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PCT Rankings Update #3
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 09-09-2015 22:15
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Risa-Ergon were the stars of May, with Trentin winning in Dunkerque and Vink stunning the sprinters in Berlin. Juul-Jensen, Meyer and Dempster also chipped in as they were comfortably the strongest team.
Gazelle and Kenya Airways continued their strong starts to the season, while LLS stormed Czech Republic to make it another good month for Evonik. Lars Boom was the top scorer for Aegon as they edged their battle with Bpost.
May standings:
| 1 |  | Risa - Ergon | 725 | | 2 |  | Gazelle | 565 | | 3 |  | Team Kenya Airways | 489 | | 4 |  | Evonik - ELKO | 470 | | 5 |  | Aegon - Lavazza | 443 |
Aegon really established their title winning credentials in June, with Martijn Keizer hugely impressive in winning Andorra, while the rest of his teammates took 2nd in Monterrey. Kelderman and Ciolek combined nicely for Puma, while finally a good month for Prio-Porto with Machado consistent most of the way in Andorra. Karcher benefited most from a mixed up Norway after good work from Kupfernagel in Eneco.
June standings:
| 1 | | Aegon - Lavazza | 532 | | 2 |  | Team Puma - SAP | 420 | | 3 |  | Prio - Porto | 400 | | 4 |  | Karcher-Adira | 396 | | 5 |  | Team TomTom | 390 |
Last update Bpost and Aegon battled for the lead but the ever-consistent Gazelle actually moved ahead of them both during this period. Keizer's climbing is enough to bring Aegon back into the top position however, as June comes to an end.
Bpost slip to 3rd, with Puma remaining 4th. Into the promotion spots comes Evonik, while Karcher also just edge past Kenya - who seem to be having a pattern of one hot month followed by one not.
It's the same Top 7 teams as before, just in a different order, but much more change behind them. Risa-Ergon shoot up from 22nd to 8th, Bank of Ireland go from 13th to 9th and RBC are into the Top 10 after a slow start, gaining 9 positions in this update. There's a gain of 10 for TomTom too, now 14th. Inevitably some teams drop a lot the other way, most notably the Vuelta wildcard teams of Bonsucro and Buff. That may not bode well for Tour wildcards Euskaltel, who are already slipping to 23rd.
Vontobel and ONCE move out of the relegation positions now, but are far from safe. In their place are Lululemon and Children of Chernobyl. Thanks to Cavendish' win at Eneco Tour, Eddie Stobart are away from bottom spot. Sauber take their place.
| 1 | 2 | | Aegon - Lavazza | 2481 | | 2 | 3 | | Gazelle | 2332 | | 3 | 1 |  | Team Bpost | 2212 | | 4 | 4 | | Team Puma - SAP | 2099 | | 5 | 6 | | Evonik - ELKO | 1941 | | 6 | 7 | | Karcher-Adira | 1847 | | 7 | 5 | | Team Kenya Airways | 1844 | | 8 | 22 | | Risa - Ergon | 1537 | | 9 | 13 |  | Bank of Ireland | 1423 | | 10 | 19 |  | RBC Pro Cycling | 1415 | | 11 | 12 | | Prio - Porto | 1388 | | 12 | 9 |  | Eritel - Sonatrach | 1381 | | 13 | 8 |  | Grupo Nutresa | 1348 | | 14 | 24 | | Team TomTom | 1288 | | 15 | 15 |  | AMEX-Navigon | 1238 | | 16 | 20 |  | Swedbank-PEAB | 1232 | | 17 | 10 |  | Bonsucro | 1191 | | 18 | 17 |  | Azteca - NBCSN | 1131 | | 19 | 14 |  | Siam Cement - Lenovo | 1121 | | 20 | 11 |  | Buff - Polska | 1116 | | 21 | 21 |  | Mobil - Aeropostal Ciclismo | 1064 | | 22 | 16 |  | Project: Africa | 1000 | | 23 | 18 |  | Euskaltel-Air France | 947 | | 24 | 27 |  | Team Vontobel | 842 | | 25 | 26 |  | ONCE-Eroski | 841 | | 26 | 25 |  | Lululemon/Bulgaria Blackfish | 758 | | 27 | 23 |  | Children of Chernobyl Foundation p/b Nemiroff | 665 | | 28 | 30 |  | Eddie Stobart Pro Cycling | 587 | | 29 | 29 |  | cycleYorkshire s/b ASDA-Savers | 428 | | 30 | 28 |  | Sauber Petronas | 399 |
The projections paint a nice picture for Kenya Airways as it lifts them up to 2nd, just behind Gazelle. We see that current leaders Aegon have raced more than any other team so far. Puma fall out of the Top 5 on a PPrD basis.
