2024-26 Emerging Riders CQ game

Cordi333 · May 30, 2024

Armchair cyclist said:
Standings
So is that it for 41 of the teams?

No

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 12, 2024

Year 1 Month 6 27 June to 7 July

This data is nearly a week out of date, but this is as good a chance as I will get in the near future. An outstanding performance in stage 1 of the TdF among the first years for the game, but FvdB II is far from the top in this 6 week block.

PEDERSEN Rasmus Søjberg	170pts	1 team (Larry L)	NC win and TT 4th
FOLDAGER Anders	152	6	Slovakia GC 4th with a stage win
DEL TORO ROMERO Isaac	84	41	4th in Gippingen,13th in Tour de Suisse
RAFFERTY Darren	82	36	NC win and TT5th
GACHIGNARD Thomas	81	1 (Ray 10)	NC 3rd
CHRISTEN Fabio	77	3	Gippingen 6th, NC 4th
GAUTHERAT Pierre	74	17	NC 9th, Belgium Tour 12th + stage 2nd
HAJEK Alexander	65	1 (Hfgon1)
SALBY Alexander	65	1 (Larry L)
VAN DEN BROEK Frank	57	15
KOGUT Oded	50	3

Larry Langosta had 2 of the good picks this session ans unique selections, but having missed out on the good popular ones undermines that. It's not so much who you have in a team, it's who you don't not have.

1	JonEzeitza	661	Foldager, Del Toro, Rafferty, Gautherat, Van den Broeck
2	Rufs	607	Foldager, Del Toro, Rafferty, Gautherat
3	Ray10	596	Del Toro, Rafferty, Gautherat, van den Broeck, Kogut
4	Leadbelly	592	Del Toro, Rafferty, Gautherat, van den Broeck, Kogut
5	JPettersen	586	Foldager, Del Toro, Rafferty, Gautherat
6	Nakazar	561
7	Peixotini	553
8	Armchair_Cyclist	550
9	Cordi	532
9	RoteLaterne	532
11	DJSprtsch	513
12	EvansIsTheBest	494
13	AmisVelo	492
14	Salvarani	491
15	DJW	490
16	Hfgon1	486
17	Anderis	481
17	Boris98	481
19	LarryLangosta	475
20	18Valve	471
21	DevilsElbow	468
22	Skidmark	464
23	Squire	458
24	SafeBet	456
25	Madrazo	455
26	Riverside	452
27	Laarsland	448
28	Blues_in_the_Bottle	441
29	Kazistuta	438
30	LosBrolin	434
31	JumboVismaFan	429
32	Berflamand	425
33	Houdini	420
34	Karaev	412
35	Fivezzz	411
36	Laurens147	402
37	Ingsve	396
38	Bminchow	394
39	Nyssinator	383
40	Josedin	361
41	Vladimir	306
41	SamuCuenca	306
43	RedheadDane	148
	CollectiveWisdom	523
	CollectiveIgnorance	635
	MainGame2024	456
	Goodin2023	470
	PopularLastEdition	288

Standings
Jon E was already winning, and then top scorer in this period, so he moves farther clear of 2nd, who increases his gap over third, who extends his margin to 4th.

1	JonEzeitza	4056	0
2	Leadbelly	3916	0
3	Cordi	3411	0
4	SafeBet	3321	0
5	Ray10	3309	2
6	RoteLaterne	3277	-1
7	Rufs	3271	2
8	JPettersen	3263	0
9	Squire	3201	-3
10	DevilsElbow	3130	0
11	Peixotini	3114	4
12	Anderis	3110	-1
13	Boris98	3090	0
14	Salvarani	3042	2
15	Karaev	3033	-3
16	Nakazar	3028	5
17	Houdini	3024	-3
18	EvansIsTheBest	3012	0
19	Madrazo	2998	-2
20	DJW	2981	0
21	Riverside	2955	-2
22	Hfgon1	2918	1
23	DJSprtsch	2914	1
24	Skidmark	2905	-2
25	18Valve	2849	2
26	Berflamand	2800	2
27	Armchair_Cyclist	2797	4
28	Nyssinator	2782	-3
29	Ingsve	2777	-3
30	JumboVismaFan	2768	-1
31	Kazistuta	2733	-1
32	Bminchow	2602	0
33	Laarsland	2551	1
34	AmisVelo	2497	3
35	Vladimir	2491	-2
36	Laurens147	2488	-1
37	Blues_in_the_Bottle	2484	-1
38	LarryLangosta	2369	1
39	LosBrolin	2331	-1
40	Fivezzz	2267	0
41	Josedin	1819	0
42	SamuCuenca	1108	0
43	RedheadDane	521	0
	CollectiveWisdom	3361
	CollectiveIgnorance	3245
	MainGame2024	2714
	Goodin2023	3362
	PopularLastEdition	1921

