2025 Giro CQ Game

[Armchair Cyclist]

This has suddenly got close.

The game will follow the same structure as for a number of years:

Team of eight (must all be starters in the Giro)
Budget of 3500 CQ points as of Sunday 4th May
Assistance in selecting There is a spreadsheet with riders shortlisted and the relevant prices here.
Team submission to me by PM before they start the race on Friday 9th (CQ name versions please)
Invalid picks if not corrected, will be replaced with most expensive rider who can replace them

Points won for stage points, standings in GC, sprint and KoM classifications
Minor ranking for stage points only
Updates each day (probably)

After all these years, I think I have managed to reduce the OP to the bare minimum, but if there is anything unexplained, please ask.

 

[RedheadDane]

Team of eight (must all be starters in the Giro)

Is that strictly speaking necessary?
You're not really cheating - other than yourself - by picking a rider who's not riding.
He'll still take up part of your budget, and isn't going to score any points.
Or, are you not really differentiating between points scored at the Giro, and points scored elsewhere?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Is that strictly speaking necessary?
You're not really cheating - other than yourself - by picking a rider who's not riding.
He'll still take up part of your budget, and isn't going to score any points.
Or, are you not really differentiating between points scored at the Giro, and points scored elsewhere?

It is "cheating" because if there are no zero pointers on the startlist, you could pick 7 men with a total cost of exactly 3500 and one non-participant freebie. That will open some possibilities that the current rules do not allow.

 

[hfgon1]

Question for the future: Would it be possible to use cq-ranking from a bit prior to the event? I have a limited amount of time these days and others surely too, so using the ranking from 4 days prior the start of the event is a bit suboptimal in my eyes. I think it wouldnt change a lot to use the ranking from a week before so that those with limited time have more time to choose their team. I know that the Romandie is right before and probably you want to get those results in but in a 12-month-ranking I dont think it wont change so much.

 

[hayneplane]

Question for the future: Would it be possible to use cq-ranking from a bit prior to the event? I have a limited amount of time these days and others surely too, so using the ranking from 4 days prior the start of the event is a bit suboptimal in my eyes. I think it wouldnt change a lot to use the ranking from a week before so that those with limited time have more time to choose their team. I know that the Romandie is right before and probably you want to get those results in but in a 12-month-ranking I dont think it wont change so much.

Given we don’t have a startlist yet and many teams have not much more than 2/3 riders listed I think we need to leave it quite late anyway.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Question for the future: Would it be possible to use cq-ranking from a bit prior to the event? I have a limited amount of time these days and others surely too, so using the ranking from 4 days prior the start of the event is a bit suboptimal in my eyes. I think it wouldnt change a lot to use the ranking from a week before so that those with limited time have more time to choose their team. I know that the Romandie is right before and probably you want to get those results in but in a 12-month-ranking I dont think it wont change so much.

There have been times when I used an older pricelist when CQ has been very late with their weekly download (is Monday a public holiday where they are: it might be late again) and the start being on Friday is a bit of a nuisance. But Hayneplane makes a good observation about the relative timings of CQ pricesheets and confirmed startlists. Many riders in the giro probably won't be busting a gut in Romandie, so if you do need to pick early, you could make a fair stab at what their prices should be. Send a couple of contingency names if you wish and have to go early.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

The spreadsheet is now up on Google Docs, but only about 100 riders so far on the startlist, and they are by no means confirmed.

 

[RedheadDane]

Anyone, either you or @search gonna do the Listing all the Riders by CQ Names and Points thing?

 

[search]

Anyone, either you or @search gonna do the Listing all the Riders by CQ Names and Points thing?

I'll be on holiday on from Saturday, so more likely not.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Anyone, either you or @search gonna do the Listing all the Riders by CQ Names and Points thing?

I'll be on holiday on from Saturday, so more likely not.

If you ask nicely...

 

[RedheadDane]

If you ask nicely...

"Nicely, you wanna do it?"

