Only now had time to work on the file for the 2017 season and hence here an overview of the 2017 teams and their 2016 seasons.
Not a big surprise to see TMM and jseadog1 again at the top just like last year as they went the high CQ first tactic the most.
Last year it was a decent tactic but didn`t deliver the win and hence must not be the smartest move neither.
This year quite a lot of teams went crazy on young talents and while this might not be the very best tactic to win the game, it surely is a pleasure to follow the development of those a lot closer than usually.
So while below you can see the 2016 ranking of 2017 teams, this ranking is pretty much useless as it`s a new cycling season and as always we will see some riders struggling and underperforming while others have a breakthrough season or start in higher scoring areas after 1-2 weaker seasons.
Manager
2016
TheManxMissile
8507
jseadog1
8361
Nightrider78
7988
jaxika
7884
ivaneurope
7722
Tamijo
7569
Bikex
7422
Avin Wargunnson
7091
AbhishekLFC
6948
canojuancho
6922
baseballlover312
6789
Selwink
6758
trekbmc
6363
Marcovdw
6118
roturn
6005
lakebeach
5974
Croatia14
5967
Spilak23
5694
dominox
5643
OZrocker
5603
sutty68
5570
ember
5422
Shonak
5073
alexkr00
4976
NicoVirenque
4940
matt17br
4815
Ollfardh
4179
Also here the first WT event of the year linked to the Fantasy League riders.
Tour Down Under (17th - 22nd of January)
Startlist
Spoiler
BARBERO CUESTA Carlos
AbhishekLFC
ELISSONDE Kenny
AbhishekLFC
KLUGE Roger
AbhishekLFC
MEYER Cameron
AbhishekLFC
MONTAGUTI Matteo
AbhishekLFC
SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon
AbhishekLFC
LAMMERTINK Maurits
alexkr00
VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael
alexkr00
VERMEULEN Alexey
alexkr00
DENNIS Rohan
Avin Wargunnson
DURBRIDGE Luke
Avin Wargunnson
STANNARD Ian
Avin Wargunnson
HOWES Alex
baseballlover312
MACHADO Tiago Jose Pinto
baseballlover312
POZZOVIVO Domenico
baseballlover312
SWIFT Ben
baseballlover312
VICIOSO ARCOS Angel
baseballlover312
CARUSO Damiano
Bikex
GATTO Oscar
Bikex
HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis
Bikex
MAS NICOLAU Enric
Bikex
BENNETT Sam
canojuancho
THEUNS Edward
canojuancho
VAKOC Petr
canojuancho
ARNDT Nikias
Croatia14
BATTAGLIN Enrico
Croatia14
GESINK Robert
Croatia14
BAUHAUS Phil
dominox
BONIFAZIO Niccolo
dominox
MANZIN Lorrenzo
dominox
O'CONNOR Ben
dominox
PLANCKAERT Baptiste
dominox
PÖSTLBERGER Lukas
dominox
HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian
ember
VENTER Jaco
ember
WOODS Michael
ember
BAKELANTS Jan
ivaneurope
DE GENDT Thomas
ivaneurope
DE LA PARTE GONZALEZ Victor
ivaneurope
LADAGNOUS Matthieu
ivaneurope
MOINARD Amaël
ivaneurope
BRAJKOVIC Janez
jaxika
BRAMBILLA Gianluca
jaxika
DE BIE Sean
jaxika
HERRADA LOPEZ Jesus
jaxika
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson
jaxika
MARCATO Marco
jseadog1
ROUX Anthony
jseadog1
HANSEN Adam
lakebeach
GESCHKE Simon
Marcovdw
IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka
Marcovdw
LINDEMAN Bert-Jan
Marcovdw
VAN ASBROECK Tom
Marcovdw
GUERREIRO Ruben Antonio Almeida
matt17br
VAN POPPEL Danny
matt17br
BRESCHEL Matti
NicoVirenque
EIKING Odd Christian
NicoVirenque
ROWE Luke
NicoVirenque
VENTOSO ALBERDI Francisco Jose
NicoVirenque
ARASHIRO Yukiya
Nightrider78
DEVENYNS Dries
Nightrider78
DE VREESE Laurens
Ollfardh
KOLAR Michael
