The 2025 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

[RedheadDane]

Uijtdebroeks*

*Just remembered that one of the reasons for not selecting him last year was avoiding spelling his name.

You could just decide to be on first-name basis with your riders...

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Update #2:

This Week's High Movers

Rank	Team	Up/down
1	Laurens147	(+33)
1	Armchair cyclist	(+33)

Please record my vote in favour of alphabetical order to split a tie. (I reckon I will be able to get @abbulf on board in this campaign)

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

You could just decide to be on first-name basis with your riders...

The Blythe option

 

[Devil's Elbow]

The Blythe option

Blythe has moved on to nickname basis, though.

 

[Anderis]

Please record my vote in favour of alphabetical order to split a tie. (I reckon I will be able to get @abbulf on board in this campaign)

I'm in favour too.

 

[RedheadDane]

Please record my vote in favour of alphabetical order to split a tie. (I reckon I will be able to get @abbulf on board in this campaign)

I'm in favour too.

What if it's a tie between the three of you?

 

[zigzag wanderer]

Please record my vote in favour of alphabetical order to split a tie. (I reckon I will be able to get @abbulf on board in this campaign)

1 vote against

 

[Laurens147]

This Week's High Movers

Rank	Team	Up/down
1	Laurens147	(+33)
1	Armchair cyclist	(+33)

A very good week for my team thanks to Schmid, Teutenberg and Hatherly
The Green Jersey is definitely a nice side goal to keep track of.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

What if it's a time between the three of you?

Don't worry; ties heal all wounds.

 

[abbulf]

Please record my vote in favour of alphabetical order to split a tie. (I reckon I will be able to get @abbulf on board in this campaign)

I fully support that suggestion 😃😃

 

[Anderis]

What if it's a tie between the three of you?

Then abbulf is first, I am second and Armchair Cyclist is third.

 

[RedheadDane]

Then abbulf is first, I am second and Armchair Cyclist is third.

So, how does that make you feel about such a tie-break rule?

 

[Anderis]

So, how does that make you feel about such a tie-break rule?

Very good. Do you think I will stop supporting it just because there's a possibility it could work in someone else's favour?

 

[RedheadDane]

Very good. Do you think I will stop supporting it just because there's a possibility it could work in someone else's favour?

Could come back to bite you in the ass!

 

[Anderis]

Could come back to bite you in the ass!

That's life.

 

[armchairclimber]

A massive 3 pts for Krijnsen today. I'm gonna get drunk.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Paul Magnier says bonjour.

Stupid route design in Valencia with their super long TTT ruining Piganzoli's GC bid. Yes I'm bitter. At least Söderqvist is reasonably well placed for tomorrow.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

DJ Sprtsch scored enough

Not true!

 

[Panda Claws]

Bit late but

Etoile de Bessèges​

SÉNÉCHAL Florian
MIHKELS Madis
CAVAGNA Rémi
LAZKANO Oier: stage 1 - 129th at 2:25
WEEMAES Sasha: stage 1 - last at 3:52

Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana​

HINDLEY Jai
KAMP Alexander

Tour of Oman/Muscat Classic​

VERMEERSCH Florian
HAYTER Ethan
UIJTDEBROEKS Cian

 

[skidmark]

Omigosh, I'm finally caught up enough on life to take a look at my lineups for the week! Maybe I'll finally get up my team & rider rundown this week lol.

Valenciana

Joao Almeida
Milan Vader

Well, at least I'll get to see how my rarest expensive pick is going to kick off the season.

Besseges

Florian Senechal
Josh Tarling

Tarling better pick up some points for the TT or I'm gonna be worried.

Doesn't look like the Oman races are fully startlisted yet so I'll hold off on those. But a very modest start otherwise.

 

[Gotland]

Paul Magnier says bonjour.

Stupid route design in Valencia with their super long TTT ruining Piganzoli's GC bid. Yes I'm bitter. At least Söderqvist is reasonably well placed for tomorrow.

Söderqvist will lose alot of time today. Even he has a new level in his climbing this year.
Söderqvist is Sweden's new Bäckstedt he may be able to surive some smaller hills.
Good sprinter in high speed. Amazing in TT.

 

[armchairclimber]

Looking forward to see how Martinez and Blackmore get on today. Expensive rare picks for me. Both are instinctive racers. But both targeting the tour this summer I believe, so may not be fully fired up.

 

[Shakes]

Cian will start tomorrow. He keeps saying he will do a lot more races to learn how to win. Should be good in terms of CQ points. Only problem for the game being is that he is the most popular pick so does not impact results much! Nonetheless, interesting to follow. As for a lot of GC riders there are more points to gain from the small(er) races than in the TDF.

 

[RedheadDane]

Oman lineup: (both races)

Breiner
Charmig
Dalby
Hellemose
Wallin

 

[Nevs]

Hmm.. scratched a scoreboard for my first time this season
Toby, Pity, Triple T, Sexy, Magnus El Laurance and Huby all contributed in a small way

Hopefully it won't be for the last time this year.
Cat-Killer may have his day...