2023-25 Emerging Riders CQ game

Armchair Cyclist · May 30, 2023

Year 1 Month 5 1st-28th May
Looks like other things have been happening while my attention has been on the Giro. Hessmann and Paret-Peintre minor are our top scorers from the Giro, but Derek Gee was eligible and would have been top scorer this month and (perhaps inevitably) second in the year to date. Stage winner Davide Bais was also eligible but unpicked. But the one who is ahead of him is already making the three teams that lack him look like they will struggle.

GREGOIRE Romain	304	40	2nd in Plumelec-Morbihan, 4 days of Dunkerque win
PENHOËT Paul	125	21	win in Finisterre, Plumelec 11th, some from Dunkerque
LAMPERTI Luke	108	1 (Ricco)	3 stage wins in Tour of Japan
POOLE Max	88	13	4th in Tour of Hungary
ONLEY Oscar	87	36	6th in Hungary, 2nd in Alpes Isere
PIGANZOLI Davide	80	6	9th in Hungary, 2nd in Orlen Nations
HAGENES Per Strand	69	24
STEINHAUSER Georg	62	8
NYS Thibau	50	33
PITHIE Laurence	47	6
FRETIN Milan	43	1
HESSMANN Michel	40	10
PARET-PEINTRE Valentin	40	1

This month

1	SafeBet	888	Gregoire, Penhoet, Poole, Onley, Piganzoli, Hagenes, Nys
2	Comodoro	846	Gregoire, Penhoet, Poole, Onley, Piganzoli, Nys, Pithie
3	Joelsim	824	Gregoire, Penhoet, Poole, Onley, Hagenes, Nys
3	ZipiZapismo	824	Gregoire, Penhoet, Poole, Onley, Hagenes, Nys
5	Squire	814	Gregoire, Penhoet, Onley, Piganzoli, Hagenes, Nys
6	DevilsElbow	809	Gregoire, Penhoet, Poole, Onley, Hagenes, Nys
7	Armchair_Cyclist	807	Gregoire, Penhoet, Onley, Hagenes, Steinhauser, Nys, Hessmann
8	Skidmark	793
9	LukasCPH	788
10	Fivezzz	783
11	Otoxiep87	764
12	Berflamand	758
13	EvansIsTheBest	750
14	DJW	730
14	JPettersen	730
16	Rufs	710
17	JonEzeitza	702
18	Cordi	684
18	Ricco	684
20	Leadbelly	672
21	Kryvoskyn	664
22	Salvarani	646
23	Madrazo	636
24	Nakazar	633
25	AmisVelo	628
25	Ludwigzgz	628
27	Kazistuta	619
28	Laarsland	616
29	Ray10	600
30	Anderis	596
30	JumboVismaFan	596
32	RoteLaterne	576
33	Josedin	546
34	DJSprtsch	545
35	Nyssinator	526
36	Alvarakas	512
37	Bminchow	508
38	Vladimir	505
39	Blues_in_the_Bottle	471
40	Greenedge	419
41	Jakob747	385
42	Hfgon1	320
43	RedheadDane	162
	CollectiveWisdom	731
	CollectiveIgnorance	1277
	MainGame2023	662
	Goodin2022	541

Standings
The riders on Ludwigzgz' team seem to have mainly been sat watching the Giro: falling from 1st to tenth is rare, even at the early stage of a game. Joelsim came 3rd this month, having already been second, so steps up, but the two teams outscoring him in May each take 5 place moves through the top ten.
Is there any way back for the Gregoire-less trio of Greenedge, Hfgon and Redhead Dane?

