Ranking The Teams At The 3/4 Poll

by ursula on Aug 15, 2008 3:48 PM EDT Comment 9 comments

Some interesting team developments over the last two months have shuffled the team rankings. Below the break I'll give a long table ranking the teams according to VDS points won with commentary below that, hopefully for each team. This is gonna be long so let's go to the jump and get to crazy speculation, shall we?

The table below ranks the teams according to their VDS points won: on the right are the standings after the Swiss Tour, while the left are the standings today, after the Olympics:

Post-Olympic Ranking	Points	Post Swiss Ranking	VDS Points
1. CSC	7262	1.CSC	3562
2. Columbia	4855	2. Liquigas	3422
3. Rabobank	4324	3. Rabobank	3409
4. Liquigas	3952	4. Columbia/HR	3265
5. Quickstep	3255	5. Quickstep	2700
6. *Lotto	3215	6. Astana	2502
7. Caisse d'Epargne	3229	7. Caisse d'Epargne	2309
8. Gerolsteiner	3056	8. Lampre	2250
9. Astana	3017	9. Silence!	1980
10. Lampre	2285	10. Gerolsteiner	1791
11. Eusketel	1839	11. CSF	1415
12. Cofidis	1801	12. Cofidis	1241
13. AG2R	1746	13. Saunier DV	1095
14. CSF	1415	14. Credit Agricole	1085
15. Credit Agricole	1410	15. AG2R	1035
16. FdJ	1295	16. Barloworld	974
17. Scott Amer Beef	1275	17. FdJ	900
18. Garmin	1155	18. Euskaltel	814
19. Barloworld	2490	19.Bweeg	810
20. Bweeg	1045	20. LPR Brakes	630
21. Milram	730	21. Garmin	617
22. LPR	630	22. Milram	610
23. Tinkoff	505	23. Tinkoff	505
24. Karpin Galacia	400	24. Karpin Galacia	400
25. SDA	385	25. SDA	385
26. Collstrop	270	26. Collstrop	270
27. Agritubel	230	27. Mitzubishi	200
28. Mitzubishi	200	28. Topsport	165
29. Topsport	165	29. ACS	150
30. ACS	150	30. Skil Shimano	135
31. Skil Shimano	135	31. Agritubel	95
32. LT	60	32. LT	60
33. Andalucia	10	33. Andalucia	10

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Dammit

All my commentary got wiped away.

by ursula on Aug 15, 2008 6:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

bizarrro.

it ate your post? wha’dya put something extra tastey in it?

interesting, columbia rising…

by gavia on Aug 15, 2008 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I had a loooooog post too

tasty bits about every team. Ah well. It’ll now have to wait till the end of the season.

Big risers-
- CSC: they just pummeled the last two months.
- Columbia- cavendish powered
Quickstep- For all the flack they get around here they did very well in the heart of the stage racing season.
Lotto- Evans powered
Euskaltel- sam San decided to start racing.
Gerolsteiner- Kohl and Schumacher

Meh

-Astana- ASO 1, Astana, 0. But wait for next month and they will be in the top 4.
Liquigas- Only Kreuziger and Nibali earning their keep.
Lampre- Put out an APB on ’em

by ursula on Aug 15, 2008 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs