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The 2024 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

Page 91 - Get up to date with the latest news, scores & standings from the Cycling News Community.
Well, I avoided the bottom third... really poor season, there's always a bit of bad luck when two of your four most expensive riders (Démare and Uijtdebroeks) are complete flops but my hitrate with my cheap to mid-range picks tells me I also simply didn't do a good job this year.
 
Update #40: Jakob747 goes out in style as shalgo realizes the inevitable and officially wins 2024

That's it! The 40th week of the CQ Game is the last one for 2024, as there are no races ranked .1 or above left in the calendar year. Some players may have long since started making lists and looking towards next season, but there is some cause to celebrate at the end of this year for some players as well.

This Week's Top Scorers

RankTeamPoints this week
1Jakob747646
2ray10622
3HoudiniCycling492
4Gotland443
5Nakazar436

Jakob747 finishes the season in fine style, their team winning their fourth week of the season and second win in three weeks - they had wins in week 2, 28, 38 and 40, as well as 4 other top 4s through the year. Their team's signature approach of selecting fewer consensus picks and mining underappreciated talent leads to some big weeks when everything lines up, and this final week of 2024 is exactly that. This week, their win is propped up by a big win in China by Lennert Van Eetvelt (230 points, 10 teams), a nice win in Italy by Corbin Strong (150, 3) and some good placings in Italy as well by Davide De Pretto (82, 2). To top things off, Jakob also had between 20-40 points sprinkled in from 5 more riders.

Fairly close behind in 2nd place is ray10, who had a different collection of rare picks including Oscar Onley (163, 17), Romain Gregoire (144, 6), and unique pick Ethan Vernon (112 points), as well as 18-52 points from 5 other riders. HoudiniCycling finishes a relatively distant third 130 points behind, but makes the podium largely on the strength of Van Eetvelt and Onley.

This Week's High Movers

RankTeamUp/down
1Jakob747(+7)
2nbfc1962(+6)
2vsd88(+6)
4armchairclimber(+5)
4HoudiniCycling(+5)
4Gotland(+5)

With the clock running out on the season, this was the last chance to move up and Jakob made the most of it, doubling up and moving up 7 spots in the last week of the season to finish a very fine 13th overall. Completing the 'all-number-team-name' podium is nbfc1962 and vsd88, each moving up 6 spots and powered by Van Eetvelt and Onley respectively.

Green Jersey Competition

RankTeamTotal
1Jakob747369
2Googolplex355
3Amethyst332
4JumboVismaFan243
5shalgo229

It's all coming up Jakob this week. I mentioned in updates the last two weeks that Jakob's team was within striking distance of Googolplex and Amethyst, both of whom were Pogacar-dependent teams meaning they were unlikely to score this week, and Jakob's team entered this week needing 31 points to move from 3rd to 1st in the standings. And of course, with 45 for the weekly win, that was more than enough. Jakob's team got 108 points in the last three weeks to end the season on a tear and win this sub-competition. Congratulations!

Googolplex and Amethyst complete the overall podium for this ranking, taking a very fun chance by both picking Pogacar, whose CQ price was already the highest CQ score since CQ was created. Of course, that gamble paid off as Pogi leveled up to god mode, and it was enough to top the standings on many of his dominant weeks, but not quite enough to fend off Jakob747 in the end. It's likely that if only one of them had taken a chance on Pogi then either would have won, but they balanced each other out and split spots depending on the week. Regardless, a tip of the hat to both!

Top 10 Overall

RankUp/downTeamPoints
1(-)shalgo16355
2(-)Squire14856
3(+5)Gotland14781
4(+5)HoudiniCycling14735
5(-2)EvansIsTheBest14653
6(-1)MADRAZO14543
7(-)JumboVismaFan14517
8(-4)Earns198514510
9(-3)Salvarani14475
10(-)adamski10114295

It's time to formalize what has been evident for some time - shalgo is the official champion of the 2024 CQ Manager Game! Their team coasts into the end of the season with a mere 98 points on the week, and while that does mean that they can't say they won by a nice round 1500 points, we can round up from the 1499 point difference to 2nd place, really. I'm not one to keep these types of stats, but I think the amount of weeks that they led this game has to be the most for a champion, and the margin is incredible. Is shalgo Slovenian? Did they switch CQ Game trainers this year? Whatever the case, their team is the (dominant and deserving) winner.

