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Samu's 2025 Emerging Female Riders CQ Game (The Muriel Furrer Trophy)

I'm happy to officially launch the second edition of my emerging female riders game.
Like in the first edition, the game will only last for one season. The primary reason for that is that I don't want to be running multiple games simultaneously.

Rules
The average team size for women's WorldTeams and the new ProTeam tier will be around 16 in 2025, once all rosters have been finalised. I've therefore decided to make 16 riders the limit for the 2025 game. The only requirements are that the riders haven't scored more than 199 CQ points during their careers before the start of the 2025 season, and that they are actually allowed to ride in the female peloton (so Izzy Sharp can be picked for this, but Noa Isidore can't). You will of course have a better chance of winning if you pick the full 16, but feel free to select fewer riders if you don't want to spend too much time on it. The more players the merrier.

If you're mostly familiar with the CQ points system for the men's games, be aware that some women's races will hand out different amount of points to the winner and/or award points to more riders than they would have done on the men's calendar. Also, results in the minor classifications in WWT races won't award the riders any points.
It's also worth noting that junior riders can take part in elite races, and that it's possible for both juniors and youth riders to score points at the national championships in some countries. CQ points from all 2025 races will count, including races that take place before the submission deadline, which this year will only be the Australian National Championships.

Submission and deadline
The deadline will be at the start of the Tour Down Under on the 17th of January, but if you want to make sure your team gets approved in time, send me your list of riders in a PM either before or during the 16th of January.

To help me out, it would be much appreciated if you list the riders with the names and formats from the CQ database. Riders sometimes get married during the off-season which might result in a name change. Sometimes CQ will also decide to change the spelling or format for no apparent reason. I'll probably be able to spot most mistakes myself, but it would make me very happy if you did your utmost to help.

Updates
I will try to keep you updated on how the game unfolds on a monthly basis, but I can't promise that I'll do as good of a job as @skidmark and @Armchair Cyclist have done in their games. I believe that 2024 did set a new record for the most updates provided by CQ in a single season (if anyone affiliated with the site reads this, I'm very grateful for your work), but a new download might still not be made available in the first week of every month, so it's not a given that my updates will always arrive on time either.
 
I've moved this discussion over here, since that seemed the most appropriate.

Oh, as it started with "samu's game" never entered and didn't realised is indeed an emerging game with similar rules.

But I don't like that it is only one year and with less riders per team. Anyhow, if I find time to dive deep and make a good team this month (not sure it will be the case) I'll be there. I don't like to compete lightly in this games.

You're very welcome to take part in my game, but I won't be upset nor disappointed if you (or any others) don't find the time to select the right team. I have put Samu in the title to make sure people wouldn't mistake it for any of the other great games we have on here.

The game is still a work in progress, so the rules may very well be different in future editions, and I appreciate all the feedback I can get. Last year, I had initially allowed people to pick 10 riders, before I changed it to 12 prior to the start of the game. Now the limit is 16, which is the same amount that @Armchair Cyclist allows in the main women's CG game. If AC decides to increase it to 18 riders at some point, it's not unlikely that I will follow suit.

In regards to the length of the game, I'm not opposed to changing that going forward either. There's obviously a big difference in trying to work out which riders will be good picks almost immediately and who will turn into great picks over time. As this is only the second edition, I'm still not completely sure how much interest there is and will continue to be in the game. We were 16 players in 2024, which was about half the amount of participants compared to the main WE CQ game, and an improvement on the 10 players I had in the last edition of the women's prediction game I previously organised.

Still, 16 players doesn't feel like enough for me to want to keep track of more than one game at a time at this point. If I do eventually make it a multi-year game, I will probably start with two seasons at first. The time it takes a female rider to emerge can also often be shorter than in the men's peloton, and, although it hasn't happened yet, it's even possible for someone to score more than 199 points while still a junior.
 
