2021-23 Emerging Riders CQ Game

Armchair cyclist · May 4, 2022

vladimir said:
Damn I suck at these games. Dead last here and almost last in the 22-24 game. Still time to turn things around I guess...

I'll post the 20-22 game update soon: you're a bit better positioned there...

Armchair cyclist · May 31, 2022

Year 2, month 5 2-29 May

Not yet living up to previous editions by having a GT winner, but our cohort includes three stage winners and the man who was in pink for 10 stages.

LOPEZ PEREZ Juan Pedro	356	4	Pink jerseys/stage 2nd/GC 10th in Giro
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	235	6	stage win and second with GC 12th in Giro
DE LIE Arnaud	207	1	Marcel Kint win/Tro Bro Leon 4th/Veenendaal 3rd
ARENSMAN Thymen	166	29	stage 2nd twice and GC 18th in Giro
LEEMREIZE Gijs	127	3	two stage podiums and top 30 GC in Giro
PLAPP Lucas	117	4	Tour of Norway 3rd
COVI Alessandro	116	19	Stage win with third in KoM and finishing Giro
OLDANI Stefano	85	9	Stage win and finishing Giro
SHEFFIELD Magnus	62	11
VANSEVENANT Mauri	59	23
HUYS Laurens	59	1
ZAMBANINI Edoardo	56	1

I have no intention of going through the games' archives to find the record for second places on updates, but I bet SafeBet has it already in this edition.

1	Skidmark	832	Buitrago/Arensman/Covi/Oldani/Sheffield
2	SafeBet	763	Buitrago/Arensman/Plapp/Covi
3	Greenedge	719	Buitrago/Arensman/Plapp/Oldani/Vansevenant
4	MuddyWaters	717	Lopez/Arensman/Vansevenant
5	Kryvo	714	Lopez/Arensman/Covi
6	Ray10	701	Buitrago/Leemreizze/Covi/Sheffield/Vansevenant
7	LukasCPH	690	Lopez/Coci/Oldani/Vansevenant
8	Nyssinator	612
9	Fivezzz	540
10	Leadbelly	538
11	Kazistuta	517
12	Squire	507
13	Josedin	498
14	Jakob747	495
15	AmisVelo	480
16	JonEzeitza	469
17	Laarsland	466
18	RoteLaterne	461
18	Madrazo	461
20	Cordi	458
21	HugoKoblet	447
22	Bminchow	442
23	JPettersen	433
24	Karaev	431
25	Scrooll07	427
26	Ludwigzgz	426
27	Koronin	398
28	Nakazar	387
28	Comodoro	387
30	Rufs	358
31	Vladimir	330
32	Armchair_Cyclist	317
33	LosBrolin	309
34	Blues_in_the_Bottle	289
35	Otoxiep87	272
35	YellowKnight	272
37	Northerner	243
	CollectiveWisdom	447
	CollectiveIgnorance	741	Idar Andersen/Tobias Johannessen and Jay Vine all scored 130+
	MainGame2021	305

Standings
Apologies: there is a column in the spreadsheet that I change for the Jan/Feb updates, but had forgotten to change back. That means that the change in position month to month has been wrong in the last few updates, and I have been reporting change since end of year one instead. But fixed now.

Ah well, third place is fairly open...

1	SafeBet	7131	0
2	Cordi	6334	0
3	Greenedge	5946	2
4	AmisVelo	5933	-1
5	Bminchow	5740	-1
6	RoteLaterne	5578	0
7	Nyssinator	5525	4
8	Squire	5514	0
9	Kryvo	5447	4
10	JonEzeitza	5426	-1
11	Ludwigzgz	5378	-1
12	Blues_in_the_Bottle	5332	-5
13	Ray10	5325	2
14	Madrazo	5275	-2
15	MuddyWaters	5147	6
16	LukasCPH	5137	3
17	Rufs	5006	-3
18	Kazistuta	4988	0
19	Fivezzz	4987	0
20	Nakazar	4966	-4
21	Skidmark	4945	3
22	JPettersen	4788	0
23	HugoKoblet	4748	0
24	Northerner	4722	-7
25	Leadbelly	4495	2
26	Karaev	4482	-1
27	Comodoro	4295	1
28	Otoxiep87	4246	-2
29	YellowKnight	4166	0
30	LosBrolin	4142	0
31	Scrooll07	4048	0
32	Laarsland	3863	0
33	Jakob747	3736	0
34	Armchair_Cyclist	3504	0
35	Josedin	3204	0
36	Koronin	2855	0
37	Vladimir	2775	0
	CollectiveWisdom	6273
	CollectiveIgnorance	6757
	MainGame2021	4281