I hope to get the other 2 current phases of these games done tonight or tomorrow.

RedheadDane · Jul 12, 2024

I need my guys to actually start emerging...

Armchair Cyclist · Jul 12, 2024

RedheadDane said:
I need my guys to actually start emerging...

You might be able to pick the whole team again next year.

RedheadDane · Jul 13, 2024

Armchair cyclist said:
You might be able to pick the whole team again next year.

I am definitely re-considering my tactics for the next round.

Armchair Cyclist · Aug 14, 2024

Better try to get these updated before I have Vuelta game duties.

Year 1 Month 7 and a bit into 8: 8th July to 11 August

The Tour and the Olympics pretty much passed these guys by, but while we were watching those, a couple of these picked up significant points

SILVA COUSSAN Guillermo Thomas	217	1 (Samu Cuenca)	2nd in Qinghai Lake, 4th in both Villafranca and Getxo
CHRISTEN Jan	212	35	Wins in Appennino and Villafranca, San Seb 9th
CHRISTEN Fabio	80	3	5th in Arctic
UMBA LOPEZ Abner Santiago	61	7	7th in Qinghai Lake
BLACKMORE Joseph	43	2
WIDAR Jarno	40	12
AUGUST Andrew	40	31
PERSICO Davide	40	2

These games are about how the whole squad performs, and despite that magnificent unique pick, Samu is well down into the bottom quarter of teams this month.

1	Riverside	446	J Christen, Blackmore, Widar, August
2	Nakazar	445	Christen x2, Widar, August
3	JPettersen	424	J Christen, Widar, August
4	AmisVelo	421	Christen x2, August
5	Cordi	420	J Christen , August
6	Laarsland	416
7	DevilsElbow	406
8	Armchair_Cyclist	392
9	JumboVismaFan	391
10	Leadbelly	390
10	Anderis	390
12	Blues_in_the_Bottle	389
13	Squire	386
14	LosBrolin	381
15	Bminchow	379
15	Fivezzz	379
17	18Valve	377
18	Skidmark	374
19	Peixotini	369
19	Kazistuta	369
21	Salvarani	367
22	SafeBet	365
23	Ingsve	360
24	Madrazo	351
25	Berflamand	350
26	Nyssinator	341
27	Ray10	339
28	Karaev	330
29	DJW	325
29	Vladimir	325
31	EvansIsTheBest	323
32	JonEzeitza	322
33	Rufs	319
34	LarryLangosta	316
35	RoteLaterne	309
36	SamuCuenca	282
37	Laurens147	202
38	Josedin	188
39	Hfgon1	168
40	DJSprtsch	167
41	Houdini	139
42	RedheadDane	131
43	Boris98	120
	CollectiveWisdom	382
	CollectiveIgnorance	652	Tarozzi,Eulalio, Aparicio, Loockx
	MainGame2024	309
	Goodin2023	170
	PopularLastEdition	365

Standings

Most of the position changes are sliding above the few teams without Christen minor, but JPettersen advances on the podium. There were 22 places between the top two on this set of results, but only 68 points, and the peloton are not looking hurried in pulling them back.

