSEN Fabio 58 27

Ludwigzgzg has all of the top 5 this month, a remarkable set of picks.
1 Ludwigzgz 1078 (Sosa, Aguirre, Hodeg, Narvaez, Knox and Jakobsen)
2 Monsieur_Hulot 904 (Sosa, Aguirre, Knox, Van Hooydonck, Jakobsen)
3 Karaev 852 (Sosa, Aguirre, Hodeg and Jakobsen)
4 TheAsian 725
5 Comodoro 704
6 AmisVelo 673
7 DJW 657
8 Hakkie2 653
9 Fauniera 652
10 Nathanptz 647
11 Laarsland 622
12 RoteLaterne 548
13 AlyKaptan 546
14 Scrooll07 528
15 Shalgo 506
16 HugoKoblet 498
17 Blues_in_the_Bottle 497
18 Kryvo 496
19 Cordi333 494
20 Skidmark 466
21 Flo 446
22 Armchair_Cyclist 431
23 Squire 421
24 Josedin 400
25 JonEzeitza 399
26 LukasCPH 366
27 Madrazo 351
28 Vladimir 336
29 Trudgin 321
30 LosBrolin 304
31 Joelsim 291
32 Kazistuta 265
33 Leadbelly 256
34 NorthAmericanScum 172
CollectiveWisdom 764

Standings
Ludwigzgz (winner of the first edition of this game) makes a huge jump from 19th to top of the table. Karaev is in the shade, having jumped only 12 places to 2nd place. Comodoro and Nathanptz are both new in the top ten, and the collective wisdom team is still leading the way.

1 Ludwigzgz 2913
2 Karaev 2824
3 TheAsian 2815
4 Fauniera 2783
5 Skidmark 2736
6 Comodoro 2733
7 Kryvo 2724
8 Nathanptz 2681
9 Scrooll07 2664
10 AlyKaptan 2637
11 HugoKoblet 2618
12 Laarsland 2578
13 Hakkie2 2575
14 Squire 2563
15 Cordi333 2555
16 Blues_in_the_Bottle 2480
17 RoteLaterne 2456
18 AmisVelo 2404
19 Shalgo 2341
20 Kazistuta 2328
21 Flo 2303
22 Monsieur_Hulot 2298
23 Armchair_Cyclist 2240
24 DJW 2207
25 JonEzeitza 2168
26 Madrazo 2122
27 Josedin 2111
28 LosBrolin 1991
29 Vladimir 1852
30 Joelsim 1780
31 LukasCPH 1765
32 Leadbelly 1125
33 NorthAmericanScum 1117
34 Trudgin 1052
CollectiveWisdom 2959

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Year 1 Month 8/9 7th August to 30th September (2 months together; I was rather busy with the Vuelta game at the beginning of Sept: I think I had intended doing a mid Sept update, but that didn't happen)

There were much bigger races in this period, but some decent scores accumulated.

SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro 226 points (Burgos GC win, with a stage win and 2nd, and 6th in l'Avenir) for 12 teams
VAN SCHIP Jan-Willem 211 (won Slam og Nord, 4th in Great War remembrance, 5th in Antwerp Port, 8th in Eurometropole etc) for Comodoro, Karaev, Nathanptz
PHILIPSEN Jasper 207 (4th in Eurometropole, 8th in GP Impanis, Stage win and 2nd in Utah, and more) 21 teams
BALLERINI Davide 185 ( won Memorial Pantani and Trofeo Matteotti) for Madrazo
NOMMELA Aksel 163 (2nd in Antwerp Port Classic, 5th in GP Scherens and Maulebeke, 6th in Lichtervelde) for LukasCPH and Squire
JAKOBSEN Fabio 150 27 teams
MADOUAS Valentin 137 10
DE GENDT Aimé 120 1
CRAS Steff 112 13
POGACAR Tadej 111 16

