The 2015 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

[Jancouver]

I came in the top ten in the first two editions, but well into the lower half for the two following iterations. Is this my comeback season?

Too early in the season to tell. No major GTs or Monuments yet and only one WT in the books.

GC standings will make or break most teams. In your case, Fatancur and Talansky are both very unpredictable riders and without them performing on top, I dont think you will even make TOP 20. If they do, you can make TOP 10 for sure ...

 

[Panda Claws]

Nice, I just jumped 46 spots!

73rd now, at least I am somewhat in the competition now. ^^

 

[mutschi]

I picked the winners of HST (+ Caleb E) and Dubai winner and was rubbing my hands - sure that will be good enough for a top ten spot this week. 29th !!

 

[rote_laterne]

I picked the winners of HST (+ Caleb E) and Dubai winner and was rubbing my hands - sure that will be good enough for a top ten spot this week. 29th !!

Problem is, both are popular riders. I will be glad if I made the top 100 by the end of the season although having both Ewan and Cav.

Thanks for the update skidmark. In the excel sheet Stannard has only 5 points, CQ shows 10 points for him. Is there a glitch in the downloads?

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Finally Bevin was able to capitalise on his form, so this performance overrides my anger at his not taking part in the NZ Cycle Classic. Hopefully he can ride some of the Asian races and not just the Australian NRS ones, but a profit of over 700% already is very satisfying.

Oceania next. Should be a few more cheap points there.

 

[uspostal]

209 points on unique picks last week, was hoping for another in Cancellara this week but he got caught out today.

 

[skidmark]

Thanks for the update skidmark. In the excel sheet Stannard has only 5 points, CQ shows 10 points for him. Is there a glitch in the downloads?

Stannard showed up as 10 points on my team so I checked and it's in fact a glitch in your sheet - for some reason the formula was reading the name from A10, which was Roelandts. I changed it so it's A9, Stannard, and saved it for the next update. Your team moves up one spot as a result; I won't post a whole new sheet this week for it, but if anyone else notices such a technical weirdness, let me know.

 

[the asian]

Finally a Great week after a year of misery in CQ Games !

 

[HelgeBlendet]

Sagan and Stannard keep my team afloat in Qatar, while Kudus, Meintjes and RJvR add some nice points in South Africa.

Nice start into the week as I slowly climb towards the top 100.

 

[rote_laterne]

Stannard showed up as 10 points on my team so I checked and it's in fact a glitch in your sheet - for some reason the formula was reading the name from A10, which was Roelandts. I changed it so it's A9, Stannard, and saved it for the next update. Your team moves up one spot as a result; I won't post a whole new sheet this week for it, but if anyone else notices such a technical weirdness, let me know.

Thanks for fixing it. Yay for being on 120th position now.

 

[skidmark]

Well, I got Stuyven, Sagan, Stannard and Guardini... should be a good week

Well, damn, doesn't look like quite as sweet of a plum, hey? Especially Guardini really tanked that TT. I mean, Stannard is in good position but he's on 72 teams. Those other guys either need to get some bonus seconds or hope that they ditch some other top guys in the echelons... either way, still okay points if they finished where they were now, but not looking as tantalizing as yesterday.

 

[Netserk]

Woop woop! Ulissi confirmed to ride Pais Vasco, Ardennes, Romandie and Giro! Let's hope he can make a comeback like Rogers did last year Full ***! _O_

 

[LaFlorecita]

Reinardt scored 6 points in the African Championships TTT and 10 in the ITT RR still to come

 

[Roude Leiw]

Well, damn, doesn't look like quite as sweet of a plum, hey? Especially Guardini really tanked that TT. I mean, Stannard is in good position but he's on 72 teams. Those other guys either need to get some bonus seconds or hope that they ditch some other top guys in the echelons... either way, still okay points if they finished where they were now, but not looking as tantalizing as yesterday.

Yeah i hear you, will still score decently meseems, but not the sweep it looked like at some point

 

[LaFlorecita]

Reinardt scored 6 points in the African Championships TTT and 10 in the ITT RR still to come

And 8 points on today's stage in Qatar with Blythe and Ruffoni 4th and 5th

 

[del1962]

Reinardt scored 6 points in the African Championships TTT and 10 in the ITT RR still to come

Looks like TTT points have now been adjusted

So far this week

Sagan 20 points
Kudus 11 (5 + 6) - hopefully he can do something in RR
Stannard 3

Sagan and Stannard to pick up decent GC points a few extra from Paolini

 

[GP Blanco]

The African championships really surprised me with some points scored by Grmay and Berhane. Grmay already in profit.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia (1.1)
STYBAR Zdenek
ELISSONDE Kenny
RATTO Daniele

Clasica de Almeria (1.1)
LASCA Francesco
STYBAR Zdenek
HOLST ENGER Sondre
GATTO Oscar
RATTO Daniele
ELISSONDE Kenny

hmmm see how we go

 

[Jancouver]

Starting next week we should see some real fireworks and movements as the big guns are slowly starting their seasons.