Very close between the two 'main' forums, but Equipo Parlamiento have the lead:
EP: 5033
CN: 4880
VR: 4872

Next update hopefully while the Tour is travelling from Denmark to Dunkerque

Armchair cyclist · Jul 5, 2022

Year 2 Month 6 30 May to 3 July

Between the GTs...

KOOIJ Olav	287	29	ZLM Tour dominance
DE LIE Arnaud	259	1	Heistse Pijl and Limburg wins with 6th in Nats and Aarschot
RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos	210	13	Nat RR win/Occitanie 2nd
SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias	101	1	Occitanie 5th/Nat TT 3rd/RR 8th
WEEMAES Sasha	101	3	4th in both Elfstedenronde and Nat RR
WILLIAMS Stephen	95	1
HERREGODTS Rune	88	2
BAYER Tobias	86	1
RIES Michel	78	2
REPA Vojtech	78	2
JORGENSON Matteo	72	17

Huge month for one team:

1	Leadbelly	1155	Kooij/De Lie/Rodriguez/Bayer/Repa/Jorgenson
2	LosBrolin	789	Kooij/Rodriguez/Piccolo
3	YellowKnight	778	Kooij/Rodriguez/Jorgenson
4	Kryvo	774	Kooij/Rodriguez/Ries/Jorgenson
5	Ray10	761	Kooij/Rodriguez/Repa
6	SafeBet	730
7	Blues_in_the_Bottle	726
8	Cordi	722
9	Ludwigzgz	706
10	Greenedge	702
11	Bminchow	639
12	RoteLaterne	628
13	Karaev	591
14	Rufs	581
15	Northerner	570
16	Laarsland	557
17	Nakazar	551
18	AmisVelo	536
19	Madrazo	526
20	Squire	510
21	HugoKoblet	484
22	Jakob747	457
23	Otoxiep87	455
24	MuddyWaters	424
24	Comodoro	424
26	Nyssinator	419
27	Kazistuta	412
28	LukasCPH	397
29	Fivezzz	383
30	Skidmark	380
31	Koronin	306
32	Armchair_Cyclist	305
33	Vladimir	290
34	JPettersen	266
35	Scrooll07	234
36	JonEzeitza	173
37	Josedin	71
	CollectiveWisdom	742
	CollectiveIgnorance	1168
	MainGame2021	217

6th is almost notably low for SafeBet in a monthly update: still running away with it.

1	SafeBet	7861	0
2	Cordi	7056	0
3	Greenedge	6648	0
4	AmisVelo	6469	0
5	Bminchow	6379	0
6	Kryvo	6221	3
7	RoteLaterne	6206	-1
8	Ray10	6086	5
9	Ludwigzgz	6084	2
10	Blues_in_the_Bottle	6058	2
11	Squire	6024	-3
12	Nyssinator	5944	-5
13	Madrazo	5801	1
14	Leadbelly	5650	11
15	JonEzeitza	5599	-5
16	Rufs	5587	1
17	MuddyWaters	5571	-2
18	LukasCPH	5534	-2
19	Nakazar	5517	1
20	Kazistuta	5400	-2
21	Fivezzz	5370	-2
22	Skidmark	5325	-1
23	Northerner	5292	1
24	HugoKoblet	5232	-1
25	Karaev	5073	1
26	JPettersen	5054	-4
27	YellowKnight	4944	2
28	LosBrolin	4931	2
29	Comodoro	4719	-2
30	Otoxiep87	4701	-2
31	Laarsland	4420	1
32	Scrooll07	4282	-1
33	Jakob747	4193	0
34	Armchair_Cyclist	3809	0
35	Josedin	3275	0
36	Koronin	3161	0
37	Vladimir	3065	0
	CollectiveWisdom	7015
	CollectiveIgnorance	7925
	MainGame2021	4498

