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2023-25 Emerging Riders CQ game

Page 4 - Get up to date with the latest news, scores & standings from the Cycling News Community.
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 Romain304402nd in Plumelec-Morbihan, 4 days of Dunkerque win
PENHOËT Paul12521win in Finisterre, Plumelec 11th, some from Dunkerque
LAMPERTI Luke1081 (Ricco)3 stage wins in Tour of Japan
POOLE Max88134th in Tour of Hungary
ONLEY Oscar87366th in Hungary, 2nd in Alpes Isere
PIGANZOLI Davide8069th in Hungary, 2nd in Orlen Nations
HAGENES Per Strand6924
STEINHAUSER Georg628
NYS Thibau5033
PITHIE Laurence476
FRETIN Milan431
HESSMANN Michel4010
PARET-PEINTRE Valentin401

This month
1SafeBet888Gregoire, Penhoet, Poole, Onley, Piganzoli, Hagenes, Nys
2Comodoro846Gregoire, Penhoet, Poole, Onley, Piganzoli, Nys, Pithie
3Joelsim824Gregoire, Penhoet, Poole, Onley, Hagenes, Nys
3ZipiZapismo824Gregoire, Penhoet, Poole, Onley, Hagenes, Nys
5Squire814Gregoire, Penhoet, Onley, Piganzoli, Hagenes, Nys
6DevilsElbow809Gregoire, Penhoet, Poole, Onley, Hagenes, Nys
7Armchair_Cyclist807Gregoire, Penhoet, Onley, Hagenes, Steinhauser, Nys, Hessmann
8Skidmark793
9LukasCPH788
10Fivezzz783
11Otoxiep87764
12Berflamand758
13EvansIsTheBest750
14DJW730
14JPettersen730
16Rufs710
17JonEzeitza702
18Cordi684
18Ricco684
20Leadbelly672
21Kryvoskyn664
22Salvarani646
23Madrazo636
24Nakazar633
25AmisVelo628
25Ludwigzgz628
27Kazistuta619
28Laarsland616
29Ray10600
30Anderis596
30JumboVismaFan596
32RoteLaterne576
33Josedin546
34DJSprtsch545
35Nyssinator526
36Alvarakas512
37Bminchow508
38Vladimir505
39Blues_in_the_Bottle471
40Greenedge419
41Jakob747385
42Hfgon1320
43RedheadDane162
CollectiveWisdom731
CollectiveIgnorance1277
MainGame2023662
Goodin2022541


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?

1Joelsim22641
2SafeBet22325
3DevilsElbow22120
4ZipiZapismo21971
5Comodoro21585
6Skidmark21212
7Otoxiep872116-1
8LukasCPH21051
9JonEzeitza2078-5
10Ludwigzgz2071-9
11Armchair_Cyclist20703
12Fivezzz20570
13EvansIsTheBest2024-1
14DJW19541
15Squire19377
16Rufs19051
17JPettersen18852
18RoteLaterne1879-7
19Berflamand18744
20Leadbelly1870-4
21Kryvoskyn1847-3
22Cordi1829-2
23Laarsland1741-2
24Nakazar17391
25Madrazo17232
26Ray101713-2
27Anderis1690-1
28Salvarani16723
29Kazistuta16481
29Ricco16484
31JumboVismaFan16001
32Nyssinator1591-4
33AmisVelo14926
34DJSprtsch14832
35Greenedge1480-6
36Bminchow1460-1
37Blues_in_the_Bottle1435-4
38Vladimir1385-1
39Alvarakas13611
40Josedin12361
41Hfgon11190-3
42Jakob7479110
43RedheadDane5290
CollectiveWisdom1978
CollectiveIgnorance3349
MainGame20231785
Goodin20221461

Spreadsheet
 
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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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!
 
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Year 1, Month 6 29 May to 25 June

