2024 Women's CQ Manager game

[Samu Cuenca]

They did have Michael VALGREN HUNDAHL (ANDERSON) for a year or two. It's useful to have the continuity noted, but agree that it should be equal and temporary.

In RhD texting voice: *ANDERSEN. Don't make him Swedish.

Im Samu texting voice: *ANDERSEN. Don't make him a North American with Scandinavian ancestry.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

CQ also changed the format of Karen Lorena Villamizar's name by omitting Lorena, despite the fact that it appears to be the name she prefers to go by herself.

 

[RedheadDane]

In RhD texting voice: *ANDERSEN. Don't make him Swedish.

Im Samu texting voice: *ANDERSEN. Don't make him North American.

Don't make him anything other than Danish!

Just for fun, here are a list of riders with bracketed names:

STEPHENS (ROBERTSON) Lauren
NORSGAARD BJERG (JØRGENSEN) Emma Cecilie
EDWARDS (WINDER) Ruth
DEIGNAN (ARMITSTEAD) Elizabeth
WOOD (BARNES) Alice - That's a rather new thing, isn't it?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

CQ also changed the format of Karen Lorena Villamizar's name by omitting Lorena, despite the fact that it appears to be the name she prefers to go by herself.

Oops, sorry about O rather than E.

Managing lists for the Emerging Riders games means than just about every name change comes to my attention. I suspect that they assume that whatever variant on a name they have most recently received from a race results service becomes the current name. Benoit Cosnefroy has just changed to that circumflex devoid version of his name in the last few weeks, but I wouldn't be surprised if after his next result in a French speaking territory he suddenly reacquired it.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Don't make him anything other than Danish!

Just for fun, here are a list of riders with bracketed names:

STEPHENS (ROBERTSON) Lauren
NORSGAARD BJERG (JØRGENSEN) Emma Cecilie
EDWARDS (WINDER) Ruth
DEIGNAN (ARMITSTEAD) Elizabeth
WOOD (BARNES) Alice - That's a rather new thing, isn't it?

Yes, Alice Barnes and Oliver Wood got married in the off season.

Kim Le Court hasn't had Pienaar added to her name (yet), but Tamara Dronova has that hyphen between her maiden name and, what I assume is, her married name, which I'm not sure is her legal name.

 

[RedheadDane]

Yes, Alice Barnes and Oliver Wood got married in the off season.

She got married to a quidditch player!?

Of course, I personally think they should just drop the never-used last names from the Danish riders.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

She got married to a quidditch player!?

No, this one is a track cyclist mostly.

 

[RedheadDane]

My riders for the week:

Ahtosalo
Andersen
Anderson
Fahlin
Lepistö-Henttala
Koerner
Norsgaard
Ottestad
Uttrup
Aalerud

 

[RedheadDane]

Anderson into profit!
Whop-Wooo!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Anderson into profit!
Whop-Wooo!

*Minke

 

[RedheadDane]

*Minke

I thought 'Minke' was more of a "secondary first name", like how Norsgaard is also called 'Cecilie'.

Anyway:

Ahtosalo into profit!
Whop-WHoooo!


(By one point!)

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

20 May to 10 June
3 weeks, including Ride London and Tour of Britain, GP Eibar, Vuelta a Andalucia, Catalunya, and a batch of 1.1s, mainly in Belgium

Scoring big was the preserve of the less popular picks this time around: the two biggest scorers having been priced out as far as most teams are concerned.

KOPECKY Lotte	314​	Tour of Britain GC and 2 stage wins, Ride London 3rd and stage pts	3 (DJSprtsch, JonE, Lead)​
WIEBES Lorena	300​	Ride London GC and 3 stage wins, ToB stage win and 2 3rd, GC 10th	2 (Dk One, Muddy Waters)​
PATERNOSTER Letizia	182​	London 4th, Britain 5th with stage pts	1 (Muddy Waters)​
KOOL Charlotte	158​	London GC2nd and 2 2nds, one 2nd in ToB	3 (Laurens, Muddy, Slow Climber)​
GARCIA CAÑELLAS Margarita Victoria	140​	Andalucia win + stage pts	1 (Samu)​
VOS Marianne	136​	Catalunya win + stage pts	5​
MAJERUS Christine	108​		1 (Urkiola)​
AALERUD Katrine	100​		1 (RhD)​
KOPECKY Julia	97​		6​
WOLLASTON Ally	97​		3​
GEORGI Pfeiffer	94​		3​
WYLLIE Ella	82​		4​
BRAND Lucinda	80​		2​
COPPONI Clara	79​		3​
DEIGNAN (ARMITSTEAD) Elizabeth	77​		3​
OTTESTAD Mie Bjørndal	73​		1​

