• The Cycling News forum is still looking to add volunteer moderators with. If you're interested in helping keep our discussions on track, send a direct message to @SHaines here on the forum, or use the Contact Us form to message the Community Team.

    In the meanwhile, please use the Report option if you see a post that doesn't fit within the forum rules.

    Thanks!

2024-25 Cyclocross Game

Page 3 - Get up to date with the latest news, scores & standings from the Cycling News Community.
Weekend of 12/13 Oct
PCS doesn't have Major Taylor Day 2 results up yet, but from the results I read elsewhere, they wouldn't make much impression here. They will be incorporated into next weekend's update.

The first televised races and first outings for the bigger names.

An unforeseen effect of the change in the game is that races that are lower profile, but a good source of points for less expensive picks, come into play. That, and the strangely (to me) low classification of most of the Exact Cross races means that the names at the top of this weekend's scorers are mainly not those we were watching on Saturday afternoon.


ArmchairDevil's ElbowDJWJosedinLaurensRhDSamu
Boroš Michael...
50​
...
Loockx Lander....
50​
50​
.
van der Haar Lars.
50​
.....
van Empel Fem
50​
.
50​
50​
50​
50​
50​
Zemanová Kristýna.....
50​
50​
Alvarado Ceylin del Carmen..
40​
40​
...
Gery Célia..
40​
...
40​
Konwa Marek.....
40​
.
Vanthourenhout Michael.
40​
.....
Verdonschot Laura
40​
.
40​
...
40​
Brand Lucinda.
36​
36​
.
36​
..
Vandeputte Niels
36​
.
36​
.
36​
36​
.
Aerts Toon
32​
32​
.
32​
32​
..
van Alphen Aniek
32​
......
Franck Alicia....
28​
..
Jeřábková Barbora...
28​
...
Kuhn Kevin...
28​
.
28​
.
Wyseure Joran
28​
......
van der Heijden Inge.
24​
..
24​
..
Verstrynge Emiel.
24​
..
24​
24​
.
Norbert Riberolle Marion...
20​
...
Vandebosch Toon
20​
......
Orts Felipe...
18​
18​
18​
.
Betsema Denise.
16​
.....
Michels Jente
16​
......
I'll put a cut off somewhere each week: we all have other riders that got something, but I don't anticipate interest in a table that is 61 rows deep every week.

This weekend's points:
New player Laurens narrowly pips newly serious Redhead Dane.
changescorers
1​
Laurens147
315​
11​
2​
RedheadDane
314​
10​
3​
Josedin
294​
11​
4​
ArmchairCyclist
264​
9​
5​
DJW
252​
7​
6​
DevilsElbow
246​
9​
7​
SamuCuenca
204​
6​
I've generated a column to indicate how many of each team's riders made some contribution to the weekly total. Samu's riders are apparently either taking a break after scoring pre-game launch, or are starting late.

Standings
Already some changes in relation to where we stood before teams were submitted, and maybe the rest of us can take heart that the top two pre-launch were the bottom scorers this week.
1​
DevilsElbow
1634​
(+1)
2​
SamuCuenca
1624​
(-1)
3​
ArmchairCyclist
1224​
(-)
4​
Laurens147
997​
(-)
5​
Josedin
860​
(-)
6​
RedheadDane
836​
(-)
7​
DJW
698​
(-)

I think all is OK with the spreadsheet, but there is some testing that will only kick in after next week, so I won't share the link yet. Remind me if I don't think of it next week.
 
When I made my first draft, which ended up becoming my final selection, I had read a post from Silvia Persico saying that Tre Valli Varesine would be her last road race of the season. I hoped that meant she would be riding CX this year, seeing as her/UAE's decision not to ride any races last season didn't pay off at all on the road.

However it turned out that she would just do the gravel EC last Sunday before going on holiday in Spain. I did the same thing, by the way (well, minus the gravel EC part).
 
The first Superprestige, and first televised C1, at Ruddervoorde, has the main impact, but a good quality midweek field in Ardoiee, an Exact race on Saturday, a French double header for Schreiber and Boros and Konwa quietly picking up plenty in the Eastern European circuit: it's getting busy.

