Isle of Man ITT
Top Scorers: Andorra, cycleYorkshire
Ringerike GP
Top Scorers: In-n-Out
Tour of the Battenkill
Top Scorers: Goldcorp, Kulczyk, Proximus
Tour of Bulgaria
Top Scorers: Eddie Stobart, Repsol, Azteca
Tour of Beijing
Top Scorers: WCC
Top scoring the biggest race of the month, and having their HC ambition pay off, a good month for World Cycling Centre!
Team
TTT
SAN
IOM
RIN
BAT
BUL
BEI
July
RD
1
World Cycling Centre
0
226
0
0
16
0
89
331
15
2
Xero Racing p/b Octagon
0
188
0
0
6
53
0
247
15
3
Team Reddit
0
117
0
0
26
49
0
192
15
4
Kulczyk - DMTEX
0
102
0
0
41
36
0
179
15
5
Azteca - NBCSN
0
97
0
0
0
64
0
161
15
6
Philips - Continental
0
91
0
0
31
32
0
154
15
7
Andorra Cycling Project
15
52
30
0
0
38
0
135
17
8
Eddie Stobart
0
28
0
0
1
105
0
134
17
9
Sauber Petronas Racing
20
92
0
0
20
0
0
132
12
10
Goldcorp - Nordstrom Rack
0
71
0
0
57
0
0
128
10
11
cycleYorkshire
25
26
27
0
23
15
0
116
19
12
Repsol - Honda
0
15
0
0
0
86
0
101
13
13
Proximus Continental Team
0
33
0
0
32
0
0
65
10
14
The Balkan Cycling Project
0
25
0
0
0
38
0
63
13
15
Aeropostal Venezuela Ciclismo
0
33
0
0
0
14
0
47
13
16
Garmin - BikeNZ Cycling
15
0
9
0
0
22
0
46
17
17
VMP - Argon 18
0
1
0
0
0
35
0
36
13
18
Campari - Super Dry
0
0
0
0
0
25
0
25
13
19
Statoil Pro Cycling
0
15
1
0
0
9
0
25
15
20
SanCor
10
1
0
0
13
0
0
24
12
21
Telia-Brussels Airlines
0
22
0
0
0
0
0
22
8
22
In-n-Out p/b Carrefour
0
1
14
5
0
0
0
20
12
23
Löbauer Stadtwerke - Etixx
0
14
0
0
0
0
0
14
12
24
Wiggle p/b Boardman Bikes
0
1
7
0
0
0
0
8
12
With previous leaders almost the lowest scoring team of the month, there is no surprise to see WCC regain top spot. Kulczyk climb to 2nd, and In-n-Out slipping to 3rd, and perhaps having to look over their shoulders now. Philips up to 4th, 1 point ahead of cycleYorkshire. Repsol out of the Top 5, but not by much.
Eddie Stobart the biggest climbers, gaining 3 positions for Suaza's victory in Bulgaria.
Team
Total
Rd
PpRD
Proj
1
2
World Cycling Centre
1354
80
16.93
2032
2
3
Kulczyk - DMTEX
1158
87
13.31
1597
3
1
In-n-Out p/b Carrefour
1067
85
12.55
1506
4
6
Philips - Continental
902
87
10.37
1244
5
4
cycleYorkshire
901
78
11.55
1386
6
5
Repsol - Honda
880
78
11.28
1354
7
9
Xero Racing p/b Octagon
831
83
10.01
1201
8
7
Sauber Petronas Racing
746
87
8.57
1028
9
10
Azteca - NBCSN
745
82
9.09
1091
10
8
Goldcorp - Nordstrom Rack
715
80
8.94
1073
11
13
Team Reddit
647
60
10.78
1294
12
11
Campari - Super Dry
585
86
6.80
816
13
12
Proximus Continental Team
541
81
6.68
802
14
16
Andorra Cycling Project
442
79
5.59
671
15
14
Telia-Brussels Airlines
421
67
6.28
754
16
15
Aeropostal Venezuela Ciclismo
358
67
5.34
641
17
18
The Balkan Cycling Project
341
84
4.06
487
18
17
Wiggle p/b Boardman Bikes
311
68
4.57
548
19
22
Eddie Stobart
284
80
3.55
426
20
19
SanCor
282
69
4.09
491
21
20
Löbauer Stadtwerke - Etixx
224
71
3.15
378
22
21
Garmin - BikeNZ Cycling
207
60
3.45
414
23
23
VMP - Argon 18
154
78
1.97
236
24
24
Statoil Pro Cycling
94
67
1.40
168
Valls extended his lead, as Boily and Roux moved into the Top 5.
