A new ranking update including the biggest race of the year yet with the Giro d'Italia as also the monument Paris Roubaix alongside PT classics Amstel Gold Race and GP Liechtenstein with the Tour of Pologne completing it for the PTHC stage races.
Giro d'Italia
Being such a big event, just fair to get this listed individually.
To make it short, it was a fight between Puma and Isostar for the win and also for the gained points. While the GC went to Isostar`s Spilak, the bigger points were collected by Puma and Herklotz. Both as a team as also individually.
Winning couple of stages clearly was more worth than the GC in the end.
Generali the only other team with more than 1000 points of which Gesink had ~3/4 by himself supported by Teuns mainly.
Decent races for several other teams while the teams at the botton didn`t get a lot from it despite a stage win even for the last team Podium Ambitions.
More of a disappointing event for the next Fablok, Air France, who clearly had higher expectations.
1
Team Puma - SAP
1683
2
Isostar - LimeBike
1407
3
Generali
1051
4
EA Vesuvio
756
5
Gazelle
548
6
Bennelong - Mitchelton
542
7
Aegon - Lavazza
496
8
Moser - Sygic
487
9
Farfetch Pro Cycling
454
10
Indosat Ooredoo - ANZ
393
11
Team Tinkoff
391
12
eBuddy
374
13
Repsol - Netflix
333
14
Festina - OAKA
304
15
Aker - MOT
286
16
T-Mobile
239
17
Grieg - Maersk
208
18
Evonik - ELKO
202
19
SPAR - Siam Cement
164
20
Air France - KLM
151
21
Fablok - Bank BGZ
112
22
Podium Ambition
94
The GC riders as usual dominate the rankings with some surprises in between maybe. Goos as KoM and stage winner, Haig with couple of solid TT results as also Konig, Kruijswijk with their stage performances are higher than expected.
Therefore Alarcon in 11th only lower just like probably Swift or Henao.
Best sprinter Kemboi, which was a huge surprise.
1
Silvio Herklotz
GER
Team Puma - SAP
1428
2
Simon Spilak
SLO
Isostar - LimeBike
1206
3
Robert Gesink
NED
Generali
753
4
Jan Hirt
CZE
Moser - Sygic
400
5
Andy Schleck
LUX
EA Vesuvio
362
6
Marc Goos
NED
EA Vesuvio
303
7
Jack Haig
AUS
Bennelong - Mitchelton
270
8
Adam Yates
GBR
Farfetch Pro Cycling
251
9
Leopold Konig
CZE
Indosat Ooredoo - ANZ
239
10
Steven Kruijswijk
NED
Gazelle
225
11
Jose Alarcon
VEN
Repsol - Netflix
223
12
Daan Olivier
NED
Aegon - Lavazza
219
13
Davide Formolo
ITA
Gazelle
183
14
Sergei Kolesnikov
RUS
Team Tinkoff
162
15
Salem Kemboi
KEN
Farfetch Pro Cycling
160
Spoiler
16
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
COL
T-Mobile
155
17
Ben Swift
GBR
Aker - MOT
134
18
Fabio Aru
ITA
eBuddy
132
19
Dion Smith
NZL
Bennelong - Mitchelton
123
20
Dylan Teuns
BEL
Generali
120
21
Francesco Bongiorno
ITA
Festina - OAKA
112
22
