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New Riders Suggestions [2021]
jph27
Here's the usual thread to suggest for new riders to be added; or riders' stats to be modified, as the 2021 ManGame DB is created.

Young Riders

1999 is likely to the main year of interest, with some of the top talents from this year yet to be added to the game.

Riders from 2000 can be added too in some individual cases. So feel free to suggest them, but it may be that they are held off for another season. They will however be limited to progressing only to Level 2 in the 2021 season. No riders will be added from 2001 or later years.

Older Riders

Riders who are free agents, or part of disbanding teams, can have their stats adjusted - even if sometimes it is just in a minor way.

Examples in the 1996-1998 range are of particular interest, as they can become 'talents' that are not Level 1, which allows more unique stat combinations. Riders of 4.100 can be added or adjusted too.

1988 or older are generally off limits, since these riders have already started decreasing now anyway. However, in special cases an exception may be made - for example, for riders without a Man-Game "history".

Stat Limits

We don't anticipate adding riders who will be dominant as soon as they are maxed, so additions are likely to be limited to 80/81 in their main stats in order to maintain balance in the DB. However, we will take the focuses of teams and future evolution of the DB into account when making additions, so all reasonable suggestions are welcome.

Realism

MG doesn't need to be 100% realistic on stats of riders. Real life results are a useful indicator, and many riders will tend to be aligned to that, but they are not a constraint.

Format

As usual, please post suggestions in the Table Format, using the template file to help: https://www.dropbox.com/s/twh1qwmhhqh...s.xls?dl=0
(Fill in the file, then copy it to the post, and put within the table tags)

Versions of the rider at 4.100 and 1.0 are preferred too.

i.e.
Spoiler
IDSurnameFirst nameFlMoHlTTStRsRcCbSpAcFtDhPlNat.Cont.XP LevelXP PointsDMYearPot
5382AreruyaJoseph71707164757372537073665764RWAAF1015319966
5382AreruyaJoseph72797965787879537080756065RWAAF410015319966

(4.100 via the Climber v1 training)



Links to CQ and PCS are helpful. I've been finding https://firstcycling.com/ quite useful too. Not so-easily searchable, but a greater depth in races included.
 
jph27
General Notes

This year I have taken a slightly different approach when setting up the thread, by creating baseline stats for around 300 potential additions based on the Daily DB. The idea is to have a reference point for starting discussions, although these stats are far from set in stone and are purely to generate ideas and discussion. I will also generate the equivalent for any suggestions made if I can, although of course for talents for regional focuses the baseline stats are less important and mainly just for rider type.

Riders already in the DB have been upgraded by adding onto their original stats, rather than being completely reset. New riders have their stats copied entirely over from the Daily DB, with some tweaking to fit the Man-Game stat gains.

An approximation has been made for XP levels based upon the careers of riders IRL. Each season has counted for:

20xp if not on a PT/PCT/CT team
100xp if: PT/PCT/CT for “Levels 1 and 2”, PT/PCT for “Level 3” and PT for “Level 4”
50xp if CT for “Level 3” and if PCT for “Level 4”

This is based on the Man-Game stat gains, but obviously does not translate perfectly. It is purely to set baseline stats and will of course throw up some curveballs (as we will see), but it does help identify those talents who turned pro at 18/19 and therefore are likely to have less growth potential.

Riders maxing at 75+ in a main stat have been set to max with 65+ FL/REC and 67+ STA/RES so that they are not completely useless. There has also been an effort to boost support stats (STA/RES/REC) when they are more than 5 stat points lower than the main stat when maxed.

There are several weaker riders included here, due to the suggestion to remove/decline existing FAs to combat inflation. They are intended to replace those riders, so while they are unlikely to be riders anyone particularly wants to sign, they are there for a reason. There are some riders here who have been edited by adding XP to weaken them, but not all of them have been re-statted yet.

In each post there are two spoilers, the first of which is “rider type – add” with the stats suggested to add them in at, and the second of which is “rider type – maxed” which is the suggested maxed stats. I’ve separated the tables based on XP level, so apologies if it looks a little bit odd - I just hope it’s readable!
Edited by jph27 on 25-05-2021 12:50
 
jph27
Climbers

A few points I would welcome feedback on, although of course any comments and suggestions are welcome – it is the point of the thread after all!

1. Does the overall balance of the additions look ok? At Level 3 and above it seems quite restrained to me, with only Muhlberger and Paret-Peintre potentially CT leaders, but obviously as we get into Levels 1 and 2 there are many more 78+ climbers.

2. How should we stat riders like Vine, Zwiehoff and Palzer, who have come to road racing late and therefore based on the rudimentary approach taken to setting XP are set to max as stars? Do we take the approach that they could be Roglic types and accept that while they will max as quite strong riders, they will decline only a few seasons later and won’t be trained, or do we start them off at higher XP levels?

3. Is the balance right between stage racers and climbers? Looking at this year’s additions there seems to be a lack of rounded stage racers at the top level, with only Arensman a true well rounded stage racer of the top talents. Do we need to raise the TT stats of some of the others?

Climbers - add
Spoiler
7043MuhlbergerGregor74767571737576706974776871AUTEU41004419946
3140BidardFrancois71757264717273606571757064FRAEU410019319924
506CaicedoJonathan Klever67757368677270606775726566ECUSA410028419934
5342TusveldMartijn72747374697374666867706873NEDEU41009919935
651RavasiEdward68747261717171606166656660ITAEU41005619945
792ContrerasRodrigo68737072686968606268696971COLSA41002619944
6167CelanoDanilo65737263716972636469746863ITAEU410071219894
721Le TurnierMathias69727264686967626769666664FRAEU410014319954
1180MurphyKyle69727269676971666671706668USANA410051019914
3346NibaliAntonio70727162697269606165727062ITAEU410023919923
7355BohorquezHernando69727070666666606168676369COLSA410022619924
1872MertzRemy73707063727265707072686964BELEU410017719954
667CuadrosAlvaro64706861666865606869736762ESPEU410012419954


1819Paret-PeintreAurelien73747471737470657275747171FRAEU4027219966
899AguirreHernan66747362727271606170766960COLSA450131219955
151DiazJose Manuel68747061717171626168756961ESPEU4018119954
2115SamitierSergio71737266707170606572737165ESPEU4031819955
2124FicaraPierpaolo68737162696968606670727164ITAEU4016219915
928CamposRoniel69737164717169606166666763VENSA4027719935
1302WhitehouseDaniel67727062676967646370766866GBREU4012119954
6086BaisMattia66726962686869606466666360ITAEU40191019965
6132GoossensKobe71727168697169686870727468BELEU4029419964
7826FortunatoLorenzo66727160706968606468666560ITAEU409519965
1188SwirbulKeegan67727064686867606367687266USANA4502919955
5926TraeenTorstein69726964676867606567726862NOREU45016719955
1531GarosioAndrea68727160727068606365716862ITAEU45061219934
307GuerinAlexis69727167696970606772726867FRAEU4506619924
6345ThalmannRoland73727066727369636670757366SWIEU405819935
723ParedesCesar66726964656871606166656764COLSA405919925
5843DuarteAlvaro65726860686868606066696760COLSA4012119913
1250CabedoOscar65717161676769606165666561ESPEU40121119944
1136AasvoldKristian71717170717169686769717168NOREU45030519954
5028PearsonDaniel66717161686967606268626762GBREU45026219944
5429HernandezJose Tito64717069687071606371706969COLSA408519944
CalaAristobulo66716963666769606267676663COLSA42013519904
265RappJonas65716866686866606571656766GEREU4016719945
2077VermeulenAlexey68707066706867606466676667USANA40161219944
2045EwartJesse71706860687267606470787363IRLEU4031719944
MorenoAdria62706660626467606060726360ESPEU4019819913