RiderPts this monthTeamsSource
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
1Cordi
873​
Martinez, Nys, Segaert, Steinhausser, Brenner, Tarling
2Berflamand
838​
Martinez, Nys, Segaert, Steinhausser, Brenner, Tarling
3Kazistuta
795​
Martinez, Nys, Van Dijke, Steinhausser, Brenner, Paret-Peintre
4Madrazo
788​
Martinez, Nys, Segaert, Brenner, Tarling
5DevilsElbow
777​
Martinez, Nys, Segaert, Poole, Tarling
6RoteLaterne
761​
Martinez, Nys, Segaert, Brenner, Tarling
7Nyssinator
748​
8Armchair_Cyclist
729​
9Squire
727​
10Skidmark
716​
11Jakob747
703​
12JonEzeitza
697​
13EvansIsTheBest
690​
14JPettersen
687​
15SafeBet
675​
16Joelsim
653​
17Ludwigzgz
652​
18Hfgon1
651​
19Otoxiep87
647​
20ZipiZapismo
643​
21JumboVismaFan
642​
22Salvarani
633​
23Alvarakas
632​
24Ricco
629​
25Rufs
623​
26Fivezzz
619​
27Laarsland
617​
28Nakazar
611​
29LukasCPH
604​
30Anderis
560​
31DJW
557​
32Blues_in_the_Bottle
556​
33Kryvoskyn
543​
33Vladimir
543​
35Bminchow
542​
36AmisVelo
529​
37Greenedge
497​
38Leadbelly
484​
39Ray10
444​
40Comodoro
420​
41RedheadDane
417​
42Josedin
341​
43DJSprtsch
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​
DevilsElbow2989
2​
2​
Joelsim2917
-1​
3​
SafeBet2907
-1​
4​
ZipiZapismo2840
0​
5​
Skidmark2837
1​
6​
Armchair_Cyclist2799
5​
7​
JonEzeitza2775
2​
8​
Otoxiep872763
-1​
9​
Ludwigzgz2723
1​
10​
EvansIsTheBest2714
3​
11​
Berflamand2712
8​
12​
LukasCPH2709
-4​
13​
Cordi2702
9​
14​
Fivezzz2676
-2​
15​
Squire2664
0​
16​
RoteLaterne2640
2​
17​
Comodoro2578
-12​
18​
JPettersen2572
-1​
19​
Rufs2528
-3​
20​
Madrazo2511
5​
20​
DJW2511
-6​
22​
Kazistuta2443
7​
23​
Kryvoskyn2390
-2​
24​
Laarsland2358
-1​
25​
Leadbelly2354
-5​
26​
Nakazar2350
-2​
27​
Nyssinator2339
5​
28​
Salvarani2305
0​
29​
Ricco2277
0​
30​
Anderis2250
-3​
31​
JumboVismaFan2242
0​
32​
Ray102157
-6​
33​
AmisVelo2021
0​
34​
Bminchow2002
2​
35​
Alvarakas1993
4​
36​
Blues_in_the_Bottle1991
1​
37​
Greenedge1977
-2​
38​
Vladimir1928
0​
39​
Hfgon11841
2​
40​
DJSprtsch1714
-6​
41​
Jakob7471614
1​
42​
Josedin1577
-2​
43​
RedheadDane946
0​
CollectiveWisdom2623
CollectiveIgnorance3961
MainGame20232447
Goodin20221975

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.
 
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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​


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

Standings

Lots of movement in the table, but not at the very top.
1​
DevilsElbow3875
0​
2​
Armchair_Cyclist3669
4​
3​
Skidmark3654
2​
4​
Cordi3610
9​
5​
JPettersen3555
13​
6​
SafeBet3548
-3​
7​
Berflamand3524
4​
8​
Joelsim3514
-6​
9​
RoteLaterne3508
7​
10​
Fivezzz3491
4​
11​
Nakazar3463
15​
12​
ZipiZapismo3442
-8​
13​
Otoxiep873439
-5​
14​
Nyssinator3406
13​
15​
Madrazo3394
5​
16​
DJW3383
4​
17​
EvansIsTheBest3365
-7​
18​
Squire3350
-3​
19​
LukasCPH3335
-7​
20​
Ludwigzgz3332
-11​
21​
JonEzeitza3323
-14​
22​
Comodoro3203
-5​
23​
JumboVismaFan3190
8​
24​
Laarsland3162
0​
25​
Rufs3154
-6​
26​
Ricco3134
3​
27​
Anderis3095
3​
28​
Kazistuta3074
-6​
29​
Salvarani3043
-1​
30​
Leadbelly3036
-5​
31​
Kryvoskyn2908
-8​
32​
Alvarakas2847
3​
33​
Ray102821
-1​
34​
Blues_in_the_Bottle2791
2​
35​
AmisVelo2739
-2​
36​
Bminchow2730
-2​
37​
Hfgon12609
2​
38​
Vladimir2576
0​
39​
Greenedge2487
-2​
40​
DJSprtsch2385
0​
41​
Josedin2132
1​
42​
Jakob7471990
-1​
43​
RedheadDane1492
0​
CollectiveWisdom3517
CollectiveIgnorance4668
MainGame20233326
Goodin20222594

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.
 
