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CT Rankings Update #9
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 24-04-2018 00:00
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Zuri Metzete the big remaining race, with some teams at Kigali too. Here's the CT update.
World Cycling Centre have scored the best of the Top 3 so far this month, helping to extend their lead. They are one of the teams at Kigali, and are most likely going to take the CT title.
Solidarnosc victory has helped Philips up to 4th. Not only strengthening their promotion position, but putting them well within reach of the podium. Xero slipped from 4th down to 6th, with Reddit moving into that 5th position off the back of Herald Sun Tour. Azteca now 7th, with Valls' East Java result keeping Repsol 8th, still ahead of cycleYorkshire.
Goldcorp strengthened their 10th position, while Campari and Sauber are very close for 11th. Telia went well in Poland, and are now just 1 point from 13th.
Andorra hold on to 17th but are being caught. Eddie Stobart are the 3rd best scoring team of the month so far, already lifting them three places to 19th, and within reach of higher. Garmin stay 20th though, having passed SanCor.
All change at the very bottom too - Statoil with their best race of the season at the Sun Tour, now overtaking VMP.
| 1 | 1 |  | World Cycling Centre | 1720 | | 2 | 2 |  | In-n-Out p/b Carrefour | 1584 | | 3 | 3 |  | Kulczyk - DMTEX | 1511 | | 4 | 5 |  | Philips - Continental | 1503 | | 5 | 7 |  | Team Reddit | 1413 | | 6 | 4 |  | Xero Racing p/b Octagon | 1301 | | 7 | 6 |  | Azteca - NBCSN | 1253 | | 8 | 8 |  | Repsol - Honda | 1204 | | 9 | 9 |  | cycleYorkshire | 1142 | | 10 | 10 |  | Goldcorp - Nordstrom Rack | 989 | | 11 | 11 |  | Campari - Super Dry | 873 | | 12 | 12 |  | Sauber Petronas Racing | 867 | | 13 | 13 |  | Proximus Continental Team | 775 | | 14 | 14 |  | Telia-Brussels Airlines | 774 | | 15 | 15 |  | Aeropostal Venezuela Ciclismo | 645 | | 16 | 16 |  | Wiggle p/b Boardman Bikes | 619 | | 17 | 17 |  | Andorra Cycling Project | 540 | | 18 | 18 |  | The Balkan Cycling Project | 537 | | 19 | 22 |  | Eddie Stobart | 504 | | 20 | 20 |  | Garmin - BikeNZ Cycling | 401 | | 21 | 19 |  | SanCor | 385 | | 22 | 21 |  | Löbauer Stadtwerke - Etixx | 376 | | 23 | 24 |  | Statoil Pro Cycling | 274 | | 24 | 23 |  | VMP - Argon 18 | 264 |
| 1 | Rafael Valls | ESP | | Repsol - Honda | 753 | | 2 | Anthony Roux | FRA | | Xero Racing p/b Octagon | 598 | | 3 | Pierre Paolo Penasa | ITA | | Kulczyk - DMTEX | 454 | | 4 | Robin van der Hugenhaben | NED | | In-n-Out p/b Carrefour | 447 | | 5 | David Boily | CAN | | World Cycling Centre | 435 | | 6 | Maxime Monfort | BEL | | Team Reddit | 420 | | 7 | Johan Esteban Chaves | COL | | Azteca - NBCSN | 418 | | 8 | Sam Harrison | GBR | | World Cycling Centre | 390 | | 9 | Kai Reus | NED | | In-n-Out p/b Carrefour | 370 | | 10 | Arthur Vichot | FRA | | Kulczyk - DMTEX | 302 | | 11 | Yoeri Havik | NED | | Kulczyk - DMTEX | 300 | | 12 | Dario Cataldo | ITA | | Campari - Super Dry | 297 | | 13 | Ryan Eastman | USA | | Azteca - NBCSN | 294 | | 14 | Marcel Wyss | SWI | | Philips - Continental | 260 | | 15 | Mohamed Harrif Salleh | MAS | | Sauber Petronas Racing | 257 | | 16 | Denys Karnulin | UKR | | The Balkan Cycling Project | 251 | | 17 | Jaime Alberto Castaneda | COL | | World Cycling Centre | 241 | | 18 | Marco Haller | AUT | | In-n-Out p/b Carrefour | 235 | | 19 | Raúl Granjel Cabrera | CUB | | Aeropostal Venezuela Ciclismo | 234 | | 20 | Rohan Dennis | AUS | | cycleYorkshire | 228 |
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 24-04-2018 00:06
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Thanks for the update. Screw repsol and my lazy ass October team.
