Recent content by Blues in the bottle

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    2025 Tour de France CQ Manager game

    First and foremost, thank you for putting these games on Armchair. Running seven games per year is no easy task. We all appreciate your insightful comment and clever humor. When I chose Ben Healy, I did it because he is so entertaining to watch which I hoped would counter balance his high...
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    The 2025 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

    This is the moment of great hope. We are all tied! Enjoy the great reveal. Good luck to all. I am beginning to think I went too young; the teams average age is less than 23. Squash those second thoughts. Have fun... Thank you Skidmark
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    The 2024 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

    A great big thank you to Skidmark for putting this game together! Congratulations to Shalgo for showing all of us how this is done. 1499 points is a hefty margin ,whoo hoo for you and boo hoo for the rest of us. Shakes, I like your instant access, three cheers
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    2024 Tour de France CQ Game

    Three cheers to Hfgon1, that was not easy. Thank you Armchair for putting this game together. Your hard work and diligence is appreciated by all. Funny my Giro team would done quite well. I hope Tadej rides the Vuelta, then my Giro team could have a pretty good year- at least in my own head.
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    2024 Giro CQ Game

    Health is everything, take all the time you need. We are happy to wait for the results and your insightful commentary .
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    2024 Giro CQ Game

    Right now I like your side of the equation better, but it is a long way to Rome
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    2024 Giro CQ Game

    Arm, you put a lot of thought into that. Thanks I would have suggested a coin toss. :)
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    2024 Giro CQ Game

    To EitB, Hermano looks like we are down to Leemreize vs Pickrell. Good luck to you, hope to see you on the podium. BitB
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    2024 Spring Classics CQ Game

    Wow thank you Riley Sheehan. Three cheers for Armchair who is our fearless leader running 7 games per year. I hope I counted correctly. I am tickled pink with this win. I liked my team but winning takes some luck. Congratulations to DE and DJW I am proud to share the podium with you. See you all...
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    2024 Spring Classics CQ Game

    It is nice to be sitting on the top. Armchair, thank you for your hard work and inciteful commentary. Three more races, nowhere to go but down so my fingers are crossed I can hang on . Come on Pidcock and Teuns with a little help from my friends Naberman ,Herzog, et al.
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    2024-26 Emerging Riders CQ game

    My vote is to let Skidmark’s team in.
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    The 2024 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

    Here are the fellas, hope we are not too young, CQ Ranking PIDCOCK Thomas RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos HINDLEY Jai RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto UIJTDEBROEKS Cian CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio DUNBAR Edward ONLEY Oscar ARENSMAN Thymen MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe FISHER-BLACK...
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    The 2024 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

    At this point the nervousness of picking a team morphs into hope of winning. Good luck to all. We are all tied. I have nowhere to go but down; but am still excited. Here are some team stats. 500-999 pts: 5 300-499 pts: 3 100-299 pts: 12 0-99 pts: 13...
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    The 2023 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

    Skidmark, thank you for putting the game on, over the years it has given me infinite entertainment. Three cheers for you! EitB thanks for generating the spreadsheets and commentary when Skidmark was unavailable. I cannot believe how well my team has done. There are not enough superlatives in...
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    2023 Vuelta CQ game

    AC it is cold down here ; but it appears to be warming up. Thanks for putting this game together. Good luck to everyone, see you in Madrid