2026-2028 Emerging Riders CQ Game

[Squire]

I hope it is not too much a betrayal of private correspondence to reveal that DE was very taken aback that there was a rider who was, at that time, joint second in the popularity that he didn't pick. That was Thornley, who did drop down the table slightly as other teams came in.

Good to hear it's not just me.

I expected Lindholm to be the most popular rider I didn't pick, but it turned out to be Thornley and then Novak.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I hope it is not too much a betrayal of private correspondence to reveal that DE was very taken aback that there was a rider who was, at that time, joint second in the popularity that he didn't pick. That was Thornley, who did drop down the table slightly as other teams came in.

I did make the decision that I wasn't going to send in any revisions after receiving that piece of information. I got really scared I'd missed someone important, couldn't think who it might have been, turns out it's a rider I think is going to spend most of the next three years on domestique duty and I had nothing to worry about.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I did make the decision that I wasn't going to send in any revisions after receipt that piece of information.

Had you twigged that it was Thornley? Were you kicking yourself, or gloating that so many had made an error?

 

[laarsland]

I don't really get the love for him from as many as 20 players. Unless I have missed something. But it seems like he hasn't done other disciplines than road either, where people might have seen promise. He's been really anonymous until getting some decent results as a final-year U23, at an age where it's almost rare to see people still be in that category nowadays. Based on his profile, I'm willing to bet quite a lot that his career will be mostly spent as a worker/lead-out rider. Especially at a team such as RBH. But I'd love to hear from someone who might know more about him.

Given the dearth of talent at the main team as well as the quality of the youngsters coming up behind (Finn, Lindholm) I've passed on both the stated riders.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I don't really get the love for him from as many as 20 players. Unless I have missed something. But it seems like he hasn't done other disciplines than road either, where people might have seen promise. He's been really anonymous until getting some decent results as a final-year U23, at an age where it's almost rare to see people still be in that category nowadays. Based on his profile, I'm willing to bet quite a lot that his career will be mostly spent as a worker/lead-out rider. Especially at a team such as RBH. But I'd love to hear from someone who might know more about him.

This exactly. The fact that he was nowhere near today in the TDU when short TTs have often yielded his best results as a U23 just reaffirms to me that he's a jack of all trades master of none kind of rider.