2025-27 Emerging Riders CQ game

Page 4 - Get up to date with the latest news, scores & standings from the Cycling News Community.
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
1DJSprtsch
524​
2Kazistuta
515​
3Hfgon1
508​
4JonEzeitza
483​
5Qazaqstan
481​
6RedheadDane
475​
7Armchair_Cyclist
471​
7LosBrolin
471​
9Boris98
464​
10Fivezzz
462​
11Houdini
461​
12Nakazar
458​
12SafeBet
458​
14Skidmark
456​
15Berflamand
451​
15Cordi
451​
17Pantani4Ever
447​
18Abbulf
444​
19Peixotini
443​
20Laurens147
433​
21DevilsElbow
431​
21JPettersen
431​
23AmisVelo
429​
23Nyssinator
429​
25JumboVismaFan
428​
25Ray10
428​
27Madrazo
426​
27Squire
426​
29Onizuka999
421​
30DJW
415​
31Bminchow
411​
32EvansIsTheBest
410​
33Leadbelly
403​
34Anderis
388​
35Laarsland
385​
36Rufs
382​
37Ingsve
169​
38Vladimir
129​
39Manafana
117​
40SamuCuenca
102​
41Blues_in_the_Bottle
84​
42Josedin
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​
Qazaqstan829(-)
2​
Peixotini777(-)
3​
Skidmark771(-)
4​
DJSprtsch758(+8)
5​
Houdini747(-)
6​
JonEzeitza726(+5)
7​
Hfgon1725(+12)
8​
Kazistuta724(+21)
9​
Nakazar705(-)
10​
EvansIsTheBest702(-6)
10​
LosBrolin702(+3)
12​
RedheadDane692(+7)
13​
Boris98688(+3)
14​
Laurens147685(-7)
15​
DJW679(-9)
16​
Armchair_Cyclist672(+19)
17​
Madrazo671(-7)
18​
Cordi666(+7)
19​
SafeBet662(+15)
20​
Fivezzz661(+17)
21​
Pantani4Ever659(+5)
22​
Abbulf656(+4)
23​
JPettersen652(-6)
24​
DevilsElbow647(-2)
25​
AmisVelo645(-3)
26​
Ray10644(-4)
27​
Berflamand642(+11)
28​
Onizuka999641(-10)
29​
Nyssinator635(+3)
30​
Squire631(+3)
31​
Leadbelly628(-16)
32​
Bminchow618(-1)
33​
Anderis614(-19)
34​
Rufs591(-5)
35​
Laarsland586(-)
36​
JumboVismaFan582(+5)
37​
Ingsve417(-29)
38​
Vladimir346(-19)
39​
Blues_in_the_Bottle294(-11)
40​
SamuCuenca286(-)
41​
Josedin264(-3)
42​
Manafana238(-)
CollectiveWisdom651
CollectiveIgnorance1493
MainGame2025660
Goodin2024684
PopularLastEdition256


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
 
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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 :joycat: 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
 
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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.
1Abbulf
1045​
2Cordi
976​
3Bminchow
954​
4SafeBet
951​
5Squire
925​
6Madrazo
913​
7DJSprtsch
909​
8Hfgon1
908​
9Kazistuta
901​
10Skidmark
898​
11Peixotini
895​
12Qazaqstan
875​
13Nakazar
870​
14AmisVelo
866​
14Nyssinator
866​
14Pantani4Ever
866​
17Houdini
859​
18Ray10
849​
19DevilsElbow
837​
20Berflamand
834​
21LosBrolin
826​
22Laurens147
818​
23Fivezzz
815​
23Onizuka999
815​
25JonEzeitza
810​
26Armchair_Cyclist
804​
27Boris98
789​
28Vladimir
783​
29RedheadDane
779​
30DJW
773​
31EvansIsTheBest
772​
32Ingsve
765​
33Anderis
761​
34Rufs
746​
35Blues_in_the_Bottle
740​
36Leadbelly
717​
37Laarsland
672​
38JPettersen
655​
39Josedin
648​
40SamuCuenca
453​
41Manafana
438​
42JumboVismaFan
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​
Qazaqstan1704(-)
2​
Abbulf1701(+20)
3​
Peixotini1672(-1)
4​
Skidmark1669(-1)
5​
DJSprtsch1667(-1)
6​
Cordi1642(+12)
7​
Hfgon11633(-)
8​
Kazistuta1625(-)
9​
SafeBet1613(+10)
10​
Houdini1606(-5)
11​
Madrazo1584(+6)
12​
Nakazar1575(-3)
13​
Bminchow1572(+19)
14​
Squire1556(+16)
15​
JonEzeitza1536(-9)
16​
LosBrolin1528(-6)
17​
Pantani4Ever1525(+4)
18​
AmisVelo1511(+7)
19​
Laurens1471503(-5)
20​
Nyssinator1501(+9)
21​
Ray101493(+5)
22​
DevilsElbow1484(+2)
23​
Boris981477(-10)
24​
Armchair_Cyclist1476(-8)
24​
Berflamand1476(+3)
24​
Fivezzz1476(-4)
27​
EvansIsTheBest1474(-17)
28​
RedheadDane1471(-16)
29​
Onizuka9991456(-1)
30​
DJW1452(-15)
31​
Anderis1375(+2)
32​
Leadbelly1345(-1)
33​
Rufs1337(+1)
34​
JPettersen1307(-11)
35​
Laarsland1258(-)
36​
Ingsve1182(+1)
37​
Vladimir1129(+1)
38​
Blues_in_the_Bottle1034(+1)
39​
JumboVismaFan1008(-3)
40​
Josedin912(+1)
41​
SamuCuenca739(-1)
42​
Manafana676(-)
CollectiveWisdom1649
CollectiveIgnorance2239
MainGame20251478
Goodin20241447
PopularLastEdition699
 