1 Nathanptz 1440 (Sosa, Van Schip, Philipsen, Madouas, Cras, Pogacar)
2 Karaev 1421 (Sosa, Van Schip, Philipsen, Jakobsen, Cras, Pogacar)
3 Comodoro 1324 (Sosa, Van Schip, Philipsen, Jakobsen, Pogacar)
4 Fauniera 1156
5 Laarsland 1135
5 Squire 1135
7 Kryvo 1134
8 Cordi333 1092
9 TheAsian 1084
10 Hakkie2 1017
11 Josedin 967
12 Skidmark 962
13 LosBrolin 949
14 Ludwigzgz 936
15 HugoKoblet 927
16 Kazistuta 924
17 AlyKaptan 880
18 RoteLaterne 875
19 Scrooll07 844
20 Flo 833
21 Armchair_Cyclist 825
22 Madrazo 801
23 AmisVelo 800
24 Blues_in_the_Bottle 754
25 Joelsim 753
26 Vladimir 742
27 Shalgo 738
28 Monsieur_Hulot 729
29 JonEzeitza 711
30 DJW 609
31 LukasCPH 602
32 Leadbelly 547
33 NorthAmericanScum 435
34 Trudgin 189
CollectiveWisdom 1171

Standings
The top three in this period had a bot of a margin over the rest, and are now the top three overall. Karaev was already 2nd, and now is top of the table, followed by Nathanptz on the back of a 6 place rise (best since the last update), and Comodoro up from 6th. Laarsland and Squire appear in the top ten.

1 Karaev 4245
2 Nathanptz 4121
3 Comodoro 4057
4 Fauniera 3939
5 TheAsian 3899
6 Kryvo 3858
7 Ludwigzgz 3849
8 Laarsland 3713
9 Squire 3698
9 Skidmark 3698
11 Cordi333 3647
12 Hakkie2 3592
13 HugoKoblet 3545
14 AlyKaptan 3517
15 Scrooll07 3508
16 RoteLaterne 3331
17 Kazistuta 3252
18 Blues_in_the_Bottle 3234
19 AmisVelo 3204
20 Flo 3136
21 Shalgo 3079
22 Josedin 3078
23 Armchair_Cyclist 3065
24 Monsieur_Hulot 3027
25 LosBrolin 2940
26 Madrazo 2923
27 JonEzeitza 2879
28 DJW 2816
29 Vladimir 2594
30 Joelsim 2533
31 LukasCPH 2367
32 Leadbelly 1672
33 NorthAmericanScum 1552
34 Trudgin 1241
CollectiveWisdom 4130

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Year 1 Month 10/11 1st October to 18th November (and therefore effectively to the end of the season) It didn't seem worth doing an end of October update if that left only a handful of November races to make a separate job out of.

JAKOBSEN Fabio 161 points (2 stage wins, 2 other podiums and the points win in Guangxi, 2nd in HammerHK) for 27 teams
MADOUAS Valentin 134 (Paris-Bourges win, 5th in Paris-Tours) 10 teams
BALLERINI Davide 116 (3rd in Gran Piemonte, 7th in Italian TT nationals) for Madrazo
VELASCO Simone 107 (10th in Gran Piemonte, 7th in Hainan) for Joelsim
HODEG CHAGUI Alvaro Jose 78 22
FABBRO Matteo 64 1
CIMA Imerio 61 10
BASSO Leonardo 57 4
STANNARD Robert 51 6
GANNA Filippo 51 23


1 HugoKoblet 721 (Jakobsen, Madouas, Hodeg, Cima, Ganna)
2 Scrooll07 661 (Jakobsen, Madouas, Hodeg, Ganna)
3 Kryvo 605 (Jakobsen, Madouas, Hodeg, Basso, Ganna)
4 Blues_in_the_Bottle 603 (Jakobsen, Madouas, Hodeg, Basso, Ganna)
5 Kazistuta 577
6 Madrazo 569
7 AlyKaptan 561
8 Squire 558
9 Flo 550
10 Fauniera 526
11 TheAsian 511
12 Joelsim 505
13 Shalgo 493
14 Ludwigzgz 481
15 Laarsland 480
15 Cordi333 480
17 Nathanptz 468
18 JonEzeitza 458
19 Skidmark 450
20 Comodoro 447
21 Karaev 442
22 Monsieur_Hulot 439
23 Hakkie2 435
24 LosBrolin 429
25 AmisVelo 413
26 Armchair_Cyclist 411
27 RoteLaterne 402
28 Vladimir 374
29 Josedin 372
30 DJW 312
31 LukasCPH 225
32 NorthAmericanScum 209
33 Trudgin 148
34 Leadbelly 133
CollectiveWisdom 479




Standings

The only member of the previous top ten to move upwards is Kryvo, but the two teams above him in this period, Hugo K and Scrool, move up by 5 and 4 places respectively, Hugo appearing in the top ten. Will the riders who have not yet lived up to expectation come through in the remaining two seasons, or is the basic shape of the table already established?

