The 2026 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

[Devil's Elbow]

So much for a lot of Vansevenant points in Oman, and Torres won't make up for it either...

 

[hayneplane]

So as expected a week, where I dropped a few spots, as I only had Kockelmann riding, while the GC in Oman (Vansevenant and Torres) will be relevant for this week.

With Mas out of UAE tour with a training crash, I am getting more and more worried about him as a pick and also in general for the expensive rider combo O'Connor and Mas (15 riders). Tiberi for example looks much better as a pick in that price range right now.

I am still a bit worried about not having Decomble and Vlasov, but not that much anymore as in the beginning of the week. Vlasov looked way better than last year yes, but he still clearly has 6 GC riders in his team, who are higher in the pecking order than him, so I hope, that he will surely be used a lot as a domestique this year, which would limit his points even if he is again in top shape.
About Decomble, I would say he looks like a guy, who will gain like 400 points this season, which makes him a good pick, but also not an absolutely crucial one. It has to be seen, in how many races with weak start lists like Besseges he will start, so that he can score. Right now he is scheduled for Itzulia and Catalunya, where I don´t see big point potential for him for example..

As long as he isn’t badly injured I am not fussed that Mas is missing UAE as it is a stacked field where I am not convinced he would have scored much in early season form. If he adds another smaller stage race instead he might actually increase his scoring chances.

 

[RedheadDane]

Having found myself somewhat surprisingly in the early break, I'm starting to realise the futility of my action.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

In the space of 2 weeks I've had zingel illness, double completely bottling alula, Foss crash and de kleijn having a baby. Not going well for me at the minute.

Now langelotti DNF with illness and my unique pick merwahi kudus in hospital after a crash in oman. At least I'm still ahead of samu cuenca

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Evenepoel scoring 49% of my team's total doesn't seem like a recipe for long term success.

 

[Shakes]

For my own pleasure, on each rider page I added a graph with cumulative points. Standing on a point you can see the contributoin of individual races (GC + stages are separate lines). Same as in table below but pictures say more than a thousand words!

/Now really not touching it anymore.

 

[RedheadDane]

For my own pleasure, on each rider page I added a graph with cumulative points. Standing on a point you can see the contributoin of individual races (GC + stages are separate lines). Same as in table below but pictures say more than a thousand words!

Just out of curiosity? Is it only for riders who have scored 10 points or more?

(BTW, I just noticed that Larsen's points from being part of the TTT lineup on Mallorca aren't listed on the site, only on CQ itself. There might be others in a similar situation.)

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

(BTW, I just noticed that Larsen's points from being part of the TTT lineup on Mallorca aren't listed on the site, only on CQ itself. There might be others in a similar situation.)

The same is true of Evenepoel, and I suspect all who took points there. The points are still included where it matters in the team totals, but not in the tables at the bottom of a rider page, presumably because results are extracted from the race results pages of CQ, where TTTs are differently formatted.

 

[Shakes]

@Armchair Cyclist @RedheadDane

Ah damn. Formatting is indeed different for T.T.T (everything comma separated on one line). It was not processed as a result. Annoying. With lack of TTT's not sure if I will fix this. As, like Armchair mentioned, the points in main rankings are still correct. Just building up score from individual races now misses the TTT(s)