It is time once again for the most important rankings of all, the CT rankings for February! Brought to you by my terrible taste in 2000s chart music. Let’s get this party started!
We will first look at the individual standings, where Deutsche WindGuard and Wisniowski were finally Nsync and performed outstandingly, gaining the top spot for this month and in the overall scoring.
Close behind him we can find Chen Shikai , who went to the Venezuelan candy shop to bring back some sweet points for their team. Their total scores skyrocketed heavily this month due to Chen, which isn't too unusual so early in the season.
To finish of this month’s top three, we have another rider excelling in the Vuelta al Tachira called Steff Cras (honourable mention to Osorio who is only one point behind. I gotta feeling we will be seeing more of them in the future)
If we look at the overall totals, we can see that our top 2 from this month also stand at the top of the individual rankings. Kennet Dylan from the SEE Turtles is going to have to work it to keep their spot in the top three as Ronnilan Quitta brought an impressive performance to the peloton and creeps up ever closer.
This brings us to the team standings. SEE Turtles is currently in the lead by 16 points, but they will have to work harder, better, faster, stronger to make sure they keep off Deutsche Windguard who have set a consistent performance up till now. Things might get complicated for Deutsche though as they have the most race days done out of all teams already. It is a beautiful day for Simba Cement – Tanga Fresh who ended up in the third spot, keeping Karthago chasing pavements.
Next, we are going to check out the middle of the chart, where no one seems ready to make nice. Euskotren – Pays Basque were going crazy and gained 8 places. They have worked around the clock this month and it payed off!
Air New Zealand-Prada is dropping it like its hot with a worse than hoped for result and going from an outstanding third place at the start of the season to now a respectable 9th place. I hope they can go to rehab and turn this luck around!
IncaLine is bringing sexy back in their team with an outstanding performance that sees them climb into the top 5 once more, can they keep this pace up or will they be fallin’ down the charts in the next months?
The Mr. Brightside in me is walking down a boulevard of broken dreams, now The ONE-Fox God and Banco Vaticano-Valkyrie sadly underperformed this month. We will have to shake it up like Shakira to perform during the rest of this season to not end up at the same level as the dev teams. Speaking of the dev teams, although there are still quite a lot of teams with less than 10 points it would be foolish to count them out for an upset!
That’s all for this ranking, underneath you can find the rankings in full. Hope you enjoyed and maybe 'till next time! ;p
SEE Turtles shooting off into the distance and Banco lurking down in 15th like the shark from Jaws, but overall we're very much in the mix.
Gonna take some more above expectation returns like Tachira joined to consistent performances in our core hills domain, but feeling good about us being in position to make a run at promotion.
Taking a look specifically at the Tachira number, I didn't realize that Incaline specifically had that strong of a race. I knew that Tivani did well (still sad we let him go), but their 6th and 12th place GC results were a bit more hidden. De Gendt also absolutely crushing it so far. Really happy for them.|
Euskotren and Banco Vaticano are the two teams that could really come storming up the rankings soon depending on how they use their race days. Obviously Powless is just getting started, but it'll be interesting to see what the Basque team does.
Love that all 17 teams have found their way off of 0 points with 4 dev teams still to come. Have to think that at least 2 or 3 will grab points from a KOM jersey at Guadeloupe or Herald Sun Tour as well to push all off the donut.
Now, it comes to ourselves versus Deutsche WindGuard. They've put up some huge points so far and the investment in Wizniowski was clearly a great shout. Quita won a classic for them too this month and I'm surprised they haven't overtaken me. Thankfully Tachira really went to form as Osorio battled above his weight. Now just consider the points if Cras beats him and it's a major deduction with the Germans coming out ahead. TTT team doing what needed to be done (and nothing more), so hopefully they can string together a few better performances later this year.
Great breakdown! Euskotren and Banco Vaticano definitely look like the teams to watch. Their race-day strategy will make or break their climb, and I'm curious how Euskotren balances aggression with energy management. Powless is just getting started, so there's plenty of room for growth. Honestly, it reminds me of how Uno online rewards smart timing over raw luck. Who else do you think could surprise us?
Fun read - thanks Ulamog. Grats Sean on a massive margin too. Pretty incredible, although I do feel more and more justified for thinking you were a PCT team during transfers.
Big month for us just off Shikai's incredible Tachira, even though a terrible GW offsets it a little. Stings quite a bit too seeing how many points Wisniowski has scored and knowing Neilands is missing out on his share of HC points.
5th in ppRd is pretty good but still way too early in the season to really know how it'll shape up. Honestly makes me think a about uno online and how there's a lot of potential to make a comeback after a bad start. Who do you guys think will make a comeback?
OK debut for us. We're a bit behind compared to last season (with the same number of RD), but that's OK if we can continue on a good tack on the cobbles.
Also Stocek and Lafay have nearly not raced for the moment, so there's that.
How Berthet and Rochas will fare in the stage race and what we can get in the C1/HC race will make or break or season, I guess.
Thanks for the ranking Ula, excited for the rest of the season!
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It is indeed a beautiful day for us, but I'm still not content with our PpRD. Sureda is the biggest disappointment, but perhaps he'll improve in Sun Tour?
I didn't expect Wisniowski to perform so well. Looks like Deutsche WindGuard is on course for Promotion alongside SEE Turtles.
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Now, it comes to ourselves versus Deutsche WindGuard. They've put up some huge points so far and the investment in Wizniowski was clearly a great shout. Quita won a classic for them too this month and I'm surprised they haven't overtaken me. Thankfully Tachira really went to form as Osorio battled above his weight. Now just consider the points if Cras beats him and it's a major deduction with the Germans coming out ahead. TTT team doing what needed to be done (and nothing more), so hopefully they can string together a few better performances later this year.
Not sure, we had a lot of racedays already, and also very good ones for Quita and Wisniowski. If Kamberaj would perform like Kennett (which he should) we'd be competition, but he did not show yet so that's why we're trailing hard in PpRD.
I didn't expect Wisniowski to perform so well. Looks like Deutsche WindGuard is on course for Promotion alongside SEE Turtles.
Now back to Uno online.
Yeah seeing the results I also didnt expect Wisniowski to put in this much work, but that is imo the neat part about PCM. Sometimes good riders will have great results!
