After receiving numerous threats in private by Dippofix, it was clear I had to do my best and upload the CT ranking update as soon as possible. So here I am, bringing you joy like only Santa could equal. Not everybody will be happy, though, but let that be a life lesson for all of you.
We'll start with an overview of the monthly points. Strade Bianche not included, because nobody scored points there.
Pos
Team
Her
Izo
Mac
Lil
Nor
Mon
Dun
Bri
Gua
G-B
Total
1
Kraftwerk Man Machine
104
0
0
0
0
50
0
93
137
17
401
2
Euskadi-Murias
148
80
0
0
0
30
0
0
23
0
281
3
Podium Ambition
59
0
0
0
0
75
0
34
35
54
257
4
Ethiopian Airlines
37
65
0
0
0
0
0
0
145
0
247
5
Bianchi Enel
0
3
50
0
0
0
14
10
107
27
211
6
Tafjord Kraft
0
7
0
1
97
10
0
18
33
3
169
7
Parmalat - Ecopetrol
81
0
0
0
0
25
0
32
0
0
138
8
Kone-Nordea
26
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
106
0
133
9
SEE Turtles
83
0
0
0
0
35
0
0
13
0
131
10
Euskotren - Pays Basque
0
36
0
32
0
15
0
2
30
5
120
11
Glanbia
86
0
0
0
0
20
0
0
9
0
115
12
Team Zappes Kölsch
36
0
0
0
0
10
0
4
58
0
108
13
Peugeot - Bancolombia
85
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
92
14
IncaLine Pro Cycling
9
0
0
0
0
0
20
25
28
0
82
15
Air New Zealand-Prada
26
0
0
0
0
0
0
23
3
22
74
16
The ONE - Fox God
12
0
0
16
0
0
0
0
23
0
51
Kraftwerk behaving like a real PCT team with almost three 100+ point races, as well as a decent 50 points haul in Monterrey. 401 points in March for them, gg. Four teams behind them that score 200+ points. Euskadi in second with 281, mostly thanks to winning in Herald and Izola. Podium Ambition in third thanks to scoring okay everywhere, whereas Ethiopian Airlines thanks its fourth place mostly due to a very good Guadeloupe. Bianchi also keeps performing well, their points this month also coming mostly from Guadeloupe.
At the bottom of the rankings IncaLine and Air New Zealand beat The ONE - Fox God's 51 points, which means TheUlaMog loses the battle of the Adler's minions this month.
Let's have a look at what that gives in the total ranking.
Pos
Last
Team
Jan
Feb
Mar
Total
RD
PpRD
Proj
1
1
Bianchi Enel
223
338
211
772
52
14,85
2079
2
3
Kraftwerk Man Machine
76
159
401
636
47
13,53
1894
3
2
Ethiopian Airlines
95
152
247
494
34
14,53
2034
4
8
Euskadi-Murias
18
81
281
380
37
10,27
1438
5
10
Podium Ambition
52
34
257
343
39
8,79
1231
6
5
Euskotren - Pays Basque
14
185
120
319
36
8,86
1240
7
7
Tafjord Kraft
11
123
169
303
37
8,19
1147
8
4
IncaLine Pro Cycling
50
156
82
288
39
7,38
1033
9
6
Peugeot - Bancolombia
20
134
92
246
30
8,2
1148
10
9
Parmalat - Ecopetrol
30
57
138
225
40
5,63
788
11
11
SEE Turtles
0
71
131
202
33
6,12
857
12
13
Kone-Nordea
12
52
133
197
36
5,47
766
13
12
Team Zappes Kölsch
8
62
108
178
44
4,05
567
14
16
Glanbia
23
2
115
140
43
3,26
456
15
14
Air New Zealand-Prada
5
55
74
134
42
3,19
447
16
15
The ONE - Fox God
1
47
51
99
30
3,3
462
Bianchi keeps the lead, but Kraftwerk is coming closer. The Germans jump to second, as they swap places with Ethiopian Airlines. Still, good consitency from the Africans to keep them in podium contention. speaking about podiums, it's Podium Ambition with the biggest jump this month. From tneth to fifth. Ahead of them, in fourth, is Euskadi - Murias. Are the Basques able to fight for promotion this season? It looks like it.
More Basques fighting for promotion at Euskotren - Pays Basque, who lose one spot, but remain close to the promotion spots. Tafjord Kraft, who had a decent month as well, also not too far away in seventh place. IncaLine had a month to forget and go from fourth to eighth, just ahead of the other (partly) latin team Peugeot - Bancolombia. Also not a great month points-wise for them, going from sixth to ninth. More latinos then to finish the top-10, as Parmalat - Ecopetrol lose one place compared to last month.
Positions 11-13 stay more or less the same, as below them we can see Glanbia ditching the red lantern and jumping up to fourteenth. Bad news for The ONE - Fox God, who are now at the bottom of the table, with the only team scoring less than 100 points.
Onto the individual rankings! And we have a new leader!
Perera did well in March, mostly in Guadeloupe, and jumps over the four Bianchi riders to the top of the ranking. The four Bianchi riders still holding positions 2-4 and 8. Turgis is the new number five here, with Bol and Masnada having a decent month turn into positions 6 and 7 here. With Harrison in eleventh that three riders of Kraftwerk near the top of the individual rankings. Same can be said for Euskadi with Sütterlin and Marin in 10th and 13th. Biggest leap this month is old dog Van Der Lijke, going from zero points to 103.
Considering that we only raced 2 races this is okay. I don't like being in 9th, but considering that we have only raced 30 race days and none of Galta's I can't complain. (and that I also know Bernt did well in the first race after this)
Now just bring on the real season! (and someone kneetackle those light blue guys)
Good month overall okay to have so many Rds on the board when we are scoring at 14pprd, Dave and Kraftwerk really stepping up this month gives us a title race on our hands now and we have a couple really important races for Moscon in April so should be an interesting month
Nost the best month due to a shabby beginning of the cobble season, but all in all, not too bad for now.
The next races from the climbing team will need to be good if we don't want to drop too much.
Bianchi and Kraftwerk crushing the division for now!
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Thanks for the update Nemo, please ignore the suspicious mail you will receive in the next few days
Really, really good month for us here, finishing 4th in the monthly standings despite using less than a dozen RDs says it all really. I don't expect a serious podium challenge as our PpRD is bound to drop significantly once Buitrago starts racing more, but the fight for top 5 is well and truly on. Also great to see Perera on top of the individual rankings, what a brilliant addition he has been to the team.
I like that we're actually not too far away, with a 7th place. That's quite a lot higher than expected. Let's hope we can be in contention for a top 5 until the end.
