It is year 6 here at our Team's HQ, still based out of Amsterdam, Netherlands. A warm welcome to everyone! We spent the best part of last season battling for our PCT lives, and in the end it was a happy conclusion, as we finished 19th and secured our place in the PCT for the upcoming 2022 season. With this come renewed expectation of finally being able to establish ourselves as a competitive PCT team.
On the team front, we are very excited to have completed the development of the first batch of in-house talents, and renewals allowing, are looking forward to having them leading the team going ahead.
As you can see, overall it's exciting times here at Philips - Force India and we look forward to a fruitful and exciting season ahead.
Primary Sponsor
Philips remains our primary sponsor, and have been a solid partner through all the ups and downs that we have gone through in the past years. We hope to be able pay them back in kind soon enough. By concentrating on developing Dutch talents as a major part of our strategy, we have tried to pay back at least that part of agreement from our end.
Secondary Sponsor
Force India continues as our sponsor for what is the second of their two year original contract. The team has been hard at work in the off season promoting the sport in the Team Principal's home country, but it is expected to be a long drawn out process. There are also talks of Force - India already being interested to extend with us for a further two seasons irrespective of this season's outcome, so that's more good news for the team.
Other Sponsors
Our sponsors remain with us for this season, and there are no inclusions or exclusions in this list from last season.
Technology Partner
AVG Technologies
Research Partners
Airbus
Banking and Insurance Partner
ABN Amro
Automobile Partners
Audi (Cars) and VDL (Buses)
Equipment
Canyon (Frames), SRAM (Groupsets), Zipp (Wheels) and Continental (Tyres)
Jersey
Reebok
Primary Focus: Netherlands
Our primary focus remains the Netherlands. Our focus also continues to extend to riders from across the globe, anyone who we feel can become a part of our team building philosophy.
Good luck for your second consecutive PCT season
It's definitely good that you stayed up with this roster - it's obviously less good that it was at our expense
Not too likely that we'll talk a lot during transfers, but given that I'm clearly not committed to a 100% Swiss roster, there might still be some interesting riders available And you know, we've got some good experience with fancy loan-swap-deals
Heyyyy it's good to be back in the PCT with you guys I tried racing with Isostar and Evonik but it's nicer to have a Conglomerate member I can beat!*
Interested to see what the team will look like this year, obviously the first batch of talents maxing is amazing for you and will be so cool to see the young guns out there leading the team. Exciting times for Philips - Pro Continental - maybe we're a year or two from the big moves to Philips - Force Promotion and make it Philips - Pro Tour?
Love your HQ each year and looking forward to it this year and the "coming soons"...
*Think you have a good shot at me this year!
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@Fabianski: We've been here before once but it didn't end well! Our survival wasn't really at your expense though, was it, with two other teams below us also surviving? You know me, always open for transfer discussions
@jandal: I think your first para is true. The last line is not
Good to be back racing with you guys again as well. Think given our current rosters we'll be meeting quite often. Cant compete with your setup though, given the quality of young leaders you have coming through. Philips - Pro Tour is the dream
AbhishekLFC wrote:
@Fabianski: Our survival wasn't really at your expense though, was it, with two other teams below us also surviving?
Well, you were one of 5 teams passing us in the last month, so it's still somewhat at our expense
However, I can't really complain if my guys just get some 50-odd points from an entire month
Patiently waiting for the arrival of Ronaldo and Beckham. While I'm waiting I do hope your team makes the season a bit less suspenseful than last season, achieving your place in the (upper) midle table of the ranking preferably before the last two races. You definitely have the potential with your climbing/flying Dutchmen
I know what everyone wants to read on our HQ right now, but this isn't it
We thought it was time to look back at our team history a little, before we look ahead to the 2022 season. In this post, we've tried to gather some stats on how the riders that have worn our colours have done for us in our five years of existence.