Thomas Dekker
NED
Aegon - Lavazza
98
23
Nairo Quintana
COL
Air France - KLM
97
24
Jeroen Meijers
NED
eBuddy
94
25
Aidan Van Niekerk
RSA
Festina - OAKA
85
26
Nikias Arndt
GER
Team Puma - SAP
83
27
Sigurd Nesset
NOR
Grieg - Maersk
81
28
Matthew Goss
AUS
Indosat Ooredoo - ANZ
80
29
Sindre Skjostad Lunke
NOR
Aker - MOT
79
30
Tanel Kangert
EST
Gazelle
78
31
Ingus Eislers
LAT
Evonik - ELKO
78
32
Edoardo Zardini
ITA
Aegon - Lavazza
76
33
Danny Van Poppel
NED
eBuddy
75
34
Pierre Latour
FRA
Generali
72
35
Jamalidin Novardianto
INA
Podium Ambition
70
36
Leigh Howard
AUS
Bennelong - Mitchelton
67
37
Daniel Vesely
CZE
Aegon - Lavazza
66
38
Yuriy Vasyliv
GER
Team Puma - SAP
65
39
Rafel Majka
POL
eBuddy
65
40
Nikita Novikov
RUS
Team Tinkoff
63
41
Andreas Stauff
GER
Festina - OAKA
62
42
Mikel Iturria
ESP
Grieg - Maersk
61
43
Serghei Tvetcov
ROM
Aker - MOT
57
44
Gyung Gu Jang
KOR
SPAR - Siam Cement
55
45
Kilian Frankiny
SWI
Isostar - LimeBike
54
46
Adrian Malori
ITA
Team Tinkoff
48
47
Mads Pedersen
DEN
Grieg - Maersk
48
48
Cristian Raileanu
MOL
Fablok - Bank BGZ
48
49
John-Lee Augustyn
RSA
Isostar - LimeBike
48
50
Bartosz Warchol
POL
Indosat Ooredoo - ANZ
42
51
Matvey Mamykin
RUS
Team Tinkoff
41
52
Andris Vosekalns
LAT
Evonik - ELKO
40
53
Aleksey Rybalkin
RUS
Team Tinkoff
36
54
Pedro Sequera
VEN
Generali
36
55
Rohan Dennis
AUS
Bennelong - Mitchelton
34
56
Colin Stüssi
SWI
Team Puma - SAP
34
57
Ruben Guerreiro
POR
Isostar - LimeBike
34
58
Sarawut Sirironnachai
THA
SPAR - Siam Cement
33
59
Tomas Paprstka
CZE
Evonik - ELKO
32
60
Janvier Hadi
RWA
Team Puma - SAP
31
61
Caio Godoy
BRA
EA Vesuvio
27
62
Robin Carpenter
USA
Generali
25
63
Blaz Furdi
SLO
Gazelle
24
64
Nacer Bouhanni
FRA
SPAR - Siam Cement
23
65
Pawel Poljanski
POL
Fablok - Bank BGZ
23
66
Jan Tratnik
SLO
Gazelle
22
67
Aleksandr Serebriakov
RUS
Team Tinkoff
22
68
Dario Cataldo
ITA
Festina - OAKA
22
69
Valens Ndayisenga
RWA
Repsol - Netflix
21
70
Antonio Pedrero
ESP
Repsol - Netflix
21
71
Gilles Heymes
LUX
EA Vesuvio
20
72
Daniel Alexander Jaramillo
COL
Isostar - LimeBike
19
73
Evgeny Shalunov
RUS
Team Tinkoff
19
74
Robin van der Hugenhaben
NED
Aegon - Lavazza
18
75
Thomas Koep
GER
Aegon - Lavazza
18
76
Josef Hosek
CZE
Moser - Sygic
18
77
Christian Mager
GER
Team Puma - SAP
18
78
Daniel Oss
ITA
Aker - MOT
16
79
Michal Schlegel
CZE
Moser - Sygic
16
80
Timothy Roe
AUS
Bennelong - Mitchelton
16
81
Aleksandar Roman
SER
Isostar - LimeBike
16
82
Robert Power
AUS
Bennelong - Mitchelton
16
83
Andrei Sakalou
BLR
Evonik - ELKO
15
84
Peeter Tarvis
EST
Isostar - LimeBike
15
85
Nur Amirul Marzuki
MAS
SPAR - Siam Cement
15
86
David Wohrer
AUT
T-Mobile
15
87
Thurakit Boonratanathanakorn
THA
SPAR - Siam Cement
15
88
Tim Dees
