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Yes the ridiculously small race with 9 WT teams and all the best Pro teams. Gooikse Pijl is literally one of the most stacked .1 races every year cause a lot of topsprinters go.

Muur Classic is of course indeed a great race to dominate from them cause the little WT team that are there have their best team in Renewi Tour (just weird that they are at the same time honestly).

And yes, UNO X will definitely ride more than what PCS says, in Oktober in particular. Some Italian classics, some Belgian and French ones, etc. But I wonder if they will do the first "easy" part of the Italian classics, the one at the beginning of September. That's where you can farm a lot of points as there are never a lot of WT teams going.



Al always wonder when these 2 French teams are going to understand that riding as many races as they just ruins their own riders. Yes riding a lot of races in necessary for points, but they completely overdo it. I genuinly do not understand why riders are still signing there when they know they will just get worn out for points.
Fair enoug about Gooikse Pijl - can I use Tour of Leuven instead?? They almost 1,3,4,5 that race until Rasmus tiller brought himself and Abrahamsen down when they chased Hoealgaard ahead. It was embarrassing. 300 some uci points in Durcell Dwaar Hageland also. I think this is a shame in general.
 
Because they rarely have better options and the 3-4 riders who do get the BAG of greens from these teams compared to what let's say DSM etc want to give them.

Sure if we're talking about someone like Buchmann, but ARANBURU??? I mean it's just his agent tbh, and I'm sure Cofidis pays him big bucks but someone like him should be able to get that somewhere else you would think. On the other hand he will be leader everywhere at Cofidis ofc.
 
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Sure if we're talking about someone like Buchmann, but ARANBURU??? I mean it's just his agent tbh, and I'm sure Cofidis pays him big bucks but someone like him should be able to get that somewhere else you would think. On the other hand he will be leader everywhere at Cofidis ofc.
Yep an absolute steal. Buchman is the worst signing in Cofidis history. Even worse than Viviani.
 
Yes the ridiculously small race with 9 WT teams and all the best Pro teams. Gooikse Pijl is literally one of the most stacked .1 races every year cause a lot of topsprinters go.

Muur Classic is of course indeed a great race to dominate from them cause the little WT team that are there have their best team in Renewi Tour (just weird that they are at the same time honestly).



Al always wonder when these 2 French teams are going to understand that riding as many races as they just ruins their own riders. Yes riding a lot of races in necessary for points, but they completely overdo it. I genuinly do not understand why riders are still signing there when they know they will just get worn out for points.it
french teams are participating in the coupe de france races, so that one of the reasons french teams are involved in more races. this method helped french teams for the 23-25 promotion, but the of course the point system was a bit different the this 3 years cycle, so going for a lot of small races will not help this time.
 
french teams are participating in the coupe de france races, so that one of the reasons french teams are involved in more races. this method helped french teams for the 23-25 promotion, but the of course the point system was a bit different the this 3 years cycle, so going for a lot of small races will not help this time.
The 1.1 races are what matters to the relegation battle!
 
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Fair enoug about Gooikse Pijl - can I use Tour of Leuven instead?? They almost 1,3,4,5 that race until Rasmus tiller brought himself and Abrahamsen down when they chased Hoealgaard ahead. It was embarrassing. 300 some uci points in Durcell Dwaar Hageland also. I think this is a shame in general.

It's a bit weird to complain about this when you're a Cofidis fan. Like the Coupe the France races (at least the .1 ones, the .Pro ones are pretty good mostly) are one of the least stacked pro races in Europe, with sometimes the French teams as only WT teams at the start and only 2 or 3 Pro teams.

While I do agree UNO X sending their best team to those races is sometimes a bit weird, it's just smart. It's better to race less and dominate the races you do than do a million races and top 10 them. It's basically the Lotto 2022 (and a bit less in 2023) tactics when they were at these races with De Lie, Vermeersch, Campenaerts etc. And yes they perfectly used the few Belgian races that always have a low level field, Dwars door het Hageland is notorious for it, it should never be .Pro.
 
french teams are participating in the coupe de france races, so that one of the reasons french teams are involved in more races. this method helped french teams for the 23-25 promotion, but the of course the point system was a bit different the this 3 years cycle, so going for a lot of small races will not help this time.

