Dusan Rajovic	Free Role		Goran Antonijevic	Free Role
	Matija Mestric	Free Role		Ivan Siric	Free Role
	Matic Groselj	Free Role		Georgios Stavrakakis	Free Role
	Stepan Kurianov	Free Role		Yuriy Natarov	Free Role

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Pos		Team	Total	RD	DUC	TdU	Tac	Jav	Gis
1		Farfetch Pro Cycling	465	10	0	236	0	121	108
2		Desigual	305	20	0	79	9	217	0
3		Bakkafrost	217	8	150	67	0	0	0
4		Berg Cycles	210	12	15	98	0	41	56
5		Swisslion Cycling Team	173	6	104	0	0	28	41
6		Xero Racing	172	10	7	158	0	0	7
7		GCN Racing	154	10	103	5	0	0	46
8		Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam	121	12	15	94	0	9	3
9		Minions	120	10	81	25	0	14	0
10		Duolingo	117	10	0	93	0	0	24
11		Nordstrom - CA Technologies	116	8	0	110	0	0	6
12		Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff	108	12	0	28	0	69	11
13		Podium Ambition	100	8	75	25	0	0	0
14		Aramco DP	98	12	31	36	0	31	0
15		Mapei	83	4	72	0	0	0	11
16		Valio - Viking Genetics	77	8	61	16	0	0	0
17		Campari Asahi Procycling	60	10	8	14	0	0	38
18		Fablok - Chocolate Jacques	20	2	0	0	0	0	20
19		MOL	19	8	0	19	0	0	0
20		Andorra Cycling Project	17	12	5	0	12	0	0
21		Adastra N Hell Energy Cycling	6	8	0	6	0	0	0
22		Polar	5	2	5	0	0	0	0
23		Azteca - NBCSN	5	4	0	0	0	5	0
24		DK - SVA Zalgiris	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25		Kraftwerk Man Machine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26		Repsol - Netflix	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

We have the first ranking update of the 2020 season. Swisslion currently sit in 5th place in the table. The season started brilliantly at the Down Under Classic with some slick teamwork from newcomers Kris Boeckmans and Lahcen Saber. The following two races were more of a dissapointment though.

The paltry amount of points scored in East Java was then continued at Gisborne GP, where our leader Eddy Beltran was dubbed as the favourite, but did not deliver a top result. The East Java performance especially hurt, due to the success there last year and with it being our first failed race goal of the year. Not a terrible start, but much more to build on. The following month will also see the debuts of Hugues Mottin and Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy, which we are very much looking forward to.

But as we said, we have lots more to work on if we wish to compete for our goal of a top 10 finish and avoid relegation in the process.

Kris Boeckmans		Swisslion Cycling Team	82
Eduard Alexander Beltran		Swisslion Cycling Team	58
Lahcen Saber		Swisslion Cycling Team	27
Aberlardo Ablenado		Swisslion Cycling Team	2
Tyron Giogieri		Swisslion Cycling Team	2
Abolfazl Gilanipoor		Swisslion Cycling Team	2

Bostjan Mervar,
team representative and general manager of Swisslion Cycling Team

Decent start to the season despite two underperformances from Beltran. Think the pairing of Boeckmans and Saber looks promising for you already

Beltran needs to step things up, or else!

Unfortunetely it's gonna be a long while before we see Kris and Lahcen together again. Hopefully they do the business on their own

	Dusan Rajovic	Free Role		Goran Antonijevic	Free Role
	Matija Mestric	Free Role		Ivan Siric	Free Role
	Matic Groselj	Free Role		Georgios Stavrakakis	Free Role
	Stepan Kurianov	Free Role		Yuriy Natarov	Free Role

In a race that came about as a complete surprise on the team's calendar due to the PT wildcard process, Swisslion decided to bring a rather young and inexperienced team to Denmark, due partly also to the race clash in Portugal. For most of these lads it was and will be one of the few if not only time they participate in a TTT event.




Race goals:

Finish last

Failure

Swisslion Cycling Team

22nd from 24

Race score: N/A


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	Lahcen Saber	Leader		Goran Antonijevic	Domestique
	Matija Mestric	Domestique		Ivan Siric	Domestique
	Matic Groselj	Domestique		Georgios Stavrakakis	Domestique
	Stepan Kurianov	Domestique		Dusan Rajovic	Domestique

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	Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy	Leader		Goran Antonijevic	Domestique
	Dusan Rajovic	Domestique		Ivan Siric	Domestique
	Matija Mestric	Domestique		Georgios Stavrakakis	Domestique
	Stepan Kurianov	Domestique		Yuriy Natarov	Domestique

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	Lahcen Saber	Leader		Goran Antonijevic	Domestique
	Matija Mestric	Domestique		Ivan Siric	Domestique
	Matic Groselj	Domestique		Georgios Stavrakakis	Domestique
	Stepan Kurianov	Domestique		Dusan Rajovic	Domestique

Race goals:

Top 15

Failure

Lahcen Saber

26th

Race score: 3/10


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	Izidor Penko	Free Role		Michael Christodoulos	Free Role
	Dusan Rajovic	Free Role		Goran Antonijevic	Free Role
	Matija Mestric	Free Role		Ivan Siric	Free Role
	Matic Groselj	Free Role		Georgios Stavrakakis	Free Role

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	Aberlardo Ablenado	Free Role		Gabriel Marin	Domestique
	Tyron Giogieri	Free Role		Miha Poljanec	Domestique
	Abolfazl Gilanipoor	Free Role		Izidor Penko	Domestique
	Hugues Mottin	Domestique		Michael Christodoulos	Domestique

Swisslion failed to achieve the goals they set for themselves as the hillier stages did not suit any of their climbers. Therefore the ambition to grab some minor GC placings turned out to be unfounded. Time-trial specialist Hugues Mottin also came up short of delivering a notable result in either of the two TT stages. Nor did the team involve itself in the KOM standings.

