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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 13-09-2020 18:15
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.:Welcome to GCN Racing:.
A 6th year in the MG for Team Manager Phil Hoyle, and a 2nd time being in the ProContinental Division for him. We begin our 3rd year under the GCN banner, but this season have a small name change to promote the GCN Racing channel.
Last season, we had the goal of promotion and that was achieved with a great 3rd place in the CT Division. The last time we were in the PCT peleton, we went down without a fight. This season, we have to stay up and for that we need to add to our team, meaning it will be a key transfer season ahead.
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Posted on 13-09-2020 18:16
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Main Jersey
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Nat. Champs Jerseys
 Clenne Morvan Moulingui - RR
 Maurice Schreurs - RR
 Jesse Sergent - TT
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Posted on 13-09-2020 18:16
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.:GCN Racing Squad:.
.:GCN Racing Transfers:.
Riders In
| Name | Team | Fee | | | | |  | Owain Doull | Free Agent | N/A | | Matthew Walls | Free Agent | N/A | | Max Stedman | Free Agent | N/A |  | Kenji Itami | Rakuten Pro Cycling | € 750,000 | | Maurice Schreurs | Bakkafrost | € 650,000 | | Alex Dowsett | Free Agent | N/A |  | Jarlinson Pantano Gomez | Free Agent | N/A | | Stephen Willaims | cycleYorkshire | Loan |  | Michael Matthews | MOL | Part Ex. | | Jesse Sergent | Podium Ambition | € 500,000 | | Scott Thwaites | cycleYorkshire | € 375,000 |  | Mikel Landa | Free Agent | N/A | | Michael Vingerling | Free Agent | N/A | | John Archibald | Free Agent | N/A |
Riders Out
| Name | Team | Fee | | | | |  | Ryan Gibbons | Isostar-Specialized | Loan |  | Gaeten Bille | MOL | Part Ex. |  | Thibaut Pinot | Project: Africa | € 1,000,000 | | Stef Krul | Moser-Sygic | Loan |  | Oumaru Minoungou | Project: Africa | Loan |
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Posted on 13-09-2020 18:16
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.:GCN Racing Season Goals:. | Nat. | Race | Goal | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Cheshire Cycling Tour | Top 10 |  | Strade Bianche | Top 5 | | Kuurne - Bruxelles - Kuurne | Win | | E3 Prijs | Top 5 | | Team Standings | Top 15 |
.:GCN Racing Race Schedule & Results:. | Date | Race | Country | | Jan | | 10 | Down Under Classic | Australia | | 14-19 | Tour Down Under | Australia | | 31 | Gisborne GP | New Zealand | | Feb | | 4 | Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | Belgium | | 9 | GP Herning |  Denmark | | 24-28 | Tour of Southland | New Zealand | | Mar | | 1 | Geraardsbergen-Bosberg | Belgium | | 3 | Roma Maxima | Italy | | 3-6 | Jelajah SKL |  Singapore /  Malaysia | | 7-12 | Vuelta al Pais Vasco |  Spain | | 9-13 | Circulo de Juarez |  Mexico | | 14-19 | Vuelta a Colombia | Colombia | | 15 | Apex Mountain Classic |  Canada | | 18 | Le Samyn | Belgium | | 21 | Strade Bianche** | Italy | | 26-30 | Tour of Uppsala |  Sweden | | 30 | Kuurne - Bruxelles - Kuurne** | Belgium | | Apr | | 1-7 | Tour of California |  United States | | 4-8 | Baltic Chain Tour |  Estonia /  Latvia /  Lithuania | | 10-16 | Tour de Pologne |  Poland | | 14-16 | Corsica International | France | | 21-24 | Tour of Cyprus |  Cyprus | | 27-29 | Tour of Ukraine |  Ukraine | | 28 | Veenendaal - Veenendaal | Netherlands | | 28 | Lisbon Classic |  Portugal | | May | | 1 | 1 Jour de Dunkerque | France | | 1-5 | Cheshire Cycling Tour** | Great Britain | | 3 | Fleche Wallone | Belgium | | 4-5 | Windhoek ITT |  Namibia | | 7 | Liege - Bastogne - Liege | Belgium | | 9-10 | Chrono d'Arenberg | France | | 17-23 | Int. Osterreich Rundfahrt |  Austria | | 23-28 | Olympia's Tour | Netherlands | | Jun | | 2 | Hanko Classic |  Finland | | 5-6 | Grands Prix Cyclistes | Canada | | 8 | Riga - Jurmala GP | Lithuania | | 28 | Franceville Classique | Gabon | | 30 | Berlin ProRace |  Germany | | Jul | | 1-11 | Celtic Chrono | Great Britain | | 19 | Kenya Mountain Classic |  Kenya | | 26-30 | Tour of Slovenie |  Slovenia | | 29-30 | Chrono des Herbiers | France | | Aug | | 2 | Nakhon Ratchasima Trophy |  Thailand | | 4 | Macskako Kerekparverseny |  Hungary | | 14-17 | SAA Tour d'Afrique | South Africa | | 17-21 | Arab Tour |  UAE | | Sept | | 1 | Paris Tours | France | | 3-7 | Tour of Britain | Great Britain | | 25 | Rheden GP | Netherlands | | 26-29 | Tour of Lithuania | Lithuania | | 29 | Milano - Torino | Italy | | Oct | | 1-8 | Tour du Maroc |  Morocco | | 1 | GP Kigali |  Rwanda | | 3 | GP Lugano |  Switzerland | | 3 | Japan Cup | Japan |
Italics** indicates goal race
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 13-09-2020 19:51
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.:Jersey Reveal:.