Looking at that, you won't be surprised to see who is the top scorer in this three week slot, and by quite a margin.

1​	MuddyWaters	845​	Wieves, Paternoster, Kool, Vos
2​	EvansIsTheBest	547​	Vos, Woolaston, Kopecky J
3​	DJSprtsch	545​	Kopecky L, Kopecky J
4​	Laurens147	493​	Kool.Vos, Brand
5​	DkOne	444​	Wiebes
6​	JonEzeitza	416​	Kopecky L
7​	Leadbelly	387​
8​	Urkiola	365​
9​	Rufs	352​
10​	SamuCuenca	348​
11​	Josedin	346​
12​	RedheadDane	334​
13​	Hfgon1	325​
14​	Otolomanolo	275​
15​	ArmchairCyclist	253​
16​	Bminchow	220​
17​	Izzyeivel	211​
18​	AmisVelo	195​
19​	LosBrolin	190​
20​	SlowClimber	168​
21​	ArchieBoy	154​
22​	Ruvu	140​
23​	Anderis	137​
24​	Salvarani	136​
25​	TRiley36	133​
26​	Skidmark	59​
27​	Madrazo	44​
28​	LibertineSeguros	35​
	CollectiveWisdom	51​

Standings
Only one of those who were top ten on 19th May was in the top half during these three weeks. Being the exception to the rule of underacheivement among the leaders puts Samu Cuenca back up to 2nd overall, with the gap more than halved. Muddy Waters takes a big jump forward to join the battle for 4th place which, were it more prestigious, would be very closely fought with 3 teams separated by just 5 points, and 6 teams in 35, and a couple more with not-insurmountable gaps.

1​	Bminchow	4712​	(-)
2​	SamuCuenca	4601​	(+1)
3​	Ruvu	4456​	(-1)
4​	Skidmark	3766​	(-)
5​	ArmchairCyclist	3762​	(+2)
6​	TRiley36	3761​	(-1)
7​	MuddyWaters	3758​	(+6)
8​	SlowClimber	3737​	(-2)
9​	Rufs	3731​	(+2)
10​	Salvarani	3640​	(-2)
11​	AmisVelo	3633​	(-2)
12​	Leadbelly	3550​	(-)
13​	Madrazo	3449​	(-3)
14​	EvansIsTheBest	3025​	(+3)
15​	Laurens147	2861​	(+4)
16​	Anderis	2742​	(-2)
17​	Izzyeivel	2707​	(-2)
18​	DkOne	2699​	(+2)
19​	ArchieBoy	2534​	(-1)
20​	LibertineSeguros	2520​	(-4)
21​	LosBrolin	2445​	(-1)
22​	JonEzeitza	2282​	(+2)
23​	DJSprtsch	2277​	(+2)
24​	Urkiola	2274​	(-1)
25​	Otolomanolo	2223​	(-3)
26​	Hfgon1	2019​	(-)
27​	Josedin	1883​	(-)
28​	RedheadDane	1606​	(-)

I'm guessing that my best chance to do the next update will be after week 1 of the Tour (there is a rest day on the Monday, yes?) So that should include Tour de Suisse, Thuringen Tour, and a thousand and one national championships.

