The 2025 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

[EvansIsTheBest]

UIjtedebroeks and Tulett in Ain.
Bisiaux in Burgos.
Brennan and Magnier in Pologne with a couple of GC hopefuls (Christen, Riccitello).
Don't think I have anybody in Norway but this should be a decent haul.

 

[skidmark]

Update #28: postmanhat parlays a great week to get to the podium

This update included mostly San Sebastien points and some minor races, so generally scores were low, but one team stood out among the rest.

This Week's Top Scorers

Rank	Team	Points this week
1	postmanhat	512
2	Kazistuta	392
3	Nyssinator	390
4	MADRAZO	388
5	Armchair cyclist	379
5	triley36	379

Giulio Ciccone earned 220 points for his 9 owners, so those teams had a massive leg up in a low scoring week. Team postmanhat was head and shoulders above the rest, scoring 512 thanks not only to Ciccone but also good hauls from Nielson Powless (76 points, 5 teams), Luke Plapp (66, 20), and Juan Ayuso (53, 11). Kazistuta comes oh-so-close (in position, if not points) to an extremely rare threepeat, following up two weekly wins with a 2nd place this week, and Nyssinator ekes out MADRAZO for the last podium spot, sans Ciccone but thanks to Isaac Del Toro (166, 8) and Jan Christen (132, 14).

This Week's High Movers

Rank	Team	Up/down
1	Nyssinator	(+9)
2	Lortnoc	(+8)
3	18-Valve. (pithy)	(+7)
4	Armchair cyclist	(+6)
5	Total Package	(+5)
5	marksi	(+5)
5	DJW	(+5)

Not much space to move in a slow week in August, but Nyssinator tops the single-digit-moving pack by gaining 9 spots on the week. Lortnoc and 18-Valve, both Christen holders, round out this podium.

Green Jersey Competition

Rank	Team	Total
1	Pantani4ever	316
2	Salvarani	309
3	Rufs	219
4	Squire	183.7
5	Kazistuta	177

Kazistuta rides the hot streak of 125 points in the last three weeks to get into the top 5, but nobody can touch the top 2. And Pantani4ever has to watch out, because Salvarani gains 12 points by finishing 10th on the week, pulling within 7 of the lead.

Top 10 Overall

Rank	Up/down	Team	Points
1	(-)	Salvarani	11472
2	(-)	Qazaqstan	10384
3	(+4)	postmanhat	10187
4	(-1)	Jakob747	10162
5	(-1)	SafeBet	10013
6	(-)	Popchu	9920
7	(+3)	Devils_Elbow	9802
8	(-3)	Earns1985	9800
9	(-)	abbulf	9738
10	(+3)	triley36	9737

The top 2 remain unassailable, and of course Salvarani moves even farther ahead after finishing 10th on the week. Weekly winner postmanhat moves up 4 spots to take 3rd overall, while lower down triley36 enters the top 10 at the expense of slow climber.

This upcoming week sees a flurry of stage races, with the WT Tour of Pologne, the 2.PS Vuelta a Burgos and Arctic Race of Norway, the 2.1 Tour de L'Ain as well as the likely less CQ-game-relevant but still 2.1 Volta a Portugal and Trans-Himalaya Cycling Race. Oh! And the prestigious but 2.2 Vuelta a Colombia, the famous-for-guys-cheating 2.2 Tour de la Guadaloupe, and a few other 2.2 races. Phew! August is busy!

spreadsheet link

 

[RedheadDane]

any idea if Blake Quick ever plans to race again?

I'd guess at hes done

He did just score a couple of top-10s in Himalaya, so there might be hope yet.
Unfortunately for you, he hasn't been... quick enough to get into the points.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

So, net GC result of that Burgos crash on stage 1:
-80 points for 9 Ciccone teams
40 points for 8 Del Toro teams
14 points for 37 Bisiaux teams
8 points for 12 Pellizzari teams

With the current first place, third place and one of the joint sixth place teams (mine) having Ciccone, it could definitely impact the final order of the top-10.

 

[Salvarani]

So, net GC result of that Burgos crash on stage 1:
-80 points for 9 Ciccone teams
40 points for 8 Del Toro teams
14 points for 37 Bisiaux teams
8 points for 12 Pellizzari teams

With the current first place, third place and one of the joint sixth place teams (mine) having Ciccone, it could definitely impact the final order of the top-10.

But you and me are the only ones in the game with the Ciccone and Bisiaux combo

And there are only two teams with Del Toro and Bisiaux.

