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A lot of the obvious picks last year ended up being pretty bad though. I'm not convinced that all my riders will have great seasons, but my team is way more exciting than it has perhaps ever been. It can be bang average or it can really pop off. Definitely not the safest 15000+ year, but I think there's a high ceiling too.
As I think I mentioned in a previous post, it was easy enough getting to around 28-30 riders that I feel pretty good about. But contrary to you, I have quite a few guys I would also like to fit in. The problem is that they're mostly too cheap. To use a sensible amount of the budget (i.e. all of it) I need to go with some more pricey ones that I'm not completely confident in.
Felt I needed to make a rather drastic change to my team as a result of some recent news as well, but I'm reasonably happy with the alternative I came up with.
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If you have finished picking your team for this, don't remove your selectors' hats yet: the 2024-26 Emerging Riders game is now officially launched and the Women's CQ game also awaits.
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Woohoo! I thought the women's already launched. Either way, fun stuff. Great for a 4 day weekend
My team is set. I had two requirements for riders on my team- 1) I think they'll improve over last year and 2) I could see myself rooting for them if they're in a breakaway, etc.
I am super excited because my wife is also doing it. Her formula is very different than mine- basically she's picking her favorite riders and filling in her team with young/ low point guys from teams and countries she roots for. We watch a ton of races together so it'll be fun to notice guys from our teams competing which I guess is part of the point of this. We watch a ton of races and they're often won by guys we've never heard of so this should give us more of an interest in diverse races. It'll also be a game within a game for us. Super fun, thanks for organizing this!
I am super excited because my wife is also doing it. Her formula is very different than mine- basically she's picking her favorite riders and filling in her team with young/ low point guys from teams and countries she roots for. We watch a ton of races together so it'll be fun to notice guys from our teams competing which I guess is part of the point of this. We watch a ton of races and they're often won by guys we've never heard of so this should give us more of an interest in diverse races. It'll also be a game within a game for us. Super fun, thanks for organizing this!
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Ehm...
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Retired from the "real" part of cycling, no offense intended. But yes, Sagan and Baguettes seems fitting atm.Ehm...
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If he wins the four Slovenian races he's announced that he's doing in March, he'll be almost halfway to making a profit. Just sayin'
You are gonna make someone relapse.If he wins the four Slovenian races he's announced that he's doing in March, he'll be almost halfway to making a profit. Just sayin'
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I looked at him and what he's said and based on that he's only doing those races as training for MTB so I didn't end up gambling on him. Then again he could end up being like when Marko Kump went back to Adria Mobil after an unsuccessful stint in the World Tour.If he wins the four Slovenian races he's announced that he's doing in March, he'll be almost halfway to making a profit. Just sayin'
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Pierre Baguette! That sounds like if someone tried to come up with the most stereotypical French name possible!Ehm...
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Indeed it was when he left the World Tour two years ago that his scores tanked, which was agonizing for CQ managers that figured that even if he'd lost a step to the ascendant cyclo-crossers, he'd feast on the small French one-days he'd surely do... whoops. TotalEnergies would have had over 4600 points between Sagan and EBH, if it were 2016.
We've got 21 teams submitted so far everyone! Thanks to those who have sent in so far. A reminder to expect the year-end CQ update on December 31st, and there are sometimes minor tweaks. I will do my best to upload the final update to the 'create your team' spreadsheet as early as possible on the 31st so you can double check.
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No, Marko Kumps was. And Sagans last couple seasons haven't been great so if he was going back to help out his local continental team and focusing on the road with them he could have had a similar boost in success like Kump had but by the looks of it he won't focus on the road at all other than training.
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Let's end this stupid split of hairs by changing the phrase "unsuccessful stint in the World Tour" to "unsuccessful stint in the World Tour and/or on a ProTeam".
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It could have been similar if his motivation for riding for RRK Group - Pierre Baguette - Benzinol would have been to ride the full calender with them similar to how Kump went back and rode a full calender of 2.2 and 1.2 races with Adria Mobil but alas, Sagans motivation is merely to train for MTB which makes the situation different.
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Just thought it was funny to read "Sagan" and "unsuccessful stint at the World Tour" in the same sentence.
But, anyway; 21 seems like an absolutely perfect number of players; coz then I might have a change to sneak into the top-20!
Though, I suspect/hope that my national-themed team will be slightly more successful than Samu's national-themed team, even though he didn't actually stick to the theme.
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