And I suppose that was the first of what will be many TdF game reminders and prompts that I shall scatter around the forum in the next three weeks.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

It's early, but with these three being ~ 700 points clear, it might be worth starting the comparison in the selections

Riders in price order:

Bminchow	Samu Cuenca	Ruvu
REALINI Gaia
VAN ANROOIJ Shirin
LONGO BORGHINI Elisa	LONGO BORGHINI Elisa	LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
		DYGERT Chloe
BALSAMO Elisa	BALSAMO Elisa	BALSAMO Elisa
	CAVALLI Marta	CAVALLI Marta
	BARIL Olivia	BARIL Olivia
	GARCIA CAÑELLAS Margarita Victoria
	SIERRA CAÑADILLA Arlenis
VOS Marianne
SHACKLEY Anna
FISHER-BLACK Niamh
		AHTOSALO Anniina
	WOLLASTON Ally
	NIEDERMAIER Antonia
		WYLLIE Ella
		EWERS Veronica
		RUEGG Noemi
VAS Blanka
VAN EMPEL Fem	VAN EMPEL Fem
	BARBIERI Rachele
	MANLY Alexandra
BÄCKSTEDT Zoe		BÄCKSTEDT Zoe
		CADZOW Kim
PIETERSE Puck	PIETERSE Puck	PIETERSE Puck
	FAULKNER Kristen	FAULKNER Kristen
GIGANTE Sarah	GIGANTE Sarah	GIGANTE Sarah
BEGO Julie
EDWARDS (WINDER) Ruth	EDWARDS (WINDER) Ruth	EDWARDS (WINDER) Ruth
VAN DEN BROEK-BLAAK Chantal
VAN DIJK Ellen	VAN DIJK Ellen	VAN DIJK Ellen

So six of these riders are irrelevant to the competition between these three.

 

[RedheadDane]

My riders for the week(end):

Gåskjenn
Uttrup

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

11 to 30 June
So that includes Tour de Suisse, Tour des Pyrenees, Thuringen Tour, and national championships galore

VOLLERING Demi	246​	1 (Libertine S)​	Suisse 3 stages and overall won
LONGO BORGHINI Elisa	189​	10​	GC 3rd in Suisse, win & TT 3rd in nats
LABOUS Juliette	147​	2 (DJSprtsch, Evans)​	National RR win, 5th in Suisse
EDWARDS (WINDER) Ruth	145​	7​	Thuringen Tour win
NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna	140​	1 (LIbertine S)​	4th in Suisse, 7th in Thuringen
BRADBURY Neve	138​	2 (Armchair, Laurens)​	2nd in Suisse
NIEDERMAIER Antonia	122​	13​	6th in Suisse, 3rd Nat RR, 2nd Nat TT
BRAND Lucinda	107​	2 (Laurens, Urkiola)​
KOPECKY Lotte	105​	3​
RUEGG Noemi	92​	1 (Ruvu)​
REALINI Gaia	87​	9​
VAN DEN BROEK-BLAAK Chantal	74​	7​
WLODARCZYK Dominika	70​	1 (Jon E)​

All of us (as represented by Collective Wisdom) beat all of as (as individuals), although there were high scoring rare picks.
The runaway top three overall are 1st, 2nd and 4th this time, so they are no less runaway.

1​	Bminchow	661​	ELB, Edwards, Realini, VdBroek-B
2​	SamuCuenca	642​	ELB, Edwards, Niedermaier
3​	AmisVelo	631​	ELB, Edwards, Realini, VdBroek-B
4​	Ruvu	603​	ELB, Edwards, Ruegg
5​	ArmchairCyclist	576​
6​	SlowClimber	573​
7​	Leadbelly	571​
8​	Rufs	514​
9​	Salvarani	505​
10​	Madrazo	484​
11​	LibertineSeguros	470​
12​	Anderis	462​
13​	TRiley36	435​
14​	Skidmark	431​
15​	Josedin	426​
16​	Urkiola	419​
17​	DJSprtsch	404​
18​	Otolomanolo	388​
19​	EvansIsTheBest	382​
20​	Hfgon1	375​
21​	Izzyeivel	356​
22​	JonEzeitza	355​
23​	Laurens147	338​
24​	ArchieBoy	335​
25​	LosBrolin	320​
26​	MuddyWaters	300​
27​	DkOne	293​
28​	RedheadDane	290​
	CollectiveWisdom	671​	ELB, Edwards, Niedermaier, VdBroek-B

Standings
The top 7 here were all among the top 8 in this batch of races. The places in the lower top ten are still being fought over, while the top three get farther away, with bigger spaces between them.

