2024-26 Emerging Riders CQ game

[jon ezeitza]

More than half of the team has fallen apart. They're a long way from achieving the points they earned last season. Except for the riders who are on most of the teams, only Harold López, Igor Arrieta, and Lorenzo Milesi have surpassed last year's score. I'll continue to lose places in the rankings .

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

End of year 2: 22nd Sept to 25 Oct (assuming little to no change hereafter)

If there were any doubt about the star rider of this cohort, it is removed now. But effectively null in the game as only two teams (the bottom two) didn't select him. The guy who won 9 stages is the month is overshadowed.

DEL TORO ROMERO Isaac	664​	41​	World Champs TT5th, RR 7th; Emilia/Piemonte/Veneto wins, Lombardia 5th; Nat's double win
MAGNIER Paul	329​	20​	4 stage wins in Croatia, 5 in Guangxi
SEIXAS Paul	246​	2 (18 Valve and Squire)​	2nd in WC TTT, 13th in WC RR, 3rd in Euros, 9th in Lombardia
WITHEN PHILIPSEN Albert	168​	9​	Emilia 10th, Tre Valli 2nd, Paris-Tours 3rd
KULSET Johannes	124​	25​	top tens in Agostino/Tre Valli/Tessile e Moda/Veneto
DE SCHUYTENEER Steffen	122​	2 (Los Brolin, RhD)​	Taihu Lake GC 3rd
RONDEL Mathys	120​	7​	Tessile e Moda 2ndm Japan Cup 4th
NORDHAGEN Jørgen	102​	23​	GC 5th in Guangxi

The top two in the overall are the top two in this update's scores:

1	Squire	1776​
2	SafeBet	1743​
3	Nyssinator	1730​
4	DevilsElbow	1639​
5	Salvarani	1616​
6	18Valve	1576​
7	Anderis	1534​
8	AmisVelo	1513​
9	Nakazar	1489​
10	Karaev	1452​
11	JumboVismaFan	1432​
12	RoteLaterne	1411​
13	EvansIsTheBest	1334​
14	Fivezzz	1333​
14	Kazistuta	1333​
16	Berflamand	1330​
17	Madrazo	1318​
18	Armchair_Cyclist	1274​
19	Hfgon1	1251​
20	Bminchow	1228​
21	Blues_in_the_Bottle	1218​
22	Boris98	1197​
23	Skidmark	1187​
24	Ingsve	1182​
25	Josedin	1149​
26	Cordi	1117​
27	JPettersen	1107​
28	Leadbelly	1101​
29	Houdini	1089​
30	Laurens147	1072​
31	Ray10	1067​
32	DJW	1042​
33	LosBrolin	1037​
34	Laarsland	1016​
35	Vladimir	1008​
36	Riverside	986​
37	JonEzeitza	950​
37	LarryLangosta	950​
39	Rufs	949​
40	Peixotini	931​
41	DJSprtsch	889​
42	RedheadDane	303​
43	SamuCuenca	123​
	CollectiveWisdom	1475​
	CollectiveIgnorance	638​
	MainGame2024	1289​
	Goodin2023	1068​
	PopularLastEdition	414​

End of Year 2 standings
(with the possibility of minor adjustments)

Very little between the top two in this batch of scores: those following them lost a bit of ground, but these are very closable gaps.

1​	Squire	14345	(-)
2​	SafeBet	14262	(-)
3​	DevilsElbow	14078	(-)
4​	RoteLaterne	13747	(-)
5​	Nakazar	13576	(+1)
6​	Salvarani	13561	(+1)
7​	Anderis	13431	(+1)
8​	Nyssinator	13238	(+3)
9​	JonEzeitza	13202	(-4)
10​	Cordi	12992	(-1)
11​	18Valve	12949	(+3)
12​	AmisVelo	12928	(+1)
13​	Leadbelly	12850	(-3)
14​	Armchair_Cyclist	12755	(-2)
15​	Karaev	12709	(-)
16​	JumboVismaFan	12634	(+1)
17​	EvansIsTheBest	12554	(-1)
18​	Kazistuta	12358	(+1)
19​	Madrazo	12323	(+1)
20​	JPettersen	12269	(-2)
21​	Ray10	12030	(-)
22​	Berflamand	11962	(+3)
23​	Hfgon1	11950	(+1)
24​	Houdini	11822	(-1)
25​	Riverside	11735	(-3)
26​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	11672	(+1)
27​	Rufs	11490	(-1)
28​	Bminchow	11471	(-)
29​	Boris98	11318	(-)
30​	Laarsland	11082	(-)
31​	Ingsve	11058	(+1)
32​	Skidmark	10955	(+1)
33​	Peixotini	10833	(-2)
34​	Fivezzz	10678	(+1)
35​	DJW	10503	(-1)
36​	Vladimir	10195	(-)
37​	DJSprtsch	9828	(-)
38​	Laurens147	9774	(-)
39​	LosBrolin	9721	(-)
40​	LarryLangosta	9394	(-)
41​	Josedin	8923	(-)
42​	SamuCuenca	3849	(-)
43​	RedheadDane	3816	(-)
	CollectiveWisdom	13565
	CollectiveIgnorance	10149
	MainGame2024	12028
	Goodin2023	11846
	PopularLastEdition	7764

At some stage I'll do an assessment of rider scores. It'll largely be a list of in-game records broken by Del Toro.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I have every single one of the big scorers this month bar the super-rare Seixas and De Schuyteneer and I still lost ground to both teams ahead of me, yikes. On the plus side, the chances of me extending my trackrecord of 100% top-5 finishes to a third edition seem solid.

 

[Squire]

I have every single one of the big scorers this month bar the super-rare Seixas and De Schuyteneer and I still lost ground to both teams ahead of me, yikes. On the plus side, the chances of me extending my trackrecord of 100% top-5 finishes to a third edition seem solid.

I should have doubled down on the 2nd year juniors and picked AWP too, not just Seixas. But Seixas is leading that race so far.

Mine and @SafeBet's teams in 1st and 2nd place are remarkably similar. It's just Widar, Fredheim and Seixas for me vs Arrieta, Nerurkar and AWP for SafeBet. At the moment I'd take my trio.