1	JonEzeitza	4378	0
2	Leadbelly	4306	0
3	Cordi	3831	0
4	JPettersen	3687	4
5	SafeBet	3686	-1
6	Ray10	3648	-1
7	Rufs	3590	0
8	Squire	3587	1
9	RoteLaterne	3586	-3
10	DevilsElbow	3536	0
11	Anderis	3500	1
12	Peixotini	3483	-1
13	Nakazar	3473	3
14	Salvarani	3409	0
15	Riverside	3401	6
16	Karaev	3363	-1
17	Madrazo	3349	2
18	EvansIsTheBest	3335	0
19	DJW	3306	1
20	Skidmark	3279	4
21	18Valve	3226	4
22	Boris98	3210	-9
23	Armchair_Cyclist	3189	4
24	Houdini	3163	-7
25	JumboVismaFan	3159	5
26	Berflamand	3150	0
27	Ingsve	3137	2
28	Nyssinator	3123	0
29	Kazistuta	3102	2
30	Hfgon1	3086	-8
31	DJSprtsch	3081	-8
32	Bminchow	2981	0
33	Laarsland	2967	0
34	AmisVelo	2918	0
35	Blues_in_the_Bottle	2873	2
36	Vladimir	2816	-1
37	LosBrolin	2712	2
38	Laurens147	2690	-2
39	LarryLangosta	2685	-1
40	Fivezzz	2646	0
41	Josedin	2007	0
42	SamuCuenca	1390	0
43	RedheadDane	652	0
	CollectiveWisdom	3743
	CollectiveIgnorance	3736
	MainGame2024	3023
	Goodin2023	3532
	PopularLastEdition	2286

A few riders relevant to this game are riding in La Vuelta, but only one of them has any level of expectation. We'll see whether the points there are significant or not in a few weeks time, or whether other races are more fruitful.

But now that we are talking about the Spanish race in a CQ context, you wouldn't expect me to not remind you: get your team in by Saturday afternoon

RedheadDane · Aug 15, 2024

I really need my riders to start emerging...
More specifically, I really need Ineos to remember they have signed Storm, send in the papers to UCI - so he gets listed as riding for Ineos, rather than ColoQuick - and actually bring him to some races.

Armchair Cyclist · Sep 12, 2024

Year 1 Month 8 12 Aug - 8 Sept

Some fairly high profile placings for first year in the game

MAGNIER Paul	235	20	2nd in Plouay, 3 stage wins in Tour of Britain
BLACKMORE Joseph	147	2 (Leadbelly, Riverside)	l'Avenir win, ToB GC 2nd
FOLDAGER Anders	112	6	Danmark Rundt GC 3rd
CHRISTEN Fabio	98	3 (Amis, Jumbo, Nakazar)	8th Deutschland Tour, 3rd Muur Classic
SILVA COUSSAN Guillermo Thomas	90	1 (Samu Cuenca)	Industria et Artigianato 2nd
NORDHAGEN Jørgen	89	23	7th Deutschland Tour, Giro del Friuli win
GRUEL Thibaud	75	2 (Evans, Salvarani)
FRIGO Marco	70	5
VAN DEN BROEK Frank	67	15
GACHIGNARD Thomas	66	1 (Ray)
PLOWRIGHT Jensen	63	5

while Jelte Krijnsen (192 points) and Baudin (147) went unpicked.

None of the top 8 overall appear in the top ten this month:

1	Nakazar	699	Magnier, Christen, Nordhagen
2	JumboVismaFan	673	Magnier, Christen, Plowright
3	Salvarani	650	Magnier, Nordhagen, Gruel
4	Armchair_Cyclist	621	Magnier, Foldager
5	AmisVelo	611	Magnier, Christen, Nordhagen
6	18Valve	595
7	DevilsElbow	590
8	Berflamand	587
9	RoteLaterne	561
10	Anderis	556
10	Blues_in_the_Bottle	556
12	Leadbelly	552
13	Kazistuta	537
14	EvansIsTheBest	532
15	Nyssinator	527
16	SafeBet	500
17	Squire	495
18	Karaev	485
19	Madrazo	469
20	Laurens147	441
21	Ray10	433
22	Ingsve	410
23	DJSprtsch	407
24	Peixotini	403
25	Hfgon1	402
26	Rufs	381
27	DJW	379
28	JonEzeitza	376
28	Skidmark	376
30	Bminchow	361
31	Josedin	359
32	Laarsland	355
33	JPettersen	345
34	Cordi	343
35	Riverside	339
35	Boris98	339
37	Houdini	336
38	LosBrolin	331
39	LarryLangosta	306
40	Fivezzz	285
41	Vladimir	279
42	SamuCuenca	185
43	RedheadDane	136
	CollectiveWisdom	569
	CollectiveIgnorance	672
	MainGame2024	448
	Goodin2023	502
	PopularLastEdition	385

