CQ ranking

[ingsve]

Who else has a stack of the sprinters in the TdU? i.e. Farrar/Greipel/McEwen/Davis/Haedos/Feillu/Brown.

They're not all sprinters but I have Gerrans, Ballan, Galimzyanov, Kristoff and Viviani for TDU .

 

[Ferminal]

They're not all sprinters but I have Gerrans, Ballan, Galimzyanov, Kristoff and Viviani for TDU .

lol, I left Kristoff out of my "sprinters" list

 

[Tuarts]

No starters for me in the ITT. I'm possibly regretting overcorrecting my bias for Meyer/Bobridge.

I did the same. Although I dropped Bobridge before I dropped Cam

 

[jaylew]

Cavendish, Goss, Porte, Madrazo, Ventoso for TDU.

I'm already noticing this is going to be a strange season to follow as I've got a couple riders on my team I don't actually like.

 

[ingsve]

lol, I left Kristoff out of my "sprinters" list

Well, he will be there with the job of sprinting and if he is in form and gets goood help he should have no problems getting top 10s in most sprints at least.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Well, he will be there with the job of sprinting and if he is in form and gets goood help he should have no problems getting top 10s in most sprints at least.

He could get top 10's no problems with no help. wyss got top 10's with no help at all and he is not as quick as Kristoff.
I think Kristoff will be up there in a lot of stages and could pinch a few good wins. I think in Qatar this year there might be a bit less competition and BMC will have their A-team in for the sprints. Kristoff shall dominate!

Cavendish, Goss, Porte, Madrazo, Ventoso for TDU.

I'm already noticing this is going to be a strange season to follow as I've got riders on my team I don't actually like.

Same

lol, I left Kristoff out of my "sprinters" list

How dare you not have Kristoff? He will teach you all a lesson on not undersestimating THE GREAT ALEXANDER KRISTOFF.

 

[Ferminal]

Well, he will be there with the job of sprinting and if he is in form and gets goood help he should have no problems getting top 10s in most sprints at least.

Yeh, it was an oversight rather than a deliberate omission.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

PC utter has a great team, but i said earlier i see you as a favorite over him.

where AAC1983 and Evansisthebest lose out is they dont have enough of the buys ive been talking about. Evansisthebest is one of only 24 people who DIDNT choose Delfino (though if he continues not getting picked up by a team, it could be for his good.

AAC doesnt have Ballan, doesnt have Kash, Shumacher, Soler, Di Luca, VDV, Cobo. Evans.... only has VDV from that list.

Actually, AAC1983 does in fact have Ballan, Soler, Di Luca, Vande Velde He doesn't have Kashechkin, Schumacher and Cobo though.

I think that both EvansIsTheBest and AAC1983 have really good teams:

EvansIsTheBest has Boonen, Bruseghin, Clement, Feillu, Gerrans, Haussler, Maaskant, Navarro, Nocentini, Posthuma and Vande Velde of those riders who was underperforming last year. And then he's got a lot of really promising youngsters. I agree though, that some of them probably won't turn out to be that great buys like Van Garderen and Kristoff (and I've got him myself - there's just no way he can double his points).

AAC1983 I think is the only one who has all of Ballan, Boonen, Chavanel, Cunego and Ricco which I think are the 5 best "expensive buys". Then he's got Bozic, Clement, Di Luca, Gerrans, Haussler, Hutarovich, Ivanov, Kroon, Löfkvist, Maaskant, Navarro, Nuyens, Pellizotti, Posthuma, Renshaw, Soler, Taaramäe and Vande Velde of those underperforming riders. Isn't that exactly the strategy you suggested just minus Cobo and Schumacher?

 

[The Hitch]

Actually, AAC1983 does in fact have Ballan, Soler, Di Luca, Vande Velde He doesn't have Kashechkin, Schumacher and Cobo though.

