Actually, your team worked really well. When O'Grady punctured 3 of your riders went down to bring him back. In the peloton, you still had 3-4 other riders left at that point.
Zutcorp should really be pleased with things so far. His team will be immensely strong when we reach the Grand Tours, and he's collected a real lot of points already.
And brilliant podium by Ballan, but so close to 2nd... So close...
Team:
Carrefour go top as their strong classics team takes effect, especially with Boonen moving to 2nd individually - France Televisions move way down to 5th. Ag2r go upwards after a strong spell from Hincapie (who now leads individually). Down at the bottom, Magenta move into the relegation spot after Hushovd scored some points for Discovery
Team Points
1 Carrefour 155
2 Accumalux 142
3 Ag2r Prevoyance - Renault 142
4 Carlsberg 137
5 France Televisions 137
6 Fed-Ex 85
7 Ferrari 80
8 Credit Agricole 78
9 Team FloGas 67
10 La Gazetta Dello Sport 47
11 Domina Vacanze 41
12 Virgin Media 34
13 Cycling24 - Honda 28
14 Saturn 22
15 Telefonica 19
16 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14
17 Magenta Trefoil 10
Individual:
It's all about the cobble riders at the moment - 4 of the top 5 are cobble specialists, and the best of the bunch has been Hincapie - Boonen has fallen short by his standard of last year - will he redeem himself with green in Le Tour?
Rank Name Team Points
1 Hincapie Ag2r Prevoyance - Renault 115
2 Boonen Carrefour 105
3 Fabian Cancellara Accumalux 87
4 Burghardt Fed-Ex 65
5 Alejandro Valverde France Televisions 58
6 Ballan Ferrari 56
7 Michael Boogerd Credit Agricole 55
8 Eisel Carlsberg 50
9 Frank Schleck Accumalux 47
10 Janez Brajkovic France Televisions 42
Paolo Bettini and Alejandro Valverde have the most wins/jerseys at the moment with 3 each. Boogerd follows with 2.
France Televisions, Accumalux and Domina Vacanze also have 4 wins/jerseys each, with both Credot Agricole and Ferrari on 3
Edited by Crommy on 05-10-2007 17:25
In retrospect it seems an obvious mistake that my two best riders have already finished the races they should score points in. Of course they'll be worth some pennies later on, but it simply doesn't pay off to focus on cobble specialists.
A lot of DS's have already mentioned this, so I'm not feelin' victimised or anythin'.
But dear Cuapio really needs to ride the season of his life in order to save Ferrari
Balaverde wrote:
Zutcorp should really be pleased with things so far. His team will be immensely strong when we reach the Grand Tours, and he's collected a real lot of points already.
...
yes, Im over the moon. At this time last year, we were not doing so well (even though van Petegem did way better than expected of him), so im happy,
But im looking forward to the rest as the dreaded cobbles are now done!
Manager of Protour champions 2008, Carlsberg Cycling!! (wow is it that long ago I was in the management game?)
