The Amazing Race to Most Top10 Without a Win - 2017 Edition

[jaylew]

Trentin out.

 

[tobydawq]

I really don't hope the win in this competition will be the final victory of Contador's career.

 

[Red Rick]

Re:

I really don't hope the win in this competition will be the final victory of Contador's career.

Well we can say he attacked many months and some 10.000km before the finish.

 

[del1962]

Lobato out

 

[RedheadDane]

Jensen out.

 

[valentius borealis]

Re: The Amazing Race to Most Top10 Without a Win - 2017 Edit

out since last update
Brent Bookwalter
Matteo Trentin
Juan José Lobato
Edward Theuns
August Jensen
Jasper Stuyven
Vicente García de Mateos

current standings

24 - A. Contador
20 - I. Izagirre
19 - T. Benoot
16 - D. Caruso, C. Vermeltfoort, B. Van Lerberghe
15 - N. Haas, S. Kruijswijk
14 - F. Gavazzi, E. Lietaer
13 - N. Bonifazio, J. Benta, R. Jans, E. Buchmann
12 - R. Ferrari, K. Sbaragli, R. Hardy, B. Planckaert
11 - S. Vanmarcke, R. Barbier, E. Prades, M. Kudus, R. Korosec, A. Marque, C. Laporte, D. Touze, R. Kreder
10 - A. Giacoppo, A. Blythe, R. Carapaz, T. Van der Sande, R. Torres, R. Selig, R. Minali, D. Mucelli, A. Vendrame, B. Swift, A. Pasqualon, M. Soler, M. Vantomme, M. Kreder, F. Senechal
9 - A. Kirsch, R. Stacchiotti, M. Belletti, H. Hofstetter, M. Woods, P. Ligthart, M. Bouet, L.L. Sánchez, L. Meintjes, B. Giraud, F. Großschartner, M. Benfatto

 

[RedheadDane]

Just a quick "upgrade" (might not be the right word, I'm tired and can't English) of this.
Number of podium finishes (one-day races, stages, and overalls):

11 - A. Contador
5 - I. Izagirre, F. Gavazzi, S. Vanmarcke, A. Giacoppo, A. Blythe
4 - R. Barbier, R. Carapaz, T. Van der Sande, A. Pasqualon, A. Kirsch, R. Stacchiotti
3 - T. Benoot, D. Caruso, N. Bonifazio, E. Prades, M. Kudus, R. Torres, R. Minali, D. Mucelli, M. Soler, H. Hofstetter
2 - C. Vermelfoort, N. Haas, J. Benta, R. Jans, R. Ferrari, K. Sbaragli, R. Hardy, A. Marque, R. Selig. A. Vendrame, M. Belletti
1 - S. Kruijswijk, E. Buchmann. C. Laporte, D. Touze, B. Swift, M. Vantomme, M. Kreder, M. Woods, P. Ligthart, M. Bouet, L. Meintjes, B. Giraud, F. Großschartner

SURPRISE! Contador is also in the lead in this version...

 

[Red Rick]

7 chances for Contador to lose this. Vamoooooo

 

[PremierAndrew]

Would be first time since 2004 that Contador hasn't registered a single win all season

 

[Brullnux]

Way out in the lead. Pity about all the huge breaks otherwise he'd have two or three more.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re:

Would be first time since 2004 that Contador hasn't registered a single win all season

A sad way to go out, otoh you could argue it's the best moment to go.

 

[Red Rick]

Re: Re:

Would be first time since 2004 that Contador hasn't registered a single win all season

A sad way to go out, otoh you could argue it's the best moment to go.

I don't think him not winning anything tells us that much. He's been better in the GTs this year than last year, and yet last year he won 5? races.

 

[Anderis]

Alberto Contador will win this bike race.

 

[Brullnux]

Contador is on 30 already, new record?

 

[shalgo]

Re:

Contador is on 30 already, new record?

Possibly since we started following it year-by-year in the forum, but Rojas had 35 back in 2010.

 

[RedheadDane]

Contador is gonna sprint Sunday just so he can get a top-10.

I'm assuming he's gonna get a top-10 in the three other remaining stages as well, + the overall.

 

[TMP402]

Contador OUT!

 

[RedheadDane]

He sure let it wait for a long time, but Angliru is a pretty good place to get your first win of the season.
And the last win of your career.

 

[portugal11]

The man, the myth, the great one is out

 

[StephenC2020]

This changes the game! Who will win now?

 

[GuyIncognito]

Re:

This changes the game! Who will win now?

Benoot. Izagirre won't get any more top 10s

 

[LaFlorecita]

!

 

[StephenC2020]

Re: Re:

This changes the game! Who will win now?

Benoot. Izagirre won't get any more top 10s

Anyone else with a shot of catching him?

Really glad this wasn't Bertie's last win.

 

[classicomano]

Benoot deserves the victory, this is the third year straight hes in the running.

 

[TMP402]

Re: Re:

This changes the game! Who will win now?

Benoot. Izagirre won't get any more top 10s

Anyone else with a shot of catching him?

Really glad this wasn't Bertie's last win.

By my calculations, Kruijswijk will be up to 17 so if he races again (maybe the Italian semi-classics, but he doesn't have a big history of doing so), then possibly him, and Vermeltfoort is always a reasonable shout to accumulate top 10s in random Flemish and French 1.1s.

I don't know enough about van Lerberghe to comment on him, but he looks like yet another Topsport Vlaanderen prolific top-10-getter. They had Kenny Dehaes, then Boeckmans, then van Asbroeck, then Jelle Wallays, who was later joined by Theuns and then Naesen.