The 2nd PCT Ranking has all of February plus the already raced March races including Colombia. So obviously huge changes after the January Rankings.
So it will be interesting to see if some of the "just" promoted teams only had a fantastic January or remain at the top of the rankings such as Swisslion or Delvaux.
No less than 19 potential races took place in this period, so making it division per division might be good for a better overview.
PTHC
Let`s start with the big points, which is PTHC, which means Vuelta a Pais Vasco, Barbados Cycling Festival and the two classics Omloop and Hallstatt. So for all terrains really.
Two teams did fight for the top spot in this ranking and in the end the biggest individual point score is enough for Swisslion to take it. 355 points in Pais Vasco mainly with their new star Beltran, who is a hot prospect for the individual crown as well so far. A big step to defend their January top position.
Kraftwerk comes just short by 6 points, but needed 3 PTHC races with solid scored in Barbados as well with Cavendish while Pais Vasco saw no real top scorer but a very deep score throughout the full team!
Volvo with Ahlstrand`s points in Barbados coming next with some gap already while Kinoshita delivered in Pais Vasco for Rakuten.
Campari, Iberia and Popo4ever following all with solid 200+ scorings. Only Xero with a 0 pointer here, though the teams just ahead aren`t much better really.
Total
OML
Hal
Bar
Pais
1
Swisslion Cycling Team
407
0
52
0
355
2
Kraftwerk Man Machine
401
0
25
205
171
3
Volvo acc. by Spotify
314
26
0
288
0
4
Rakuten Pro Cycling
290
0
15
47
228
5
Campari/Asahi development
254
60
0
194
0
6
Iberia - Team Degenkolb
254
4
0
250
0
7
Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff
205
0
118
0
87
8
Kulczyk - Alitalia
176
70
16
0
90
9
Andorra Cycling Project
172
0
4
95
73
10
Duolingo
162
0
2
78
82
11
Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam
112
0
6
0
106
12
Delvaux
104
0
0
0
104
13
Carlsberg - Danske Bank
100
82
0
18
0
14
Philips
93
0
32
0
61
15
Minions
92
53
0
39
0
16
ENI - MOL
88
0
47
0
41
17
Team UBS
65
65
0
0
0
18
Carrefour - ESPN
51
0
0
16
35
19
Team Europcar
47
0
7
0
40
20
Desigual
38
5
0
33
0
21
Berg Cycles
20
0
0
20
0
22
Sauber Petronas Racing
19
0
0
19
0
23
ISA - Hexacta
16
16
0
0
0
24
cycleYorkshire
14
14
0
0
0
25
Valio - Viking Genetics
2
2
0
0
0
26
Xero Racing
0
0
0
0
0
HC
Next up the HC races, which are Middle East, Slovenie and Colombia. So just stage races and rather challenging ones for puncheurs and even more climbers.
To be honest, really hard not to win this ranking if your star takes two GC wins! Pluchkin did so in Colombia and Middle East and is up to challenge Beltran for the individual ranking, which was expected really. The only reason, they only take the HC ranking by 1 single point, is the strong triple by ISA - Hexacta, which saw a huge performance by Sepulveda in Slovenie alongside Berhane in Middle East and Colombia.
Rakuten to follow ahead of Berg and Volvo, which all three had a solid 2 performances but already quite a gap to the top2.
At the bottom Sauber really struggling to score this season in general and also Swisslion despite participating in all 3 events, which obviously sees them lose their advantage in the rankings.
Total
ToME
Slo
Col
1
Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff
619
310
16
293
2
ISA - Hexacta
618
165
303
150
3
Rakuten Pro Cycling
370
0
176
194
4
Berg Cycles
353
37
161
155
5
Volvo acc. by Spotify
351
209
0
142
6
Duolingo
299
21
232
46
7
Campari/Asahi development
288
188
0
100
8
Team UBS
275
105
0
170
9
Valio - Viking Genetics
265
40
225
0
10
Minions
233
134
0
99
11
Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam
233
55
101
77
12
ENI - MOL
229
127
34
68
13
Kraftwerk Man Machine
214
53
71
90
14
Philips
208
48
92
68
15
Desigual
198
41
0
157
16
Iberia - Team Degenkolb
164
0
163
1
17
cycleYorkshire
158
0
134
24
18
Xero Racing
156
82
74
0
19
Andorra Cycling Project
154
79
14
61
20
Delvaux
144
23
91
30
21
Kulczyk - Alitalia
136
63
0
73
22
Carlsberg - Danske Bank
100
54
0
46
23
Team Europcar
95
35
5
55
24
Carrefour - ESPN
86
39
25
22
25
Swisslion Cycling Team
63
40
2
21
26
Sauber Petronas Racing
27
0
15
12
C1
7 C1 events of which 4 are stage races and 3 classics. Quite some cobbles, which favours some teams but also some sprinter, puncheur and climber days.
