2022-2024 Emerging Riders CQ Game

RedheadDane · Feb 4, 2022

Strong needs to get a move on, and get me some points!

Salvarani · Feb 5, 2022

Saudi Tour was good!

Van Gils wins and Charmig 7th overall.

jon ezeitza · Feb 6, 2022

Great start to 2022 for Van Gils, who in his first race has already scored more points than in all of last year.

Armchair cyclist · Feb 28, 2022

Year 1, month 2 31 January to 27th February
The season has crept north, and plenty of our picks have started their campaign.

Rider	Pts this month	Teams	Source
VAN GILS Maxim	149	13	Saudi Tour wins GC and a stage
CHARMIG Anthon	148	4	7th in Saudi and 5th with a stage in Oman
AYUSO PESQUERA Juan	84	38	4th in Drome and Ardeche and Valenciana pts
SHEFFIELD Magnus	56	15	Stage win and GC top 20 in Andalucia
PLAPP Lucas	44	30
VANDENABEELE Henri	44	19
VERMAERKE Kevin	36	6
ALBA BOLIVAR Juan Diego	35	1
TEJADA CANACUE Harold Alfonso	34	3
PRITZEN Marc Oliver	30	1

Rank this month		Pts this month	Main scorers
1	Nathanptz	589	Van Gils/Charmig/Ayuso/Sheffield/Plapp/Vandenabeele
2	Salvarani	507	Van Gils/Charmig/Ayuso/Vandenabeele
3	Bminchow	441	Van Gils/Ayuso/Sheffield/Plapp/Vandenabeele
4	Armchair_Cyclist	392	Van Gils/Ayuso/Plapp/Vandenabeele/Tejada
5	Repre	379
6	Comodoro	377
7	Blues_in_the_Bottle	354
8	RedheadDane	348
9	EvansIsTheBest	341
10	Greenedge	335
10	Rufs	335
12	LukasCPH	325
13	JumboVismaFan	324
14	Scrooll07	323
15	SafeBet	319
16	Madrazo	318
17	Josedin	291
18	JonEzeitza	285
19	Cordi	262
20	Kazistuta	261
21	Berflamand	252
22	Del1962	247
23	LosBrolin	246
24	Riverside	245
25	Ray10	243
26	Otoxiep87	238
27	Laarsland	229
28	DevilsElbow	225
29	Bonimenier	224
30	Skidmark	223
31	AmisVelo	214
32	Vladimir	209
33	Squire	199
34	Nyssinator	181
35	Fivezzz	174
36	Nakazar	173
36	RoteLaterne	173
38	Koronin	166
39	EdkDeus	161
40	Leadbelly	113
	CollectiveWisdom	267
	CollectiveIgnorance	655	Hindsgaul/Vauquelin/Wirtgen
	MainGame2022	255
	Goodin2021	527

Standings
There were far more points available in February than January, so this is very much weighted towards this month.

Rank	Team	Total	Change in position
1	Nathanptz	769	13
2	Bminchow	621	12
3	Salvarani	594	29
4	Greenedge	574	-3
5	Rufs	535	-1
6	Armchair_Cyclist	524	16
7	SafeBet	516	-2
8	Scrooll07	513	2
9	JumboVismaFan	504	5
10	Madrazo	498	4
11	Repre	479	16
12	Blues_in_the_Bottle	454	15
13	Kazistuta	451	-3
14	LosBrolin	443	-9
15	Cordi	442	-1
15	Berflamand	442	-5
17	LukasCPH	425	10
18	Laarsland	424	-10
19	Ray10	423	-5
20	DevilsElbow	422	-15
21	Bonimenier	414	-11
22	Squire	407	-20
23	Josedin	401	1
24	Comodoro	394	10
24	AmisVelo	394	-10
26	Nakazar	380	-23
27	Nyssinator	376	-19
28	Riverside	358	-5
29	Del1962	357	-5
30	Fivezzz	354	-16
31	RedheadDane	348	5
32	Otoxiep87	343	-6
33	EvansIsTheBest	341	3
34	Skidmark	303	-1
35	JonEzeitza	295	0
36	RoteLaterne	273	-9
37	Koronin	259	-6
38	Vladimir	209	-2
39	EdkDeus	161	-3
40	Leadbelly	113	-4
	CollectiveWisdom	447
	CollectiveIgnorance	1031
	MainGame2022	435
	Goodin2021	532

That's a big lead for so early in the game, but it will only be relevant if Van Gils, Charmig, Ayuso and Plapp remain at the top of this cohort for another three years.

Nathanptz · Mar 11, 2022

That's a good start!!!!

Salvarani · Mar 19, 2022

Good week with De Lie, Vernon, Askey and Lapeira all scoring points.

Armchair cyclist · Apr 4, 2022

Year 1, Month 3 28 February to 3 April

The season has now started in earnest, and one of our popular picks, at least, looks like he means business with a fistful of results already.