The pre-season duties are well underway, with renewals and other admin jobs taking place within the GCN offices.
Part of the pre-season duties is of course the jersey reveal, and with the change to Castelli as our Clothing Supplier, we have a new design and kit for 2020.
Safe to say, it is a beauty, incorporating more red on the jersey than previous seasons. Parent company PlaySports.com replacing the Canyon logos from last year.
An admin error way back when meant that we did not have any participation on the National or World Championship this season, however, our two riders out on loan in 2019 did a fine job to pick up for special jersey for the next 12 months.
Clenne Morvan Moulingui - RR
Ryan Gibbons - RR
We will have to see how transfers go, and whether any further jerseys will be added to the collection.
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 14-09-2020 14:18
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Congrats on the promotion, and best of luck in the PCT division (except for the races where we'll meet of course  ) |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 25-09-2020 17:09
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Nemolito wrote:
Congrats on the promotion, and best of luck in the PCT division (except for the races where we'll meet of course )
Thanks a lot! Good luck for you with the CT season and look forward to seeing you in the races.
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Posted on 25-09-2020 17:23
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.:2020 Renewals:.
With the MGUCI giving their confirmation for the MG Teams of 2020 to reveal their retained lists for the new season, the GCN Racing Management Team thought it was only right to follow suit!
As with last season, we see the main core of the team remaining very similar, with plans ahead of transfers to build on their success with some new leaders for the PCT season. Pinot and Mohs were more than happy to renew with the team, both accepting their new wages during Round 1 of negotiations. Only Clenne Morvan Moulingui, returning to after his season in PT, and Geremie Nzeke, signing a full contract after ahis draft pick last season, see increments to their salaries of over 10,000€.
Erik Mohs is the only one with a major reduction in wage, as his old age gives us a great reason to save a lot of cap on the retained list.
| Nat. | Last name | First name | 2020 Wage | 2019 Wage | +/- | | Anguilet | Charles | € 55,000 | € 52,500 | € 2,500 | | Bille | Gaetan | € 50,000 | € 50,000 | € 0 | | Burke | Steven | € 50,000 | € 50,000 | € 0 | | Cuming | Michael | € 55,000 | € 50,000 | € 5,000 | | Gibbons | Ryan | € 50,000 | € 50,000 | € 0 | | Hategeka | Gasore | € 55,000 | € 60,000 | -€ 5,000 | | Jacobs | Pieter | € 55,000 | € 55,000 | € 0 | | Knox | James | € 0 | € 10,000 | -€ 10,000 | | Krul | Stef | € 50,000 | € 50,000 | € 0 | | Lejman | Gracjan | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | | McLay | Dan | € 70,000 | € 70,000 | € 0 | | Minoungou | Oumaru | € 50,000 | € 50,000 | € 0 | | Mohs | Erik | € 175,000 | € 300,000 | -€ 125,000 | | Moulingui | Clenne Morvan | € 65,000 | € 50,000 | € 15,000 | | Ngandamba | Geoffroy | € 55,000 | € 52,500 | € 2,500 |  | Nzeke | Geremie | € 55,000 | € 0 | € 55,000 | | Pinot | Thibaut | 185000 | € 175,000 | € 10,000 |  | Potocki | Pavel | 70000 | € 70,000 | € 0 | | Szalontay | Sandor | 0 | € 50,000 | -€ 50,000 | | Vinhas | Rui Pedro | 55000 | € 50,000 | € 5,000 |
Sadly, we do say goodbye to a trio of riders, with Sandor Szalontay, Gracjan Lejman and James Knox all being released to the Free Agency market. Whilst all had valid, minimal wage demands, we did not see them fitting into the team for this PCT season, and we wish them all the best for their future endevours.
