2025-27 Emerging Riders CQ game

[RedheadDane]

It's almost April, so time for the important question:

"Has RedheadDane slipped all the way down to last place yet?"

Or has the fact that I have Brennan saved me, somewhat?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

It's almost April, so time for the important question:

"Has RedheadDane slipped all the way down to last place yet?"

Or has the fact that I have Brennan saved me, somewhat?

I should be able to post tomorrow, but Brennan has saved 36 teams.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Year 1 Month 3 3rd to 30th March (but given lack of racing on Monday, essentially to the end of the month)

A huge proportion of the monthly points come from one rider (and that's without him hanging around for a points jersey and possible another stage win):

BRENNAN Matthew	272pts​	36 teams​	Denain win, 2 stage wins and a 2nd in Catalunya
ROMELE Alessandro	63​	5​	Koksijde 10th
DEL GROSSO Tibor	46​	31​	Catalunya stage podiums
HOBBS Noah	45​	3​	Volta ao Lentojo
GUALDI Simone	39​	2​
HENNEQUIN Paul	35​	1​
HERZOG Emil	35​	12​
DE SCHUYTENEER Steffen	30​	28​

Not much need for a "which riders got them their points" this month: Brennan plus loose change

1	DJSprtsch	524​
2	Kazistuta	515​
3	Hfgon1	508​
4	JonEzeitza	483​
5	Qazaqstan	481​
6	RedheadDane	475​
7	Armchair_Cyclist	471​
7	LosBrolin	471​
9	Boris98	464​
10	Fivezzz	462​
11	Houdini	461​
12	Nakazar	458​
12	SafeBet	458​
14	Skidmark	456​
15	Berflamand	451​
15	Cordi	451​
17	Pantani4Ever	447​
18	Abbulf	444​
19	Peixotini	443​
20	Laurens147	433​
21	DevilsElbow	431​
21	JPettersen	431​
23	AmisVelo	429​
23	Nyssinator	429​
25	JumboVismaFan	428​
25	Ray10	428​
27	Madrazo	426​
27	Squire	426​
29	Onizuka999	421​
30	DJW	415​
31	Bminchow	411​
32	EvansIsTheBest	410​
33	Leadbelly	403​
34	Anderis	388​
35	Laarsland	385​
36	Rufs	382​
37	Ingsve	169​
38	Vladimir	129​
39	Manafana	117​
40	SamuCuenca	102​
41	Blues_in_the_Bottle	84​
42	Josedin	73​
	CollectiveWisdom	431​
	CollectiveIgnorance	661​
	MainGame2025	456​
	Goodin2024	460​
	PopularLastEdition	121​

Standings
The top three are unchanged, but big jumps in the tightly packed group below. The six teams at the bottom lack Brennan, who is on 320 so far, with Pericas, on 90, the second best picked player so far this year (although Brady Gilmore on 254 is looking a serious collective miss).

1​	Qazaqstan	829	(-)
2​	Peixotini	777	(-)
3​	Skidmark	771	(-)
4​	DJSprtsch	758	(+8)
5​	Houdini	747	(-)
6​	JonEzeitza	726	(+5)
7​	Hfgon1	725	(+12)
8​	Kazistuta	724	(+21)
9​	Nakazar	705	(-)
10​	EvansIsTheBest	702	(-6)
10​	LosBrolin	702	(+3)
12​	RedheadDane	692	(+7)
13​	Boris98	688	(+3)
14​	Laurens147	685	(-7)
15​	DJW	679	(-9)
16​	Armchair_Cyclist	672	(+19)
17​	Madrazo	671	(-7)
18​	Cordi	666	(+7)
19​	SafeBet	662	(+15)
20​	Fivezzz	661	(+17)
21​	Pantani4Ever	659	(+5)
22​	Abbulf	656	(+4)
23​	JPettersen	652	(-6)
24​	DevilsElbow	647	(-2)
25​	AmisVelo	645	(-3)
26​	Ray10	644	(-4)
27​	Berflamand	642	(+11)
28​	Onizuka999	641	(-10)
29​	Nyssinator	635	(+3)
30​	Squire	631	(+3)
31​	Leadbelly	628	(-16)
32​	Bminchow	618	(-1)
33​	Anderis	614	(-19)
34​	Rufs	591	(-5)
35​	Laarsland	586	(-)
36​	JumboVismaFan	582	(+5)
37​	Ingsve	417	(-29)
38​	Vladimir	346	(-19)
39​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	294	(-11)
40​	SamuCuenca	286	(-)
41​	Josedin	264	(-3)
42​	Manafana	238	(-)
	CollectiveWisdom	651
	CollectiveIgnorance	1493
	MainGame2025	660
	Goodin2024	684
	PopularLastEdition	256

DJSprtsch not only is the month's top scorer and the highest placed rider who is on the move, but also now has all 18 of his riders off the mark. It's far from unknown to have some riders still waiting to score at the end of the three years, so to get there in three months is pretty good. Nearly everyone else is waiting for Bisiaux or Behrens, and in most cases both, among others, to get going.

