The 2016 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

[laarsland]

I was lumbered with Goss in the First Cycling-fantasy last year, so I stayed far away from him here even though he'll do well NOT to gather more points than last year.

However, I think it makes total sense for Goss not to contest the sprints against the big boys in Dubai where he might get a top 10-15 at best - rather keep his powder dry for smaller races and start building confidence through wins there. Although it's great for ONE to be invited to these start of season-shindigs in the Middle East, I would assume their main objectives for the year still are to do well in Tour of Yorkshire/Britain.

 

[Jancouver]

Re:

I was lumbered with Goss in the First Cycling-fantasy last year, so I stayed far away from him here even though he'll do well NOT to gather more points than last year.

However, I think it makes total sense for Goss not to contest the sprints against the big boys in Dubai where he might get a top 10-15 at best - rather keep his powder dry for smaller races and start building confidence through wins there. Although it's great for ONE to be invited to these start of season-shindigs in the Middle East, I would assume their main objectives for the year still are to do well in Tour of Yorkshire/Britain.

Winning smaller races? Haha, good one! I'm not sure if you are serious, but I can't stop laughing

 

[Hugo87]

Kennaugh looking like a great pick, gutted to miss Gaviria though.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Nice win for Dan. And Rosa is still 3rd on GC if they do well on the last mountain stage this could be a good race for me

 

[Gigs_98]

Re:

Nice win for Dan. And Rosa is still 3rd on GC if they do well on the last mountain stage this could be a good race for me

Well, Dan is a very popular pick, rosa however a rather rare one so I also really really hope he will do well (I have him in my team too) and there is also dayer Quintana who could make a few points.
Dubai will also be a very interesting race. I wouldnt really benefit from a Kittel win because almost everyone has him, so I'm not even sad about todays stage because it might give cancellara a chance to win the GC.

 

[MADRAZO]

Until now mostly happy to see my rare pick Bert Van Lerberghe going quite well in the sprints in Etoille de Besseges. Not giving much points now, but makes me even more hopeful for a great season from him and for him becoming the new Topsport guy after Van Asbroeck in 2014 and Theuns in 2015. Will likely not match those, both going over 1000 points, but have a feeling he will be a very good pick having some of the same skills as those, and likely a similar racecalendar.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Coquard just completed step 2 of his total world domination

I'm baffled that just one other person has him really. He is the best bargain in the 800pts range, and that alone should have warranted a few more selections.

 

[Jakob747]

Re:

Until now mostly happy to see my rare pick Bert Van Lerberghe going quite well in the sprints in Etoille de Besseges. Not giving much points now, but makes me even more hopeful for a great season from him and for him becoming the new Topsport guy after Van Asbroeck in 2014 and Theuns in 2015. Will likely not match those, both going over 1000 points, but have a feeling he will be a very good pick having some of the same skills as those, and likely a similar racecalendar.

I wish I had added Van Lerberghe to my squad again this year. He is a very, very consistent competitor. Somehow he just never fitted with any of my team combinations, but very promising start to the season which bodes well for the rest of the year.

Van Lerberghe is not only a very decent sprinter he also has classics pedigree, remember he crashed hard in the final of U23 Tour of Flanders in 2014? the year Groenewegen won, it coasted him at the very least a place on the final podium. I think it will be interesting to follow him in Dwars door Vlaanderen etc this year, remember he is from Waregem and Dwars door finishes straight at his front-door pretty much. He can walk home afterwards!

That beeing said I am also curious to see your other Topsport rider, Amaury Capiot in action! Will be interesting seeing him have a go in Qatar...

 

[jaylew]

Coquard just completed step 2 of his total world domination

I'm baffled that just one other person has him really. He is the best bargain in the 800pts range, and that alone should have warranted a few more selections.

