DATA DOMESTIQUE
RB3Continental ·season

Rabobank Continental Team

Team rating
643
#21 of 144 Continental teams
Depth
617
riders 8 to 12
Wins
33
10 winners

The season

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
WonPodiumTop 10RacedA bar is a stage race, colored by the team's best GC; ◆ its stage wins and podiums

Honors

No Grand Tour, Monument or championship wins this season.

Best results
3
.1 win
30
.2 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 ›
Its riders in the rider awards, top 25
15thTop U23 riderCoen Vermeltfoort31
20thTop U23 riderMichael Van Staeyen29
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.

How good, at what

vs 144 Continental teams
Overall86643 · #21
One-Day80563 · #29
GC69366 · #46
Flat96638 · #7
Hilly74545 · #38
Mountain38245 · #89
Time Trial94571 · #10
Sprint94658 · #10
Cobbles80427 · #30
Long69408 · #46
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 144 Continental teams; the figure, the rating and its rank.

Top riders

OverallCoen Vermeltfoort654Michael Van Staeyen648Jos van Emden607
One-DayCoen Vermeltfoort563Jos van Emden524Thomas Berkhout518
GCLars Boom400Thomas Berkhout338Evgeny Popov332
FlatCoen Vermeltfoort672Jos van Emden626Thomas Berkhout593
HillyTejay van Garderen557Dennis van Winden543Thomas Berkhout534
MountainThomas Berkhout246Evgeny Popov244Bart Aernouts244
Time TrialLars Boom607Tejay van Garderen556Martijn Keizer524
SprintMichael Van Staeyen682Coen Vermeltfoort636Boy van Poppel618
CobblesCoen Vermeltfoort447Jos van Emden414Lars Boom404
LongLars Boom414Thomas Berkhout410Tejay van Garderen398
Its three best on each rating, by their 2008 peak.

Season highlights

Flèche du Sud · overallTejay van Garderen
Olympia's Tour · overallLars Boom
Volta Ciclista Internacional a Lleida · overallLars Boom
Ronde van DrentheCoen Vermeltfoort
Paris Roubaix U23Coen Vermeltfoort
Tour Of Missouri · 1 stageBoy van Poppel
Circuito Montañés · 4 stagesLars Boom ×3, Michel Kreder
Le Tour de Bretagne Cycliste · 4 stagesCoen Vermeltfoort ×2, Lars Boom ×2
Olympia's Tour · 4 stagesCoen Vermeltfoort ×2, Lars Boom ×2
Volta Ciclista Internacional a Lleida · 3 stagesMarcel Beima, Tejay van Garderen, Lars Boom
Grand Prix Tell · 2 stagesTejay van Garderen, Coen Vermeltfoort
The season's best results, each with the riders who got them; a race's stage wins on one line.

Depth or dependence

33
wins
10
different winners
27%
of the wins: Lars Boom
Lars Boom9
Coen Vermeltfoort8
Tejay van Garderen4
Jos van Emden3
Dennis van Winden3
Michel Kreder2
Marcel Beima1
Ricardo van der Velde1
Boy van Poppel1
Thomas Rabou1
Wins by rider. A high share leans on one rider; many winners spread it.

Archetypes

Rouleur943%
GC629%
Sprinter314%
Climber210%
Unclassified15%
The roster by rider type; a rider without one yet this season takes his latest. Hover a type for its riders.

Roster profile

21 ridersAverage age 21.5
19
21
23
25
27
29
31
33
35
37
Nationalities · 4
NL15BE4RU1US1

Ins and outs

Since 2007: 8 in, 7 outThe five best arrivals against the five best departures: -27 a rider
In · 8from
→ Michael Van Staeyen648DAVO
→ Klaas Lodewyck570new to the level
→ Tejay van Garderen562new to the level
→ Marcel Beima511Time - Van Hemert
→ Michel Kreder485DAVO
→ Joeri Adams427new to the level
→ Jetse Bol395new to the level
→ Ramon Sinkeldam380new to the level
Out · 7to
← Martijn Maaskant683new to the level
← Tom Veelers611Skil - Shimano
← Bauke Mollema582Rabobank ProTeam
← Tom Leezer545Rabobank ProTeam
← Thom van Dulmen490Kuota Senges
← Rob Ruijgh461Team Sparkasse
← Arjen de Baat458new to the level
Each rider with his Overall peak: an arrival's this season, a departure's last.

Roster

Coen Vermeltfoort20Rouleur654563255672484108439636447379
Michael Van Staeyen19Sprinter648512211577444104321682397322
Jos van Emden23Rouleur60752425162651169458569414389
Boy van Poppel20Rouleur595471256568444100443618361348
Lars Boom22Rouleur594490400530501240607588404415
Thomas Berkhout23Rouleur575518338593534246439550403410
Klaas Lodewyck20Sprinter570467327533442243441592366346
Tejay van Garderen19GC56249228956655769556577388398
Evgeny Popov23Sprinter553473332510436244446586374352
Ricardo van der Velde21Rouleur547504257557526103410492392390
Dennis van Winden20Rouleur537488292486543103499536380392
Marcel Beima24GC51146725147751468442520365356
Martijn Keizer20Rouleur50136728938646499525272294362
Thomas Rabou24GC500392327525498242423265309368
Gerben de Knegt32Unclassified496341295526438242332202260329
Michel Kreder20Rouleur485446251415501100400483346361
Bart Aernouts26Climber471392302487439244357331288334
Steven Kruijswijk21GC464408259435477100425435316340
Joeri Adams18GC427279248345408100440109223313
Jetse Bol18GC395307228282410100379301241292
Ramon Sinkeldam19Climber380279179296413103242100204266

Stats

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