Post Script: That was obviously the spur to action that Leo Bisiaux needed: he scored points the next day

 

[RedheadDane]

Pretty good from my French Ag2R duo.
Breiner also getting into points.

 

[Qazaqstan]

Hi all. That's fun to see the standings 🙂
I am curious how it will develop over 3 years. I expect that a few talented riders might grab a huge amount of points, especially in the third year. Brennan could be one of them.

If Bisiaux is one of them, I am ***ed I don't know why I didn't pick him. His first race was already quite good. Let's hope he will start performing in 2028

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Year 1 Month 4 1st April to 4th May

DEL GROSSO Tibor	142​	31​	6th in Dwars, 10th in Brabantse Pijl, Stage win in Turkiye
RONDEL Mathys	138​	20​	4th in Giro d'Abruzzo, 9th in Romandie
SEIXAS Paul	122​	38​	2nd in Camembert, 12th and 3 stage podiums in TotAlps
MARTINEZ HUERTAS Juan Guillermo	112​	1 (Josedin)​	GC 3rd in Turkiye
TORRES ARIAS Pablo	83​	41​
FINN Lorenzo	81​	19​
PHILIPSEN Albert Withen	77​	41​
NORDHAGEN Jørgen	72​	41​
BRENNAN Matthew	69​	36​
DE LA CALLE ARANGO Hugo	64​	1 (Samu Cuenca)​

This month:
The top 5 all have all eight non-unique picks listed above. Differences between them are among the lower scorers.

1	Abbulf	1045​
2	Cordi	976​
3	Bminchow	954​
4	SafeBet	951​
5	Squire	925​
6	Madrazo	913​
7	DJSprtsch	909​
8	Hfgon1	908​
9	Kazistuta	901​
10	Skidmark	898​
11	Peixotini	895​
12	Qazaqstan	875​
13	Nakazar	870​
14	AmisVelo	866​
14	Nyssinator	866​
14	Pantani4Ever	866​
17	Houdini	859​
18	Ray10	849​
19	DevilsElbow	837​
20	Berflamand	834​
21	LosBrolin	826​
22	Laurens147	818​
23	Fivezzz	815​
23	Onizuka999	815​
25	JonEzeitza	810​
26	Armchair_Cyclist	804​
27	Boris98	789​
28	Vladimir	783​
29	RedheadDane	779​
30	DJW	773​
31	EvansIsTheBest	772​
32	Ingsve	765​
33	Anderis	761​
34	Rufs	746​
35	Blues_in_the_Bottle	740​
36	Leadbelly	717​
37	Laarsland	672​
38	JPettersen	655​
39	Josedin	648​
40	SamuCuenca	453​
41	Manafana	438​
42	JumboVismaFan	426​
	CollectiveWisdom	998​
	CollectiveIgnorance	1096​
	MainGame2025	818​
	Goodin2024	763​
	PopularLastEdition	443​

Adrien Maire and Kyrylo Tsarenko lead our shaming in the Collective Wisdom team.

