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| Vien |
Posted on 29-07-2018 13:41
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Looking forward to your race planning. Getting gauranteerd wins with that train or spreading the chances? That's the question..
Interesting approach, hope it'll do well, though Coppel is going to annoy my leaders from time to time for sure! |
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Posted on 29-07-2018 14:11
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Whar a beastly leadout, Coppel and Lo Cicero is a gamble but if they both ride well than you've got yourself a frightening heavyweight squad 
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viking90 wrote:
Lo Cicero, Vanderbiest and Petit. If they will ride together that is one hell of a train.
Without a proper climber and puncher it will be very interesting to see how it goes.
It's going to be a weird season, but hopefully we can grab a ton of points on all timetrials and sprint stages to make up for our inability in the hills. Hopefully Palini steals enough hill points to allow us to do well.
Vien wrote:
Looking forward to your race planning. Getting gauranteerd wins with that train or spreading the chances? That's the question..
Interesting approach, hope it'll do well, though Coppel is going to annoy my leaders from time to time for sure!
Planning is going to be an interesting one. Vanderbiest and Lo Cicero probably won't ride together often but the way we split our sprint train will be difficult to figure out when races overlap.
Coppel is going to be a monster this year, hopefully we're able to plan him to make him a super high scorer this year.
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Alan Banaszek is that one guy i really really wanted but didn't get.
Good luck this season
haha sorry! I think he's gonna be a beast for us in the future, hopefully he makes you regretful in the future Good luck to you too
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Whar a beastly leadout, Coppel and Lo Cicero is a gamble but if they both ride well than you've got yourself a frightening heavyweight squad
Don't think Coppel is a gamble in the slightest, considering he scored top 20 in the PT, I think the trasition down to the PCT means at least a top 15 finish from him.
Lo Cicero is going to be a tough one because if he performs like 2016, we're going to be in an amazing spot, but if he performs like last year, it may be a bit more of a struggle. |
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When I commented after you got Petit, I thought you’d stuck with VdH, and would have some guys to get over the anything-but-flats!
Big gamble to more or less ignore the hills/mountains.
Will be really keen to see how the team performs, and I definitely can’t fault your balls. Maybe securing some rapid dudes is the way to stick around the PCT, we’ll see 
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Posted on 30-07-2018 18:33
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Booker wrote:
When I commented after you got Petit, I thought you’d stuck with VdH, and would have some guys to get over the anything-but-flats!
Big gamble to more or less ignore the hills/mountains.
Will be really keen to see how the team performs, and I definitely can’t fault your balls. Maybe securing some rapid dudes is the way to stick around the PCT, we’ll see
Not sure if my strategy is too ballsy, Lo Cicero Vanderbiest and Coppel should all be top 50 riders in the individual standings seeing their track records+the train we've developed.
Although I think the X factor is really going to be how many points Palini can grab on hilly stages. But I don't expect to relegate but i don't expect to finish too high up eitherAfter the transfer season, we only have a few riders who remain from the team that promoted to PCT last season as we've jumping into a whole nothing team philosophy completely. Lets take a look at how the team breakdown has changed.
