2011 in review: Vote for women's team of the year
by Jens on Oct 30, 2011 4:54 PM EDT
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PrintThis week we turn the voting to the women's categories. Start off by casting your vote for best team. If you didn't follow the nominations already you can find some of the arguments for the nominated teams here.
Polls will stay open til Friday Noon Pacific.
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Nederland bloeit
for winning with people other than Marianne
I look forward to the day that I say something stupid ~ JJY
I voted for Italian National Team
because I nominated them! But I want to vote for NB too for that reason, and because they seem to have so much fun on the bikes!
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Oct 31, 2011 4:22 AM EDT up reply actions
For me, too
…and for the same reason. Rather than just pointing Vos at the finish line and waiting for the prizes to come flowing in, they promote and develop their other riders too and give them all ample opportunity to shine.
Hard choice, though. I’d have also liked to have voted for HTC for being such a fantastically strong team and giving a great home to some of my favourite riders; Colavita for much the same reason and – well, all the rest for giving us fans such superb racing to watch.
by John Cyclopunk on Oct 31, 2011 5:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Nederland Bloeit for me too, that is!
by John Cyclopunk on Oct 31, 2011 5:53 AM EDT up reply actions
Colavita deserve a certain credit
for finding so many loopholes in the regulations. According to CQ Ranking they managed to get 19 riders registered plus race another five outside that. Possibly more if there are races that CQ don’t record.
So, are the polls dependent on a cookie being dropped to remember if you've already voted?
It just looks like someone is gaming the system.
I'm not just a smartarse. Other parts of me are sometimes clever as well.
I think it's more the Scandinavians being better at mustering the forces of their fans than any other team!
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Oct 31, 2011 5:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Ah... Right.
Well I for one welcome our Scandinavian overlords.
I'm not just a smartarse. Other parts of me are sometimes clever as well.
by omnevelnihil on Oct 31, 2011 6:05 AM EDT up reply actions
Now they're not allowed those Viking raids any more
this is their online equivalent!
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Oct 31, 2011 6:12 AM EDT up reply actions
(Plus, they were a fantastic team!)
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Oct 31, 2011 6:17 AM EDT up reply actions
My first 27 votes went to Hitec
Badger, badger, badger, badger, badger, badger...
by TheFigurehead on Oct 31, 2011 6:11 AM EDT up reply actions
If there is something sinister afoot
it’s rather touching that people think we’re worth the trouble.
Norwegians are always up to no-good
They have discovered the secret bug in the system which allows you to vote 17 times in every poll if you pour a mixture of lapskaus and fish-oil in the disc-drive of your computer.
Fish oil you say
would it work if the oil was still attached to the fish?
Nah, deleting cookies didnt help
Could only vote once :-) Just realised it read ‘best team’ and not ‘the one you like best’ but too late :-)
HTC for me
As a team they are the best. They also have the most riders scoring points.
NedBloeit = Marianne Vos + Annemiek v Vleuten
Team Hitec = Emma Johanson
where Team HTC = Judith Arndt + Ina Teutenberg + Amber Neben + Ellen v Dijk + Charlotte Becker + Adrie Visser + Chloe Hosking + etc.
In CyclingFever’s ranking 2011 (see here) they have 6 riders in the top-25 and in CQ ranking these six are all in top-17 (see here).
So as a team HTC dominates the 2011 season.
Agreed
And they wone all the TT for teams:)
But have too say even riders like Mariane Vos, Anemiek van Vleuten and Emma Johansen need good teammate’s too help them in those postions too battel for victory’s. Anemiek van Vleuten took advantage of the fackt tat none woud bring back Mariane Vos too get her.
Totally
HTC are a superb team and Arndt and Teutenberg are two of my all-time favourite riders. I also really like Horizon…
So in the end, I based it on jersey design. And I always did like that shade of green on NB’s.
by John Cyclopunk on Oct 31, 2011 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I like the depth of HTC
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
+1
(among other things, of course)
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
So after Stage 1 (the first 24 hours)
There have been 387 kilometres votes and Hitec are still up the road in their solo breakaway.
This is thanks, in part, to team manager Karl Lima’s clever tactics, alerting his team fans to the race vote, and making sure that not only was there an early surge (using this kind of tactic) but that there were enough resources to steadily increase that lead.
Behind Hitec, the race is divided into chase groups. For most of the stage day, Nederland Bloeit and HTC-Highroad were neck-and-neck, but then as the USA woke up in the afternoon, HTC gained an advantage.
In the race for fourth, Horizon Fitness have been attempting to use similar tactics to Hitec, but so far they haven’t been successful, and haven’t been able to shake off Garmin-Cervélo. Is this a problem with the team tactics, or are they taking it slow-and-steady, ready for a final surge at the end of the week?
And finally, Colavita and the Italian National Team are sitting at the back – but they should be happy that just getting the nominations is impressive enough….. and there are 4 more stages days of voting to go….
Voting after of Stage 1
Hitec Products-UCK – 189 votes (48%)
HTC-Highroad – 74 votes (19%)
Nederland Bloeit – 64 votes (16%)
Horizon Fitness-Prendas Ciclismo – 25 votes (6%)
Garmin-Cervélo – 24 votes (6%)
Colavita-Forno d’Asolo – 6 votes (1%)
Italian National Team – 5 votes (1%)
Aka Pigeons!
And already Karl Lima is starting Stage 2 just as strongly
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Nov 1, 2011 4:18 AM EDT up reply actions
Ha! Well you certainly can't fault Hitec's desire to win.
If they keep this trend up it could result in being the poll with the most votes recorded ever.
I'm not just a smartarse. Other parts of me are sometimes clever as well.
I am still wondering if the likes of Marianne Vos or Annemiek van Vleuten will tweet the poll
and send a huge surge in votes? Or whether no one can catch Hitec? There are still 4 days of voting left….
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Nov 1, 2011 7:17 AM EDT up reply actions
+1
they know this is the most important race of the year.
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
i'd like to see other teams employ Karl's tactics
i love pics of nice bikes.
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
I've been pleasantly surprised at how nice Scott bikes can look
in the right setting…
I'm not just a smartarse. Other parts of me are sometimes clever as well.
that's a nice bike.
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
+1
Although I’d need to see it up close before I seriously considered buying it.
I'm not just a smartarse. Other parts of me are sometimes clever as well.
The official Garvélo twitter linked to this post
Let’s see if they can play catch up!
I look forward to the day that I say something stupid ~ JJY
Yes indeed, they've pulled away from Horizon, but can they catch Nederland Bloeit?
And will Karl Lima respond, or is Hitec too far ahead for them to worry?
Aka Pigeons!
by Sarah Connolly on Nov 1, 2011 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Stage 2 report!
Garvélo demonstrated the power of the tweet – by tweeting about the pool, they’ve pulled well away from Horizon Fitness, and look like they might even catch Nederland Bloeit. But nothing can stop Hitec – with team manager Karl Lima once again doing his best to get the stage off to a strong start!
So with 3 more days of voting, what will happen? We’ve seen the power of a well-placed tweet – there’s still time for Hitec to be overtaken, but only if the other teams take decisive action!
Voting after Stage 2
Hitec Products-UCK – 235 votes (46%)
HTC-Highroad – 90 votes (17%)
Nederland Bloeit – 75 votes (14%)
Garmin-Cervélo – 64 votes (12%)
Horizon Fitness-Prendas Ciclismo – 26 votes (5%)
Colavita-Forno d’Asolo – 7 votes (1%)
Italian National Team – 5 votes (0%)
Aka Pigeons!
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