Campari takes the most points having scored in all but Catalunya with big points in Southland and De Panne. Ferreira really having some top rides on the paves this season proving to become a great catch while Pichon showed his skills in Southland.
The Minions and Volvo both follow with 300+ scorings as well. Lots are coming from Southland, where Claeys and Stallaert/Jensen performed well but also Catalunya (Uran) and Le Samyn (Stallaert) were top races.
Delvaux in 4th with lots of depth performances without the big top result while Andorra had a great run on the cobbles, which was expected with Summerhill really.
At the bottom Europcar with a zero pointer and again Sauber with small points only.
Total
GW
Ras
Cat
Sou
KBC
Roma
Sam
1
Campari/Asahi development
447
36
81
0
140
116
24
50
2
Minions
358
17
4
101
142
85
0
9
3
Volvo acc. by Spotify
325
45
63
0
124
13
0
80
4
Delvaux
294
56
82
0
61
40
0
55
5
Andorra Cycling Project
292
80
0
2
0
166
12
32
6
ENI - MOL
269
0
33
99
137
0
0
0
7
Team UBS
264
37
0
111
0
70
0
46
8
Berg Cycles
249
0
91
131
27
0
0
0
9
Carlsberg - Danske Bank
237
28
0
0
0
197
0
12
10
Desigual
226
0
30
178
0
0
18
0
11
ISA - Hexacta
215
0
0
0
108
0
97
10
12
Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam
215
46
13
0
4
15
80
57
13
Carrefour - ESPN
215
20
40
10
33
89
0
23
14
Kraftwerk Man Machine
187
0
187
0
0
0
0
0
15
Kulczyk - Alitalia
179
28
0
25
41
57
0
28
16
Swisslion Cycling Team
172
0
118
11
43
0
0
0
17
cycleYorkshire
155
32
1
57
65
0
0
0
18
Valio - Viking Genetics
129
0
0
38
87
4
0
0
19
Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff
83
0
0
83
0
0
0
0
20
Xero Racing
76
0
0
11
0
56
0
9
21
Iberia - Team Degenkolb
72
0
35
0
0
37
0
0
22
Philips
71
0
9
0
6
0
56
0
23
Duolingo
57
0
17
0
40
0
0
0
24
Rakuten Pro Cycling
53
0
0
53
0
0
0
0
25
Sauber Petronas Racing
39
0
0
39
0
0
0
0
26
Team Europcar
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
C2
Not all teams had C2 races and/or did not score in those.
UBS with a good Hong Kong race with Abreu/Schir topping this small ranking while a special mention must go to Carlsberg finally winning their home race with Niki Ostergard.
Sauber with 37 points might show, that the team is not yet ready for the PCT when their main scoring is coming from CT races.
Total
Her
Via
Gis
HKG
Jua
1
Team UBS
68
0
0
0
68
0
2
Carlsberg - Danske Bank
65
45
0
0
0
20
3
Sauber Petronas Racing
37
2
35
0
0
0
4
Rakuten Pro Cycling
34
0
19
15
0
0
5
Delvaux
27
0
20
7
0
0
6
ENI - MOL
24
0
0
24
0
0
7
Kulczyk - Alitalia
22
22
0
0
0
0
8
Iberia - Team Degenkolb
21
21
0
0
0
0
9
Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam
19
13
6
0
0
0
10
cycleYorkshire
16
0
0
0
0
16
11
Swisslion Cycling Team
11
0
0
11
0
0
12
ISA - Hexacta
3
3
0
0
0
0
Total Ranking
In total Swisslion was not able to remain in the lead, which is down to their subpar HC events. They were still great though and are up there in 2nd just behind Campari, who is getting some gap even. They really show up in the big events so far, which obviously is key for high scoring.
Volvo from 21st to 3rd with a huge jump performing in sprints, climbs and hills, while also ISA, Popo4ever and Kraftwerk move towards the promotion area. Pluchkin obviously is limited in race days but as long as he goes on using them that well, the team is on a good way but scoring is surely needed by the others a lot more.
Delvaux drops down a bit to 7th but still looking good while UBS, Iberia, Rakuten, Berg and Duolingo all not yet ready for another PT season so far.
At the bottom Sauber with only 122 points so far really not having a good start into the season. All others can still hope as the gaps aren`t that big but Europcar, Xero, Carrefour and cycleyorkshire are in huge danger to relegate. Same goes for Philips and Carlsberg just above the line before a bit more of a gap comes to Lierse.
Individually Beltran remains in the lead continueing to perform well. Same goes for Tenorio, Degenkolb, Martin, Uran, Guarnieri, Gautier or Amador, who all are having consistent seasons so far.
