Antofagasta PLC
A Chilean conglomerate with fingers in a huge number of pies. They really are looking to bolster their name across markets in Australasia and North America, and we can really help there. Another American rider or two couldn't go amiss to keep them happy.

Avanti
The New Zealand bicycle manufacturer is here to step into the gap left by Specialized. With heavy presense in the Oceanic and European markets our team seems like a great fit. High performance bikes which wil be excellent for the riders. No major requirements from them, apart from to ride fast.

Hincapie Sportswear
The American sportswear manufacturer joins the team this year. Steeped in cycling history the famous Hincapie name returns to the top echelons of cycling. A growing market globally they want more American rider presence to market from.

Mauritius Commercial Bank
The Mauritian bank is the largest and oldest in the country. In the last few years it's been a real innovater and grower in the African market. A great opportunity for them to begin growing more globally and for us to get a unique partner. They love marketing one of two females in the peloton.

McLaren Technology Group
The British enginiring firm has long been masters of aerodynamics, style, luxury and racing. A perfectaddition to the project. They are helping Avanti make new bikes and providing the best team cars in the peloton. British riders spearheading the charge is also good for them.

Mount Gay Rum
The Barbadan alcohol firm is the oldest producer of Rum in the entire world. It's a huge global brand with interests in all markets, especially the Americas. For them growing brand awareness against other Carribean companies is key, doing this on a platform of local riders could be fun.

Shimano
The Japanese firm is one the biggest players in the world of cycling. Their components are on an insane number of bikes and teams. It's a quality partnership that will only benefit the team, albeit with a caveat that they want us to pick up an Asian rider or two.

Woolworths
The South African retailer is a massive player in the Southern Hemisphere. Big presence right across southern Africa, including Mauritius, and out all the way to Australia and New Zealand. It was a perfect fit for the team's focus and existing connections, long live cycling down south!

Whooshh Innovations
The Fiiiish jersey shall remain! Our NC specific sponsor shall continue. It's not a huge investment for them as we really want to promote the Salmon Cannon in any way we can.

Canucks
They will continue to help manage the team on a day-to-day basis as well as taking over general ownership at the highest level.. That's their expertise and we will maintain a great working relationship with Canucks.

Nat.	Name	Age	Key Stats	Wage	Nickname
	Caleb Ewan	25	83SP 81AC	600k	“Pocket Rocket�
	Marcos Altur	26	81CB 70HL	300k	Marcos
	Jens Keukeliere	31	80SP 71CB	275k	“Kek�
	Alex Cataford	26	79TT 79PL	320k	“AC�
	Ricki Nelson	31	81SP 81AC	150k	Ricki
	Jesse Sergent	31	80TT 79FL	320k	“Goose�
	Geraint Thomas	33	78CB 73SP	175k	“G�
	Michael Hepburn	28	79TT 79PL	100k	“Heppy�
	Julian Alaphilippe	27	77SP 73HL	100k	Julian
	Momchil Robov	26	76HL 72MO	80k	Robov
	Alex Edmondson	26	77SP 74CB	50k	“Edmo�
	Darren Matthews	28	76SP 75CB	55k	Darren
	Martin Grashev	32	75CB 72MO	50k	Martin
	Lukas Postlberger	27	77TT 77PL	60k	“Posti�
	Logan Owen	24	75CB 72FL	60k	“Wolverine�
	Loic Vliegen	26	75HL 73AC	50k	Loic
	Rasmus Quaade	29	78TT 76PL	50k	Quaade
	Jamalidin Novardianto	25	75FL 78AC	LOAN	“Supa-Nova�
	Jyme Bridges	30	72HL 71CB	50k	Jyme
	Dobrin Lilovski	24	72HL 69AC	50k	“Lily�
	Chris Lawless	24	71HL 67SP	50k	“Dredd�
	Kim Le Court	23	71HL 73FT	50k	“Queen�
	Kristin Vanderpool	24	72PL 71TT	50k	“Pool�

Out On Loan: Hayato Okamoto (cycleYorkshire), Bram Welten (GCN)

redordead wrote:
Tempted to make a cheeky bid for one of the Bulgarians just to diversify our Balcan squad

Good luck taking on the big wigs in the PT

Out

	Simon Yates	27	77HL 75SP	150k	Yates
	Adam De Vos	26	75MO 75HL	65k	“The Boss�

Simon Yates has gone in part of a big deal to Desuigal of the PCT. He'll get the training he deserves and a strong future ahead. Simon was magnificent in our CT title chasing year, and has constatnyl punched way above his weight. He will be missed.

The Boss moves to NENT for a simple 100k. Nothing flashy, but the newly max'd Canadian is sure to be a visible player in the CT this season. A few decent rides here and there, The Boss highlight came in the Tour of America where he worse the Young Riders Jersey for a good portion of the event.

In

	Marcos Altur	26	81CB 72SP	300k	Marcos
	Jamalidin Novardianto	25	75FL 78AC	LOAN	"Supa-Nova"
	Alexandor Cataford	26	79TT 74FL	320k	"AC"

Marcos Altur comes in from Desigual in the big deal. He takes over the cobbles reigns from G and the now gone Burghardt. We can now solidly start to construct our cobbles unit around a new focus going forwards. Very excited to have landed a rider we've been interested in for years!

Supa-Nova joins because we gave him the best nickname. I wish that was a joke, but it's partly true! A flat and breakaway specialist, the Indonisian is joining on loan from Xero. With us he'll finish his development and be a key support player for Caleb and Ricki in the sprints.

AC is so called because he's just so cool! Get it?! The Canadian time trialist joins on a rather inflated wage from the Free Agency, but he'll be a key player in our sprint successes, and we can finally score points in a TT! Very excited to have the strong man join and pull us forwards.