In 2008, Tinkoff Credit Systems won promotion to the ProTour after topping the CT division. They became Wikipedia, and the Tinkoff brand disappeared from cycling until 2011. Now in this team's 3rd year, they too top the table and promote.
Also promoting after 3 seasons is ING Cyclcing Project, who take 2nd place, trailing by 113 points. The next two teams found themselves in unfamiliar territory this season, having been in the ProTour since the start of the game. Both Vueling Airline and Bouygues Telecom have bounced back strongly, to return at the first attempt.
Holding on to 5th after a great start to the season are Rothaus-Aegon. They led for a long time, before Tinkoff took control. With the ProTour expanding to 22 teams, both they and the 6th placed Team Bpost earn promotion in their 2nd season. Bpost's cobbled strength was enough in the end, despite Gautier's unreliability.
In the end, Gautier came good. His Japan result keeps them above VolksWagen-Mapei by 8 points. Volkswagen and also Prio-Porto must wait to see if any ProTour teams disband, to allow them to promote - VolksWagen for the 1st time, Prio for the 2nd.
Vespa take 10th place with their final victory, while HTC are crowned best new PCT team, just ahead of Metinvest. Meiji and Sweadbank tie for 16th place - nothing has separated them over the season - while Oz Cycling beat Evian by 15 points.
More close finishes see Pivovarna Lasko take the last Top 20 place from Alstom-RBC by 6 points, while Cisco end only 12 points ahead of Amex. The most important small gap though is the 28 point cushion that UPC have, above the relegation zone.
The unwanted honour of being the first teams to relegate from PCT goes to Repsol-Cativen, Team CSC-Orbea, Team WWE, LukOil-Rostelekom and PFG-Armavia. Three of those five missing out by less than 100 points. A close battle, but they can no doubt take inspiration from Vueling and Bouygues, and look to bounce back.
1
1
Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC
3893
2
2
ING Cycling Project
3780
3
3
Team Vueling Airlines
3738
4
4
Bouygues Telecom
3553
5
5
Rothaus - Aegon
3526
6
6
Team Bpost
3421
7
8
VolksWagen-Mapei
3413
8
7
Hollister Pro Cycling
3368
9
9
Prio - Porto
3300
10
11
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
3245
11
10
Sram - Riboxx
3234
12
12
Jaguar - Eritel
2796
13
13
HTC Nieuwsblad
2630
14
14
Metinvest-Emirates
2607
15
15
AirBaltic - Endura
2598
16
16
Meiji - Cannondale
2321
17
17
Swedbank-PEAB
2321
18
19
Oz Cycling Project
2216
19
18
Evian-MIAT
2201
20
21
Pivovarna Laško
2127
21
20
Alstom-RBC
2121
22
24
Cisco Cycling Team
2067
23
22
Amex Pro Cycling
2055
24
23
Team Bintang
2030
25
25
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
1976
26
26
Repsol-Cativen
1948
27
27
Team CSC-Orbea
1915
28
29
Team WWE
1914
29
28
LukOil-Rostelekom
1849
30
30
PFG-Armavia
1507
And it is the double for Tinkoff, as Timofey Kritskiy is crowned King of the ProContinental division with a clear victory in the Individual rankings. Thomas Dekker, Rein Taaramae, Danilo Napolitano, Aleksandar Flügel and Maxime Vantomme all crossed the 1000 point mark. Of those, only Napolitano rides for a non-promoting team - evidently Evian need to find some more depth in strength next year!
In terms of promotion, there is nothing to confirm for now. The list of known team disbandments posted later will reveal the first number for CT teams that will promote - so stay tuned for that.
Top of the table is of course Team Gazelle. They end the season with a 1-2 and that pushes them past the 3000 point marker. 12 overall race wins for them.
Iberia put up a good fight to take 2nd - at one point early in the season they had more ranking points than any other PCT or CT team.
Kappa-ENI take a solid 3rd, having been well placed all season, while Magna-Ryanair's late run was able to usurp Allianz-BMW from a Top 5 position.
Privatbank and Mobil secured Top 10 positions, with Kenya Airways missing out in 11th. MTN then lead a group of 5 teams down to Boeing-Vivacom, all closesly matches with barely a 100 points separating them. They all passed the 1000 point marker, so can at least be happy with that.
The wooden spoon goes to ANC Halfords, but of the more active teams, it is Team Credexbank who are lowest placed, behind Sauber-Petronas, in 20th.
1
1
Team Gazelle
3005
2
2
Iberia - Comunidad Valenciana
2435
3
3
Kappa - ENI
1913
4
4
Die Berg Komt Er
1788
5
5
Magna-Ryanair
1686
6
6
Allianz-BMW
1616
7
7
Banco Nacional de Costa Rica
1501
8
8
Ekspla-Cision
1397
9
9
Team PrivatBank
1362
10
10
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
1339
11
11
Kenya Airways - Barclays
1301
12
12
Vattenfall Cycling
1153
13
13
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
1126
14
14
Futbol Club Barcelona - Estrella Damm
1109
15
15
Adira Isq-Project
1083
16
16
Risa - Ergon
1038
17
17
Boeing-Vivacom
1009
18
18
Team Cadbury-Schweppes
942
19
19
Sauber Petronas
790
20
20
Team Credexbank
664
21
21
Japanese - Korean Cycling Project
626
22
22
ANC Halfords
542
The Individual Standings were considerably closer, and came down to the final month. Iberia's Daniel Moreno is the champion, holding out ahead of Pieter Weening and Gert Steegmans.
