Last World Tour team to win?

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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,154
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Scratch Dimension Data.
    What matters: 2.1 or the quality of the field?
    Cav took a few Qatar scalps getting to the century and a half.
    Just 2.1 races. That's an objective criteria.

    Once every team has won we can switch to last team to win a World Tour race.

    (Incidentally, for those wanting to keep track who has won and who hasn't, I do keep updating the first post of the thread.)
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,154
    It may have only been a 5k team time trial against little opposition, but a win is a win.
    FdJ are out.
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  • yorkshireraw
    yorkshireraw Posts: 1,628
    YorkshireRaw wrote:
    was going to say FDJ, but they'll probably scrape a .1 victory in French race no-one knows about.

    So Lotto Jumbo.

    Well I got one part right at least (ok the race is known-ish but as Rich says - opposition isn't exactly overwhelming - according to PCS Astana have only turned up with 6 riders?).
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    A French team winning a TTT

    How times have changed
  • yorkshireraw
    yorkshireraw Posts: 1,628
    ShutupJens wrote:
    A French team winning a TTT

    How times have changed

    against a bunch of other French teams, whoever Astana could persuade to turn up, and some CT level teams....
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    YorkshireRaw wrote:
    ShutupJens wrote:
    A French team winning a TTT

    How times have changed

    against a bunch of other French teams, whoever Astana could persuade to turn up, and some CT level teams....

    I'm fairly sure I've seen a TTT with no non-French teams where the winner wasn't French.
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  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    YorkshireRaw wrote:
    ShutupJens wrote:
    A French team winning a TTT

    How times have changed

    against a bunch of other French teams, whoever Astana could persuade to turn up, and some CT level teams....

    yes - their social media feeds are a bit too much :oops:

    The new signing 30 yr old Lithuanian Ignatas Konovalovas is an engine though - he beat Wiggins by a second in a '10' in the giro (and took the stage) - long time ago though. He was bought in to give them a ttt boost. Also got those two Norwegian 21 year olds Ekking and Hoolgeard Thats a massive multi national team in Madiot's eyes

    still.............. positive team attitude and all that

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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    I'm still looking good for my Lampre vote! Have they even raced this season yet?
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,111
    I wouldn't count your chickens yet, the Italian season starts properly tomorrow with Laigueglia and Lampre have a good record of success there, having won the last 3 editions.
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Ah, damn.
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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    andyp wrote:
    I wouldn't count your chickens yet, the Italian season starts properly tomorrow with Laigueglia and Lampre have a good record of success there, having won the last 3 editions.


    Lopez at Astana will win it this year.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,111
    I'd be impressed if he did.

    Especially given Astana aren't riding.
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    I can't even remember who I voted. Think it was Lampre.
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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    andyp wrote:
    I'd be impressed if he did.

    Especially given Astana aren't riding.

    Duh, mixing up my Ls, That'd be Langkawi
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,111
    Joelsim wrote:
    andyp wrote:
    I'd be impressed if he did.

    Especially given Astana aren't riding.

    Duh, mixing up my Ls, That'd be Langkawi

    That seems much more likely. He look a great prospect. Is their a proper summit finish at Langkawi this year?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,154
    Pokey French team wins pokey French race.

    AG2R are out

    Three left: Cannondale, Lampre and Giant
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  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    Paul 8v wrote:
    Ah, damn.


    Your dream is still alive! :D
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Come on boys, you can do this!
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,111
    Filippo Ganna won the GP Laguna Porec in Croatia today, he'll be a Lampre rider next season (and was a stagiare for them last autumn). Does that count? :wink:
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,154
    andyp wrote:
    Filippo Ganna won the GP Laguna Porec in Croatia today, he'll be a Lampre rider next season (and was a stagiare for them last autumn). Does that count? :wink:
    No.
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,111
    I know.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,700
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,154
    Rick Chasey wrote:
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,154
    Tom Slagter (remember him) won a stage of Haut Var today, so Cannondale win the bronze medal.

    He have a final. And it is a battle of the monsters.

    Giant v Lampre

    The Alien v Predator of our age. Whoever wins, we lose.

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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,439
    I think Giant should get a pass just so I can feel good about myself for picking Lampre.
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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,470
    Who'd have guessed giant a few months ago?
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,154
    gsk82 wrote:
    Who'd have guessed giant a few months ago?
    Certainly not my mum. I told her she shouldn't be driving at her age, but off she went to Spain.
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  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    The bar has been set too low. Can we have a referendum to revise it to just UCI World Tour and then see how it pans out?
  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    RichN95 wrote:
    gsk82 wrote:
    Who'd have guessed giant a few months ago?
    Certainly not my mum. I told her she shouldn't be driving at her age, but off she went to Spain.


    :lol:
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,154
    kleinstroker wrote:
    The bar has been set too low. Can we have a referendum to revise it to just UCI World Tour and then see how it pans out?
    We can do both. But the World Tour has barely started at the moment.
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