Rider	Pts this month	Teams	Source
DE LIE Arnaud	317	24	Win Monsere & Limburg/3rd Nokere/top ten Koksijde/De Panne/Le Samyn
AYUSO PESQUERA Juan	217	38	2nd Laigueglia/5th Catalunya
ZINGLE Axel	116	9	Route Adelie win/Cholet 7th
VERNON Ethan	110	22	Catalunya stage win/Monsere 5th/Nokere 11th
TIBERI Antonio	89	22	5th Coppi e Bartali/8th Ind & Art
ASKEY Lewis	84	20	2nd Loire Atlantique
TURNER Benjamin	73	3
WAERENSKJOLD Søren	66	14
O'BRIEN Kelland	59	2
FERRON Valentin	54	3

5 very popular picks scoring well, so plenty of points around this month:

Rank this month		Pts this month	Main scorers (+ De Lie & Ayuso)
1	DevilsElbow	1056	Zingle/Vernon/Tiberi/Askey/Waerenskjold
2	Ray10	1028	Zingle/Askey/Turner/Waerenskjold/Ferron
3	Nakazar	991	Vernon/Tiberi/Askey/Waerenskjold
4	Scrooll07	970	Zingle/Tiberi/Askey/Waerenskjold
5	Fivezzz	967	Zingle/Vernon/Tiberi/Askey
6	Bonimenier	949
7	SafeBet	943
8	Squire	938
9	AmisVelo	934
10	Bminchow	917
11	Skidmark	910
12	Salvarani	909
13	Madrazo	879
14	Cordi	872
15	Greenedge	856
16	LosBrolin	838
17	Rufs	801
18	Laarsland	754
19	Berflamand	741
20	Nyssinator	730
21	JumboVismaFan	726
22	Nathanptz	722
23	Del1962	720
24	Kazistuta	699
25	JonEzeitza	602
26	EdkDeus	581
27	EvansIsTheBest	542
28	Armchair_Cyclist	503
29	Comodoro	484
30	RoteLaterne	482
31	Vladimir	477
32	Repre	471
33	LukasCPH	458
34	Josedin	450
35	Koronin	434
36	Blues_in_the_Bottle	418
37	Riverside	413
38	RedheadDane	354
39	Otoxiep87	328
40	Leadbelly	241
	CollectiveWisdom	959
	CollectiveIgnorance	703
	MainGame2022	904
	Goodin2021	552

Standings
Most teams scored more in March than they had previously, so the table is still very volatile

Rank	Team	Total	Change in position
1	Bminchow	1538	1
2	Salvarani	1503	1
3	Nathanptz	1491	-2
4	Scrooll07	1483	4
5	DevilsElbow	1478	15
6	SafeBet	1459	1
7	Ray10	1451	12
8	Greenedge	1430	-4
9	Madrazo	1377	1
10	Nakazar	1371	16
11	Bonimenier	1363	10
12	Squire	1345	10
13	Rufs	1336	-8
14	AmisVelo	1328	10
15	Fivezzz	1321	15
16	Cordi	1314	-1
17	LosBrolin	1281	-3
18	JumboVismaFan	1230	-9
19	Skidmark	1213	15
20	Berflamand	1183	-5
21	Laarsland	1178	-3
22	Kazistuta	1150	-9
23	Nyssinator	1106	4
24	Del1962	1077	5
25	Armchair_Cyclist	1027	-19
26	Repre	950	-15
27	JonEzeitza	897	8
28	EvansIsTheBest	883	5
28	LukasCPH	883	-11
30	Comodoro	878	-6
31	Blues_in_the_Bottle	872	-19
32	Josedin	851	-9
33	Riverside	771	-5
34	RoteLaterne	755	2
35	EdkDeus	742	4
36	RedheadDane	702	-5
37	Koronin	693	0
38	Vladimir	686	0
39	Otoxiep87	671	-7
40	Leadbelly	354	0
	CollectiveWisdom	1406
	CollectiveIgnorance	1436
	MainGame2022	1339
	Goodin2021	1084

Collective Ignorance usually holds a huge lead until well into Year 2: maybe we didn't miss as many as we have in the past.

Devil's Elbow · Apr 4, 2022

I was going to say that I was annoyed at myself for not picking Turner here when I do have him in the main game, then I took a look at the monthly rankings and realised that it would have been about the most big-headed thing I could have posted. Still early doors but very happy with both the scoring and the performance levels of my team so far.

Armchair cyclist · Apr 5, 2022

Devil's Elbow said:
I was going to say that I was annoyed at myself for not picking Turner here when I do have him in the main game, then I took a look at the monthly rankings and realised that it would have been about the most big-headed thing I could have posted. Still early doors but very happy with both the scoring and the performance levels of my team so far.

If you had put him in instead of De Lie no-one would have minded.

Armchair cyclist · May 4, 2022

Year 1 Month 4 4th April to 1st May

	Pts this month	Teams	Main scoring races
AYUSO PESQUERA Juan	162	38	4th in GC and stage 3rd in Romandie
SHEFFIELD Magnus	140	15	Brabantse Pijl win
GALL Felix	118	1	12th Itzulia GC and 6th in Alps
TURNER Benjamin	117	3	Brabantse Pijl 4th & Paris-Roubaix 11th
ZINGLE Axel	112	9	5th Circuit Sarthe & 3rd Jura
PLAPP Lucas	84	30
JOHANNESSEN Anders Halland	72	11
DE LIE Arnaud	68	24
FERRON Valentin	63	3
VAN UDEN Casper	63	2
QUINN Sean	52	8

Take the inclusion of Ayuso and Sheffield as a given in the top teams whose scorers this month I mention.