Standing

1​	Qazaqstan	1704	(-)
2​	Abbulf	1701	(+20)
3​	Peixotini	1672	(-1)
4​	Skidmark	1669	(-1)
5​	DJSprtsch	1667	(-1)
6​	Cordi	1642	(+12)
7​	Hfgon1	1633	(-)
8​	Kazistuta	1625	(-)
9​	SafeBet	1613	(+10)
10​	Houdini	1606	(-5)
11​	Madrazo	1584	(+6)
12​	Nakazar	1575	(-3)
13​	Bminchow	1572	(+19)
14​	Squire	1556	(+16)
15​	JonEzeitza	1536	(-9)
16​	LosBrolin	1528	(-6)
17​	Pantani4Ever	1525	(+4)
18​	AmisVelo	1511	(+7)
19​	Laurens147	1503	(-5)
20​	Nyssinator	1501	(+9)
21​	Ray10	1493	(+5)
22​	DevilsElbow	1484	(+2)
23​	Boris98	1477	(-10)
24​	Armchair_Cyclist	1476	(-8)
24​	Berflamand	1476	(+3)
24​	Fivezzz	1476	(-4)
27​	EvansIsTheBest	1474	(-17)
28​	RedheadDane	1471	(-16)
29​	Onizuka999	1456	(-1)
30​	DJW	1452	(-15)
31​	Anderis	1375	(+2)
32​	Leadbelly	1345	(-1)
33​	Rufs	1337	(+1)
34​	JPettersen	1307	(-11)
35​	Laarsland	1258	(-)
36​	Ingsve	1182	(+1)
37​	Vladimir	1129	(+1)
38​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	1034	(+1)
39​	JumboVismaFan	1008	(-3)
40​	Josedin	912	(+1)
41​	SamuCuenca	739	(-1)
42​	Manafana	676	(-)
	CollectiveWisdom	1649
	CollectiveIgnorance	2239
	MainGame2025	1478
	Goodin2024	1447
	PopularLastEdition	699

 

[RedheadDane]

Finally a game where the riders I picked actually score points...
And everyone and their cat have them.

 

[bminchow]

Woohoo +19. About time i had a good week in one of these games. Thanks Rondel and Finn.

 

[abbulf]

That was a pleasant surprise. I was quite happy with my team when I submitted it, but did not expect the guys to do so well so soon. May it continue 🎉

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Woof -17 places. Well the good news is that I can't possibly have too many more months like this.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Woof -17 places. Well the good news is that I can't possibly have too many more months like this.

Further 17 place drops are unlikely, but the lack of Del Grosso could be damaging in more than one month.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Year 1 Month 5
5th May to 1st June
I think I am right in saying that only two of our selected riders was in the Giro (where Garofoli threatened to win a stage and Svestad-Baardseng gave a decent, if low profile, account of himself), but there were other races.

And while this cohort had an unprecedented number of must-have, very popular picks, it is the least selected of the nearly universally selected that seems to be making the biggest impact

BRENNAN Matthew	326​	36 teams​	wins in Rund um Koln and Tour of Norway (GC and 2 stages)
GRUEL Thibaud	217​	14​	Dunkerque 6th, Matenne 3rd
SPARFEL Aubin	113​	1 (Samu Cuenca)​	wins in Finisterre and Alpes Isere
PHILIPSEN Albert Withen	102​	41​	Tour of Hungary 3rd
DEL GROSSO Tibor	83​	31​
ARTZ Huub	70​	18​
NOVAK Pavel	67​	1 (Vladimir)​
PEÑUELA SANDOVAL Francisco Joel	63​	1 (Samu Cuenca)​
GAROFOLI Gianmarco	62​	4​
SVESTAD-BAARDSENG Embret	60​	1 (Peixotini)​

One team without Brennan outscored just one team that has him. He will be a vital pick.

1	Qazaqstan	970​	Brennan, Gruel, Withen, Del Grosso, Artz, Garofoli
2	Boris98	915​	Brennan, Gruel, Withen, Del Grosso, Artz
3	Leadbelly	913​	Brennan, Gruel, Withen, Artz, Garofoli
4	Madrazo	877​	Brennan, Gruel, Withen, Del Grosso, Artz
5	Ray10	875​	Brennan, Gruel, Withen, Del Grosso, Artz
6	Houdini	870​	Brennan, Gruel, Withen, Del Grosso
7	LosBrolin	847​
8	Anderis	829​
8	Skidmark	829​
10	DevilsElbow	815​
11	JonEzeitza	806​
12	Peixotini	768​
13	EvansIsTheBest	766​
14	Rufs	763​
15	JPettersen	759​
16	SafeBet	757​
17	AmisVelo	682​
17	Fivezzz	682​
19	DJSprtsch	679​
20	Squire	668​
21	Hfgon1	665​
21	Onizuka999	665​
23	Nakazar	663​
24	Bminchow	660​
24	DJW	660​
26	RedheadDane	648​
27	JumboVismaFan	636​
28	Laurens147	631​
29	Kazistuta	620​
30	Berflamand	612​
31	Armchair_Cyclist	606​
32	Cordi	603​
33	Abbulf	602​
33	Nyssinator	602​
35	Pantani4Ever	585​
36	Ingsve	580​
37	Laarsland	520​
38	SamuCuenca	388​
39	Vladimir	370​
40	Blues_in_the_Bottle	286​
41	Manafana	259​
42	Josedin	181​
	CollectiveWisdom	668​
	CollectiveIgnorance	828​
	MainGame2025	682​
	Goodin2024	663​
	PopularLastEdition	238​

Standings

Same here, 35 of the 36 Brennan teams are in the first 36 places, the other is 37th.

