The 2014 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

[Hugo87]

My team is Sagan dependent, since he was "humiliated" with his 10th place, so was my team...

Hagen didn't do nothing too.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (2.WT)
CONTADOR Alberto
ATAPUMA John Darwin
URAN Rigoberto
CHAVES Johan Esteban
SANCHEZ Luis Leon
ARU Fabio
KESSIAKOFF Frederik
ANACONA Winner

Aiming for 200 points

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

yes let's forget about this week. We can wait til next week for the update, I don't mind.

Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
HESJEDAL Ryder
DE GENDT Thomas
ARU Fabio
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
ATAPUMA John Darwin
ANACONA Winner
SERPA Jose Rodolfo
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
CHAVES Johan Esteban
VOECKLER Thomas
BARGUIL Warren
SANCHEZ Luis Leon

 

[del1962]

Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (2.WT)
CONTADOR Alberto
ATAPUMA John Darwin
URAN Rigoberto
CHAVES Johan Esteban
SANCHEZ Luis Leon
ARU Fabio
KESSIAKOFF Frederik
ANACONA Winner

Aiming for 200 points

Low expectations?

Anyway

My Catalunya Riders

PORTE RICHIE
CONTADOR VELASCO ALBERTO
URAN URAN Rigoberto
BASSO IVAN
SANCHEZ GIL LUIS LEON
BARGUIL WARREN
HESJEDAL RYDER
EDMONDSON JOSHUA
YATES ADAM
BRAMBILLA Gianluca
BOBRIDGE JACK

Dwars door Vlaanderen

Provisionally

BOONEN TOM
BENNETT SAM
FENN ANDREW
ZABEL RICK
MCEVOY JONATHAN


Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

Prov

KENNAUGH PETER
BOSWELL IAN


E3

Very Prov

MALORI adriano
BOONEN TOM
VELITS MARTIN

CI

Very Prov

SCHLECK ANDY
SCHELLING PATRICK
DOMONT AXEL


Gent-Wevelgem

Very Prov

MALORI adriano
BENNETT SAM
ZABEL RICK
VELITS MARTIN
MCEVOY JONATHAN

 

[LaFlorecita]

200 is a 2nd place for Berto and some stage placings not expecting anything from the others.

 

[jsem94]

Engoulvent also coming to life. Expecting him to get some more of these placings in French 1.1 races. I wouldn't mind if he also won the usual prologue of Tour de Luxembourg.

 

[Jancouver]

Unexpected points from Swifty and Styby today otherwise another bad week.

 

[skidmark]

Ugh, brutal week (aside from the Contador points that were basically from last week). Nothing in the small races, EBH my best at 29th in MSR. Barf. Onwards. Big week ahead.

Catalunya

Hesjedal
Contador
De Gendt
Aru
Anacona
Van den Broeck
Chaves
Howson
LL Sanchez

Alot of climbers. I have high hopes, although I don't know who is in shape other than obviously Conti. Chaves and Sanchez have already had good results, but against fairly weak fields. Could have 6 in the top 15, could have one (or none if Conti crashes, but I don't wanna think about that).

Dwars Door Vlaanderen

Phinney
Van Baarle
Van Poppel
Boonen
Gerdemann
Sam Bennett

If it ends in a sprint, than obvs Boonen, DvP and Bennett could score big. Van Baarle has shown a good finish and a penchant for attack, but as a neo-pro I don't expect much in a race of this calibre. Fingers crossed.

Coppi e Bartali

Dombrowski
Teklehaimanot

meh. We'll see.

E3

Phinney
Le Bon
Van Baarle
Boonen
EBH
Gredemann

Le Bon looked good in Het Volk, was nowhere in MSR. Phinney, Boonen, EBH (race is short enough for him) are ones I have hopes for.

Criterium International

Lutsenko
Rohan Dennis
Andy Schleck
Coppel
Craddock

Geez, I hope Dennis can get off the ground after the complete writeoff in January. Craddock could finally get going in a race like this after his initiation on cobbles, and Coppel can always do well where there's a TT and not crazy amounts of climbing.

