The Zero Pointers CQ Game 2018

[rote_laterne]

Thanks for your interest in my game. So far 30 teams are in, more than expected, one team DJ Sprtsch needs to be modified. Still 2 hrs 15 min until deadline.

 

[NorthAmericanScum]

Just entered a team. Looking forward to seeing if most of my picks actually get any points

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Oh! What a stupid error, I have sent in my revised team now...

 

[rote_laterne]

These are the 32 teams participating in the first edition of the monomental Zero Pointers CQ Game:

* indicates an unique pick

60956
BETOUIGT-SUIRE Clément *
ENGER Sondre Holst
FLOREZ LOPEZ Miguel Eduardo
GAZZOLI Michele
HJEMSAETER Olav *
HOOLE Daan
INNOCENTI Andrea
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat
MÄRKL Niklas
ZIJLAARD Maikel

18-Valve. (pithy)
CASTRILLO ZAPATER Jaime
CHAVES RUBIO Brayan
ENGER Sondre Holst
FLOREZ LOPEZ Miguel Eduardo
GAREL Adrien
HADDI Soufiane
HOOLE Daan
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat
PIDCOCK Thomas
SAMITIER SAMITIER Sergio

Amis Velo
Bol Cees
Castrillo Zapater Jaime
Chalapud Gomez Robinson Eduardo
Enger Sondre Holst
Florez Lopez Miguel Eduardo
Godrie Stan
Haddi Soufiane
Intxausti Elorriaga Beñat
Robredo Crespo Alvaro
Tanner David

Armchair cyclist
BOUHANNI Rayane
CASTRILLO ZAPATER Jaime
CUADROS MORATA Alvaro
D'URBANO Marco
ENGER Sondre Holst
FLOREZ LOPEZ Miguel Eduardo
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat
ORSINI Umberto
PIDCOCK Thomas
TANNER David

AupaPyama
CABEDO CARDA Oscar
CASTIBLANCO CUBIDES Jorge Camilo *
CASTRILLO ZAPATER Jaime
CHALAPUD GOMEZ Robinson Eduardo
CHAVES RUBIO Brayan
CUADROS MORATA Alvaro
ENGER Sondre Holst
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat
SAMITIER SAMITIER Sergio
TANNER David

Blues in the bottle
AMADOR CASTAÑO Juan Jose
BALLESTEROS CANOVAS Miguel Angel *
CANTON SERRANO Isaac *
CASTRILLO ZAPATER Jaime
DE VYLDER Lindsay *
ENGER Sondre Holst
FLOREZ LOPEZ Miguel Eduardo
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat
RICE Michael
TOOVEY Ayden

Cordi333
BOL Cees
CASTRILLO ZAPATER Jaime
CUADROS MORATA Alvaro
ENGER Sondre Holst
GAZZOLI Michele
GRIGNARD Sebastien
JOHANSEN Julius
MÄRKL Niklas
PIDCOCK Thomas
SAMITIER SAMITIER Sergio

del1962
BOU COMPANY JOAN
CABEDO CARDA Oscar
CASTRILLO ZAPATER Jaime
CUADROS MORATA Alvaro
ENGER Sondre Holst
FLOREZ LOPEZ Miguel Eduardo
GAREL Adrien
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat
ORSINI Umberto
ROBREDO CRESPO Alvaro

DJ Sprtsch
BOUHANNI Rayane
CHALAPUD GOMEZ Robinson Eduardo
ENGER Sondre Holst
FLOREZ LOPEZ Miguel Eduardo
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat
JOHANSEN Julius
PACINOTTI Niccolo *
PIDCOCK Thomas
SAMITIER SAMITIER Sergio
TANNER David

escartin
BANASZEK Norbert *
CABEDO CARDA Oscar
CASTRILLO ZAPATER Jaime
CUADROS MORATA Alvaro
ENGER Sondre Holst
INTXAUSTI ELLORIAGA Beñat
PIDCOCK Thomas
RAJCHART Jan
SAMITIER SAMITIER Sergio
TURNER Ben *

