The 2015 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Gougeard picked only by 5 people IIRC but he's doing great so far. Almost into profit after today.

 

[Popchu]

26. STORTONI Simone
54. OSS Daniel
86. ROLLIN Dominique
94. RAMIREZ Carlos Mario
96. RAMIREZ Brayan Steven
102. CAVENDISH Mark
106. ŠTYBAR Zdeněk
122. HAUSSLER Heinrich
162. BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
164. GOSS Matthew
187. MOSER Moreno
231. SAGAN Peter

Interesting... Quantity and quality I think.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (2.WT)
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto
VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael
ATAPUMA HURTADO Jhon Darwin
PORTE Richie
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
EWAN Caleb
LASCA Francesco
HIVERT Jonathan

Dwars door Vlaanderen (1.HC)
JUUL JENSEN Christopher
KUENG Stefan
GAUDIN Damien
BLYTHE Adam
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
ROLLIN Dominique
SENECHAL Florian
GATTO Oscar

Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali (2.1)
KUMP Marko
RUFFONI Nicola

E3 Harelbeke (1.WT)
JUUL JENSEN Christopher
STYBAR Zdenek
STANNARD Ian
GATTO Oscar
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
GAUDIN Damien

Gent - Wevelgem (1.WT)
GAUDIN Damien
STYBAR Zdenek
BLYTHE Adam
STANNARD Ian
JUUL JENSEN Christopher
ROLLIN Dominique
SENECHAL Florian
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt

Classica Corsica (1.1)
RATTO Daniele

Critérium International (2.HC)
POLJANSKI Pawel
MOSER Moreno
VERHELST Louis
RATTO Daniele

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Milano-Sanremo
LUTSENKO Alexey
SENECHAL Florian
CAVENDISH Mark
WELLENS Tim
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
GOSS Matthew
NORMAN HANSEN Lasse
MOSER Moreno

Also, next week gonna be pretty serious, methinks.

Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
RODRíGUEZ Joaquim
DOMBROWSKI Joe
BETANCUR Carlos
LóPEZ Miguel Ángel
POLANC Jan
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen
VERVAEKE Louis
EWAN Caleb
HOWSON Damien
HIVERT Jonathan

Dwars door Vlaanderen
GOUGEARD Alexis
NORMAN HANSEN Lasse
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
GOSS Matthew
SENECHAL Florian
FAVILLI Elia
WACKERMANN Luca
GROENEWEGEN Dylan

Classica Corsica
JUNGELS Bob

Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
HENAO Sebastian
KUMP Marko

E3 Harelbeke
LUTSENKO Alexey
QUINTANA Dayer
NORMAN HANSEN Lasse
GOUGEARD Alexis
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
GOSS Matthew
FAVILLI Elia
WACKERMANN Luca

Critérium International
JUNGELS Bob
MOSER Moreno

Gent - Wevelgem
GOUGEARD Alexis
LUTSENKO Alexey
CAVENDISH Mark
NORMAN HANSEN Lasse
SENECHAL Florian
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
GOSS Matthew
GROENEWEGEN Dylan
FAVILLI Elia
WACKERMANN Luca

 

[GP Blanco]

Yesterday Gougeard made my day by winning Classic Loire Atlantique and Hoogerland scored some points in Zeeland.

Milano-Sanremo
SENECHAL Florian
CAVENDISH Mark
GOSS Matthew Harley
YATES Simon
MOSER Moreno
STANNARD Ian
SAGAN Peter

Cholet - Pays De Loire
GOUGEARD Alexis
JAUREGUI Quentin

Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
ATAPUMA HURTADO Jhon Darwin
SENNI Manuel
SOLER GIMENEZ Marc
FROOME Christopher
PORTE Richie
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos Alberto
LÓPEZ MORENO Miguel Ángel
LATOUR Pierre-Roger
GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam
EWAN Caleb
VERVAEKE Louis
DE CLERCQ Bart
DE GENDT Thomas

Dwars door Vlaanderen
FLAKEMORE Campbell
GOUGEARD Alexis
JAUREGUI Quentin
GOSS Matthew Harley
SENECHAL Florian
HOOGERLAND Johnny

Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
KUMP Marko
HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian
(Hopefully Berhane will also ride)

My whole team is riding.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Milano-Sanremo (1.WT)
GATTO Oscar
STORTONI Simone
ROLLIN Dominique
SENECHAL Florian
VERHELST Louis
STYBAR Zdenek
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
MOSER Moreno
STANNARD Ian
JUUL JENSEN Christopher

& it appears CJJ is out of Dwars door Vlaanderen where he was supposed to have a free role

 

[LaFlorecita]

Not even 50 points for me this week I think... only Paolini scored more than 5 points in MSR - he scored 6 and I didn't even have a single rider in the other races

 

[skidmark]

Sneak peak at how Milan San Remo might affect the rankings this week...