ArmchairDevil's ElbowDJWJosedinLaurensRhDSamu
Alvarado Ceylin del Carmen..
150​
150​
...
Norbert Riberolle Marion...
120​
...
Vandeputte Niels
120​
.
120​
.
120​
120​
.
Vanthourenhout Michael.
120​
.....
Wyseure Joran
103​
......
Franck Alicia....
102​
..
Casasola Sara.
100​
...
100​
100​
Schreiber Marie.....
100​
.
Verdonschot Laura
96​
.
96​
...
96​
Adams Jens...
84​
...
Loockx Lander....
82​
82​
.
Clauzel Hélène.
80​
....
80​
van Empel Fem
80​
.
80​
80​
80​
80​
80​
Kuypers Gerben
74​
74​
.
74​
.
74​
.
Brand Lucinda.
70​
70​
.
70​
..
van Alphen Aniek
66​
......
Gery Célia..
64​
...
64​
Orts Felipe...
62​
62​
62​
.
van der Haar Lars.
60​
.....
Aerts Toon
58​
58​
.
58​
58​
..
Sweeck Laurens
58​
58​
.
58​
.
58​
.
Boroš Michael...
50​
...
Konwa Marek.....
50​
.
Vandebosch Toon
50​
......


A very busy week for Josedin's team, with 16 of the 18 scoring (by contrast, only 8 of Samu Cuenca's team have scored since the season started)
1​
Josedin
931​
16​
2​
RedheadDane
828​
12​
3​
DevilsElbow
816​
13​
4​
ArmchairCyclist
815​
12​
5​
Laurens147
718​
12​
6​
DJW
640​
8​
7​
SamuCuenca
440​
6​

Celia Gery becomes the first rider who had 0 points before the launch of the game who is now in profit. The important times in the game will be when the expensive riders start to go into profit (or fail to)

Standings
1​
DevilsElbow
2450​
(-)
2​
SamuCuenca
2064​
(-)
3​
ArmchairCyclist
2039​
(-)
4​
Josedin
1791​
(+1)
5​
Laurens147
1715​
(-1)
6​
RedheadDane
1664​
(-)
7​
DJW
1338​
(-)

Iserbyt is back next weekend, I guess. When will we get an idea of the programmes for the 'big three' part-timers in the men's races, and the return of Pieterse?

And the spreadsheet seems to have survived the first week of having to sustain transfer from a previous week, so should be fit to be shared: here it is. As usual: I will update the same file so there is no archive of previous scores, but the same location will have the file throughout (which means I won't post the location every week, but will remind you from time to time. Perhaps someone will confirm that it is up and readable (even if not all of my calculations are transparent).
 
  • Like
Reactions: Samu Cuenca
1-2 for my unique expensive picks in the men's race, 1-4-5 in the women's and Van Empel already at as many losses as she suffered all of last season, what's not to like?

The answer is Denise Betsema.
Presumably you mean the decision to pick her, not DB herself.

You're not getting an update just for this race to gloat over, you know. Indeed, I am travelling next week so might not have a chance for an update until about 4th November, with 2 weeks worth of racing in it.
 
These are mainly the races from last weekend: Heererstrand and Overijse,and the midweeker prior to those at Woerden, plus whatever else happened: managing to get in before the Koppenberg this afternoon.

ArmchairDevil's ElbowDJWJosedinLaurensRhDSamu
Brand Lucinda.
150​
150​
.
150​
..
Iserbyt Eli.
130​
130​
130​
130​
130​
.
van der Haar Lars.
120​
.....
van Empel Fem
116​
.
116​
116​
116​
116​
116​
Alvarado Ceylin del Carmen..
110​
110​
...
van der Heijden Inge.
110​
..
110​
..
Nys Thibau
100​
100​
100​
100​
100​
.
100​
Strohmeyer Andrew.
100​
....
100​
Vandeputte Niels
92​
.
92​
.
92​
92​
.
Konwa Marek.....
90​
.
Schreiber Marie.....
90​
.
Vanthourenhout Michael.
86​
.....
Chladoňová Viktória
82​
.
82​
...
82​
Vas Kata Blanka.
82​
...
82​
.
Verdonschot Laura
82​
.
82​
...
82​
Ronhaar Pim
72​
.
72​
.
72​
.
72​
Casasola Sara.
70​
...
70​
70​
Orts Felipe...
66​
66​
66​
.
van Kessel Corné...
55​
...
Sweeck Laurens
52​
52​
.
52​
.
52​
.
Bakker Manon
50​
......
Boroš Michael...
50​
...
Gery Célia..
50​
...
50​
Mein Thomas....
50​
..
Wyseure Joran
50​
......
Zemanová Kristýna.....
50​
50​