| Name | 2017 Team | 2017 Ranking | In/Out | New/Old Team | | Robin Hugenhaben | In-n-Out | 6 (CT) | OUT | Festina-Dexia | | Kai Reus | In-n-Out | 10 (CT) | OUT | Swisslion | | Marco Haller | In-n-Out | 18 (CT) | OUT | Kraftwerk | | Jocelyn Bar | In-n-Out | 47 (CT) | OUT | Festina-Dexia | | Jakub Kratochvila | In-n-Out | 53 (CT) | OUT | Isostar | | Roman Kreuziger | In-n-Out | 57 (CT) | OUT | DK Žalgiris | | Maxime Bouet | In-n-Out | 134 (CT) | OUT | Telia - Brussels | | Romain Hardy | In-n-Out | 146 (CT) | OUT | Eddie Stobart | | Kristijan Durasek | In-n-Out | 167 (CT) | OUT | Nordstrom - BioWare | | Aidis Kruopis | In-n-Out | 180 (CT) | OUT | DK Žalgiris | | Johan Le Bon | In-n-Out | 264 (CT) | OUT | N/A | | Ricardo Mestre | In-n-Out | N/A (CT) | OUT | N/A | | Mustafa Carsi | Vesuvio (LOAN) | 385 (PT) | OUT | BNZ Cycling | | . | | Patrick Bercz | In-n-Out | 275 (CT) | STAY | Carrefour-ESPN | | T. Sanikwathi | In-n-Out | 281 (CT) | STAY | Carrefour-ESPN | | Alexandre Aulas | In-n-Out | 170 (CT) | STAY | Carrefour-ESPN | | . | | Jerome Coppel | Festina-Dexia | 17 (PT) | IN | Carrefour-ESPN | | Roman Vanderbiest | Nemiroff | 123 (PT) | IN | Carrefour-ESPN | | Adrien Petit | Ayubowan! | 179 (PT) | IN | Carrefour-ESPN | | J. Castroviejo | eBuddy | 228 (PT) | IN | Carrefour-ESPN | | Damien Gaudin | Aker - MOT | 284 (PT) | IN | Carrefour-ESPN | | Kevin Feiereisen | Vesuvio | 354 (PT) | IN | Carrefour-ESPN | | Daniel Schorn | Wiesenhof | 377 (PT) | IN | Carrefour-ESPN | | Ivano Lo Cicero | Valio - DeLaval | 34 (PCT) | IN | Carrefour-ESPN | | Andrea Palini | Ferrero | 86 (PCT) | IN | Carrefour-ESPN | | Jeome Giaux | Isostar | 163 (PCT) | IN | Carrefour-ESPN | | Jernej Svab | Isostar | 202 (PCT) | IN | Desigual (LOAN) | | Wen Hao Li | Compal | 341 (PCT) | IN | Carrefour-ESPN | | Aleska Crncevic | Garmin | N/A | IN | Carrefour-ESPN | | Jan Drago Petelin | N/A | N/A | IN | Carrefour-ESPN | | Alan Banaszek | N/A | N/A | IN | Carrefour-ESPN | | Ioannidis Nikolaos | N/A | N/A | IN | Carrefour (LOAN) | | Jhonathan Restrepo | WCC | 353 (CT) | IN | Carrefour (LOAN) | | Abou Sanogo | WCC | 247 (CT) | IN | Carrefour (LOAN) |
Effectively we swapped all of our riders except 3 to do a complete revamp of our team. We definitely added a ton of age with our squad, but added talents at the same time.
Here's a bit of a statistical breakdown of how the team has evolved from last year.
Full Team Average Stats:
| Stat | 2017 | | 2018 | | Flat | 71.33 | -> | 71.35 | | Mountain | 66.93 | -> | 61.65 | | Hill | 70.93 | -> | 67.75 | | TT | 67.6 | -> | 66.15 | | Cobbles | 61.26 | -> | 62.4 | | Sprint | 66.86 | -> | 70.5 | | Acceleration | 69.86 | -> | 73.55 |
Average of Top 5 Riders in Each Stat:
| Stat | 2017 | | 2018 | | Flat | 75 | -> | 75.6 | | Mountain | 75.4 | -> | 70.6 | | Hill | 75.8 | -> | 74 | | TT | 75.4 | -> | 74.2 | | Cobbles | 69 | -> | 72.8 | | Sprint | 77 | -> | 80 | | Acceleration | 77.25 | -> | 77.6 |
Although we've brough in a bunch of leaders in the Sprints and TimeTrials, clearly we've sacrificed a lot of depth in other areas to do so. Namely in the Hills, Mountains and TimeTrials, we've really gutted the depth that we had last year in order to bring in leaders in the Sprints and Cobbles. Also, it's important to keep in mind that we had many riders who decreased due to age since last year, namely Reus, Hugenhaben and Kreuziger.
Despite all this, it'll be very intersting to see if our strategy pays off as we've sacrificed depth for younger talents and bigger leaders.
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Posted on 31-07-2018 14:51
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It has certainly been all change at Carrrefour this off-season with the big swop deal for Coppel and the major shift towards sprint focus.
Given the significant change to 'overall' stat this off-season has had biggest impact on sprinters, it did make that part of the market a little different this year. In your case with Lo Cicero, the Beast and their minions you have to some extent taken a contrarian approach in transfers that has potential for a great return in terms of value - it may very well pay off. Still the likes of Degen-tash, Cav, Mohs, Ewan, et al. to concern you though. An interesting sub-plot to follow for this year's PCT!
