2023 Women's WT CQ Game

[bminchow]

Only three riders going, but I like each of them to get me at least some points.

UAE
GEORGI Pfeiffer
KOOL Charlotte
PERSICO Silvia

Two decent sprinters for DSM, and Persico for the GC. As my big money pick, I'm hoping to get lucky and have her improve even more this year. Especially in the one day classics.

 

[BR2]

Your riders are not all lazy. Two of them won EC medals on the track earlier today while a third finished in the top 10.

Pah! What good does that bring me? It's like Alaphilippe winning the WC for France! Apparently they need some decent public trash posting from me to motivate them!

(van Anrooij and Bäckstedt were also pretty good in cross, but that also doesn't get me any points)

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Pah! What good does that bring me? It's like Alaphilippe winning the WC for France! Apparently they need some decent public trash posting from me to motivate them!

(van Anrooij and Bäckstedt were also pretty good in cross, but that also doesn't get me any points)

You're beginning to sound an awful lot like your good friend Lefevere. Perhaps you should ask the riders if they want to get traded off to a different player's team.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I have Kool for the sprints, Harvey for the climb, and then all three of my unique picks are here. Ari... this is what you're here for, do me proud.

Edit: and André the Gaiant. Hopefully she has her Giro legs.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I believe I have Kool, Harvey, Norsgaard, Realini and Skalniak-Sojka.

And no idea of what to expect from them.

 

[bminchow]

I think we can expect Kool to look pretty damn good. Kudos to the half of the teams that took her. of course two crashes in the last 4Km probably didnt help the others. But out sprinting Wiebes? Bravo!

 

[slow_climber]

Seeing as I got no points in the Australian races, feeling better about the UAE Tour. I've got 6 racers and hoping for a good GC finish for Liane Lippert

LIPPERT Liane

Norsgaard Emma

GEORGI Pfeiffer

KOOL Charlotte

BÄCKSTEDT Elynor

FIDANZA Martina

 

[slow_climber]

Seeing as I got no points in the Australian races, feeling better about the UAE Tour. I've got 6 racers and hoping for a good GC finish for Liane Lippert

LIPPERT Liane

Norsgaard Emma

GEORGI Pfeiffer

KOOL Charlotte

BÄCKSTEDT Elynor

FIDANZA Martina

Now realising I've got the wrong Fidanza. Probably got the wrong Fidanza for the competition full stop!

 

[postmanhat]

I think we can expect Kool to look pretty damn good. Kudos to the half of the teams that took her. of course two crashes in the last 4Km probably didnt help the others. But out sprinting Wiebes? Bravo!

Yes, forgetting about Kool is already looking like a fairly decisive mistake for this season.

 

[BR2]

Now this is going better than the men, I think. Hopefully Harvey can hold on to her place in UAE tomorrow.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Of the 4 teams that have both Realini and Kool, LS and I also have Harvey, and Samu has Georgi, so my guess (CQ are being rather slow at posting the results) that they will be the top three for this event and that Samu will reclaim the lead. Unless I have missed anyone...

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Race 3: UAE Tour
A much wider selection of our riders in this, such that this race accounts for very nearly 2/3 of the points earned so far.

"Race position" on stage races will be the order of point scorers, stage an GC combined. I know that Kool didn't come 5th on GC.

Race Pos'n		Pts	Teams
2​	REALINI Gaia	120​	7​
3​	PERSICO Silvia	98​	5​
4​	SHACKLEY Anna	74​	6​
5​	KOOL Charlotte	69​	15​
7​	HARVEY Mikayla	64​	3​
8​	WIEBES Lorena	57​	2​
10​	PALADIN Soraya	55​	3​
11​	LIPPERT Liane	45​	1​
14​	CONSONNI Chiara	33​	5​
15​	FIDANZA Arianna	31​	1​
16​	GEORGI Pfeiffer	27​	9​
18​	LUDWIG Hannah	24​	1​
19​	NOSKOVA Nikola	21​	1​

there were another 10 from our selected riders who got more than the minimum 4 points, and 15 who took just those 4.

		This race	Main scorers	Green points
1​	LibertineSeguros	297​	Realini, Kool, Harvey, Fidana	80​
2​	ArmchairCyclist	267​	Realini, Kool, Harvey	50​
3​	Alvarakas	250​	Realini, Kool, Wiebes	35​
4​	SamuCuenca	241​	Realini, Kool, Georgi	25​
5​	Shalgo	204​	Realini, Shackley	15​
6​	Bminchow	194​	Persico, Kool, Georgi	10​
7​	ArchieBoy	180​	Persico, Kool	5​
8​	Del1962	178​	Persico, Paladin	3​
9​	Josedin	159​	Shackley, Wiebes, Ludwig	2​
10​	Skidmark	157​	Realini, Shackley	1​
11​	SlowClimber	155​
12​	PostmanHat	149​
13​	MuddyWaters	143​
14​	LosBrolin	140​
15​	Salvarani	138​
16​	LukasCPH	137​
17​	Comodoro	135​
18​	Hfgon1	116​
19​	DJW	115​
20​	Leadbelly	113​
21​	JonEzeitza	107​
22​	JumboVismaFan	98​
22​	Ricco	98​
24​	BR2	97​
25​	RedheadDane	87​
26​	Madrazo	84​
27​	TRiley36	69​
28​	AmisVelo	47​
29​	DJSprtsch	42​
30​	Rufs	37​
31​	RoteLaterne	22​
32​	EvansIsTheBest	0​
	CollectiveWisdom	98​
	SoLastYear	15​

I had missed Alvarakas having Wiebes when I predicted Samu for top three.

