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Mid-October Rankings Update
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 01-02-2014 18:56
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6 races remain - 4 stage races before the 2 season ending classics. Not much time for points to be scored then.
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ING move ahead of Rothaus for 3rd, and with Prio's season done, it is up to Bouygues, Bpost and VolksWagen to make the most of the rest of the season to try to move into one of those guaranteed promotion positions.
UPC, Oz and LukOil are in the relegation positions currently - but Repsol and CSC-Orbea remain within reach. Cisco have a little bit of an advantage. Get above Bintang's value and it is another level of safety as they are done, but is it even possible for 5 or more teams to gain enough on Bintang to do that?
| 1 | 1 |  | Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC | 3887 | | 2 | 2 |  | Team Vueling Airlines | 3598 | | 3 | 4 |  | ING Cycling Project | 3488 | | 4 | 3 |  | Rothaus - Aegon | 3430 | | 5 | 5 |  | Prio - Porto | 3300 | | 6 | 6 |  | Hollister Pro Cycling | 3225 | | 7 | 7 |  | Bouygues Telecom | 3142 | | 8 | 8 |  | Team Bpost | 3072 | | 9 | 9 |  | VolksWagen-Mapei | 3044 | | 10 | 10 |  | Vespa-Aprilia Racing | 2858 | | 11 | 11 |  | Sram - Riboxx | 2711 | | 12 | 12 |  | Jaguar - Eritel | 2636 | | 13 | 13 |  | HTC Nieuwsblad | 2462 | | 14 | 14 |  | Metinvest-Emirates | 2459 | | 15 | 15 |  | AirBaltic - Endura | 2346 | | 16 | 16 |  | Swedbank-PEAB | 2235 | | 17 | 17 |  | Pivovarna Laško | 2089 | | 18 | 19 |  | Alstom-RBC | 2073 | | 19 | 20 |  | Evian-MIAT | 2048 | | 20 | 22 |  | Meiji - Cannondale | 2035 | | 21 | 18 |  | Team Bintang | 2030 | | 22 | 21 |  | Amex Pro Cycling | 2023 | | 23 | 23 |  | Cisco Cycling Team | 1943 | | 24 | 24 |  | Repsol-Cativen | 1896 | | 25 | 25 |  | Team CSC-Orbea | 1870 | | 26 | 26 |  | Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim | 1859 | | 27 | 27 |  | Oz Cycling Project | 1817 | | 28 | 28 |  | LukOil-Rostelekom | 1809 | | 29 | 29 |  | Team WWE | 1545 | | 30 | 30 |  | PFG-Armavia | 1360 |
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Good form by Rohregger sends Magna up into the promotion spots, catching out Allianz who have spent most of the season in the Top 5.
Kenya Airways swap with Mobil Castrol to move into the Top 10, while FC Barcelona enjoy a rise of 4 positions.
Less than 100 points separates 12th and 17th. If extending the PT, and disbanding inactive teams means that promotion stretches down to this part of the table, a few last points could be key if it means an increase in positions.
| 1 | 1 |  | Team Gazelle | 2893 | | 2 | 2 |  | Iberia - Comunidad Valenciana | 2374 | | 3 | 3 |  | Kappa - ENI | 1898 | | 4 | 4 |  | Die Berg Komt Er | 1744 | | 5 | 8 |  | Magna-Ryanair | 1602 | | 6 | 5 |  | Allianz-BMW | 1575 | | 7 | 6 |  | Banco Nacional de Costa Rica | 1501 | | 8 | 7 |  | Ekspla-Cision | 1377 | | 9 | 9 |  | Team PrivatBank | 1307 | | 10 | 11 |  | Kenya Airways - Barclays | 1281 | | 11 | 10 |  | Mobil - Castrol Cycling | 1224 | | 12 | 12 |  | MTN - World Bicycle Relief | 1062 | | 13 | 17 |  | Futbol Club Barcelona - Estrella Damm | 1056 | | 14 | 18 |  | Vattenfall Cycling | 1038 | | 15 | 15 |  | Risa - Ergon | 1025 | | 16 | 14 |  | Boeing-Vivacom | 1005 | | 17 | 13 |  | Adira Isq-Project | 989 | | 18 | 16 |  | Team Cadbury-Schweppes | 922 | | 19 | 19 |  | Sauber Petronas | 742 | | 20 | 20 |  | Team Credexbank | 653 | | 21 | 21 |  | Japanese - Korean Cycling Project | 594 | | 22 | 22 |  | ANC Halfords | 538 |
Edited by SportingNonsense on 01-02-2014 18:56
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| jaxika |
Posted on 01-02-2014 18:58
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Ohh crap, i was worried by BNCR and now beated by Magna ... funny  |
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| roturn |
Posted on 01-02-2014 18:58
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4th and so close...Good to know Prio`s season is over and I still have Bejing left with Bellis. |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 01-02-2014 19:06
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I can't watch...  Thanks for the update.