Points
CT
PCT
PCT
CT
PCT
Name
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
Total
Wilco Kelderman
636
608
375
1619
Lahcen Saber
661
511
1172
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
617
617
Nico Keinath
472
472
Pierre Paolo Penasa
445
445
Rui Costa
343
343
David Per (Loan)
119
197
316
Tom Van Asbroeck
312
312
Marcel Wyss
289
289
Romain Bardet
185
64
39
288
Spoiler
Tom David
279
279
Florentino Marquez
279
279
Michel Kreder
226
12
238
Alexander Krieger
211
17
228
Tom Dumoulin
217
1
218
Tomas Paprstka
156
60
216
Ramunas Navardauskas
204
204
Bert Van Lerberghe
160
160
Remco Te Brake
113
39
152
Jempy Drucker
149
149
Andrew Talansky
142
142
Jaoa Costa
65
73
138
Igor Boev
136
136
Cristian Raileanu
132
132
Jasper Bovenhuis
17
71
34
122
Dylan Teuns
121
121
Ronan Van Zandbeek
12
104
3
119
Andrea Palini
90
90
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
81
81
Jos Van Emden
79
79
Calvin Watson
76
76
Dmitri Grabovski
70
70
Geert Van der Sanden
67
67
Wouter Wippert
62
62
Daniel Moricz (Loan)
62
62
Joonas Henttala
43
18
61
Riccardo Zoidl
60
60
Yoeri Havik
50
50
Enrico Battaglin
37
37
Charles Anguilet
35
35
Ralf Matzka
32
32
Rob Ruijgh
18
13
31
Fabian Lienhard (Loan)
30
30
Pim Ligthart
30
30
Michael Storer (Loan)
28
28
Jan Dieteren
26
26
Olivier Le Gac
21
21
Victor Lafay (Loan)
20
20
Ide Schelling
3
17
20
Kevin Inkelaar
1
18
19
Albert Timmer
18
18
Roy Jans
15
15
Wout Poels
7
6
13
Maris Bogdanovics
12
12
Felix Grossschartner
11
11
Lennard Hofstede
8
2
10
Piet Allegaert
1
9
10
Christoph Mai
8
8
Thomas Boudat (Loan)
8
8
Rok Korosec
4
4
Jefferson Cepeda Hernandez (Loan)
4
4
Ryan Gibbons (Loan)
3
3
Gorazd Per
3
3
Gijs Leemreize
3
3
Miles Scotson (Loan)
2
2
Tom Leezer
2
2
Marten Kooistra
2
0
2
Jhojan Garcia
0
0
Luka Sagadin
0
0
Lotto Petrus
0
0
Ha Jeon Jung
0
0
Patrick Müller
0
0
Riccardo Minali
0
0
Jonas Bokeloh
0
0
0
Aurelien Paret-Peintre
0
0
Cristian Scaroni
0
0
Pascal Eenkhoorn
0
Steven Kalf
0
No surprises here as Kelderman increases his lead in this statistic. Penasa moves into 5th place after 2021, with Van Asbroeck the other new entrant in the Top 10. Per and Wyss, two of our favourite riders from our first couple of season, still remain in the Top 10.
Race Days
Name
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
Total
Jasper Bovenhuis
76
70
73
219
Ronan Van Zandbeek
60
75
64
199
Ide Schelling
94
89
183
Romain Bardet
52
66
62
180
Piet Allegaert
14
94
54
162
Kevin Inkelaar
87
74
161
Joonas Henttala
71
78
149
David Per (Loan)
63
73
136
Wout Poels
65
70
135
Tom Dumoulin
64
70
134
Spoiler
Tomas Paprstka
64
66
130
Rob Ruijgh
60
68
128
Jaoa Costa
57
70
127
Remco Te Brake
58
61
119
Alexander Krieger
52
64
116
Marten Kooistra
15
100
115
Wilco Kelderman
39
35
40
114
Lennard Hofstede
15
96
111
Michel Kreder
45
61
106
Gijs Leemreize
100
100
Patrick Müller
95
95
Daniel Moricz (Loan)
94
94
Jefferson Cepeda Hernandez (Loan)
94
94
Ryan Gibbons (Loan)
93
93
Ha Jeon Jung
91
91
Thomas Boudat (Loan)
88
88
Victor Lafay (Loan)
86
86
Lahcen Saber
41
42
83
Jonas Bokeloh
15
68
83
Riccardo Zoidl
75
75
Lotto Petrus
75
75
Fabian Lienhard (Loan)
74
74
Michael Storer (Loan)
74
74
Rok Korosec
74
74
Pim Ligthart
72
72
Felix Grossschartner
72
72
Charles Anguilet
69
69
Jan Dieteren
66
66
Roy Jans
66
66
Albert Timmer
65
65
Tom Leezer
65
65
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
64
64
Christoph Mai
64
64
Olivier Le Gac
63
63
Calvin Watson
62
62
Ramunas Navardauskas
61
61
Wouter Wippert
61
61
Jos Van Emden
60
60
Yoeri Havik
59
59
Andrea Palini
58
58
Igor Boev
57
57
Geert Van der Sanden
56
56
Cristian Raileanu
55
55
Bert Van Lerberghe
53
53
Dylan Teuns
53
53
Dmitri Grabovski
53
53
Enrico Battaglin
52
52
Andrew Talansky
51
51
Marcel Wyss
50
50
Tom David
50
50
Nico Keinath
48
48
Pierre Paolo Penasa
48
48
Rui Costa
48
48
Tom Van Asbroeck
48
48
Ralf Matzka
47
47
Jempy Drucker
46
46
Miles Scotson (Loan)
45
45
Florentino Marquez
44
44
Maris Bogdanovics
44
44
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
42
42
Riccardo Minali
15
15
Aurelien Paret-Peintre
15
15
Gorazd Per
14
14
Jhojan Garcia
14
14
Luka Sagadin
14
14
Cristian Scaroni
14
14
We have a new leader in this statistic with Bovenhuis moving ahead of Van Zandbeek at the top of the RD table. Schelling is up into 3rd.