Qazaqstan decides the best way of defending his lead is to attack, winning this month to extend this early lead. How long will the established stars of the long pick game allow this new player to continue?

1​	Qazaqstan	2674	(-)
2​	Skidmark	2498	(+2)
3​	Houdini	2476	(+7)
4​	Madrazo	2461	(+7)
5​	Peixotini	2440	(-2)
6​	Boris98	2392	(+17)
7​	LosBrolin	2375	(+9)
8​	SafeBet	2370	(+1)
9​	Ray10	2368	(+12)
10​	DJSprtsch	2346	(-5)
11​	JonEzeitza	2342	(+4)
12​	Abbulf	2303	(-10)
13​	DevilsElbow	2299	(+9)
14​	Hfgon1	2298	(-7)
15​	Leadbelly	2258	(+17)
16​	Kazistuta	2245	(-8)
16​	Cordi	2245	(-10)
18​	EvansIsTheBest	2240	(+9)
19​	Nakazar	2238	(-7)
20​	Bminchow	2232	(-7)
21​	Squire	2224	(-7)
22​	Anderis	2204	(+9)
23​	AmisVelo	2193	(-5)
24​	Fivezzz	2158	(-)
25​	Laurens147	2134	(-6)
26​	Onizuka999	2121	(+3)
27​	RedheadDane	2119	(+1)
28​	DJW	2112	(+2)
29​	Pantani4Ever	2110	(-12)
30​	Nyssinator	2103	(-10)
31​	Rufs	2100	(+2)
32​	Berflamand	2088	(-8)
33​	Armchair_Cyclist	2082	(-9)
34​	JPettersen	2066	(-)
35​	Laarsland	1778	(-)
36​	Ingsve	1762	(-)
37​	JumboVismaFan	1644	(+2)
38​	Vladimir	1499	(-1)
39​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	1320	(-1)
40​	SamuCuenca	1127	(+1)
41​	Josedin	1093	(-1)
42​	Manafana	935	(-)
	CollectiveWisdom	2317
	CollectiveIgnorance	2656
	MainGame2025	2160
	Goodin2024	2110
	PopularLastEdition	937

 

[Boris98]

Wow, great month for my team rising 17 places!

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Year 1 Month 6 - 7a 2nd June to 13 July

A bit later an update than ideal, and this is to last weekend. I think Van Sintmaartensdijk is the only rider involved in the Tour.

SEIXAS Paul	156 pts​	38 teams​	GC 6th in Dauphiné, 3rd in TT and 9th in RR at NCs
DEL GROSSO Tibor	143​	31​	3rd in Hageland, 5th in Antwerp Port Classic
GRUEL Thibaud	78​	14​	10th in Brussels Classic, 6th in NC TT, stage win in Occitanie
AUGUST Andrew	75​	23​	5th, and 2x stage 2nd, in Tour of Austria
BRENNAN Matthew	71​	36​
PHILIPSEN Albert Withen	61​	41​
ARAYA Nahom Zeray	60​	1​

1	Madrazo	835​
2	Squire	763​
3	Skidmark	733​
4	DevilsElbow	722​
5	Hfgon1	716​
6	Bminchow	710​
7	Ray10	705​
8	LosBrolin	699​
9	Fivezzz	698​
10	Cordi	689​
11	AmisVelo	679​
12	Boris98	673​
12	DJSprtsch	673​
14	Nakazar	670​
15	Kazistuta	665​
16	JPettersen	664​
17	JonEzeitza	663​
18	Armchair_Cyclist	660​
19	Qazaqstan	655​
20	Houdini	648​
21	SafeBet	646​
22	DJW	621​
23	Ingsve	614​
24	Berflamand	611​
25	RedheadDane	579​
26	Abbulf	574​
27	Vladimir	572​
28	Anderis	562​
28	Laurens147	562​
30	Peixotini	548​
30	Leadbelly	548​
32	Nyssinator	546​
33	Onizuka999	545​
34	Laarsland	537​
35	Rufs	526​
36	EvansIsTheBest	524​
37	Pantani4Ever	487​
38	Manafana	476​
39	JumboVismaFan	353​
40	Blues_in_the_Bottle	341​
41	Josedin	286​
42	SamuCuenca	225​
	CollectiveWisdom	710​
	CollectiveIgnorance	451​
	MainGame2025	730​
	Goodin2024	347​
	PopularLastEdition	304​

Standings

This is still very early stages for this game, and some riders of whom a lot is expected have scarce;y started yet. Meanwhile Omrzel seems to be positioning himself as the likely star of the Collective Ignorance team.

