Ripley wrote:

Virginijus decided to join what is arguably the best team in the world, knowing full well that he'd remain anonymous among the world-class team mates of Quickstep. But he played his small role in winning the overall WT teams ranking – by the slimmest of margins against Ineos - which made him proud, it could be considered to be his first title.


His first race with his new team, the Paz y Oro, was already his biggest personal success of the season, he finished 60th overall, a career best. But his real highlight was making the breakaway on stage 4 of the Tour de France. His mother cried when she saw him on TV and heard the commentators speculate that her son could become a great climber one day.

He went on to finish the Tour, a great achievement in itself, and played his part to help Alaphilippe onto the podium. He used his share of the prize money to put money down on a modest house back home. Alunderis did not have any DNFs nor crashes all season.

We saw him again and again working hard for his captain, usually chasing the breakaway for Alaphilippe, making him instrumental in Alaphilippe's victories in San Sebastian and Montreal. Though it did not pay off for him personally, he finished with just 14 points, the fewest of all RTG riders.

He will again work hard on his climbing in the off-season and hopes to leave more of a mark in the mountains, maybe even score a few KOM points, which have eluded him so far.

Name	Team	2018 Points
Tornike Zurabiani	NIPPO - Vini Fantini - Europa Ovini	37
Donald McRettin	Hagens Berman - Axeon	30

Ulrich Ulriksen wrote:


There can be only one.

(think it should be 2019 points)