Any chance SN you can keep updating after each race down the stretch?
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 01-02-2014 19:19
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C'mon, we can still finish in the top 10 with a good couple of races.  |
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| jph27 |
Posted on 01-02-2014 19:20
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Any news on how many disbandings to expect? 
We look safe but you never know... |
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 01-02-2014 19:21
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Nice to see just how close it is, every little point counts now!
Hoping that MTN (or maybe Boeing) can bag a few big points now, and move up in to potential promotion spots. And of course seing the only Irish team at Conti level doing so well is nice too.
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 01-02-2014 19:25
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Back into the top ten, and with Faso and Utah left that should be consolidated - just.
Mobil should have a good chance to overtake us with them racing Zuri - Metzgete and Herald as opposed to Faso (we both race Utah). Privatbank and Eskpla should be overtakable though. Eskpla just have Zuri while Privatbank have Zuri and Utah - but probably taking a weaker squad than us in America.
Faso will be crucial for us, but I reckon we will definitely retain the top 10 place and maybe even move into 8th. Should be an interesting finish. Good luck to all who need a good finish |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 01-02-2014 19:31
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jph27 wrote:
Any news on how many disbandings to expect?
We look safe but you never know...
Just open the ManGame managers list, take a look at all profiles and note when their last post in a ManGame-related thread was. You should get a good feeling yourself
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 01-02-2014 19:35
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jph27 wrote:
Any news on how many disbandings to expect?
We look safe but you never know...
I think somewhere between 13 and 15. A lot.  |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 01-02-2014 19:36
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Miguel98 wrote:
jph27 wrote:
Any news on how many disbandings to expect?
We look safe but you never know...
I think somewhere between 13 and 15. A lot.
Less high-profile ones than in earlier seasons though. Gonna be interesting to see how the FA situation will be in terms of balance.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 01-02-2014 19:38
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Just Utah to go now, and we can still make it to a pretty solid position for Promotion! Yes i still have faith Boeing can deliver a big result
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| Vien |
Posted on 01-02-2014 19:46
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Glad to see we can get top 5. I have no intentions to promote, but it's nice to see we recovered so well.
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 01-02-2014 19:47
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jph27 wrote:
Any news on how many disbandings to expect?
We look safe but you never know...
I count 13 at max, counting those like AirBaltic ad Iberia though who've only recently disappeared.
Edited by FroomeDog99 on 01-02-2014 19:47
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 01-02-2014 20:02
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FroomeDog99 wrote:
Back into the top ten, and with Faso and Utah left that should be consolidated - just.
Mobil should have a good chance to overtake us with them racing Zuri - Metzgete and Herald as opposed to Faso (we both race Utah). Privatbank and Eskpla should be overtakable though. Eskpla just have Zuri while Privatbank have Zuri and Utah - but probably taking a weaker squad than us in America.
Faso will be crucial for us, but I reckon we will definitely retain the top 10 place and maybe even move into 8th. Should be an interesting finish. Good luck to all who need a good finish
Don't even think I sent a weak team to Utah... Not sure who I sent as I'm on my other computer on which I don't have my files, but afaik I made a team with Mestre as leader, Also Golovash will go there, rest... Not sure....
I will keep my top 10, no matter what, as I will win Zuri Metzgete anyway with Vorganov in great shape lately...
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 01-02-2014 20:09
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We're sending Martinez and Rijntjes, which should be a bit stronger in my view. Still, in stage races anything can happen so Mestre could easily have to punch above his weight. We'll have to see.
Though we do, as said, have Faso over Zuri which should be an advantage in my eves with 10 vs 2 racedays, even if ours are C1. Good luck btw, we may be fighting for the last couple of promotion spots |
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 01-02-2014 20:13
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Yeah, we're probably fighting for those last few spots... Promotion wouldn't hurt my future plans, as that'd mean I could train a certain FA myself instead of loaning him out... On the other hand, with the current amount, and skills of Ukrainian riders 2 teams in the PCT Might be too much...
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| Firefly21 |
Posted on 01-02-2014 20:22
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Wow, I'm surprised to see us so high! I knew we could make a late season charge based on Rohregger's late season schedule, but I was not sure we could jump so far in the standings this late in the season.
Rohregger makes his final appears for the season at Utah, so hopefully that will put us over the top for good.
Who knows, though - the CT season has all sorts of twists and turns - why not some more in the final weeks?
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 01-02-2014 20:24
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Promotion is pretty far off. We have to be really really lucky in the next few races (Faso, Utah) if we want to promote. Promotion was never a real goal anyway, so I won't be disappointed at all if it doesn't happen. I'm more than happy just finishing mid-table
Edited by aidanvn13 on 01-02-2014 20:25
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| brownwm |
Posted on 01-02-2014 20:27
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So close to avoiding relegation, just have to hold on for a little bit longer. Only one race to go for me, and I don't expect much. Hopefully the teams around me won't get many points at all so I don't have to do anything.
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