The 2012 CQ Ranking Manager Game

[will10]

Galims is 3x the average, but Offredo is only 1.3x the average... but the problem is that you not only loose his value, but you loose also the opportunity to gain points... staying on Offredo, if you choose him, you hope at least that he can double his points, so you loose the opportunity to have 600 points... and that's quite a lot...

That is the risk with taking expensive riders, and is part of the game/sport.

 

[CQmanager]

Just for fun again. The top 33 profitable riders AKA The GREEN team.

Name / 2011 / 2012
BOONEN Tom 502 1438
FREIRE GOMEZ Oscar 522 641
TERPSTRA Niki 401 422
TIERNAN-LOCKE Jonathan 82 381
POZZATO Filippo 301 375
DEMARE Arnaud 148 358
TURGOT Sébastien 150 327
ROGERS Michael 137 303
NORDHAUG Lars Petter 180 296
KISERLOVSKI Robert 261 273
VANMARCKE Sep 128 268
BRESCHEL Matti 98 263
DURBRIDGE Luke 65 261
GASPAROTTO Enrico 194 255
FERRARI Roberto 250 254
CHICCHI Francesco 136 245
KREDER Michel 158 238
BOIVIN Guillaume 14 232
FAVILLI Elia 92 228
VELITS Peter 205 228
SPILAK Simon 194 220
BARTA Jan 179 215
MADRAZO RUIZ Angel 199 204
PORSEV Alexander 104 166
FLORENCIO CABRE Xavier 74 166
NIÑO CORREDOR Victor 37 166
FENN Andrew 88 165
DENNIS Rohan 10 165
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 60 164
NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel 78 158
SERRY Pieter 115 157
REDA Francesco 66 155
MOSER Moreno 78 144

Cost / Profit 5306 / 9531

(removed Valverde from the list)

CQM

 

[greenedge]

Will that DG pick prove to be Mellow Velos' undoing???

 

[Eric8-A]

It looks like I moved down 6 slots

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Update 15: Mellow Velo finally shows some weakness

With the cobbled classics out of the way it was expected that some changes would occour in the top 10, and even though only one of the Ardennes classics have been raced, a lot has happened already.

Two new teams enter the top ten: Kvinto and theyoungest who both have had great weeks and are also to be found among this weeks high scorers. However, the biggest scorer this week is TeoSheva who's now overtaken the second place, thanks to number 1 and 2 in Amstel Gold Race, Gasparatto and Vanendert.
This week we've also seen one of the pre-game favorites make a little bit of noise: The Hitch finds himself on both the high jumpers and high scorers list this week.

In the other end of the spectrum we find our leader, Mellow Velo, who after many good weeks now looks like he's starting to struggle with only 207 points this week. He's still leading by more than 200 points but with both Fleche Wallone and Liege-Bastogne-Liege coming up this week, a lot can happen. Furthermore has Mellow Velo suffered an additional setback as his second most expensive pick, Galimzyanov, has been tested positive for use of EPO. Jancouver, jraama and vladimir are also affected by this.
Another team who probably just wants to forget this week is Popchu. With only 52 points this week does he fall back 8 places and now finds himself in 12th position.

Top 10

1. (1) Mellow Velo - 6558
2. (7) TeoSheva - 6226
3. (2) EvansIsTheBest - 6107
4. (6) lancaster - 5896
5. (8) skidmark - 5834
6. (12) Kvinto - 5800
7. (3) shalgo - 5769
7. (5) AntonioRossi - 5769
9. (16) theyoungest - 5760
10. (9) Netserk - 5733

This weeks high scorers

1. TeoSheva - 692
2. theyoungest - 562
3. Kvinto - 503
4. togo95 - 498
5. The Hitch - 490
5. 18-Valve. (pithy) - 490

This weeks high jumpers

1. 18-Valve. (pithy) +11
2. The Hitch +10
3. reader11 +10
4. jencredible +9
5. Ruudz0r +8

 

[TeoSheva]

First week won by me

I will try to gain one more position in the coming week

 

[the asian]

I think he meant the cobbled classics, as he's got Gerrans, Anton, Vanendert among others on his team.

yr, I meant the cobbled classics. Feel sorry for the guys who have both Dennis and Offredo.

 

[TeoSheva]

yr, I meant the cobbled classics. Feel sorry for the guys who have both Dennis and Offredo.

Offredo was a risky pick since there were already a lot of rumors... Dennis it's much worst...

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Offredo was a risky pick since there were already a lot of rumors... Dennis it's much worst...

There were rumours regarding Offredo? I didn't hear anything untill maybe one day after the deadline. But on the other hand, I don't really follow "doping" rumours or whatever it should be called.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

On a different note: did anyone realise that we've already had more replies in this thread than in thread for the whole last season? At least I think so. I don't really know if any replies were deleted when they moved the thread to the new subforum, but I think they managed to restore them all.

