But sometimes it's good to just clean the head completely so one aren't in doubt whether or not to keep those riders that have already been signed.

Good luck in the off season. Looking at the nationalities of your team I guess we could be clashing a bit here and there

Tamijo wrote:
Any new on the development in transfer, with most of the old "top" gone, there must have been a lot of fighting to rebuild ?

Ian Butler wrote:
Hope to see an overview of the squad soon, it's gonna be different from previous seasons

After another intense transfer period, Strava has finished its third (re-)build within its three years since foundation. Due to the back-to-back promotions, the team has largely been transformed throughout its existence and the challenge of adaption to the PT was the team's greatest to date. Only 7 riders of the team have been with us in the PCT, too (Marzuki excl.). "I wouldn't mind not changing the league for once", Strava's manager said with a wink.

With Bakelants, Guarnieri and Boekmans has three clear-cut leaders. In the mountains and stage races, Strava must hope for lucky breakaways, whilst the once strong forte pavé has been almost completely abandoned after the departure of previous top scorer Jerome Baugnies. Now Strava's longest servicing star rider Langeveld is back in charge of the cobbles department.

At the end of the transfer season, the challenge and question on the team manager's mind is clear: How can the team possibly survive its first year of PT and avoid relegation and finally enter into a period of slow sustainable team growth?

With a high average of 28, an average salary of € 175.000 and a respective median salary of € 52.500, the team counts on the fewvaluable and expensive experience of a few top riders to achieve this task. Alongside with this characteristics, 7 of the 20 riders are from Belgium. For the first time in its team history, Strava shows a clear focus region therefor and may adapt a belgian licence for the coming years.

Backed up a loyal base of domestiques and some classic Strava panache in orange, the team hopes to score plenty in classics and sprints. Thus they follow the M.O. of last season's success story, excepting that Strava switched from the pavé to the hills. With the trainings of Ponzi and the departure of EBH, the hill classics are facing two major disruptions, whereas the exodus of top sprinters to the PCT may benefit the classy 1-2 duo of Guarnieri and Boekmans in the Grand Tours and stage races.

Focus races will include the Monuments Liege Bastogne Liege and Il Lombardia.

		Name	First Name	Age	Wage
		Bakelants	Jan	31	€ 1 300 000
		Boeckmans	Kris	30	€ 420 000
	X	Chhetri	Ajay Pandit	27	€ 57 500
		De Backer	Bert	33	€ 50 000
		Didier	Laurent	33	€ 50 000
		Dockx	Gert	29	€ 55 000
		Dupont	Timothy	30	€ 50 000
		Eyob	Mektel	24	€ 50 000
		Fankhauser	Clemens	32	€ 50 000
		Fonseca	Armindo	28	€ 60 000
		Guarnieri	Jacopo	30	€ 450 000
		Hansen	Lasse Norman	25	€ 280 000
		Hermans	Ben	31	€ 50 000
		Kozontchuk	Dmitri	33	€ 50 000
		Langeveld	Sebastian	32	€ 119 000
		Marzuki	Nur Amirul	25	€ 50 000
		Pichon	Laurent	31	€ 160 000
		Selvaggi	Mirko	32	€ 50 000
		Tulik	Angelo	27	€ 50 000
		Vanendert	Jelle	32	€ 100 000