NED
Generali
15
89
Michel Koch
GER
Air France - KLM
15
90
Jetse Bol
NED
Isostar - LimeBike
15
91
Miguel Angel Benito
ESP
Repsol - Netflix
15
92
Matteo Rabottini
ITA
Festina - OAKA
15
93
David Rosch
GER
Air France - KLM
15
94
Matej Vysna
SVK
Moser - Sygic
15
95
Samuel Ssabagwanya
UGA
Farfetch Pro Cycling
15
96
Rafael Serrano
ESP
Repsol - Netflix
15
97
Ondrej Cink
CZE
Moser - Sygic
15
98
Matthias Krizek
AUT
Generali
15
99
Luis Enrique Lemus Davila
MEX
T-Mobile
15
100
Elias Afewerki
ERI
EA Vesuvio
15
101
Conor Dunne
IRL
Team Puma - SAP
15
102
Julien Bernard
FRA
Fablok - Bank BGZ
15
103
Jesus Herrada
ESP
Repsol - Netflix
15
104
Michael Kolar
SVK
Moser - Sygic
15
105
Abel Kenyeres
HUN
T-Mobile
15
106
Jaime Roson
ESP
Repsol - Netflix
15
107
Giulio Ciccone
ITA
Generali
15
108
Ajay Pandit Chhetri
NEP
SPAR - Siam Cement
15
109
Christoph Mai
GER
T-Mobile
15
110
Bonaventure Uwizeyimana
RWA
EA Vesuvio
13
111
Emils Liepins
LAT
Evonik - ELKO
13
112
Anthony Turgis
FRA
Farfetch Pro Cycling
12
113
Michael Vink
NZL
Grieg - Maersk
10
114
Luca Wackermann
ITA
Team Puma - SAP
9
115
Leonardo Basso
ITA
Repsol - Netflix
8
116
Francesco Ginanni
ITA
Gazelle
8
117
Peter Varga
HUN
T-Mobile
8
118
Cheng Ji
CHN
Indosat Ooredoo - ANZ
8
119
Martin Grashev
BUL
Podium Ambition
8
120
Pascal Ackermann
GER
Festina - OAKA
8
121
Hayden McCormick
NZL
Bennelong - Mitchelton
8
122
Nicholas Schultz
AUS
Bennelong - Mitchelton
8
123
Darren Matthews
BAR
Podium Ambition
8
124
Sergey Luchshenko
KAZ
Indosat Ooredoo - ANZ
8
125
Josip Rumac
CRO
Fablok - Bank BGZ
8
126
Patrick Olesen
DEN
Air France - KLM
8
127
Andris Smirnovs
LAT
Evonik - Elko
8
128
Sandis Eislers
LAT
SPAR - Siam Cement
8
129
Logan Owen
USA
Podium Ambition
8
130
Valerio Conti
ITA
eBuddy
8
131
Jesse Kaislavuo
FIN
EA Vesuvio
8
132
Romain Le Roux
FRA
Indosat Ooredoo - ANZ
8
133
Neilson Powless
USA
Gazelle
8
134
Kyeng Ho Min
KOR
Farfetch Pro Cycling
8
135
Nicolas Edet
FRA
Air France - KLM
8
136
Gaspar Goncalves
POR
T-Mobile
8
137
Jaka Bostner
SLO
Fablok - Bank BGZ
8
138
Maxime Bouet
FRA
Air France - KLM
8
139
Jhonatan Restrepo
COL
T-Mobile
8
140
Indulis Bekmanis
LAT
Evonik - ELKO
8
141
Nurbolat Kulimbetov
KAZ
Indosat Ooredoo - ANZ
8
142
Sebastian Schönberger
AUT
Moser - Sygic
8
143
Noam Cohen
ISR
Fablok - Bank BGZ
8
144
Jonathan Lastra
ESP
Grieg - Maersk
8
145
Jordan Schleck
UGA
EA Vesuvio
8
146
Michael Gogl
AUT
Farfetch Pro Cycling
8
147
Mike Aaron Egger
GER
Evonik - ELKO
8
148
Andrea Guardini
ITA
Fablok - Bank BGZ
2
149
Kristian Sbaragli
ITA
Aegon - Lavazza
1
Rest of the month April
Festina with a good month here with the GC win in Pologne but also decent points scored in Liechtenstein and adding mediocre in Roubaix and Amstel Gold.
