CQ ranking

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Agh... Roesseler was one of my last cuts. I decided to take Sicard instead, yeesh.

Other brilliant decisions of mine:

- taking Sicard and Koren over the above mentioned rider and Duarte
- taking Modolo over J-C Peraud
- taking Ciolek over Taaramae
- taking retired Vlad Efimkin over Jesse Sergent because 'well, how many points will Sergent get anyway and if Efimkin isn't really stopping riding...'
- taking Ricco over, well, anyone.

edit: and I don't mean I just picked a rider and could have had another rider. I mean, all of those riders were on my short list, and I directly picked one at the expense of the other.

yeah I had langeveld, matthews, Taaramae, Duarte, Bobridge all in my sqaud originally

 

[Eric8-A]

I was going to get Valls and Boom for my team but ended up getting other riders. That's two guys I would of have liked to have. Especially Boom.

 

[LukeSchmid]

Vaitkus positive!!!!

 

[Barrus]

Vaitkus positive!!!!

Any source for this?

 

[jens_attacks]

lol fool's day i guess

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Good things about my team:

John Degenkolb
Michal Kwiatkowski
Giacomo Nizzolo

Bad things about my team:

Matti Breschel
Riccardo Ricco
Patrik Sinkewitz
Niki Terpstra

I'm not picking anyone older than 23 next year.

 

[hrotha]

lol fool's day i guess

No, it's officially confirmed.

He's at +33, to be precise.

 

[jens_attacks]

my bad my bad

 

[El Pistolero]

No, it's officially confirmed.

He's at +33, to be precise.

Obviously everyone thought he tested positive.

 

[Barrus]

No, it's officially confirmed.

He's at +33, to be precise.

What is the first thing that comes to mind if you state that a cyclist is positive

 

[hrotha]

What is the first thing that comes to mind if you state that a cyclist is positive

I don't know, I'm a completely innocent fan.

 

[will10]

Did anyone work out who would've been the best picks last year? Is there a spreadsheet somewhere?

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Vaitkus was a good buy

Shame about maaskant, ricco, pelli, ricco

My goal is now to make the top 20.

My preliminary list for 2012 ensures i cannot lose.

 

[The Hitch]

What is the first thing that comes to mind if you state that a cyclist is positive

Depends whether its in the clinic or on April fools day in the cq thread

Did anyone work out who would've been the best picks last year? Is there a spreadsheet somewhere?

Sagan

My preliminary list for 2012 ensures i cannot lose.

So your team going to be significantly less Dutch then

 

[ingsve]

Did anyone work out who would've been the best picks last year? Is there a spreadsheet somewhere?

I don't know if it was totally comprehensive but Skibby the bush kangaroo complied a team that would probably have won last year:

For reference here's what would have been the optimal team for 2010 (based on 2009 CQ ranking) assuming a limit of 30 riders. I haven't taken into account the rules on dopers.

Name Points Cost
NIBALI Vincenzo 2203 979
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin 1976 859
SCARPONI Michele 1353 672
VINOKOUROV Alexandre 1318 390
HESJEDAL Ryder 1145 494
HORNER Chris 1141 191
FREIRE GOMEZ Oscar 1127 511
ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor 952 242
BRAJKOVIC Janez 950 456
SAGAN Peter 928 88
MARCATO Marco 912 470
MCEWEN Robbie 864 268
ROCHE Nicolas 847 376
RICCO Riccardo 756 50
VAN DIJK Stefan 754 303
PORTE Richie 733 120
VELITS Peter 614 182
PARDILLA BELLON Sergio 585 129
PINEAU Cédric 566 27
SPILAK Simon 555 121
VAN GARDEREN Tejay 531 169
MOLLEMA Bauke 524 38
KEUKELEIRE Jens 479 8
GUSEV Vladimir 443 25
GUTIERREZ PALACIOS Jose Ivan 428 97
VANDEWALLE Kristof 427 54
BLYTHE Adam 406 28
NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel 385 65
SELLA Emanuele 354 47
MODOLO Sacha 330 40
Total 24586 7499

 

[Barrus]

My preliminary list for 2012 ensures i cannot lose.

To be quite honest I think I'll use the same tactic as last year, get some good bargains and a few high points to fill up my list and other than that just riders I like and hope will do well. And after that just hope and pray to at least break even, just so I can at least show my face still after the competition

 

[The Hitch]

I don't know if it was totally comprehensive but Skibby the bush kangaroo complied a team that would probably have won last year:

Only wouldnt Ricco and Sella have cost more?

It was their first year back from suspension so they take their 2008 tallies.

 

[ingsve]

Only wouldnt Ricco and Sella have cost more?

It was their first year back from suspension so they take their 2008 tallies.

Ya, but Skibby didn't take into account any of the doper rules.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

So your team going to be significantly less Dutch then

yes. It probably would have been this year (i'm lying) had I more time
But yeah, last season I went with only riders I liked, at the time I didn't care to much how I went. Next year I want blood.

But no I have a system for next year

 

[mc_mountain]

Vaitkus positive!!!!

I still have a few riders who have 'adverse analytical findings' when it comes to CQ

 

[LukeSchmid]

No, it's officially confirmed.

He's at +33, to be precise.

Yes that is what I meant, nothing to do with the stupid idea that is April Fools Day, just expressing my delight at Vaitkus getting points.

 

[The Hitch]

My selections:

Cancellara
Boonen
Gilbert
Flecha
Van Avermaet

Please get your predictions in soon if not early tomorrow please.

Just a suggestion, but it might be a good idea to 24 hours before the race list the people whose entries have already been recieved, just in case their pm didnt send or something.

cheers.

 

[joy118118]

Vac has several rider to be nice picks. LIGTHART is 135 now.

I'm not picking anyone older than 23 next year.

If you pick Phinney...

 

[hrotha]

Guess who's in my team. Just my luck, I guess.

 

[roundabout]

At least he didn't trundle in behind Sulzberger in s.t. That would have been even more frustrating.