Career in Decline CQ game 2015

[Armchair Cyclist]

April update (which includes up to 3rd May)

The points you didn't want your riders to get
The two teams that chose Zakarin will have watched Romandie with a sense of dread.
Rider/CQ points in the month/teams
ZAKARIN Ilnur 375 2 (Geraint Too Fast and JeroenK)
ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor 207 1 (Josedin)
SCARPONI Michele 190 3 (Akuryo, Flo, Joelsim)
ELMIGER Martin 179 2 (Flo, Josedin)
KREUZIGER Roman 179 1 (Josedin)
DEVOLDER Stijn 175 2 (Armchair and Flo)
WIGGINS Bradley 158 9
DUMOULIN Samuel 125 2 (Derrudi, Josedin)
REBELLIN Davide 110 4 (Armchair, JeroenK, Rote Laterne and Shalgo)
VOECKLER Thomas 91 4 (Akuryo, Derrudi, Joelsim and Josedin)

Best points earners for the team by increasing their days ridden nearer to 20, but without gaining many CQ points in the process.

GERRANS Simon 1032 11 (too many to list: they will be easily identified in the monthly team scores)
VAN ASBROECK Tom 292 1(Fauniera)
BUTS Vitaliy 221 1 (Alykaptan)
POLIVODA Oleksandr 153 1
KONONENKO Mykhaylo 145 1
PONZI Simone 145 1
GRADEK Kamil 128 3
POURSEYEDI GOLAKHOUR Mirsamad 118 1
REBELLIN Davide 105 4 (yep: he was on the list for earning quite a few points, but added to his race days)
SHPILEVSKY Boris 105 1

Best scoring riders over the game so far: of these, only Gerrans has potential to increase his score in this game, as all the others have reached 20 race days and so can only lose points.

GERRANS Simon 1119 11
PERAUD Jean-Christophe 1079 8
VAN ASBROECK Tom 1010 1
CHAVANEL Sylvain 968 1
CANCELLARA Fabian 761 1
FINETTO Mauro 672 2
WIGGINS Bradley 646 9
REBELLIN Davide 608 4
VAN GENECHTEN Jonas 506 1
VANENDERT Jelle 499 1
HESJEDAL Ryder 480 2
DRUCKER Jempy 450 2
LEUKEMANS Björn 423 2

Game score changes this month
1 DJSprtsch 1443
2 Fauniera 1405
3 RoteLaterne 1382
4 Shalgo 1365
5 Lenissart 1359
6 Skidmark 1307
7 TheSceptic 1237
8 AlPacino 1104
9 Del1962 1084
10 GeraintTooFast 1076
11 Derrudi 949
12 Alykaptan 890
13 Leadbelly 614
14 JeroenK 258
15 ArmchairCyclist 121
16 Joelsim -104
17 Akuryo -105
18 Flo -404
19 Josedin -574

The top non-Gerrans team (Alykaptan) didn't lose too many points to the poorest performing team that did include him, but Gerrans defines the top half-and-a-bit of the monthly scores. Most of DJSprtsch's team returned positive scores this month, but that can't continue for much longer, as more riders reach or draw near to 20 race days.

New standings
Not much correlation between this month's table and last month's: the new leader was in the lower half at the end of March, at which time two of what are now the bottom three were in the top 5.

1 Fauniera 3730
2 Joelsim 3606
3 Lenissart 3598
4 Leadbelly 3582
5 AlPacino 3572
6 Del1962 3503
7 DJSprtsch 3494
8 Alykaptan 3420
9 JeroenK 3403
10 TheSceptic 3400
11 ArmchairCyclist 3393
12 RoteLaterne 3392
13 Akuryo 3378
14 Shalgo 3356
15 Derrudi 3345
16 Skidmark 3232
17 Flo 3130
18 Josedin 2812
19 GeraintTooFast 2755

The two popular 1000 pt riders, Gerrans and Peraud, co-incide on 4 teams: The Sceptic, Del1962, AlPacino and Fauniera. What makes the last of the these our leader is his unique pick of the third 1000 pt rider, Tom Van Asbroeck.

 

[shalgo]

Thanks for the update!

 

[rote_laterne]

Horner, Gerrans, Petacchi and most likely Pellizotti scoring. This is not my kind of game.