Gazelle ended up with 4 riders in the Top 10. If you can do that, it's no surprise that you win the team standings!
Africa
Sponsor Goals: Top 5 - HTC Nieuwsblad, MTN, Die Berg Komt Er
Going into the final race, it looked set to be a battle between Metinvest and HTC are the top of the table to decide the winner. And then along came Bouygues Telecom. Metinvest had a good race, but Roelandts and co has an insane race, and Bouygues become African champions. But still, Nolan Hoffman was able to hold off Jurgen Roelandts to take the Individual title.
Of the teams with African interest, Jaguar take 6th, Kenya Airways are an impressive 7th, and MTN finished 13th. Besides the South African winning the standings, other top African riders were Ben Nasser (12th), Ngue (29th), Ndbri (30th) and Niyonshuti (40th).
1
Bouygues Telecom
PCT
692
2
Metinvest-Emirates
PCT
671
3
HTC Nieuwsblad
PCT
636
4
ING Cycling Project
PCT
586
5
Team Bpost
PCT
552
6
Jaguar - Eritel
PCT
494
7
Kenya Airways - Barclays
CT
463
8
VolksWagen-Mapei
PCT
438
9
Pivovarna Laško
PCT
402
10
Die Berg Komt Er
CT
381
11
Team Vueling Airlines
PCT
378
12
PFG-Armavia
PCT
377
13
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
CT
363
14
Team Gazelle
CT
334
15
Iberia - Comunidad Valenciana
CT
334
Spoiler
16
Hollister Pro Cycling
PCT
293
17
Team Bintang
PCT
286
18
Team WWE
PCT
255
19
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
PCT
236
20
Sram - Riboxx
PCT
227
21
Futbol Club Barcelona - Estrella Damm
CT
222
22
AirBaltic - Endura
PCT
209
23
Alstom-RBC
PCT
208
24
Rothaus - Aegon
PCT
198
25
Team CSC-Orbea
PCT
169
26
Allianz-BMW
CT
167
27
Cisco Cycling Team
PCT
131
28
Magna-Ryanair
CT
115
29
Banco Nacional de Costa Rica
CT
112
30
Team Cadbury-Schweppes
CT
104
31
Swedbank-PEAB
PCT
102
32
Oz Cycling Project
PCT
92
33
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
PCT
91
34
Prio - Porto
PCT
89
35
Repsol-Cativen
PCT
88
36
Team PrivatBank
CT
80
37
Evian-MIAT
PCT
78
38
Vattenfall Cycling
CT
62
39
Kappa - ENI
CT
61
40
Amex Pro Cycling
PCT
57
41
Ekspla-Cision
CT
54
42
LukOil-Rostelekom
PCT
45
43
Adira Isq-Project
CT
35
44
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
CT
32
45
Meiji - Cannondale
PCT
32
46
Team Credexbank
CT
27
47
Boeing-Vivacom
CT
26
48
Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC
PCT
12
49
ANC Halfords
CT
9
50
Sauber Petronas
CT
4
51
Japanese - Korean Cycling Project
CT
1
52
Risa - Ergon
CT
0
1
Hoffman
Nolan
RSA
Metinvest-Emirates
PCT
352
2
Roelandts
Jurgen
BEL
Bouygues Telecom
PCT
315
3
Flügel
Aleksandar
GER
VolksWagen-Mapei
PCT
268
4
Froome
Chris
GBR
Jaguar - Eritel
PCT
238
5
Gomez Marchante
José Angel
ESP
ING Cycling Project
PCT
236
6
Greipel
André
GER
Team WWE
PCT
201
7
Roche
Nicolas
IRL
ING Cycling Project
PCT
196
8
Armee
Sander
BEL
HTC Nieuwsblad
PCT
174
9
Dowsett
Alex
GBR
Jaguar - Eritel
PCT
172
10
Bellis
Jonathan
GBR
Rothaus - Aegon
PCT
164
11
Moreno
Daniel
ESP
Iberia - Comunidad Valenciana
CT
163
12
Ben Nasser
Hassen
TUN
Pivovarna Laško
PCT
157
13
Schreurs
Maurice
NED
Team Vueling Airlines
PCT
156
14
Arroyo
David
ESP
Die Berg Komt Er
CT
155
15
Broers
Remco
NED
Team Bpost
PCT
150
Spoiler
16
Taaramäe
Rein
EST
Bouygues Telecom
PCT
140
17
Wegmann
Fabian
GER
Sram - Riboxx
PCT
134
18
Nazaret
Magno
BRA
Team Bintang
PCT
123
19
Weening
Pieter
NED
Team Gazelle
CT
122
20
Khalilikhosroshani
Behnam
IRN
Kenya Airways - Barclays
CT
119
21
Marquez
Florentino
ESP
HTC Nieuwsblad
PCT
114
22
Abal
David
ESP
Team CSC-Orbea
PCT
114
23
Eibegger
Markus
AUT
Magna-Ryanair
CT
109
24
Bole
Grega
SLO
Pivovarna Laško
PCT
107
25
Vaitkus
Tomas
LTU
AirBaltic - Endura
PCT
106
26
Van der Ginst
Dries
BEL
HTC Nieuwsblad
PCT
100
27
Martinez
Yasmani
CUB
Kenya Airways - Barclays
CT
99
28
Nieve
Mikel
ESP
Futbol Club Barcelona - Estrella Damm
CT
96
29
Ngue
Ngock Yves
CMR
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
CT
95
30
Ndbri
Zakayo
KEN
Kenya Airways - Barclays
CT
94
31
Roy
Jérémy
FRA
Alstom-RBC
PCT
93
32
Kip
Ismaël
NED
ING Cycling Project
