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    The 2025 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

    Update #36: Lortnoc takes a late season win With the biggest 1-day points of the year on offer with the Worlds, the top 2 spots were taken by the 2 most expensive 2024 riders, meaning there weren't many teams to benefit from the absolute top points. With the weeks running out, time is running...
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    Thanks for pointing it out - they added a LOPEZ back in. I've adjusted it on the spreadsheet.
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    The 2025 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

    Update #35: Salvarani's Stranglehold Tightens The late season races were sprinkled all over the place this week, from 1.1 and 1.PS races in Italy/France/Belgium to 2.PS and 2.1 races in Luxembourg and Slovakia, to the opening of the Worlds in Rwanda. And even with all these varied locations...
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    The 2025 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

    Update #34: Squire makes it three in a row Big points on offer this week with the Vuelta and the Canadian races as we end the last Grand Tour of the season and enter the final month. This Week's Top Scorers Rank Team Points this week 1 Squire 1995 2 Salvarani 1673 3 firefly3323 1661...
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    Update #33: Squire on fire Another Vuelta week, another weekly winner - oh, wait, it's a repeat winner! Good CQ picks tend to compound in GT weekly rankings, so this week looks a bit like last week... This Week's Top Scorers Rank Team Points this week 1 Squire 490 2 SafeBet 486 3...
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    The 2025 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

    Update #32: Squire is king for a week The Vuelta was the main attraction this week, with GP Bretagne also offering World Tour points amidst a few other smaller races. This Week's Top Scorers Rank Team Points this week 1 Squire 513 2 oliveira 488 3 Wvv 485 4 18-Valve. (pithy) 477...
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    Update #31: JumboVismaFan makes it two in a row Another week, another start to a Grand Tour. The Vuelta started on the weekend after a flurry of races during the week, including Renewi Tour and Deutschland Tour. And the winning team was a familiar face from last week's races, it turns out...
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    The 2025 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

    Update #30: Rare picks help JumboVismaFan to a narrow win The late summer days saw a flurry of one-day and stage races, with Tour of Denmark, Czech Tour and Hamburg Cyclassics taking the spotlight this week. What resulted was a very close and varied group of teams at the top, with some small...
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    The 2025 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

    Update #29: LosBrolin's team is the Strongest There were a flurry of stage races this past week everywhere from the Arctic to the Iberian peninsula. This was reflected by a wide range of scores, and some teams scored real big. This Week's Top Scorers Rank Team Points this week 1 LosBrolin...
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    The 2025 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

    Update #28: postmanhat parlays a great week to get to the podium This update included mostly San Sebastien points and some minor races, so generally scores were low, but one team stood out among the rest. This Week's Top Scorers Rank Team Points this week 1 postmanhat 512 2 Kazistuta...
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    The 2025 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

    Update #27: TDF GC Shakes up Standings as Kazistuta is on a Roll The week ending July 27th awarded the biggest points of the season, the GC of the Tour de France. Especially this year, with the top riders relatively rare (although with a third of teams in the game having Jonas Vingegaard), this...
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    The 2025 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

    Sorry, it finally went up when I was going to the cabin for a couple of days. Update will be up today, then I'll catch up whenever they get this new one out!
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    The 2025 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

    No update on the CQ site yet - I will certainly provide the next written update here when it shows up!
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    The 2025 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

    Update #26: Kazistuta ekes out the week's win Week 2 of the Tour, which means more stage and jersey points, but very few other races aside from Aosta (giving 25 points for the winner). That makes it a relatively low scoring and close week! This Week's Top Scorers Rank Team Points this week...
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    The 2025 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

    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...