2023-25 Emerging Riders CQ game

Cordi333 · Jan 29, 2025

Armchair Cyclist said:
probably Monday or Tuesday...

Not my intent to hurry you... my comment was pointing in the direction that Christen, Morgado & Tronchon have scored fairly well and those 3 are differentials with the leader

Armchair Cyclist · Jan 29, 2025

Cordi333 said:
Not my intent to hurry you... my comment was pointing in the direction that Christen, Morgado & Tronchon have scored fairly well and those 3 are differentials with the leader

I aim for early each month. Don't always hit it.

Anderis · Jan 29, 2025

This should be a good update for me with Christen, Morgado, Gloag and Onley but most of my riders are at least semi-popular so not sure if I'm going to have any major gains.

bminchow · Jan 30, 2025

Anderis said:
This should be a good update for me with Christen, Morgado, Gloag and Onley but most of my riders are at least semi-popular so not sure if I'm going to have any major gains.

Looks like Christen was only taken by 12 teams. I have those 4 minus Morgado. I'm impressed at those who got in that early on him. At least this is the last year I have VanDenabeele on one of my ER teams.

jon ezeitza · Feb 1, 2025

If Gloag and Kepplinger -exclusive- maintain the good tone of the beginning of the season, we can reach the top 10 this year. Although I have lost Leo Hayter for the whole season.

Armchair Cyclist · Feb 4, 2025

Might manage this quickly before I have to go out:
Year 3 Month 1 (to 2nd Feb)

ONLEY Oscar	204	36	4th + stage 2nd in TDU, CEGORR 9th
MORGADO Antonio Tomas	188	18	Castellón win, Valencia 3rd, 3rd & 6th on Mallorca
TRONCHON Bastien	121	7	GC 5th in TDU
CHRISTEN Jan	112	12	Calvia win, Valencia 5th
PITHIE Laurence	97	6	3rd CEGORR
GLOAG Thomas	97	36	TDU 8th
KEPPLINGER Rainer	65	1 (Jon E)
VAN HEMELEN Vincent	48	1 (Ray 10)

This month

1	Cordi	722
1	Nakazar	722
3	DJW	717
4	Laarsland	606
5	Berflamand	601
5	Anderis	601
7	Fivezzz	586
8	Greenedge	563
9	Leadbelly	518
10	ZipiZapismo	511
11	Salvarani	510
12	Joelsim	505
13	JumboVismaFan	501
14	EvansIsTheBest	489
14	Ricco	489
16	DJSprtsch	460
17	Kryvoskyn	433
18	LukasCPH	429
18	Bminchow	429
20	Rufs	425
21	Nyssinator	423
22	RoteLaterne	399
23	Alvarakas	386
24	Ray10	354
25	Vladimir	351
26	AmisVelo	346
27	Josedin	335
28	Kazistuta	334
29	Comodoro	333
30	Squire	329
31	Hfgon1	325
32	Otoxiep87	322
33	Skidmark	317
33	Armchair_Cyclist	317
35	SafeBet	313
35	Madrazo	313
37	DevilsElbow	301
37	Blues_in_the_Bottle	301
39	Jakob747	300
40	JPettersen	236
41	Ludwigzgz	215
42	JonEzeitza	167
43	RedheadDane	54
	CollectiveWisdom	489
	CollectiveIgnorance	688
	MainGame2023	501
	Goodin2022	313

Standings
Those in 2nd and 3rd make a statement of intent about not letting the long time leader do a MvdP

1	DevilsElbow	13712	(-)
2	Cordi	13389	(-)
3	Nakazar	13093	(+3)
4	Skidmark	12921	(-)
5	JPettersen	12883	(-2)
6	SafeBet	12843	(-1)
7	ZipiZapismo	12811	(-)
8	Berflamand	12794	(-)
9	EvansIsTheBest	12643	(-)
10	Fivezzz	12612	(-)
11	Laarsland	12357	(+5)
12	Squire	12323	(-1)
13	Otoxiep87	12273	(-1)
14	Madrazo	12246	(-1)
15	RoteLaterne	12230	(-)
15	Armchair_Cyclist	12230	(-1)
17	Joelsim	12146	(+1)
18	Nyssinator	12122	(-1)
19	LukasCPH	12049	(-)
20	Anderis	11877	(+1)
21	DJW	11819	(+2)
22	JonEzeitza	11691	(-2)
23	JumboVismaFan	11620	(-1)
24	Leadbelly	11299	(+3)
25	Comodoro	11277	(-1)
26	Rufs	11264	(-1)
27	Ludwigzgz	11052	(-1)
28	Salvarani	10909	(-)
29	Ricco	10827	(+1)
30	Kryvoskyn	10805	(-1)
31	Alvarakas	10640	(-)
32	Vladimir	10340	(-)
33	Hfgon1	10277	(-)
34	Bminchow	9747	(-)
35	Ray10	9572	(+1)
36	AmisVelo	9570	(-1)
37	Greenedge	9295	(-)
38	Kazistuta	9021	(-)
39	Blues_in_the_Bottle	8546	(-)
40	DJSprtsch	8242	(-)
41	Jakob747	7440	(-)
42	Josedin	7182	(-)
43	RedheadDane	4821	(-)
	CollectiveWisdom	12887
	CollectiveIgnorance	14109
	MainGame2023	11920
	Goodin2022	9671

Sorry it's short, must rush.

Devil's Elbow · Feb 4, 2025

Horrific start to the season for me, with Ryan seemingly back in the doldrums the (proper) season starts of Poole, Penhoët and Baudin can't come soon enough for me if I'm going to maintain my fading chances of holding off Cordi.