Degenkolb maybe still less than expected but he is getting some tough competition so far.
New in the top area is Pluchkin, who started the season with 3 excellent races! Same with Ahlstrand, who might become the best PCT sprinter this year not far behind Degenkolb and also Cavendish is having a solid year so far up to 9th.
Cobble wise Ferreira being the best at the moment ahead of Vanspeybrouck and Summerhill, all in the 14-19 spots. Quite a surprise.
Wow, I had a dream we'd be 3rd to last! And that's about all the humour I can draw from these rankings. Oh dear...
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Wow, still in 2nd place despite wetting the bed in ToME and in our home in Slovenia
Beltran living up to the massive million wage
But unfortunately it's gonna be a long while before he gets a big block of racing like he had now. Ciolek has been doing a nice job as his sidekick, but he'll need to keep it up and others to add some pts as well.
Anyhow I expect a big drop in the coming months, so I hope our buffer lasts until Beltran comes back to save the day again
Congrats to Campari the most consistent team so far and thanks for the update Roturn
Well I am quite happy with this update! Despite having some disapointing races, Machado and Dowsett have failed but Machado has been keeping the points stream constant providing that secondary focus as I wanted. Dowsett on the other side is completely failing everything, but Kireva/Zordan's points have somewhat made up for it so far.
Summerhill didn't have the perfect starting run but he took a couple of wins and is performing as expected, so if it's possible to keep this up staying in PCT looks very possible, there's quite a good buffer already for this time of year.
This is a dream result for us, I am quite convinced other teams are stronger in the long run and we will not be able to keep producing points like this. Especially at hilly and cobbled races, but banking this good early season will surely be nice later on.
Surprised to still see us in the top 10, actually, as I feel we've had a lot of races lately where the course has not been very favorable to our setup and very few races where we've outperformed our expectations. Not sure how we're looking on PpRD, though. It could well be that we've spent more race days than the average team so far.
Quite happy with Guarnieri so far, and Hermans, Gallopin and Breen have done well to rack up some points here and there. Hope to see a bit more from Ignatiev and Schreurs in the time ahead, however.
Really nice to see Campari and Swisslion at the top as newly promoted teams! Ferreira especially has really surprised this year.
Honestly. I thought we were doing a little better. We seem to be at least involved in every race. I guess I'll chalk that up to not having enough of a grasp on how rankings points are calculated. I keep forgetting that stage placings are basically worthless, as is the C2 win.
But hey, we're above the line. That's all I want this year, so I can't complain. Hopefully we stay there.
Edit: Also, I have to say, it always astounds me how most people have riders that are so much better than mine, and score so consistently compared to mine. Like, I know they're better, but it's weird how sometimes results seems so random, yet certain guys are always ahead.
Edited by baseballlover312 on 17-01-2020 14:00
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Got to laugh at ISA Hexacta scoring more in each of their 3 HC races than we have done in total so far.
the development of our youngsters is going well, but hopefully when Slagter starts racing properly and gets off 0 points he can start providing us some highlights.
And the death of Jerome Coppel will lead us back down to the CT i guess
Tough seeing these standings knowing we've also used a solid amount of race days... Hopefully between Nolf, Chammorro and Coppel we can stir up some magic at some point (Nolf already kind of doing so) to help us stay up
I had a feeling we had quite a good month even with our disaster in KBC where we only took 13 pts?!?! And also Stallaert did not what we expect from him in Omloop with 14th place even with does bad result we take a very huge step up in the rankings and are where we hope to be when the season is over aswell
We got a nice bunch of points from Columbia where we expected not much at all!
Thanks for the update! Watch out tamijo we are hunting you
Top 4 in all categories except C1 which I think we only rode 1 race of compared to most rider 3 or 4 so I think we will look better later. Also Kinoshita's barely raced so far, and Shikai hasn't ridden an Mountain Stage races yet I think as well, so my big scorers are still heating up.
Overall Im not too worried, and think we will (hopefully) only move up as the season goes on. Usually my team has slow starts so this is really decent.
Gaining in the rankings but want to be higher ideally. Uran has spent some racedays as well and his individual ranking is a bit deceiving. The quest for promotion will lie with Claeys which is ironic since he'll likely be of no use in some races with this AI.
hmmmm... I know we haven't been impressive but wow
Meintjes has only raced one race so far and most of these races we've already done we've relied on Bellis (not done bad at all), Enger (terrible), Koren and the cobbles unit... There should be a lot more points coming soon I hope
PPRD would tell us a lot more which would show we havent used as much as the div average I hope, or else we are in big trouble, thanks for the update!
John St Ledger in Team Bunzl-Centrica and Team U25
And that's about all the humour I can draw from these rankings. Oh dear...