Now that the Women's CQ game has closed to entries, it might be useful to some to see who was selected for that while being eligible for this game (as I have done for the Emerging male Rider game here). There are many others eligible, and just because someone in the other game thought it would be a good idea, it ain't necessarily so.

But if it helps you to make your team here, and given that the names are already promoted on the forum for this season, here are the 39 of the 131 riders in the Women's CQ game that are available for selection in this game.

ABAIDULLINA Inna
AINTILA Wilma
ALVARADO Ceylin del Carmen
AVOINE Alison
BLASI CAIROL Paula
CAMPOS Daniela Maria Voets Sousa
CAVALLAR Valentina
CHLADONOVA Viktoria
CIABOCCO Eleonora
COMTE Ema
DE SCHEPPER Lore
FERGUSON Cat
GERY Célia
GJERTSEN Mia Kronheim
GREVE Alberte
HASHIMI Fariba
HINOJOSA CRUZ Romina
HOLMGREN Ava
HOLMGREN Isabella
JOORIS Febe
KLÖSER Rosa Maria
MAHE Océane
MITTERWALLNER Mona
MOORS Fleur
OSTIZ TACO Paula
ROZLAPA Dana
RUFFILLI Vittoria
RYO Titia
SCHREIBER Marie
SHARP Isabel
SODERQVIST Karin
STIGGER Laura
VADILLO CRESPO Eneritz
VAN ALPHEN Aniek
VAN DER WOLF Babette
VENTURELLI Federica
WILSON-HAFFENDEN Felicity
WOLFF Imogen
YULDASHEVA Sevinch
 
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I have now received 18 teams, so we have surpassed the number from last year.
Thank you to each one of you for taking part!

Unless I get a lot of a additional entries over the next hours, I expect to be able to reveal the teams and publish the first spreadsheet in about 5 hours time.
 
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We are now past the deadline, and the game has officially begun with 18 teams taking part.
73 different riders have been picked.

ArchieboyArmchair cyclistbminchowCordi333DJWDk one
ACHTEREEKTE CarlijnCAMPOS Daniela Maria Voets SousaCHLADONOVA ViktoriaBLASI CAIROL PaulaCHLADONOVA ViktoriaBYE Camilla Ranes
BLASI CAIROL PaulaCAVALLAR ValentinaCZAPLA JustynaCAVALLAR ValentinaCIABOCCO EleonoraCZAPLA Justyna
CAVALLAR ValentinaCIABOCCO EleonoraDE SCHEPPER LoreCHLADONOVA ViktoriaDE SCHEPPER LoreFERGUSON Cat
CIABOCCO EleonoraDE SCHEPPER LoreFERGUSON CatCIABOCCO EleonoraFERGUSON CatGERY Célia
CIPRESSI CarlottaFERGUSON CatGERY CéliaDE SCHEPPER LoreGERY CéliaGJERTSEN Mia Kronheim
DE SCHEPPER LoreGERY CéliaHOLMGREN AvaFERGUSON CatHASHIMI FaribaGREVE Alberte
HENGEVELD DaniekHASHIMI FaribaHOLMGREN IsabellaGERY CéliaHOLMGREN AvaHOLMGREN Ava
HOLMGREN IsabellaHOLMGREN IsabellaKLÖSER Rosa MariaHOLMGREN AvaHOLMGREN IsabellaHOLMGREN Isabella
MOLENAAR LauraLONDOÑO DAVID JulianaMOORS FleurHOLMGREN IsabellaMOORS FleurJOORIS Febe
OUDEMAN MaudMITTERWALLNER MonaPELLEGRINI FrancescaMITTERWALLNER MonaOSTIZ TACO PaulaKAGEVI Stina
ROLDAN MaraMOORS FleurRUIZ PEREZ LuciaMOORS FleurOUDEMAN MaudLLOYD Carys
SCHREIBER MarieOUDEMAN MaudSCHREIBER MarieOUDEMAN MaudROLDAN MaraMOLENGRAAF Lauren
VADILLO CRESPO EneritzRYO TitiaSHARP IsabelROLDAN MaraSHARP IsabelMOORS Fleur
VAN DER WOLF BabetteVENTURELLI FedericaVAN SINAEY XaydeeRYO TitiaVOLSTAD AlexandraRYO Titia
VAN SINAEY XaydeeWOLFF ImogenVENTURELLI FedericaSTIGGER LauraWOLFF ImogenVAN DER WOLF Babette
VAN ZUTHEM CeciliaZSANKO PetraWOLFF ImogenVADILLO CRESPO EneritzAASEBØ KamillaWOLFF Imogen

