Rondel being three times more popular this year is weird to me, he didn’t really progress much in 2024 and therefore I didn’t include him this year after having him in the previous edition.
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My most quixotic pick is Wenzel. Selecting him I was 100% sure he will be my rarest pick, I was sure there are safest picks, but I felt like allowing myself to have a wild bet. Still finished 1st in the popularity ranking haha
Rondel being three times more popular this year is weird to me, he didn’t really progress much in 2024 and therefore I didn’t include him this year after having him in the previous edition.
Mother of god... look at those climbers, at least he took Nordhagen being at Jumbo... but left out Behrens also at Jumbo.Jumbo Visma Fan TORRES ARIAS Pablo SEIXAS Paul WIDAR Jarno BEHRENS Niklas BISIAUX Léo
She. But she has Brennan as well, in loyalty to her username.Mother of god... look at those climbers, at least he took Nordhagen being at Jumbo... but left out Behrens also at Jumbo.
shares with Coll Wisdom | Max shares with another team | Teams with 14 or 15 shares | Minimum shares | |
Abbulf | 14 | 13 | 0 | 6 |
AmisVelo | 12 | 13 | 0 | 5 |
Anderis | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 |
Armchair_Cyclist | 14 | 14 | 6 | 5 |
Berflamand | 13 | 13 | 0 | 6 |
Blues_in_the_Bottle | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
Bminchow | 15 | 14 | 7 | 6 |
Boris98 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 3 |
Cordi | 16 | 15 | 7 | 6 |
DevilsElbow | 14 | 14 | 5 | 6 |
DJSprtsch | 14 | 14 | 1 | 4 |
DJW | 13 | 13 | 0 | 4 |
EvansIsTheBest | 13 | 13 | 0 | 6 |
Fivezzz | 14 | 14 | 3 | 7 |
Hfgon1 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 5 |
Houdini | 13 | 14 | 2 | 6 |
Ingsve | 12 | 13 | 0 | 6 |
JonEzeitza | 11 | 13 | 0 | 3 |
Josedin | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
JPettersen | 11 | 13 | 0 | 5 |
JumboVismaFan | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
Kazistuta | 12 | 13 | 0 | 5 |
Laarsland | 12 | 13 | 0 | 6 |
Laurens147 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 5 |
Leadbelly | 13 | 14 | 2 | 5 |
LosBrolin | 13 | 14 | 2 | 5 |
Madrazo | 15 | 14 | 5 | 5 |
Manafana | 9 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
Nakazar | 14 | 15 | 4 | 5 |
Nyssinator | 12 | 13 | 0 | 5 |
Onizuka999 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
Pantani4Ever | 15 | 14 | 2 | 5 |
Peixotini | 12 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
Qazaqstan | 11 | 13 | 0 | 4 |
Ray10 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 4 |
RedheadDane | 12 | 13 | 0 | 6 |
Rufs | 12 | 13 | 0 | 5 |
SafeBet | 14 | 14 | 5 | 5 |
SamuCuenca | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
Skidmark | 13 | 14 | 2 | 6 |
Squire | 16 | 15 | 6 | 6 |
Vladimir | 9 | 11 | 0 | 4 |
Imo ususally being high in popularity is a good indicator, while being low is the opposite.Being way ahead in the popularity list I don't know if it's good. Because if your competitors have your same riders, they also get the points you earn. Last year I was 26th on the popularity list and I was 1st in the end of season scoring. For example, I found PARET-PEINTRE Valentin (425 points, having cost 135) and LÓPEZ Harold (208 for 103) very profitable, having been chosen by others 4 and 3 teams only. This year I'm almost last in popularity, in 40th place to be precise.
I have included Albert PHILIPSEN in the game “The 2025 CQ Ranking Manager Thread”. For this game I have only included in the team a 19 year old rider, Paul SEIXAS.
SENTJENS Sente |
KAJAMINI Florian Samuel |
GRUEL Thibaud |
age concerns are probably why Hatherly is far more popular there than here.