5191GilAngel65726765696969606066697061COLSA35025919924
8070ProdhommeNicolas65706863706969646367676462FRAEU301219974
NekrasovDenis65696763657069636162616361RUSEU3019219975
CastanoSebastian62696661616467606265596060COLSA3012519974


5927VineJay69726962687271636871656267AUSOC20161119955
5648ChavarriaJoseph65706867676767606368686967CRCNA240141019924
DversnesFredrik65686865676865636770656467NOREU2020319975
5560MoreiraFederico69696768666665626064666869URUSA26023719934
Staune-MittetAndreas66696660666663606162626160NOREU205719984
2129TesfayHanibal66696660656466616468736363ERIAF20261019943
5131BustamenteAdrian64676665636567606166656364COLSA2010619985
ConcaFilippo66666560656666606263586863ITAEU2022919985


ArdilaAndres Camilo63716859656465626065636059COLSA102619997
ZwiehoffBen66726859667161626172627359GEREU1022219946
PalzerAnton64716661717162606061646861GEREU1011319935
PiraYesid Albeiro65726662666568606064636061COLSA1028619994
ArensmanThymen71707068677166676365726968NEDEU1041219996
BuitragoSantiago65706964676766606570686164COLSA1026919996
Van GilsMaxim65706859656969606871666859BELEU10251119995
JohannessenAnders Halland66706759657066636570677363NOREU1023819995
ChampionThomas66696663666769606062667061FRAEU108919995
JohannessenTobias Halland64706660676865606467647161NOREU1023819994
JorgensonMatteo68686865716959676566636764USANA101719996
JousseaumeAlan66696760676567606163636260FRAEU1803819984
NovikovSavva64676562666763606167676362RUSEU1027719996
LeemreizeGijs65676662656764606265686562NEDEU10231019995
HellemoseAsbjorn64676759676765616264636259DENEU1015119995
RamirezJhon Stiven64676662656565606062636660COLSA1022519995
CemazarNik64686765666663606265666162SLOEU102819994
Bergstrom FriskErik66666561666765606061637361SWEEU1028919996
DonovanMark71666662676964606366666764GBREU103419995
ColleoniKevin64666664646764606468646761ITAEU10111119995
MerchanDidier65666360646563606063606061COLSA1026719995
BerwickSebastian63656460626562606166646561AUSOC10151219995
HailemichaelMulu61646358636362606265656258ERIAF1012619995


Climbers - maxed
Spoiler
1819Paret-PeintreAurelien74767573757672657276747173FRAEU410027219966
899AguirreHernan66767562737373606172786960COLSA4100131219955
151DiazJose Manuel68767261717272626170776961ESPEU410018119954
2115SamitierSergio71757466717272606574757165ESPEU410031819955
2124FicaraPierpaolo68757362707070606672747164ITAEU410016219915
928CamposRoniel69757364727271606168686763VENSA410027719935
1302WhitehouseDaniel67747262677068646372786866GBREU410012119954
6086BaisMattia66747162696971606468686360ITAEU4100191019965
6132GoossensKobe71747368697270686172747468BELEU410029419964
7826FortunatoLorenzo66747360717070606470686560ITAEU41009519965
1188SwirbulKeegan67747264696969606369707266USANA41002919955
5926TraeenTorstein69747164686969606569746862NOREU410016719955
1531GarosioAndrea68747360727169606367736862ITAEU410061219934
307GuerinAlexis69747367697071606774746867FRAEU41006619924
6345ThalmannRoland73747266737471636672777366SWIEU41005819935
723ParedesCesar66747164666973606168676764COLSA41005919925
5843DuarteAlvaro65746961696970606066696761COLSA410012119913
1250CabedoOscar65737361676870606167686561ESPEU4100121119944
1136AasvoldKristian71737272727271686769717170NOREU410030519954
5028PearsonDaniel66737361687068606270646762GBREU410026219944
5429HernandezJose Tito64737171697173606371706971COLSA41008519944
CalaAristobulo66737163666870606269696663COLSA410013519904
265RappJonas65737066696968606573676766GEREU410016719945
2077VermeulenAlexey68727266706968606468696667USANA4100161219944
2045EwartJesse71727060697369606472807363IRLEU410031719944
MorenoAdria62726761636569606060726361ESPEU410019819913


5191GilAngel66767167717272606069727063COLSA410025919924
8070ProdhommeNicolas66747265727272646370706464FRAEU41001219974
NekrasovDenis66747264677273636166666462RUSEU410019219975
CastanoSebastian63737063636770606268626062COLSA410012519974


5927VineJay70797663717577636877726368AUSOC4100161119955
5648ChavarriaJoseph66767273717173606369696973CRCNA4100141019924
DversnesFredrik68757271737271636771666573NOREU410020319975
5560MoreiraFederico70757174707071626065676875URUSA410023719934
Staune-MittetAndreas67757262687067606167676162NOREU41005719984
2129TesfayHanibal66757062686772616470756465ERIAF4100261019943
5131BustamenteAdrian67747071696973606167666470COLSA410010619985
ConcaFilippo67737261686972606269656964ITAEU410022919985


ArdilaAndres Camilo66817764707172626071706164COLSA41002619997
ZwiehoffBen67817661707669626178697661GEREU410022219946
PalzerAnton65807463757569606067716963GEREU410011319935
PiraYesid Albeiro66807264687073606070696163COLSA410028619994
ArensmanThymen74797575747875676368737075NEDEU410041219996
BuitragoSantiago68797471747475606573696271COLSA410026919996
Van GilsMaxim66797661697376606877736961BELEU4100251119995
JohannessenAnders Halland67797561697473636576747465NOREU410023819995
ChampionThomas67787465707176606068737163FRAEU41008919995
JohannessenTobias Halland65787262697370606473707263NOREU410023819994
JorgensonMatteo71777372787668676569646871USANA41001719996
JousseaumeAlan67777362697072606169696362FRAEU41003819984
NovikovSavva65767364707271606173746664RUSEU410027719996
LeemreizeGijs66767464697171606271756664NEDEU4100231019995
HellemoseAsbjorn65767561717172616270706361DENEU410015119995
RamirezJhon Stiven65767464696972606068706762COLSA410022519995
CemazarNik65767171707170606267686268SLOEU41002819994
Bergstrom FriskErik67757363707273606067707663SWEEU410028919996
DonovanMark72757464717371606372736866GBREU41003419995
ColleoniKevin67757171717271606469656868ITAEU4100111119995
MerchanDidier66757162686970606069676163COLSA410026719995
BerwickSebastian64747262666969606172716663AUSOC4100151219995
HailemichaelMulu62737160676769606271726360ERIAF410012619995
 
jph27
Puncheurs

A few points I would welcome feedback on, although of course any comments and suggestions are welcome – it is the point of the thread after all!

1. Schachmann is obviously the big question here – how strong should he be edited to be, if he is to be edited at all? His Daily DB stats are basically the ones suggested here, which would make him a unique rider but also one who is probably too strong with the potential for multiple seasons of training.

2. Beyond Schachmann, does the balance across the levels look ok? For me Levels 2, 3 and 4 seem ok with only Hermans the big potential question mark, and his MO deficiency should hold him back to never being a superstar even if trained.

3. Level 1 is the big question mark, with 4 very strong talents, amongst them Pidcock and Vansevenant who you could also make a case for being better off as climbers, as well as them having ridiculous ACC. I think they need to be slightly weaker (particularly their ACC), but do we have the rider types right to begin with?


