2026 Spring Classics CQ Game

[RedheadDane]

Those who take the game seriously will spend the intervening time scowling at any of their riders that are in Paris-Nice or Tirreno-Adriatico for daring to use up their energy in events that don't get them any points.

Exactly! Like... Jasper, WTH are you doing? You left Trek so you could ride your own chance in the classics.

Also, I only just noticed @EvansIsTheBest's team... and people say I pick weird teams. At least my riders are all alive!

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

A fairly serious blow to 8 of us (including me)

https://twitter.com/x/status/2032453882849182031

View: https://x.com/LidlTrek/status/2032453882849182031

 

[Devil's Elbow]

That’s my two most expensive riders both finishing the game at 0 points courtesy of injury. Don’t think I’ve ever been this unlucky in one of these games.

 

[mikks]

That’s my two most expensive riders both finishing the game at 0 points courtesy of injury. Don’t think I’ve ever been this unlucky in one of these games.

Me too, my two most expensive picks - Matthews and Nys - will bring 0 points,

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Exactly! Like... Jasper, WTH are you doing? You left Trek so you could ride your own chance in the classics.

Also, I only just noticed @EvansIsTheBest's team... and people say I pick weird teams. At least my riders are all alive!

At least my team isn't getting beat by a bunch of dead Italians

 

[RedheadDane]

At least my team isn't getting beat by a bunch of dead Italians

Is it the dead Italians who are beating my team, or is it the living Dutchman?

I deliberately chose to not have too much variation in price between my riders since my theme is one for each month of the year, and "was born in a month" doesn't exactly narrow it down.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Race 7 of 24: Milano-Turino

I think we should probably just concede that MTF type races were not what most of us were thinking of in our selections

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
18​	CEPEDA HERNANDEZ Jefferson Alveiro	8​	Redhead Dane (80 green points)​
22​	GUALDI Simone	5​	Onizuka (36.67 )​
27​	PESCADOR CASTRO Diego	5​	18Valve and DJW (36.67 each)​

Those points are not enough to change anyone's position, but the green point table sees some movement:

1​	18Valve	296.67​	(-)
2​	SamuCuenca	235​	(-)
3​	RedheadDane	140​	(+5)
4​	DJW	137.67​	(-)
5​	Ingsve	116.67​	(-2)
6​	Onizuka	106.67​	(-)
7​	LosBrolin	80​	(-2)
8​	Josedin	70​	(-2)
9​	AmisVelo	50​	(-)
9​	DJSprtsch	50​	(-)

Let's hope that Nokere had a bit more to report...

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

... Not much more

Race 8 of 24 Nokere Koerse

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
1​	PHILIPSEN Jasper	130​	Onizuka (80 green points)​
10​	MORGADO Antonio Tomas	24​	Onizuka again​
11​	KOLZE CHANGIZI Sebastian	20​	Blues in the Bottle (50)​
16​	PAGE Hugo	10​	Peixotini and Redhead Dane (30 each)​
17​	VAN TRICHT Floris	9​	Leadbelly (15)​

Green standings

1​	18Valve	296.67​	(-)
2​	SamuCuenca	235​	(-)
3​	Onizuka	186.67​	(+3)
4​	RedheadDane	170​	(-1)
5​	DJW	137.67​	(-1)
6​	Ingsve	116.67​	(-1)
7​	LosBrolin	80​	(-)
8​	Josedin	70​	(-)
9​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	55​	(+13)
9​	Peixotini	55​	(+5)

Standings

I guess there is some interest in the lower half or the table...

1​	18Valve	712​	(-)
2​	SamuCuenca	517​	(-)
3​	DJW	514​	(-)
4​	Ingsve	504​	(-)
5​	Madrazo	382​	(-)
6​	Leadbelly	379​	(-)
7​	Josedin	367​	(-)
8​	Armchair	357​	(-)
9​	EvansIsTheBest	357​	(-)
10​	Search	348​	(-)
11​	Peixotini	342​	(-)
12​	AmisVelo	327​	(-)
13​	QueenStagiare	321​	(-)
14​	DJSprtsch	300​	(-)
15​	Triley36	293​	(-)
16​	HiHope	292​	(-)
17​	Onizuka	289​	(+12)
18​	SlowClimber	271​	(-1)
19​	Laarsland	251​	(-1)
20​	RedheadDane	248​	(-1)
21​	Mikks	210​	(-1)
22​	Del1962	209​	(-1)
23​	Rufs	206​	(-1)
24​	DevilsElbow	180​	(-1)
25​	LosBrolin	165​	(-1)
26​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	163​	(+2)
27​	Bminchow	157​	(-2)
28​	Shakes	149​	(-2)
29​	Vladimir	145​	(-2)
30​	Kazistuta	106​	(-)
31​	JonEzeitza	93​	(-)
	CollectiveWisdom	268​
	SoLastYear	258​
	MainGamePop	355​

Maybe Denain tomorrow will do a bit more.

