Rondel being three times more popular this year is weird to me, he didn’t really progress much in 2024 and therefore I didn’t include him this year after having him in the previous edition.
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Funny enough I actually had the same feeling, with my rarest pick Henrik Pedersen. Its always fun to win the popular-ranking, and clearly felt I would have to pick Lorenzo Finn instead if I was to have a chance to win that for the last spots, that I knew would be quite popular. But just felt Finn was too young, with him also starting on the continental team, and also felt like taking one little chance, with a rider I felt could also have a lot of potential.
So I guess us sharing the popularity ranking is a nice compromise
By the way Wenzel was also in my considderations, as was of course also the other most popular picks I didnt make in Pescador and Sentjens. That were my 2 last cuts, with Gruel the last to get a spot also besides Henrik Pedersen instead.
His spring doing pro calendar (12th at Coppi&Bartali and specially 11th at Alps) felt like an improvement. Then he won Orlen at u23 level and arrived to the Girino as maybe the main favorite. There he did ok-ish finishing 4th but without answer to Widar. But you see later how Widar & Torres performed this season... Alsace was meh and then all it went downhill at Avenir. Bad summer and his september with only DNFs is concerning... but well a bad stretch may rise a question but still his spring was something. And well, last year we knew he was staying at conti/u23 level when now he's starting his pro career with many more options to score big points.
Kicking themselves?
We didn't quite get any universal picks, but we came very close on three accounts:
TORRES ARIAS Pablo was only omitted by Jumbo Visma Fan
NORDHAGEN Jørgen was in every team except that of Manafana
PHILIPSEN Albert Withen would have been ubiquitous but forJon Ezeitza
25 teams out of 42 have all of the top 8 riders in terms of popularity: the exceptions are
Blues in the Bottle BRENNAN Matthew
DJSprtsch BEHRENS Niklas BISIAUX Léo
Houdini SEIXAS Paul
Ingsve BRENNAN Matthew
Jon Ezeitza PHILIPSEN Albert Withen BISIAUX Léo
Josedin BRENNAN Matthew
Jumbo Visma Fan TORRES ARIAS Pablo SEIXAS Paul WIDAR Jarno BEHRENS Niklas BISIAUX Léo
Kazistuta BEHRENS Niklas
Laurens147 BISIAUX Léo
Manafana NORDHAGEN Jørgen WIDAR Jarno BRENNAN Matthew
Nyssinator BISIAUX Léo
Onizuka999 BEHRENS Niklas
Qazaqstan BISIAUX Léo
RedHead Dane WIDAR Jarno BISIAUX Léo
Rufs SEIXAS Paul
Samu Cuenca SEIXAS Paul WIDAR Jarno BRENNAN Matthew
Vladimir BEHRENS Niklas BRENNAN Matthew BISIAUX Léo
We didn't quite get any universal picks, but we came very close on three accounts:
TORRES ARIAS Pablo was only omitted by Jumbo Visma Fan
NORDHAGEN Jørgen was in every team except that of Manafana
PHILIPSEN Albert Withen would have been ubiquitous but forJon Ezeitza
25 teams out of 42 have all of the top 8 riders in terms of popularity: the exceptions are
Blues in the Bottle BRENNAN Matthew
DJSprtsch BEHRENS Niklas BISIAUX Léo
Houdini SEIXAS Paul
Ingsve BRENNAN Matthew
Jon Ezeitza PHILIPSEN Albert Withen BISIAUX Léo
Josedin BRENNAN Matthew
Jumbo Visma Fan TORRES ARIAS Pablo SEIXAS Paul WIDAR Jarno BEHRENS Niklas BISIAUX Léo
Kazistuta BEHRENS Niklas
Laurens147 BISIAUX Léo
Manafana NORDHAGEN Jørgen WIDAR Jarno BRENNAN Matthew
Nyssinator BISIAUX Léo
Onizuka999 BEHRENS Niklas
Qazaqstan BISIAUX Léo
RedHead Dane WIDAR Jarno BISIAUX Léo
Rufs SEIXAS Paul
Samu Cuenca SEIXAS Paul WIDAR Jarno BRENNAN Matthew
Vladimir BEHRENS Niklas BRENNAN Matthew BISIAUX Léo
Mother of god... look at those climbers, at least he took Nordhagen being at Jumbo... but left out Behrens also at Jumbo.
She. But she has Brennan as well, in loyalty to her username.
Team Similarity
I'll let you explore the details on the appropriate tab on the spreadsheet (which I should be uploading fairly soon), but the highlights are that the maximum team overlap is 15, which is found 3 times
Cordi & Nakazar
Cordi & Squire
Nakazar & Ray10
Despite the near unanimity over some riders, Josedin and Jumbo Visma Fam share only 2 riders.
