tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35441987.post6810283915943112605..comments2024-02-24T09:21:42.996+01:00Comments on Basque Cycling News: Final WorldTour rankingsMagnushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02190510412001563563noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35441987.post-71866544558980895502012-10-15T13:21:30.873+02:002012-10-15T13:21:30.873+02:00If Chris is right, which I'm sure he is, then ...If Chris is right, which I'm sure he is, then no, doesn't look to good!Magnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02190510412001563563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35441987.post-50041367794290348872012-10-15T10:49:27.401+02:002012-10-15T10:49:27.401+02:00This seems to be bad, if very complicated, news......This seems to be bad, if very complicated, news....Stephennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35441987.post-9910380632385786842012-10-14T10:44:39.781+02:002012-10-14T10:44:39.781+02:00Forgot to mention... the 466 Rider Value points of...Forgot to mention... the 466 Rider Value points of Euskaltel are including: Kocjan, Mestre, Lobato, Serebryakov.Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35441987.post-82732381274481543962012-10-14T10:42:42.925+02:002012-10-14T10:42:42.925+02:00The points on which the WT licences are dividend a...The points on which the WT licences are dividend are not the same as the UCI points you mention!<br /><br />Euskaltel has got 555 UCI Points. But more important are the Rider Value Points! And in that (unofficial) ranking Euskaltel is 18th! http://nicosix.wordpress.com/category/cyclisme/classements-2012/classement-pour-2013/<br /><br />This makes the reaction of Sanchez after Beijing a bit silly. Samuel Sanchez already has the maximum of RV points a rider could have. A superbe ride of Sanchez in Beijing was useless for the RV points! They seem to just don't get the idea of these points. Can anyone tell them?<br /><br />Then the ranking:<br />the top 15 is WT. Argos in 15th place would be worse for Euskaltel because Argos would be certain of WT. <br />Then FDJ, Lotto, Euskaltel and Saxo need to fight for 3 tickets. FDJ and Lotto already have a WT licence for 2013 and thus will make the cut. <br />Euskaltel and Saxobank are the last teams for 1 ticket. Don't need to tell you, Sanchez, Nieve, Anton and co can't compete with Contador and co. Saxo is low because the RV point of Contador are not counting (and the UCI points of Contador do!)<br /><br />Altough it seems strange that a team which is currently 13th in the WT ranking would not make the cut, it just seem to be the case.<br />One option for the team is that Euskaltel gets above Argos but they need 131 points! Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35441987.post-3286552069954550842012-10-14T09:44:09.713+02:002012-10-14T09:44:09.713+02:00I think they'll finish around 18th, which mean...I think they'll finish around 18th, which means they should be in a direct fight with Ag2r (Pozzovivo, Kern, Bagdonas, Hutarovich, Dumoulin etc.) Saxo Bank (Kump, Roche, Bennati, Kreuziger, Breschel, Zaugg, Sutherland, McCarthy etc.), FDJ (Fischer, Geniez, Le Bon, Viennet, Mangel, Pichon) and Argos (Barguil, Rensburg, Mezgec). <br /><br />Allegedly, Euskaltel have signed riders worth a massive 300 points to go with the 555 they've already got, so, yeah, they should make the cut I reckon.Magnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02190510412001563563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35441987.post-28623414459216383952012-10-14T02:25:44.461+02:002012-10-14T02:25:44.461+02:00Great update Magnus. Do you think they will hold ...Great update Magnus. Do you think they will hold up with points once all the trading is done between teams?azanca02https://www.blogger.com/profile/13491583425680607835noreply@blogger.com