Ten seconds from achieving a goal, but no of course not. Stupid startlist. FUUUUU!

Thomas Schwabe with some solid action though, nice!

While the narrow road was a part of the problem, it was mostly that when the split happened the whole dropped group just sat up. Probably because all the teams had a rider in the front group...

Agree!

Just to say I'm back after my month away. Won't go on a Cio-esque catch up spree, just wanted to applaud Dan Martin and Adam Yates on their performances in P-N and T-A and scold Andy Talansky for his lacklustre T-A and his crashing out in Catalunya. Also Hintermüller 5th at Crit Int, beating Quintana, fuuuuucccckkkkk yeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!!

Fuck yeah, Belkin power! Great Criterium for us!

Catalunya, well. Top 10 was always going to be hard, so it's nice to see Sanchez try something rather then wait for the unevitable.

About the goals, a lot of teams have missed the goal by a very small margin (including my E3 win goal which was decided by centimetres). In general, I think because of the higher number of managers, the goals for CT teams in particular will be made a bit easier next season part

That last Cirterium International stage was complete crap.

If Kreuziger stays in that 12th place I'm gonna kill someone

Incredible Criterium International for Cofidis, achieved our top 10 goal and somehow beat Belkin to the team award!

Schleck crashes and Lipawsky gets dropped. Not a good day for us.

Awesome victory there Thibaut

Yeah, I noticed that as well, your third rider did a lot better than mine, well done

And a short ranking update before we go into the final races (if any reporter thinks he might be in time trouble, let me know please ). Omega Pharma and Trek make a big comback thanks to the cobbles. Lotto and Tinkoff are in trouble, while Giant is still struggling. FDJ is seeing AG2R coming closer, though both are looking good for promotion, they're even winning the Battle for France against Europcar. Champion System is still fighting for the WT, but it's all really close. Cofidis wins a few spots after a good Criterium International, while Androni is not yet living up to its expectation. Drapac manages to do decent in their first season, holding off 3 teams.

1	Sky	3234
2	Belkin	2792
3	Cannondale	2179
4	Movistar	2167
5	BMC	1489
6	Orica-GreenEdge	1283
7	Omega Pharma	1171
8	Astana	1130
9	FDJ	1100
10	Garmin	1040
11	Trek	977
12	AG2R	969
13	Katusha	873
14	Euskaltel	817
15	Europcar	797
16	Champion System	763
17	Lotto	750
18	Caja Rural	723
19	Tinkoff	711
20	Bardiani	536
21	Giant	532
22	NetApp	524
23	Colombia	386
24	Cofidis	385
25	MTN	361
26	Androni	357
27	CCC	279
28	IAM	248
29	Vacansoleil	211
30	Crelan	205
31	Bretagne	196
32	Topsport	139
33	RusVelo	129
34	Wanty	121
35	Sojasun	99
36	UHC	80
37	Drapac	43
38	Novo Nordisk	39
39	Neri Sottoli	36
40	Lampre	-57

I've raced GP Indurain, I should have it up in the coming days at the most.

Also I hoped for a little better after 2nd in San Luis and 4th in T-A by Kangert. Him and Ryder will be vital for survival.

Still can't believe how well FDJ.fr has been doing this season part! Excellent consitency balancing out a lack of big results. In no small part aided by 3rd in TDU or Top10's in the WT cobbled classics. And should pick up some good upgrades as well.

Orica. You're next.

Meh

How the hell are we doing so badly?

Purito disappointing in Catalunya. Need an improvement on that performance if we are going to get anywhere near our win goal.

3rd.. can we end the season now please.

With still all GT's to come, we will probably drop a few.

Yay, Lampre are the strongest (We are holding everybody up )

Awesome to see that we are climbing up the table instead of struggling near the bottom. Great improvement