The 2014 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

[HelgeBlendet]

Apparantly, I have not a single rider in common with Nicosix

Edit:
Well, we have 5 riders in common and there's a mistake in Nicosix's sheet. His sheet is linked to the "Last week" and not to the "2014 Results" one.

 

[mc_mountain]

Apparantly, I have not a single rider in common with Nicosix

Edit:
Well, we have 5 riders in common and there's a mistake in Nicosix's sheet. His sheet is linked to the "Last week" and not to the "2014 Results" one.

Ah good spot (i had spotted no matches with that team as well, but not guessed at or investigated the issue that that might signify)

(skidmark - now sorted at the link I sent y'day)

 

[skidmark]

Ah good spot (i had spotted no matches with that team as well, but not guessed at or investigated the issue that that might signify)

(skidmark - now sorted at the link I sent y'day)

okay great, I noticed that too when I checked mine and was going to fix it, but if it's fixed that's perfect.

 

[Froome19]

Well my riders...

BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos Alberto: I have given my reasoning a number of times. But simply, a very promising rider with amazing potential who can excel in the Ardennes, week long races and in GTs. He didn't pitch up after the Giro last year and so if he can race an entire season this year he should definitely improve his points. He is also doing the Tour this year and so hopefully that will result in a more balanced season. I hoe he has learn how to TT as he would have finished 2nd in the Giro if not for his howler of a TT.

BOASSON HAGEN Edvald: Look at his points scoring potential and he is a no-brainer. He had to abandon the Tour last year and he won't be doing it this year most likely, freeing up a good chunk of the year for points scoring. He has also scrapped the classics buildup recommended by Kerrison and hopefully the more conventional method will allow him to build up well for the classics. His classics results certainly can't get any worse and going on his Cq graph there is only one direction his scores will be heading.

Stybar Zdenek: Not really, my favourite pick. I am a definiely a fanboy, but logically I think he is a tad too expensive. However, I found myself with 600 spare at the end and so in he went, as I cba to change around my team. He has got amazing potential and can definitely have a better classics season that last year. I am not sure if he will be able to challenge in races like Amstel and the Canadian races, but the potential is definitely there.

Phinney Taylor: Also written about him above. So will keep it brief. Exceptionally talented 'apparently'. Also only 23, a lot more to come from him imo.

Durbridge Luke: Also a very talented rider. After a brief dip in his 2nd year as a pro. I see this year as his time to step up to the big time, especially considering his first year Pro cq score. I hope he gets a good race program, but he definitely could be one of my more disappointing picks if he doesn't find ihs rhythm this year.

SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon: Briefly hesitated, when I noted him back in the peloton, but not for long. So much points scoring ability and CR will give him a very good racing schedule.

Moser Moreno: Also 2nd year teething problems, but undoubted ability and I and many others, seem to think he is now ready to step up.

VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen: Never liked him as a rider, but I never really had a choice of picking him or leaving him out. You can't leave out a rider of his calibre.

POELS Wout: He has had his fair share of problems and there won't be that many opportunities on the OPQS team, but he is a class rider who will hopefully rediscover his way after his horror Tour crash of 2012.

Hesjedal Ryder: Too much pedigree to leave out. More of an insurance rider, he could very definitely score big and I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end. He obviously had a mare at the Giro, but his ride in Liege for Dan Martin was one of the best domestique performances of the year and I don't think he has lost his touch just yet.

Aru Fabio: A terrific talent. I liked what one poster said above, if you don't believe it, just watch him this year. On a climber laden Astana team, but talent like this can't be left out.

Goss Matthew: Obviously regressing. But I find it hard to see him getting worse that last year and he does it have it in him to score a hefty amount, if can go back to his 2011 ways. And best of all, you can't really ignore a sprinter at that price, when he is the leader of a team packed with rouleurs and sprinters.

Hoogerland Johnny: He had a hard time last year and should be back with aplomb. The Italian calendar should suit him and there is the potential there for a tonne of points. And the Androni vibe should suit him, I almost feel like it was a homecoming for him.