 

[LaFlorecita]

I went from 2nd best to 3rd worst in a month grrr

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

May update

Pesky riders, going around being successful and getting to the detriment of their teams
HESJEDAL Ryder 339 2 teams (Akuryo and Flo)
KONOVALOVAS Ignatas 178 1 team (Al Pacino)
TIRALONGO Paolo 164 3 teams (Flo, Geraint and Skidmark)
VISCONTI Giovanni 161 1 team (Akuryo)
POURSEYEDI GOLAKHOUR Mirsamad 159 1 team (Alykaptan)
LOPEZ GARCIA David 120 1 team (Josedin)
NAPOLITANO Danilo 100 1 team (JeroenK)
CHAVANEL Sylvain 98 1 team
ZAKARIN Ilnur 92 2 teams
KIRYIENKA Vasil 85 1 team
PELLIZOTTI Franco 84 3 teams
HORNER Chris 81 2 teams
ELMIGER Martin 79 2 teams
REBELLIN Davide 72 4 teams
BUSATO Matteo 70 1 team
ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar 68 3 teams
MANCEBO PEREZ Francisco 63 1 team
CARDOSO Andre Fernando Santos Martins 62 1 team
POLIVODA Oleksandr 61 1 team
GERRANS Simon 60 11 teams

Gaining points Having had fewer than 20 race days at the beginning of the month, they clocked up more days without gaining too many points:

GERRANS Simon 543 11 teams
SHPILEVSKY Boris 181 1 team
MIZBANI IRANAGH Ghader 98 3 teams
DEGAND Thomas 79 1 team
TUFT Svein 79 3 teams
BUTS Vitaliy 77 1 team
BORGERSEN Reidar Bohlin 68 3 teams
KONONENKO Mykhaylo 62 1 team
ROGINA Radoslav 53 2 teams
MARCOTTE Eric 53 2 teams

There are now only 4 selected riders who have the potential to make a positive contribution of more than 100 to their team: Phinney, Fedi, Witmitz and Degand.

Monthly changes for the teams
Gerrans keeps most of the field in profit, but he has now reached 20 days so can only be a liability from here on in for the top 11 teams. Four teams would have made a profit without him: Lenissart because he also has Mizbani and Tuft, Alykaptan and Leadbelly who actually did return a Gerransless profit due to shpilevski and a Mizbani-Borgersen combination respectively, and The Sceptic, who had no other major gainer of points, but whose team took almost no CQ points this month.
1 Lenissart 714
2 TheSceptic 630
3 DJSprtsch 529
4 Del1962 526
5 Skidmark 506
6 Fauniera 492
7 Shalgo 490
8 Derrudi 486
9 RoteLaterne 343
10 AlPacino 316
11 GeraintTooFast 286
12 Alykaptan 160
13 Leadbelly 155
14 Joelsim -157
15 ArmchairCyclist -188
16 JeroenK -218
17 Josedin -386
18 Akuryo -578
19 Flo -699


Best and worst riders selected by the slightly perverse standards of this game
GERRANS Simon 1662 11 teams
PERAUD Jean-Christophe 1059 8 teams
VAN ASBROECK Tom 997 1 team
CHAVANEL Sylvain 870 1 team
CANCELLARA Fabian 761 1 team
FINETTO Mauro 657 2 teams
WIGGINS Bradley 646 9 teams
REBELLIN Davide 536 4 teams
VANENDERT Jelle 499 1 team
VAN GENECHTEN Jonas 493 1 team
DRUCKER Jempy 435 2 teams
LEUKEMANS Björn 418 2 teams
GRADEK Kamil 365 3 teams
LAGUTIN Sergey 359 1 team
KOREN Kristjan 340 3 teams
SHPILEVSKY Boris 339 1 team
PONZI Simone 363 1 team
TEN DAM Laurens 323 1 team
...
DEVOLDER Stijn -69 2 teams
ELMIGER Martin -74 2 teams
MEGIAS LEAL Javier -84 1 team
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques -85 1 team
VICIOSO ARCOS Angel -86 1 team
ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor -96 1 team
TIRALONGO Paolo -110 3 teams
KONOVALOVAS Ignatas -131 1 team
MANCEBO PEREZ Francisco -233 1 team

Standings
1 Lenissart 4312
2 Fauniera 4222
3 TheSceptic 4030
4 Del1962 4029
5 DJSprtsch 4023
6 AlPacino 3888
7 Shalgo 3846
8 Derrudi 3831
9 Skidmark 3738
10 Leadbelly 3737
11 RoteLaterne 3735
12 Alykaptan 3580
13 Joelsim 3449
14 ArmchairCyclist 3205
15 JeroenK 3185
16 GeraintTooFast 3041
17 Akuryo 2800
18 Flo 2431
19 Josedin 2426

Lenissart rises two places to replace Fauniera at the top: former 2nd place Joelsim plummets to 13th, overhauled by all the Gerransers. The Sceptic's month with almost no CQ points is rewarded by a 7 place rise to the podium.

