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CT Rankings #5 [2025]
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 30-01-2026 12:15
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May is over so here we are with the fifth ranking update for CT. After jt got tired of praising himself, this division recap has gone to me, and so far I have also enjoyed praising him, and I am not yet tired of it! Let's find out if we're back to our jt-praising ways this month, or if somebody else can shine in the spotlight as well.
And for the month of May the crown goes to Euskadi - Murias! No GC by Munoz in ToA, but still three stage wins, a green jersey etc. as a team, combined with a nice Middle East, Luxembourg and another win in the Isle of Mann. Bianchi still decent with a top-5 by the way, but Ethiopian Airlines, SEE Turtles and other Basque team Euskotren - Pays Basque outscore them as well this month.
The other teams all scoring more or less between the 100-200 points mark this month, with four team below 100 points. Three of team are 'new' teams with Zappes Kölsch, Incaline and Kone-Nordea, with Podium Ambition being the fourth.
| Last | | Team | May | Tro | ToME | ToAa | Lux | MITT | | 1 |  | Euskadi-Murias | 402 | 0 | 70 | 219 | 46 | 67 | | 2 |  | Ethiopian Airlines | 377 | 0 | 122 | 186 | 59 | 10 | | 3 |  | SEE Turtles | 276 | 61 | 12 | 32 | 145 | 26 | | 4 |  | Euskotren - Pays Basque | 259 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 63 | 36 | | 5 |  | Bianchi Enel | 254 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 84 | 0 | | 6 |  | Parmalat - Ecopetrol | 204 | 3 | 151 | 8 | 37 | 5 | | 7 |  | Kraftwerk Man Machine | 180 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 46 | 43 | | 8 |  | Air New Zealand-Prada | 179 | 3 | 64 | 103 | 9 | 0 | | 9 |  | Glanbia | 172 | 0 | 2 | 121 | 20 | 29 | | 10 |  | Tafjord Kraft | 170 | 0 | 8 | 46 | 96 | 20 | | 11 |  | The ONE - Fox God | 165 | 0 | 14 | 136 | 15 | 0 | | 12 |  | Peugeot - Bancolombia | 114 | 20 | 39 | 0 | 32 | 23 | | 13 |  | Team Zappes Kölsch | 77 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 26 | 0 | | 14 |  | Podium Ambition | 73 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 13 | 24 | | 15 |  | IncaLine Pro Cycling | 53 | 1 | 13 | 37 | 2 | 0 | | 16 |  | Kone-Nordea | 40 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
Onto the total rankings then. Bianchi stays in first, which is no surprise. Interesting to note however, is that number two KRaftwerk and the (new) number three Ethiopian Airlines both have a better points per raceday projection now. Can we still see a real fight for the title?
Euskadi jumps to fourth, with Podium dropping to fifth after a low-scoring month. Euskotren also making the sponsors happy with a jump to sixth, as Tafjord sees a status quo in seventh. SEE Turtles jump the most this month, going from twelfth to eighth. The gap towards the number five Podium Ambition and an automatic promotion is currently 146 points.
No big points for Peugeot either, who drop to ninth place now, with Parmalat staying in tenth and nearing on their Colombian rivals/colleagues. The ONE - Fox God did well and rise to eleventh ahead of their friends from Incaline, with their other friends from ANZ - Prada also jumping two spots to thirteenth. Glanbia leaves the red lantern over to Kone-Nordea for now, with Zappes Kölsch in fifteenth eleven points ahead of the Scandinavians.