Prio-Porto seem to be struggling to bounce back but are closer to promotion on PPrD at least, while Bonsucro, Project Africa and Swedbank are also better off. The bottom 7 teams are all projected to stay in their same positions!
| | | Team | Total | RD | PpRD | Proj | | 1 | 2 | | Gazelle | 2332 | 91 | 25.63 | 3588 | | 2 | 7 | | Team Kenya Airways | 1844 | 77 | 23.95 | 3353 | | 3 | 1 | | Aegon - Lavazza | 2481 | 104 | 23.86 | 3340 | | 4 | 5 | | Evonik - ELKO | 1941 | 84 | 23.11 | 3235 | | 5 | 3 | | Team Bpost | 2212 | 99 | 22.34 | 3128 | | 6 | 4 | | Team Puma - SAP | 2099 | 98 | 21.42 | 2999 | | 7 | 6 | | Karcher-Adira | 1847 | 95 | 19.44 | 2722 | | 8 | 11 | | Prio - Porto | 1388 | 72 | 19.28 | 2699 | | 9 | 17 | | Bonsucro | 1191 | 65 | 18.32 | 2565 | | 10 | 8 | | Risa - Ergon | 1537 | 89 | 17.27 | 2418 | | 11 | 12 | | Eritel - Sonatrach | 1381 | 84 | 16.44 | 2302 | | 12 | 22 | | Project: Africa | 1000 | 62 | 16.13 | 2258 | | 13 | 16 | | Swedbank-PEAB | 1232 | 79 | 15.59 | 2183 | | 14 | 10 | | RBC Pro Cycling | 1415 | 92 | 15.38 | 2153 | | 15 | 9 | | Bank of Ireland | 1423 | 96 | 14.82 | 2075 | | 16 | 18 | | Azteca - NBCSN | 1131 | 77 | 14.69 | 2057 | | 17 | 14 | | Team TomTom | 1288 | 88 | 14.64 | 2050 | | 18 | 21 | | Mobil - Aeropostal Ciclismo | 1064 | 73 | 14.58 | 2041 | | 19 | 19 | | Siam Cement - Lenovo | 1121 | 79 | 14.19 | 1987 | | 20 | 15 | | AMEX-Navigon | 1238 | 89 | 13.91 | 1947 | | 21 | 20 | | Buff - Polska | 1116 | 81 | 13.78 | 1929 | | 22 | 13 | | Grupo Nutresa | 1348 | 100 | 13.48 | 1887 | | 23 | 23 | | Euskaltel-Air France | 947 | 74 | 12.80 | 1792 | | 24 | 24 | | Team Vontobel | 842 | 70 | 12.03 | 1684 | | 25 | 25 | | ONCE-Eroski | 841 | 73 | 11.52 | 1613 | | 26 | 26 | | Lululemon/Bulgaria Blackfish | 758 | 79 | 9.59 | 1343 | | 27 | 27 | | Children of Chernobyl Foundation p/b Nemiroff | 665 | 75 | 8.87 | 1242 | | 28 | 28 | | Eddie Stobart Pro Cycling | 587 | 78 | 7.53 | 1054 | | 29 | 29 | | cycleYorkshire s/b ASDA-Savers | 428 | 74 | 5.78 | 809 | | 30 | 30 | | Sauber Petronas | 399 | 80 | 4.99 | 699 |
Luis Leon Sanchez has retaken top spot in the Individual Standings as compatriot Contador's season has started faltering. Keizer and Summerhill are still going well, while Boonen and Machado make entries into the Top 10. McCarthy, Pozzato, Cavendish, Trentin, van der Hugenhaben and Ahlstrand all had notably position gains.
