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Carrefour - ESPN HQ
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Main SponsorCarrefour
Secondary SponsorESPN
DivisionPCT
Main CountryFrance
Secondary CountryUSA

Welcome to the new and improved Carrefour - ESPN headquarters, where you can find information on all things regarding the newly-promoted PCT team.

Carrefour and ESPN return as main sponsors to continue this extensive partnership with the team, however failure outside of the CT division has plauged the team, meaning that expectations will be high and leashes will be short for the team this season.

YearTeam NameDivisionRank
2014In-n-Out Powered By AuchanCT14th
2015In-n-Out Powered By CarrefourCT8th
2016In-n-Out Powered By CarrefourPCT29th
2017In-n-Out Powered By CarrefourCT2nd
2018Carrefour - ESPNPCT20th
2019Carrefour - ESPNPCT22nd
2020Carrefour - ESPNCT1st
2021Carrefour - ESPNPCTTBD
 
maxime86
2021 Season
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Name FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
Van Stayen75637859746978688376726259
Daniel73566956767674807672697464
Chamorro66787565727670516674787464
Bakelandts68718063757269596972706562
Boeckmans71596658716876727980635658
Garby65797068717675505270726368
Hayakawa73636550756876577979757350
Quevedo69717865727273566575697265
Kuboki73657375757471597777706578
Novak69767275747273596364636075
Gautier70667862736966586674756262
Dakteris75556462747073727777636162
Nolf72616462746966786168735862
Lavoine72595961696275647976617861
Bizkarra65767263727272556573716762
Gunman72657570716870517075746877
Faiers69766973727273656170726573
Dainese72616760717474617678646963
Skala74567156707265746671727469
Bercz72627060736875667677676660
Nzeke67727661726767636668757463
Colleoni65686865656865606469656862

Edited by maxime86 on 21-09-2021 03:20
 
maxime86
Team History

SeasonTeamInfo
2014In-n-Out p/b AuchanClick Here
2015In-n-Out p/b CarrefourClick Here
2016In-n-Out p/b Carrefour---
2017In-n-Out p/b CarrefourClick Here
2018Carrefour - ESPNClick Here
2019Carrefour - ESPNClick Here
2020Carrefour - ESPNClick Here
2021Carrefour - ESPN---


In-n-Out p/b Auchan (2014)
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In-n-Out p/b Carrefour (2015-2017)
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(Feel free to post)
Edited by maxime86 on 25-08-2021 01:30
 
SotD
So many former Festina riders. No wonder I like this team so much Smile

Jakub Novak
Anthony Lavoine
Juan Ernesto Chamorro
Frederik Nolf
Wen Hao Li

And to make it better I have been chasing Tsatevich and Quevedo quite some times in the past.

A pretty solid core of 76-78 main stat riders so you basically "just" need to build the leaders core. That's easier said than done obiovusly with so many people wanting to land the same riders. I think I would get rid of some of your subsprinters. I suspect the likes of Bercz, Sanikwahti, Dakteris and Planckaert could be replaced with something more interesting, seeing as you have enough sprinting capacity in the remaining riders. Lavoine as the leader and Tsatevich and Hao Li as the leadouts if that would be needed. I would probably look to replace Caruso too, as he mainly looks like a domestique to Gu Jan, Chamorro, Tsatevich and Quevedo. Maybe sell him to get enough money to train Quevedo to 79HI or Chamorro to 77HI.

Btw - in the DB it says you have Crncevic, Young and Rowsell too.
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maxime86
SotD wrote:
So many former Festina riders. No wonder I like this team so much Smile

(...)

Btw - in the DB it says you have Crncevic, Young and Rowsell too.


Given all the deals we've done in the past, including some of the older ones like Coppel and Lhotellerie, I'm almost a bit surprised there's not more Smile

The team definitely needs some new leaders, but at least for once we have a solid core of riders behind who could help on any terrain. We'll have to see post-renewals as to how wages will affect my ability to cash out on some riders, but hopefully I clear up some extra money as needed.

Not sure if we'll go the training route, as part of me almost wants to go the other way and try to find/develop some prospects, given I haven't really gotten the chance to have fun in that realm outside of Crncevic and Mustafa Carsi I guess back in the day. But the development route is definitely one that is infinitely more stressful while trying to stay up in the PCT.

