The 2013 CQ Ranking Manager Game

[Geraint Too Fast]

2 riders into profit today - Joeaar & Suarez (and possibly Edmondson if he finished AGR).

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Coquard was good this week and Le Bon seems to have find some form. Plus, Feillu and Rolland are starting to show signs of life. I might still salvage something from this season afterall despite the fact that AGR was disappointing (but seeing the results I guess it's the same for everybody).

Congratulations to those who picked Kreuziger and the one person who picked Ruben Plaza, they will probably fight it out for best score of the week. It's a shame nobody picked Mourey though, as he seems like he will end the year as a very good pick.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

(and possibly Edmondson if he finished AGR).

He did:96th out of 98 finishers.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I spent the last 15 minutes of the race cheering Kreuziger on, convinced that he was part of my team, then checked the spreadsheet and discovered that he hadn't made my cut.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Well, at least I'm glad TGBM is doing his thing in the Ardennes, despite a non optimal preparation. But since he was the only pick I had that earned more than 5 points today, it isn't looking like a good week to me. Hoping I can hold onto 44th for the fourth week, due to Rolland and Coquard earning me some points earlier this week, but I doubt it, since most have at least Gilbert.

Congrats to those picking Kreuziger though. Also Kwiatkowski appears to be an awesome pick, I considered him, but I didn't think he'd be this good, and also so diverse.

 

[Jancouver]

I think I had Kreuziger on my team every year. This year I gave up on him. I'm still happy he won today and I hope he will do well all year.

I dont think I scored any points this week ... more than a good chance that I will slip out of the TOP 100 again.

 

[Netserk]

Since Kreuziger has scored fewer point so far, than he did at the same time last year, he really isn't a good pick.

 

[greenedge]

I chose Kreuziger last year- but thought he was too expensive for this year- he might still be, if he has to ride for Contador.

Had Gilbert go well- but it could have been better, maybe if he was the strongest in the race (he was lol) and Rojas and Coquard have gone well this week too.

 

[*Falze*]

I am still kicking myself over missing Coquard from my final selection.

 

[sublimit]

My long list, walk of shame zero pointers so far :

Andy
Kennaugh
Lutsenko
Sohrabi
Dombrowski
Hepburn
Wackerman
Huffman
Van Leijen

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

^ Sohrabi won a stage of Le Tour de Filipinas today.

 

[CQmanager]

Unofficial ...


Game Rankings
Rank Team Points
1. will10 4937
2. The Hitch 4380
3. Dim 4361
4. greenedge 4329
5. SteelyDan 4324
6. Geraint Too Fast 4300
7. Gotland 4296
8. ironted 4278
9. HelgeBlendet 4238
10. Falze 4182
11. ingsve 4174
12. Ruudz0r 4139
13. Skibby the bush kangaroo 4106
14. Squire 4102
15. King Of The Worlds 4091
16. nordicICE1024 4070
17. adamski101 4033
18. bicing 4023
19. Blues in the bottle 3994
20. mc_mountain 3958
21. vladimir 3846
22. Karbonkel 3846
23. theyoungest 3775
24. AussieGoddess 3733
25. the_fool_on_the_hill 3731
26. sublimit 3714
27. Jan the Man 3709
28. search 3703
29. sykkelerbest 3611
30. jaylew 3610
31. FF'Wilco 3605
32. CQmanager 3587
33. Total Package 3580
34. Inzaghi 3563
35. Housoe 3560
36. Bellsax 3552
37. VeloRooms 3550
38. element 3550
39. keithmcmahon 3538
40. Ferminal 3512
41. al_pacino 3504
42. Tigerion 3496
43. Kjellus 3487
44. Nyssinator 3487
45. Ambiturner93 3444
46. jraama 3439
47. ansimi 3431
48. Maaaaaaaarten 3411
49. hilltopfinisher 3404
50. gustienordic 3398
51. AAC1983 3396
52. TeoSheva 3390
53. Kazistuta 3376
54. Blackbandit222 3373
55. Dekker_tifosi 3362
56. Tuarts 3359
57. bubbles 3350
58. the asian 3339
59. DnthasldHoff 3311
60. Martin 3297
61. Team Riis 3289
62. Tomazo 3277
63. Afrank 3262
64. nck1000 3208
65. Mellow Velo 3206
66. EvansIsTheBest 3198
67. asdfgh101 3192
68. PeterB 3177
69. chinaboy 3173
70. Handbrake 3170
71. LaFlorecita 3157
72. Lortnoc 3156
73. freddybobs 3148
74. ForzaCampagna 3120
75. 18-Valve. (pithy) 3119
76. taiwan 3115
77. auscyclefan94 3109
78. FlorinM 3104
79. just some guy 3099
80. Eyeballs Out 3098
81. minessa 3097
82. Jancouver 3094
83. jsem94 3087
84. NairoQ 3085
85. Jpettersen 3080
86. coinneach 3042
87. Akubra 3039
88. Armchair cyclist 3037
89. AntonioRossi 3028
90. Makiavelli 3026
91. gerundium 3002
92. bumeington 2991
93. MADRAZO 2987
94. Hugo Koblet 2956
95. Pentacycle 2936
96. skidmark 2903
97. GP Blanco 2895
98. shalgo 2858
99. cineteq 2832
100. The Amateur 2809
101. R_O_Shipman 2773
102. CraZyCaLL 2738
103. Popchu 2732
104. DJ Sprtsch 2729
105. Yellow Knight 2726
106. comodoro 2696
107. Object 2646
108. Duartista 2645
109. Sylvester 2635
110. bullet50000 2632
111. Panda Claws 2628
112. dogboy 2614
113. Jakob747 2592
114. Netserk 2591
115. trotters aotearoa 2565
116. Vitapen 2527
117. Kvinto 2519
118. whittashau 2506
119. Fowsto Cope-E 2451
120. Phoenix118 2420
121. Kevin Rudd's Hairdryer 2390
122. LightBing 2295
123. Thibaut Pinot 2292
124. Andrichuk 2249
125. martyfulu 2185
126. Eric8-A 2176
127. auto de fé 2086
128. Ham-N-Eggs 2043
129. Zam_olyas 1756

