Same as in the CT Ranking, here it`s four rankings before the full one, PTHC, HC, C1 and C2 as far too many races took place since the last.
PTHC
Teams that want to promote need to perform huge in PTHC usually, Popo4ever did so this period scoring more in Portugal alone as all other teams in the potential 4 PTHC races. Pluchkin surely a rider, who is too strong for PCT. In addition good scoring in Colombia for them as well!
Duolingo best of the rest due to Portugal and Gesink while Fablok (Colombia), Lierse (E3+Portugal), yes they have Oomen now for mountains, and Minions in Colombia and E3 scored well. Repsol, who had not started in January also showing up in Portugal mainly.
Team
Por
Hal
Col
E3
Total
1
Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff
394
0
165
0
559
2
Duolingo
279
0
0
0
279
3
Fablok - Chocolate Jacques
0
0
239
0
239
4
Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam
183
0
0
55
238
5
Minions
0
0
140
88
228
6
Repsol - Netflix
155
72
0
0
227
7
DK - SVA Zalgiris
133
0
57
0
190
8
Polar
129
31
0
0
160
9
MOL
132
0
0
0
132
10
Valio - Viking Genetics
69
49
0
0
118
11
Kraftwerk Man Machine
0
16
93
0
109
12
Berg Cycles
103
0
0
2
105
13
Farfetch Pro Cycling
95
0
0
6
101
14
Mapei
0
100
0
0
100
15
Nordstrom - CA Technologies
0
0
90
0
90
16
Bakkafrost
0
39
50
0
89
17
Desigual
0
82
0
7
89
18
Xero Racing
71
0
0
0
71
19
Swisslion Cycling Team
45
6
0
7
58
20
Adastra N Hell Energy Cycling
0
17
41
0
58
21
Azteca - NBCSN
53
0
0
4
57
22
Campari Asahi Procycling
0
0
42
0
42
23
Podium Ambition
38
0
3
0
41
24
GCN Racing
0
0
35
0
35
25
Aramco DP
0
0
0
2
2
26
Andorra Cycling Project
0
0
0
0
0
HC
HC included quite a lot of cobbles and this usually means Andorra at the top, if PT and GTM would count, they likely could lead the division with Summerhill dominating those races for years now.
Basically the team was huge and won most of Omloop, Geraardsbergen and Kuurne plus having Vanspeybrouck for big depth.
Mapei coming closest, winning Kuurne with Trentin, another top cobbler but also doing well with Buchmann in the hills of Pais Vasco!
Lierse might have seen a stronger Vanbilsen last season, still he is scoring regularly with Oomen doing well in the uphill races such as Pais Vasco and also Gaviria despite not yet fully showing his skills, scoring decent in Barbados.
Valio with consistent scoring with Barbados topping it due to Manninen having a big race again.
Duolingo, Polar, Bakkafrost or Minions all had good races as well followed by Podium, Aramco, Swisslion and the others.
Team
Oml
Gbo
Bar
Pva
Bia
KBK
Total
1
Andorra Cycling Project
145
221
41
37
5
168
617
2
Mapei
68
87
0
288
0
140
583
3
Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam
53
30
127
186
10
87
493
4
Valio - Viking Genetics
75
37
200
66
53
46
477
5
Duolingo
45
0
0
280
140
0
465
6
Polar
99
38
32
167
14
58
408
7
Bakkafrost
108
45
130
45
0
29
357
8
Minions
31
0
240
69
0
5
345
9
Podium Ambition
0
63
133
75
0
68
339
10
Aramco DP
0
0
117
136
70
0
323
11
Swisslion Cycling Team
5
0
170
90
45
5
315
12
Xero Racing
0
42
41
148
38
9
278
13
Campari Asahi Procycling
27
5
12
113
82
10
249
14
Berg Cycles
0
0
156
24
61
0
241
15
Desigual
5
0
96
124
5
0
230
16
Fablok - Chocolate Jacques
0
103
20
0
40
0
163
17
GCN Racing
24
0
0
34
98
5
161
18
Repsol - Netflix
38
26
85
0
5
0
154
19
Azteca - NBCSN
10
9
10
111
0
0
140
20
Kraftwerk Man Machine
16
0
85
0
36
0
137
21
Farfetch Pro Cycling
27
23
24
0
54
0
128
22
Adastra N Hell Energy Cycling
31
0
0
85
0
5
121
23
MOL
0
0
94
0
26
0
120
24
Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff
0
0
21
48
7
0
76
25
DK - SVA Zalgiris
5
0
56
0
12
0
73
26
Nordstrom - CA Technologies
0
17
0
0
11
0
28
C1
Repsol showing their potential PT promotion run here as they will make a big step forward from last in January. 800 points with lots of C1 race days brings them to the top of the C1 list. Uppsala, Jelajah or Catalunya. Quite a bit for time trial heavy teams like theirs.