Oman .HC, Algrave 2.1, Andalucia 2.1 and the Tour de Haut 2.1 stage races all starting next week

I think we will all have majorities of our team racing and therefore by the first update in March we should have some idea who are the front runners and who is playing catch-up

 

[LaFlorecita]

Total of 117 points from Qatar, quite happy with that

Stannard 87
Blythe 17
Paolini 5
Rollin 5
Ruffoni 3

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Murcia
Nobody

Almeria
SCHUMACHER Stefan

Tropicale Amissa Bongo
Nobody

Oman
SENECHAL Florian
ROLLIN Dominique
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
GOSS Matthew
SAGAN Peter

Andalucia
BRAJKOVIC Janez
SCHUMACHER Stefan

Algarve
GESINK Robert
PORTE Richie

Haut-Var
ZABEL Erik
CHETOUT Lo?c

Trofeo Laiguelia
MOSER Moreno
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd

With so many simultaneous races next week, I expected to have pretty much all my riders racing. Instead I'm wondering what are they waiting for to start riding (and scoring)

 

[LaFlorecita]

Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia (1.1)
STYBAR Zdenek
ELISSONDE Kenny
RATTO Daniele

Clasica de Almeria (1.1)
LASCA Francesco
STYBAR Zdenek
HOLST ENGER Sondre
GATTO Oscar
RATTO Daniele
ELISSONDE Kenny

hmmm see how we go

Next week's startlists all ready

La Tropicale Amissa Bongo (2.1)
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Tour of Oman (2.HC)
ROLLIN Dominique
SENECHAL Florian
BLYTHE Adam
PAOLINI Luca
POLJANSKI Pawel
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt

Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol (2.1)
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael
LASCA Francesco
ELISSONDE Kenny
RATTO Daniele

Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta (2.1)
STYBAR Zdenek
GESINK Robert
PORTE Richie

Trofeo Laigueglia (1.HC)
ATAPUMA HURTADO Jhon Darwin
MOSER Moreno
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
MOHORIC Matej
GATTO Oscar
STORTONI Simone
RUFFONI Nicola
HIVERT Jonathan

Tour Cycliste International du Haut Var-matin (2.1)
ATAPUMA HURTADO Jhon Darwin
VERHELST Louis
HIVERT Jonathan
GATTO Oscar
STORTONI Simone
GAUDIN Damien

this is good.. Alberto starting his season, if he does not score 100 points I will be a sad panda Hope I can score at least 200 for the week

 

[HelgeBlendet]

Stannard and Sagan scoring some nice GC points in Qatar and now the season gets rolling with lots of races in the next few days.

Murcia
VILELA Ricardo
THURAU Bjorn

Don't think I'll get too many points here

Almeria
VILELA Ricardo

Meh?

Oman
SAGAN Peter
SENECHAL Florian
MEINTJES Louis
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
GOSS Matthew
NERZ Dominik

Nerz and Meintjes might hang on to some GC points. Sagan might score some Stage results. I guess the rest will only score if they get in a breakaway or EBH on the hilly stage. Andy Goss might finish the race.

Andalucia
JUNGELS Bob
KUDUS Merhawi

Could be fun to watch!


Algarve
HENAO Sebastian
PORTE Richie
THURAU Bjorn
VILELA Ricardo

Really looking forward how Vilela will perform here.


Haut-Var
GAUDIN Damien
LE GAC Olivier
ATAPUMA John Darwin

Don't expect too much, but those early french races tend to have "strange" results.

Trofeo Laiguelia
ATAPUMA John Darwin
MOSER Moreno
DOMBROWSKI Joe
MOHORIC Matej

Cannondale triple-punch? No?

 

[Jancouver]

I should have these boys in action this weekend and next week

SAGAN Peter
STYBAR Zdenek
CAVENDISH Mark
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
PORTE Richie
HOFLAND Moreno
GESINK Robert
VISCONTI Giovanni
JUNGELS Bob
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
LE BON Johan
MEYER Cameron
ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor
HIRT Jan
MOSER Moreno
HOOGERLAND Johnny
SCHUMACHER Stefan
MOHORIC Matej
CANO ARDILA Alex Norberto
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
SOLER GIMENEZ Marc

 

[skidmark]

Murcia

Cavendish
Foliforov

Expecting nothing, it's a climbers' race and I'd be shocked if Foliforov got points in his first pro race.

Almeria

Cavendish
Schumacher
Foliforov
Chevrier
Holst Enger

This is Cav's to lose, as far as I'm concerned. I'd be happy to see Holst Enger test out the sprint; on a good day he could top 5, but it's early going so who knows.

Bongo

McLay

I could see him picking up some points if Hutarovich isn't around at the end of the stage for some reason; but I'm not expecting it.

Oman

Konrad
Boasson Hagen
Goss
Rodriguez
Sagan

This is where I've got my eye. Rodriguez has to be a favourite overall; Sagan will go for stages most likely, and if EBH can repeat his 2nd overall form from a few years ago, that sure would be nice. This is Konrad's first race but on good form he could top 10 a race like this, I'm convinced, which would of course be nice because he's one of my more unique picks.

Andalucia

Vervaeke
Foliforov
Brajkovic
Schumacher

Well, it'd be nice to get a result, but there's a lot of top talent and aside from Brajko, no one's even leading their team. I'll keep my fingers crossed and keep my eyes on the two neo-pros to see how they're adjusting.

Algarve

Gesink
Porte

Well, if I only have two guys, at least it's two guys who could podium.

Laigueglia

Atapuma
Dombrowski
Moser
Mohoric
Hivert
Ledanois
Filosi

Holy crap! Lots of options. Could go alot of ways. A fast finisher who can get over bumps (Moser, Hivert) or a late break kinda guy (Mohoric, Atapuma) could do well. I'll watch and hope and likely be disappointed.

Haut Var

Gaudin
Atapuma
Chevrier
Hivert

Again, this is the kind of thing that could serve Hivert or Atapuma well if it turns out the right way.

All in all that's 23 of my 33 riders in action this week. Good to see it kicking off for real!