| 1 | 2 | Luis Leon Sanchez Gil | ESP | | Evonik - ELKO | 838 | | 2 | 1 | Alberto Contador | ESP | | Bonsucro | 771 | | 3 | 4 | Martijn Keizer | NED | | Aegon - Lavazza | 763 | | 4 | 3 | Danny Summerhill | USA | | Azteca - NBCSN | 756 | | 5 | 11 | Tom Boonen | BEL | | Evonik - ELKO | 697 | | 6 | 6 | Michał Kwiatkowski | POL | | Team Kenya Airways | 645 | | 7 | 7 | José Rujano | VEN | | Mobil - Aeropostal Ciclismo | 619 | | 8 | 5 | Emanuele Sella | ITA | | Siam Cement - Lenovo | 610 | | 9 | 8 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | BEL | | Team BPost | 584 | | 10 | 17 | Tiago Machado | POR | | Prio - Porto | 582 | | 11 | 16 | Maxime Monfort | BEL | | Gazelle | 554 | | 12 | 9 | Danilo Kupfernagel | GER | | Karcher-Adira | 545 | | 13 | 34 | Jay McCarthy | AUS | | Bank of Ireland | 520 | | 14 | 15 | Janez Brajkovic | SLO | | ONCE-Eroski | 515 | | 15 | 23 | Gerald Ciolek | GER | | Team Puma - SAP | 482 | | 16 | 22 | Wilco Kelderman | NED | | Team Puma - SAP | 467 | | 17 | 27 | Maxime Vantomme | BEL | | Team TomTom | 460 | | 18 | 12 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck | BEL | | Team BPost | 424 | | 19 | 13 | Florentino Marquez | ESP | | Bank of Ireland | 413 | | 20 | 10 | David Abal | ESP | | Buff - Polska | 406 | | 21 | 47 | Filippo Pozzato | ITA | | Gazelle | 392 | | 22 | 14 | Rafael Valls | ESP | | Euskaltel-Air France | 383 | | 23 | 77 | Mark Cavendish | GBR | | Eddie Stobart Pro Cycling | 374 | | 24 | 42 | Cesare Di Maggio | ITA | | Team Vontobel | 355 | | 25 | 33 | Hassen Ben Nasser | TUN | | Team Kenya Airways | 353 | | 26 | 20 | Daryl Impey | RSA | | Team Kenya Airways | 346 | | 27 | 38 | Lars Boom | NED | | Aegon - Lavazza | 341 | | 28 | 19 | Jérôme Baugnies | BEL | | AMEX-Navigon | 332 | | 29 | 40 | Jacob Fiedler | GER | | Karcher-Adira | 323 | | 30 | 21 | Martin Reimer | GER | | Swedbank-PEAB | 315 | | 31 | 28 | Óscar Avelino | POR | | Prio - Porto | 309 | | 32 | 103 | Matteo Trentin | ITA | | Risa - Ergon | 306 | | 33 | 35 | Ryan Eastman | USA | | Project: Africa | 305 | | 34 | 56 | Heinrich Haussler | GER | | Karcher-Adira | 302 | | 35 | 30 | Daan Olivier | NED | | Aegon - Lavazza | 294 | | 36 | 18 | Kristjan Koren | SLO | | Gazelle | 293 | | 37 | 106 | Robin van der Hugenhaben | NED | | Team TomTom | 290 | | 38 | 67 | Beñat Intxausti | ESP | | RBC Pro Cycling | 280 | | 39 | 133 | Jonas Ahlstrand | SWD | | Swedbank-PEAB | 278 | | 40 | 49 | Domenik Klemme | GER | | Grupo Nutresa | 258 | | 41 | 43 | Joeri Stallaert | BEL | | Team BPost | 255 | | 42 | 32 | Ian Bibby | GBR | | Eritel - Sonatrach | 253 | | 43 | 24 | Tanel Kangert | EST | | Gazelle | 253 | | 44 | 41 | Ian Boswell | USA | | AMEX-Navigon | 244 | | 45 | 25 | Magno Nazaret | BRA | | Buff - Polska | 244 | | 46 | 82 | Jonathan Bellis | GBR | | RBC Pro Cycling | 242 | | 47 | 79 | Dario Cataldo | ITA | | Team Vontobel | 237 | | 48 | 37 | Sep Vanmarcke | BEL | | Aegon - Lavazza | 224 | | 49 | 29 | Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy | KAZ | | Children of Chernobyl Foundation p/b Nemiroff | 219 | | 50 | 26 | David Boily | CAN | | RBC Pro Cycling | 218 |
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| tastasol |
Posted on 09-09-2015 22:25
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May was really a great month for us. Had hoped to see us amongst the top 15, so very, very, pleased with this update. Don't think we'll end up in such a good position, but hopefully we can grab a place in the top 15.