Equipo Parlamiento 5504
Cycling News 5413
VeloRooms 5397

Armchair cyclist · Aug 11, 2022

Year 2, month 7 4th July to 7th August (so a bit into month 8)

ARENSMAN Thymen	200	29	Stage win and GC 2nd in Poland
ALEOTTI Giovanni	175	22	2 stage wins and GC win in Sibiu
RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos	172	13	5th in San Seb and 4th in Burgos
SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias	163	1	GC 3rd in Wallonie and 8th in San Seb
JORGENSON Matteo	132	17	3 top 5s and 21st overall in Tour de France
PICCOLO Andrea	122	8	6th in Sibiu/7th Villafranca/2nd Getxo
AYUSO PESQUERA Juan	116	15	win Getxo/4th Villafranca
TULETT Ben	107	8	5th in Pologne
KOOIJ Olav	106	29	Pologne stage points
CHARMIG Anthon	96	2
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	91	6

And, yet again, Safe Bet is the top scorer...

1	SafeBet	1246
2	RoteLaterne	1119
3	Cordi	1047
3	Ludwigzgz	1047
5	Greenedge	1038
6	Kryvo	998
7	LosBrolin	985
8	Bminchow	959
9	YellowKnight	943
10	Otoxiep87	922
11	Nakazar	914
12	JPettersen	911
13	AmisVelo	900
14	HugoKoblet	896
15	Vladimir	868
16	MuddyWaters	864
17	Northerner	860
18	Karaev	820
19	Squire	819
20	Madrazo	816
21	Rufs	813
22	JonEzeitza	774
23	Scrooll07	742
24	Leadbelly	724
25	Laarsland	723
26	Comodoro	712
27	Blues_in_the_Bottle	711
28	Nyssinator	694
29	Armchair_Cyclist	684
30	Skidmark	674
31	Ray10	637
32	Kazistuta	628
33	Fivezzz	607
34	Jakob747	574
35	LukasCPH	443
36	Josedin	352
37	Koronin	249
	CollectiveWisdom	1083
	CollectiveIgnorance	200
	MainGame2021	833

Standings
This is getting silly: it was meant to be a competition.

1	SafeBet	9107	0
2	Cordi	8103	0
3	Greenedge	7686	0
4	AmisVelo	7369	0
5	Bminchow	7338	0
6	RoteLaterne	7325	1
7	Kryvo	7219	-1
8	Ludwigzgz	7131	1
9	Squire	6843	2
10	Blues_in_the_Bottle	6769	0
11	Ray10	6723	-3
12	Nyssinator	6638	0
13	Madrazo	6617	0
14	MuddyWaters	6435	3
15	Nakazar	6431	4
16	Rufs	6400	0
17	Leadbelly	6374	-3
18	JonEzeitza	6373	-3
19	Northerner	6152	4
20	HugoKoblet	6128	4
21	Kazistuta	6028	-1
22	Skidmark	5999	0
23	Fivezzz	5977	-2
23	LukasCPH	5977	-5
25	JPettersen	5965	1
26	LosBrolin	5916	2
27	Karaev	5893	-2
28	YellowKnight	5887	-1
29	Otoxiep87	5623	1
30	Comodoro	5431	-1
31	Laarsland	5143	0
32	Scrooll07	5024	0
33	Jakob747	4767	0
34	Armchair_Cyclist	4493	0
35	Vladimir	3933	2
36	Josedin	3627	-1
37	Koronin	3410	-1
	CollectiveWisdom	8098
	CollectiveIgnorance	8248
	MainGame2021	5331

I'm beginning to doubt that the 2nd and 3rd places are really being contested either.

bminchow · Aug 14, 2022

WE have a whole year left! i am not giving up (on 3rd place)

bminchow · Aug 14, 2022

Can you remind us what page we can find the link to the spreadsheet? Thanks!