hfgon1jon ezeitzaJOSEDINLaurens147Libertine SegurosLosBrolin
BYE Camilla RanesBLASI CAIROL PaulaBYE Camilla RanesAINTILA WilmaBLASI CAIROL PaulaAINTILA Wilma
CAMPOS Daniela Maria Voets SousaCAVALLAR ValentinaCAMPOS Daniela Maria Voets SousaCAVALLAR ValentinaCAMPOS Daniela Maria Voets SousaCHLADONOVA Viktoria
CAVALLAR ValentinaCHLADONOVA ViktoriaCAVALLAR ValentinaCHLADONOVA ViktoriaCAVALLAR ValentinaDE SCHEPPER Lore
CIABOCCO EleonoraCIABOCCO EleonoraCIABOCCO EleonoraDE SCHEPPER LoreFERGUSON CatFERGUSON Cat
DE SCHEPPER LoreDE SCHEPPER LoreDE SCHEPPER LoreFERGUSON CatHASHIMI FaribaGERY Célia
FERGUSON CatFERGUSON CatEBRAS ElisabethGERY CéliaHINOJOSA CRUZ RominaHASHIMI Fariba
GERY CéliaHOLMGREN AvaFERGUSON CatHOLMGREN AvaLONDOÑO DAVID JulianaHOLMGREN Isabella
HASHIMI FaribaHOLMGREN IsabellaHOLMGREN IsabellaHOLMGREN IsabellaLOPEZ IRREÑO Gabriela AlejandraLLOYD Carys
HOLMGREN IsabellaKNAVEN FeeKAGEVI StinaJOORIS FebeMORENO BENITEZ SaraMOLENAAR Laura
JANSEN NoaMOORS FleurMOORS FleurMOORS FleurROJAS ARGUELLO Lina MariaMOORS Fleur
KLÖSER Rosa MariaOUDEMAN MaudOUDEMAN MaudROZLAPA DanaROLDAN MaraMULLER Amandine
LYLYK KiaraROLDAN MaraROLDAN MaraSCHREIBER MarieRYO TitiaROLDAN Mara
OUDEMAN MaudSCHREIBER MarieRYO TitiaSHARP IsabelVADILLO CRESPO EneritzRYO Titia
STIGGER LauraUIJEN EliseVALTULINI ElisaSODERQVIST KarinVALTULINI ElisaVENTURELLI Federica
VAN WERSCH AnnaVADILLO CRESPO EneritzVAN DER WOLF BabetteWILSON-HAFFENDEN FelicityVOLLERING BodineWOLFF Imogen
ZSANKO PetraVENTURELLI FedericaVENTURELLI FedericaWOLFF ImogenWOLFF ImogenAASEBØ Kamilla

