[Leadbelly]

So which teams will be the last to get a win this year?

Last year Sunweb were the last WT squad to get onto the top step of the podium, and Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise couldn't even manage that - the shame!

Nationals don't count.

WORLD TOUR

race and stage	level	team	jersey	name
Tour Down Under st1	WT	Deceuninck - Quickstep		Elia Viviani
Tour Down Under st2	WT	CCC		Patrick Bevin
Tour Down Under st3	WT	Bora - hansgrohe		Peter Sagan
Tour Down Under st4	WT	Mitchelton - Scott		Daryl Impey
Tour Down Under st5	WT	UAE - Team Emirates		Jasper Philipsen
Tour Down Under st6	WT	Trek - Segafredo		Richie Porte
Herald Sun Tour st1	2.1	EF Education First		Dan McLay
Herald Sun Tour st3	2.1	Sky		Owain Doull
Vuelta a San Juan st 5	2.1	Movistar		Winner Anacona
Trofeo de Tramuntana	1.1	Lotto - Soudal		Tim Wellens
Trofeo Palma	1.1	Katusha - Alpecin		Marcel Kittel
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana st1	2.1	Dimension Data		Edvald Boasson Hagen
Etoiles de Besseges st3	2.1	Groupama - FDJ		Marc Sarreau
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana st5	2.1	Jumbo - Visma		Dylan Groenewegen
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana GC	2.1	Astana		Ion Izagirre
Tour of Oman st4	2.HC	Bahrain Merida		Sonny Colbrelli
Royal Bernard Drome Classic	1.1	AG2R La Mondiale		Alexis Vuillermoz
Danilith Nokere Koerse	1.HC	Sunweb		Cees Bol

PRO CONTINENTAL

race and stage	level	team	jersey	name
Vuelta al Tachira st1	2.2	Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec		Marco Benfatto
La Tropicale Amissa Bongo st1	2.1	Direct Energie		Niccolo Bonifazio
La Tropicale Amissa Bongo st4	2.1	Vital Concept - B&B Hotels		Lorrenzo Manzin
La Tropicale Amissa Bongo st6	2.1	Arkea Samsic		Andre Greipel
Trofeo Ses Salines-Campos-Porreres-Felanitx	1.1	Cofidis		Jesus Herrada
Trofeo Laigueglia	1.HC	Neri Sottoli - Selle Italia - KTM		Simone Velasco
Tour of Antalya st1	2.2	Corendon - Circus		Mathieu Van Der Poel
Tour du Rwanda st1	2.1	Delko Marseille Provence		Alessandro Fedeli
Tour du Rwanda st4	2.1	Israel Cycling Academy		Edwin Avila
Tour de Taiwan st1	2.1	Manzana Postobon		Bryan Gomez
Istarsko Proljece st3	2.2	Bardiani - CSF		Andrea Guardini
Classica da Arrabida	1.2	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA		Jonathan Lastra
Volta ao Alentejo st1	2.2	Euskadi Basque Country - Murias		Enrique Sanz
Tour de Taiwan st5	2.1	Nippo Vini Fantini Faizane		Giovanni Lonardi
Volta ao Alentejo st5	2.2	W52 / FC Porto		Joao Rodrigues
Tour de Normandie st1	2.2	Riwal Readynez		Nicolai Brochner
Coppi e Bartali st1a	2.1	Wallonie - Bruxelles		Emils Liepins
Giro di Sicilia st3	2.1	Rally UHC		Brandon McNulty
Giro di Sicilia st4	2.1	Wanty - Gobert		Guillaume Martin
Le Triptyque des Monts et Cahteaux GC	2.2U	Hagens Berman Axeon		Mikkel Bjerg
Tour de Yorkshire st1	2.HC	Roompot - Charles		Jesper Asselman
Osterreich-Rundfahrt st6	2.1	Gazprom - Rusvelo		Aleksandr Vlasov
Trofeu Joaquim Agostinho st3	2.2	Burgos - BH		Jose Fernandes
Tour de l'Eurometropole	1.HC	Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise	Piet Allegaert

[Leadbelly]

The first five stages at the TDU have gone to five different teams which is the same as last year, but with Porte and Woods being favourites for Willunga, we may get the full house this time.

[Leadbelly]

[just some guy]

[just some guy]

[just some guy]

#Arkéa Samsic 

[L'arri]

Some pleasantly surprising results here so far.

[LukasCPH]

#Arkéa Samsic 

Sans l'accent aigu, s'il vous plaît.
And with all-lowercase letters.

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EF is off the list as well, with two wins in two days at the Herald Sun Tour. That's already 1/3 of the teams' total amount of victories in 2018 btw

[Joelsim]

EF is off the list as well, with two wins in two days at the Herald Sun Tour. That's already 1/3 of the teams' total amount of victories in 2018 btw

Crazy times. And Tejay hasn't even started exciting us yet either!

