Last but not least the CT ranking update.
5 races with CT participation/scoring in March. Not that much really.
Bayern as C2HC event saw Andorra Cycling Project taking the high score as their TT rider Laizer took the GC, to be honest a rider I never have heard of. Also cycleYorkshire with good points even though I don`t feel they were scoring as they should have and hence difficult to judge. In-n-Out as well scoring more than 100 points in those 5 days which means a nice PpRD.
Then Tropicale Amissa Bongo saw some CT teams challenging the higher PCT and actually did rather well. In-n-Out with 60 points being best ahead of Proximus 55 and Telia 38. That said PpRD not that much and in especially first having planned their season with lots of C1 events which so far is not 100% working as their PpRD gets reduced by those events and the better scoring comes from the C2 events.
Also in Romandie CT teams struggled. Löbau, Campari and Repsol all with small scores from 13-25 points but PpRD this is rather low.
KBK as only C2 event and WCC showed their cobbled strength and in especially depth. 79 points in a C2 classic is massive. Also Proximus and Phillips with a good race there. And last but not least WCC also showed their cobblers in the HC event in Herning and actually very successful. A rare top performance on HC level. 70 points for them is an incredible PpRD.
In total this means Kulczyk goes into the lead due to their consistency. They also have the highest PpRD and are projected division winner.
WCC with the cobbled focus climbed from 9th to 2nd and also that spot in the projected ones. Easily the 2 top teams right now being ahead of the others.
In-n-Out despite their struggle in C1 as 3rd with Repsol and dropping Xero also still rather safe in the promotion spots for the moment.
Though one team really could become dangerous. cycleYorkshire hasn`t raced a lot, still being in the midfield and on a good PpRD. Definitely a big unknown for the moment.
At hte bottom some teams with really, really low scoring so far and definitely can`t go much worse.
Team
Total
Rd
PpRD
Proj
1
2
Kulczyk - DMTEX
480
34
14,12
1694
2
9
World Cycling Centre
416
30
13,87
1664
3
7
In-n-Out p/b Carrefour
387
34
11,38
1366
4
3
Repsol - Honda
378
36
10,50
1260
5
1
Xero Racing p/b Octagon
365
32
11,41
1369
6
4
Philips - Continental
327
34
9,62
1154
7
8
Sauber Petronas Racing
307
34
9,03
1084
8
18
Proximus Continental Team
291
38
7,66
919
9
5
Azteca - NBCSN
267
28
9,54
1145
10
6
Campari - Super Dry
241
38
6,34
761
11
19
cycleYorkshire
236
20
11,80
1416
12
10
Goldcorp - Nordstrom Rack
229
38
6,03
724
13
13
Telia-Brussels Airlines
213
34
6,26
751
14
20
Andorra Cycling Project
207
34
6,09
731
15
11
Aeropostal Venezuela Ciclismo
202
30
6,73
808
16
12
Team Reddit
202
26
7,77
932
17
14
The Balkan Cycling Project
146
32
4,56
547
18
15
SanCor
143
32
4,47
536
19
17
Eddie Stobart
133
38
3,50
420
20
16
Wiggle p/b Boardman Bikes
125
30
4,17
500
21
23
Löbauer Stadtwerke - Etixx
49
26
1,88
226
22
21
Garmin - BikeNZ Cycling
37
24
1,54
185
23
24
Statoil Pro Cycling
35
28
1,25
150
24
22
VMP - Argon 18
32
33
0,97
116
Team
Trop
GP H
Bay
Rom
KBK
Kulczyk - DMTEX
0
0
95
0
33
World Cycling Centre
0
70
63
0
79
In-n-Out p/b Carrefour
60
0
111
0
0
Repsol - Honda
0
0
85
13
0
Xero Racing p/b Octagon
0
0
0
0
11
Philips - Continental
0
0
21
0
40
Sauber Petronas Racing
0
0
99
0
0
Proximus Continental Team
55
0
90
0
47
Azteca - NBCSN
0
0
43
0
0
Campari - Super Dry
0
0
0
14
11
cycleYorkshire
0
0
142
0
21
Goldcorp - Nordstrom Rack
0
0
18
0
8
Telia-Brussels Airlines
38
0
27
0
0
Andorra Cycling Project
0
0
161
6
0
Aeropostal Venezuela Ciclismo
0
0
3
0
0
Team Reddit
0
0
37
0
0
The Balkan Cycling Project
0
0
0
0
0
SanCor
0
0
16
0
0
Eddie Stobart
0
0
21
0
0
Wiggle p/b Boardman Bikes
0
0
0
0
9
Löbauer Stadtwerke - Etixx
0
0
2
25
5
Garmin - BikeNZ Cycling
0
0
3
0
0
Statoil Pro Cycling
0
0
23
0
0
VMP - Argon 18
0
0
6
0
0
Individually Penasa and Valls remain in the top spots despite not racing at all.