MadrazoRedheadDaneRufsRuvuSalvariniSamu Cuenca
BLASI CAIROL PaulaCIABOCCO EleonoraCAVALLAR ValentinaBADER SiljeCHEREAU ClémenceBLASI CAIROL Paula
CAVALLAR ValentinaCIPRESSI CarlottaCHLADONOVA ViktoriaCAVALLAR ValentinaCHLADONOVA ViktoriaCASASOLA Sara
CHLADONOVA ViktoriaCOUZENS MillieDE SCHEPPER LoreCHLADONOVA ViktoriaCIABOCCO EleonoraCAVALLAR Valentina
CIABOCCO EleonoraCZAPLA JustynaFERGUSON CatCIABOCCO EleonoraDE SCHEPPER LoreCHLADONOVA Viktoria
DE SCHEPPER LoreDE SCHEPPER LoreGERY CéliaDE SCHEPPER LoreFERGUSON CatFERGUSON Cat
FERGUSON CatFAHY CamilleGREVE AlberteFERGUSON CatGERY CéliaGERY Célia
GERY CéliaFERGUSON CatHOLMGREN IsabellaGERY CéliaHINOJOSA CRUZ RominaGREVE Alberte
HOLMGREN IsabellaGEURTS MijntjeMOORS FleurHOLMGREN IsabellaHOLMGREN AvaHENGEVELD Daniek
MITTERWALLNER MonaLYLYK KiaraOUDEMAN MaudHÄBERLIN SteffiHOLMGREN IsabellaHINOJOSA CRUZ Romina
MOORS FleurMOORS FleurROLDAN MaraMOORS FleurKLÖSER Rosa MariaHÄBERLIN Steffi
OUDEMAN MaudOUDEMAN MaudSCHREIBER MarieOUDEMAN MaudLONDOÑO DAVID JulianaMITTERWALLNER Mona
RYO TitiaROLDAN MaraSTIGGER LauraSTEWART LucindaOUDEMAN MaudPAPADIMITRIOU STAMPORI Eirini
STIGGER LauraRYO TitiaUIJEN EliseSTIGGER LauraSHARP IsabelPAYER Kira
VADILLO CRESPO EneritzSCHREIBER MarieVAN SINAEY XaydeeVAN DER WOLF BabetteSTIGGER LauraVALTULINI Elisa
VENTURELLI FedericaVADILLO CRESPO EneritzWILSON-HAFFENDEN FelicityVAN WERSCH AnnaWOLFF ImogenVILLANUEVA SCRAFTON Floren
VOLLERING BodineVAN ZUTHEM CeciliaWOLFF ImogenVENTURELLI FedericaZSANKO PetraVOLLERING Bodine
 
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The most popular pick is, perhaps unsurprisingly, last year's junior breakout star Cat Ferguson, who only Archieboy decided against selecting.

RiderPopularity
FERGUSON Cat
17​
DE SCHEPPER Lore
15​
HOLMGREN Isabella
15​
GERY Célia
13​
MOORS Fleur
13​
CAVALLAR Valentina
12​
OUDEMAN Maud
12​
CHLADONOVA Viktoria
11​
CIABOCCO Eleonora
11​
ROLDAN Mara
9​
WOLFF Imogen
9​
RYO Titia
8​
HOLMGREN Ava
7​
VENTURELLI Federica
7​
BLASI CAIROL Paula
6​
SCHREIBER Marie
6​
STIGGER Laura
6​
VADILLO CRESPO Eneritz
6​
HASHIMI Fariba
5​
CAMPOS Daniela Maria Voets Sousa
4​
MITTERWALLNER Mona
4​
SHARP Isabel
4​
VAN DER WOLF Babette
4​
BYE Camilla Ranes
3​
CZAPLA Justyna
3​
GREVE Alberte
3​
HINOJOSA CRUZ Romina
3​
KLÖSER Rosa Maria
3​
LONDOÑO DAVID Juliana
3​
VALTULINI Elisa
3​
VAN SINAEY Xaydee
3​
VOLLERING Bodine
3​
ZSANKO Petra
3​
AINTILA Wilma
2​
CIPRESSI Carlotta
2​
HENGEVELD Daniek
2​
HÄBERLIN Steffi
2​
JOORIS Febe
2​
KAGEVI Stina
2​
LLOYD Carys
2​
LYLYK Kiara
2​
MOLENAAR Laura
2​
UIJEN Elise
2​
VAN WERSCH Anna
2​
VAN ZUTHEM Cecilia
2​
WILSON-HAFFENDEN Felicity
2​
AASEBØ Kamilla
2​
ACHTEREEKTE Carlijn
1​
BADER Silje
1​
CASASOLA Sara
1​
CHEREAU Clémence
1​
COUZENS Millie
1​
EBRAS Elisabeth
1​
FAHY Camille
1​
GEURTS Mijntje
1​
GJERTSEN Mia Kronheim
1​
JANSEN Noa
1​
KNAVEN Fee
1​
LOPEZ IRREÑO Gabriela Alejandra
1​
MOLENGRAAF Lauren
1​
MORENO BENITEZ Sara
1​
MULLER Amandine
1​
OSTIZ TACO Paula
1​
PAPADIMITRIOU STAMPORI Eirini
1​
PAYER Kira
1​
PELLEGRINI Francesca
1​
ROJAS ARGUELLO Lina Maria
1​
ROZLAPA Dana
1​
RUIZ PEREZ Lucia
1​
SODERQVIST Karin
1​
STEWART Lucinda
1​
VILLANUEVA SCRAFTON Floren
1​
VOLSTAD Alexandra
1​