Points per Race Day
Name
Total Points
Total RDs
PpRD
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
617
42
14.69
Wilco Kelderman
1619
114
14.20
Lahcen Saber
1172
83
14.12
Nico Keinath
472
48
9.83
Pierre Paolo Penasa
445
48
9.27
Rui Costa
343
48
7.15
Tom Van Asbroeck
312
48
6.50
Florentino Marquez
279
44
6.34
Marcel Wyss
289
50
5.78
Tom David
279
50
5.58
Spoiler
Ramunas Navardauskas
204
61
3.34
Jempy Drucker
149
46
3.24
Bert Van Lerberghe
160
53
3.02
Andrew Talansky
142
51
2.78
Cristian Raileanu
132
55
2.40
Igor Boev
136
57
2.39
David Per (Loan)
316
136
2.32
Dylan Teuns
121
53
2.28
Michel Kreder
238
106
2.25
Alexander Krieger
228
116
1.97
Tomas Paprstka
216
130
1.66
Tom Dumoulin
218
134
1.63
Romain Bardet
288
180
1.60
Andrea Palini
90
58
1.55
Dmitri Grabovski
70
53
1.32
Jos Van Emden
79
60
1.32
Remco Te Brake
152
119
1.28
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
81
64
1.27
Calvin Watson
76
62
1.23
Geert Van der Sanden
67
56
1.20
Jaoa Costa
138
127
1.09
Wouter Wippert
62
61
1.02
Yoeri Havik
50
59
0.85
Riccardo Zoidl
60
75
0.80
Enrico Battaglin
37
52
0.71
Ralf Matzka
32
47
0.68
Daniel Moricz (Loan)
62
94
0.66
Ronan Van Zandbeek
119
199
0.60
Jasper Bovenhuis
122
219
0.56
Charles Anguilet
35
69
0.51
Pim Ligthart
30
72
0.42
Joonas Henttala
61
149
0.41
Fabian Lienhard (Loan)
30
74
0.41
Jan Dieteren
26
66
0.39
Michael Storer (Loan)
28
74
0.38
Olivier Le Gac
21
63
0.33
Albert Timmer
18
65
0.28
Maris Bogdanovics
12
44
0.27
Rob Ruijgh
31
128
0.24
Victor Lafay (Loan)
20
86
0.23
Roy Jans
15
66
0.23
Gorazd Per
3
14
0.21
Felix Grossschartner
11
72
0.15
Christoph Mai
8
64
0.13
Kevin Inkelaar
19
161
0.12
Ide Schelling
20
183
0.11
Wout Poels
13
135
0.10
Thomas Boudat (Loan)
8
88
0.09
Lennard Hofstede
10
111
0.09
Piet Allegaert
10
162
0.06
Rok Korosec
4
74
0.05
Miles Scotson (Loan)
2
45
0.04
Jefferson Cepeda Hernandez (Loan)
4
94
0.04
Ryan Gibbons (Loan)
3
93
0.03
Tom Leezer
2
65
0.03
Gijs Leemreize
3
100
0.03
Marten Kooistra
2
115
0.02
Jhojan Garcia
0
14
0.00
Luka Sagadin
0
14
0.00
Lotto Petrus
0
75
0.00
Ha Jeon Jung
0
91
0.00
Patrick Müller
0
95
0.00
Riccardo Minali
0
15
0.00
Jonas Bokeloh
0
83
0.00
Aurelien Paret-Peintre
0
15
0.00
Cristian Scaroni
0
14
0.00
Kelderman no longer leads the PpRD table, with his underwhelming 2021 making him fall behind Henao. Saber remains in 3rd, with Penasa moving up to 5th.