Puncheurs - add
Spoiler
7536SchachmannMaximillian76748176777776727378797677GEREU41009119947
6511SprengersThomas72687564727469697174697065BELEU41005219904
3344CombaudRomain71717560737267637075756961FRAEU41001419914
5386PacherQuentin71727563737370607074736965FRAEU41006119924
5852RotaLorenzo70737563747268636873716764ITAEU410023519955
6305LivynsArjen73707460747367737074716862BELEU41001919945
6324KampAlexander73687462727372657376757367DENEU4100141219935
5410PerezAnthony70717472727071647074706971FRAEU410022419914
6053BonnamourFranck68677460707066686770736560FRAEU410020619954
1548PeyskensDimitri73657465727269676772686565BELEU4100261119914
494DeclercqBenjamin72667366717165727275716667BELEU41004219944
1862DaviesScott67707371687068656168676570GBREU41005819954
5189JaureguiQuentin73707366737270657070776765FRAEU410022419944
281BravoGarikoitz72727362747471606973767363ESPEU410031719894
6477JanssensJimmy73697368737368676770746974BELEU410030519895
1549StalnovNikita72717268717270606668746566KAZAS410014919914
7869SaezHector69717261697169606471756761ESPEU410061119934
7765SchonbergerSebastian70717264717069606671756767AUTEU410014519944
507AmezquetaJulen67717263696968606471726560ESPEU410012819934
3089Van EmpelEtienne71697262687166656667717063NEDEU410014419944
OurselinPaul68687263717170626466766665FRAEU410013419944
1326RubioDiego72717269687172606671756570ESPEU410013619914
884EzquerraJesus70677264687067607172686967ESPEU4100301119903
5249LedanoisKevin72667266717169646971696966FRAEU410013719935
VergaerdeOtto73637264727363696971646260BELEU410015719944
493BuddingMartijn73667263727173706972727064NEDEU410031819955
547PerryBenjamin72677163707066687071716562CANNA41007319944
ArcasJorge71687169687167686769696670ESPEU41008719924
577VinjeboEmil72697170737264686972726867DENEU410024319944
412ChiricoLuca70697162696968606670736864ITAEU410016719924
1655FilosiIuri70667170686967657173716772ITAEU410017119924
5465PlanetCharles70647163686966626870736470FRAEU4100301019934
5171IrisarriJon71677063676765676870676363ESPEU410091119954


6068HermansQuinten71647664717364697075767966BELEU45029719956
6193HoelgaardMarkus75697564767670736769776863NOREU4041019946
694MartinGotzon68707460727169606974716760ESPEU4015219964
957BarceloFernando72717268706969606873746867ESPEU406119965
1253GodonDorian74707270737570717069677074FRAEU4025519965
3266ReyesAldemar65717264666872606372736462COLSA42522419954
5626VdovinAlexander68677263686966656769736963RUSEU4021819934
TotoPaolo71667264697268607074737068ITAEU4022119915
6002AertsToon72627267707469716774717968BELEU40191019936
3065ShawJames67707165706970656667686767GBREU4013619964
5460CromeSam68707164707067606772747068AUSOC40161219935
GazzaraMichele67677163687066606468726863ITAEU4027919903
5347GomesLuis65667163666770606671676764POREU407519944
2101AstafyevStepan69647168676965616768746870KAZAS4027119944
MarchandGianni71647166707165666570757165BELEU401619904
MaureletFlavien67647161676865636769666762FRAEU4016319914
FerasseThibault68637060676964606870726862FRAEU4012919944
1477BennettSean70677066676766657072676969USANA4031319964
369MaasJan68697065706867656769726765NEDEU4019219964
1243EvtushenkoAlexander69657069686966606568736667RUSEU45030619935
CavanaghRyan70657063707166606470777064AUSOC40221119954
CastilloUlises66657062656865606871706463MEXNA405319924
1214WhelanJames72676966687265676367706668AUSOC4011719964
7594AbrahamsenJonas67636960676764626368666763NOREU45020919954
6133NivGuy68676865656969606269687266ISREU408319944


5074BallesterosMiguel69687261707168607273656867ESPEU32323719964
235AbrahamMeron66707167696970606070706967ERIAF3015319954
289TeshomeMeron65697064686968606368706864ERIAF370131119924
5945CanaveralJonathan69686960686867616872717060COLSA35021119964
6434GaravagliaGiacomo67656961676763626568676260ITAEU3503719965
387MertensJulian68646963676668636771636461BELEU3061019974
6152CuadradoUnai64686860686667606166656360ESPEU3026919974
FineEddy62626660606361606167675960FRAEU30201119973


5136AdriaRoger67707166687070606569676669ESPEU2018419985
GalvanFrancisco67646963656867616770656766ESPEU2011219974
FerronValentin65616960676868636567616460FRAEU208219984
546MawdittLionel68686964676867656669726867AUSOC24021519955
5298SolomonZemenfes67646867636766606669706567ERIAF2017319975
DoublePaul64666860686767606266617160GBREU22025619964
VaboTore Andre68636868656765626666686566NOREU2017119984
SweenyHarry67626665656765656264706463AUSOC209719984


VansevenantMauri70706969737467606876766869BELEU101619997
PidcockThomas72706963717568707074737766GBREU1030719997
BagioliAndrea67706966697169606769706568ITAEU1023319997
RomoJavier68707165697163606462716062ESPEU106119996
AleottiGiovanni65646560656868626166636359ITAEU1025519997
TesfatsionNatnael65656958646868606771666159ERIAF1023519995
MulubrhanHenok65636859636767616671646364ERIAF10111119995
BerthetClement63626859646765626269697359FRAEU102819974
DebesayYacob64656759656667626268676459ERIAF1028619995
ArchiboldFranklin64666763676666606165626261PANNA18024819974
ZanaFilippo66666759696762626566646758ITAEU1018319994
SmirnovIvan65606759636663606366606059RUSEU1014119994
OliverBen66646763636863626569646262NZLOC120171219964
ColomboFilippo62636760636363606064616260SWIEU120201219974
BayerTobias67646766636765666665686863AUTEU10171119995
SchmidMauro65646664676666626265647062SWIEU1041219994
LazkanoOier62626558596462606265696058ESPEU1071119995


Puncheurs - maxed
Spoiler
6068HermansQuinten72657861737465637177788066BELEU410029719956
6193HoelgaardMarkus76707764787771736871796963NOREU410041019946
694MartinGotzon68727660727270606976736760ESPEU410015219964
957BarceloFernando72737468717071606875766867ESPEU41006119965
1253GodonDorian75717470757671717171687074FRAEU410025519965
3266ReyesAldemar65737464666973606374756462COLSA410022419954
5626VdovinAlexander69687463707067656770746963RUSEU410021819934
TotoPaolo72677464717369607176747068ITAEU410022119915
6002AertsToon73637467727570716876738068BELEU4100191019936
3065ShawJames67727365707071656669706767GBREU410013619964
5460CromeSam68727364717169606774767068AUSOC4100161219935
GazzaraMichele67687363697167606469736863ITAEU410027919903
5347GomesLuis66677363686871606672686764POREU41007519944
2101AstafyevStepan70657368697066616769756870KAZAS410027119944
MarchandGianni72657366727266666571767165BELEU41001619904
MaureletFlavien68657361696966636770676762FRAEU410016319914
FerasseThibault69647260697065606871736862FRAEU410012919944
1477BennettSean71687266696867657174686969USANA410031319964
369MaasJan68717265706968656771746765NEDEU410019219964
1243EvtushenkoAlexander70667269706067606670746667RUSEU410030619935
CavanaghRyan71667263727267606471787064AUSOC4100221119954
CastilloUlises67667262676966606872716463MEXNA41005319924
1214WhelanJames72697166687366676369726668AUSOC410011719964
7594AbrahamsenJonas68647160696865626369686763NOREU410020919954
6133NivGuy68697065657070606271707266ISREU41008319944


5074BallesterosMiguel71707762747370607376686968ESPEU410023719964
235AbrahamMeron67737668717172606174747068ERIAF410015319954
289TeshomeMeron66727565707170606472746965ERIAF4100131119924
5945CanaveralJonathan71707461727069616975747161COLSA410021119964
6434GaravagliaGiacomo69677462726965626772706361ITAEU41003719965
387MertensJulian70667464716870636874666562BELEU410061019974
6152CuadradoUnai66707361726869606269686461ESPEU410026919974
FineEddy63647060636563606270706060FRAEU4100201119973