I mentioned last week that Squire had the inside track on 2nd place but it was pretty close below that all the way down to 8th, and indeed this week shook things up. Squire's 276 weekly points did enough for their team to finish in 2nd place overall, by 75 points. But below that, Gotland and HoudiniCycling each finished in the top 4 on the week and parlayed that into 5-spot leaps in the overall. Gotland had the inside track and ended up taking the final podium spot at the end. Further down, the top 10 names stay the same as last week with no one moving in or out, but with the aforementioned leaps there were some corresponding falls, including EvansIsTheBest and Earns1985 falling to 5th and 8th respectively after spending much of the last few months on the podium. A shoutout to the very consistent performances that resulted in a top 10 this year for MADRAZO, JumboVismaFan, Salvarani and adamski101.

And that's it! That's the end of the CQ Manager Game for this year. I'll open up a new thread by mid-December as usual, and in the meantime, feel free to have post-mortems/off-season discussion here, make your lists for next year, and get annoyed that the guys you chose this year are winning on the track and cyclo-cross courses more than they did for you on the road. ;)

spreadsheet link
 
Update #40: Jakob747 goes out in style as shalgo realizes the inevitable and officially wins 2024

That's it! The 40th week of the CQ Game is the last one for 2024, as there are no races ranked .1 or above left in the calendar year. Some players may have long since started making lists and looking towards next season, but there is some cause to celebrate at the end of this year for some players as well.

This Week's Top Scorers

RankTeamPoints this week
1Jakob747646
2ray10622
3HoudiniCycling492
4Gotland443
5Nakazar436

Jakob747 finishes the season in fine style, their team winning their fourth week of the season and second win in three weeks - they had wins in week 2, 28, 38 and 40, as well as 4 other top 4s through the year. Their team's signature approach of selecting fewer consensus picks and mining underappreciated talent leads to some big weeks when everything lines up, and this final week of 2024 is exactly that. This week, their win is propped up by a big win in China by Lennert Van Eetvelt (230 points, 10 teams), a nice win in Italy by Corbin Strong (150, 3) and some good placings in Italy as well by Davide De Pretto (82, 2). To top things off, Jakob also had between 20-40 points sprinkled in from 5 more riders.

Fairly close behind in 2nd place is ray10, who had a different collection of rare picks including Oscar Onley (163, 17), Romain Gregoire (144, 6), and unique pick Ethan Vernon (112 points), as well as 18-52 points from 5 other riders. HoudiniCycling finishes a relatively distant third 130 points behind, but makes the podium largely on the strength of Van Eetvelt and Onley.

This Week's High Movers

RankTeamUp/down
1Jakob747(+7)
2nbfc1962(+6)
2vsd88(+6)
4armchairclimber(+5)
4HoudiniCycling(+5)
4Gotland(+5)

With the clock running out on the season, this was the last chance to move up and Jakob made the most of it, doubling up and moving up 7 spots in the last week of the season to finish a very fine 13th overall. Completing the 'all-number-team-name' podium is nbfc1962 and vsd88, each moving up 6 spots and powered by Van Eetvelt and Onley respectively.

Green Jersey Competition

RankTeamTotal
1Jakob747369
2Googolplex355
3Amethyst332
4JumboVismaFan243
5shalgo229

It's all coming up Jakob this week. I mentioned in updates the last two weeks that Jakob's team was within striking distance of Googolplex and Amethyst, both of whom were Pogacar-dependent teams meaning they were unlikely to score this week, and Jakob's team entered this week needing 31 points to move from 3rd to 1st in the standings. And of course, with 45 for the weekly win, that was more than enough. Jakob's team got 108 points in the last three weeks to end the season on a tear and win this sub-competition. Congratulations!

