The 2026 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

[Squire]

46 teams with Nys have to start factoring in losses.

Was this knee problem/ operation known about and we (yes, I am one of the 46, as well as being one of 8 with him in the Spring Classics game) were ignorant of something that should have been known, or has the LidlTrek medical team been trolling us?

I was aware of niggling health issues, like recurring back pain etc. which lowered my enthusiasm for him even more. I can't remember reading about knee problems, but I wasn't going to pick him anyway so I didn't research him that much. He did miss some CX races early on I think, which could have been the knee. Not sure.

It's never a good thing to see any rider be injured and having had quite a few of those situations myself I really sympathise with those who picked him, but Nys starting even later is of course good for my team. But one annoying thing about it is that now he probably will become a bad pick for other reasons than just being overrated, so I don't get to say 'I told you so' on that one.