The Maryland Biking Traditional, a UCI ProSeries one-day race, has larger stakes for the Uno-X Mobility crew than maybe every other squad on the beginning record.
The 300 factors on the road for the winner would go a good distance towards closing the hole to the highest 18 within the UCI Workforce Rankings wanted for the crew to earn promotion to the WorldTour for the subsequent three seasons.
Proper now, Uno-X Mobility lie in nineteenth within the three-year rankings, 1,185 factors behind Intermarché-Wanty, who should not collaborating in Maryland. Cofidis are solely 26 factors behind in twentieth.
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Additional complicating the crew’s future is a proposed merger between Intermarché-Wanty and Lotto. The latter crew are sitting firmly within the high 18 and in line for promotion to the WorldTour. A merger may pave the way in which for Uno-X Mobility to even be promoted, however there may be nonetheless loads of uncertainty for the Norwegian crew.
“I am unsure what is going on to occur with the Intermarché license, if that is getting purchased by someone else, or what is going on to occur to it, or possibly we’ll cross them as effectively,” Rasch stated. “We’re additionally not too far behind them. So clearly, it is a powerful battle for us now, for the factors.”
The crew had hoped to get extra out of the Bretagne Traditional in Plouay, however after profitable the Muur Traditional Geraardsbergen, Jonas Abrahamsen may solely handle thirty eighth place behind winner Arnaud De Lie (Lotto). Worse, Biniam Girmay gave Intermarché 180 factors with fifth place, and Cofidis’ Alex Aranburu earned eight extra factors than Abrahamsen.
“Typically it does not at all times go the way in which you need,” Rasch stated, including that the Maryland Biking Traditional and the 2 WorldTour races arising, the GP de Québec and Montréal, will likely be essential. “Then the one-day races in Italy on the identical time are additionally a whole lot of factors. So each race now could be essential.”