- One team (Ceramiche Cauz) had Degenkolb
- nobody had Kristoff
- two teams (cj2003 and vernakular) had Matthews
- as has been noted in this thread, 35 teams had Sagan (including vernakular who had Matthews)
- one team (BigMac) had Bonifazio
- nobody had Bouhanni

Very interesting - I think the minor points and other 1.1/1.HC races are going to have a say in the rankings this week, but definitely a number of unique picks that can affect this week greatly.

 

[skidmark]

For me, I had an okay week. Sagan getting 4th is, well, okay. It's 53 points better than his finish last year, which I'm counting on for the classics (as I said last week, barring crashes he's gotta do better than 10th/16th/6th in the monuments). And none of the guys high up in MSR are really popular picks, so I think it's a net gain in the game. Boasson Hagen getting 10th is at least some points from a guy who has not looked good this season.

I found out that Foliforov won a Russian 2.2 race, which gets 29 points I believe (25 for the win and 4 for the stage), to go on his unexpected 10 points from a 1.2 race earlier this week too. 12 points from breaking even, and very few teams have him. Filosi I mentioned earlier this week in a similar vein, with 42 points. Not really much else of note in terms of scoring.

The big news, and it's bad news, is that Rodriguez is out of a Catalunya that, despite the talented lineup and his shaky results so far, really suited him. I'm sure that even on current form he could pull 200 points out of there. Such is the way with big picks. It's a long season, though - he's got Pais Vasco, the Ardennes (Fleche and Liege are his bread and butter), the Dauphine and 2 Grand Tours. I'm sure he'll score some points. But yeah, a probable gain of over 150 points being scuppered by a stomach virus kinda sucks.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Not even 50 points for me this week I think... only Paolini scored more than 5 points in MSR - he scored 6 and I didn't even have a single rider in the other races

I lied
Berto's 120 points count towards this week of course

 

[Hugo Koblet]

For me, I had an okay week. Sagan getting 4th is, well, okay. It's 53 points better than his finish last year, which I'm counting on for the classics (as I said last week, barring crashes he's gotta do better than 10th/16th/6th in the monuments). And none of the guys high up in MSR are really popular picks, so I think it's a net gain in the game. Boasson Hagen getting 10th is at least some points from a guy who has not looked good this season.

I found out that Foliforov won a Russian 2.2 race, which gets 29 points I believe (25 for the win and 4 for the stage), to go on his unexpected 10 points from a 1.2 race earlier this week too. 12 points from breaking even, and very few teams have him. Filosi I mentioned earlier this week in a similar vein, with 42 points. Not really much else of note in terms of scoring.

The big news, and it's bad news, is that Rodriguez is out of a Catalunya that, despite the talented lineup and his shaky results so far, really suited him. I'm sure that even on current form he could pull 200 points out of there. Such is the way with big picks. It's a long season, though - he's got Pais Vasco, the Ardennes (Fleche and Liege are his bread and butter), the Dauphine and 2 Grand Tours. I'm sure he'll score some points. But yeah, a probable gain of over 150 points being scuppered by a stomach virus kinda sucks.

Rodriguez wasn't scheduled to do PV as far as I know, so I don't think it will affect his scoring too much actually, as PV suits him nicely as well.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Between Quintana, Sagan, EBH and Benoot my team is finally going to pick up some points

Very happy for Degenkolb. I just wished he hadn't punctured and gotten the same result last year, when he was actually on my team.

 

[rote_laterne]

Re: Re:

Points this week:
Tirreno-Adriatico (2.UWT)
BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos Alberto 5
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald 8
KÖNIG Leopold 7
ROELANDTS Jürgen 5
SAGAN Peter 95
STANNARD Ian 5
VANMARCKE Sep 5

GP of Sochi Mayor (1.2)
FOLIFOROV Alexander 10

GP Sochi (2.2)
FOLIFOROV Alexander 29

Milano - Sanremo (1WT1)
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald 62
CAVENDISH Mark 5
ROELANDTS Jürgen 54
SAGAN Peter 125
YATES Simon 5

420 points. Sagan is scoring now, EBH too and also Roelandts who I hoped wouldn't fall ill this spring season. Betancur and König were disappointing, Foliforov surprising.

Next races:
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (2.UWT)
BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos Alberto
DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd
EWAN Caleb
FERNANDEZ ANDUJAR Ruben
KANGERT Tanel
KöNIG Leopold
LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel
SEPULVEDA Eduardo
SOLER GIMENEZ Marc
TEUNS Dylan

Tour de Normandie (2.2)
http://www.tourdenormandiecycliste.fr/les-coureurs/
KASPERKIEWICZ Przemyslaw

Dwars door Vlaanderen (1.HC)
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
GODOY Yonder Eduardo
KÜNG Stefan

Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali (2.1)
HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian
MÜHLBERGER Gregor (?)

