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Update #25: 18-Valve wins the week with Del Toro in Austria A somewhat, ahem, pithy update this week as I'm on the road, with the first week of the Tour in the books and the 2.1 Tour of Austria GC making up the bulk of the points. This Week's Top Scorers Rank Team Points this week 1...

Update #24: No Harm, No Win This week is always an interesting one in the CQ game, with the TdF sucking up all the oxygen, and TdF stage points only taking up two days of the week. The relatively scarce undercard races in July skew a bit more talent towards Austria, so this year in the case of...

Hey everyone! I'm back in internet service and will be taking over the written updates once again - next one will be coming in the next 24 hours. Huge thanks to EITB for filling in while I was away. Can't wait to catch up on this game again!

Update #12: A fun day for del The classic-est portion of classics season has ended with the Hell of the North in the books, and the always fascinating Itzulia gathering points for teams this week, among some other races such as the typically crash-filled Scheldeprijs. Let's see who made it out...

Update #11: Standings flip again as Rufs wins the week It was a big week in terms of magnitude as Flanders topped the week, but there were a number of other 1-day races for scoring, including the WT Dwars Door Vlaanderen, the 1.Pro GP Miguel Indurain, and a handful of others. This Week's Top...

Well Nys got off to a good start and Wout finally got a result - I'm mildly optimistic that the start of Nys' season will be the symbolic kick in the pants my team needs. Now for my favourite wek of the season! Itzulia Joao Almeida Thibau Nys Leo Bisiaux Romain Gregoire Ethan Hayter Alan...

Update #10: Pantani4ever Climbs to the Top of the Mountain With a classic WT stage race in Catalunya and no fewer than 3 WT-level cobbled classics in Belgium, it was bound to be a big week for some teams. Turns out, it was a big week for many of the same teams who have already been having big...

Okay is it finally time for my team to bounce back and start scoring? Let's see who I've got: Catalunya Pablo Torres Ethan Hayter Tao Geoghegan Hart (DNF'd already) Lennard Kamna Johannes Staune-Mittet Tibor Del Grosso Darren Van Bekkum A representative vignette of how my year has been going...

Update #9: Rufs' Week is Rough Week for Others The first monument is in the bag, and after a bevy of one-day races, let's see how things shook out this week. This Week's Top Scorers Rank Team Points this week 1 Rufs 666 2 Pantani4ever 605 3 Qazaqstan 580 4 Senderos 569 5...

Oof a rough month for my team gets even rougher. Aside from the popular Tulett looking decent, my only two real hopes this week were Del Grosso (puncture while in the leading group on Thursday) and Gregoire (elite performance before the elastic snapped on the Cipressa, only to roll home in...

Well the last two weeks haven't been too delightful, moving out of the top 10 to 26th. But I didn't have too many riders going, so let's see what's coming up. Milano Torino Jorgen Nordhagen Ben Tulett Hmm, Tulett has been going well but I'd like a few more riders really. Nokere Koerse...

Whoops, looks like I mislabelled the columns at the start of the year and no one has noticed until now! I made the correction, should be good now.

Update #8: Nice Week for Some, not Nice for Others as Standings are Upended Well, the big two simultaneous early-season stage races happened this week, and with fairly rare riders at the top of each of the standings (as well as a relatively popular favourite crashing out of one of the races)...

Update #7: adamski101 takes the week There were a few one-day races this week, with the marquee event being Strade Bianche, but also there were points on offer for two days in France. The lack of stage races saw scores remain relatively modest, but there was a clear winner. This Week's Top...

Update #6: For Make Benefit Glorious Team of Qazaqstan Opening Weekend is in the books, and some riders are looking quite good to their owners, while others are starting to show signs that may be worrying. And some haven't really started their season even yet! But the game is definitely afoot...