Benelux Challenge
Top Scorers: Philips, Reddit, Azteca
Baltic Chain Tour
Top Scorers: WCC, VMP, Proximus
Manx International
Top Scorers: In-n-Out, Lobauer
Grands Prix Cyclistes
Top Scorers: Kulczyk, Xero, Reddit
Into triple figures at both C2HC races, the month belongs to Reddit.
Team
BNX
BAL
MNX
GPC
August
RD
1
Team Reddit
126
0
0
116
242
8
2
Philips - Continental
179
0
0
41
220
8
3
Xero Racing p/b Octagon
83
0
0
136
219
8
4
In-n-Out p/b Carrefour
121
0
24
70
215
10
5
Azteca - NBCSN
124
0
0
87
211
8
6
Kulczyk - DMTEX
38
0
0
142
180
8
7
World Cycling Centre
23
57
0
67
147
13
8
Goldcorp - Nordstrom Rack
103
0
2
31
136
10
9
Wiggle p/b Boardman Bikes
95
0
0
7
102
8
10
Campari - Super Dry
51
0
0
37
88
8
11
Proximus Continental Team
31
22
0
31
84
15
12
VMP - Argon 18
18
42
0
0
60
13
13
SanCor
39
0
0
5
44
8
14
Löbauer Stadtwerke - Etixx
27
0
10
1
38
10
15
Repsol - Honda
10
0
0
17
27
8
16
The Balkan Cycling Project
25
0
0
0
25
8
17
Sauber Petronas Racing
11
0
0
8
19
8
18
Garmin - BikeNZ Cycling
4
0
0
12
16
8
19
Statoil Pro Cycling
4
0
0
12
16
8
20
Telia-Brussels Airlines
3
2
0
1
6
13
21
Aeropostal Venezuela Ciclismo
4
0
0
0
4
8
22
Eddie Stobart
3
0
0
0
3
10
23
cycleYorkshire
1
0
0
0
1
10
24
Andorra Cycling Project
0
0
0
0
0
8
World Cycling Centre lead after another month then. A strong position to be in, but Kulczyk and In-n-Out are keeping the chase up. Philips too, strengthening their hold on 4th with a strong month.
Xero rise two positions to 5th, and also past the 1000 point marker. Azteca on the up too, to 6th place - as we see Repsol and cycleYorkshire drop down. Reddit into the Top 10 now in 9th. PpRD wise they are looking good, but can they sustain that at the Tour of America? They are the best CT team present - the other 7 CT teams in the race are in the bottom 10 positions of the standings.
Sauber slip to 11th, while Wiggle and Aeropostal swapped positions. SanCor back ahead of Eddie Stobart. Statoil have made it past 100 points, at last!
Team
Total
Rd
PpRD
Proj
1
1
World Cycling Centre
1501
93
16.14
1937
2
2
Kulczyk - DMTEX
1338
95
14.08
1690
3
3
In-n-Out p/b Carrefour
1282
95
13.49
1619
4
4
Philips - Continental
1122
95
11.81
1417
5
7
Xero Racing p/b Octagon
1050
91
11.54
1385
6
9
Azteca - NBCSN
956
90
10.62
1274
7
6
Repsol - Honda
907
86
10.55
1266
8
5
cycleYorkshire
902
88
10.25
1230
9
11
Team Reddit
889
68
13.07
1568
10
10
Goldcorp - Nordstrom Rack
851
90
9.46
1135
11
8
Sauber Petronas Racing
765
95
8.05
966
12
12
Campari - Super Dry
673
94
7.16
859
13
13
Proximus Continental Team
625
96
6.51
781
14
14
Andorra Cycling Project
442
87
5.08
610
15
15
Telia-Brussels Airlines
427
80
5.34
641
16
18
Wiggle p/b Boardman Bikes
413
76
5.43
652
17
17
The Balkan Cycling Project
366
92
3.98
478
18
16
Aeropostal Venezuela Ciclismo
362
75
4.83
580
19
20
SanCor
326
77
4.23
508
20
19
Eddie Stobart
287
90
3.19
383
21
21
Löbauer Stadtwerke - Etixx
262
81
3.23
388
22
22
Garmin - BikeNZ Cycling
223
68
3.28
394
23
23
VMP - Argon 18
214
91
2.35
282
24
24
Statoil Pro Cycling
110
75
1.47
176
Valls still leads, but it is cut by Roux, who is now 2nd. Boily holds 4th, now as the best WCC rider. Vichot has climbed to 8th, making that 3 Kulczyk riders in the Top 10!