1	Joelsim	2264	1
2	SafeBet	2232	5
3	DevilsElbow	2212	0
4	ZipiZapismo	2197	1
5	Comodoro	2158	5
6	Skidmark	2121	2
7	Otoxiep87	2116	-1
8	LukasCPH	2105	1
9	JonEzeitza	2078	-5
10	Ludwigzgz	2071	-9
11	Armchair_Cyclist	2070	3
12	Fivezzz	2057	0
13	EvansIsTheBest	2024	-1
14	DJW	1954	1
15	Squire	1937	7
16	Rufs	1905	1
17	JPettersen	1885	2
18	RoteLaterne	1879	-7
19	Berflamand	1874	4
20	Leadbelly	1870	-4
21	Kryvoskyn	1847	-3
22	Cordi	1829	-2
23	Laarsland	1741	-2
24	Nakazar	1739	1
25	Madrazo	1723	2
26	Ray10	1713	-2
27	Anderis	1690	-1
28	Salvarani	1672	3
29	Kazistuta	1648	1
29	Ricco	1648	4
31	JumboVismaFan	1600	1
32	Nyssinator	1591	-4
33	AmisVelo	1492	6
34	DJSprtsch	1483	2
35	Greenedge	1480	-6
36	Bminchow	1460	-1
37	Blues_in_the_Bottle	1435	-4
38	Vladimir	1385	-1
39	Alvarakas	1361	1
40	Josedin	1236	1
41	Hfgon1	1190	-3
42	Jakob747	911	0
43	RedheadDane	529	0
	CollectiveWisdom	1978
	CollectiveIgnorance	3349
	MainGame2023	1785
	Goodin2022	1461

Spreadsheet

Anderis · May 30, 2023

It's weird. I felt super good with my choices but I'm so low in the standings. I guess it's because everybody have such similar squads but I missed out on Penhoet.

RedheadDane · May 30, 2023

Anderis said:
It's weird. I felt super good with my choices but I'm so low in the standings. I guess it's because everybody have such similar squads but I missed out on Penhoet.

You're low in the standings?

Armchair Cyclist · May 30, 2023

Anderis said:
It's weird. I felt super good with my choices but I'm so low in the standings. I guess it's because everybody have such similar squads but I missed out on Penhoet.

Your problem might be with the fact that you have choices that are expected to be good, and therefore are popular. Apart from Leonard, anyone that you have that does well is going to be beneficial to a number of teams that are above you already. But it is too early to give in yet: at least you have Gregoire.

Cordi333 · May 31, 2023

Take in mind that this update is until 28 may... All my 3 teams (21-23, 22-24 & 23-25) scored a good amount of points with Tour of Norway GC, and this 23-25 team will benefit also from Lenny & Lennert points at MercanTour classic.

@Anderis to have a popular team is not a bad thing... I always had a rather popular team and most of the years my teams do well in this game. The key is consistency, to have a lot of the top performers - and as less as you can of the no-performers (obvious innit?)
Anyway, year 1 results almost never are a good indicator of how the team will perform during the 3 years.

Anderis · May 31, 2023

I'm not a newbie to similar types of games and I know that having a popular team is not a bad thing and actually being low in popularity rankings is more often a predictor of failure than success.
Nonetheless it's kinda weird how I feel that most of my riders are performing really well, yet I'm in bottom half of the standings. It's not a thing I've ever experienced in other games. I guess the best picks were just very obvious for this game.

EvansIsTheBest · May 31, 2023

My Irish squad is really letting me down at the moment. Still I did forecast a banner year for Ireland so I should get a percentage of Dunbar's and Healy's success.

Squire · Jun 8, 2023

EvansIsTheBest said:
My Irish squad is really letting me down at the moment. Still I did forecast a banner year for Ireland so I should get a percentage of Dunbar's and Healy's success.

Can't say I'm too happy about my Irishman either. Archie Ryan has had a total of zero race days this season due to knee problems.

But we're both less than a monument win from 1st place, so when he wins Lombardia in 2025, we'll be fine!

bminchow · Jun 9, 2023

Looks like i picked a bad year not to draft Nys. I really thought i could wait a year on him.

Squire · Jun 10, 2023

bminchow said:
Looks like i picked a bad year not to draft Nys. I really thought i could wait a year on him.

I thought so for the main game. Luckily I picked him in this one. But should have had him in both.

Armchair Cyclist · Jun 29, 2023

Year 1, Month 6 29 May to 25 June

Rider	Pts this month	Teams	Source
MARTINEZ Lenny	198	38	CIC Ventoux win, Alpes Maritimes 4th, Dauphine 18th
NYS Thibau	197	33	Norway GC 3rd, Aargau-Gippingen win, stage podiums in Belgium
SEGAERT Alec	138	13	2nd in both TT and RR at Nat's
VAN DIJKE Tim	98	2	6th ZLM, 7th Nat TT
LEMMEN Bart	92	2	4th in Nat RR
STEINHAUSER Georg	87	8	3rd in Occitanie
BRENNER Marco	59	29
POOLE Max	58	13
PARET-PEINTRE Valentin	55	1
TARLING Joshua	55	24
BITTNER Pavel	51	2