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| redordead |
Posted on 25-09-2020 17:35
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Another of the newly promoted teams that will be very aggresive in free agency I reckon. Solid renewals and a good base to build from
Will Mohs be this season's Keukeleire? 
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| tastasol |
Posted on 25-09-2020 18:43
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Looking forward to seeing how Moulingui will do this year! Will be interesting to see what you will do in the transfer window with all that cap space.
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Posted on 26-09-2020 14:58
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redordead wrote:
Another of the newly promoted teams that will be very aggresive in free agency I reckon. Solid renewals and a good base to build from
Will Mohs be this season's Keukeleire?
There is no pressure to sell or keep Mohs so I can confirm that there will be no touting out for his services
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Looking forward to seeing how Moulingui will do this year! Will be interesting to see what you will do in the transfer window with all that cap space.
Current plan is to have him lead in the cobbles this season - 78cob should be enough to get some decent results this season
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Posted on 26-09-2020 16:15
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.:Rider Availability:.
Missed as part of our Renewals posts, the GCN Racing Management Team wanted to share the rider availability with the Transfer Season just around the corner now.
| Nat. | Last name | First name | 2020 Wage | Availability | | Anguilet | Charles | € 55,000 | • | | Bille | Gaetan | € 50,000 | •• | | Burke | Steven | € 50,000 | •••• | | Cuming | Michael | € 55,000 | •• | | Gibbons | Ryan | € 50,000 | • | | Hategeka | Gasore | € 55,000 | ••••• | | Jacobs | Pieter | € 55,000 | ••• | | Krul | Stef | € 50,000 | • | | McLay | Dan | € 70,000 | •• | | Minoungou | Oumaru | € 50,000 | ••• | | Mohs | Erik | € 175,000 | ••• | | Moulingui | Clenne Morvan | € 65,000 | • | | Ngandamba | Geoffroy | € 55,000 | •• | | Nzeke | Geremie | € 55,000 | ••••• | | Pinot | Thibaut | 185000 | • | | Potocki | Pavel | 70000 | •• | | Vinhas | Rui Pedro | 55000 | •••• |
A simple key to follow - the more dots against the name, the more available they are when it comes to transfer season.
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 26-09-2020 16:37
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I didn't expect more than one dot next to Moulingui of course, but there was a small part of me that hoped otherwise I'm still fairly sure we'll have some talks come transfer season. Wishing you the best of luck after the promotion either way, I like your core and you have a lot of flexibility where to go from here.
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Posted on 26-09-2020 16:45
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cunego59 wrote:
I didn't expect more than one dot next to Moulingui of course, but there was a small part of me that hoped otherwise I'm still fairly sure we'll have some talks come transfer season. Wishing you the best of luck after the promotion either way, I like your core and you have a lot of flexibility where to go from here.
Moulingui is my first maxed rider I have developed on the team, so sadly not planning on having him leave. He has a wonderful NC jersey to wear as well I'm sure we will talk about some others though
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Posted on 27-09-2020 15:49
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.:Rider Development:.
Maybe something missed from the 2019 Season Review, but the GCN Racing Management Team thought it was only right to show off our Rider Developments for our two hot prospects in the GCN Racing Team.
Clenne Morvan Moulingui | Age: 26 | Pot: 5 | Lvl: 4.100 | FL | MO | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CO | SP | AC | FT | DH | PR | | 2019 stats | 72 | 53 | 71 | 52 | 69 | 70 | 52 | 76 | 63 | 68 | 64 | 71 | 52 | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | 2020/Max stats | 74 | 53 | 71 | 52 | 71 | 71 | 53 | 78 | 65 | 68 | 64 | 71 | 52 |
After a season in the service of the now World Champion Lukasz Wisniowski, Clenne Morvan spent the 2019 season at Grieg - Maersk in the PT Division. He returns to GCN Racing as our Cobbles Leader, and will be given the opportunities this season to ride for himself for the first time.
