Emerging Riders CQ Game

[Dazed and Confused]

Finally a game where my team performs a bit. But of course there are a couple of more years left to drop down the pecking order.

Thanks A c.

 

[asdfgh101]

Can we get a link in the OP to the post with the team rosters?

 

[Afrank]

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showpost.php?p=1393181&postcount=36
http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showpost.php?p=1393183&postcount=37

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

As you probably realise, I've been fairly busy with another CQ exploit for the last few days, but hopefully the spreadsheet will do most of the work for me:

Best scoring riders in the game this month (to 29 June):
FORMOLO Davide 185 (mainly 7th overall in Suisse and 2nd in Nat Champs)
YATES Adam 178 (6th overall in Dauphiné, twice third on a stage, and 6th in Nat Champs)
MOLARD Rudy 121 (4th overall in Tour of Lux)
DILLIER Silvan 111 (2nd in GP Kanton Aargau - Gippingen)
JANS Roy 97 (2nd in Nat Champs, 7th in Halle - Ingooigem)
VAN DER POEL Mathieu 97 (1st, Ronde van Limburg)
YATES Simon 95 (7th in Slovenia, 3rd in Nationals)
LAMPAERT Yves 83
VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael 80
HERKLOTZ Silvio 76
BARBERO CUESTA Carlos 75
BAUHAUS Phil 72
HAIG Jack 71
KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN Merhawi 60
DANIEL Maxime 59

Leading riders in the game through the year:
YATES Adam 525
FORMOLO Davide 358
CORT NIELSEN Magnus 289
VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael 274
SENECHAL Florian 238
KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN Merhawi 226
SEPULVEDA Eduardo 226
LAMPAERT Yves 219
MOLARD Rudy 210
VUILLERMOZ Alexis 208
DILLIER Silvan 206
HERKLOTZ Silvio 197
GOUGEARD Alexis 185
YATES Simon 172
HAIG Jack 168
JANS Roy 162
BARBERO CUESTA Carlos 161
BAUHAUS Phil 151
DANIEL Maxime 149
FERNANDEZ ANDUJAR Ruben 138


Team scores for the month:
1 Froome19 860
2 Tuart 825
3 Ludwigzgz 821
4 Leadbelly 792
5 Blackbandit222 791
6 Karaev 781
7 Skidmark 766
8 GPBlanco 749
9 Comodoro 711
10 18Valve 709
11 asdfgh101 699
12 HugoKoblet 697
13 Del1962 688
14 Ingsve 653
15 Kazistuta 652
16 Rote_Laterne 639
17 Florecita 625
18 Madrazo 618
19 Afrank 617
20 Fauniera 600
21 Hilltop_Finisher 585
22 Mellow_Velo 584
23 MC_Mountain 579
24 Mutschi 577
25 Cyivel 572
26 Ruudz0r 562
27 Jakob747 550
28 Bellsax 545
29 ItalianGigolo 539
30 The_Fool_on_the_Hill 537
31 Dazed_and_Confused 522
32 Fus87 521
33 GeraintTooFast 514
34 Oliveira 503
35 Al_Pacino 486
36 Search 479
37 Armchair_Cyclist 468
38 Ansimi 458
39 Ray200 454
40 NairoQ 435
41 Josedin 398
42 Manafana 387
43 Vladimir 379
44 Il_Pirata 335
45 Just_Some_Guy 323
CollectiveWisdom 730

