With season end potentially 2 races left for the PCT teams we have most of the positions set. We can pretty much congratulate Ekoi - Le Creuset with being champions after a fantastic season! Going into the final day 221 points ahead of nr 2! An awesome season for the French team
The battle for 2nd place is a lot tighter, with Bolt - Eesti being 27 points ahead of Assa Abloy who are 2 points ahead DK Zalgiris. Pretty much any of them can take 2nd with a good result on the last day. Last secure promotion spot belongs to MOL Cycling Team. No real threat there and 5th should be secured for them.
With disbands it looks like top 7 will promot and Specialized currently holds 6th while a fantastic South Africa has taken Hunter Valley Cycling into 7th. Close behind (2 pts) however we find Lotto-Caloi. Can they find the strenght to move into top 7?
Ignoring the middle of the table we move onto the relegation zone where 3 (4 teams) are pretty much relegated. DeNA Roadstars most likely knew it before the season started, while IESE ProCycling Team has been in the same situation for a long time. I also believe I have declared Simba Cement - Tanga Fresh as relegated in an earlier update.
At this time I believe we can also say that Colombini Kometa will be a CT team next year. Too much money on Del Toro most likely sealed their fate. The last relegation spot however is "up for grabs" as just 8 points makes Sauber Petronas Racing safe as of me writing this, with JEWA TIROL hopeing they can find some way to grab those points and have another season in PCT. This is like a relegation battle in Premier League where there is a lot of money on the line for the two teams!
Pos
Last
Team
Oct
Total
RD
PpRD
Proj
1
1
Ekoi - Le Creuset
228
3458
161
21,48
3501
2
5
Bolt - Eesti
338
3237
163
19,86
3237
3
4
Assa Abloy
273
3210
163
19,69
3209
4
2
DK Zalgiris
122
3208
161
19,93
3249
5
3
MOL Cycling Team
116
3152
161
19,58
3192
6
6
Specialized
206
2946
160
18,41
3001
7
9
Hunter Valley Cycling
391
2817
161
17,5
2853
8
7
Lotto-Caloi
159
2815
161
17,48
2849
9
8
McCormick Pro Cycling
176
2752
160
17,2
2804
10
10
Trans Looney Tunes
189
2577
160
16,11
2626
11
16
Bralirwa - Cegeka
345
2556
160
15,98
2605
12
13
Tryg - Eni
146
2450
161
15,22
2481
13
11
Minions
87
2438
161
15,14
2468
14
12
Gjensidige Pro Cycling Team
77
2404
161
14,93
2434
15
14
Spark Team NZ
90
2355
161
14,63
2385
16
18
Everesting
258
2354
161
14,62
2383
17
15
Zwift - Newton Foundation
60
2289
161
14,22
2318
18
17
Duvel-Tsingtao
38
2235
161
13,88
2262
19
19
Sauber Petronas Racing
121
1883
161
11,7
1907
20
20
JEWA TIROL
118
1875
161
11,65
1899
21
21
Colombini Kometa
47
1757
159
11,05
1801
22
22
Simba Cement - Tanga Fresh
90
1625
161
10,09
1645
23
23
IESE ProCycling Team
232
1354
161
8,41
1371
24
24
DeNA Roadstars
35
649
159
4,08
665
PCT Ranking Update Pre-Final - Individual
Just a quick update here with Bryan Coquard taking over the top spot, as I have not checked who will race the last races I will not quess who can climb, but here is the top 20:
The division title looks reasonably safe, but there's still a race to go (etc.) ... actually the gap is even 250 points which means Zalgiris would essentially need a 1-2 plus probably some depth to still have a shot. With Bolt and Assa Abloy both done for the season I'd say Zalgiris are the favourites for 2nd, but MOL is also still in the mix.
The fight for 7th (and the final promotion spot) will be tight, both Lotto and Hunter Valley have a decent enough option for Emilia and I wouldn't count out McCormick as well.
At the bottom Colombini is done (I've seen their Emilia lineup) while both Sauber and JEWA have a shot to stay in, at least if De Bie finally delivers.
I'm just glad I don't have to report Emilia and potentially keep track of all those close fights
If Lutsenko doesn't crap the bed, then 2nd should be safe. Not that it matters other than world rankings, but would be cool to have two guys in top 10. Which I imagine will be quite difficult with the two fellas ahead of Lutsenko
Coquard back on top! I think he has wrapped it up but honestly I have no clue who still has RDs. Anything can happen on the final day of the season!
Happy to be mid field and finally go into our 2nd season in the PCT. Time to really consolidate our team and try and move forward closer to the PT. Especially with Carlos Rodriguez maxing. We are extremely excited to see how he goes. No training for him this off season but that will have to start the following off season.
Thanks for the update Heine! And keen to see you up in the PCT along with us next season.