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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
1Nakazar
908​
2Skidmark
859​
3JPettersen
840​
4Madrazo
827​
5Fivezzz
814​
6SafeBet
787​
7EvansIsTheBest
786​
8ZipiZapismo
784​
9DevilsElbow
782​
10DJW
775​
11Otoxiep87
764​
12Armchair_Cyclist
735​
13JonEzeitza
733​
14Nyssinator
731​
15Kryvoskyn
718​
16Comodoro
709​
17Berflamand
690​
18Squire
682​
19Joelsim
680​
20LukasCPH
678​
21Leadbelly
664​
22Alvarakas
643​
23Anderis
641​
24Rufs
627​
25JumboVismaFan
607​
26Laarsland
606​
27Ludwigzgz
597​
28Hfgon1
583​
29Cordi
567​
30Ray10
562​
31Blues_in_the_Bottle
537​
32RoteLaterne
536​
33Vladimir
514​
34Greenedge
511​
35Ricco
510​
36Salvarani
509​
37Bminchow
507​
38AmisVelo
484​
39DJSprtsch
398​
40Josedin
396​
41Kazistuta
393​
42Jakob747
287​
43RedheadDane
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​
DevilsElbow4657
0​
2​
Skidmark4513
1​
3​
Armchair_Cyclist4404
-1​
4​
JPettersen4395
1​
5​
Nakazar4371
6​
6​
SafeBet4335
0​
7​
Fivezzz4305
3​
8​
ZipiZapismo4226
4​
9​
Madrazo4221
6​
10​
Berflamand4214
-3​
11​
Otoxiep874203
2​
12​
Joelsim4194
-4​
13​
Cordi4177
-9​
14​
DJW4158
2​
15​
EvansIsTheBest4151
2​
16​
Nyssinator4137
-2​
17​
JonEzeitza4056
4​
18​
RoteLaterne4044
-9​
19​
Squire4032
-1​
20​
LukasCPH4013
-1​
21​
Ludwigzgz3929
-1​
22​
Comodoro3912
0​
23​
JumboVismaFan3797
0​
24​
Rufs3781
1​
25​
Laarsland3768
-1​
26​
Anderis3736
1​
27​
Leadbelly3700
3​
28​
Ricco3644
-2​
29​
Kryvoskyn3626
2​
30​
Salvarani3552
-1​
31​
Alvarakas3490
1​
32​
Kazistuta3467
-4​
33​
Ray103383
0​
34​
Blues_in_the_Bottle3328
0​
35​
Bminchow3237
1​
36​
AmisVelo3223
-1​
37​
Hfgon13192
0​
38​
Vladimir3090
0​
39​
Greenedge2998
0​
40​
DJSprtsch2783
0​
41​
Josedin2528
0​
42​
Jakob7472277
0​
43​
RedheadDane1754
0​
 
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I disagree, imma win this thing without Penhoet :cool:

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.
 
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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.
 
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

1Fivezzz
402​
2Skidmark
399​
3Berflamand
397​
4DevilsElbow
394​
5Armchair_Cyclist
384​
5JPettersen
384​
7Josedin
369​
8RoteLaterne
366​
9JumboVismaFan
356​
10Anderis
352​
11Salvarani
337​
12Rufs
335​
13SafeBet
331​
13ZipiZapismo
331​
15AmisVelo
324​
15Greenedge
324​
17Cordi
322​
18Madrazo
320​
19Squire
319​
20LukasCPH
314​
21Laarsland
295​
21Ricco
295​
23Joelsim
292​
24Leadbelly
277​
25Vladimir
274​
26Kryvoskyn
266​
27DJW
262​
28Nakazar
255​
29Comodoro
242​
30Nyssinator
224​
31EvansIsTheBest
218​
32Bminchow
199​
33Blues_in_the_Bottle
195​
34Ludwigzgz
193​
35Alvarakas
189​
36DJSprtsch
185​
37Otoxiep87
184​
38Kazistuta
177​
39RedheadDane
175​
40Hfgon1
149​
41JonEzeitza
132​
42Ray10
119​
43Jakob747
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​
DevilsElbow5051
0​
2​
Skidmark4912
0​
3​
Armchair_Cyclist4788
0​
4​
JPettersen4779
0​
5​
Fivezzz4707
2​
6​
SafeBet4666
0​
7​
Nakazar4626
-2​
8​
Berflamand4611
2​
9​
ZipiZapismo4557
-1​
10​
Madrazo4541
-1​
11​
Cordi4499
2​
12​
Joelsim4486
0​
13​
DJW4420
1​
14​
RoteLaterne4410
4​
15​
Otoxiep874387
-4​
16​
EvansIsTheBest4369
-1​
17​
Nyssinator4361
-1​
18​
Squire4351
1​
19​
LukasCPH4327
1​
20​
JonEzeitza4188
-3​
21​
Comodoro4154
1​
22​
JumboVismaFan4153
1​
23​
Ludwigzgz4122
-2​
24​
Rufs4116
0​
25​
Anderis4088
1​
26​
Laarsland4063
-1​
27​
Leadbelly3977
0​
28​
Ricco3939
0​
29​
Kryvoskyn3892
0​
30​
Salvarani3889
0​
31​
Alvarakas3679
0​
32​
Kazistuta3644
0​
33​
AmisVelo3547
3​
34​
Blues_in_the_Bottle3523
0​
35​
Ray103502
-2​
36​
Bminchow3436
-1​
37​
Vladimir3364
1​
38​
Hfgon13341
-1​
39​
Greenedge3322
0​
40​
DJSprtsch2968
0​
41​
Josedin2897
0​
42​
Jakob7472318
0​
43​
RedheadDane1929
0​
CollectiveWisdom4758
CollectiveIgnorance5717
MainGame20234464
Goodin20223443

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).
 
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.
 
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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.
 
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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