A lot of contrast in amount of racing for teams in August, with two PTHC stage races. Some teams raced both, some teams raced none - but at least had the 2 PT classics to enjoy.
Puma were one of the teams in all races, and they earn the title for most points in August. But really, the story is Evonik. No stage races, but with a gigantic tally in Moscow, as well as winning East Midlands too, they were the 2nd highest scoring team of the month. Quite a PPrD!
eBuddy with the highest race score - just - after Gesink took the win in Portugal. No Bewley wins in either classic hurt Moser, while Festina continued to show their PTHC strength - top scoring in Deustchland.
Team
DEU
MOS
POR
EM
August
RD
1
Team Puma - SAP
275
64
392
170
901
23
2
Evonik - ELKO
0
497
0
273
770
4
3
eBuddy
120
59
531
55
765
23
4
Aker - MOT
0
98
233
224
555
15
5
Gazelle
0
56
375
20
451
15
6
Spotify - Haglöfs
253
102
0
92
447
12
7
Moser - Sygic
0
147
93
201
441
15
8
Festina - Dexia
284
90
0
42
416
12
9
Ayubowan!
0
40
223
106
369
15
10
Vesuvio - Accumalux
0
40
221
85
346
15
11
Aegon - Lavazza
158
92
0
25
275
12
12
Iberia - Team Degenkolb
0
169
0
106
275
4
13
Jayco - Cobra9
0
105
86
44
235
15
14
Wiesenhof - Andritz
0
40
111
73
224
15
15
Tinkoff Sport Academy
111
90
0
20
221
12
16
RBC Pro Cycling
31
88
0
75
194
12
17
Strava
0
146
0
45
191
4
18
Nemiroff - ABBYY
0
52
112
25
189
15
19
Pendleton's
0
73
22
85
180
15
20
Porto - Prio
0
53
70
20
143
15
21
Hugo Boss
0
40
0
5
45
4
22
Project: Africa
0
10
0
0
10
12
Festina keep the lead, with Moser only able to close the gap by 25 points this month. Vesuvio remaining 3rd, but there's change behind, all of the next 12 teams are in a different position to last month.
Aegon move up to 4th, while Evonik jump up to 5th and Puma up to 7th. Pendleton's only just below Evonik, as they now find themselves 6th. RBC, Wiesenhof and Hugo Boss also slipped down - the latter finally having been caught by the pack, after Alarcon launched them upwards.
Gesink delivers eBuddy to 11th, past Aker, Spotify and Gazelle - who all look likely to be in safe positions now.
In 15th then, and still with cause for concern, are Jayco. More than 400 points behind 14th, less than 400 points away from the final relegation position. Porto and Ayubowan being closer to the drop, although Yates has again given the Sri Lankan squad a timely boost in Portugal - while the home squad were left quite disappointed with their output.
Ayubowan's gains just mean more work for Strava to do, 195 points from safety now. Tinkoff very much still in the right, being only 30 points further back. Nemiroff still 20th, and while it was a decent month for Iberia from their limited race days, they may struggle to get beyond 21st.
Team
Total
RD
PpRD
Proj
1
1
Festina - Dexia
6836
161
42.46
7473
2
2
Moser - Sygic
6585
152
43.32
7624
3
3
Vesuvio - Accumalux
5467
152
35.97
6331
4
5
Aegon - Lavazza
5277
161
32.78
5769
5
9
Evonik - ELKO
5209
154
33.82
5952
6
4
Pendleton's
5197
159
32.69
5753
7
10
Team Puma - SAP
5099
159
32.07
5644
8
7
RBC Pro Cycling
4798
154
31.16
5484
9
8
Wiesenhof - Andritz
4796
159
30.16
5308
10
6
Hugo Boss
4675
154
30.36
5343
11
14
eBuddy
4644
159
29.21
5141
12
11
Aker - MOT
4590
152
30.20
5315
13
12
Spotify - Haglöfs
4452
161
27.65
4866
14
13
Gazelle
4436
152
29.18
5136
15
15
Jayco - Cobra9
4003
152
26.34
4636
16
16
Porto - Prio
3841
152
25.27
4448
17
17
Ayubowan!
