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.

 

[hayneplane]

Pellizzari continues to be my bright spot this week. I think someone described him as a glorified Piganzoli upthread.

I picked the latter thinking Giulio would be too limited by the stacked roster of leaders at RBH to get enough opportunities to score. Turns out he has just forced his way through with weight of performance on the road and would have been a great pick 🤦‍♂️

 

[Squire]

I picked the latter thinking Giulio would be too limited by the stacked roster of leaders at RBH to get enough opportunities to score. Turns out he has just forced his way through with weight of performance on the road and would have been a great pick 🤦‍♂️

I know it's tempting to try to jinx riders you don't have, but come on! He's barely halfway to profit yet.

 

[Panda Claws]

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'm not that low on Nys yet. He left a ton of points on the table after spring last year. Still think he'll get into profit, but just be kind of a meh pick.

 

[RedheadDane]

Kron out of T-A... sick...

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Kron out of T-A... sick...

Not that surprising, and probably the reason why he lost more than 10 minutes on Friday.

 

[RedheadDane]

Not that surprising, and probably the reason why he lost more than 10 minutes on Friday.

Still anoying.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Still anoying.

Yes. Annoying he got sick and lost the 10 minutes. But better he doesn't finish and gets his strength back instead of struggling through a stage for 5 points.

 

[armchairclimber]

He owes us nothing this year

 

[RedheadDane]

He owes us nothing this year

I think he owes us, but especially himself, to stay healthy.
He has earned it. I think he has had his share of bad luck.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Just out of curiousity, who out of your team do you think will win Flanders and Roubaix?

Flanders - van baarle
Roubaix - seneschal

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Martinez my only hope of any points this week - crashes on final stage of Paris nice. Just typical man

 

[vladimir]

Martinez my only hope of any points this week - crashes on final stage of Paris nice. Just typical man

Didn't cost you any points though

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Didn't cost you any points though

Couple of stage points probably, but it could have been so much worse. Between that, the Lamperti DNF costing him third in the points classification and Pellizzari falling from second to third at Tirreno, today kind of felt like it was meant to drive home the point that this is not going to be a high-scoring year.