The 2012 CQ Ranking Manager Game

[Havetts]

Yay.. top 75 Im at the better half of the competition.. happy me

 

[Eric8-A]

The GREEN TEAM ... this time I couldnt just select the top 33 "green" riders as the cost would be over the limit so I added a condition that every green rider must have at least 15% points gain over last year.

BOONEN Tom 502 1468
HESJEDAL Ryder 595 891
ROGERS Michael 137 669
FREIRE GOMEZ Oscar 522 658
KREUZIGER Roman 528 611
BALLAN Alessandro 497 593
SIMON Julien 375 487
PORTE Richie 261 471
POZZATO Filippo 301 460
GASPAROTTO Enrico 194 458
IGLINSKIY Maxim 82 439
FIRSANOV Sergey 150 412
NORDHAUG Lars Petter 180 392
KISERLOVSKI Robert 261 391
TIERNAN-LOCKE Jonathan 82 387
DEMARE Arnaud 148 383
TURGOT Sébastien 150 376
FERRARI Roberto 250 374
SPILAK Simon 194 361
SZMYD Sylwester 111 346
BOUHANNI Nacer 136 326
MOSER Moreno 78 326
HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis 190 321
ZABRISKIE David 166 318
VANMARCKE Sep 128 315
CHICCHI Francesco 136 288
BRAMBILLA Gianluca 160 284
DURBRIDGE Luke 65 281
BARTA Jan 179 277
TALANSKY Andrew 229 273
DYACHENKO Alexsandr 181 271
ENGOULVENT Jimmy 141 264
BRESCHEL Matti 98 263

Cost / Profit
7407 / 14434

CQM

I got 5 from the list, with maybe another five I was considering but ended up not picking.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Inspired by a PM I've received, I've now uploaded the final update for the 2011 season in case anyone wants to have a look

 

[Tuarts]

Yeah, agree. I don't quite get it either

Maybe when you do your post with the update in it, you can provide a direct link to the excel sheet like last year, so people don't have to open up a new tab, type in web address, delete that because you've typed in the address for cqranking instead, figure out if it was .com or .net, then once you're in then navigate site to downloads section, then you find the update.

The big reasons why this game hit off so well at the start was because:
1) there's sweet-****-all to do in December, this gave people something 'cycling' to do, discuss and debate.
2) It's simple. Pick up to 33 riders with 7500 budget, can't confuse that.
3) Didn't have to do anything other then send HK your picks at the start of the year. No 2nd party website. No other log in needed other than CN one

So whilst looking towards making this game "better" and providing more options for people, maybe it's best to try and remember those points. I'm sure whoever CQmanager is, has done a great job and I'm certainly grateful for the effort put in, I enjoyed the mini-game for the Giro and even if all this help was unlooked for (well I'm sure HK likes the help! ) I don't think people are ungrateful, they just want the game to remain the simple, fun game we've all enjoyed for the last 2 years.

 

[greenedge]

I have 8 riders from the green list, Boonen, Porte, Inglinsky, Breschel, Moser, Demare, Pozzato and Kreuziger.

I only really considered 7 of those other riders:
Dyachenko, Hesjedal, Rogers, Zabriskie, Henao, Turgot and "Turbo Durbo".

They did not look like each of them would go on to go so well. I think i broached the idea of getting Dyachenko on here, then was told he was bad ( and he is not ). Rogers i though would have had less opportunities but class shines through. Zabriskie is a great rider and considering it was an lympic year i should have picked him. Henao i had picked in my team but i had misjudged some calculations of my team ( i couldn't still find the correct values ) and i subbed him out. Durbridge i expected to do the Olympics. Turgot went better than even i would have envisaged and he still has quite a few races left.

And that just leaves the GT winner that no one thought would win a GT.

I sort of considered JTL and Ballan too, but not as much.

 

[TeoSheva]

I've 12 riders from the green team

 

[skidmark]

Whoa, pretty exciting that I come back after a couple of weeks away (didn't want to spoil the giro, which I was downloading when I had regular internet in town on the weekends, although being in British Columbia I managed to be spoiled that Hesjedal won anyway... I guess that's a sign of good things for cycling in Canada, if I can't avoid hearing about the Giro with limited media exposure in a bush camp) to find myself in 3rd! Highest place yet. And between the Dauphine and Suisse I've got like 25 of my riders going, hopefully things will keep rolling smoothly...