Qazaqstan holds on to the lead with a mid-table performance, but 3rd on this 6 week block is not enough for Skidmark to retain 2nd.

1​	Qazaqstan	3329	(-)
2​	Madrazo	3296	(+2)
3​	Skidmark	3231	(-1)
4​	Houdini	3124	(-1)
5​	LosBrolin	3074	(+2)
6​	Ray10	3073	(+3)
7​	Boris98	3065	(-1)
8​	DevilsElbow	3021	(+5)
9​	DJSprtsch	3019	(+1)
10​	SafeBet	3016	(-2)
11​	Hfgon1	3014	(+3)
12​	JonEzeitza	3005	(-1)
13​	Peixotini	2988	(-8)
14​	Squire	2987	(+7)
15​	Bminchow	2942	(+5)
16​	Cordi	2934	(-)
17​	Kazistuta	2910	(-1)
18​	Nakazar	2908	(+1)
19​	Abbulf	2877	(-7)
20​	AmisVelo	2872	(+3)
21​	Fivezzz	2856	(+3)
22​	Leadbelly	2806	(-7)
23​	Anderis	2766	(-1)
24​	EvansIsTheBest	2764	(-6)
25​	Armchair_Cyclist	2742	(+8)
26​	DJW	2733	(+2)
27​	JPettersen	2730	(+7)
28​	Berflamand	2699	(+4)
29​	RedheadDane	2698	(-2)
30​	Laurens147	2696	(-5)
31​	Onizuka999	2666	(-5)
32​	Nyssinator	2649	(-2)
33​	Rufs	2626	(-2)
34​	Pantani4Ever	2597	(-5)
35​	Ingsve	2376	(+1)
36​	Laarsland	2315	(-1)
37​	Vladimir	2071	(+1)
38​	JumboVismaFan	1997	(-1)
39​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	1661	(-)
40​	Manafana	1411	(+2)
41​	Josedin	1379	(-)
42​	SamuCuenca	1352	(-2)
	CollectiveWisdom	3027
	CollectiveIgnorance	3107
	MainGame2025	2890
	Goodin2024	2457
	PopularLastEdition	1241

I'm not sure what I am doing about travelling in the summer, so next update is as yet unscheduled.

 

[manafana]

woo hoo off the bottom & by two places

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Year 1, month 7b-8a 14 July to 17 August

That month and a bit was dominated by the Tour, of course, but not for these guys.

BISIAUX Léo	165 pts​	35 teams​	Gc 3rd and stage win in Burgos, 14th in San Sebastian
DEL GROSSO Tibor	90​	31​	10th/12th in Tours of Denmark/Wallonie
VAN MECHELEN Vlad	61​	2​	7th in Wallonie
MARTI SORIANO Pau	45​	6​
WENZEL Mats	43​	5​
WIDAR Jarno	41​	38​
BRENNAN Matthew	40​	36​

There are 23 teams that have all 4 of Bisiaux, Del Grosso, Widar, Brennan: this does not look likely to be the month in which decisive moves are made.

1	Houdini	507​
2	Cordi	494​
3	Skidmark	487​
4	Hfgon1	486​
5	Boris98	482​
6	AmisVelo	476​
7	Rufs	468​
8	Madrazo	466​
8	Peixotini	466​
10	Nakazar	461​
10	Ray10	461​
12	SafeBet	460​
13	LosBrolin	453​
14	DJW	447​
15	Squire	446​
16	Bminchow	444​
17	Armchair_Cyclist	435​
18	Kazistuta	431​
19	Abbulf	428​
20	Fivezzz	427​
21	DevilsElbow	422​
22	JPettersen	421​
23	Berflamand	419​
23	Ingsve	419​
25	RedheadDane	394​
26	Leadbelly	386​
27	Pantani4Ever	379​
28	Laarsland	373​
29	Onizuka999	371​
30	Anderis	368​
31	EvansIsTheBest	357​
32	Blues_in_the_Bottle	351​
33	DJSprtsch	346​
34	JonEzeitza	343​
35	Manafana	308​
36	Qazaqstan	304​
37	SamuCuenca	301​
38	Laurens147	277​
39	Josedin	257​
40	Vladimir	239​
41	Nyssinator	237​
42	JumboVismaFan	164​
	CollectiveWisdom	463​
	CollectiveIgnorance	803​
	MainGame2025	458​
	Goodin2024	252​
	PopularLastEdition	338​

Standings

Qazaqshan is one of the 7 teams that do not have Bisiaux: that'll be the main reason he has lost his lead. Madrazo is our new leader.

