The 2024 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

[Shakes]

Was mentioned earlier but here a quick first version of the polka dot:

CQ Ranking

Points are given weekly to those that had the largest increase in ranks. Points are the same as for the green jersey but method for awarding points are on difference in ranks rather than weekly points. Just for fun and entertainment!

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Shame about Nys getting boxed in but Sheehan makes up for it with a nice podium. Happy to see alumnus (class of 2022) Van Gils take the win too. What a spring for him.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Narvaez, nice.
And Cosnefroy winning in France, tres bien.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Giro
The worst thing you can have from a CQ perspective (outside of injury or illness of course) is a rider waste 21 race days doing a GT with no shot at real points. Fortunately most of riders here fall either in the GC hopeful (Uijtdebroeks, Tiberi, Arensman, Martinez and Quintana) or sprinter categories (Girmay and Lamperti) with only Sheffield falling into the dreaded Magnus Sheffield category.
UIJTDEBROEKS Cian
SHEFFIELD Magnus
GIRMAY HAILU Biniam
TIBERI Antonio
ARENSMAN Thymen
MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe
LAMPERTI Luke
QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander

Already down to just Tiberi, Uijtedebroeks and Martinez for a decent GC.

 

[Squire]

Already down to just Tiberi, Uijtedebroeks and Martinez for a decent GC.

The only other realistic GC top 10 for you was Arensman, anyway.

In general, fighting for the stage win on some breakaway stages and maybe getting a bit of mountain points is quickly worth more CQ points than a lowly top 10 on GC. And the former can lead to the latter. So for me, I'm not too worried about Plapp, Quintana and Piganzoli losing time. It's probably only Arensman who won't be able to do a lot of brekaway stuff and could have benefited (CQ wise) from staying in the GC.

 

[RedheadDane]

I think Samu should be deducted all the points Van Niekerk scores.
He's in no way Basque!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I think Samu should be deducted all the points Van Niekerk scores.
He's in no way Basque!

Frog you.

He's Basque enough for me, and he's even riding around in an orange jersey.

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[RedheadDane]

Frog you.

Look, if you wanna make a national themed team, you should commit.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

It looks like my team will have to survive on a steady diet of Riley Sheehan results until Auyso decides to race again.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Look, if you wanna make a national themed team, you should commit.

I don't. I want a regional themed team.

Also since you wouldn't have made your team if you haven't been inspired by my work, I should receive royalties. You'll be hearing from my legal team soon.

 

[RedheadDane]

I don't. I want a regional themed team.

Well, you should commit to that as well!

Also since you wouldn't have made your team if you haven't been inspired by my work, I should receive royalties.

Here:

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Here:

Thank you. It shouldn't have taken you 4 months though, but we can all do better.

 

[RedheadDane]

And now for my riders for the coming week.
Green = Giro

Amdi Pedersen
Bendixen
Bjerg
Changizi
Cort
Honoré
Kamp
Larsen
Lund
Valgren
Wallin

 

[Shakes]

FYI those that use the website: https://www.savius.at/CQGame/cqgame.php

I've added the Giro game to it (as I also send in a team for that one). In case that caused something to break... let me know! Benefit is that now it should be easier to do other versions easier (although still needs a bit more time to make it properly flexible, did it only quickly now).

 

[search]

I see Arnaud Demare return to the 4 Jours de Demare this year. That should hopefully be another easy 340pt next week.

 

[Kazistuta]

I see Arnaud Demare return to the 4 Jours de Demare this year. That should hopefully be another easy 340pt next week.

When has this race been Demares? 10 years ago? I can't seem to find such a great point haul from Arnaud in Dunkirk.

 

[search]

When has this race been Demares? 10 years ago? I can't seem to find such a great point haul from Arnaud in Dunkirk.

yeah, 270pt in 2014 and 245pt in 2014. He has only raced it once since. 340 would be the maximum available now.

But although I'd appreciate to see him finally finding some form, it's obviously unlikely to happen

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Update #16: Leadbelly belly laughs at the lack of competition

As always, Tro Bro Leon marks one the highlights of the season while some second tier race gets underway in Italy.