5136AdriaRoger68777867717376606575746770ESPEU410018419985
GalvanFrancisco70677664717170616874696867ESPEU410011219974
FerronValentin68647661737171636671656561FRAEU41008219984
546MawdittLionel69757665707173656675796968AUSOC410021519955
5298SolomonZemenfes70677568707069606975746668ERIAF410017319975
DoublePaul65717561707070606372677261GBREU410025619964
VaboTore Andre71667569717068626770726667NOREU410017119984
SweenyHarry70657366717068656368746564AUSOC41009719984


VansevenantMauri73758172807871607185847172BELEU41001619997
PidcockThomas75758166787972707383818069GBREU410030719997
BagioliAndrea70758169767573607078786871ITAEU410023319997
RomoJavier69788066737670606469796363ESPEU41006119996
AleottiGiovanni68697763727272626475716662ITAEU410025519997
TesfatsionNatnael68707760727272607077706261ERIAF410023519995
MulubrhanHenok68687661717171616977686466ERIAF4100111119995
BerthetClement66667661717169626373737461FRAEU41002819974
DebesayYacob65747561697074626274746561ERIAF410028619995
ArchiboldFranklin65727565707070606271686363PANNA410024819974
ZanaFilippo67727561727166626672706860ITAEU410018319994
SmirnovIvan68647561707067606470646161RUSEU410014119994
OliverBen69687565707267626673686364NZLOC4100171219964
ColomboFilippo65677562706767606168656362SWIEU4100201219974
BayerTobias70697569717169666971726965AUTEU4100171119995
SchmidMauro66707466707070626371707164SWIEU410041219994
LazkanoOier65677360676866606571736160ESPEU410071119995
 
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TTers

A few points I would welcome feedback on, although of course any comments and suggestions are welcome – it is the point of the thread after all!

1. Are we happy with the overall balance? Imhof as an upgraded maxed rider and Sobrero as a Level 3 rider are the only ones who stand out to me as even being likely contested FAs of those at Level 2 and above, while the Level 1 riders aren’t the strongest group bar Leknessund and Osborne, so I’m happy with it, but would welcome thoughts.

2. Osborne is another where we have the question mark raised with the climbers – do we stat him based on him becoming a Roglic type, or should we aim lower considering his age and lack of experience?

3. There seems to be a lack of quality TTers this year, and some of the bigger names seem a little underrated compared to their reputations. Do we need to focus our attentions on more talents here, and are the stats of those talents suggested above representative of their true potential?

TTers - add
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3ImhofClaudio72636376727472626467746875SWIEU410026919905
867ArmirailBruno72737474697473626367756873FRAEU410011419944
1411BouwmanKoen74737274717374627070767172NEDEU410021219935
1210KoningPeter72626673687270656267787172NEDEU410031219904
1162KerbyJordan67606570656663606467696570AUSOC410015819925


7870ChristieJason68607070686665606567667171NZLOC420221219905
RahbekMads69686970667066626570726768DENEU40191019954
7342VargasWalter69646770666866606063646971COLSA4016419924
6248HoekstraJochem71666770666866656062676770NEDEU450211019924
SanchezBrayan68676570616866606564656071COLSA403619942
6452LeysenSenne72626969686964686466696267BELEU4018319964


5666SobreroMatteo68697071676868606671666370ITAEU3014519975
EriksenStein-Erik65606172656962606060626170NOREU3030719964
MuffFrederik65606072666764606060696370DENEU302819934
1292ErmenaultCorentin67616572666865676666686669FRAEU35027119964
5079BerradeUrko66686670666665606065656367ESPEU30281119974
BoguslawskiMarceli65606268656463606668606473POLEU307919974
RiveraBrandon Smith68666467626765646165656766COLSA3021319963


419HirschbischlerJohannes64606071686668606060606269AUTEU24027219934
O'BrienKelland68626869687060616467616567AUSOC2022519985
HeidemannMiguel66666769656966606063636667GEREU2027119984
DavyClement63606165646461636362646163FRAEU2017719984
QuartermanCharlie63595964616460646262646265GBREU206919984


OsborneJason63606072627061606060606069GEREU14020319945
LeknessundAndreas69676669686965676566686766NOREU1021519997
Price-PejtersenJohan64595969646959606164606267DENEU1026519995
JohansenJulius67606366656760626367696367DENEU1013919997
HooleDaan67596267666463676564616666NEDEU1022219995
MaciejukFilip66616567646464646468636967POLEU103919994
ChzhanIgor62636067616461606060586064KAZAS1021019994
HollmannJuri65626365646560646162606563GEREU1030819994


TTers - maxed
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7870ChristieJason69627172706767606567667173NZLOC4100221219905
RahbekMads69707072677168626570726770DENEU4100191019954
7342VargasWalter71646872677067606063656973COLSA410016419924
6248HoekstraJochem73666872677067656062686772NEDEU4100211019924
SanchezBrayan69676572626967606564666073COLSA41003619942
6452LeysenSenne72647071697066686466696269BELEU410018319964


5666SobreroMatteo71727276717172606671686475ITAEU410014519975
EriksenStein-Erik69616376687365606060656174NOREU410030719964
MuffFrederik69616276697167606060726374DENEU41002819934
1292ErmenaultCorentin71616676697168676968686673FRAEU410027119964
5079BerradeUrko67726974696969606066666371ESPEU4100281119974
BoguslawskiMarceli69606372686766606970606477POLEU41007919974
RiveraBrandon Smith71666571657168646165676770COLSA410021319963


419HirschbischlerJohannes70616377727272606060646275AUTEU410027219934
O'BrienKelland74637176727666616467656674AUSOC410022519985
HeidemannMiguel67727175697372606064646673GEREU410027119984
DavyClement69616471687065636362686169FRAEU410017719984
QuartermanCharlie69606270657064646262686271GBREU41006919984


OsborneJason70616381677768606060656178GEREU410020319945
LeknessundAndreas73747279757773676568726876NOREU410021519997
Price-PejtersenJohan71606278697666606164656376DENEU410026519995
JohansenJulius75606676727567627071696477DENEU410013919997
HooleDaan74606576717170676564666775NEDEU410022219995
MaciejukFilip73626874697169646468686974POLEU41003919994
ChzhanIgor69646374667166606060636071KAZAS410021019994
HollmannJuri72626672697263676163636570GEREU410030819994
 
jph27
Cobblers

A few points I would welcome feedback on, although of course any comments and suggestions are welcome – it is the point of the thread after all!

1. First and foremost, do we have enough cobblers here? They are already the rarest rider type we have, and each year it seems to get harder to find good candidates to add.

2. Secondly, are those that have been suggested to add underrated here? Hvideberg seems like the biggest talent but maxing at 76 COB seems too low, while all the other cobbled talents I found (like Vermeersch) would probably end up as sprinters due to the Man-Game stat gains.

3. What should we do for geographic diversity? Almost all the suggestions are Belgian, which is unsurprising but also does not fit well with the Man-Game considering that we do not have that many Belgian teams. Do we look for cyclo-crossers from more obscure nations to fill the void for example?

Cobblers - add
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7661Van GestelDries74657364757469757071686967BELEU410030919945
570DebusschereJens76606962767472747472727170BELEU410028819895
RobeetLudovic74606660727464736668756866BELEU410022519944
6385De VylderLindsay71656462726965706970726664BELEU410030519953
5679TroiaOliviero73626860707068706868656463ITAEU41001919944


Van BredaRick70636764696865706365706763NEDEU4016219904
WillemsThimo69606560696761706568716063BELEU409219963


HvidebergJonas Iversby70636663667061676463706265NOREU109219996
VanhoofWard68606364676564676264686264BELEU1018419995


Cobblers - maxed
Spoiler
Van BredaRick71636864706966726365716763NEDEU410016219904
WillemsThimo70606560706861726668716063BELEU41009219963


HvidebergJonas Iversby77637063757565766464776565NOREU41009219996
VanhoofWard75606464747067756965696364BELEU410018419995
 
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Sprinters

A few points I would welcome feedback on, although of course any comments and suggestions are welcome – it is the point of the thread after all!