1 Karaev 4687
2 Nathanptz 4589
3 Comodoro 4504
4 Fauniera 4465
5 Kryvo 4463
6 TheAsian 4410
7 Ludwigzgz 4330
8 HugoKoblet 4266
9 Squire 4256
10 Laarsland 4193
11 Scrooll07 4169
12 Skidmark 4148
13 Cordi333 4127
14 AlyKaptan 4078
15 Hakkie2 4027
16 Blues_in_the_Bottle 3837
17 Kazistuta 3829
18 RoteLaterne 3733
19 Flo 3686
20 AmisVelo 3617
21 Shalgo 3572
22 Madrazo 3492
23 Armchair_Cyclist 3476
24 Monsieur_Hulot 3466
25 Josedin 3450
26 LosBrolin 3369
27 JonEzeitza 3337
28 DJW 3128
29 Joelsim 3038
30 Vladimir 2968
31 LukasCPH 2592
32 Leadbelly 1805
33 NorthAmericanScum 1761
34 Trudgin 1389
CollectiveWisdom 4609


Full analysis of rider scores etc to follow on some cold wet December evening. Here are the numbers thus far.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Year 1 End of year

Those two managers who sought early season glory through Gonzalo Najar get their 142 points of comeupance, with popular picks Narvaez and Ganna getting 1 and 14 points respectively in the reallocation of honours in the Vuelta a San Juan. Castrillo (6 teams) and Carretero (20 gain points from the disqualification of Igor Merino from his 8th place in the Spanish national ITT. Blues in the Bottle has all 4 of those riders who will now feel they have a more just points haul.

So the slightly revised end of year standings, 1/3 of the way through in terms of time, although rather less than that for points, are:
1 Karaev 4687
2 Nathanptz 4590
3 Comodoro 4504
4 Kryvo 4480
5 TheAsian 4425
6 Ludwigzgz 4345
7 Fauniera 4338
8 HugoKoblet 4281
9 Squire 4271
10 Laarsland 4208
11 Scrooll07 4184
12 Skidmark 4163
13 Cordi333 4142
14 AlyKaptan 4093
15 Hakkie2 3900
16 Blues_in_the_Bottle 3856
17 Kazistuta 3844
18 RoteLaterne 3734
19 Flo 3701
20 AmisVelo 3634
21 Shalgo 3587
22 Madrazo 3506
23 Armchair_Cyclist 3491
24 Monsieur_Hulot 3468
25 Josedin 3452
26 LosBrolin 3369
27 JonEzeitza 3352
28 DJW 3129
29 Joelsim 3053
30 Vladimir 2985
31 LukasCPH 2607
32 Leadbelly 1805
33 NorthAmericanScum 1761
34 Trudgin 1392
CollectiveWisdom 4624

Best possible team
JAKOBSEN Fabio 777points 27 teams
SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro 647 12
MADOUAS Valentin 561 10
HODEG CHAGUI Alvaro Jose 558 22
BALLERINI Davide 508 1
POGACAR Tadej 361 16
PHILIPSEN Jasper 357 21
AGUIRRE CALPA Hernan Ricardo 347 4
NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan Manuel 314 26
NOMMELA Aksel 310 2
VAN SCHIP Jan-Willem 308 3
JANSSENS Jimmy 290 0
ARANBURU DEBA Alex 285 0
MCNULTY Brandon 273 18
DE GENDT Aimé 271 1
HIRSCHI Marc 266 7
DENZ Nico 262 0
MÄDER Gino 255 0
TOTAL

The Collective Ignorance Team (those we all missed out on, headed by Janssens, Aranburu, Nenz and Mader) would have 4946 points, and a healthy lead. The actual leader, Karaev, has 67.4% of the 6950 possible.

Appart from Najar, with his retracted points, 3 selected riders remain pointless (DAL-CIN Matteo, GAZZOLI Michele and PEÑA MOLANO Wilson Estiben), and among those picked ten or more times without really justifying the hype (yet: they still have 2 years to prove their worth) are ALBANESE Vincenzo, VANHOUCKE Harm, OWEN Logan and RIVERA SERRANO Kevin. At least Albanese has now reached the 200 career total, so his repeated popularity while underacheiving will not be repeated.

Hope this whets your appetite for the new edition, so long as you think you can hold concentration until the end of 2021: official launch should be before the end of the day/year.