 

[will10]

There were rumours regarding Offredo? I didn't hear anything untill maybe one day after the deadline. But on the other hand, I don't really follow "doping" rumours or whatever it should be called.

+1

You could argue a lot of guys people picked are "risky", some will pay off, others won't. Three people have Ballan, who still has Mantova hanging over his head, but if he is allowed to continue racing he could end up being a very good pick. Or he might lose all his results....

 

[TeoSheva]

minor points by Phinney and Pinotti

 

[will10]

Fleche Wallone

Tomorrow's top 5
Anton
Vanendert
Martens
Duarte
Kroon

and a few 5 pointers
Sicard
Iglinskiy
Vaugrenard


with Betancur, Kreuziger, Brajkovic and Silin in Trentino, feeling relatively confident this week.

 

[TeoSheva]

Fleche Wallone

KWIATKOWSKI Michael
MOSER Moreno
HORNER Christopher
LINDEMAN Bertjan
KELDERMAN Wilco
GASPAROTTO Enrico
IGLINSKIY Maxim
VANENDERT Jelle

good team again... Jelle ftw, Horner and Gasparotto to do well

 

[Mellow Velo]

First week won by me

I will try to gain one more position in the coming week

You are welcome to it. I never thought I'd see out most of Spring.
The one really negative aspect of this game, for me, is that it leads to a compulsion to watch specific riders, rather than any given race as a whole.
The exact reason I've always tried to avoid having favourite teams or riders; objectivity goes out of the window.

When you are in the lead and being shot at from behind, the pressure of keeping score is hard to ignore.

I'd rather go back to being slightly anonymous and pressure free, other than for personal, team goals.

 

[Mellow Velo]

First week won by me

I will try to gain one more position in the coming week

You are welcome to it. I never thought I'd see out most of Spring.
Gaining the 320 points you need is certainly on the cards, now my luck has run dry.
The one really negative aspect of this game, for me, is that it leads to a compulsion to watch specific riders, all the time, rather than any given race as a whole.
The exact reason I've always tried to avoid having favourite teams or riders; objectivity goes out of the window.

When you are in the lead and being shot at from behind, the pressure of keeping score is hard to ignore.

I'd rather go back to being slightly anonymous and pressure free, other than for personal, team goals.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

On a different note: did anyone realise that we've already had more replies in this thread than in thread for the whole last season? At least I think so. I don't really know if any replies were deleted when they moved the thread to the new subforum, but I think they managed to restore them all.

An enormous number of posts got dumped into the thread on the game that I had started (similar idea, but WT points system on WT races only)

 

[Hugo Koblet]

An enormous number of posts got dumped into the thread on the game that I had started (similar idea, but WT points system on WT races only)

Oh yeah, I realize that there were some problems in the beginning, but aren't they back where they belong now?

 

[skidmark]

Whoa, I actually moved up 3 places despite my perception of a 'bad' week. I guess everything seemed bad after Boonen-fest. Here's what I got going on right now:

Trentino
Phinney (think he can hold the jersey until the en - oh wait, I just looked at the profiles, nevermind)
Kreuziger (that's more like it)
Kashechkin (didn't finish last today!)
Di Luca (maybe at last something goes right for Il Killer?)
Felline
Brandle

Fleche
Van Garderen
Sicard
Moser
Henao
Costa
Kelderman

LBL
Same as above, minus Keldreman, plus Kreuziger and Breschel

 

[taiwan]

Bring on the races where I score significant points.

 

[TeoSheva]

You are welcome to it. I never thought I'd see out most of Spring.
Gaining the 320 points you need is certainly on the cards, now my luck has run dry.
The one really negative aspect of this game, for me, is that it leads to a compulsion to watch specific riders, all the time, rather than any given race as a whole.
The exact reason I've always tried to avoid having favourite teams or riders; objectivity goes out of the window.

When you are in the lead and being shot at from behind, the pressure of keeping score is hard to ignore.

I'd rather go back to being slightly anonymous and pressure free, other than for personal, team goals.

I agree with you... anyway would be nice for me to lead the game for just one week, you did great until now to lead so many weeks!

But I know that I've just this week to overtaken you (if Vanendert helps me), than, at the Giro I will go back again because I don't have any single man for the GC

 

[greenedge]

How come Kreuziger/ Brajkovic do not get CQ points when they came 2nd in the TTT. At least 15 should have been included for the whole Astana team.

 

[TeoSheva]

How come Kreuziger/ Brajkovic do not get CQ points when they came 2nd in the TTT. At least 15 should have been included for the whole Astana team.

they have got 3 points each

 

[Eric8-A]

So with Galimzyanov admitting he doped, those that chose him are screwed.

 

[Popchu]

For the record, Ballan is break-even after yesterdays TTT.