1. The main thing that jumps out is how weak the top talents are in terms of SP (76/77) when maxed – should we be raising them a little, or is it a worthwhile counter to inflation? Mozzato, Vermeersch and Stewart particularly stand out to me, but in the 75-77 range there are several riders who would have been 78-80 in the past.

2. Do we need to add all the 70-72 SP riders suggested? The idea is that they will replace the FAs we decline/remove but are they likely to ever be signed even then, considering that until declines really kick in over the next few seasons 77 SP is likely the minimum for competitiveness anyway?

3. Are there enough sprinters here with high HIL, COB or PRL to make them a bit different? While at Level 1 there seems to be a good bit of variety, at the other levels the sprinters suggested seem to be relatively one-dimensional bar a few notable exceptions (Capiot, Manzin etc).

Sprinters - add
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5132CapiotAmaury75607262747572737676696565BELEU410025619935
113MolanoJuan Sebastian71616563707075687679646766COLSA410041119945
5320MalucelliMatteo71626763707070607574657164ITAEU4100201019934
5323ManzinLorrenzo71617063677072657577626765FRAEU410026719944
970KochJonas74667468727369707475766869GEREU410025619935
211NaesenLawrence75627166737368727474726967BELEU410028819924
1197DuvalJulien74626966727369707473736668FRAEU410027519904
PacioniLuca71646962687068607474606567ITAEU410013819934
FortinFilippo70606460667066607474636967ITAEU41001219894
5152DevriendtTom73627360727365697373726463BELEU4100291019914
5113JoyceColin72677268687272657374686671USANA41006819944
3254JensenAugust73647263737169697372687068NOREU410029819914
1158AristiMikel70647160717068717377666460ESPEU410028519934
3325CardisRomain73616663727168697373626666FRAEU410012819924
54SimionPaolo73646964687373657374766465ITAEU4100101019925
1427BrochnerNicolai71606861686767637373676466DENEU41004719934
2003TorresAlbert73606467647068607273696266ESPEU410026419905
5599PlanckaertEdward73626960737167727274716366BELEU41001219954
5906LecroqJeremy72606462717067707273646266FRAEU41007419954
5477Van RooyKenneth72686961696967687271666864BELEU410081019934
Van der PoelDavid69616861677267667274677667BELEU410015619924
1543StoszPatryk72636965717167647271727067POLEU410015719944
MeisenMarcel70677063687167667174707571GEREU41008119894
BertazzoLiam70626665666965677171666566ITAEU410017219924
5251LeveauJeremy70626864717064647172686766FRAEU410014419924
3332PuttTanner72626761717065697069676764USANA410021419925
GodrieStan69606562666666667072707366NEDEU41009119934


6029De DeckerAlfdan70606468696866647473666468BELEU409919965
VermeulenEmiel72606761716965637372666864BELEU4016219935
2034TrarieuxJulien70626964727063667374706465FRAEU4019819924
5925MariniNicolas70616362696965627373636567ITAEU45029719934
1647BalkanOnur68657062677065607273697266TUREU4010319966
5781WarlopJordi72627162727068687275696765BELEU404919965
5311MaldonadoAnthony70666962697169617272637064FRAEU409419914
5168GibsonMatthew67606265666866607273626465GBREU402919964
SotoNelson70646863666868607273686263COLSA4019619944
5683MuzychkinAnton68606663666968657271626764BLREU40261219944
14CarstensenLucas70616460687065607273656662GEREU4016619946
5071TouzeDamien71677163717165707172716665FRAEU407719965
5237LathamChristopher70626762696967657172646765GBREU406219944
DruytsGerry70626760687163657170656360BELEU4030119914
DondersJelle69616560686863657169606763BELEU4018619934
BendixenLouis70636769697067637172646770DENEU4023619954
2056RohdeLeon67626465686765617171646667GEREU4010519955
MaroneseMarco68606361666665617173666562ITAEU450251219944
FreibergMichael71626866677065607171686966AUSOC40101019905
GomezBryan68626666666567607172626464COLSA425191119944
5039KaraliokYauheni71606566707266657172646367BLREU409619965
MarengoUmberto71686964717167607170686766ITAEU4021719924
5077RiceMichael69606763676768627171646869AUSOC4025119964
3069FarazijnMaxime70606660676762697071686662BELEU4902619944
5241AuerDaniel69636862676964657072677066AUTEU40261019944
Van DalenJason71616661696965647072736867NEDEU402719944
664BryonMiguel67616461656664637069646562USANA45010119955
YssaadYannis66606060626362617071606760FRAEU47025619933
PorznerManuel67616466666765607071636868GEREU4025219964
MandryschJohn69626861676766607072626462GEREU40181019964
ShumovNikolai70626660686766607069646763BLREU4016219944
Van KesselCorne67616960657063626971627262BELEU4507819914


5997VivianiAttilio66606263726865657273646670ITAEU30181019964
572GonzalezDavid69626459687164607270626461ESPEU3021219964
5492Di FeliceFrancesco69626860716964647073656565ITAEU3017319975
979ParraJordan69606362676466607172656265COLSA35019419944
NadonMarc-Antoine66606460676565607070616263CANNA3026419944
CoolenYves67606260706861676969636361BELEU35025919954
5336MenutDavid68626763666966636970667363FRAEU39011319924
7839WhiteNicholas67646860676964606871706864AUSOC306919975
734RiouAlan68616666686665666868736865FRAEU302419974
5070GhysRobbe69606565657065656870686464BELEU3011119974


6396MozzatoLuca69616659677160686970696361ITAEU2015719985
GrossFelix64605861646762566870605957GEREU204919986
HestersJules66606060646763666870626560BELEU2011119986
67StewartCampbell68636466676863626869736768NZLOC2012519985
DanielsSimon66606260666763636967606060BELEU2023119974
GandinStefano67616361656861616970676062ITAEU26028319964
ContteTomas65636260656861596970636260ARGSA201819984
3292GozziNicolo67606060676963606968606064ITAEU2031819983
AndreevYordan66606060656661606968646460BULEU26021119942
PlutoMartins66616561656566606866656461LATEU2013119984
ZambelliSamuele65616160616461596868606060ITAEU202419984


VermeerschFlorian71616567687160686873677469BELEU1012319996
ColnaghiLuca66626759656960616869636760ITAEU1014119996
MaritArne67606064696561636870626264BELEU1021119995
StewartJake70626666687061666772646670GBREU1021019996
HjemsaeterOlav66606361656760636768616462NOREU10261219995
WrightFred69646768707166676970725968GBREU1013619994
SlatteryGodfrey66606260656563606667636160AUSOC1016419995
ZingleAxel65626660676966606868646560FRAEU190181219984
VliegenPieter-Jan68606060676461606869606368BELEU1015919994
WigginsCraig65606460636863586767606560AUSOC1028519994
MarklNiklas65605961646459636467656564GEREU103319995