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Posted on 01-08-2018 06:16
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Scorchio wrote:
It has certainly been all change at Carrrefour this off-season with the big swop deal for Coppel and the major shift towards sprint focus.
Given the significant change to 'overall' stat this off-season has had biggest impact on sprinters, it did make that part of the market a little different this year. In your case with Lo Cicero, the Beast and their minions you have to some extent taken a contrarian approach in transfers that has potential for a great return in terms of value - it may very well pay off. Still the likes of Degen-tash, Cav, Mohs, Ewan, et al. to concern you though. An interesting sub-plot to follow for this year's PCT!
Sprinting competition in the PCT is going to be pretty intense, but considering we have Vanderbiest, Lo Cicero and even Petit, we hopefully should be able to score on every flat stage that we enter in.
I definitely went against the grain tho by going with sprinters, but I just didnt see the value in bringing in a climber or puncheur for like 700k or more who'd have 15 riders as good/better than them in the PCT, while I could go for 2 top 10 sprinters for the same value.
It's definitely a weird approach but I'm hoping it pays off, and I'm not super worried about relegation as I feel like if I don't screw up Coppel's planning, he should finish in the top 10 of the CT rankings as no one in the CT can compete with his ability in the timetrial/hill tours w a time trial.
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Posted on 01-08-2018 12:22
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I don't think is a 'weird' approach, just contrarian in this seasons transfers dynamic, so your 'against the grain' comment more in tune with my thinking! Seems like sound logic in all honesty, I wish you well.
I might have been tempted to sacrifice a couple of the extensive lead-out roster for a couple of extra riders in other terrains in your circumstances (or used the money to 'beef up' on better guys than you secured in other terrains if minimum rider numbers allowed). That would have reduced such heavy reliance on the sprinters group. Hindsight is a wonderful thing though, easy to say this sitting here now rather than during the transfer frenzy!
In summary, I guess it looks very much like you have decided the motto for the season is 'go big, or go home' (with the CT awaiting as 'home' in this analogy if things implode!) 
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Posted on 12-08-2018 16:50
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Now that race planning has been finished, we can reveal our calendar for this upcoming season. In general it's definitely quite obvious that we've registered for nearly ever flat race possible. But we've also thrown in a few cobbles and hill races for Gaudin and Palini respectively, hoping that they can pick up points in those races. | Name | Category | Country | Stages | Terrain | | January | | Down Under Classic | HC |  | Classic | Flat | | Tour Down Under | C1 | | 6 | Flat + Hill | | Apex Mountain Classic | PTHC |  | Classic | Mountain | | February | | Tour of the Middle East | HC |    | 4 | Flat + Climbs | | Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | PTHC |  | Classic | Cobbles | | Kuurne - Bruxelles - Kuurne | C2 | | Classic | Cobbles | | Tour de Pologne | HC |  | 7 | Flat + Hill | | Gent - Wevelgem | C1 | | Classic | Cobbles | | Ras Tailteann | C1 |  | 3 | Flat | | Etoile de Besseges | C1 |  | 3 | Hill | | March | | SAA Tour d'Afrique | PTHC |  | 4 | Flat | | KBC De Panne Tour | C1 | | 4 | Flat + Cobbles | | Le Samyn | C1 | | Classic | Cobbles | | Vuelta a Colombia | Hc |  | 6 | Mountain | | Tour of Southland | C1 |  | 5 | TT + Flat | | Jelajah SKL | C1 |   | 4 | TT + Hill | | GP Herning | HC |  | Classic | Cobbles | | April | | *Tour of Vancouver | HC | | 7 | All Around | | Nakhon Ratchasima Trophy | C1 |  | Classic | Flat | | *Tour of California | PTHC |  | 7 | All Around | | Tour of Ukraine | HC |  | 3 | TT + Hill | | Betonexpressz GP | C2 |  | Classic | Flat | | Veenendaal - Veenendaal | HC |  | Classic | Flat | | *Philadelphia International | HC | | Classic | Flat | | May | | Tour de Romandie | C1 |  | 6 | All Around | | Berlin ProRace | HC |  | Classic | Flat | | Tour of Eritrea | C1 |  | 6 | All Around | | Olympia's Tour | C1 | | 6 | Flat + TT | | Tour of Norway | PTHC |  | 5 | Flat + Hill | | June | | Malopolski Wyscig | PTHC | | Classic | Cobbles | | GP Kigali | HC |  | Classic | Cobbles | | Ronde van Het Ijsselmeer | C1 | | Classic | Flat | | Colombo Classic | PTHC |  | Classic | Flat | | July | | Celtic Chrono | C1 |  | Classic | TT | | Bayern Rundfahrt | C1 | | 4 | All Around | | Kenya Mountain Classic | HC |  | Classic | Mountain | | Tour of Beijing | HC |  | 4 | Mountain | | August | | Rund um Koln | PTHC | | Classic | Flat | | Clasica San Sebastian | HC |  | Classic | Hill | | Int. Osterreich Rundfahrt | HC |  | 7 | Mountain | | Baltic Chain Tour | C1 |    | 5 | Flat | | September | | Tour of Britain | C1 | | 5 | Hill | | Deutschland Tour | PTHC | | 5 | Flat | | October | | Tour du Maroc | PTHC |  | 9 | Mountain | | Heistse Pijl | C2 | | Classic | Cobbles | | Giro dell'Emelia | HC |  | Classic | Hill | | Barbados Cycling Festival | HC |  | 4 | Flat | | Japan Cup | HC |  | Classic | Hill |
Considering we picked most of our races before the transfer season, our races seem to fit perfectly with the team we have. The vast majority of races we are registered in are flat races, with a few hill/cobble races thrown it. We did extremely well to completely avoid the mountains and we got lucky as we have quite a few races that fit Jerome Coppel's style.
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Jerome Coppel's France TT Jersey
They're definitely jerseys that will stand out like crazy in the Peleton/in Time Trials this year. Massive thanks to Hillis for making our absolutely stunning jerseys.
That's gonna wrap it up for now, but stay tuned as we get ready to reveal our leader's schedules!
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Posted on 12-08-2018 17:15
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A very suitable calendar and some outstanding jerseys 
Now for the big question though, is Coppel going to Southland or Jelajah SKL?  |
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Posted on 12-08-2018 17:21
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Vien wrote:
A very suitable calendar and some outstanding jerseys
Now for the big question though, is Coppel going to Southland or Jelajah SKL?
He's going to Southland haha
Southland is almost a guaranteed victory if he performs well in the TTs while Jelajah's TT's are both extremely short which will limit the amount of time he can gain before the hill stage.
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Posted on 26-08-2018 17:08
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Planning is most likely going to be the most important part of our season. Coppel is super talented, but maxing out his points would require us sending him to races that cater to his TT/Hill ability. Hopefully you guys think we were able to do so successfully with Coppel and planning out sprinters well. Here we go! |Jerome Coppel|
| Name | Category | Stages | | Tour of Southland | C1 | 5 | | Tour of Ukraine | HC | 3 | | Tour de Romandie | C1 | 6 | | Tour of Norway | PTHC | 5 | | Celtic Chrono | C1 | 2 | | Bayern Rundfahrt | C1 | 4 | | Tour of Britain | C1 | 5 | | Deutschland Tour | PTHC | 5 |
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| Name | Category | Stages | | Down Under Classic | HC | 1 | | Ras Tailteann | C1 | 3 | | SAA Tour d'Afrique | PTHC | 4 | | Tour of Southland | C1 | 5 | | Nakhon Trophy | C1 | 1 | | Tour of California | PTHC | 7 | | Philadelphia Champ. | HC | 1 | | Olympia's Tour | C1 | 6 | | Rund um Koln | PTHC | 1 | | Baltic Chain Tour | C1 | 5 | | Deutschland Tour | PTHC | 5 |
|Romain Vanderbiest|
| Name | Category | Stages | | Tour Down Under | HC | 6 | | Tour de Pologne | HC | 7 | | Jelajah SKL | C1 | 4 | | Tour of Vancouver | HC | 7 | | Veenendaal - Veenendaal | HC | 1 | | Berlin ProRace | HC | 1 | | Tour of Norway | PTHC | 5 | | Ronde van Het Ijsselmeer | C1 | 1 | | Tour du Maroc | PTHC | 9 | | Barbados Festival | HC | 4 |
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| Name | Category | Stages | | Down Under Classic | HC | 1 | | Tour of the Middle East | HC | 4 | | Gent - Wevelgem | C1 | 1 | | De Panne Tour | C1 | 4 | | Le Samyn | C1 | 1 | | Vuelta a Colombia | HC | 6 | | Tour de Romandie | C1 | 6 | | Tour of Eritrea | C1 | 6 | | Bayern Rundfahrt | C1 | 4 | | Tour of Beijing | HC | 4 | | Int. Osterreich Rundfahrt | HC | 6 |
As seen, our planning has gone the route of putting Vanderbiest and Lo Cicero in different races. Hopefully this can maximize the amount of points we can score as a team. In adition, Adrien Petit will lead us in races than neither Vanderbiest nor Lo Cicero will attend.
