The 2014 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

[skidmark]

well, considering that nobody on my team other than Contador got more than ten points, I'm pretty happy to have only lost 3 places. Thanks for the update! And thanks for the cumulative update, Evans! Crazy to see how many people have played this game over the years.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

This week is shaping up to be really good. Kennaugh looks like he will be well into profit Sunday. Contador is going to bring in a couple hundred points more. Hesjedal is showing signs of life again. Barguil will probably finish in the top 10 in Catalunya. Boonen, Sénéchal and Degenkolb scored a few points today and should bring in more on Sunday. Coppel and Brajkovic have a decent opportunity to score against a pretty poor field in Corsica. Hopefully, all this will bring me closer to the top 10 even if with the number of races going on at the moment, everybody will score a lot this week.

 

[Ferminal]

Only 40 with Kennaugh... worth following. Granted Bayern-Rundfahrt is probably his only major scoring opportunity after this.

 

[del1962]

Only 40 with Kennaugh... worth following. Granted Bayern-Rundfahrt is probably his only major scoring opportunity after this.

I assume he will do ok in the time trial and coule pick up upto 110 points more for winning the race, hard to see him dropping out of top 5.

 

[LaFlorecita]

I assume he will do ok in the time trial and coule pick up upto 110 points more for winning the race, hard to see him dropping out of top 5.

How is he going to lose 40s to Bongiorno in 10k surely he's not that bad. Okay maybe, just maybe 1 min on Cataldo but I think he's got it in the bag.

 

[Ferminal]

Yes obviously CeB was in the bag about two days ago..

 

[LaFlorecita]

Coppi e Bartali the best race for me this week. Who would have thought.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Coppi e Bartali the best race for me this week. Who would have thought.

Really ? I would have thought that Contador alone would make Catalunya more profitable for you.

Great week for my big two, Contador and Degenkolb, both with 200+ points. Since I am the only one to have both, I think I'll be close to top scorer for the week but now I am even more frustrated at Degenkolb's puncture at MSR. He could have scored so much more. Kennaugh and Barguil to a lesser extent were nice surprises too. The rest of my team is really poor though, especially guys like Coppel and Brajkovic who were handed a great opportunity to score and weren't even close to delivering.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Okay week for me. Kennaugh, Jungels, Gallopin, Barguil....

Just a shame I don't have Contador. I'm also a bit disappointed with Dennis and Coppel cracking completely when they did so well before in the TT. At least Dennis showed some form. Was really starting to worry about him after his run in Australia.

Anyway, back to the top 100 for me I think

 

[Hugo87]

This was my best week in CQ (still mediocre for CQ standards), why did I forgot Boonen?

Top results for me this past week:

E3 Harelbeke - 1st Sagan and 17th EBH
Catalunya - 7th Talansky + 20th Aru + 22th Yates final GC
Critérium International - 4th Majka + 13th Di Gregorio final GC
Gent - Wevelgem - 3rd Sagan + 23th EBH

Volta ao Alentejo - Daniel Mestre(Unique pick) 5th final GC - 9 CQ points

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

A few bits a bobs this week. Quintana did OK consider he was ill at the start of the week. Swift got more points than I expected. Beltran is into profit in his first race ot the year which is promising. Hesjedal, Aru and Duarte! showed signs of life. Boonen & Di Gregorio continued with their decent contributions.

Not sure it'll be enough to hold off SteelyDan (Degenkolb & Kennaugh) though.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Really ? I would have thought that Contador alone would make Catalunya more profitable for you.

Yep, though the difference isn't big

My week
Dwars
12 points for Boonen
Total: 12

E3
40 points for Boonen
17 points for Stybar
5 points for Amador
5 points for Boaro
Total: 67

Crit Int
ZERO
Total: 0

GW
86 points for Boonen
16 points for Stybar
5 points for Amador
5 points for Boaro
5 points for Zordan
5 points for Yates
Total:122
I am a bit disappointed because Stybar looks very good but doesn't score many points because he has to work for his leaders (Cav, Boonen) I expected him to score big in the classics this year but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Catalunya
214 points for Contador
18 points for Aru
9 points for Sanchez
7 points for Uran
5 points for Atapuma
5 points for Chaves
5 points for Anacona
Total: 263

Coppi e Bartali
147 points for Kennaugh
81 points for Rabottini (only 3 picks )
30 points for Rosa
15 points for Villella
Total: 273

737 this week, but my classics team sucks

 

[oliveira]

So many races this week, preety much everybody did OK. I got something around 600p, dunno is thats good/very good compared to other teams though. All of my best riders this week are popular ones: Contador, Kennaugh, Swift, Boonen, Di Grégorio, Hesjedal.