And overall standings:
1 Ludwigzgz 2839
2 Skidmark 2793
3 Froome19 2458
4 GPBlanco 2392
5 asdfgh101 2376
6 Del1962 2361
7 Ingsve 2345
8 Rote_Laterne 2297
9 Comodoro 2238
10 Florecita 2200
11 HugoKoblet 2187
12 Leadbelly 2179
13 Tuart 2142
14 18Valve 2128
15 MC_Mountain 2069
16 Blackbandit222 2063
17 Dazed_and_Confused 2026
18 Hilltop_Finisher 2024
19 Kazistuta 1978
20 Madrazo 1977
21 Karaev 1920
22 Mutschi 1871
23 Afrank 1868
24 Oliveira 1855
25 Al_Pacino 1851
26 Armchair_Cyclist 1841
27 Ruudz0r 1835
28 The_Fool_on_the_Hill 1811
29 Mellow_Velo 1742
30 Jakob747 1727
30 ItalianGigolo 1727
32 Fus87 1683
33 Cyivel 1680
34 GeraintTooFast 1578
35 Search 1577
36 Bellsax 1556
37 Fauniera 1538
38 Manafana 1483
39 Ray200 1320
40 NairoQ 1205
41 Josedin 1179
42 Ansimi 1138
43 Il_Pirata 1018
44 Just_Some_Guy 954
45 Vladimir 843
CollectiveWisdom 2377

The top two swap places, among the high scorers Froome19 rises 5 places and GPBlanco rises 3, but the best risers are Karaev (11 places to 21st), Blackbandit (10 places to 16th) and Tuart (9 places to 13th)

 

[del1962]

Is there an update due?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Is there an update due?

Yeah, sorry. The Career in decline seemed more of a priority after the Tour, and I was heading off on holiday shortly after that update to end of July came out. Migt be able to tomorrow, but will also have to work on launch of Vuelta game.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Apologies for the delay: here is an update to the download of results up to 10th August. "Monthly" changes are since 29 June.

In the extended month, 10 riders selected in the game have gained more than 50 points:
VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael 160 13 teams
VAKOC Petr 130 6 teams
DILLIER Silvan 125 7 teams
QUINTANA ROJAS Dayer Uberney 122 12 teams
YATES Adam 117 27 teams
KONRAD Patrick 102 5 teams
BARBERO CUESTA Carlos 83 2 teams
FORMOLO Davide 80 18 teams
ALAPHILIPPE Julian 72 35 teams
DE BIE Sean 71 12 teams

The top 20 riders in the game are:
YATES Adam 642 27 teams
FORMOLO Davide 438 18 teams
VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael 434 13 teams
CORT NIELSEN Magnus 337 9 teams
DILLIER Silvan 331 7 teams
BARBERO CUESTA Carlos 244 2 teams
SENECHAL Florian 243 23 teams
LAMPAERT Yves 234 3 teams
MOLARD Rudy 230 1 team
KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN Merhawi 226 18 teams
SEPULVEDA Eduardo 226 5 teams
VAKOC Petr 223 6 teams
VUILLERMOZ Alexis 222 1 team
HERKLOTZ Silvio 199 32 teams
BAUHAUS Phil 191 1 team
HAIG Jack 191 2 teams
GOUGEARD Alexis 185 8 teams
KONRAD Patrick 180 5 teams
YATES Simon 172 42 teams
JANS Roy 162 1 team

Team improvement since the end of July:
1 Karaev 689 (VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael, VAKOC Petr, QUINTANA ROJAS Dayer Uberney, BARBERO CUESTA Carlos, FORMOLO Davide, ALAPHILIPPE Julian)
2 Hilltop_Finisher 626 (as above without Barbero)
3 Blackbandit222 606 (DILLIER Silvan, QUINTANA ROJAS Dayer Uberney, YATES Adam, FORMOLO Davide, ALAPHILIPPE Julian)
3 NairoQ 606 (VAKOC Petr, QUINTANA ROJAS Dayer Uberney, YATES Adam, ALAPHILIPPE Julian, DE BIE Sean)
5 Ludwigzgz 556
6 HugoKoblet 553
7 ItalianGigolo 545
8 asdfgh101 534
8 Rote_Laterne 534
10 Comodoro 528
11 Kazistuta 512
12 Ingsve 502
13 Florecita 458
14 Cyivel 439
15 Mellow_Velo 394
16 Froome19 384
17 Bellsax 383
18 Ray200 378
19 Tuart 377
20 Just_Some_Guy 375
21 MC_Mountain 368
22 Oliveira 356
22 Armchair_Cyclist 356
24 GPBlanco 354
25 Afrank 351
26 Skidmark 336
27 Mutschi 329
28 Leadbelly 317
28 Ruudz0r 317
30 18Valve 315
31 Fauniera 310
32 Del1962 307
33 Dazed_and_Confused 302
34 The_Fool_on_the_Hill 301
35 Manafana 279
36 Madrazo 276
37 Fus87 259
38 Il_Pirata 238
39 Search 237
40 Ansimi 233
41 Jakob747 215
42 Josedin 143
43 Vladimir 137
44 GeraintTooFast 133
45 Al_Pacino 121
CollectiveWisdom 326