Gigs_98
BOL Cees
BOUHANNI Rayane
CASTRILLO ZAPATER Jaime
CUADROS MORATA Alvaro
ENGER Sondre Holst
GODRIE Stan
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat
TANNER David
VAN ZUMMEREN Stef
YOSHIDA Hayato

Jancouver
BOUHANNI Rayane
BROWN Jonny *
CASTRILLO ZAPATER Jaime
DE SMET Thibaut *
ENGER Sondre Holst
GODRIE Stan
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat
RAJCHART Jan
RICE Michael
ZIJLAARD Maikel

jon_ezeitza
CHZHAN Igor *
GAZZOLI Michele
GRIGNARD Sebastien
HOOLE Daan
JOHANSEN Julius
KIERNER Florian
LEKNESSUND Andreas
MÄRKL Niklas
PIDCOCK Thomas
ZIJLAARD Maikel

JOSEDIN
BOL Cees
BONDARENKO-EDWARDS Sascha *
ENGER Sondre Holst
GAZZOLI Michele
HOOLE Daan
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat
JOHANSEN Julius
KIERNER Florian
MÄRKL Niklas
PIDCOCK Thomas

jsem94
BOUHANNI Rayane
CABEDO CARDA Oscar
CASTRILLO ZAPATER Jaime
CUADROS MORATA Alvaro
ENGER Sondre Holst
FLOREZ LOPEZ Miguel Eduardo
GAREL Adrien
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat
ORSINI Umberto
TRARIEUX Julien

 

[rote_laterne]

Kazistuta
BOUHANNI Rayane
CASTRILLO ZAPATER Jaime
CUADROS MORATA Alvaro
ENGER Sondre Holst
HAVIK Piotr
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat
JOHANSEN Julius
PEÑA MOLANO Wilson Estiben *
SAMITIER SAMITIER Sergio
TANNER David

laarsland
BOL Cees
CHAVES RUBIO Brayan
ENGER SONDRE Holst
FLOREZ LOPEZ Miguel Eduardo
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat
LECAMUS LAMBERT Florian *
PIDCOCK Thomas
RAUGEL Antoine *
RENARD Alexis *
ZIJLAARD Maikel

Leadbelly
BOL Cees
CASTRILLO ZAPATER Jaime
CHALAPUD GOMEZ Robinson Eduardo
ENGER Sondre Holst
GAZZOLI Michele
HADDI Soufiane
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat
JOHANSEN Julius
PIDCOCK Thomas
SAMITIER SAMITIER Sergio

LosBrolin
ARENSMAN Thymen *
CASTRILLO ZAPATER Jaime
ENGER Sondre Holst
GAZZOLI Michele
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat
JOHANSEN Julius
KIERNER Florian
MÄRKL Niklas
PIDCOCK Thomas
RICE Michael

MADRAZO
BOL Cees
CASTRILLO ZAPATER Jaime
ENGER Sondre Holst
GODRIE Stan
HADDI Soufiane
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat
LANDER Sebastian *
NIEUWENHUIS Joris
TANNER David
VIVIANI Attilio

monsieur_hulot
BOU COMPANY Joan
ENGER Sondre Holst
FLOREZ LOPEZ Miguel Eduardo
HAVIK Piotr
HEINSCHKE Leon
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat
JOLY Thomas *
LYONS Angus *
NIEUWENHUIS Joris
VIVIANI Attilio

NairoQ
AMADOR CASTAÑO Juan Jose
CASTRILLO ZAPATER Jaime
CUADROS MORATA Alvaro
ENGER Sondre Holst
FLOREZ LOPEZ Miguel Eduardo
GAREL Adrien
HASLUND Peter *
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat
JOHANSEN Julius
PIDCOCK Thomas

Nicosix
BOWDEN Scott *
CASTRILLO ZAPATER Jaime
ENGER Sondre Holst
FLOREZ LOPEZ Miguel Eduardo
HAVIK Piotr
HÖÖG Gustav *
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat
PIDCOCK Thomas
SAMITIER SAMITIER Sergio
TANNER David