The one stand result came on stage 6 where Abolfazl Gilanipoor joined the breakaway along with Tyron Giogieri. The two worked well together and Gilanipoor proved the stronger man, stronger than any other on the day, to take the stage win. First win of the season for Swisslion.




Race goals:

Top 30	Failure	Aberlardo Ablenado	60th
Top 3 Stage	Success	Abolfazl Gilanipoor	1st (Stage 6)
Top 3 KOM	Failure	Abolfazl Gilanipoor	9th

Race score: 5/10


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	Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy	Leader		Goran Antonijevic	Domestique
	Dusan Rajovic	Domestique		Ivan Siric	Domestique
	Matija Mestric	Domestique		Georgios Stavrakakis	Domestique
	Stepan Kurianov	Domestique		Yuriy Natarov	Domestique

Race goals:

Top 10 GC

Failure

Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy

46th

Race score: 1/10


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	Eduard Alexander Beltran	Leader		Izidor Penko	Domestique
	Aberlardo Ablenado	Domestique		Dusan Rajovic	Domestique
	Tyron Giogieri	Domestique		Michael Christodoulos	Domestique
	Abolfazl Gilanipoor	Domestique		Ivan Siric	Domestique

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	Izidor Penko	Free Role		Michael Christodoulos	Free Role
	Dusan Rajovic	Free Role		Goran Antonijevic	Free Role
	Matija Mestric	Free Role		Ivan Siric	Free Role
	Matic Groselj	Free Role		Georgios Stavrakakis	Free Role

The famous race of Paris-Nice was the 2nd wildcard apperance for Swisslion this year. Similar to the apperance at Copenhagen-Malmo, it was a developmental squad to gain experience. Because of that the only goal was for the team to get as much television time as possible.

The major success came on the 2nd stage. Matic Groselj entered the break in order to hunt for bonus seconds and as a result of winning two intermediate sprints and finishing a reputable 12th on the stage Matic Groselj was able to wear the young riders jersey on stage 3!

After that Swisslion continued their attacking riding by placing a rider in the breakaway on every road stage. Groselj added another apperance on stage 4, Antonijevic got involved with Penko on stage 5, with Izidor Penko making the breakaway on a total of 4 stages!




Race goals:

Breakaway apperance(s)

Success

6 breakaways

Race score: N/A


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	Eduard Alexander Beltran	Leader		Izidor Penko	Domestique
	Aberlardo Ablenado	Domestique		Dusan Rajovic	Domestique
	Tyron Giogieri	Domestique		Michael Christodoulos	Domestique
	Abolfazl Gilanipoor	Domestique		Ivan Siric	Domestique

Race goals:

Top 10

Failure

Eduard Alexander Beltran

31st

Race score: 1/10


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The busy month of March is followed by an almost as busy month of April. A total of 34 race days spread across 9 different races await the riders. The month starts out in California, whew we will try to compete for some stage results and minor GC places. On the other side of the world in the Baltic Chain Tour will be where our sprinters and rouleurs will be located. Next we have the clash of two HC stages races in Poland and France. Similar to California we will try to achieve some stage and GC results.

The run of difficult stage races continue in Cyprus, where we will enjoy visiting again after our victory there last year. To finish the month of April we have 4 one day races. GP Wallonie is where we will look to pit ourselves against some top PT oppostion in the PTHC categorised race. After that we will again feature in sprinter's doubleheader of Veenendaal and the Lisbon Classic. We hope for some more luck from those two races this time around. Lastly we finish the month with a free hit wildcard apperance at the Amstel Gold Race.



After two race packed months in a row, May is a quiter month for us, but does still feature some notable races. After skipping this race last year, we are again in Namibia for the 2 day Windhoek ITT event. After one of the few trips to Africa, we again have the pleasure to participate in the monument of Liege - Bastogne - Liege. Combining it with the two other hilly classics in April, it gives us our own little "Ardenne triple". Next we make another trip to Sweden for our 2nd race goal. A large part of the team will be situated in that part of Europe, with the Malopolski Wyscig and Tour of Norway coming shorty after.


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


Bostjan Mervar,
team representative and general manager of Swisslion Cycling Team

	Lahcen Saber	Leader		Stepan Kurianov	Domestique
	Miha Poljanec	Domestique		Ivan Siric	Domestique
	Matija Mestric	Domestique		Georgios Stavrakakis	Domestique
	Matic Groselj	Domestique		Yuriy Natarov	Domestique

	Kris Boeckmans	Leader		Dusan Rajovic	Domestique
	Gabriel Marin	Domestique		Michael Christodoulos	Domestique
	Izidor Penko	Domestique		Goran Antonijevic	Domestique

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Busy schedule up ahead i see! Rooting for Boeckmans, quite sure he'll be increasing your average race scores!

Busy indeed. It's sink or swim time for us!

Kris is the only bright spot to our season so far, but he has only done one race so far. And I don't want to put too much pressure on him

It appears that Beltran is SHOOK by sheer presence of Žalgiris, not sure why you expected a good result in Denifl's homerace

	Lahcen Saber	Leader		Stepan Kurianov	Domestique
	Miha Poljanec	Domestique		Ivan Siric	Domestique
	Matija Mestric	Domestique		Georgios Stavrakakis	Domestique
	Matic Groselj	Domestique		Yuriy Natarov	Domestique

Race goals:

Top 30

Failure

Lahcen Saber

41st

Race score: 1/10


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