Armchair cyclist · Sep 17, 2022

Year 2 Month 8-9a 8th August-11th September

Our picks did much better out of the Vuelta than the Tour or the Giro.

AYUSO PESQUERA Juan	374	15	3rd on GC and 6 stage top tens in Vuelta
ARENSMAN Thymen	355	29	GC 6th with win and 2nd stages in Vuelta
DE LIE Arnaud	330	1	Wins in Schaal sels and Egmont/4th in Bretagne Classic
RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos	231	13	7th in Vuelta GC
SHEFFIELD Magnus	217	11	2nd in Danmark Rundt/10th in ToB
SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias	210	1	2nd Tour de L'Ain/3rd Danmark Rundt
WRIGHT Fred	183	3	2nd 2x3rd and 2x4th on Vuelta stages
BURGAUDEAU Mathieu	131	1
STRONG Corbin	130	2
VANSEVENANT Mauri	128	23
OLDANI Stefano	108	9
PICCOLO Andrea	103	8

1	JPettersen	1549	Ayuso/Arensman/Skjelmose/Burgaudeau/Vansevenant/Oldani
2	LosBrolin	1458	Ayuso/Arensman/Rodriguez/Sheffield/Piccolo
3	Bminchow	1384	Ayuso/Arensman/Rodriguez/Vansevenant
4	Cordi	1378	Ayuso/Arensman/Rodriguez/Sheffield
5	AmisVelo	1326
6	RoteLaterne	1312
7	Nakazar	1307
8	MuddyWaters	1299
9	Greenedge	1267
10	Ludwigzgz	1260
11	SafeBet	1235
12	Squire	1137
13	YellowKnight	1135
14	Madrazo	1127
15	Leadbelly	1112
16	Armchair_Cyclist	1072
17	Rufs	1069
18	Northerner	981
19	Fivezzz	887
20	Jakob747	885
21	Nyssinator	870
22	Kryvo	860
23	HugoKoblet	853
24	Vladimir	841
25	Karaev	816
26	Kazistuta	812
27	JonEzeitza	803
28	Skidmark	800
29	Ray10	768
30	Comodoro	751
31	Blues_in_the_Bottle	725
32	Otoxiep87	705
32	Scrooll07	705
34	Laarsland	690
35	LukasCPH	563
36	Koronin	323
37	Josedin	252
	CollectiveWisdom	1348
	CollectiveIgnorance	1529
	MainGame2021	1090

Standings
SafeBet uncharacteristically only scores 11th this month, so some ground is clawed back and the rest of the field become aware that there are some riders capable of decent returns that he doesn't have. But probably not many.

1	SafeBet	10342	0
2	Cordi	9481	0
3	Greenedge	8953	0
4	Bminchow	8722	1
5	AmisVelo	8695	-1
6	RoteLaterne	8637	0
7	Ludwigzgz	8391	1
8	Kryvo	8079	-1
9	Squire	7980	0
10	Madrazo	7744	3
11	Nakazar	7738	4
12	MuddyWaters	7734	2
13	JPettersen	7514	12
14	Nyssinator	7508	-2
15	Blues_in_the_Bottle	7494	-5
16	Ray10	7491	-5
17	Leadbelly	7486	0
18	Rufs	7469	-2
19	LosBrolin	7374	7
20	JonEzeitza	7176	-2
21	Northerner	7133	-2
22	YellowKnight	7022	6
23	HugoKoblet	6981	-3
24	Fivezzz	6864	-1
25	Kazistuta	6840	-4
26	Skidmark	6799	-4
27	Karaev	6709	0
28	LukasCPH	6540	-5
29	Otoxiep87	6328	0
30	Comodoro	6182	0
31	Laarsland	5833	0
32	Scrooll07	5729	0
33	Jakob747	5652	0
34	Armchair_Cyclist	5565	0
35	Vladimir	4774	0
36	Josedin	3879	0
37	Koronin	3733	0
	CollectiveWisdom	9446
	CollectiveIgnorance	9723
	MainGame2021	6421

Expect a mid-late October update to bring us to the end of most relevant races for this year. Until then, and with apologies to Bminchow for not having made it easily found earlier, the spreadsheet.