Classica Corsica (1.1)
LUDVIGSSON Fredrik
TURGIS Anthony

E3 Harelbeke (1.UWT)
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
QUINTANA ROJAS Dayer Uberney
ROELANDTS Jürgen
SAGAN Peter
STANNARD Ian
VANMARCKE Sep

Critérium International (2.HC)
LUDVIGSSON Fredrik
TURGIS Anthony

Gent - Wevelgem (1.UWT)
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
CAVENDISH Mark
ROELANDTS Jürgen
SAGAN Peter
STANNARD Ian
VANMARCKE Sep

 

[skidmark]

Hmm, I didn't realize J-Rod wasn't originally in PV, but (even though i don't know the parcours, just generally) it doesn't suit him quite as well as Catalunya I think. Thanks for the info though!

Even without J-Rod, I've got some outside hopes, and of course it's a busy weeks with the classics and stage races. Here's what I've got (excluding Taiwan because I've got no one):

Catalunya

Atapuma
Porte
Dombrowski
Latour
Chevrier
De Gendt
Vervaeke
Ewan
Stuyven
Hivert
Ledanois
Schumacher

Lots of guys here so something's gotta work out. That said, despite the talent of at least the first three, none of them are even leading their team. My three French neo-pro climbers are all here, as well as Vervaeke - one of them could conceivably get in the right break and make something happen. Ewan will be one of the best sprinters for whatever stages might end in one, and Hivert is in with a good chance of a high placing on the 'reduced bunch' stages that include most of the course. Schumacher makes his inglorious return to the World Tour calendar after 7 years! Finally - what the hell is Stuyven doing here? I would've thought he'd do DDV, E3 and G-W, and have a good showing at any of them. Puzzling.

DDV

Dennis (wha?)
Gaudin
EBH
Goss
Zordan

A bit of a disappointing lineup, for sure - this is the type of race EBH can do something at, but I don't really know how I feel about anyone else. Meh.

Coppi e Bartali and Corsica/Criterium International not full lineups yet

E3

Sagan
Stannard
Gaudin
Zordan
EBH
Goss

Everyone (except probably Zordan, and, if I'm being honest, Goss) can get some points.

G-W

Same as above plus Cav, who if he can make it to the final, can definitely take it.

My week looks incredibly Sagan and luck-dependent.

 

[Vesica]

MSR
Dumoulin 14
Wellens 34
Arredondo 5
Moser 5
Goss 5

Zeeland
van Keirsbulck 20
Wisniowski 40
Trentin 5

Taiwan
Wippert 26

plus 15 points from Tirreno makes it in total 169.
not the best week, but happy to see some 'almost unique picks' scoring points

 

[postmanhat]

Re:

Will be cheering on Cavendish, Stannard, Yates and Boom for MSR

A mechanical and a crash for the first two

Kevin Reza picked up about 30 points in two of the one day races over the weekend, and Van Keirsbluck 20. And Adam Yates 80 from Tirreno is about it for this week. Have been teetering on the edge for a while, but will surely drop out of the top 50.

So many points on offer next week, should be like having a store card

 

[del1962]

Sneak peak at how Milan San Remo might affect the rankings this week...

- One team (Ceramiche Cauz) had Degenkolb
- nobody had Kristoff
- two teams (cj2003 and vernakular) had Matthews
- as has been noted in this thread, 35 teams had Sagan (including vernakular who had Matthews)
- one team (BigMac) had Bonifazio
- nobody had Bouhanni

Very interesting - I think the minor points and other 1.1/1.HC races are going to have a say in the rankings this week, but definitely a number of unique picks that can affect this week greatly.

A Sagan and Nairo Q combo is going to give a decent return this week

 

[del1962]

My schedule

Catalunya
Froome Chris
Porte Richie
Ewan Caleb
Silvestre Fabio Andre Tomas
Morice Julien
Dombrowski Joseph Lloyd
De Gendt Thomas

Hopefully Froome scores high as most have Porte, Ewan, De Gendt and Dombrowski

Anything from Silvestre and Morice is a bonus, especially Morice.

Dwars door Vlaanderen

Gaudin Damien
Boasson Hagen Edvald
Goss Matt

Coppi e Bartali

Currently I have no one down for this

Corsica 1.1

Edet Nicolas - a rider in only 5 teams who is already in a 53 point profit
Geslin Anthony

E3

Sagan Peter
Paolini Luca
Stannard Ian
Gaudin Damien
Boasson Hagen Edvald
Goss Matt

CI

(as Corsica)

Edet Nicolas
Geslin Anthony

G-W

Cavendish Mark
Paolini Luca
Sagan Peter
Stannard Ian
Boasson Hagen Edvald
Goss Matt
Gaudin Damien

 

[GP Blanco]

My week started well with De Clercq finishing third in the first stage of Catalunya.

