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[PCT20] Swisslion Cycling Team | Farewell
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| redordead |
Posted on 16-11-2020 20:22
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  Copenhagen-Malmo TTT
| 02.02 | PT | Goals: Finish last  |
 | Dusan Rajovic | Free Role | | Goran Antonijevic | Free Role |  | Matija Mestric | Free Role |  | Ivan Siric | Free Role |  | Matic Groselj | Free Role |  | Georgios Stavrakakis | Free Role |  | Stepan Kurianov | Free Role |  | Yuriy Natarov | Free Role |
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| redordead |
Posted on 17-11-2020 15:40
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| Pos | | Team | Total | RD | DUC | TdU | Tac | Jav | Gis | | 1 |  | Farfetch Pro Cycling | 465 | 10 | 0 | 236 | 0 | 121 | 108 | | 2 |  | Desigual | 305 | 20 | 0 | 79 | 9 | 217 | 0 | | 3 |  | Bakkafrost | 217 | 8 | 150 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 4 |  | Berg Cycles | 210 | 12 | 15 | 98 | 0 | 41 | 56 | | 5 |  | Swisslion Cycling Team | 173 | 6 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 41 | | 6 |  | Xero Racing | 172 | 10 | 7 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 7 | | 7 |  | GCN Racing | 154 | 10 | 103 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 46 | | 8 |  | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam | 121 | 12 | 15 | 94 | 0 | 9 | 3 | | 9 |  | Minions | 120 | 10 | 81 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 0 | | 10 |  | Duolingo | 117 | 10 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 24 | | 11 |  | Nordstrom - CA Technologies | 116 | 8 | 0 | 110 | 0 | 0 | 6 | | 12 |  | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | 108 | 12 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 69 | 11 | | 13 |  | Podium Ambition | 100 | 8 | 75 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 14 |  | Aramco DP | 98 | 12 | 31 | 36 | 0 | 31 | 0 | | 15 |  | Mapei | 83 | 4 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | | 16 |  | Valio - Viking Genetics | 77 | 8 | 61 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 17 |  | Campari Asahi Procycling | 60 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 38 | | 18 |  | Fablok - Chocolate Jacques | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | | 19 |  | MOL | 19 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 20 |  | Andorra Cycling Project | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | | 21 |  | Adastra N Hell Energy Cycling | 6 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 22 |  | Polar | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 23 |  | Azteca - NBCSN | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | | 24 |  | DK - SVA Zalgiris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 25 |  | Kraftwerk Man Machine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 26 |  | Repsol - Netflix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
We have the first ranking update of the 2020 season. Swisslion currently sit in 5th place in the table. The season started brilliantly at the Down Under Classic with some slick teamwork from newcomers Kris Boeckmans and Lahcen Saber. The following two races were more of a dissapointment though.
The paltry amount of points scored in East Java was then continued at Gisborne GP, where our leader Eddy Beltran was dubbed as the favourite, but did not deliver a top result. The East Java performance especially hurt, due to the success there last year and with it being our first failed race goal of the year. Not a terrible start, but much more to build on. The following month will also see the debuts of Hugues Mottin and Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy, which we are very much looking forward to.
But as we said, we have lots more to work on if we wish to compete for our goal of a top 10 finish and avoid relegation in the process.
 Kris Boeckmans | | Swisslion Cycling Team | 82 |  Eduard Alexander Beltran | | Swisslion Cycling Team | 58 |  Lahcen Saber | | Swisslion Cycling Team | 27 |  Aberlardo Ablenado | | Swisslion Cycling Team | 2 |  Tyron Giogieri | | Swisslion Cycling Team | 2 |  Abolfazl Gilanipoor | | Swisslion Cycling Team | 2 |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 18-11-2020 05:43
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Decent start to the season despite two underperformances from Beltran. Think the pairing of Boeckmans and Saber looks promising for you already 
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| redordead |
Posted on 18-11-2020 08:13
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AbhishekLFC wrote:
Decent start to the season despite two underperformances from Beltran. Think the pairing of Boeckmans and Saber looks promising for you already
Beltran needs to step things up, or else! 