| Pos | Last | | Team | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Total | RD | PpRD | Proj | | 1 | 1 | | Bianchi Enel | 223 | 338 | 211 | 215 | 254 | 1241 | 90 | 13,88 | 1943 | | 2 | 2 | | Kraftwerk Man Machine | 76 | 159 | 401 | 111 | 180 | 927 | 66 | 14,05 | 1967 | | 3 | 4 | | Ethiopian Airlines | 95 | 152 | 247 | 0 | 377 | 871 | 60 | 14,52 | 2033 | | 4 | 5 | | Euskadi-Murias | 18 | 81 | 281 | 0 | 402 | 782 | 63 | 12,41 | 1737 | | 5 | 3 | | Podium Ambition | 52 | 34 | 257 | 220 | 73 | 636 | 70 | 9,09 | 1273 | | 6 | 8 | | Euskotren - Pays Basque | 14 | 185 | 120 | 13 | 259 | 591 | 69 | 8,57 | 1200 | | 7 | 7 | | Tafjord Kraft | 11 | 123 | 169 | 42 | 170 | 515 | 77 | 6,69 | 937 | | 8 | 12 | | SEE Turtles | 0 | 71 | 131 | 12 | 276 | 490 | 69 | 7,1 | 994 | | 9 | 6 | | Peugeot - Bancolombia | 20 | 134 | 92 | 125 | 114 | 485 | 54 | 8,98 | 1257 | | 10 | 10 | | Parmalat - Ecopetrol | 30 | 57 | 138 | 30 | 204 | 459 | 76 | 6,04 | 846 | | 11 | 13 | | The ONE - Fox God | 1 | 47 | 51 | 109 | 165 | 373 | 68 | 5,49 | 769 | | 12 | 9 | | IncaLine Pro Cycling | 50 | 156 | 82 | 17 | 53 | 358 | 69 | 5,19 | 727 | | 13 | 15 | | Air New Zealand-Prada | 5 | 55 | 74 | 36 | 179 | 349 | 80 | 4,36 | 610 | | 14 | 16 | | Glanbia | 23 | 2 | 115 | 0 | 172 | 312 | 69 | 4,52 | 633 | | 15 | 14 | | Team Zappes Kölsch | 8 | 62 | 108 | 25 | 77 | 280 | 70 | 4 | 560 | | 16 | 11 | | Kone-Nordea | 12 | 52 | 133 | 32 | 40 | 269 | 65 | 4,14 | 580 |
The individual rankings are not yet available and will come later.
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| TheUlamog |
Posted on 30-01-2026 12:21
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This might be the highest rank we've been since we started last season. ToA has always been good for points though so let's hope we can do the same in other races. thx for report! |
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| Ad Bot |
Posted on 10-02-2026 22:25
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| Jajajasper |
Posted on 30-01-2026 12:24
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Wow... Did not expect to rise |
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| Heine |
Posted on 30-01-2026 12:28
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Thats a really bad month...
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 30-01-2026 12:30
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Good month again for us I think 1200pt itself should be a guranteed promotion score so only the title left to fight for and a cool 3 - way fight with Kraftwerk and Ethiopian devloping  |
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 30-01-2026 14:26
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Bizarre to think we're leading the division in PpRD. Absolutely zero chance we maintain that over a larger sample size but still a nice position to be in in May. Probably next month we'll beat our score from last year, which I really didn't see coming at the beginning of the season. If we're still in and around the podium fight come what October I'll be a very happy manager indeed.
Despite the poor month I still think Peugeot are seriously lurking there in 9th. Fewest race days used in the divion, and plenty of opportunities for that man Galta to score some big points. Wouldn't be surprised in the slightest to see them promoted automatically when all is said and done.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 30-01-2026 19:47
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Not a good month, but not really far of expectation either. Could have used a few more points in TOME, but it's clear Abner/JMO arn't really more than breakaway hopefuls this year.
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| seancoll |
Posted on 30-01-2026 20:15
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(sore I replied...)
Our team had to pull together a great result in Tour de Luxembourg (thank you Montenegro), in order to hit our sponsor goal. Really a sad set of other races, but sometimes you have to get a strong result to pull your season through.
Really interesting set of race day usage throughout the field. Only 6 of the teams have used over half their race days.
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 30-01-2026 20:32
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Looks like we're not going to be in promotion contention this season, which isn't that surprising given the rebuild.
