Shouldn't (B)DSM be at 0?New gaps
Intermarche 0
Cofidis -1726
PicNic -2379
Astana -3385
UnoX -4058
Intermarché: +2379
Cofidis: +653
(B)DSM: 0
Vino: -1006
Uno-X: -1679
Shouldn't (B)DSM be at 0?New gaps
Intermarche 0
Cofidis -1726
PicNic -2379
Astana -3385
UnoX -4058
It was a lucky day for Astana today because they were never really in the race. Swings and roundabouts.
As they would likely deny another Italian team the top-30, it should also give them great odds of riding the Giro.with the team they have, Vini Fantini is actually doing better than expected so far, I think. If they can keep on scoring in Asia, there's a chance.
Would say that Bardet at Picnic puncturing at the wrong time cost them lots of points. At the end of day, Astana were underwhelming at LBL, yet at the same time were brilliant at PR but suffered misfortune.Neither were the teams they are fighting against.
There is a flaw in the system. Surely if relegation is done on a three year cycle, then at the end of the cycle, access to following year wildcards must also be on a three year cycle. It seems silly that you could be the 19th best team in the cycle, but yet ( because of circumstances ) you have no WT wildcards for the next year.unless some miracle happens, Astana will pass Picnic PostNl, even before the TDF, and Picnic will be relegated, and most likely will not earn any wildcard for the next season, which will be a huge blow for the team.
i currently can't see Uno-x either passing Astana nor capable of passing other team like Picnic.
So my prediction is:
13 Lotto
15 Ipt
16 Wanty
17 Cofidis
18 Astana
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19 Picnic
20 Uno-x
21 Arkea
Wildcards:
Uno-x
Tudor
Q36.5
The fight for top-30 and GT eligibility will also be fierce:
I think Vini Fantini and Euskaltel will be the losers there at the end of the season.
Would say that Bardet at Picnic puncturing at the wrong time cost them lots of points. At the end of day, Astana were underwhelming at LBL, yet at the same time were brilliant at PR but suffered misfortune.
last time ipt were in a similar position. then adams made some threats, and the team got a one day wildcard (the excuse was the covid outbreak)There is a flaw in the system. Surely if relegation is done on a three year cycle, then at the end of the cycle, access to following year wildcards must also be on a three year cycle. It seems silly that you could be the 19th best team in the cycle, but yet ( because of circumstances ) you have no WT wildcards for the next year.