Yates Simon: Very talented rider. I am not sure just how talented, but I didn't want to risk it. His track performances early in February where he became Points WC convinced me and if not for one or two poor days in Avenir he could have finished higher than 10th.

COPPEL Jérôme: I found it hard to get much info about him, but I went onto his website, and it seemed like he had a real tough time last season and should be back this year. Of course his crash in the Tour was a big factor, it was the climax of his season. He can do well as leader of Cofidis and is still young and improving.

Morton Lachlan: Vaughters propaganda seems to have worked. From all I hear he is immensely talented and his performances in Colorado and other hints makes me very excited for this year.

Swift Ben: A bit of an underwhelming pick, but a craft one imo. He had a horrid year this year with injury, and whilst he won't be anywhere near the top of Sky's priority list. He will be their primary sprinter in most stage races and if he stays fit he should double if not triple his score.

De Gendt Thomas: A rider who is a bit of a conundrum. Claims he had a knee injury, and whatever the reason for his dismal year, he is definitely better than his 2013 results suggested. He won't get many chances to lead at OPQS, but he won't need many to make a good enough return.

Boonen Tom: Obviously

Howson Damien: Should be a golden rule, always pick the U23 ITT WC. Nevermind he posted some terrific results all the way through the year and will be racing on a perfect team for him in OGRE.

KRUIJSWIJK Steven: I so very nearly missed him. On the last day before the deadline, I saw him in another poster's team. Checked him up and realised he had some serious problems this year. He should be back this year and from previous year, can give a good return.

DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres: Didn't have a great year, but is the leader of Coldeportes and is also immensely talented. Not to mention his Giro performances were very heartening. He just needs a bit more discipline and consistency, but lets home that comes with age.

Ewan Caleb: Lots been said about him, too much talent to leave out.

Schleck Andy: Could score big, probably won't, but still will make a profit.

Dombrowski Joseph Lloyd: He should have had a storming year last year, it took him a year to adjust to life in the pro ranks, but he should be raring to go this year and he could score big, especially if Sky keep him on a similar schedule to this year where he could get quite a few opportunities to ride for himself.

Vanendert Jelle: A very good rider potentially. Has had serious health problems, lets hope they are a thing of the past.

Zordan Andrea: Indeed, a cut price version of Villella, lots of talent and a good sprint and climbing abilities.

Kessiakoff Fredrik: Was unlucky last year, won't have many opportunities riding in support of Nibali, and I don't think he will make much of a profit. But he is too good not to take for that price.

DI GREGORIO Rémy: Will race a full season on the French circuit and when I went looking for how much he could score, I found that there is a wealth of points available from the races LPM will be doing.

ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew: Search doesn't see much in him, but he was impressive in his first GT at the Vuelta and I like taking riders from Lampre as they don't tend to have much leadership clashes. Definitely could turn out to be a climbing sensation, not sure if he will though.

Cattaneo Mattia: I stuck with him again this year. Had awful injuries, hopefully he will finally show his talent.

Gerdemann Linus: No brainer, harsh luck that he was forced out of the peloton for a year.

CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban: I don't think he will score much this year as he will take a while to get back from his injury, but who wouldn't take a past Avenir winner for 0 points? (from 2 years ago.)

Guys who just missed out:
Dylan Van Baarle, Diego Rosa, Elissonde, Norman Hansen, Stuyven, D Van Poppel, Atapuma

 

[LaFlorecita]

Hmmmm I am already starting to regret not picking EBH... I guess we'll see... I trusted Dim when he said he got the impression EBH was in a downward spiral... oh well I am not challenging for the win anyway, too many fangirl picks for that.

 

[Pentacycle]

BOASSON HAGEN Edvald: Look at his points scoring potential and he is a no-brainer. He had to abandon the Tour last year and he won't be doing it this year most likely, freeing up a good chunk of the year for points scoring. He has also scrapped the classics buildup recommended by Kerrison and hopefully the more conventional method will allow him to build up well for the classics. His classics results certainly can't get any worse and going on his Cq graph there is only one direction his scores will be heading.

