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Team Columbia

Team rating
821
#3 of 18 WorldTeams
Depth
702
riders 8 to 12
Wins
66
17 winners

The season ·

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Peak 816
Giro 44th
Tour 7th
Worlds TT 1stSanremoFlandersRoubaixLiègeWorldsLombardiaLa Flèche Wal… 1st
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
WonPodiumTop 10RacedA bar is a stage race, colored by the team's best GC; ◆ its stage wins and podiumsZone: the WorldTeams from the median team (dashed) to the best

Honors

1
Worlds
Team awards
1
Team of the year
1
Sprint team
Its riders' season awards
1
Domestique
Best results
1
Grand Tour top 10
10
Grand Tour stage win
5
WorldTour GC podium
1
WorldTour win
What its riders won riding for it; the Worlds and Olympics count for the trade team. Best results fill a season with fewer honors, from Monument podiums down to .2 wins, U23 races a class up. Hover a badge for the riders and races.

2008 awards

The 2008 season ›
Team awards
1stTeam of the yearof 18 WorldTeams
Rating95
Results100
98
1stSprint teamof 18 WorldTeams
Rating100
Results100
100
3rdClassics teamof 18 WorldTeams
Rating93
Results79
86
3rdGC teamof 18 WorldTeams
Rating92
Results53
73
Its riders in the rider awards, top 25
1stDomestiqueMarcus Burghardt89
3rdTop U23 riderGerald Ciolek53
4thTop U23 riderEdvald Boasson Hagen44
5thBreakout starGerald Ciolek86
6thBreakout starTony Martin74
9thStage racerLinus Gerdemann52
12thStage racerMichael Rogers43
12thLead-outMarcus Burghardt38
12thPuncheurLinus Gerdemann23
A team award: half the team's rating over the season, half its class-weighted results in the award's races, each a share of the best WorldTeam. 4 more rider places.

How good, at what

vs 18 WorldTeams
Overall88821 · #3
One-Day65702 · #7
GC65719 · #7
Flat59775 · #8
Hilly88700 · #3
Mountain47684 · #10
Time Trial88716 · #3
Sprint100909 · #1
Cobbles82630 · #4
Long59636 · #8
Team weighted: each rating from its best riders' margins above the WorldTour median rider, its leader counting most; Sprint takes in the lead-outs. The bar is its percentile among the 18 WorldTeams; the figure, the rating and its rank.

Top riders

OverallMark Cavendish843Gerald Ciolek824André Greipel789
One-DayKim Kirchen731Gerald Ciolek690George Hincapie666
GCKim Kirchen753George Hincapie702Michael Rogers675
FlatGeorge Hincapie800Roger Hammond771Bernhard Eisel752
HillyKim Kirchen724Thomas Löfkvist685Linus Gerdemann681
MountainKim Kirchen726Kanstantsin Siutsou664Michael Rogers625
Time TrialBert Grabsch724Bradley Wiggins720Tony Martin704
SprintMark Cavendish928Gerald Ciolek890André Greipel857
CobblesGeorge Hincapie645Marcus Burghardt627Bernhard Eisel620
LongKim Kirchen661George Hincapie636Thomas Löfkvist603
Its three best on each rating, by their 2008 peak.

Season highlights

World Championships · Men time trialBert Grabsch
Tour de France · 6 stagesMark Cavendish ×4, Kim Kirchen, Marcus Burghardt
Giro d'Italia · 4 stagesMark Cavendish ×2, André Greipel, Marco Pinotti
La Flèche WallonneKim Kirchen
Deutschland Tour · 4 stagesLinus Gerdemann, André Greipel, Gerald Ciolek, Tony Martin
Tour Down Under · 4 stagesAndré Greipel ×4
Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco · 2 stagesKim Kirchen ×2
Eneco Tour · 2 stagesAndré Greipel, Edvald Boasson Hagen
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré · 1 stageGeorge Hincapie
ScheldeprijsMark Cavendish
Tour de Romandie · 1 stageMark Cavendish
The season's best results, each with the riders who got them; a race's stage wins on one line.

