Whooo top 100. Far better than last year at least. Amusing how your target for the year drops the further into it you get.
Fairly happy with 165% return
Fairly happy with 165% return
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If Im not wrong, you would find your winner very quickly... All the more impressive his performance.postmanhat said:Wonder who the highest scorer was carrying the dead weight of Betancur?
And to B, or not to B next year? Surely he can't do worse than 149 CQ points
Roude Leiw said:Happy to defend the Green Jersey, Esteban doing well in Abu Dabi (well with some help from Wout Poels) should help for another fruitful defines
skidmark said:Pardon the late update; I'm on vacation for a week and in transit the last 3 days. I don't have time to do a whole writeup, but this week's update will be up in the next 24 hours. Season is winding down, but small spoiler - the green jersey competition got unexpectedly exciting at the top this week!
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PeterB said:I've got an idea that we could award one more jersey in this competition: white jersey for the best first year participant. Like in a real race, "young" managers may struggle with the right tactics in their first participation, so maybe they would also enjoy contest between themselves.
Is someone able to identify such winning rookie team this year? Definitely none of the first three (as long as we consider also previous identities as the same team...)
skidmark said:Hey everyone,
in case you haven't been to CQ's main page, they haven't put out a weekly update since I made my last one (18th of October). I had intended on doing one last week, then doing a final one after Taihu Lake, which ends this week. But, assuming one is forthcoming, I'll have to just do one more to wrap up the year.
I meant to touch base about this earlier, but upon returning from a trip I had a death in the family, which of course put this game at the back of my mind. I'm going to try to contact CQ to see if there's another download coming, and I'll keep you guys posted. In the meantime, I hope to get out a post in the next few days talking about some ideas for next year. Stay tuned!
postmanhat said:Congrats to the winners and everyone else who took part. Thought I'd have a look at some of the winners and losers from my first go at this. And whether to go with them again next year
Van Keirsbulck ( -297) - Was in loads of races, but increasingly seemed to be used in a support role. Etixx seem to have the most 'total cycling' approach of any WT team, so I'll probably just stick with their two new sprinters for next year
Betancur (-467) Can he get any worse? Surely worth a punt again?
De Marchi (-202) Injured most of the year, but showed well again from the Vuelta onwards
Phinney (-146) Nailed on for next year. Looked really good after his comeback
Kudus (-101) Disappointing year. But might get more chances with Meintjes leaving
Reza (-109), Kadri (-90) Once bitten
Adam Yates (-63) If he can avoid injury, should go better. Must be better value out there though?
Konig (+101) Will probably slip down the pecking order with the latest bunch of Sky recruits. Could see him scoring very low
Viviani (+78) The Olympics, the arrival of Moscon. Can't see any value
Miguel Lopez (+228) No idea what Astana plan to do with him or if they'll survive another scandal. Too risky
What do you think? And your end-of-season reports?