This month
The main difference between the top two was Cordi's 8th highest scorer, Van Eetvelt

1	Cordi	873	Martinez, Nys, Segaert, Steinhausser, Brenner, Tarling
2	Berflamand	838	Martinez, Nys, Segaert, Steinhausser, Brenner, Tarling
3	Kazistuta	795	Martinez, Nys, Van Dijke, Steinhausser, Brenner, Paret-Peintre
4	Madrazo	788	Martinez, Nys, Segaert, Brenner, Tarling
5	DevilsElbow	777	Martinez, Nys, Segaert, Poole, Tarling
6	RoteLaterne	761	Martinez, Nys, Segaert, Brenner, Tarling
7	Nyssinator	748
8	Armchair_Cyclist	729
9	Squire	727
10	Skidmark	716
11	Jakob747	703
12	JonEzeitza	697
13	EvansIsTheBest	690
14	JPettersen	687
15	SafeBet	675
16	Joelsim	653
17	Ludwigzgz	652
18	Hfgon1	651
19	Otoxiep87	647
20	ZipiZapismo	643
21	JumboVismaFan	642
22	Salvarani	633
23	Alvarakas	632
24	Ricco	629
25	Rufs	623
26	Fivezzz	619
27	Laarsland	617
28	Nakazar	611
29	LukasCPH	604
30	Anderis	560
31	DJW	557
32	Blues_in_the_Bottle	556
33	Kryvoskyn	543
33	Vladimir	543
35	Bminchow	542
36	AmisVelo	529
37	Greenedge	497
38	Leadbelly	484
39	Ray10	444
40	Comodoro	420
41	RedheadDane	417
42	Josedin	341
43	DJSprtsch	231
	CollectiveWisdom	645
	CollectiveIgnorance	751
	MainGame2023	662
	Goodin2022	514

Standings
Neither Joelsim nor SafeBet has Alec Segaert, which allowed Devil's Elbow to overtake both of them and assume pole position. Whether that, or any other inclusion or oversight, is the one that really matters will be resolved over the next 2 1/2 years.

1	DevilsElbow	2989	2
2	Joelsim	2917	-1
3	SafeBet	2907	-1
4	ZipiZapismo	2840	0
5	Skidmark	2837	1
6	Armchair_Cyclist	2799	5
7	JonEzeitza	2775	2
8	Otoxiep87	2763	-1
9	Ludwigzgz	2723	1
10	EvansIsTheBest	2714	3
11	Berflamand	2712	8
12	LukasCPH	2709	-4
13	Cordi	2702	9
14	Fivezzz	2676	-2
15	Squire	2664	0
16	RoteLaterne	2640	2
17	Comodoro	2578	-12
18	JPettersen	2572	-1
19	Rufs	2528	-3
20	Madrazo	2511	5
20	DJW	2511	-6
22	Kazistuta	2443	7
23	Kryvoskyn	2390	-2
24	Laarsland	2358	-1
25	Leadbelly	2354	-5
26	Nakazar	2350	-2
27	Nyssinator	2339	5
28	Salvarani	2305	0
29	Ricco	2277	0
30	Anderis	2250	-3
31	JumboVismaFan	2242	0
32	Ray10	2157	-6
33	AmisVelo	2021	0
34	Bminchow	2002	2
35	Alvarakas	1993	4
36	Blues_in_the_Bottle	1991	1
37	Greenedge	1977	-2
38	Vladimir	1928	0
39	Hfgon1	1841	2
40	DJSprtsch	1714	-6
41	Jakob747	1614	1
42	Josedin	1577	-2
43	RedheadDane	946	0
	CollectiveWisdom	2623
	CollectiveIgnorance	3961
	MainGame2023	2447
	Goodin2022	1975

Still plenty of movement, and opportunity for future movement, in a tightly condensed table.

Spreadsheet

I think the only rider selected for this game who will be starting the Tour is Matthew Dinham. Looks like we will have to glean our July points elsewhere.

EvansIsTheBest · Jun 29, 2023

Nice to get into the top 10. Now the challenge is staying there.

Devil's Elbow · Jun 29, 2023

It doesn't mean much in the grand scheme of things given how clumped together most of the teams are, but it's still cool to be leading one of these.

