The 2012 CQ Ranking Manager Game

[will10]

Yikes, losing Offredo would be a blow 2 days after the deadline!

 

[The Hitch]

Talansky is in my team now he amazed me in Lombardia so I decided to give him a chance

Was it maybe Stetina not Talansky that amazed you in Lombardia

Yikes, losing Offredo would be a blow 2 days after the deadline!

lol, El P strongly reccomended I take Offredo, but after considering he is already 25 years old, and looking closely at the manner in which he achieved his results, I didnt take him.

 

[skidmark]

Noooo! Offredo! You can sort it out, it's only January... the justice system is fast... oh wait. Crap.

 

[ingsve]

Agree with hrotha's post. I had Breschel last year, at 840 he was a reasonable bet to improve, but an injury ruined season cost a lot more than if you "spread the risk" between 2 400 point riders, say.

Not to mention Ricco who screwed a lot of teams over last year.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Offredo's bound to get his, ticket to ride, punched.
That means a lot of folk will start the season at -295.
Glad he just missed out on my final selection.

This thread has been like a nuclear explosion this past 48hrs.
Had to go through it in several sittings.

 

[hrotha]

Offredo's bound to get his, ticket to ride, punched.

We'll see. Rasmussen was believed to be a goner, and then it turned out the UCI screwed up and he was free to ride. Maybe waiving missed tests is a new thing.

Oh well. At least it's not as bad as Riccò last year. :\

 

[Kvinto]

i'm just curious: Offredo missed 3 tests in 18 month (like inrng says and the article i posted earlier) or the latest article on CN is correct saying 3 tests in 2011, and finally (as i'm not much into the Clinic stuff) does it make any difference in the case of possible suspension

 

[roundabout]

If you miss 3 tests within 18 months it's a ban.

 

[Kvinto]

If you miss 3 tests within 18 months it's a ban.

then all i can say is i'm happy

 

[taiwan]

Hello ...
CATTANEO Mattia 108

I have him too. Apparently he will not actually have a contract until he goes to Lampre as a stagiare in August. Sorry.

 

[Nyssinator]

Fupp. Offredo was the latest addition to my team. Had to switch out Novikov and Petit for him and Allan Davis.

 

[shalgo]

On the theory that later entries might include more of the "most picked" riders because of discussions on this thread, I plotted what I am calling Skibby's "rider commonality scores" (the points for each team based on the number of teams each of its riders was picked) against the order in which team entries were submitted. The latter comes from Hugo's list of submitted teams on page 1. The results:

So there is no obvious relationship. A couple of caveats on the data: (1) the order of entry is just rank order, so it does not take into account the actual amount of time that passed between entries. Presumably something like half of the entries occurred in the last couple of days before the deadline. (2) the order of entries does not take into account that some people edited their teams after the date of initial entry.

 

[will10]

I'd like to see a graph showing how many teams had certain riders (say, Rafael Valls) before he was posted on here, and how many had him after that.

 

[hilltopfinisher]

I have him too. Apparently he will not actually have a contract until he goes to Lampre as a stagiare in August. Sorry.

yep, i klnew when I picked him (partly why i'm nervous about his chances to score well). I wanted some riders to follow in the u23 ranks. he can still do quite well points scoring wise, if he dominates in u23 and then emulates Battglin and Selig when he joins Lampre.

 

[Eric8-A]

For the TT in the Olympics, I feel pretty good with the riders I have:

Gustav Larsson
Luis Leon Sanchez
Richie Porte
Michael Rogers
Dave Zabriskie
Frantisek Rabon
Adriano Malori


The last two might be that much of a factor, but every point counts.

 

[Wigwan]

CUNEGO Damiano
MARTIN Daniel
PERAUD Jean-Christophe
FEDRIGO Pierrick
ROLLAND Pierre
SCHUMACHER Stefan
PHINNEY Taylor
CHARTEAU Anthony
POZZATO Filippo
RENSHAW Mark
KERN Christophe
TALANSKY Andrew
JEANNESSON Arnold
SEELDRAEYERS Kevin
HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis
VEILLEUX David
BRESCHEL Matti
CHAVEZ RUBIO Johan Esteban
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander
HUNT Jeremy
BOILY David
HUREL Tony
THURAU Björn
VOIGT Jens
KASHECHKIN Andrey
TULIK Angelo
BOIVIN Guillaume
VAUGRENARD Benoît
VANENDERT Dennis
WILLEMS Frederik
SICARD Romain
LLOYD Matthew
MARGALIOT Ran

I know I won't win with this team, but I only chose riders I like, except for Stefan Schumacher and Ran Margaliot (I don't have any idea who this guy is, but he costs 0 pts).

The two Spidertechs will surprise many.

 

[Andrichuk]

Yikes, losing Offredo would be a blow 2 days after the deadline!

The UCI waited till after our deadline ended on purpose!

I don't think having Offredo is my winning move, but I did invest in him because I believe 2012 will be a big year for him and he surely would have helped.

 

[jsem94]

I can't believe I missed Leif Hoste.

 

[AussieGoddess]

Offredo - Nooooooooooooo

 

[gustienordic]

Offredo - Nooooooooooooo

This stinks!!

 

[Jancouver]

For the TT in the Olympics, I feel pretty good with the riders I have:

Gustav Larsson
Luis Leon Sanchez
Richie Porte
Michael Rogers
Dave Zabriskie
Frantisek Rabon
Adriano Malori


The last two might be that much of a factor, but every point counts.

I was considering DZ but since USA has just one TT spot in Olympics it was too risky to take him and since I already had MiniPhinney and Talansky on my team there is a possibility that one of them may end up with the spot so my have some chance scoring some points there too.

Pretty much, my team (other than some obvious picks) was structured around TT and guys with fast finish but I may be missing on some GC contenders

Those with solid TT:

SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon
PHINNEY Taylor
PORTE Richie
TALANSKY Andrew
LARSSON Gustav Erik
RABON Frantisek


Those with fast finish:

GALIMZYANOV Denis
BOONEN Tom
HAUSSLER Heinrich
SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon
PHINNEY Taylor
GUARDINI Andrea
HOOGERLAND Johnny ??????
POZZATO Filippo
RENSHAW Mark
SOHRABI Mahdi
KLUGE Roger
NOVIKOV Nikita
CHICCHI Francesco
DAVIS Allan
CANTWELL Jonathan

 

[luckyboy]

I can't believe I missed Leif Hoste.

This is his year!
Originally I had something crazy like 17 Belgians but that was a tad much.

Offredo was one of last lot I rejected too. Close shave.

 

[Eric8-A]

I was considering DZ but since USA has just one TT spot in Olympics it was too risky to take him and since I already had MiniPhinney and Talansky on my team there is a possibility that one of them may end up with the spot so my have some chance scoring some points there too.

The bigger reason I chose DZ was because he's my favorite rider. So he had priority over everybody else.

For the road race, my hopefuls will be:

Andre Greipel
Tom Boonen
Manuel Belletti
Daniel Oss
Allan Davis
Matti Breschel

I noticed that I'm somewhat lacking sprinting power in my team. Greipel's the only prolific guy. Boonen hasn't really showed much for the past couple of years except in G-W.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

I can't believe I missed Leif Hoste.

i had him last year to my dismay (one of my least favorite riders tbh), even if he is a potential bargain I refused to take him again.

 

[the asian]

Offredo - Nooooooooooooo

I have him too. really nervous.

He says, he sent his whereabouts a few hours late in the first 2 instances and the team was at fault for his 3rd missed test as they had added a l race at the last minute. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/offredo-informed-of-missed-doping-controls

Hopefully the UCI will find just reason in that!