1​	Bminchow	5373​	(-)
2​	SamuCuenca	5243​	(-)
3​	Ruvu	5059​	(-)
4​	ArmchairCyclist	4338​	(+1)
5​	SlowClimber	4310​	(+3)
6​	AmisVelo	4264​	(+5)
7​	Rufs	4245​	(+2)
8​	Skidmark	4197​	(-4)
9​	TRiley36	4196​	(-3)
10​	Salvarani	4145​	(-)
11​	Leadbelly	4121​	(+1)
12​	MuddyWaters	4058​	(-5)
13​	Madrazo	3933​	(-)
14​	EvansIsTheBest	3407​	(-)
15​	Anderis	3204​	(+1)
16​	Laurens147	3199​	(-1)
17​	Izzyeivel	3063​	(-)
18​	DkOne	2992​	(-)
19​	LibertineSeguros	2990​	(+1)
20​	ArchieBoy	2869​	(-1)
21​	LosBrolin	2765​	(-)
22​	Urkiola	2693​	(+2)
23​	DJSprtsch	2681​	(-)
24​	JonEzeitza	2637​	(-2)
25​	Otolomanolo	2611​	(-)
26​	Hfgon1	2394​	(-)
27​	Josedin	2309​	(-)
28​	RedheadDane	1896​	(-)
	CollectiveWisdom	4779​

I'd hope to get an update shortly after the men's Tour de France is done. In the meantime, feel free to check out the spreadsheet.

 

[bminchow]

I love getting these updates!! And with 9 riders in the Giro, I'm hoping to hold my own. Especially with Demi taking the race off.

 

[RedheadDane]

A week mostly about the Olympic ITT.

Ahtosalo
Norsgaard
Uttrup

(+ Hopefully at least one Norwegian)

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

While we were distracted with a race in France
1-21 July The Giro Donne was the main contributor here, with Baloise Tour chipping in

LONGO BORGHINI Elisa	323pts​	Giro GC win with stage win and others	10 teams​
KOPECKY Lotte	241​	Giro 2nd, stage win and 3 2nds	3​
WIEBES Lorena	190​	Baloise win GC and all 5 stages	2​
BRADBURY Neve	164​	Giro GC 3rd and one stage win	2​
ROOIJAKKERS Pauliena	120​	Giro GC 4th	2​
LABOUS Juliette	119​	Giro GC 5th	2​
NIEDERMAIER Antonia	92​		13​
FISHER-BLACK Niamh	86​		7​
KOOL Charlotte	85​		3​
LUDWIG Cecilie Uttrup	83​		2​
REALINI Gaia	79​		9​
GEORGI Pfeiffer	79​		3​
GARCIA CAÑELLAS Margarita Victoria	66​		1​
BOOGAARD Maaike	60​		2​

Our gains over these three weeks

1​	SlowClimber	739​	ELB, Rooijakkers, Niedermaier, Kool, Boogaard
2​	ArmchairCyclist	627​	ELB, Bradbury, Fisher-Black
3​	AmisVelo	614​	ELB, Fisher-Black, Realini, Georgi
4​	SamuCuenca	575​	ELB, Niedermaier, Garcia
5​	Bminchow	547​	ELB, Fisher-Black, Realini
6​	Madrazo	542​	ELB, Niedermaier, Realini
7​	MuddyWaters	495​
8​	Salvarani	467​
9​	Leadbelly	437​
10​	DkOne	424​
11​	Ruvu	405​
12​	Laurens147	400​
13​	TRiley36	396​
14​	DJSprtsch	378​
15​	Skidmark	371​
16​	JonEzeitza	355​
17​	LosBrolin	279​
18​	Izzyeivel	254​
19​	Hfgon1	227​
20​	Anderis	217​
21​	Rufs	215​
22​	RedheadDane	206​
23​	ArchieBoy	193​
24​	Josedin	183​
25​	EvansIsTheBest	149​
26​	Otolomanolo	125​
27​	Urkiola	103​
28​	LibertineSeguros	65​
	CollectiveWisdom	505​

Standings
The top two scored well, Ruvu in third less so, but they were beaten by the teams that were already 4th to 6th, so the podium is slightly less distant from the rest of the field than it was.