Thanks for the update, SN!
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 09-09-2015 22:27
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Well if we do get promoted, we won't do it the easy way. 27th in June was pretty disastrous, and that's caused us to drop out of the promotion places.
Nice to see we have a race day advantage on many rivals though. That PPRD table is incredibly tight though so we need to try and keep it near to 25 to ensure we stay in the mix.
Starting to think the long races such as Britain and Portugal will deicide our fate, with 19 of our remaining race days. If we fail there our chances will be very low, but if Kwiatek and Ben Nasser can score at 20 PPRD we'll have a great chance.
Thanks for the update SN! |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 09-09-2015 22:34
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Top of the relegation zone i'm happy with. The team has been pretty poor and the fact Grashev in ahead of Thomas on points kind of proves this. 26th isn't bad and from here we can keep the fight in our hands and really keep our destiny somewhat in our control (plus #1 spot for saving... again). Not the best place to be roughly mid-season but it could be worse. Time to press onwards boys!!
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| ryant |
Posted on 09-09-2015 22:35
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well, we're relegated, hope I get another shot at this 
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 09-09-2015 22:37
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Rujano has pretty much scored 50% of my points, and he won't race much more after now... :/
Well, I'm just hoping my tactic in Tour of America works and we score big there. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 09-09-2015 23:08
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Nice to see Eddie Stobart finally move away from bottom place… |
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| fintas |
Posted on 09-09-2015 23:45
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I thank you for yet another update, but although I am quite satisfied by the position of my team I have some doubts that the points are completely correct.
By my count the team has 2004 points and 93 race days not 95. Right now do not have time to put here what I think is not well but tomorrow morning will put here my doubts.
Edited by fintas on 10-09-2015 00:30
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| cio93 |
Posted on 10-09-2015 00:21
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Positively surprised from this update, I feared worse with some of our latest performances. Nelspruit really saved our ass for now.
The top 7 look comfortable, but Prio is still lingering. It's nothing personal, but I still wait for the day that the luck of Evonik, Kenya and Kärcher runs out.....
Regarding pprd I'm not worrying at all, we had so many absolute no-showings already that it's difficult to imagine it staying that way on average. (And now I jinxed it.)
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| Bikex |
Posted on 10-09-2015 00:22
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As expected dropping place by place and with the current performances no end is in sight.. |
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| knockout |
Posted on 10-09-2015 06:23
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Thanks for the update! 