Rank this month		Pts this month	Main scorers
1	Ray10	856	Turer/Zingle/Plapp/De Lie/Ferron
2	Nathanptz	714	Plapp/Johannessen/De Lie
3	Laarsland	683	Zingle/Plapp/De Lie
4	JumboVismaFan	652	Plapp/Johannessen/De Lie
5	Bonimenier	642	Plapp/Johannessen/De Lie
6	EvansIsTheBest	627	Zingle/Quinn
7	Skidmark	615
8	Bminchow	604
9	LosBrolin	599
10	Berflamand	576
10	Repre	576
12	Comodoro	562
13	Greenedge	556
13	Cordi	556
15	Blues_in_the_Bottle	554
16	Squire	549
17	Kazistuta	543
18	Fivezzz	539
19	Josedin	536
20	SafeBet	508
21	DevilsElbow	506
22	Scrooll07	505
23	Madrazo	497
24	RoteLaterne	452
25	AmisVelo	446
26	Riverside	444
27	Nyssinator	440
28	Nakazar	439
29	Armchair_Cyclist	424
30	Salvarani	417
31	LukasCPH	415
32	Rufs	400
33	Otoxiep87	399
34	Del1962	394
35	JonEzeitza	389
36	EdkDeus	371
37	Vladimir	369
38	Koronin	335
39	RedheadDane	296
40	Leadbelly	178
	CollectiveWisdom	586
	CollectiveIgnorance	788
	MainGame2022	573
	Goodin2021	498

Standings
4th month, 4th leader and still very large jumps in the table.

Rank	Team	Total	Change in position
1	Ray10	2307	6
2	Nathanptz	2205	1
3	Bminchow	2142	-2
4	Bonimenier	2005	7
5	Scrooll07	1988	-1
6	Greenedge	1986	2
7	DevilsElbow	1984	-2
8	SafeBet	1967	-2
9	Salvarani	1920	-7
10	Squire	1894	2
11	JumboVismaFan	1882	7
12	LosBrolin	1880	5
13	Madrazo	1874	-4
14	Cordi	1870	2
15	Laarsland	1861	6
16	Fivezzz	1860	-1
17	Skidmark	1828	2
18	Nakazar	1810	-8
19	AmisVelo	1774	-5
20	Berflamand	1759	0
21	Rufs	1736	-8
22	Kazistuta	1693	0
23	Nyssinator	1546	0
24	Repre	1526	2
25	EvansIsTheBest	1510	3
26	Del1962	1471	-2
27	Armchair_Cyclist	1451	-2
28	Comodoro	1440	2
29	Blues_in_the_Bottle	1426	2
30	Josedin	1387	2
31	LukasCPH	1298	-3
32	JonEzeitza	1286	-5
33	Riverside	1215	0
34	RoteLaterne	1207	0
35	EdkDeus	1113	0
36	Otoxiep87	1070	3
37	Vladimir	1055	1
38	Koronin	1028	-1
39	RedheadDane	998	-3
40	Leadbelly	532	0
	CollectiveWisdom	1992
	CollectiveIgnorance	1943
	MainGame2022	1912
	Goodin2021	1582

A handful of these guys are in the Giro, but there are other races in May.

bminchow · May 5, 2022

I lost my lead. Now i'm depressed. Who said that in a Tv sitcom?

Armchair cyclist · May 30, 2022

bminchow said:
I lost my lead. Now i'm depressed. Who said that in a Tv sitcom?

No idea. Either no-one is following the thread (in which case I am about to waste my time) or no-one knows.

EvansIsTheBest · May 30, 2022

Armchair cyclist said:
No idea. Either no-one is following the thread (in which case I am about to waste my time) or no-one knows.

I'm guessing there are a few non-De Lie teams (myself included) that have already moved on to next year. I'll still follow but the fact that missing on a single guy completely kills your team is a bit rough (not your fault but I wish Lotto would stop sending him to feast on the lower tier belgian one day races).

Armchair cyclist · May 30, 2022

Year 1, Month 5 2nd to 29th May

I'm about to find out what other racing I have been missing while focussed on the Giro...

DE LIE Arnaud	207 pts	24 teams	Marcel Kint win/Tro Bro Leon 4th/Veenendaal 3rd
ANDERSEN Idar	135	3	Boucles de l'Aulne win/Mayenne 8th
LEEMREIZE Gijs	127	14	2nd and 3rd in stages and 28th on GC in Giro
PLAPP Lucas	117	30	Tour of Norway 3rd
ZINGLE Axel	76	9
NYS Thibau	73	12
SHEFFIELD Magnus	62	15
ZAMBANINI Edoardo	56	2
UIJTDEBROEKS Cian	50	25

