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[PCT] Red Bull Žalgiris '21
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| quadsas |
Posted on 19-09-2021 23:25
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baseballlover312 wrote:
Gone for Keizer a couple of times over the years, though went for the Dane instead this time. He is an absolute tank and is gonna do great things.
Halvorsen is an amazing long term investment. I consciously tried to avoid big sprinters this year, but he really, really tempted me given his age, skill, and nationality. And Lekkessund as a top talent too looks so nice. Jealous for sure.
Really deep roster overall. Nice job.
Yes, I've tried to get Keizer prior to this season as well. And it finally happened. Will be a great rider for next two years as well.
Halvorsen is weird, I think his future within the team will depend on how he performs this year ignoring the U25 points.
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| quadsas |
Posted on 20-09-2021 08:35
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And we have added another rider, although just a stagiare, and not a great one. No amount of crying could've made a difference. But we still had to sign the only Austrian talent this year Tobias Beyer
| FL | MO | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FT | DH | PR | Wage | | 68 | 65 | 68 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 69 | 69 | 64 | 10K | | 73 | 72 | 74 | 69 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 69 | 69 | 73 | 77 | 72 | 67 | Max | | 76 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 76 | 72 | 67 | Max |
Couple interesting training paths, none of them too fantastic, but may be worth keeping in the end, will depend on my mood I guess.
| Name | FL | MO | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FT | DH | PR | Nat | Wage | | Martijn Keizer | 71 | 80 | 70 | 80 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 58 | 56 | 72 | 71 | 60 | 80 |  | 375K | | Kristoffer Halvorsen | 76 | 58 | 65 | 63 | 74 | 71 | 80 | 70 | 80 | 80 | 70 | 61 | 68 |  | 350K | | Matthias Brändle | 75 | 76 | 71 | 79 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 56 | 60 | 69 | 62 | 68 | 79 |  | 220K | | Carlos Betancourt | 69 | 73 | 80 | 60 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 67 | 74 | 75 | 67 | 59 |  | 180K | | Kristian Dyrnes | 68 | 72 | 78 | 61 | 73 | 73 | 70 | 54 | 65 | 77 | 78 | 74 | 66 | | 100K | | Aime De Gendt | 76 | 62 | 73 | 68 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 75 | 65 | 69 | 77 | 66 | 70 |  | 100K | | Evaldas Siskevicius | 69 | 72 | 77 | 64 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 50 | 70 | 74 | 71 | 63 | 64 |  | 100K | | Tim Dees | 70 | 74 | 71 | 76 | 73 | 75 | 70 | 53 | 59 | 63 | 65 | 61 | 75 | | 100K | | Giorgi Nareklishvili | 74 | 68 | 69 | 78 | 70 | 74 | 69 | 67 | 66 | 67 | 76 | 58 | 76 |  | 80K | | Daniel Teklehaimanot | 67 | 76 | 73 | 73 | 70 | 70 | 74 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 72 | 66 | 73 |  | 70K | | Muhamma Afif Ahmad Zamri | 70 | 75 | 70 | 75 | 72 | 74 | 75 | 52 | 59 | 69 | 71 | 59 | 75 |  | 85K | | Mihkel Räim | 74 | 62 | 67 | 61 | 73 | 72 | 75 | 71 | 76 | 75 | 76 | 68 | 74 |  | 50K | | Matthias Krizek | 69 | 73 | 74 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 73 | 51 | 66 | 74 | 74 | 61 | 65 | | 55K | | Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy | 68 | 74 | 71 | 74 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 50 | 50 | 70 | 77 | 64 | 74 |  | 50K | | Egidijus Juodvalkis | 63 | 74 | 72 | 60 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 53 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 57 | 60 | | 50K | | Itamar Einhorn | 71 | 60 | 60 | 62 | 68 | 70 | 71 | 61 | 76 | 74 | 60 | 63 | 64 |  | 50K | | Andreas Leknessund | 72 | 70 | 69 | 71 | 72 | 76 | 70 | 69 | 65 | 68 | 74 | 69 | 71 | | 250K | | Venantas Lasinis | 67 | 72 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 59 | 61 | 67 | 66 | 68 | 70 | | 50K | | Sulkhan Akhmaevi | 67 | 69 | 67 | 75 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 60 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 63 | 71 | | 50K | | Alexandr Nepomnyachsniy | 71 | 50 | 61 | 64 | 69 | 61 | 73 | 73 | 75 | 71 | 67 | 74 | 64 | | 50K | | Tobias Bayer | 68 | 65 | 68 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 69 | 69 | 64 | | 10K |
Edited by quadsas on 22-09-2021 11:58
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| redordead |
Posted on 20-09-2021 13:04
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Some great signings. Top 10 finish this year maybe? 