Del Toro + Pellizzarri... also only two teams.

 

[triley36]

My 2,3,4,5 and 6th most expensive riders are not yet in profit and it’s August. How I am in the top ten is beyond me?

 

[Earns1985]

My 2,3,4,5 and 6th most expensive riders are not yet in profit and it’s August. How I am in the top ten is beyond me?

It' s because you have the best pick of the game: del Toro

 

[RedheadDane]

Charmig gets 20 points for finishing 15th in the GC in ARN.
Kamp gets 10 points for finishing 26th in the GC in Poland.
Salby gets a total of 8 points for 3rd and 4th on stages in Himalaya
Changizi and Johansen each get 5 "well at least you finished" points from Poland. (This also sees Johansen move into profit)

Hopefully, I'm gonna get some points this coming week.

 

[Earns1985]

Well, the last two weeks reminded me, why I had been so low in the ranking until June..
Guess, I have to wait until the vuelta to gain a few places again...

 

[skidmark]

Update #29: LosBrolin's team is the Strongest

There were a flurry of stage races this past week everywhere from the Arctic to the Iberian peninsula. This was reflected by a wide range of scores, and some teams scored real big.

This Week's Top Scorers

Rank	Team	Points this week
1	LosBrolin	1017
2	triley36	848
3	EvansIsTheBest	801
4	Blues in the bottle	790
5	Crevaison	746

LosBrolin cracks an amazing 1000 points this week and is the only team to do so; one big advantage their team has is the unique pick Corbin Strong getting 229 points for winning in Norway. But not far behind is the 204 points for Antonio Tiberi (9 teams), and some solid contributions from (finally!) Cian Uijtdebroeks (140, 80) and Leo Bisiaux (138, 37). In 2nd place is triley36, who gets 848 points on the backs of Isaac Del Toro (170, 8), Jan Christen (151, 14), Uijtdebroeks, Giulio Pellizzari (88, 12) among others, while former winner EvansIsTheBest nabs 3rd thanks to Christen/Uijtdebroeks/Bisiaux.

This Week's High Movers

Rank	Team	Up/down
1	LosBrolin	(+16)
2	Crevaison	(+9)
3	EvansIsTheBest	(+7)
3	Blues in the bottle	(+7)
5	JPettersen	(+6)
5	Riverside	(+6)

LosBrolin is the double winner this week, leading the High Movers ranking by a fair bit after gaining 16 spots on the week from the 1000 points their team scored. EITB gets third again here too, meaning Crevaison is the podium newbie, moving up 9 Tiberi/Del Toro/Uijtdebroeks/Bisiaux.

Green Jersey Competition

Rank	Team	Total
1	Pantani4ever	316
2	Salvarani	309
3	Rufs	219
4	Squire	183.7
5	postmanhat	181

No change at the very top, but postmanhat gains 10 points to jump into the top 5 here. Still close at the top between Pantani4ever and Salvarani, and still not very close to all the rest.

Top 10 Overall

Rank	Up/down	Team	Points
1	(-)	Salvarani	11993
2	(+1)	postmanhat	10835
3	(-1)	Qazaqstan	10800
4	(-)	Jakob747	10662
5	(+5)	triley36	10585
6	(-1)	SafeBet	10532
7	(-)	Devils_Elbow	10517
8	(-2)	Popchu	10492
9	(-)	abbulf	10348
10	(+1)	slow_climber	10339

Salvarani's lead is still an unassailable 1000+ points, but Qazaqstan falls from 2nd after a very long stint there, with postmanhat's hot streak bringing their team into the runner-up spot. Things are actually fairly close apart from the runaway leader, with less than 500 points separating 2nd and 10th, and triley36 takes advantage of a good week with a 5 spot leap. slow climber is the only top 10 entrant, at the expense of Earns1985 who falls out.

This week of August sees the tour of Denmark take up the 2.PS points, the 2.1 Czech Tour (and end of 2.1 Portugal tour) down lower, and the 1.WT Cyclassics race in Germany.

spreadsheet link

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Pretty nice to see some riders finally show signs of life these past few weeks. Uijtdebroeks, Bisiaux and Bouchard all had their best weeks of the season last week and suddenly De Schuyteneer pulls off his first seriously good sprint of the season too.

Sixth on the week this past update wasn't too shabby either, pleasantly surprised at how well my team is building momentum en route to a Vuelta where I have Vingegaard and Ciccone.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Good week for me. Just 400 points back from the top 10 now. Which I'm not exactly sure how but I'll take it. Need a monster finish by Christen and Vingegaard to get there.