This month

1	Nakazar	743	De Lie/Leemreize/Plapp/Nys/Uijtdebroeks
2	Bminchow	679	De Lie/Leemreize/Plapp/Sheffield/Uijtdebroeks
3	Bonimenier	647	De Lie/Leemreize/Plapp/Nys/Uijtdebroeks
4	Fivezzz	646	De Lie/Leemreize/Plapp/Zingle
5	Madrazo	634	De Lie/Plapp/Zingle/Nys/Uijtdebroeks
6	Scrooll07	631	De Lie/Leemreize/Plapp/Zingle
7	SafeBet	625
8	Nathanptz	623
9	Squire	604
10	DevilsElbow	598
11	Berflamand	591
12	AmisVelo	589
13	JumboVismaFan	587
14	Ray10	577
15	Laarsland	572
16	LosBrolin	571
17	Nyssinator	553
18	Rufs	552
19	Kazistuta	485
20	Cordi	484
21	Greenedge	474
22	Skidmark	472
23	JonEzeitza	463
24	Josedin	456
25	Armchair_Cyclist	417
26	Salvarani	404
27	EvansIsTheBest	388
28	Otoxiep87	373
29	Del1962	365
30	Riverside	362
31	LukasCPH	351
32	Koronin	334
33	Blues_in_the_Bottle	312
34	Vladimir	278
35	Repre	270
35	Comodoro	270
37	EdkDeus	269
38	RoteLaterne	256
39	RedheadDane	231
40	Leadbelly	106
	CollectiveWisdom	651
	CollectiveIgnorance	341
	MainGame2022	612
	Goodin2021	344

Standings
Surprisingly stable for so early in the game

1	Ray10	2884	0
2	Nathanptz	2828	0
3	Bminchow	2821	0
4	Bonimenier	2652	0
5	Scrooll07	2619	0
6	SafeBet	2592	2
7	DevilsElbow	2582	0
8	Nakazar	2553	10
9	Madrazo	2508	4
10	Fivezzz	2506	6
11	Squire	2498	-1
12	JumboVismaFan	2469	-1
13	Greenedge	2460	-7
14	LosBrolin	2451	-2
15	Laarsland	2433	0
16	AmisVelo	2363	3
17	Cordi	2354	-3
18	Berflamand	2350	2
19	Salvarani	2324	-10
20	Skidmark	2300	-3
21	Rufs	2288	0
22	Kazistuta	2178	0
23	Nyssinator	2099	0
24	EvansIsTheBest	1898	1
25	Armchair_Cyclist	1868	2
26	Josedin	1843	4
27	Del1962	1836	-1
28	Repre	1796	-4
29	JonEzeitza	1749	3
30	Blues_in_the_Bottle	1738	-1
31	Comodoro	1710	-3
32	LukasCPH	1649	-1
33	Riverside	1577	0
34	RoteLaterne	1463	0
35	Otoxiep87	1443	1
36	EdkDeus	1382	-1
37	Koronin	1362	1
38	Vladimir	1333	-1
39	RedheadDane	1229	0
40	Leadbelly	638	0
	CollectiveWisdom	2643
	CollectiveIgnorance	2152
	MainGame2022	2524
	Goodin2021	1926

RedheadDane · May 31, 2022

Just you wait everyone; I'm biding my time!

Squire · May 31, 2022

That Gregiore fella looks like a scary prospect for this game.

Armchair cyclist · Jul 4, 2022

Year 1 Month 6 30 May to 3 July

DE LIE Arnaud	259	24	Heistse Pijl and Limburg wins with 6th in Nats and Aarschot
HOOLE Daan	130	9	2nd (RR) and 3rd (TT) in Nats
TURNER Benjamin	120	3	5th ZLM tour and 4th Nats
ZINGLE Axel	96	9	3rd in Nats
BARONCINI Filippo	90	32	5th in both Nats races
BAYER Tobias	86	11
WILLEMS Thimo	78	1
VAN TRICHT Stan	68	15
PICCOLO Andrea	67	15
HEALY Ben	60	4

1	LosBrolin	855
2	Bonimenier	836
3	Scrooll07	812
4	Nakazar	805
5	Berflamand	803
6	Fivezzz	800
7	Madrazo	797
8	Ray10	761
8	Laarsland	761
10	Skidmark	749
11	Kazistuta	739
12	DevilsElbow	736
13	Rufs	733
14	Squire	714
15	Bminchow	702
16	Salvarani	693
17	JumboVismaFan	686
18	SafeBet	655
19	Cordi	632
20	Nyssinator	609
21	Koronin	570
22	Greenedge	548
23	AmisVelo	537
24	Nathanptz	517
25	EvansIsTheBest	516
26	RoteLaterne	513
27	Comodoro	504
28	Otoxiep87	471
29	Repre	459
30	Del1962	456
31	JonEzeitza	453
32	Josedin	452
33	EdkDeus	412
34	Vladimir	375
35	LukasCPH	360
36	Blues_in_the_Bottle	358
37	RedheadDane	327
38	Armchair_Cyclist	321
39	Leadbelly	276
40	Riverside	244
	CollectiveWisdom	728
	CollectiveIgnorance	950	Double, Govekar, Van Poucke
	MainGame2022	672
	Goodin2021	439

Standings

The positional changes are mainly small, but so are the gaps.