Apart from that, Petit will be the main leadout in races the Lo Cicero and Vanderbiest attend. Petit will also be an important rider for us in the mildly cobbled races we attend. |
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Posted on 26-08-2018 17:17
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Pretty much what i would have done with Coppel. You were "unlucky" not to pick HC Band 3, as you are missing on a HC GC win for Coppel in Denmark, a race that would go instead of Romandie. Guaranteed +1000 scorer with that calendar
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Only reason I didn't fight against you for Banaszek was because of the level up restriction Although I am quite certain (someone named Alan may have told me) that he wishes to ride for Poland's eastern neighbours. Good luck in all races that we're not participating!
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Aquarius97 wrote:
Pretty much what i would have done with Coppel. You were "unlucky" not to pick HC Band 3, as you are missing on a HC GC win for Coppel in Denmark, a race that would go instead of Romandie. Guaranteed +1000 scorer with that calendar
Not sure if you mean he's 1000+ point scorer with our calendar or Denmark, but regardless, thanks for the kind words. I definitely think that Coppel turned out to be a lot easier to plan than what I originally thought. Hopefully it works out haha.
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Only reason I didn't fight against you for Banaszek was because of the level up restriction Although I am quite certain (someone named Alan may have told me) that he wishes to ride for Poland's eastern neighbours. Good luck in all races that we're not participating!
hmm someone someone who's last name starts with a "Ban" and ends with a "aszek" told me that he'd only be interested in moving in exchange for a very large transfer fee!
in all honesty, we're super happy to have him with us and we're happy to develop him. For now i really want him with us over the long term but who knows, things change and every rider has a price |
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Posted on 27-08-2018 20:43
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A +1000 scorer with your calendar i mean. You'll be probably losing 150 points without the chance to ride in Denmark, which could be the key for him not winning the Individual Title. A season with loads of wins of Coppel awaits you
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Posted on 30-08-2018 20:45
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Aquarius97 wrote:
A +1000 scorer with your calendar i mean. You'll be probably losing 150 points without the chance to ride in Denmark, which could be the key for him not winning the Individual Title. A season with loads of wins of Coppel awaits you
I'm definitely hoping you're right about Coppel. Him alone will hopefully save us from any relegation chances.
With his calendar im definitely expecting a top 10 individual season at least, but time trials can be random sometimes, so fingers crossed |
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Been a while since we've had an update on how the team is doing, so here we go! |January|
Down Under Classic
| 1 | Erik Mohs | Fablok - Bank BGZ | 1h28'27 | | 2 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | s.t. | | 3 | Caleb Ewan | Podium Ambition | s.t. | | ... | | 24 | Adrien Petit | Carrefour - ESPN | s.t. |
Tour Down Under
| 1 | Matthew Goss | Indosat Ooredoo - ANZ | 2h55'43 | | 2 | Andrea Guardini | Fablok - Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 3 | Romain Vanderbiest | Carrefour - ESPN | s.t. |