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 24-04-2018 00:11
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So we need to score 97 points more than Xero in a C2HC hilly classic to secure a promotion spot? Let's do it guys 
At least the 8th place looks safe, as Yorkshire doesn't have puncheurs, so hard to see them gaining more than 60 points in Zuri
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| Yellow Jersey |
Posted on 24-04-2018 00:13
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With the Balkans breathing down our neck we have to score (or them not scoring) in order to keep our place.. Not many changes this month so the stars remain the same and the performances too
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 24-04-2018 00:15
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Oh, and Team Rafael Valls will end the season in the 15th place in the CT Team Rankings, securing Repsol's goal only by himself 
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| Yellow Jersey |
Posted on 24-04-2018 00:17
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Aquarius97 wrote:
Oh, and Team Rafael Valls will end the season in the 15th place in the CT Team Rankings, securing Repsol's goal only by himself
I hereby declare Valls forbidden to enter Andorran territory
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 24-04-2018 00:20
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Yellow Jersey wrote:
Aquarius97 wrote:
Oh, and Team Rafael Valls will end the season in the 15th place in the CT Team Rankings, securing Repsol's goal only by himself
I hereby declare Valls forbidden to enter Andorran territory
So he won't be able to defend his Tour d'Andorra title? 
I hope he can't race it next year, as Andorra should continue being a C2HC race with your team in CT, so that means Valls is riding in PCT with us next season
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| tastasol |
Posted on 24-04-2018 00:37
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Azteca possibly not going up. That would be quite a surprises giving the predictions before the season. Still plenty that can change in the last race, hopefully it will be another thriller.
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| Yellow Jersey |
Posted on 24-04-2018 00:48
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Aquarius97 wrote:
Yellow Jersey wrote:
Aquarius97 wrote:
Oh, and Team Rafael Valls will end the season in the 15th place in the CT Team Rankings, securing Repsol's goal only by himself
I hereby declare Valls forbidden to enter Andorran territory
So he won't be able to defend his Tour d'Andorra title?
I hope he can't race it next year, as Andorra should continue being a C2HC race with your team in CT, so that means Valls is riding in PCT with us next season
You really have all sides covered
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| Vien |
Posted on 24-04-2018 05:54
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Guess that means we got promotion secured. Not saying I'm unhappy about it, but damn, I've got a lot of planning to do. |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 24-04-2018 06:06
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From fighting to hang to promotion spots at the start of the month (even after ColVent) to having it secured on the back of two flat stage races, probably our weakest terrain till that point of the season, is remarkable! Guess the pressure's off in Zuri. Let's see how Wyss can end the season.
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| Kentaurus |
Posted on 24-04-2018 06:46
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tastasol wrote:
Azteca possibly not going up. That would be quite a surprises giving the predictions before the season. Still plenty that can change in the last race, hopefully it will be another thriller.
Not a surprise when what should be two of the very best riders in CT can't win a race.
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| Scorchio |
Posted on 24-04-2018 12:51
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Table looks lovely to me!  .
(Kigali now run), 1 race to go. Hoping for a good outing from Boily and his puncheur crew to bring home the title with a solid race in Switzerland. Whatever the case, promotion is secured which was the overall objective, and the pre-season target of around 1550 points surpassed quite substantially. Is a nice mix of relegated teams, existing teams and (now not-so!) 'new' teams in the promotion race.
Would be surprised now if the 5 promoted teams aren't now decided, even if order might flip. Fight over 6th (which I am guessing due to circumstances elsewhere is an unofficial promotion spot) is the biggest uncertainty, although Roux has easily been outscoring Chaves most of the season, so Xero in the box seat with points in the bag, and a strong hand for the final day. Still a major surprise to me that Azteca are in a dogfight for promotion, thought they were dead-certs for podium at beginning of season.
Thanks for the late season update SN.
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 24-04-2018 12:57
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Scorchio wrote:
Still a major surprise to me that Azteca are in a dogfight for promotion, thought they were dead-certs for podium at beginning of season.
Thanks for the late season update SN.
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This is the reason why Azteca is only 7th in the rankings
Edited by Aquarius97 on 24-04-2018 12:57
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 24-04-2018 12:57
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Yeiy. Not last anymore...
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 24-04-2018 14:19
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Tamijo's CT prediction...............
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| Booker |
Posted on 24-04-2018 15:05
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Phillips breathing down our necks, but it looks like we’ll be promoting!
Thanks for the update SN, greatly appreciated to calm the frayed nerves. Now, we just have to hope VDH and Boily shit the bed at Zuri, so PPP can keep his top 5 spot. I’m asking for just one goal achieved this year, otherwise our budget for the PCT will be quite meagre.
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