1. Andre Greipel Team High Road 62 pts 2. Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil Caisse D'Epargne 38 3. Mickael Delage Francaise Des Jeux 30 4. Mickael Buffaz Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 25 5. Jose Alberto Benitez Roman Saunier Duval-Scott 21 6. Kjell Carlstrom Liquigas 15 7. Luis Leon Sanchez Gil Caisse D'Epargne 10 8. Mark Renshaw Credit Agricole 7 9. Graeme Brown Rabobank 4 10. Stuart O’Grady Team CSC 2
Yup, the Teams ranking is only affected the teams classification at each race
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issoisso wrote:
Yup, the Teams ranking is only affected the teams classification at each race
Is that sure ? For one day races there are no problem, but what about stage races ?
Isn't it the sum of all team rankings per stage, plus a bonus for the final team ranking (per time or per position) ?
Edited by Aquarius on 04-02-2008 14:20
If i'm not mistaken, the teams get 20 points for first place in the teams classification in a stage race, 19 for second, 18 for third,etc. More than that for more important stage races.
For classics it's a bit more complicated. the way points are given is the same, but the the way the team's classification for each individual race is decided is strange:
each team gets a certain number of "points" (I'm usin the " sign because they're not real points. they don't count for the ProTour ranking) for each of it's 3 best placed riders, with of course more "points" for better placed riders. The team that has more "points" is first on the teams classification for that event, and as such gets 20 real points, meaning points that actually count for the ProTour ranking.
the team with the second most "points" gets 19 real points for the ranking. etc.
sorry if it's confusing but in english there's only one word for points, so i had to differ between "points" and real points that actually count for the ProTour ranking
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Yeah, I know how it works for classics. To make it more simple, the first rider scores one point, the second two points, etc. You count the number of points per team by adding the number of points of the three first riders of the team. The team with the lesser points gets twenty points for the PT teams classification, the second team gets 19. In case of tight the team whose first rider got the best position gets the more points.
What I was actually asking was 'do stages also count for Pro Tour team classification' ?
