We're at the halfway point of the season and the rankings are starting to take take shape. Let's see how the teams in the CT division fared
Part 1 - April and May
Crabbe's cobble run continues to net them serious points tally as they've scored the bulk of their points from the Lincoln GP and Tour du Faso. However they weren't the top scorer in Burkina Faso though as that honour went to Hello Fresh. Pas Normal Studios - Mikkeller had solid period as the newcommers from Denmark scored 447 points with the team taking part in the HC Tour de Österreich. The flat profiled USA Pro Cycling Challenge and Olympia's Tour added more points to Aramco's tally
Trans Looney Tunes and Strava got respectable amount of points over these two months. The bulk of Gjensidige's points came from the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, the same for Glanbia and McCormick. At the bottom BNZ and BWT Hyundai have managed to break the 100 point barrier (barely), while Volcanica didn't had races that fit their leader Amador during those months and hadn't scored a single point after the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. Tafjord Kraft and Eddie Stobart sit at the very bottom of the pack with the British team taking 13 points from their Thailand trip
Pos
Team
Lin
USA
Lis
Nak
Rom
Chi
Fas
Ost
1JD
Oly
Total
1
Crabbe-CC Chevigny
128
77
9
41
0
0
197
0
34
6
492
2
Pas Normal Studios - Mikkeller
54
129
0
0
0
0
161
103
0
0
447
3
Hello Fresh
104
82
11
12
0
2
210
0
0
0
421
4
Aramco DP
5
166
0
32
0
0
28
0
0
160
391
5
Trans Looney Tunes
50
42
6
20
0
11
100
0
28
0
257
6
Strava
19
73
32
7
0
0
88
0
0
0
219
7
Gjensidige Pro Cycling Team
0
131
0
0
0
25
1
0
0
8
165
8
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
3
70
0
0
0
0
11
0
0
33
117
9
McCormick Pro Cycling
0
91
0
0
0
0
18
0
0
0
109
10
BNZ-Superhero Racing
18
11
0
0
6
24
20
0
0
28
107
11
BWT Hyundai N Cycling
21
38
0
0
5
0
37
0
0
0
101
12
Volcanica - Fox
4
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
54
13
Tafjord Kraft
10
25
0
0
1
0
3
0
0
1
40
14
Eddie Stobart
0
5
0
13
0
0
6
0
0
0
24
Part 2 - June
Volcanica were 12th in the April-May section, but the mountainous Tour of Vancouver and Giro del Trentino propelled them to the top in this table. Gjensidige was also a gainer thanks to their trip to South Africa. BWT Hyundai also made it to the Top 5 thanks to solid showing in Vancouver, a respectable tally in South Africa and the cherry of the cake was their Monterrey TTT win. For Hello Fresh and Aramco DP it was business as usual as they remain in the Top 5.
The biggest falls were from the top 2 in April-May - Crabbe and PNS - Mikkeller. Cobbled races are now far and in-between, meaning that the Belgian team could drop a spot or two in the overall rankings. Trans Looney Tunes were just shy of Top 5 in this table, but it keeps helping their cause for PCT promotion. Glanbia, McCormick and Strava all had respectable, but nothing spectacular to show for during the month. At the bottom were the usual suspects - BNZ, Tafjord Kraft and Eddie Stobart
Pos
Team
Fra
Jap
Han
Van
Ras
SAF
Tre
Mon
Ape
Total
1
Volcanica - Fox
5
0
0
205
45
0
79
30
13
377
2
Gjensidige Pro Cycling Team
3
0
0
93
17
121
53
45
0
332
3
Aramco DP
49
0
10
121
28
0
55
40
0
303
4
HelloFresh
45
25
0
200
0
0
0
15
0
285
5
BWT Hyundai N Cycling
0
0
0
111
9
52
40
70
0
282
6
Trans Looney Tunes
10
0
39
89
60
0
0
55
0
253
7
Glanbia Foods Cycling Project
23
0
0
74
41
0
49
35
0
222
8
Pas Normal Studios - Mikkeller
0
24
28
63
1
0
54
20
9
199
9
McCormick Pro Cycling
21
0
0
86
18
57
0
10
0
192
10
Crabbe-CC Chevigny
41
0
6
41
37
0
20
25
0
170
11
Strava
13
0
20
29
66
15
0
15
0
158
12
BNZ-Superhero Racing
0
31
0
59
0
12
0
30
0
132
13
Tafjord Kraft
22
0
0
8
7
0
62
20
0
119
14
Eddie Stobart
16
0
3
3
0
0
4
25
0
51
Team Rankings
No changes in the Top 3 places, but Gjensidige has managed to leapfrog Volcanica by virtue of the Norwegian team's stronger April-May period. Pas Normal Studios - Mikkeller's performance in the same period has managed to jump to 7th place, while McCormick sliped down to 9th. At the bottom BNZ-Superhero Racing is no longer dead last as they are now 12th. Now, that distinction has fallen on Eddie Stobart
Thanks for this update. Looks like we are solid in the mid-field without much chance to manage the promotions this year. Our sprinters perform well but the lack of scoring depth on other terrain greatly limits us, in particular when it comes to stage racing. At least this season goes better than last one. Sadly I doubt I will get enough time to actually to a revamping of the team in the foreseeable future.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
Cool to see Volcanica - Fox, Trans Looney Tunes and Crabbe-CC Chevigny up there.
A good period for us, just hoping to see it continue to the end of the season.
Thanks for update. Middling stuff from Glanbia. We're moving beyond a lot of the Stage Races with Time Trials which suit us. Bennett has been crowded out I think and only Craddock has performed well in TTs.
Dan Martin more than earning his salary
I'm worried my Tour of America team is pretty weak so thar might be a lot of race days with little return..
Settling where we belong, although the consensus prediction, which was 50% me, had us in 12th so 9th isn't bad. Hopefully can hang on to that top 10 position.
Thanks to SotD and Ivan for pulling together the update.
Some really strong scoring races from us recently means we've top at the moment but projected 2nd. The real goal for us this year is promotion although a Title fight would be nice but HelloFresh scoring consistently well across the board is making it difficult for us to keep with them.
Looks like a very close battle for the final guaranteed promotion spots too which is always exciting to follow!
Didn't realize the amount of RD we had used compared to Aramco, seems like this is going to be a close one. We might end up throwing it all away at ToA, but with the performances in ToME, it is deffo looking up!