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

So, rather than wait for the CQ download, I have updated the prices on the selection spreadsheet from the team pages at CQ, which update overnight. That *should* be the final price, so the game is open. (Later edit: they have subsequently released the download, so I have put that into the spreadsheet, but I think without any changes from what I had this morning.)

6 teams have confirmed their line-ups so far: when we have a few more, I'll put the lists in this thread (unless search or Nicely beats me to it).

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I'll update this as teams come in. These are the versions of riders names that CQ uses, and therefore the version that I can paste into the spreadsheet without additional work. For the same reason, please do not add anything other than the rider's name on each line.

Alpecin	unconfirmed	Arkea	unconfirmed
GROVES Kaden	793​		SVESTAD-BAARDSENG Embret	134​
HERMANS Quinten	324​		VERRE Alessandro	131​
KIELICH Timo	133​		RIES Michel	108​
VERGALLITO Luca	131​		GUGLIELMI Simon	87​
VAN DEN BOSSCHE Fabio	110​		THIERRY Pierre	55​
HOLLMANN Juri	68​		HUYS Laurens	40​
JANSSENS Jimmy	64​		EPIS Giosué	31​
PLANCKAERT Edward	62​		TJØTTA Martin	26​
	1685​			612​
Cofidis	unconfirmed	Decathlon	unconfirmed
FRETIN Milan	949​		BENNETT Sam	560​
OLDANI Stefano	254​		GODON Dorian	408​
MONIQUET Sylvain	202​		DEWULF Stan	287​
ALLEGAERT Piet	192​		STAUNE-MITTET Johannes	216​
SAMITIER SAMITIER Sergio	90​		DE BONDT Dries	204​
PEREZ Anthony	62​		GUDMESTAD Tord	200​
LASTRA MARTINEZ Jonathan	57​		PRODHOMME Nicolas	190​
TOUMIRE Hugo	5​		BOUCHARD Geoffrey	40​
	1811​			2105​
Education First	unconfirmed	Groupama	unconfirmed
CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO Richard Antonio	794​		GAUDU David	689​
STEINHAUSER Georg	342​		PACHER Quentin	246​
CEPEDA ORTIZ Jefferson Alexander	308​		GENIETS Kévin	186​
HONORE Mikkel Frølich	256​		ROCHAS Rémy	163​
VALGREN HUNDAHL Michael	241​		PALENI Enzo	111​
DOULL Owain	113​		GERMANI Lorenzo	75​
SHAW James	111​		BYSTRØM Sven Erik	60​
CARTHY Hugh	42​		DAVY Clément	25​
	2207​			1555​
Ineos	Confirmed	Israel PT	Confirmed
ARENSMAN Thymen	750​		GEE Derek	974​
TARLING Joshua	461​		STRONG Corbin	752​
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley	429​		HIRT Jan	199​
RIVERA VARGAS Brandon Smith	272​		FRIGO Marco	165​
TURNER Ben	197​		FUGLSANG Jakob	140​
HEIDUK Kim	83​		CLARKE Simon	122​
CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS Jonathan	45​		HOULE Hugo	92​
HAMILTON Lucas	43​		SCHULTZ Nicholas	69​
	2280​			2513​
Intermarché	Confirmed	Jayco	Confirmed
THIJSSEN Gerben	347​		ZANA Filippo	400​
BUSATTO Francesco	185​		PLAPP Lucas	324​
MEINTJES Louis	178​		DE PRETTO Davide	296​
SMITH Dion	151​		DOUBLE Paul	212​
VAN DER HOORN Taco	134​		HARPER Chris	179​
