Lasse Norman Hansen | Age: 26 | OVL: 74.37 | Time - Trialist | Wage: €250,000



Lasse Norman Hansen is one of Netia's two stars of this transfer season! After his former team, Strava disbanded, he drops down from the PT to the PCT to ride with us. A Danish track star who brought his strengths to the road, he is of course an excellent prologue rider, who can also ride longer TTs, though even more valuable to us is his ability to accelerate very quickly and put out a lot of power on the flat. We're hoping he can use these skills to get results in tough flat classics as well as occasionally giving Vantomme a huge advantage, though he should hope to lead as often as possible.

Fl	Mo	Hl	TT	Sta	Res	Rec	Cb	Sp	Acc	Fgh	Dh	Prl
77	59	65	77	74	73	70	56	73	80	72	67	79

Kamil Malecki | Age: 22 | OVL: 69.90 | Cobblist | Wage: €50,000 | Pot: 3 | Level 1.00



With both Kaspa and Pedersen on the path to greatness, it makes sense that we need to bring in some support riders, Iliyan Kolev will be assisted in providing assistance by young Pole Kamil Malecki, we haven't quite sorted out his training path yet, but in the possible projection below you can see that he will be quite the cobbles talent, with a big engine to go for a long time and no weaknesses on any terrain. We look forward to him joining the team!

Fl	Mo	Hl	TT	Sta	Res	Rec	Cb	Sp	Acc	Fgh	Dh	Prl
70	67	67	69	67	72	64	70	70	70	68	72	68
75	67	68	69	72	77	65	77	74	70	68	72	68

Kristian Dyrnes | Age: 26 | OVL: 76.47 | Puncheur | Wage: €300,000



Kristian Dyrnes comes to us after he unfortunately fell out with his former team Aker - MOT, on teams bad luck is another teams good luck though, as we managed to pick up the talented Norwegian, who's ability to accelerate quickly will give him a huge advantage over his competitors. Norske Skog would be proud at least, because after 4 transfer seasons we finally have our 2nd ever Norwegian. Kristian will rarely race alongside Michal Kwiatkowski, focussing on more hilly terrain, though we do plan to occasionally let them join forces in a devastating double threat!

Fl	Mo	Hl	TT	Sta	Res	Rec	Cb	Sp	Acc	Fgh	Dh	Prl
68	72	78	61	73	73	70	54	65	77	78	74	66

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AbhishekLFC wrote:
Great start to the transfers with those three signings wrapped up! Looking forward to how they complement your team this season

Last year, Michal Kwiatkowski surprised by winning the tough mountain stage here, beating Kudus to the line after following the home rider's attack and defended the jersey in the hills despite an unnerving lack of support, this year we'll attempt to defend that title, albeit with a stronger squad.

A very similar race to Eritrea and with a tricky hilly stage we hope to take some serious time to contest the GC, will certainly be an interesting race as it's a new profile so anything can happen, but we are hoping for fireworks on the hills.

We have actually achieved this result not once, but twice before, with Luis Leon Sanchez taking 2nd in 2016 and Michal Kwiatkowski snatching 3rd after an aggressive race last year, this time round we've set our hope accordingly, aiming to back up one of our team's most successful races with another podium finish.

With 2 hilly stages and a not super difficult mountain stage, a trip to the West Coast of America will suit us perfectly, the 30km of time-trialing may be the most major difficulty, but Kwiatkowski has the legs for that as well. In particular, we've set our hopes low, only aiming for a top 10 given the presence of Pro Tour teams.

After saving ourselves from relegation by the skin of our teeth, we thought things through and decided that we were going to win the Pro Continental Rankings, or maybe we just wanted to sound big to our sponsors, either way, the riders have a lot to do...

Eden95 wrote:
Those are um, quite some ambitious goals I see that Kwiat's going to be a busy man this season and honestly, it seems like they're all very possible. You were right at the top of the division last season for a period of time, maybe you could stay up that way the entire season this time

Aquarius97 wrote:
Not surprising race goals giving Kwiato's abilities except California, i mean, there are more suiting PTHC races for him for sure

Nicolay Cherkasov | Age: 22 | OVL: 69.56 | Roleur | Wage: €50,000 | Pot: 3 | Level 1.00



It's not often you sign a neo-pro who is already an amazing asset for your team, but that is exactly what Nicolay Cherkasov is, he's a powerhouse on the flat, already able to set up Maxime Vantomme or protect Michal Kwiatkowski and Kritian Dyrnes in the wind and he'll only get better, we haven't discussed his exact training goals with Nicolay, but we're thinking he could be one of the strongest roleurs in the world, with a good kick and versatility in the hills and mountains, he'll be an essential domestique for the team.

Fl	Mo	Hl	TT	Sta	Res	Rec	Cb	Sp	Acc	Fgh	Dh	Prl
75	69	69	66	69	70	64	61	65	69	62	66	66
82	69	70	66	72	75	65	61	70	74	64	66	69