 

[Karaev1]

Really excited about this game.... It is a shame that I missed the 2017-19 edition but I hope I will remain first on this one till the end! Already started to look for riders for the 2019-21 game!

Keep up the good work Armchair cyclist!

 

[jon ezeitza]

Chris Hamilton in 2018 did not finish in the top-18 of the best team of the year. But this year 2019 he started it on a motorcycle of 500 c.c .; until now he has scored 131 points. And it will go up many positions ... and I with him

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Year 2, Month 1
So, riders, are you ready to step up?

24 selected riders have broken their ducks for this year, the best among them being:
HAMILTON Chris 131 points (6th in TDU, 16th in CEGORR) 8 teams
SCHULTZ Nicholas 116 (2nd overall, and a stage win, in Herald Sun race, and nationals 19th) 5 teams
FOUCHE James 70 (NZ national champion, and 5th in TT) for Leadbelly
PHILIPSEN Jasper 65 (TDU stage win) 21 teams
POGACAR Tadej 54 (13th in TDU) 16
EYOB Metkel 45 1

This month:
1 LukasCPH 306 (Hamilton, Schultz and Pogacar)
2 Skidmark 275 (Hamilton, Philipsen, Pogacar)
3 Kazistuta 267 (Hamilton, Philipsen, Pogacar)
4 Karaev 262 (Hamilton, Philipsen, Pogacar)
5 Kryvo 226
6 TheAsian 211
7 Flo 201
8 JonEzeitza 196
9 Leadbelly 177
10 NorthAmericanScum 176
11 AlyKaptan 170
12 Blues_in_the_Bottle 166
13 Comodoro 165
14 Scrooll07 163
15 Cordi333 156
16 HugoKoblet 151
17 Fauniera 149
18 Nathanptz 139
18 LosBrolin 139
20 RoteLaterne 134
21 Squire 131
22 Laarsland 124
23 Josedin 103
24 Hakkie2 92
25 Ludwigzgz 90
26 Armchair_Cyclist 85
27 Joelsim 70
28 Vladimir 64
29 DJW 46
30 Shalgo 45
31 Trudgin 42
32 Madrazo 32
33 AmisVelo 25
33 Monsieur_Hulot 25
CollectiveWisdom 149


Overall
Karaev more than doubles his lead, and Kryvo overtakes Comodoro to take a podium spot: further down the top ten, Fauniera regains one of the positions he lost when Najar's points were removed, and Skidmark gets a top ten spot through the biggest rise this month:5 places.

1 Karaev 4949
2 Nathanptz 4729
3 Kryvo 4706
4 Comodoro 4669
5 TheAsian 4636
6 Fauniera 4487
7 Skidmark 4438
8 Ludwigzgz 4435
9 HugoKoblet 4432
10 Squire 4402
11 Scrooll07 4347
12 Laarsland 4332
13 Cordi333 4298
14 AlyKaptan 4263
15 Kazistuta 4111
16 Blues_in_the_Bottle 4022
17 Hakkie2 3992
18 Flo 3902
19 RoteLaterne 3868
20 AmisVelo 3659
21 Shalgo 3632
22 Armchair_Cyclist 3576
23 Josedin 3555
24 JonEzeitza 3548
25 Madrazo 3538
26 LosBrolin 3508
27 Monsieur_Hulot 3493
28 DJW 3175
29 Joelsim 3123
30 Vladimir 3049
31 LukasCPH 2913
32 Leadbelly 1982
33 NorthAmericanScum 1937
34 Trudgin 1434
CollectiveWisdom 4773

Don't be surprised if the March update is slightly delayed: it will be the weekend of the first races in the Spring Classics game, so I might be a bit busy with that (watch our for news of it soon), but it should appear during that first week of March.

Here is the spreadsheet, but some columns are redundant or unupdated, because the first month each year requires slightly different calculation.

 

[skidmark]

Pogacar killing it already! Did not expect this rapid production at WT level.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Year 2, Month 2 4th February to 3rd March
Pogacar looks like he is going to be a key selection in this edition, after arguably the best performance in the peloton, emerging or otherwise, this month.