Nearly forgot:
EP 7275
CN 7223
VR 7097

bminchow · Sep 19, 2022

Armchair cyclist said:
Year 2 Month 8-9a 8th August-11th September

Our picks did much better out of the Vuelta than the Tour or the Giro.

AYUSO PESQUERA Juan
374
15
3rd on GC and 6 stage top tens in Vuelta
ARENSMAN Thymen
355
29
GC 6th with win and 2nd stages in Vuelta
DE LIE Arnaud
330
1
Wins in Schaal sels and Egmont/4th in Bretagne Classic
RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos
231
13
7th in Vuelta GC
SHEFFIELD Magnus
217
11
2nd in Danmark Rundt/10th in ToB
SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias
210
1
2nd Tour de L'Ain/3rd Danmark Rundt
WRIGHT Fred
183
3
2nd 2x3rd and 2x4th on Vuelta stages
BURGAUDEAU Mathieu
131
1
STRONG Corbin
130
2
VANSEVENANT Mauri
128
23
OLDANI Stefano
108
9
PICCOLO Andrea
103
8

1 JPettersen
1549
Ayuso/Arensman/Skjelmose/Burgaudeau/Vansevenant/Oldani
2 LosBrolin
1458
Ayuso/Arensman/Rodriguez/Sheffield/Piccolo
3 Bminchow
1384
Ayuso/Arensman/Rodriguez/Vansevenant
4 Cordi
1378
Ayuso/Arensman/Rodriguez/Sheffield
5 AmisVelo
1326
6 RoteLaterne
1312
7 Nakazar
1307
8 MuddyWaters
1299
9 Greenedge
1267
10 Ludwigzgz
1260
11 SafeBet
1235
12 Squire
1137
13 YellowKnight
1135
14 Madrazo
1127
15 Leadbelly
1112
16 Armchair_Cyclist
1072
17 Rufs
1069
18 Northerner
981
19 Fivezzz
887
20 Jakob747
885
21 Nyssinator
870
22 Kryvo
860
23 HugoKoblet
853
24 Vladimir
841
25 Karaev
816
26 Kazistuta
812
27 JonEzeitza
803
28 Skidmark
800
29 Ray10
768
30 Comodoro
751
31 Blues_in_the_Bottle
725
32 Otoxiep87
705
32 Scrooll07
705
34 Laarsland
690
35 LukasCPH
563
36 Koronin
323
37 Josedin
252
CollectiveWisdom
1348
CollectiveIgnorance
1529
MainGame2021
1090

Standings
SafeBet uncharacteristically only scores 11th this month, so some ground is clawed back and the rest of the field become aware that there are some riders capable of decent returns that he doesn't have. But probably not many.

1
SafeBet 10342
0
2
Cordi 9481
0
3
Greenedge 8953
0
4
Bminchow 8722
1
5
AmisVelo 8695
-1
6
RoteLaterne 8637
0
7
Ludwigzgz 8391
1
8
Kryvo 8079
-1
9
Squire 7980
0
10
Madrazo 7744
3
11
Nakazar 7738
4
12
MuddyWaters 7734
2
13
JPettersen 7514
12
14
Nyssinator 7508
-2
15
Blues_in_the_Bottle 7494
-5
16
Ray10 7491
-5
17
Leadbelly 7486
0
18
Rufs 7469
-2
19
LosBrolin 7374
7
20
JonEzeitza 7176
-2
21
Northerner 7133
-2
22
YellowKnight 7022
6
23
HugoKoblet 6981
-3
24
Fivezzz 6864
-1
25
Kazistuta 6840
-4
26
Skidmark 6799
-4
27
Karaev 6709
0
28
LukasCPH 6540
-5
29
Otoxiep87 6328
0
30
Comodoro 6182
0
31
Laarsland 5833
0
32
Scrooll07 5729
0
33
Jakob747 5652
0
34
Armchair_Cyclist 5565
0
35
Vladimir 4774
0
36
Josedin 3879
0
37
Koronin 3733
0
CollectiveWisdom 9446
CollectiveIgnorance 9723
MainGame2021 6421

