The 2012 CQ Ranking Manager Game

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Nov 11, 2010
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When people were worried about teams being too similar, that's probably going to happen with some of the riders people are talking about.

I find that my squad consists of mainly Italians and Belgians
 
Jun 22, 2009
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Eric8-A said:
When people were worried about teams being too similar, that's probably going to happen with some of the riders people are talking about.

I find that my squad consists of mainly Italians and Belgians

- I only have one nation with more then 5 riders.
- Under the score of 100, I have 10 riders.
- Over the score of 500, I have 5 riders.
- The remaining 18 are between 100 and 500

:cool:

I like my team too much to change I think.
 
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Timmy-loves-Rabo said:
- I only have one nation with more then 5 riders.
- Under the score of 100, I have 10 riders.
- Over the score of 500, I have 5 riders.
- The remaining 18 are between 100 and 500

:cool:

I like my team too much to change I think.

My two priciest riders are from over 1000, and the other's over 600

The rest are pretty much under 500.
 
Timmy-loves-Rabo said:
- I only have one nation with more then 5 riders.
- Under the score of 100, I have 10 riders.
- Over the score of 500, I have 5 riders.
- The remaining 18 are between 100 and 500

:cool:

I like my team too much to change I think.

We're safe then.

Sounds like we both have Gesink though :eek:
 
Nov 11, 2010
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I was actually thinking Soler was going to be a steal again next year, but with his injury, it seems as if he's not gonna ride.
 
Jun 22, 2009
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bicing said:
whatthe latest update about gesink's injury btw??

he recently rode 200km in 5 days, which is positive i suppose. But he still isn't walking properly i believe. I would still trust the 6 months thing before he can be in good form.
 
Dec 27, 2010
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Havetts said:
What has happened to Rafael Valls, has he found a team yet for 2012? :)

Part of the fun is finding the bargains yourself. Stop giving away good picks!
 
Nov 23, 2009
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Yeah he's no good.

Very few of my team's riders have been mentioned thus far on this thread.
 
Jan 27, 2011
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A few of my team have been mentioned, but I have Valls on that list which I'm not sure about he was promising but didn't do crap with Geox and I'm not sure if he even has a team so thats why I asked :p.
 
The Hitch said:
Edit; Isnt Janez doing the Giro though. If he is then thats a real shame, both for his palmares, and his cq game potential. Giro just doesnt suit him, but I hear Kreuziger wants to go for Tour this year and Martinelli wants 1 of his leaders at the Giro.

Kessiakoff maybe. Masciarelli sucked this year and he said he might have gone well.
 
I wonder if riders on the US/ Aus domestic scene will be a good buy. Forster proved he did well in 11 and some rider/team has to dominate the scene in Australia now that Hoff and Haas have gone. I have to scour the scenes and see if anyone sounds ok.
 
Apr 9, 2011
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had a bit of another look at my team - maybe a few too many beers while choosing my riders - it looks quite cr@p - but I think I will keep it :D
 
Jun 7, 2011
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i've read a bit in this year's thread around page 60, about tactics (only mediocre riders vs 'sure' expensive riders plus cheap ones).
hugo koblet said, at the end of the year we'll know which tactic is the best one..
though i didn't look too detailed into the teams,
i don't think there is one definite superior tactic, guess one could win on different ways.

other possibilities would be 'pick only riders that have the chance to improve A LOT' (then you can't take really expensive riders)
or 'only riders that can reach 500 pts' (then it's difficult with most of the cheap riders).

this is all too restrictive, i decided not to use tactics at all.. :cool:

and i think there won't be two identic teams, no matter how many riders are mentioned.
too many riders, too many individual choices to be made.

ingsve said:
It will be intersting to see if more people go towards good solid picks this year or if personal preference still makes for some odd choices.

to combine both will be the fine art of this game ;)

..but, as you have won, probably this would be the key, to be that neutral (which i'm not, as cycling is more of a passion to me than mathematics).
don't you allow yourself to pick 1-3 riders simply because you like them?
or one NOT to pick because you don't want to see him every day on your team?
 
fedaia said:
..but, as you have won, probably this would be the key, to be that neutral (which i'm not, as cycling is more of a passion to me than mathematics).
don't you allow yourself to pick 1-3 riders simply because you like them?
or one NOT to pick because you don't want to see him every day on your team?

Well, I did have some picks like that. For example I tried to avoid any dopers eventhough some of them were obviously good picks. I also picked Löfkvist, Kristoff and Arvesen who all barely or just broke even, though at least Löfkvist seemed like objectively a good pick but he didn't deliver.

I guess the crucial thing in this regard was that my favoured picks didn't cost that much so they weren't as huge a risk as picking someone like Evans for example.
 
Dec 27, 2010
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ingsve said:
Well, I did have some picks like that. For example I tried to avoid any dopers eventhough some of them were obviously good picks. I also picked Löfkvist, Kristoff and Arvesen who all barely or just broke even, though at least Löfkvist seemed like objectively a good pick but he didn't deliver.

I guess the crucial thing in this regard was that my favoured picks didn't cost that much so they weren't as huge a risk as picking someone like Evans for example.

So you (nearly) won clean, except for the rasmussen episode :)
 
Jun 7, 2011
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ingsve said:
For example I tried to avoid any dopers eventhough some of them were obviously good picks.

this is quite cool, that you won incl code of ethics.
we'll see if you stick to it ;)