 

[shalgo]

Thanks for the update!

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Gadret is not going to the Tour it seems. Hope it doesn't mean he will scoop up points in Austria or Poland.
Besides that my hope is that Peraud surprises again...

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

June update
(which actually runs up to results on Sun 5th July)

Still gaining points
Still a few riders short of 20 race days who can ride unsuccessfully to their managers' advantage (Rogina scored 50 in Slovenia, but more than made up for by the increase in days raced)

DEGAND Thomas 130 1 team (Skidmark)
FEDI Andrea 128 1 team (Geraint TooFast)
BORGERSEN Reidar Bohlin 67 3 teams (skidmark, JeroenK and Leadbelly)
TUFT Svein 27 3 teams
ZAUGG Oliver 21 2 teams
ROGINA Radoslav 13 2 teams
SOUSA Rui Miguel Barbosa 10 2 teams

While the traitors to the cause who went and scored good points were:
POLIVODA Oleksandr -50 1 team
BURGHARDT Marcus -50 1 team
VAN GENECHTEN Jonas -51 1 team
KNEES Christian -52 1 team
HABEAUX Grégory -53 1 team
GADRET John -55 3 teams
KONOVALOVAS Ignatas -55 1 team
GONÇALVES Jose Isidro Maciel -56 1 team
KONONENKO Mykhaylo -62 1 team
MIZBANI IRANAGH Ghader -65 3 teams
HUZARSKI Bartosz -65 1 team
VOECKLER Thomas -74 4 teams
BUTS Vitaliy -77 1 team
ANTOMARCHI Julien -79 1 team
VAN ASBROECK Tom -85 1 team
LEUKEMANS Björn -103 2 teams
CHAVANEL Sylvain -108 1 team
MORABITO Steve -110 1 team
SBARAGLI Kristian -115 2 teams
TVETCOV Serghei -116 1 team
WEGMANN Fabian -116 1 team
POURSEYEDI GOLAKHOUR Mirsamad -139 1 team (won Tour of Iran)
REBELLIN Davide -152 4 teams (5th in Nats and 2nd in Sibiu)
CANCELLARA Fabian -161 1 team (Some in Suisse and Nats, more in Tour pre injury)
FINETTO Mauro -231 2 teams (4th in Slovenia, top 10 in Nats, and won in Sibiu)
GERDEMANN Linus -271 1 team (won tour of Lux)


Points gained and lost this month:
1 Skidmark 85
2 GeraintTooFast 80
3 AlPacino -101
4 Lenissart -137
5 Fauniera -139
6 TheSceptic -144
7 Joelsim -171
8 Del1962 -204
9 Shalgo -210
10 Derrudi -246
11 Akuryo -275
12 ArmchairCyclist -298
13 JeroenK -313
14 Leadbelly -364
15 DJSprtsch -382
16 Alykaptan -428
17 RoteLaterne -477
18 Flo -527
19 Josedin -869


Standings:
The top 4 are unchanged: Skidmark has risen 4 places, and the only other rising teams are Joelsim and Geraint (2 places each)
1 Lenissart 4175
2 Fauniera 4083
3 TheSceptic 3886
4 Del1962 3825
5 Skidmark 3823
6 AlPacino 3787
7 DJSprtsch 3641
8 Shalgo 3636
9 Derrudi 3585
10 Leadbelly 3373
11 Joelsim 3278
12 RoteLaterne 3258
13 Alykaptan 3152
14 GeraintTooFast 3121
15 ArmchairCyclist 2907
16 JeroenK 2872
17 Akuryo 2525
18 Flo 1904
19 Josedin 1557

 

[fauniera]

Is this still on? I know it's a lot of work, but there hasn't been any acticity for three months, so i thought i'm allowed to ask.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Yes, me too. I really like this game, very much fun!

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Didn't realise that I was quite that far behind on this: sorry, and hope to do it before the week is out (I have done the 2014-16 Emerging Riders game tonight, and hope to do the 2015-17 edition of that tomorrow, but will then turn attention to this one).

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Apologies for having let this one fall off my agenda somewhat, and the resulting lack of updates, but it is time for what is effectively the end of year summary.