Armchair Cyclist · Feb 4, 2025

Vladimir has an extra 70 points from Price-Pejtersen being undisqualified from the Danish NC ITT: they are not part of the monthly update score, but added in as part of the 2024 total. If you notice disqualifications, reversion of disqualifications, or any other amendments to results that happen after the end of year (because I work from the downloads, not the data on the CQ pages) that would be game relevant, please prompt me (doesn't even have to affect players picked in a current game, might shift the crossing of the 200 point mark). That's a long term request, not just for any even later 2024 changes.

As I said on the 2024-6 game thread, if you are looking at the spreadsheet between now and the next update, don't pay any attention to the "this month" column: I always have to change the formulae for the January update, and hope I change them back successfully in early March.

Cordi333 · Feb 4, 2025

Cordi333 said:
Me waiting for the first update of the year like Pavlov's dogs

Lo dicho

Armchair Cyclist · Mar 4, 2025

Year 3 Month 2 to 2 March

GREGOIRE Romain	213	40	Ardeche win, Algarve 4th
PARET PEINTRE Valentin	193	1 (Kazistuta)	Tour of Oman 2nd with stage 1st and 2nd
ROMEO ABAD Ivan	184	4	UAE Tour 4th, Valencia stage win
FRETIN Milan	182	1 (Redhead Dane)	Almeria win, Algarve stage, KBK 10th
MORGADO Antonio Tomas	171	18	Figueira win, Algarve 11th
BRENNER Marco	128	29
MARTINEZ Lenny	124	38
ONLEY Oscar	117	36
PIGANZOLI Davide	117	6
CHRISTEN Jan	101	12

Magnier, Gee and Pluimers would have been good picks this month if any of us had thought of them a couple of years ago...

This month

Rank this month	Pts this month		Main scorers
1	Cordi	1054	Gregoire, Morgano, Brenner, Martinez, Onley, Christen
2	Salvarani	1037	Gregoire, Romeo, Morgano, Brenner, Martinez, Onley
3	Leadbelly	1013	Gregoire, Morgano, Martinez, Piganzoli, Onley, Christen
4	Bminchow	1006	Gregoire, Romeo, Brenner, Martinez, Onley, Christen
5	Nakazar	980
6	Berflamand	965
7	Alvarakas	931
8	RoteLaterne	903
9	JumboVismaFan	887
10	EvansIsTheBest	883
11	Laarsland	877
12	Kazistuta	875
13	Joelsim	865
13	Anderis	865
15	Ricco	864
16	ZipiZapismo	863
17	SafeBet	855
18	Fivezzz	832
19	Rufs	820
20	LukasCPH	806
21	JPettersen	800
22	AmisVelo	790
23	Squire	775
24	Jakob747	774
25	Armchair_Cyclist	767
26	Otoxiep87	759
27	Skidmark	746
28	DJW	732
29	Blues_in_the_Bottle	723
30	Vladimir	718
31	Madrazo	713
32	Kryvoskyn	701
33	Nyssinator	700
34	JonEzeitza	690
35	Comodoro	636
36	DevilsElbow	621
37	Ludwigzgz	614
38	Josedin	612
39	Ray10	597
40	Hfgon1	582
41	DJSprtsch	418
42	RedheadDane	363
43	Greenedge	354
	CollectiveWisdom	895
	CollectiveIgnorance	916
	MainGame2023	884
	Goodin2022	456

Standings
Two monthly wins to start the year, and Cordi has gobbled up the nearly 800 point deficit.

1	Cordi	14443	(+1)
2	DevilsElbow	14333	(-1)
3	Nakazar	14073	(-)
4	Berflamand	13759	(+4)
5	SafeBet	13698	(+1)
6	JPettersen	13683	(-1)
7	ZipiZapismo	13674	(-)
8	Skidmark	13667	(-4)
9	EvansIsTheBest	13526	(-)
10	Fivezzz	13444	(-)
11	Laarsland	13234	(-)
12	RoteLaterne	13133	(+3)
13	Squire	13098	(-1)
14	Otoxiep87	13032	(-1)
15	Joelsim	13011	(+2)
16	Armchair_Cyclist	12997	(-1)
17	Madrazo	12959	(-3)
18	LukasCPH	12855	(+1)
19	Nyssinator	12822	(-1)
20	Anderis	12742	(-)
21	DJW	12551	(-)
22	JumboVismaFan	12507	(+1)
23	JonEzeitza	12381	(-1)
24	Leadbelly	12312	(-)
25	Rufs	12084	(+1)
26	Salvarani	11946	(+2)
27	Comodoro	11913	(-2)
28	Ricco	11691	(+1)
29	Ludwigzgz	11666	(-2)
30	Alvarakas	11571	(+1)
31	Kryvoskyn	11506	(-1)
32	Vladimir	11058	(-)
33	Hfgon1	10859	(-)
34	Bminchow	10753	(-)
35	AmisVelo	10360	(+1)
36	Ray10	10169	(-1)
37	Kazistuta	9896	(+1)
38	Greenedge	9649	(-1)
39	Blues_in_the_Bottle	9269	(-)
40	DJSprtsch	8660	(-)
41	Jakob747	8214	(-)
42	Josedin	7794	(-)
43	RedheadDane	5184	(-)
	CollectiveWisdom	13782
	CollectiveIgnorance	14847
	MainGame2023	12804
	Goodin2022	10127

Devil's Elbow · Mar 5, 2025

Two updates in a row where I'm in the bottom ten, what the *** has happened to my team over the winter?

