Not a good sight for Metinvest fans though, as we are outside of top10 and we dont like it. I would hardly imagine being out of top10 near the end of the season, we were rather aiming for top5 with team around Pluchkin, Grosu, Ignatiev or Zmorka. But reality is different...we are not able to score in races where we should, mainly TTs are just around par or a bit below, nothing great against the clock whole year. Ignatiev is just below average whole year, he simply ignores one of the best stats setup in whole database. Somebody saw some attacks from the guy with 85 fighter? Or is this stat disabled in PCM15???
At least Grosu and Guardini are saving us with above average sprint results and stage win or podium here and there, i cant say anything against these two (and Pluchkin).
There are still some days of racing left, but only very good results can see us back in top10, i dont believe in it though. How teams like Puma, Aegon or Evonik are above us in the rankings is beyond my understanding, but well...
Anyway, some tense battles going on in the rankings, especially in the bottom tier, where the fight for staying up is still on. I just can say that i hope for active managers to stay up and missing managers to go down, as they will disband anyway. I see like 3-4 teams for disbandment apart from us?
Festina is sure and deserved winner, dont play "we are not there yet" SotD and enjoy the absolute dominance
Probably due to better balance this is.
I mean Swift is top top class. Just like Pluchkin.
But then there is Keizer, Olivier, Boom, De Bie, Groenewegen and some 75-78 riders such as Bennett, Villella etc.
So it`s the small scoring here and there that rarely allows a bad scoring race.
In the end the difference isn`t that big and with a bit of luck here or there, it all could be mixed up there from 5th to 12th.
Indeed. Your depth is much better. Also it certainly helps that your best rider isn't just riding two races during the season. Pluchkin needs to really top perform for Metinvest to be a top 5 contender, and while he haven't dissapointed, he haven't performed like Schleck...