ItalianGigolo is the best riser of the month, up 9 places to 21st, bettering the top 3 scorers of the month (Karaev rose 7 to 14th, Hilltop rose 5 to 13th, and Blackbandit's 6 place rise brings him into the top ten)

Positions:
1 Ludwigzgz 3395
2 Skidmark 3129
3 asdfgh101 2910
4 Ingsve 2847
5 Froome19 2842
6 Rote_Laterne 2831
7 Comodoro 2766
8 GPBlanco 2746
9 HugoKoblet 2740
10 Blackbandit222 2669
11 Del1962 2668
12 Florecita 2658
13 Hilltop_Finisher 2650
14 Karaev 2609
15 Tuart 2519
16 Leadbelly 2496
17 Kazistuta 2490
18 18Valve 2443
19 MC_Mountain 2437
20 Dazed_and_Confused 2328
21 ItalianGigolo 2272
22 Madrazo 2253
23 Afrank 2219
24 Oliveira 2211
25 Mutschi 2200
26 Armchair_Cyclist 2197
27 Ruudz0r 2152
28 Mellow_Velo 2136
29 Cyivel 2119
30 The_Fool_on_the_Hill 2112
31 Al_Pacino 1972
32 Fus87 1942
32 Jakob747 1942
34 Bellsax 1939
35 Fauniera 1848
36 Search 1814
37 NairoQ 1811
38 Manafana 1762
39 GeraintTooFast 1711
40 Ray200 1698
41 Ansimi 1371
42 Just_Some_Guy 1329
43 Josedin 1322
44 Il_Pirata 1256
45 Vladimir 980
CollectiveWisdom 2703

The top two retain their positions, but asdfgh101 replaces Froome19 on the podium. Del1962 and Florecita have dropped out of the top ten, yielding their places to Hugo Koblet and BlackBandit222.

So, how will l'Avenir shake things up?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

This time, the update really is to the end of the month. However, as the last one was to the 10th of August, it is a short term update. I had expected it to be rather more substantial though, due to the Tour de l'Avenir. None of the top 5 overall there were selected, so either us, or the race, has failed to identify the stars of the next couple of years.

Top scorers over these 3 weeks:
ALAPHILIPPE Julian 196 35 teams (5th in Plouay, 3rd in London, 4th + stage in Tour de l'Ain)
LAMPAERT Yves 99 3 teams ( mainly from Arnhem - Veenendaal Classic)
DILLIER Silvan 78 7 teams (mainly top 10 in Vattenfalls)
JANS Roy 63 1 team
OLIVIER Daan 56 13 teams
LATOUR Pierre-Roger 44 4 teams
VAN DER POEL Mathieu 35 6 teams
CHEVRIER Clément 34 5 teams
STUYVEN Jasper 34 36 teams
SÜTTERLIN Jasha 34 13 teams
FOLIFOROV Alexander 30 1 team
RUFFONI Nicola 30 1 team
QUINTANA ROJAS Dayer Uberney 29 12 teams
POLJANSKI Pawel 26 1 team
FERNANDEZ ANDUJAR Ruben 25 7 teams
SLIK Ivar 24 1 team