Regarding Cink, road cycling caused some physical issues which forced him to stop. He was actually one of the few MTBers who looked decent on the road in recent times.Hatherly is starting strong in Arabia... For me the reason to not even consider him seriously, was not age but the recent experience with Koretzky, where he had qualities to do good on the road but didn't really commit with road racing and remained primaly focused on mtb, not even racing at all in the 3rd year of the game (years ago happened the same with Cink, who only raced the first year). So I decided that taking a biker for 3 years without knowing for sure how commited he will be to the road, is a big risk not worth taking.
Regarding Cink, road cycling caused some physical issues which forced him to stop. He was actually one of the few MTBers who looked decent on the road in recent times.
My reason for not picking Hatherly was quite similar to yours. None of Koretzky, Gaze, Colombo, Schurter have done well when exploring road cycling, so I just thought the current MTB level/characteristics wouldn't transfer that well. But it might turn out to have been a mistake. Hatherly looks great so far.
Rider | Pts this month | Teams | Main results |
HATHERLY Alan | 60 | 2 (Houdini and Skidmark) | AlUla GC6th, with 2 stage podiums |
PHILIPSEN Albert Withen | 40 | 41 | TDU 17th with 4th on a stage |
BRENNAN Matthew | 33 | 36 | 2nd on TDU stage |
SEIXAS Paul | 32 | 38 | 5th in Marseillaise |
TORRES ARIAS Pablo | 16 | 41 | |
VAN DER MEULEN Max | 15 | 1(Nyssinator) | |
QUICK Blake | 12 | 2 (Kazistuta, Samu Cuenca) | |
PESCADOR CASTRO Diego | 10 | 16 | |
DE LA CALLE ARANGO Hugo | 10 | 1 (Samu Cuenca) | |
MACKELLAR Alastair | 10 | 1 (Blues in the Bottle) |
1 | Skidmark | 181 | |
2 | Houdini | 152 | |
3 | Peixotini | 144 | |
4 | RedheadDane | 142 | |
5 | Anderis | 141 | |
5 | DJW | 141 | |
5 | Laarsland | 141 | |
5 | Nyssinator | 141 | |
5 | Pantani4Ever | 141 | |
10 | Kazistuta | 138 | |
11 | Abbulf | 136 | |
11 | Armchair_Cyclist | 136 | |
11 | DJSprtsch | 136 | |
11 | Hfgon1 | 136 | |
15 | Qazaqstan | 133 | |
16 | Cordi | 131 | |
16 | LosBrolin | 131 | |
16 | Nakazar | 131 | |
16 | Ray10 | 131 | |
20 | AmisVelo | 126 | |
20 | Berflamand | 126 | |
20 | Bminchow | 126 | |
20 | Boris98 | 126 | |
20 | DevilsElbow | 126 | |
20 | EvansIsTheBest | 126 | |
20 | JPettersen | 126 | |
20 | Laurens147 | 126 | |
20 | Leadbelly | 126 | |
20 | Madrazo | 126 | |
30 | Onizuka999 | 124 | |
31 | Blues_in_the_Bottle | 123 | |
32 | Fivezzz | 121 | |
32 | SafeBet | 121 | |
32 | Squire | 121 | |
35 | Ingsve | 103 | |
35 | Josedin | 103 | |
35 | Vladimir | 103 | |
38 | Rufs | 96 | |
39 | Manafana | 93 | |
40 | SamuCuenca | 90 | |
41 | JonEzeitza | 86 | |
42 | JumboVismaFan | 83 | |
CollectiveWisdom | 136 | ||
CollectiveIgnorance | 622 | ||
MainGame2025 | 131 | ||
Goodin2024 | 54 | ||
PopularLastEdition | 61 |
Amazing what you can do when you don't preclude 95% of riders from your consideration in selecting a team.
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That's an... unusual position for me to be in...