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Oh, Hindley has scored already? That's a positive surprise.16 points from Hindley so I'm on the board![]()
the course wasn't so flat many thoughtOh, Hindley has scored already? That's a positive surprise.
Would be hilarious if it did!Hope the game doesn't come down to Plapp just giving away 40 points in the nationals.
According to PCS he' down to do the Mallorca challenge, so so far it's looking good for the Jarne believers. If he has found last year's form, I feel like he could easily explode this year.I was in the exact same boat as you - I was intrigued because I had no memory of ever hearing about this rider before until I was making my longlist, I couldn't find anything about him, but the pattern of results seemed promising and Lotto is generally pretty good at a) developing talents and b) maximizing any chance they have to score UCI points, which meant if he's healthy they'll put him in a position to win. So I was like, why did he only ride 24 days in 2024? Why nothing really after May aside from a few DNFs? But I couldn't find anything, which made me even more intrigued. In the end, I needed someone about that price, and figured I'd take a flier because he probably wouldn't be popular and no one else spoke to me at that price really.
Ironically based on our last discussion about risk, I guess I wasn't risk-averse in this situation. I guess its easier at 200 points than 800+. Honestly I kind of do this every year, like there's someone I just decide to throw on at the end because they're a bit of a mystery and I'm just sick of combing through the list of riders trying to make a decision so I decide to go with something novel. Last year it was Zeb Kyffin and that worked out horribly (and Thomas Gloag, who I couldn't find any info on). So, probably not the worst choice of yours to not take him.
Gotta admit that Van de Paar was a bit gone from my mind when researching for this year's team. But he featured strongly in my considerations for my 2023 team, and would have been a unique pick costing 5 points, returning 237 if I had picked him.According to PCS he' down to do the Mallorca challenge, so so far it's looking good for the Jarne believers. If he has found last year's form, I feel like he could easily explode this year.
That's interesting information, thanks! I've never seen him ride and wasn't even sure what type of sprinter he was, I was just impressed with his results in relatively few race days. Glad to learn that I probably haven't missed out on the next De Lie then, haha.Gotta admit that Van de Paar was a bit gone from my mind when researching for this year's team. But he featured strongly in my considerations for my 2023 team, and would have been a unique pick costing 5 points, returning 237 if I had picked him.
And because I was so aware of him, I still kept an eye on him that season. When he podiumed a Mallorca race I was really kicking myself, but despite the semi-decent points return for that season, he didn't really do much. He just scored a lot of cheap points in China in September. But he also didn't race that much, so he could have had some issues. Nevertheless, in the end I never really felt that I missed out.
So for 2024 I wasn't too keen on him: Expensive, unreliable and maybe not that good. So I kinda didn't pay much attention to him during last year. But he actually has some quite impressive results which can indicate good Belgian 1.1 farming potential. Again though, there's the issue of him not racing much, but contrary to 2023, his 2024 seems to have proceeded somewhat normally (and impressively) until his season was ended in early summer. But as skidmark and/or you have said, theres not much info to be found on why that was. There's a Wielerflits preview of GP Fourmies in September where he's regarded as a potential favourite, but according to PCS he didn't end up doing that race, or any race at all after the DNF in Wallonie in July.
So even if I had looked at him for 2025, I probably would've discarded him as too much of a risk. And De Schuyteneer seems like a bigger and more versatile talent with a reassuring absence of question marks. But if whatever happened last year is not going to impact Van de Paar's current season or repeat itself, he could be a very intriguing pick for skidmark and Fivezzz.
My main point here was I wanted points for Fergus Browning but I guess I'll have to wait until TdUBut surely it's not CQranking combining the results from two different competition? It likely comes from whereever they take their result lists from, no?
I will probably start the thread about 10 days before that: entries will close early on 1st March and the first races are that day. It'll be 12 (male) riders and a budget of 3000 points per end of 2024 update.Correct that Spring Classics Game won't start until March 1st? Slowly I will create an option to create teams through the website. Will be done well before deadline just need to make some changes to existing setup as well to make it flexible to easily deal with multiple versions of the same game.