Best scores this month:
1 MC_Mountain 456 (ALAPHILIPPE Julian, LAMPAERT Yves, LATOUR Pierre-Roger, STUYVEN Jasper, QUINTANA ROJAS Dayer Uberney, FERNANDEZ ANDUJAR Ruben)
2 Skidmark 437 (ALAPHILIPPE Julian, LAMPAERT Yves, OLIVIER Daan, STUYVEN Jasper)
3 Blackbandit222 430 (ALAPHILIPPE Julian, DILLIER Silvan, OLIVIER Daan, STUYVEN Jasper)
4 Madrazo 393
5 Mutschi 385
6 Leadbelly 382
7 Vladimir 380
8 Ansimi 374
9 Karaev 371
10 Rote_Laterne 366
11 Tuart 358
12 Florecita 356
13 Afrank 351
13 GPBlanco 351
15 Bellsax 342
15 HugoKoblet 342
17 Fauniera 338
18 Il_Pirata 328
19 Search 321
20 Comodoro 319
20 ItalianGigolo 319
20 Jakob747 319
23 GeraintTooFast 318
24 Oliveira 312
25 NairoQ 310
26 Kazistuta 308
27 Ingsve 307
28 Dazed_and_Confused 298
28 Hilltop_Finisher 298
30 Ludwigzgz 283
31 Ray200 279
32 18Valve 278
33 Ruudz0r 275
34 Armchair_Cyclist 274
35 Cyivel 266
36 The_Fool_on_the_Hill 253
37 Froome19 223
38 Just_Some_Guy 193
39 Del1962 187
40 asdfgh101 184
41 Josedin 157
42 Manafana 148
43 Mellow_Velo 120
44 Fus87 106
45 Al_Pacino 104
CollectiveWisdom 277

Scores to date (are we getting anywhere near being able to say that we are beginning to see meaningful rankings)
YATES Adam 647 27 teams
FORMOLO Davide 438 18 teams
VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael 435 13 teams
DILLIER Silvan 409 7 teams
CORT NIELSEN Magnus 345 9 teams
ALAPHILIPPE Julian 339 35 teams
LAMPAERT Yves 333 3 teams
BARBERO CUESTA Carlos 249 2 teams
SENECHAL Florian 248 23 teams
MOLARD Rudy 235 1 team

1 Ludwigzgz 3678
2 Skidmark 3566
3 Rote_Laterne 3197
4 Ingsve 3154
5 Blackbandit222 3099
6 GPBlanco 3097
7 asdfgh101 3094
8 Comodoro 3085
9 HugoKoblet 3082
10 Froome19 3065
11 Florecita 3014
12 Karaev 2980
13 Hilltop_Finisher 2948
14 MC_Mountain 2893
15 Leadbelly 2878
16 Tuart 2877
17 Del1962 2855
18 Kazistuta 2798
19 18Valve 2721
20 Madrazo 2646
21 Dazed_and_Confused 2626
22 ItalianGigolo 2591
23 Mutschi 2585
24 Afrank 2570
25 Oliveira 2523
26 Armchair_Cyclist 2471
27 Ruudz0r 2427
28 Cyivel 2385
29 The_Fool_on_the_Hill 2365
30 Bellsax 2281
31 Jakob747 2261
32 Mellow_Velo 2256
33 Fauniera 2186
34 Search 2135
35 NairoQ 2121
36 Al_Pacino 2076
37 Fus87 2048
38 GeraintTooFast 2029
39 Ray200 1977
40 Manafana 1910
41 Ansimi 1745
42 Il_Pirata 1584
43 Just_Some_Guy 1522
44 Josedin 1479
45 Vladimir 1360
CollectiveWisdom 2980
No new entries to the top ten, but Rote Lanterne rises 3 places to third, and BlackBandit 5 spots to 5th.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I think I can lay claim to the first major fail of the game: my unique pick Ignazio Moser ("Look at that surname, he will surely turn out to be a great"), far from emerging, has retired to make wine.

 

[skidmark]

I think I can lay claim to the first major fail of the game: my unique pick Ignazio Moser ("Look at that surname, he will surely turn out to be a great"), far from emerging, has retired to make wine.

I remember reading 2 years ago an article that was kind of like 'just wait, he's even better than Moreno, his cousin!' And, well, based on how this year has gone, that may be true, as at least Ignazio has quit before he keeps failing expectations.

 

[rote_laterne]

it might be too soon to ask but have you decided yet if you give this game another run next year?
i'm one of those armchair cyclists who only used to follow the Tour de France and somewhat the Giro d'Italia, but I really enjoy following my emerging riders in the result sheets.

 

[LaFlorecita]

11th, not bad

 

[mutschi]

it might be too soon to ask but have you decided yet if you give this game another run next year?
i'm one of those armchair cyclists who only used to follow the Tour de France and somewhat the Giro d'Italia, but I really enjoy following my emerging riders in the result sheets.

I second that. Wold be great to have an emerging rider game starting each year.

 

[skidmark]

I second that. Wold be great to have an emerging rider game starting each year.

Yeah, this game is fun to follow in its formation, but I really particularly love the long game aspect of it, that the real predictive value is how guys do over the course of three years. I think I mentioned this many months ago, but it would be cool as these riders improve and get more results, if maybe the second year we get updates every 2 weeks and then every week for the final year (although that may be asking too much).

At the same time, one aspect of the long nature of the game is if your talents don't turn out, there is little interest. So, having rolling 3-year games happening every year gives people a chance to start fresh with a new batch of riders every year.

Either way, if its too much work, maybe ask around here for some help, I would definitely be on board if there's anything you need help with, especially in terms of setup. Also, if its a matter of choosing between this and the 'career in decline' game, I'd vote this. That game was fun, but seemed like too much work on your end, and was kind of complicated. Don't get me wrong, if that game was available to me I'd participate, I'm just more invested in this one.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Thanks for the votes of confidence in the game. I don't see it being too tricky to set up a yearly version of it, and I might look for others to take on the updates, so that they can increase frequency if they wish, can add more prose than I might manage in some weeks/months (esp during classics season and GTs), and it may be clearer for readers to identify which edition of the game they are reading about.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

September update (and a bit more: to 5th October)
Nearly the end of the first year, though all these guys will be expected to score better in the next two years.

Points earned this month
10 selected riders have scored more than 50 points this month:
VUILLERMOZ Alexis 136 1 team (5th Tour du Doubs, 3rd Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon + a stage, 12th Milano - Torino)
BONIFAZIO Niccolo 107 4 teams (mainly win in Coppa Agostoni - Giro delle Brianze)
JANS Roy 87 1 team (5th in Brussels Cycling Classic and some 1.2 results)
DILLIER Silvan 83 7 teams (TTT win and top 20 in Ponferrada)
VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael 61 13 teams
STUYVEN Jasper 59 36 teams
VOROBYEV Anton 58 6 teams
FORMOLO Davide 56 18 teams
VAKOC Petr 52 6 teams
KOCH Michel 51 1 team

Top scores this month
Ludwigzgz celebrates 4 months on top by getting topping the table for the month too
1 Ludwigzgz 539 (VUILLERMOZ Alexis, VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael, STUYVEN Jasper, FORMOLO Davide)
2 Ruudz0r 467 (BONIFAZIO Niccolo, VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael, STUYVEN Jasper, VOROBYEV Anton)
3 Fauniera 460 (BONIFAZIO Niccolo, STUYVEN Jasper, FORMOLO Davide)
4 HugoKoblet 438
5 Froome19 424
6 Blackbandit222 423
7 Hilltop_Finisher 419
8 Karaev 413
9 Al_Pacino 408
10 Skidmark 385
11 Rote_Laterne 376
12 ItalianGigolo 372
13 Mutschi 370
14 Jakob747 367
15 18Valve 366
15 Mellow_Velo 366
17 Leadbelly 337
17 Madrazo 337
19 Ingsve 336
20 GPBlanco 335
21 asdfgh101 333
21 Just_Some_Guy 333
23 Tuart 324
24 Bellsax 322
25 Kazistuta 320
26 Afrank 317
27 Del1962 316
28 Vladimir 311
29 Florecita 310
30 Comodoro 304
31 Manafana 299
32 Cyivel 293
32 NairoQ 293
34 Ansimi 283
35 Search 279
36 Dazed_and_Confused 271
37 Ray200 270
38 MC_Mountain 264
39 The_Fool_on_the_Hill 260
40 Fus87 251
41 Il_Pirata 239
42 GeraintTooFast 220
43 Armchair_Cyclist 195
44 Oliveira 191
45 Josedin 150
CollectiveWisdom 345

