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[CT] Staffbase-BHP | GOALS & DEVELOPMENT
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| Ezeefreak |
Posted on 03-05-2023 06:30
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Fnally all results for July and August are in, so it's time to talk about. Here a short overview of July:
Uppsala Classic C2
- W. Willwohl GC P17
Isle of Man IT C2
- K. Predatsch P6
Tour de Vineyards C1
- P. Bauhaus S2 P9 ; S4 P13
- T. Van Dijke S4 P1 ;
Windhoek TTT C1
- Last
Betonexpressz GP C2
- W. Willwohl GC P5
Lets start with the Team TT, we got what we expected and deserved in the end. Last place, simply we don't have a TT Team so we have to accept this for this year as it is. Our only weapon for TT's is Predatsch what he showed in the Isle of Man Race where he finished 6th. Thats what we can expect of him and we're happy with that.
The 2 one day races we got mixed results. With the Uppsala Classic we arent satisfied, i think we are stronger than that 17th position Willwohl could score, but that happens. The 5th position from him in the Betonexpressz GP is a good result, sadly our goal was to win it so we cant be completely satisfied also.
For the Tour of Vineyards we hoped we could have scored a bit better in the Sprints than the 9th and 13th place of Bauhaus but there was a great competition. Otherwise we are more than happy with the Victory of Van Dijke at the 4th Stage!.
Overall I think that was an average month with the Highlight from Van Dijke.
For August we have the following:
Benelux Challenge HC
- L. Plapp S3 P1 ; Points P8
- T. Van Dijke KoM P5
Giro del Trentino C2
- L. Plapp S3 P6 ; U25 P9
- D. Sunderland S3 P2 ; Points P4 ;
Frankfurt Eschborn C1
- J. Hollmann GC P24
Tour de l'Avenir U23
- Nothing
The highlight here and probably overall so far is definitely the victory of Plapp atthe 3rd Stage of the Benelux Challenge. Totally unexpected! Also the placements of Plapp and Van Dijke in the Points and Mountain Classifications are very satisfying.
Followed was this by the Giro of Trentino, even if Plapp could score that high here he still did a good job. A very positive note here from Sunderland with finishing 2nd at a hard stage 3.
In germany at the Frankfurt-Eschborn race we could only get Hollmann into the Top 25, so it was overall not very satisfying but for Hollmann himself it was really a nice result and individually we are happy.
Last to talk about is the Tour de l'Avenir and with "nothing" we have there it seems dissapointing. But it's a hard race of the best young riders and for our CT Team it's just very hard. Also overall Plapp did a good job and could stay in the Top 15 / 20 till the last stage where he sadly collected a lot more minutes so he dropped out of Top 20 but till then it was a good race from him. Overall it was a good month of him and I am sure in the future we can expect a lot from him.
The August i would rate kinda positive because our younger and less experienced rider could show some potential.
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With that we only have 2 months left this season, for us this means 6 more races. Our goal ist to keep it up like before. In the team rankings we wanna stay at least on P16 and maybe even get 1 or 2 more places but this wont be an easy task.
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Another general information. Since we nearing the end of the season there are already quite a lot going behind the scenes and I can already announce that the Staffbase - BHP Team won't exist in the upcoming season!
But that doesnt mean we will be gone. Just our contract with our 2 main sponsors will end. We will continue the work with this team and we are already in final negotiations with a new partner! Stay tuned for this!
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| KaiserAdler |
Posted on 03-05-2023 06:36
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Can’t wait to see who will be sponsoring your team next season, keep your head up, the results will come 
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| Ezeefreak |
Posted on 03-05-2023 06:42
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KaiserAdler wrote:
Can’t wait to see who will be sponsoring your team next season, keep your head up, the results will come
Thanks for the encouragement! Like i stated also before I learned a lot this season and with our new partner and a hopefully great offseason we will come back a lot stronger!
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| Ezeefreak |
Posted on 08-05-2023 06:47
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Update about our Partners
Like stated before we can finally officially announce that we will go into the next season with new partners!
We wanna thank our current partner for their cooperation and making it possible to start this project here. We will make sure to finish the season as good as possible.We appreciate tnhe support from especially Staffbase and BHP. We werent overly succesful this season but we could shine in some races thanks to them!
We will also change most of our other partner and sponsors for the upcomming years. More to this we will announce in the upcomming days and then we can finally present our new partners! Stay tuned for this!
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 08-05-2023 15:00
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Very interesting, I wonder if there might also be a change of focus region as well? Or just new sponsors?
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Posted on 22-11-2024 18:58
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 08-05-2023 15:53
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Well, your sponsors don't have a lot of patience 
I also finished in the bottom 5 in my first year (15th out of 17), just to promote next year. And I think your team might be similarly well set - not targetting instant success, but rather focusing on the long term. All the best for the future, and as Eden, I'm curious to see what direction you'll take
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| Ezeefreak |
Posted on 09-05-2023 05:24
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Eden95 wrote:
Very interesting, I wonder if there might also be a change of focus region as well? Or just new sponsors?
I can say that allready. We will stay a german based team! We will even have a deeper connection i would say. The australian component will be gone though therefore we're focusing in generally more at european riders.
Well, your sponsors don't have a lot of patience
 The sponsor would have wanted to continue he saw the potential of our project! But so did others also so we took the chance with our new, bigger, partner to reach a multi year deal!
End of the week we will be available to reveal our new partner line-up!
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Posted on 09-05-2023 17:37
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Benelux Challenge HC
- L. Plapp S3 P1 ; Points P8
Giro del Trentino C2
- L. Plapp S3 P6 ; U25 P9
The highlight here and probably overall so far is definitely the victory of Plapp atthe 3rd Stage of the Benelux Challenge. Totally unexpected! Also the placements of Plapp and Van Dijke in the Points and Mountain Classifications are very satisfying.
