The 2012 CQ Ranking Manager Game

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MSR

Di Luca
Phinney
Modolo
Battaglin
Landa
Pozzato
Haussler
Costa
Boonen
P. Velits
Breschel
Larsson

A decent group of dudes... obviously for this game I've got my fingers crossed for Modolo being a pretty unique pick, but Haussler, Boonen, Breschel are very likely in a sprint and maybe Pozzato could surprise. Costa or Di Luca could get away on an attack theoretically, but Costa's missing a bit and Di Luca couldn't even do that in T-A last week so I doubt it.

French races, I got Demare for the Sunday one and that's it.

Catalunya

Kashechkin
Van Garderen
Davis
LL Sanchez
Kelderman
Porte
Rogers
Majka

I don't expect much, to be honest. TJVG isn't good enough on climbs to be a factor in this climb-heavy race, and everybody else is supporting someone else (except Majka, who I don't expect alot from right now, and Davis, who couldn't have picked a less sprint-happy race - maybe he'll get 5 for finishing, oh boy)

 

[Eric8-A]

I've noticed that whenever I have alot of riders from my team going into a race, that's when I score the least. So for MSR, I'm not expecting a big turnout.

 

[LaFlorecita]

How cool would it be if Jorgensen and Boaro finished 1-2 in MSR? That would give me 450 points no one else has.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Pozzato, Nibali and Boonen brings some decent points from MSR (especially as the riders that finished high aren't that popular) and Bouhanni scores again in France.
All in all a good day, looking forward to the next update

 

[taiwan]

Gerrans almost broke even today

I didn't pick him though

 

[Eric8-A]

Pozzato, Boonen, and Oss were my top scorers for today.

 

[hrotha]

I'm starting to regret not having picked Florencio.

 

[greenedge]

Congrats to Just some Guy/ any others who picked Gerrans- i did not even put him on my shortlist.

 

[taiwan]

Davis is on the startlist for Catalunya.

250 odd points from MSR.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Nibali, Pozzato, Oss, Renshaw Boonan and a clutch of "5" pointers netted me 376 points for the first classic of the season.................
...............which I have only just finished watching.

All in all, about 740 points for the week.
Not bad...........could have been better without crashes with Demare, Trentin, etc.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Only about 220 points this week, and it would have been so much worse without super Arnaud Demare.
Hopefully my Catalunya riders will do a bit better;

Kashechkin
Silin
Elissonde
Jeannesson
D.Martin
Quintana
Kruijijujuijswijujijuijk
Kelderman
Uran
Majka

I'm quite confident about some of them which inevitably means I'll be disappointed.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Démare strikes again, 80 points in the bag for the team
Nibali scores 453 points this week I'd like a few more of those.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Démare strikes again, 80 points in the bag for the team
Nibali scores 453 points this week I'd like a few more of those.

I only had 2 riders in Cholet and they netted another 116 points!
Démare is turning into a gold mine.
Nibali current top ranked rider, just above the born again Simon Gerrans.
I reckon both of us around the 850 points, this week.
(just about half way to the break even mark)

 

[LaFlorecita]

Catalunya:
BARDET Romain
BRAJKOVIC Janez
KISERLOVSKI Robert
BASSO Ivan
SOHRABI Mehdi
KELDERMAN Wilco
HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ Jesus
MAJKA Rafael
RUYGH Rob
DE LA FUENTE RASILLA David

Now let's hope JESUS! wins a stage because only AussieGoddess and I have him.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Démare strikes again, 80 points in the bag for the team
Nibali scores 453 points this week I'd like a few more of those.

What? Where did Nibs earn all these points?

 

[Sylvester]

Let's see. Maybe in the Tirreno and in MSR? Although I did see his name on the start list for the Tour du Cameroun and the Oceania Cycling Championships...

 

[CQmanager]

Demare is a great pick. As per Nibali, I was expecting that he will be one of the top picks so that was the main reason other than 1000+ cost/risk ratio. We all expected he will get good points from T-A but I didnt expect him to get 145 points from M-SR.

Quite a few points available this week, yet, I'm not expecting any major changes other then the usual few that will do very good/bad.

 

[mc_mountain]

I only had 2 riders in Cholet and they netted another 116 points!
Démare is turning into a gold mine.
Nibali current top ranked rider, just above the born again Simon Gerrans.
I reckon both of us around the 850 points, this week.
(just about half way to the break even mark)

A very minor aside, the 25 points scored for his second place on monday was actually included in the 11 March update. But a great a week for you both, none the less.

 

[will10]

450pts for me this week but not anticipating a big move up the standings, think with the Tirreno GC and San Remo points dished out this week that there'll be a lot of big scorers. Feeling optimistic about this next week though - a few of my big hitters in Catalunya, couple more in Settimana, and nearly everyone else in my team riding Dwars door Vlaanderen, E3 and Gent Wevelgem.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Let's see. Maybe in the Tirreno and in MSR? Although I did see his name on the start list for the Tour du Cameroun and the Oceania Cycling Championships...

Oh I forgot Tirreno ended this week.

 

[Eric8-A]

Volta a Catalunya

Andrey Kashechkin
Robert Kiserlovski
Mikel Nieve
Peter Stetina
Allan Davis
Jurgen Van Den Broeck
Vladimir Karpets
Frantisek Rabon
Luis Leon Sanchez
Richie Porte
David De La Fuente

 

[skidmark]

Well, more ambivalence on my end about my team... 6th place in MSR from a really popular pick and then some 20th and down placements isn't so good... especially since this was probably the most important day of the year for my riskiest pick, Modolo. But Demare and Kreuziger brought in some points, some other minor points from a few guys like Di Luca and Velits and Costa, and I should at least be in a holding pattern (ie. hopefully not dropping more than 7-8 spots).

Really though, not that many people picked the guys that finished the top 15 in MSR (aside from Pozzato, who I have), so I guess it could be worse. Fingers crossed that the cobbles are kind, I have a team that should really shine in those races.

 

[the asian]

Really pleased that I took a risk and selected Gerrans. He's paying off handsomely.

 

[greenedge]

I am regretting not picking Nibali. Sure he may not go great at the TDF top 8 to top 4 probably but he also has GDL where he should hopefully be smarter.

I am hoping Basso rebounds to go well at Catalunya, whilst Majka might get me some points. I was happy when i saw Quintana/ Porte was there but both will have to ride for Valverde/ Wiggins and Davis has got only 1 chance for a stage.

Congrats @the Asian.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

I'm really scared for this weeks update, I've really done terrible....

Hopefully my riders will do better at Catalunya:
Brajkovic
Kiserlovski
Jeannesson
Pinot
Menchov
Quintana
Slagter
Majka
Denifl