Standings
1 Ludwigzgz 4217
2 Skidmark 3951
3 Rote_Laterne 3573
4 Blackbandit222 3522
5 HugoKoblet 3520
6 Ingsve 3490
7 Froome19 3489
8 GPBlanco 3432
9 asdfgh101 3427
10 Karaev 3393
11 Comodoro 3389
12 Hilltop_Finisher 3367
13 Florecita 3324
14 Leadbelly 3215
15 Tuart 3201
16 Del1962 3171
17 MC_Mountain 3157
18 Kazistuta 3118
19 18Valve 3087
20 Madrazo 2983
21 ItalianGigolo 2963
22 Mutschi 2955
23 Dazed_and_Confused 2897
24 Ruudz0r 2894
25 Afrank 2887
26 Oliveira 2714
27 Cyivel 2678
28 Armchair_Cyclist 2666
29 Fauniera 2646
30 Jakob747 2628
31 The_Fool_on_the_Hill 2625
32 Mellow_Velo 2622
33 Bellsax 2603
34 Al_Pacino 2484
35 NairoQ 2414
35 Search 2414
37 Fus87 2299
38 GeraintTooFast 2249
39 Ray200 2247
40 Manafana 2209
41 Ansimi 2028
42 Just_Some_Guy 1855
43 Il_Pirata 1823
44 Vladimir 1671
45 Josedin 1629
CollectiveWisdom 3325

No changes in the top three, but Hugo Koblet had the joint biggest rise of the month (up 4 places) to reach 5th, and Karaev is the only new entry into the top 10.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Not many of our selected riders scored points in October: only 7 of them hit double figures for the month. But one man leads the months scores by a huge margin:

BONIFAZIO Niccolo 319 4 teams
FORMOLO Davide 99 18 teams
JANS Roy 92 1 team
VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael 67 13 teams
RUFFONI Nicola 36 1 team
EWAN Caleb 29 44 teams
GAIMON Phillip 10 3 teams

It is not difficult, therefore, to spot which teams chose the multi-stage winner and GC runner up in Hainan in the monthly scores:
1 Fauniera 513
2 Jakob747 470
3 Al_Pacino 469
4 Ruudz0r 457
5 Hilltop_Finisher 238
6 Ludwigzgz 233
6 HugoKoblet 233
8 Karaev 226
9 Comodoro 223
10 Leadbelly 164
10 18Valve 164
12 Kazistuta 163
13 GPBlanco 161
13 Madrazo 161
15 Mellow_Velo 160
16 Tuart 159
17 Skidmark 156
18 Froome19 155
19 Blackbandit222 154
20 Vladimir 142
21 Florecita 134
21 Oliveira 134
23 ItalianGigolo 131
24 Ingsve 124
24 Bellsax 124
26 Ray200 122
27 asdfgh101 113
28 NairoQ 82
29 Armchair_Cyclist 79
30 Mutschi 70
30 Josedin 70
32 Just_Some_Guy 66
33 The_Fool_on_the_Hill 65
33 Il_Pirata 65
35 Fus87 64
35 Ansimi 64
37 Cyivel 62
38 GeraintTooFast 61
38 Manafana 61
40 MC_Mountain 57
41 Dazed_and_Confused 55
41 Search 55
43 Rote_Laterne 52
44 Afrank 50
45 Del1962 25