Ollfardh
MEINTJES Louis
Ollfardh
PEDERSEN Mads
Ollfardh
SOLER GIMENEZ Marc
Ollfardh
CAPECCHI Eros
OZrocker
EWAN Caleb
OZrocker
GASTAUER Ben
OZrocker
GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam
OZrocker
HERRADA LOPEZ Jose
OZrocker
BEVIN Patrick
roturn
HAMILTON Chris
roturn
LAENGEN Vegard Stake
roturn
SELIG Rüdiger
roturn
SLAGTER Tom-Jelte
roturn
GERRANS Simon
Selwink
HOWSON Damien
Selwink
BYSTRØM Sven Erik
Shonak
MCCARTHY Jay
Shonak
MORTON Lachlan
Shonak
MÜHLBERGER Gregor
Shonak
GONÇALVES Jose Isidro Maciel
Spilak23
MARTENS Paul
Spilak23
THOMAS Geraint
Spilak23
VALLS FERRI Rafael
Spilak23
BAUER Jack
sutty68
EARLE Nathan
sutty68
FARRAR Tyler
sutty68
HAAS Nathan
sutty68
IMPEY Daryl
sutty68
RENSHAW Mark
sutty68
STETINA Peter
sutty68
KELDERMAN Wilco
Tamijo
LE BON Johan
Tamijo
MORI Manuele
TheManxMissile
VISCONTI Giovanni
TheManxMissile
WYSS Danilo
TheManxMissile
KUMP Marko
trekbmc
SÜTTERLIN Jasha
trekbmc
Spoiler
Manager
No. of Riders in Race
sutty68
7
AbhishekLFC
6
dominox
6
baseballlover312
5
ivaneurope
5
jaxika
5
Ollfardh
5
OZrocker
5
roturn
5
Bikex
4
Marcovdw
4
NicoVirenque
4
Shonak
4
Spilak23
4
alexkr00
3
Avin Wargunnson
3
canojuancho
3
Croatia14
3
ember
3
TheManxMissile
3
jseadog1
2
matt17br
2
Nightrider78
2
Selwink
2
trekbmc
2
Tamijo
2
lakebeach
1
Stats
- Top 10 riders: B. Planckaert!!!, G.Brambilla, S.L.Henao, G.Thomas, G.Visconti, W.Kelderman, R.Dennis, J.Pantano, P.Vakoc, C.Ewan
Great scoring by McCarthy in TDU, already paid off that pick and I think we are just beginning. McCarthy going for Ardennes Treble, it is happening guysss!
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
The first WT event is finished in 2017 and hence here the first small ranking update.
Having 4 time stage winner Caleb Ewan clearly helps OZrocker to have a strong start, though he is not first as sutty played out his number advantage. Having the most riders in the race and a solid performance by those, he takes the TdU race win with Haas being his top performer followed by Early, Bauer and the others.
Shonak with McCarthy, Avin with Dennis, Spilak with Valls or matt with Van Poppel all belong to the better performers this event.
Tour Down Under
Spoiler
Manager
Points
No. of Riders
Avg. Per Rider
sutty68
295
7
42,14
OZrocker
261
5
52,2
Shonak
189
4
47,25
Avin Wargunnson
130
3
43,33
matt17br
127
2
63,5
Spilak23
118
4
29,5
Croatia14
106
3
35,33
jaxika
86
5
17,2
Tamijo
80
2
40
Bikex
75
4
18,75
ivaneurope
70
5
14
dominox
62
6
10,33
roturn
62
5
12,4
baseballlover312
60
5
12
AbhishekLFC
59
6
9,83
Marcovdw
51
4
12,75
canojuancho
39
3
13
trekbmc
39
2
19,5
NicoVirenque
38
4
9,5
TheManxMissile
30
3
10
ember
28
3
9,33
Ollfardh
26
5
5,2
alexkr00
15
3
5
Nightrider78
14
2
7
jseadog1
10
2
5
Selwink
10
2
5
lakebeach
5
1
5
Spoiler
EWAN Caleb
OZrocker
241
HAAS Nathan
sutty68
195
MCCARTHY Jay
Shonak
174
DENNIS Rohan
Avin Wargunnson
120
VALLS FERRI Rafael
Spilak23
102
VAN POPPEL Danny
matt17br
99
GESINK Robert
Croatia14
90
KELDERMAN Wilco
Tamijo
80
EARLE Nathan
sutty68
63
HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis
Bikex
55
DE GENDT Thomas
ivaneurope
50
HERRADA LOPEZ Jesus
jaxika
48
SLAGTER Tom-Jelte
roturn
42
IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka
Marcovdw
36
SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon
AbhishekLFC
34
KUMP Marko
trekbmc
33