VAN HOECKE Gijs	75​		ENGELHARDT Felix	158​
COLLEONI Kevin	53​		BOUWMAN Koen	76​
PETILLI Simone	35​		HEPBURN Michael	66​
	1158​			1711​
Lidl Trek	unconfirmed	Movistar	Confirmed
PEDERSEN Mads	1607​		CEPEDA HERNANDEZ Jefferson Alveiro	533​
CICCONE Giulio	1067​		AULAR SANABRIA Orluis Alberto	518​
VACEK Mathias	752​		RUBIO REYES Einer Augusto	454​
KONRAD Patrick	319​		BARRENETXEA GOLZARRI Jon	389​
HOOLE Daan	251​		QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander	269​
KIRSCH Alex	196​		FORMOLO Davide	215​
VERONA QUINTANILLA Carlos	122​		MILESI Lorenzo	116​
MOSCA Jacopo	35​		TORRES BARCELO Albert	19​
	4349​			2513​
Polti	Confirmed	Q36.5	Confirmed
PIGANZOLI Davide	498​		PIDCOCK Thomas	1232​
LONARDI Giovanni	268​		MOSCHETTI Matteo	463​
MAESTRI Mirco	182​		DONOVAN Mark	322​
BAIS Mattia	167​		HOWSON Damien	223​
BAIS Davide	93​		LIEPINS Emils	73​
PIETROBON Andrea	78​		VADER Milan	66​
TONELLI Alessandro	64​		AZPARREN IRURZUN Xabier Mikel	46​
MUÑOZ LLANA Francisco	30​		ZUKOWSKY Nickolas	35​
	1380​			2460​
RedBull	Confirmed	Quickstep	unconfirmed
ROGLIC Primoz	1978​		LANDA MEANA Mikel	973​
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe	670​		MAGNIER Paul	568​
HINDLEY Jai	474​		LAMPERTI Luke	462​
ALEOTTI Giovanni	456​		CATTANEO Mattia	272​
PELLIZZARI Giulio	413​		HAYTER Ethan	238​
TRATNIK Jan	239​		GAROFOLI Gianmarco	91​
DENZ Nico	79​		CERNY Josef	73​
MOSCON Gianni	45​		KNOX James	40​
	4354​			2717​
Bahrain	Confirmed	Picnic Post	unconfirmed
BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello	781​		POOLE Max	610​
TIBERI Antonio	740​		BARDET Romain	573​
ZAMBANINI Edoardo	646​		VAN UDEN Casper	306​
GOVEKAR Matevz	195​		LEEMREIZE Gijs	105​
EULALIO Afonso	177​		HAMILTON Christopher	92​
CARUSO Damiano	170​		MÄRKL Niklas	54​
PASQUALON Andrea	82​		WELTEN Bram	29​
MIHOLJEVIC Fran	29​		EDMONDSON Alexander	15​
	2820​			1784​
Tudor	Confirmed	Visma	unconfirmed
STORER Michael	949​		VAN AERT Wout	1421​
BRENNER Marco	487​		KOOIJ Olav	933​
PLUIMERS Rick	426​		KELDERMAN Wilco	561​
STORK Florian	228​		YATES Simon	428​
VOISARD Yannis	178​		AFFINI Edoardo	366​
WARBASSE Larry	154​		LEMMEN Bart	281​
ZIJLAARD Maikel	108​		KRUIJSWIJK Steven	86​
KRIEGER Alexander	30​		VAN BAARLE Dylan	48​
	2560​			4124​
UAE	Confirmed	VF Bardiani	unconfirmed
YATES Adam	1346​		FIORELLI Filippo	288​
AYUSO PESQUERA Juan	1115​		TAROZZI Manuele	245​
MCNULTY Brandon	823​		PINARELLO Alessandro	199​
VINE Jay	822​		MAGLI Filippo	175​
DEL TORO ROMERO Isaac	514​		MARCELLUSI Martin	163​
BARONCINI Filippo	373​		COVILI Luca	138​
MAJKA Rafal	202​		ZANONCELLO Enrico	122​
ARRIETA LIZARRAGA Igor	183​		ROJAS NARANJO Vicente	29​
	5378​			1359​
Astana	Confirmed
ULISSI Diego	965​
FORTUNATO Lorenzo	862​
SCARONI Christian	645​
POELS Wout	504​
KANTER Max	498​
CONCI Nicola	140​
KUZMIN Anton	63​
MASNADA Fausto	30​
	3707​