Welcome to my preview of the 2017 ManGame Pro Tour Division Rider Rankings. Before starting off with the preview, I would like to explain how I’ll be presenting it and the methodology for arriving at the predictions.

I have come up with something called the ‘Coefficient Rankings’ which is the basis for all the rankings. These rankings have been made on six attributes for the riders – Stage Races, Climbing, Punchers, Sprinting, Cobbles and Time Trialing – using certain formulae for calculation.

They are explained below…

Stage Races – Using MO, HIL, TT and a certain combination of some other stats
Climbing – Using MO, HIL and a certain combination of other stats
Punchers – Using HIL, ACC and a certain combination of other stats
Sprinting – Using SP, ACC and a certain combination of other stats
Cobbles – Using COB, SP and a certain combination of other stats
Time Trial – Using TT, PRL and a certain combination of other stats

This was used to come up with individual ratings for all riders. Please note, I have not taken potential planning decisions into account.

There are a total of 501 riders in the CT, including loan-ins and stagiares. I am posting the top 50, and highlighting the top 10, in each discipline.

Last Name	First Name	Team	Rank
Taaramäe	Rein	Wiesenhof - Andritz	1
Spilak	Simon	Festina - Dexia	2
Madrazo	Angel	Gazelle	3
Gesink	Robert	eBuddy	4
Pluchkin	Aleksandr	Nemiroff - ABBYY	5
Schleck	Andy	Vesuvio - Accumalux	6
Phinney	Taylor	RBC Pro Cycling	7
Tenorio	Justo	Iberia - Team Degenkolb	8
Kritskiy	Timofey	Tinkoff Sport Academy	9
Lecuisinier	Pierre-Henri	Festina - Dexia	10

Last Name	First Name	Team	Rank
Ponzi	Simone	Hugo Boss	1
Bakelants	Jan	Strava	2
Bobridge	Jack	Jayco - Cobra9	3
Lutsenko	Alexey	Pendleton's	4
Skujins	Toms	Evonik - ELKO	5
Demare	Arnaud	Team Puma - SAP	6
Ginanni	Francesco	Gazelle	7
Trofimov	Yuri	Tinkoff Sport Academy	8
Spilak	Simon	Festina - Dexia	9
Sagan	Peter	Moser - Sygic	10

Last Name	First Name	Team	Rank
Bewley	Sam	Moser - Sygic	1
Swift	Ben	Aegon - Lavazza	2
Van Stayen	Michael	Evonik - ELKO	3
Degenkolb	John	Iberia - Team Degenkolb	4
Ahlstrand	Jonas	Spotify - Haglöfs	5
Coquard	Bryan	Festina - Dexia	6
Guarnieri	Jacopo	Strava	7
Demare	Arnaud	Team Puma - SAP	8
Boeckmans	Kris	Strava	8
Grosu	Eduard	eBuddy	10

Last Name	First Name	Team	Rank
Bewley	Sam	Moser - Sygic	1
Van Avermaet	Greg	Evonik - ELKO	2
Summerhill	Danny	RBC Pro Cycling	3
Trentin	Matteo	Aker - MOT	4
Blythe	Adam	Team Puma - SAP	5
Senechal	Florian	Pendleton's	6
Vanspeybrouck	Pieter	Jayco - Cobra9	7
Kristoff	Alexander	Aker - MOT	8
Stallaert	Joeri	Spotify - Haglöfs	9
Baugnies	Jérôme	Ayubowan!	10

Last Name	First Name	Team	Rank
Phinney	Taylor	RBC Pro Cycling	1
Coppel	Jerome	Festina - Dexia	1
Fiedler	Jacob	Porto - Prio	3
Zmorka	Marlen	Porto - Prio	4
Keizer	Martijn	Aegon - Lavazza	5
Vlatos	Panagiotis	Festina - Dexia	5
Kittel	Marcel	Vesuvio - Accumalux	5
Durbridge	Luke	Jayco - Cobra9	5
Taaramäe	Rein	Wiesenhof - Andritz	9
Gesink	Robert	eBuddy	10
Schädlich	Lucas	Wiesenhof - Andritz	10
Howson	Damien	eBuddy	10
Yatsevich	Kiril	Tinkoff Sport Academy	10
Sütterlin	Jasha	Team Puma - SAP	10
Gonzalez Salas	Mario	Hugo Boss	10

Last Name	First Name	Team	Rank
Spilak	Simon	Festina - Dexia	1
Phinney	Taylor	RBC Pro Cycling	2
Pluchkin	Aleksandr	Nemiroff - ABBYY	3
Taaramäe	Rein	Wiesenhof - Andritz	4
Trofimov	Yuri	Tinkoff Sport Academy	5
Gesink	Robert	eBuddy	6
Schleck	Andy	Vesuvio - Accumalux	7
Lecuisinier	Pierre-Henri	Festina - Dexia	8
Ponzi	Simone	Hugo Boss	9
Madrazo	Angel	Gazelle	10

Last Name	First Name	Team	Rank
Taaramäe	Rein	Wiesenhof - Andritz	1
Phinney	Taylor	RBC Pro Cycling	2
Spilak	Simon	Festina - Dexia	3
Gesink	Robert	eBuddy	4
Pluchkin	Aleksandr	Nemiroff - ABBYY	5
Schleck	Andy	Vesuvio - Accumalux	6
Bewley	Sam	Moser - Sygic	7
Madrazo	Angel	Gazelle	8
Tenorio	Justo	Iberia - Team Degenkolb	9
Kritskiy	Timofey	Tinkoff Sport Academy	10

SotD wrote:
I think your metrics are off. When looking at a rider like Andy Schleck, he might be the best climber, but he is definately also better than 6th in terms of GCs. Last season he won all the races he attended.

Also Lutsenko as the 4th best puncheur would surprise me quite a lot.