I still can't believe that I'm up there. Especially with so many 0-pts races basically whenever my top duo does not race. But on the other side, it is amazing how two riders can pull me up. Having both in the top five is obviously very strong.
It is still very close at the top which means my riders have to continue performing on the usual level and we can't allow too many repeats of the Nelspruit catastrophe.
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| Heine |
Posted on 10-09-2015 06:32
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Quite a jump for Risa-Ergon 
In general the expected teams at the top, seems like we are missing the big surprise team that we nearly always get in the top 5. Or am I missing something?
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| roturn |
Posted on 10-09-2015 07:32
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Thanks for the update.
First is great. 104 race days though is also quite something.
Obviously other teams will have good chances to pass me. Then again those need to keep their pprd high in those.
Keizer is awesome. 3rd in the individuals. Only 8 race days left of which I expect 6 great scoring though.
Boom also nice scoring as ever in PCT while Olivier definitely a nice surprise to score ~300 points unmaxed already beating Aru by quite a lot.
Seeing Groenewegen doing well recently was important as his points delivered the lead now in comparison to the disappointing start by him.
For the rest of the season it`s still several chances for Keizer`s 6rd, Vanmarcke, Groenewegen, Boom and Schädlich at times. So I am quite confident to keep the pprd up there and promote again. |
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 10-09-2015 08:03
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2 Very poor months, and a third is likely to follow... Portugal and America, and perhaps Beijing have to be great to still avoid relegation, which is still possible, but really, I wouldn't count on it.
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| The Rider |
Posted on 10-09-2015 09:47
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Roturn & knockout, I like you guys but you have breakaway luck & a promotion battle - all we have is Contador for the individual rankings.... What say Sanchez and Keizer take the rest of the season off?!
A top 10 still predicted, but I will be shocked if we make that with just the Tour of Austria left for Contador. We have c.10 points from breakaways all season long, that just has to change .. don't it?
Just what the hell is this, cruel joke:
| 247 | 202 | Jérémy Roy | FRA | | Bonsucro | 26 |
75 - FLAT and 79 - HILL, my ass. |
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| roturn |
Posted on 10-09-2015 09:50
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I don`t think I have breakaway luck actually.
Can`t remember a breakaway win this season. My main scoring comes from non breakaway riders.
Edit: Olivier actually had one breakaway win in Czech Republic.
But in especially in hilly races where I don`t have any leader, I had hoped for more breakaway results by my 73-75 puncheurs.
Edited by roturn on 10-09-2015 09:57
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 10-09-2015 09:54
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roturn wrote:
I don`t think I have breakaway luck actually.
Can`t remember a breakaway win this season. My main scoring comes from non breakaway riders.
I can't even remember seeing my team in a breakaway. |
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 10-09-2015 14:50
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Thanks for the update, certainly an interesting one for the Rovers. 
Team standings are looking quite good for us at the moment, 9th is definitely a position I'd love to finish in at the end of the season. Of course we're only 15th in the projected standings, so a top 10 finish probably won't be on the cards, but it really just depends on the way McCarthy and Marquez perform. McCarthy has had a few bad days and a few near misses, so I reckon if he can improve there, we can finish higher than 15th.
Having two guys in the top 20 of the individual rankings is nice too of course, and I'm hoping McCarthy can still grab a top 10 there - would certainly be a nice achievement for our first year in PCT.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 10-09-2015 14:55
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The Rider wrote:
Roturn & knockout, I like you guys but you have breakaway luck & a promotion battle - all we have is Contador for the individual rankings.... What say Sanchez and Keizer take the rest of the season off?!
Nope, knockout has LLS and Boonen.
And I haven't seen Aegon in too many winning breaks either.
Roy though is Sh***t, yes. But we knew that before
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| viking90 |
Posted on 10-09-2015 18:41
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Nice with a new update, thanks SN
A bit weaker months for the team, decline a bit in PpRD, but still doing a acceptable season. Looking forward to Tour of America hopefully we can score a nice amount of pts there!
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