Farfetch though also still going strong after dominating January. Almost as strong with big points in Southland and in especially Jelajah SKL.
Mapei, Valio, Popo4ever, Bakkafrost or MOL all with quite a gap already. Still their points will come handy in the ranking.
Team
Via
HKC
Cat
ToS
Rom
Jel
Jua
Apx
Sam
Upp
Total
1
Repsol - Netflix
0
30
215
0
16
195
0
80
16
248
800
2
Farfetch Pro Cycling
0
53
0
151
0
393
0
43
0
98
738
3
Mapei
20
0
0
0
43
45
117
0
56
132
413
4
Valio - Viking Genetics
0
6
0
119
19
0
178
0
31
51
404
5
Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff
0
102
27
178
0
38
11
19
0
24
399
6
Bakkafrost
0
10
152
0
19
0
140
24
19
0
364
7
MOL
0
38
94
176
0
0
35
10
0
0
353
8
Podium Ambition
35
0
0
39
57
2
121
0
20
71
345
9
GCN Racing
0
0
0
98
9
88
46
9
10
84
344
10
Adastra N Hell Energy Cycling
0
180
52
0
0
41
66
0
4
0
343
11
Polar
0
51
66
70
46
0
0
11
36
56
336
12
Berg Cycles
0
0
123
116
0
42
0
34
0
0
315
13
Xero Racing
142
107
0
0
0
42
0
0
2
0
293
14
DK - SVA Zalgiris
0
58
28
0
0
44
82
7
0
63
282
15
Andorra Cycling Project
28
0
0
0
116
0
3
0
126
0
273
16
Azteca - NBCSN
0
12
140
0
0
0
0
46
0
0
198
17
Campari Asahi Procycling
0
126
0
13
0
43
0
0
12
0
194
18
Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam
1
0
0
29
33
0
21
32
41
0
157
19
Kraftwerk Man Machine
0
0
35
0
0
0
42
0
0
77
154
20
Nordstrom - CA Technologies
0
17
34
0
24
30
0
13
32
0
150
21
Swisslion Cycling Team
0
2
0
0
0
39
32
56
0
14
143
22
Desigual
0
0
85
0
0
0
0
36
0
14
135
23
Duolingo
0
24
0
77
0
0
0
0
0
32
133
24
Minions
0
0
0
20
20
0
70
0
9
0
119
25
Aramco DP
0
6
30
1
0
0
0
0
0
59
96
26
Fablok - Chocolate Jacques
62
0
0
0
7
0
4
0
0
0
73
C2
No need to talk too much about this list here as too few teams participated in C2 or scored a point there. Minions and Podium Ambition had a very solid GP Herning, while Aramco or Andorra scored in Jelajah with tiny 3 points for Valio in Colombo. Xero and Lierse the only others with a few points here.
Team
Her
Col
Ras
Total
1
Minions
52
0
0
52
2
Podium Ambition
30
0
0
30
3
Aramco DP
0
0
24
24
4
Xero Racing
15
0
0
15
5
Andorra Cycling Project
0
0
15
15
6
Valio - Viking Genetics
7
3
0
10
7
Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam
0
0
6
6
Full Ranking
The full ranking still has Farfetch dominating the PCT. Their used race are around average and even a bit under average of the top10-12 teams.
That said, the two biggest rivals have used even less in Repsol and Mapei. First really jumped from last to second since starting their season in Portugal. Mapei has spent another 5 race days less being in a strong promotion spot as well. The top3 look huge when having the projected ranking, where later even beat Farfetch!
Popo4ever in 4th looks good but just like Valio behind in 5th they have used far more race days already. So how long can Pluchkin carry the team? Projections look awful to be honest and more towards second half of the table!
Teams to mention must be Bakkafrost, Duolingo, Andorra, Minions or Xero. All with solid projections despite some of them still a bit lower on a quick view. Also Polar, Berg or Desigual will only need 1-2 better races to jump onto that train for 4th?
The only reason why Summerhill post plenty of cobbles is Pluchkin. Limited race days but then dominating Portugal and scoring well in Colombia is enough to lead the division. Plus Summerhill struggled in KBK and missed those few points.
Manninen in 3rd is a bigger surprise as best sprinter, but with Barbados and Juarez, he definitely deserves to be that high.
Kudus best stage racer alongside Pluchkin and Gesink best alrounder despite his age complete the top5 just ahead of Guarnieri, Trentin and Turgis, who is having a great start to the season.