We seem to be in a good place to finish between 7th and 10th, which would make the possible disband promotion spots, and obviously having already secured our Top15 ranking goal, which makes our season a total success, with 5/5 on goals.
Roux's too close for my liking in the Individual ranking, as he could already take the lead at the end of September and force Valls to perform above his level in East Java to retake the lead at the end of the season.
Also, the Individual rankings shows how much of a one-rider team we are, with Valls scoring almost 70% of our points, and only 3 riders with 25 or more points at this point of the season (although with Paris-Tours result we have added another rider to that list ). Which also speaks for Cunego's pathetic season, to have only 24 points...
DAMN I'M EXCITED FOR THE PROMO FIGHT. Also, Roux in second - good enough for you yet Shonak? Thanks for the update SN - hope us and Philips stay 4th and 5th - wouldn't say no to an order change
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant." [PT] Xero Racing
Thanks for the update, Campari have positioned in mid field surely to late for promotion but that was expected. Could have hoped for a bit more from Gatto, but no more that the points we got from other unexpected results, during the season.
Well somehow Azteca has scratched their way into a position to at least strike at the top five. Chaves is far higher into the individual rankings than I would have ever guessed.
Ok so much stuff to digest
First of all, awesome to have both months showed at once, made the wait worth while.. Thanks for the update SN!
It is pure contrast, July was our best month (in terms of consistency), we were in 4 races and scored on all of them, and enjoyed quite a bit of "success" after a very disapointing June..
And in August, the o-pointer sums it up preety well We were expecting to score in Benelux but very soon I realized it wouldn't happen, and in Canada there wasn't nothing out to grab..
Anyway, climbing to 14th, it's amazing I didn't tihnk it would be possible after we got down to 16th, but now it looks like we are still in contention for the Top15 (goal) and it's quite motivating to see that the team IS able to pull off some good points sometimes.
Again, WCC is going very strong, Reddit in the Tour of America, it will also be exciting to see how it goes, and in general things are going as normal for the top squads, it's a constant learning process that may result in a better performance for us next season.
4th place. Looks good here but a long way to go yet, especially with the races coming up. Benelux was a dream result though
I think it'll be more a case of us hanging on and hoping two teams don't catch us rather than us cementing our spot in the direct promotion spots. We need a surprise result somewhere for that.
Spoiler
So far, September has not been promising. Jandal's wish has already been realized I think
Thanks for the update. So even if the ToA risk fails miserably, which is quite likely... We should still be 7th and have a shot at climbing in October. That certainly will make me follow the ToA with a bit less pressure.
Still sad about Simon crashing out in 2nd in Benelux though, what a month it could've been
Wow, didn't realise Havik and Vichot would be up in the top 10! Aside from that, I'm just incredibly pleased with the consistency of point-scoring from Kulczyk riders throughout the season. I'd really like to hang onto that top 5 rider goal so Penasa needs to perform extremely well in Colombia.
It'll be interesting to see the rest of the direct promotion spots shake out, and even the indirect promoters. I'm just happy to say Kulczyk - DMTEX has avoided that stress early.
As they'd say in the A-Team when I was a kid "I love it when a plan comes together!" . Starting to feel reasonably safe in terms of securing the 'push-for-promotion' season objective as we are right into the 1500-1600 point bracket that I identified pre-season as being necessary. In terms of individual performances, our classics unit has contributed a bit more than envisaged to make up for the sprinters being a bit below (although a few good races still to come for them). Puncheurs right on track, and mountains, what are they?
Focus now is on whether we can hold of the challengers for the title. Both Kulyck and In-n-Out are on a rampage in September, and other challengers also have opportunities.
Query for the MG old-hands, has anyone won the CT title more than once before?
Scorchio wrote:
Query for the MG old-hands, has anyone won the CT title more than once before?
As yet, no team has ever finished in the Top 7 of the CT and then later returned to the division. So, no!
PT is the only division which a team/manager has won more than once.
It could be a nice analysis to look at the progression of the teams from their debut ranking to now and see how much the first season matters in determining later success. Just saying in case some guys might have some free time on their hands.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
Scorchio wrote:
Query for the MG old-hands, has anyone won the CT title more than once before?
As yet, no team has ever finished in the Top 7 of the CT and then later returned to the division. So, no!
PT is the only division which a team/manager has won more than once.
Thanks for checking! Guess formally that there is no direct connection between Nutresa and WCC as teams other than manager after Nutresa's disbandment.
). Which also speaks for Cunego's pathetic season, to have only 24 points... 
Thanks for the update SN - hope us and Philips stay 4th and 5th - wouldn't say no to an order change 