1	Ray10	3645	0
2	Bminchow	3523	1
3	Bonimenier	3488	1
4	Scrooll07	3431	1
5	Nakazar	3358	3
6	Nathanptz	3345	-4
7	DevilsElbow	3318	0
8	LosBrolin	3306	6
8	Fivezzz	3306	2
10	Madrazo	3305	-1
11	SafeBet	3247	-5
12	Squire	3212	-1
13	Laarsland	3194	2
14	JumboVismaFan	3155	-2
15	Berflamand	3153	3
16	Skidmark	3049	4
17	Rufs	3021	4
18	Salvarani	3017	1
19	Greenedge	3008	-6
20	Cordi	2986	-3
21	Kazistuta	2917	1
22	AmisVelo	2900	-6
23	Nyssinator	2708	0
24	EvansIsTheBest	2414	0
25	Josedin	2295	1
26	Del1962	2292	1
27	Repre	2255	1
28	Comodoro	2214	3
29	JonEzeitza	2202	0
30	Armchair_Cyclist	2189	-5
31	Blues_in_the_Bottle	2096	-1
32	LukasCPH	2009	0
33	RoteLaterne	1976	1
34	Koronin	1932	3
35	Otoxiep87	1914	0
36	Riverside	1821	-3
37	EdkDeus	1794	-1
38	Vladimir	1708	0
39	RedheadDane	1556	0
40	Leadbelly	914	0
	CollectiveWisdom	3371
	CollectiveIgnorance	2770
	MainGame2022	3196
	Goodin2021	2365

Armchair cyclist · Aug 11, 2022

Year 1, month 7 4th July to 7th August

A week later than I would have intended, but so long as I get it done before the Vuelta game gets going...

Best scorers in this period:

PICCOLO Andrea	122	15	6th in Sibiu/7th Villafranca/2nd Getxo
AYUSO PESQUERA Juan	116	38	win Getxo/4th Villafranca
CHARMIG Anthon	96	4	2nd Sazka Tour
UIJTDEBROEKS Cian	79	25	3rd in Sibiu
LAZKANO LOPEZ Oier	58	2
VAN GILS Maxim	56	13
STAUNE-MITTET Johannes	55	3
LEEMREIZE Gijs	53	14
MONIQUET Sylvain	50	1
WANDAHL Frederik	50	2

1	Otoxiep87	640	Piccolo/Ayuso/Uijtdebroecks/Lazkano/Leemrize
2	Nathanptz	569	Piccolo/Ayuso/Charmig/Van Gils/Leemrize
3	Salvarani	560	Piccolo/Ayuso/Charmig/Van Gils/Wandahl
4	SafeBet	556	Piccolo/Ayuso/Uijtdebroecks/Van Gils
5	Laarsland	518	Piccolo/Ayuso/Uijtdebroecks
6	Squire	487
7	Berflamand	484
8	Kazistuta	481
9	Skidmark	480
10	Comodoro	479
11	LosBrolin	472
12	Vladimir	467
13	RoteLaterne	458
14	Armchair_Cyclist	453
15	Bminchow	451
16	EvansIsTheBest	444
17	Madrazo	441
18	Repre	399
19	Cordi	391
20	Greenedge	390
21	Bonimenier	383
22	Nyssinator	381
23	EdkDeus	380
24	Rufs	375
25	AmisVelo	372
26	Josedin	361
27	Ray10	348
28	Nakazar	328
29	JonEzeitza	323
30	LukasCPH	322
31	Fivezzz	309
32	Scrooll07	306
33	Riverside	299
33	RedheadDane	299
35	JumboVismaFan	293
36	Del1962	280
37	Blues_in_the_Bottle	268
38	Koronin	266
39	DevilsElbow	219
40	Leadbelly	164
	CollectiveWisdom	537
	CollectiveIgnorance	120
	MainGame2022	478
	Goodin2021	385

Standings
Ray remains on top, despite a poor score this time around. The top scorers this time were largely those in very humble positions, so maybe that indicates that this might be a more competitive edition (or maybe it is just that De Lie had a relatively quiet month)

1	Ray10	3993	0
2	Bminchow	3974	0
3	Nathanptz	3914	3
4	Bonimenier	3871	-1
5	SafeBet	3803	6
6	LosBrolin	3778	2
7	Madrazo	3746	3
8	Scrooll07	3737	-4
9	Laarsland	3712	4
10	Squire	3699	2
11	Nakazar	3686	-6
12	Berflamand	3637	3
13	Fivezzz	3615	-5
14	Salvarani	3577	4
15	DevilsElbow	3537	-8
16	Skidmark	3529	0
17	JumboVismaFan	3448	-3
18	Kazistuta	3398	3
18	Greenedge	3398	1
20	Rufs	3396	-3
21	Cordi	3377	-1
22	AmisVelo	3272	0
23	Nyssinator	3089	0
24	EvansIsTheBest	2858	0
25	Comodoro	2693	3
26	Josedin	2656	-1
27	Repre	2654	0
28	Armchair_Cyclist	2642	2
29	Del1962	2572	-3
30	Otoxiep87	2554	5
31	JonEzeitza	2525	-2
32	RoteLaterne	2434	1
33	Blues_in_the_Bottle	2364	-2
34	LukasCPH	2331	-2
35	Koronin	2198	-1
36	Vladimir	2175	2
37	EdkDeus	2174	0
38	Riverside	2120	-2
39	RedheadDane	1855	0
40	Leadbelly	1078	0
	CollectiveWisdom	3908
	CollectiveIgnorance	2890
	MainGame2022	3674
	Goodin2021	2750

