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

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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Ridgerider wrote:
    Have sunweb raced yet this year?
    They raced the WT races in Australia. Currently in Oman and Algarve.
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  • lostboysaint
    lostboysaint Posts: 4,250
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    In the interests of transparency, who are the 6 posters who voted one of the two remaining teams?

    I went for EF, like most...

    I went for UAE! Feeling confident.
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  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    :lol: go cannondale
  • ducknumber1
    ducknumber1 Posts: 1,172
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    In the interests of transparency, who are the 6 posters who voted one of the two remaining teams?

    I went for EF, like most...

    Sunweb, as declared earlier :D
  • lostboysaint
    lostboysaint Posts: 4,250
    I do believe EF have just eliminated themselves from the running.........
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  • RichN95.
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    lostboysaint wrote:
    I do believe EF have just eliminated themselves from the running.........
    Uran already did that when he won a stage in Colombia
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    Kristoff takes the last stage of Oman for UAE, leaving Sunweb this season's wooden spoon winners.
    Congrats to ducknumber1 and one other :-)
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  • lostboysaint
    lostboysaint Posts: 4,250
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Kristoff takes the last stage of Oman for UAE, leaving Sunweb this season's wooden spoon winners.
    Congrats to ducknumber1 and one other :-)

    Bo11ocks!
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Everyone has a win now. Perhaps the earliest in the year that this has happened.
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    Sunweb get a win. So that's all of them. Is it me or is it kinda unusual for every team to have got a win before the season has officially started (official start being Het Volk on Sat).

    I'd argue that there is no obvious laggard team about (Lampre/Jumbo/Cannondale in the past)... could make for a competitive season.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Is that WT races or any race?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    edited February 2018
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Is that WT races or any race?
    Any race (ranked 2.1 or above and excluding national championships)

    Those still to win at World Tour level:

    AG2R, Bahrain, BMC, Dimension Data, Education First, FdJ, Katusha, LottoNL-Jumbo, Sky, Trek
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    RichN95 wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Is that WT races or any race?
    Any race (ranked 2.1 or above and excluding national championships)

    Those still to win at World Tour level:

    AG2R, Astana, Bahrain, BMC, Dimension Data, Education First, FdJ, Katusha, LottoNL-Jumbo, Movistar, Sky, Trek
    Guess that's the next competition then!

    Education First still for me...
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Is that WT races or any race?
    Any race (ranked 2.1 or above and excluding national championships)

    Those still to win at World Tour level:

    AG2R, Astana, Bahrain, BMC, Dimension Data, Education First, FdJ, Katusha, LottoNL-Jumbo, Movistar, Sky, Trek
    Guess that's the next competition then!

    Education First still for me...

    Yeah they've got to be favourite although not sure wins for Bahrain Merida will be coming in thick and fast. Cannondale and Lampre still battling it out basically
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    ShutupJens wrote:

    Yeah they've got to be favourite although not sure wins for Bahrain Merida will be coming in thick and fast. Cannondale and Lampre still battling it out basically
    UAE are Lampre, not Bahrain.
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  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    RichN95 wrote:
    ShutupJens wrote:

    Yeah they've got to be favourite although not sure wins for Bahrain Merida will be coming in thick and fast. Cannondale and Lampre still battling it out basically
    UAE are Lampre, not Bahrain.

    My mistake, can see myself getting confused between the two fairly often I feel
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    RichN95 wrote:
    Everyone has a win now. Perhaps the earliest in the year that this has happened.

    I think you might be right. Everyone has a win before we've even started the season, which kicks off tomorrow with OHN ;-)
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  • dish_dash
    dish_dash Posts: 5,647
    ShutupJens wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    ShutupJens wrote:

    Yeah they've got to be favourite although not sure wins for Bahrain Merida will be coming in thick and fast. Cannondale and Lampre still battling it out basically
    UAE are Lampre, not Bahrain.

    My mistake, can see myself getting confused between the two fairly often I feel

    It's not helped by Bahrain riding Merida bikes and being managed by Brent Copeland, both ex-Lampre. Could the argument be made that Bahrain are the spiritual, although not direct, successors of Liquigas?
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    dish_dash wrote:
    ShutupJens wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    ShutupJens wrote:

    Yeah they've got to be favourite although not sure wins for Bahrain Merida will be coming in thick and fast. Cannondale and Lampre still battling it out basically
    UAE are Lampre, not Bahrain.

    My mistake, can see myself getting confused between the two fairly often I feel

    It's not helped by Bahrain riding Merida bikes and being managed by Brent Copeland, both ex-Lampre. Could the argument be made that Bahrain are the spiritual, although not direct, successors of Liquigas?

    Yeah that's what threw me, the Merida connection. Would say that's a fair analogy actually with the presence of Nibbles
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    RichN95 wrote:
    bobmcstuff wrote:
    Is that WT races or any race?
    Any race (ranked 2.1 or above and excluding national championships)

    Those still to win at World Tour level:

    AG2R, Bahrain, Dimension Data, Education First, FdJ, Katusha, LottoNL-Jumbo, Sky, Trek
    So let's catch up on World Tour wins.

    FdJ - Demare OUT
    LottoNL - Groenewegen - OUT
    Sky - Poels - OUT
    Katusha - Kittel - OUT

    Still in: AG2R, Bahrain, Dimension Data, Trek and EF Education First presented by Cannondale produced by Drapac based on an original story by Garmin
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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    RichN95 wrote:
    EF Education First presented by Cannondale produced by Drapac based on an original story by Garmin

    :D
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    EF Education First presented by Cannondale produced by Drapac based on an original story by Garmin

    :D

    I sniggered - the Garmin story has a bit of the fantastic about it
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    /\ :lol:

    Chapeau!
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Just four left without a World Tour win:

    AG2R, Education First, Trek and Dimension Data.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Catching up: Pantano gave Trek their first World Tour win of the year in Catalunya. Three teams left
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  • Key
    Key Posts: 464
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    Kristoff takes the last stage of Oman for UAE, leaving Sunweb this season's wooden spoon winners.
    Congrats to ducknumber1 and Key :-)

    The other one was me :)
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    RichN95 wrote:
    Catching up: Pantano gave Trek their first World Tour win of the year in Catalunya. Three teams left
    I was reminded of this thread today. The three teams that hadn't won at World Tour level by the end of March still haven't.

    AG2R, EF Education and Dimension Data. AG2R don't even have a win at HC level. All three teams' last WT win was in the 2017 Tour de France.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    AG2R win Bretagne Classic - Ouest (Plouay) with Oliver Naesen, leaving just EF and DD without a WT win.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    Ef is entirely understandable but DD really havent won ANYTHING? this year?? :shock:
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    ddraver wrote:
    Ef is entirely understandable but DD really havent won ANYTHING? this year?? :shock:

    Not at WT level, no.

    Cav has been out for most of it, EBH still isn't Merckx, Cummings has been ill and not picked in TdF.... There's not that much potential for a win elsewhere in the team. Eisel or Renshaw? Berhane, Kudus, a van Rensburg, Meintjes, Pauwels? None of them really strike fear into a peloton. A third of the squad is over 30 - some well over.

    No wonder they bought in some WT points in Valgren for next season.
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