| 1 | Romain Vanderbiest | Carrefour - ESPN | 2h41'26 | | 2 | Michel Kreder | Delvaux | s.t. | | 3 | Caleb Ewan | Podium Ambition | s.t. |
Apex Mountain Classic
| 1 | Joseph Dombrowski | eBuddy | 6h01'18 | | 2 | Rein Taaramäe | T-Mobile | s.t. | | 3 | Aleksandr Pluchkin | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | + 59 | | ... | | 107 | Aleksa Crncevic | Carrefour - ESPN | s.t. |
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Tour of the Middle East
| 1 | Davide Appollonio | Carlsberg - Danske Bank | 3h05'13 | | 2 | Damion Drapac | Minions | s.t. | | 3 | Kevin Peeters | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | s.t. | | 4 | Adrien Petit | Carrefour - ESPN | s.t. |
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
| 1 | Sam Bewley | Moser - Sygic | 4h50'15 | | 2 | Danny Summerhill | RBC Pro Cycling | s.t. | | 3 | Clenne Morvan Moulingui | Minions | + 46 | | ... | | 18 | Damien Gaudin | Carrefour - ESPN | + 4'33 |
Kuurne - Bruxelles - Kuurne
| 1 | Roger Kluge | Team Cerveceria Costa Rica | 4h42'36 | | 2 | Constantinos Thymides | Swisslion Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Geoffroy Ngandamba | GCN ProTeam | s.t. | | ... | | 53 | Alexandre Aulas | Carrefour - ESPN | + 1'25 |
Tour de Pologne
| 1 | Romain Vanderbiest | Carrefour - ESPN | 5h03'48 | | 2 | Asbjorn Kragh Andersen | Carlsberg - Danske Bank | s.t. | | 3 | Raúl Granjel Cabrera | Azteca-NBCSN | s.t. |
Gent - Wevelgem
| 1 | Geraint Thomas | Podium Ambition | 6h06'17 | | 2 | Robert Bush | World Cycling Center | s.t. | | 3 | Sep Vanmarcke | Repsol - Netflix | s.t. | | ... | | 17 | Adrien Petit | Carrefour - ESPN | + 5'23 |
Ras Tailteann| 1 | Matthew Goss | Indosat Ooredoo - ANZ | 2h45'27 | | 2 | Ricki Nelson | Podium Ambition | s.t. | | 3 | Maxime Vantomme | Netia - Vonin | s.t. | | 4 | Kevin Feiereisen | Carrefour - ESPN | s.t. |
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Kraftwerk Man Machine | 3h08'37 | | 2 | Caleb Ewan | Podium Ambition | s.t. | | 3 | Jurgen Roelandts | Repsol - Netflix | s.t. | | ... | | 5 | Ivano Lo Cicero | Carrefour - ESPN | s.t. |
| 1 | Erik Mohs | Fablok - Bank BGZ | 2h51'42 | | 2 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Delvaux | s.t. | | 3 | Ivano Lo Cicero | Carrefour - ESPN | s.t. |
| 1 | Matthew Goss | Indosat Ooredoo - ANZ | 8h45'07 | | 2 | Caleb Ewan | Podium Ambition | + 5 | | 3 | Ivano Lo Cicero | Carrefour - ESPN | + 8 |
We know this is a ton of information to fling at y'all but those are all the notable results that we've had. Clearly our sprinting has been carrying us a ton with Vanderbiest being by far the best out of our sprinters. But we've also had consistent scoring in most races that we attend which has been great! |
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The season has been progressing really nicely for us, as we've been picking up some great results on the flats, and our star Jerome Coppel's calendar has begun! |March|
SAA Tour d'Afrique
| 1 | Ben Swift | Aegon - Lavazza | 3h34'28 | | 2 | Peter Kennaugh | Air France - KLM | s.t. | | 3 | Ivano Lo Cicero | Carrefour - ESPN | s.t. |
| 1 | Bryan Coquard | Festina - Dexia | 4h00'52 | | 2 | Ben Swift | Aegon - Lavazza | s.t. | | 3 | Ivano Lo Cicero | Carrefour - ESPN | s.t. |
KBC De Panne Tour
| 1 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | 2h15'48 | | 2 | Adrien Petit | Carrefour - ESPN | s.t. | | 3 | Luke Rowe | Xero Racing p/b Octagon | s.t. |
Le Samyn