Expect a mid-late October update to bring us to the end of most relevant races for this year. Until then, and with apologies to Bminchow for not having made it easily found earlier, the spreadsheet.

Nearly forgot:
EP 7275
CN 7223
VR 7097

Thanks!!

Armchair cyclist · Oct 27, 2022

Year 2, month 9b-1012 Sept to 23 October, and to all intents and purposes to the end of the year

SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias	281	1 (JPettersen)	Luxembourg GC win + WC RR 10th
PICCOLO Andrea	217	8	Japan Cup 2nd/Lombardia 11th/Agostini 3rd
STRONG Corbin	190	2 (Jakob747 & Leadbelly)	Bernocchi 2nd/Wallonie 5th/Piemonte 7th
KOOIJ Olav	168	29	Munsterland win + WC U23 5th
DE LIE Arnaud	153	1 (Leadbelly)	Houtland 2nd/Chaunay 5th/Gooikse Pijl 6th etc
TRAEEN Torstein	143	1 (LukasCPH)	Langkawi 3rd/Cro race 7th
OLDANI Stefano	128	9	Bernocchi 3rd/Veneto Classic 4th
RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos	127	13	Lombardia 5th
RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto	126	13	Langkawi 5th/G della Toscana 4th
VANSEVENANT Mauri	114	23	Slovakia 2nd/Lombardia 20th

but none of us picked other big scorers this session in Sjoerd Bax, Kevin Vauquelin and Axel Zingle.

1	Greenedge	1064	Piccolo/Kooij/Oldani/Rodriguez/Rubio/Vansevenant
2	Leadbelly	905	Strong/Kooij/De Lie/Rodriguez
3	LosBrolin	895	Piccolo/Kooij/Rodriguez
4	Laarsland	806	Piccolo/Kooij/Oldani/Vansevenant
5	LukasCPH	786	Kooij/Traeen/Oldani/Rubio/Vansevenant
6	JPettersen	704
7	HugoKoblet	697
8	MuddyWaters	694
9	SafeBet	669
10	Ludwigzgz	666
11	Bminchow	642
12	Cordi	631
13	Fivezzz	611
14	RoteLaterne	595
15	Nyssinator	593
16	AmisVelo	587
17	Ray10	576
18	Nakazar	569
19	Jakob747	559
20	Kazistuta	540
21	Karaev	537
22	Squire	530
23	Otoxiep87	517
24	Blues_in_the_Bottle	514
25	YellowKnight	494
26	Northerner	463
27	Vladimir	462
28	Armchair_Cyclist	453
29	Kryvo	434
30	Skidmark	423
31	JonEzeitza	407
32	Madrazo	404
33	Comodoro	381
34	Koronin	374
35	Rufs	365
36	Josedin	234
37	Scrooll07	208
	CollectiveWisdom	659
	CollectiveIgnorance	927
	MainGame2021	341

Standings
Again SafeBet scores well down in the bunch, but the team in second does not take advantage: we have however seen in the 2020-22 game his ability to fight back in year three. Greenedge's dominant win this month doesn't move him up from 3rd, but means that at least the fight for second could be close over the last year of this edition.

No changes in the top 9, but big strides forward not far behind that for Leadbelly and Los Brolin. They were among the teams with the lowest pre-game scores, and therefore perhaps more of the riders who are still on a steeper upwards trajectory: these two might make inroads in year 3.