Sprinters - maxed
Spoiler
6029De DeckerAlfdan72606468707074647675666470BELEU41009919965
VermeulenEmiel74606761737070647574666864BELEU410016219935
2034TrarieuxJulien72626964737068677576706465FRAEU410019819924
5925MariniNicolas72616362697070627575636569ITAEU410029719934
1647BalkanOnur70657162687266607475697268TUREU410010319966
5781WarlopJordi74627162747169697477696765BELEU41004919965
5311MaldonadoAnthony72666962697270617474637066FRAEU41009419914
5168GibsonMatthew69606265666967607475626467GBREU41002919964
SotoNelson72646863666969607475686265COLSA4019619944
5683MuzychkinAnton70606663676969667473626764BLREU4100261219944
14CarstensenLucas72616560697266607475656664GEREU410016619946
5071TouzeDamien73677163737266717374716665FRAEU41007719965
5237LathamChristopher72626762706968667374646765GBREU41006219944
DruytsGerry72626760697164667372656360BELEU410030119914
DondersJelle71616560696864667371606763BELEU410018619934
BendixenLouis72636769697168637374646772DENEU410023619954
2056RohdeLeon69626465696966617373646669GEREU410010519955
MaroneseMarco70606361666766617375666564ITAEU4100251219944
FreibergMichael73626866687266607373686968AUSOC4100101019905
GomezBryan70626666666668607374626466COLSA4100191119944
5039KaraliokYauheni73606566717467657374646369BLREU41009619965
MarengoUmberto73686964717268607372686768ITAEU410021719924
5077RiceMichael71606763676869627373646871AUSOC410025119964
3069FarazijnMaxime72606660686763707273686662BELEU41002619944
5241AuerDaniel71636862677065657274677068AUTEU4100261019944
Van DalenJason73616661697066647274736869NEDEU41002719944
664BryonMiguel69616461676765647271646562USANA410010119955
YssaadYannis67606060636363627273606760FRAEU410025619933
PorznerManuel69616466666866607273636870GEREU410025219964
MandryschJohn71626861676867607274626464GEREU4100181019964
ShumovNikolai72626660686867607271646765BLREU410016219944
Van KesselCorne69616960667064637173627262BELEU41007819914


5997VivianiAttilio70606364737174657677646774ITAEU4100181019964
572GonzalezDavid73626560697473607674626565ESPEU410021219964
5492Di FeliceFrancesco73626961737370647577656669ITAEU410017319975
979ParraJordan73606463686772607576656369COLSA410019419944
NadonMarc-Antoine70606561686867607474616367CANNA410026419944
CoolenYves71606360736964707373636461BELEU410025919954
5336MenutDavid72626863697069667374667463FRAEU410011319924
7839WhiteNicholas71656960717167637375706964AUSOC41006919975
734RiouAlan72616767696967667272736869FRAEU41002419974
5070GhysRobbe73606666667367657274686568BELEU410011119974


6396MozzatoLuca75626760737471727676696461ITAEU410015719985
GrossFelix70606162677370567576606064GEREU41004919986
HestersJules72616360707074707576626660BELEU410011119986
67StewartCampbell74636567707470627575736874NZLOC410012519985
DanielsSimon72606360706871677573606160BELEU410023119974
GandinStefano73616461696969657576676162ITAEU410028319964
ContteTomas71636360696969637576636360ARGSA41001819984
3292GozziNicolo71606160687370607574606068ITAEU410031819983
AndreevYordan70606060696768637572646460BULEU410021119942
PlutoMartins72616661696670647472656561LATEU410013119984
ZambelliSamuele71616260656565637474606160ITAEU41002419984


VermeerschFlorian78626867757573757777677569BELEU410012319996
ColnaghiLuca73637059727275667777636860ITAEU410014119996
MaritArne74606165727272637777626371BELEU410021119995
StewartJake77636966757474737676646770GBREU410021019996
HjemsaeterOlav73616461727072687675616662NOREU4100261219995
WrightFred76646869717677677677726075GBREU410013619994
SlatteryGodfrey73606361687271607574636267AUSOC410016419995
ZingleAxel72626760727075657575646660FRAEU4100181219984
VliegenPieter-Jan75606161686969607576606475BELEU410015919994
WigginsCraig72606560686968637474606660AUSOC410028519994
MarklNiklas72606062677163637374656671GEREU41003319995
 
jph27
Rouleurs

A few points I would welcome feedback on, although of course any comments and suggestions are welcome – it is the point of the thread after all!

1. Overall, this is the group I am happiest with as it’s the simplest to stat. The question is whether any of these riders are being miscast as rouleurs when in fact they have a specialist terrain they should be focused on? Swift, Cima, Taminiaux and Paaschens are the ones I have questions about, plus Stojnic and Kuhfahl to an extent.

2. Do we need to make some of the Level 1 and 2 riders stronger all-rounders, rather than just pure rouleurs? With their poor support stats they are likely to be of limited use in their current form, so will only be signed if they align with regional focuses.

3. For those riders who have high FL but low FTR, should we boost their FTR to make them more realistic once maxed? Part of the issue is with riders like Bugter and all the Level 1 riders bar Stojnic, who are effectively high FL sprinters, but with too low a SP stat to be considered worth training as anything other than rouleurs.

Rouleurs - add
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5296ReindersElmar75637071717367706871797069NEDEU410014319924
ZakharovArtyom72676664697065666971716664KAZAS4100271019913


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1305SwiftConnor74656968717371687071717069GBREU450301019955
3051CimaDamiano74626760697472607270776458ITAEU45013919934
1408BugterLuuc73606461717068677069696567NEDEU4010719934
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3248PaasschensMathijs72606863717268686868756465NEDEU35018319964


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Brandt AidelAndreas70606062656863646262696060DENEU208419964
JullienAnthony70606460676964666667706860FRAEU205319983
MatzMathias68606267636462606163676265DENEU209719984


StojnicVeljko69606366626863606363736065SEREU104219994
JensenFrederik Irgens68606362686460606462606260DENEU109119994
PastranJonathan Alejandro69606062666764606367706062ARGSA12023819903
GrignardSebastien67616363636961656463636564BELEU1029419994
TsimoshykUladzislai67606360636563606567606060BLREU1010519994
KuhfahlJohnny67606061656262606667646065USANA10291019984


Rouleurs - maxed
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HavikPiotr77626964757365727170736963NEDEU41007719944
1305SwiftConnor76656968727572687273717071GBREU4100301019955
3051CimaDamiano76626760697573607472776460ITAEU410013919934
1408BugterLuuc75606461727069687271696567NEDEU410010719934
1416HollerNikodemus75677162707572647075807164GEREU41004519915
26TaminiauxLionel75656962737468727373756965BELEU410021519965


3248PaasschensMathijs77606963747470707172776565NEDEU410018319964


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Brandt AidelAndreas77606162697066676768716160DENEU41008419964
JullienAnthony76606560717266677071726860FRAEU41005319983
MatzMathias75606471677065616265716369DENEU41009719984


StojnicVeljko77606671677567616465786170SEREU41004219994
JensenFrederik Irgens76606462706965617069626365DENEU41009119994
PastranJonathan Alejandro76606162697265606872726065ARGSA410023819903
GrignardSebastien75616463687165697070656664BELEU410029419994
TsimoshykUladzislai75606460686767647174626160BLREU410010519994
KuhfahlJohnny75606161676767617274666170USANA4100291019984
 
jph27
So a bit later than promised, but we have a thread. Apologies for the walls of text followed by the walls of stats, but thought it was worth trying a new approach and seeing how it goes Smile
 
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roturn
Thanks for your effort jph!

To kind of "stop" a potential discussion on some points.


- I won`t really plan to update that many existing riders. e.g. Schachmann won`t get an update and neither will many/all of the other existing riders.

- I hugely check over the top new additions. There will be less 80+ riders or even 78/79+ than in those max lists. That`s not their final stats for the MG DB. Pfft
Edited by roturn on 25-05-2021 13:48
 
tastasol
I would love Hoelgaard's new stats, so you could consider doing just him, roturn Pfft

Some great suggestions jph, thanks for all that work! Some great Norwegian and Danish riders also, that's great to see, so that I don't have to hype them Smile That being said, I would consider switching the Johannessens brothers. As I've seen it, Tobias was the better of them a couple of years ago. He had knee surgery and mono last year, so he's not raced much, but I do think that he's still just a tiny bit better. A good look will probably come in the Baby Giro already, so I guess that could be a decider for who's best.
 
jph27
roturn wrote:
Thanks for your effort jph!