POZZOVIVO Domenico
baseballlover312
30
BONIFAZIO Niccolo
dominox
28
GUERREIRO Ruben Antonio Almeida
matt17br
28
BENNETT Sam
canojuancho
23
EIKING Odd Christian
NicoVirenque
23
VISCONTI Giovanni
TheManxMissile
20
WOODS Michael
ember
18
SWIFT Ben
baseballlover312
15
BAUER Jack
sutty68
15
DE BIE Sean
jaxika
14
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson
jaxika
14
THEUNS Edward
canojuancho
11
ARNDT Nikias
Croatia14
11
MAS NICOLAU Enric
Bikex
10
PLANCKAERT Baptiste
dominox
10
MANZIN Lorrenzo
dominox
9
DEVENYNS Dries
Nightrider78
9
STETINA Peter
sutty68
7
DE VREESE Laurens
Ollfardh
6
GONÇALVES Jose Isidro Maciel
Spilak23
6
SÜTTERLIN Jasha
trekbmc
6
BARBERO CUESTA Carlos
AbhishekLFC
5
ELISSONDE Kenny
AbhishekLFC
5
KLUGE Roger
AbhishekLFC
5
MEYER Cameron
AbhishekLFC
5
MONTAGUTI Matteo
AbhishekLFC
5
LAMMERTINK Maurits
alexkr00
5
VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael
alexkr00
5
VERMEULEN Alexey
alexkr00
5
DURBRIDGE Luke
Avin Wargunnson
5
STANNARD Ian
Avin Wargunnson
5
HOWES Alex
baseballlover312
5
MACHADO Tiago Jose Pinto
baseballlover312
5
VICIOSO ARCOS Angel
baseballlover312
5
CARUSO Damiano
Bikex
5
GATTO Oscar
Bikex
5
VAKOC Petr
canojuancho
5
BATTAGLIN Enrico
Croatia14
5
BAUHAUS Phil
dominox
5
O'CONNOR Ben
dominox
5
PÖSTLBERGER Lukas
dominox
5
HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian
ember
5
VENTER Jaco
ember
5
BAKELANTS Jan
ivaneurope
5
DE LA PARTE GONZALEZ Victor
ivaneurope
5
LADAGNOUS Matthieu
ivaneurope
5
MOINARD Amaël
ivaneurope
5
BRAJKOVIC Janez
jaxika
5
BRAMBILLA Gianluca
jaxika
5
MARCATO Marco
jseadog1
5
ROUX Anthony
jseadog1
5
HANSEN Adam
lakebeach
5
GESCHKE Simon
Marcovdw
5
LINDEMAN Bert-Jan
Marcovdw
5
VAN ASBROECK Tom
Marcovdw
5
BRESCHEL Matti
NicoVirenque
5
ROWE Luke
NicoVirenque
5
VENTOSO ALBERDI Francisco Jose
NicoVirenque
5
ARASHIRO Yukiya
Nightrider78
5
KOLAR Michael
Ollfardh
5
MEINTJES Louis
Ollfardh
5
PEDERSEN Mads
Ollfardh
5
SOLER GIMENEZ Marc
Ollfardh
5
CAPECCHI Eros
OZrocker
5
GASTAUER Ben
OZrocker
5
GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam
OZrocker
5
HERRADA LOPEZ Jose
OZrocker
5
BEVIN Patrick
roturn
5
HAMILTON Chris
roturn
5
LAENGEN Vegard Stake
roturn
5
SELIG Rüdiger
roturn
5
GERRANS Simon
Selwink
5
HOWSON Damien
Selwink
5
BYSTRØM Sven Erik
Shonak
5
MORTON Lachlan
Shonak
5
MÜHLBERGER Gregor
Shonak
5
MARTENS Paul
Spilak23
5
THOMAS Geraint
Spilak23
5
FARRAR Tyler
sutty68
5
IMPEY Daryl
sutty68
5
RENSHAW Mark
sutty68
5
MORI Manuele
TheManxMissile
5
WYSS Danilo
TheManxMissile
5
LE BON Johan
Tamijo
0
Total Ranking
Manager
2017
Last Update
Since Last Update
2016
sutty68
421
0
421
5570
OZrocker
284
0
284
5603
Avin Wargunnson
217
0
217
7091
Shonak
199
0
199
5073
matt17br
127
0
127
4815
Spilak23
118
0
118
5694
roturn
114
0
114
6005
Croatia14
106
0
106
5967
Tamijo
95
0
95
7569
jaxika
86
0
86
7884
Bikex
81
0
81
7422
Selwink
75
0
75
6758
ivaneurope
70
0
70
7722
AbhishekLFC
67
0
67
6948
dominox
62
0
62
5643
baseballlover312
60
0
60
6789
canojuancho
39
0
39
6922
trekbmc
39
0
39
6363
NicoVirenque
38
0
38
4940
lakebeach
33
0
33
5974
TheManxMissile
30
0
30
8507
ember
28
0
28
5422
Ollfardh
26
0
26
4179
alexkr00
15
0
15
4976
Nightrider78
14
0
14
7988
jseadog1
10
0
10
8361
Marcovdw
0
0
0
6118
While the TdU was clearly the biggest event some more CQ points were already collected in the Australian and New Zealand NCs.
