Which World Tour team will be last to win in 2018?

RichN95.
RichN95. Posts: 27,157
edited August 2018 in Pro race
Eight of the World Tour teams have registered a win in January 2018. So which team will be last to get a victory.

(Classification jerseys, National Championships and races rated below 2.1 don't count)

I'll pick Astana
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,941
    Sky
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    No sooner have I put this up and Groupama get a win. Nine down, nine to go.
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,560
    EF gonna struggle, non?
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 21,812
    dish_dash wrote:
    EF gonna struggle, non?

    Well, if they keep crashing into Sacha Modolo, they will. :lol:
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  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,851
    Not Jumbo!

    Could this be the winningest year I have waiting so long for...?
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    dish_dash wrote:
    EF gonna struggle, non?
    I think McLay or Modolo will pick up a small win somewhere.
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  • yorkshireraw
    yorkshireraw Posts: 1,628
    RichN95 wrote:
    dish_dash wrote:
    EF gonna struggle, non?
    I think McLay or Modolo will pick up a small win somewhere.

    Maybe, but agree with Dish they could be the last WT team to do so.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    I voted Katusha but forgot that Kittel had joined them :oops:
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,941
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Sky

    - Van Poppel wins stage 1 of Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • philbar72
    philbar72 Posts: 2,229
    TailWindHome wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Sky

    - Van Poppel wins stage 1 of Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

    is he not lotto jumbo?
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,941
    philbar72 wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Sky

    - Van Poppel wins stage 1 of Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

    is he not lotto jumbo?

    BACK IN THE GAME!!!!

    IMG_0949.jpg

    Looked at this photo on my news feed and mistook it for a black and blue sky kit

    https://cyclingtips.com/news/van-poppel ... alenciana/
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,327
    TailWindHome wrote:
    philbar72 wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Sky

    - Van Poppel wins stage 1 of Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

    is he not lotto jumbo?

    BACK IN THE GAME!!!!

    IMG_0949.jpg

    Looked at this photo on my news feed and mistook it for a black and blue sky kit

    https://cyclingtips.com/news/van-poppel ... alenciana/

    Season-start confusion. Takes me pretty much til Flanders to work out who the hell is riding for which bloody team is that?
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    edited February 2018
    Movistar out. Eight still in.
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  • me-109
    me-109 Posts: 1,915
    EF - because even if they're in a winning position the rider's going to be thinking "Do I want to be pictured wearing this?!"
  • ducknumber1
    ducknumber1 Posts: 1,158
    I'll admit to being the Sunweb picker, I see wins in the team (when will Matthews start this year, Paris-Nice again?) but not before everyone else: cue a storming Tour of Oman.
  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    Who is left at Astana that could win anything?

    don't answer that
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 72,702
    Me-109 wrote:
    EF - because even if they're in a winning position the rider's going to be thinking "Do I want to be pictured wearing this?!"

    As opposed to Astana thinking "ah, my teamate is up the road, celebrating" only to look at the finish sheet and see it was a movistar rider.
    _
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Me-109 wrote:
    EF - because even if they're in a winning position the rider's going to be thinking "Do I want to be pictured wearing this?!"

    As opposed to Astana thinking "ah, my teamate is up the road, celebrating" only to look at the finish sheet and see it was a movistar rider.

    Or Astana thinking hey look we've got two riders in this select group, lets fire up the sprint at 600m and see if that works
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    Dimension Data out of the running. Seven left.

    Astana, Bahrain, Education First, Katusha, Sky, Sunweb, UAE
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    Astana, Bahrain and EF all out in a single day.

    Katusha, Sky, Sunweb and UAE left in
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,112
    If this was football, the press would be calling for Brailsford's head already.

    That list is incredible, the best team from last season plus three of the largest budget teams and they can't buy a win between them. :lol:
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,196
    andyp wrote:
    If this was football, the press would be calling for Brailsford's head already.

    That list is incredible, the best team from last season plus three of the largest budget teams and they can't buy a win between them. :lol:
    It's the 11th of February, let's not get ahead of ourselves...
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    One win in July can be worth a dozen in February.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,112
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    It's the 11th of February, let's not get ahead of ourselves...

    I know, but it's still funny.

    Anyway, looks like Sky are off the list now.
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,470
    andyp wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    It's the 11th of February, let's not get ahead of ourselves...

    I know, but it's still funny.

    Anyway, looks like Sky are off the list now.

    Does a gc win count?
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    gsk82 wrote:
    andyp wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    It's the 11th of February, let's not get ahead of ourselves...

    I know, but it's still funny.

    Anyway, looks like Sky are off the list now.

    Does a gc win count?
    Of course.

    Just Katusha, Sunweb and UAE left now.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    Katusha bag a win so it's down to a head-to-head between Sunweb and UAE
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,327
    In the interests of transparency, who are the 6 posters who voted one of the two remaining teams?

    I went for EF, like most...
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  • m.r.m.
    m.r.m. Posts: 3,342
    I placed my trust in Vaughters continuing to fail upwards as well.
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  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,851
    Have sunweb raced yet this year?
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