| 1 | Jérome Baugnies | Kulczyk - DMTEX | 4h38'36 | | 2 | Tom David | SPAR - Shimano - SCG | s.t. | | 3 | Geraint Thomas | Podium Ambition | s.t. | | ... | | 14 | Damien Gaudin | Carrefour - ESPN | + 1'01 |
Vuelta a Colombia
| 1 | Adrien Petit | Carrefour - ESPN | 3h30'43 | | 2 | Guillaume Boivin | Nordstrom - BioWare | s.t. | | 3 | Tomohiro Hayakawa | Meiji - JR East | s.t. |
Tour of Southland
| 1 | Jerome Coppel | Carrefour - ESPN | 5'37 | | 2 | Marlen Zmorka | Team Reddit | + 2 | | 3 | Luke Durbridge | cycleYorkshire | + 5 |
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Kraftwerk Man Machine | 4h24'23 | | 2 | Aleksandr Serebriakov | Novatek-Panarmenian.net | s.t. | | 3 | Ivano Lo Cicero | Carrefour - ESPN | s.t. |
| 1 | Jerome Coppel | Carrefour - ESPN | 45'42 | | 2 | Marlen Zmorka | Team Reddit | + 23 | | 3 | Luke Durbridge | cycleYorkshire | + 43 |
| 1 | Jerome Coppel | Carrefour - ESPN | 12h53'10 |
|April| Tour of Vancouver
| 1 | Marco Haller | Kraftwerk Man Machine | 3h16'52 | | 2 | Kevin Feiereisen | Carrefour - ESPN | s.t. | | 3 | Wesley Kreder | Kraftwerk Man Machine | s.t. | | 4 | Romain Vanderbiest | Carrefour - ESPN | s.t. |
| 1 | Marco Haller | Kraftwerk Man Machine | 3h59'36 | | 2 | Romain Vanderbiest | Carrefour - ESPN | s.t. | | 3 | Matt Rowe | cycleYorkshire | s.t. |
| 1 | Wesley Kreder | Kraftwerk Man Machine | 3h49'29 | | 2 | Romain Vanderbiest | Carrefour - ESPN | s.t. | | 3 | Kazushige Kuboki | Meiji - JR East | s.t. |
Nakhon Ratchasima Trophy
| 1 | Ivano Lo Cicero | Carrefour - ESPN | 3h49'41 | | 2 | Erik Mohs | Fablok - Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 3 | Caleb Ewan | Podium Ambition | s.t. |
Tour of Ukraine
| 1 | Jerome Coppel | Carrefour - ESPN | 10'12 | | 2 | Aleksandr Pluchkin | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | + 1 | | 3 | Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | + 6 |
| 1 | Jerome Coppel | Carrefour - ESPN | 1h03'14 | | 2 | Martijn Keizer | Indosat Ooredoo - ANZ | + 56 | | 3 | Marlen Zmorka | Team Reddit | + 58 |
That's a little update of all our big results in the last few months, clearly the team is picking it up a lot more in the sprinting department, and Coppel looks well on his way to an absolutely gigantic season for us. 4 Stage wins in his first 7 race days, including a GC and Points victory is absulely massive. It was also really nice to see Petit and Lo Cicero pick up victories. Lo Cicero's victory was his first since the 2016 Italian Championships which is really crazy to think about.
We haven't recieved a rankings update so we aren't really sure how we're placed so far in the PCT, but with all these results, i'd be shocked if we in the relegation fight. Basically, so far, so good! |
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Its been a while since we've had an update on our team's results, so here is a little something to update you all on our team's results in the last few months. |April| (Cont.)
Veenendaal - Veenendaal
| 1 | Ben Hermans | Generali - EDF | 4h25'08 | | 2 | John Degenkolb | Iberia - Team Degenkolb | + 30 | | 3 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Delvaux | s.t. | | 4 | Matthew Goss | Indosat Ooredoo - ANZ | s.t. | | 5 | Romain Vanderbiest | Carrefour - ESPN | s.t. |
|May|
Tour de Romandie
| 1 | Guillaume Boivin | Nordstrom - BioWare | 3h39'34 | | 2 | Steele Von Hoff | BNZ Cycling Team | s.t. | | 3 | Davide Appollonio | Carlsberg - Danske Bank | s.t. | | ... | | 10 | Adrien Petit | Carrefour - ESPN | s.t. |
| 1 | Moreno Moser | Euskaltel - Elior | 3h55'11 | | 2 | Davide Appollonio | Carlsberg - Danske Bank | s.t. | | 3 | Adrien Petit | Carrefour - ESPN | s.t. |
