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PT Rankings Update #4
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| roturn |
Posted on 17-12-2016 20:28
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You might have noticed the Tour de France bets already, otherwise you really should check out the MG betting section as the biggest race of the season is soon to start.
Most TdF starters have tested their legs in the preperation races Tour de Suisse and Criterium du Dauphine Libere. So here are the rankings for those two races as you surely want to know their strenght prior to the Tour.
First the Tour de Suisse, which was won by Andy Schleck. No question the World Champion is also a big contender for the Tour title, where young US rider Dombrowski will challenge him once again. Those two easily are the two strongest TdF starters participating in Switzerland and have a solid form already it seems.
| 1 |  | Vesuvio - Accumalux | 700 | | 2 |  | Aker - MOT | 402 | | 3 |  | Pendleton's | 381 | | 4 |  | Jayco'z Cycling Project | 278 | | 5 |  | Team Puma - SAP | 248 |
| 1 | Andy Schleck | LUX | | Vesuvio - Accumalux | 535 | | 2 | Joseph Dombrowski | USA | | Pendleton's | 346 | | 3 | Andrei Amador | CRC |  | Team UBS | 317 | | 4 | Nikias Arndt | GER | | Team Puma - SAP | 215 | | 5 | Rasmus Guldhammer | DEN | | Aker - MOT | 193 | | 6 | Lachlan Morton | AUS | | Jayco'z Cycling Project | 191 | | 7 | Michael Van Stayen | BEL |  | Evonik - ELKO | 174 | | 8 | Fredrik Strand Galta | NOR | | Aker - MOT | 140 | | 9 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | BEL |  | Bpost - Vlaanderen | 118 | | 10 | Peter Kennaugh | GBR |  | Orange - KLM Cycling | 98 |
The Dauphine Libere saw many of the other TdF starters even though one of the big 4 in Spilak. Phinney and Taaramae have been the best scorers here while Kritskiy, Wellens or Keizer also used the French climbs for the TdF preperation.
| 1 |  | RBC Pro Cycling | 488 | | 2 |  | Bouygues Telecom | 372 | | 3 |  | Gazelle | 311 | | 4 |  | Pokerstars.com | 263 | | 5 |  | Tinkoff Sport Academy | 262 |
| 1 | Taylor Phinney | USA | | RBC Pro Cycling | 451 | | 2 | Rein Taaramäe | EST | | Bouygues Telecom | 299 | | 3 | Angel Madrazo | ESP | | Gazelle | 262 | | 4 | Timofey Kritskiy | RUS | | Tinkoff Sport Academy | 208 | | 5 | Rob Ruijgh | NED |  | eBuddy | 201 | | 6 | Justo Tenorio | ESP | | Pokerstars.com | 193 | | 7 | Peter Velits | SVK |  | Becherovka - Petrof | 157 | | 8 | Tim Wellens | BEL | | Bpost - Vlaanderen | 148 | | 9 | Robert Kiserlovski | CRO |  | Shimano - Siam Cement Team | 129 | | 10 | Daryl Impey | RSA |  | Eritel - Sonatrach | 104 |
The full rankings see Becherovka remain in the lead as both their two races were average.
Aker moving up to 2nd with a huge Suisse as 2nd best team, while also the other top teams kept scoring decently.
eBuddy passed Evonik but it`s really close in that are from 2nd to 4th at the moment and also the 1st and 5th aren`t too far.
Metinvest in the top5 after the Pluchkin GT show but his season is over, though their scoring was average this month.
Team I-Gen dropped a bit but focus big times on the Tour while Pendletons climbed quite a bit with Dombrowski having performed well. If he keeps his form for the TdF, the relegation area is no longer a danger as last season.
Vesuvio with the biggest individual score this month climb from 16to 13, still a lot behind expectations but it shows they are the team to beat for the TdF as Andy is still the dominant climber.
In the relegation zone Kenya scored decently but still remains in the bottom spot. Grieg with the worst of all teams this month also struggles to move up.
And it`s not getting easier for them as Pokerstars and Bouygues both had solid races and in especially later with Taaramae aim for the TdF.
Orange with a very good month need to keep going if they want to get above the line.