Depth or dependence

66
wins
17
different winners
26%
of the wins: Mark Cavendish
Mark Cavendish17
André Greipel13
Edvald Boasson Hagen6
Kim Kirchen5
Tony Martin4
Gerald Ciolek3
Bert Grabsch3
Linus Gerdemann3
Gregory Henderson2
George Hincapie2
Wins by rider, and 7 more with fewer. A high share leans on one rider; many winners spread it.

Archetypes

Sprinter1033%
Rouleur723%
GC620%
Puncheur310%
All-Rounder310%
Climber13%
The roster by rider type; a rider without one yet this season takes his latest. Hover a type for its riders.

Roster profile

30 ridersAverage age 27.0
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Nationalities · 16
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Ins and outs

Since 2007: 12 in, 13 outThe five best arrivals against the five best departures: +52 a rider
In · 12from
→ George Hincapie770Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
→ Edvald Boasson Hagen750Maxbo - Bianchi
→ Bradley Wiggins682Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone
→ Thomas Löfkvist680Française des Jeux
→ Vicente Reynés677Caisse d'Epargne
→ Marcel Sieberg674Team Milram
→ Kanstantsin Siutsou666Barloworld
→ Tony Martin665Thüringer Energie Team
→ Morris Possoni614Lampre-Fondital
→ Craig Lewis572Team Slipstream
→ John Devine540new to the level
→ Gert Dockx480new to the level
Out · 13to
← Serhiy Honchar722Preti Mangimi - Prisma Stufe
← Axel Merckx652new to the level
← André Korff645Team Volksbank
← Patrik Sinkewitz644new to the level
← Eric Baumann635Team Sparkasse
← Giuseppe Guerini626new to the level
← Lorenzo Bernucci610Cinelli-OPD
← Thomas Ziegler609new to the level
← Andrey Klyuev570new to the level
← Jakob Storm Piil568new to the level
← Stephan Schreck564Gerolsteiner
← Marcel Beima510Rabobank Continental Team
← Aaron Olsen484Bissell Pro Cycling
Each rider with his Overall peak: an arrival's this season, a departure's last.

Roster

Mark Cavendish23Sprinter843609466659475428579928488428
Gerald Ciolek21Sprinter824690516389575483517891567529
André Greipel25Sprinter789620458618519400547857506442
George Hincapie35All-Rounder770666702800633621701657645637
Kim Kirchen29All-Rounder751731753581724726688753578661
Edvald Boasson Hagen21Sprinter750620341722573104629778534464
Roger Hammond34Rouleur750660449771568385456713608546
Bernhard Eisel27Sprinter749648461752558417471762620553
Marcus Burghardt25Sprinter699640555712596622510668627525
Gregory Henderson31Sprinter692574351695490270473707457399
Bert Grabsch33Rouleur687536560629556455724465488552
Bradley Wiggins28Rouleur682440536596467421720333423520
Thomas Löfkvist24All-Rounder680639668551685570658606525603
Vicente Reynés26Sprinter677629461593539447498703508507
Linus Gerdemann25GC676615669455681601663558520548
Marcel Sieberg26Sprinter674622464669535443481689544464
Michael Rogers28GC668600675528655625654589468591
Kanstantsin Siutsou25Climber666568670594665664567412405541
Tony Martin23Rouleur665499566456560449704519416478
Marco Pinotti32GC665570634554626578682479458574
Servais Knaven37Rouleur644498424692494375536473468450
Michael Barry32Puncheur629603494564643445481519453527
Morris Possoni24Puncheur614580580458624598503590450552
Adam Hansen27Rouleur603533527611571491604440436493
František Raboň24Rouleur591535512610545485572589428476
Andreas Klier32Puncheur586593423603536395423572570522
Craig Lewis23GC572475476383578375573310378516
Scott Davis29Sprinter545463434560516418399426352393
John Devine22GC540460324245507189451559374354
Gert Dockx19GC48041523438350866435423323340

Stats

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