Next update will again be a bit over a month: I can't see me giving it time until after the Vuelta game is finished.

bminchow · Aug 14, 2022

Armchair cyclist said:
Team popularity

In case anyone is new, the popularity table ranks the teams according to the number of teams each of their riders is on. For example, nearly all of us got 38 points for Ayuso, while any unique picks on your team will have got you just one point. Koronin and Leadbelly are the two that lack Ayuso, Redhead Dane somehow positions herself lower in the popularity table than Leadbelly despite that.

Team Popularity pts Unique picks
1 Bminchow
362
0
2 AmisVelo
353
1
3 Bonimenier
333
0
4 Cordi
332
0
4 Fivezzz
332
0
4 Skidmark
332
1
7 Madrazo
323
0
7 Squire
323
1
9 SafeBet
321
1
10 Armchair_Cyclist
308
1
11 DevilsElbow
307
1
12 Nakazar
306
0
13 LosBrolin
301
2
14 Laarsland
296
0
15 RoteLaterne
290
0
16 Rufs
288
1
17 Del1962
287
0
17 Nyssinator
287
0
19 Kazistuta
285
1
20 Scrooll07
283
0
21 JumboVismaFan
282
1
21 Salvarani
282
0
23 Nathanptz
277
0
24 Berflamand
276
0
25 Repre
274
1
26 EvansIsTheBest
273
1
27 Otoxiep87
271
3
28 Comodoro
257
1
29 Josedin
256
2
30 JonEzeitza
250
2
31 Greenedge
249
1
32 EdkDeus
247
2
33 Vladimir
238
2
34 Blues_in_the_Bottle
237
0
35 Riverside
235
5
36 Ray10
231
2
37 LukasCPH
222
0
38 Leadbelly
143
7
39 RedheadDane
126
5
40 Koronin
125
6
CollectiveWisdom
388
0
CollectiveIgnorance
0
18
MainGame2022
344
0
Goodin2021
143
4

Bminchow's team was high, but by no means top, until he sent in three changes that greatly boosted his standings here: whether De Lie, Leemreize and Vernon give a greater boost than Ardila, Drizners and Van Dijke to the final score remains to be seen.

I should have mentioned in the post above that there were some interesting swings in the popularity of riders: Baroncini was as popular as Ayuso for a long time, but later submissions had a far lower rate of inclusion for him; Leemrieze, Vandenabeele and Romo all hung on to the top 18, but were among the top 6 or 8 for a long time, and a few riders were notable for their frequency in the entries of the last couple of days: Sheffield, Gregoire,Nys and Bayer. And although Koretsky was only on 3 teams, they were, if memory serves me well, three of the final five to arrive.

I have already explained above the Collective Wisdom and Ignorance teams, but there are two others in the bottom bit of the list that might need explaining.
The Main Game 2022 team is made up of the most popular players in the main annual CQ game, hosted by Skidmark, that are still eligible here. There is a difference in player base, but also a difference in pricing priorities, in that game, so there Uitdebroeks is very close to Ayuso, and a long way clear of Baroncini in popularity there as opposed to here. No unique picks here, but Milan Vader is on 6 teams there and only 1 here: Javier Romo is on 19 teams here, but only 5 there.
Good in 2021 represents, I suppose, the laziest way of selecting a team; they are the top 18 scoring riders in 2021 that are still eligible here. Low in the popularity rankings because it necessarily excludes those coming up from the juniors, and maybe because of a tendency against choosing again riders who didn't perform as we hoped in Year 1 of the previous edition. But no-one thought that Wirtgen, Delettre, Zoccarato or Hocevar had done enough last year to be worth a punt here?

The make up of the CI team will constantly change, and it expect it to lead for about a year and a half, as it cannot contain anyone who has not yet performed well. But who might it contain at the end of 2024? Who did you consider, but omit, and you were surprised to see that he is not one of the 115 riders that someone else fancied? On those grounds, I will propose Sam Welsford (and perhaps those 4 from the Good in 2021 team) as likely to feature in Collective Ignorance. Who do you think will be there?

Reads this again and realized i am very happy to have put in DeLie

Armchair cyclist · Sep 17, 2022

Year 1, Month 8-9a 8th August to 11 September

We have had GT stage winners in Year 1 previously, and of course GT overall winners in Year 3, but GT podium in Year 1 is a best while these games have been going on.