The three popular, expensive picks did what was hoped, and were all in the top 5 scorers in the game.
Name/2014 points/game points/%age loss/teams
GERRANS Simon 1736 1492 85.9 11
PERAUD Jean-Christophe 1312 1031 78.6 8
VAN ASBROECK Tom 1086 729 67.1 1
CHAVANEL Sylvain 1150 706 61.4 1
WIGGINS Bradley 814 646 79.4 9
CANCELLARA Fabian 1049 600 57.2 1
VANENDERT Jelle 534 432 80.9 1
VAN GENECHTEN Jonas 521 309 59.3 1
GRADEK Kamil 372 297 79.8 3
KOREN Kristjan 374 296 79.1 3
TEN DAM Laurens 348 283 81.3 1
FINETTO Mauro 707 271 38.3 2
TUFT Svein 321 257 80.1 3
DEGAND Thomas 330 254 77.0 1
DANIELSON Tom 349 239 68.5 3

or by percentage:
MARCOTTE Eric 118 118 100.0 2
YEUNG Ying Hon 74 74 100.0 1
ROUTLEY Will 46 46 100.0 1
RETSCHKE Robert 6 6 100.0 1
STEEGMANS Gert 225 220 97.8 3
WITMITZ Sam 205 200 97.6 4
FENG Chun Kai 39 37 94.9 1
LASTRAS GARCIA Pablo 87 82 94.3 3
ZAUGG Oliver 232 212 91.4 2
GARNERO Antonio Fernando Prestes 30 26 86.7 1
GERRANS Simon 1736 1492 85.9 11
KOLOBNEV Alexandr 261 224 85.8 2
BOLIVAR HERNANDEZ Isaac 122 104 85.2 1
ZWIZANSKI Scott 39 33 84.6 1
BORGERSEN Reidar Bohlin 195 164 84.1 3

While those who definitely shouldn't have been chosen were:
GERDEMANN Linus 111 -300 -270.3 1
ZAKARIN Ilnur 478 -289 -60.5 2
POELS Wout 353 -284 -80.5 1
MANCEBO PEREZ Francisco 75 -281 -374.7 1
SBARAGLI Kristian 339 -262 -77.3 2
TAARAMÄE Rein 389 -234 -60.2 1
VISCONTI Giovanni 272 -225 -82.7 1
SCARPONI Michele 234 -218 -93.2 3
KIRYIENKA Vasil 372 -217 -58.3 1
KONOVALOVAS Ignatas 150 -195 -130.0 1
VICIOSO ARCOS Angel 45 -157 -348.9 1
DEVOLDER Stijn 127 -146 -115.0 2
BRITTON Rob 94 -138 -146.8 1
CURVERS Roy 60 -137 -228.3 1
BAK Lars Ytting 219 -133 -60.7 1
ELMIGER Martin 208 -126 -60.6 2
TIRALONGO Paolo 125 -125 -100.0 3
POLIVODA Oleksandr 300 -111 -37.0 1
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques 146 -110 -75.3 1
MEGIAS LEAL Javier 63 -110 -174.6 1
ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor 149 -106 -71.1 1
CUMMINGS Stephen 355 -97 -27.3 5

Everyone had at least one rider whose season ended in profit, but only one team managed 8 of them.
Meanwhile, the teams that had all three of the popular expensive trio came 2nd and 4th, while the three teams that rejected all three of them took the last three places. Fauniera had all three of the best scorers in the game, but even that was only good enough for 3rd place. Winner Lenissart had Gerrans and Wiggins as his biggest scorers, but victory seems to have been secured mainly by having so many good mid-range scorers, with Koren, Tuft, Mizbani, Steegans and Witmitz all getting 200+ points.


1 Lenissart 3439
2 TheSceptic 3394
3 Fauniera 3301
4 Del1962 3297
5 Skidmark 3130
6 AlPacino 3097
7 DJSprtsch 3005
8 Alykaptan 2784
9 Shalgo 2620
10 Leadbelly 2612
11 GeraintTooFast 2561
12 RoteLaterne 2543
13 Joelsim 2516
14 Derrudi 2486
15 ArmchairCyclist 2214
16 Akuryo 1516
17 JeroenK 1191
18 Josedin 755
19 Flo -847

Is this the first time that the top of the popular picks table has won a game?


Thanks for playing, congratulations to the winners, and thanks to the riders for proving that what goes up must come down.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Thanks for the update! And for setting up the game, great fun!

 

[rote_laterne]

Thanks for running the game Armchair cyclist and congratulations to Lenissart.