Wages
Name
Total Points
Total Wage Earned
Average Wage/Point
Igor Boev
136
0
0
Marcel Wyss
289
55000
190
Nico Keinath
472
140000
297
Michel Kreder
238
85000
357
Ramunas Navardauskas
204
80000
392
Daniel Moricz (Loan)
62
25000
403
Tom Dumoulin
218
120000
550
Tomas Paprstka
216
120000
556
Bert Van Lerberghe
160
90000
563
Jos Van Emden
79
50000
633
Spoiler
Calvin Watson
76
50000
658
Lahcen Saber
1172
775000
661
Tom Van Asbroeck
312
220000
705
Andrea Palini
90
65000
722
Rui Costa
343
250000
729
Alexander Krieger
228
170000
746
Geert Van der Sanden
67
50000
746
Tom David
279
209000
749
Cristian Raileanu
132
100000
758
Jaoa Costa
138
105000
761
Riccardo Zoidl
60
50000
833
Dmitri Grabovski
70
60000
857
Wilco Kelderman
1619
1405000
868
Michael Storer (Loan)
28
25000
893
Romain Bardet
288
260000
903
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
81
75000
926
Jempy Drucker
149
140000
940
David Per (Loan)
316
300000
949
Pierre Paolo Penasa
445
440000
989
Dylan Teuns
121
130000
1074
Florentino Marquez
279
300000
1075
Wouter Wippert
62
70000
1129
Andrew Talansky
142
165000
1162
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
617
730000
1183
Ronan Van Zandbeek
119
150000
1261
Jasper Bovenhuis
122
155000
1270
Remco Te Brake
152
195000
1283
Charles Anguilet
35
50000
1429
Ralf Matzka
32
50000
1563
Joonas Henttala
61
100000
1639
Fabian Lienhard (Loan)
30
50000
1667
Pim Ligthart
30
50000
1667
Enrico Battaglin
37
90000
2432
Jan Dieteren
26
65000
2500
Victor Lafay (Loan)
20
50000
2500
Albert Timmer
18
55000
3056
Gorazd Per
3
10000
3333
Rob Ruijgh
31
110000
3548
Yoeri Havik
50
200000
4000
Maris Bogdanovics
12
50000
4167
Roy Jans
15
65000
4333
Olivier Le Gac
21
95000
4524
Felix Grossschartner
11
50000
4545
Ide Schelling
20
100000
5000
Lennard Hofstede
10
60000
6000
Christoph Mai
8
50000
6250
Jefferson Cepeda Hernandez (Loan)
4
25000
6250
Kevin Inkelaar
19
125000
6579
Thomas Boudat (Loan)
8
55000
6875
Wout Poels
13
105000
8077
Piet Allegaert
10
110000
11000
Rok Korosec
4
50000
12500
Miles Scotson (Loan)
2
25000
12500
Ryan Gibbons (Loan)
3
50000
16667
Gijs Leemreize
3
50000
16667
Tom Leezer
2
50000
25000
Marten Kooistra
2
60000
30000
Boev, Wyss and Keinath keep their stranglehold on top of his standing, with an excellent Daniel Moricz the only entry into the Top 10 this season.
Stage Races
GC
Points
KOM
U25
Stages
Name
1st
2nd
3rd
Wins
Wins
Wins
1st
2nd
3rd
Wilco Kelderman
1
1
2
1
3
2
1
Alexander Krieger
1
1
1
2
1
Tom Dumoulin
1
1
1
1
Nico Keinath
2
3
1
4
2
Michel Kreder
1
3
1
5
1
Romain Bardet
1
1
1
2
Igor Boev
2
4
1
Remco Te Brake
2
2
David Per
2
2
Lahcen Saber
2
Andrea Palini
1
1
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
1
1
Tom Van Asbroeck
1
1
Pim Ligthart
1
Bert Van Lerberghe
1
Dylan Teuns
1
Geert Van der Sanden
2
3
Rui Costa
1
Yoeri Havik
1
Charles Anguilet
1
Wouter Wippert
4
Florentino Marquez
3
Marcel Wyss
1
Lennard Hofstede
1
Ramunas Navardauskas
1
Tomas Paprstka
1
Calvin Watson
1
Joonas Henttala
1
Andrew Talansky
1
Jaoa Costa
2
Rob Ruijgh
1
Fabian Lienhard
1
Daniel Moricz
1
Michael Storer
1
Kelderman remains on top of this table, with the top remaining mostly unchanged from last season.
