2023-25 Emerging Riders CQ game

[Devil's Elbow]

Losing a tiebreaker for second in a three-year game where scores run past 20000 points... I cannot wrap my head around that one. At least it wasn't for first place, I guess.

It hurts even more because Baudin had 16 points removed for his tramadol offense way back in the first year.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Losing a tiebreaker for second in a three-year game where scores run past 20000 points... I cannot wrap my head around that one. At least it wasn't for first place, I guess.

It hurts even more because Baudin had 16 points removed for his tramadol offense way back in the first year.

You never know. You might have a guy start the Vuelta a Costa Rica or something.

 

[SafeBet]

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.

Quick look at eligible riders for next year tells me it's going to be the hardest edition ever, at least for me.
I'm expecting high variance in team selections, with Collective Ignorance being in prime position to win again.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Quick look at eligible riders for next year tells me it's going to be the hardest edition ever, at least for me.
I'm expecting high variance in team selections, with Collective Ignorance being in prime position to win again.

This was also my first thought. The 2006 generation is so good that its leading lights are already ineligible and the 2007 generation is the weakest set of junior graduates in ages. Consequently there is less than half a team's worth of eligible riders I actually want.

 

[Squire]

This was also my first thought. The 2006 generation is so good that its leading lights are already ineligible and the 2007 generation is the weakest set of junior graduates in ages. Consequently there is less than half a team's worth of eligible riders I actually want.

These games were kinda more fun when it wasn't mostly about second or first-year U23s. And now even they have priced themselves out, so I guess we have come full circle and it's fun again.

 

[Cordi333]

This was also my first thought. The 2006 generation is so good that its leading lights are already ineligible and the 2007 generation is the weakest set of junior graduates in ages. Consequently there is less than half a team's worth of eligible riders I actually want.

After the fail with Brenner I've never really considered again to select a junior, but seeing how well guys like Seixas are doing and considering how good some prospects from 2008 gen are looking...

 

[Cordi333]

Btw, now I can celebrate... 2nd victory and 5th podium in 7 editions. Not bad

 

[Nakazar]

Losing a tiebreaker for second in a three-year game where scores run past 20000 points... I cannot wrap my head around that one. At least it wasn't for first place, I guess.

It hurts even more because Baudin had 16 points removed for his tramadol offense way back in the first year.

It could be said about any of the results, but I will remember that it was Dinham's 5 points for 32nd place in GC in China that gave me the second place.

 

[Cordi333]

@Armchair Cyclist the last update here is the final update then? No las month changes and 2nd & 3rd end with photo finish?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

@Armchair Cyclist the last update here is the final update then? No las month changes and 2nd & 3rd end with photo finish?

There will (I assume) be a 31 Dec update, and any adjustments to scores in that will be taken into account, so that will be the final confirmation.

But as I type that, I suppose I should check that riders' 2024 and 2023 points are indeed as I have them recorded. There may have been results adjusted since the respective end of year downloads.

But hopefully I will be able to declare everything confirmed tomorrow.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

The 31 December update is out, and our teams added precisely nothing to their points in those few months.
I have also reviewed past scores:
Riccitello had picked up an extra 6 points after MA Lopez was disqualified from the 2023 Vuelta a San Juan for Amis Velo, Bminchow and Nyssinator;
Vladimir was still getting 70 points for Johan Price-Pejtersen in the farcical Danish 2024 ITT championship, so those have been deducted;
I hadn't picked up on MARTINEZ Juan Guillermo being given a second surname by CQ, and similarly the tilde on GOYO PIÑA Jesus Miguel had passed me by, so that's 190 points and 1 point respectively, both for Jakob 747;
Isaac Del Toro rubs in the fact that we all overlooked him by giving the Collective Wisdom team an even greater margin with 30 + 15 points from his Mexican national championship double.

So the final and definitive table is:

1​	Cordi	20925
2​	Nakazar	20399
3​	DevilsElbow	20399
4​	SafeBet	20248
5​	Berflamand	19964
6​	JPettersen	19938
7​	ZipiZapismo	19708
8​	Squire	19666
9​	EvansIsTheBest	19573
10​	Laarsland	19514
11​	Skidmark	19378
12​	Nyssinator	19240
13​	Otoxiep87	19193
14​	Fivezzz	19117
15​	LukasCPH	19029
16​	Madrazo	18976
17​	Leadbelly	18876
18​	DJW	18810
19​	Anderis	18712
20​	Joelsim	18452
21​	RoteLaterne	18439
22​	Rufs	18348
23​	Armchair_Cyclist	18337
24​	Salvarani	17876
25​	JonEzeitza	17739
26​	JumboVismaFan	17685
27​	Alvarakas	17381
28​	Ricco	17130
29​	Comodoro	17038
30​	Vladimir	16985
31​	Bminchow	16696
32​	Kryvoskyn	16389
33​	Ludwigzgz	15777
34​	Hfgon1	15601
35​	AmisVelo	15368
36​	Kazistuta	15349
37​	Ray10	15033
38​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	14448
39​	Greenedge	14397
40​	DJSprtsch	12927
41​	Jakob747	12633
42​	Josedin	11527
43​	RedheadDane	7471
	CollectiveWisdom	19466
	CollectiveIgnorance	26590
	MainGame2023	18513
	Goodin2022	14693

The interForum challenge ended up VeloRooms 18329; CyclingNews 17247; Parlamento Ciclista 16566.

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And the end of one cycle means the beginning of the next: The 2026-28 edition closes on 19th January (for most of us).