PCT
85
33
Gautier
Cyril
FRA
Team Bpost
PCT
84
34
Vanspeybrouck
Pieter
BEL
Team Bpost
PCT
83
35
Pozzovivo
Domenico
ITA
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
PCT
82
36
Vasylyuk
Andriy
UKR
Metinvest-Emirates
PCT
82
37
Drujon
Mathieu
FRA
Team Bpost
PCT
81
38
Rodas
Julián
COL
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
CT
80
39
Niyonshuti
Adrien
RWA
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
CT
80
40
Avelino
Óscar
POR
Prio - Porto
PCT
80
41
Reimer
Martin
GER
Team Vueling Airlines
PCT
80
42
Tamayo Martinez
Juan Sebastian
COL
PFG-Armavia
PCT
74
43
Mottin
Hugues
FRA
Bouygues Telecom
PCT
74
44
Jumabekov
Nazar
KAZ
Banco Nacional de Costa Rica
CT
70
45
Alarcon
Jose
VEN
Team Bintang
PCT
70
46
Veelers
Tom
NED
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
PCT
70
47
Vansummeren
Johan
BEL
Team Bpost
PCT
69
48
Rodrigues
Vitor
POR
Hollister Pro Cycling
PCT
67
49
Kump
Marko
SLO
Pivovarna Laško
PCT
66
50
Nardin
Thiago Duarte
BRA
Team Gazelle
CT
64
51
Hoogerland
Johnny
NED
Swedbank-PEAB
PCT
63
52
Kiserlovski
Robert
CRO
Hollister Pro Cycling
PCT
61
53
Lebas
Thomas
FRA
Team Vueling Airlines
PCT
57
54
Sieberg
Marcel
GER
VolksWagen-Mapei
PCT
56
55
Serebriakov
Aleksandr
RUS
Hollister Pro Cycling
PCT
56
56
Polivoda
Oleksandr
UKR
Team PrivatBank
CT
55
57
Salerno
Cristiano
ITA
Cisco Cycling Team
PCT
53
58
Calzati
Sylvain
FRA
Futbol Club Barcelona - Estrella Damm
CT
52
59
Berard
Julien
FRA
HTC Nieuwsblad
PCT
52
60
Menchov
Denis
RUS
Futbol Club Barcelona - Estrella Damm
CT
49
61
Vauvourzeix
Thomas
FRA
Alstom-RBC
PCT
48
62
Abdallah
Cherif
EGY
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
CT
47
63
Ochoa Quintero
Richard
VEN
Hollister Pro Cycling
PCT
47
64
Maes
Nikolas
BEL
Allianz-BMW
CT
46
65
Davis
Allan
AUS
Hollister Pro Cycling
PCT
46
66
Haussler
Heinrich
GER
Sram - Riboxx
PCT
46
67
Efimkin
Aleksandr
RUS
Cisco Cycling Team
PCT
46
68
Kessler
Matthias
GER
VolksWagen-Mapei
PCT
46
69
Marzano
Marco
ITA
Kappa - ENI
CT
45
70
Ford
Michael
AUS
Oz Cycling Project
PCT
45
71
Van der Lijke
Nick
NED
HTC Nieuwsblad
PCT
45
72
Díaz Corrales
Andrés Miguel
COL
ING Cycling Project
PCT
45
73
Flens
Rick
NED
Die Berg Komt Er
CT
43
74
Fernández Oliveira
Luis
ESP
Iberia - Comunidad Valenciana
CT
43
75
Soupe
Geoffrey
FRA
Alstom-RBC
PCT
43
76
Rodriguez Oliver
Joaquin
ESP
Iberia - Comunidad Valenciana
CT
42
77
Talabardon
Yannick
FRA
Allianz-BMW
CT
42
78
Eisel
Bernhard
AUT
Amex Pro Cycling
PCT
41
79
Docker
Mitch
AUS
AirBaltic - Endura
PCT
41
80
Furdi
Blaz
SLO
Team Gazelle
CT
40
81
Solis
Óscar
BOL
Bouygues Telecom
PCT
38
82
Lejman
Gracjan
POL
Team Bintang
PCT
38
83
Baugnies
Jérôme
BEL
HTC Nieuwsblad
PCT
36
84
Burlutsky
Maxim
ISR
PFG-Armavia
PCT
36
85
Cataldo
Dario
ITA
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
PCT
35
86
Serpa
José
COL
Evian-MIAT
PCT
35
87
Wang
Meiyin
CHN
PFG-Armavia
PCT
35
88
Duque
Leonardo
COL
Die Berg Komt Er
CT
34
89
Torckler
Michael
NZL
Team Cadbury-Schweppes
CT
34
90
Kennaugh
Peter
GBR
Team Vueling Airlines
PCT
34
91
Smukulis
Gatis
LAT
Sram - Riboxx
PCT
34
92
Carrara
Matteo
ITA
Allianz-BMW
CT
33
93
Boswell
Ian
USA
HTC Nieuwsblad
PCT
33
94
Hamza
Faycal
ALG
Jaguar - Eritel
PCT
33
95
Giaux
Jérome
BEL
Swedbank-PEAB
PCT
32
96
Olman
Miles
AUS
Oz Cycling Project
PCT
32
97
Gaudin
Damien
FRA
VolksWagen-Mapei
PCT
32
98
Silva
Daniel Eduardo
POR
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
CT
31
99
Murray
Thomas
GBR
Team Cadbury-Schweppes
CT
31
100
Popovych
Jaroslav
UKR
Metinvest-Emirates
PCT
31
101
Adamou
Vassilis
CYP
PFG-Armavia
PCT
31
America
Sponsor Goals: Win - Hollister; Top 5 - Repsol-Cativen, Team WWE, Alstrom-RBC, Prio-Porto, Sram-Riboxx; Top 10 - Team BNCR
There's clearly a gulf about to open up in the American tour races as with the disbandment of Hollister, who have now won the America Tour rankings for the past two seasons. It was already a popular division for goals though - and to their credit, Prio-Porto, Repsol and WWE all joined Hollister in achieving their target.