Armchair Cyclist · Sep 2, 2023

Sorry it has been a while since the last update (end of the Tour would have been a good opportunity to do it, but it passed me by)
Also note that the points are to 20th August: CQ didn't put up an update for 27th, and I won't have as much time if I wait until next weeks. So some point inclusions that you may have expected by now are missing.

Year 1, Months 7 and 8a 26th June to 20th August

TARLING Joshua	260pts	24 teams	Tour de Wallonie 2nd, Worlds TT bronze
DINHAM Matthew	218	4	7th in Worlds RR, 6th in Arctic tour, TdF finish
GREGOIRE Romain	173	40	Tour du Limousin, wins in 2 stages and GC
VAN EETVELT Lennert	138	28	GC2 and stage win in Sibiu, GC pts in TdPologne
GARCIA PIERNA Raul	119	3
OSBORNE Jason	109	5
BERHE Welay Hagos	100	1
BONNEU Kamiel	100	2

1	Nakazar	1113	Tarling, Dinham, Van Eetvelt, Gregoire
2	Nyssinator	1067	Tarling, Dinham, Van Eetvelt, Gregoire
3	JPettersen	983	Tarling, Van Eetvelt, Gregoire, Garcia
4	JumboVismaFan	948	Tarling, Van Eetvelt, Osborne
5	Cordi	908	Tarling, Van Eetvelt, Gregoire
6	DevilsElbow	886
7	Madrazo	883
8	DJW	872
9	Armchair_Cyclist	870
10	RoteLaterne	868
11	Ricco	857
12	Alvarakas	854
13	Anderis	845
14	Skidmark	817
15	Fivezzz	815
16	Berflamand	812
17	Laarsland	804
18	Blues_in_the_Bottle	800
19	Hfgon1	768
20	Salvarani	738
21	Bminchow	728
22	AmisVelo	718
23	Squire	686
24	Leadbelly	682
25	Otoxiep87	676
26	DJSprtsch	671
27	Ray10	664
28	EvansIsTheBest	651
29	Vladimir	648
30	SafeBet	641
31	Kazistuta	631
32	LukasCPH	626
32	Rufs	626
34	Comodoro	625
35	Ludwigzgz	609
36	ZipiZapismo	602
37	Joelsim	597
38	Josedin	555
39	JonEzeitza	548
40	RedheadDane	546
41	Kryvoskyn	518
42	Greenedge	510
43	Jakob747	376
	CollectiveWisdom	894
	CollectiveIgnorance	982
	MainGame2023	879
	Goodin2022	619

Standings

Lots of movement in the table, but not at the very top.

1	DevilsElbow	3875	0
2	Armchair_Cyclist	3669	4
3	Skidmark	3654	2
4	Cordi	3610	9
5	JPettersen	3555	13
6	SafeBet	3548	-3
7	Berflamand	3524	4
8	Joelsim	3514	-6
9	RoteLaterne	3508	7
10	Fivezzz	3491	4
11	Nakazar	3463	15
12	ZipiZapismo	3442	-8
13	Otoxiep87	3439	-5
14	Nyssinator	3406	13
15	Madrazo	3394	5
16	DJW	3383	4
17	EvansIsTheBest	3365	-7
18	Squire	3350	-3
19	LukasCPH	3335	-7
20	Ludwigzgz	3332	-11
21	JonEzeitza	3323	-14
22	Comodoro	3203	-5
23	JumboVismaFan	3190	8
24	Laarsland	3162	0
25	Rufs	3154	-6
26	Ricco	3134	3
27	Anderis	3095	3
28	Kazistuta	3074	-6
29	Salvarani	3043	-1
30	Leadbelly	3036	-5
31	Kryvoskyn	2908	-8
32	Alvarakas	2847	3
33	Ray10	2821	-1
34	Blues_in_the_Bottle	2791	2
35	AmisVelo	2739	-2
36	Bminchow	2730	-2
37	Hfgon1	2609	2
38	Vladimir	2576	0
39	Greenedge	2487	-2
40	DJSprtsch	2385	0
41	Josedin	2132	1
42	Jakob747	1990	-1
43	RedheadDane	1492	0
	CollectiveWisdom	3517
	CollectiveIgnorance	4668
	MainGame2023	3326
	Goodin2022	2594

We have a few of these guys in La Vuelta: one of them leading it. We'll see how many points they take from it in the next update.