To kind of "stop" a potential discussion on some points.


- I won`t really plan to update that many existing riders. e.g. Schachmann won`t get an update and neither will many/all of the other existing riders.

- I hugely check over the top new additions. There will be less 80+ riders or even 78/79+ than in those max lists. That`s not their final stats for the MG DB. Pfft


I'd just like to endorse all of roturn's statements here Pfft

The point of the stats suggested above is not that they'll be the stats riders are added with, or even that they'll be added/edited at all. It's purely an exercise to help with producing good quality suggestions and preventing inflation, by giving a rough idea of who the top talents are and how many of them there are.

All the stats you see there are in effect automated, and haven't been manually adjusted after looking at results. So there are likely a reasonable number of 78/79s who ought to be 76/77s or lower, plus a rare few who are underrated. I was just wary of how in previous seasons we've ended up with slightly extreme suggestions - I take some responsibility Pfft - and wanted to avoid that.

The other thing I wanted to do here was to change the approach to make it easier for more managers to engage. I know some managers don't find it easy to come up with stats, but want to make suggestions, so by doing this it changes the format to be more like the DB stat discussion if they so wish. Obviously full suggestions are welcomed, but if you just want to make comments then hopefully this will enable it Smile
 
Ollfardh
Elephant in the room: Remco Evenepoel. He can be added this year, but how good do we want him to be?
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
 
roturn
Still not sure if I add Evenepoel already. Might be smarter to add him next year.
 
Croatia14
roturn wrote:
Still not sure if I add Evenepoel already. Might be smarter to add him next year.

How about adding Emco Revenepoel then this year? Cool
 
OlegTinkov
Great additions jph27, some more info about Savva Novikov: I would rate him more as a GC rider (not only climber).

https://equipoker...1-signing/

https://u23cyclin...a-novikov/
 
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quadsas
If daily DB matrix is meant to work better with the game than base games', then I don't think it's a bad idea to use it as basis. some adjustments will be needed as those talents are obviously ridiculous.

I don't think riders should be readjusted except in specific cases. With me switching to Austrian secondary nationality, I do approve of Muhlberger change selfishly, but it's probably not good for the game. I think a better idea is to simply adjust talents to end up like Muhlberger.
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TediashviliGiorgi6866686568717069647369656519996
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Here are a couple of dudes I had done earlier. Januskevicius is signed to CT team, so he's a given, and he's sort of create your own adventure dude, but mainly to replace Krizalid.

Tediashvili is just a guy leading the Qartvelian cobble golden generation
deez
 
baseballlover312
Some thoughts before I actually suggest anyone, just from reading the thread. (I know Roturn said not to discuss some of these, but I just wanna make my positions clear). Thank you to jph for doing all this work!

1.) I don't see any reason to be adding maxed riders who are 26-30 and immediately become solid domestiques at any level. If we're choosing to decline unsigned riders currently in the DB, then there's no reason to replace them. That defeats the whole purpose, and you'd effectively just be replacing MG history with real history without addressing inflation. We want to get to a point where a 73 talent might get a stagiare contract. We can't do that if we are adding maxed guys already at that level, let alone above that level.

2.) Similarly, I don't think any riders should be improved based on real life results anymore unless they are completely and utterly useless and have zero MG history, and are still only going to be domestique level. Any more than that not only worsens inflation, but cheapens the effort people put into raising weaker talents, since doing so would make the race days spent on similar guys at Lvl. 1 feel wasted. Meanwhile, we want to promote developing weaker talents. it's counter productive.

3.) I'll extend it to younger guys too. Anyone added 24 or younger, especially leaders, can start at Lvl. 1. They're still maxed at 27 and there's a small sacrifice for their late start.

4.) I pretty much reject any proposal that puts any priority on adjusting to fit real riders and real history in the DB. The MG DB is a fantasy DB where riders develop as snapshots of what people saw their potential as in their early twenties, and I think that's why it's so interesting to me. There's no imperative to add guys in who emerged later.

5.) And I do think we should do the mass FA decline jph mentioned as a starting point.

Now, specifics. I'll put original thoughts with a dash and answer questions based on the numbers jph gives.

Climbers

1.) As much as I hate to say it, this still just looks too top loaded (75+) for my liking. We already have enough 75+ guys for every team in the DB right now. Adding anyone 75+ already at maxed basically takes new -75 unmaxed guys out of the equation. What we see at Lvl's 1 and 2 is a noticeable but in my opinion insufficient reduction from what talents are usually added at. If we eventually want low 70's main stat guys to be viable, there have to be enough of them, and few enough of better talents, for them to get stagiare contracts. Right now, I just don't see it. It's a little better than usual. But in this discipline, you still have too many available 75+ mtn guys, now with better backups. I think we need to spread out the range even more, unfortunately knowing that in the short term the lesser types of guys probably won't actually be signed because so many higher maxed guys exist. But this is a long process and we need to start it immediately from the ground up imo. Declines will help us only if we really push our restrictions of talent strength now.

2.) For reasons stated above, I'm against inserting a 26 year old at maxed or close to it if they have any possible chance of being a leader. Doing so negates the development process their peers have gone through and the sacrifices those managers have made, while adding to inflation. That's not to say every guy has to be level 1. If someone is in their mid to late 20's and absolutely must be added - which I'm really not convinced of to be honest - they can definitely be lvl 2 or maybe lvl 3. But there still should be some sacrifice. They should probably need a loan or division change. The fact that they were added later should make them less valuable, it's only fair imo.

3.) I don't think it's a problem that most of the guys added are pure climbers at all. There have been a lot of stage racers added in recent years, and Stage Race remains by far the most OP XP path in my opinion. Using it, most of these guys could still be in the high 60's in TT and be serviceable as GC guys, probably with a little more neglect for hill. There should be a sacrifice there imo. As is, I think there are enough younger well rounded stage racers around from the last few years that we don't need to worry too much about that.

Puncheurs

1.) If Schachmann is added, he should be weaker and start still at lvl. 3 - see my comments above. Of course, that is coming from someone without Germany as a focus area or the resources to grab him. But I think adding another maxed 81 puncheur with great backups at 27 just isn't something we need right now in the DB, and we shouldn't be bending over for the sake of real life results. If we must, add him at Lvl 3. and the manager can have multiple directions to take him dev wise as a puncheur/ time trial guy. But I agree with Roturn's assessment that an update is unnecessary.

2.) The balance definitely looks a little better than climbers. I still think there should be more guys spread lower out of the 75-78 range (maybe with higher mtn to compensate), and I vehemently disagree with adding so many guys at advanced levels, including Hermans. Adding mid 20's Lvl. 4 guys hurts this game imo. But if you reduced most of those guys to Lvl. 1 or 2 and force them to develop, I don't see the balance as being too high generally.

3.) I don't necessarily see adding a few real generational talents as the worst thing for DB health, so all those guys can be strong leaders. But yeah, I'd hesitate to give them that great backups even if they deserve them based on performance. When Pidcock and Vansevenant are inevitably trained to 84 or 85, they basically become gods. I think we should look hard at any sign of potential weakness in them and accentuate those a little more than they probably are in real life. And also, we should keep acceleration and such to 80-81 for riders who are already so well rounded and strong. Throwing in a top ACC guy who's weaker overall is fine.

- I'd like to see a few more of those 75 hill guys get better stamina/resistance in exchange for 73 or 74 hill. I think having that diversity would be an interesting factor for managers to parse out in signing guys, and it would help the inflation little. Two riders might be similarly strong, but act in different domestique/breakaway roles in PCM, which is also helpful.

