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CT Rankings Update #5
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 08-11-2015 23:08
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Just the one C2 stage race during September, the Herald Sun Tour, and that was joined by two C2HC classics: Acropolis and Yekaterinburg. In amongst that, some teams scores points at a C1 level in Plouay, Cyclistes and most notably, the Tour of America.
And it is there where Delaval briefly led the race, and enjoyed a great performance from Anacona. OTP had a great month as Julien Simon finally showed up for them with a win and a 3rd, while Boaro and Rolland teamed up nicely for Generali in Australia. Kruopis was the star of that race, helping Indosat along.
September:
| 1 |  | DeLaval - Kiitokori | 205 | | 2 |  | OTP Bank - Slovnaft | 168 | | 3 |  | Generali - Kronenbourg 1664 | 154 | | 4 |  | Indosat - ANZ | 145 | | 5 |  | Fablok - Dunlop | 113 |
Compal-Merida remain the leaders, with Indosat now climbing to 2nd. But while their seasons are almost run, Novatek, Strava and Fablok have much racing to do - the Ruta America del Sur providing a great opportunity for either of them to stake a claim for the CT title.
Their American adventure does not improve their position, but Delaval now look much more safe in 6th. TomTom and Buff have joined Venchi in announcing their impending disbandments, which means we now know for sure that 8 teams will go up. Generali and Netia hold those last two positions, but In-n-Out remain close having slipped below both of them this month - and Netia do look vulnerable.
There are other inactive looking teams in PT/PCT though, so more than 8 teams may still promote. Regardless of that or not, making the Top 10 is still a key achievement and it's close there. Sancor return to the Top 10 thanks to a strong Richeze in Plouay, but Alpina are just 10 behind, and Severstal have now finally notched up a 2nd race win of the season - the 1st being on the opening day.
Carlsberg and Lierse are holding on to their Top 15 spots ahead of Chiquita, with OTP now moving up 2 positions as Simon senses that contract time is near. The only other movement sees Fox slip below Fred Whitton. Team Type 1 remain bottom, and Elta need not worry, as TT1's season is almost done.
| | | Team | Total | RD | PpRD | | 1 | 1 |  | Compal-Merida | 1463 | 115 | 12.72 | | 2 | 5 | | Indosat - ANZ | 1420 | 117 | 12.14 | | 3 | 2 |  | Novatek-Panarmenian.net | 1400 | 107 | 13.08 | | 4 | 3 |  | Strava | 1388 | 109 | 12.73 | | 5 | 4 | | Fablok - Dunlop | 1351 | 107 | 12.63 | | 6 | 6 | | DeLaval - Kiitokori | 1251 | 112 | 11.17 | | 7 | 8 | | Generali - Kronenbourg 1664 | 1143 | 106 | 10.78 | | 8 | 9 |  | Netia - Norske Skog | 1113 | 117 | 9.51 | | 9 | 7 |  | In-n-Out Cycling Team Powered By Carrefour | 1089 | 109 | 9.99 | | 10 | 11 |  | SanCor Cycling Team | 976 | 109 | 8.95 | | 11 | 10 |  | Alpina - Avianca | 966 | 110 | 8.78 | | 12 | 14 |  | Severstal-Mercator | 904 | 110 | 8.22 | | 13 | 12 |  | Actavis - DKSH | 898 | 113 | 7.95 | | 14 | 13 |  | Carlsberg - Danske Bank | 850 | 114 | 7.46 | | 15 | 15 |  | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Cycling Team | 744 | 107 | 6.95 | | 16 | 16 |  | Chiquita - Universal p/b Minions | 703 | 112 | 6.28 | | 17 | 19 | | OTP Bank - Slovnaft | 684 | 110 | 6.22 | | 18 | 18 |  | Gatorade - SIS | 654 | 112 | 5.84 | | 19 | 17 |  | Verkefnid Iceland | 640 | 112 | 5.71 | | 20 | 20 |  | Akzonobel - Statoil | 572 | 112 | 5.11 | | 21 | 21 |  | BelarusBank Pro Cycling | 542 | 107 | 5.07 | | 22 | 22 |  | Sodexo ProCycling | 430 | 107 | 4.02 | | 23 | 24 |  | Fred Whitton Race Team | 379 | 112 | 3.38 | | 24 | 23 |  | Fox Sports - Golomt Cycling | 376 | 112 | 3.36 | | 25 | 25 |  | Elta - Hellenic Post | 349 | 107 | 3.26 | | 26 | 26 |  | Team Type 1 | 299 | 118 | 2.53 |
It's been a little longer since the last Individual update, but still it is Lavoine leading a sprinter dominated top of the table. And now the Top 4 are all sprinters, as Kruopis has moved up, just ahead of top climber Anacona.