Repsol have the addition of taking the Individual Rankings title with Andrei Kashechkin - his Tour of America win being particularly significant here - as he beats Tour of Vancouver winner Kritskiy.
Top American continent riders are Alarcon (7th), Ardila (11th), Nicacio (18th) and Zabriskie (23rd).
1
Hollister Pro Cycling
PCT
1202
2
Prio - Porto
PCT
1095
3
Repsol-Cativen
PCT
946
4
Team WWE
PCT
883
5
Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC
PCT
700
6
Bouygues Telecom
PCT
595
7
Team Bintang
PCT
591
8
Alstom-RBC
PCT
579
9
Metinvest-Emirates
PCT
566
10
Amex Pro Cycling
PCT
549
11
ING Cycling Project
PCT
538
12
VolksWagen-Mapei
PCT
512
13
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
PCT
469
14
Sram - Riboxx
PCT
455
15
Iberia - Comunidad Valenciana
CT
451
Spoiler
16
Oz Cycling Project
PCT
409
17
Team Vueling Airlines
PCT
391
18
HTC Nieuwsblad
PCT
353
19
Team Gazelle
CT
346
20
Team CSC-Orbea
PCT
307
21
Rothaus - Aegon
PCT
293
22
LukOil-Rostelekom
PCT
283
23
Meiji - Cannondale
PCT
283
24
Futbol Club Barcelona - Estrella Damm
CT
266
25
Magna-Ryanair
CT
261
26
Boeing-Vivacom
CT
244
27
Team Bpost
PCT
236
28
Die Berg Komt Er
CT
234
29
Pivovarna Laško
PCT
220
30
Banco Nacional de Costa Rica
CT
208
31
ANC Halfords
CT
201
32
Adira Isq-Project
CT
192
33
Vattenfall Cycling
CT
190
34
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
CT
187
35
Ekspla-Cision
CT
185
36
Cisco Cycling Team
PCT
180
37
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
CT
173
38
Jaguar - Eritel
PCT
157
39
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
PCT
137
40
Kenya Airways - Barclays
CT
127
41
AirBaltic - Endura
PCT
117
42
Allianz-BMW
CT
102
43
Team Cadbury-Schweppes
CT
102
44
Evian-MIAT
PCT
88
45
Sauber Petronas
CT
72
46
Swedbank-PEAB
PCT
61
47
Team PrivatBank
CT
43
48
Kappa - ENI
CT
0
49
Team Credexbank
CT
0
50
Risa - Ergon
CT
0
51
PFG-Armavia
PCT
0
52
Japanese - Korean Cycling Project
CT
0
1
Kashechkin
Andrei
KAZ
Repsol-Cativen
PCT
600
2
Kritskiy
Timofey
RUS
Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC
PCT
538
3
Taaramäe
Rein
EST
Bouygues Telecom
PCT
337
4
Kiserlovski
Robert
CRO
Hollister Pro Cycling
PCT
322
5
Pozzovivo
Domenico
ITA
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
PCT
303
6
Keizer
Martijn
NED
VolksWagen-Mapei
PCT
299
7
Alarcon
Jose
VEN
Team Bintang
PCT
251
8
Marquez
Florentino
ESP
HTC Nieuwsblad
PCT
246
9
Serebriakov
Aleksandr
RUS
Hollister Pro Cycling
PCT
226
10
Santos
Bruno
POR
Prio - Porto
PCT
212
11
Ardila
Mauricio
COL
Team WWE
PCT
203
12
Dekker
Thomas
NED
Team Vueling Airlines
PCT
190
13
Popovych
Jaroslav
UKR
Metinvest-Emirates
PCT
186
14
Pellizotti
Franco
ITA
Team WWE
PCT
183
15
Arroyo
David
ESP
Die Berg Komt Er
CT
182
Spoiler
16
Mendes
Jose
POR
Prio - Porto
PCT
171
17
Izagirre
Gorka
ESP
LukOil-Rostelekom
PCT
169
18
Nicácio
Pedro
BRA
Prio - Porto
PCT
166
19
Antón
Igor
ESP
Team CSC-Orbea
PCT
161
20
Avelino
Óscar
POR
Prio - Porto
PCT
151
21
Moreno
Daniel
ESP
Iberia - Comunidad Valenciana
CT
151
22
Chavanel
Sylvain
FRA
Amex Pro Cycling
PCT
150
23
Zabriskie
David
USA
ING Cycling Project
PCT
148
24
Greipel
André
GER
Team WWE
PCT
143
25
Hoffman
Nolan
RSA
Metinvest-Emirates
PCT
140
26
Keough
Jake
USA
Amex Pro Cycling
PCT
138
27
Plaza
Rubén
ESP
Prio - Porto
PCT
136
28
Nardin
Thiago Duarte
BRA
Team Gazelle
CT
134
29
Stetina
Peter
USA
Meiji - Cannondale
PCT
131
30
Castaño
Carlos
ESP
ING Cycling Project
PCT
122
31
Durasek
Kristijan
CRO
Alstom-RBC
PCT
120
32
Rohregger
Thomas
AUT
Magna-Ryanair
CT
118
33
Ventoso
Francisco
ESP
Prio - Porto
PCT
117
34
Schreurs
Maurice
NED
Team Vueling Airlines
PCT
116
35
Salas
Sebastian
CAN
Alstom-RBC
PCT
116
36
Larsson
Gustav
SWD