Armchair Cyclist · Apr 4, 2025

Year 3 Month 3 3rd to 31st March

MARTINEZ Lenny	196	38	Catalunya GC 5th, P-N stage win
SALBY Alexander	179	3 (JPettersen, Kaz, Squire)	3 stages and GC in Tour of Thailand
LAMPERTI Luke	169	1 (Ricco)	2nd in Koksijde, 3rd in Nokere
FRETIN Milan	159	1 (Redhead Dane)	top 5s in Criquelion, Monsere, Nokere
VAN EETVELT Lennert	157	28	GC 8th in Catalunya
EDVARDSEN-FREDHEIM Stian	151	7	2nd in JP Monseré, top 10s in Koksijde, Tourangelle, Samyn, Nokere
MIHKELS Madis	129	34	De Panne 3rd
JEANNIERE Emilien	82	1 (Leadbelly)
ARRIETA LIZARRAGA Igor	76	14
VERCHER Matteo	73	4

1	JPettersen	986	Martinez, Salby, Van Eetvelt, Mihkels, Arrieta
2	Squire	940	Martinez, Salby, Van Eetvelt, Mihkels
3	RoteLaterne	905	Martinez, Van Eetvelt, Mihkels, Arrieta
4	ZipiZapismo	876	Martinez, Van Eetvelt, Mihkels
5	Madrazo	859
6	Cordi	853
7	Rufs	842
8	Laarsland	815
9	EvansIsTheBest	807
10	Nakazar	795
11	Anderis	784
12	SafeBet	780
13	DevilsElbow	776
14	Nyssinator	771
14	Alvarakas	771
16	Ricco	763
17	LukasCPH	762
18	Kazistuta	739
19	Skidmark	737
20	Leadbelly	726
21	Vladimir	723
22	Ludwigzgz	722
23	Otoxiep87	717
24	JonEzeitza	712
25	Armchair_Cyclist	710
26	Kryvoskyn	709
27	Joelsim	694
28	Comodoro	683
29	Blues_in_the_Bottle	666
30	Ray10	656
31	Salvarani	637
32	Hfgon1	636
33	Berflamand	622
33	DJW	622
35	JumboVismaFan	617
36	Fivezzz	614
37	Bminchow	584
38	Josedin	573
39	Greenedge	528
40	RedheadDane	476
41	Jakob747	470
42	AmisVelo	414
43	DJSprtsch	413
	CollectiveWisdom	757
	CollectiveIgnorance	1102
	MainGame2023	762
	Goodin2022	881

Standings
Still fairly tight: Cordi's lead extends slightly but J Pettersen and Zipi move into the frame.

1	Cordi	15296	(-)
2	DevilsElbow	15109	(-)
3	Nakazar	14868	(-)
4	JPettersen	14669	(+2)
5	ZipiZapismo	14550	(+2)
6	SafeBet	14478	(-1)
7	Skidmark	14404	(+1)
8	Berflamand	14381	(-4)
9	EvansIsTheBest	14333	(-)
10	Fivezzz	14058	(-)
11	Laarsland	14049	(-)
12	Squire	14038	(+1)
12	RoteLaterne	14038	(-)
14	Madrazo	13818	(+3)
15	Otoxiep87	13749	(-1)
16	Armchair_Cyclist	13707	(-)
17	Joelsim	13705	(-2)
18	LukasCPH	13617	(-)
19	Nyssinator	13593	(-)
20	Anderis	13526	(-)
21	DJW	13173	(-)
22	JumboVismaFan	13124	(-)
23	JonEzeitza	13093	(-)
24	Leadbelly	13038	(-)
25	Rufs	12926	(-)
26	Comodoro	12596	(+1)
27	Salvarani	12583	(-1)
28	Ricco	12454	(-)
29	Ludwigzgz	12388	(-)
30	Alvarakas	12342	(-)
31	Kryvoskyn	12215	(-)
32	Vladimir	11781	(-)
33	Hfgon1	11495	(-)
34	Bminchow	11337	(-)
35	Ray10	10825	(+1)
36	AmisVelo	10774	(-1)
37	Kazistuta	10635	(-)
38	Greenedge	10177	(-)
39	Blues_in_the_Bottle	9935	(-)
40	DJSprtsch	9073	(-)
41	Jakob747	8684	(-)
42	Josedin	8367	(-)
43	RedheadDane	5660	(-)
	CollectiveWisdom	14539
	CollectiveIgnorance	15898
	MainGame2023	13566
	Goodin2022	11008

Armchair Cyclist · May 5, 2025

Year 3 Month 4 April Fool's Day to Star Wars Day

MARTINEZ Lenny	381	38	Fleche Wallonne 2nd, Romandie GC 2nd and stage pts
NYS Thibau	345	33	GP Indurain win, Fleche 8th, L-B-L 5th
GREGOIRE Romain	196	40	7th in both Amstel and Fleche
ONLEY Oscar	168	36	Itzulia 9th, L-B-L 12th, Romandie GC 16th
BARRE Louis	165	2 (Leadbelly, Rote Laterne)
FRETIN Milan	138	1 (Redhead Dane)
RONDEL Mathys	138	1 (SafeBet)
VERCHER Matteo	113	4

This month:

1	EvansIsTheBest	1695	Martinez, Nys, Gregoire, Onley, Vercher
2	Laarsland	1690	Martinez, Nys, Gregoire, Onley, Vercher
3	SafeBet	1648	Martinez, Nys, Gregoire, Onley, Rondel
4	ZipiZapismo	1646	Martinez, Nys, Gregoire, Onley
5	RoteLaterne	1602
6	Squire	1598
7	DevilsElbow	1568
8	JPettersen	1555
9	Joelsim	1553
10	Madrazo	1550
11	Cordi	1541
12	Fivezzz	1533
13	DJW	1517
14	Skidmark	1495
15	Otoxiep87	1482
16	Berflamand	1465
17	JumboVismaFan	1441
18	Alvarakas	1424
19	Armchair_Cyclist	1418
20	Salvarani	1416
21	Rufs	1408
22	Nyssinator	1403
23	Ricco	1400
24	Leadbelly	1382
25	JonEzeitza	1369
26	Kryvoskyn	1356
27	Hfgon1	1326
28	Ludwigzgz	1299
29	Kazistuta	1277
30	Nakazar	1252
31	Jakob747	1198
32	Comodoro	1193
32	LukasCPH	1193
34	Anderis	1180
35	Ray10	1094
36	Blues_in_the_Bottle	1093
37	Vladimir	1069
38	Bminchow	1032
39	AmisVelo	1005
40	Josedin	900
41	Greenedge	898
42	DJSprtsch	699
43	RedheadDane	631
	CollectiveWisdom	1527
	CollectiveIgnorance	920
	MainGame2023	1514
	Goodin2022	883

Standings

Nakazar, lacking Nys, drops from the podium and gaps between the five now above him are all diminished.

1	Cordi	16837	(-)
2	DevilsElbow	16677	(-)
3	JPettersen	16224	(+1)
4	ZipiZapismo	16196	(+1)
5	SafeBet	16126	(+1)
6	Nakazar	16120	(-3)
7	EvansIsTheBest	16028	(+2)
8	Skidmark	15899	(-1)
9	Berflamand	15846	(-1)
10	Laarsland	15739	(+1)
11	RoteLaterne	15640	(+1)
12	Squire	15636	(-)
13	Fivezzz	15591	(-3)
14	Madrazo	15368	(-)
15	Joelsim	15258	(+2)
16	Otoxiep87	15231	(-1)
17	Armchair_Cyclist	15125	(-1)
18	Nyssinator	14996	(+1)
19	LukasCPH	14810	(-1)
20	Anderis	14706	(-)
21	DJW	14690	(-)
22	JumboVismaFan	14565	(-)
23	JonEzeitza	14462	(-)
24	Leadbelly	14420	(-)
25	Rufs	14334	(-)
26	Salvarani	13999	(+1)
27	Ricco	13854	(+1)
28	Comodoro	13789	(-2)
29	Alvarakas	13766	(+1)
30	Ludwigzgz	13687	(-1)
31	Kryvoskyn	13571	(-)
32	Vladimir	12850	(-)
33	Hfgon1	12821	(-)
34	Bminchow	12369	(-)
35	Ray10	11919	(-)
36	Kazistuta	11912	(+1)
37	AmisVelo	11779	(-1)
38	Greenedge	11075	(-)
39	Blues_in_the_Bottle	11028	(-)
40	Jakob747	9882	(+1)
41	DJSprtsch	9772	(-1)
42	Josedin	9267	(-)
43	RedheadDane	6291	(-)
	CollectiveWisdom	16066
	CollectiveIgnorance	16774
	MainGame2023	15080
	Goodin2022	11891

laarsland · May 5, 2025

Cracking the top 10

EvansIsTheBest · May 7, 2025

Wow rare monthly win for me. I'll take it. The podium isn't too far away either.

Armchair Cyclist · Jun 5, 2025

Year 3 Month 5 5 May - 1 June

"2nd, 4th and 6th in the Giro: the scores will be huge this month!"
Nope, not one of use chose even one of that trio. What would have been said if anyone showed the Giro GC to us 28 months ago?

But in the absence of them, who did score for us this month?

TRONCHON Bastien	178	7	Tro-Bro win, Finistere 2nd
POOLE Max	131	13	GC 11th in Giro
JEANNIERE Emilien	120	1	Finistere 3rd, Morbihan 6th, Dunkerque 8th
TARLING Joshua	110	24	Stage win and 2nd at Giro
CHRISTEN Jan	100	12	Tour of Norway GC 3rd
PIGANZOLI Davide	97	6
LAPEIRA Paul	90	2
HAGENES Per Strand	75	24

Oh dear: look at the Collective Ignorance score

1	Cordi	566	Tronchon, Tarling, Christen, Hagenes
2	Leadbelly	514	Poole, Jeanniere, Tarling, Piganzoli
3	Nakazar	437	Tronchon, Tarling, Christen
4	AmisVelo	423	Tronchon, Tarling, Hagenes
5	Greenedge	410
6	SafeBet	405
7	Alvarakas	386
8	DevilsElbow	372
9	Skidmark	368
10	LukasCPH	357
11	Comodoro	346
12	Berflamand	337
13	Laarsland	332
14	Ricco	329
15	Anderis	328
16	DJW	326
17	Ludwigzgz	320
18	Vladimir	316
19	Josedin	301
20	RoteLaterne	295
21	Salvarani	294
22	DJSprtsch	288
23	JonEzeitza	283
24	Rufs	277
25	JPettersen	270
26	Squire	265
27	RedheadDane	259
28	Joelsim	258
29	ZipiZapismo	256
29	Otoxiep87	256
31	Bminchow	255
32	Fivezzz	245
33	Armchair_Cyclist	238
34	Kryvoskyn	232
35	EvansIsTheBest	229
36	Nyssinator	226
37	Ray10	225
38	JumboVismaFan	222
39	Jakob747	205
40	Blues_in_the_Bottle	150
41	Hfgon1	146
42	Madrazo	144
43	Kazistuta	35
	CollectiveWisdom	225
	CollectiveIgnorance	2593	Dl Toro 843, Brennan 326, Gee 292, Pellizzari 251, Lund 239, Lopez 191 ...
	MainGame2023	165
	Goodin2022	161