G-W

Phinney
Van Baarle
Goss
EBH
Sam Bennett

Similar to the other classics, but with Goss and no Boonen. That's trading down... Depending how the day goes I could get a result from anyone.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Yeah, pretty big week coming up, more than just Catalunya

Dwars door Vlaanderen
VAN POPPEL Danny
MARKUS Barry
GERDEMANN Linus
BOONEN Tom

Coppi e Bartali
VILLELLA Davide
KENNAUGH Peter

E3
GALLOPIN Tony
BOONEN Tom
BENNATI Daniele
GERDEMANN Linus

Critérium International
DENNIS Rohan
SCHLECK Andy
JUNGELS Bob
COPPEL Jérome
LUTSENKO Aleksey

Gent-Wevelgem
GALLOPIN Tony
GOSS Matthew
BENNATI Daniele

My classics team sucks

 

[Netserk]

Is Boonen really riding Dwaars?

 

[jsem94]

Now that Porte has already lost time in Catalunya, I'm starting to feel good about not picking him. It looked pretty bad when he did so well in the RR and the TDU, but as long as he doesn't get 1500+ points, I won't regret leaving him out of my team. And honestly, I was never going to pick him.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Now that Porte has already lost time in Catalunya, I'm starting to feel good about not picking him. It looked pretty bad when he did so well in the RR and the TDU, but as long as he doesn't get 1500+ points, I won't regret leaving him out of my team. And honestly, I was never going to pick him.

Yep me too, exactly the same story for me.

 

[skidmark]

Is Boonen really riding Dwaars?

I thought I remembered the team statement last week saying that he'd make up for missing a race day at MSR by riding Dwaars.

 

[search]

Update #11: Contadories conquer the Top 10

A solid week for Geraint Too Fast was enough to manifest his newly gained lead, but with Alberto Contador stepping up and winning Tirreno Adriatico, there is some new competition he has to face over the coming weeks. Pentacycle, the best placed team including COntador, managed to move up 15 places, but while 9-week-leader wizard of oz dropped from 3rd to 10th, it was still not enough to step up on the podium, as Steely Dan only just managed to defend his 2nd place - and the last podium spot was taken over by Yellow Knight - one of the very few to have Milano - Sanremo winner Alexander Kristoff in his team.

This week's top scorer is MCardinalR, scoring a massive amount of 867 points, mainly from Contador, Quintana and the big surprise of the weekend: Ben Swift. Not too surprisingly, all the remaining placed in the Top 5 were taken by teams that include Contador as well.

The same picture is to be seen in regard of this week's high movers: 4 out of 5 mentioned team include Contador, earning keithjamesmc a massive move of 58 places. The only mentioned team without Contador is Bicycle_Boy, one of the only three participants to have chosen Alexander Kristoff.


This Week's Top Scorers

1 MCardinalR 867
2 Pentacycle 678
3 keithjamesmc 675
4 del1962 639
5 minessa 636


This Week's High Movers

1 keithjamesmc (+58)
2 MCardinalR (+54)
2 Bicycle_Boy (+54)
4 minessa (+53)
5 gustienordic (+49)


Top 10 Overall

1 (-) Geraint Too Fast 3104
2 (-) SteelyDan 2816
3 (+1) Yellow Knight 2805
4 (+15) Pentacycle 2794
5 (+9) freshman 2764
6 (+1) lenissart 2693
7 (-2) Froome19 2673
8 (+2) Ruvu75 2659
9 (+13) Martin 2644
10 (-7) wizard_of_oz 2607


No doubt this is just an introduction of what will happen in the following weeks. With the Volta a Catalunya, the Criterium International, Coppi e Bartali and the great belgian classics, loads of points are on the table again to mix up the standings.

Spreadsheet / CQ Update #11

 

[Netserk]

Moved up 45 places. Probably the closest I'll get of being named in an update

 

[Netserk]

I thought I remembered the team statement last week saying that he'd make up for missing a race day at MSR by riding Dwaars.

Thanks

It just puzzled me.

 

[Jancouver]

Back to top 100 yay!

Thanks for the update!