Unfortunetely it's gonna be a long while before we see Kris and Lahcen together again. Hopefully they do the business on their own
"I am a cyclist, I may not be the best, but that is what I strive to be. I may never get there, but I will never quit trying." - Tadej Pogačar
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| redordead |
Posted on 18-11-2020 17:06
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Copenhagen-Malmo TTT
| 02.02 | PT | Goals: Finish last |
| Dusan Rajovic | Free Role | | Goran Antonijevic | Free Role | | Matija Mestric | Free Role | | Ivan Siric | Free Role | | Matic Groselj | Free Role | | Georgios Stavrakakis | Free Role | | Stepan Kurianov | Free Role | | Yuriy Natarov | Free Role |
In a race that came about as a complete surprise on the team's calendar due to the PT wildcard process, Swisslion decided to bring a rather young and inexperienced team to Denmark, due partly also to the race clash in Portugal. For most of these lads it was and will be one of the few if not only time they participate in a TTT event.
Photo courtesy of MGUCI's photographer Marcovdw
Race goals:
| Finish last | Failure | Swisslion Cycling Team | 22nd from 24 |
Race score: N/A
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| redordead |
Posted on 19-11-2020 05:50
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| Lahcen Saber | Leader | | Goran Antonijevic | Domestique | | Matija Mestric | Domestique | | Ivan Siric | Domestique | | Matic Groselj | Domestique | | Georgios Stavrakakis | Domestique | | Stepan Kurianov | Domestique | | Dusan Rajovic | Domestique |
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| redordead |
Posted on 20-11-2020 07:06
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 Hong Kong Challenge
| 08.02 - 10.02 | C1 | Goals: Top 10 GC |
| Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy | Leader | | Goran Antonijevic | Domestique | | Dusan Rajovic | Domestique | | Ivan Siric | Domestique | | Matija Mestric | Domestique | | Georgios Stavrakakis | Domestique | | Stepan Kurianov | Domestique | | Yuriy Natarov | Domestique |
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| redordead |
Posted on 23-11-2020 06:42
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| Lahcen Saber | Leader | | Goran Antonijevic | Domestique | | Matija Mestric | Domestique | | Ivan Siric | Domestique | | Matic Groselj | Domestique | | Georgios Stavrakakis | Domestique | | Stepan Kurianov | Domestique | | Dusan Rajovic | Domestique |
Race goals:
| Top 15 | Failure | Lahcen Saber | 26th |
Race score: 3/10
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| redordead |
Posted on 24-11-2020 06:02
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 Paris-Nice
| 13.02 - 20.02 | PT | Goals: Breakaway apperance(s) |
| Izidor Penko | Free Role |  | Michael Christodoulos | Free Role | | Dusan Rajovic | Free Role | | Goran Antonijevic | Free Role | | Matija Mestric | Free Role | | Ivan Siric | Free Role | | Matic Groselj | Free Role | | Georgios Stavrakakis | Free Role |
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| redordead |
Posted on 26-11-2020 06:36
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 Volta a Portugal
| 01.02 - 09.02 | PTHC | Goals: Top 30 GC 3x; Top 3 Stage/KOM |
| Aberlardo Ablenado | Free Role |  | Gabriel Marin | Domestique | | Tyron Giogieri | Free Role | | Miha Poljanec | Domestique | | Abolfazl Gilanipoor | Free Role | | Izidor Penko | Domestique | | Hugues Mottin | Domestique | | Michael Christodoulos | Domestique |
Swisslion failed to achieve the goals they set for themselves as the hillier stages did not suit any of their climbers. Therefore the ambition to grab some minor GC placings turned out to be unfounded. Time-trial specialist Hugues Mottin also came up short of delivering a notable result in either of the two TT stages. Nor did the team involve itself in the KOM standings.