That week:
changescorers
1​
DevilsElbow
1130​
15​
2​
DJW
984​
10​
3​
Laurens147
983​
14​
4​
RedheadDane
931​
14​
5​
ArmchairCyclist
788​
13​
6​
SamuCuenca
768​
10​
7​
Josedin
767​
14​


Standings
1​
DevilsElbow
3580​
(-)
2​
SamuCuenca
2832​
(-)
3​
ArmchairCyclist
2827​
(-)
4​
Laurens147
2698​
(+1)
5​
RedheadDane
2595​
(+1)
6​
Josedin
2558​
(-2)
7​
DJW
2322​
(-)


Quite a big gap for the leader there, but early days so far.
 
Koppenberg Cross and the European Championships (and whatever else has happened in the last seven days)

Apologies: I didn't save the spreadsheet after the last update, so I can't give rider by rider updates since then. Still, you saw the races, you know how your people did.

But here's how your teams did (corrected version):
1​
DevilsElbow
1471​
1​
Laurens147
1471​
3​
DJW
1304​
4​
Josedin
1275​
5​
RedheadDane
1246​
6​
ArmchairCyclist
967​
7​
SamuCuenca
874​




And here's the standings after that:

1​
DevilsElbow
5051​
(-)
2​
Laurens147
4169​
(+2)
3​
RedheadDane
3841​
(+2)
4​
Josedin
3833​
(+3)
5​
ArmchairCyclist
3794​
(-2)
6​
SamuCuenca
3706​
(-4)
7​
DJW
3626​
(-1)
 
Last edited:
How have I finished 600 points behind Josedin in the weekly standings while extending my lead over them in the overall?
I tried an interim solution to the issue of having deleted the previous update data, which obviously didn't work, but I have done other things with the data since then, so I can't revisit that. Feel free to work out your own differences between the scores reported last Friday morning and the current totals. Ignore the weekly difference, but I am confident in the overall standings.
I think I have been able to correct it after all. Hopefully I can do an update after this weekend's events without such complications.
 
Last edited:
Dang. I wanted to do this to learn more about cyclocross, but was off line for two weeks. I guess I'll create a fake team and watch and learn anyway.
If you want to send in a team, I can put it unranked below the table, like I do for Collective Wisdom and other non-player teams in the other games. And @Cordi333 has said similar up the thread, as did @postmanhat in a PM.

So I will make that offer to all (including but not limited to others missing from last year: @rote_laterne2 and Muddy Waters, if Cordi could darle un codazo at PC), but be sure and have them in by the beginning of next weekend's races, or it gets very silly.
 
If you want to send in a team, I can put it unranked below the table, like I do for Collective Wisdom and other non-player teams in the other games. And @Cordi333 has said similar up the thread, as did @postmanhat in a PM.

So I will make that offer to all (including but not limited to others missing from last year: @rote_laterne2 and Muddy Waters, if Cordi could darle un codazo at PC), but be sure and have them in by the beginning of next weekend's races, or it gets very silly.
Codazo sended :)

About myself, I think I won't do the team cause this week I'm quite busy and also it's already too late in the season for my liking... but I'll try to remember next year to be here.
 
A three day weekend, and the first really splodgy mud of the season (on TV anyway), Rucphen, Lokeren, Niels and races elsewhere for those outside the Belgo-Dutch bubble.

