The 2012 CQ Ranking Manager Game

[LaFlorecita]

Wasn't the results of todays stage cancelled?

Just the time gaps. So Janez won't win the overall.

 

[gustienordic]

My team is tanking fast. First losing Offredo to doping, then Kadri to injury, then Taaramae to mono

 

[jsem94]

ARGH. When Janez finally catches a break (figuratively and literally speaking) it doesn't count for GC.

 

[LaFlorecita]

ARGH. When Janez finally catches a break (figuratively and literally speaking) it doesn't count for GC.

I know...

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

I got a bit lucky at Catalunya today. No time gaps means D.Martin, Uran, Jeannesson (all owned by relatively few people) & Kelderman still have the chance for a good GC result.

 

[roundabout]

The UCI ****s have robbed me of a point from Kruijswijk.

Get it fixed, goddamit.

 

[just some guy]

another 50 or so points from yesterday so about 200 for the week

Michael of GreenEdge fame cold hang on and take the GC due to snow etc

and thus would make me and me alone happy

just need a result on Friday and Sunday to climb

 

[greenedge]

I am happy that Brajkovic went well- finally showing signs of life.

I was considering getting Terpstra as i though he would be able to target races like the Tour of Belgium/ win them without Gilbert- but then i saw they drafted in riders like Velits', Martin and Levi.

Got minor points at DDW from Pozzato, Keukeleire and Renshaw. I am however annoyed that Haussler, Inglinsky, Hoste and Devolder did not get me points ( i understand Ciolek was able to sit pretty after Chavanel/ Terpstra went ).

 

[LaFlorecita]

20 points from Ulissi today.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Mixed day today; a win for Uran but Jeannesson DNS & Kelderman DNF.

E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
Breschel
Vanmarcke
Rathe

 

[Popchu]

Uran and Van Den Broeck today. Catalunya will be good I think

 

[nobilis]

Some good points from Ulissi, and Van Den Broeck Brajkovic. Hoping for a good weekend with Boonen to make up for last week.

 

[skidmark]

What a nightmare in Catalunya. LL Sanchez as my top rider in 25th... Kelderman's DNF today, plus Porte's removal yesterday, took down my only 2 riders who were in the group behind Albasini, and both Majka and Van Garderen were possibly poised to at least get a few points. Maybe Kash will attack tomorrow and they'll let him go because he's down a million minutes, but then he'd probably have to be in a break with 20 minutes and Kenny Van Hummel to win in his current form.

Well, at least I've got 4 guys in the top 20 of Coppi e Bartali, and some hope for the cobbles. Could be a rough week though...

 

[LaFlorecita]

E3 prijs:
BLYTHE Adam
KRISTOFF Alexander
HERRADA LOPEZ Jesús
BRESCHEL Matti
VINTHER Troels Ronning

 

[Eric8-A]

E3

Tom Boonen
Manuel Belletti
Mikhail Ignatiev
Daniel Oss
Matti Breschel
Martijn Maaskant
Karsten Kroon
Gustav Larsson
Filippo Pozzato
David Veilleux

 

[greenedge]

I am hoping one of Pozzato, Breschel and Boonen can win E3. That would require teams shutting down Canc though- no mean feat.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Bah, Fuglsang out of Catalunya, 50-100 points lost.

 

[bicing]

Catalunya: Brajkovic, Kashchekin, Stetina, Davis, Bertagnolli, Quintana, LL Sanchez, Slagter (out), Porte (out), De Gendt (out)

Bartali: Di Luca

E3: Blythe, Keukeleire, Boom, Breschel, Maaskant, Vanmarcke, Devolder, Pozzato, Boonen

Criterium: Vaugrenard, Sicard, Rogers

Gent: Ciolek, Boonen, Steegmans, Blythe, Phinney, Boom, Breschel, Maaskant, Boeckmans, Devolder, Pozzato

Expect to keep hanging in there around the 20s...................
Cheering big time for LARS BOOM.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

E3:
Cancellara
Boonen
Degenkolb
Breschel
Oss
Sagan
Knees
Ghyselinck
Keukeleire
Popo
Ricardo Garcia Ambroa

 

[roundabout]

E3:
Cancellara
Boonen
Degenkolb
Breschel
Oss
Sagan
Knees
Ghyselinck
Keukeleire
Popo
Ricardo Garcia Ambroa

Are you sure you staid withing the 7500 point limit.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

The list could explain why the rest of my riders all have scored 5 or no points. An example is Guillaume Bonnafond, non-starter today in Catalunya. Didn't know he was even in the race.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Boonen into profit. My first.

 

[LaFlorecita]

And Ulissi wins again

 

[LaFlorecita]

I already have ~350 points for this week, which is pretty good for my standards, seeing as that is about 25% of the points I had in the last update. Now I just hope my riders score me some nice points in Catalunya and Italy, and in Gent-Wevelgem and Criterium International.

Criterium International:
KING Benjamin
BOOKWALTER Brent
PUCCIO Salvatore
TALANSKY Andrew
DUMOULIN Tom

Gent-Wevelgem:
BLYTHE Adam
HERRADA LOPEZ Jesús
BRESCHEL Matti
RENSHAW Mark
AAEN JORGENSEN Jonas

 

[skidmark]

Well, 1st 5th and 10th at E3 Prijs. Not bad - I know all 3 are popular picks, but barely anyone had the other riders in the top 10 (no one had Eisel, Turgot or Pichot, and only a few with Freire, Degenkolb, Duque, Ballan), so that should be good. Catalunya's still a crap shoot, and by now I'm mostly hoping that totally unpopular picks will fill the top spots - Albasini's already a lock, but if the Sancehez's and Cunego's of the world fill the high point spots instead of, say, Kiserlovski, I'll count myself lucky to escape relatively undamaged by my team's pitiful performance.