Philadelphia International Championship (C2HC)

Los Pollos Hermanos didn't attempt to join the breakaway, but started to chase it down as soon as it was formed. They did so successfully, as the peloton caught the breakaway well before the final sprint. Quispe was our designated late attacker, and he fulfilled his role properly. The late attack didn't get a lot of room though, in the end he finished 25th as second Los Pollos rider. It came to a sprint, in which Guillén sprinted to a splendid second place behind Carlsberg's Kragh Andersen. When you finish second you could always say 'what if', but this is without a doubt a great result by our Costa Rican, keeping our top-7 hopes well alive!

Guillén on his way to a second place

Euskal Bizikleta (C2HC)

A puncheur stage race, nothing for us. Except for the first stage maybe? First stage was flat, and not too crazy. This time Quispe was the final man in the lead-out of Guillén instead of a late attacker, once again he did a splendid job. He kept the Costa Rican near the front, after which Guillén won his second stage of the season and took the first yellow jersey of the race! Los Pollos were nowhere to be seen in the other stages, but nobody cared as our goal had been accomplished.

Quispe keeping Guillén near the front on stage 1

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Transfagarasan GP (C2HC)

Last race for our boy Marquez, and he did well. After Seboka set him up nicely, the Los Pollos' Spaniard followed Pinot's right move. He went into the final km together with the golden duo Pinot-Rawaneera, but couldn't surprise them anymore. Nevertheless, he was strong enough to hold on for a podium spot, which is a very nice end of the season for him!

Marquez on his way to a third place

Lillestrom GP (C2)

Penultimate race for our Belgian star Baugnies, and what a thrilling one it was! Paprstka, the last remaining rider of the early break, was only caught under the flamme rouge by a trio consisting out of Baugnies and rivals Van Avermaet and Taubel. When Van Avermaet started his sprint, everyone thought it would be an easy win for the Strava rider. Never underestimate Baugnies though, as Jerome's stamina came into play, destroying GVA in the sprint and winning the GP Lillestrom!

Waar is da feestje?!

GP Kigali (C2)

Here it is. The final cobbled race of the season, the probably final race for Baugnies in our outfit. The CT peloton (and some PCT riders) go to Rwanda to climb the infamous cobbled Kigali hill a loooot of times. Is our superstar up for it one last time? Winning is our dream, top-3 is the goal and top-5 the absolute minimum.

Quispe will be our guy to control the break in the early stages of the race, Ulloa should be our penultimate domestique and Coronel should once again be our final lead-out for Baubau. We also brought bad boy Seboka here, as this is his favourite race because of the amazing athmosphere along the road, particularly on the Kigali climb.

Let's hope we are able to catch the early break, and nobody in the peloton gets distanced because of an badly timed puncture.

Guillén ends his season and probably his career in Poland. Let's not cry already, as we still get to see the legend for four more times. It would be great to see him get a nice result, and his buddy Quispe will be there to hold his hand and/or act as his lead-out as he's done several times this season. Some nice points can be scored with the stupid two small KoM's in the second stage, so other Los Pollos legend Seboka can go loco there if he wants to.

We wave the regular season goodbye, as all races except for national and world championships have been ridden/rode/raught. The last month started very well for us, to become quite 'meh' near the end.

GP Kigali (C2)

Mr. GOAT himself, Baugnies, showed the world another glimpse of his greatness in Rwanda. Only days after winning the Lillestrom GP he was dominant again, already taking matters in his own hands with 70 km to go in Rwanda. Our favourite cobbled rider has had a great season, and will be a Los Pollos Hermanos legend forever.

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Not much to say about the other races. Guillén and Manarelli failed to sprint well in Solidarnosc and the Herald Sun Tour respectively, whereas we were nowhere to be seen in the final race of the season, Zuri Metzgete. Sterbini finished eighth in the time trial in the Herald Sun Tour, which led to a sixth place in the GC. Below our expectations, but that's life.

Sterbini in the Herald Sun Tour