ArmchairDevil's ElbowDJWJosedinLaurensRhDSamu
Vandeputte Niels
142​
.
142​
.
142​
142​
.
Alvarado Ceylin del Carmen..
140​
140​
...
Brand Lucinda.
130​
130​
.
130​
..
Orts Felipe...
130​
130​
130​
.
Verdonschot Laura
128​
.
128​
...
128​
Sweeck Laurens
124​
124​
.
124​
.
124​
.
Chladoňová Viktória
100​
.
100​
...
100​
Casasola Sara.
96​
...
96​
96​
Norbert Riberolle Marion...
94​
...
Iserbyt Eli.
88​
88​
88​
88​
88​
.
van der Haar Lars.
82​
.....
Bentveld Leonie.
78​
.....
Worst Annemarie...
78​
78​
78​
.
Konwa Marek.....
70​
.
van Alphen Aniek
70​
......


This week's points
pointsscorers
1​
Josedin
1071​
16​
2​
DevilsElbow
962​
14​
3​
ArmchairCyclist
925​
15​
4​
RedheadDane
910​
13​
5​
DJW
857​
10​
6​
Laurens147
837​
13​
7​
SamuCuenca
467​
8​

Standings
1​
DevilsElbow
6013​
(-)
2​
Laurens147
5006​
(-)
3​
Josedin
4904​
(+1)
4​
RedheadDane
4751​
(-1)
5​
ArmchairCyclist
4719​
(-)
6​
DJW
4483​
(+1)
7​
SamuCuenca
4173​
(-1)

Zoe Backstedt has started her season, to the benefit of 4 teams, but is noteworthy in the context of Redhead Dane now having all 18 riders off the mark.

Spreadsheet
 
If you want to send in a team, I can put it unranked below the table, like I do for Collective Wisdom and other non-player teams in the other games. And @Cordi333 has said similar up the thread, as did @postmanhat in a PM.

So I will make that offer to all (including but not limited to others missing from last year: @rote_laterne2 and Muddy Waters, if Cordi could darle un codazo at PC), but be sure and have them in by the beginning of next weekend's races, or it gets very silly.
No-one took me up on the offer, so we remain the Super Seven.
 
Strawberries in Merksplas and Flandrian ducks in Hamme, the Canadian championships, and a few other races besides.

ArmchairDevil's ElbowDJWJosedinLaurensRhDSamu
Alvarado Ceylin del Carmen..
200​
200​
...
Brand Lucinda.
160​
160​
.
160​
..
Vandeputte Niels
146​
.
146​
.
146​
146​
.
Casasola Sara.
130​
...
130​
130​
Aerts Toon
126​
126​
.
126​
126​
..
Iserbyt Eli.
122​
122​
122​
122​
122​
.
van der Haar Lars.
120​
.....
Schreiber Marie.....
116​
.
Sweeck Laurens
114​
114​
.
114​
.
114​
.
Vanthourenhout Michael.
110​
.....
Orts Felipe...
108​
108​
108​
.
Backstedt Zoe
102​
102​
...
102​
102​
Worst Annemarie...
96​
96​
96​
.
van der Heijden Inge.
92​
..
92​
..
Holmgren Isabella..
80​
..
80​
.
Nys Thibau
78​
78​
78​
78​
78​
.
78​
Bakker Manon
76​
......
Zemanová Kristýna.....
75​
75​
Wyseure Joran
72​
......

This week:
changescorers
1​
DevilsElbow
1310​
14​
2​
RedheadDane
1217​
14​
3​
Josedin
1130​
16​
4​
ArmchairCyclist
1068​
15​
5​
Laurens147
1058​
11​
6​
DJW
982​
10​
7​
SamuCuenca
587​
8​


Standings
1​
DevilsElbow
7323​
(-)
2​
Laurens147
6064​
(-)
3​
Josedin
6034​
(-)
4​
RedheadDane
5968​
(-)
5​
ArmchairCyclist
5787​
(-)
6​
DJW
5465​
(-)
7​
SamuCuenca
4760​
(-)

The first World Cup round, with a much higher points yield, next weekend in Antwerp