The 2024 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

[repre]

Piccolo is alive!

 

[hayneplane]

Oscar Sevilla still performing at a high level 22 years after finishing 2nd on GC at the Vuelta Espana.

Crazy stuff.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Absolutely.
Sevilla actually had a crazy good season last year, where he would have been a marvellous pick: from 5 points -> 347.

 

[postmanhat]

Piccolo is alive!

Now dreaming of the 1000 points some us anticipated last season.

 

[Anderis]

Now dreaming of the 1000 points some us anticipated last season.

2022: 509 CQ points
2023: 94 CQ points, I had him on my team
2024: 1000 CQ points, I don't have him on my team.

Yeah, that would be pretty annoying.

 

[armchairclimber]

Now dreaming of the 1000 points some us anticipated last season.

That would not be funny after last year.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Oscar Sevilla still performing at a high level 22 years after finishing 2nd on GC at the Vuelta Espana.

Crazy stuff.

Oscar Sevilla won the white jersey at the 2001 Tour de France. Andy Schleck won the white jersey at the 2010 Tour de France. One of those guys retired in 2014. The other is still going. Makes absolutely no sense.

 

[Salvarani]

Oscar Sevilla won the white jersey at the 2001 Tour de France. Andy Schleck won the white jersey at the 2010 Tour de France. One of those guys retired in 2014. The other is still going. Makes absolutely no sense.

The type of stories that are quite amazing in a way. Life funny like that.

 

[Salvarani]

Many races this week.

Tour Colombia
QUINTANA Nairo
CARAPAZ Richard
PICCOLO Andrea
BERNAL Egan

Tour de la Provence
WALLS Matthew
PICKRELL Riley

Muscat Classic & Tour of Oman
CAPIOT Amaury
VANDENABEELE Henri
LAMPERTI Luke
HODEG Álvaro José
BUSATTO Francesco

Figueira Champions Classic
MORGADO António
DEL TORO Isaac

Vuelta Ciclista a la Región de Murcia
TURNER Ben
HAGENES Per Strand
MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe (and Clasica de Almeria)
HIGUITA Sergio (and Clasica de Almeria)

 

[hayneplane]

Oscar Sevilla won the white jersey at the 2001 Tour de France. Andy Schleck won the white jersey at the 2010 Tour de France. One of those guys retired in 2014. The other is still going. Makes absolutely no sense.

Leaving the obvious clinic issues to one side the retention of such appetite to continue racing and be competitive into his late 40s is remarkable.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Bruttomesso has now extended my team's current streak of consecutive scoring days to one

 

[RedheadDane]

Honestly a bit impractical that it's the Dane I had to remove from my team because of budget contraints, who does all the winning...

 

[ingsve]

Not as good chances this week. After 2 weeks in a row with green jersey points I would be very surprised if I got any this week.

Tour Colombia
QUINTANA Nairo
CARAPAZ Richard
BERNAL Egan

Tour de la Provence
-

Tour of Antalya
-

Muscat Classic & Tour of Oman
VANDENABEELE Henri
GELDERS Gil
KULSET Johannes

Figueira Champions Classic
MORGADO Antonio Tomas
VALGREN HUNDAHL Michael

Vuelta Ciclista a la Región de Murcia
HAGENES Per Strand
MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe
HIGUITA Sergio
AUGUST Andrew

Clasica de Almeria
HIGUITA Sergio
HOELGAARD Markus

 

[ingsve]

Terrible results in Muscat for me. 3 popular CQ picks that I've missed out on are top 3.

I bet many people are happy about that result.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

2, 3 and 5 today, there will be people who did even better but still a great race for my team.

 

[Anderis]

Terrible results in Muscat for me. 3 popular CQ picks that I've missed out on are top 3.

I bet many people are happy about that result.

I feel you.

I already regret not taking some of them, especially Lamperti, who was the closest to making it into my team out of all riders that have not made it.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I have 4 out of 5 Unais, but of course it's the 5th guy who scores points. That's not so Unais.

 

[Salvarani]

2, 3 and 5 today, there will be people who did even better but still a great race for my team.

Same, good race.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Same, good race.

Yes, was about to post the same. I can add 16 and 20. Bodes well for the stage race.

 

[armchairclimber]

Just ticking over so far for me, with Brutomesso yesterday and Lamperti today.

 

[Salvarani]

Pickrell! Nice one kid.

 

[hayneplane]

Honestly a bit impractical that it's the Dane I had to remove from my team because of budget contraints, who does all the winning...

He is having a great start to the season but to be fair he had such a good point scoring performance last season that significantly improving on that would need a monument or worlds win.

 

[hayneplane]

Terrible results in Muscat for me. 3 popular CQ picks that I've missed out on are top 3.

I bet many people are happy about that result.

My best day since the end of TDU. 2nd and 3rd in Muscat.

 

[ingsve]

He is having a great start to the season but to be fair he had such a good point scoring performance last season that significantly improving on that would need a monument or worlds win.

Well, when his whole team is made up of Danish riders the normal rules likely don't apply anymore. At that point it's more about getting the most points in the team rather than actually improving the most.

 

[RedheadDane]

Well, when her whole team is made up of Danish riders the normal rules likely don't apply anymore. At that point it's more about getting the most points in the team rather than actually improving the most.

FIFY.

Denmark hasn't been doing too badly recently...