Standings
Rare pick Blackmore, who pretty much defines what I thought these games would be about in, boosts Leadbelly back to the top. SafeBet, who is emerging as the master of these games, moves up ominously, and monthly top scorer Nakazar enters the top ten halfway up it.

1	Leadbelly	4858	1
2	JonEzeitza	4754	-1
3	SafeBet	4186	2
4	Cordi	4174	-1
5	Nakazar	4172	8
6	RoteLaterne	4147	3
7	DevilsElbow	4126	3
8	Squire	4082	0
9	Ray10	4081	-3
10	Salvarani	4059	4
11	Anderis	4056	0
12	JPettersen	4032	-8
13	Rufs	3971	-6
14	Peixotini	3886	-2
15	EvansIsTheBest	3867	3
16	Karaev	3848	0
17	JumboVismaFan	3832	8
18	18Valve	3821	3
19	Madrazo	3818	-2
20	Armchair_Cyclist	3810	3
21	Riverside	3740	-6
22	Berflamand	3737	4
23	DJW	3685	-4
24	Skidmark	3655	-4
25	Nyssinator	3650	3
26	Kazistuta	3639	3
27	Boris98	3549	-5
28	Ingsve	3547	-1
29	AmisVelo	3529	5
30	Houdini	3499	-6
31	DJSprtsch	3488	0
31	Hfgon1	3488	-1
33	Blues_in_the_Bottle	3429	2
34	Bminchow	3342	-2
35	Laarsland	3322	-2
36	Laurens147	3131	2
37	Vladimir	3095	-1
38	LosBrolin	3043	-1
39	LarryLangosta	2991	0
40	Fivezzz	2931	0
41	Josedin	2366	0
42	SamuCuenca	1575	0
43	RedheadDane	788	0
	CollectiveWisdom	4312
	CollectiveIgnorance	4280
	MainGame2024	3471
	Goodin2023	4034
	PopularLastEdition	2671

Armchair Cyclist · Oct 9, 2024

Year 1, Month 9 9 Sept to 6 Oct

Scores seem to have begun to wind down

PESENTI Thomas	129	1 (DJSprtsch)	Langkawi GC 2nd
FOLDAGER Anders	114	6	Coppa Sabatini 3rd, Cro race 6th
DE PRETTO Davide	88	4	Trofeo Matteoti 4th, 8th-15th in 4 other Italian 1-dayers
SENTJENS Sente	75	5	Houtland 5th, Paris-Chauay 6th
GAUTHERAT Pierre	59	17
CHRISTEN Fabio	55	3
BLACKMORE Joseph	54	2
LOPEZ GRANIZO Harold Martin	53	3

1	JonEzeitza	388	Foldager, Gautherat, Lopez
2	JPettersen	374	Foldager, Gautherat
3	Rufs	346	Foldager, Gautherat
4	DJSprtsch	343	Pesenti, Gautherat
5	Laurens147	342	Foldager, De Pretto
6	Armchair_Cyclist	330	Foldager
7	Vladimir	326	De Pretto, Sentjens
8	Nakazar	301
9	Leadbelly	299
10	Cordi	291
11	Anderis	290
12	Houdini	289
13	Salvarani	279
14	Peixotini	269
15	Karaev	260
16	Hfgon1	253
17	SafeBet	241
18	Squire	238
18	Riverside	238
20	Blues_in_the_Bottle	234
21	Bminchow	233
22	Madrazo	229
23	EvansIsTheBest	226
24	Kazistuta	224
25	AmisVelo	223
26	LosBrolin	216
27	Berflamand	211
28	18Valve	209
29	JumboVismaFan	204
30	Ray10	195
31	Fivezzz	193
32	RoteLaterne	188
32	Ingsve	188
34	DJW	183
34	Laarsland	183
36	Nyssinator	177
37	DevilsElbow	163
38	Josedin	153
39	Boris98	147
40	Skidmark	140
41	RedheadDane	139
42	SamuCuenca	133
43	LarryLangosta	92
	CollectiveWisdom	253
	CollectiveIgnorance	402	Jeanniere (168)
	MainGame2024	216
	Goodin2023	178
	PopularLastEdition	239