Not according to any of the lists lve been looking at. Im looking at the one you put up right after the deadline passed with everyone but jaylew in them. AAC1983 has

BETANCOURT GOMEZ Carlos Alberto
BOONEN Tom
BOS Theo
BOZIC Borut
CAPECCHI Eros
CHAVANEL Sylvain
CLARKE William
CLEMENT Stef
CUNEGO Damiano
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
GALIMZYANOV Denis
GERRANS Simon
GUARDINI Andrea
HAUSSLER Heinrich
HOOGERLAND Johnny
HOWARD Leigh
HUTAROVICH Yauheni
KROON Karsten
LÖFKVIST Thomas
MADRAZO RUIZ Angel
MORKOV CHRISTENSEN Michael
MAASKANT Martijn
NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel
NIZZOLO Giacomo
NUYENS Nick
PELLIZOTTI Franco
POSTHUMA Joost
RABOTTINI Matteo
RATTO Daniele
RICCO Riccardo
ROE Timothy
TERPSTRA Niki
TAARAMÄE Rein

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Not according to any of the lists lve been looking at. Im looking at the one you put up right after the deadline passed with everyone but jaylew in them. AAC1983 has

BETANCOURT GOMEZ Carlos Alberto
BOONEN Tom
BOS Theo
BOZIC Borut
CAPECCHI Eros
CHAVANEL Sylvain
CLARKE William
CLEMENT Stef
CUNEGO Damiano
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
GALIMZYANOV Denis
GERRANS Simon
GUARDINI Andrea
HAUSSLER Heinrich
HOOGERLAND Johnny
HOWARD Leigh
HUTAROVICH Yauheni
KROON Karsten
LÖFKVIST Thomas
MADRAZO RUIZ Angel
MORKOV CHRISTENSEN Michael
MAASKANT Martijn
NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel
NIZZOLO Giacomo
NUYENS Nick
PELLIZOTTI Franco
POSTHUMA Joost
RABOTTINI Matteo
RATTO Daniele
RICCO Riccardo
ROE Timothy
TERPSTRA Niki
TAARAMÄE Rein

That's right, but as I mentioned in a post right after the update, there was still a few mistakes (see post #616): a few teams had too many points, one team had 34 riders and I had typed in the wrong edition of AAC1983's team. AAC1983 had send me two PM's. One with the team you list and another one day later with an updated edition. I forgot to change his lists but that has been fixed.

For reference, his list is:

BALLAN Alessandro
BETANCOURT GOMEZ Carlos Alberto
BOBRIDGE Jack
BOONEN Tom
BOS Theo
BOZIC Borut
CHAVANEL Sylvain
CLARKE William
CLEMENT Stef
CUNEGO Damiano
DI LUCA Danilo
GALIMZYANOV Denis
GERRANS Simon
GUARDINI Andrea
HAUSSLER Heinrich
HOWARD Leigh
HUTAROVICH Yauheni
IVANOV Serguei
KROON Karsten
LÖFKVIST Thomas
MORKOV CHRISTENSEN Michael
MAASKANT Martijn
NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel
NUYENS Nick
PELLIZOTTI Franco
POSTHUMA Joost
RATTO Daniele
RENSHAW Mark
RICCO Riccardo
ROE Timothy
SOLER HERNANDEZ Juan Mauricio
TAARAMÄE Rein
VANDE VELDE Christian

 

[The Hitch]

That's right, but as I mentioned in a post right after the update, there was still a few mistakes (see post #616): a few teams had too many points, one team had 34 riders and I had typed in the wrong edition of AAC1983's team. AAC1983 had send me two PM's. One with the team you list and another one day later with an updated edition. I forgot to change his lists but that has been fixed.

Ah ok. Looks like ive been wrongly ruling him out then. Have a lot of lists been completely changed from the update im looking at?

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Ah ok. Looks like ive been wrongly ruling him out then. Have a lot of lists been completely changed from the update im looking at?