Googolplex and Amethyst complete the overall podium for this ranking, taking a very fun chance by both picking Pogacar, whose CQ price was already the highest CQ score since CQ was created. Of course, that gamble paid off as Pogi leveled up to god mode, and it was enough to top the standings on many of his dominant weeks, but not quite enough to fend off Jakob747 in the end. It's likely that if only one of them had taken a chance on Pogi then either would have won, but they balanced each other out and split spots depending on the week. Regardless, a tip of the hat to both!

Top 10 Overall

RankUp/downTeamPoints
1(-)shalgo16355
2(-)Squire14856
3(+5)Gotland14781
4(+5)HoudiniCycling14735
5(-2)EvansIsTheBest14653
6(-1)MADRAZO14543
7(-)JumboVismaFan14517
8(-4)Earns198514510
9(-3)Salvarani14475
10(-)adamski10114295

It's time to formalize what has been evident for some time - shalgo is the official champion of the 2024 CQ Manager Game! Their team coasts into the end of the season with a mere 98 points on the week, and while that does mean that they can't say they won by a nice round 1500 points, we can round up from the 1499 point difference to 2nd place, really. I'm not one to keep these types of stats, but I think the amount of weeks that they led this game has to be the most for a champion, and the margin is incredible. Is shalgo Slovenian? Did they switch CQ Game trainers this year? Whatever the case, their team is the (dominant and deserving) winner.

I mentioned last week that Squire had the inside track on 2nd place but it was pretty close below that all the way down to 8th, and indeed this week shook things up. Squire's 276 weekly points did enough for their team to finish in 2nd place overall, by 75 points. But below that, Gotland and HoudiniCycling each finished in the top 4 on the week and parlayed that into 5-spot leaps in the overall. Gotland had the inside track and ended up taking the final podium spot at the end. Further down, the top 10 names stay the same as last week with no one moving in or out, but with the aforementioned leaps there were some corresponding falls, including EvansIsTheBest and Earns1985 falling to 5th and 8th respectively after spending much of the last few months on the podium. A shoutout to the very consistent performances that resulted in a top 10 this year for MADRAZO, JumboVismaFan, Salvarani and adamski101.

And that's it! That's the end of the CQ Manager Game for this year. I'll open up a new thread by mid-December as usual, and in the meantime, feel free to have post-mortems/off-season discussion here, make your lists for next year, and get annoyed that the guys you chose this year are winning on the track and cyclo-cross courses more than they did for you on the road. ;)

spreadsheet link
Just coming back from a 4 day trekking in the Andes without having internet. And one of the first things back in civilization is of course checking the final result of this game.
Bummer, that I dropped so many places in the last week, but I think 8th is still my best result, since I played the game. (I think it was my fourth season).
Of course a big thanks to @skidmark, but also to @Shakes for creating the Website, which had been a really nice upgrade in this game. It was also fun, that my direct competitors had been also so active in this thread. A special Thanks here to @EvansIsTheBest and @Squire!!
When I am back from vacacion it's time to think about the 2025 team.
Greetings from Peru to everyone, who played this year!
 
I suppose it's about price, but he's still gonna be rather cheap for next year's game...

If I was normal. If I selected my riders based on more usual methods, I'd definitely prefer a rider who'd started showing some form towards the end of the season, rather than a rider who'd just been bad all year.
He had some health issues early in season, so he did race slightly less this yr, but an excellent Oct was killer, ideally if he'd come 3rd/4th twice instead of winning your laughing because hes still fairly cheap while also having shown his form is back for '25
 
Great finish for my team but no podium in the end. However, this is a consecutive top 5 finish for me and I am very happy with that!

I had 2 very different strategies when it comes to the price composition of my team in this 2 years and I will probably once again change a lot next year. In 2023 three 800+ riders while this year I only went for under 500 cyclists .

I am not sure about 2025 team but If I would have to guess I'd say that this time I will have 3 1000 + riders. Or maybe I will completely change my mind and I will go a different route, Really excited to dive deeper in CQ prices for 2024 and make a first draft of riders!
 