sutty with a very good start being also one of the best NC performer and hence has a comfortable lead early on. Question is if his "sprinter" team can score big consistently or drop heavily once the real uphill stuff starts. But having reached ~8% of the 2016 score of his team is pretty impressive. Only Selwink with ~5% is coming close there.
Riders
Team
2017
2016
Difference
HAAS Nathan
sutty68
245
45
200
EWAN Caleb
OZrocker
241
98
143
MCCARTHY Jay
Shonak
184
233
-49
DENNIS Rohan
Avin Wargunnson
170
100
70
VALLS FERRI Rafael
Spilak23
102
84
18
VAN POPPEL Danny
matt17br
99
0
99
EARLE Nathan
sutty68
98
5
93
GESINK Robert
Croatia14
90
0
90
KELDERMAN Wilco
Tamijo
80
0
80
GERRANS Simon
Selwink
65
383
-318
Spoiler
HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis
Bikex
55
203
-148
DE GENDT Thomas
ivaneurope
50
6
44
HERRADA LOPEZ Jesus
jaxika
48
40
8
DURBRIDGE Luke
Avin Wargunnson
42
5
37
SLAGTER Tom-Jelte
roturn
42
0
42
CANTY Brendan
roturn
39
10
29
IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka
Marcovdw
36
0
36
BAUER Jack
sutty68
36
0
36
SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon
AbhishekLFC
34
32
2
KUMP Marko
trekbmc
33
15
18
POZZOVIVO Domenico
baseballlover312
30
89
-59
BONIFAZIO Niccolo
dominox
28
0
28
GUERREIRO Ruben Antonio Almeida
matt17br
28
0
28
BENNETT Sam
canojuancho
23
0
23
EIKING Odd Christian
NicoVirenque
23
0
23
NORRIS Lachlan
OZrocker
23
8
15
HEPBURN Michael
lakebeach
20
5
15
HUCKER Robbie
sutty68
20
20
0
VISCONTI Giovanni
TheManxMissile
20
0
20
WOODS Michael
ember
18
146
-128
SWIFT Ben
baseballlover312
15
36
-21
SMITH Dion
Tamijo
15
21
-6
PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson
jaxika
14
6
8
DE BIE Sean
jaxika
14
0
14
MEYER Cameron
AbhishekLFC
13
105
-92
THEUNS Edward
canojuancho
11
0
11
ARNDT Nikias
Croatia14
11
0
11
MAS NICOLAU Enric
Bikex
10
0
10
PLANCKAERT Baptiste
dominox
10
0
10
HAMILTON Chris
roturn
10
35
-25
MANZIN Lorrenzo
dominox
9
0
9
DEVENYNS Dries
Nightrider78
9
0
9
GATE Aaron
lakebeach
8
0
8
ORAM James
roturn
8
25
-17
STETINA Peter
sutty68
7
5
2
BONUSI Raffaello
Bikex
6
0
6
DE VREESE Laurens
Ollfardh
6
5
1
GONÇALVES Jose Isidro Maciel
Spilak23
6
0
6
SÜTTERLIN Jasha
trekbmc
6
5
1
BARBERO CUESTA Carlos
AbhishekLFC
5
0
5
ELISSONDE Kenny
AbhishekLFC
5
0
5
MONTAGUTI Matteo
AbhishekLFC
5
5
0
KLUGE Roger
AbhishekLFC
5
5
0
VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael
alexkr00
5
5
0
LAMMERTINK Maurits
alexkr00
5
0
5
VERMEULEN Alexey
alexkr00
5
0
5
STANNARD Ian
Avin Wargunnson
5
5
0
HOWES Alex
baseballlover312
5
0
5
MACHADO Tiago Jose Pinto
baseballlover312
5
23
-18
VICIOSO ARCOS Angel
baseballlover312
5
0
5
CARUSO Damiano
Bikex
5
0
5
GATTO Oscar
Bikex
5
5
0
VAKOC Petr
canojuancho
5
13
-8
BATTAGLIN Enrico
Croatia14
5
5
0
BAUHAUS Phil
dominox
5
0
5
O'CONNOR Ben
dominox
5
0
5
PÖSTLBERGER Lukas
dominox
5
0
5
HENAO GOMEZ Sebastian
ember
5
0
5
VENTER Jaco
ember
5
5
0
BAKELANTS Jan
ivaneurope
5
0
5
LADAGNOUS Matthieu
ivaneurope
5
0
5
DE LA PARTE GONZALEZ Victor
ivaneurope
5
0
5
MOINARD Amaël
ivaneurope
5
0
5
BRAMBILLA Gianluca
jaxika
5
0
5
BRAJKOVIC Janez
jaxika
5
0
5
ROUX Anthony
jseadog1
5
12
-7
MARCATO Marco
