The third season comes at an end, time to recapture the last stages. In the Giro de Lombardia Oliver King just missed out on the podium after a very good race. He placed a ferocious attack on the only mountain in the race, which gave him a 4th place in the end. His helper Tristan Prins finished 20th. Unfortunately these were the last points of the season as Robert Brubaker finished on place 34 in the time trial and our sprinters were nowhere to be seen in the world champions race. Who did we see in that race?
1º Seb Walkins 21 SaulSalinasTeam 0: 00" 1000 500000
2º Rafael Engelberts 21 SPORTLIFE 0: 00" 800 450000
3º Wilfred Bentinck 21 Yvo_Meppelink_ProCycling 0: 00" 650 400000
4º Lorenzo Ferreiro 21 Zatarra 0: 00" 550 350000
5º Nicolas Tirado 21 AJFactoryCycling 0: 00" 500 300000
Wilfred Bentinck on the podium, but he must have been very disappointed as he really had focused on this race. Good results for Sportlife and Zatarra.
For the time trial we only have the result of the first section which is not that helpful.
Just at the end of the season we have bought Russian rider Valentin Litenko for a limited fee from Continental Pro Tour team Turrones. Valentin stated that he was happy he could ride on the World Tour level now. He apparently forgot that Turrones will be acting on that level too next season as they have just been promoted.
Time for some statistics to close the season:
Division standings at the end:
1º AJFactoryCycling 12344 2 5 2
2º CyKings 11998 3 3 6
3º Flyvende_hjul 11017 1 3 2
4º Yvo_Meppelink_ProCycling 10465 12 4 6
5º CobbleCrushers 8417 3 6 4
6º °Peachy°Melocotons 8172 8 2 2
7º Atlantico 7916 1 5 3
8º SaulSalinasTeam 7838 5 3 1
9º Rekutxuteam 7439 2 1 0
10º Wiggo_pupils 7327 3 3 1
11º
Combuijs 6631 0 1 1
12º BLOEMENAANDEMITTE 6583 2 1 1
13º Psychoedge 6447 0 1 3
14º SentinelChickens 6387 3 3 1
15º IKIBASQUE 6286 6 2 1
16º SPORTLIFE 6136 2 4 4
17º Zatarra 6032 0 1 2
18º CC_Porco_Jones 5991 7 2 4
19º Thorboassonarvesen 5981 5 1 0
20º Codex 5980 2 3 1
21º Oska 5926 3 1 4
22º Denver 5866 0 3 3
23º CrossAndGo 5841 2 1 5
24º Vitimper 5722 4 5 2
25º ProdopingPong 5353 1 3 1
26º Matterhorn 5080 3 1 2
27º Caracoles 5048 3 2 0
28º DeRodeVod 4933 1 4 4
29º CaptainOrange 4926 0 2 1
30º LOSRAYOSDELARRY 4732 0 1 3
31º Pomilles_Balears 4593 0 2 3
32º PDM_cycling_team 4426 1 0 5
33º FaltososDeChigre 4280 0 1 3
34º KunTeam 4153 0 1 0
35º ClubCiclistaLaFallera 4131 4 3 1
36º Marcatone_Due 4051 0 0 1
37º ValeronIdolo 3113 1 1 1
38º Ares 3044 0 2 2
39º FlyEaglesFly 2855 0 0 1
40º Jumanji 2457 1 2 1
41º BorinotTeam 2432 0 2 1
42º Dutch_Lions 1700 0 0 0
43º Wizards 1516 0 0 2
44º Legendaryks 1342 0 0 0
45º MortoviaCycling 1128 0 0 0
46º Flandria 699 0 0 0
47º CAO 667 0 0 0
48º CojoNudos 490 0 0 0
49º Amezola 406 0 0 0
50º CR7Team 8 0 0 0
As predicted we could not finish within the top 10, but we could leave Bloemen aan de Mitte behind us, so still a satisfying season... Warm congratulations to AJFactoryCycling who did a terrific job to win the title with in the end a comfortable margin of 346 points. What a brilliant manager he is! The Wilfred Bentinck Pro Cycling team just missed out on the podium. A pity, but still a good result. The PDM Cycling Team will act a level lower next season, which they don't seem to mind as they are focusing on training. De Rode Vod and Captain Orange could in the end buy their World Tour tickets again, but it was perhaps a bit too close for comfort.
These are the top riders of the season:
1º Adam Roethlisberger 21 5415 Rekutxuteam 2 1 0
2º Mike Bauer 21 4740 CyKings 1 0 3
3º Seb Walkins 21 2986 SaulSalinasTeam 5 2 0
4º Ed VanVliet 21 2818 AJFactoryCycling 1 2 1
5º Ketil Fossum 21 2730 Thorboassonarvesen 4 1 0
22º
Arjen Rutte 21 1723 Combuijs 0 0 1
29º
Chester Laybutt 21 1354 Combuijs 0 0 0
Nice to see a different winner this season in Adam Roethlisberger.
Our team points overview at the end of the season:
Arjen Rutte 21 1723
Chester Laybutt 21 1354
Tristan Prins 21 605
Oliver King 21 560
Garret Rose 21 472
Julius Maalderink 21 387
Adam Neeskens 21 363
Yvo De Cleer 21 359
Eddy Room 21 238
Robert Brubaker 21 162
Thomas Freitag 21 160
Carlo Bemelmans 21 155
Ørjan Henningsen 21 60
Adam Balogh scored some points too, but he is not at our team anymore.
Right, on we go to season 4!