Standings

Cordi more than doubles his lead, as Nakazar jumps onto the podium

1	Cordi	17403	(-)
2	DevilsElbow	17049	(-)
3	Nakazar	16557	(+3)
4	SafeBet	16531	(+1)
5	JPettersen	16494	(-2)
6	ZipiZapismo	16452	(-2)
7	Skidmark	16267	(+1)
8	EvansIsTheBest	16257	(-1)
9	Berflamand	16183	(-)
10	Laarsland	16071	(-)
11	RoteLaterne	15935	(-)
12	Squire	15901	(-)
13	Fivezzz	15836	(-)
14	Joelsim	15516	(+1)
15	Madrazo	15512	(-1)
16	Otoxiep87	15487	(-)
17	Armchair_Cyclist	15363	(-)
18	Nyssinator	15222	(-)
19	LukasCPH	15167	(-)
20	Anderis	15034	(-)
21	DJW	15016	(-)
22	Leadbelly	14934	(+2)
23	JumboVismaFan	14787	(-1)
24	JonEzeitza	14745	(-1)
25	Rufs	14611	(-)
26	Salvarani	14293	(-)
27	Ricco	14183	(-)
28	Alvarakas	14152	(+1)
29	Comodoro	14135	(-1)
30	Ludwigzgz	14007	(-)
31	Kryvoskyn	13803	(-)
32	Vladimir	13166	(-)
33	Hfgon1	12967	(-)
34	Bminchow	12624	(-)
35	AmisVelo	12202	(+2)
36	Ray10	12144	(-1)
37	Kazistuta	11947	(-1)
38	Greenedge	11485	(-)
39	Blues_in_the_Bottle	11178	(-)
40	Jakob747	10087	(-)
41	DJSprtsch	10060	(-)
42	Josedin	9568	(-)
43	RedheadDane	6550	(-)
	CollectiveWisdom	16291
	CollectiveIgnorance	18867
	MainGame2023	15245
	Goodin2022	12052

Cordi333 · Jun 5, 2025

Before this update I was over the collective ignorance team... not anymore.

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 20, 2025

Nearly three weeks after the start of the month, a week after this data was new, and a few days after the updates for the other iterations of the concept, here we are

Year 3 Month 6 & 7a 2nd June to 13 July.

These points include stage points from the first 9 days of the Tour

ONLEY Oscar	407	36 teams	3rd in TdSuisse, with stage win and 4 other podiums; 3rd, 4th and 6th in TdF stages
GREGOIRE Romain	268	40	Stage win and other pts in TdSuisse, 2nd in Nats RR, 4th & 5th in TdF stages
ROMEO ABAD Ivan	236	4	Wins in NC RR and Dauphiné stage
JOHANNESSEN Anders Halland	219	6	Tour of Slovenia GC win, Nats RR 2nd
RICCITELLO Matthew	157	3	Sibiu Tour
RYAN Archie	118	26
BITTNER Pavel	113	2
JEANNIERE Emilien	104	1
SALBY Alexander	104	3
PIGANZOLI Davide	100	6

The high scoring teams this month are not the game leaders:

1	Bminchow	1461	Onley, Gregoire, Romeo, Riccitello, Ryan
2	Nyssinator	1348	Onley, Gregoire, Riccitello, Ryan
3	LukasCPH	1343	Onley, Gregoire, Johannessen, Ryan
4	Salvarani	1338	Onley, Gregoire, Romeo, Ryan
5	Squire	1335	Onley, Gregoire, Ryan, Salby, Piganzoli
6	AmisVelo	1319
7	Kazistuta	1304
8	DJW	1299
9	Otoxiep87	1280
10	Vladimir	1239
11	Nakazar	1234
12	Madrazo	1233
13	Berflamand	1227
13	Anderis	1227
15	Leadbelly	1191
16	Rufs	1184
17	SafeBet	1161
18	Alvarakas	1158
19	DevilsElbow	1137
20	JPettersen	1127
20	EvansIsTheBest	1127
22	ZipiZapismo	1118
23	Skidmark	1114
24	Fivezzz	1110
25	Blues_in_the_Bottle	1104
26	Cordi	1053
27	DJSprtsch	1049
28	Comodoro	1038
29	JumboVismaFan	1029
30	Armchair_Cyclist	1010
31	Laarsland	975
32	Ray10	966
33	Joelsim	942
34	Greenedge	927
35	Ricco	911
36	Hfgon1	860
37	RoteLaterne	787
38	Kryvoskyn	741
39	JonEzeitza	737
40	Jakob747	690
41	Josedin	568
42	Ludwigzgz	519
43	RedheadDane	236
	CollectiveWisdom	1110
	CollectiveIgnorance	1958
	MainGame2023	1061
	Goodin2022	894

Standings

The top 6 hold their places, but Devil's Elbow pulls back nearly 100, and Nakazar nearly 200.

