2025-27 Emerging Riders CQ game

[RedheadDane]

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.

Of course.
I'm probably just gonna post it directly into the thread. And of course it would be great if other people had suggestions about which random zero-pointers to fill out the team with.

 

[Cordi333]

Of course.
I'm probably just gonna post it directly into the thread. And of course it would be great if other people had suggestions about which random zero-pointers to fill out the team with.

That team would easily won. Would be too easy to select some of the best riders of previous games and then go with juniors or riders that are about to break. If you think about it, in the emerging game, no one ever goes max points, if they give you 199x18 would be super unfair. Even if you try to take the guys with maximum points under 200, I doubt there are 18 with exactly 199 in their record.

 

[RedheadDane]

I'm reconsidering it.
Too much math.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

To end of year 1

As far as the UCI is concerned, it has been 2026 since the 26th October, but that's not the way I keep years in this game.

Of riders selected for this game, only PEÑUELA SANDOVAL Francisco Joel has scored, 4 points for coming 7th in the Bolivarian Games, the existence of which I have only known about since I started typing this sentence. If you have already seen the final update of the year for the 2024-26 edition, you won't be surprised to hear that this is a Samu Cuenca unique pick.

Spreadsheet

 

[RedheadDane]

To end of year 1

As far as the UCI is concerned, it has been 2026 since the 26th October, but that's not the way I keep years in this game.

Because this is a CQ Game thread, not the UCI loller thread?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

The riders that earned those points in our first year

BRENNAN Matthew	1115​	36​
SEIXAS Paul	661​	38​
DEL GROSSO Tibor	598​	31​
GRUEL Thibaud	480​	14​
WITHEN PHILIPSEN Albert	459​	41​
RONDEL Mathys	450​	20​
TSARENKO Kyrylo	448​	0​
GILMORE Brady	365​	0​
OMRZEL Jakob	345​	0​
DE SCHUYTENEER Steffen	303​	28​
ETXEBERRIA ANSALAS Haimar	300​	0​
NORDHAGEN Jørgen	293​	41​
LØLAND Sakarias Koller	290​	0​
BALDERSTONE ROUMENS Abel	282​	0​
COBO CAYON Ivan	278​	0​
RIKUNOV Petr	262​	0​
BISIAUX Léo	246​	35​
MAIRE Adrien	246​	0​
BREUILLARD Nicolas	246​	0​
WIDAR Jarno	245​	38​
CASTELLON RIBALTA Jan	245​	0​
CHUMIL GONZALEZ Sergio Geovani	228​	0​
HOPKINS Dylan	236​	0​
KNIGHT Oliver	227​	0​
SVESTAD-BAARDSENG Embret	217​	1 (Peixotini)​
CAVIA SANZ Daniel	216​	0​
FINN Lorenzo	211​	19​
SCHIFFER Anton	209​	0​
ALLENO Clément	207​	0​
VAN HEMELEN Vincent	206​	0​

That list contains all of the Collective Ignorance group, which has been first, or once second, in all but one of the 1 previous editions at this stage, but here is languishing in virtual 23rd place (though it was 25th at this point in 2022-24, the other year we were not missing the key early pacemakers)

Most of those that have scored impressively have been fairly popular, the rarer picks have not emerged much yet, so the scoring is still fairly compact (28 teams within 500 points of early leader Madrazo)

The top 18 goes down as far as Adrien Maire: their total is 7421, and Madrazo has a record (for Yr 1) 74.2 % of that . The top 15 all beat the previous record %age of best possible for the first year, which I guess is what happens with those very popular, very high scoring (at this point) selections.

Brennan is behind only Valverde and De Lie as a Yr 1 scorer in the time CQ has been running.

Collective is in an historically fairly average 4th place at this point: some very popular riders have started very well, but the likes of Isidore, Pescador, Sentjens Kajamini and, most particularly, Behrens, are not (yet) living up to expectations.

If you want to remind yourselves of whom you selected, and what they have done so far, it's all in the Spreadsheet.

The next update will not be based entirely on numbers at least 4 months old...

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Year 2 Month 1

So these guys are no longer the rookies they were: by now their managers will expect them to step up and make real contributions to their teams,. Same here.