Air France as best of the others having a decent Pologne but in especially a strong Amstel Gold performance. Twice runner-up in the end for Eddy.
SPAR, Fablok with much needed points surely just like Repsol in 6th.
Puma surprisingly low in the races clashing with the Giro, where their main lineup was sent to. Similar for other strong Giro teams such as Generali, EA Vesuvio or Isostar actually.
Team
Total
PR
Pol
Lie
AGR
1
Festina - OAKA
715
76
403
153
83
2
Air France - KLM
644
54
276
101
213
3
SPAR - Siam Cement
521
89
196
80
156
4
Fablok - Bank BGZ
476
25
145
10
296
5
Gazelle
474
185
0
171
118
6
Repsol - Netflix
467
134
190
103
40
7
Aker - MOT
437
35
102
255
45
8
Moser - Sygic
435
193
0
67
175
9
Grieg - Maersk
407
347
0
15
45
10
Indosat Ooredoo - ANZ
400
214
0
44
142
11
eBuddy
373
108
92
73
100
12
Evonik - ELKO
350
150
0
25
175
13
Aegon - Lavazza
328
30
142
59
97
14
Team Tinkoff
288
130
0
118
40
15
Isostar - LimeBike
283
74
0
61
148
16
T-Mobile
265
79
0
69
117
17
EA Vesuvio
258
25
98
58
77
18
Generali
246
171
0
20
55
19
Bennelong - Mitchelton
232
10
0
182
40
20
Podium Ambition
226
116
50
20
40
21
Team Puma - SAP
213
35
98
35
45
22
Farfetch Pro Cycling
205
68
0
68
69
April Ranking
It`s incredibly close still with Puma having a bit of a gap but also having spent the most race days so far. Generali not far behind them and in the projected standings actually almost up to them while Isostar actually tops those at the moment.
And while the projections seem to show a fight of those three, you must not forget Moser as they are also over 8000 points there.
Quiet a gap then to Air France and Gazelle next but same here. Still in the fight for the win.
Aegon down to 7th and here clearly a bigger gap as they also used the most race days and have a clear PpRD deficit.
At the bottom Farfetch being last but really had a better than expected Giro to maybe mix it up from now on. Repsol, Fablok, Tinkoff and Podium Ambition following but the gap is really small here as well up to 12th really.
eBuddy, Bennelong, Festina and Grieg for now the teams in the middle of nowhere.
Herklotz has gained more points in the Giro alone as the 3rd in the individual standings in total!
Only Spilak is coming close but for now the crown seems to be rather safe on the Germans head. Great start into the year with huge performances in Tirreno and Giro.
Spilak as said in 2nd with Gesink having a great year as well for now.
Bewley and Boasson Hagen the only other over 1000 points while Wisniowski in 6th really is a surprise beating Swift as best sprinter, who to be honest, could have been higher by now as well normally.
Grosu as next best sprinter followed by Ewan, Groenewegen, Howard as well in the top15.
Ponzi the 2nd best pure puncheur with Sagan as well not far behind.
Mainly due to Groenewegen carrying it better than I had thought.
Meanwhile though De Bie could have done better and also Olivier was okay but not that good yet.
Keinath adding to those though, must be said that I was hoping it as he wasn`t too cheap.
Will be interesting to see how Velits can perform later and how the following races for De Bie work out. Surely another drop is likely to happen but as long as the team is around the 10th, I don`t mind. Was more afraid of relegation before the season than having a mid level performance.
