The 2026 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

[postmanhat]

After Gee's disastrous Catalunya. Brennan's illness means the crucial classics look like being a wipeout. My two most expensive picks and main differentiators are currently dead weights.

Meanwhile, the Evenepoel, Ujitderberoeks, Tiberi, maybe even Landa teams look like having a good week. Hoping that Hagenes and Berckmoes can get a decent result tomorrow. Have almost given up on Mohoric.

RVV

Brennan
Laporte
Hagenes
Mohoric
Van Gestel
Berckmoes
Cosnefroy
Tratnik

 

[YellowSocks]

So the list of those on three or more teams that have yet to start scoring (as of last Sunday) looks like this:

POOLE Max 60
WILLIAMS Stephen 51
SANCHEZ MAYO Pelayo 46
NYS Thibau 46
BEHRENS Niklas 33
BLACKMORE Joseph 31
AGOSTINACCHIO Mattia 29
DE KLEIJN Arvid 22
PICKERING Finlay 12
HAYTER Leo 11
ANDERSEN Noah Lindholm Møller 11
RYAN Archie 9
RODRIGUEZ GARAICOECHEA Oscar 7
LAFAY Victor 6
BENNETT Sam 6
HUDSON Harry 6
STORM Theodor 6
RAMIREZ TORRES Mateo Pablo 5
VALJAVEC Erazem 5
AGOSTINACCHIO Filippo 3
SCHOONVELDE Gijs 3
GELDERS Gil 3
ORINS Robin 3
DE VYLDER Lindsay 3
KAMP Alexander 3
CHARRET Camille 3

12 of us have the top 5 on that list


The most expensive yet to break a duck are:

KOOIJ Olav	1182 pt cost	2 teams​
BENOOT Tiesj	605	2​
BARRE Louis	553	2​
NYS Thibau	423	46​
FREDHEIm Stian	336	2​
BLACKMORE Joseph	277	31​
MAIRE Adrien	246	1​
POOLE Max	215	60​
RYAN Archie	215	9​
LAFAY Victor	215	6​
HAJEK Alexander	198	1​
FOSS Tobias Svendsen	196	2​
BENNETT Sam	183	6​
GUERNALEC Thibault	161	1​
CONCA Filippo	150	1​
WOODS Michael	141	1​
DE KLEIJN Arvid	134	22​
JUNGELS Bob	121	1​
PICKERING Finlay	112	12​
DALBY Simon	107	1​
PRIDAL Tomas	105	1​
HELLEMOSE Asbjørn	103	1​
HANSEN Alexander Arnt	100	1​

And those with most riders that have given us nothing yet are:

	riders on 0	overall position
latinos	15​	82​
vickyriso	14​	76​
Leadbelly	13​	78​
Berflamand	11​	40​
Armchair_cyclist	11​	44​
Jon_Ezeitza	11​	56​
search	11​	93​
kingcycling	10​	75​
Samu_Cuenca	10​	91​
18_Valve	9​	55​
AlTarf_ua	9​	83​

There is a whole bunch of teams still waiting on 8 riders, but one of them is Rufs, in 4th place.

And those that have spent >1000 points of their budget on which they have seen no return (yet):

	number of non-scor	position in game	cost of non-scorers
Yellow_Knight	7​	60​	1732​
AlTarf_ua	9​	83​	1509​
Amis_Velo	7​	88​	1283​
DJ_Sprtsch	8​	81​	1279​
latinos	15​	82​	1249​
Josedin	6​	94​	1238​
Armchair_cyclist	11​	44​	1191​
Earns1985	6​	26​	1145​
DJW	7​	61​	1081​
SafeBet	8​	21​	1080​
Wvv	8​	57​	1080​
MADRAZO	7​	62​	1080​
Total_Package	6​	32​	1064​
Qazaqstan	4​	37​	1049​

@LouisBarré, hope you're reading this post right now.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

@LouisBarré, hope you're reading this post right now.

Sorry, but he's another one of the riders I've ruined by making a thread for them.

 

[armchairclimber]

I know you are all moaning. But, you know, some perspective. We haven't had a Lambrecht moment, thankfully.
That almost killed this game for me.

 

[YellowSocks]

Sorry, but he's another one of the riders I've ruined by making a thread for them.

Is the list of riders you've made a thread about available somewhere ?

 

[YellowSocks]

Good news: 78 points for Quinn Simmons today. On his way to being in profit one day.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Is the list of riders you've made a thread about available somewhere ?

For riders picked in this game, I think it's Barré, Haig, Skjelmose (he's done very well at times), Pelayo Sánchez, Foss and Pellizzari (he has escaped the curse so far).

 

[repre]

I know you are all moaning. But, you know, some perspective. We haven't had a Lambrecht moment, thankfully.
That almost killed this game for me.

I had Jose Fernandez in MLB fantasy. And it was worse than your case, cause it was dynasty fantasy and Fernandez was a superstar...

I was crushed that day.

 

[Squire]

Williams was of the few riders I did some research on, and he said it wasn't likely he'd even be training again before spring. Thought it was worth the gamble that he'd be fit in time for the autumn races where he could go well.

Poole is the opposite, as didn't realise his problems were ongoing?

My Williams research led me to not pick him. But it sounded like Pelayo Sanchez was kinda back, so I'm a bit surprised by him being a no-show so far.

Was humming and hawing over Poole, and when an interview with him came out shortly after the deadline where he stated he had been illness-free for months, I thought I had made the mistake of the year by not picking him. And he even looked good for a bit in the Figueira Classic. So I'm surprised he's out again. Good for my team though, so far. I'm not sure if it's been confirmed that it's still the EB virus that's bothering him. The report just said he was out with a virus again, I think. He's really not the most visible rider in social media, and his team are also really quiet.

Speaking of quiet, same goes for De Kleijn and Lafay. Of course I should have known that Lafay was likely to have some issue, because he always has, but it's a bit strange that cycling media never make any inquiries about riders being gone except that one time when Wielerflits wrote that Lafay was ill a few weeks ago.