Time Trialists

1.) Looks good to me. I think because time trials are such a specialty, it may be best to see if the weaker guys can be slightly more versatile. A weaker climber will have plenty of race days to be useful if we control inflation, but a weaker TT guy without domestique capabilities elsewhere is still only TTT filler and unlikely to get a ride somewhere. But I would definitely not do those improvements if it could make them truly multidimensional or change their desired dev pathway.

2.) If he's gonna be that great, I'm fine with keeping him at a low level with the knowledge he'll only have like 3 maxed years. That's fine with me. Adding him maxed or close would not be.

3.) Honestly, I like the balance and think this is more similar to what we want on other terrains too, though a little exaggerated. We shouldn't push riders to be better than they are for lack of talents, only maybe for very specific regional guys. Fewer top guys means there will be fewer top guys in this cohort, which upsets the immediate balance. But at some point, we just have to take step like this for the DB to be healthier in 5 years. If anything, we could just add a few more options in the 73-75 range with different domestique tendencies.

- Gotta say Jph, I really like that you've taken steps to make most of these guys have slightly different TT/PRL stats! I think that adds a level of dynamism for planning that will be great long term. It means every flat TT guy isn't exactly the same and won't compete in exactly the same races. Honestly, I wouldn't even be opposed to adding a couple of really extreme guys, like 78 TT/69 PRL, or vice versa, just as very risky guys who might deliver a couple of days a year. Variability is good for our needs, I think.

Cobbles

1.) For cobblers specifically, I think we can add more guys than this. Obviously, it's hard to find young guys with enough cobbled race experience to definitively put them into this category. With that said, I think we should maybe take some liberties with guys who could possibly fit here for that reason. If a guy from a niche nation has few official results, but likely has ridden cobblestones or bad roads a lot in training, why not give him a cobbles specialty? I'm not saying to make him the next Boonen, but I think we can still justify some more 72-75 guys here in that frame. Plus, cobbles now has 3 possible dev plans, so versatility is somewhat built in, which increases carrying capacity. So in short, I do think we should add a few more yes, but we don't need to go crazy or try to match other disciplines.

2.) You could maybe bump him to 77 if you want, but I wouldn't go crazy worrying about the strength of cobbles guys. We have less work to do with cobbles inflation, but that doesn't mean we should try to even things out and cause more inflation for the sake of it. If it's a weak year, it's a weak year. No problem imo.

3.) See my comment in number 1. If guys don't have a clear specialty but grew up on rough conditioned roads, sort them here a bit. I think looking at Cyclocross is a good idea as well. Still, if the majority of new talents end up being Belgian, it's not a bad thing necessarily. But we should just remember that just because Belgium has the most cobblestone races for youth racing and those people have the most official experience, doesn't mean we can't infer that others might benefit from cobbles too.

Sprinters

- No need for adding more maxed sprinters, please. As is, they will be the discipline most impacted if we reduce long term FA's, and that's fine. Sprinter inflation is absolutely completely whack more the any other discipline, and PCM has trouble handling it more than any other discipline. Fewer 4th tier sprinters around is good. We don't need to replace them immediately.

1.) I do think this is a bit extreme at the top end. Having too many top end sprinters is an issue, but having too many sprinters at the same level has basically broken the CT division. I don't think that letting a couple of the Lvl. 1 guys max at 78 or 79 wouldn't itself be a problem. Key word being a couple, and not any more than that. Increasing spread is a good thing, and if those guys become super valuable and soak up some money in the market, that's fine. Also, you can always distinguish more with ACC, similar to TT/PRL.

2.) We don't need to, but I don't think it hurts. Long term, our goal is for some of those guys to be getting contracts, at least with regional CT teams. It may take 4 or 5 years to get to that place, and these exact guys may not get too many contracts because of it. But having them around can still be good I think. Now instead of teams signing all 77+ guys and still having a ton of guys left over, teams looking for a future leadout man to develop will see towards the end of transfers that these guys are the best left. Eventually, as declines take hold, they will start dipping into these guys. Adding them this year isn't necessary per say, but it might be a small step in normalizing those stat profiles over time, which is good imo. Seeing as you've already statted them, I think including them is more worth it than saving the .1 seconds of DB load time they might cause. I even think adding Lvl. 1 guys in those areas is important long term.

3.) A little more could probably be done here. As I stated before, I'm against adding older guys maxed or close. But if we're going to be adding guys at Lvl. 3 and above anyway, I think we should try to come up with unique stat combos, even if they look a little gnarly. And that shouldn't just apply to Hill/Cob/TT. I think exacerbating the mountain difference of guys could be equally interesting. Having a couple of 70ish mtn weaker sprinters would be an interesting foil value wise, but it would be hard to incentivize from Lvl. 1. If we're gonna have older guys, might as well lean into those differences.

Rouleurs

- Can't help but notice that Herregodts is Lvl. 2 here. This is what I referred to at the beginning. A strong 23 year old should be added at Lvl. 1.

1.) I mean, yes. Most of these guys would never actually be trained with Fighter because our Fighter category is absolutely useless. It just makes more sense to prioritize literally anything besides flat. In most cases, TT/Spr/Cob trainings will only dock you a couple of flat stats anyway. You make fighter more of an all around, versatile pathway, and I think most of these guys fit here, are trained this way, and our more useful for our purposes.

2.) I think stronger backups would help. 75 flat with mid 60's resistance is not worth it for most people even in a balanced DB, if that's the extent of the rider's abilities. But as far as making them more all-rounders, you just can't with the current system. If you boost other stats at Lvl. 1, 99% of managers with just choose to accentuate those stats because they're main stats in a way that flat just isn't. So they don't end up as all rounders, they end up as weaker other guys. I had this problem a lot when training Krigbaum. I wanted him to be a flat beast above all else. But in the end, sticking with fighter just didn't make him as useful of a domestique for me, which really sucked! I ended up accentuating other main stats instead. Most managers will in the current system.

3.) Yes, boost their fighter a bit if possible. Not sure fighter does a ton anyway though still. It will at least sure up their profile and dev path a bit though. Without a better fighter development, I really do think some of these guys would just go unsigned or end up as weak sprinters anyway. Flat is a stat you just can't count on being used effectively by the AI, so you need insurance on those guys.

Oh - and, in case I forgot, we need to add the more versatile fighter training right now. Pfft

Alright, that's all I got. I will continue to contribute to discussion and maybe suggest a couple of guys too in the coming days. Thanks again Jph!
 
cio93
That's an interesting opener, I like the concept of giving everyone a baseline to refine!



I think this might be our best (and only ever) opportunity to add what's basically a "create your own rider" to the game in Pidcock.

He's been the best U23 climber last season, is undoubtedly a world class puncheur already, was very close to Bissegger and van Wilder in the U23 EC TT (we've already discovered his TT stat in the DailyDB has been an oversight), has shown significant proficiency on cobbles and outsprinted WvA twice so far this year (one didn't count but let's not get into that).



If we put him into the game at potential 4 and comparably high base stats, there's literally not a single training option that seems unreasonable for him, depending on what needs the teams that pursue him have. He could be everything Malecki wishes he was.
Considering he'd be an early bloomer with this lvl1 start, having his eventual decline be faster due to pot4 would be backed by logic as well.

There's an obvious level of versatility to those builds that could potentially be abused with years of training if we're not careful (my suggestion would certainly only be a first draft), but then again we've hardly ever seen a neo-pro season like Pidcock's 2021 before.
I think pigeonholing him into one direction right from the start wouldn't do him justice and make him lose his magic.

Although potentially, if talents aren't added to the game until after the Vuelta anyway, we might know more about his climbing and TTing by the time we need to decide on those aspects.


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stage race, sprinter, hills, track-tt, cobbles and classics respectively





I'll compile my thoughts on some other riders and the Germans at a later point, and I agree to wait with Remco.
 
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