Goal	Outcome	Rider
Top 50 GC	Success	Michael Christodoulos	33rd

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Marko Polanc: We don't have a clear leader for this race. Our squad is split into two parts. One part are domestiques and solid TTers in a supporting role. The other part are climbers that will try to get the best overall result possible. We have 4 riders capable of doing well so we are targeting depth scoring.


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Martin Hvastija: We hope Lahcen can compete for a stage win here, but consistent top 10 results are the priority to achieve a good final GC. Poljanec, Siric and Antonijevic will be his key domestique, while the rest of the squad is more about talent development.


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Pos	Last		Team	Total	RD	PpRD	Proj
1	23		Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff	921	34	27,09	4741
2	9		Duolingo	686	31	22,13	3873
3	21		Red Bull Zalgiris	686	42	16,33	2858
4	24		Team UBS	579	34	17,03	2980
5	4		Bralirwa - Stevens	576	30	19,2	3360
6	6		Carrefour - ESPN	534	32	16,69	2921
7	8		cycleYorkshire	516	31	16,65	2914
8	20		Project: Africa	513	39	13,15	2301
9	3		Binance Cycling	485	36	13,47	2357
10	18		Podium Ambition	472	19	24,84	4347
11	15		Los Pollos Hermanos	470	40	11,75	2056
12	1		Aker - MOT	441	20	22,05	3859
13	22		Sauber Petronas Racing	429	36	11,92	2086
14	10		Eurosport x GCN	394	33	11,94	2090
15	5		Carlsberg - Danske Bank	365	28	13,04	2282
16	19		Polar	356	11	32,36	5663
17	25		Tryg - Ritter Sport	346	41	8,44	1477
18	2		Assa Abloy	316	32	9,88	1729
19	17		Philips - Force India	283	25	11,32	1981
20	16		Minions	253	21	12,05	2109
21	14		Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam	231	18	12,83	2245
22	11		Indosat Ooredoo	230	19	12,11	2119
23	7		Cedevita	226	16	14,13	2473
24	26		Voyagin - Bird	159	17	9,35	1636
25	13		Kraftwerk Man Machine	158	13	12,15	2126
26	12		Jura - Fiat	155	23	6,74	1180

As mentioned last time February was more of a training than racing month for us. Michael Christodoulos did a nice job in Ukraine to score us some points just to keep us ticking over. The races going on in March and the next months will be far more crucial for us and will give us a better indication of where we stand.

Eduard Alexander Beltran		Cedevita	186
Michael Christodoulos		Cedevita	15
David Gaudu		Cedevita	13
Andres Camilo Ardila		Cedevita	12

Bostjan Mervar,
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Goal	Outcome	Rider	Result
Top 10 GC	Failure	Lahcen Saber	13th

Race score: 5/10

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01.04		Paris - Roubaix	PTM
10.04		Macskako Kerekparverseny	1.PTHC
06.04 - 10.04		Baltic Chain Tour	C2.1
12.04 - 18.04		Tour of Pologne	2.HC
25.04		GP Wallonie	1.PTHC
28.04		Veenendaal - Veenendaal	1.HC
28.04		Lisbon Classic	C1.1

It's not April Fools, but we attend Paris-Roubaix with a wildcard to start the month. After that we have another developmental race in Hungary. Then we head to the Baltic countries where Lahcen Saber will try to repeat last year's success. Staying in that part of Europe it's time for our first goal race at Tour de Pologne. Beltran will then travel to Belgium in hopes of a better performance at GP Wallonie. The month ends with the flat doubleheader of Veenendaal and Lisbon classics.

01.05 - 05.05		Cheshire Cycling Tour	2.PTHC
07.05		Liege - Bastogne - Liege	PTM
11.05 - 13.05		Tour of Chile	C2.1
17.05 - 23.05		Int. Osterreich Rundfahrt	2.HC
27.05 - 31.05		Tour of Norway	2.PTHC

May is a mix of new races and races we have gotten to know well over our spell in PCT. We get a 3rd invite to Liege - Bastogne - Liege which will again be an important developmental race. Osterreich and Tour of Norway are also races we particapate for the 3rd time. We never had appropriate riders for these races, but managed to always do well, especially in the latter of the two. Brand new races for us are the Cheshire Cycling Tour where Lahcen Saber will get a rare chance on the cobbles and Tour of Chile which might suit us well.


You can expect more installments like this as the season progresses and the race calendar becomes revealed. This is part 2 of 4.

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Vuelta al Pais Vasco opened with a team time-trial. Cedevita finished the stage 12th out of 24 teams. Only 28'' behind the winning time was deemed a decent result. The next two stages were largely uneventful, besides the fact that Matej Vysna lost major time and wasn't a GC option anymore. The stage 4 individual time-trial shaked things up to the point that young Tadej Pogacar in 21st became the best placed rider in the team ahead of the final two decisive stages. Christodoulos made a token appearance in the breakaway on stage 5. Both Pogacar and Gaudu were dropped on the final climb to Arrate and finished outside the top 30.