POGACAR Tadej 212 (stage win, yellow jerseys, and overall win in Volta ao Algarve) for 16 teams
VELASCO Simone 150 (Laigueglia win) for Joelsim
MADOUAS Valentin 131 (2nd in both Drome and Adeche, 8th in Etoile de Besseges) for 10 teams
SOSA CUERVO Ivan Ramiro 91(2nd in Tour of Colombia) for 12
KNOX James 64 (8th in UAE GC) 14
AGUIRRE CALPA Hernan Ricardo 62 (4th in Rwanda GC) 4
PETERS Nans 57 1
PLANCKAERT Edward 52 5
MCNULTY Brandon 50 18


1 Laarsland 595 (Pogacar, Madouas, Sosa)
2 Nathanptz 588 (Pogacar, Madouas, Sosa, McNulty)
3 Fauniera 587 (Pogacar, Madouas, Sosa, McNulty)
4 Karaev 560 (Pogacar, Sosa, McNulty)
4 AlyKaptan 560 (Pogacar, Madouas, Sosa, McNulty)
6 HugoKoblet 556 (Pogacar, Madouas, Knox)
7 Skidmark 535
8 Squire 527
9 Comodoro 518
10 Cordi333 514
11 Kazistuta 484
12 RoteLaterne 461
13 Vladimir 425
14 Kryvo 410
15 Ludwigzgz 398
16 LosBrolin 395
17 Blues_in_the_Bottle 380
18 Joelsim 333
19 Scrooll07 329
20 Monsieur_Hulot 323
21 Shalgo 279
22 Madrazo 277
23 Hakkie2 272
24 DJW 270
25 AmisVelo 264
26 LukasCPH 260
27 Josedin 257
28 Armchair_Cyclist 234
29 Leadbelly 218
30 TheAsian 212
31 NorthAmericanScum 200
32 Flo 197
33 JonEzeitza 131
34 Trudgin 121
CollectiveWisdom 585
CollectiveIgnorance 512

Standings
8 of the top ten at the end of January were in the top ten for February, so this was more a confirmation than a shake up. The cream may have already risen. There is some significant change though, with Comodoro making the podium, Hugo Koblet (+3) and Squire (+2) moving up within the top ten, and Laarsland (+3) joining that elite. Although they were 16th and 20th respectively this month, a congested lower-middle table gives Los Brolin and Monsieur Hulot the honour of biggest riser (+4).

1 Karaev 5509
2 Nathanptz 5317
3 Comodoro 5187
4 Kryvo 5116
5 Fauniera 5074
6 HugoKoblet 4988
7 Skidmark 4973
8 Squire 4929
9 Laarsland 4927
10 TheAsian 4848
11 Ludwigzgz 4833
12 AlyKaptan 4823
13 Cordi333 4812
14 Scrooll07 4676
15 Kazistuta 4595
16 Blues_in_the_Bottle 4402
17 RoteLaterne 4329
18 Hakkie2 4264
19 Flo 4099
20 AmisVelo 3923
21 Shalgo 3911
22 LosBrolin 3903
23 Monsieur_Hulot 3816
24 Madrazo 3815
25 Josedin 3812
26 Armchair_Cyclist 3810
27 JonEzeitza 3679
28 Vladimir 3474
29 Joelsim 3456
30 DJW 3445
31 LukasCPH 3173
32 Leadbelly 2200
33 NorthAmericanScum 2137
34 Trudgin 1555
CollectiveWisdom 5358
CollectiveIgnorance 4767

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Year 2 Month 3 4th to 31st March

BOL Cees 175 (Nokere Koerse win. 11th in De Panne) for Squire
WELTEN Bram 108 (8th in both Nokere and Denain, 4th in GP Cholet) for 10 teams
NAESEN Lawrence 95 (14th in De Panne, 10th in Nokere, 7th in Koksijde) 6 teams
NOMMELA Aksel 93 (16th in De Panne, 11th in Koksijde, 6th in Drenthe) for LukasCPH and Squire
PHILIPSEN Jasper 77pts 21 teams
SCHULTZ Nicholas 76 5
HODEG CHAGUI Alvaro Jose 72 22
MADOUAS Valentin 63 10
VELASCO Simone 57 1
HIRSCHI Marc 56 7