I'll let you explore the details on the appropriate tab on the spreadsheet (which I should be uploading fairly soon), but the highlights are that the maximum team overlap is 15, which is found 3 times
Cordi & Nakazar
Cordi & Squire
Nakazar & Ray10
Despite the near unanimity over some riders, Josedin and Jumbo Visma Fam share only 2 riders.
| shares with Coll Wisdom | Max shares with another team | Teams with 14 or 15 shares | Minimum shares | |
| Abbulf | 14 | 13 | 0 | 6 |
| AmisVelo | 12 | 13 | 0 | 5 |
| Anderis | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 |
| Armchair_Cyclist | 14 | 14 | 6 | 5 |
| Berflamand | 13 | 13 | 0 | 6 |
| Blues_in_the_Bottle | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| Bminchow | 15 | 14 | 7 | 6 |
| Boris98 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| Cordi | 16 | 15 | 7 | 6 |
| DevilsElbow | 14 | 14 | 5 | 6 |
| DJSprtsch | 14 | 14 | 1 | 4 |
| DJW | 13 | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| EvansIsTheBest | 13 | 13 | 0 | 6 |
| Fivezzz | 14 | 14 | 3 | 7 |
| Hfgon1 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 5 |
| Houdini | 13 | 14 | 2 | 6 |
| Ingsve | 12 | 13 | 0 | 6 |
| JonEzeitza | 11 | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| Josedin | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| JPettersen | 11 | 13 | 0 | 5 |
| JumboVismaFan | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| Kazistuta | 12 | 13 | 0 | 5 |
| Laarsland | 12 | 13 | 0 | 6 |
| Laurens147 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 5 |
| Leadbelly | 13 | 14 | 2 | 5 |
| LosBrolin | 13 | 14 | 2 | 5 |
| Madrazo | 15 | 14 | 5 | 5 |
| Manafana | 9 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| Nakazar | 14 | 15 | 4 | 5 |
| Nyssinator | 12 | 13 | 0 | 5 |
| Onizuka999 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| Pantani4Ever | 15 | 14 | 2 | 5 |
| Peixotini | 12 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
| Qazaqstan | 11 | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| Ray10 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 4 |
| RedheadDane | 12 | 13 | 0 | 6 |
| Rufs | 12 | 13 | 0 | 5 |
| SafeBet | 14 | 14 | 5 | 5 |
| SamuCuenca | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| Skidmark | 13 | 14 | 2 | 6 |
| Squire | 16 | 15 | 6 | 6 |
| Vladimir | 9 | 11 | 0 | 4 |
Surprised Alvarez (11 picks) is so much more popular than Pericas (2 picks). Sure, Alvarez is more of a winner, but with Torres doing what he's doing, I thought people wanted the next Torres, too. I didn't pick any of them though, although in a year of less options I likely would have.
It's probably my most hastily put together CQ team ever. I did it in 30 minutes when I realised the deadline was approaching and I'd been procrastinating on it forever. So it's a bit boring and popular. I did briefly play with the thought of including Adrien Maire, who would have been a unique pick.
I see @JOSEDIN is keeping 'my' tradition alive by picking a final-year junior. I have Seixas in the 24-26 edition and Nordhagen in the 23-25 edition (so he better deliver this year!), but I don't have any this time.
It's probably my most hastily put together CQ team ever. I did it in 30 minutes when I realised the deadline was approaching and I'd been procrastinating on it forever. So it's a bit boring and popular. I did briefly play with the thought of including Adrien Maire, who would have been a unique pick.
I see @JOSEDIN is keeping 'my' tradition alive by picking a final-year junior. I have Seixas in the 24-26 edition and Nordhagen in the 23-25 edition (so he better deliver this year!), but I don't have any this time.
The spreadsheet is as presentable as it will ever be: here it is.
Being way ahead in the popularity list I don't know if it's good. Because if your competitors have your same riders, they also get the points you earn. Last year I was 26th on the popularity list and I was 1st in the end of season scoring. For example, I found PARET-PEINTRE Valentin (425 points, having cost 135) and LÓPEZ Harold (208 for 103) very profitable, having been chosen by others 4 and 3 teams only. This year I'm almost last in popularity, in 40th place to be precise .
I have included Albert PHILIPSEN in the game “The 2025 CQ Ranking Manager Thread”. For this game I have only included in the team a 19 year old rider, Paul SEIXAS.
.I have included Albert PHILIPSEN in the game “The 2025 CQ Ranking Manager Thread”. For this game I have only included in the team a 19 year old rider, Paul SEIXAS.
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Imo ususally being high in popularity is a good indicator, while being low is the opposite.Being way ahead in the popularity list I don't know if it's good. Because if your competitors have your same riders, they also get the points you earn. Last year I was 26th on the popularity list and I was 1st in the end of season scoring. For example, I found PARET-PEINTRE Valentin (425 points, having cost 135) and LÓPEZ Harold (208 for 103) very profitable, having been chosen by others 4 and 3 teams only. This year I'm almost last in popularity, in 40th place to be precise
I have included Albert PHILIPSEN in the game “The 2025 CQ Ranking Manager Thread”. For this game I have only included in the team a 19 year old rider, Paul SEIXAS.
You tend to bet on older riders than the median, so it is natural that after only the first year they will perform better than the younger ones. About those 2 riders you mentioned, I think Valentin is a good hit but I'm still skeptical about Harold.
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