Also - I just copy pasted the pre-draft squad list from last year, so that's why Young and Rowsell are missing, while Crncevic was out on loan. I'll have an update to all that following renewals. But thanks for all the kind words SotD, much appreciated!
 
Mresuperstar
Great jersey by hillis91!

And I'm sure we will cross paths again once the transfer season starts. Wink
 
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maxime86
Renewals Update

NameOld WageNew Wage
Juan Ernesto Chamorro130,000135,000
Gyung Gu Jang120,00065,000
Thanawut Sanikwathi110,00070,000
Freederik Nolf110,00080,000
Jakub Novak110,000100,000
Xavier Quevedo100,000F/A
Alexey Tsatevich85,000165,000
Anthony Lavoine60,000F/A
Aleksa CrncevicLOAN50,000
Damiano Caruso55,000F/A
Janis Dakteris55,00065,000
Jan Ghyselinck50,00070,000
Wen Hao Li50,00060,000
Patrick Bercz50,00050,000
Baptiste Planckaert50,000F/A
Jakub Skala50,00050,000
Darren Young0
Erick Rowsell0


Renewals was relatively straight-forward for us this year. Quevedo and Lavoine leave as they repeatedly demanded salaries that were way over their market value. The 4 other riders leaving simply were too old, or were aquired through the CT draft. Actually, Planckaert doesn't fit under either of those categories but he's just useless for us at this point.

The only deals we knew in the moment that were tough to hand out were Tsatevich and Novak's contracts. Novak is a team legend at this point, leading us to CT promotions as the team's top scorer twice. However, him aging while Crncevic was back from loan to replace him made extending him a potentially unwise, but an emotional choice. Meanwhile, Tsatevich is a manager and clubhouse favorite, which meant we were going to do everything in our power to not let him hit the market in free agency.
Edited by maxime86 on 14-09-2021 01:36
 
maxime86
Free Agency Update #1
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Lavoine taking a win in Langkawi this past season.

NameWage
Anthony Lavoine50,000
Cyril Gautier50,000
Xavier Quevedo50,000
Thomas Faiers50,000
Kevin Colleoni50,000
Maxime Daniel400,000
Spoiler
Name FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
Lavoine72595961696275647976617861
Gautier70667862736966586674756262
Quevedo69717865727273566575697265
Faiers69766973727273656170726573
Daniel73566956767674807672697464
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Colleoni
Unmaxed65686865656865606469656862
Maxed68777372727372606470666969


Sure we brought back Quevedo and Lavoine, but the cream of the crop here is clearly Maxime Daniel. As a part of keeping our sponsors, we decided to make a further effort in bringing in French riders, with Daniel as a leader being one of those. The rest are all riders we feel are great prices considering each of them should provide peripheral scoring either now, or a few years from now in Colleoni's case.

Transfer Update #1
AssetMovement
Gyung Gu JangOut
Marc Christian GarbyIn
300,000In
-
Alberto DaineseIn (LOAN)
650,000In
-
Wen Hao LiOut
Morten HulgaardIn
81,000In
-
Michael Van StayenIn
Alexey TsatevichOut
1,700,000Out
Spoiler
Name FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
Van Stayen75637859746978688376726259
Garby65797068717675505270726368
Dainese72616760717474617678646963
Hulgaard68646871706867586565656670


The BIGGEST move we will be making, 100%, is Michael Van Stayen. Having been able to pull severe cash amounts from the Garby-Jang swap, and Dainese's loan, we were able to bring in the man-game legend himself. Although he is aging, hopefully he should provide a strong scoring baseline in sprint stages or in the flatter hills. Losing Li and Tsatevich is painful, but worth the prize of Van Stayen!
Edited by maxime86 on 14-09-2021 02:18
 
knockout
Of course Van Stayen has slightly declined but i think he will still be fantastic in pct where he should have race selection choices that were never available to him over the last five years. All the best! Wink
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Fabianski
Hills definitely won't be a lot of fun for us in PCT this year... For the steep finishes, there are Skujins, Ponzi et al., and for the flat ending races there should be pretty much no way past MvS... Congrats on that transfer - I'm afraid you'll have a lot of fun with him Pfft

@knockout: Could you please stop selling all your leaders to PCT? Pfft
 
knockout
Fabianski wrote:
Hills definitely won't be a lot of fun for us in PCT this year... For the steep finishes, there are Skujins, Ponzi et al., and for the flat ending races there should be pretty much no way past MvS... Congrats on that transfer - I'm afraid you'll have a lot of fun with him Pfft

