Sources inside the In-n-Out p/b Carrefour team have been murmuring about which riders will be returning. When asked, the team manager released a little list the team has been compiling on who they'd like to keep.
Here it is:
Untouchable (Will be resigned no matter what):
Jakub Novak
Phillip Gaimon
Good offer needed (pending resigning:
Cyril Lemoine
Yoann Offredo
Alexendre Aulas
Robert Sweeting
Up for Transfer (pending resigning):
Mickael Delage
Cherif Abdallah
Jean-Lou Paiani (preferably to a CT team)
Blaise Sonnery (could be untouchable pending training)
Romain Hardy
Up for Loan (pending resigning):
Joey Rosskopf (PT loan)
Will not be resigned in all likely hood:
Antoine Matteau
This team is full of higher tier CT talent and seems like they are going to cash in on their CT riders and then move forward with young talent in the PCT
Thanks for keeping a good eye on Daniel Ruiz. Much appreciated. Considering you out bid us on Rosskopf last year, he is guy we could consider taking in on loan. But we will talk more when the right time comes.
the_hoyle wrote:
Good luck this season, and no doubt we will talk during transfers
Sounds good
Mresuperstar wrote:
Thanks for keeping a good eye on Daniel Ruiz. Much appreciated. Considering you out bid us on Rosskopf last year, he is guy we could consider taking in on loan. But we will talk more when the right time comes.
no problem, it was a pleasure
and we'll definitely talk about rosskopf during the transfer season
Julian Rodas was one of our key riders during our team's Inaugural season, but was transfered to a new team this season, Sancor, to free up space for Jakub Novak. However, Rodas was very pleased to move to a Southern American team and showed it with some quite good results.
Results w/ us
Results since then
1 Stage (Tour of America)
1 Stage (Tour de San Luis)
3 Stage Podiums (Tour of America, Tour de Beauce)
3 Stage Podiums (3 seperate races)
6 Top 5 Finishes (Tour of America, Tour de Beauce)
8 Top 10 Finishes (7 seperate races)
4th GC (Tour of America)
Remy Di Gregorio - Transferred to Eddie Stobart in 2015
Di Gregorio was brought in after a transfer budget mishap causing us to have to release Juan Murillo from contract. Di Gregorio served as a mountain helper/free rider for Julian Rodas and Phillip Gaimon. Di Gregorio was transfered as his salary was too high for the team to warrant keeping him, so we transfered him to Eddie Stobart to give him a chance at the PCT
Results w/ us
Results since then
1 Stage Podiums (Tour of America)
1 Stage Podiums (Tour of Bulgaria)
3 Top 5 Finishes (Tour of America)
4 Top 20 Finishes (4 seperate races)
11th GC (Tour of America)
Benoit Sinner - Released in 2015
Sinner was signed as our main sprinter in our first season, but when Robert Sweeting broke onto the stage, he was completely uprooted as our lead sprinter. Sinner was a bit of a laughing stock for the team as he was often dropped 50km before the end of pan flat stages. Sinner signed with Pendleton's in the offseason and scored a little in the PT
Results w/ us
Results since then
3 Stage Podiums (Tour de Langkawi)
55 Pro Tour points
4 Top 5 Finishes (Tour de Langkawi, Tour d'Algerie)
After mulling our decisions for a long time, here are is the final list of riders that the team has decided to part ways with for this upcoming season in the PCT
Antoine Matteau
Cyril Lemoine
We wish both riders the best of luck in their future endeavors. On the other side, here is the list of riders who rejected our contract extension offers during the renewal season
Robert Sweeting
Being possibly the most successful rider in team history, it is with heavy hearts that we'll see him go, but we wish him the best.
On a happier note, here are the riders we have come to contract extension deals with for this upcoming year
With the transfer season rapidly approaching, management has decided it would be best to release a list showing which riders we'd like to keep for this upcoming season and who we think it would be better to part ways with
Starting at the top, the only rider that we think is completely untouchable is Jakub Novak, we would need an absurdly large amount of money to move him, probably along the same lines of money that we paid for him last year (which was about 849k)
Jakub Novak
119,000
Spoiler
Name
FL
MO
HI
TT
STA
RES
REC
COB
SP
ACC
FI
DH
PRL
Novak
70
76
73
76
75
73
75
60
64
64
64
61
76
Apart from Novak, most of the team is actually availible, but here are the guys whom we'd need a good offer for
Alexandre Aulas
50,000
Romain Hardy
60,000
Spoiler
Name
FL
MO
HI
TT
STA
RES
REC
COB
SP
ACC
FI
DH
PRL
Aulas
73
55
67
61
75
67
69
73
74
72
63
80
61
Hardy
70
75
73
59
73
68
70
66
69
70
74
75
59
The rest of the team is up for grabs, mostly because we think these riders are better suited for the CT level. Gaimon was a monster for us in our two years at the CT level, and we'd expect a nice amount of money in exchange for him. Blaise Sonnery really failed for us last year, but with his absurdly all-around stats, we don't expect that from him again.