Armchair Cyclist · Oct 4, 2023

Year 1, Month 8b-9 (21 Aug - 1O Oct)

Jackson (272) and Zanoncello (207) were the glaring collective misses this moth, but given that most of their points came from Taihu Lake, whether they will prove expensive misses by the end of 2025 is far from certain. But of those that we did pick, the best scorers are:

PENHOËT Paul	212 pts	21 teams	2nd Vendee, 3rd Paris-Chauny, 5th Fourmies, stages in Poitou- Charantes
MARTINEZ Lenny	144	38	2nd on stage, 2 days in red and 24th on GC in Vuelta
TARLING Joshua	120	24	Euro ITT win, stage win in Renewi Tour
SYRITSA Gleb	85	22	2 stage wins, 3 3rds in Langkawi
VAN EETVELT Lennert	83	28	3rd, 4th on stages and 32nd in GC in Vuelta
BONNEU Kamiel	73	2
GREGOIRE Romain	71	40
VADER Milan	69	1
LEMMEN Bart	54	2
PIGANZOLI Davide	54	6

The top 4 (at least, all have Penhoet, Martinez, Tarling, Syritsa, Van Eetvelt & Gregoire; Fivezzz lacks Van Eetvelt out of that group

1	Nakazar	908
2	Skidmark	859
3	JPettersen	840
4	Madrazo	827
5	Fivezzz	814
6	SafeBet	787
7	EvansIsTheBest	786
8	ZipiZapismo	784
9	DevilsElbow	782
10	DJW	775
11	Otoxiep87	764
12	Armchair_Cyclist	735
13	JonEzeitza	733
14	Nyssinator	731
15	Kryvoskyn	718
16	Comodoro	709
17	Berflamand	690
18	Squire	682
19	Joelsim	680
20	LukasCPH	678
21	Leadbelly	664
22	Alvarakas	643
23	Anderis	641
24	Rufs	627
25	JumboVismaFan	607
26	Laarsland	606
27	Ludwigzgz	597
28	Hfgon1	583
29	Cordi	567
30	Ray10	562
31	Blues_in_the_Bottle	537
32	RoteLaterne	536
33	Vladimir	514
34	Greenedge	511
35	Ricco	510
36	Salvarani	509
37	Bminchow	507
38	AmisVelo	484
39	DJSprtsch	398
40	Josedin	396
41	Kazistuta	393
42	Jakob747	287
43	RedheadDane	262
	CollectiveWisdom	844
	CollectiveIgnorance	1099
	MainGame2023	835
	Goodin2022	709

Standings
Rather more stable than the last update, although Nakazar and Madrazo show that there is still potential for big jumps.

1	DevilsElbow	4657	0
2	Skidmark	4513	1
3	Armchair_Cyclist	4404	-1
4	JPettersen	4395	1
5	Nakazar	4371	6
6	SafeBet	4335	0
7	Fivezzz	4305	3
8	ZipiZapismo	4226	4
9	Madrazo	4221	6
10	Berflamand	4214	-3
11	Otoxiep87	4203	2
12	Joelsim	4194	-4
13	Cordi	4177	-9
14	DJW	4158	2
15	EvansIsTheBest	4151	2
16	Nyssinator	4137	-2
17	JonEzeitza	4056	4
18	RoteLaterne	4044	-9
19	Squire	4032	-1
20	LukasCPH	4013	-1
21	Ludwigzgz	3929	-1
22	Comodoro	3912	0
23	JumboVismaFan	3797	0
24	Rufs	3781	1
25	Laarsland	3768	-1
26	Anderis	3736	1
27	Leadbelly	3700	3
28	Ricco	3644	-2
29	Kryvoskyn	3626	2
30	Salvarani	3552	-1
31	Alvarakas	3490	1
32	Kazistuta	3467	-4
33	Ray10	3383	0
34	Blues_in_the_Bottle	3328	0
35	Bminchow	3237	1
36	AmisVelo	3223	-1
37	Hfgon1	3192	0
38	Vladimir	3090	0
39	Greenedge	2998	0
40	DJSprtsch	2783	0
41	Josedin	2528	0
42	Jakob747	2277	0
43	RedheadDane	1754	0

	CollectiveWisdom	4361
	CollectiveIgnorance	5348
	MainGame2023	4161
	Goodin2022	3303

Anderis · Oct 4, 2023

How did so many of you figure out Penhoet was the guy to have?