Recent classic wins for Mendes and Der take them to 17th and 21st, while the jump for Simon was over 100 places - now in 45th. Van Wyk is not quite up 100 after Cigar City, 99 spots to 120th instead.
| 1 | 1 | Anthony Lavoine | FRA | | Fablok - Dunlop | 594 | | 2 | 3 | Maximiliano Richeze | ARG | | Sancor Cycling Team | 463 | | 3 | 2 | Aleksandr Serebriakov | RUS | | Novatek-Panarmenian.net | 427 | | 4 | 10 | Aidis Kruopis | LTU | | Indosat - ANZ | 416 | | 5 | 13 | Winner Anacona | COL | | DeLaval - Kiitokori | 408 | | 6 | 6 | Marc De Maar | CUR | | Carlsberg - Danske Bank | 407 | | 7 | 5 | Michael Matthews | AUS | | Compal-Merida | 369 | | 8 | 4 | Sebastian Langeveld | NED | | Strava | 361 | | 9 | 11 | Kazushige Kuboki | JPN | | Actavis - DKSH | 339 | | 10 | 8 | Jukka Vastaranta | FIN | | DeLaval - Kiitokori | 326 | | 11 | 12 | Frantisek Rabon | CZE | | Novatek-Panarmenian.net | 323 | | 12 | 9 | Darwin Atapuma | COL | | Indosat - ANZ | 309 | | 13 | 7 | Jakub Novak | CZE | | In-n-Out Cycling Team Powered By Carrefour | 307 | | 14 | 15 | Mauricio Soler | COL | | Alpina - Avianca | 306 | | 15 | 16 | Andrey Zeits | KAZ | | Netia - Norske Skog | 295 | | 16 | 14 | Abolfazl Gilanipoor | IRN | | Compal-Merida | 288 | | 17 | 18 | Andrew Tennant | GBR | | Strava | 261 | | 18 | 37 | Jose Mendes | POR | | Severstal-Mercator | 228 | | 19 | 22 | Pierre Rolland | FRA | | Generali - Kronenbourg 1664 | 226 | | 20 | 17 | Matteo Pelucchi | ITA | | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Cycling Team | 225 | | 21 | 47 | Zsolt Der | SER | | Netia - Norske Skog | 220 | | 22 | 25 | Gian Piero Signorini | ITA | | Indosat - ANZ | 216 | | 23 | 19 | Jan Hirt | CZE | | Severstal-Mercator | 212 | | 24 | 26 | Kirill Pozdnyakov | RUS | | Novatek-Panarmenian.net | 208 | | 25 | 30 | Richard Ochoa Quintero | VEN | | BelarusBank Pro Cycling | 208 | | 26 | 21 | Stijn Joseph | BEL | | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Cycling Team | 200 | | 27 | 20 | Tyler Brandt | USA | | Gatorade - SIS | 195 | | 28 | 33 | Rudy Molard | FRA | | Generali - Kronenbourg 1664 | 193 | | 29 | 23 | Trent Lowe | AUS | | Compal-Merida | 190 | | 30 | 24 | Gabor Kasa | SER | | Severstal-Mercator | 190 | | 31 | 35 | Phillip Gaimon | USA | | In-n-Out Cycling Team Powered By Carrefour | 188 | | 32 | 53 | Manuele Boaro | ITA | | Generali - Kronenbourg 1664 | 183 | | 33 | 27 | Steve Morabito | SWI | | Actavis - DKSH | 182 | | 34 | 28 | Yasmani Martinez | CUB | | Chiquita - Universal p/b Minions | 177 | | 35 | 29 | Yoann Bagot | FRA | | Verkefnid Iceland | 172 | | 36 | 34 | Julien Berard | FRA | | Fablok - Dunlop | 171 | | 37 | 31 | Adam Stachowiak | POL | | Netia - Norske Skog | 168 | | 38 | 32 | Chris Anker Sørensen | DEN | | DeLaval - Kiitokori | 162 | | 39 | 38 | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov | RUS | | Novatek-Panarmenian.net | 162 | | 40 | 50 | Chad Haga | USA | | Chiquita - Universal p/b Minions | 161 | | 41 | 44 | Joey Rosskopf | USA | | In-n-Out Cycling Team Powered By Carrefour | 158 | | 42 | 36 | Nabil Baz | ALG | | Sodexo ProCycling | 157 | | 43 | 55 | Kamil Zielinski | POL | | Fablok - Dunlop | 151 | | 44 | 42 | Juan Pablo Forero | COL | | Alpina - Avianca | 147 | | 45 | 161 | Julien Simon | FRA | | OTP Bank - Slovnaft | 146 | | 46 | 39 | Nick Kinney | USA | | Chiquita - Universal p/b Minions | 145 | | 47 | 40 | Cameron Meyer | AUS | | Fred Whitton Race Team | 142 | | 48 | 41 | Alessandro Proni | ITA | | AkzoNobel - Statoil | 142 | | 49 | 48 | Branislav Samoilev | BLR | | DeLaval - Kiitokori | 138 | | 50 | 43 | Claudio Corioni | ITA | | Strava | 136 |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 08-11-2015 23:13
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These rankings are way too close for comfort, fight for the top spot will be hot till the last racing days. Hoping the best. 
