The 2025 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

[EvansIsTheBest]

Starting to think this Seixas guy might have a decent future

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I do like how clean the ending to the season is this year. Six pro races on Sunday the 19th and then that's that (aside from three .2s and the Israeli TT NCs, which are irrelevant). Makes for a nice change compared to the many years of the season dwindling into nothingness but not actually ending for a good bit after Lombardia, and if the end of the calendar stays like this in years to come it could make for a really exciting final weekend for this game when we finally snap out of this streak of runaway winners.

 

[Earns1985]

I do like how clean the ending to the season is this year. Six pro races on Sunday the 19th and then that's that (aside from three .2s and the Israeli TT NCs, which are irrelevant). Makes for a nice change compared to the many years of the season dwindling into nothingness but not actually ending for a good bit after Lombardia, and if the end of the calendar stays like this in years to come it could make for a really exciting final weekend for this game when we finally snap out of this streak of runaway winners.

Last year, there were also significant shifts in the final week still. I remember, that I dropped from 4th to 8th overall in that week last year.
It seems, that I also have to be satisfied with a similar placing this year again. All my expensive riders are basically already in vacation and had been removed from the startlists for the upcoming races. So it seems, that 8th in maximum and I have to be satisfied with a Top10 in the end..

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Last year, there were also significant shifts in the final week still. I remember, that I dropped from 4th to 8th overall in that week last year.
It seems, that I also have to be satisfied with a similar placing this year again. All my expensive riders are basically already in vacation and had been removed from the startlists for the upcoming races. So it seems, that 8th in maximum and I have to be satisfied with a Top10 in the end..

Last year, there were 'only' three races on the final day (Chrono des Nations was a week earlier and the Tour of Holland didn't exist), so we could see even bigger last-gasp shifts this year.

 

[skidmark]

Update #37: Crevaison fully pumped up after weekly win

Only a couple of weeks to go now folks! The Tour de Langkawi and CRO Race satisfied our stage racing needs this week (or at least some CQ points got scored), while the normal brace of late-season Italian races interspersed with the European championships following on the heels of the Worlds.

This Week's Top Scorers

Rank	Team	Points this week
1	Crevaison	557
2	triley36	546
3	Nyssinator	495
4	will10	479
5	Bicycle_Boy	466

It was within 10 points at the top this week, but Crevaison came out on top, besting the field thanks to the continuing points magnets Isaac Del Toro (130, 8) and Paul Magnier (108, 37), as well as the precocious Paul Seixas (72, 66), Lenny Martinez (66, 4) and Filippo Ganna (49, 25). triley36 ends up just a shade back with the Del Toro/Magnier/Seixas combo as well as solid weeks from Magnus Sheffield (50, 7) and Ben Tulett (46, 56). Nyssinator rounds out the podium with the same main characters as triley36 minus Sheffield.

This Week's High Movers

Rank	Team	Up/down
1	Crevaison	(+8)
2	karaev	(+4)
3	Eyeballs Out	(+3)
3	adamski101	(+3)
3	Nyssinator	(+3)
3	Amis_Velo	(+3)

Crevaison pulls off the double, moving up 8 spots in the overall, while karaev nabs 2nd over a 4-way tie for 3rd.

Green Jersey Competition

Rank	Team	Total
1	Salvarani	412
2	Squire	332.7
3	Pantani4ever	316
4	SafeBet	273
5	Devils_Elbow	242

SafeBet is the only team in the top 5 to score this week, getting 20 points but staying in 4th thanks to the stratification in the top spots. It's still technically possible for Squire to catch Salvarani with two weeks to go, but it'd require Squire to finish with either 2 first places or 1st and 2nd, and hope that Salvarani scores nothing.

Top 10 Overall

Rank	Up/down	Team	Points
1	(-)	Salvarani	16076
2	(-)	Squire	15127
3	(-)	SafeBet	15016
4	(-)	Devils_Elbow	14626
5	(-)	postmanhat	14302
6	(+2)	triley36	14285
7	(-)	EvansIsTheBest	14234
8	(-2)	Earns1985	14217
9	(-)	Berflamand	14099
10	(-)	Qazaqstan	13905

It's even less likely that top spot gets overtaken on the overall rankings; although Squire gains back 128 points on Salvarani, the lead is about 950 points with 2 weeks to go, and it's unlikely that any teams will get that many points total in the next two weeks, let alone gain that many. Things are tightening up between 2nd and 3rd, with SafeBet gaining 128 on Squire (a coincidence that this is the exact same amount Squire gained on Salvarani) to pull to 111 points back.

Further down the top 10, Devils Elbow is more than 300 down on 3rd and more than 300 up on 5th, and then 5th through 8th are clustered closely, while a few other teams could conceivably move up or down as well. No movement in the top 10 aside from triley36 and Earns1985 swapping spots.

spreadsheet link

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

There's a nice little battle for spots 5-8 with less than a 100 points separating them. Curious to see where I end up landing.

 

[postmanhat]

Not having Del Torro or Magnier has been pretty painful over the last few weeks, and that's likely to continue in my quest for a top ten finish. Currently have a 400 point buffer over 18-Valve in 11th so it will likely be decided by how well the following riders perform.

Me
Ciccone
Powless
Ganna
Ayuso
Brennan
Tullet
Plapp?
Riccitello?

18-Valve
Vingo
Del Torro
Magnier
Christen
Milan
Bagioli
Bisiaux
Hayter

Always have an eye on the Italian Fall races when picking my teams, as it's one of my favourite parts of the season, so hoping they repay my faith

Was relying on Brennan finishing his season in style on Monday, but the tactics didn't work out. Ciccone is being Ciccone, and IPT haven't ridden any of the Italian fall so far, so nothing from Riccitello. Really need some top tens over the next few days as Magnier is going to pac-man his way through Guangxi.

 

[Berflamand]

There's a nice little battle for spots 5-8 with less than a 100 points separating them. Curious to see where I end up landing.

Looks like I've joined that battle as 9th according to the daily updated site.

Though I'd be very glad if I could just hold on to my place in the top 10 in the final rankings!