Classics
Name
1st
2nd
3rd
Wilco Kelderman
2
2
3
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
2
Marcel Wyss
1
Lahcen Saber
1
1
Jempy Drucker
1
Ramunas Navardauskas
1
Tom David
1
Jarlinson Pantano Gomez
1
Tomas Paprstka
1
Bert Van Lerberghe
1
Kelderman remains on top of this standing as well. Tom David is the only new entrant for this stat.
Overall Achievements
Name
Wins
Jerseys
Podiums
Wilco Kelderman
6
2
17
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
3
0
4
Igor Boev
2
0
7
Alexander Krieger
2
2
5
Tom Dumoulin
2
1
4
Lahcen Saber
2
0
4
Remco Te Brake
2
0
4
David Per
2
2
2
Nico Keinath
1
0
12
Michel Kreder
1
3
8
Romain Bardet
1
1
4
Marcel Wyss
1
0
2
Andrea Palini
1
0
2
Bert Van Lerberghe
1
0
2
Tom Van Asbroeck
1
0
2
Pim Ligthart
1
0
1
Dylan Teuns
1
0
1
Geert Van der Sanden
0
0
5
Wouter Wippert
0
0
4
Florentino Marquez
0
0
3
Ramunas Navardauskas
0
0
2
Tomas Paprstka
0
0
2
Jempy Drucker
0
0
1
Lennard Hofstede
0
0
1
Jarlinson Pantano
0
0
1
Rui Costa
0
0
1
Yoeri Havik
0
0
1
Calvin Watson
0
0
1
Tom David
0
0
1
Joonas Henttala
0
0
1
Andrew Talansky
0
0
1
Charles Anguilet
0
0
1
Jaoa Costa
0
2
0
Rob Ruijgh
0
1
0
Fabian Lienhard
0
1
0
Michael Storer
0
1
0
Daniel Moricz
0
1
0
Kelderman added another win this season to remain on top of this standing. Henao remains second, with a whole host of riders tied for 3rd.
Race Days per Podium
Name
Podiums
RDs
RDs/Podiums
Nico Keinath
12
48
4.00
Wilco Kelderman
17
114
6.71
Igor Boev
7
57
8.14
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
4
42
10.50
Geert Van der Sanden
5
56
11.20
Michel Kreder
8
106
13.25
Florentino Marquez
3
44
14.67
Wouter Wippert
4
61
15.25
Lahcen Saber
4
83
20.75
Alexander Krieger
5
116
23.20
Tom Van Asbroeck
2
48
24.00
Marcel Wyss
2
50
25.00
Bert Van Lerberghe
2
53
26.50
Andrea Palini
2
58
29.00
Remco Te Brake
4
119
29.75
Ramunas Navardauskas
2
61
30.50
Tom Dumoulin
4
134
33.50
Romain Bardet
4
180
45.00
Jempy Drucker
1
46
46.00
Rui Costa
1
48
48.00
Tom David
1
50
50.00
Andrew Talansky
1
51
51.00
Dylan Teuns
1
53
53.00
Yoeri Havik
1
59
59.00
Calvin Watson
1
62
62.00
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
1
64
64.00
Tomas Paprstka
2
130
65.00
David Per (Loan)
2
136
68.00
Charles Anguilet
1
69
69.00
Pim Ligthart
1
72
72.00
Lennard Hofstede
1
111
111.00
Joonas Henttala
1
149
149.00
Keinath's record looks pretty much unbeatable at this point, with Kelderman remaining in 2nd but having the gap increased between himself and the former. Not much changes in these standings from last season either.
We hope you enjoy looking back on our history with us just as much as we did, rummaging through the archives and bringing out these stats.
Stay tuned as we start to focus on the 2022 season going ahead.
@Nemolito: Ronaldo and Beckham need another year or so to be ready I hope you are right as well. Whatever has to happen, please let it not be as nail-biting!
Always love team history posts and yours are always some of the best. Think I might definitely steal that points table showing the years!
Keinath was so good that promoting year! Also love to see Wyss a lot like Roux for us always at the top of the points per wage table after their great 2017 years
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jandal7 wrote:
Always love team history posts and yours are always some of the best. Think I might definitely steal that points table showing the years!