Vattenfall Cycling
CT
115
37
Krasnoperov
Mikayil
UKR
Team Bintang
PCT
113
38
Rodrigues
Vitor
POR
Hollister Pro Cycling
PCT
112
39
Rodas
Julián
COL
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
CT
109
40
Ratiy
Vadim
UKR
VolksWagen-Mapei
PCT
107
41
Menchov
Denis
RUS
Futbol Club Barcelona - Estrella Damm
CT
104
42
Izagirre
Ion
ESP
Hollister Pro Cycling
PCT
101
43
Paulinho
Sérgio
POR
Team WWE
PCT
101
44
Anton Martin
Francisco
ESP
Iberia - Comunidad Valenciana
CT
98
45
Mezgec
Luka
SLO
Sram - Riboxx
PCT
97
46
Westra
Lieuwe
NED
Team Gazelle
CT
96
47
Abal
David
ESP
Team CSC-Orbea
PCT
95
48
Monsalve
Yonathan
VEN
Hollister Pro Cycling
PCT
94
49
Suaza
Jaime
COL
Bouygues Telecom
PCT
92
50
Rogers
Michael
AUS
Oz Cycling Project
PCT
88
51
Grygorenko
Oleksandr
UKR
Metinvest-Emirates
PCT
87
52
Bibby
Ian
GBR
Jaguar - Eritel
PCT
84
53
Joeaar
Gert
EST
Ekspla-Cision
CT
84
54
Barredo
Carlos
ESP
Amex Pro Cycling
PCT
84
55
Vantomme
Maxime
BEL
Rothaus - Aegon
PCT
82
56
Baugnies
Jérôme
BEL
HTC Nieuwsblad
PCT
80
57
Appleby
Dale
GBR
ANC Halfords
CT
80
58
Devolder
Stijn
BEL
Pivovarna Laško
PCT
77
59
Seledkov
Ivan
RUS
Team Bintang
PCT
77
60
Cataldo
Dario
ITA
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
PCT
76
61
Bellis
Jonathan
GBR
Rothaus - Aegon
PCT
74
62
Sousa
Sérgio
POR
Sram - Riboxx
PCT
73
63
Betancourt
Carlos
COL
Hollister Pro Cycling
PCT
72
64
Napolitano
Danilo
ITA
Evian-MIAT
PCT
70
65
Boily
David
CAN
Alstom-RBC
PCT
70
66
Peraud
Jean-Christophe
FRA
Oz Cycling Project
PCT
70
67
Ardila Cano
Alex
COL
Repsol-Cativen
PCT
70
68
Devine
John
USA
ANC Halfords
CT
70
69
Haussler
Heinrich
GER
Sram - Riboxx
PCT
69
70
Rudaskov
Sergey
RUS
Ekspla-Cision
CT
67
71
Camaño
Iker
ESP
Kenya Airways - Barclays
CT
67
72
Lorenzetto
Mirko
ITA
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
PCT
64
73
Kip
Ismaël
NED
ING Cycling Project
PCT
64
74
Docker
Mitch
AUS
AirBaltic - Endura
PCT
61
75
Bazajev
Assan
KAZ
ING Cycling Project
PCT
58
76
Morabito
Steve
SWI
Alstom-RBC
PCT
58
77
Schelling
Patrick
SWI
Cisco Cycling Team
PCT
58
78
Davis
Allan
AUS
Hollister Pro Cycling
PCT
57
79
Geschke
Simon
GER
Rothaus - Aegon
PCT
56
80
Ben Nasser
Hassen
TUN
Pivovarna Laško
PCT
56
81
Breschel
Matti
DEN
Amex Pro Cycling
PCT
56
82
Gomez Marchante
José Angel
ESP
ING Cycling Project
PCT
56
83
Dufrasnes
Jonathon
BEL
Team Bpost
PCT
56
84
Nieve
Mikel
ESP
Futbol Club Barcelona - Estrella Damm
CT
55
85
Vanspeybrouck
Pieter
BEL
Team Bpost
PCT
54
86
Briceno
Jimmi
VEN
Repsol-Cativen
PCT
54
87
Roman
Maky
VEN
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
CT
53
88
Ford
Michael
AUS
Oz Cycling Project
PCT
52
89
Borges
Bruno
POR
Prio - Porto
PCT
52
90
Rodriguez Oliver
Joaquin
ESP
Iberia - Comunidad Valenciana
CT
51
91
Torckler
Michael
NZL
Team Cadbury-Schweppes
CT
51
92
Furdi
Blaz
SLO
Team Gazelle
CT
50
93
Solis
Óscar
BOL
Bouygues Telecom
PCT
50
94
Zaini
Tommy
ITA
Meiji - Cannondale
PCT
48
95
Gadret
John
FRA
Alstom-RBC
PCT
48
96
Esquivel
Deiber
CRC
Banco Nacional de Costa Rica
CT
47
97
Machado
Honorio
VEN
Repsol-Cativen
PCT
47
98
Ochoa Quintero
Richard
VEN
Hollister Pro Cycling
PCT
47
99
Zeits
Andrey
KAZ
Team Bintang
PCT
46
100
Agudelo
Jairo
COL
Repsol-Cativen
PCT
45
Asia
Sponsor Goals: Win - Evian; Top 5 - Cisco, Meiji, Oz, Armavia; Top 10 - Sauber, Risa
The most competitive regional tour, with plenty of interest in it throughout the season. Japanese squad Meiji-Cannondale were not helped by the interfence of JK Cycling in the transfers window, but that has not stopped them claiming the Asian crown. They were too much for Evian in the end, while Oz came through for 3rd in front of Cisco. Big congratulations too to Sauber-Petronas, who achieve their Top 10 goal.