NorthAmericanScum
CHAVES RUBIO Brayan
ENGER Sondre Holst
FLOREZ LOPEZ Miguel Eduardo
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat
ORSINI Umberto
PIDCOCK Thomas
TANNER David
TOOVEY Ayden
YOSHIDA Hayato
ZIJLAARD Maikel

rote_laterne
CHAVES RUBIO Brayan
ENGER Sondre Holst
FLOREZ LOPEZ Miguel Eduardo
INNOCENTI Andrea
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat
LEKNESSUND Andreas
PIDCOCK Thomas
TANNER David
ZANA Filippo *
ZIJLAARD Maikel

Salvarani
AMADOR CASTAÑO Juan Jose
BENHAMOUDA Mehdi *
BOU COMPANY Joan
BOUHANNI Rayane
CASTRILLO ZAPATER Jaime
ENGER Sondre Holst
GAREL Adrien
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat
NIV Guy *
ORSINI Umberto

scrooll07
BOU COMPANY Joan
D'URBANO Marco
ENGER Sondre Holst
GAREL Adrien
GODRIE Stan
INNOCENTI Andrea
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat
ORSINI Umberto
VAN ZUMMEREN Stef
ZIJLAARD Maikel

search
APPELT Leo *
BELTRAN SUAREZ Edward Alexander *
BOKELOH Jonas *
BOL Cees
ENGER Sondre Holst
HADDI Soufiane
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat
PARRA BUSTAMENTE Heiner Rodrigo *
SALVADOR Enrico *
STROETINGA Wim *

Squire
BOL Cees
CHALAPUD GOMEZ Robinson Eduardo
CHAVES RUBIO Brayan
ENGER Sondre Holst
EVRARD Laurent
HADDI Soufiane
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat
NIEUWENHUIS Joris
PIDCOCK Thomas
SAMITIER SAMITIER Sergio

ThePirate81
BOL Cees
CASTRILLO ZAPATER Jaime
CUADROS MORATA Alvaro
ENGER Sondre Holst
EVRARD Laurent
HEINSCHKE Leon
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat
SAMITIER SAMITIER Sergio
TRARIEUX Julien
ZIJLAARD Maikel

Valverde_avi
CASTRILLO ZAPATER Jaime
CHAVES RUBIO Brayan
ENGER Sondre Holst
GAZZOLI Michele
HEINSCHKE Leon
JOHANSEN Julius
MÄRKL Niklas
PIDCOCK Thomas
RASTELLI Luca *
ZIJLAARD Maikel

vladimir
ANDERSON Edward *
BOU COMPANY Joan
CASTRILLO ZAPATER Jaime
ENGER Sondre Holst
HEINSCHKE Leon
INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA Beñat
KLOC Dawid *
MOKHTARI Hichem *
PUCCIONI Dario *
SAMITIER SAMITIER Sergio

 

[rote_laterne]

79 different riders were chosen, 38 by only one team manager.

The 10 (actually 11) most popular ones are:
31: ENGER Sondre Holst
29: INTXAUSTI ELLORIAGA Beñat
21: CASTRILLO ZAPATER Jaime
16: PIDCOCK Thomas
14: FLOREZ LOPEZ Miguel Eduardo
11: SAMITIER SAMITIER Sergio
10: BOL Cees, CUADROS MORATA Alvaro, TANNER David
9: JOHANSEN Julius, ZIJLAARD Maikel

7: BOUHANNI Rayane, CHAVES RUBIO Brayan, GAZZOLI Michele
6: GAREL Adrien, HADDI Soufiane, MÄRKL Niklas, ORSINI Umberto
5: BOU COMPANY Joan , CHALAPUD GOMEZ Robinson Eduardo, GODRIE Stan
4: CABEDO CARDA Oscar, HEINSCHKE Leon,HOOLE Daan
3: AMADOR CASTAÑO Juan Jose, HAVIK Piotr, INNOCENTI Andrea, KIERNER Florian, NIEUWENHUIS Joris ,RICE Michael
2: D'URBANO Marco, EVRARD Laurent, GRIGNARD Sebastien, LEKNESSUND Andreas, RAJCHART Jan, ROBREDO CRESPO Alvaro, TOOVEY Ayden, TRARIEUX Julien, VAN ZUMMEREN Stef, VIVIANI Attilio,YOSHIDA Hayato