1	Cordi	18456	(-)
2	DevilsElbow	18186	(-)
3	Nakazar	17791	(-)
4	SafeBet	17692	(-)
5	JPettersen	17621	(-)
6	ZipiZapismo	17570	(-)
7	Berflamand	17410	(+2)
8	EvansIsTheBest	17384	(-)
9	Skidmark	17381	(-2)
10	Squire	17236	(+2)
11	Laarsland	17046	(-1)
12	Fivezzz	16946	(+1)
13	Otoxiep87	16767	(+3)
14	Madrazo	16745	(+1)
15	RoteLaterne	16722	(-4)
16	Nyssinator	16570	(+2)
17	LukasCPH	16510	(+2)
18	Joelsim	16458	(-4)
19	Armchair_Cyclist	16373	(-2)
20	DJW	16315	(+1)
21	Anderis	16261	(-1)
22	Leadbelly	16125	(-)
23	JumboVismaFan	15816	(-)
24	Rufs	15795	(+1)
25	Salvarani	15631	(+1)
26	JonEzeitza	15482	(-2)
27	Alvarakas	15310	(+1)
28	Comodoro	15173	(+1)
29	Ricco	15094	(-2)
30	Kryvoskyn	14544	(+1)
31	Ludwigzgz	14526	(-1)
32	Vladimir	14405	(-)
33	Bminchow	14085	(+1)
34	Hfgon1	13827	(-1)
35	AmisVelo	13521	(-)
36	Kazistuta	13251	(+1)
37	Ray10	13110	(-1)
38	Greenedge	12412	(-)
39	Blues_in_the_Bottle	12282	(-)
40	DJSprtsch	11109	(+1)
41	Jakob747	10777	(-1)
42	Josedin	10136	(-)
43	RedheadDane	6786	(-)
	CollectiveWisdom	17401
	CollectiveIgnorance	20691
	MainGame2023	16306
	Goodin2022	12946

bminchow · Jul 30, 2025

Too little too late for me but glad to see a good week from some of my long shots.

EvansIsTheBest · Aug 4, 2025

I only need 1100 points from Dean Harvey and Axel Mariault before the end of the year to catch Cordi. I'm starting to worry I might not get there.

Armchair Cyclist · Aug 24, 2025

Sorry: I did the spreadsheet at the same time as the other two editions, but doing to update here sort of slipped down my to-do list. But it might be that there is only one person looking out for these updates by this stage...

Year 3 Month 7b-8a 14 July to 17 August

Those dates obviously indicate the Tour de France, and in this part of the cycle, that is important.

ONLEY Oscar	422	36	GC 4th in Tour, buch of stage pts + 13th in San Sebastian
CHRISTEN Jan	290	12	2nd in San Seb. 4th in Pologne GC
PARET PEINTRE Valentin	122	1 (Kazistuta)	Stage win and some GC points in Tour
MORGADO Antonio Tomas	118	18	7th in Hamburg, 3rd in Prueba Villfranca
LAPEIRA Paul	96	2 (Jon Ezietza and Otoxiep)	stage win and leader pts in Poland
ARRIETA LIZARRAGA Igor	90	14
SEGAERT Alec	85	13
GREGOIRE Romain	80	40

In this "month"
When the overall competition needed people to start closing in on Cordi, he tops the table

1	Cordi	1199	Onley, Christen, Morgado, Arrieta, Segaert, Gregoire
2	Nakazar	1180	Onley, Christen, Morgado, Segaert, Gregoire
3	Berflamand	1165	Onley, Christen, Morgado, Segaert, Gregoire
4	Vladimir	1162	Onley, Christen, Arrieta, Segaert, Gregoire
5	Anderis	1107
6	Laarsland	1079
7	Rufs	1066
8	Nyssinator	1047
8	LukasCPH	1047
10	EvansIsTheBest	996
11	Bminchow	969
12	Greenedge	900
13	DJW	898
14	Salvarani	870
15	Ricco	869
16	JPettersen	862
17	SafeBet	852
18	Fivezzz	836
19	Joelsim	828
20	Alvarakas	822
21	ZipiZapismo	820
22	Madrazo	809
23	Otoxiep87	800
24	Squire	791
24	Leadbelly	791
26	DevilsElbow	789
27	Jakob747	763
28	Kazistuta	755
29	JumboVismaFan	738
30	Comodoro	725
31	DJSprtsch	716
32	Blues_in_the_Bottle	710
33	Armchair_Cyclist	699
34	AmisVelo	697
35	Skidmark	687
36	Kryvoskyn	684
37	Ray10	663
38	Hfgon1	584
39	RoteLaterne	539
40	JonEzeitza	393
41	Ludwigzgz	358
42	Josedin	338
43	RedheadDane	215
	CollectiveWisdom	802
	CollectiveIgnorance	2169
	MainGame2023	815
	Goodin2022	755

Huge Collective Wisdom score, featuring Del Toro, Lipowitz, Abrahamsen, Jegat, Magnier.

Standings
Devil's Elbow had been the long term leader, and the most likely to resist Cordi's traditional strong third year, but lacking Christen, Morgado and Arrieta this month means a 400 point deficit.

So now a tight battle for second, and a bunch of teams poised for a late run on the podium if either DE or Nakazar run out of steam.

1	Cordi	19655	(-)
2	DevilsElbow	18975	(-)
3	Nakazar	18971	(-)
4	Berflamand	18575	(+3)
5	SafeBet	18544	(-1)
6	JPettersen	18483	(-1)
7	ZipiZapismo	18390	(-1)
8	EvansIsTheBest	18380	(-)
9	Laarsland	18125	(+2)
10	Skidmark	18068	(-1)
11	Squire	18027	(-1)
12	Fivezzz	17782	(-)
13	Nyssinator	17617	(+3)
14	Otoxiep87	17567	(-1)
15	LukasCPH	17557	(+2)
16	Madrazo	17554	(-2)
17	Anderis	17368	(+4)
18	Joelsim	17286	(-)
19	RoteLaterne	17261	(-4)
20	DJW	17213	(-)
21	Armchair_Cyclist	17072	(-2)
22	Leadbelly	16916	(-)
23	Rufs	16861	(+1)
24	JumboVismaFan	16554	(-1)
25	Salvarani	16501	(-)
26	Alvarakas	16132	(+1)
27	Ricco	15963	(+2)
28	Comodoro	15898	(-)
29	JonEzeitza	15875	(-3)
30	Vladimir	15567	(+2)
31	Kryvoskyn	15228	(-1)
32	Bminchow	15054	(+1)
33	Ludwigzgz	14884	(-2)
34	Hfgon1	14411	(-)
35	AmisVelo	14218	(-)
36	Kazistuta	14006	(-)
37	Ray10	13773	(-)
38	Greenedge	13312	(-)
39	Blues_in_the_Bottle	12992	(-)
40	DJSprtsch	11825	(-)
41	Jakob747	11540	(-)
42	Josedin	10474	(-)
43	RedheadDane	7001	(-)
	CollectiveWisdom	18203
	CollectiveIgnorance	22810
	MainGame2023	17121
	Goodin2022	13701