Aleksandr Efimkin takes the Individual title, in front of Allan Davis and Jianhua Ji. Michael Rogers made it into the Top 10 after winning the Herald Sun Tour. Other prominent Asian riders were Masuda (17th), Alizadeh (21st), Shimizu (25th), and Iglinski (31st).
1
Meiji - Cannondale
PCT
1343
2
Evian-MIAT
PCT
1123
3
Oz Cycling Project
PCT
1037
4
Cisco Cycling Team
PCT
966
5
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
PCT
860
6
Jaguar - Eritel
PCT
789
7
ING Cycling Project
PCT
783
8
Sram - Riboxx
PCT
782
9
Hollister Pro Cycling
PCT
757
10
Sauber Petronas
CT
658
11
Team Gazelle
CT
608
12
AirBaltic - Endura
PCT
600
13
VolksWagen-Mapei
PCT
573
14
Team WWE
PCT
552
15
PFG-Armavia
PCT
541
Spoiler
16
Japanese - Korean Cycling Project
CT
17
Risa - Ergon
CT
18
Pivovarna Laško
PCT
19
Team CSC-Orbea
PCT
20
Team Cadbury-Schweppes
CT
21
Team Bpost
PCT
22
Repsol-Cativen
PCT
23
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
PCT
24
Team Vueling Airlines
PCT
25
Bouygues Telecom
PCT
26
Banco Nacional de Costa Rica
CT
27
HTC Nieuwsblad
PCT
28
Team Bintang
PCT
29
Magna-Ryanair
CT
30
LukOil-Rostelekom
PCT
31
Alstom-RBC
PCT
32
Kenya Airways - Barclays
CT
33
Team PrivatBank
CT
34
Iberia - Comunidad Valenciana
CT
35
Die Berg Komt Er
CT
36
Ekspla-Cision
CT
37
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
CT
38
Rothaus - Aegon
PCT
39
Swedbank-PEAB
PCT
40
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
CT
41
Adira Isq-Project
CT
42
Futbol Club Barcelona - Estrella Damm
CT
43
Allianz-BMW
CT
44
Vattenfall Cycling
CT
45
Metinvest-Emirates
PCT
46
Boeing-Vivacom
CT
47
Amex Pro Cycling
PCT
48
Prio - Porto
PCT
49
Team Credexbank
CT
50
ANC Halfords
CT
51
Tinkoff Bank - Rosneft OJSC
PCT
52
Kappa - ENI
CT
1
Efimkin
Aleksandr
RUS
Cisco Cycling Team
PCT
615
2
Davis
Allan
AUS
Hollister Pro Cycling
PCT
560
3
Ji
Jianhua
CHN
Meiji - Cannondale
PCT
476
4
Napolitano
Danilo
ITA
Evian-MIAT
PCT
461
5
Ginanni
Francesco
ITA
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
PCT
400
6
Wegmann
Fabian
GER
Sram - Riboxx
PCT
311
7
Cavendish
Mark
GBR
AirBaltic - Endura
PCT
306
8
Haussler
Heinrich
GER
Sram - Riboxx
PCT
284
9
Rogers
Michael
AUS
Oz Cycling Project
PCT
277
10
Dowsett
Alex
GBR
Jaguar - Eritel
PCT
266
11
Roelandts
Jurgen
BEL
Bouygues Telecom
PCT
265
12
Castaño
Carlos
ESP
ING Cycling Project
PCT
261
13
Zaini
Tommy
ITA
Meiji - Cannondale
PCT
261
14
Guarnieri
Jacopo
ITA
Vespa-Aprilia Racing
PCT
226
15
Nardin
Thiago Duarte
BRA
Team Gazelle
CT
212
Spoiler
16
Bibby
Ian
GBR
Jaguar - Eritel
PCT
202
17
Masuda
Nariyuki
JPN
Japanese - Korean Cycling Project
CT
192
18
Marquez
Florentino
ESP
HTC Nieuwsblad
PCT
191
19
Flügel
Aleksandar
GER
VolksWagen-Mapei
PCT
183
20
Westra
Lieuwe
NED
Team Gazelle
CT
178
21
Alizadeh
Hossein
IRN
Sauber Petronas
CT
178
22
Costa
Rui
POR
Team CSC-Orbea
PCT
178
23
Vaitkus
Tomas
LTU
AirBaltic - Endura
PCT
177
24
Gomez Marchante
José Angel
ESP
ING Cycling Project
PCT
168
25
Shimizu
Miyataka
JPN
Meiji - Cannondale
PCT
166
26
Serpa
José
COL
Evian-MIAT
PCT
164
27
Gavazzi
Francesco
ITA
Team UPC - Boehringer-Ingelheim
PCT
162
28
Sinkewitz
Patrik
GER
Team Vueling Airlines
PCT
159
29
Ben Nasser
Hassen
TUN
Pivovarna Laško
PCT
153
30
Rocchetti
Federico
ITA
Evian-MIAT
PCT
153
31
Iglinski
Maxim
KAZ
LukOil-Rostelekom
PCT
151
32
Froome
Chris
GBR
Jaguar - Eritel
PCT
151
33
Docker
Mitch
AUS
AirBaltic - Endura
PCT
142
34
Hugentobler
Greogry
SWI
Sauber Petronas
CT
142
35
Koretzky
Clement
FRA
Evian-MIAT
PCT
142
36
Greipel
André
GER
Team WWE
PCT
140
37
Jiriakov
Dimitri