The Giro was obviously excellent for us and it feels pretty good to still be as high as 2nd about halfway through the season. Unfortunately, the way AGR and the few other hilly classics have gone doesn't really leave me hoping that Ulissi will turn his season around in a meaningful way (108 points far exceeds my lamest expectations), and in addition to that, the most lucrative part of the season is over for both Gesink and Theuns.
On the upside, my time trialists and all-rounders still have quite a few chances to score crucial points. Realistically, this should mean that we can keep a spot in the top 10, which is about in line with my goals for the season.
Love to see such a tight fight for the crown and the relegation spots, but it's a hell of a long way to go still. Thanks for the updates and the write-up roturn!
I will continue to be endlessly surprised and happy to not be in last place! The fact we've got through the Giro and are still in touch for a genuine relegation fight is crazy! Ok after the Vuelta and TDF we will be gone (because believe it or not, i've got worse squads lined up there than for the Giro) but the longer we go still in with a chance is just more of a success story for a low-level PCT capable squad
Must say I'm very, very "nervous" for how this season is going to end regarding the potential relegation. Swift not scoring the expected points is quite an understatement in the rankings post. He is now left with three one day races, meaning he's done with 36 of 42 race days. Seeing how the sprints are going, he could even struggle to reach 1000 points
Which makes surviving come down to Taaramae and some lucky breakaway and lucky AI racing for us to survive in the PT. Considering the latter, it feels difficult to have luck on the right side seeing how few breakaway attempts we've made so far this season. Hopefully that will improve now that the races with Swift/Taaramae present are few.
And Taaramae, we need you to step up. Big times!
And wow, seeing how close it is from 12th and downwards, it should be a very entertaining season considering the rankings for all teams involved. At the top half, Puma still looks good for the crown. Guess Moser must be their rival if their GC riders can deliver in the remaining GTs.
Wisniowski up in 6th place is great to see! His performance in Roubaix also the one thing that makes this update a fairly decent one for us. The giro was always going to be a low scoring race, but happy with out performance there.
Still very cool to see Generali in 2nd place. What a start for them! Puma looks great on the top again, but a long way to go still.
So far so good, Spilak still carrying. I ranted a lot about how Mohoric's ovl is far higher than similar riders, and the standings agree his downhill is far overrated
Katrasnik is thw big plus of the season so far, but especially Kump, Mohoric, Keizer and Per need to step up. Polanc already started which is nice anything still possible, from the podium (which was the minimum goal before the season) to sth around midtable. Spilaks season and Mohoric's best races are almost gone though, so I guess we have to look down the table.
There I was thinking we'd had a good month with a successful Giro, and solid if unspectacular results in AGR and Liechtenstein. And then I look and see we're actually further from safety than we were at the last update
Honestly I can't see how we survive now - even if Cattaneo has a good Vuelta and Monsalve a good Tour alongside strong results in the remaining stage races, it seems that we won't generate enough points to get out of trouble. Pretty disappointing to be headed for a third relegation in the last five seasons, but at least I'm used to it by now...
5th in the Giro ranking and 5th in the April ranking; again a very solid month for Gazelle. We dropped a bit in the overall ranking, but that's mostly due to teams scoring big with their main GT rider in the Giro. Madrazo still has his GT ticket and a lot will depend on it.
This is also the month in which my last hopes of Ginanni bouncing back in a race like AGR got crushed. He is currently getting outscored by domestiques such as Konrad, Furdi and De Gendt. This is the last time I'll talk about this; from now on he'll be treated like a domestique himself.
Still have hope that Kangert will find his form though.
Very much looking forward to the coming months. Thanks for the update roturn!
When can we expect the next rankingsupdate? It has been quite a while... For me it's OK that it isn't written that in-depth, but having them occassionally is important to keep track of the status.
Next race in the PT is the Tour de France I think, which means that it is 10 PT races since the last update, which includes a GT and counts more than 50 racedays.