 

[Earns1985]

Biggest disappointments this year until now in my team and popular in this game:

- Niklas Behrens
- Hugh Carthy

Both are not even close of scoring something significant, not at all for the whole year until now...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Nice, Van Aert adds Hamburg to his schedule as a Kooij replacement. Operation Be A Solid Pick After All is underway.

 

[tobydawq]

Biggest disappointments this year until now in my team and popular in this game:

- Niklas Behrens
- Hugh Carthy

Both are not even close of scoring something significant, not at all for the whole year until now...

Well, Carthy can't be that much of a surprise.

Behrens has indeed had a tough season. Hopefully, he can ride some Belgian non-WT one-days and score a few points in the remainder of the season.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Behrens has indeed had a tough season. Hopefully, he can ride some Belgian non-WT one-days and score a few points in the remainder of the season.

Even finishing an easy WT race would be above expectations at this point. Another opportunity to do so and double his points for the year on Sunday, I guess...

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Nice little result from Söderqvist in the ITT in Denmark. Hopefully he can hang in for a good GC. Speaking of GC, Gloag and Uijtdebroeks should dominate the field of the Czech Tour. Then it's Van Aert, Magnier and Christen time in Hamburg. Could end up as another solid week.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Gloag and Uijtdebroeks should dominate the field of the Czech Tour.

10 minutes down today, time to give up on him.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

10 minutes down today, time to give up on him.

On the other hand, Vingegaard has just been added to the WC so at least some Vismas got the memo they need to score me some points.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Nice, Van Aert adds Hamburg to his schedule as a Kooij replacement. Operation Be A Solid Pick After All is underway.

Operation Wout Still Can't Sprint For *** is also underway.

At least Magnier and Morgado both got a good result. That puts me into fourth, I think.

 

[Netserk]

Conditional on the information available at deadline, Van Aert has had a pretty good schedule and freedom, and relatively little misfortune. Meanwhile, Vingegaard lost something like 500-700 points with his crash in PN, and yet he will easily win my pre-season bet if he finishes the Vuelta.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Van Aert has reached 1000 points now so that's something at least.

Prodhomme has doubled his career total this season. If only I had picked him instead of Kron or Higuita.

 

[RedheadDane]

Meh...

Kragh gets 6th in the GC in Denmark, and 5th on a stage: 65 points.
Skjelmose gets 8th in the GC in Denmark: 50 points.
Lund gets 13th in Hamburg: 30 points.
Bevort gets 12th in the GC in Denmark: 29 points.
Foldager gets 15th in the GC in Denmark: 20 points.
Stokbro gets 20th in the GC in Denmkar: 11 points, and into profit.
Johansen gets 25th in the GC in Denmark: 6 points.
Norsgaard, Pedersen, Asgreen, and Valgren each finished in Hamburg: 5 points each.
Nielsen gets 47th in the GC in Denmark: 5 points.
Blume and Price-Pejtersen both gets 5th on a stage in Denmark: 3 points each (then Blume was a complete idiot trying to keep up with Mads P. in Vejle, completely exploding and losing his top-10 in the GC. While)

 

[Berflamand]

Meh...

Kragh gets 6th in the GC in Denmark, and 5th on a stage: 65 points.
Skjelmose gets 8th in the GC in Denmark: 50 points.
Lund gets 13th in Hamburg: 30 points.
Bevort gets 12th in the GC in Denmark: 29 points.
Foldager gets 15th in the GC in Denmark: 20 points.
Stokbro gets 20th in the GC in Denmkar: 11 points, and into profit.
Johansen gets 25th in the GC in Denmark: 6 points.
Norsgaard, Pedersen, Asgreen, and Valgren each finished in Hamburg: 5 points each.
Nielsen gets 47th in the GC in Denmark: 5 points.
Blume and Price-Pejtersen both gets 5th on a stage in Denmark: 3 points each (then Blume was a complete idiot trying to keep up with Mads P. in Vejle, completely exploding and losing his top-10 in the GC. While)

I feel like this could have been a much shorter message if you just started with something like: 'these were my results in Denmark' and finished with the few results in Hamburg.

 

[RedheadDane]

I feel like this could have been a much shorter message if you just started with something like: 'these were my results in Denmark' and finished with the few results in Hamburg.

Not sure how much shorter removing the "Numberth in the GC in Denmark" bit for each of the Danish lines would have been.

(And I know "Numberth" isn't a word...)