The 2023 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

[Devil's Elbow]

Somehow managed to drop four spots despite having Roglic, on the other hand my points deficit to first is barely over half the size it was last week so still not a disaster.

Milano-Torino: Malucelli, Walls
Nokere: Svrcek, Nys, Vacek
Denain: Nys, Vacek, R Barbier
Koksijde: Svrcek, Nys, Vacek, Malucelli
Loire Atlantique: R Barbier
Cholet: nothing yet, I would guess Barbier does this one too
Alfredo: nothing resembling a startlist is up yet
Still waiting for the startlist of Per Sempre Alfredo in particular, I expect some points from the minor races but no heavy scorers with only some of my cheaper guys racing.

Sanremo (so far): Milan, Honoré, Piccolo, Pidcock, Alaphilippe, Strong
Pretty reliant on people in questionable form here...

 

[Panda Claws]

Thank you Primoz for making sure I won't finish last.

 

[repre]

Rogla will yo-yo competition this year

 

[zigzag wanderer]

Lol, even worse than expected with 94th on the week and a drop of 41 places. Couldn't even win most dramatic collapse as someone pipped me with 42.

You called - as if TA and PN weren't bad enough, there was the Ayuso news as well!

 

[Whoops]

Congrats to Yellow Knight for an impressive win!

3rd place for the week and 3rd place overall for my team, so really happy.

Only one of the 8 guys above me have Roglic, and that team does not have Simon Yates. Things will be closer after the next update.

Indeed very close in the ranking, complete top 10 within 300 pts.

This week is not looking great for me:

Milano - Torino: only Ben Hermans
Danilith Nokere Koerse & Bredene Koksijde Classic: only Dries De Pooter
Nobody for the races in France :-(

Milano - Sanremo:
KWIATKOWSKI Michal
STUYVEN Jasper
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
EWAN Caleb

Not many starters for MSR at the moment, but these 4 could all score decent points.

 

[tobydawq]

I have at least Ewan, Bettiol, Alaphilippe, Kragh Andersen, Pidcock, Kwiatkowski, Honoré and Eenkhoorn for MSR.

Great potential.

Maybe Asgreen and Casper Pedersen too. Basically all my good riders.

 

[Whoops]

PCS just removed Pidcock from the MSR startlist.

 

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Milano - Torino
ALEOTTI Giovanni
HERMANS Ben
VAN UDEN Casper
DE GENDT Aimé

Maybe Van Uden could get something here. He is the one that could be able to score some points in this race, when it will most likely be a sprint in the end (which still feels weird for this race).

van Uden said it's him who DSM is going to work for today, so with this fairly poor sprinting field, there could be some good points on the line indeed

 

[Squire]

van Uden said it's him who DSM is going to work for today, so with this fairly poor sprinting field, there could be some good points on the line indeed

If this isn't at least a top 5 for him then, I'll really question my decision of picking him. But he has looked pretty good in recent races when he's been a helper, so maybe the form is coming along.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

van Uden said it's him who DSM is going to work for today, so with this fairly poor sprinting field, there could be some good points on the line indeed

Sounds promising! Only, now I will be disappointed if he does not get a top three.
Also in the race for me is Walls and Busatto.
Nokere Koerse? Svrcek and Pithie, nothing to hope for there.
Denain? Pithie and Dekker.
Koksijde? Svrcek.
Milano San Remo? As of now only Alaphilippe, Kragh Andersen, Honoré, Dinham.

 

[Salvarani]

Sounds promising! Only, now I will be disappointed if he does not get a top three.

3rd

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

3rd

A third is ok. But now I can complain about Van Uden not being able to beat those two in front of him. Ok, maybe not Gaviria, but Arvid De Kleijn?

 

[Salvarani]

A third is ok. But now I can complain about Van Uden not being able to beat those two in front of him. Ok, maybe not Gaviria, but Arvid De Kleijn?

I am happy with the result and he beat plenty of others.

 

[jsem94]

Still thinking about not having picked Ganna. Moved up to 11th. Bunch of picks I'm already regretting, like Sagan. AAAAAHHHHHH

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

I am happy with the result and he beat plenty of others.

Yeah, you're right.
But still I'm more happy about the 34 points Pithie got in Nokere Koerse. Pleasant surprise.

 

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3rd for Prades in Taiwan in the end, so he's well into profit already .

 

[Squire]

3rd for Prades in Taiwan in the end, so he's well into profit already .

A 39-year-old who hasn't scored more than 15 points since 2019! Gutsy (and good) pick! Probably some more points to come as well. My own Asian sensation (Nathan Earle) hasn't started racing yet. Was hoping he'd be leading Prades' team in Taiwan, but maybe he isn't quite ready to start the season after his accident last year. At least he's doing the miles, according to his Strava.

 

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A 39-year-old who hasn't scored more than 15 points since 2019! Gutsy (and good) pick! Probably some more points to come as well. My own Asian sensation (Nathan Earle) hasn't started racing yet. Was hoping he'd be leading Prades' team in Taiwan, but maybe he isn't quite ready to start the season after his accident last year. At least he's doing the miles, according to his Strava.

normally the Asian tour should still offer plenty of opportunities for him.

Prades wasn't officially confirmed before the deadline, so that was a bit of a problem, but after immediately winning his first (and only) race back with the team last fall, I was quite hopeful that he could get back to pre-pandemic level.

 

[BR2]

Hm, interesting difference in the Denain results between PCS and cq...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I actually wanted to pick Prades because of his former career in biathlon, but it's only his brother who has well known Basque connections.

 

[RedheadDane]

Hm, interesting difference in the Denain results between PCS and cq...

and

almost identical, especially the kits. No wonder they could get mixed up...

It was Ackermann CQ had listed in 9th, right? They've corrected in now.

 

[BR2]

and

almost identical, especially the kits. No wonder they could get mixed up...

It was Ackermann CQ had listed in 9th, right? They've corrected in now.

I wouldn't have minded them keeping the mistake...
But it was a weird one indeed.

 

[Squire]

Two DNFs and an 80th in GP Denain for me. This is not how I make up ground on the Roglic teams ...

 

[repre]

Two DNFs and an 80th in GP Denain for me. This is not how I make up ground on the Roglic teams ...

Don't worry, only one Roglic team had van Dijke and it didn't have nobody from Milano-Torino...

 

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I wouldn't have minded them keeping the mistake...
But it was a weird one indeed.

#85 and #185 was probably the reason. Happens occasionally