Bush with a good cobbled season so far and being up to 3rd just like Salleh, who is by 1 point best sprinter ahead of Million Euro Sprinter Haller.
Then already Laizer with his Bayern win while also Jallays, Agostini or Harrison climbed big.
Van der Hugenhaben down to 14th surely waiting for the hills.
Nice Kulczyk, consistency is the key to everything basically. Just look at how teams like Strava has made it directly through all divisions. No pressure
The top 3 is in place For us to still be in fifth and with a fine-ass PpRD is more than I was hoping for, so dissapointed to drop but pleased given the context (y)
Philips back to 6th, this is rigged
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Still on promotion spots! Although outside of them in the PPRD standings. Also, we are well ahead of that 11th spot where most people (including me) predicted us
April should see us go back to the second place, with In-n-Out and WCC non-climber squad, and Valls (hopefully) winning in Langkawi
Since whingeing and worrying about being in the top 5 seems to be all the rage these days, I'll take the opposite route.
Happy days so far, and not much more than we could ask for. It's great to see the depth of our roster paying off, with 6 riders in the top 60 of the rankings, and Sam Bennett still yet to score well. Like sgdanny says, our consistency has been spot on this past month. We're not counting our chickens though, so the pressure is very much still on
WCC are climbing the rankings quickly, so this upcoming month should be very interesting! After cycleYorkshire's unlucky Rundfahrt, it's great to see that they still scored very well and are in decent position with pprd accounted for.
I was scared to click on this.. But top 10 in PPRD is actually not that bad. That said though I'm certainly gonna need some revenge soon or we'll need quite a few roster changes next transfer window. Hope my riders aren't too scared to lose their job yet!
Also good to see my confidence in Repsol might've been valid See you guys in Langkawi!
After a slow start, things really got rolling for WCC towards the end of February, and now continued to snowball through March. In a good position for now, but need to be wary that our cobbled strength has seen most of it's pave RD's already. 6 teams with more than 10 PPRD at the moment showing themselves as the early contenders for the promotion spots. Still a lot to play out as the importance of different terrains levels out. Still be a month or two before a stable picture emerges I reckon. No Langkawi for WCC in April, but a raft of other races, with most days in C1 if I'm not mistaken for us on the menu.
Impressive to see two of the brand new teams in Kulczyk and Repsol in the top 5, chapeau to their respective managers.
Thanks for the comprehensive update Roturn, really loving that every race is broken down across all the monthly updates, all the hard work highly appreciated .
Not a big month for Azteca, only involved in one race, Bayern which doesn't suit us one bit (though we did scratch out points). I'll go ahead and take account for everyone that expected Wilson Marentes to be right there with Eastman for our top scorer at this point in the season ... ... ... okay that is nobody. If we promote it might really be because of his effort in races we otherwise shouldn't be scoring.
Big points available for us though with HC Tour of Vancouver starting and a big lineup from us at the event. Solid results in our two HC races could really change how things go in the CT rankings.
Well, getting back onto the top15 is something we didn't expect to still happen this season
Bayern Rundfahrt was a season-saver, the pressure isn't as big now, although PpRD place us in 15th and we will fight to keep it.
Laizer and Kireva delivered in Germany (Uwizeyimana and Rinner would have added many points but also crashed out of contention), Rujano continues delivering steady points.. But it was a slow month for us only two races, and April will only see us in San Marino and Langkawi so a low-pointer is expected.
Great KBK by WCC obviously a great result, Proximus, In-n-out and CycleYorkshire (despite their bad luck) also scored big this month congratz!
Thanks Roturn for the update and tsmoha for reporting all of our races this month
Projected rankings still very volatile looking at the gaps, but a pattern is already recognizable. Not surprising to see sympathic Kulczyk lead the ranking, nice team set-up with an outstanding leader at the moment. all in all, a lot of nice teams and lots of great manager talent & faces in that division, which makes it hard to root for promotion. At least it's always nice when the most active managers of a new intake are also the good perfomers.
I hope though that Statoil stops the slacking around and build up some momentum soon. Also I am not sure why some established teams like Eddie, Sancor and Garmin are so far down in the ranking, they need to step up their game, and - without looking at their roster - cut all that deadwood that put down roots in their roster, so that they are lean and mean for promotion next season.
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For us to still be in fifth and with a fine-ass PpRD is more than I was hoping for, so dissapointed to drop but pleased given the context (y)
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