AYUSO PESQUERA Juan	374	38	3rd on GC and 6 stage top tens in Vuelta
DE LIE Arnaud	330	24	Wins in Schaal sels and Egmont/4th in Bretagne Classic
SHEFFIELD Magnus	217	15	2nd in Danmark Rundt/10th in ToB
ZINGLE Axel	182	9	4th in ARoN with st win/8th in Wallonie
STRONG Corbin	130	2	ToB 6th with st win
PICCOLO Andrea	103	15	10th in Bretagne/5th in Maryland
MONIQUET Sylvain	89	1
UIJTDEBROEKS Cian	70	25
ZAMBANINI Edoardo	57	2
PARRA CUERDA Jose Felix	52	1

1	Laarsland	1426	Ayuso/De Lie/Sheffield/Zingle/Piccolo/Uijtdebroeks
2	Ray10	1360	Ayuso/De Lie/Sheffield/Zingle/Uijtdebroeks
3	LosBrolin	1291	Ayuso/De Lie/Sheffield/Piccolo/Uijtdebroeks
4	JumboVismaFan	1259	Ayuso/De Lie/Sheffield/Strong/Uijtdebroeks
5	Skidmark	1245
6	Squire	1241
7	Cordi	1225
8	Nathanptz	1214
9	SafeBet	1213
10	Berflamand	1209
11	Bminchow	1173
12	Madrazo	1160
13	Kazistuta	1099
14	DevilsElbow	1078
15	Scrooll07	1075
16	Fivezzz	1068
17	Salvarani	1016
18	EvansIsTheBest	1011
19	Bonimenier	997
20	Nyssinator	981
21	Nakazar	978
22	AmisVelo	970
23	Rufs	918
24	Greenedge	907
25	Vladimir	895
26	Comodoro	843
27	Otoxiep87	798
28	Josedin	787
29	Blues_in_the_Bottle	764
30	RoteLaterne	746
31	EdkDeus	716
32	Koronin	711
33	Armchair_Cyclist	654
34	LukasCPH	638
35	RedheadDane	637
36	JonEzeitza	631
37	Repre	627
38	Del1962	612
39	Riverside	593
40	Leadbelly	217
	CollectiveWisdom	1287
	CollectiveIgnorance	647
	MainGame2022	1239
	Goodin2021	799

Standings
Ray10 was 2nd this month, so extends his lead, and it is beginning to look like that is the team to beat. But he lacks some riders of whom more will be expected than they have shown this year (Baroncini, Leemreize, perhaps others), so it might not be all over yet.

1	Ray10	5353	0
2	Bminchow	5147	0
3	Laarsland	5138	6
4	Nathanptz	5128	-1
5	LosBrolin	5069	1
6	SafeBet	5016	-1
7	Squire	4940	3
8	Madrazo	4906	-1
9	Bonimenier	4868	-5
10	Berflamand	4846	2
11	Scrooll07	4812	-3
12	Skidmark	4774	4
13	JumboVismaFan	4707	4
14	Fivezzz	4683	-1
15	Nakazar	4664	-4
16	DevilsElbow	4615	-1
17	Cordi	4602	4
18	Salvarani	4593	-4
19	Kazistuta	4497	-1
20	Rufs	4314	0
21	Greenedge	4305	-3
22	AmisVelo	4242	0
23	Nyssinator	4070	0
24	EvansIsTheBest	3869	0
25	Comodoro	3536	0
26	Josedin	3443	0
27	Otoxiep87	3352	3
28	Armchair_Cyclist	3296	0
29	Repre	3281	-2
30	Del1962	3184	-1
31	RoteLaterne	3180	1
32	JonEzeitza	3156	-1
33	Blues_in_the_Bottle	3128	0
34	Vladimir	3070	2
35	LukasCPH	2969	-1
36	Koronin	2909	-1
37	EdkDeus	2890	0
38	Riverside	2713	0
39	RedheadDane	2492	0
40	Leadbelly	1295	0
	CollectiveWisdom	5195
	CollectiveIgnorance	3550
	MainGame2022	4913
	Goodin2021	3549

CN 4189
EP 3684
VR 3487

I'll probably do the next update at the end of the European season in mid October, then any odds and ends at the end of the year.

Until then the spreadsheet.

bminchow · Sep 19, 2022

EvansIsTheBest said:
I'm guessing there are a few non-De Lie teams (myself included) that have already moved on to next year. I'll still follow but the fact that missing on a single guy completely kills your team is a bit rough (not your fault but I wish Lotto would stop sending him to feast on the lower tier belgian one day races).

Yes, that is a tough one. But they need his points this year. Maybe next year he will slow down.

Armchair cyclist · Oct 27, 2022

PICCOLO Andrea	217	15	Japan Cup 2nd/Lombardia 11th/Agostini 3rd
STRONG Corbin	190	2	Bernocchi 2nd/Wallonie 5th/Piemonte 7th
DE LIE Arnaud	153	24	Houtland 2nd/Chaunay 5th/Gooikse Pijl 6th etc
ZINGLE Axel	145	9	Ardenne Classic win/GP Wallonie 8th
BERTHET Clément	89	4
MILAN Jonathan	86	4
LAMPERTI Luke	86	1
EINHORN Itamar	74	1
PLAPP Lucas	71	30
WAERENSKJOLD Søren	70	14
ZAMBANINI Edoardo	63	2
VERNON Ethan	55	22
VAN GILS Maxim	52	13

