2025-26 CX Game

[JR1012]

Good luck to everyone.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

For the record, the swap I made between Ardooie and the extended deadline was to omit Sweeck (bit surprised he hasn't been picked by anyone), Schreiber (who I really wasn't crazy about), Worst (too risky without any updates on when she's returning) and Kuypers (could have kept him budgetwise, but he really isn't impressing me) for Aerts, Bentveld, Franck and Meeussen. A bit of a shame that Franck fell ill immediately after that, because she reckons that the same thing happening this time last year threw her off last season, I would have used the 82 points I left on the table and gone for Mason instead had I known but that's the way the cookie crumbles.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Points before we started:

		pre-game points	pre-game scorers
1​	DevilsElbow	2196​	14​
2​	RedheadDane	1916​	10​
3​	SamuCuenca	1819​	13​
4​	ArmchairCyclist	1768​	10​
5​	JR1012	1458​	11​
	CollectiveWisdom	2062​	13​
	Default	2492​	12​

The default team are 18 riders clustered around the average spend, to get as near to the 18k total as possible (retired riders excluded)
Backstedt Zoe
Schreiber Marie
Ronhaar Pim
Verstrynge Emiel
Brouwers Julie
Bentveld Leonie
Verdonschot Laura
van Alphen Aniek
Kuhn Kevin
Betsema Denise
Strohmeyer Andrew
Mani Caroline
Nieuwenhuis Joris
Funston Scott
van Aert Wout
McGill Sidney
Mein Thomas
Worst Annemarie

The Collective Wisdom team are the 12 riders that are on 3 or 4 of our teams, plus 6 of the 14 riders that are on two teams, selected according to the default team method (only three riders difference from Devil's Elbow team)
Del Grosso Tibor
Nieuwenhuis Joris
Ronhaar Pim
van Anrooij Shirin
Zemanová Kristýna
Casasola Sara
Franck Alicia
Pieterse Puck
Rochette Maghalie
van Empel Fem
Verdonschot Laura
Wyseure Joran
Nys Thibau
Bentveld Leonie
van Alphen Aniek
Kuhn Kevin
Vandebosch Toon
Boroš Michael



Popularity ranking:

		popularity score	unique picks*	total cost
1​	DevilsElbow	52​	0​	17918​
2​	SamuCuenca	49​	2​	17959​
3​	ArmchairCyclist	44​	5​	17964​
4​	JR1012	38​	5​	17982​
5​	RedheadDane	33​	9​	17712​
	CollectiveWisdom	53​	0​	17878​
	Default	22​	7​	17550​

*: some 'unique' riders may also be in Default team.

Still a bit of work to do on the spreadsheet before it is shareable

 

[RedheadDane]

Nice to see my top-5 is all but secure.

(I could still end up 7th if I end up behind both CW and Default.)

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Nice to see my top-5 is all but secure.

(I could still end up 7th if I end up behind both CW and Default.)

Was it a conscious decision not to pick Van Anrooij or was it simply a result of her not being listed in the spreadsheet/rankings?

 

[RedheadDane]

Was it a conscious decision not to pick Van Anrooij or was it simply a result of her not being listed in the spreadsheet/rankings?

I'd completely forgotten about her.
Also, I kinda wanted to pick Puck for my Dutch woman, what with her being a redhead.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I'd completely forgotten about her.
Also, I kinda wanted to pick Puck for my Dutch woman, what with her being a redhead.

It would have been funnier if you had deliberately picked Kastelijn instead of Van Anrooij.