The one stand result came on stage 6 where Abolfazl Gilanipoor joined the breakaway along with Tyron Giogieri. The two worked well together and Gilanipoor proved the stronger man, stronger than any other on the day, to take the stage win. First win of the season for Swisslion.
Abolfazl Gilanipoor wins stage 6 of the Volta a Portugal
Race goals:
| Top 30 | Failure | Aberlardo Ablenado | 60th | | Top 3 Stage | Success | Abolfazl Gilanipoor | 1st (Stage 6) | | Top 3 KOM | Failure | Abolfazl Gilanipoor | 9th |
Race score: 5/10
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| redordead |
Posted on 27-11-2020 06:08
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Hong Kong Challenge
| 08.02 - 10.02 | C1 | Goals: Top 10 GC |
| Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy | Leader | | Goran Antonijevic | Domestique | | Dusan Rajovic | Domestique | | Ivan Siric | Domestique | | Matija Mestric | Domestique | | Georgios Stavrakakis | Domestique | | Stepan Kurianov | Domestique | | Yuriy Natarov | Domestique |
Race goals:
| Top 10 GC | Failure | Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy | 46th |
Race score: 1/10
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| redordead |
Posted on 30-11-2020 06:30
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| Eduard Alexander Beltran | Leader | | Izidor Penko | Domestique | | Aberlardo Ablenado | Domestique | | Dusan Rajovic | Domestique | | Tyron Giogieri | Domestique | | Michael Christodoulos | Domestique | | Abolfazl Gilanipoor | Domestique | | Ivan Siric | Domestique |
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Edited by redordead on 05-12-2020 18:47
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| redordead |
Posted on 04-12-2020 06:50
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Paris-Nice
| 13.02 - 20.02 | PT | Goals: Breakaway apperance(s) |
| Izidor Penko | Free Role | | Michael Christodoulos | Free Role | | Dusan Rajovic | Free Role | | Goran Antonijevic | Free Role | | Matija Mestric | Free Role | | Ivan Siric | Free Role | | Matic Groselj | Free Role | | Georgios Stavrakakis | Free Role |
The famous race of Paris-Nice was the 2nd wildcard apperance for Swisslion this year. Similar to the apperance at Copenhagen-Malmo, it was a developmental squad to gain experience. Because of that the only goal was for the team to get as much television time as possible.
The major success came on the 2nd stage. Matic Groselj entered the break in order to hunt for bonus seconds and as a result of winning two intermediate sprints and finishing a reputable 12th on the stage Matic Groselj was able to wear the young riders jersey on stage 3!
After that Swisslion continued their attacking riding by placing a rider in the breakaway on every road stage. Groselj added another apperance on stage 4, Antonijevic got involved with Penko on stage 5, with Izidor Penko making the breakaway on a total of 4 stages!
Matic Groselj sprinting for bonus seconds
Race goals:
| Breakaway apperance(s) | Success | 6 breakaways |
Race score: N/A
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| redordead |
Posted on 05-12-2020 18:47
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| Eduard Alexander Beltran | Leader | | Izidor Penko | Domestique | | Aberlardo Ablenado | Domestique | | Dusan Rajovic | Domestique | | Tyron Giogieri | Domestique | | Michael Christodoulos | Domestique | | Abolfazl Gilanipoor | Domestique | | Ivan Siric | Domestique |
Race goals:
| Top 10 | Failure | Eduard Alexander Beltran | 31st |
Race score: 1/10
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| redordead |
Posted on 07-12-2020 08:40
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| 01.04 - 07.04 |  | Tour of California | HC | | 04.04 - 08.04 |    | Baltic Chain Tour | C1 | | 10.04 - 16.04 |  | Tour of Pologne | HC | | 14.04 - 16.04 | | Corsica International | HC | | 21.04 - 24.04 | | Tour of Cyprus | HC | | 26.04 | | GP Wallonie | PTHC | | 28.04 |  | Veenendaal - Veenendaal | HC | | 28.04 | | Lisbon Classic | C1 | | 30.04 | | Amstel Gold Race | PT |
The busy month of March is followed by an almost as busy month of April. A total of 34 race days spread across 9 different races await the riders. The month starts out in California, whew we will try to compete for some stage results and minor GC places. On the other side of the world in the Baltic Chain Tour will be where our sprinters and rouleurs will be located. Next we have the clash of two HC stages races in Poland and France. Similar to California we will try to achieve some stage and GC results.