Also double Nepoms 
"I am a cyclist, I may not be the best, but that is what I strive to be. I may never get there, but I will never quit trying." - Tadej Pogačar
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| cio93 |
Posted on 20-09-2021 13:22
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If you're sticking to the Austrian sponsor, they have two great juniors at the moment in Hajek and Schrettl, albeit still four years away from getting added.
Halvorsen and Leknessund are great long-term additions, and I agree that it shouldn't be an issue for you to consolidate a decent midfield PCT position.
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| quadsas |
Posted on 20-09-2021 13:32
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cio93 wrote:
If you're sticking to the Austrian sponsor, they have two great juniors at the moment in Hajek and Schrettl, albeit still four years away from getting added.
Halvorsen and Leknessund are great long-term additions, and I agree that it shouldn't be an issue for you to consolidate a decent midfield PCT position.
Well, I also have to wait 4 years for any decent Lithuanians and Qartvelians, they're all 18/19, Bayer was the best one available and in MG he sucks.
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Double Nepos are our luck charm, even though Alex is god awful, but you gotta keep team spirits high !!
And mid table is bare minimum, if done correctly, Brandle and Keizer should double what Intxausti and Denifl scored, and we probably haven't lost many points in the depth scoring either !! Great shame would be felt if we end up being mediocre again !!
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 20-09-2021 23:38
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I was hoping to match you on the Lithuanian count but you got me 3 - 2 (and one of mine is really yours) but since McCormick has only ever had 1 rider of any nationality other than US before Lithuania is now our 2nd most represented country.
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| quadsas |
Posted on 21-09-2021 08:16
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Ulrich Ulriksen wrote:
I was hoping to match you on the Lithuanian count but you got me 3 - 2 (and one of mine is really yours) but since McCormick has only ever had 1 rider of any nationality other than US before Lithuania is now our 2nd most represented country.
That is without a doubt a certified way to reach #blessed status, it's hard to go wrong with your approach! Gods are without a doubt very much pleased with you !!
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| Bikex |
Posted on 21-09-2021 14:15
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Cool to see the Nepomnyachsniy bros reunited for a final season. Something I had already tried when I had Alex on my team.
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 21-09-2021 22:34
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Not just a title candidate, but a title favourite
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| quadsas |
Posted on 22-09-2021 11:51
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@Bikex - #blessed
@Nemo - #cursed, but I shall consider your attempts to remedy the situation
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| quadsas |
Posted on 13-06-2022 10:54
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Buongiorno stronzi fan Ferrari! Ingegneria austriaca ah ah.
Red Bull Žalgiris will claim the aesthetics prize for scoring 15pprd exactly, beautiful stuff.
13th is below expectations, but comparing depth scoring to last year, it is not surprising. Rngods were not on our side this year.
For historical purposes, I'll put a tiny bit of effort and timeseal our individual scoring, mainly to track Leknedeeznuts Hall of Fame career.
Only the Norwegians fully satisfied me, everyone else I feel underperformed. Leknedeeznuts being 6th best scorer is shambolic.
| 16 | Martijn Keizer | NED | Red Bull Zalgiris | 599 | | 18 | Kristoffer Halvorsen | NOR | Red Bull Zalgiris | 589 | | 46 | Matthias Brändle | AUT | Red Bull Zalgiris | 410 | | | 98 | Kristian Dyrnes | NOR | Red Bull Zalgiris | 227 | | | 132 | Carlos Betancourt | COL | Red Bull Zalgiris | 147 | | | 177 | Andreas Leknessund | NOR | Red Bull Zalgiris | 99 | | | 195 | Giorgi Nareklishvili | GEO | Red Bull Zalgiris | 86 | | 209 | Evaldas Siskevicius | LTU | Red Bull Zalgiris | 76 | | | 221 | Daniel Teklehaimanot | ERI | Red Bull Zalgiris | 71 | | | 232 | Matthias Krizek | AUT | Red Bull Zalgiris | 64 | | | 247 | Aime De Gendt | BEL | Red Bull Zalgiris | 58 | | | 257 | Mihkel Räim | EST | Red Bull Zalgiris | 55 | | | 267 | Tim Dees | NED | Red Bull Zalgiris | 51 | | | 295 | Muhamma Afif Ahmad Zamri | MAS | Red Bull Zalgiris | 42 | | | 397 | Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy | KAZ | Red Bull Zalgiris | 19 | | 416 | Sulkhan Akhmaevi | GEO | Red Bull Zalgiris | 15 | | 461 | Egidijus Juodvalkis | LTU | Red Bull Zalgiris | 8 | | | 493 | Venantas Lasinis | LTU | Red Bull Zalgiris | 5 | | 505 | Itamar Einhorn | ISR | Red Bull Zalgiris | 4 |
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After such brilliant insight, time for some flexing (on Ferrari fans).