@knockout: Could you please stop selling all your leaders to PCT? Pfft


Have you seen the leaders i sold? I surely dont want to go up against them in PT!
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the_hoyle
The service Knockout has done to the PCT is incredible! Some nice signings in Daniel and MvS
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AbhishekLFC
The Daniel fight was interesting gave me Havik dejavu Pfft He should be useful for you. MVS off course is a great capture!
 
maxime86
knockout wrote:
Fabianski wrote:
Congrats on that transfer - I'm afraid you'll have a lot of fun with him Pfft

@knockout: Could you please stop selling all your leaders to PCT? Pfft


Have you seen the leaders i sold? I surely dont want to go up against them in PT!


Gotta also blame us PCT teams for the crazy trainings Knockout is about to pull out Frown

the_hoyle wrote:
The service Knockout has done to the PCT is incredible! Some nice signings in Daniel and MvS


Thanks! We had some fun moments between us this transfer season but excited to ride alongside you in the PCT peleton

AbhishekLFC wrote:
The Daniel fight was interesting gave me Havik dejavu Pfft He should be useful for you. MVS off course is a great capture!


That havik bidding war was one for the ages... but I guess it is Penasa deja-vu now Pfft
 
maxime86
Free Agency Update #2
NameWage
Jan Bakelandts150,000
Kris Boeckmans120,000
Spoiler

Name FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
Bakelandts68718063757269596972706562
Boeckmans71596658716876727980635658




Although it is no secret that neither Boeckmans or Bakelandts were not primary targets for us, getting the chance to pick them up at these wages provides us tons of depth scoring in sprints and the hills around Van Stayen.

Transfer Update #2

AssetMovement
Aleska CrncevicOut (LOAN)
50,00In
-
Jan GhyselinckOut
Taylor GunmanIn
-
Geremie NzekeIn
Morten HulgaardOut
50,000Out
-
Mikel BizkarraIn
Thanawut SanikwathiOut
70,000Out
Spoiler
Name FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
Gunman72657570716870517075746877
Nzeke67727661726767636668757463
Bizkarra65767263727272556573716762



Although these transfers seem quite insignificant, in all of the cases we trimmed wages while moving along a rider we weren't super keen on keeping. Ghyselinck and Sanikwathi were two of the riders we wanted to sell the most, although we sent cash along with Sanikwathi, we feel like we definitely upgraded with our periferal scoring adding Gunman and Bizkarra.
 
Croatia14
Very nice small deals for you, did a very good job with late improvements to the team.
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baseballlover312
You did quite a good job of maximizing performance in the lower tiers of riders with small deals and late FA's. Van Staeyen should be a really cool leader, and Daniel is a terrific rider from a focus region.

Interested to see you have Garby now. Chamarro will still be better, so interested to see how his calendar and role works out.
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redordead
Boeckmans was great for me last season and it's nice to see he got paid big time in free agency. Not sure he would've taken 120k in renewals if I tried Pfft

Looks like a lot is going to rest on the shoulders of MVS, good luck Smile

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"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
 
maxime86
redordead wrote:
Boeckmans was great for me last season and it's nice to see he got paid big time in free agency. Not sure he would've taken 120k in renewals if I tried Pfft

Looks like a lot is going to rest on the shoulders of MVS, good luck Smile


He was always on the radar for us, but after his decline I was worried if he could perform similarly to last year. At that wage though, it was definitely worth the gamble we think...

Croatia14 wrote:
Very nice small deals for you, did a very good job with late improvements to the team.


Thank you! Was definitely nice figuring out that Sanikwathi-Bizkarra deal despite how long it took, and I'll always take compliments from the PT winner himself!

baseballlover312 wrote:
You did quite a good job of maximizing performance in the lower tiers of riders with small deals and late FA's. Van Staeyen should be a really cool leader, and Daniel is a terrific rider from a focus region.

Interested to see you have Garby now. Chamarro will still be better, so interested to see how his calendar and role works out.