This month:
One team dominates, with unique pick as top scorer, and the rare 4th
1 Squire 684 (Bol, Welten, Nommela, Philipsen, Madouas, Hirschi)
2 Madrazo 486 (Welten, Naesen, Hodeg)
3 HugoKoblet 456 (Naesen, Philipsen, Hodeg, Madouas)
4 Kazistuta 449
5 TheAsian 447
6 Skidmark 432
7 Scrooll07 424
8 Karaev 417
9 Nathanptz 410
10 Flo 394
11 AlyKaptan 382
12 Fauniera 375
13 Hakkie2 368
14 RoteLaterne 366
15 Kryvo 353
16 Josedin 341
17 NorthAmericanScum 334
18 Armchair_Cyclist 318
19 Cordi333 316
20 Joelsim 298
21 Ludwigzgz 295
22 LukasCPH 287
23 DJW 284
24 Comodoro 283
25 Blues_in_the_Bottle 271
26 Laarsland 267
27 LosBrolin 266
28 JonEzeitza 246
29 Shalgo 235
30 AmisVelo 221
31 Vladimir 220
32 Monsieur_Hulot 190
33 Leadbelly 189
34 Trudgin 139
CollectiveWisdom 292
CollectiveIgnorance 432

Standings

Squire moves from 8th to 3rd, the jump of the month, and the idea that there can be a 200 point-odd margin over anyone else in a month shows that the title is still fairly open. AlyKaptan nudges into the top ten

1 Karaev 5926
2 Nathanptz 5727
3 Squire 5613
4 Comodoro 5470
5 Kryvo 5469
6 Fauniera 5449
7 HugoKoblet 5444
8 Skidmark 5405
9 TheAsian 5295
10 AlyKaptan 5205
11 Laarsland 5194
12 Cordi333 5128
12 Ludwigzgz 5128
14 Scrooll07 5100
15 Kazistuta 5044
16 RoteLaterne 4695
17 Blues_in_the_Bottle 4673
18 Hakkie2 4632
19 Flo 4493
20 Madrazo 4301
21 LosBrolin 4169
22 Josedin 4153
23 Shalgo 4146
24 AmisVelo 4144
25 Armchair_Cyclist 4128
26 Monsieur_Hulot 4006
27 JonEzeitza 3925
28 Joelsim 3754
29 DJW 3729
30 Vladimir 3694
31 LukasCPH 3460
32 NorthAmericanScum 2471
33 Leadbelly 2389
34 Trudgin 1694
CollectiveWisdom 5650
CollectiveIgnorance 5120


Dropbox

I suspect that I'll aim for the last download of April rather than the first one in May for the next update.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Year 2, month 4 1st to 28th April


JAKOBSEN Fabio 227 (Scheldeprijs win, stage win and 2 seconds in Turkey) 27 teams
POGACAR Tadej 197 (GC 6th and stage points in Itzulia, 6th in GP Indurain, top 20 in LBL) 16
ASGREEN Kasper 180 (2nd in Ronde van Vlaanderen) for Leadbelly and LukasCPH
MÜLLER Patrick 148 (Volta Limburg win, 5th in Circuit de la Sarthe) 5
MCNULTY Brandon 139 (Giro di Sicilia GC and stage win) 18
PRONSKIY Vadim 105 3
AGUIRRE CALPA Hernan Ricardo 99 4
MADOUAS Valentin 98 10

This month:
Squire is the top scorer by a large margin for the second month in a row, largely based on a different bunch of his team.

1 Squire 1109 (Jakobsen, Pogacar, Muller, McNulty, Pronskiy, Madouas)
2 Skidmark 885 (Jakobsen, Pogacar, Muller, McNulty)
3 RoteLaterne 816 (Jakobsen, Pogacar, McNulty, Aguirre)
4 Karaev 804
5 Kazistuta 803
6 Cordi333 782
7 AlyKaptan 770
8 Laarsland 702
9 LosBrolin 700
10 Comodoro 697
10 Madrazo 697
12 HugoKoblet 677
13 Ludwigzgz 654
14 Leadbelly 630
15 Nathanptz 589
16 Fauniera 586
17 Kryvo 585
17 Vladimir 585
19 Joelsim 556
20 Blues_in_the_Bottle 524
21 Scrooll07 519
22 Josedin 515
23 Hakkie2 511
24 Flo 496
25 LukasCPH 495
26 Monsieur_Hulot 448
27 TheAsian 438
28 JonEzeitza 386
29 Shalgo 350
30 Armchair_Cyclist 346
31 AmisVelo 287
32 DJW 198
33 Trudgin 170
34 NorthAmericanScum 124
CollectiveWisdom 669
CollectiveIgnorance 517

Standings

Squire moves up one place to 2nd, and the gap is just 8 points. Skidmark makes the biggest (4 place) jump, and laso moving up in, or into, the top ten are Hugo Koblet, AlyKaptan and Cordi333