His performances after his TdF injury has lead me to believe he won't improve soon, but I'm proably wrong on this.

Aru Fabio: A terrific talent. I liked what one poster said above, if you don't believe it, just watch him this year. On a climber laden Astana team, but talent like this can't be left out.

He is talented without a doubt, but he seems like a rider who still lacks consistency. I don't think he can handle the pressure of riding GC on WT level yet, so IMO he's not a must have. But in May I'll probably be painfully reminded of posting this

Hoogerland Johnny: He had a hard time last year and should be back with aplomb. The Italian calendar should suit him and there is the potential there for a tonne of points. And the Androni vibe should suit him, I almost feel like it was a homecoming for him.

Definitely a good pick, since he didn't have a stellar 2013 despite his NC win. I'm regretting not having picked him now

Morton Lachlan: Vaughters propaganda seems to have worked. From all I hear he is immensely talented and his performances in Colorado and other hints makes me very excited for this year.

Talent, yes, but it seems like it's taking him a long time to improve to a decent level in WT races, considering he was already competing with pros back in 2010 while being an U19 rider. He seems to be lacking a bit in the recovery part, as he seems to get worse during stage races. And he also seems to excel only at high altitude.

Howson Damien: Should be a golden rule, always pick the U23 ITT WC. Nevermind he posted some terrific results all the way through the year and will be racing on a perfect team for him in OGRE.

Vorobyev seems to be the exception on this rule. I'm still in the dark about his disappearance last April, just after posting some good results in De Panne and Coppi e Bartali.

 

[search]

my team:

BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos Alberto: as mentioned before, last year he more or less scored all his points in the first part of the season. Doing the Tour this year might not be to his benefit but he can still improve in one day races and the stage races in the 2nd half of the year + he is a potential world champion

BOASSON HAGEN Edvald: nothing to add

GALLOPIN Tony: Missed more or less the whole classics season due to an injury last year + will have more freedom at Lotto. On a good day I can even see him fighting for the win in the Ronde

PHINNEY Taylor: nothing to add

BOS Theo: I guess many people had him on the short list before scoring massive points in China - but there's still a lot of value, from my point of view he is capable of winning GT stages, even with 1st class competition

CUNEGO Damiano: he never had a year as bad as 2013, and with Costa having signed for the team he should be motivated to show his class early on, maybe already in San Luis. It's a bit of a gamble but nearly scored 1000 points in 2012 and nothing has changed since then.

KISERLOVSKI Robert: could have podiumed the Giro last year if it wasn't for his non existance of time trial skills, at some point he will start to benefit from his excellent climbing abilities.

MOSER Moreno: nothing to add

VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen: nothing to add

HESJEDAL Ryder: nothing to add

VANDENBERGH Stijn: capable of getting on the podium in Roubaix. Needs to score all his points early on, so not much value, but should come into profit somehow

AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey: very good allrounder, good on the climbs and in TT but also Movistar's best guy for the cobbles.

GOSS Matthew: nothing to add

BATTAGLIN Enrico: talent needs to pay out at some point

LÖFKVIST Thomas: had a pretty good start of the season in 2013 but was hampered by an injury later on. Lots of room for improvement

HOOGERLAND Johnny: all those hilly italian races Androni will do should suit him

BELLETTI Manuel: same for him, the less hilly ones though

DE GENDT Thomas: nothing to add

BOONEN Tom: nothing to add

MADRAZO RUIZ Angel: the late signing of LLS might hamper him but he should still be Caja Rural's leader for several races

DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres: if he can find the motivation he can easily score 500 points or more. San Luis and Langkawi for the start might already be enough to double his score

THURAU Björn: had some very good races in 2013 but a lot of bad luck with mechanicals and crashes, for example in the Tour de Wallonie when he was in toouch to finish in the Top 5 overall