Really appreciate the kind words, Daniel definitely was a bit of an overpay, but it was time for the team to go back towards actually having somesort of nation focus lol... that said, definitely interested as well to see how Garby does. I think I'll likely pair Chamorro and Garby together for the majority of their races, given they are really of different climbing molds. Definitely have some ideas to maximize Garby though, and I think he's go the stats to do well (he really beat out some impressive riders throughout the tour of America for example).
 
maxime86
Leaders

Michael Van Stayen
FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
75637859746978688376726259

Maxime Daniel
FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
73566956767674807672697464
We really just have two main leaders for this upcoming season in Michael and Maxime. Most of our planning was done around flat and cobbled stages, so effectively ending up with two riders of this caliber was a big goal of ours. MVS will likely target lots of flat stages that include one or two steep inclines, while Daniel will be the mainstay leader of our cobbles lineup.

Puncheurs
FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
Bakelandts68718063757269596972706562
Quevedo69717865727273566575697265
Gautier70667862736966586674756262
Gunman72657570716870517075746877
Nzeke67727661726767636668757463
This group of hilly riders is almost deeper than we intended. After striking out on some more climbers, we were able to refocus and pick up Man-Game icon Jan Bakelandts. Although at 35 it's difficult to be sure how effective he is, this will also allow us to deploy Quevedo and Gunman as teammates more in mountain and time-trial races respectively.

Climbers
FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
Chamorro66787565727670516674787464
Garby65797068717675505270726368
Novak69767275747273596364636075
Bizkarra65767263727272556573716762
Faiers69766973727273656170726573
Although not a 'strength' of ours, Garby and Chamorro have proven to be able to provide somesort of peripheral scoring throughout their careers. Novak, Bizkarra and Faiers are all getting over the hill age-wise, yet they will be counted on as important support riders in more climbing-based tours. Novak however, will likely still get his fair share of chances to lead this group.

Sprinters
FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
Hayakawa73636550756876577979757350
Kuboki73657375757471597777706578
Lavoine72595961696275647976617861
Dainese72616760717474617678646963
Bercz72627060736875667677676660
Our sprinters are by far our strongest team subsection. Lavoine returns after his top-30 CT finish last year, but will likely take a back seat to Hayakawa and Boeckmans. Kuboki and Bercz both offer support in more than just sprint stages, and will be the primary helpers for Van Stayen. Evidently, the oh-so talented Dainese will have a fantastic group to learn from.

Cobblers
FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
Boeckmans71596658716876727980635658
Dakteris75556462747073727777636162
Nolf72616462746966786168735862
Skala74567156707265746671727469
This group definitely does not contain the depth that we have had in the cobbles during previous seasons. However, Dakteris, Nolf and Skala, all were the team's top performers in their role for the cobbles last year. The leading Veteran of the group, Boeckmans, will add a world class finishing sprint if needed, a much needed addition after Planckaert and Sanikwathi's dissapointing sprint finishes in 2020.

Talents
FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
Colleoni65686865656865606469656862

Spoiler
FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
Maxed68777372727372606470666969
Coming from the manager's prefered profile of talents, Colleoni will be a long-term project will the goal of him developing into a similar rider as Novak or Crncevic. Coming from Italy to a French cycling team as well should lessen the difficulty of being the youngest rider on the squad by 7 years when setting aside loan-ins.

There we have it, Carrefour - ESPN's full team for this upcoming season. Expectations are honestly non-existant at this point, given that there's a pretty wide set of potential outcomes from the amount of focus that was placed on helping the team's depth. However, even a relegation back to the CT would not cripple the team, as the majority of the team's non-declining riders are on extremely managable wages. Relegation would still be dissapointing given the amount of legend-status riders remain with the team, as continuing a positive send-off for the Van Stayens and Bakelandts of the world would be ideal.

Carrefour - ESPN 2021
Name FLMOHITTSTARESRECCOBSPACCFIDHPRL
Van Stayen75637859746978688376726259
Daniel73566956767674807672697464
Chamorro66787565727670516674787464
Bakelandts68718063757269596972706562
Boeckmans71596658716876727980635658
Garby65797068717675505270726368
Hayakawa73636550756876577979757350
Quevedo69717865727273566575697265
Kuboki73657375757471597777706578
Novak69767275747273596364636075
Gautier70667862736966586674756262
Dakteris75556462747073727777636162
Nolf72616462746966786168735862
Lavoine72595961696275647976617861
Bizkarra65767263727272556573716762
Gunman72657570716870517075746877
Faiers69766973727273656170726573
Dainese72616760717474617678646963
Skala74567156707265746671727469
Bercz72627060736875667677676660
Nzeke67727661726767636668757463
Colleoni65686865656865606469656862

Edited by maxime86 on 21-09-2021 03:20
 
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