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The optimal team:

Rider
Price
Score
Profit
Return
Popularity
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam​
456​
1518​
1062​
332.89%​
48​
DEL TORO ROMERO Isaac​
124​
890​
766​
717.74%​
47​
JEANNIERE Emilien​
110​
869​
759​
790.00%​
0​
COSNEFROY Benoit​
452​
1146​
694​
253.54%​
16​
MILAN Jonathan​
530​
1204​
674​
227.17%​
9​
BERCKMOES Jenno​
104​
771​
667​
741.35%​
0​
BLACKMORE Joseph​
67​
725​
658​
1082.09%​
0​
BETTIOL Alberto​
349​
963​
614​
275.93%​
2​
LAPEIRA Paul​
117​
720​
603​
615.38%​
1​
WILLIAMS Stephen​
369​
968​
599​
262.33%​
0​
BAUDIN Alex​
51​
638​
587​
1250.98%​
0​
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio​
496​
1055​
559​
212.70%​
69​
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley​
262​
794​
532​
303.05%​
43​
CEPEDA HERNANDEZ Jefferson Alveiro​
119​
631​
512​
530.25%​
0​
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe​
279​
787​
508​
282.08%​
60​
VAN GILS Maxim​
636​
1143​
507​
179.72%​
0​
NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan Manuel​
353​
854​
501​
241.93%​
1​
ABRAHAMSEN Jonas​
131​
628​
497​
479.39%​
0​
CHRISTEN Jan​
59​
547​
488​
927.12%​
36​
TRATNIK Jan​
121​
592​
471​
489.26%​
9​
JORGENSON Matteo​
936​
1405​
469​
150.11%​
1​
DELETTRE Alexandre​
104​
524​
420​
503.85%​
0​
SILVA COUSSAN Guillermo Thomas​
7​
422​
415​
6028.57%​
0​
RYAN Archie​
45​
441​
396​
980.00%​
56​
CAPIOT Amaury​
10​
305​
295​
3050.00%​
50​
MARTINEZ Lenny​
530​
822​
292​
155.09%​
11​
HIRT Jan​
52​
344​
292​
661.54%​
15​
PARET PEINTRE Valentin​
135​
425​
290​
314.81%​
0​
GAUTHERAT Pierre​
148​
437​
289​
295.27%​
4​
NAESEN Oliver​
144​
431​
287​
299.31%​
2​
MORGADO Antonio Tomas​
132​
411​
279​
311.36%​
37​
ZOIDL Riccardo​
33​
269​
236​
815.15%​
0​
PEDERSEN Rasmus Søjberg​
23​
258​
235​
1121.74%​
1​
Total
7484
23937
16453
319.84%
518

Congrats to firefly3323 (Jorgenson), DJ Sprtsch (Narvaez), Analnyi Khirurg (Lapeira) and RedheadDane (Pedersen) for getting unique picks on there. Lots of complete whiffs as usual.

Shalgo scored 68.33% of the optimal score by far the best mark ever (previous best skidmark 2012 with 66.77%) and is only the second team to score at least two thirds of the optimal score.
 
Here is not only my entire team but also the highly scientific method I have used to select the 33 picks that will carry me to victory.
[...]
The Winning Pick
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam
I wrote this on January 4th. On the basis of him finishing with the best profit of all the riders on the optimal team, I wasn't far off.

Doesn't matter. Nobody's catching shalgo this year. Their team was at 3500 points at the start of the week and it will add like another 1k between Ayuso, Del Toro, Plapp, Bernal and Arensman.

The most points anybody has ever had in the post-MSR update is 3939. Shalgo will smash that with a week to spare. GG, see you next year.
I wrote this on March 10th.

If only my ability to read the future applied to my team selection.
 
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The optimal team:

Rider
Price
Score
Profit
Return
Popularity
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam​
456​
1518​
1062​
332.89%​
48​
DEL TORO ROMERO Isaac​
124​
890​
766​
717.74%​
47​
JEANNIERE Emilien​
110​
869​
759​
790.00%​
0​
COSNEFROY Benoit​
452​
1146​
694​
253.54%​
16​
MILAN Jonathan​
530​
1204​
674​
227.17%​
9​
BERCKMOES Jenno​
104​
771​
667​
741.35%​
0​
BLACKMORE Joseph​
67​
725​
658​
1082.09%​
0​
BETTIOL Alberto​
349​
963​
614​
275.93%​
2​
LAPEIRA Paul​
117​
720​
603​
615.38%​
1​
WILLIAMS Stephen​
369​
968​
599​
262.33%​
0​
BAUDIN Alex​
51​
638​
587​
1250.98%​
0​
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio​
496​
1055​
559​
212.70%​
69​
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley​
262​
794​
532​
303.05%​
43​
CEPEDA HERNANDEZ Jefferson Alveiro​
119​
631​
512​
530.25%​
0​
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe​
279​
787​
508​
282.08%​
60​
VAN GILS Maxim​
636​
1143​
507​
179.72%​
0​
NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan Manuel​
353​
854​
501​
241.93%​
1​
ABRAHAMSEN Jonas​
131​
628​
497​
479.39%​
0​
CHRISTEN Jan​
59​
547​
488​
927.12%​
36​
TRATNIK Jan​
121​
592​
471​
489.26%​
9​
JORGENSON Matteo​
936​
1405​
469​
150.11%​
1​
DELETTRE Alexandre​
104​
524​
420​
503.85%​
0​
SILVA COUSSAN Guillermo Thomas​
7​
422​
415​
6028.57%​
0​
RYAN Archie​
45​
441​
396​
980.00%​
56​
CAPIOT Amaury​
10​
305​
295​
3050.00%​
50​
MARTINEZ Lenny​
530​
822​
292​
155.09%​
11​
HIRT Jan​
52​
344​
292​
661.54%​
15​
PARET PEINTRE Valentin​
135​
425​
290​
314.81%​
0​
GAUTHERAT Pierre​
148​
437​
289​
295.27%​
4​
NAESEN Oliver​
144​
431​
287​
299.31%​
2​
MORGADO Antonio Tomas​
132​
411​
279​
311.36%​
37​
ZOIDL Riccardo​
33​
269​
236​
815.15%​
0​
PEDERSEN Rasmus Søjberg​
23​
258​
235​
1121.74%​
1​
Total
7484
23937
16453
319.84%
518

Congrats to firefly3323 (Jorgenson), DJ Sprtsch (Narvaez), Analnyi Khirurg (Lapeira) and RedheadDane (Pedersen) for getting unique picks on there. Lots of complete whiffs as usual.

Shalgo scored 68.33% of the optimal score by far the best mark ever (previous best skidmark 2012 with 66.77%) and is only the second team to score at least two thirds of the optimal score.
I think there’s something wrong with your calculations this time round? Krijnsen (0 > 488) and Magnier (38 > 405) instead of Zoidl and Pedersen already bumps up the score quite a bit, and Foldager (95 > 463) also goes into the optimal team for sure.
 
I think there’s something wrong with your calculations this time round? Krijnsen (0 > 488) and Magnier (38 > 405) instead of Zoidl and Pedersen already bumps up the score quite a bit, and Foldager (95 > 463) also goes into the optimal team for sure.

Søjberg. Please write Søjberg. (Or 'Sojberg' if you can't write 'ø').
I was confused why Pedersen would have been a good pick, as he scored fewer point than last year. Both of them, in fact.
 
The optimal team:

Rider
Price
Score
Profit
Return
Popularity
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam​
456​
1518​
1062​
332.89%​
48​
DEL TORO ROMERO Isaac​
124​
890​
766​
717.74%​
47​
JEANNIERE Emilien​
110​
869​
759​
790.00%​
0​
COSNEFROY Benoit​
452​
1146​
694​
253.54%​
16​
MILAN Jonathan​
530​
1204​
674​
227.17%​
9​
BERCKMOES Jenno​
104​
771​
667​
741.35%​
0​
BLACKMORE Joseph​
67​
725​
658​
1082.09%​
0​
BETTIOL Alberto​
349​
963​
614​
275.93%​
2​
LAPEIRA Paul​
117​
720​
603​
615.38%​
1​
WILLIAMS Stephen​
369​
968​
599​
262.33%​
0​
BAUDIN Alex​
51​
638​
587​
1250.98%​
0​
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio​
496​
1055​
559​
212.70%​
69​
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley​
262​
794​
532​
303.05%​
43​
CEPEDA HERNANDEZ Jefferson Alveiro​
119​
631​
512​
530.25%​
0​
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe​
279​
787​
508​
282.08%​
60​
VAN GILS Maxim​
636​
1143​
507​
179.72%​
0​
NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan Manuel​
353​
854​
501​
241.93%​
1​
ABRAHAMSEN Jonas​
131​
628​
497​
479.39%​
0​
CHRISTEN Jan​
59​
547​
488​
927.12%​
36​
TRATNIK Jan​
121​
592​
471​
489.26%​
9​
JORGENSON Matteo​
936​
1405​
469​
150.11%​
1​
DELETTRE Alexandre​
104​
524​
420​
503.85%​
0​
SILVA COUSSAN Guillermo Thomas​
7​
422​
415​
6028.57%​
0​
RYAN Archie​
45​
441​
396​
980.00%​
56​
CAPIOT Amaury​
10​
305​
295​
3050.00%​
50​
MARTINEZ Lenny​
530​
822​
292​
155.09%​
11​
HIRT Jan​
52​
344​
292​
661.54%​
15​
PARET PEINTRE Valentin​
135​
425​
290​
314.81%​
0​
GAUTHERAT Pierre​
148​
437​
289​
295.27%​
4​
NAESEN Oliver​
144​
431​
287​
299.31%​
2​
MORGADO Antonio Tomas​
132​
411​
279​
311.36%​
37​
ZOIDL Riccardo​
33​
269​
236​
815.15%​
0​
PEDERSEN Rasmus Søjberg​
23​
258​
235​
1121.74%​
1​
Total
7484
23937
16453
319.84%
518

Congrats to firefly3323 (Jorgenson), DJ Sprtsch (Narvaez), Analnyi Khirurg (Lapeira) and RedheadDane (Pedersen) for getting unique picks on there. Lots of complete whiffs as usual.

Shalgo scored 68.33% of the optimal score by far the best mark ever (previous best skidmark 2012 with 66.77%) and is only the second team to score at least two thirds of the optimal score.
How did you come up with that optimal list? I can tell right away that it's not the optimal list. For one thing you can just replace Jan Hirt with Markus Hoelgaard and you gain another 57 points. There are likely other replacements as well that can optimize it.
 
So I can find this combo (using an algorhythm for R that EitB sent me, IIRC) , scoring 26112

costscoreprofitreturrnpopularity
O'CONNOR Ben81118941083233.54%0
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam45615181062332.89%48
MILAN Jonathan5301204674227.17%9
COSNEFROY Benoit4521146694253.54%16
VAN GILS Maxim6361143507179.72%0
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio4961055559212.70%69
VAN EETVELT Lennert437999562228.60%10
WILLIAMS Stephen369968599262.33%0
BETTIOL Alberto349963614275.93%2
DEL TORO ROMERO Isaac124890766717.74%47
JEANNIERE Emilien110869759790.00%0
NARVAEZ PRADO Jhonatan Manuel353854501241.93%1
ONLEY Oscar302819517271.19%17
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley262794532303.05%43
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe279787508282.08%60
BERCKMOES Jenno104771667741.35%0
BLACKMORE Joseph677256581082.09%0
LAPEIRA Paul117720603615.38%1
ZAMBANINI Edoardo76670594881.58%5
BAUDIN Alex516385871250.98%0
CEPEDA HERNANDEZ Jefferson Alveiro119631512530.25%0
ABRAHAMSEN Jonas131628497479.39%0
FRETIN Milan136593457436.03%2
TRATNIK Jan121592471489.26%9
SEGAERT Alec198550352277.78%16
CHRISTEN Jan59547488927.12%36
DELETTRE Alexandre104524420503.85%0
KRIJNSEN Jelte0488488#DIV/0!0
FOLDAGER Anders95463368487.37%2
RYAN Archie45441396980.00%56
SILVA COUSSAN Guillermo Thomas74224156028.57%0
MAGNIER Paul384053671065.79%21
HOELGAARD Markus50401351802.00%5
Total74842611218628348.90%475

Lots of rare picks there to show us up.

