Oliwright said:
Score the Tour Teams out of 5 for their TDF performance.
AG2R: 3.5
Astana: 0
BMC: 3.5
Cannondale: 0
Dimension Data: 4.5
Etixx: 1
FDJ: 0
IAM : 3
Lampre: 1
Lotto–Soudal: 3
Movistar: 2.5
Orica: 4
Giant: 3.5
Katusha: 2.5
LottoNL–Jumbo: 0
Team Sky: 5
Tinkoff: 4.5
Trek–Segafredo: 2
Bora–Argon 18: 1
Cofidis : 0
Direct Énergie: 1
Fortuneo–Vital Concept: 1
What do you think?
AG2R : 3,did well on stage 19 for Bardet but other than that they were to week in the mountains to support him.
Astana : 1, had a go and tried to make the tour exciting however Aru wasn't good enough and they should have realised that and gone for stage wins.
BMC : 2,5, Yes they got yellow which was great but their failure to support LRP cost him a podium and the backing of TVG was a disaster.
Cannondale : 0, Just a disaster through out.
Dimension Data : 5, couldn't of dreamed of a better scenario with Cav and cummings what a tour for them.
Etixx : 2, their train wasn't good enough but the spirit of Alaphillipe in the mountains and of Tony was great to see.
FDJ : 0,5, failed with Pinot but their performance on the stage of colombier was enough not to get 0.
IAM : 4, thanks almost entirely to Pantano and his spirit in the mountains great tour for them.
Lampre : 3 decent tour by their standards with Meintjes getting T10 and costa lighting up the mountains in the breaks only lacking stage wins.
Lotto : 3,5 De gent was brilliant and Greipel getting the win on the chams was nicce to see, not as good as lat year but still.
Movistar : 1 they get half a point for winning the team classification and half a point for the stage win but by their standards it was a disaster, they shouldn't have sacrificed Valverde and stuffed up Quintana's prep not good enough.
Orica : 4,5 as good as it gets a stage win, the white jersey and a top 5. No one would have believed that at the start, if Yates had got on the podium it would be 5.
Giant : 2,5 disspaointing from Bargueil, Degenkolb was never going to challenge but Dumoulin was brilliant and saved there tour shame he crashed.
Katusha : 3,5, Kristoff was never going to be great so no huge disspointement there, Zakarin got the stage and Purito the top 10 decent.
Lotto jumbo : 0 just awfull not much to say about them, Kelderman is overatted and was a total disaster. The rest of the team never even got on tv.
Sky : 4,5 not perfect only two stage wins but a complete performance through out the tour and very assured and strong. only dissapointement not letting Nieve or Landa off the leash in the third week to get some stage wins.
Tinkoff: 4 didn't win the tour as hoped but the rest was perfect from Sagan the star of the tour, Kreuziger attacking to reach top 10 and Majka for the points. Shame they didn't get a mountain stage.
Trek: 1 Failed with mollema and failed for stages, failed with cancellara, schleck was awful, zubeldia inexistant Contador can't come soon enough.
Bora : 1 good in the breaks in the first week but that is it, Sagan can't come soon enough.
Cofidis: 1, was always going to be hard having lost Bouhanni but Navarro lit up the mountains till his crash and saved there tour.
Fortuneo: 3, got a podium through mcclay and feillu was in every break a success by there standards only sepulveda was dissapointing.
Direct energy :2 unlucky through coquard but expected more through the breaks by Voeckler and Chavanel.