| 1 | Jerome Coppel | Carrefour - ESPN | 10'02 |
Coppel Time-Trialing to a victory on the final stage
Tour de Eritrea
| 1 | Nacer Bouhanni | Euskaltel - Elior | 4h01'45 | | 2 | Saulo Lay | World Cycling Centre | s.t. | | 3 | Jani Tewelde | Eritel - RwandAir | s.t. | | 4 | Davide Appollonio | Carlsberg - Danske Bank | s.t. | | 5 | Adrien Petit | Carrefour - ESPN | s.t. |
| 1 | Guillaume Boivin | Nordstrom - BioWare | 3h04'40 | | 2 | Nacer Bouhanni | Euskaltel - Elior | s.t. | | 3 | Tosh Van der Sande | Xero Racing p/b Octagon | s.t. | | 4 | Matteo Pelucchi | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | s.t. | | 5 | Adrien Petit | Carrefour - ESPN | s.t. |
| 1 | Davide Appollonio | Carlsberg - Danske Bank | 3h11'34 | | 2 | Guillaume Boivin | Nordstrom - BioWare | s.t. | | 3 | Nacer Bouhanni | Euskaltel - Elior | s.t. | | 4 | Saulo Lay | World Cycling Centre | s.t. | | 5 | Adrien Petit | Carrefour - ESPN | s.t. |
Olympia's Tour
| 1 | Erik Mohs | Fablok - Bank BGZ | 3h04'52 | | 2 | Maxime Vantomme | Netia - Vonin | s.t. | | 3 | Andreas Stauff | cycleYorkshire | s.t. | | 4 | Moreno Moser | Euskaltel - Elior | s.t. | | 5 | Ivano Lo Cicero | Carrefour - ESPN | s.t. |
| 1 | Ivano Lo Cicero | Carrefour - ESPN | 4h18'41 | | 2 | Erik Mohs | Fablok - Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 3 | Andreas Stauff | cycleYorkshire | s.t. | | 4 | Alexander Krieger | Philips - Continental | s.t. | | 5 | Jérome Giaux | Carrefour - ESPN | s.t. |
| 1 | Maxime Vantomme | Netia - Vonin | 2h19'51 | | 2 | Moreno Moser | Euskaltel - Elior | s.t. | | 3 | Erik Mohs | Fablok - Bank BGZ | s.t. | | 4 | Ivano Lo Cicero | Carrefour - ESPN | s.t. |
Lo Cicero taking a big victory on stage 3 against tough competition
Tour of Norway
| 1 | Jacob Fiedler | T-Mobile | 37'53 | | 2 | Jerome Coppel | Carrefour - ESPN | + 29 | | 3 | Kiril Yatsevich | Team Tinkoff | + 50 |
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Air France - KLM | 16h47'13 | | 2 | Jerome Coppel | Carrefour - ESPN | + 1'19 | | 3 | Andreas Vangstad | Aker - MOT | + 1'40 |
|Post-May Rankings|
| Team | Total | RD | PpRD | Proj | | 10 | Iberia - Team Degenkolb | 1444 | 97 | 14,89 | 2606 | | 11 | Kulczyk - DMTEX | 1426 | 91 | 15,67 | 2742 | | 12 | cycleYorkshire | 1340 | 101 | 13,27 | 2322 | | 13 | Carrefour - ESPN | 1295 | 110 | 11,77 | 2060 | | 14 | Xero Racing p/b Octagon | 1255 | 86 | 14,59 | 2553 | | 15 | Team Reddit | 1232 | 93 | 13,25 | 2319 |
| Rider | Nat | Team | Total | | 5 | Jerome Coppel | FRA | Carrefour - ESPN | 548 | | 25 | Ivano Lo Cicero | ITA | Carrefour - ESPN | 337 | | 51 | Romain Vanderbiest | FRA | Carrefour - ESPN | 198 |
Spoiler | 114 | Adrien Petit | FRA | Carrefour - ESPN | 79 | | 175 | Kevin Feiereisen | LUX | Carrefour - ESPN | 47 | | 243 | Damien Gaudin | FRA | Carrefour - ESPN | 23 | | 268 | Jérome Giaux | BEL | Carrefour - ESPN | 17 | | 298 | Daniel Schorn | AUT | Carrefour - ESPN | 14 | | 319 | Wen Hao Li | CHN | Carrefour - ESPN | 12 | | 344 | Jonathan Castroviejo | ESP | Carrefour - ESPN | 9 | | 368 | Patrick Bercz | GER | Carrefour - ESPN | 7 | | 432 | Aleksa Crncevic | BIH | Carrefour - ESPN | 2 | | 458 | Jhonatan Restrepo | COL | Carrefour - ESPN | 1 | | 459 | Abou Sanogo | CIV | Carrefour - ESPN | 1 |
11th in the rankings isn't too bad! A lot of big results this month for us with some stage wins from Coppel. Lo Cicero doing some impressive stuff and a few wins is really nice. Petit with some consistent results, but we are still lacking some outside scoring from domestiques and such, hopefully that improves in the coming months |
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