The run of difficult stage races continue in Cyprus, where we will enjoy visiting again after our victory there last year. To finish the month of April we have 4 one day races. GP Wallonie is where we will look to pit ourselves against some top PT oppostion in the PTHC categorised race. After that we will again feature in sprinter's doubleheader of Veenendaal and the Lisbon Classic. We hope for some more luck from those two races this time around. Lastly we finish the month with a free hit wildcard apperance at the Amstel Gold Race.
| 04.05 - 05.05 |  | Windhoek ITT | C1 | | 07.05 | | Liege - Bastogne - Liege | PTM | | 11.05 - 13.05 | | Scandinavia Open Road Race [Race Goal] | PTHC | | 15.05 | | Malopolski Wyscig | C1 | | 27.05 - 31.05 |  | Tour of Norway | PTHC |
After two race packed months in a row, May is a quiter month for us, but does still feature some notable races. After skipping this race last year, we are again in Namibia for the 2 day Windhoek ITT event. After one of the few trips to Africa, we again have the pleasure to participate in the monument of Liege - Bastogne - Liege. Combining it with the two other hilly classics in April, it gives us our own little "Ardenne triple". Next we make another trip to Sweden for our 2nd race goal. A large part of the team will be situated in that part of Europe, with the Malopolski Wyscig and Tour of Norway coming shorty after.
You can expect more installments like this as the season progresses and the race calendar becomes revealed. This is part 2 of 4.
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| redordead |
Posted on 08-12-2020 06:12
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| Lahcen Saber | Leader | | Stepan Kurianov | Domestique | | Miha Poljanec | Domestique | | Ivan Siric | Domestique | | Matija Mestric | Domestique | | Georgios Stavrakakis | Domestique | | Matic Groselj | Domestique | | Yuriy Natarov | Domestique |
 Barbados Cycling Festival
| 01.03 - 04.03 HC | Goals: Top 10 GC |
| Kris Boeckmans | Leader | | Dusan Rajovic | Domestique | | Gabriel Marin | Domestique | | Michael Christodoulos | Domestique | | Izidor Penko | Domestique | | Goran Antonijevic | Domestique |
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| Guave |
Posted on 08-12-2020 11:26
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Busy schedule up ahead i see! Rooting for Boeckmans, quite sure he'll be increasing your average race scores!
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| redordead |
Posted on 08-12-2020 12:59
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Guave wrote:
Busy schedule up ahead i see! Rooting for Boeckmans, quite sure he'll be increasing your average race scores!
Busy indeed. It's sink or swim time for us!
Kris is the only bright spot to our season so far, but he has only done one race so far. And I don't want to put too much pressure on him 
"I am a cyclist, I may not be the best, but that is what I strive to be. I may never get there, but I will never quit trying." - Tadej Pogačar
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| quadsas |
Posted on 08-12-2020 13:04
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It appears that Beltran is SHOOK by sheer presence of Žalgiris, not sure why you expected a good result in Denifl's homerace 
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| redordead |
Posted on 09-12-2020 06:08
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| Lahcen Saber | Leader | | Stepan Kurianov | Domestique | | Miha Poljanec | Domestique | | Ivan Siric | Domestique | | Matija Mestric | Domestique | | Georgios Stavrakakis | Domestique | | Matic Groselj | Domestique | | Yuriy Natarov | Domestique |
Race goals:
| Top 30 | Failure | Lahcen Saber | 41st |
Race score: 1/10
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