This Week's Top Scorers

Rank​	Team​	Points this week​
1​	Leadbelly​	468​
2​	Googolplex​	443​
3​	DJ Sprtsch​	433​
4​	manafana​	409​
5​	Josedin​	328​
5​	Amethyst​	328​

Leadbelly tops the charts with star performances from De Lie and Sheehan. Albanese, Gachinard and Berasategi round out the scoring for their team. Googolplex combines Pogacar (Pogacar-ing his way through the Giro) with Cosnefroy (Hischi-ing his way through the .Pro and .1 calendar) for second place. DJ Sprtsch deserves a special shout out as their unique pick Narvaez put in a stellar effort in the first stage of the Giro. Other unique picks on their team like Vermaerke and Söderqvist also contributed.

Manafana is fourth with the De Lie/Sheehan combo as well. Josedin takes advantage of CQ including monday's Giro stage (and therefore Merlier's win) to tie for fifth with Amethyst (Pogacar, Hoelgaard and Nerurkar were rare picks that paid off this week).

This Week's High Movers

Rank​	Team​	Up/down​
1​	DJ Sprtsch​	(+8)​
2​	manafana​	(+8)​
3​	Boris98​	(+7)​
4​	HoudiniCycling​	(+7)​
5​	Googolplex​	(+6)​

Three of the week's highest scorers are joined by two Cosnefroy teams to make up the high movers this time around.

Green Jersey Competition

Rank​	Team​	Total​
1​	Jakob747​	180​
2​	shalgo​	178​
3​	Googolplex​	139​
4​	skidmark​	120​
5​	Shakes​	119​

Shalgo grabs an extra 14 points to close the gap to Jakob almost entirely. However, Googolplex nabs 35 points to rise to third and with Pogacar, could stack a bunch more points in the next couple weeks.

Top 10 Overall

Rank​	Team​	Points​
1​	shalgo​	7889​
2​	skidmark​	6956​
3​	adamski101​	6851​
4​	EvansIsTheBest​	6844​
5​	MADRAZO​	6672​
6​	Squire​	6571​
7​	Salvarani​	6555​
8​	trackstand​	6478​
9​	Jakob747​	6398​
10​	Anderis​	6323​
10​	repre​	6323​

Shalgo outscores everyobdy in the top 20 to stretch the lead back out to nearly a thousand points. For perspective Devil's Elbow in 20th is closer to skidmark in second place than skidmark to shalgo. Trackstand moves into the top 10 but nobody leaves because Anderis and repre tie for 10th.

spreadsheet link

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Wonderful week.

Quickly hacked it together so if anything is off, please let me know!

Copied the above post from the Giro game. I don't know if that one can affect the main game, but just wanted to mention that the "points change since Sunday" column does not update.

 

[ingsve]

FFS Girmay. The Giro was supposed to be his redemption this season where he could pick out a bunch of points in the sprints and that lasted 1 day.

 

[Shakes]

Wonderful week.


Copied the above post from the Giro game. I don't know if that one can affect the main game, but just wanted to mention that the "points change since Sunday" column does not update.

I'll have a look tomorrow!

Pro tip: Ensure your car doesn't get stolen. You get swamped by paper work, the feeling of 'wtf' when your car is not where you parked it the night prior and wondering why the bastards picked yours instead of the dozen others !

 

[Earns1985]

After yesterdays dissapointment (Girmay out), some totally unexpected points by B.Thomas and Valgren today. Good and bad days are sometimes so close to each other in this game..

 

[Shakes]

Wonderful week.


Copied the above post from the Giro game. I don't know if that one can affect the main game, but just wanted to mention that the "points change since Sunday" column does not update.

Is it still an issue? I see Valgren got 40 points for instance and it does add it to my team (I happened to have him) and seemingly only points I have gotten the last 7 days so easy check. And painful for the game that those are my only 40 points for 7 days!

Have done some small fixes though. Count of teams that had a certain riders was off as it took into account Giro edition as well. Fixed that and made underlying things slightly faster.

Will also keep an eye on the seven days. Something might be off at week change... but easier to fix when there is a clear issue (goes faster)

 

[repre]

After yesterdays dissapointment (Girmay out), some totally unexpected points by B.Thomas and Valgren today. Good and bad days are sometimes so close to each other in this game..

my team has only bad days for last 2 month... i guess with all injuries i'm done for this year

 

[Nevs]

FYI those that use the website: https://www.savius.at/CQGame/cqgame.php

I've added the Giro game to it (as I also send in a team for that one). In case that caused something to break... let me know! Benefit is that now it should be easier to do other versions easier (although still needs a bit more time to make it properly flexible, did it only quickly now).

BTW - Thank you for your website. I appreciate it
Now - if only someone could make an add on to tell me what races my riders are riding (similar to this): https://wheres-my-vds-team.onrender.com/?team_ds=