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.

1Qazaqstan
970​
Brennan, Gruel, Withen, Del Grosso, Artz, Garofoli
2Boris98
915​
Brennan, Gruel, Withen, Del Grosso, Artz
3Leadbelly
913​
Brennan, Gruel, Withen, Artz, Garofoli
4Madrazo
877​
Brennan, Gruel, Withen, Del Grosso, Artz
5Ray10
875​
Brennan, Gruel, Withen, Del Grosso, Artz
6Houdini
870​
Brennan, Gruel, Withen, Del Grosso
7LosBrolin
847​
8Anderis
829​
8Skidmark
829​
10DevilsElbow
815​
11JonEzeitza
806​
12Peixotini
768​
13EvansIsTheBest
766​
14Rufs
763​
15JPettersen
759​
16SafeBet
757​
17AmisVelo
682​
17Fivezzz
682​
19DJSprtsch
679​
20Squire
668​
21Hfgon1
665​
21Onizuka999
665​
23Nakazar
663​
24Bminchow
660​
24DJW
660​
26RedheadDane
648​
27JumboVismaFan
636​
28Laurens147
631​
29Kazistuta
620​
30Berflamand
612​
31Armchair_Cyclist
606​
32Cordi
603​
33Abbulf
602​
33Nyssinator
602​
35Pantani4Ever
585​
36Ingsve
580​
37Laarsland
520​
38SamuCuenca
388​
39Vladimir
370​
40Blues_in_the_Bottle
286​
41Manafana
259​
42Josedin
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​
Qazaqstan2674(-)
2​
Skidmark2498(+2)
3​
Houdini2476(+7)
4​
Madrazo2461(+7)
5​
Peixotini2440(-2)
6​
Boris982392(+17)
7​
LosBrolin2375(+9)
8​
SafeBet2370(+1)
9​
Ray102368(+12)
10​
DJSprtsch2346(-5)
11​
JonEzeitza2342(+4)
12​
Abbulf2303(-10)
13​
DevilsElbow2299(+9)
14​
Hfgon12298(-7)
15​
Leadbelly2258(+17)
16​
Kazistuta2245(-8)
16​
Cordi2245(-10)
18​
EvansIsTheBest2240(+9)
19​
Nakazar2238(-7)
20​
Bminchow2232(-7)
21​
Squire2224(-7)
22​
Anderis2204(+9)
23​
AmisVelo2193(-5)
24​
Fivezzz2158(-)
25​
Laurens1472134(-6)
26​
Onizuka9992121(+3)
27​
RedheadDane2119(+1)
28​
DJW2112(+2)
29​
Pantani4Ever2110(-12)
30​
Nyssinator2103(-10)
31​
Rufs2100(+2)
32​
Berflamand2088(-8)
33​
Armchair_Cyclist2082(-9)
34​
JPettersen2066(-)
35​
Laarsland1778(-)
36​
Ingsve1762(-)
37​
JumboVismaFan1644(+2)
38​
Vladimir1499(-1)
39​
Blues_in_the_Bottle1320(-1)
40​
SamuCuenca1127(+1)
41​
Josedin1093(-1)
42​
Manafana935(-)
CollectiveWisdom2317
CollectiveIgnorance2656
MainGame20252160
Goodin20242110
PopularLastEdition937