Keinath was so good that promoting year! Also love to see Wyss a lot like Roux for us always at the top of the points per wage table after their great 2017 years
Love them too, that's why I do them! Thanks for the nice words
Loved Wyss when he was around and still looking for the next Keinath...
It is time to share with the world how our rider contract discussions turned out this off-season.
Rider
2021 Wage
2022 Wage
Difference
Wilco Kelderman
€ 480,000
€ 400,000
- € 80,000
Pierre Paolo Penasa
€ 440,000
€ 240,000
- € 200,000
Kevin Inkelaar
€ 25,000
€ 220,000
€ 195,000
Tom Van Asbroeck
€ 220,000
€ 195,000
- € 25,000
Tom David
€ 2,09,000
€ 175,000
- € 34,000
Pascal Eenkhoorn
€ 40,000
€ 150,000
€ 110,000
Dylan Teuns
€ 130,000
€ 130,000
€ 0
Cristian Raileanu
€ 100,000
€ 125,000
€ 25,000
Andrew Talansky
€ 165,000
€ 100,000
- € 65,000
Riccardo Minali
€ 5,000
€ 100,000
€ 95,000
Tomas Paprstka
€ 70,000
€ 70,000
€ 0
Roy Jans
€ 65,000
€ 65,000
€ 0
Tom Dumoulin
€ 70,000
€ 50,000
- € 20,000
Jasper Bovenhuis
€ 55,000
€ 50,000
- € 5,000
Joonas Henttala
€ 50,000
€ 50,000
€ 0
Ide Schelling
€ 50,000
€ 50,000
€ 0
Jhojan Garcia
€ 10,000
€ 50,000
€ 40,000
Gijs Leemreize
€ 55,000
€ 50,000
- € 5,000
Marten Kooistra
€ 50,000
€ 50,000
€ 0
Steven Kalf
€ 25,000
€ 50,000
€ 25,000
Charles Anguilet
€ 50,000
€ 0
- € 50,000
Riccardo Zoidl
€ 50,000
€ 0
- € 50,000
Victor Lafay
€ 50,000
€ 0
- € 50,000
Daniel Moricz
€ 25,000
€ 0
- € 25,000
Luka Sagadin
€ 10,000
€ 0
- € 10,000
€ 2,499,000
€ 2,370,000
- € 129,000
We bid goodbye to Riccardo Zoidl, Charles Anguilet and Luka Sagadin. The first two declined in the off season, while Sagadin was not considered good enough to be given a full contract. We thank them for the contributions last season.
Lafay and Moricz return to their parent teams after a successful loan spell last season.
Inkelaar, Eenkhoorn, Minali and Kalf return from their loan spells, and are all fully developed now.
We were able to renew exactly the riders that we wanted to, which is a first for us. We already have 20 riders under contract and are under the wage, so we can safely skip this transfer window! But if you know us, you'll know that's never going to happen
Stay tuned for the availability post coming up in a day or two...
Edited by AbhishekLFC on 10-08-2022 10:50
Those are some fantastic wages for Kelderman and Penasa, wow. Especially with Penasa, you did extremely well to get him down that much. Inkelaar perhaps a little less than ideal, but it will be cool to see him maxed.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy
Those decreases for Kelderman and Penasa are huge! You've got a very deep roster, lots of potential contributors. I'll be curious to see how much of the roster you still want to change, or where you want to invest that remaining budget. However you do it, I don't think you'll have to fear relegation anymore this upcoming season.
@bbl: Inkelaar was touched by Isostar voodoo, so this was coming Happy with what we could do with Kelderman and Penasa. Given the former's bad recent record, a wage cut was always coming though!
@cunego: As mentioned above, particularly happy with Penasa's decrease while this is probably more where Kelderman should be at, given his performances. While we do have leaders on all terrains already, a target is perhaps to reduce the age of the team. That is mainly where we would expect to be making some changes. Not expecting a major overhaul though.
@redordead: Guess everyone loves that Penasa wage I don't expect to be fighting for promotion though, unless something spectacular happens in transfers!
@knockout: Kelderman's wage is surely a more believable value than what it had grown to. Happy to have fixed that problem. Like making those history posts, so it's nice that people enjoy reading them also
Can only echo others, that Triple-P wage cut is massive! Makes me wonder how far I could've gone with Quintana, if Penasa accepts his salary to basically be cut by half...
You already repeated several times that Wilco's time on the team probably is over, so looking forward to see how you tackle that challenge! And also looking forward to the availability list; although most of your guys aren't directly in our focus area, some of them might be pretty useful at CT level