Standings
Jon E was already 2nd and as top this time around he has virtually closed the gap. The separation between 2nd and 3rd is 44 times as big as that between the top two. Most of those already in the top 56 were in this month's top ten, with Safe Bet losing a bit of ground. JPettersen gains the most significant move, and Anderis follows him into the top ten.

1	Leadbelly	5157	0
2	JonEzeitza	5142	0
3	Nakazar	4473	2
4	Cordi	4465	0
5	SafeBet	4427	-2
6	JPettersen	4406	6
7	Anderis	4346	4
8	Salvarani	4338	2
9	RoteLaterne	4335	-3
10	Squire	4320	-2
11	Rufs	4317	2
12	DevilsElbow	4289	-5
13	Ray10	4276	-4
14	Peixotini	4155	0
15	Armchair_Cyclist	4140	5
16	Karaev	4108	0
17	EvansIsTheBest	4093	-2
18	Madrazo	4047	1
19	JumboVismaFan	4036	-2
20	18Valve	4030	-2
21	Riverside	3978	0
22	Berflamand	3948	0
23	DJW	3868	0
24	Kazistuta	3863	2
25	DJSprtsch	3831	6
26	Nyssinator	3827	-1
27	Skidmark	3795	-3
28	Houdini	3788	2
29	AmisVelo	3752	0
30	Hfgon1	3741	1
31	Ingsve	3735	-3
32	Boris98	3696	-5
33	Blues_in_the_Bottle	3663	0
34	Bminchow	3575	0
35	Laarsland	3505	0
36	Laurens147	3473	0
37	Vladimir	3421	0
38	LosBrolin	3259	0
39	Fivezzz	3124	1
40	LarryLangosta	3083	-1
41	Josedin	2519	0
42	SamuCuenca	1708	0
43	RedheadDane	927	0
	CollectiveWisdom	4565
	CollectiveIgnorance	4661
	MainGame2024	3687
	Goodin2023	4212
	PopularLastEdition	2910

jon ezeitza · Nov 11, 2024

I seem to have managed to send my first message all year today. I take this opportunity to show my satisfaction with the progress of the team. I hope that in the 2025 season my fight with leadbelly will still be as exciting as in 2024.

jon ezeitza · Nov 11, 2024

When I reviewed my team I saw that my scores (5,383) do not match the official game scores (5,142). Is there an error in my notes?

DEL TORO ROMERO Isaac 890
CHRISTEN Jan 547
FOLDAGER Anders 463
GAUTHERAT Pierre 437
PARET PEINTRE Valentin 425
MORGADO Antonio Tomas 411
VAN DEN BROEK Frank Frank 406
NERURKAR Lukas 328
LECERF William Junior 286
RAFFERTY Darren 215
LOPEZ GRANIZO Harold Martin 208
ARRIETA LIZARRAGA Igor 179
VERGALLITO Luca 145
BERHE Welay Hagos 118
MILESI Lorenzo 116
BOVEN Lars 98
HUBY Antoine 76
ROOTKIN-GRAY Jack 35

Team total: 5,383 points

Squire · Nov 11, 2024

jon ezeitza said:
When I reviewed my team I saw that my scores (5,383) do not match the official game scores (5,142). Is there an error in my notes?