Phillip Gaimon
100,000
Blaise Sonnery
50,000
Spoiler
Name
FL
MO
HI
TT
STA
RES
REC
COB
SP
ACC
FI
DH
PRL
Gaimon
71
72
75
69
75
72
71
50
67
74
75
61
69
Sonnery
69
71
70
64
66
71
75
53
78
73
67
60
64
Here are the guys we'd like to see go, but would not be mad to keep them as team-mates this year if we dont get the right offer
Michael Delage
50,000
Jean-Lou Paiani
50,000
Yoann Offredo
50,000
Spoiler
Name
FL
MO
HI
TT
STA
RES
REC
COB
SP
ACC
FI
DH
PRL
Delage
74
67
73
59
73
70
71
63
73
71
76
64
59
Paiani
73
64
66
60
72
69
68
73
66
71
69
67
61
Offredo
74
65
69
73
76
72
70
71
61
66
69
58
73
The only rider we truely would like to part ways with is Cherif Abdallah, who we feel would be fantastic at the CT level as a sprinter, but we really do not want him to join our team next year as we want to put that money elsewhere than just a sprinter
Cherif Abdallah
50,000
Spoiler
Name
FL
MO
HI
TT
STA
RES
REC
COB
SP
ACC
FI
DH
PRL
Abdallah
68
56
63
57
73
62
72
57
78
76
56
64
57
Finally we get to the only rider we want to loan out, Joey Rosskopf. He needs to be loaned out to a PT team, and we can provide a cover fee.
After a long hiatus of race-related updates, the team has announced our goals for this upcoming season as we move into the PCT division
With the team being based in American and France with In-n-Out and Carrefour respectively, we went for American and French races for our goals, as well as a Canadian race to spice it up
Tour of Vancouver (HC) --> Top 10 Corsica International (HC) --> Top 5 Philadelphia International (C1) --> Win Tour of the Battenkill (HC) --> Top 10
PCT Team Standings --> Top 20
Note: im trying a new layout in the team updates/first post of this thread, I'd appreciate feedback if possible
Eden95 wrote:
Nice goals! I'll probably see you in Vancouver and France.
Good luck!
Definitely going to be a battle at those two races!
First Signees include a Huge Name
As the first 48 hours of the transfer season came to a close, the first riders started signing for their respective new teams. So, we are happy to reveal our first to signees for this upcoming season
Robin Van Der Hugenhaben --> 570,000 wage
Van Der Hugenhaben near the front at the 2014 Giro di Lombardia
FL
MO
HI
TT
STA
RES
REC
COB
SP
ACC
FT
DH
PL
73
77
80
71
77
76
75
65
68
66
80
66
71
Van Der Hugenhaben was one of our top targets going into the season, and we quickly outbid everyone else with interest in him. Some may say 570k for a 31 year old is too much, but his Great hill stat, good mountain stat, serviceable time-trial stat and fantastic back-up stats makes him invaluable. Van Der Hugenhaben will be our main stage hunter for this upcoming season and will most likely ride all of our important races despite his year long hiatus from racing
Mustafa Carsi --> 50,000 wage
FL
MO
HI
TT
STA
RES
REC
COB
SP
ACC
FT
DH
PL
67
51
54
67
65
66
71
52
76
78
52
68
68
Carsi is an unknown commodity with mediocre stats from an obscure country, so what were we thinking here? well, he isn't maxed out yet, in fact he's only a level three who needs 3 race days to go up to level 4.000. That means that we can have him race very little races this year while still having him level up this year and then loan him out to the PT next year. The reason we're taking this risk on him is that when he's maxed out, he'll have a 82 sprint stat and an 84 acceleration stat, tied with a 70 flat stat. That should make him a great sprinter in a few years, but for now, don't expect to see too much of him this season
That wraps up our current signees, but we should have a few transfers and free agent announcements coming up soon, but for now stay tuned into our HQ for all things In-n-Out p/b Carrefour
sgdanny wrote:
Gratz with Hugh, can't wait for some fierce battles with him throughout the season, it's just a matter of picking the right races for him
thanks guys, it's my first real big signing in the man-game, and boy does it feel good
Star Gaimon shipped off to CT
Phillip Gaimon --> KAYAK-Clas Ohlson
Gaimon taking a victory in our first race ever
In order to free up cap space and money, we decided it was best to transfer Phillip Gaimon back to the CT. Now with KAYAK, Gaimon will be able to perform on the stage that brought him into the spotlight. With 10 top 5 placings, 4 podiums and a single victory, Gaimon was a huge reason we finished middle of the pack in our first year, and then promoted the next. Gaimon and Rodas were the first two big signings the team made, unfortunately neither is still on the team.
However, this is not all in vain, KAYAK gave the team 255k which opened many new windows for the team. Its a very sad separation from a fan favorite, but who knows, maybe in a few years you'll see Gaimon back with our team's colors
Next group of New Riders includes former TDF winner
As the time for confirming transfers and loans came, we confirmed 4 deals right off the bat, but there's more to follow
Transfered from Movistar-US Postal for free
Markus Fothen --> 370,000 wage
Fothen winning stage 9 of the 2010 TDF, where he went on to win the overall
FL
MO
HI
TT
STA
RES
REC
COB
SP
ACC
FT
DH
PL
69
78
71
74
70
74
74
52
53
64
65
60
74
We didn't actually look at Fothen as a possible transfer target, but after we saw that Movistar-US Postal was offering him for free, we couldn't pass up the chance on bringing in this former TDF winner. Now, we know he's way passed his prime and that he'll decline during the next few years, but so will his wage (hopefully). Also lets not forget that he is still a good climber with good backup stats, which we need considering our goals for this season
On loan from Netia - Norske Skog
Christos Loizou --> 50,000 wage
FL
MO
HI
TT
STA
RES
REC
COB
SP
ACC
FT
DH
PL
65
59
64
60
65
64
62
63
67
67
61
65
60
Not even going to lie, this guys absolutely sucks, but we needed the 50k fee to put into other transfers. But it hurts even more considering we accepted this offer right before getting the same sort of loan offer for a better rider. No worries though, Louizou will ride enough days to level him up to level 2, but he definitely will not be riding more than that
All in all, we're very content with our signings, but expect another big signing in the coming days, as we are not done at all
Julian Rodas - Transferred to Sancor in 2015
--> 570,000 wage
--> 50,000 wage
--> 370,000 wage
--> 50,000 wage