1	SafeBet	11011	0
2	Cordi	10112	0
3	Greenedge	10017	0
4	Bminchow	9364	0
5	AmisVelo	9282	0
6	RoteLaterne	9232	0
7	Ludwigzgz	9057	0
8	Kryvo	8513	0
9	Squire	8510	0
10	MuddyWaters	8428	2
11	Leadbelly	8391	6
12	Nakazar	8307	-1
13	LosBrolin	8269	6
14	JPettersen	8218	-1
15	Madrazo	8148	-5
16	Nyssinator	8101	-2
17	Ray10	8067	-1
18	Blues_in_the_Bottle	8008	-3
19	Rufs	7834	-1
20	HugoKoblet	7678	3
21	Northerner	7596	0
22	JonEzeitza	7583	-2
23	YellowKnight	7516	-1
24	Fivezzz	7475	0
25	Kazistuta	7380	0
26	LukasCPH	7326	2
27	Karaev	7246	0
28	Skidmark	7222	-2
29	Otoxiep87	6845	0
30	Laarsland	6639	1
31	Comodoro	6563	-1
32	Jakob747	6211	1
33	Armchair_Cyclist	6018	1
34	Scrooll07	5937	-2
35	Vladimir	5236	0
36	Josedin	4113	0
37	Koronin	4107	0
	CollectiveWisdom	10105
	CollectiveIgnorance	10433
	MainGame2021	6762

Some dark winter's night I will look into the Year 2 performances, and there will be some end of year shakedown of the numbers, but until then, the spreadsheet contains all the data.

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Armchair cyclist · Jan 3, 2023

End of Year 2

A couple of selected riders picked up points in the dog days of the year:Lukas Kubis took 19 points from a bunch of Moroccan races in early November for Josedin, and Bryan Raul Obando Rosa (I'm assuming he is the same person as Brayan Obando) earned Jakob747 6 points in the Vuelta al Ecuador (and I have also added the same rider's 8 points from the 2021 edition of that race, absent from CQ's end of year file that year).
Neither manager gains any places in the table from these points.

2022 Best riders

DE LIE Arnaud	1439	1 team (Leadbelly)
RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos	1082	13
AYUSO PESQUERA Juan	1004	15
KOOIJ Olav	968	29
ARENSMAN Thymen	955	29
SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias	944	1 (JPettersen)
ZINGLE Axel	727	0
SCHMID Mauro	656	0
SHEFFIELD Magnus	621	11
VAUQUELIN Kévin	618	0
LOUVEL Matis	594	0
ZANA Filippo	515	0
VANSEVENANT Mauri	514	23
PICCOLO Andrea	509	8
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	493	6
JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland	462	0
PLAPP Lucas	441	4
VINE Jay	438	0

Kudos to Leadbelly for identifying the phenomenon that is Arnaud De Lie a year earlier than anyone else. I guess the contrary kind of policy that makes him frequently one of the lowest on the popular picks ranking here was likely to come up trumps at some point.

But it's not enough to make him the top scorer this year: SafeBet repeated his year topping performance of the first 12 months

2022 rank		2022 points	Change in rank
1	SafeBet	7243	0
2	Greenedge	7096	11
3	Cordi	6770	1
4	LosBrolin	6595	22
5	Leadbelly	6403	20
6	Ludwigzgz	6328	11
7	Bminchow	6267	5
8	RoteLaterne	6107	1
9	MuddyWaters	6031	18
10	AmisVelo	6028	-1
11	Nakazar	5744	11
12	YellowKnight	5646	10
13	Kryvo	5575	5
14	JPettersen	5495	5
15	Squire	5463	1
16	Ray10	5304	0
17	Madrazo	5194	-4
18	Northerner	5179	4
19	Rufs	5168	2
20	Nyssinator	4938	-10
21	HugoKoblet	4896	-4
22	Blues_in_the_Bottle	4834	-13
23	Skidmark	4822	-1
24	Karaev	4732	-3
25	Jakob747	4675	5
26	Fivezzz	4590	-9
27	Laarsland	4580	0
28	Kazistuta	4431	-13
29	LukasCPH	4216	-18
30	Comodoro	4156	-5
31	Otoxiep87	4150	-9
32	JonEzeitza	4076	-20
33	Armchair_Cyclist	3944	-4
34	Vladimir	3545	-1
35	Scrooll07	3291	-12
36	Koronin	2433	-2
37	Josedin	2248	-4
	CollectiveWisdom	6682
	CollectiveIgnorance	6893
	MainGame2021	4210