BRENNAN Matthew	220​	Stage win and 2 2nds in TDU, 2nd in CERR	36 teams​
RACCAGNI NOVIERO Andrea	115​	TDU 6th	3​
RONDEL Mathys	92​	2nd in Andratx-Pollenca; 4th in Serra Tramuntana	20​
CHAMBERLAIN Oscar	71​	3rd in Nat champ RR	5​
ALVAREZ MARTINEZ Hector	65​	2nd in Trofeo Calvia	11​
PESCADOR CASTRO Diego	64​	2nd in Morvedre	16​
SVESTAD-BAARDSENG Embret	59​		1 (Peixotini)​
DE SCHUYTENEER Steffen	48​		28​
MAGAGNOTTI Alessio	40​		1 (Onizuka)​

This month

1	Peixotini	573​	Brennan, Raccagni Noviero, Rondel, Pescaror, Svestad-Baardseng
2	Cordi	533​	Brennan, Rondel, Alvarez, Pescador, De Schuyteneer
3	DJSprtsch	497​	Brennan, Rondel, Pescador, De Schuyteneer
4	EvansIsTheBest	487​	Brennan, Rondel, Chamberlain, De Schuyteneer
5	Bminchow	485​	Brennan, Rondel, Alvarez, De Schuyteneer
6	Laarsland	484​	Brennan, Chamberlain, Alvarez, Pescador, De Schuyteneer
7	Pantani4Ever	482​	Brennan, Rondel, Pescador, De Schuyteneer
8	SafeBet	461​
9	Abbulf	452​
9	Hfgon1	452​
11	Armchair_Cyclist	446​
12	Nakazar	440​
13	Houdini	429​
14	Ray10	418​
15	Squire	408​
16	Skidmark	400​
17	Blues_in_the_Bottle	383​
17	Madrazo	383​
19	JonEzeitza	382​
20	Leadbelly	380​
21	JumboVismaFan	379​
22	LosBrolin	376​
23	Qazaqstan	373​
24	Kazistuta	365​
25	RedheadDane	364​
26	DevilsElbow	363​
27	Berflamand	359​
28	Fivezzz	357​
29	AmisVelo	354​
30	Laurens147	350​
31	Nyssinator	338​
32	DJW	334​
33	Anderis	320​
34	Rufs	318​
35	Onizuka999	312​
36	JPettersen	296​
37	Boris98	286​
38	Ingsve	181​
39	Vladimir	167​
40	SamuCuenca	117​
41	Josedin	76​
42	Manafana	64​
	CollectiveWisdom	472​
	CollectiveIgnorance	385​
	MainGame2025	426​
	Goodin2024	414​
	PopularLastEdition	220​

Standings

1​	Madrazo	5889	(-)
2​	Skidmark	5861	(-)
3​	Cordi	5824	(+2)
4​	Bminchow	5787	(-)
5​	SafeBet	5785	(-2)
6​	Peixotini	5710	(+6)
7​	Squire	5674	(-)
8​	Qazaqstan	5662	(-2)
9​	DJSprtsch	5645	(+1)
10​	Hfgon1	5633	(-2)
11​	Houdini	5608	(-2)
12​	Abbulf	5596	(-1)
13​	DevilsElbow	5499	(-)
14​	Ray10	5489	(+1)
15​	LosBrolin	5449	(-1)
16​	Nakazar	5435	(+1)
17​	Kazistuta	5427	(-1)
18​	JonEzeitza	5362	(-)
19​	Leadbelly	5304	(-)
20​	EvansIsTheBest	5263	(+3)
21​	Fivezzz	5256	(-1)
22​	AmisVelo	5221	(-)
23​	Boris98	5180	(-2)
24​	Armchair_Cyclist	5178	(+1)
25​	Pantani4Ever	5150	(+2)
26​	Berflamand	5092	(-2)
27​	JPettersen	4974	(-1)
28​	Anderis	4872	(-)
29​	DJW	4862	(-)
30​	RedheadDane	4854	(-)
31​	Laurens147	4814	(-)
32​	Nyssinator	4771	(-)
33​	Onizuka999	4715	(-)
34​	Rufs	4608	(-)
35​	Laarsland	4598	(+1)
36​	Ingsve	4380	(-1)
37​	Vladimir	3794	(-)
38​	JumboVismaFan	3753	(-)
39​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	3678	(-)
40​	Manafana	2590	(-)
41​	Josedin	2567	(-)
42​	SamuCuenca	2489	(-)
	CollectiveWisdom	5765
	CollectiveIgnorance	5190
	MainGame2025	5230
	Goodin2024	4337
	PopularLastEdition	2604

Spreadsheet

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Year 2 Month 2
2nd Feb to 1st March
The two biggest scorers in year 1 are at it again