The Vuelta startlist does not hold much in store for a big shake up here, with Riccitello the nearest to a contender that is on any of our teams (but none in the top ten)

Armchair Cyclist · Sep 25, 2025

Year 3 Months 8b-9a August 18 to September 21

Probably the penultimate real update (there is almost nothing after 19th October on the calendar, so I'll do an update hopefully fairly soon after that, then some sort of confirmation and tweaking for any corrections or minor races at new year)

JEANNIERE Emilien	357	1 (Leadbelly)	2nd Bretagne Classic, 3rd on GC and 3x2nd in Istanbul, 2nd in Wallonie
BITTNER Pavel	300	2 (Jon Ezeitza and Vladimir)	Renewi GC 6th, two stage 2nds, points win; Fourmies 2nd, Gooikse Pijl 5th
GREGOIRE Romain	291	40	Tour of Britain GC win, Luxembourg 2 stage wins
RICCITELLO Matthew	262	3 (Amis Velo, Bminchow, Nyssinator)
LAPEIRA Paul	150	2 (Jon E, Otoxiep)
BARRE Louis	132	2 (Leadbelly, Rote Laterne)
PIGANZOLI Davide	130	6
RONDEL Mathys	111	1 (SafeBet)
GLOAG Thomas	111	36
ONLEY Oscar	105	36
LEMMEN Bart	90	2 (Hfgon, Leadbelly)
FRETIN Milan	82	1 (Redhead Dane)
SALBY Alexander	80	3

but Del Toro has got more in the last two years than anyone picked for the game has gained in the nearly three.

1	Leadbelly	1268	Jeanniere, Gregoire, Barre, Piganzoli, Gloag, Onley, Lemmen
2	JonEzeitza	1048	Bittner, Gregoire, Lapeira, Gloag
3	Bminchow	1012	Gregoire, Riccitello, Gloag, Onley
4	SafeBet	931	Gregoire, Piganzoli, Rondel, Gloag, Onley
5	Nyssinator	907	Gregoire, Riccitello, Gloag, Onley
6	Squire	890	Gregoire, Piganzoli, Gloag, Onley, Salby
7	AmisVelo	840
8	Otoxiep87	838
9	Vladimir	827
10	DJW	754
11	LukasCPH	747
12	Kazistuta	734
13	Rufs	732
14	Salvarani	727
15	Comodoro	718
16	Josedin	710
17	DJSprtsch	706
18	Madrazo	700
19	Anderis	699
20	Nakazar	697
21	JPettersen	691
22	Ray10	686
23	Berflamand	682
24	Blues_in_the_Bottle	681
25	Laarsland	677
26	Skidmark	676
26	Fivezzz	676
28	ZipiZapismo	675
29	DevilsElbow	670
30	EvansIsTheBest	654
31	RoteLaterne	651
32	Cordi	646
32	Joelsim	646
34	Armchair_Cyclist	642
35	Ricco	607
36	Kryvoskyn	588
37	Alvarakas	586
38	JumboVismaFan	572
39	Hfgon1	570
40	Ludwigzgz	508
41	Greenedge	486
42	Jakob747	457
43	RedheadDane	237
	CollectiveWisdom	627
	CollectiveIgnorance	2320	Del Toro (521), Magnier (350), Pellizzari (302), Brennan (299) Abrahamsen (179)
	MainGame2023	698
	Goodin2022	417

Standings

Of the top twelve at the last update, only two were inside the top twenty in this session. So the podium is going to go all the way to the end of the game, if not the top step.

1	Cordi	20301	(-)
2	Nakazar	19668	(+1)
3	DevilsElbow	19645	(-1)
4	SafeBet	19475	(+1)
5	Berflamand	19257	(-1)
6	JPettersen	19174	(-)
7	ZipiZapismo	19065	(-)
8	EvansIsTheBest	19034	(-)
9	Squire	18917	(+2)
10	Laarsland	18802	(-1)
11	Skidmark	18744	(-1)
12	Nyssinator	18524	(+1)
13	Fivezzz	18458	(-1)
14	Otoxiep87	18405	(-)
15	LukasCPH	18304	(-)
16	Madrazo	18254	(-)
17	Leadbelly	18184	(+5)
18	Anderis	18067	(-1)
19	DJW	17967	(+1)
20	Joelsim	17932	(-2)
21	RoteLaterne	17912	(-2)
22	Armchair_Cyclist	17714	(-1)
23	Rufs	17593	(-)
24	Salvarani	17228	(+1)
25	JumboVismaFan	17126	(-1)
26	JonEzeitza	16923	(+3)
27	Alvarakas	16718	(-1)
28	Comodoro	16616	(-)
29	Ricco	16570	(-2)
30	Vladimir	16394	(-)
31	Bminchow	16066	(+1)
32	Kryvoskyn	15816	(-1)
33	Ludwigzgz	15392	(-)
34	AmisVelo	15058	(+1)
35	Hfgon1	14981	(-1)
36	Kazistuta	14740	(-)
37	Ray10	14459	(-)
38	Greenedge	13798	(-)
39	Blues_in_the_Bottle	13673	(-)
40	DJSprtsch	12531	(-)
41	Jakob747	11997	(-)
42	Josedin	11184	(-)
43	RedheadDane	7238	(-)
	CollectiveWisdom	18830
	CollectiveIgnorance	25099
	MainGame2023	17819
	Goodin2022	14118

Cordi333 · Thursday at 8:18 AM

So... I've won?