 

[NairoQ]

This is what I got for popularity scores (forgive me for the formatting):

10_MOST_POPULAR_RIDERS 161

ARMCHAIRCYCLIST 146
18-VALVE.(PITHY) 145
LEADBELLY 145
NAIROQ 140
NICOSIX 137
AMISVELO 133
DJSPRTSCH 133
KAZISTUTA 132
JSEM94 130
AUPAPYAMA 129
THEPIRATE81 129
DEL1962 128
GIGS_98 127
ESCARTIN 126
LOSBROLIN 126
NORTHAMERICANSCUM 126
CORDI333 123
ROTE_LATERNE 122
SQUIRE 120
LAARSLAND 119
MADRAZO 118
JOSEDIN 116
VALVERDE_AVI 111
SALVARANI 110
JANCOUVER 109
BLUESINTHEBOTTLE 106
60956 105
VLADIMIR 105
SCROOLL07 98
MONSIEUR_HULOT 93
SEARCH 82
JON_EZEITZA 59

 

[Jancouver]

Thanks for the game!

BTW ... Jonny BROWN is my unique pick and I have no idea who he is but I had to have him just because he got the coolest name that reminds me of my favorite Frank Zappa's song ... Bobby Brown Goes Down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW4Bm7q_zOc

 

[jon ezeitza]

I see that I am the most original and the one that has bet more for young people. Let's see if they respond well!

 

[MADRAZO]

Very quickly made team by me so I have surely missed some good riders due to lack of research. Had 5 certain picks with Enger, Intxausti, Tanner, Castrillo and Bol, while the rest were a bit randomly picked (mostly going for faster guys that are sure to score a bit) and a good pick like Florez was completely overlooked in the haste. One unique pick for me with Sebastian Lander, that used to be a big talent and then has done nothing for several years, but some months ago it was reported he had had been ill with hypothyroidism since his early BMC time and had then been reacting badly to the medicine for years, but that he had now switched to a new medicine that seemed to have solved his problems and that he now wanted to make a big comeback and start winning again next year, so hopefully that will work out for him making him a good pick and also saving his career. I see Pidcock is very popular and he was close to make my team also, but I just think riders on the smaller british teams usually score very low so I skipped him. Same with the 2 very tempting young germans Appelt and Bokeloh that are unique picks on Search' team. Again their team usually scores very low, but they were 2 of my last cuts still.

 

[Gigs_98]

Am I right that people only picked cuadros because his other two names are Alvaro Morata? I mean how can you not pick that guy :lol:

 

[Nicosix]

Re:

Thanks for the game!

BTW ... Jonny BROWN is my unique pick and I have no idea who he is but I had to have him just because he got the coolest name that reminds me of my favorite Frank Zappa's song ... Bobby Brown Goes Down

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW4Bm7q_zOc

He's Nathan Brown young brother

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Never been even remotely high in a pick popularity table before: not sure whether it is a complement to my team or not.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Am I right that people only picked cuadros because his other two names are Alvaro Morata? I mean how can you not pick that guy :lol:

I picked him out of a sense of trust of Caja Rural's knowledge of young Spanish climbers. Who is Alvaro Morata?

 

[Cordi333]

Am I right that people only picked cuadros because his other two names are Alvaro Morata? I mean how can you not pick that guy :lol:

I picked him out of a sense of trust of Caja Rural's knowledge of young Spanish climbers. Who is Alvaro Morata?

A footballer.
But man, I swear picked him only because of his results: 1st in Valenciaga, 2nd in Gorla and the National, isn't bad.


BTW, very good unique pick for "search" with Heiner Parra. Think he's a good searcher.

 

[search]

BTW, very good unique pick for "search" with Heiner Parra. Think he's a good searcher.

thanks

not sure what kind of program they'll have though, I didn't really take into consideration that the Vuelta a Colombia isn't a UCI race anymore. But seeing GW lining up in Tachira next week could be a good sign

 

[escartin]

right in the centre of popularity which will do, 5 out of the top 6 picks, I don't have Florez Lopez which I think was deliberate, I can't remember who were the 3 or 4 riders I dropped from my initial list but the fact that I recognise his name means I must have at least stumbled upon him during my limited research. a limited research that meant I missed Tanner and Bol who look like useful picks.