RBC with Phinney starting to score looking a lot better now and surely hope for a good race in France, which would put the pressure on hte teams just above the line at the moment in Red Bull, Jayco`z or Movistar, who all can`t challenge the individual strength of Phinney, Sicard or Taaramae from below.
| 1 | 1 | | Becherovka - Petrof | 5150 | | 2 | 5 | | Aker - MOT | 4801 | | 3 | 3 | | eBuddy | 4751 | | 4 | 2 | | Evonik - ELKO | 4717 | | 5 | 4 |  | Metinvest-Dacia | 4448 | | 6 | 6 | | Team Puma - SAP | 4235 | | 7 | 9 | | Bpost - Vlaanderen | 3906 | | 8 | 8 | | Tinkoff Sport Academy | 3878 | | 9 | 12 | | Pendleton's | 3774 | | 10 | 7 |  | Team I-Gen - Festina | 3760 | | 11 | 11 |  | Aegon - Lavazza | 3753 | | 12 | 13 | | Gazelle | 3741 | | 13 | 16 | | Vesuvio - Accumalux | 3676 | | 14 | 10 |  | Movistar - US Postal | 3563 | | 15 | 14 | | Jayco'z Cycling Project | 3422 | | 16 | 15 |  | Red Bull - Huawei | 3262 | | 17 | 20 | | RBC Pro Cycling | 3181 | | 18 | 18 | | Orange - KLM Cycling | 3119 | | 19 | 19 | | Bouygues Telecom | 3112 | | 20 | 17 | | Pokerstars.com | 3030 | | 21 | 21 |  | Grieg - Eftel | 2710 | | 22 | 22 |  | Kenya Airways - Dimension Data | 2360 |
Individually the Giro/Vuelta performer still on top alongside the classic specialists.
No changes in the top5 at all after Suisse and Dauphinee. Van Stayen then climbed a bit while Taylor Phinney easily made the biggest step up into the top10. Also Madrazo climbed a bit but is not riding the Tour de France and hence might be in danger to lose some spots again to Andy Schleck, Bakelants etc, who aren`t much behind.
| 1 | 1 | Aleksandr Pluchkin | MOL | | Metinvest-Dacia | 2145 | | 2 | 2 | Robert Gesink | NED | | eBuddy | 2023 | | 3 | 3 | Sam Bewley | NZL | | Becherovka - Petrof | 1990 | | 4 | 4 | Yuri Trofimov | RUS | | Tinkoff Sport Academy | 1706 | | 5 | 5 | Tejay Van Garderen | USA | | Movistar - US Postal | 1234 | | 6 | 9 | Michael Van Stayen | BEL | | Evonik - ELKO | 1147 | | 7 | 6 | Greg Van Avermaet | BEL | | Evonik - ELKO | 1084 | | 8 | 27 | Taylor Phinney | USA | | RBC Pro Cycling | 1039 | | 9 | 7 | John Degenkolb | GER | | Pokerstars.com | 1032 | | 10 | 8 | Jose Alarcon | VEN | | Red Bull - Huawei | 1024 | | 11 | 16 | Angel Madrazo | ESP | | Gazelle | 1005 | | 12 | 35 | Andy Schleck | LUX | | Vesuvio - Accumalux | 1005 | | 13 | 10 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | NOR | | Aker - MOT | 943 | | 14 | 11 | Jan Bakelants | BEL | | Bouygues Telecom | 906 | | 15 | 12 | Vincenzo Nibali | ITA | | Pendleton's | 868 | | 16 | 13 | Toms Skujins | LAT | | Evonik - ELKO | 860 | | 17 | 29 | Rasmus Guldhammer | DEN | | Aker - MOT | 777 | | 18 | 14 | Wilco Kelderman | NED | | Team Puma - SAP | 755 | | 19 | 15 | Francesco Ginanni | ITA | | Gazelle | 745 | | 20 | 30 | Peter Velits | SVK | | Becherovka - Petrof | 738 | | 21 | 17 | Simone Ponzi | ITA | | Kenya Airways - Dimension Data | 710 | | 22 | 18 | Jack Bobridge | AUS | | Jayco'z Cycling Project | 705 | | 23 | 20 | Mark Cavendish | GBR | | Red Bull - Huawei | 703 | | 24 | 19 | Jacopo Guarnieri | ITA | | Grieg - Eftel | 695 | | 25 | 21 | Ben Swift | GBR | | Aegon - Lavazza | 684 | | 26 | 22 | Clement Koretzky | FRA | | Team I-Gen - Festina | 684 | | 27 | 23 | Marcus Burghardt | GER | | Jayco'z Cycling Project | 664 | | 28 | 24 | Alexey Lutsenko | KAZ | | Pendleton's | 663 | | 29 | 25 | Florian Senechal | FRA | | Pendleton's | 638 | | 30 | 52 | Rein Taaramäe | EST | | Bouygues Telecom | 601 |
Edited by roturn on 02-01-2017 15:45
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 17-12-2016 20:41
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Cool to have a pre-Tour update, thanks roturn!