SCHLECK Andy: nothing to add

VANENDERT Jelle: nothing to add, although I wouldn't be too surprised to see him scoring even less points

BRENES OBANDO Gregory Juel: good climber, could have an Acevedo-like year on the american circuit

COBO ACEBO Juan Jose: somehow he will win the Tour of Turkey

COLLI Daniele: was without a team for most of 2013 after Novo Nordisk went Type 1 only. Good sprinter

KESSIAKOFF Fredrik: nothing to add

DI GREGORIO Rémy: nothing to add, could score 300-400 points

RUJANO GUILLEN Jose Humberto: the Vuelta al Tachira could already bring him into profit, and it looks like my guess of him not retiring afterwards wasn't that bad. I doubt he will find a team for the Vuelta but who knows...

BISOLTI Alessandro: without a team for 2013, has always been a massive talent. Could turn out to score good points

GERDEMANN Linus: nothing to add

CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban: nothing to add

 

[Ruudz0r]

Where can I find how often riders are picked?

 

[karlboss]

It is possible to do a bit better:

FROOME Chris 1427 2766
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander 707 1634
PORTE Richie 680 1486
ULISSI Diego 567 1132
KWIATKOWSKI Michal 482 995
SPILAK Simon 390 900
SANTAMBROGIO Mauro 344 810
CIOLEK Gerald 242 798
MAJKA Rafal 260 773
WEENING Pieter 160 771
REBELLIN Davide 276 755
COQUARD Bryan 33 742
THOMAS Geraint 181 704
BARDET Romain 250 703
HUSHOVD Thor 76 690
ELMIGER Martin 179 533
IMPEY Daryl 149 498
MARTINEZ Yannick 101 489
DEBUSSCHERE Jens 65 455
ZOIDL Riccardo 103 455
DEHAES Kenny 112 451
ARREDONDO MORENO Julian David 111 446
SANTAROMITA Ivan 83 440
HOFLAND Moreno 115 435
ROUX Anthony 80 427
KANKOVSKY Alois 78 411
ACEVEDO CALLE Janier Alexis 9 405
HERRADA LOPEZ Jesus 80 399
BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel 79 399
MAES Nikolas 72 369
POURSEYEDI GOLAKHOR Mirsamad 0 329
FINETTO Mauro 0 293
POZDNYAKOV Kirill 6 279

Which gives 23172 from a cost of 7497.

I used integer programming optimization to compute that, so it should be pretty close to the true optimum.

swapping Ulissi, Bongiorno, Arredondo, Maes, Hofland, Herrada, for vichot, sinkewitz, ponzi, niemiec, frank and dennis yields 23251. Down by taking the 33 highest scoreres. Order by Return, remove lowest return and insert the highest returning riders, repeat until the cost is under 7500. 7493, 23251. points.

EDIT: Maybe not, Dennis's points were screwed by a cq error, same rider code for a different rider

 

[Jancouver]

Where can I find how often riders are picked?

Here: http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=21678&page=7

or download the excel here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b09yxt6ejqbmu1j/CQ Spreadsheet 149 teams complete Update 0.xls

 

[skidmark]

Hey guys, it's night time in Canada and the CQ update isn't out yet. First update to come tomorrow, assuming the download comes out then.

What I'm gonna do with my free time is take the opposite approach on the topic of picked riders and talk about popular riders I didn't pick. Here are the 33 most popular riders (ones I picked with no explanation):

BOONEN Tom
SCHLECK Andy
GOSS Matthew
MOSER Moreno
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
DE GENDT Thomas

KESSIAKOFF Fredrik - yes he only got 42 points, so he's not a big risk. Heck, I picked him a couple of years ago at 34 points. But he's gonna be 34 this year, and he's with Astana, who have Nibali, Scarponi, Aru, Fuglsang, and Brajkovic who I would count as ahead of Kessiakoff in the pecking order (heck, maybe even Westra too). I just don't see him getting the chances to get more than a couple of hundred. Then again, he won Austria a couple of years ago, and Seeldrayers did well there even when Astana wanted to dump him. So maybe he'll surprise. But I don't see much more than 150-200.

CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban
GERDEMANN Linus
ARU Fabio
HESJEDAL Ryder
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd

URAN URAN Rigoberto - I guess it's tempting to imagine Uran with more 'chances' at OPQS. But he wasn't really used as a dom the last few years with Sky, except in the 2011 Dauphine and the Tour (until Wiggins crashed out). He's always been a protected rider. Sure he's class, sure he could've had a top 5 result at the Worlds if he hadn't crashed, but I'm just not a believer he can significantly improve his CQ total. Getting 2nd in the Giro was a big step for someone who's always had an off day in a GT, but the Giro was weird with the shortened and cancelled stages, so it's not decisive proof in my mind that he has it. That said, I also thought he was targeting the Tour this year, but I've seen a couple of people say he's doing the Giro, which is better than I had thought for his points prospects. Still, I'll say he doesn't improve on his last year by more than 200.

VANENDERT Jelle

TAARAMÄE Rein - I mentioned this in my explanation for the riders I did pick; he's definitely a good potential pick, I just have so little faith in Cofidis as a team that I didn't want to pick both him and Coppel, and I think Coppel has a better shot at improvement.

BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
EWAN Caleb
COPPEL Jérôme
PHINNEY Taylor
ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew

(even though I picked him, I will say I'm quite surprised that Phinney was such a popular pick)

YATES Simon - Totally, a great talent. But I really don't see him ripping it up at Greenedge as a neo-pro. I had both him and his bro on my list for a loooong time but couldn't justify either of them in the end. The chief reason for my hesitation was that, although they won a lot of stages and Simon especially did okay in some overalls, I didn't see enough dominance of stage races to suggest they'll be a threat at the WT level without at least a couple of years under their belts. That leaves stages and smaller races, and although Simon got that GC in the Tour of Britain, most tours favour those with a good TT or high mountain climbers. Not much for punchy attackers. Add that to a really deep field of potential winners at Greenedge and it means they'll get their chances, but they'll be limited. I say 200 maybe.


SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon

DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres - simply put, far too inconsistent.


CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto

GUARDINI Andrea - Astana seems to exude the attitude that failure will not be rewarded with patience, and Guardini did not step up this year. I could be wrong, but he was a frustrating pick for me this year, and I'd be less frustrated to see him break out and miss him than I would be to take him again and be suckered. I just don't believe in him enough.

MOHORIC Matej - I'll cheer for the guy, for sure, but at 19 and 126 cost, he's not worth it. He hasn't had any GC showings in his U23 year really, and yeah he can escape for a punchy win but is it going to translate to the WT? Maybe he'll pop an 80 point 1.1 race or so, but his enormous talent is not going to be revealed over a single year.

NUYENS Nick - I don't really like him and his ceiling of points is too low.

QUINTANA ROJAS Dayer Uberney - I'm sure he'll be better than Agiro Ospina, but even if he's quite good, he won't get much in the way of chances as a neo at Movistar. Hell, even if Nairo were a neo at Movi he wouldn't clear 150 points (in fact, he got 60 at Colombia). Add that to the fact that not much is in a name - look at Juraj Sagan or Jerome Gilbert. I'll believe it when I see it; my fear of missing out does not extend far enough to pick him.

KRUIJSWIJK Steven - I just think he's been too inconsistent and hasn't shown what he showed a few years ago.

KENNAUGH Peter - He showed some potential this year but I don't see where the points are going to come at Sky, with all their leaders and more talented up-and-comers like Dombrowski.

VILLELLA Davide - Showing class at the highest level as a stagaire is good evidence that you'll get some points, but also overachieving in search of a contract makes you expensive (see Battaglin 2011-12). Tempted to pick him, but I feel doubtful that he'll double.

DENNIS Rohan

HENAO MARIN Sebastian - seems like the better of the chief 'name' picks, if only because he showed he can hang with a world class field by finishing with the lead pack in the U23 worlds. Still, see explanations for Quintana and Kennaugh.