Ewan cost 100 points less and I think is the better pick. We will see but I think he's much faster than Coquard.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re: Re:

Nice win for Dan. And Rosa is still 3rd on GC if they do well on the last mountain stage this could be a good race for me

Well, Dan is a very popular pick, rosa however a rather rare one so I also really really hope he will do well (I have him in my team too) and there is also dayer Quintana who could make a few points.
Dubai will also be a very interesting race. I wouldnt really benefit from a Kittel win because almost everyone has him, so I'm not even sad about todays stage because it might give cancellara a chance to win the GC.

You're right, I didn't realise Martin got picked that many times, I thought in the 60-70 range. But yes, points from Rosa would be very very nice

 

[Martin]

I totally regret picking up Moscon.
I will try to remeber DO NOT PICK neopro, if he's riding for Sky.

 

[skidmark]

I totally regret picking up Moscon.
I will try to remeber DO NOT PICK neopro, if he's riding for Sky.

Well, I think any neo-pro riding for a WT team would be working on the front in his first race as a pro, so there's no sense worrying about it on February 5th. Sky does do a good job of trying to fit in personal goals for every rider, so I expect him to get a chance at a few races here and there (I'm thinking 1.HC and 1.1 races they get invites to), but yes, generally the depth in Sky will likely limit his ceiling.

On another note, Chavanel wins his first race of the season! Vichot in third, and both virtually guaranteed top 20 overall. With Chav, Peraud and Coppel the best TTers of that group (and Vichot okay at hilly TTs too), I've got my fingers crossed for some more points.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

I totally regret picking up Moscon.
I will try to remeber DO NOT PICK neopro, if he's riding for Sky.

Well, I think any neo-pro riding for a WT team would be working on the front in his first race as a pro, so there's no sense worrying about it on February 5th. Sky does do a good job of trying to fit in personal goals for every rider, so I expect him to get a chance at a few races here and there (I'm thinking 1.HC and 1.1 races they get invites to), but yes, generally the depth in Sky will likely limit his ceiling.

On another note, Chavanel wins his first race of the season! Vichot in third, and both virtually guaranteed top 20 overall. With Chav, Peraud and Coppel the best TTers of that group (and Vichot okay at hilly TTs too), I've got my fingers crossed for some more points.

Once again, my kudos to anyone picking Chavanel. I really regret not picking him.

 

[LaFlorecita]

I currently have Vichot in 3rd, Dassonville in 9th and Hardy in 16th at Besseges. Hopefully they can do a good TT because the GC is still very close so nothing is certain.

 

[MADRAZO]

Re: Re:

Until now mostly happy to see my rare pick Bert Van Lerberghe going quite well in the sprints in Etoille de Besseges. Not giving much points now, but makes me even more hopeful for a great season from him and for him becoming the new Topsport guy after Van Asbroeck in 2014 and Theuns in 2015. Will likely not match those, both going over 1000 points, but have a feeling he will be a very good pick having some of the same skills as those, and likely a similar racecalendar.

I wish I had added Van Lerberghe to my squad again this year. He is a very, very consistent competitor. Somehow he just never fitted with any of my team combinations, but very promising start to the season which bodes well for the rest of the year.

Van Lerberghe is not only a very decent sprinter he also has classics pedigree, remember he crashed hard in the final of U23 Tour of Flanders in 2014? the year Groenewegen won, it coasted him at the very least a place on the final podium. I think it will be interesting to follow him in Dwars door Vlaanderen etc this year, remember he is from Waregem and Dwars door finishes straight at his front-door pretty much. He can walk home afterwards!

That beeing said I am also curious to see your other Topsport rider, Amaury Capiot in action! Will be interesting seeing him have a go in Qatar...

Yes, I was also surprised you did not pick Van Lerberghe. I remember first hearing of him when you hyped him some years ago. And I agree he is much more than a sprinter also being very solid for all the classics, and on paper he could potentially do just as well in all those small 1 day races as Van Asbroeck did in 2014. Dwars will indeed be a good indicator of what he can do this year.

But yes Capiot will also aim to be the new Topsport-captain, and could just as well become so. I also look forward to seeing him in Qatar.