1​	Madrazo	3762	(+1)
2​	Skidmark	3718	(+1)
3​	Qazaqstan	3633	(-2)
4​	Houdini	3631	(-)
5​	Boris98	3547	(+2)
6​	Ray10	3534	(-)
7​	LosBrolin	3527	(-2)
8​	Hfgon1	3500	(+3)
9​	SafeBet	3476	(+1)
10​	Peixotini	3454	(+3)
11​	DevilsElbow	3443	(-3)
12​	Squire	3433	(+2)
13​	Cordi	3428	(+3)
14​	Bminchow	3386	(+1)
15​	Nakazar	3369	(+3)
16​	DJSprtsch	3365	(-7)
17​	AmisVelo	3348	(+3)
17​	JonEzeitza	3348	(-5)
19​	Kazistuta	3341	(-2)
20​	Abbulf	3305	(-1)
21​	Fivezzz	3283	(-)
22​	Leadbelly	3192	(-)
23​	DJW	3180	(+3)
24​	Armchair_Cyclist	3177	(+1)
25​	JPettersen	3151	(+2)
26​	Anderis	3134	(-3)
27​	EvansIsTheBest	3121	(-3)
28​	Berflamand	3118	(-)
29​	Rufs	3094	(+4)
30​	RedheadDane	3092	(-1)
31​	Onizuka999	3037	(-)
32​	Pantani4Ever	2976	(+2)
33​	Laurens147	2973	(-3)
34​	Nyssinator	2886	(-2)
35​	Ingsve	2795	(-)
36​	Laarsland	2688	(-)
37​	Vladimir	2310	(-)
38​	JumboVismaFan	2161	(-)
39​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	2012	(-)
40​	Manafana	1719	(-)
41​	SamuCuenca	1653	(+1)
42​	Josedin	1636	(-1)
	CollectiveWisdom	3490
	CollectiveIgnorance	3844
	MainGame2025	3348
	Goodin2024	2709
	PopularLastEdition	1579

 

[manafana]

Very little to fight for now

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Very little to fight for now

I suspect that omitting any one of Nordhaugen, Widar or Btennan will be fairly expensive by the end of year 3, yet alone all three of them.

But you can always try again in the Cyclocross game in a few weeks, or the cycle of this starting next year, or the season long games (men, women and emerging women) in January, or the Spring Classics and GTs next year...

 

[manafana]

Yeah Brennan is one i forgot thought he'd have two many pts

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Year 1, month 8b-9a 18 August to 21 Sept

BRENNAN Matthew	299​	36 teams​	stage wins in German and GB tours, 4th in Deutsch Tour, 2nd in Super 8, 2nd in Pas de Calais
RONDEL Mathys	111​	20​	4th & 11th, Tours of Luxembourg and Britain
SEIXAS Paul	105​	38​	L'Avenir win and stage pts, WCITT 16th
GUARDEÑO ROMA Jaume	96​	1 (Abbulf)​	Vuelta GC 14th
DEL GROSSO Tibor	94​	31​	9th in Renewi Tour
DE SCHUYTENEER Steffen	60​	28​
RACCAGNI NOVIERO Andrea	60​	3​
WIDAR Jarno	54​	38​
PICKERING Finlay	51​	3​

Balderstone in La Vuelta, Cuylits in Istanbul, and Cavia in Huangshan would have been good picks this month if anyone had them.


