Atlantius wrote:
Kelderman in CT is just silly

Fabianski wrote:

Agree, give that guy a spot in a PCT roster

Grossschartner will spend the season with Grieg - Maersk in the PT to reach his full potential. We expect him to be become a strong domestique to Kelderman in the coming seasons.

	FLA	MON	HIL	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SPR	ACC	FTR	DHI	PRL
2020	67	72	75	67	72	72	71	50	62	70	69	68	69
Puncher	68	73	77	67	74	73	72	50	62	71	70	68	69
Stage Race	67	74	76	69	73	73	73	50	62	70	69	68	71
Climber v1	67	74	77	67	72	73	72	50	62	72	71	68	69

Loaned out to Valio - Viking Genetics, Minali needs two years of development to reach his maximum potential. He should already be a strong lead-out next season.

	FLA	MON	HIL	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SPR	ACC	FTR	DHI	PRL
2020	69	52	57	56	69	71	74	59	75	75	62	73	66
Sprinter	73	52	58	56	72	72	80	62	79	79	62	74	66
Track-Sprint	73	52	58	57	70	74	79	59	79	79	62	74	70

Our future leader in pure climbing races, Inkelaar stays with us this season to continue his development. He will also lead our charge in the Avenir, being one of the top favourites for the race this season.

	FLA	MON	HIL	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SPR	ACC	FTR	DHI	PRL
2020	63	76	68	61	72	73	75	56	60	73	69	69	61
Climber v1	63	80	71	61	73	75	78	56	60	76	73	70	61
Climber v2	64	80	69	61	75	77	77	56	60	75	71	74	61
Stage Race	64	80	70	64	75	76	79	56	60	74	69	69	64

Just like last season, Eenkhoorn will spend another season on loan, this time with Nordstrom, to continue his development. A more well-rounded rider compared to Inkelaar, he should become our designated leader for the future in hybrid climbing races.

	FLA	MON	HIL	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SPR	ACC	FTR	DHI	PRL
2020	69	73	70	65	72	74	76	65	64	70	68	66	71
Climber v1	70	78	75	66	74	76	80	65	64	74	73	67	72
Climber v2	70	78	72	65	77	78	78	65	64	72	71	71	71
Stage Race	71	78	73	69	76	77	80	65	64	71	69	67	75

New signing Schelling is another Dutch climbing talent, who is a slightly weaker version of Eenkhoorn. However, he can easily follow a development path to be slightly better than both Inkelaar and Eenkhoorn in stage races.

	FLA	MON	HIL	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SPR	ACC	FTR	DHI	PRL
2020	69	68	67	63	69	69	65	63	62	66	71	66	65
Climber v1	70	77	75	64	72	73	72	63	62	73	79	67	66
Climber v2	70	77	70	63	77	76	69	63	62	70	76	74	65
Stage Race	72	77	72	70	76	74	72	63	62	67	72	67	72

Gorazd Per follows in his brother's footsteps to spend some (or all) of his development with us. He should develop into a handy helper in cobbles, and depending on which path we take, either a classics domestique or a TTT rider.

	FLA	MON	HIL	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SPR	ACC	FTR	DHI	PRL
2020	68	65	66	67	67	68	61	69	65	71	63	68	67
Cobbles	72	65	67	67	73	72	64	75	69	72	64	68	67
Fabian	72	65	67	71	73	72	64	75	65	72	64	68	71
Classics	72	65	70	67	71	71	64	75	65	71	68	69	67

Scaroni is a puncher talent for the future, who is built in the same mould as ex-rider Hofstede.

	FLA	MON	HIL	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SPR	ACC	FTR	DHI	PRL
2020	66	68	70	63	69	67	65	65	64	69	67	68	62
Puncher	67	71	76	63	73	70	68	65	65	73	71	69	62
Climber v1	66	74	74	63	70	70	69	65	64	73	73	69	62
Stage Race	67	74	73	67	73	71	71	65	64	70	67	68	66

Primarily a sprinter who should be a good leadout on flat stages, Kooistra's development can make him into a handy cobbles helper as well.

