The 2026 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

[Wvv]

Doesn't a brace refer specifically to two?

skidmark obviously means the two non-TTT Trofeos that Remco will attend/win

 

[will-10]

I need everyone to take a deep breath before they post about the Mallorca TTT CQ points later today. Many of us are going to get mugged off by the archaic way they award TTT points, but tomorrow is another day and we can all forget about it (until the next TTT).

 

[Wvv]

I need everyone to take a deep breath before they post about the Mallorca TTT CQ points later today. Many of us are going to get mugged off by the archaic way they award TTT points, but tomorrow is another day and we can all forget about it (until the next TTT).

CQ doesn't know yet how to quote this result, haha. PCS is quite generous.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

CQ doesn't know yet how to quote this result, haha. PCS is quite generous.

I believe they know how to: they mat not yet have a complete list of who did or did not finish with their team.

In a team time trial the points on the scale will be awarded to the team. For the individual ranking, these points will be divided by 4 and rounded downwards. The points will be awarded to all riders classified in the time that counts for the team classification.

So 20 pts each for the 4 RBH guys that finished together, 12 each for the Movistar 5, etc

 

[RedheadDane]

Well, being in the top-10 was fun while it lasted... there's only one way for me now;
See you at the buttom.

 

[Wvv]

I believe they know how to: they mat not yet have a complete list of who did or did not finish with their team.

So 20 pts each for the 4 RBH guys that finished together, 12 each for the Movistar 5, etc

Bit sad, 4th place is already without points. I prefer PCS here.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

With Finn and Mas missing out on their points for the crime of not finishing with the first of their teammates, CQ's awful TTT allocation is actually in my favour this time round.

Bit sad, 4th place is already without points. I prefer PCS here.

The PCS one is also really bad, way too many points for the minor placements compared to what the winners get.

 

[Squire]

Bit sad, 4th place is already without points. I prefer PCS here.

Points haven't been allocated properly yet. As of now, Cattaneo has 80, Denz has 48, Evenepoel 40 etc. This is clearly not how it'll end up being.

But yeah, normally they only give points to riders finishing with their team in GTs. For a one-off they might give everyone points though, as they did for the trade team TTT WC.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Bit sad, 4th place is already without points. I prefer PCS here.

I don't think what is on CQ at the moment will be final:

position	points in a 1.1 race	1/4 of that, truncated
1​	80​	20​
2​	48​	12​
3​	40​	10​
4​	36​	9​
5​	32​	8​
6​	28​	7​
7​	24​	6​
8​	20​	5​
9​	16​	4​
10​	12​	3​
11​	10​	2​
12​	9​	2​
13​	8​	2​
14​	7​	1​
15​	6​	1​
16​	5​	1​
17​	5​	1​
18​	5​	1​
19​	5​	1​
20​	5​	1​

 

[del1962]

https://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=45363 latest TTT as AC put above

 

[del1962]

Are there any reference points for a 1.1 TTT on PCS, or any TTT not part of a stage race or the world championships?

I think it might end up something like this, https://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=24032 as 80 points for a 1.1 and 80 for a TDF stage, but will those not on same time get the points?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Are there any reference points for a 1.1 TTT on PCS, or any TTT not part of a stage race or the world championships?

I think it might end up something like this, https://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=24032 as 80 points for a 1.1 and 80 for a TDF stage, but will those not on same time get the points?

So what I quoted earlier was not the whole section:

In a team time trial the points on the scale will be awarded to the team. For the individual ranking, these points will be divided by 4 and rounded downwards. The points will be awarded to all riders classified in the time that counts for the team classification.
Exception: In the ProTour TTT in Eindhoven (2005-2007) and the World Championship Team Time Trial all riders who start receive points.

So the "only those who finish in the timed group" restriction didn't apply when the TTT is a stand alone event. I guess they never expected it to happen again, so they wrote the rule in the past tense. Thus far, it looks like they are not restricting the points to those that finished alongside the fourth man.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

the "only those who finish in the timed group" restriction didn't apply when the TTT is a stand alone event.

I'm not complaining! My team got 71 points from the TTT, which certainly was more than what I had expected,

 

[tobydawq]

Biesterbos looks like a really good pick. I'm really positive about him, especially considering how rare he is.

 

[Earns1985]

Biesterbos looks like a really good pick. I'm really positive about him, especially considering how rare he is.

Yes and I thought, that AiUla Tour is not even a race, which is tailormade for his abilities. But he still gets stage points and also will grap up a few GC points there. As a good gravel rider I would think, that he could also be good in the classics?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Everyone bragging about their picks and I'm here relying on giosue epis as my only hope to get points in Mallorca.

 

[tobydawq]

Everyone bragging about their picks and I'm here relying on giosue epis as my only hope to get points in Mallorca.