I have never heard of my 2 unique picks but my reasoning was something along the lines of:

Ben Turner - very young and English but he is on a Belgian Continental team so should do a lot of races
Norbert Banaszek - on the same Polish Continental team as Maciej Paterski and thought I would take a chance on him

 

[LaFlorecita]

I missed this game as I was away, will be interesting to follow.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Am I right that people only picked cuadros because his other two names are Alvaro Morata? I mean how can you not pick that guy :lol:

I picked him out of a sense of trust of Caja Rural's knowledge of young Spanish climbers. Who is Alvaro Morata?

A footballer.
But man, I swear picked him only because of his results: 1st in Valenciaga, 2nd in Gorla and the National, isn't bad.


BTW, very good unique pick for "search" with Heiner Parra. Think he's a good searcher.

He raced for the Fundacion Contador team in 2013 and 2016 yes last year at Caja Rural U23 he seemed to flourish

 

[Cordi333]

A guy who could have been a very good exclusive pick is Juan Lopez-Cozar. Along with Samitier, Castrillo and Cuadros, one of the best Spanish amateur 0-pointers that jump to profs.

 

[skidmark]

Damn, this came up right in the middle of main game entry madness and I am not seeing it until now! When I saw it suggested on the main game thread I thought it was a great idea - nice work, rote. Well good luck everyone, I'll for sure play next year.

 

[jon ezeitza]

In this game I have not won any points yet :redface: . In this week, in Valencia, one of my youngsters will be running, the Italian Michele Gazzoli, from Polartec. Let's see if he gives me the first points, to give us a little encouragement :razz:

 

[Salvarani]

First update soon

 

[rote_laterne]

First update soon

Yes, planning to put it up tomorrow evening.

 

[rote_laterne]

I accepted a late entry, DJW who will participate with an *. This is their team:
BOUHANNI Rayane
DE KETELE Kenny
ENGER Sondre Holst
FLOREZ LOPEZ Miguel Eduardo
INTXAUSTI ELLORIAGA Beñat
KELLY Jake
PIDCOCK Thomas
RICE Michael
TURNER Ben
VISSER Louis

After almost one month of racing, all but one team scored. And we have an undisputed leader in Nicosix, scoring 84 points with Enger, Florez, Castrillo and Scott Bowden who I never before heard of. This unique pick, who participated in the TDU (and was 3rd in the Mountains Classification) and Cadel Evans Race in the TDU contributed 28 points thus being the second most scorer after Enger. The later one is on every team except the one of jon_ezeitza leaving them without points.

7 of the 82 chosen riders scored, the others being unique pick LYONS Angus, PARRA BUSTAMENTE Heiner Rodrigo and TRARIEUX Julien.

Standing:
1 Nicosix 84 84
2 jsem94 59 59
3 monsieur_hulot 57 57
4 18-Valve. (pithy) 56 56
4 Armchair cyclist 56 56
4 NairoQ 56 56
4 Amis Velo 56 56
4 ThePirate81 56 56
4 del1962 56 56
4 Blues in the bottle 56 56
11 Leadbelly 53 53
11 Kazistuta 53 53
11 AupaPyama 53 53
11 Gigs_98 53 53
11 escartin 53 53
11 LosBrolin 53 53
11 Cordi333 53 53
11 MADRAZO 53 53
11 Valverde_avi 53 53
11 Salvarani 53 53
11 Jancouver 53 53
11 vladimir 53 53
23 DJ Sprtsch 51 51
23 NorthAmericanScum 51 51
23 rote_laterne 51 51
23 laarsland 51 51
23 60956 51 51
28 Squire 50 50
28 search 50 50
30 JOSEDIN 48 48
30 scrooll07 48 48
32 jon_ezeitza 0 0
DJW* 51 51

Jancouver is on track for finishing in the top ten.