	FLA	MON	HIL	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SPR	ACC	FTR	DHI	PRL
2020	69	59	64	58	68	66	57	66	70	70	61	62	63
Sprinter	76	59	65	58	73	67	69	71	77	77	61	63	63
Track-Sprint	76	59	65	59	69	71	68	66	77	77	61	63	70
Cobbles	74	59	65	58	75	71	64	73	75	71	62	62	63

About four seasons from now, this is perhaps how we will look like as our talents develop to their full capabilities. This is only an indication though, as the development paths of the riders might change depending on the situation.

	FLA	MON	HIL	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SPR	ACC	FTR	DHI	PRL
Inkelaar	63	80	71	61	73	75	78	56	60	76	73	70	61
Eenkhoorn	70	78	75	66	74	76	80	65	64	74	73	67	72
Schelling	70	77	75	64	72	73	72	63	62	73	79	67	66
Gorssschartner	67	74	77	67	72	73	72	50	62	72	71	68	69
Minali	73	52	58	57	70	74	79	59	79	79	62	74	70
Per	72	65	67	71	73	72	64	75	65	72	64	68	71
Scaroni	67	71	76	63	73	70	68	65	65	73	71	69	62
Kooistra	74	59	65	58	75	71	64	73	75	71	62	62	63

It is not often that a Level 1 rider gets to wear a National Champion's jersey but such is the case with Cepeda Hernandez, who won his country's Road Race National Championships on a cobbled course. We thought the special occasion deserved a special jersey and our designer the_hoyle delivered big time!

While we have already unveiled the team jersey earlier, we wanted to show it off one more time along with the NC.

The first race of the season, is our first goal, and is also a Win goal! Kelderman leads our second CT campaign and we hope he will set the ball rolling right away. He will have a good team in support and we hope we can get off to a positive start.

Another Win goal, and another race where Kelderman will lead. We expect him to be in contention for the win in this race, and hope he can go all the way.

A stage race Top 5 goal for Kelderman to go with the two goals in classics. We will also be bringing sprinter(s) for the first two stages and we hope that this will be a lucrative race for us.

Once again, Kelderman being the best puncher in the division nudged us to pick this goal for his and our benefit. We played it a bit safe, and did not pick a Win goal here, to ensure a higher chance of achieving it.

Our primary target this year is immediate promotion back to the PCT. Anything beyond that is a bonus. Our Top 5 goal in the CT standings is in accordance with our primary target for the season.

Quite straightforward calendar for Kelderman, with Hong Kong possibly being the only odd one out. We were looking to get wildcards for races like Strade Bianche and GP Cyclistes, but there was no slot available for CT teams in those races.

**Races marked in bold are Goal races.

A straight-forward calendar for Keinath as well, once we decided to take the leap of faith and use the 10 RDs in Tachira. We're excited to see how he goes in his home race Bayern Rundfahrt, against PCT oppositon.

It became a little difficult to properly fill Van Lerberghe's races but we eventually managed to do so, and are happy with the result. Besides leading our Northern Classics challenge, he will also accompany the sprinters in multiple flat races.

Van der Sanden leads the team in pan-flat classics and most of the stage races with multiple flat stages. He is also scheduled to help out Van Lerberghe in a few Northern Classics.

Boev is tasked with leading the team in harder flat classics and in those stage races where the sprint stages are considered more bumpy. He will also accompany Van Lerberghe in some cobbled races. An interesting race on his calendar is GP Izola, where he could have an outside shot in case the race is calm on the hills.

Wherever there is an Individual or a Team Time Trial, Dumoulin will ride. For the rest of his race days , he riders mostly with the sprint team, and also rides Emelia in support of Kelderman.

Calvin Watson rides the entire season as super-domestique to Kelderman, as domestique to Keinath in certain races, and as a wildcard in races like Herald Sun Tour. He will get an opportunity to lead in the Continental season ending race - Zuri Metzgete.

Romain Bardet rides the entire season as super-domestique/co-leader in races where Keinath leads. He will also be on domestique duties in multiple hilly races, including Hong Kong Challenge. He will get an opportunity to lead in Sakartvelo Trophy, when Keinath will be leading the team in Langkawi.