 

[vladimir]

First time in top 100 this year yay!
Could have been so much better in MSR however: if EBH and Appolonnio didn't lose contact with the front group near the top of Poggio, if Gilbert had timed his finish better, if Moser and Phinney hadn't fallen sick and if Battaglin hadn't crashed 500 meters from the finish then...
Thanks for the update BTW

 

[LaFlorecita]

+27 this week.

This season has been a rollercoaster so far
45-16-44-38-91-109-63-97-111-97
and now 70

 

[jsem94]

Almost in the top 50 now. Contador to bring home more points from Catalunya will do me nothing but good.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Another average week for my team. Certainly didn't expect Engoulvent to be my highest scorer on Sunday. Degenkolb's puncture proved very costly (at least 145 points since he would probably have podiumed considering how strong he looked going up the Cipressa). If he had won, I would actually have made the top 10. Hopefully he won't have anymore bad luck this year.
Congrats to those who picked Kristoff, a bold pick which is pying off handsomely.

Here is the multiyear ranking for those interested :
PLAYER AVERAGE AGGREGATE
skidmark 10837 43346
The Hitch 10456 41824
mc_mountain 10412 41649
EvansIsTheBest 10201 40802
MADRAZO 10131 40522
ingsve 10082 40328
Kazistuta 10064 40257
Armchair Cyclist 10044 40177
bicing 9837 39348
Mellow Velo 9814 39254
theyoungest 9794 39177
The Amateur 9666 38665
Tuarts 9521 38082
Ferminal 9519 38075
sublimit 9296 37182
Jancouver 9266 37065
Handbrake 9240 36958
Ham-N-Eggs 12234 36701
Gotland 12225 36675
will10 9128 36512
Hugo Koblet 9048 36191
Kvinto 12042 36127
Jpettersen 8958 35831
Squire 11906 35717
nobilis 11836 35507
AntonioRossi 11769 35307
al_pacino 8656 34624
AAC1983 11491 34472
Jakob747 8448 33790
Object 8446 33782
Blues in the bottle 8171 32685
auscyclefan94 10671 32014
trotters aotearoa 7906 31623
Geraint Too Fast 10383 31150
Jan the Man 10339 31017
TeoSheva 10193 30579
shalgo 9843 29528
Nyssinator 14720 29439
Kevin Rudd's Hairdryer 9771 29314
greenedge 9501 28502
Waterloo Sunrise 14227 28454
Tomazo 9443 28328
gustienordic 9404 28211
Ruudz0r 9394 28183
minessa 9390 28171
auto de fé 7000 27998
Luke Schmid 13989 27977
FF'Wilco 13978 27956
Froome19 9310 27931
adamski101 9293 27879
Netserk 9170 27510
18-Valve. (pithy) 9164 27493
ansimi 9112 27335
Skibby the bush kangaroo 8978 26933
Kwibus 13367 26733
jsem94 8832 26496
Timmy-loves-Rabo 13225 26449
kurtinsc 13151 26301
Lortnoc 8697 26090
the asian 8655 25965
Karbonkel 12753 25506
vladimir 8435 25306
CraZyCaLL 8420 25261
King Of The Worlds 8394 25182
LaFlorecita 8383 25148
Maaaaaaaarten 8345 25036
just some guy 8273 24820
taiwan 12308 24616
Total Package 8203 24608
Panda Claws 8192 24576
Sasquatch 12272 24544
DJ Sprtsch 8100 24299
HelgeBlendet 8095 24286
The Cobra 12135 24270
Popchu 8084 24252
CQmanager 8084 24251
hrotha 11828 23655
togo95 11762 23523
AussieGoddess 11743 23485
nck1000 11642 23283
the_fool_on_the_hill 7739 23218
lancaster 11536 23071
cineteq 11535 23070
Sylvester 11404 22808
Duartista 11400 22800
Moondance 11171 22341
Spider1964 11050 22100
Bumeington 11025 22050
hilltopfinisher 7272 21815
element 10781 21562
roundabout 10698 21395
luckyboy 10562 21123