Yes they need to start in de CdF races (and it's easy points most of the time), but they also do every single Belgian race, Arkea does every single small Italian race (often also known als pretty low level), ... It's A LOT, and at some point you gotta wonder if it's smart and not better to go with a dominant team to lesser races (like in Druivenkoers were Arkea got 2nd and 3rd cause they simply had a really strong team there).
 
It's a bit weird to complain about this when you're a Cofidis fan. Like the Coupe the France races (at least the .1 ones, the .Pro ones are pretty good mostly) are one of the least stacked pro races in Europe, with sometimes the French teams as only WT teams at the start and only 2 or 3 Pro teams.

While I do agree UNO X sending their best team to those races is sometimes a bit weird, it's just smart. It's better to race less and dominate the races you do than do a million races and top 10 them. It's basically the Lotto 2022 (and a bit less in 2023) tactics when they were at these races with De Lie, Vermeersch, Campenaerts etc. And yes they perfectly used the few Belgian races that always have a low level field, Dwars door het Hageland is notorious for it, it should never be .Pro.
You are correct. I'm a Cofidis fan and thus very biased. But Cofidis sends most of their best riders to the WT calender that they are obliged to compete in while Uno-X takes full advantage and even send bad teams to Volta Catalunya etc, but full stack belgian 1.1.'s.

Cofidis would never be where they are (WT) without stacking the french calender for years. I am not blind just biased.
 
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I think the whole system needs an overhaul is the general point. It can't be that you get 50 points for winning a stage in Dauphine and 125 points for winning Tour of Leuven. That seems so incredibly wrong to me.
 
while Uno-X takes full advantage and even send bad teams to Volta Catalunya etc, but full stack belgian 1.1.'s.
Not true.
In 2022 they sent the best 4 climbers in the team to Catalunya in THJ, Træen, Gregaard and Charming. THJ finished 7th and Træen 10th.
In 2023 they also sent their strongest team, THJ, Træen, Greegard. No results to talk about, mainly because basically the whole team got sick,
This year they also sent almost as good a team as possible with Leknessund, Kulset and a THJ returning from injury. Cort would’ve probably been there if he wasn’t injured.

Of course you don’t see them send guys like Kristoff, Wærenskjold, Abrahamsen, Tiller etc to Catalunya in the middle of the cobble season.
 
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Not true.
In 2022 they sent the best 4 climbers in the team to Catalunya in THJ, Træen, Gregaard and Charming. THJ finished 7th and Træen 10th.
In 2023 they also sent their strongest team, THJ, Træen, Greegard. No results to talk about, mainly because basically the whole team got sick,
This year they also sent almost as good a team as possible with Leknessund, Kulset and a THJ returning from injury. Cort would’ve probably been there if he wasn’t injured.

Of course you don’t see them send guys like Kristoff, Wærenskjold, Abrahamsen, Tiller etc to Catalunya in the middle of the cobble season.
They performed so poorly last two years that I assumed they lined up with b team. You are right.
 

From the UCI website



Type202320242025Total
1
UAE TEAM EMIRATES
UAD
WTT30963.1831372.2762335.45
2
TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE
TVL
WTT29654.4518208.9847863.43
3
SOUDAL QUICK-STEP
SOQ
WTT18722.8514765.9733488.82
4
INEOS GRENADIERS
IGD
WTT17760.9314433.332194.23
5
LIDL-TREK
LTK
WTT16054.451532531379.45
6
RED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE
RBH
WTT13325.131498728312.13
7
ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
ADC
WTT14519.251271327232.25
8
GROUPAMA-FDJ
GFC
WTT14834.511049025324.51
9
LOTTO DSTNY
LTD
PRT14112.8310503.2924616.12
10
BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS
TBV
WTT15787.818016.7423804.55
11
DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM
DAT
WTT909613972.9823068.98
12
EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST
EFE
WTT11818.699554.1621372.85
13
ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH
IPT
PRT102811025720538
14
MOVISTAR TEAM
MOV
WTT10989.539084.7120074.24
15
TEAM JAYCO ALULA
JAY
WTT10737.658654.2619391.91
16
INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY
IWA
WTT10492.28792718419.28
17
TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL
DFP
WTT9102.28311.317413.5
18
COFIDIS
COF
WTT10437.416250.5516687.96
19
ARKEA-B&B HOTELS
ARK
WTT7229773614965
20
UNO-X MOBILITY
UXM
PRT6569806214631
Type202320242025Total
21
ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM
AST
WTT7044.445472.1412516.58
22
TOTALENERGIES
TEN
PRT576537649529
23
TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM
TUD
PRT276645477313
24
Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM
Q36
PRT3397.673050.156447.82
25
VF GROUP-BARDIANI CSF- FAIZANE'
VBF
PRT3545.7525636108.75
26
CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA
CJR
PRT212835285656
27
EQUIPO KERN PHARMA
EKP
PRT1700.3330544754.33
28
TEAM POLTI KOMETA
PTK
PRT241720054422
29
BURGOS-BH
BBH
PRT159627874383
30
EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI
EUS
PRT1506.3312102716.33