The top 4 (and possibly others) all have a complete set of Brennan, Rondel, Seixas, Del Grosso, De Schuyteneer and Widar

1	Bminchow	974​
2	Abbulf	953​
3	Squire	946​
4	Cordi	932​
5	SafeBet	892​
6	DJSprtsch	890​
7	Madrazo	889​
8	JonEzeitza	878​
9	Hfgon1	876​
10	Kazistuta	871​
11	Skidmark	866​
12	Qazaqstan	850​
13	DevilsElbow	835​
14	Armchair_Cyclist	830​
14	Fivezzz	830​
16	Peixotini	827​
17	Houdini	824​
18	AmisVelo	823​
19	Berflamand	810​
20	Pantani4Ever	809​
21	EvansIsTheBest	807​
22	LosBrolin	805​
23	Nakazar	804​
24	Nyssinator	793​
25	JPettersen	774​
26	DJW	771​
26	Ray10	771​
28	Laurens147	765​
29	Boris98	744​
30	Leadbelly	739​
31	RedheadDane	718​
32	Laarsland	710​
33	Rufs	707​
34	Onizuka999	702​
35	Anderis	695​
36	JumboVismaFan	629​
37	Ingsve	575​
38	Vladimir	554​
39	Blues_in_the_Bottle	473​
40	Josedin	306​
41	Manafana	285​
42	SamuCuenca	186​
	CollectiveWisdom	908​
	CollectiveIgnorance	578​
	MainGame2025	758​
	Goodin2024	709​
	PopularLastEdition	347​

Standings

The top four retain their positions, but quite large moves lower down the top ten.

1​	Madrazo	4651	(-)
2​	Skidmark	4584	(-)
3​	Qazaqstan	4483	(-)
4​	Houdini	4455	(-)
5​	Squire	4379	(+7)
6​	Hfgon1	4376	(+2)
7​	SafeBet	4368	(+2)
8​	Cordi	4360	(+5)
9​	Bminchow	4360	(+5)
10​	LosBrolin	4332	(-3)
11​	Ray10	4305	(-5)
12​	Boris98	4291	(-7)
13​	Peixotini	4281	(-3)
14​	DevilsElbow	4278	(-3)
15​	Abbulf	4258	(+5)
16​	DJSprtsch	4255	(-)
17​	JonEzeitza	4226	(-)
18​	Kazistuta	4212	(+1)
19​	Nakazar	4173	(-4)
20​	AmisVelo	4171	(-3)
21​	Fivezzz	4113	(-)
22​	Armchair_Cyclist	4007	(+2)
23​	DJW	3951	(-)
24​	Leadbelly	3931	(-2)
25​	EvansIsTheBest	3928	(+2)
26​	Berflamand	3928	(+2)
27​	JPettersen	3925	(-2)
28​	Anderis	3829	(-2)
29​	RedheadDane	3810	(+1)
30​	Rufs	3801	(-1)
31​	Pantani4Ever	3785	(+1)
32​	Onizuka999	3739	(-1)
33​	Laurens147	3738	(-)
34​	Nyssinator	3679	(-)
35​	Laarsland	3398	(+1)
36​	Ingsve	3370	(-1)
37​	Vladimir	2864	(-)
38​	JumboVismaFan	2790	(-)
39​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	2485	(-)
40​	Manafana	2004	(-)
41​	Josedin	1942	(+1)
42​	SamuCuenca	1839	(-1)
	CollectiveWisdom	4398
	CollectiveIgnorance	4318
	MainGame2025	4106
	Goodin2024	3418
	PopularLastEdition	1926

 

[bminchow]

Finally something good has happened for bminchow. I needed a little boost. Woohoo!

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Sorry to have been a while since the season end with these:

Year 1 Month 9b-10 22 Sept to 19 October and effectively the end of the year.

Three of those nearly-ubiquitous picks finished their seasons with decent point contributions

SEIXAS Paul	246​	38​	2nd in WC TTT, 13th in WC RR, 3rd in Euros, 9th in Lombardia
WITHEN PHILIPSEN Albert	168​	41​	Emilia 10th, Tre Valli 2nd, Paris-Tours 3rd
DE SCHUYTENEER Steffen	122​	28​	Taihu Lake GC 3rd
RONDEL Mathys	120​	20​	Tessile e Moda 2ndm Japan Cup 4th
NORDHAGEN Jørgen	102​	41​	GC 5th in Guangxi
RACCAGNI NOVIERO Andrea	90​	3​
FINN Lorenzo	87​	19​
GAROFOLI Gianmarco	65​	4​
GRUEL Thibaud	52​	14​

Scores in the closing weeks: these are, probably mainly dues to Paul Seixas, largely higher than the scores in the last few weeks of the 2023-25 game (which you'll see when I get around to that one)

