2026-2028 Emerging Riders CQ Game

[RedheadDane]

(btw in spanish, 2nd surname is redundant - as there are 2nd name in other languages - except if it helps to better identify the person in the case the first one is very common).
Personally, I believe a combination of 1 name + 1 surname should be always enough except very exceptional cases. And no one will call Héctor by his 2nd surname, as it is even more forgettable than the 1st one so it doesn't give him any identity. Martínez is like Smith in english, it has no personality - and it comes from someone that has Martínez twice in his 8 first surnames jaja

Well, in this case it's because we always use CQ-style names in these games, rather than go by what they're actually known as.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Personally, I believe a combination of 1 name + 1 surname should be always enough except very exceptional cases.

To refer to somebody, certainly it suffices in most circumstances. Situations like two Ben Kings as there were a few years ago are rare, and Spanish names don't need, it would appear, to protect against the potential duplication more than others.


But in game entries, I'd continue to ask for the CQ version of the name so that I can simply paste it into the spreadsheet, otherwise I have to look up what name will return the relevant values in all the field I need. That's not too bad if others have already submitted the name, but is a bit of a pain and more so if I need to try to identify him among several CQ names, and be sure it is the one that the player intends.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Year 1 Month 2

Beginning to make their names known

PESCADOR CASTRO Diego	79 pts​	Tour of Oman 8th	9 teams​
DECOMBLE Maxime	79​	Etoile de Besseges 3rd	33​
BRAVO Henrique Ribeiro	68​	Tour de Rwanda 6th and stage win	1 (Nakazar)​
KOCKELMANN Mathieu	68​	Etoile de Besseges 7th with satge win	13​
CRABBE Tom	60​	stage wins in Etoile de Besseges and Ruta del Sol	6​
DONATI Davide	50​	2 stage wins and a 2nd in Giro di sardenga	4​
JACKOWIAK Jan	45​		6​
GUALDI Simone	44​		15​
PERICAS CAPDEVILA Adria	43​		30​

This month: I might make a printout...

1	Armchair_Cyclist	384​	Decomble, Pescador, Kockelmann, Gualdi, Pericas
2	Del1962	337​	Decomble, Crabbe, Donati, Gualdi, Pericas
2	DevilsElbow	337​	Decomble, Crabbe, Donati, Gualdi, Pericas
4	EvansIsTheBest	336​	Decomble, Kockelmann, Crabbe, Pericas
5	Leadbelly	320​
6	Manafana	319​
7	Cordi	318​
8	DJSprtsch	315​
9	Boris98	310​
10	Kryvoskyn	307​
11	PandaClaws	305​
12	Earns1985	294​
13	Madrazo	293​
13	Qazaqstan	293​
15	Fivezzz	292​
16	Skidmark	290​
17	Nakazar	281​
18	RedheadDane	276​
19	Squire	267​
20	Laurens147	261​
21	Bminchow	254​
22	Blues_in_the_Bottle	252​
23	Berflamand	242​
24	Vladimir	235​
24	JonEzeitza	235​
26	Kazistuta	234​
27	SafeBet	223​
28	Rufs	215​
29	LosBrolin	214​
30	Ingsve	213​
31	Laarsland	211​
32	AmisVelo	164​
33	Haynepayne	148​
34	Onizuka999	130​
35	Josedin	124​
36	SamuCuenca	14​
	CollectiveWisdom	248​
	CollectiveIgnorance	768​
	MainGame2026	289​
	Goodin2025	259​
	PopularLastEdition	156​

Standings

Unfortunately, till far too early to draw any conclusions

1​	Cordi	582	(-)
2​	Armchair_Cyclist	551	(+7)
3​	Leadbelly	510	(+3)
4​	DJSprtsch	507	(+1)
5​	Nakazar	490	(-2)
6​	Boris98	489	(+2)
7​	Berflamand	488	(-5)
8​	Fivezzz	486	(-4)
9​	Del1962	473	(+4)
10​	Kryvoskyn	470	(-)
11​	EvansIsTheBest	464	(+4)
12​	DevilsElbow	456	(+6)
13​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	442	(-7)
14​	Manafana	434	(+5)
15​	Madrazo	417	(+2)
16​	Skidmark	390	(+8)
17​	Qazaqstan	388	(+9)
18​	Laurens147	386	(-2)
19​	PandaClaws	365	(+12)
20​	Bminchow	364	(+3)
20​	Earns1985	364	(+10)
20​	Laarsland	364	(-9)
20​	Vladimir	364	(-6)
24​	Ingsve	362	(-12)
25​	Squire	356	(+2)
26​	RedheadDane	351	(+3)
27​	SafeBet	337	(-5)
28​	Kazistuta	330	(-3)
29​	LosBrolin	329	(-10)
30​	JonEzeitza	284	(+3)
31​	Rufs	245	(+5)
32​	Josedin	239	(-13)
33​	Haynepayne	227	(-5)
34​	AmisVelo	203	(-)
35​	Onizuka999	180	(-3)
36​	SamuCuenca	48	(-1)
	CollectiveWisdom	370
	CollectiveIgnorance	1066
	MainGame2026	392
	Goodin2025	306
	PopularLastEdition	412

 

[Samu Cuenca]

This month: I might make a printout...

You and me both, but for completely opposite reasons.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I have, very happily, given Fivezzz the 'right' Hector Alvarez.