The 2026 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

[slow_climber]

A nice Monday morning surprise - I'm sitting at the top of the CQGame web ranking, so keeping a snapshot of that!

A good week. My score wasn't based on any clever, very rare picks. Rather it was based on me picking the correct combination of popular picks (Tiberi (rarish), Seixas, Eetvelt, Martinez, Laporte, Cosnefroy).

Not too sure how the team is going to do as we more into the cobbled classics. Hoping Laporte is not injured, Teutenberg is better at the classics than pure sprinting and Pithie better than last year. Also looking for Morgado to continue farming the points.

 

[Earns1985]

I'm up to 4th overall on the CQmanager page so this was a very good week.

Main highlights:

Brennan

You surely wanted to say Brenner, right?

 

[Squire]

Also looking for Morgado to continue farming the points.

Let's hope the illness that forced him out of Algarve doesn't hamper him. That's exactly how he lost form for the classics last year.

 

[ingsve]

You surely wanted to say Brenner, right?

Yes, Brenner.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

According to the website, I'm tucked in between Armchair Cyclist, Hugo Koblet and skidmark. CQ games organizers unite lol.

 

[armchairclimber]

Pablo Torres is listed in both Sardegna and Faun Ardeche.

Speaking of which... that is one heck of a stacked field.

 

[slow_climber]

Let's hope the illness that forced him out of Algarve doesn't hamper him. That's exactly how he lost form for the classics last year.

Agree. His points total is looking good so far, but it’s not too dissimilar to what he had this time last year. Just need him to keep going through spring

 

[Earns1985]

A nice Monday morning surprise - I'm sitting at the top of the CQGame web ranking, so keeping a snapshot of that!

A good week. My score wasn't based on any clever, very rare picks. Rather it was based on me picking the correct combination of popular picks (Tiberi (rarish), Seixas, Eetvelt, Martinez, Laporte, Cosnefroy).

Not too sure how the team is going to do as we more into the cobbled classics. Hoping Laporte is not injured, Teutenberg is better at the classics than pure sprinting and Pithie better than last year. Also looking for Morgado to continue farming the points.

Just looked up your team and right now it looks quite promising for you.

I don´t see an absolute must pick, that you missed and your selection of the expensive riders Tiberi, Morgado, Seixas, Uijtdebroeks seems to be one of the most promising right now...

Will depend on riders like AWP and Nys, if you will be able to stay on the top, but right now I don´t see a reason, why you shouldn´t stay there..

 

[slow_climber]

Just looked up your team and right now it looks quite promising for you.

I don´t see an absolute must pick, that you missed and your selection of the expensive riders Tiberi, Morgado, Seixas, Uijtdebroeks seems to be one of the most promising right now...

Will depend on riders like AWP and Nys, if you will be able to stay on the top, but right now I don´t see a reason, why you shouldn´t stay there..

Thanks.

Happy with the team make-up at the moment, but every team is a couple of injuries away from disaster.

Think I'm relying on Tiberi, Uijtebroeks and (maybe) Landa for long-term success, as these are rarer picks who have potential to score well or not at all (in the case of Uijtebroeks and Landa).

Agree I should be concerned about Nys, but also Plapp looks good and even Ayuso, who could score heavily in one week and one day events. Overall, just great to be thinking about how to stay near the top!

 

[Earns1985]

I hadn't even seen that he's there too, a little bit insane how interesting this one is going to be for the game.

@Shakes website tells us, that 26 picked riders are participating. The following ones should be the most important ones for this game, as they are the most expensive and also the most popular ones.

Rider	Points 2025	Points 2026	Popularity
ZANA Filippo	237	152	13
FINN Lorenzo	211	20	20
GAROFOLI Gianmarco	168	11	7
PERICAS CAPDEVILA Adria	162	8	25
TORRES ARIAS Pablo	130	6	34
VANSEVENANT Mauri	113	86	22

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

I have four of those and definitely wouldn't mind if they all ended up in the top ten.
With two on the podium.

 

[ingsve]

Looks like Rwanda won't be a complete cakewalk for Pau Marti. Down to 12th in GC after losing close to a minute today.

 

[RedheadDane]

Looks like Rwanda won't be a complete cakewalk for Pau Marti.

Maybe it's a toffee cake. Those might not be easy to walk in.