Ryan Gibbons | Age: 26 | Pot: 5 | Lvl: 4.29 | FL | MO | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CO | SP | AC | FT | DH | PR | | 2019 stats | 71 | 59 | 64 | 66 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 59 | 73 | 74 | 65 | 67 | 70 | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | 2020 stats | 73 | 59 | 65 | 67 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 59 | 76 | 76 | 65 | 68 | 72 | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | Max stats | 75 | 59 | 65 | 67 | 72 | 73 | 73 | 59 | 78 | 78 | 65 | 68 | 74 |
Ryan was another rider who spent last season with another team, riding with Philips in the PCT Division. He comes back to the GCN Racing Team a year wiser, and is progressing nicely towards his maxed form as a fine lead-out / secondary sprinter
Stef Krul | Age: 25 | Pot: 5 | Lvl: 3.09 | FL | MO | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CO | SP | AC | FT | DH | PR | | 2019 stats | 69 | 62 | 63 | 69 | 65 | 66 | 63 | 60 | 61 | 66 | 70 | 62 | 69 | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | 2020 stats | 72 | 62 | 64 | 73 | 67 | 69 | 66 | 60 | 61 | 66 | 72 | 62 | 73 | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | Max stats | 76 | 62 | 65 | 78 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 63 | 78 |
After joining the team as a Stagiare in 2018, last season Stef's first full season with the team. Pretty much acting as the Team Work Horse all season, he will no doubt start to show his TT strength more this season. Only Lvl 3, we expect him to continue developing into a future great against the clock.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 27-09-2020 17:33
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Glad we could help with Gibbons
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Posted on 27-09-2020 22:22
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A nice base to head into transfers and with the African presence never an uninteresting one for me. Always going to support a fellow Qhubeka-representing team, good luck for it 
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 01-10-2020 16:03
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So are we thanks again for that!
jandal7 wrote:
A nice base to head into transfers and with the African presence never an uninteresting one for me. Always going to support a fellow Qhubeka-representing team, good luck for it
Happy with the base, and we have an idea of who is needed to build on it. You know how to reach me during transfers 
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Posted on 05-10-2020 21:37
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.:Transfer News:.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the madness of the ManGame Transfer Season is upon us. It all started on Saturday night, and the GCN Racing Management Team are happy to reveal the new faces joining the team in 2020.
Owain Doull | | 4.100 | € 50,000 | Domestique
The first of a British trio joining the team, Owain comes in to bolster our domestiques squad for the Classics. Without a ride since his departure from the Sauber Petroneas team in 2018, he will be a key member of our team when the road heads over the cobbles.
| FL | MO | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CO | SP | AC | FT | DH | PR | | 2020 stats | 72 | 59 | 65 | 73 | 71 | 70 | 68 | 71 | 73 | 73 | 63 | 65 | 75 |
Matthew Walls | | 1.00 | € 50,000 | Future Sprint Star
A star for the future, Matthew Walls comes into the team for a minimum wage. A man who will be at the sharp end of the race in a few years time, we will be watching his development closely.
| FL | MO | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CO | SP | AC | FT | DH | PR | | 2020 stats | 67 | 61 | 60 | 60 | 68 | 66 | 62 | 60 | 71 | 71 | 60 | 63 | 68 | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | Max Stats | 74 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 71 | 73 | 73 | 60 | 80 | 78 | 60 | 64 | 75 |
Max Stedman | | 2.00 | € 50,000 | Future Puncheur
Another one for the future with this signing, Max Stedman comes in to the team for a minimum wage. A man who will be key when the hills come into play, he will be an interesting one to watch in the next 2/3 years.
| FL | MO | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CO | SP | AC | FT | DH | PR | | 2020 stats | 67 | 65 | 69 | 62 | 64 | 69 | 65 | 61 | 69 | 69 | 63 | 62 | 66 | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | Max Stats | 70 | 68 | 76 | 63 | 71 | 72 | 68 | 61 | 72 | 75 | 67 | 63 | 67 |
The Management Team are continuing to strike deals and bring in new faces, and all will be revealed in due course. Watch this space!
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| liefwarrior |
Posted on 06-10-2020 09:26
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An amazing signing for minimum wage in Walls! Wish all free agency signings were that easy . |
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