I'm for sure not bragging about Jakobsen or Bettiol.

 

[RedheadDane]

Everyone bragging about their picks and I'm here relying on giosue epis as my only hope to get points in Mallorca.

I haven't been bragging about Mads Pedersen! Mostly because he hasn't started his season yet...

I also haven't been bragging about Sebastian Arvid's-not-here Kolze so-maybe-I-will-get-chance Changizi.

 

[YellowSocks]

Everyone bragging about their picks and I'm here relying on giosue epis as my only hope to get points in Mallorca.

So far my best pick is Martin Urianstad Bugge that I bought for 5 points and unexpectedly won the KOM classification in TDU. You never know. This Giosue Epis could be your secret weapon.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Few things are more infuriating in this game than seeing a near-certain top-3 on GC evaporate after all the climbs in a race are over. Between all those Vansevenant points going down the drain and Evenepoel suddenly deciding he wanted to race the mountainous days in Mallorca, the Belgian climbers are really making this week rather miserable for me.

 

[Squire]

Few things are more infuriating in this game than seeing a near-certain top-3 on GC evaporate after all the climbs in a race are over. Between all those Vansevenant points going down the drain and Evenepoel suddenly deciding he wanted to race the mountainous days in Mallorca, the Belgian climbers are really making this week rather miserable for me.

Can't believe my luck in AlUla today. Was looking like a Dunbar disaster and lots of points for my competitors, but Vansevenant and Vermaerke both lost out quite a bit. And even if Dunbar didn't get any real points, he did at least show some signs of life today.

I feel like these Remco points won't make or break him as a pick, so I'm not too worried about that. If I go around hoping Remco won't score anywhere, it's gonna be a frustrating season for me. And Morgado is doing well enough in Mallorca for me anyway.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

All right I've caught up to the thread. I'm not going to over the Seixas of the world and most of my team was already covered far more eloquently than I could by @skidmark so I'll offer some rationale for the rarer picks.

[...]

EVENEPOEL Remco, 1929 points (12 picks)

Good at cycling.

No lies detected.

Ridiculously good day for my former picks (Christen, Higuita, Arrieta, Rondel, Van Gils, Morgado, Kulset) some of which were nowhere near this prolific when I picked them. Especially happy for Rondel that was a rare (and good) pick last year that flew under the radar a bit due to Magnier + Seixas getting all the media attention in France. Felt he had an extra gear to unlock still and was one of the best picks in that price range but I couldn't afford him once I picked Evenepoel.

No points for Sparfel with his silver in the U23 cyclocross worlds but being consistenly better than a guy like Bisiaux all winter bodes well for his road prospects.

Curious to see Decomble, Finn and Grisel in action tomorrow where it's mostly going to be damage limitation with Remco not racing.

 

[Salvarani]

As I anticipated, it is a bit of a slower start for my team but I feel optimistic about what I have seen.

Quick run-through after seeing some riders in early action.

Kron and Dinham into profit.

Good start with Van Gils, Tiberi and Pescador.

Meehan finished 10th on the last stage in Alua Tour, but lost a lot of time on one of stages in the crosswinds. I feel optimistic about future prospects though. I want to see his teammate, Louis Rouland (another rider on my team), tackle a stage-race as well after only doing some warm-up races so far.

Cosnefroy is racing himself into form right now, I think, after missing a lot of racing last year. I dont see a slow start being that bad for him. He should get better and better.

Pericas and P. Torres are looking decent atm. Scoring opportunities should hopefully be there for them over the season.

My expectations are low for Jakobsen. Question is how he recovers now after the race, if his shape/form improve now and he is actually able to contest the sprints or not. We will see.

Shame with Van Eetvelt crashing. Not what he needed at the start of the season. Something that may or may not affect his spring. We will see.

Without scoring that many points there are still more positive signs than negatives for a number of riders atm.

Most eager to see Skjelmose, Van Wilder and Sheffield start their season... but will have to wait a little bit for that.

 

[Squire]

No points for Sparfel with his silver in the U23 cyclocross worlds but being consistenly better than a guy like Bisiaux all winter bodes well for his road prospects.

Does this mean that Dockx will be even better?

Both Bisiaux and Remijn have had pretty lacklustre cross seasons. Don't know if that really means much though. But Del Grosso did carry a great cross season into a pretty great road season last year, so maybe it does.

 

[search]

Are there any reference points for a 1.1 TTT on PCS, or any TTT not part of a stage race or the world championships?

I think it might end up something like this, https://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=24032 as 80 points for a 1.1 and 80 for a TDF stage, but will those not on same time get the points?

more or less, if you include the Duo Normand, which basically was a two-men TTT - although times were taken on the 2nd rider, so dropped riders did not exist

https://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=23828