The 16 most popular picks would have equaled a score of 171, so Cordi333's team is very close to being bang on. The only differences are him not having Federica Venturelli and Imogen Wolff. Madrazo is also only two riders away from the Collective Wisdom team, missing Wolff and Ava Holmgren.

PlayerPopularity
Cordi333
165​
Madrazo
159​
Armchair cyclist
151​
jon ezeitza
150​
Rufs
148​
DJW
145​
Ruvu
142​
JOSEDIN
136​
Salvarani
133​
LosBrolin
131​
Laurens147
130​
bminchow
128​
hfgon1
124​
RedheadDane
109​
Archieboy
108​
Dk one
103​
Libertine Seguros
91​
Samu Cuenca
83​
 
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After the Australian NC, the scores look like this:

1Ruvu
70​
2Laurens147
14​
3Rufs
14​
4Samu Cuenca (and everyone else)
0​


The spreadsheet looks like pretty much like it did last year, so most of you should hopefully be able to navigate through it. Please let me know if you spot any mistakes.

For a bit of extra fun, I've added an out of competition (OOC) league with five teams in it:
The 2024 Toppers, with the best scoring riders from 2024 that were still eligible, the 2024 Poppers, with the most popular picks from last year's game that were still available, the Collective Wisdom team, with the 16 most popular picks from this year's game, the Best of 2024 team, with the 16 highest scoring picks from last year's game, in order to see how they would have done as a team if the game had lasted two seasons, and finally a team of the 16 highest scoring riders in 2025 that weren't selected (its riders will of course be likely to change many times throughout the season).
 
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For a bit of extra fun, I've added an out of competition (OOC) league with five teams in it:
The 2024 Toppers, with the best scoring riders from 2024 that were still eligible, the 2024 Poppers, with the most popular picks from last year's game that were still available, the Collective Wisdom team, with the 16 most popular picks from this year's game, the Best of 2024 team, with the 16 highest scoring picks from last year's game, in order to see how they would have done as a team if the game had lasted two seasons, and finally a team of the 16 highest scoring riders in 2025 that weren't selected (its riders will of course be likely to change many times throughout the season).
The one you have missed as a data generated team that I have in the men's 3 year game is comparison to those popular in the Women's game for the season. I'm not on the machine that is most efficient for the spreadsheet at the moment, but I can identify those for you later if you wish.

But I like Poppers and Toppers as names for the ooc teams.
 
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The one you have missed as a data generated team that I have in the men's 3 year game is comparison to those popular in the Women's game for the season. I'm not on the machine that is most efficient for the spreadsheet at the moment, but I can identify those for you later if you wish.

But I like Poppers and Toppers as names for the ooc teams.

Yeah, I'd ver much appreciate that.
 
I was quite surprised to discover that Dana Rožlapa hadn't scored over 199 CQ points in her career, considering she got her first points all the way back in 2012, but many of her points comes from the Latvian NC which isn't exactly a gold mine. She'll be turning 46 this year, which makes her by far the oldest pick both here and in the main game.