Hopefully we can give a fight to the end  |
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| Caspi |
Posted on 31-01-2026 07:59
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7 teams with 100+ points from ToA 
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 31-01-2026 18:30
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Still waiting for Galta god mode.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| knockout |
Posted on 31-01-2026 18:51
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Ethiopian lets go
A Big Thank You To All MG Reporters! |
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| Imladrik |
Posted on 01-02-2026 15:52
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Quite a nice month to get back in the promotion fight. It could be nice to stay in this zone for quite some time and assure the team goal...
We're middle of the division in RD spent, so a lot can still change...
Thanks for putting the rankings up! The fight at the top will be nice too.
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 01-02-2026 16:09
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Thanks for the update Nemo.
Kraftwerk had a good May, predicted a better June, the lads need to deliver if we are to keep our title chase alive.
ToA was a great race to spectate and we really missed being there.
Ethiopians are a dark horse and I expect Galta to bring Peugeot back into contention, looking forward to a 4 horse race for the title.
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 10-02-2026 08:09
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Better late then never, the individual ranking update!
Also, Bianchi scored eight points in Paris - Tours, that I forgot to put in the ranking update above. So they're 8 points further in the lead, just so you know  Will be included in the next ranking update.
| Pos | Last | Rider | Nat | | Team | Total | | 1 | 1 | Leonardo Basso | ITA | | Bianchi Enel | 292 | | 2 | 2 | Madushanka Perera | SRI | | Ethiopian Airlines | 276 | | 3 | 3 | Ryan Gibbons | RSA | | Bianchi Enel | 246 | | 4 | 6 | Dion Smith | NZL | | Bianchi Enel | 205 | | 5 | 4 | Chequan Richardson | BER | | Podium Ambition | 183 | | 6 | 29 | Victor Lafay | FRA | | Euskotren - Pays Basque | 177 | | 7 | 8 | Sam Harrison | GBR | | Kraftwerk Man Machine | 177 | | 8 | 44 | Santiago Buitrago | COL | | Ethiopian Airlines | 174 | | 9 | 5 | Gianni Moscon | ITA | | Bianchi Enel | 162 | | 10 | 84 | Mustafa Carsi | TUR | | Euskadi-Murias | 162 | | 11 | 11 | Anthony Turgis | FRA | | Euskadi-Murias | 153 | | 12 | 14 | Jasha Sütterlin | GER | | Euskadi-Murias | 153 | | 13 | 17 | Matus Stocek | SVK | | Euskotren - Pays Basque | 149 | | 14 | 7 | Bert Van Lerberghe | BEL | | Peugeot - Bancolombia | 147 | | 15 | 12 | Fausto Masnada | ITA | | Kraftwerk Man Machine | 146 | | 16 | 36 | Lucas Eriksson | SWD | | Tafjord Kraft | 146 | | 17 | 52 | Tomohiro Hayakawa | JPN | | THE ONE - Fox God | 132 | | 18 | 9 | Shiki Kuroeda | JPN | | THE ONE - Fox God | 124 | | 19 | 225 | Daniel Munoz | COL | | Euskadi-Murias | 118 | | 20 | 10 | Cees Bol | NED | | Kraftwerk Man Machine | 114 | | 21 | 26 | Daniel Habtemichael | ERI | | Kraftwerk Man Machine | 110 | | 22 | 13 | Nick Van der Lijke | NED | | Parmalat - Ecopetrol | 110 | | 23 | 18 | Peter Sagan | SVK | | Ethiopian Airlines | 104 | | 24 | 49 | Rok Korosec | SLO | | Bianchi Enel | 102 | | 25 | 295 | Santiago Montenegro | ECU | | SEE Turtles | 101 |
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 10-02-2026 13:23
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Nice to see Santi make a big jump to give us two in the top 10. Let's see how he goes for the rest of the season, probably more likely to fall off than establish himself up there with Perera, but who knows.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 10-02-2026 13:41
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Just utter domination. Definitely need new OVL's next year.
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