So that is "only" 62.6% of perfection for Shalgo, and Skidmark's record in that regard remains.
 
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I had put together a Collective Wisdom team: the most popular riders in a combination that fits within the budget. It comprises every rider that was picked at least 26 times (the top 27 picks), but for budgetary reasons Carlos Rodriguez (24 picks) had to be omitted. There were 3 places left for the 4 riders selected 22 teams, and Wright missed the cut for budget.

I then totally forgot to check how they were doing.

The resulting group has, despite Gloag, Piccolo, Hayter and Uijtdebroeks, a current score of 13905 and would be in third place.
That Collective Wisdom group finished poorly, dropping to 10th.

GIRMAY HAILU Biniam45615181062332.89%48
AYUSO PESQUERA Juan10231276253124.73%39
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio4961055559212.70%69
DEL TORO ROMERO Isaac124890766717.74%47
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley262794532303.05%43
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe279787508282.08%60
NYS Thibau305702397230.16%28
SHEFFIELD Magnus57361845107.85%22
CHRISTEN Jan59547488927.12%36
VANSEVENANT Mauri207539332260.39%24
ARENSMAN Thymen283537254189.75%64
BENNETT Sam302534232176.82%26
LAMPERTI Luke176495319281.25%39
RYAN Archie45441396980.00%56
PLAPP Lucas34142382124.05%40
LAURANCE Axel187414227221.39%31
MORGADO Antonio Tomas132411279311.36%37
RICCITELLO Matthew161333172206.83%22
CAPIOT Amaury103052953050.00%50
HAYTER Ethan476263-21355.25%45
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander50232182464.00%78
RAFFERTY Darren103215112208.74%26
TURNER Ben15819335122.15%54
UIJTDEBROEKS Cian574176-39830.66%40
STAUNE-MITTET Johannes10815042138.89%53
STEWART Jake11314936131.86%24
COVI Alessandro141140-199.29%24
HERZOG Emil498942450.00%23
AUGUST Andrew07474infinite53
MOSCON Gianni6847-2169.12%32
GLOAG Thomas17146-12526.90%33
PICCOLO Andrea9429-6530.85%47
WALLS Matthew18213116.67%22
7499144526953192.72%1335

But Collective Ignorance, the team made up of those overlooked by all of us, even with a network of 94 scouts, would have won by a country mile, scoring 20036:
O'CONNOR Ben81118941083233.54%0
MCNULTY Brandon8951477582165.03%0
ULISSI Diego7191145426159.25%0
VAN GILS Maxim6361143507179.72%0
WELLENS Tim6231012389162.44%0
WILLIAMS Stephen369968599262.33%0
SKUJINS Toms668919251137.57%0
JEANNIERE Emilien110869759790.00%0
BERCKMOES Jenno104771667741.35%0
ADRIA OLIVERAS Roger453728275160.71%0
BLACKMORE Joseph677256581082.09%0
LIPOWITZ Florian298676378226.85%0
BAUDIN Alex516385871250.98%0
CEPEDA HERNANDEZ Jefferson Alveiro119631512530.25%0
ABRAHAMSEN Jonas131628497479.39%0
AULAR SANABRIA Orluis Alberto354544190153.67%0
DELETTRE Alexandre104524420503.85%0
KRIJNSEN Jelte0488488infinite0
PARET PEINTRE Valentin135425290314.81%0
SILVA COUSSAN Guillermo Thomas74224156028.57%0
DOUBLE Paul121364243300.83%0
BUDZINSKI Marcin162362200223.46%0
RIVERA VARGAS Brandon Smith122335213274.59%0
MIQUEL DELGADO Pau94295201313.83%0
ZOIDL Riccardo33269236815.15%0
DEHAIRS Simon40256216640.00%0
CARBONI Giovanni42239197569.05%0
CONTRERAS PINZON Rodrigo48234186487.50%0
TAROZZI Manuele60229169381.67%0
ROLLAND Brieuc152212061473.33%0
LONARDI Giovanni49221172451.02%0
WALKER Max44205161465.91%0
DONNENWIRTH Tom161791631118.75%0
75002003612536267.15%0
 
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