 

[RedheadDane]

Race 7 of 24: Milano-Turino

I think we should probably just concede that MTF type races were not what most of us were thinking of in our selections

Race Pos'n	Pts	Teams
18​	CEPEDA HERNANDEZ Jefferson Alveiro	8​	Redhead Dane (80 green points)​

At least my guys for this game - well, one of my guys - scored some points, since my guys in the main game were absolutely useless.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Race 9 of 24 GP de Denain

At least one of the popular picks is doing something this week.

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
5​	ZINGLE Axel	52​	11​
9​	DEL GROSSO Tibor	28​	1 (Kazistuta)​
12​	MORGADO Antonio Tomas	18​	1 (Onizuka)​
19​	POLITT Nils	7​	4​
22​	VAN MOER Brent	5​	1​
25​	DE GENDT Aime	5​	1​
26​	SENECHAL Florian	5​	3​
29​	VERMEERSCH Gianni	5​	2​
30​	WALSCHEID Maximilian	5​	1​

Finally worth having a table for our points in this race. I might say very worth it

Armchair	62​	Zingle, De Gendt, Senechal	80 Green points​
JonEzeitza	57​	Zingle, Van Moer	42.5​
Peixotini	57​	Zingle, Senechal	42.5​
18Valve	52​	Zingle	7.63​
AmisVelo	52​	"	7.63​
Bminchow	52​	"	7.63​
DJSprtsch	52​	"	7.63​
DJW	52​	"	7.63​
Leadbelly	52​	"	7.63​
Madrazo	52​	"	7.63​
Vladimir	52​	"	7.63​
Kazistuta	28​
Onizuka	18​
HiHope	12​
DevilsElbow	7​
Laarsland	7​
QueenStagiare	7​
Blues_in_the_Bottle	5​
Del1962	5​
Search	5​

Green Standings
That'll probably be the last time that getting top scorer on the day guarantees an appearance in the top ten.

1​	18Valve	304.3​	(-)
2​	SamuCuenca	235​	(-)
3​	Onizuka	186.67​	(-)
4​	RedheadDane	170​	(-)
5​	DJW	145.3​	(-)
6​	Ingsve	116.67​	(-)
7​	Peixotini	97.5​	(+2)
8​	Armchair	94​	(+12)
9​	JonEzeitza	82.5​	(+4)
10​	LosBrolin	80​	(-3)

Standings

Points from the Omloop are finally less than half of those that have been accrued in the game altogether. Given the importance of that race, it's fairly remarkable that 18Valve, who had no more than 3 riders getting finisher points as his scorers in that one, is out front with a handsome lead. DJW becomes his closest chaser.

1​	18Valve	764​	(-)
2​	DJW	566​	(+1)
3​	SamuCuenca	517​	(-1)
4​	Ingsve	504​	(-)
5​	Madrazo	434​	(-)
6​	Leadbelly	431​	(-)
7​	Armchair	419​	(+1)
8​	Peixotini	399​	(+3)
9​	AmisVelo	379​	(+3)
10​	Josedin	367​	(-3)
11​	EvansIsTheBest	357​	(-2)
12​	Search	353​	(-2)
13​	DJSprtsch	352​	(+1)
14​	QueenStagiare	328​	(-1)
15​	Onizuka	307​	(+2)
16​	HiHope	304​	(-)
17​	Triley36	293​	(-2)
18​	SlowClimber	271​	(-)
19​	Laarsland	258​	(-)
20​	RedheadDane	248​	(-)
21​	Del1962	214​	(+1)
22​	Mikks	210​	(-1)
23​	Bminchow	209​	(+4)
24​	Rufs	206​	(-1)
25​	Vladimir	197​	(+4)
26​	DevilsElbow	187​	(-2)
27​	Blues_in_the_Bottle	168​	(-1)
28​	LosBrolin	165​	(-3)
29​	JonEzeitza	150​	(+2)
30​	Shakes	149​	(-2)
31​	Kazistuta	134​	(-1)
	CollectiveWisdom	320​
	SoLastYear	273​
	MainGamePop	407​

I doubt there will be enough points won in Koksijde tomorrow to change a lot, but Saturday might see pendulums in motion.

 

[Shakes]

It's getting more painful by the day.