[L'arri]

and on the board.

Nice even spread this year but the pressure is mounting on and ...

[L'arri]

and on the board.

Nice even spread this year but the pressure is mounting on and ...

Nice even spread this year but the pressure is mounting on katusha and ...

[Leadbelly]

EBH's victory today means we are down to the last six.

 
 
 
 
 
 

We're a few days ahead of the 2018 schedule as it was 9/2 last year when the twelfth WT team got their victory. Wouldn't surprise me if we have another couple of winners in the next few days.

Poll added.

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Tough one. FDJ looks not particularly strong for Etoile but Sunweb isn't even racing for another week (and Provence the week after isn't exactly tailormade for their team either), so I'll go with them.

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so with Bahrain off the list, it's coming down to the more or less expected duel between Sunweb and Ag2R now.

Sunweb has Kragh in Algarve and Dumoulin, Kelderman and Walscheid in the UAE Tour, with a good chance to take a win there, I'd say - maybe even in the TTT on Sunday (morning) already. So with that stage ending before the Mont Faron finish in the afternoon, Ag2R would need to hope for Bardet, Geniez or Vuillermoz to take a stage in Haut-Var on the first two days.

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Isn't the Algarve a bit more contested than the Haut-Var? I am trying to write an H-V preview right now AG2R will be a strong team in that race with Geniez for the first stage and probably Bardet for the last stage and then anything goes for the long stage 2.

I will bet on on winning before , but decision this weekend seems likely!

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yeah, I would also think that a win in the UAE Tour is more likely for Sunweb than in Portugal.

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[Leadbelly]

Sunweb's victory today completes the WT and a smattering of recent wins in the PCT department means we are just over half way through that.

[M Gee]

Crazy times. And Tejay hasn't even started exciting us yet either!

  Oh, Tejay excites you, eh? Oh, . . .      

[Leadbelly]

Bjerg's GC victory today means we are down to six teams.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Tbh I can see two or three of these teams not getting a victory, but the poll doesn't have an option to include multiple picks, so we're stuck with one pick each.

Avoiding the ever obvious Novo Nordisk, I'm going for Burgos - best result this season so far is 18th.

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meanwhile Riwal seems to have won a stage (and gc) with Kamp in Circuit des Ardennes.

Not much progress for the others, nor any races in sight where this is likely to change. Maybe Novo Nordisk has a slim chance fighting the mighty Brunei Continental Team and co in Tour of Estonia. But by the look of it, Cycling Academy was thinking the same this year...

edit: I missed the "Five Rings of Moscow" this week. That could obviously be an opportunity for Gazprom, if they decide to line up for that (the last couple of years they didn't)

[Leadbelly]

Bjerg's GC victory today means we are down to six teams.

 
 
 
 
 
 

meanwhile Riwal seems to have won a stage (and gc) with Kamp in Circuit des Ardennes.

Those six I listed aren't correct actually.

Riwal had already won via Brochner. I counted six teams missing from the first post, but I had missed Martin's win for Wanty in Sicily (despite watching it).

[Leadbelly]

A second place for Burgos today in Aragon and going into tomorrow's final stage Ezquerra is in yellow! Can they do it?

[LukasCPH]

Meanwhile in California, Andrea Peron finished 8th on the final stage.
Their best result in a WT race so far this year.

[Leadbelly]

https://twitter.com/BurgosBH/status/1130145689877516289

Can you believe it? He fell and broke his collarbone.

Sport Vlaanderen also just missed out on breaking their duck today. Menten got pipped by a Lotto U23 rider at the 1.2 GP Crique.

[Leadbelly]

Maybe Novo Nordisk has a slim chance fighting the mighty Brunei Continental Team and co in Tour of Estonia. But by the look of it, Cycling Academy was thinking the same this year...

Good effort from Novo Nordisk in Estonia. They picked up 2x4th and a 3rd over the three stages, but the win eluded them.

Their next big chance is at the Tour of Taiyuan. It started today and with massive gaps on the first stage, there is plenty of scope for breaks to take wins. I have a feeling they could come up trumps here.

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Their next big chance is at the Tour of Taiyuan. It started today and with massive gaps on the first stage

no time cuts there, by the look of it?! Some guys finished 1 1/2 hours behind

[Leadbelly]

*blows the dust away*

First new winner in a while with Vlasov in Austria.

Still got  looking for that elusive win.

[Leadbelly]

.....and just like that, we're down to the final two. The same two as last year in fact.

Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise vs Novo Nordisk

The Belgian outfit will have many more opportunities, but that's no guarantee of success. The diabetics might have more chance in China I or II.