The 2026 CQ Ranking Manager Thread

[YellowSocks]

Barré finally finished a race. 102nd.

 

[armchairclimber]

A minor milestone day. Sanchez breaks even, Porter and Adrias Perica into profit. That's 11 riders... a third of the team now in the black.
And I finally broke the 5000 mark.

 

[Avoriaz]

Good results for my team: Pericas and Gualdi into profit, and more importantly, Thibaut Guaranelec off the mark thanks to finishing a race. Poole and Blackmore please take note

 

[Panda Claws]

Looking like the big Roglic bet won't pay off.
Evenepoel bet is looking somewhat shaky imo too, but that one I didn't go for.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

This is now certain to become Sosa's fourth highest scoring season in his career or better, while the unpicked Berwick has already outdone himself.

 

[ingsve]

My team looked really good earlier in the week when I had places 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th in Romandie but Tiberi and Carlos Rodriguez dropped off so I ended up with 4th and 8th overall. Still a nice payday.

Nordhagen well into profit for the year.

 

[armchairclimber]

As good a week as I could have hoped for I guess, with Nordhagen, Withen Philipsen and Del Grosso scoring. It might just edge me into the top 40. A couple of weeks ago I was nearer 70th.
I am pretty shocked to discover that I only have Pellizzari in the Giro.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

*** *** performance again from my boys. More altitude camps needed. I get why people dope now.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

*** *** performance again from my boys. More altitude camps needed. I get why people dope now.

It's better to be bad than mediocre. I think it was Chris Froome who said that once.

 

[YellowSocks]

So Lipowitz fullfilled his contract this week. Unlike other riders, whose names I’d rather not mention, he is very reliable.

Now time for a new chapter for my little team, obviously set to be paved with victories.

With the exception of Mathys Rondel — who probably hasn’t read his emails — my whole team is skiping the Giro.

Instead, we’re heading for magnificent Brittany.
Morbihan, Léon, Finistère… granite, seaweed, crêpes, unpredictable weather — nous voilà!
I’m expecting showtime from Bastien Tronchon. And I hope that the Breton Cosnefroy will win the cute little pig.

 

[RedheadDane]

And I hope that the Breton Cosnefroy will win the cute little pig.

I hate to break it to you, but winning the pig doesn't earn you extra CQ points.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

So Lipowitz fullfilled his contract this week. Unlike other riders, whose names I’d rather not mention, he is very reliable.

Now time for a new chapter for my little team, obviously set to be paved with victories.

With the exception of Mathys Rondel — who probably hasn’t read his emails — my whole team is skiping the Giro.

Instead, we’re heading for magnificent Brittany.
Morbihan, Léon, Finistère… granite, seaweed, crêpes, unpredictable weather — nous voilà!
I’m expecting showtime from Bastien Tronchon. And I hope that the Breton Cosnefroy will win the cute little pig.

Winning with consefory is basically 0 pioints. Everyone has him. It's all about the lesser picks. Unfortunately mine are all rubbish.

 

[YellowSocks]

I hate to break it to you, but winning the pig doesn't earn you extra CQ points.

Yes but we need a mascot for the Tour. Or perhaps our cook does.

 

[YellowSocks]

Winning with consefory is basically 0 pioints. Everyone has him. It's all about the lesser picks. Unfortunately mine are all rubbish.

I know, but the cute little pig goes to the first Breton rider, and he is my only Breton rider in Tro Bro Léon.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

I know, but the cute little pig goes to the first Breton rider, and he is my only Breton rider in Tro Bro Léon.

Breton pride

 

[hayneplane]

Probably got 6 riders at the Giro this year but none look like reliable bets for decent points due to a combination of questionable form or being stuck in helper roles primarily limiting they scoring chances.

 

[the asian]

As good a week as I could have hoped for I guess, with Nordhagen, Withen Philipsen and Del Grosso scoring. It might just edge me into the top 40. A couple of weeks ago I was nearer 70th.
I am pretty shocked to discover that I only have Pellizzari in the Giro.

It should be enough though. He'll definitely podium barring a crash.

 

[tobydawq]

It's better to be bad than mediocre. I think it was Chris Froome who said that once.

I don't think he did.

 

[RedheadDane]

With that - and by "that" I mostly mean the Danish one-day races this weekend - all my riders have started their seasons...
Except Storm.
Where is he?
He hasn't had a relapse, or anything?
(I'm not a medical expert; I don't know if Guillain-Barré syndrome is something you could suffer a relapse from.)

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It's been a huge weak for my team. Sosa got the same amount of GC points in Turkey as Tuckwell did in Romandie, but thanks to him having had the leader's jersey along the way and some other results, I've been able to keep Search behind me over the last 7 days. The good news keep on coming for the two of us, since Pogačar has now outscored his 2019 self and is ahead of his 2025 trajectory at this point. However, he's still only at 35% of what he scored last year.