The 2026 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

[jsem94]

Naah, I'm gonna be realistic:

Bottom-3 it is.

But you're not actually attempting to win, so it's a bit different for the gimmick teams

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

A bit harsh on Widar imo. He was too eager to follow the initial attack by Ayuso, Almeida and Seixas. He was on his own for a while trying to close the gap. The group behind caught up with him and he paid for the effort that he had done. Hopefully a lesson learnt, more than anything else.

Hopefully he'll learn that trying to follow Ayuso, Almeida and Seixas when they start their TT 20 minutes later than him isn't a good idea either.

 

[Salvarani]

Hopefully he'll learn that trying to follow Ayuso, Almeida and Seixas when they start their TT 20 minutes later than him isn't a good idea either.

Dont see how those two things go together, but sure.

 

[Kazistuta]

Dont see how those two things go together, but sure.

It was a joke towards Widars laclustre TT result today..

 

[Salvarani]

It was a joke towards Widars laclustre TT result today..

I got that.

 

[Squire]

Mr. 'Best form ever' Lafay keeps getting removed from startlists.

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Mr. 'Best form ever' Lafay keeps getting removed from startlists.

Makes you wonder what the issue is, considering Tietema confirmed on X last week that Lafay would race Alpes-Maritimes. But yes, this doesn't look good.

 

[Squire]

Makes you wonder what the issue is, considering Tietema confirmed on X last week that Lafay would race Alpes-Maritimes. But yes, this doesn't look good.

And now Faure Prost has also been taken off the startlists for the two French races this weekend. My team just doesn't want to race.

 

[RedheadDane]

Makes you wonder what the issue is, considering Tietema confirmed on X last week that Lafay would race Alpes-Maritimes. But yes, this doesn't look good.

Maybe he accidentally did go to Japan and started selling cheese.
Not sure how he could have accidentally gone to Japan...

 

[YellowSocks]

And now Faure Prost has also been taken off the startlists for the two French races this weekend. My team just doesn't want to race.

Are you sure they're not on a strike? Have you checked your emails?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Pretty excited to see Seixas, Widar and Poole all in action in Algarve before the highlight of the week: Pierre Barbier in the Grand Prix Alaiye.

You certainly got that right.

 

[repre]

Plapp goes nuclear the second i stopped believing in him is peak CQ fantasy

 

[Squire]

Plapp goes nuclear the second i stopped believing in him is peak CQ fantasy

Indeed.

I've had him for three years now, with only slight improvements each year and a lot of frustration. But to be fair, his point scoring has been underwhelming so far this year too before UAE Tour. Let's see if he can continue getting results like this. As someone who has suffered through him going missing for large parts of the season for three years, I'm still not convinced. But it would be the most CQ game thing ever of course.

Decent UAE stage for me. Nordhagen cementing his top 10, Gaudu and Dunbar showing a little bit of promise after being quite bad so far. Only O'Connor is still horrible.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

It's not going to be a week to write home about in terms of scoring, but at least Crabbe is giving me plenty to get excited about. Always fun to have a super-rare pick making a real splash.