Second big boy raised from the childhood has been maxed. Big up big Beniušis.
| Name | FL | MO | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FT | DH | PR | LVL | | Justas Beniušis | 71 | 67 | 59 | 77 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 56 | 57 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 76 | Lvl4 | | Justas Beniušis | 71 | 69 | 60 | 79 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 56 | 57 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 78 | Maxed |
Next up another future LEGEND, the Fat Man Lašinis, not lookin too bad !!
| Name | FL | MO | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FT | DH | PR | LVL | | Venantas Lašinis | 67 | 72 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 59 | 61 | 67 | 66 | 68 | 70 | Lvl3 | | Venantas Lašinis | 68 | 75 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 59 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 69 | 72 | Lvl4 |
A fine gentleman, most likely will not spend time with us for next year, but will end up being pretty dece sprinter once maxed.
| Name | FL | MO | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FT | DH | PR | LVL | | Itamar Einhorn | 71 | 60 | 60 | 62 | 68 | 70 | 71 | 61 | 76 | 74 | 60 | 63 | 64 | Lvl3 | | Itamar Einhorn | 73 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 61 | 78 | 76 | 60 | 63 | 64 | Lvl4 |
Qartvelian duo is coming along nicely, maybe even worth keeping permanently if we sign a cobbler.
| Name | FL | MO | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FT | DH | PR | LVL | | Beka Nareklishvili | 66 | 61 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 69 | 68 | 70 | 64 | 70 | 67 | 61 | 70 | Lvl2 | | Beka Nareklishvili | 68 | 61 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 72 | 64 | 70 | 67 | 61 | 72 | Lvl3 | | Name | FL | MO | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FT | DH | PR | LVL | | Giorgi Tediashvili | 68 | 66 | 67 | 65 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 67 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 65 | 65 | Lvl1 | | Giorgi Tediashvili | 71 | 66 | 68 | 65 | 71 | 74 | 71 | 71 | 67 | 70 | 69 | 65 | 65 | Lvl3 |
Our young boy Januškevičius will not be very useful until he's maxed, but you gotta work with what you get.
| Name | FL | MO | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FT | DH | PR | LVL | | Mantas Januškevičius | 70 | 64 | 67 | 68 | 71 | 72 | 67 | 55 | 68 | 68 | 71 | 68 | 67 | Lvl1 | | Mantas Januškevičius | 70 | 68 | 70 | 69 | 73 | 74 | 70 | 55 | 68 | 70 | 73 | 68 | 68 | Lvl3 |
The MENACE. Triple the level, triple the points. 300 is minimum next year.
| Name | FL | MO | HL | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FT | DH | PR | LVL | | Andreas Leknessund | 72 | 70 | 69 | 71 | 72 | 76 | 70 | 69 | 65 | 68 | 74 | 69 | 71 | Lvl1 | | Andreas Leknessund | 72 | 73 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 78 | 73 | 69 | 65 | 68 | 74 | 69 | 74 | Lvl3 |
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GIBE REMCO
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 13-06-2022 11:37
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Perhaps not quite the season you were hoping for, but some nice highlights with Halvorsen and Leknessund. I'm curious where you'll take the team given that half of your riders including some leaders will be declining, but the young core led by Halvorsen does look promising.
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| quadsas |
Posted on 13-06-2022 17:39
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cunego59 wrote:
Perhaps not quite the season you were hoping for, but some nice highlights with Halvorsen and Leknessund. I'm curious where you'll take the team given that half of your riders including some leaders will be declining, but the young core led by Halvorsen does look promising.
Half the team will be taken behind the shed that is fo sho
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