The 2025 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

[Qazaqstan]

Vingegaard not adding anything to his original schedule makes me a bit angry.... the "easy" stage race points were meant to be his bread and butter, as he won't defeat the new cannibal at Le Tour.

I think Vingegaard could still get a 2000 more points in Dauphine, TdF, Vuelta.
In the end Ayuso seems to be the best big pick though. Regret not choosing him.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

To be fair it has made the game a lot more interesting with the two super obvious big ticket riders not having the big bounce back season that could have reasonably been expected.

I don't see how it's better for the game when bad luck for the most expensive popular rider completely tanks him as a pick, because it means that the 35% of teams who have him are basically out of the running now through no fault of their own. IMO the season would have been at its most interesting if both Vingegaard and Van Aert had done as/slightly worse than expected, leaving them as solid picks but not complete musthaves, because that's the only scenario where the super obvious big ticket riders don't almost single-handedly dictate the game trajectory. And that just isn't what's happening.

Although tbf I might also be a little salty because I'm 26 points away from being both the best Vingegaard-Van Aert team and the best Vingegaard team in general, and therefore might have had a shot at victory had they been collectively on track.

 

[Earns1985]

Although tbf I might also be a little salty because I'm 26 points away from being both the best Vingegaard-Van Aert team and the best Vingegaard team in general, and therefore might have had a shot at victory had they been collectively on track.

Yeah, to make it still a season, that also Vingegaard owners can enjoy here, we should establish an extra competition here for everyone, who bet on the wrong horse this year.

This is right now the ranking of Vingegaard owners:

17	Amethyst
18	HoudiniCycling
21	Devil's Elbow
23	tobydawq
24	Berflamand
28	Fivezzz
33	Squire
34	oliveira
35	Anderis
36	shalgo
37	EvansIsTheBest
40	Earns1985
44	Leadbelly
47	repre
48	ingsve
49	Hugo Koblet
50	Shakes
52	zigzag wanderer
59	SafeBet
61	18-Valve
63	Panda Claws
68	laarsland
70	hfgon
71	Kazistuta
73	Wvv
75	NorthAmericanScum
78	R_O_Shipman
80	Rakim
82	firefly3323
89	Amis Velo
90	serhio
94	LetsTalkCycling
96	Josedin

 

[hayneplane]

I don't see how it's better for the game when bad luck for the most expensive popular rider completely tanks him as a pick, because it means that the 35% of teams who have him are basically out of the running now through no fault of their own. IMO the season would have been at its most interesting if both Vingegaard and Van Aert had done as/slightly worse than expected, leaving them as solid picks but not complete musthaves, because that's the only scenario where the super obvious big ticket riders don't almost single-handedly dictate the game trajectory. And that just isn't what's happening.

Although tbf I might also be a little salty because I'm 26 points away from being both the best Vingegaard-Van Aert team and the best Vingegaard team in general, and therefore might have had a shot at victory had they been collectively on track.

I had pinned my hopes on Van Aert winning a monument or a couple of other big classics and whilst the RVV/PR pair of 4ths was a solid points haul in relation to his form and the Amstel/BP a nice bonus it needs a good Giro for him to get back on track.

For Jonas it’s not too late for him if he can podium Tour and Vuelta along with 3/4 stage wins though that will be difficult if Pogacar does both as the stage wins will be harder to achieve.

 

[Salvarani]

Tour of the Alps is over and my riders finished 2nd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th and 12th.

Maybe some very minor points from a couple others as well.

Not too bad, aye?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

No one has Storer, but the 5 Arensman owners must be quite happy. The teams with Caruso or Gee can also be satisfied.

 

[Earns1985]

Wow.. Gall really finishes a race without an off day. Not everything is lost..
Also Riccitello, Seixas and Herzog with a few points in the end..

 

[RedheadDane]

Well, I certainly wasn't expecting to get more points from my grand total of - *checks notes* - 3 riders in the Alps and Asturias (2 in one, 1 in the other), than my 7 riders starting FW, one of whom was an outsider to a good result...

111th Liège - Bastogne - Liège

Kasper Asgreen
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Jonas Gregaard Wilsly
Alexander Kamp Egested
Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard (wasn't expecting that...)
Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (apparently he has... "swollen like a sponge" after his crash, so... that's not good...)

Hopefully, I'll have more than 2 riders finishing...