1	Squire	824	Piccolo/De Lie/Zingle/Berthet/Plapp/Waerenskjold
2	SafeBet	799	Piccolo/De Lie/Zingle/Milan/Plapp/Vernon/Van Gils
3	Laarsland	751	Piccolo/De Lie/Zingle/Milan/Plapp
4	DevilsElbow	674	De Lie/Zingle/Lamperti/Plapp/Waerenskjold/Vernon
5	Cordi	664	Piccolo/De Lie/Plapp/Waerenskjold/Vernon
6	Berflamand	657
7	LosBrolin	642
8	Nathanptz	639
9	Skidmark	606
10	Scrooll07	597
11	Ray10	596
12	Salvarani	595
13	RoteLaterne	570
14	Greenedge	538
15	JumboVismaFan	533
16	Kazistuta	526
17	Fivezzz	516
18	Nakazar	481
19	Madrazo	469
20	Bonimenier	467
21	EdkDeus	462
22	Bminchow	447
23	Otoxiep87	438
24	Nyssinator	423
25	AmisVelo	416
26	Rufs	406
27	Vladimir	405
28	RedheadDane	404
29	EvansIsTheBest	358
29	Del1962	358
29	Leadbelly	358
32	JonEzeitza	321
33	Koronin	281
34	Repre	270
35	Armchair_Cyclist	264
36	Riverside	239
37	LukasCPH	235
38	Josedin	231
39	Blues_in_the_Bottle	194
40	Comodoro	173
	CollectiveWisdom	667
	CollectiveIgnorance	848
	MainGame2022	593
	Goodin2021	399

Standings
Ray still holds onto the lead, but plenty of teams will consider that they still have a chance.

1	Ray10	5949	0
2	Laarsland	5889	1
3	SafeBet	5815	3
4	Nathanptz	5767	0
5	Squire	5764	2
6	LosBrolin	5711	-1
7	Bminchow	5594	-5
8	Berflamand	5503	2
9	Scrooll07	5409	2
10	Skidmark	5380	2
11	Madrazo	5375	-3
12	Bonimenier	5335	-3
13	DevilsElbow	5289	3
14	Cordi	5266	3
15	JumboVismaFan	5240	-2
16	Fivezzz	5199	-2
17	Salvarani	5188	1
18	Nakazar	5145	-3
19	Kazistuta	5023	0
20	Greenedge	4843	1
21	Rufs	4720	-1
22	AmisVelo	4658	0
23	Nyssinator	4493	0
24	EvansIsTheBest	4227	0
25	Otoxiep87	3790	2
26	RoteLaterne	3750	5
27	Comodoro	3709	-2
28	Josedin	3674	-2
29	Armchair_Cyclist	3560	-1
30	Repre	3551	-1
31	Del1962	3542	-1
32	JonEzeitza	3477	0
33	Vladimir	3475	1
34	EdkDeus	3352	3
35	Blues_in_the_Bottle	3322	-2
36	LukasCPH	3204	-1
37	Koronin	3190	-1
38	Riverside	2952	0
39	RedheadDane	2896	0
40	Leadbelly	1653	0
	CollectiveWisdom	5862
	CollectiveIgnorance	4144
	MainGame2022	5506
	Goodin2021	3948

Cycling News 4675
Equipo Parlamiento 4032
VeloRooms 3926

Pretty much anyone who has De Lie and Ayuso can still have some confidence: who will prove to be the other must haves will be revealed over the next two years.

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Devil's Elbow · Oct 29, 2022

Surprisingly good month given that I don't have Piccolo. Cannot see my team winning but at least it's still looking competitive.

ray10 · Oct 30, 2022

Nice to be leader here...

RedheadDane · Oct 30, 2022

Huh... I was sure I had De Lie as well...

But anyway, I'll climb steadily and slowly up the ranks, and maybe, if I'm lucky, I'll end up in the top-30!

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	Team	Popularity pts	Unique picks
1	Bminchow	362	0
2	AmisVelo	353	1
3	Bonimenier	333	0
4	Cordi	332	0
4	Fivezzz	332	0
4	Skidmark	332	1
7	Madrazo	323	0
7	Squire	323	1
9	SafeBet	321	1
10	Armchair_Cyclist	308	1
11	DevilsElbow	307	1
12	Nakazar	306	0
13	LosBrolin	301	2
14	Laarsland	296	0
15	RoteLaterne	290	0
16	Rufs	288	1
17	Del1962	287	0
17	Nyssinator	287	0
19	Kazistuta	285	1
20	Scrooll07	283	0
21	JumboVismaFan	282	1
21	Salvarani	282	0
23	Nathanptz	277	0
24	Berflamand	276	0
25	Repre	274	1
26	EvansIsTheBest	273	1
27	Otoxiep87	271	3
28	Comodoro	257	1
29	Josedin	256	2
30	JonEzeitza	250	2
31	Greenedge	249	1
32	EdkDeus	247	2
33	Vladimir	238	2
34	Blues_in_the_Bottle	237	0
35	Riverside	235	5
36	Ray10	231	2
37	LukasCPH	222	0
38	Leadbelly	143	7
39	RedheadDane	126	5
40	Koronin	125	6
	CollectiveWisdom	388	0
	CollectiveIgnorance	0	18
	MainGame2022	344	0
	Goodin2021	143	4