Maybe cause in every stage race Gaviria rode he got a stage win
Obviously their Ranking which uses variant of ELO doesn't take length into it. And all races Gaviria rode had a decent sprint competition as well so his high rating from start makes sense.
Doctors in Abu Dhabi say Boonen cannot ride a bike for the next 6 months (which would probably end his career). He hopes to get a second opinion in Belgium when he's cleared to fly.
Ollfardh wrote:
Doctors in Abu Dhabi say Boonen cannot ride a bike for the next 6 months (which would probably end his career). He hopes to get a second opinion in Belgium when he's cleared to fly.
Yeah but fracture is healed in about a month.
He says he'll probably be able to ride in a month.
But we'll have to see, of course
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Agreed. It would be a crying shame to not have a Colombian team at either WT level or PCT level considering their status in the sport (5th on the nation rankings), but then again this is Corti's team we're talking about, surely one of the most horribly mismanaged teams on the circuit. So much potential in the squad, yet so little results. Take Fabio Duarte for example, a fantastically talented rider, U23 world champion and all that, who should be at his peak now aged 29 but is just rapidly disappearing from the scene, a couple of last-week Giro stage podiums from the field in the mountains in 2013 and 2014 aside. Jarlinson Pantano is another good example: always labelled as 'promising' at Colombia he has found a new life at IAM, being very active in the breaks in the Tour and finishing Top 20 overall. Their only success story recently has been Rodolfo Torres, who is a bit of an anomaly; no one else seems to have notably progressed at the team in the last few years.
Actually Chamorro is retired due to personal problems...
Manzana Postobon is going to be CT next year, and Suaza is going to be the leader, also Aguirre and some other riders like Paredes, PanAm U23 champ in 2014, there's a Basque rider who will ride with them in 2016, and maybe they'll sign some other young europeans, specially for sprint, tt and cobble races which aren't our best field...
Yes, Saldarriaga will train them along with Oscar de Jesus Vargas, who rode in Europe in the late 80's with some succes...
Some riders from Colombia should be in the team, I hope Molano and Martinez, at least...
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Actually Chamorro is retired due to personal problems...
Manzana Postobon is going to be CT next year, and Suaza is going to be the leader, also Aguirre and some other riders like Paredes, PanAm U23 champ in 2014, there's a Basque rider who will ride with them in 2016, and maybe they'll sign some other young europeans, specially for sprint, tt and cobble races which aren't our best field...
Yes, Saldarriaga will train them along with Oscar de Jesus Vargas, who rode in Europe in the late 80's with some succes...
Some riders from Colombia should be in the team, I hope Molano and Martinez, at least...
Thanks to quiqui for keeping the count, the ever interesting The Amazing Race to Most Top10 Without a win - 2015 Edition is almost over. Raymond is clearly targeting the overall win by racing in the last European race tomorrow, can he take the crown from Marcato??
22 - R. Kreder, M. Marcato
21 - R. Guldhammer, T. Benoot
19 - B. Planckaert
18 - T. Van Asbroeck
17 - M. Zanotti, A. Tsatevich
16 - S. Kruijswijk, J. Roelandts
15 - J. Fuglsang, A. Demoitie, R. Torres, M. Van Staeyen, S. Ponzi
Spoiler
14 - M. Cort Nielsen, T. Machado, F. Vachon
13 - F. Mancebo, N. Ruffoni, R. Barbier, J. Simon, R. Fernandez, J. Hivert
12 - D. Ratto, A. Zargari, S. Yates, D. Martin, S. Vanmarcke, M. Nieve, M. Canola
11 - D. Appollonio, D. Caruso, E. Sanz, T. Farrar, D. Smith, P. Serry, R. Gesink, M. Rubiano, T. Voeckler, E. Grosu, T. Dupont, M. Mugerli, R. Selig, E. Pinto, D. Cunego, F. Pellizotti, A. Kulyk, T. Van der Sande
10 - N. Haas, R. Janse van Rensburg, L. Bertazzo, A. Marque, J. Arredondo, N. Edet, Sy. Chavanel, A. Fonseca, S. Lagutin, G. Ciolek, K. Reza, E. Gasparotto, B. Vallee, T. Sprengers, P. Konrad
9 - V. Agnoli, B. Giraud, A. Porsev, A. Blythe, J. Mareczko, H. Alizadeh, V. Campenaerts, M. Pedersen, M. Valgren, A. Andersen, J. Brandao, H. Duyn, G. Izagirre, O. Doull, M. Kolar, S. Rosetto, A. Parrinello, D. Oss
8 - S. Clarke, J. McCarthy, M. Scarponi, M. Elmiger, M. Frank, D. Teuns, A. Vichot, J. Mendes, R. Maikin, A. Capiot, A. Looij, E. Avila, M. Kudus, G. Visconti
I'd happily take 22 top tens in a season without a win and get paid to ride my bike. Anyway it might be frustrating for the rider and team but it's better than doing nothing all season and being pack fodder
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Benoot and Roelandts pretty much sums up Lotto's season. A lot of good results, but if it wasn't for Greipel and Wellens, that would have been a very bad season.
Also good to see Planckaert up there, a very solid sprinter. A bit disappointed in Van Asbroeck to be honest, seems like has problems adapting to the WT.
The UCI gala took place at Abu Dhabi on Sunday. Sagan according to czech press agency came to the show dressed in motorbike-like clothes and when he was given a framed rainbow jersey, he broke the glass and dressed up into the jersey.
The source is czech press agency, i would like some video of that.
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Benoot and Roelandts pretty much sums up Lotto's season. A lot of good results, but if it wasn't for Greipel and Wellens, that would have been a very bad season.
Also good to see Planckaert up there, a very solid sprinter. A bit disappointed in Van Asbroeck to be honest, seems like has problems adapting to the WT.
Seriously?
Lotto has had an amazing season. They scored wins with so many different riders. I actually think they had one of their best seasons ever.
Ollfardh wrote:
Benoot and Roelandts pretty much sums up Lotto's season. A lot of good results, but if it wasn't for Greipel and Wellens, that would have been a very bad season.
Also good to see Planckaert up there, a very solid sprinter. A bit disappointed in Van Asbroeck to be honest, seems like has problems adapting to the WT.
Seriously?
Lotto has had an amazing season. They scored wins with so many different riders. I actually think they had one of their best seasons ever.
Racked up 40 wins! Yes Greipel and Wellens were the biggest but Boeckmans was pretty rocking, Debusschere was impressie and really came of age. Gallopin almost won Paris-Nice as well remember. Lotto have been really very good this year, much better than expected.
Avin Wargunnson wrote:
The UCI gala took place at Abu Dhabi on Sunday. Sagan according to czech press agency came to the show dressed in motorbike-like clothes and when he was given a framed rainbow jersey, he broke the glass and dressed up into the jersey.
The source is czech press agency, i would like some video of that.
Ollfardh wrote:
Benoot and Roelandts pretty much sums up Lotto's season. A lot of good results, but if it wasn't for Greipel and Wellens, that would have been a very bad season.
Also good to see Planckaert up there, a very solid sprinter. A bit disappointed in Van Asbroeck to be honest, seems like has problems adapting to the WT.
Seriously?
Lotto has had an amazing season. They scored wins with so many different riders. I actually think they had one of their best seasons ever.
Well, ok, they'll never be a top team, but their stage racers were very disappointing in my opinion (the Giro fiasco in particular). Their Ardennes campaign was a disaster as well. Yeah, they had a lot of wins, but is was mostly smaller races, while with tihs team, I think they could do so much better. But maybe I'm just overestimating their potential, I don't know
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