No only that one because I made a mistake of typing in the wrong list. No other teams have been changed with the exception of lancaster, Spare Tyre and Sneekes (as far as I remember it was these three) who had too many points (or, in the case of Sneekes, had too many riders).

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Cavendish, Goss, Porte, Madrazo, Ventoso for TDU.

I'm already noticing this is going to be a strange season to follow as I've got a couple riders on my team I don't actually like.

i avoided this, because yes this is a game, but you also want your riders to do well. I hate the idea of supporting some one like di luca or cavendish... unfortunately i did get hoste (last rider i picked, and was just meh tired) whom i really cannot stand.

But yeah as a result, my team is half dutch and is destined for a very low finish
Not that I really care, all in good fun. But I did at least pick a bunch of riders whom i see potential in.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

I dont get it. Is this a maths challenge, or you mean its for the coming season?

Oh yah, you have to be able to be able to add.

 

[sublimit]

I went for Greiple as my main sprinter because he should get more chances in bigger races, I cant stand him but respect him as a rider. I wanted Blythe but i reckon he will be leading him out or in the sprint train somewhere.

I just discovered I picked the wrong Petrov!, I picked a bulgarian journeyman and not the Giro stage winner from last year.

 

[skidmark]

i avoided this, because yes this is a game, but you also want your riders to do well. I hate the idea of supporting some one like di luca or cavendish... unfortunately i did get hoste (last rider i picked, and was just meh tired) whom i really cannot stand.

But yeah as a result, my team is half dutch and is destined for a very low finish
Not that I really care, all in good fun. But I did at least pick a bunch of riders whom i see potential in.

Although it IS kinda win/win, right? Like, if Hoste does well, then you're not happy for him, but you're happy for your team, but if he does bad, you're happy to see him fail but not as happy for your team.

I'm a 'glass half full' kinda guy, I guess.

 

[Jancouver]

Dessel is out for 45 days .... I guess he wont get me any points anytime soon

 

[roundabout]

Yep. I had high hopes for his spring. Go Le Lay then.

 

[nvpacchi]

Quite a few good riders lining up for the Tour de San Luis:

http://www.cyclingfever.com/editie.html?detp=view&_ap=startlijst&editie_idd=MjE2MzQ=

Basso, Duarte, Tondo, Soler, Capecchi, Serpa, among others.

Prolly the first chance for many of us to score some points if we don't have sprint happy lineups heading down to Australia. Especially since everyone and their mother picked Soler it seems.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Quite a few good riders lining up for the Tour de San Luis:

http://www.cyclingfever.com/editie.html?detp=view&_ap=startlijst&editie_idd=MjE2MzQ=

Basso, Duarte, Tondo, Soler, Capecchi, Serpa, among others.

Prolly the first chance for many of us to score some points if we don't have sprint happy lineups heading down to Australia. Especially since everyone and their mother picked Soler it seems.

Go Duarte, Soler and - especially - Capecchi and Guarnieri!

 

[ingsve]

With Pellizottis case actually going to CAS then it might turn out that I did the right choice in dropping him from my squad.

 

[auscyclefan94]

I didn't realise Furlan didn't have a contract! That will put me at a disadvantage if he doesn't find a team. Will he be discarded from my team value because he didn't really compete at all?

 

[theyoungest]

I didn't realise Furlan didn't have a contract! That will put me at a disadvantage if he doesn't find a team. Will he be discarded from my team value because he didn't really compete at all?

Yes! Yes! Do it, Hugo Koblet!

 

[Dutchsmurf]

I didn't realise Furlan didn't have a contract! That will put me at a disadvantage if he doesn't find a team. Will he be discarded from my team value because he didn't really compete at all?

If he doesn't compete at all, he will just score 0 points.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Yes! Yes! Do it, Hugo Koblet!

Why are you saying that? It is about points gained, so discarding him will lower my team value which means I will have to score less points overall.

If he doesn't compete at all, he will just score 0 points.

I don't think that's fair if it is a possibility he won't be cometing at all in 2011.