Armchair Cyclist · Thursday at 9:36 AM

Almost certainly: I hope to get to these in the next couple of days.

Life...

Armchair Cyclist · Sunday at 7:27 PM

So is this the end?
22 Sept to 19 Oct, and should be the final scores, barring any adjustments.

But as you will see, I'm not calling the result quite yet, for a reason that will become clear.

Meanwhile, the last few weeks saw rather unspectacular scoring: riders in 'younger' editions of the race made rather more of the World Championships and Italian and Chinese autumn series than any of this cohort.

MARTINEZ Lenny	247	38	Emilia 3rd, Lombardia 12th, Japan Cup win
LAPEIRA Paul	152	2	4th in 3 races: Agostino, Tre Valli and Paris-Tours
JOHANNESSEN Anders Halland	125	6	Langkawi 2nd
RONDEL Mathys	120	1	Tessile e Moda 2nd, Japan Cup 4th
BITTNER Pavel	109	2	Munsterland 3rd, 2x2nd in Guangxi stages
TARLING Joshua	107	24
NORDHAGEN Jørgen	102	1	GC 5th in Guangxi
PENHOËT Paul	92	21	Chrono des Nations win, Euro TT 5th
BAUDIN Alex	91	6

The (presumably) final adjustments to our scores:

1	DJW	843
2	JonEzeitza	816
3	Otoxiep87	788
4	Blues_in_the_Bottle	775
5	SafeBet	773
6	JPettersen	764
7	Rufs	755
8	DevilsElbow	754
9	Squire	749
10	Nakazar	731
11	LukasCPH	725
12	Madrazo	722
13	Laarsland	712
14	Nyssinator	710
15	Berflamand	707
16	Leadbelly	692
17	Alvarakas	663
18	Vladimir	661
19	Fivezzz	659
20	Salvarani	648
21	Anderis	645
22	ZipiZapismo	643
23	Skidmark	634
24	Cordi	624
24	Bminchow	624
26	Armchair_Cyclist	623
27	Hfgon1	620
28	Kazistuta	609
29	Greenedge	599
30	Ray10	574
31	Kryvoskyn	573
32	Ricco	560
33	JumboVismaFan	559
34	EvansIsTheBest	539
35	RoteLaterne	527
36	Joelsim	520
37	Jakob747	445
38	Comodoro	422
39	DJSprtsch	396
40	Ludwigzgz	385
41	Josedin	343
42	AmisVelo	304
43	RedheadDane	233
	CollectiveWisdom	636
	CollectiveIgnorance	1524
	MainGame2023	694
	Goodin2022	575

Finalish Standings
Cordi has a rather unimpressive final month, but his win seems assured. But the situation for the remaining podium places is why I would wait until the scores are all fully confirmed, though I'm not sure what might change.

In the interim, I'll apply to second place the tiebreaker that I usually have: least reliance on a high scorer. So the 5th highest scorer for Devil's Elbow and Nakazar becomes the (interim?) means of determining second and third places.

1	Cordi	20925	(-)
2	Nakazar	20399	(-)
3	DevilsElbow	20399	(-)
4	SafeBet	20248	(-)
5	Berflamand	19964	(-)
6	JPettersen	19938	(-)
7	ZipiZapismo	19708	(-)
8	Squire	19666	(+1)
9	EvansIsTheBest	19573	(-1)
10	Laarsland	19514	(-)
11	Skidmark	19378	(-)
12	Nyssinator	19234	(-)
13	Otoxiep87	19193	(+1)
14	Fivezzz	19117	(-1)
15	LukasCPH	19029	(-)
16	Madrazo	18976	(-)
17	Leadbelly	18876	(-)
18	DJW	18810	(+1)
19	Anderis	18712	(-1)
20	Joelsim	18452	(-)
21	RoteLaterne	18439	(-)
22	Rufs	18348	(+1)
23	Armchair_Cyclist	18337	(-1)
24	Salvarani	17876	(-)
25	JonEzeitza	17739	(+1)
26	JumboVismaFan	17685	(-1)
27	Alvarakas	17381	(-)
28	Ricco	17130	(+1)
29	Vladimir	17055	(+1)
30	Comodoro	17038	(-2)
31	Bminchow	16690	(-)
32	Kryvoskyn	16389	(-)
33	Ludwigzgz	15777	(-)
34	Hfgon1	15601	(+1)
35	AmisVelo	15362	(-1)
36	Kazistuta	15349	(-)
37	Ray10	15033	(-)
38	Blues_in_the_Bottle	14448	(+1)
39	Greenedge	14397	(-1)
40	DJSprtsch	12927	(-)
41	Jakob747	12442	(-)
42	Josedin	11527	(-)
43	RedheadDane	7471	(-)
	CollectiveWisdom	19466
	CollectiveIgnorance	26545
	MainGame2023	18513
	Goodin2022	14693

I'll find some time to share the rider numbers in the next week or two, but congratulations to Cordi and to the other podium teams, and thanks to all for taking part.

Time to start your list for the next three years. Let's try not to give the Collective Ignorance 2026-28 the sort of resounding victory it had here.

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