jaylew 10532 21063
gerundium 10485 20970
Eric8-A 10389 20778
Andrichuk 10118 20236
Jraama 9146 18291
tgsgirl 8685 17370
whittashau 8298 16596
Rocksteady 8020 16040
SteelyDan 7955 15910
jencredible 14490 14490
Sneekes 7130 14260
Swede1 14137 14137
CasperVG 13753 13753
schullster46 13739 13739
Michele 13658 13658
ironted 6820 13640
Reuell 13572 13572
VeloRooms 6782 13564
Havetts 13494 13494
search 6697 13394
flyers 13209 13209
SantiBotero 13128 13128
Tank Engine 13123 13123
*Falze* 6555 13109
Afrank 6550 13099
fedaia 12999 12999
NairoQ 6488 12975
Strassenrennen 12766 12766
Michielveedeebee 12696 12696
Martin 6265 12529
Yellow Knight 6263 12525
comodoro 6184 12368
djlovesyou 12344 12344
PeterB 6159 12317
chinaboy 12133 12133
omloop van het houtland 12050 12050
Tigerion 6012 12024
freddybobs 11985 11985
GP Blanco 5928 11855
asdfgh101 5875 11749
nvpacchi 11716 11716
The Aluminium Monster 11709 11709
nordicICE1024 11660 11660
Eyeballs Out 5798 11596
Housoe 11485 11485
miguelvazpinto 11388 11388
Von Mises 11378 11378
reader11 11363 11363
Damiano 11335 11335
Youri900 11314 11314
Midnightfright 11280 11280
Bellsax 5639 11277
LightBing 5587 11173
Wigwan 11167 11167
DnthasldHoff 11082 11082
Pentacycle 5518 11035
Pcutter 11006 11006
bubbles 10962 10962
Ambiturner93 10874 10874
Cuyphagist 10857 10857
Zaschrona 10856 10856
joy118118 10803 10803
R_O_Shipman 5363 10725
mortand 10574 10574
dogboy 10559 10559
coinneach 5257 10514
Barrus 10495 10495
coppiman 10450 10450
Blackbandit222 10394 10394
Inzaghi 10353 10353
Kjellus 10273 10273
Passista 10204 10204
Vitapen 10148 10148
dlwssonic 10130 10130
Dim 10118 10118
Ruby United 10111 10111
martyfulu 10038 10038
benreynolds 10027 10027
FlorinM 10021 10021
keithmcmahon 9958 9958
Spare Tyre 9924 9924
Pabryan 9876 9876
Zam_Olyas 4933 9866
Fowsto Cope-E 9825 9825
royalpig180 9735 9735
henry olonga 9686 9686
Moncoutie 9589 9589
Dekker_tifosi 9587 9587
sykkelerbest 9570 9570
Team Riis 9561 9561
zapata 9489 9489
Kato777 9479 9479
Makiavelli 9424 9424
ForzaCampagna 9218 9218
Parrulo 9178 9178
Team Sky Fans 9145 9145
Jimy-Arts 8980 8980
bullet50000 8752 8752
Sydney21 8719 8719
microdose 8675 8675
deValtos 8624 8624
sosososik 8468 8468
XlandaluzeX 8341 8341
Contre la montre 8181 8181
Jiaying 8180 8180
Thibaut Pinot 8041 8041
Team Kapiris 7903 7903
Arnout 7628 7628
Akubra 7469 7469
who dat 7357 7357
jens_attacks 7329 7329
Libertine Seguros 7272 7272
Weeley Wheeler 7176 7176
Sdrawkcab 7088 7088
sigsky 7019 7019
Jukebox 7013 7013
Vonn Brinkman 6696 6696
Phoenix118 5724 5724
Wiggins_fan 3423 3423

 

[manafana]

doing ok but already regretting a handful o picks, live and learn i suppose

 

[Afrank]

doing ok but already regretting a handful o picks, live and learn i suppose

Don't forget, it's a long season. And picks that may seem like they'll end up bringing in minimal points right now may end up hitting their stride and being successful in the late half of the season (Hushovd in 2013 for example).

 

[MCardinalR]

Thanks for the update - fully expect that to be as high as I go this year...!

 

[Martin]

I'm 9th!
This is by far my best position EVER... Life is playing tricks on me

Lol, 130th, my worst position EVER. Perhaps there will be a new personal record next week