LIE
Sauber Petronas
CT
129
38
Peeters
Kevin
BEL
Japanese - Korean Cycling Project
CT
128
39
Martinez
Yasmani
CUB
Kenya Airways - Barclays
CT
127
40
Pellizotti
Franco
ITA
Team WWE
PCT
125
41
Dall'Antonia
Tiziano
ITA
Mobil - Castrol Cycling
CT
122
42
Preidler
Georg
AUT
VolksWagen-Mapei
PCT
122
43
Rohregger
Thomas
AUT
Magna-Ryanair
CT
121
44
Sousa
Sérgio
POR
Sram - Riboxx
PCT
120
45
Jiao
Pengda
CHN
Oz Cycling Project
PCT
119
46
Mehr-Wenige
Dietmar
GER
Adira Isq-Project
CT
115
47
Lloyd
Matthew
AUS
Oz Cycling Project
PCT
114
48
Visconti
Giovanni
ITA
Oz Cycling Project
PCT
114
49
Roy
Jérémy
FRA
Alstom-RBC
PCT
112
50
Feillu
Romain
FRA
Team Bpost
PCT
110
51
Sai-Udomsin
Phucong
THA
PFG-Armavia
PCT
109
52
Cioban
Sergiu
MOL
Ekspla-Cision
CT
108
53
Vantomme
Maxime
BEL
Rothaus - Aegon
PCT
107
54
Bellis
Jonathan
GBR
Rothaus - Aegon
PCT
107
55
Bazajev
Assan
KAZ
ING Cycling Project
PCT
107
56
Taborre
Fabio
ITA
Cisco Cycling Team
PCT
104
57
Esquivel
Deiber
CRC
Banco Nacional de Costa Rica
CT
103
58
Nazaret
Magno
BRA
Team Bintang
PCT
103
59
Zabriskie
David
USA
ING Cycling Project
PCT
101
60
Soler
Mauricio
COL
Repsol-Cativen
PCT
97
61
Wang
Meiyin
CHN
PFG-Armavia
PCT
94
62
Kessler
Matthias
GER
VolksWagen-Mapei
PCT
90
63
Renshaw
Mark
AUS
Team Cadbury-Schweppes
CT
89
64
Moreno
Daniel
ESP
Iberia - Comunidad Valenciana
CT
86
65
Giacoppo
Anthony
AUS
Risa - Ergon
CT
86
66
Manan
Anuar
MAS
Meiji - Cannondale
PCT
82
67
Pineau
Jérôme
FRA
Team WWE
PCT
81
68
Hatanaka
Yusuke
JPN
Meiji - Cannondale
PCT
81
69
Abal
David
ESP
Team CSC-Orbea
PCT
78
70
Ford
William
AUS
Oz Cycling Project
PCT
78
71
Ardila
Mauricio
COL
Team WWE
PCT
77
72
Acevedo
Janier Alexis
COL
Repsol-Cativen
PCT
76
73
Tamayo Martinez
Juan Sebastian
COL
PFG-Armavia
PCT
76
74
Mestre
Ricardo
POR
Team PrivatBank
CT
76
75
Sonnery
Blaise
FRA
Evian-MIAT
PCT
72
76
Makino
Kosuke
JPN
Japanese - Korean Cycling Project
CT
72
77
Larsson
Gustav
SWD
Vattenfall Cycling
CT
70
78
Ratiy
Vadim
UKR
VolksWagen-Mapei
PCT
70
79
Zingle
Romain
BEL
Team Bpost
PCT
69
80
Schreurs
Maurice
NED
Team Vueling Airlines
PCT
67
81
Van Winden
Dennis
NED
ING Cycling Project
PCT
67
82
Keizer
Martijn
NED
VolksWagen-Mapei
PCT
66
83
Gate
Aaron
NZL
Team Cadbury-Schweppes
CT
66
84
Seledkov
Ivan
RUS
Team Bintang
PCT
65
85
Dempster
Zakkari
AUS
Hollister Pro Cycling
PCT
65
86
Guillén
Marco
CRC
Banco Nacional de Costa Rica
CT
65
87
Dyachenko
Aleksandr
KAZ
Cisco Cycling Team
PCT
64
88
Shaekhov
Vadim
UZB
Team Gazelle
CT
64
89
Gerrans
Simon
AUS
Oz Cycling Project
PCT
63
90
Der
Zsolt
SER
Pivovarna Laško
PCT
62
91
Kennaugh
Peter
GBR
Team Vueling Airlines
PCT
62
92
Sutton
Christopher
AUS
Risa - Ergon
CT
62
93
Drapac
Damion
AUS
Oz Cycling Project
PCT
62
94
Landa
Andreas
NOR
Evian-MIAT
PCT
61
95
Rodas
Julián
COL
MTN - World Bicycle Relief
CT
60
96
Hochmann
Jíri
CZE
Die Berg Komt Er
CT
60
97
Sánchez Gonzalez
Samuel
ESP
Iberia - Comunidad Valenciana
CT
59
98
Teklehaimanot
Daniel
ERI
Jaguar - Eritel
PCT
59
99
Anderson
Ryan
CAN
Alstom-RBC
PCT
57
100
Bole
Grega
SLO
Pivovarna Laško
PCT
57
Europe
Sponsor Goals: Top 5 - Tinkoff, Vueling, Sweadbank, Kappa; Top 10 - Rothaus, Metinvest
It's hardly a surprise that winning the overall division translates to winning the European Tour, and Tinkoff have done just that. Rothaus gave them a close fight in Europe over the season but must settle for 2nd, with Vueling 3rd. All 3 achieve their goal while Sweadbank just miss out. Still a very good efford for the Swedish team to do so well, taking 6th. Kappa also did very well to make the Top 10.