jseadog1
5
0
5
HANSEN Adam
lakebeach
5
5
0
VAN ASBROECK Tom
Marcovdw
5
0
5
GESCHKE Simon
Marcovdw
5
5
0
LINDEMAN Bert-Jan
Marcovdw
5
5
0
ROWE Luke
NicoVirenque
5
5
0
BRESCHEL Matti
NicoVirenque
5
0
5
VENTOSO ALBERDI Francisco Jose
NicoVirenque
5
0
5
ARASHIRO Yukiya
Nightrider78
5
24
-19
MEINTJES Louis
Ollfardh
5
29
-24
PEDERSEN Mads
Ollfardh
5
0
5
SOLER GIMENEZ Marc
Ollfardh
5
2
3
KOLAR Michael
Ollfardh
5
0
5
GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam
OZrocker
5
0
5
HERRADA LOPEZ Jose
OZrocker
5
0
5
CAPECCHI Eros
OZrocker
5
1
4
GASTAUER Ben
OZrocker
5
0
5
BEVIN Patrick
roturn
5
85
-80
LAENGEN Vegard Stake
roturn
5
0
5
SELIG Rüdiger
roturn
5
0
5
ARMEE Sander
Selwink
5
0
5
HOWSON Damien
Selwink
5
20
-15
MORTON Lachlan
Shonak
5
0
5
MÜHLBERGER Gregor
Shonak
5
0
5
BYSTRØM Sven Erik
Shonak
5
0
5
THOMAS Geraint
Spilak23
5
5
0
MARTENS Paul
Spilak23
5
0
5
IMPEY Daryl
sutty68
5
5
0
RENSHAW Mark
sutty68
5
51
-46
FARRAR Tyler
sutty68
5
5
0
MORI Manuele
TheManxMissile
5
5
0
WYSS Danilo
TheManxMissile
5
13
-8
The Rider Score until this point is compared to the 2016 score after the Tour Down Under as well and not the full 2016 CQ. Early on a better comparison clearly.
Both Haas and Ewan had a much better 2016 scoring in their home races. Same can be said about couple others as well.
Some obviously didn`t race the 2016 edition and hence were obvious improvements in direct comparison.
Simon Gerrans while being 10th individually is a big big underperformer. Winning in 2016 he was only a shadow of his former self this year. -318 points!
Henao Montoya or Michael Woods, who both were some of the best last year also struggled to repeat this performance and scored a lot less and even McCarthy had a higher 2016 CQ despite podium this season, which should make him a nice prospect for the total 2017 CQ as he should get lots of opportunities as leader.
Another reason I decided against a full ranking right now is the differences on the calendar. Last year at this time we already had the Tour de San Luis and Tropicale Amissa Bongo. First was replaced by San Juan and one week later, second is postponed to February and hence a full 2016/2017 comparison would have seen too many changes.
I will try to get a consistent ranking update with more information than this shorter one on a monthly rate and some startlist/race updates more often in future.
Some more startlists available including the 2nd World Tour event of the season. The newly placed Abu Dhabi Tour with a classy field and actually a reason, why the Omloop/KBK weekend might see less top sprinters.
Both Andalucia and Algarve should be huge races for my riders! Oman not so much as Frankiny is still a bit too young to compete in that kind of field, but I'm really expecting the likes of Felline, Guerreiro, Benoot and Debusschere to shine in the Iberian peninsula, not to forget about the rest of them who are all capable of top 10ing a few stages here and there.
Algarve and Ruta del Sol could well turn out to be great for me with Roglic and Poels. Hopefully Martin can surprise me in Oman, would be time for his really big breakthrough by now