1 Karaev 6730
2 Squire 6722
3 Nathanptz 6316
4 Skidmark 6290
5 Comodoro 6167
6 HugoKoblet 6121
7 Kryvo 6054
8 Fauniera 6035
9 AlyKaptan 5975
10 Cordi333 5910
11 Laarsland 5896
12 Kazistuta 5847
13 Ludwigzgz 5782
14 TheAsian 5733
15 Scrooll07 5619
16 RoteLaterne 5511
17 Blues_in_the_Bottle 5197
18 Hakkie2 5143
19 Madrazo 4998
20 Flo 4989
21 LosBrolin 4869
22 Josedin 4668
23 Shalgo 4496
24 Armchair_Cyclist 4474
25 Monsieur_Hulot 4454
26 AmisVelo 4431
27 JonEzeitza 4311
28 Joelsim 4310
29 Vladimir 4279
30 LukasCPH 3955
31 DJW 3927
32 Leadbelly 3019
33 NorthAmericanScum 2595
34 Trudgin 1864
CollectiveWisdom 6319
CollectiveIgnorance 5587

Spreadsheet
Hope to update post-Giro, first week of June.

 

[shalgo]

My team in this game may suck, but on this day, at least, I can say that I am the only person who picked Nans Peters.

 

[Squire]

This is going so much better than the normal CQ game. Madouas, Bol and Pogi should bring me another good haul this month.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Year 2 month 5 29th April to 2nd June

POGACAR Tadej 244pts (GC and a stage win in California) 16 teams
ASGREEN Kasper 195 (Stage win, Points classification and 3rd on GC in California) for Leadbelly and LukasCPH
BOL Cees 170(stage wins in California and Norway, 5th on GC in Norway) for Squire
MADOUAS Valentin 114 10 teams
SHAW James 102 for Shalgo
PETERS Nans 102 another unique pick for Shalgo

Higuita and Harper would have been in the moth's top 5 if anyone had picked them.

1 Squire 805 (Pogacar, Bol, Madouas)
2 LukasCPH 777 (Pogacar and Asgreen)
3 HugoKoblet 759 (Pogacar and Madouas)
4 Laarsland 670
5 Leadbelly 654
6 Fauniera 637
7 Kazistuta 631
8 Shalgo 593
9 Cordi333 577
10 Comodoro 569
11 Skidmark 566
12 Nathanptz 557
13 AlyKaptan 523
14 LosBrolin 495
15 Scrooll07 473
16 Vladimir 460
17 Karaev 456
18 Kryvo 451
19 RoteLaterne 441
19 Blues_in_the_Bottle 441
21 Armchair_Cyclist 376
22 TheAsian 357
23 Hakkie2 348
24 Ludwigzgz 346
25 Flo 343
26 Josedin 313
26 JonEzeitza 313
28 NorthAmericanScum 311
29 Madrazo 298
30 DJW 295
31 Monsieur_Hulot 289
32 Joelsim 273
33 AmisVelo 263
34 Trudgin 189
CollectiveWisdom 567
CollectiveIgnorance 940

Standings

Top scorer for three months in a row is a terrific achievement, and it is no surprise to see Squire take the lead with a healthy margin. Hugo Koblet gets onto the podium: he is one of 4 teams to have a three place rise (Laarsland, who enters the top ten, Lukas and Vladimir are the others).

1 Squire 7527
2 Karaev 7186
3 HugoKoblet 6880
4 Nathanptz 6873
5 Skidmark 6856
6 Comodoro 6736
7 Fauniera 6672
8 Laarsland 6566
9 Kryvo 6505
10 AlyKaptan 6498
11 Cordi333 6487
12 Kazistuta 6478
13 Ludwigzgz 6128
14 Scrooll07 6092
15 TheAsian 6090
16 RoteLaterne 5952
17 Blues_in_the_Bottle 5638
18 Hakkie2 5491
19 LosBrolin 5364
20 Flo 5332
21 Madrazo 5296
22 Shalgo 5089
23 Josedin 4981
24 Armchair_Cyclist 4850
25 Monsieur_Hulot 4743
26 Vladimir 4739
27 LukasCPH 4732
28 AmisVelo 4694
29 JonEzeitza 4624
30 Joelsim 4583
31 DJW 4222
32 Leadbelly 3673
33 NorthAmericanScum 2906
34 Trudgin 2053
CollectiveWisdom 6886
CollectiveIgnorance 6471

Next update should be early July.