The 2026 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

[tobydawq]

Delusion is surely the best part of this game, I still believe that zambanini can win tomorrow.

Nah

 

[Eyeballs Out]

AWP crashed out again. Hopefully not a long term injury but his first half of the season is looking like a write-off. Meanwhile Mads P apparently back surprisingly early. Maybe the best us AWP owners can hope for is farming some smaller races and a repeat of his debut season backend.

 

[repre]

So far, he's always done his scoring after the spring classics, so his path back to the 300s is still reasonably obvious. That being said, the chances of him surpassing that range for the first time are probably gone if he can't turn his legs into points soon.

He'll begin to win next year when i won't pick him. Been there...

 

[repre]

AWP crashed out again. Hopefully not a long term injury but his first half of the season is looking like a write-off. Meanwhile Mads P apparently back surprisingly early. Maybe the best us AWP owners can hope for is farming some smaller races and a repeat of his debut season backend.

Somebody from last year's wonderkinds had to have a bad season. Seems like AWP is a bad luck victim here

 

[Squire]

AWP crashed out again. Hopefully not a long term injury but his first half of the season is looking like a write-off. Meanwhile Mads P apparently back surprisingly early. Maybe the best us AWP owners can hope for is farming some smaller races and a repeat of his debut season backend.

2026 keeps 2026-ing.

 

[RedheadDane]

Time for Mads Pedersen's season debut 2.0.

117th Milano-San Remo

Mads Pedersen
Tobias Lund Andresen
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Mikkel Frølich Honoré
Søren Kragh Andersen
Casper Philip Østergaard Pedersen
Kasper Asgreen
Anders Foldager
Michael Valgren Hundahl
William Blume Levy
Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard

Statistically, I should get a few guys in top-10

(Okay, Tudor and Unibet haven't published their teams yet, but I don't think Changizi or Larsen are gonna be selected.)

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I'm going to need more points out of soft 1.Pro sprints featuring both Thijssen and Crabbe (yes, I know he has a broken finger) than that...

 

[Kazistuta]

At least Ackermann finally Ackermanning again.

 

[postmanhat]

Brennan out of MSR due to sickness. Good f*cking grief.

Have been relatively lucky so far, but MSR is beginning to look like the start of a bonfire of the vanities for my three, expensive fanboy choices. All in on Mohoric now, who will almost certainly be a luxury pick without a result here. And Berckmoes's spring schedule is terrible in terms of this game.

 

[repre]

I'm going to need more points out of soft 1.Pro sprints featuring both Thijssen and Crabbe (yes, I know he has a broken finger) than that...

Thijssen is consistently out of position. Huge dissapointment so far. Maybe he'll improve later in the season, but right now he can lose his spinter numba 3 role with this performances

 

[Ilmaestro99]

My team for Sanremo:

Laporte
Vinokurov
Dihnam
Zambanini

A shame to only have 4 riders, but if we get a clean sweep of the podium it won't matter too much.

I also have unique pick merwahi kudus riding the teres de l'ebre classic today. Hoping he can have a good ride.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Add Mas to the pile of popular expensive picks who are going to have an average return at best. If Seixas didn't exist, I genuinely think none of us would double our score.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Sosa into green after only two race days. We'll see if he'll return to being mediocre for the rest of the year now.

And then 280 points fall in to my lap out of nowhere.

 

[EvansIsTheBest]

Strade Bianche 1st Pogacar / DNF Zambanini
Milano Sanremo 1st Pogacar / +4s Zambanini
The gap is closing guys.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Zambanini 😎

 

[RedheadDane]

Nice to see the madman back.

All my guys made it to the finish.