DEL TORO ROMERO Isaac 890
CHRISTEN Jan 547
FOLDAGER Anders 463
GAUTHERAT Pierre 437
PARET PEINTRE Valentin 425
MORGADO Antonio Tomas 411
VAN DEN BROEK Frank Frank 406
NERURKAR Lukas 328
LECERF William Junior 286
RAFFERTY Darren 215
LOPEZ GRANIZO Harold Martin 208
ARRIETA LIZARRAGA Igor 179
VERGALLITO Luca 145
BERHE Welay Hagos 118
MILESI Lorenzo 116
BOVEN Lars 98
HUBY Antoine 76
ROOTKIN-GRAY Jack 35

Team total: 5,383 points

Presumably because some of those points have been scored after 6th of October, which was the last update of this game so far.

Armchair Cyclist · Nov 11, 2024

I have done the spreadsheet part of an update (for all three cycles): will check and post the (presumed) end of year scores later.
But Jon's total is as he believes, and the update will bring him good news.

jon ezeitza · Nov 11, 2024

As I told you in the game 2023-2025, I didn't realize that the last update corresponded to October 9 and I thought that the season was closed. Thanks for the prompt clarification of the doubts.
Thanks also to squire for his input.

Armchair Cyclist · Nov 11, 2024

Year 1, Month 10 October 7th to 20th (date of the download, but effectively to the end of the season)

Only 2 weeks, and not many races, so not much happening, but a few riders kept going right to the end of the season, mainly in the East

NERURKAR Lukas	128	15	2nd Tour de Kyushu, 9th Japan Cup
DE PRETTO Davide	87	4	4th Giro del Veneto, 10th Veneto Classic
DE SCHUYTENEER Steffen	53	2 (Los Brolin & RhD)	stage win and GC 13th in Taihu Lake
PINARELLO Alessandro	50	1 (Larry L)	7th in Bernocchi
VANGHELUWE Warre	42	1 (Laurens)	Stage win in Guangxi
BERHE Welay	40	15	GC 12th in Guangxi

Everyone managed to pick up at least some points to round of their first year:

1	Houdini	289	Nerurkar and De Pretto
2	Vladimir	266	Nerurkar and De Pretto
3	JonEzeitza	241	Nerurkar and Berhe
4	Peixotini	222	Nerurkar and Berhe
5	Armchair_Cyclist	211
6	RoteLaterne	210
7	EvansIsTheBest	206
8	DJSprtsch	204
9	Ray10	200
10	Laurens147	198
11	Rufs	197
12	LosBrolin	186
13	SafeBet	181
13	Josedin	181
15	DJW	173
16	Fivezzz	171
17	Salvarani	162
18	Kazistuta	114
19	Hfgon1	113
20	JPettersen	108
21	Berflamand	105
22	Blues_in_the_Bottle	84
23	Cordi	83
23	LarryLangosta	83
25	Karaev	71
26	Skidmark	70
27	Boris98	68
28	RedheadDane	54
29	AmisVelo	53
30	SamuCuenca	49
31	Leadbelly	47
32	Bminchow	46
33	Madrazo	41
34	Squire	39
35	Riverside	38
36	JumboVismaFan	36
37	Anderis	34
38	18Valve	29
38	Nyssinator	29
40	Nakazar	24
40	DevilsElbow	24
42	Ingsve	19
43	Laarsland	10
	CollectiveWisdom	150
	CollectiveIgnorance	638	Jeanniere, Baudin and Krijnsen all 170+
	MainGame2024	65
	Goodin2023	158
	PopularLastEdition	261

Standings
No wonder Jon E was anxious to make sure the scores were updated, he regains the head as we finish year 1.

