Haute Route	Lead Sponsor
										La Poste Gabonaise	Lead Sponsor
										Mavic	Co Sponsor
										Canyon	Bike Supplier
										SRAM	Groupset Supplier
										OC Sports	Licence Owner
										Unicef	Charity Partner
										Right to Play	Charity Partner

					Climbers				Sprinters
					Nabil Baz				Adel Barbari
					Hichem Chaabane				Abdalla Ben Youcef
					Maher Hasnaoui				Mathieu Drujon
									Soufiane Haddi
					Puncheurs
					Essaid Abelouache				Cobblers
					Anass Ait El Abdia				Geoffroy Ngandamba
					Gaëtan Bille				Clenne Morvan Moulingui
					Mikaël Chérel
					Alex Dowsett				Time Trialist
					Mohamed Er Rafai				Polychronis Tzortzakis
					Bassirou Konte
					Paul Junior Maroga
					Cedric Thaouta

Race

Country

Status

Race

Goal

Pts.

whitejersey wrote:
Love the jersey! Best of luck with the PCT challenge!

sutty68 wrote:
Liking the jersey

Jakstar22 wrote:
A great jersey and a great HQ already! Good luck with the season ahead!

jandal7 wrote:
Congrats on the promotion our p/b and African brothers, hope we can meet in the PCT next year A very nice looking HQ which I look forward to following, and jersey of course, best of luck this year!

Tamijo wrote:
Good luck in pro continental, such a cool banner. !
Great clean jersey, very easily spotted in the peloton, without being too flashy.

SportingNonsense wrote:
Great to see that Dowsett rediscovered his winning form for you last season, and made some good points scoring contributions. It will be interesting to see who you go for during transfers - no doubt words will be held with the management of Eritel!

Shonak wrote:
Beauty of a jersey, top notch. Congratulations to the late promotion, it sure may have come unexpected but definitely deserved after the progress you have achieved in the previous year. All the best for the upcoming transfer period and good luck in filling the african void left by Telekom and the disabandment of Kenya Airways alongside Eritrel in the PCT

Ahead of the new season, the Haute Route management were delighted to complete success renewal period with all the riders on the team, and can announce our retained list for our first season in the PCT division

	First Name	Surname	Old Wage	New Wage	Diff.
	Essaid	Abelouache	€ 50,000	€ 60,000	€ 10,000
	Anass	Ait El Abdia	€ 50,000	€ 50,000	€ 0
	Adel	Barbari	€ 50,000	€ 50,000	€ 0
	Nabil	Baz	€ 60,000	Released	-€ 60,000
	Abdalla	Ben Youcef	€ 50,000	€ 52,500	€ 2,500
	Gaëtan	Bille	€ 95,000	€ 80,000	-€ 15,000
	Hichem	Chaabane	€ 50,000	Released	-€ 50,000
	Mikaël	Chérel	€ 60,000	€ 60,000	€ 0
	Alex	Dowsett	€ 160,000	€ 200,000	€ 40,000
	Mathieu	Drujon	€ 85,000	Released	-€ 85,000
	Mohamed	Er Rafai	€ 50,000	€ 50,000	€ 0
	Soufiane	Haddi	€ 50,000	€ 50,000	€ 0
	Maher	Hasnaoui	€ 50,000	€ 52,500	€ 2,500
	Bassirou	Konte	€ 50,000	€ 50,000	€ 0
	Paul Junior	Maroga	€ 10,000	€ 50,000	€ 40,000
	Clenne Morvan	Moulingui	€ 50,000	€ 50,000	€ 0
	Geoffroy	Ngandamba	€ 65,000	€ 65,000	€ 0
	Cedric	Thaouta	€ 50,000	€ 65,000	€ 15,000
	Polychronis	Tzortzakis	€ 50,000	€ 50,000	€ 0

Finished in just one round of negotiations with the MGUCI, there was some doubts amongst the hierarchy about whether we should have gone lower with some riders, but looking back, we are very happy with all of the renewals.

We have released three riders, due to differing reasons, and with the departure of Alexander Krieiger back to his parent team, Aegon-Lavazza, we have a lot of work to do come the transfer season in order to compete at the PCT level.

We have our targets, we have an idea of where we want to be come the first race of the season, but whether we end up there is a difference story. We will say one thing though... Every rider on the team is available to be discussed during transfers.
Every rider has his price!

Everyone loves the transfer season right? All the stresses in the first 24 hours, plans go out the window within the first 12... we just wouldn't have it any other way.

Well the Haute Route management team were very busy trying to get deals across the line, and we are delight to announce the following ahead of the new season.

Fl	Mo	Hi	TT	Sta	Res	Rec	Cob	Sp	Acc	Fig	DH	Prl
72	80	74	65	76	79	75	58	62	69	72	67	65

Our main target and we delighted to quickly strike a deal with jph27 and his Ayubowan! management team. Costing us €1,200,000, Thibault will lead the line in the mountains, targeting the goals set by the Haute Route sponsors.

Fl	Mo	Hi	TT	Sta	Res	Rec	Cob	Sp	Acc	Fig	DH	Prl
67	77	74	65	71	73	76	58	61	71	58	74	65

Signed from the Free Agency market, Tsgabu will be one of Pinot's main domestiques in the mountains. We are delighted to have him on board, having been the first confirmed free transfer to Haute Route.

Fl	Mo	Hi	TT	Sta	Res	Rec	Cob	Sp	Acc	Fig	DH	Prl
68	78	69	60	79	69	78	55	59	62	75	53	59

Another Free Agency signing and another signed with Pinot in mind, Mwangi will be his right hand man in all races this season. His stats mean he should be there until the end with Thibault in the high mountains, and hopefully putting him in the best position to take victories.

Fl	Mo	Hi	TT	Sta	Res	Rec	Cob	Sp	Acc	Fig	DH	Prl
69	74	79	66	70	72	73	53	63	68	72	65	66

A fantastic rider on the puncheur races, Guillaume has been signed to provide a little more support to Alex in the Hillier classics. Signed from the Free Agency, he experience on the road will be invaluable during our first season in the PCT.

Fl	Mo	Hi	TT	Sta	Res	Rec	Cob	Sp	Acc	Fig	DH	Prl
70	50	66	56	69	69	67	66	74	75	63	63	60

Signed very much with the future in mind, we hope to see Rudy develop nicely with the Haute Route team to become a handy sprinter / lead-out man in the next few years. Signed from the Free Agency for the minimum wage, we couldn't be happier!



The Haute Route management team will continue to work hard building the squad with a number of deal still in the pipeline and awaiting MGUCI approval. There is also the chance that one or two riders might leave the team before the end of the transfer window, so keep your eyes out for any updates!

tastasol wrote:
Some really nice signings there, great value from an inflated FA market!

Levarlet is shit though

Croatia14 wrote:
yeah indeed some outstanding signings! great quality for limited costs!