 

[Squire]

Horrible day for me today.

Jungels not turning right towards a possible stage win in Valencia. In Besseges, Chavanel got a win and is looking good for the overall. He was one of the first on my team sheet, but got cut in the end, and is the only major pick on skidmark's team which differs from mine.

My potential picks 33-40 have unfortunately done very well so far this season. Hopefully those who are actually in my team will show me why I picked them when they start their seasons for real.

 

[skidmark]

Re:

Horrible day for me today.

Jungels not turning right towards a possible stage win in Valencia. In Besseges, Chavanel got a win and is looking good for the overall. He was one of the first on my team sheet, but got cut in the end, and is the only major pick on skidmark's team which differs from mine.

My potential picks 33-40 have unfortunately done very well so far this season. Hopefully those who are actually in my team will show me why I picked them when they start their seasons for real.

That Jungels thing was ridiculous, but you could still win overall in Besseges with Peraud if he has a good TT, which would be as many/more points than Chavanel for cheaper price. And Bobby J is still 5th in Valenciana, so I think you're sitting pretty. It's not like you didn't pick Kittel or something.

 

[Squire]

Re: Re:

Horrible day for me today.

Jungels not turning right towards a possible stage win in Valencia. In Besseges, Chavanel got a win and is looking good for the overall. He was one of the first on my team sheet, but got cut in the end, and is the only major pick on skidmark's team which differs from mine.

My potential picks 33-40 have unfortunately done very well so far this season. Hopefully those who are actually in my team will show me why I picked them when they start their seasons for real.

That Jungels thing was ridiculous, but you could still win overall in Besseges with Peraud if he has a good TT, which would be as many/more points than Chavanel for cheaper price. And Bobby J is still 5th in Valenciana, so I think you're sitting pretty. It's not like you didn't pick Kittel or something.

Yes, I'm overdramatising a little bit When very few of my riders have started their season, I notice all these things a lot more.

Peraud managed to somehow lose himself one and a half minute on one of the stages, so he'll need the best TT ever to win. Hopefully he'll grab some minor placing points though, and give me some hope for upcoming races.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Re: Re:

Until now mostly happy to see my rare pick Bert Van Lerberghe going quite well in the sprints in Etoille de Besseges. Not giving much points now, but makes me even more hopeful for a great season from him and for him becoming the new Topsport guy after Van Asbroeck in 2014 and Theuns in 2015. Will likely not match those, both going over 1000 points, but have a feeling he will be a very good pick having some of the same skills as those, and likely a similar racecalendar.

I wish I had added Van Lerberghe to my squad again this year. He is a very, very consistent competitor. Somehow he just never fitted with any of my team combinations, but very promising start to the season which bodes well for the rest of the year.

Van Lerberghe is not only a very decent sprinter he also has classics pedigree, remember he crashed hard in the final of U23 Tour of Flanders in 2014? the year Groenewegen won, it coasted him at the very least a place on the final podium. I think it will be interesting to follow him in Dwars door Vlaanderen etc this year, remember he is from Waregem and Dwars door finishes straight at his front-door pretty much. He can walk home afterwards!

That beeing said I am also curious to see your other Topsport rider, Amaury Capiot in action! Will be interesting seeing him have a go in Qatar...

Is Bert related to the legendary Henri Van Lerberghe?

 

[LaFlorecita]

Damn. Looks like I may have jinxed Rosa, I thought it was almost certain he'd finish on the podium.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Dubai Tour 2.1 285
KITTEL Marcel 218
MARTIN Tony 0
CANCELLARA Fabian 67

Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2.1 78
ROSA Diego 43
RUFFONI Nicola 0
MARTIN Daniel 35
MEERSMAN Gianni 0
VERMEULEN Alexey 0
Sad that both Rosa and Martin dropped a few places on stage 4.. especially for Rosa it would have been nice to get a top 3.. oh well

Etoile de Bessèges 2.1 68
DEMARE Arnaud 0
VICHOT Arthur 55
JEANNESSON Arnold 0
HARDY Romain 9
DASSONVILLE Flavien 4
I had 3 guys in top 15 before the TT but Vichot dropped from 3rd to 5th, Hardy from 9th to 16th and Dassonville from 15th to 22nd. Still I'm not too disappointed because Hardy and Dassonville were very cheap.