SEIXAS Paul	280 pts​	Algarve 2nd with stage win, Ardeche Classic win	38 teams​
BRENNAN Matthew	130​	Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne win	36​
MARTI SORIANO Pau	115​	3rd in Figuieira Classic, stage win in Rwanda	6​
GAROFOLI Gianmarco	96​	2nd in Giro di Sardegna	4​
NORDHAGEN Jørgen	94​	UAE Tour 8th	41​
PESCADOR CASTRO Diego	79​		16​
WIDAR Jarno	68​		38​
AUGUST Andrew	65​		23​
RONDEL Mathys	54​		20​

A lot of us have a good proportion of those big scorers

1	Peixotini	1433​	Seixas, Brennan, Garofoli, Nordhagen, Pescador, Widar, Rondel
2	DJSprtsch	1422​	Seixas, Brennan, Garofoli, Nordhagen, Pescador, Widar, Rondel
3	Cordi	1353​	Seixas, Brennan, Nordhagen, Pescador, Widar, August, Rondel
4	SafeBet	1296​	Seixas, Brennan, Marti, Nordhagen, Widar, Rondel
5	Hfgon1	1286​
6	Pantani4Ever	1256​
7	Laarsland	1255​
8	Leadbelly	1250​
9	Bminchow	1236​
10	Armchair_Cyclist	1222​
11	Abbulf	1216​
12	Skidmark	1204​
13	EvansIsTheBest	1184​
13	Nakazar	1184​
15	LosBrolin	1183​
16	Qazaqstan	1178​
17	Ray10	1156​
18	Madrazo	1140​
19	Blues_in_the_Bottle	1136​
20	Squire	1128​
21	Kazistuta	1110​
22	DJW	1106​
23	Anderis	1104​
24	JonEzeitza	1099​
25	AmisVelo	1095​
26	DevilsElbow	1087​
27	Fivezzz	1068​
28	Berflamand	1060​
29	JPettersen	1038​
30	Laurens147	1037​
31	RedheadDane	1013​
32	Onizuka999	977​
33	Nyssinator	959​
34	Houdini	941​
35	Boris98	926​
36	Rufs	875​
37	Ingsve	771​
38	JumboVismaFan	750​
39	Vladimir	705​
40	Josedin	646​
41	Manafana	576​
42	SamuCuenca	370​
	CollectiveWisdom	1276​
	CollectiveIgnorance	863​
	MainGame2025	1191​
	Goodin2024	854​
	PopularLastEdition	570​

Standings
This one, I'm fairly sure, will remain very competitive well into year 3.

Two ties in the top ten: I have applied the tiebreaker of least reliance on high scorers, if only to remind people that it exists.

1​	Skidmark	6665	(+1)
2​	Madrazo	6646	(-1)
3​	Cordi	6644	(+2)
4​	SafeBet	6620	(-1)
5​	Peixotini	6570	(+7)
6​	DJSprtsch	6570	(+4)
7​	Bminchow	6538	(-3)
8​	Hfgon1	6467	(-)
9​	Qazaqstan	6467	(-3)
10​	Squire	6394	(-3)
11​	Abbulf	6360	(-)
12​	LosBrolin	6256	(+2)
13​	Ray10	6227	(+2)
14​	DevilsElbow	6223	(-1)
15​	Nakazar	6179	(+2)
16​	Leadbelly	6174	(+3)
17​	Kazistuta	6172	(-1)
18​	Houdini	6120	(-9)
19​	JonEzeitza	6079	(-1)
20​	Fivezzz	5967	(-)
21​	AmisVelo	5962	(+1)
22​	EvansIsTheBest	5960	(+1)
23​	Armchair_Cyclist	5954	(+2)
24​	Pantani4Ever	5924	(+3)
25​	Boris98	5820	(-4)
26​	Berflamand	5793	(-2)
27​	JPettersen	5716	(-1)
28​	Anderis	5656	(-)
29​	DJW	5634	(-)
30​	RedheadDane	5503	(-)
31​	Laurens147	5501	(-)
32​	Nyssinator	5392	(-)
33​	Onizuka999	5380	(-)
34​	Laarsland	5369	(+2)
35​	Rufs	5165	(-1)
36​	Ingsve	4970	(-1)
37​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	4431	(+2)
38​	Vladimir	4332	(-1)
39​	JumboVismaFan	4124	(-1)
40​	Josedin	3137	(+1)
41​	Manafana	3102	(-1)
42​	SamuCuenca	2742	(-)
	CollectiveWisdom	6569
	CollectiveIgnorance	5565
	MainGame2025	5995
	Goodin2024	4777
	PopularLastEdition	2954