1	Leadbelly	993​
2	SafeBet	956​
3	Bminchow	942​
4	Cordi	931​
5	DJSprtsch	893​
6	Squire	887​
7	Abbulf	886​
8	Pantani4Ever	883​
9	Skidmark	877​
10	DevilsElbow	858​
11	Peixotini	856​
12	Madrazo	855​
13	Kazistuta	850​
14	EvansIsTheBest	848​
15	Ingsve	829​
16	Nakazar	822​
17	Blues_in_the_Bottle	810​
18	Qazaqstan	806​
19	Hfgon1	805​
19	Berflamand	805​
21	Fivezzz	786​
22	Ray10	766​
23	Vladimir	763​
24	JonEzeitza	754​
24	Nyssinator	754​
26	JPettersen	753​
27	LosBrolin	741​
28	Laurens147	726​
29	Armchair_Cyclist	725​
30	Houdini	724​
31	Anderis	723​
32	Laarsland	716​
33	AmisVelo	696​
34	RedheadDane	680​
35	Onizuka999	664​
36	Boris98	603​
37	JumboVismaFan	584​
38	DJW	577​
39	Josedin	549​
40	SamuCuenca	529​
41	Manafana	522​
42	Rufs	489​
	CollectiveWisdom	895​
	CollectiveIgnorance	550​
	MainGame2025	698​
	Goodin2024	505​
	PopularLastEdition	458​

Standings
Three former winners move up ominously into the top 5.
But year 1 points usually account for less than a quarter of the final scores, so all is not necessarily lost for those a bit farther back. Unless it is already obvious that you have omitted some future superstar.

1​	Madrazo	5506	(-)
2​	Skidmark	5461	(-)
3​	SafeBet	5324	(+4)
4​	Bminchow	5302	(+5)
5​	Cordi	5291	(+3)
6​	Qazaqstan	5289	(-3)
7​	Squire	5266	(-2)
8​	Hfgon1	5181	(-2)
9​	Houdini	5179	(-5)
10​	DJSprtsch	5148	(+6)
11​	Abbulf	5144	(+4)
12​	Peixotini	5137	(+1)
13​	DevilsElbow	5136	(+1)
14​	LosBrolin	5073	(-4)
15​	Ray10	5071	(-4)
16​	Kazistuta	5062	(+2)
17​	Nakazar	4995	(+2)
18​	JonEzeitza	4980	(-1)
19​	Leadbelly	4924	(+5)
20​	Fivezzz	4899	(+1)
21​	Boris98	4894	(-9)
22​	AmisVelo	4867	(-2)
23​	EvansIsTheBest	4776	(+2)
24​	Berflamand	4733	(+2)
25​	Armchair_Cyclist	4732	(-3)
26​	JPettersen	4678	(+1)
27​	Pantani4Ever	4668	(+4)
28​	Anderis	4552	(-)
29​	DJW	4528	(-6)
30​	RedheadDane	4490	(-1)
31​	Laurens147	4464	(+2)
32​	Nyssinator	4433	(+2)
33​	Onizuka999	4403	(-1)
34​	Rufs	4290	(-4)
35​	Ingsve	4199	(+1)
36​	Laarsland	4114	(-1)
37​	Vladimir	3627	(-)
38​	JumboVismaFan	3374	(-)
39​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	3295	(-)
40​	Manafana	2526	(-)
41​	Josedin	2491	(-)
42​	SamuCuenca	2368	(-)
	CollectiveWisdom	5293
	CollectiveIgnorance	4836
	MainGame2025	4804
	Goodin2024	3923
	PopularLastEdition	2384

I will do some rider-based summary of Year 1 at some point, but I ought to prioritise the end of year situation in the other two games over that.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

After missing out on De Lie I can empathize with the people that don't have Seixas.

 

[RedheadDane]

Can I ask permission to do something a bit silly for the game starting next year?
Make a team where it's the overall budget of 3.582 (nice round number) that's relevant, not how many points each individual rider has.
I'm basically curious about what it would do for a team's chances to have a few somewhat expensive riders, but then having to be filled out with super cheap riders and zero-pointers.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Can I ask permission to do something a bit silly for the game starting next year?
Make a team where it's the overall budget of 3.582 (nice round number) that's relevant, not how many points each individual rider has.
I'm basically curious about what it would do for a team's chances to have a few somewhat expensive riders, but then having to be filled out with super cheap riders and zero-pointers.

I can run an extra tab on the spreadsheet for such a selection, so you could watch and see how it compares, but I wouldn't want one team to be playing by a different set of rules than all the others.