Jayco Herald Sun Tour 2.1
-

GP Etruschi 1.1
-

total for the week 431. Not very good but it could have been worse.

Next week doesn't look too good for me either:

Tour of Qatar 2.HC
ZURLO Federico

Oh I thought I had no one here turns out I have young Federico... 4th sprinter in Lampre's Qatar team behind Modolo, Kump and Cimolai. I'd have rather seen him in GP Etruschi this week!

La Méditerranéen 2.1
DEMARE Arnaud
ROSA Diego
CAPECCHI Eros
JEANNESSON Arnold
MARTINEZ Yannick
I have to hope Astana win the TTT because the rest of the course doesn't seem hard enough for Diego to win time.. on stage 3 there is a small climb but it shouldn't be too hard. Normally Martinez might have been my best shot at GC points here but the TTT will probably ruin his chances.

Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia 1.1
HERKLOTZ Silvio

Clasica de Almeria 1.1
HERKLOTZ Silvio (?)

Trofeo Laigueglia 1.HC
VICHOT Arthur
Vichot seems in decent shape, hopefully he can get a result here.

However, the week after that seems way better: I have (a.o.) Dan Martin in Oman, Tejay in Andalucia, Vichot in Haut-Var and Contador and Rosa in Algarve.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Thanks to whoever it was - I'm sorry, I don't remember who - who posted the site with all the Italian amateur results in the CQ game thread last year, it's already working with Ciccone scoring in the very first Italian small shitty race

Other than that, this week wasn't very good for me. At least I have Kittel and Cancellara, so it can't be too bad.

For next week I'm also just hoping not to fall too far behind

Tour of Qatar
none

La Méditerranéenne
DÉMARE, Arnaud
JEANNESSON, Arnold
MARTINEZ, Yannick

Vuelta Ciclista a la Region de Murcia
VAN GARDEREN, Tejay
RESTREPO, Jhonatan
HERKLOTZ, Silvio

Clasica de Almeria
RESTREPO, Jhonatan

Trofeo Laigueglia
POZZATO, Filippo

Some of these startlists aren't quite complete yet, so I'm hoping for a bit more.

 

[rote_laterne]

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Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (2.1)
DENIFL Stefan 4

Dubai Tour (2.HC)
KITTEL Marcel 218
MARTIN Tony 0
POLANC Jan 13

Herald Sun Tour (2.1)
HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian 4

Etoile de Bessèges (2.1)
DEMARE Arnaud 0
DRON Boris 15
LATOUR Pierre 40
PELUCCHI Matteo 10

304 points. Most of them from Kittel who is on every team and in profit after his first race. Nice surprise is Dron, who is rather unique (but not game deciding) and also in profit after his first race.

Denifl, Pelucchi and Sebastian Henao are meh, Demare disappointing.

Next week:
Tour of Qatar (2.HC)
CAPIOT Amaury
LOOIJ André
VALLEE Boris

La Méditerranéenne (2.1)
BERNAL GOMEZ Egan Arley
DEMARE Arnaud
VUILLERMOZ Alexis

Vuelta Ciclista a la Region de Murcia (1.1)
HERKLOTZ Silvio

Clasica de Almeria (1.1)
PELUCCHI Matteo

Should get points from the french race, everything else would be a nice surprise.

 

[vladimir]

Giulio Ciccone into profit after his very first race this season

 

[GP Blanco]

Next week will be quiet:

La Méditerranéen
DEMARE Arnaud

Vuelta Ciclista a la Región de Murcia
LUTSENKO Alexey
VAN GARDEREN Tejay
HERKLOTZ Silvio
ROSON GARCIA Jaime