The 2024 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

[armchairclimber]

Van Wilder off the mark at least, if a little unspectacularly.

Hopes (for a lot of us) tomorrow resting with Lamperti in Majorca.

 

[vladimir]

Positive day I guess:
Bettiol on only 2 teams: 32 points
Romo on only 4 teams (actually thought he would be one of the more popular this year): 10 points
Arrieta on 10 teams: 7 points
At least better than GC in TDU where Ryan with 7 points was my highest scorer...

 

[bminchow]

Seems like no one has todays surprise winner Simon Carr.

I had him last year. Does that count? Noooo!!!

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Was hoping for a bit more than 9th and 15th from my six-rider lineup today, let's see if my sprint department of Démare, Dainese and Lamperti (and elsewhere, Kanter) can make up for it tomorrow.

 

[hayneplane]

Positive day I guess:
Bettiol on only 2 teams: 32 points
Romo on only 4 teams (actually thought he would be one of the more popular this year): 10 points
Arrieta on 10 teams: 7 points
At least better than GC in TDU where Ryan with 7 points was my highest scorer...

Agree with that for my team. Given they skipped it en masse it is helpful that a lot of rare picks dominated the top 5

 

[armchairclimber]

Great genes? Granted, his father was a more than decent athlete, but as far as I can tell, he didn't exactly set the World on fire.

Nice piece on them https://www.cyclingweekly.com/fitne...s-tougher-than-running-but-id-push-back-a-bit

 

[ingsve]

Was hoping for a bit more than 9th and 15th from my six-rider lineup today, let's see if my sprint department of Démare, Dainese and Lamperti (and elsewhere, Kanter) can make up for it tomorrow.

Isn't it an uphill finish tomorrow from the profile I've seen?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Isn't it an uphill finish tomorrow from the profile I've seen?

It is not.

 

[armchairclimber]

Nice win for Girmay (although I don't have him .... the leader does). But some handy points for Fretin again.

 

[Salvarani]

Yeah, nice win for Girmay.

If he gets a good result in the CEGORR he might have scored more points in the beginning of the season, than what he had scored by the the time of the Tour last season.

Mihkels finished 7th in the Surf Coast Classic, so he is on the board as well.

Aussie summer been good so far.

 

[Squire]

Isn't it an uphill finish tomorrow from the profile I've seen?

It's a slightly downhill finish, actually. If you look at the brutal murito of 3,3% just before the finish on the profile, it indicates that the 'uphill' part after it is about 1%.

Nice win for Girmay

Yeah, he's looking a bit scary for us non-Biniamers. I'd say he's favourite to win the Cadel race too. Let's hope he's not this year's Colbrelli.

 

[ingsve]

It's a slightly downhill finish, actually. If you look at the brutal murito of 3,3% just before the finish on the profile, it indicates that the 'uphill' part after it is about 1%.

Well, the final km is downhill but it looked like on the profile like a 7-8 km climb before it. It's the scale of the profile that's a bit misleading if it's really only 1%.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Well, the final km is downhill but it looked like on the profile like a 7-8 km climb before it. It's the scale of the profile that's a bit misleading if it's really only 1%.

It's the default scale in Openrunner, which is what they used for the profiles. So not deliberately misleading, at least. And they did at least include a y-axis...

 

[Squire]

OMG, I've been saying all January that my biggest fear for this game is Magnier popping off when I didn't select him ...

Lamperti also looking good though.

 

[tobydawq]

Magnier! Nice

 

[Devil's Elbow]

1-2-3-8 and that's with Démare being nowhere. Can every day be a Mallorcan sprint please?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Cimolai's almost into profit after only two races for Movistar, but no one dared to pick him.

 

[Salvarani]

Cimolai's almost into profit after only two races for Movistar, but no one dared to pick him.

His time is probably in these races. Have a hard time seeing him be consistent or improve as the season goes on.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

His time is probably in these races. Have a hard time seeing him be consistent or improve as the season goes on.

He's only had one really good CQ season in his career, and I can't really see him score over 500 points again this year either, but at least it looks like he wouldn't have been the worst pick in this game (I probably have about 25 riders who will score fewer points than him).

 

[hayneplane]

Gutted that Lamperti wasn’t the lead rider but very promising signs still for his own chances.

One of the unforeseen consequences of joining in this game is a fleeting mild annoyance at seeing riders win who like and support but didn’t pick such as Girmay today.

 

[Earns1985]

With Girmay, Martinez and Magnier quite popular we should have players among us, who have won every race today! I also nearly did that, but have Lamperti instead of Magnier..

Enjoy the evening for everyone who has the perfect CQ day today..

 

[Devil's Elbow]

With Girmay, Martinez and Magnier quite popular we should have players among us, who have won every race today! I also nearly did that, but have Lamperti instead of Magnier..

Enjoy the evening for everyone who has the perfect CQ day today..

The Colombian TT win was only worth 30 points though, due to Colombia's awful 2023 having put them unusually far down the country rankings.

 

[ingsve]

Really seems like I should have looked specifically at promising sprinters. Sad to see sprint days and having no one to hope for. At least Girmay is delivering down under.

 

[Earns1985]

The Colombian TT win was only worth 30 points though, due to Colombia's awful 2023 having put them unusually far down the country rankings.

Ohh, thought it was 50 again like last year. So also the RR will give less points then?

 

[triley36]

Good day today: Girmay, Magnier and Lamperti and Martinez all scoring well for me. Hopeful they can all score well throughout the year.