 

[taiwan]

Dauphinee/Tour de Suisse Squads

CD: Maxim Iglinsky, Plaza, Willems, LLS, Jeandesboz, Degenkolb, Rogers
TDS: Valls Blythe, Pinot, Haussler, Bertagnolli, Boonen, Velits, Davis, Boivin, Kroon

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Dauphine and Suisse should go well hopefully.

Suisse: Kessiakoff, Kiserlovski, Kangert, Pinot, Vanmarcke, Spilak, Stybar, Trentin, Breschel, Slagter, Renshaw, Poels, Valls

Dauphine: Brajkovic, Bouhanni, Jeannesson, Landa, Vanmarcke, Menchov, Vanendert, Quintana, Rolland, Denifl, Devolder

Intrestingly enough, Vanmarcke is listed both for TDS and Dauphine on cyclingfever....

 

[will10]

I think most people will have the majority of their squad at either Dauphine or Suisse...

 

[The Hitch]

Inspired by a PM I've received, I've now uploaded the final update for the 2011 season in case anyone wants to have a look

I know im being a bit thick, but where exactly can i find it. Cq manager website?

 

[LaFlorecita]

Dauphiné
BRAJKOVIC Janez
KELDERMAN Wilco
HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ Jesus
RUYGH Rob

Suisse
KISERLOVSKI Robert
BLYTHE Adam
BOOKWALTER Brent
SOHRABI Mehdi
FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto
HERRADA LOPEZ Jesús
BOONEN Tom
BRESCHEL Matti
RENSHAW Mark
PUCCIO Salvatore
JUUL JENSEN Christopher
VINTHER Troels Ronning

 

[Popchu]

Dauphiné: M. Iglinskiy, Van den Broeck, Ciolek, Martens, Popovych, Porte, Rogers, Devolder
Suisse: Burghardt, Anton, Boonen, Steegmans, Trentin, Davis, Breschel, Boeckmans

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Dauphiné: BRAJKOVIC Janez, IGLINSKIY Maxim, SILIN Egor, VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen, PLAZA Ruben, QUINTANA Nairo, CLARKE Simon, PORTE Richie, ROGERS Michael, LLOYD Matthew

Suisse: KISERLOVSKI Robert, VELITS Peter, SICARD Romain, DAVIS Allan, BRESCHEL Matti, KRUIJSWIJK Steven, RENSHAW Mark, LÖFKVIST Thomas, VALLS FERRI Rafael

Not convinced that this will retain my top 5 place...

 

[Eric8-A]

Trofeo Melinda

Andrey Kashechkin
Robert Kiserlovski
Filippo Pozzato
Andrew Anacona (Finally)

 

[Hugo Koblet]

I know im being a bit thick, but where exactly can i find it. Cq manager website?

Yeah, under downloads.

Direct link here for your pleasure

http://cqmanager.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/CQ-Rankings-Spreadsheet-final-update.xls

 

[LaFlorecita]

Already have quite a few guys on my list for next year. This time I plan on taking sufficient time to pick my riders.

 

[jsem94]

Dauphine: Brajkovic, Stortoni, Arroyo, Quintana, Howard, Kelderman, Porte, Devolder, Lloyd

Suisse: Belletti, Roche, Kessiakoff, Guarnieri, Sicard, Haussler, Spilak, Bole, Moser, Boonen, Stybar, Velits, Davis, Breschel, Kruijswijk, Renshaw, Puccio,

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

1-2 in Trofeo Melinda today.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Two wins for my team today

 

[taiwan]

Why the cq front page links to races history and not full current result now

nvm, was upcoming races listings. FP is subject to a temporary fucup I presume.

 

[taiwan]

philly field is laughable for a .HC race.

 

[greenedge]

Yes i completely agree. Also@LaFlorecita: will your team include most riders from ( a possible Liquigas-Saxo team )?

 

[the asian]

Moreno Moser is proving to be a real bargain

 

[Eric8-A]

Criterium du Dauphine

Richie Porte
Michael Rogers
Andrey Kashechkin
Jurgen Van Den Broeck
Jose Sarmiento
Luis Leon Sanchez