1​	Bminchow	5920​	(-)
2​	SamuCuenca	5818​	(-)
3​	Ruvu	5464​	(-)
4​	SlowClimber	5049​	(+1)
5​	ArmchairCyclist	4965​	(-1)
6​	AmisVelo	4878​	(-)
7​	Salvarani	4612​	(+3)
8​	TRiley36	4592​	(+1)
9​	Skidmark	4568​	(-1)
10​	Leadbelly	4558​	(+1)
11​	MuddyWaters	4553​	(+1)
12​	Madrazo	4475​	(+1)
13​	Rufs	4460​	(-6)
14​	Laurens147	3599​	(+2)
15​	EvansIsTheBest	3556​	(-1)
16​	Anderis	3421​	(-1)
17​	DkOne	3416​	(+1)
18​	Izzyeivel	3317​	(-1)
19​	ArchieBoy	3062​	(+1)
20​	DJSprtsch	3059​	(+3)
21​	LibertineSeguros	3055​	(-2)
22​	LosBrolin	3044​	(-1)
23​	JonEzeitza	2992​	(+1)
24​	Urkiola	2796​	(-2)
25​	Otolomanolo	2736​	(-)
26​	Hfgon1	2621​	(-)
27​	Josedin	2492​	(-)
28​	RedheadDane	2102​	(-)
	CollectiveWisdom	5284​

The next update should have Olympics and TdF Femmes.

 

[bminchow]

Olympics TT:
FISHER-BLACK Niamh
LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
VAN DIJK Ellen

Olympics RR: One for the sprinters?
BALSAMO Elisa
FISHER-BLACK Niamh
LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
VAN DIJK Ellen
VAS Blanka
VOS Marianne

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Olympics TT:
FISHER-BLACK Niamh
LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
VAN DIJK Ellen

Olympics RR: One for the sprinters?
BALSAMO Elisa
FISHER-BLACK Niamh
LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
VAN DIJK Ellen
VAS Blanka
VOS Marianne

I don't think Fisher-Black is riding the time trial. New Zealand only has one spot, unless other countries have pulled out, but that is far more likely to happen in the road race. Kim Cadzow has already arrived in Paris whereas NFB appears to be in Andorra at the moment.

 

[RedheadDane]

Ahtosalo
Berg Edseth
Gåskjenn
Koerner
Norsgaard
Uttrup
Aalerud

 

[bminchow]

I don't think Fisher-Black is riding the time trial. New Zealand only has one spot, unless other countries have pulled out, but that is far more likely to happen in the road race. Kim Cadzow has already arrived in Paris whereas NFB appears to be in Andorra at the moment.

Nice try by Vos and Vas anyway.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Nice try by Vos and Vas anyway.

Fortunately you don't have Faulkner, so I was still able to claw back a few points

If I've updated AC's spreadsheet correctly, you're now only 7 points ahead of me, but I expect your riders to outscore my team next week.

 

[RedheadDane]

It's The Tour!

Ahtosalo
Berg Edseth
Aintila
Fahlin
Henttala
Norsgaard
Ottestad
Uttrup
Aalerud

 

[bminchow]

Fortunately you don't have Faulkner, so I was still able to claw back a few points

If I've updated AC's spreadsheet correctly, you're now only 7 points ahead of me, but I expect your riders to outscore my team next week.

Hey. Well you do have Faulkner again and she is hot. If her and Mavi do their thing, I need Vos and Vas to get some top 5s and Realini to step up in place of Longo.

Fisher-Black
Realini
Van Anrooij
Vas
Vos

vs

Barbieri
Baril
Faulkner
Garcia

And Ruvu has a good start with Ahtosalo, and also has Dygert and Ruegg to keep this race tight.