At the other end of the scale, we have two current junior riders in Paula Ostiz and Eirini Stampori.

I liked the idea of having a junior, after seeing how Cat Ferguson impacted last year's game despite only being able to score points in the last months of the season. I'm not at all sure that Stampori, who won't turn 18 until November, was the best option though, but if she can score points in the Greek NC again and get a stagiaire contract at either Fenix Deceuninck or the FD Devo team, now that NXTG is linked to them rather than AGI-S, there's a chance the she won't become the worst pick in the game.
 
Yeah, I'd ver much appreciate that.
Happily, it works out that of those eligible here, exactly 16 were picked more than once for the Women's CQ Game, so the 'Popular in other game' team is:
Picks in other game
FERGUSON Cat
23​
HOLMGREN Isabella
11​
GERY Célia
7​
DE SCHEPPER Lore
5​
CHLADONOVA Viktoria
4​
STIGGER Laura
4​
WOLFF Imogen
4​
CAVALLAR Valentina
3​
HOLMGREN Ava
3​
MITTERWALLNER Mona
3​
MOORS Fleur
3​
HASHIMI Fariba
2​
SHARP Isabel
2​
VADILLO CRESPO Eneritz
2​
VAN DER WOLF Babette
2​
WILSON-HAFFENDEN Felicity
2​
 
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Interesting that Oudeman (11 picks) and Roldan(9) make your Collective Wisdom team, but were entirely unselected for my Women's game, and that Ciabocco (11 picks here) and Venturelli (7) were each selected just once over there. Disproportionate support in my game compared to here for Mitterwalner and Stigger.

A few riders were selected in the other game (all just once each), but despite eligibility were not picked here:
ABAIDULLINA Inna
ALVARADO Ceylin del Carmen
AVOINE Alison
COMTE Ema
MAHE Océane
RUFFILLI Vittoria
VAN ALPHEN Aniek
YULDASHEVA Sevinch
Perhaps likely candidates for the Collective Ignorance team? Mahe is perhaps the most surprising, as she was not dead cheap in the other game (101 points), and price is not a disincentive here. (Alvarado and Van Alphen may have been picked over there by those who know from from CX, but don't follow women's racing closely.)


I'm bemused: Why does your Collective Wisdom team include Blasi and Schreiber, but exclude the equally popular Stigger and Vadillo?
 
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Happily, it works out that of those eligible here, exactly 16 were picked more than once for the Women's CQ Game, so the 'Popular in other game' team is:
Picks in other game
FERGUSON Cat
23​
HOLMGREN Isabella
11​
GERY Célia
7​
DE SCHEPPER Lore
5​
CHLADONOVA Viktoria
4​
STIGGER Laura
4​
WOLFF Imogen
4​
CAVALLAR Valentina
3​
HOLMGREN Ava
3​
MITTERWALLNER Mona
3​
MOORS Fleur
3​
HASHIMI Fariba
2​
SHARP Isabel
2​
VADILLO CRESPO Eneritz
2​
VAN DER WOLF Babette
2​
WILSON-HAFFENDEN Felicity
2​

Great, thank you. I will include in the next update.

I'm bemused: Why does your Collective Wisdom team include Blasi and Schreiber, but exclude the equally popular Stigger and Vadillo?

It was purely based on their surnames being listed first alphabetically. I also kind of expect them to outscore the other two, but that is obviously not guaranteed.

Based on career totals, it would be Schreiber and Vadillo, while 2024 scores says Schreiber and Blasi.
 
It was purely based on their surnames being listed first alphabetically. I also kind of expect them to outscore the other two, but that is obviously not guaranteed.

Based on career totals, it would be Schreiber and Vadillo, while 2024 scores says Schreiber and Blasi.
In my games, in such a situation I average out the scores of the 4 who score equally on popularity and (given that there are 2 spaces left to fill) add in twice that average.

But this is your domain, so as you wish.