Devil's Elbow · Oct 4, 2023

Anderis said:
How did so many of you figure out Penhoet was the guy to have?

Never underestimate the power of the French calendar. I did just that in the main game, he's definitely my most stupid omission among the great picks there, but thankfully he was 10th or so in the pecking order for me here.

SafeBet · Oct 4, 2023

Anderis said:
How did so many of you figure out Penhoet was the guy to have?

Didn't even consider him until I saw he was kinda popular in the main game

Cordi333 · Oct 4, 2023

I disagree, imma win this thing without Penhoet

Anyway, I obviously regret not having him in my team, he was my last discard alongside Archie Ryan I believe. I knew he would farm points in the french calendar but didn't struck me as a winner in his u23 stage so I went for younger guys in a high risk/ high reward bet. Can't be mad, so far most of my guys are progressing well, the one I'm more concerned with is Herzog, hope he's ready for WT next season but I have my doubts.

Btw, so far the major regret I have is not taking Max Poole, also one of my last discards.

bminchow · Oct 4, 2023

I just went thru my start of year notes. I have Penhoet and Van Eetvelt highlighted red (dont pick) for some reason.

Cordi333 · Oct 5, 2023

Btw, I'm already preparing my 24/26 team... I made a prelist of 30 riders that will give me headaches to make it just 18... So I was following those riders in the last races to see if someone goes over the limit, and in Langkawi I've sufferet a big disappoinment with a good result of a rider I like a lot (which seems crazy, I know) because it means I won't take him in any emerging game.

The rider is Pablo Castrillo, in 2022 he was the best u23 rider in the spanish amateur calendar, but I didn't think he would be doing so great and making big results from the start of his pro career (having almost 0 experience at international level) so decided to sit and wait 1 year... Big mistake. The lad looks awesome, and also is kind of a late bloomer, as he wasn't a smoking hot talent as a junior. Also, without results at u23 UCI level and not being in the WT, I believe he would have been a very interesting rare pick.

His older brother Jaime was also very good, but sadly ended his career last year for mental health issues, so just for a handfull of months they couldn't be together in the same team.

Armchair Cyclist · Oct 24, 2023

Year 1, Month 10 2nd to 22nd October, so a very short month, but rounds off the season (and I have more time this week than I will next)

Not a lot, but winning a WT event in year 1 is not to be sneezed at.

VADER Milan	238 pts	1 team (Josedin)	Guangxi GC and stage win
HAGENES Per Strand	130	24	Munsterland Giro win
TARLING Joshua	80	24	Chrono des nations win
BARRE Louis	80	2 (Leadbelly and Rote Laterne)	6th in Guangxi
PENHOËT Paul	60	21	4th Paris-Bourge, 10th Paris-Tours
ONLEY Oscar	51	36	Guangxi 11th

1	Fivezzz	402
2	Skidmark	399
3	Berflamand	397
4	DevilsElbow	394
5	Armchair_Cyclist	384
5	JPettersen	384
7	Josedin	369
8	RoteLaterne	366
9	JumboVismaFan	356
10	Anderis	352
11	Salvarani	337
12	Rufs	335
13	SafeBet	331
13	ZipiZapismo	331
15	AmisVelo	324
15	Greenedge	324
17	Cordi	322
18	Madrazo	320
19	Squire	319
20	LukasCPH	314
21	Laarsland	295
21	Ricco	295
23	Joelsim	292
24	Leadbelly	277
25	Vladimir	274
26	Kryvoskyn	266
27	DJW	262
28	Nakazar	255
29	Comodoro	242
30	Nyssinator	224
31	EvansIsTheBest	218
32	Bminchow	199
33	Blues_in_the_Bottle	195
34	Ludwigzgz	193
35	Alvarakas	189
36	DJSprtsch	185
37	Otoxiep87	184
38	Kazistuta	177
39	RedheadDane	175
40	Hfgon1	149
41	JonEzeitza	132
42	Ray10	119
43	Jakob747	41
	CollectiveWisdom	397
	CollectiveIgnorance	369
	MainGame2023	303
	Goodin2022	140

Standings
Essentially, the end of Year One positions: 1/3 of the game gone, but probably only about 1/4 of the points.