Given the disappointment of that stage Pogacar entered the early breakaway on the final and was joined by Vysna and Gilanipoor. Both working for the youngster and all three together going into the final 5 km as the breakaway remained ahead of the peloton. It was up to the youngster to finish the job as he kept holding on, even as the favourites hit the front. He finished in a fantastic 8th place on the stage. That vaulted him into 20th in GC and top among the best young riders under 25. Not bad in what for all intents and purposes was his debut race for Cedevita!

Goal	Outcome	Rider	Result
Top 20 GC	Success	Tadej Pogacar	20th
Top 35 GC	Success	David Gaudu	25th
Top 35 GC	Failure	Abolfazl Gilanipoor	49th

Race score: 7/10

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Great stuff on that final stage by Pogacar! Must be exciting to have a prospect like him on the team

It is! Especially after having him on loan the last two years. Hopefully I can keep him for next season also

After a below average performance in Barbados, Lahcen Saber and team traveled to Mexico looking for a better result. The start was far from good though. Saber didn't finish top 10 in either of the first two stages. He then managed to finish 4th on stage 3 which was just in time to still give him a chance at a good GC result.

The next day Cedevita helped with chasing duties and Saber again managed to get himself in a decent position to finish 6th. But that only dropped him from 12th to 13th in GC. So a good result on the final day was required. The team again helped with chasing duties, this even delivering a leadout. Antonijevic gave Saber a good position and the Moroccan was able to get another 4th place. That bumped him up to 7th in the final GC. A nice bounce back race for the Cedevita sprinter.

Goal	Outcome	Rider	Result
Top 10 GC	Success	Lahcen Saber	7th
Top 3 Stage	Failure	Lahcen Saber	4th (stages 3,5)

Race score: 7/10

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Seventh is not too bad I guess, although a better stage result obviously was desirable. Nevertheless, it's really nice to see Pogacar winning the white jersey in Pais Vasco. I hope it is the first of many!

We'll be meeting on +- 30 days in April and May, looking forward to racing next to you and attacking together again like we did in Hong Kong earlier. This time I'd like to not be dropped immediately after attacking though

I would say 7th is probably above average, notwithstanding the fact you need a good amount of luck in these overcrowded sprint races. Pogacar certainly ended up doing as well as could be expected in a race of that quality

Attacking is usually a good sign for delivering a desirable result. Especially for someone like Beltran. So I love to see us starting or joining any opportunistic move

Gorazd Stangelj: This is going to be a very different challenge to the one in Hong Kong. We bring our best support for Beltran and will try to control the race in certain moments. A top 10 with some depth scoring is our minimum expectation, but we would love to improve on last year's 7th place.


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Marko Polanc: Jose's first race with us. We don't have a raft of climbers, but Gilanipoor will be his trusty domestique all season with Vysna helping here as well. Katrasnik can try entering the breakaway on flat stages, apart from that we're all in for Jose's GC.


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Hoping for a Beltran top-5 in Strade, whereas I'm really interested to see how Alarcon will perform in Eritrea. No time trial is obviously a good thing for him, but there are still some question marks concerning his physical stats and punching capacities for me.

Martin Hvastija: This is primarily a race to give the young riders more experience. A breakaway appearance is our goal here with Poljanec and Mestric as outsiders to score points.


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The team was in Tuscany for Strade Bianche although the roads were more gray than white due to the wet conditions. With Beltran as team leader Cedevita did not enter the breakaway, they instead assumed chasing duties. From rouleur Poljanec to newly acquired puncheur Gaudu, the team worked to bring back the breakaway as well as shed the peloton of riders such as Di Maggio. Eventually reducing the peloton to 29 riders heading into the final 10 km.




Everything set for Beltran to attack, as the Colombian did. Van Garderen, Betancourt and Ponzi followed initially, but all four were brought back with 5 km to go. 17 riders entered the final kilometer. An uphill sprint would decide the race. It was a tight finish at the line and despite Beltran being well positioned, he just couldn't match the sprint of some other riders. He finished in a very reputable 5th place, which was a just reward for the work done by the entire team. David Gaudu added to the scoring in 28th.

Goal	Outcome	Rider	Result
Top 10	Success	Eduard Alexander Beltran	5th
Top 30	Success	David Gaudu	28th
Top 30	Failure	Olivier Le Gac	46th

Race score: 8/10

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Goal	Outcome	Rider
Breakaway appearance	Success	Andres Camilo Ardila

Race score: N/A

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Martin Hvastija: This is a race to give the young riders more experience. A breakaway appearance would be nice, but there is no pressure on the lads here.


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That is an awesome Paris-Roubaix squad . You will have the favorites worried.