I'm most interest if seeing Astana can make big enough move to retain their WT status after 2025
 
From the UCI website


Type202320242025Total
1
UAE TEAM EMIRATES
UAD
WTT30963.1831372.2762335.45
2
TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE
TVL
WTT29654.4518208.9847863.43
3
SOUDAL QUICK-STEP
SOQ
WTT18722.8514765.9733488.82
4
INEOS GRENADIERS
IGD
WTT17760.9314433.332194.23
5
LIDL-TREK
LTK
WTT16054.451532531379.45
6
RED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE
RBH
WTT13325.131498728312.13
7
ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
ADC
WTT14519.251271327232.25
8
GROUPAMA-FDJ
GFC
WTT14834.511049025324.51
9
LOTTO DSTNY
LTD
PRT14112.8310503.2924616.12
10
BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS
TBV
WTT15787.818016.7423804.55
11
DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM
DAT
WTT909613972.9823068.98
12
EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST
EFE
WTT11818.699554.1621372.85
13
ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH
IPT
PRT102811025720538
14
MOVISTAR TEAM
MOV
WTT10989.539084.7120074.24
15
TEAM JAYCO ALULA
JAY
WTT10737.658654.2619391.91
16
INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY
IWA
WTT10492.28792718419.28
17
TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL
DFP
WTT9102.28311.317413.5
18
COFIDIS
COF
WTT10437.416250.5516687.96
19
ARKEA-B&B HOTELS
ARK
WTT7229773614965
20
UNO-X MOBILITY
UXM
PRT6569806214631
Type202320242025Total
21
ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM
AST
WTT7044.445472.1412516.58
22
TOTALENERGIES
TEN
PRT576537649529
23
TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM
TUD
PRT276645477313
24
Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM
Q36
PRT3397.673050.156447.82
25
VF GROUP-BARDIANI CSF- FAIZANE'
VBF
PRT3545.7525636108.75
26
CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA
CJR
PRT212835285656
27
EQUIPO KERN PHARMA
EKP
PRT1700.3330544754.33
28
TEAM POLTI KOMETA
PTK
PRT241720054422
29
BURGOS-BH
BBH
PRT159627874383
30
EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI
EUS
PRT1506.3312102716.33

I'm most interest if seeing Astana can make big enough move to retain their WT status after 2025

Since when does the UCI make this public? Do you have a link?
 
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Finally a Cofidis rider who's found his legs! God knows I love you Ion Izagirre!!!
225 UCI points in the bank and those were well deserved. He was so strong! There may be hope my friends.

Meanwhile the Uci points farmers of Uno-X got to experience how difficult it really is to get points when they are not competing against belgian CT riders.
 
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Just from a spectacle standpoint, I want to see Astana make a big push to stay WT,
But being 4,500 points from 18th place with little more than a year left, I wonder if they are just going to take their time and aim for getting promoted 2028.
Do you know if they are guaranteed sponsorship for that long ? I would say about a 95% chance of them going down at this point. Can't see them getting TDF or Vuelta invites if so. Italian races and maybe Giro on the books the coming years?

I don't see many compelling reasons to sponsor them beyond 2025. As I see it, they are poorly managed, poorly performing, not well-liked in general and have no big stars.
 
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