Standings (which will be pretty much final for year one: how much of a prediction is this for years 2 and 3?)
1 Ludwigzgz 4450
2 Skidmark 4107
3 HugoKoblet 3753
4 Blackbandit222 3676
5 Froome19 3644
6 Rote_Laterne 3625
7 Karaev 3619
8 Ingsve 3614
9 Comodoro 3612
10 Hilltop_Finisher 3605
11 GPBlanco 3593
12 asdfgh101 3540
13 Florecita 3458
14 Leadbelly 3379
15 Tuart 3360
16 Ruudz0r 3351
17 Kazistuta 3281
18 18Valve 3251
19 MC_Mountain 3214
20 Del1962 3196
21 Fauniera 3159
22 Madrazo 3144
23 Jakob747 3098
24 ItalianGigolo 3094
25 Al_Pacino 3037
26 Mutschi 3025
27 Dazed_and_Confused 2952
28 Afrank 2937
29 Oliveira 2848
30 Mellow_Velo 2782
31 Armchair_Cyclist 2745
32 Cyivel 2740
33 Bellsax 2727
34 The_Fool_on_the_Hill 2690
35 NairoQ 2496
36 Search 2469
37 Ray200 2369
38 Fus87 2363
39 GeraintTooFast 2310
40 Manafana 2270
41 Ansimi 2092
42 Just_Some_Guy 1921
43 Il_Pirata 1888
44 Vladimir 1813
45 Josedin 1699
CollectiveWisdom 3481

Those 4 Bonifazio teams all rise 7 or 8 places, but there are still none in the top 20. Ludwigzgz extends his lead still further, Hugo Koblet moves up 2 places to the virtual podium, and Froome19 has a similar rise to fifth. Rote Lanterne slips from third to sixth to allow this, while Commodoro and Hilltop Finisher nudge GPBlanco and asdfgh101 out of the top ten.

Apologies to Al Pacino, who has been systematically deprived of points throughout the season as CQ changed Beltran's first name from 'Eduard to 'Edward'. The additional 84 points, now added, raise him from 26th to the dizzy heights of 25th.

 

[rote_laterne]

somehow i missed the september update ... bummer that i miss out the podium and the top 5 this year but i enjoyed the game very much so far and i did far better than i expected. i suppose some of the riders that had a very good to exceptional year 2014 will score less in 2015 and some others will rise. can't wait for the new season to start.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

There are several legitimate picks that none of us went for that have had a good first year of the game (although they might, of course, fade in the next two years)

All of these have scored more than at least some of the top 20 that we did pick:
GRADEK Kamil 372
DAVIDENOK Ilya 372 (Maybe not much chance of him adding in the next couple of years, or even retaining many of these points)
DEMOITIE Antoine 284
GROSU Eduard-Michael 266
CONTI Valerio 262
PARRINELLO Antonino Casimiro 257
TULIK Angelo 250
FEDI Andrea 250
TVETCOV Serghei 247
THEUNS Edward 227
CANOLA Marco 221
CARTHY Hugh 219
BERNAS Pawel 217
JARRIER Benoît 215
BENOOT Tiesj 214
ZANOTTI Marco 211

Obviously, with more than 200 this year, the lifetime total for these guys has passed 200, so having missed them for this edition of the game, you can't select them for the 2015-17 version either.

Will you be kicking yourself for missing these in two year's time?

 

[skidmark]

Alright! Firmly set up in 2nd place, a third of the way through. I'll be interested to see how this progresses next year - I think the differences will really come to light in year 2 and year 3. For every rider that impressed in year 1 like Formolo or Adam Yates, there can be a rider lurking for year 2 and 3 just waiting to bust out as a superstar but needing a year of seasoning. Glad to hear this is going to happen with a class of 2015 as well.

 

[rote_laterne]

Will you be kicking yourself for missing these in two year's time?

i followed gross and theuns and hoped i could pick them for next years game. also one other rider who exceeded the overall 200 points limit and will hopefully have more than 3 good years.

congrats to Ludwigzgz for the first year jersey, you and Skidmark are in another league.

 

[ray200]

Where can we find the points of all the riders for 2014 ?

 

[Ludwig_]

thanks

Wow!! what a surprise!!!
Thaks for the greetings

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Just to round off the first year of the game, there have been a handful of points scored since the last update:

KOLAHDOUZ HAGH Amir got 20 points at the Tour of Fuzhou for Geraint Too Fast and Fauniera;
BARBERO CUESTA Carlos got 2 points when Luca Benedetti's results were removed from Qinghai Lake for Ludwigzgz and Karaev;
POMOSHNIKOV Sergei got 1 point when Patrick Sinkewitz' results were removed from Trofeo Laigueglia for Leadbelly

but none of these changed the rankings.

 

[ray200]

Where can I find the points scored by each rider in 2014 ?