Top riders thus far 2021 +2022
De Lie comes from virtually nowhere to top the table: only 10 of these were in the best possible team for 2021

DE LIE Arnaud	1496	1
RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos	1394	13
SKJELMOSE JENSEN Mattias	1288	1
KOOIJ Olav	1217	29
AYUSO PESQUERA Juan	1182	15
ARENSMAN Thymen	1133	29
VANSEVENANT Mauri	952	23
COVI Alessandro	926	19
ZANA Filippo	873	0
ZINGLE Axel	865	0
LOUVEL Matis	842	0
SCHMID Mauro	812	0
ALEOTTI Giovanni	737	22
JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland	699	0
BUITRAGO SANCHEZ Santiago	691	6
VAUQUELIN Kévin	672	0
LAFAY Victor	642	0
OLDANI Stefano	641	9

So which of the top teams have which of the top riders?

1	SafeBet	11011	Rodriguez/Kooij/Ayuso/Arensman/Covi/Aleotti/Buitrago
2	Cordi	10112	Rodriguez/Kooij/Ayuso/Arensman/Covi
3	Greenedge	10017	Rodriguez/Kooij/Arensman/Vansevenant/Buitrago/Oldani
4	Bminchow	9364	Rodriguez/Kooij/Ayuso/Arensman/Vansevenant/Covi/Aleotti
5	AmisVelo	9282	Kooij/Ayuso/Arensman/Vansevenant/Covi/Aleotti
6	RoteLaterne	9232	Kooij/Ayuso/Arensman/Covi/Aleotti
7	Ludwigzgz	9057	Rodriguez/Kooij/Ayuso/Arensman/Covi
8	Kryvo	8513	Rodriguez/Kooij/Arensman/Covi/Aleotti
9	Squire	8510	Kooij/Ayuso/Arensman/Vansevenant/Covi/Aleotti
10	MuddyWaters	8428	Rodriguez/Ayuso/Arensman/Vansevenant
11	Leadbelly	8391	De Lie/Rodriguez/Kooij
12	Nakazar	8307
13	LosBrolin	8269
14	JPettersen	8218
15	Madrazo	8148
16	Nyssinator	8101
17	Ray10	8067
18	Blues_in_the_Bottle	8008
19	Rufs	7834
20	HugoKoblet	7678
21	Northerner	7596
22	JonEzeitza	7583
23	YellowKnight	7516
24	Fivezzz	7475
25	Kazistuta	7380
26	LukasCPH	7326
27	Karaev	7246
28	Skidmark	7222
29	Otoxiep87	6845
30	Laarsland	6639
31	Comodoro	6563
32	Jakob747	6225
33	Armchair_Cyclist	6018
34	Scrooll07	5937
35	Vladimir	5236
36	Josedin	4132
37	Koronin	4107
	CollectiveWisdom	10105	Rodriguez/Kooij/Ayuso/Arensman/Vansevenant/Covi/Aleotti
	CollectiveIgnorance	10433	Zana/Zingle/Louvel/Schmid/Johannessen/Vauquelin/Lafay
	MainGame2021	6762	Ayuso/Arensman/Vansevenant/Aleotti

I note that Bminchow is actually doing better than Safebet in terms of their top picks, but strength in depth is a thing.

It has been a dominant performance so far from SafeBet, but just ask Jon Ezeitza about Cordi's Year 3 capabilities. One year to go to see how important the absence of Vansevenant might be, or which riders that have yet to make their breakthrough can shake things up.

And 10 days to choose your riders for the 2023-25 edition.

Squire · Jan 4, 2023

Not having Rodriguez is a big mistake here. Thanks for the update!

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