Name | Current Score | Last Year Score |
DURBRIDGE Luke | 100 | 57 |
BLEDDYN Oliver | 20 | |
AGNOLETTO Blake | 25 | 6 |
GILMORE Brady | 40 | 22 |
BURTON Matt | 7 | |
COOK Leighton | 5 | |
TUCKNOTT Reece | 5 | |
EUGENIO SUAREZ Yonathan Miguel | 1 |
I will probably start the thread about 10 days before that: entries will close early on 1st March and the first races are that day. It'll be 12 (male) riders and a budget of 3000 points per end of 2024 update.
GameId | Name | Year | CQReferenceDate | CQEndDate | TeamCreationStart | TeamCreationEnd | MaxNrRiders | MaxPoints |
1 | Cyclingnews Forum | 2025 | 12/31/2024 | 12/31/2025 | 1/1/2025 7:55 | 1/7/2025 23:59 | 33 | 7500 |
2 | Spring Classics | 2025 | 12/31/2024 | 5/2/2025 | 1/13/2025 7:57 | 3/1/2025 11:00 | 12 | 3000 |
I had him last year and he was frustrating to follow. His lack of GC results in bigger one-week races is a concern for him really taking off and scoring more. I would choose someone with a more proven track record over him most of the time I think.As there are now 8 days until the next important race takes place and the season really kicks off, I would like to have your opinion on a rider, that I kicked out of my team in my last draft for Magnier.
- STEINHAUSER Georg (284 points, 4 teams): He was impressive in the last week in the high mountains of last years Giro. He didn´t score that much more during the season due to illness issues. So defenitly see a lot of potential (but also a bit of a risk) in him. I am bit surprised, that he is so rare.
Disclaimer: I haven't been paying too much attention to Steinhauser, so I'm by no means an expert, but I'll give you my thoughts anyway.As there are now 8 days until the next important race takes place and the season really kicks off, I would like to have your opinion on a rider, that I kicked out of my team in my last draft for Magnier.
- STEINHAUSER Georg (284 points, 4 teams): He was impressive in the last week in the high mountains of last years Giro. He didn´t score that much more during the season due to illness issues. So defenitly see a lot of potential (but also a bit of a risk) in him. I am bit surprised, that he is so rare.
Dauphiné is also listed.Pretty happy with Vingegaard's announced schedule. Comparing to his 2023 season, Algarve is worth more than Gran Camiño, Paris-Nice won't have Pogacar this time, Catalunya is worth more than Itzulia, and then the only other race he did in 2023 that he isn't yet listed for is Dauphiné and I cannot see the Tour and Vuelta being the only two races he does after March. 3k hopes definitely alive.
The route of Algarve is much better for him than the previous ones with the TT now finishing on Malhão and them using a harder side of Foiá than in previous editions. Sure, he could lose to Roglic, but he definitely starts as the favourite.Dauphiné is also listed.
I'm not exactly loving the schedule, but just finishing his stage races and doing two grand tours will be enough anyway. He is not a guarantee to win Algarve like he was with Gran Camiño, but Paris-Nice and Catalunya could mean as much as 400+ points each. It's a bit surprising if he's not doing any races between Catalunya and Dauphiné, but at least that should mean he's set for a good Vuelta later.
Ah, didn't know about harder Foiá and the climb in the TT. That's good news.The route of Algarve is much better for him than the previous ones with the TT now finishing on Malhão and them using a harder side of Foiá than in previous editions. Sure, he could lose to Roglic, but he definitely starts as the favourite.
Three stage races and nothing else in the spring is always what I expected, only question was whether the third one would be before Paris-Nice or after Catalunya.
Promising for the Vingegaard vs. Van Aert fight.[Van Aert] Dropped Gent-Wevelgem and Amstel Gold according to PCS
But he has also added Jaén and Algarve. I thought he would start his season at Omloop when I submitted my team. Anyway, I would be confident in my Vingegaard pick over him pretty much regardless. And Kooij is confirmed for the Giro, and the Giro has a lot of Kooij stages.Promising for the Vingegaard vs. Van Aert fight.
I would hope they're both winners.Promising for the Vingegaard vs. Van Aert fight.