The 2019 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

[shalgo]

I am feeling more concerned about my pick of Hodeg now. Today's race was delivered to him on a platter and he couldn't win it.

 

[PeterB]

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I am feeling more concerned about my pick of Hodeg now. Today's race was delivered to him on a platter and he couldn't win it.

Do you know if he finished on his bike? He got a teammate's bike shortly before starting the last lap so if he was still on someone else's bike, no wonder he could not sprint properly.

 

[kingjr]

It certainly looked like he was undergeared

 

[shalgo]

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It certainly looked like he was undergeared

That would be some comfort, because otherwise it looked both like he didn't know what to do and he was too slow.

 

[Nicosix]

Hodeg finished on Pieter Serry's bike

 

[Nicosix]

Nice one today with Halvorsen 2nd and Sasha Weemaes 6th

Some of my rare picks are doing well this Week : Lonardi (4), Weemaes (3) and most of all Adam Yates (6)

Could this be enough to come back into the top 10?

 

[armchairclimber]

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Hodeg finished on Pieter Serry's bike

I wondered. There was no time for a second change on the last lap. He did bloody well in that case. Mareczko continues to screw up. Hopefully he's learning.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Some points today from Halvorsen and Barbier. Unfortunately Moschetti didn't start after his crash on Wednesday, I feel he could have scored a top-10 here. Hopefully he will feel better on Sunday for GP Denain.

 

[ThePirate81]

Great Milano Sanremo for my team with Van Aert,Nibali and Trentin.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Not too many points as expected, 80 for Nibali, 32 for Gaviria and 16 for Venturini, plus a few 5-pointers. Venturini is going a bit under the radar but has been pretty solid so far, he has scored 3 times as many points compared to this point last year. If he continues like this he'll end up at 500+

For tomorrow's GP de Denain I have Rudy Barbier, Loic Vliegen and Matteo Moschetti (if he is recovered from his crash). Hard to see them score many points.

 

[vladimir]

225 points from my 10 riders in MSR today. Decent but not good enough to climb the rankings I suspect...
Not a single rider in Denain tomorrow, so I guess I will skip that race and hav a few beers in the spring sunshine instead :razz:

 

[tobydawq]

80 for Nibali, 62 for Trentin, 7 for Ewan and 5 for Bettiol, Søren Kragh (CQ says it was Asbjørn but that's false), Küng, Landa, Rowe.

At least Gaviria didn't get many points.

Tomorrow, I hope that MvdP and Boom will go 1-2.

 

[armchairclimber]

Over 500 points this week. Lots of points on offer, so I don't anticipate being amongst the top scorers this time. However, hopeful that I'll be back up in the top 20 somewhere. Only got Guernalec and Morin at Denain, so probably a blank there. Interesting week ahead.

 

[fauniera]

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At least Gaviria didn't get many points.

At least Ewan got even less points.

 

[tobydawq]

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At least Gaviria didn't get many points.

At least Ewan got even less points.

Yeah, that's true. He is probably not my wisest pick.

But my most expensive pick finally got points today!

 

[Koronin]

Alejandro Valverde - 90
Mikel Landa - 5
Jurgen Roelandts - 5
Vincenzo Nibali - 80
Larry Warbasse - 5
Albert Bettiol - 5
Tomasz Marczynski - 5
Bernhard Eisel - 5


Well they all finished and thus get points, and amazingly Eisel is now in positive points for the year. Not exactly impressive that Eisel is in possitive points though as he only had 10 points last year. That's pretty sad. At least Landa actually finished the race and actually scored some points.

 

[SafeBet]

Van Aert beating Trentin makes MSR kind of a success for me. Picking Wout over the Italian is looking less stupid at the moment, but I'm sure I'll regret it at the end of the year.

 

[armchairclimber]

Van Aert has been impressive so far. Strong rider and a competitive spirit. He looks like picking up points wherever he races ... I just hope that's a lot of races this year.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Re: Re:

I am feeling more concerned about my pick of Hodeg now. Today's race was delivered to him on a platter and he couldn't win it.

Do you know if he finished on his bike? He got a teammate's bike shortly before starting the last lap so if he was still on someone else's bike, no wonder he could not sprint properly.

According to PCS, Hodeg is 1.86 tall, whereas Peter Serry, whose bike he used, is, errrm, 1.86m.

How much of an issue could this have been?

 

[tobydawq]

Re: Re:

I am feeling more concerned about my pick of Hodeg now. Today's race was delivered to him on a platter and he couldn't win it.

Do you know if he finished on his bike? He got a teammate's bike shortly before starting the last lap so if he was still on someone else's bike, no wonder he could not sprint properly.

According to PCS, Hodeg is 1.86 tall, whereas Peter Serry, whose bike he used, is, errrm, 1.86m.

How much of an issue could this have been?

I have a friend at the same height as me but my legs are about 10 cms longer than his. So it can be a problem (I'm not saying it was in this case).

 

[Tonton]

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At least Gaviria didn't get many points.

At least Ewan got even less points.

I had both of them, plus Nibali and Montaguti. Not too bad after all.

Edit: actually, 130 poiints or so...not good.

 

[Koronin]

Re: Re:

I am feeling more concerned about my pick of Hodeg now. Today's race was delivered to him on a platter and he couldn't win it.

Do you know if he finished on his bike? He got a teammate's bike shortly before starting the last lap so if he was still on someone else's bike, no wonder he could not sprint properly.

According to PCS, Hodeg is 1.86 tall, whereas Peter Serry, whose bike he used, is, errrm, 1.86m.

How much of an issue could this have been?

Different gearing can create issues as well.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Happy to see Moschetti and Van der Poel aren't suffering from their crash during the week. Menten, Touze, and Barbier also showed signs of life in Denain. Hopefully, that's enough to move back up a little bit after my horror week during Paris-Nice.

 

[Salvarani]

Re: Re:

I am feeling more concerned about my pick of Hodeg now. Today's race was delivered to him on a platter and he couldn't win it.

Do you know if he finished on his bike? He got a teammate's bike shortly before starting the last lap so if he was still on someone else's bike, no wonder he could not sprint properly.

According to PCS, Hodeg is 1.86 tall, whereas Peter Serry, whose bike he used, is, errrm, 1.86m.

How much of an issue could this have been?

Just because they are the same height, I dont think it should mean it was automatically a good fit. Their bodies are probably shaped different. One could have a long torso and shorter legs, for example. Or the other way around. That would affect the height of the saddle, how the handle bars was positioned etc.

But it probably wasnt too much of an adjustning like it would have been if someone was 1.70 and the other guy was 1.85.

Then the set up with gears and that sort of stuff relating to the bike could affect too, I guess.

 

[Salvarani]

Happy to see Moschetti and Van der Poel aren't suffering from their crash during the week. Menten, Touze, and Barbier also showed signs of life in Denain. Hopefully, that's enough to move back up a little bit after my horror week during Paris-Nice.

Hopefully Touze will score big in a couple of races this year. At least he is showing signs of life and finishing races. Scoring at least some points. Max Kanter looking like a complete bust so far though

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