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 08-11-2015 23:22
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Zero point month was expected but it is just not good enough!! Luckily, other around me suffered as well, so I stay 22nd, but it is not nice reading the latest update
Thanks for the update SN!
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 08-11-2015 23:30
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"Holding our top 15", that's better than we deserve 
Thanks for the update!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 08-11-2015 23:58
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Top 15 and De Maar being a beast. I can't say I'm happy, but not disappointed.
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| maxime86 |
Posted on 09-11-2015 02:59
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9th place means we are soooo close to that promotion spot
come on boys
also 3 in the top 50 is very nice for us |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 09-11-2015 03:26
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Still win less and still near the bottom...Not a great opening season for Fox Sports - Golomt. Need a massive improvement in the last few races if we want to get a win this season!!
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 09-11-2015 05:02
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Please somebody from our team needs to win Metegate, it's our last race left but we have our best possible squad for the top 5 goal, this is going to get very close, as In-n-Out have 9 race days left. I'll need a lot of luck here if we want to promote.
At least our top ten rankings goal looks likely.
I should've just bought a sprinter...
And thanks for the update SN.
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 09-11-2015 06:31
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16th place at the moment and no sign of improvement. Ah well, third year in CT will hopefully be the charm...
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| Roextro |
Posted on 09-11-2015 07:17
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Fantastic month for the team, and Simon managing to get into the top 50 after being in 160th us awesome as well. I still believe that we can get a good result at Zuri and perhaps a stage win or something like that at the Ruta America del sur. Come on lads lets get into the top 10
Thanks for the update SN |
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| matt17br |
Posted on 09-11-2015 07:42
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That moment when you realize that Lavoine alone could have avoided the dirt at this point 
Or when you realize you got the most RDs left, very nice.
Come on lads, let's take the top 6, it's unbelievable the utter bad luck we had lately with classics - think about Cigar City, Yekaterinburg - and how still we are 7th. Bring it on, DeLaval 
Will be close for the title, nice to see our friends at Indosat in 2nd although they've almost ran out of race days. With a bit of luck it would be nice to see them hanging in for the podium. Still picking Novatek for the win, not sure what they have left though. Surely one of the surprises but I think no one expected such a dominance by the sprinters.
We on the other hand have still Faso for Taillefour which is an ideal race for us and him, a few chances in the classics and especially Ruta del Sol which has got a ITT IIRC. Thanks for the great update SN!
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| Selwink |
Posted on 09-11-2015 07:47
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Promotion looks secure for us now, but that won't do it anymore. We'll need to perform well in all 3 final races. Faso will be hard to do well (breakaway luck?  ), but Ruta America del Sur (Rabon/Serebriakov) and Züri-Metzgete (Rabon) are both excellent opportunities for us to score the needed points. Hopefully this will be enough to get us the title, but the performances lately have made me slightly more pessimistic.
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 09-11-2015 08:11
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Top 5 and I'm happy
Can't wait to see Ruta America del Sur, it's gonna be an entertaining race for sure
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 09-11-2015 08:26
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It's amazing that top 10 CT is one of our goals and we've been fighting around that spot for a long time, now. It'll be exciting whether or not we'll hold on to it! |
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 09-11-2015 08:37
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Great month for us thanks to America.
Now really looking forward to America del Sur. Hopefully with Vastaranta finally in beast mode.
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 09-11-2015 09:40
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One of the worst months for us, I can't believe we're still on top. Now we need to find out how to use those last race days in a very good way and to our advantage. It will be tight!
Without Matthews we wouldn't have been up there so I'm glad he came in during the last part of transfers.
Thank you SN for both rankings. Looking forward to the few races left! |
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| The Rider |
Posted on 09-11-2015 10:08
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Compal-Merida still leading, with a decent gap. Can they bring it home? If they can't do so, I blame the Giro del Trentino. Sorry, bjartne, but I still can't get that out of my mind.
If you want to promote, better get in the top 10! Finishing in that 10th place spot, contested between two South American teams, might be vital. |
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 09-11-2015 19:42
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Goddammit Acevedo why you fail so bad? And judging by the top of the individual standings Forero really should be mixing it up there with the other sprinters (same sprint stat as the top 3 riders in the individual standings and only marginally worse back-up stats) or at least doing something better than his current position.
All hinging on America del Sur and Zuri Metzgete. With Acevedo going to both races our performance will hinge on him. Please, please finally show us something worthy of your hill stat, I beseech you! Top 10 place and possible promotion is so near yet so far!
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| Silvio Herklotz |
Posted on 10-11-2015 01:25
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Well that restores some hope for me to finally get a Top10 place in the end.
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| jsh312mufc |
Posted on 11-11-2015 22:37
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Looks like last place is assured, but at least we got a couple of wins |
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