 

[CQmanager]

GREEN TEAM (must be in profit)

PORTE Richie 680 893
THOMAS Geraint 181 484
SPILAK Simon 390 433
CIOLEK Gerald 242 392
PERAUD Jean-Christophe 333 388
SLAGTER Tom-Jelte 329 347
WEENING Pieter 160 329
COQUARD Bryan 33 302
DEHAES Kenny 112 289
EISEL Bernhard 178 266
LANGEVELD Sebastian 227 261
GAUDIN Damien 171 258
LASCA Francesco 183 254
VANDENBERGH Stijn 68 252
ARREDONDO MORENO Julian David 111 240
HOWARD Leigh 150 228
JULES Justin 75 220
GEBREMARIAM GRMAY Tsgabu 33 210
LE BON Johan 60 199
BOOKWALTER Brent 118 190
LUDVIGSSON Tobias 134 183
ROUX Anthony 80 181
SULZBERGER Bernard 24 170
COLBRELLI Sonny 146 161
MALACARNE Davide 127 153
MARKUS Barry 105 153
IMPEY Daryl 149 150
PLAZA MOLINA Ruben 134 148
GAUTIER Cyril 114 143
DRUJON Mathieu 33 142
DIAZ Daniel Ricardo 113 142
GESLIN Anthony 111 137
MOUREY Francis 25 137

COST / PROFIT
5129 / 8435

 

[CQmanager]

TOP 33 Picks (order by score)

THOMAS Geraint 181 484
COQUARD Bryan 33 302
ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin 366 301
GILBERT Philippe 1086 249
ROUX Anthony 80 181
POZZATO Filippo 460 173
GUARDINI Andrea 404 152
MATTHEWS Michael 359 138
EVANS Cadel 843 130
LÖFKVIST Thomas 170 123
PONZI Simone 165 121
BRESCHEL Matti 329 112
HUSHOVD Thor 76 110
PINOT Thibaut 442 90
BOLE Grega 125 80
SUTTON Christopher 61 66
TAARAMÄE Rein 384 54
COBO ACEBO Juan Jose 96 45
DENNIS Rohan 271 35
BARGUIL Warren 120 33
APPOLLONIO Davide 102 30
BOBRIDGE Jack 187 27
ARU Fabio 162 10
BATTAGLIN Enrico 152 10
RUJANO GUILLEN Jose Humberto 251 5
OSPINA HERNANDEZ Argiro Alonso 0 0
LUTSENKO Alexey 249 0
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd 194 0
HEPBURN Michael 24 0
KENNAUGH Peter 5 0
VAN LEIJEN Joost 6 0
NUYENS Nick 99 0
SCHLECK Andy 20 0

COST / PROFIT
7502 / 3061

 

[Ruudz0r]

Good to see you back CQ !

 

[Tigerion]

GREEN TEAM (must be in profit)
COST / PROFIT
5129 / 8435

TOP 33 Picks (order by score)
COST / PROFIT
7502 / 3061

Does that mean the the current best result you could have is 8435 and already be at around 110% of budget before a grand tour has even started?
And is that the actual best team that is possible to have, or there are riders with higher points who aren't in green yet. Giving another 2K if points to play with


Looks like collective wisdom is a bit like management by committee, looks good on paper but doesn't really deliver

Also losing 9 positions, not sure if i am happy about that or not

 

[greenedge]

I have 17 of the most popular picks- but
Thomas, Coquard and Hushovd are already in profit.
Nuyens is a non- factor...
Andy has the potential to score highly but basically everyone has him.
Ospina, Kennaugh and Bobridge (is a 0 pointer- not 187) cost nothing so, no big deal.