 

[Pentacycle]

Yeah these kind of breakaways are always nice, especially when it gets a unique pick ahead on GC. Go Rolland!

 

[LaFlorecita]

It's not good for me as it means potentially 3 spots lower on GC for Alberto! That is like 100-150 points.

 

[skidmark]

Update #11: Geraint To First - lead changes hands in a Monumental week for teams with unique picks

Well, is this game fun or what? Results were all over the place this week, and it shows on the leaderboard - if you look at the top 25 teams on the update tab, there is all kinds of movement. A mere seven teams out of 155 maintained their placing this week. Lots of this wide variation is due to some pretty unique and expensive picks getting some pretty big points. Uran, Pinot, Mollema, Matthews, and Degenkolb are all very rare or unique picks that show up in the top 10 teams for the week. For those with a combination of high scoring riders from either the above set, or from the 'moderately popular expensive rider' group including Sagan and Quintana this week, a top placing was in order. No fewer than 7 of the top 15 teams this week had not even scored a top 15 weekly placing in the 10 weeks so far this year.

No combination was better this week than the team of frequent velorooms thread contributor Trudgin, however, as her team clobbered the competition by an astounding 115 points! Having Quintana, Sagan, Pinot and the surprisingly good unique pick Cimolai will do that to a team an impressive 762 points for the week. The top 9 teams all had Quintana (10th place Sasquatch, the first non-Quintana team, had an intriguing cocktail of rare picks including Nizzolo and Fedrigo).

This week's top scorers

Rank Team Points this week
1 Trudgin 762
2 Popchu 647
3 trotters aotearoa 646
4 Bicycle_Boy 643
5 EvansIsTheBest 630

The high movers list has only one of the same names in the top 5; like I said, this was a week with a lot of movement. Weekly leader Karaev moves up 53 places to 34th overall, heading the week of change.

This week's high movers

Rank Team Up/down
1 karaev (+53)
2 Ceramiche_Cauz (+47)
3 cj2002 (+41)
4 Popchu (+38)
5 uspostal (+31)
5 the asian (+31)

The green jersey competition, as mentioned earlier, was dominated this week by teams who hadn't yet scored in 2015. As a result, the leaderboard did not change much, with only one team in the top 10 getting points.

Weekly points competition

Rank Team Points
1 The Hitch 72
2 afpm90 71
3 jeroenk 69
4 greenedge 65
4 asdfgh101 65
6 Geraint Too Fast 64
7 Ceramiche_Cauz 62
8 ingsve 61
9 search 61
10 will10 59

The top 10 overall is certainly not immune to change either. After wresting away top spot from longtime resident trackstand last week, jeroenk's team didn't manage to withstand the challenge of last week's second place (and perpetual high ranker) Geraint Too Fast. Although his namesake wasn't quite fast enough to hold on in the late break of San Remo, his CQ team was more than up to the task. trackstand's once glorious team falls to eighth, while two teams - asdgh101 and Blues in the bottle - leave the top 10. Taking their place are Kazistuta and (ahem) skidmark, jumping 6 and 7 places respectively.

Top 10 overall

Rank Up/down Team Points
1 (+1) Geraint Too Fast 3472
2 (-1) jeroenk 3403
3 (+1) Object 3395
4 (+7) skidmark 3372
5 (-) PeterB 3359
6 (-) will10 3323
7 (+2) greenedge 3318
8 (-5) trackstand 3298
9 (+6) Kazistuta 3292
10 (-3) theyoungest 3282

Note: the two teams we aggregated of the most popular riders would rank 34th and 55th overall at this point.

Note 2: I realized that even if I don't give a monthly update until the end of the month, the least I can do is arrange the leaderboard on that sheet on the spreadsheet. I'll be doing that from now on.

Spreadsheet at dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/o9777rga949l6r9/CQ 2015 update 11.xls?dl=0

 

[greenedge]

Wow, I've moved up two places in the top ten, very surprised!

Thanks for the update and here's to hoping Patrick Bevin can beat those Tabriz riders!

 

[Popchu]

A bit disappointed that I'm not this week's top scorer, but hats off for Trudgin. Thank you Skidmark for the update.

This week won't be as good as last week - but the cobbled classics should give me a decent amount of points with Sagan and Stybar, and maybe EBH, Oss, Haussler.

 

[Jancouver]

Thanks for the update! So far the game is pretty close and exciting but that may change with the first GT.

9 spots up to 24th overall ...

I will take that since I know this is just temporary because every year I start slipping down once the big GC points are awarded since my team is usually very light on big GC contenders.