 

[search]

swapping Ulissi, Bongiorno, Arredondo, Maes, Hofland, Herrada, for vichot, sinkewitz, ponzi, niemiec, frank and dennis yields 23251. Down by taking the 33 highest scoreres. Order by Return, remove lowest return and insert the highest returning riders, repeat until the cost is under 7500. 7493, 23251. points.

EDIT: Maybe not, Dennis's points were screwed by a cq error, same rider code for a different rider

...and Sinkewitz price was 340 points

 

[Tigerion]

Commonality of teams...
If you want to know how many riders you have in common with other teams - cut and paste your team and insert it into Column E of 2014 results tab (over the riders already inserted by skidmark) and put 100 into Column I for all your riders. Go to rankings and re order the rankings - you should be at the top with 3300 (assuming you have 33 riders). teams directly below in the order are the most common with you (divide the score by 100 for number of riders matched). Please post if you find any other 22 matches or if I've missed any higher ones.

Well 14 with total package seems to be my closest with around an average of 8 with everybody. Plenty of people to cheer for this year anyway.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Here are the 33 most popular riders
BOONEN Tom
SCHLECK Andy
GOSS Matthew
MOSER Moreno
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
DE GENDT Thomas
KESSIAKOFF Fredrik
CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban
GERDEMANN Linus
ARU Fabio
HESJEDAL Ryder
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
URAN URAN Rigoberto
VANENDERT Jelle
TAARAMÄE Rein
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
EWAN Caleb
COPPEL Jérôme
PHINNEY Taylor
ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew
YATES Simon
SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon
DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
GUARDINI Andrea
MOHORIC Matej
NUYENS Nick
QUINTANA ROJAS Dayer Uberney
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
KENNAUGH Peter
VILLELLA Davide
DENNIS Rohan
HENAO MARIN Sebastian

That team of 33 comes in within budget at 7443.

Would it be possible to include "Collective Wisdom" as a team in the tables, as was done last year: a useful point of comparison.

If that team wins, then we can all share the honour.

 

[Tigerion]

I hoped at least Dennis would give me some early points with the aussie nationals. Did he DNF or did he not participate in the RR? Also, I hope he isn't injured from his crash during the TT. I need him for TDU!

Ah well, Voeckler will make everything right for me when he wins TDU.

Pulled out about half way through. Was pretty heavily bandaged up but don't think it is anything serious, just couldn't stick with it so soon after the crash. Another week of recovery and he should be good for TDU

 

[LaFlorecita]

That team of 33 comes in within budget at 7443.

Would it be possible to include "Collective Wisdom" as a team in the tables, as was done last year: a useful point of comparison.

If that team wins, then we can all share the honour.

That'd be cool

 

[del1962]

Nice start from Jack Bobridge, allready in profit, Porte picks up some points too, really think I should have picked EBH and a couple of popular zero pointers.

My real hopes are for Viviani, as he is a unique pick, a good season from him will be a real positive for my team

 

[Ruudz0r]

Thank you Jancouver!


My team:

BOASSON HAGEN Edvald (61) was a pretty obvious pick for me, can improve his 2013 score by a lot

URAN URAN Rigoberto (69) had some bad luck last year + was a domestic, in 2013 he gets to be leader almost everywhere. Think he can improve his score quite a bit.

STYBAR Zdenek (35) Has so much class and is still rapidly improving. Hopefully he gets a free role in the classics, but considering how he rode last year he shall not just be used to slave for Boonen

GERRANS Simon (19) Think he can improve quite a bit on his 2013 aswell, he already started off as national champion and is my favourite for the TDU GC aswell.

NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas (9) Had a bad 2nd part of the year and his 2013 was quite a bit worse then in 2012. He however still was very strong and I think he can do very good again.

CUNEGO Damiano (16) Not my favourite rider but his 2013 was very weak.

SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon (48) Has a lot of class and should be able to beat his 2013 score pretty easely as he didnt ride much last year.