1	DevilsElbow	5051	0
2	Skidmark	4912	0
3	Armchair_Cyclist	4788	0
4	JPettersen	4779	0
5	Fivezzz	4707	2
6	SafeBet	4666	0
7	Nakazar	4626	-2
8	Berflamand	4611	2
9	ZipiZapismo	4557	-1
10	Madrazo	4541	-1
11	Cordi	4499	2
12	Joelsim	4486	0
13	DJW	4420	1
14	RoteLaterne	4410	4
15	Otoxiep87	4387	-4
16	EvansIsTheBest	4369	-1
17	Nyssinator	4361	-1
18	Squire	4351	1
19	LukasCPH	4327	1
20	JonEzeitza	4188	-3
21	Comodoro	4154	1
22	JumboVismaFan	4153	1
23	Ludwigzgz	4122	-2
24	Rufs	4116	0
25	Anderis	4088	1
26	Laarsland	4063	-1
27	Leadbelly	3977	0
28	Ricco	3939	0
29	Kryvoskyn	3892	0
30	Salvarani	3889	0
31	Alvarakas	3679	0
32	Kazistuta	3644	0
33	AmisVelo	3547	3
34	Blues_in_the_Bottle	3523	0
35	Ray10	3502	-2
36	Bminchow	3436	-1
37	Vladimir	3364	1
38	Hfgon1	3341	-1
39	Greenedge	3322	0
40	DJSprtsch	2968	0
41	Josedin	2897	0
42	Jakob747	2318	0
43	RedheadDane	1929	0
	CollectiveWisdom	4758
	CollectiveIgnorance	5717
	MainGame2023	4464
	Goodin2022	3443

4 of the top 5 at this stage are the top 4 in the popularity of pick ranking, and the Collective Wisdom team is pretty high up. Maybe we are as a group getting better at this (the Collective Ignorance team remains out front, but that is not unusual at this stage).

Devil's Elbow · Oct 24, 2023

Interestingly, none of the top-4 (the only teams running ahead of the Collective Wisdom team, just like last edition things have been relatively predictable so far) have Morgado (or Christen for that matter) which means there's still ample opportunity for those a little further back, starting with Fivezzz in fifth who has Morgado (as well as Pithie, who is not on any of the other teams in the top-10 and could therefore be the gamechanger), and Nakazar in seventh who has both. In any case, this one should stay close between quite a few teams for a while.

Armchair Cyclist · Dec 31, 2023

Year 1, months 11 & 12
Alex Baudin had points from earlier in the year removed because of his tramadol "issues", meaning that 6 teams each lose 16 points, but no positional change.
The teams affected are:
Devil's Elbow
DJSprtsch
Hfgon1
JonEzeitza
Jpettersen
Laarsland

The nearest to anything else of significance is that Paul Daumont got enough points in the course of winning the Tour de Faso that he is out of the running for the 2024-26 edition (you are all working on your teams for that, aren't you?), so the wait for the first Burundian rider to be selected goes on...

Some rider scores over the next few days, probably.

Armchair Cyclist · Jan 2, 2024

End of Year 1

Top scoring riders
18 of them, so the best possible selection to date:

GREGOIRE Romain	784	40 teams (out of 43)
PENHOËT Paul	591	21
TARLING Joshua	530	24
MARTINEZ Lenny	530	38
GEE Derek	477	0
ZWIEHOFF Ben	459	0
ENGELHARDT Felix	456	0
VAN EETVELT Lennert	437	28
VERMAERKE Kevin	400	0
POOLE Max	382	13
PITHIE Laurence	378	6
VADER Milan	336	1
DVERSNES Fredrik	336	0
JACKSON George	336	0
KIELICH Timo	334	0
DINHAM Matthew	323	4
ZANONCELLO Enrico	322	0
HAGENES Per Strand	308	24

That's a total of 7719, so our leader Devil's Elbow has 65.2% of that. The Collective Ignorance team resumes its habit of leading after Year One, after last year's set of selections that had very few omissions sent it down to 25th.

Only in the 2022-24 were year 1 scores higher: with no 1000+ scorers like De Lie and Ayuso there is no getting near to last year's numbers, but the previous record of 4687 wouldn't crack the top 5 this time.

Nine riders that we selected failed to gain a point in 2023, and two reasonably popular picks were in single figures. 69 of them would still be available for this year's game, including 3 of the Collective Wisdom team.

Here's the spreadsheet.

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