Tenorio in 9th while Vesely`s 10th is very impressive, seeing he was hit hard by AI with 11 race days of ignorance in Down Under and Southland unfortunately as he could have been higher.
Kemboi in 12th, Oomen in 14th, Ewan in 15th might all be a bit lower than expected but just like Gaviria in 23rd, they will clearly improve over the next years as age is one their side.
Wow only 31 race days used so far, I could not imagine how it wouldve felt if the reporting pace was slow. That said Wellens only have 1 race and Benoot has done well in all hilly cobbles, though his normal cobbles nearly doesnt exist (yet)
Was hoping that our projected score would be a few points higher, but then again, there havent been many races where we were expected to gain many points. So this average is still not fully presentable of our potential.
Most of our zero point races has been due to most of them being sprint races too. An area we just dont have the capabilities in to score points
Looking solid for our Top 10 goal actually, but you wouldnt think so at first glance
Oomen with a great season, Vanbilsen with acceptable scoring, it's really my sprinters costing us a promotion spot. Gaviria wounds me, but it's Bonifazio's 14 points that really hurt.
That looks real bad. That PPrD has us just clear of relegation for now, but as we tick off the cobbles it's only going to get worse. We are definitely a team in trouble!
Individual ranking continues to show the relative struggles of Ewan compared to significantly cheaper and less good sprinters. Although makes Altur look decent if you ignore the training spend.
While I would prefer to have the points in the bank this is really good for us. Quite happy about this update, and my riders seem to be very consistent til now
If I survive this season, it will be even luckier than surviving last year. Which is funny since I spent over 2 million to improve my squad.
Saber is nearly useless and will be very lucky to score 200 pts this season.
Mottin is useless.
I always knew Beltran wouldn't perform quite as well as last, but c'mon. At this point he'll have to do well to score half of what he did last year.
The lone positive is Kris Boeckmans, but his best scoring days are over. If lucky he'll crack 400 pts. Nepomnyachsniy is there, neither good or bad, simply there. Gilanipoor has scored some pts, but I don't envision him being the difference maker. He wasn't intended to be. Giogieri and Ablenado have been no-shows so far and talents (somewhat expected) haven't done anything yet.
We've used 1/3 of our RDs and we need to get on a run of results soon, or it's Good Night, Vienna!
Can never trust PpRD, much rather have points in the bag, but that's how the cards fell in terms of when our suited races were. The projection looks nice but we still have to earn those points. Wouldn't hate where we are now as a finishing position, but would be nice to keep improving each season and work towards that top 10 come season's end.
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Wow. Although the fear will always be there this month was a fresh breeze with a ton of points coming our way including HC top scorer. Summerhill has in fact had a brilliant month and Vanspeybrouck is benefiting from the lack of responsability, these big points put us in 9th at the moment and although it's certain we're going down the dream of staying in PCT stays alive, even though I thought this season COB would have a little less influence in the COB races.
So I remain hopeful, last season maintenance came down to points that I could count with one hand, Summerhill/VSP are juicing the cobbles as much as possible and the rest of the team just has to keep piling up some small points wherever possible in order to keep us over the line in October!
Surprised to see us dropping a few places after a very good month, but with less racedays it makes sence. Hopefully we can convert PPRD into actual points, especially now a big month with many Uran races is ahead of us. Thanks for the update!
22nd is the worst place any PCT team can be. Why? Because it's the first place that sends you back to CT
As predicted in several previews, my team would be in the very stacked battle for survival with the fellow promoted folks from Azteca, Aramco, Nordstrom, GCN and DKZ + several established teams like Swisslion, Campari, MOL, Kraftwerk and Podium Ambition. Andorra currently is in safe spot, but it all depends on how their non-cobbled races pan out.
TBH, the battle for survival would be as interesting as the battle on the top.
With this update it is possible to see that at least two correct decisions were made during the off season. Training Paulinho but above all getting rid of Vogt were perhaps the best decisions I made in MG. This season with only one third of the race days used Paulinho has already far surpassed the points achieved in the previous year.
Swift and Montoya are doing what I expected of them, the rest of the team should continue to earn points here and there so that we can maintain a safe place in the classification.
Obviously not the strongest start for us. Martin hasn’t had too many races yet and really needs to start scoring strongly for us or we will be in serious trouble. Really need a bit more from Ulissi as well.
The only positive thing to note with this update is that Kump only raced one of these races and still has the majority of race days left. But not gonna lie this has been a pretty depressing period despite Boivin's amazing Colombia.
Eastman is only still just starting his season, and did well in his race days so far, need that to continue and need to find points from basically anywhere else for us to have any chance, as we are comfortably the bottom in PPRD
