DarkWolf wrote:
The battle for Carapaz was fierce, I followed it from a safe distance although I was tempted on bidding on him too. Congratulations on your signings!

redordead wrote:
Carapaz is a nice signing indeed. We won't fight over cobbles, but I'm intrigued in the South American fight in the mountains

hillis91 wrote:
*The Danish TT talent Morten Hulgaard joins the Eurosport x GCN team

baseballlover312 wrote:
Blythe is the big one! Not looking forward to racing against him all year.

	Fl	Mo	Hi	TT	St	Rs	Rc	Co	Sp	Ac	Fi	DH	Pr
R.Carapaz	69	80	71	72	71	76	77	50	56	65	71	61	72
J.Pantano	65	78	70	53	72	73	72	50	50	67	62	67	53
C.Dunne	66	74	74	69	71	72	73	70	62	69	74	69	69
M.Cuming	70	74	74	72	74	70	71	58	64	69	74	63	72

	Fl	Mo	Hi	TT	St	Rs	Rc	Co	Sp	Ac	Fi	DH	Pr
M.Schreurs	69	68	80	66	74	70	69	61	70	72	68	65	65
A.Dowsett	69	64	79	63	73	68	65	52	65	70	74	62	62
M.Landa	65	69	78	57	70	69	70	50	61	69	74	67	57
J.Stuyven	70	63	77	58	75	67	68	62	66	74	79	69	58

	Fl	Mo	Hi	TT	St	Rs	Rc	Co	Sp	Ac	Fi	DH	Pr
A.Blythe	76	54	66	68	76	71	77	82	76	73	72	72	71
C.M.Moulingui	74	53	71	52	71	71	53	78	65	68	64	71	52
J.A.Insausti	70	53	64	66	76	73	64	77	57	66	66	70	66
O.Doull	72	59	65	73	71	70	68	71	73	73	63	65	75

	Fl	Mo	Hi	TT	St	Rs	Rc	Co	Sp	Ac	Fi	DH	Pr
G.Nizzolo	73	54	64	57	70	67	71	57	80	79	62	64	66
K.Itami	74	62	60	62	70	66	76	63	79	81	50	52	62
R.Gibbons	75	59	65	67	73	72	73	60	78	78	65	68	72
D.McLay	73	56	67	55	74	72	79	72	77	76	62	66	55

	Fl	Mo	Hi	TT	St	Rs	Rc	Co	Sp	Ac	Fi	DH	Pr
J.Archibald	70	61	64	76	69	72	62	55	60	67	64	55	75

	Fl	Mo	Hi	TT	St	Rs	Rc	Co	Sp	Ac	Fi	DH	Pr
K.Groves**	71	61	70	64	72	70	73	65	75	75	64	66	68
J.Rutsch**	73	63	67	61	72	72	67	71	65	67	69	68	66
M.Stedman	68	66	71	62	66	70	66	61	70	71	64	62	66
S.Carr**	66	68	72	56	70	69	69	55	58	69	62	58	57
M.Hulgaard	68	64	68	71	70	68	67	58	65	65	65	66	70

** On Loan

cunego59 wrote:
Really strong squad with competitive riders on every terrain. Your sprinters and puncheurs are a bit volatile in terms of how they'll perform over the course of the season I think, but if things break right for you, you should have a pretty high ceiling. Lovely presentation, too

AbhishekLFC wrote:
Something or someone for all terrains with Blythe off course the star of the team for you! Look forward to going up against you again this season

Fabianski wrote:
I'm really glad I won't do many cobbles, wouldn't be a lot of fun against Blythe, Stallaert and the likes

I still think Carapaz was too cheap; if I had estimated him at 400k, I'd definitely have gone for him instead of Nairo and saved some money for training Will be fun to battle it out in the PCT mountains for sure!

Your depth on the hills really looks worrying to me at first view; however, I think Gianni doesn't really have to fear any of those. But they should give you great depth results for sure, although all of them might lack a bit of Acc/Res/Mo (or a combination) to consistently compete for top results. Prove me wrong!

Itami and Nizzolo are two cool pickups who should do well if the sprints work out "normally" At least they can't complain about missing leadout support!

Overall, the squad definitely hugely depends on Blythe - who will deliver, no doubt! Carapaz should get some great GC results, too, and chances are high at least one of your puncheurs often shines as well. And if the sprinters do a good job, it should be a comfortable season for you - however, I can't really see the squad close to the promotion spots. Again, prove me wrong

redordead wrote:
A nice and balanced squad indeed. I think you definitely improved from last year

Croatia14 wrote:
I honestly think it will be a tough road to survival. Blythe will have to carry you, but apart from him you lack the "upside"-leaders in my opinion. You'll have consistency, but I'm not sure it's enough if Blythe can't be a star. So good that you have a nice setup for him.

Ollfardh wrote:
I have to echo this could be a tough year for you. Blythe is great, but so are Stallaert and Trentin who are both faster. And there are still some other cobblers who will give you a hard time (hopefully Vanbilsen amongst them), so it won't be an Andorra season.

the_hoyle wrote:

I'm hoping it isn't an Andorra season... they were relegated without the disbanding! PCT is just a very hard division so we will see how it goes.

Ollfardh wrote:


Andorra finished safely thanks to their incredible cobble points iirc?

DarkWolf wrote:
The name of the game... COBBLES.

Nemolito wrote:
I guess the both of us are really hoping for another great year of one of our sprinters, as iirc Itami did incredibly well last year. Blythe should obviously be one of the division's star cobblers, but as others said the competition there has not gotten that much weaker, even though Summerhill moved to PT. It's nice to see. you have a separate time trial contingent for Archibald, but I doubt he will score much points

Best of luck, as I can imagine both of us fighting against relegation, although I think a move like Carapaz to ToA could give you a very nice edge over me and other competitors.