MOSER Moreno (103) Hopefully he finds his 2012 legs again!

VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen (93) A lot of bad luck in 2013, I really dont like him as a rider but had to put him in.

NORDHAUG Lars Petter (12) 1 of my favourite riders, he had some crashes and sickness just before peak moments. If he can ride an injury and sick free year he could make a big profit, however with Nordhaug that is a very big if...

HESJEDAL Ryder (78) Also a pretty obvious pick for me.

ARU Fabio (84) Great rider hopefully he gets some oppertunities to shine in 2014

GOSS (102) Matthew Had a very bad 2013

CRADDOCK Lawson (17) Will get his oppertunities at Giant Shimano and is able to score quite a bit more points then his 2012 where he was not a pro yet.

DENNIS Rohan (38) He already showed his talent a few times but didnt score that much in 2013 yet so I think its a good pick.

ZARDINI Edoardo (1) Showed at the end of 2013 what he can do, hopefully he will have this level all year in 2014. Very happy that he is a unique pick!

TAARAMÄE Rein (62) Can he fineally do it again?

BOONEN (135) Tom Very obvious pick

WELLENS Tim (11) Great rider, attacks a lot but also has the talent. in 2013 he was testing his limits and was busy with getting stronger instead of getting results. Now in 2014 he might try and get some results instead of all the attacks.

KRUIJSWIJK Steven (42) Looked to be back at his old level again in the Giro until illness came along.

DUARTE AREVALO Fabio Andres (41) So much class, he now fineally had a good motivation. Hopefully no personal problems this year and some proper motivation so he can fineally show what he can do.

DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd (75) First year at Sky is always hard..

PIECHELE Andrea (3) Back after a terrible knee injury that seemed to cost him his career in 2011. He was getting results immediatly after his come back last year and should get plenty of oppertunities at Bardiani.

ZORDAN Andrea (15) Very fast and he can survive the hills.

KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN Merhawi (6) Great rider should be riding quite a bit in Asia wich could result in some nice amount of points.

CHAVES RUBIO Jhoan Esteban (86) A 0 pointer with a lot of potential I expect quite a bit from him despite his very heavy injury of last year.

ZILIOLI Gianfranco (6) Has shown as an Intern what he can do. Think he can surprise quite a lot of people.

AVILA VANEGAS Edwin Alcibiades (2) Was getting better and better at the end of 2013 hopefully he can keep improving.

BONIFAZIO Niccolo (18) Very fast but still very young. Lets see if he can make something happen in his first year as a pro.

VOROBYEV Anton (8) Was injured for a long time last year, he did very good before that.

HENAO MARIN Sebastian (31) a cheap gamble, he had some nice results in Colombia but I think he will not get a lot of chances at Sky in 2014.

GERDEMANN Linus (87) 0 pointer - not much to add.

ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew (50) Another cheap pick who was injured for a very long time last year.



Forgot about Andy Schleck

 

[Netserk]

I think Basso will earn at least 100 points more than Cunego. Who do you others think will do best of the two?

 

[mc_mountain]

That team of 33 comes in within budget at 7443.

Would it be possible to include "Collective Wisdom" as a team in the tables, as was done last year: a useful point of comparison.

If that team wins, then we can all share the honour.

I dont see why not. Presumably, just as a tab on the spreadsheet that can be referred to from time to time, rather than getting an entry in the rankings. I for one dont want another team ahead of me!

 

[karlboss]

...and Sinkewitz price was 340 points

There were a few mess ups. Typos in names and other riders having the same rider code etc. I don't think it's important, optimum team is a little better than 300% by whatever method. I had a few combos over 23000, froome was always borderline, but always made it in.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Lulo starts his point scoring already...

 

[ingsve]

And Gerdemann already into a profit.

 

[Ferminal]

Can't believe you all fell for him...

 

[mc_mountain]

Dayer Quintana, no longer riding San Luis - first sign he is Ospina Mark II?

Apparently due to problems with his papers, will ride Mallorca instead...

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