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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 26-10-2016 12:27
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4 Riders in the Conti Top 15, and still not leading the rankings... Gah.
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| knockout |
Posted on 26-10-2016 12:35
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Kinda ironic how i always tend to do a lot better in the most important ranking (PR) than in WR despite trying to win the WR Ranking 
Ranking wise it looks good for us atm but since Froome has still to race a lot it will be difficult to defend the lead. Also the time of the mountains has started which always results in a drop for CSC
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| krisa |
Posted on 26-10-2016 13:10
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Best CT team in the WorldTou by a lot (I know totally useless)
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 26-10-2016 13:29
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knockout wrote:
Kinda ironic how i always tend to do a lot better in the most important ranking (PR) than in WR despite trying to win the WR Ranking
well I disagree with that - WT is about who scores most in the best races isn't it? Prestige Ranking is more important for CT I guess becuase it's about who can promote, but for WT teams the WT ranking should matter most shouldn't it?
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 26-10-2016 14:13
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Looks like something dramatic needs to happen for us to promote this year. Something like Porte actually winning races for a change!
We're looking more likely to finish around 5th place tbh. Again provided Porte doesn't disappear completely now. June, July and August are gonna be HUGE! HUUUGE I tell you
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| Vali |
Posted on 26-10-2016 14:34
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Seems like we are tumbling down in the rankings, was to be expected though with only 3 races this month.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 26-10-2016 14:58
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Croatia14 wrote:
knockout wrote:
Kinda ironic how i always tend to do a lot better in the most important ranking (PR) than in WR despite trying to win the WR Ranking
well I disagree with that - WT is about who scores most in the best races isn't it? Prestige Ranking is more important for CT I guess becuase it's about who can promote, but for WT teams the WT ranking should matter most shouldn't it?
Prestige is for the next year budget tho so most teams probably care the most about that one. But CT is for the promotion battle. And WT is just interesting for the Top 3 and Bottom 3 really. With the great diversity in WT you have to be balanced and have multiple leaders to be on top, so I guess most team managers just prefer their "genre" of racing. As long as I don't fail in securing WT, I myself care more about some CT events than the cobblez when it comes to my riders.
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| Luxemburger |
Posted on 26-10-2016 16:52
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Just one race this month and still we somehow managed to stay in the Top 10 of the CT, and are even 9th of the CT teams in the PR.
And Deutschland-Tour is up too!
Varbourxeix breakaway presence in the 3rd stage saves our performance a bit at the moment, but somehow we're leading the team classification.
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 26-10-2016 16:55
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Surprisingly high up in the rankings atm, can attribute that to De Gendt though so surely it won't stick. As for Deutschland, Vichot putting in some very nice sprints, didn't expect him to take part in them.
Thanks for the rankings bikex and results shonak 
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| The Rider |
Posted on 26-10-2016 16:55
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Thanks Bikex. 
I think we are still in there with a big shout for the rankings, long way to go to make up ground mind, though like knockout the Prestige will be the likeliest. I hope our bad GC is out of the way, at Le Tour and the Vuelta we will have Froome and Rodriguez respectfully - crucially this time with two solid climbers in support which wasn't there at the Giro.
Brewers having a good time on top there after a great Giro - well done. Sure we had a bad Giro but the real killer for us was the dire cobble season, that and Rodriguez quitting in the Basque country. Hoping that covers out bad luck for season.
I like how Froome takes three wins in a row in Sochi - next race Kittel takes three wins in a row. Goss doing well to limit our loses with some great sprints.
Wouldn't mind a Sochi show in Froome's next race - will make rankings interesting. Hope triple header throws up a good variety of winners for many teams - keep things interesting.
^ I Wrote too much there, blah.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 26-10-2016 16:58
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First five stages of Deutschland Tour up. Since when has Kittel 72 Hill? That's a travesty really 
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 26-10-2016 17:01
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wow Kittel  Alaphilippe and Meersman not in shape yet...
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| matt17br |
Posted on 26-10-2016 17:06
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2 times just outside the top 10 in Stage 1 and 3 for Colbrelli, but at least he cracked a top 5 in between. Good enough for me, the triple header should be a lot more enjoyable for us compared to last year.
EDIT: Oh there's stage 4 and 5 too. Well I want whatever drug Slagter is on for my entire team, his constant underperforming both astounds and annoys me. My puncheurs don't even need doping tests tbf, would be quite embarassing to get caught doping and still be so shit.
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 26-10-2016 17:16
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Just seen had a nice catch up on the recent result and get in there Impey!!! Great sprint to take that win in Moscow 
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 26-10-2016 17:22
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Full Schleck mode activated.
May 2017 is a historic month for us (even though it hasn't happened yet) as we hit the top of the rankings for the first (and probably only) time. I think we're safe from relegation now.
And first race of the season for TVG and he jumps to second. One heck of a points to races ratio.
Deutschland already knocked us off top spot in the rankings. The fact that Slagter keeps winning these stages when he's nowhere near the best is frustrating. I don't know what Simon is doing. Is it because his brother's not there?
Oh god, it is isn't it? I've signed the Schleck V2s.
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| Bikex |
Posted on 26-10-2016 17:34
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Only 2 stage winners after 5 stages.
A shame no time gaps were given, so Kittel hangs on to the lead, but that should change as the next 2 stages have uphill finishes.
Lutsenko and Ratto doing a good job hanging on so far. Langlois was weirdly also still in the favourites group on the one hilly stage. It was also nice to see Colombini showing off the Samarise colours on stage 1 and rewarding himself with the white jersey for one day.
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 26-10-2016 18:24
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The Giro launched us 6 places up the WT rankings out of the relegation zone, for now.
Cav is rested for the triple header so great to see Blythe getting a couple of 4th places in Germany. Kittel is killing it on home soil.
Hope Bardet can finish Japan this year, podium would be nice.
Dev team continue to do well, hope we can get back in the top 3.
Thanks for the updates Bikex and the reports Shonak.
Congrats to brewers, enjoy it while it lasts
Another fun ICL season even though we are struggling a bit
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 26-10-2016 19:02
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Bouhanni is so underwhelming, can't believe we're still out of the relegation zone
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| krisa |
Posted on 26-10-2016 19:52
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@Shonak Can you check the attackers of stage 4. It says Benedetti is in that group, but in fact none of my riders is in it
Battaglin is doing well in Germany
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| Shonak |
Posted on 26-10-2016 20:01
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Then it's likely a mistake bc I forgot to write down the names and based it upon the first sprint.
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