With so many Pinarello's laid down at the tarmac today, EBH not going down has come as a good outcome too.

 

[del1962]

Just 768 I think

Catalunya
Contador, Barguil, Heysjedal, Adam Yates where my double figures plus 3 others

Coppi e Bartali
Kennaugh, Swift, Viviani and Seb Henao

From the classics
Boonen and Bennett plus a couple of 5 points

CI
5 points from Schelling.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Just?! sheesh

 

[Cyivel]

I got about 550 points.

 

[Hugo87]

Just?! sheesh

He likes to mock people like me.

 

[LaFlorecita]

He likes to mock people like me.

What a guy

 

[skidmark]

Ugh, the week had such promise. Particularly disappointing is having guys up there but not finishing. Case in point in G-W - I can be happy with Bennett's 35 points for 12th place as a stand-alone score, but (other than the ubiquitous Boonen) having that the best result in a small field that also included Phinney and Boasson Hagen is frustrating - I didn't pick EBH because I think he'll suddenly break through on his classics-winning promise, but because I think he can be there and thereabouts and as a good sprinter he should be able to finish at the top of whatever pack he finishes in. But he seems to never really go for it. Same result on Wednesday in Dwaars Door Vlaanderen - Danny Van Poppel in the lead group, great sprinter, but didn't sprint, whether it was that he didn't have the legs or bad positioning or whatever.

Contador once again saves my team from total embarrassment, but it's pretty close to that. Other than him, I got 32 points from Hesjedal for 15th place, a bit from Aru for 20th, and some finishing points pretty much.

Coppi e Bartali - nothing. Dombrowski, who talent-wise I believe is better than Kennaugh, doesn't even finish a 3 day 2.1 race and gets put on the B squad for the TT. I know his goals are later, but this is worrisome. Teklehaimanot isn't some GC god, but I expect him to have at least some kind of leadership role at MTN. But nope, nothing.

Criterium International I had some promise in the TT from Dennis, Coppel and Craddock, but they were nowhere on the climb. I know Dennis is just coming back into form, but what about those other guys?

Classics, bad luck with Phinney, could have had a load of points from MSR and probably this week too. Fingers crossed for the next two Sundays. EBH did nothing, Le Bon was nowhere, etc etc. This is feeling like last year's team all over again.

Tallying it up, I guess I got about 570 points (probably missed a few minor ones) so I can stay afloat with that. But really, it could have been so much better.

I did, however, find the best cyclist name I've ever seen when looking through the CQ results this week, so at least it wasn't a total write-off.

 

[Cyivel]

Hoping Le Bon can do well in De Panne again but yeah after looking pretty punchy in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad I was hoping for a little more from him, still time ofc.

 

[shalgo]

I did, however, find the best cyclist name I've ever seen when looking through the CQ results this week, so at least it wasn't a total write-off.

Fans of distance running are well acquainted with such great names. See, e.g., http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/ethiopia/gebregziabher-gebremariam-188449.

 

[karlboss]

Contador is doing well, but he still needs to perform in the Tour and Vuelta to be worthwhile...I'm going to tell myself that, but my big money picks so far haven't done much.

 

[Tigerion]

Fans of distance running are well acquainted with such great names. See, e.g., http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/ethiopia/gebregziabher-gebremariam-188449.

http://radio-weblogs.com/0111737/categories/wow/images/cat-on-keyboard-med-001.gif

 

[LaFlorecita]

Contador is doing well, but he still needs to perform in the Tour and Vuelta to be worthwhile...I'm going to tell myself that, but my big money picks so far haven't done much.

752 points so far, 300 points more than last year at this point. He has two more WT races to go before the Tour and Vuelta. He has 476 points to go to break even. That is 238 per WT race, which equals a second place on GC and a stage win or 2nd in GC and a 2nd and 3rd place. Then everything he scores in the Tour and Vuelta (which can easily be 800+) will be profit

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

I did, however, find the best cyclist name I've ever seen when looking through the CQ results this week, so at least it wasn't a total write-off.

yes I noticed him too, and unlike some of the other great names in cycling, Amanuel Gebrezgabihier Egerzeigzaarhka actually seems to be kind of talented. At least he's quite young and he did well in all these Algerian races that popped up in the results recently. Hope he keeps up these results in the African scene so gets a contract from MTN or something. I was planning on picking him next year, if that's the case. Best unique pick ever, I thought, but it looks like other people have noticed him too, huh