The last WT team to win?

RichN95.
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edited June 2013 in Pro race
The season is underway and 11 of the World Tour teams have registered a win which means seven winless teams remain. Who will be the last team to pop the champagne?

Perennial contenders AG2R are already out of the reckoning thanks to Samuel 'Sneezy' Dumoulin, which leaves Euskaltel as the clear favourites. But will a challenger rise?



Note: I know Roulston has won the New Zealand champs for Radioshack, but I refuse to a) count national championships (who cares if you're champion of Moldova) and b) count New Zealand as a proper country - it's just a low budget, southern hemisphere version of Wales. :cry:
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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    That was tougher than I thought! Was going to go for an Euski but there is always the chance of them sneaking a hilly win. Argos was my next choice.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    That was tougher than I thought! Was going to go for an Euski but there is always the chance of them sneaking a hilly win. Argos was my next choice.

    You would think that Degenkolb or Kittel would manage to break their duck before that happens. :wink:
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  • LeicesterLad
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    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    That was tougher than I thought! Was going to go for an Euski but there is always the chance of them sneaking a hilly win. Argos was my next choice.

    You would think that Degenkolb or Kittel would manage to break their duck before that happens. :wink:

    I'd say Vaconsoleil would be my obvious choice.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Vacan seem to have found a half decent sprinter in young Barry Markus.
    He'd have a brace of wins already, but for Cav.
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  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,317
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Vacan seem to have found a half decent sprinter in young Barry Markus.
    He'd have a brace of wins already, but for Cav.

    Garmin seem to have found a half decent sprinter in young Tyler Farrar.
    He'd have a brace of wins if it wasn't for Tyler Farrar.
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    Garmin seem to have found a half decent sprinter in young Tyler Farrar.
    He'd have a brace of wins if it wasn't for Tyler Farrar.

    :D

    He's finding it hard to transition from speed bump to sprinter.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    I'm surprised that Euskatel has less than half the votes. I thought they would be a lock.

    (Yes this is me shamelessly boosting my own thread)
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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Worth boosting Rich, very much food for thought. Looks like RSNT futures have plummeted on BR-Daq as well.
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,548
    Euskaltel will definitely get a win at the Tour of the Basque Country in April. They might sneak one in somewhere beforehand. Radioshack need Luigi to be firing on all cylinders soon if they want a win.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    andyp wrote:
    Euskaltel will definitely get a win at the Tour of the Basque Country in April. They might sneak one in somewhere beforehand. Radioshack need Luigi to be firing on all cylinders soon if they want a win.[/quote]


    Perhaps not. As though someone on the team had been looking at this poll and thought it would be a wheeze to pee off the 8 who voted for RSNT, Maxine Montfort's leading the Tour Med GC tonight, heading into the final stage.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,548
    He only leads Boom by a second and Lovkvist by 2" so it's not cut and dried yet.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    andyp wrote:
    He only leads Boom by a second and Lovkvist by 2" so it's not cut and dried yet.

    Prescient.

    My vote for Radioshack looking safe(ish) again.
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  • mroli
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    Must have been some concerned faces today!
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  • Richmond Racer
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    INRNG post today on team wins season to date

    http://inrng.com/

    Garmin's cupboard is still bare. Must be tricky for Vaughters being 'the saviour of cycling' and leading his team to wins
    :wink:

    (this is of course means they're going to win everything in sight from now on)
  • mroli
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    Astana can be wiped off the list now.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Can take Garmin off too.
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  • frenchfighter
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    http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/Vi ... ?year=2013
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    frenchfighter wrote:
    http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/VictoryRankingTeam.asp?year=2013
    hehe, I looked at that and thought 'wow, 7 wins, Orica Green Edge are having a decent year'. Then I looked at what they've actually won. Hmmm.
  • mroli
    mroli Posts: 3,622
    Not to defend Orica, but no-one looks THAT good if you look at what the wins are at this stage of the season...
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    mroli wrote:
    Not to defend Orica, but no-one looks THAT good if you look at what the wins are at this stage of the season...
    Fair Dinkum. Although I wasn't so much intending to make fun of OGE (enjoyable as that generally is) but more at the concept of a 'Team Victory Ranking' which would give equal weight to winning the, erm, Trofeo Migjorn and the Strade Bianchi. I know I'd much rather have Cannondale's 4 wins than OGE's 7.
  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    according to frenchie's link Radioshack have a win too!
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    PBo wrote:
    according to frenchie's link Radioshack have a win too!

    See my original post for an explanation of that (my poll, my rules).

    (Basically, I'm not counting the New Zealand championships as a proper race.)
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  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    Well it looks like Orica have taken my comments to heart. Two decent wins today.
  • DeadCalm
    DeadCalm Posts: 4,249
    The Inner Ring puts the win count into context. I'll ignore OGE as I don't want to provoke them into winning more but highlight Lotto-Bellisol who are 2nd in terms of win count and 16th in terms of UCI points.

    Oh, and I had to smile at Chrisman's comment.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,548
    Radioshack have officially broken their duck, Bob Jungels has won the GP Nobili Rubinetterie according to @inrng.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    andyp wrote:
    Radioshack have officially broken their duck, Bob Jungels has won the GP Nobili Rubinetterie according to @inrng.

    Part of a four man breakaway for about 170km then the last 15km solo. Very nice win even if the startlist wasn't strong. He also denied Bennati a win!

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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,548
    Euskatel get their first win of the season today.

    Well done to the 21 of you who predicted this.
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    Anyone know which team has the most and least wins so far?
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
    ^ Check the Inner Ring Blog...he posted an up to date article today.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    Anyone know which team has the most and least wins so far?

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