Green points
An extra 7 of us now have a top ten to show, 14 still waiting to get a green point

Top ten in this minor classification:

1​	SamuCuenca	155​	0​
2​	Rufs	105​	0​
3​	LibertineSeguros	83​	7​
4​	LosBrolin	51​	-1​
5​	ArmchairCyclist	50​	7​
6​	Madrazo	40​	-2​
7​	Comodoro	38​	-2​
8​	Alvarakas	35​	4​
8​	MuddyWaters	35​	-2​
10​	LukasCPH	25​	-3​

First, second and fourth so far for Samu on the first three events.

Standings
And having come first, second and fourth, it is little surprise that Samu is top of the leaderboard

1​	SamuCuenca	555​	1​
2​	LibertineSeguros	353​	9​
3​	Rufs	353​	-2​
4​	LukasCPH	345​	0​
5​	LosBrolin	342​	0​
6​	MuddyWaters	324​	1​
7​	Comodoro	323​	-1​
8​	ArchieBoy	300​	1​
9​	Madrazo	299​	-6​
10​	Alvarakas	279​	3​
11​	ArmchairCyclist	274​	5​
12​	BR2	259​	-4​
13​	Shalgo	211​	3​
14​	Bminchow	201​	2​
15​	Del1962	178​	8​
16​	Josedin	166​	0​
17​	Skidmark	157​	6​
18​	SlowClimber	155​	5​
19​	PostmanHat	149​	4​
20​	Salvarani	145​	-4​
21​	DJW	137​	-7​
22​	Leadbelly	116​	0​
23​	Hfgon1	116​	0​
24​	JonEzeitza	107​	-1​
25​	Ricco	105​	-9​
26​	JumboVismaFan	98​	-3​
27​	DJSprtsch	91​	-16​
28​	RedheadDane	87​	-5​
29​	AmisVelo	69​	-15​
30​	TRiley36	69​	-7​
31​	EvansIsTheBest	36​	-19​
32​	RoteLaterne	22​	-9​
	CollectiveWisdom	105​
	SoLastYear	15​

The apparent ties are separated by the same criterion as I use on the GT games: omit the top scorer and see what points they have left (I like more egalitarian teams).

Spreadsheet

Next event is the Omloop on Saturday week. Which is, in its male edition, the first event of the (men's) Spring Classics CQ game ; there are only 2 entrants so far, which is a bit worriying but probably just means that I launched it too early. So consider this to be a reminder for it.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Realini and Faulkner pretty much did as well as hoped, although I had thought Faulkner would be the main contributor. Her blowing up in the heat once again is not too promising for my team, seeing as she's my highest scorer from 2022. Dronova would probably have bagged me another 15 to 50 points if she hadn't crashed out.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I kinda thought I could pick up a bunch of sprint placements from Ari, I kinda got what I wanted out of her but did not expect it was going to be from the GC instead.

 

[postmanhat]

Nice to see two of the most knowledgeable forum members on women's cycling already in the lead. Putting us dilettantes in our place

Forgetting about Charlotte means my team is very unKool. Sorry, had to get that 'joke' out of my system. Was hoping for a better start from Cavalli, but at least Shackley began her season well.

 

[bminchow]

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Backstedt Zoe
GEORGI Pfeiffer
KLEIN Lisa
KOOL Charlotte
PERSICO Silvia
RIVERA-LABECKI Coryn

a couple good options here

 

[bminchow]

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Backstedt Zoe
GEORGI Pfeiffer
KLEIN Lisa
KOOL Charlotte
PERSICO Silvia
RIVERA-LABECKI Coryn

a couple good options here

damn nobody cares because it is not part of the game. who is deciding these things?!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

damn nobody cares because it is not part of the game. who is deciding these things?!

It is part of the game. Armchair Cyclist copied the wrong calendar, but has later confirmed that Omloop is in.

 

[RedheadDane]

damn nobody cares because it is not part of the game.

Don't be so sure about that:

When I was preparing the spreadsheet (back in October) I think I remember Omloop being part of it: today I jut copied and posted the list from PCS and added the WC without actually looking at the contents. But if Omloop is WWT status, it will be included.

I just gave up listing my riders for the main game after a handful of rounds. So, no listings for me.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I just gave up listing my riders for the main game after a handful of rounds. So, no listings for me.

I've also given up on doing it consistently in the men's game. Not only because of the amount of races, but also because I simply keep forgetting which Basque riders I actually have

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Ahem, I copied the right calendar, but it had an error in it. But yes, Omloop is part of the game, although I am out on Saturday, so probably Sunday pm before there will be an update here.

I'll edit the first post, lest anyone else is unsure.

 

[RedheadDane]

I've also given up on doing it consistently in the men's game. Not only because of the amount of races, but also because I simply keep forgetting which Basque riders I actually have

You have one rider for Drome on Sunday.
He's not Basque.

 

[BR2]

I'm sometimes listing my riders when I find the time and I am interested in how they do, and in this case it should be nice with so many potential winners on the startlist (well, not on my team, just in general).

If I remember my team correctly, these should be my riders:
Bäckstedt
Jastrab
Uijen
Reusser
Bossuyt
De Wilde

 

[Samu Cuenca]

You have one rider for Drome on Sunday.
He's not Basque.

He's not even French either.

 

[RedheadDane]

He's not even French either.

He sure seems to have fooled a lot of people.

But this is about the ladies!
I've got a Kool rider, and some Danes, and some others.