1	JonEzeitza	5383	1
2	Leadbelly	5204	-1
3	SafeBet	4608	2
4	Cordi	4548	0
5	RoteLaterne	4545	4
6	Rufs	4514	5
6	JPettersen	4514	0
8	Salvarani	4500	0
9	Nakazar	4497	-6
10	Ray10	4476	3
11	Anderis	4380	-4
12	Peixotini	4377	2
13	Squire	4359	-3
14	Armchair_Cyclist	4351	1
15	DevilsElbow	4313	-3
16	EvansIsTheBest	4299	1
17	Karaev	4179	-1
18	Madrazo	4088	0
19	Houdini	4077	9
20	JumboVismaFan	4072	-1
21	18Valve	4059	-1
22	Berflamand	4053	0
23	DJW	4041	0
24	DJSprtsch	4035	1
25	Riverside	4016	-4
26	Kazistuta	3977	-2
27	Skidmark	3865	0
28	Nyssinator	3856	-2
29	Hfgon1	3854	1
30	AmisVelo	3805	-1
31	Boris98	3764	1
32	Ingsve	3754	-1
33	Blues_in_the_Bottle	3747	0
34	Vladimir	3687	3
35	Laurens147	3671	1
36	Bminchow	3621	-2
37	Laarsland	3515	-2
38	LosBrolin	3445	0
39	Fivezzz	3295	0
40	LarryLangosta	3166	0
41	Josedin	2700	0
42	SamuCuenca	1757	0
43	RedheadDane	981	0
	CollectiveWisdom	4715
	CollectiveIgnorance	5298
	MainGame2024	3752
	Goodin2023	4370

Best possible team at this stage:

DEL TORO ROMERO Isaac	890	41
JEANNIERE Emilien	869	0
BLACKMORE Joseph	725	2
BAUDIN Alex	638	0
CHRISTEN Jan	547	35
KRIJNSEN Jelte	488	0
FOLDAGER Anders	463	6
GAUTHERAT Pierre	437	17
PARET PEINTRE Valentin	425	4
SILVA COUSSAN Guillermo Thomas	422	1
MORGADO Antonio Tomas	411	36
VAN DEN BROEK Frank	406	15
MAGNIER Paul	405	20
DE PRETTO Davide	396	4
CHRISTEN Fabio	387	3
NERURKAR Lukas	328	15
GACHIGNARD Thomas	325	1
MIQUEL DELGADO Pau	295	0
	8857

so our leader is on 60.8% of perfection: the second worst non-COVID record of the game . However, 5383 would have been top of the Year 1 table in any other edition since the game started, except for the 2022-24 one, in which it would have been 10th. That was the only other time that the optimal Year 1 team was over 8k (but slightly below this year's).

It is only the second time that the Collective Ignorance team (which by its nature cannot have poor picks or those who haven't scored yet but of whom great things are expected in later years) has been beaten by a real team, despite Jeanniere, Baudin and Krijnsen having 3 of the top 6 scores.

Collective Wisdom has made a good start, but one of that selection, and nine selected riders in total, have still to score. At least 3 of them were still riding as Juniors this year, presumably picked in the belief that they can do enough in the next 24 months to make up for their absence in the first 12.

80 of the riders that we picked this time around will be eligible for the next cycle of the game, along with untold others. Have you started putting your team together yet? Rules will be the same, closing date for entries will probably be the start of the Tour Down Under, but but that slightly depends on Skidmark's schedule for the main game, as I will offer the shortlist from the entries there (be warned: the team based on the most popular picks from among them hasn't done very well) and allow some time for perusal of that before I close entries.

As to this game, I still await evidence that it will be anything other than a two-horse race, but previous game history shows that there is plenty of opportunity for change: we may have had 1/3 of the time, but probably only 20-25% of the points.

And I only discovered after posting that that I have never posted the location for the spreadsheet for this one: here it is and it should remain at this location indefinitely. Feel free to scrutinise the data, and share any discoveries.

Qazaqstan · Nov 14, 2024

Hello all. I am new to this forum. I am interested to join this emerging riders game, but it seems like this version has started in January 2024. Is there a version starting in 2025 that I could still join?
Thank you

Armchair Cyclist · Nov 14, 2024

Qazaqstan said:
Hello all. I am new to this forum. I am interested to join this emerging riders game, but it seems like this version has started in January 2024. Is there a version starting in 2025 that I could still join?
Thank you

That's my plan: keep an eye out for the thread to open sometime next month, but, as stated in the post above yours, the essence remains the same: 18 male riders, each of whom has fewer than 200 lifetime CQ points, entries will close sometime in January, probably the beginning of the TDU.
Keep an eye put in the subforum for other games starting up for the new season, with year-long games for men and women, and possibly an emerging women's game too.

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