The 2025 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

[will-10]

Overlooking that Christen is the best rider in the world is gonna hurt

 

[tobydawq]

I'll just retire my team.

See you next year

 

[Earns1985]

Gall crashing 300 meteres before the 3km rule applies. What a pitty..

 

[manafana]

Ganna was robbed i tell you

 

[postmanhat]

I'll just retire my team.

See you next year

Beginning to feel the same. Another farcical loss of points for Ganna, then Ferron, Sexias and Gall all crashing or DNF today. Still have Riccitello and Ciccone at UAE, but could have been so much better.

 

[armchairclimber]

Lafay getting off the mark, good for a lot of teams. Happy with some minor points for Lenny M, Izquierdo and Blackmore. Though I had hoped for more from him.
Don't have him but Scaroni looks very good.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I am still waiting for Van Aert to start racing.
It should happen any day now.

 

[armchairclimber]

Fretin giving me a nice reminder that I should have stuck with him this season instead of plumping for Penhoet.

On the up side, tomorrow should be a good day ... barring mishaps.

 

[marksi]

Nothing wrong with some beginners luck. Unexpected good start to the season

 

[Squire]

Of course ALL my guys in UAE Tour had to be caught out in the crosswind ...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Excellent start to the season by Ciccone, if the Jumbos decide to join in I could go pretty far this year.

 

[ingsve]

Nothing wrong with some beginners luck. Unexpected good start to the season

Also good with Ciccone today. Looks like he might end up being a very good pick with this promising start.

 

[RedheadDane]

Well, all my riders made it to the top of Jebel Hafeet. So... that's something, I guess.






(Just to clarify; the riders who were at the start of UAE Tour. Cort didn't make it to the top.)

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I am still waiting for Van Aert to start racing.
It should happen any day now.

And today was the day!

I wasn't far off trying to persuade Skidmark I had actually meant to pick Bernard.

 

[tobydawq]

The yellow double go 1-2 today!

Too bad Van Eetvelt was asleep, though, my team is still washed.

 

[Netserk]

Vingegaard only 7 points behind last year. Van Aert 90 points behind.

 

[armchairclimber]

Decent day for me. Good to see expensive picks Onley, Martinez and Blackmore scoring points this weekend. Hoped for a few more from Christen, but both he and Max Poole picked up some. Romeo close to last year's score already. And Widar underway. Happy with that lot.
Blackmore's punchy sprint bodes well for the future.

 

[Salvarani]

Ciccone, Almeida and Buitrago scores a few points for me.

If not for crashes and crosswind... Gall, Vine and Riccitello probably would have added more than what they did in the end.

A few others pitches in with some minor points as well.

Decent week, but still a bit bittersweet.

 

[shalgo]

My team is crap this year, but it is nice to get 1-2-3 in the Algarve TT.

 

[postmanhat]

UAE - Ciccone exceeding expectations, but everything else a disaster with Gall crashing, Riccitello missing the split, and Sexias DNF

Andalucia - Nice to see JSM picking up some early points. Hopefully he can grind his way to 200% at least. Turner looking very sharp ahead of the classics.

Algarve - Ganna robbed again, but a stealthily decent debut by Powless.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

That's how you know it's a rough season for @Squire. Normally he complains about how poorly his team is doing while beating 95% of participants.

Of course ALL my guys in UAE Tour had to be caught out in the crosswind ...

7th in the provisional table. Normal service resumed.

Up to 15th myself and that's with my third most expensive rider (Nys) obviously yet to race, it's going pretty well so far.

 

[ingsve]

Andalucia - Nice to see JSM picking up some early points. Hopefully he can grind his way to 200% at least. Turner looking very sharp ahead of the classics.

He looked really strong actually. Much better than anything he did last year pretty much so I think he can have a very good year in front of him. Perhaps he can even shake the overrated label.

 

[Kazistuta]

Finally a good weekend, up 30+ spots. Hopefully enoughfir a mention, almost makes me thankful for starting so slow that it's easy to get all worked up about what others would call a "normal" week.

 

[ingsve]

Classics season begins:
18 riders active.

O Gran Camiño
Johannes Kulset
Andreas Kron
Ethan Hayter

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne
Wout Van Aert
Florian Senechal
Robert Donaldson
Florian Vermeersch
Matis Louvel
Rasmus Tiller

Faun-Ardéche Classic and Faun Drome Classic
Mathys Rondel
Cian Úijtdebroecks
Jörgen Nordhagen
Ben Tulett
Junior Lecerf
Andrea Bagioli
Alexander Kamp (Only Ardeche?)
Elie Gesbert
Matthew Riccitello (Only Ardeche?)

 

[RedheadDane]

My riders for the week (so far):

Camino
Cort
Dalby
Kron

Omloop + KBK
Asgreen
Bjerg
Blume (KBK)
Foldager (Omloop)
Honoré
Nielsen (KBK)
Norsgaard
Pedersen (Omloop)
Price (KBK)
Stokbro (KBK)
Søjberg (KBK)
Valgren

Fauns
Charmig
Kamp (only Ardeche?)
Skjelmose