Our Suisse/Dauphine combo was decent overall I guess and our gap to the relegation spots grew with 100 points. The Tour is definitely going to bring a couple of teams back into our wheel though. Exciting times!
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 17-12-2016 20:55
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Should be a fun first few days at the Tour at least with Ponzi riding, but we remain cut adrift and we need a miracle to even get off the bottom of the table now. This season has been such a disappointment. |
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 17-12-2016 21:13
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Starting to look a little better for us but we need Phinney be on form in the last GT to make it worthwhile and give us the best chance of staying up obviously starting with a good first stage exciting times though |
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| beagle |
Posted on 17-12-2016 23:07
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Time for Degenkolb to save my ass 
Thanks roturn for another update!
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| ember |
Posted on 18-12-2016 00:07
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Thank you for the update, roturn! 
And great to see us in second place, eventhough it's only for the time being, as we're sure to drop like a stone with the Tour de France, where I don't fancy our chances at all with the weak line up I've sent. Becherovka start to look like a team difficult to catch for those with the major GC guys, like Festina and Vesuvio, as the 1500 points gap shouldn't be within reach for neither Spilak or Schleck, really. |
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| knockout |
Posted on 18-12-2016 13:32
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Thanks a lot for the update. Always appreciated!
Looks awesome to still be 4th being only so close behind Aker and eBuddy but the Tour de France is the race to finally drop me down. I-Gen and Vesuvio will overtake me baring any big crashes and also the teams behind me look capable of overtaking my team.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 18-12-2016 15:58
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Ruijgh kept the team at the top
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 19-12-2016 21:41
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Thanks for these roturn. Good return for us in Suisse but 47 points in the Dauphine...
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| Roman |
Posted on 20-12-2016 01:07
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Thanks for the update! The table still looking quite good for my team. Great TdF is needed though, all of Festina, Vesuvio and Tinkoff could be close to us in addition to the teams already close behind Becherovka boys. Will be fun in the last third of the season!
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| SotD |
Posted on 20-12-2016 06:56
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Roman wrote:
Thanks for the update! The table still looking quite good for my team. Great TdF is needed though, all of Festina, Vesuvio and Tinkoff could be close to us in addition to the teams already close behind Becherovka boys. Will be fun in the last third of the season!
Even if you score just 150 points (which is very unrealistic) in the TdF you are still a massive favorite to win the PT
But having Bewley with Vesely as leadout and König for the top 20GC I think it's safe to assume that you will end up with 500+ points from the race.
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| OlegTinkov |
Posted on 21-12-2016 18:43
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Thanks for the update, much appreciated!
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| maxime86 |
Posted on 21-12-2016 19:41
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Still last, but at least now we aren't projected to finished last
Hopefully we have a better showing the rest of the year!
Thank you for the update roturn! |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 22-12-2016 00:24
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The slow and steady decline. It's quite depressing. 
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 22-12-2016 05:01
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maxime86 wrote:
Still last, but at least now we aren't projected to finished last
Hopefully we have a better showing the rest of the year!
Thank you for the update roturn!
You're not doing too badly, at least you made it to PT 
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| SotD |
Posted on 22-12-2016 07:24
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You still have a few solid point scoring races like Giro di Lombardia, TONE, Tasmania and so on left, don't you?
But yeah it is looking depressing seeing teams like RBC, Orange and Bouygues all coming to the TdF with 1000+ point potential teams :-/
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| knockout |
Posted on 22-12-2016 14:40
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Eden95 wrote:
maxime86 wrote:
Still last, but at least now we aren't projected to finished last
Hopefully we have a better showing the rest of the year!
Thank you for the update roturn!
You're not doing too badly, at least you made it to PT
Did he? 
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| maxime86 |
Posted on 22-12-2016 15:14
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Eden95 wrote:
maxime86 wrote:
Still last, but at least now we aren't projected to finished last
Hopefully we have a better showing the rest of the year!
Thank you for the update roturn!
You're not doing too badly, at least you made it to PT
LOOL, posted in the wrong thread
Hey but u never know, maybe next year |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 23-12-2016 00:33
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Very happy where we have settled, although I'll wait for Le Tour to finish before making any predictions about where we end up.
A few teams behind us can overtake us easily with just a couple great races, but at the same time I assume we have the edge on Metinvest, Evonik and eBuddy in terms of depth in the remaining races.
It'll be exciting for sure!
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| SotD |
Posted on 02-01-2017 15:18
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Any chance you would put the individual rankings up aswell?
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