Hepburn i expected to go better by now. The same with Taaramae and Pinot- but maybe later they can all go well.
Rojas is on track to get on profit in the next month or so and Gilbert hopefully can win at the Ardennes.
Cobo, Ponzi and Guardini all have potential to grow in profit.
Appollonio is one that hangs in the balance- but his 2011 sprinting at Sky was good, so hopefully he also pays off.

All in all- i feel secure (ish) with my picks in the top 33- but acknowledge that it is the unique or less common picks that will decide the difference mainly- and of course if everyone from the top 33 is selected they will probably go badly- but getting the right mix helps.

 

[Tigerion]

I have 17 of the most popular picks- but
Thomas, Coquard and Hushovd are already in profit.
Nuyens is a non- factor...
Andy has the potential to score highly but basically everyone has him.
Ospina, Kennaugh and Bobridge (is a 0 pointer- not 187) cost nothing so, no big deal.

Hepburn i expected to go better by now. The same with Taaramae and Pinot- but maybe later they can all go well.
Rojas is on track to get on profit in the next month or so and Gilbert hopefully can win at the Ardennes.
Cobo, Ponzi and Guardini all have potential to grow in profit.
Appollonio is one that hangs in the balance- but his 2011 sprinting at Sky was good, so hopefully he also pays off.

All in all- i feel secure (ish) with my picks in the top 33- but acknowledge that it is the unique or less common picks that will decide the difference mainly- and of course if everyone from the top 33 is selected they will probably go badly- but getting the right mix helps.

I thought that Hepburn was actually going to race road this year, oh well maybe a good chance for next year

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Does that mean the the current best result you could have is 8435 and already be at around 110% of budget before a grand tour has even started?
And is that the actual best team that is possible to have, or there are riders with higher points who aren't in green yet. Giving another 2K if points to play with


Looks like collective wisdom is a bit like management by committee, looks good on paper but doesn't really deliver

Also losing 9 positions, not sure if i am happy about that or not

The "Green team" isn't the best team possible so far as it only consists of riders in profit. For instance, you would probably want to include Sagan and Cancellara to reach the 7500 limit, but it's the best team of riders in profit.

I will do the weekly update tonight.

 

[search]

The "Green team" isn't the best team possible so far as it only consists of riders in profit.

I think it is. Swapping in non-profit riders would only make sense if the total value of the team would be below 7500 points

Edit: nevermind, total value is way below 7500 points, somehow I have mistaken that with those 7505 points, so swapping in guys like Cancellara would make sense

 

[will10]

I somehow extended my lead lol. Look at all those guys waiting to pounce in the 4300s though....can see me tumbling from 1st to 9th or something one week.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Update #14: Bye bye bicing

vladimir takes the title as this week's top scorer, as he produces 507 points - most of which come from Gilbert and Kreuziger. Panda Claws is close with points from Gilbert, Leukemans and Kwiatkowski.

This week's top scorers:

1. vladimir - 507
2. Panda Claws - 476
3. ansimi - 452
4. Nyssinator - 445
5. SteelyDan - 435

EvansIsTheBest is this week's high jumper, as he moves from 91st to 67th. ansimi is the only one with his name on both the top scorer and high jumper list, as he jumps 19 places.

This week's high jumpers:

1. EvansIsTheBest +24
2. Team Riis +20
3. ansimi +19
3. Lortnoc +19
5. chinaboy +17

SteelyDan and HelgeBlendet enter the top 10 while ingsve and bicing is pushed out. bicing pays the price for not picking Gilbert, as he only scores 60 points and loses 12 places this week! Can he limit his losses and bounce back?

Top 10:

1. (-) will10 - 4937
2. (-) The Hitch - 4380
3. (-) Dim - 4338
4. (-) greenedge - 4329
5. (+8) SteelyDan - 4324
6. (+3) Gotland - 4296
7. (+1) ironted - 4278
8. (-1) Geraint Too Fast - 4264
9. (+2) HelgeBlendet - 4238
10. (-5) *Falze* - 4214

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[The Hitch]

I somehow extended my lead lol. Look at all those guys waiting to pounce in the 4300s though....can see me tumbling from 1st to 9th or something one week.

Mate. 600 points means wed need to have the winner of the tour de France just to catch you up.

 

[vladimir]

Damn, first time I have ever "won" a week
High hopes for this week as well with Phil, Roman, Nairo and Igor A all with a chance to do well in the Ardennes. But I guess two in a row is asking a bit too much

 

[Panda Claws]

Cool. First time I actually do well

Hopefully Kwiatkowski and Leukemans can keep doing well as they are pretty unique picks.