3808
159
23.95
4215
18
18
Strava
3613
154
23.46
4129
19
19
Tinkoff Sport Academy
3583
154
23.27
4096
20
20
Nemiroff - ABBYY
3281
152
21.59
3800
21
21
Iberia - Team Degenkolb
2794
154
18.14
3193
22
22
Project: Africa
378
161
2.35
414
Bewley back up to 3rd, as Phinney remains top. Gesink into 9th, Van Avermaet 10th, and Yates' remarkable season now sees him in 14th.
Lecuisinier into the Top 20 and ahead of the likes of Madrazo, while Herklotz is now 22nd after racing both Deutschland and Portugal.
Festina keep the lead, with Moser only able to close the gap by 25 months this month. Vesuvio remaining 3rd, but there's change behind, all of the next 12 teams are in a different position to last month.
Moser are time travelers
Interesting to see how the battle at the top will unfold, Moser ahead on projected rankings but can they overtake Festina and take the crown?
Relegation battle all still close, sad to see some teams being involved in them and surely my sympathies to them being in the same position a division lower.
Think our Norwegian/Scandinavian friends looks safe and with Bobridge looking good in Ukraine, Jayco also look quite decent for avoiding relegation. Hopefully it will stay that way!
It's just a terrible season. Even more terrible, since I thought I would have done well to maybe reach our best PT result yet
Tinkoff/Trofimov will probably score the same points than we (might) score in Ukraine.. and I assume Trofimov will be in Tasmania to challenge for a Top-3/5 just like Bobridge. Any more failure and we will still be in big troubles. I can't say it too often: I hate our season
Thanks for the update, SN. Even though I was quite happy to read the CT/PCT rankings updates first
A good month scoring above 500 points, but still dropping one place is kind of worrying. Must admit I had hoped we could get inside the top 10 by now, but it looks like a difficult task, especially seeing how well Hugo Boss and Ponzi are doing in Ukraine. But as the update says, we' should be well safe from the fight to avoid relegation, which is obviously the most important thing.
And this still looks like a thriller at the top and in the relegation zone. Festina still the favourites in my opinion, having a very good Tasmania team including Coppel, I suspect, and then also maybe Spilak in Lombardia?
Wow, what a ridiculous month for us. Cant get any better than this. Outscoring nearly all teams with 3-4x more RDs is sth which will only hapoen once in a team's history so i cant explain how lucky i have been. The fight for a top 5 is completely open for us again. We still have some fine races left as with the exception of the TTT we have a good leader for every remaining race. Still, its a long way to go and Pendeltons and Puma are close behind. And especially Puma is expected to be a close rival for us at all times
Seriously no idea who should be considered favourite for the crown. Festina probably still has some good races to end the season (Tasmania!) But Moser has ToNE Bewley and Sagan didnt perform too bad so far either
Situation looks tough for Strava. Gotta hope they can pull themselves out of this situation
August was a really scary month for us. Being the second to last PT team in Portugal is daunting and really leaves our chances of staying up in a precarious situation. October should bring us a few final chances, but September is bound to be another slow month.
Well, top 10 doesn't look too out of reach. But I guess we have more chances of overtaking Wiesenhof rather than Hugo Boss. And there's keeping Aker and Gazelle behind us.
I am a lot sceptical about our chances now. I really need big results from Bewley and Vakoc in TONE and then Bewley's win in Rheden and ideally in Lisbon as well. We really need to have some decent advantage before Tasmania as I can't expect anything major from Vakoc or Vesely there, Festina are likely getting quite a solid results there. Sagan/Vakoc vs Spilak/Koretzky in Lombardia should be then close. I can't afford any failed races now.
