The 2025 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

[armchairclimber]

I remember playing Junior rugby and there's sometimes be one player on the opposition team who is already shaving and is built like a 25 year old bloke. Philipsen looks like one of them.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Nah, He'll likely end the sesaon on 150-200 points or so which is a nice chunk for a free rider but shouldn't really be a game defining pick.

The two best first pro races of riders who skipped the U23s are Evenepoel's GC 9th and TT 3rd in San Juan and Tarling's TT 2nd in Bessèges. Considering that those are the two most successful such riders, 150-200 points would be incredibly disappointing for AWP if he's this good already.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

150-200 points

I wouldn't be too surprised if he was there by the end of the week.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I wouldn't be too surprised if he was there by the end of the week.

This would require either fourth on GC or tonight's stage + sixth on GC. Don't think he's quite at that level yet - if he is, we could well see Evenepoel's 2019 score threatened and it goes without saying that that would be a massive shock.

 

[RedheadDane]

No, but he did go from a small team to a WT team. Even if he isn't on Del Toro's level from last year, he will still have a great chance of scoring more points than Del Toro did in 2023.

Remco scored 952 points straight from the juniors.

Look, guys. I'm trying to make repre feel less bad for ommitting Withen!

 

[ingsve]

The two best first pro races of riders who skipped the U23s are Evenepoel's GC 9th and TT 3rd in San Juan and Tarling's TT 2nd in Bessèges. Considering that those are the two most successful such riders, 150-200 points would be incredibly disappointing for AWP if he's this good already.

Perhaps. I was thinking of him riding more of U23 program still like Nordhagen, Torres or Widar from last year but I guess he's not eligible for that now with the new rules.

 

[abbulf]

Perhaps. I was thinking of him riding more of U23 program still like Nordhagen, Torres or Widar from last year but I guess he's not eligible for that now with the new rules.

Isn't it only the U23 WC that he can't ride?

 

[tobydawq]

Mancebo is already into profit. I actually did check him out and wondered briefly if I should have picked him for the lolz (at a price of 2 points) but eventually decided that he was probably over the hill.

 

[RedheadDane]

Hold on. Is there something weird going on the percentage (return?) of Withen because he was a zero-pointer?

Full Name	Current Points	2024 Points	Percentage
PHILIPSEN Albert Withen	10	0	0.0000

@Shakes, can you look into it?

 

[Shakes]

Hold on. Is there something weird going on the percentage (return?) of Withen because he was a zero-pointer?

Full Name	Current Points	2024 Points	Percentage
PHILIPSEN Albert Withen	10	0	0.0000

@Shakes, can you look into it?

It is dividing 10 with 0. Which should be divided by 0 error but that is 'error catched' and put to 0 (can also have it be empty). There is no real solution to this. Instead of dividing by 0 I can divide by 1 but that is not really correct either.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Hold on. Is there something weird going on the percentage (return?) of Withen because he was a zero-pointer?

Full Name	Current Points	2024 Points	Percentage
PHILIPSEN Albert Withen	10	0	0.0000

@Shakes, can you look into it?

Less ugly (imo) than an error code, and it is clear from column 2 that he has points; is it really an issue?

I suppose it could be avoided by having a profit/loss column instead of %age.