There's no double for Tinkoff, as Thomas Dekker defeats Timofey Kritskiy in the Individual Standings. Lars Boom is noteworthy in 6th - all of his points earned this year came in Europe.
11th is decent I guess, average. Was hoping for a lot more though after an amazing first few months. August, September and October were all horrible for us.
Last thing to hope for is our top five in the Africa Tour. Not a goal, but would be a nice thing to achieve.
4th is about where I expected us to be. It's nice to see that a team without puncheurs can do so well overall. Arroyo's 12th place is a real disappointment for me, I really thought he would be at least top 3 when I bought him. We were just a bit too unlucky at the start of the season.
Just like Froomedog I'm waiting for the Africa Tour as well, to see if we got a top 5 there, but I'd highly doubt it.
Now waiting to see if we can get a license for next season. Grats to Tinkoff, Gazelle and all teams that reached their goals!
Fantastic season for us, to be in Top 15 when relegation scrap was expected is tremendous. Hopefully we can improve upon that in the coming season, and a new sponsor is likely to take over from Nieuwsblad. 2/5 goals achieved plus other 3 were close is also nice achievement.
Well done to ask the promoting teams, hard luck to all the relegating.
Well that is fantastic news and justifies me sitting in front of my computer all day refreshing (seriously it has been about 9 hours that I've been doing that now). This went completely down to the wire and it is hard to imagine it being more tense. I hope that VW get into the PT, after all of the great results I feel that they deserve it.
Quite happy with the last races, which let us finish this season rather safely on 18th place. Guess our TT-power and general not-too-shabby depth paid off then. Like last year, we had no one in the individual's Top-50, which is a shame for both Rogers and my planning (to be fair. But i'm still shocked by his total let-me-lose-25 minutes Tour of Czech disaster).. It was always going to be a transitional year though, with some of our future hopes being loaned out. Guess we will again see a lot of changes in my team, as Peraud, Visconti or also Lloyd or Rogers ain't must-stay's at Oz.
Now looking forward to the regional ranks, where Asia may give us or only achieved goal.
Great!
Before the season I would have taken the 5th immediately. Now after this season I feel like I could have reached a bit more with some more luck. Bellis in Beijing or some better stage results without a weak sprinter stopping Bellis/Geschke to sprint. Planning mistakes.
But so it`s even better to see that the top6 will promote for sure. Congrats also to the others and in especially Bpost, who had a close fight with Volkswagen in the end for that confirmed spot.
Planning for Pro Tour now is absolutely new to me as I actually had plans for 2014 already, which were for PCT though.
At least I have lots of free cap to think about some of the top free agents.
Woohoo!!! No I hope just 8 teams will promote and then it's time to own the CT next year. If more teams promote I fear we will promote, relegate, promote etc...
Manager of Team Popo4Ever p/b Morshynska in the PCM.Daily Man-Game
Quickly checked the pre season rankings and compared them with the final rankings.
I think Rothaus, Prio Porto, Sram, airBaltic, Meiji or even Tinkoff might be the teams, that did (much) better than expected.
Bintang!!!, CSC! the teams that couldn`t fulfill the expectations.
I expected relegation and so to say I'm happy is an understatement. Now to rebuild completely and look towards the top 10. Roll on 2014! Edited by jph27 on 16-02-2014 17:32
Quickly checked the pre season rankings and compared them with the final rankings.
I think Rothaus, Prio Porto, Sram, airBaltic, Meiji or even Tinkoff might be the teams, that did (much) better than expected.
Bintang!!!, CSC! the teams that couldn`t fulfill the expectations.
Damn I just did the exact same thing But yeah as Smowz has been saying all season, Bintang has just been a huge failure.
The funny thing is, in hindsight, there's really no reason to have predicted Bintang that high. Their big plus was Alarcon, and he was outgunned by the influx into the division of Kritskiy, Dekker, Pozzovivvo, Taaramae etc
Anyway, I declare Smowz the winner by a Pearson Correlation score of 0.70 to 0.66!
Nice to see the season has now officially ended, at least for PCT and CT. Congrats to all managers, wether they managed to promote or just missed out, it was a very entertaining season to follow, wether it was Gazelle showing who's Boss in the CT division or Hagen bringing home the prizes for Norway, ember and B&O. So yeah, congrats, and may 2014 be an even better season! (And may i be part of it too )
To everyone promoting: Have fun in ProTour!
Especially happy to see ING (thanks for VDB!), Rothaus (way to go!) and possibly VW (don't you dare using the extra cap space on you-know-who!) going up.
Nevertheless congratulations to everyone else as well of course, you deserve it.
To everyone staying in PCT and of course all the promoting CT teams: here I am! Prepare to plan for second place!
Gotta admit I look forward to our battle in a way already, it will be fun competing against some of our friends over at HTC, Evian, Cisco and Magna
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If more teams promote I fear we will promote, relegate, promote etc...