Didnt follow these races but great to see that Plapp delivers nicely for you!
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| quadsas |
Posted on 09-05-2023 19:34
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Heard Red Bull might be looking for a new team 
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 10-05-2023 08:23
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Looking forward to the new sponsors. Kind of liked the current ones but am sure the next ones will get you a lot of success.
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| Ezeefreak |
Posted on 11-05-2023 08:29
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Like previously announced it's time to share our new sponsors for the upcomming season with the world. Again thanks for our previous partners for making this project possible!
At first our new, and only, title sponsor!
A part of the Würth Group. The Würth Group is a worldwode operating wholesaler for a lot of industry needed and used stuff. The group of over 400 companies across 80+ countries has been servicing the Automotive, Woodworking, Metalworking, Industrial and Construction industries with a strong presence across Europe. The Würth-MODYF brand isn all about workwear. And you can find and buy them in most of europe!
Würth itself was a huge supporter of cycling in the past with the ONCE, Liberty-Seguros and Astana team. The MODYF brand you have seen in cycling before too by sponsoring races like the Giro and Vuelta!
Now they are back with supporting "their own team",
Team Würth-MODYF
as we are called from next season onwards.
Even if this isnt their main competence, Würth-MODYF will also be our clothing sponsor and supplier. As workwear specialist they have the skills that are needed for that too!
We are very happy to have drawn the attention of such a great company and supporter of the sport! We have reached a multi year deal and hope to develop into a great contender and finally climbing the ladder. We will stay based in germany and our focus will remain there also. But as Würth-MODYF is known all over central and western europe we hope we can attract a lots of riders from there too!
Our team will be joined by ROSE Bikes and uvex besides their sponsor partnership they will also provide us with material for our riders and team.
Rose as bike partner as a german based reseller and producer of bikes and components. And uvex, also german based, international company which is active also in many sports. They will prove us with helmets and glasses.
Shimano, Mahle, Continental and SiS are all supporting us too. Either financially or with their experience and knowledge. We are thankful to have them onboard too and building a succesful team together!
At the end of our presentation we give you a little preview of our possible new jersey. But be aware this is some Work in Progress and may change a bit in the future.
Thanks for your interest and look forward to more exciting news in the next months in preperation for the upcomming season!!!
Edited by Ezeefreak on 11-05-2023 08:38
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 11-05-2023 19:43
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Grand Tour Specialist
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Great news, and even a sponsor I've already heard of
And that jersey looks really stylish already, great quality for "Work in Progress" If you stick to that color scheme, I guess it should be pretty well recognizable in the peloton (which is already the case for the current one, though).
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| KaiserAdler |
Posted on 11-05-2023 20:05
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Exciting times for this team! And the shirt is just amazing, wow! Good luck for the upcoming season
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| Ezeefreak |
Posted on 15-05-2023 06:18
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September races for us are already over and now that means we only have one month left to represent the colors of our current Partner Staffbase & BHP.
The September itself was pretty average. After all the months we already know now what our team is capable of and they delivered like this again.
Tour of the Middle East C2
- W. Willwohl S1 P12 ; S2 P21
Bayern Rundfahrt HC
- K. Predatsch S1 P24 ;
- W. Willwohl S2 P4 ;
GP Lugano C1
- A. Grosser GC P20 ;
Willwohl could score some points. Also Grosser did pretty well at the GP Lugano. I would have wished that Predatsch could have shined a bit more in the ITT's at the Bayern Rundfahrt but in the end the others were just too strong.
So for the last month this year lets give our best and hope we can score more and maybe surprise at some races so we can give a nice Goodbye to our sponsors and lead our path for next year with our new partner Würth MODYF .
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| redordead |
Posted on 15-05-2023 08:24
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Looking good and the German focus is not going anywhere
"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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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 15-05-2023 10:17
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Directeur Sportif
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Love that jersey and agree with red that I'm happy that the German focus stays
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 24-05-2023 13:15
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Although the season isn't done yet, congratulations on getting through your first season, and nice to see the Gemran focus staying indeed. Incredibly stylish jersey already as well, looking forward to competing against it/you in some races next season!
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 28-05-2023 20:45
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Good to see a familiar face in the CT peloton next season, though with a new name and a great new jersey. Keeping your focus is great, even more so as we probably won't clash for riders in transfers
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| Ezeefreak |
Posted on 06-06-2023 06:10
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A Last Goodbye! - Season Review
As the Season for our Team is over now and only the championships on the calendar, it's time to look back.
We kinda started good in the Season when we just look at the Vuelta al Tachira, we could score quiet a bit. And if you look alone at the Pts per Event this one should stay on top almost till the end. Our next "highlight" was the Top 5 of Vermeersch at Kuurne - Bruxelles - Kuurne . The rest of the races in January and February went pretty bad to be honest.
March we could note our first win. Willwohl won a Stage at Jelajah SKL. Besides the Coppa Placci we could score decently in any other race. In April Van Dijke secured the KoM Classement of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.
In May we Wohrer and Hindley got on the Podium at the Second Stage of the Austrian Tour, great for Wohrer in his home country. Then came June, this was pretty bad we barely scored. In July we recovered a bit and scored a few Pts in every race we attended and Van Dijke won the 4th Stage of the Tour de Vineyards.
August we set another Highlight for our Team. Our rookies did very well ath HC Benelux Challenge. Our loan in Plapp could win the 3rd Stage and Van Dijke finished 5th n the KoM Standing. We dont wanna talk about September because it was just bad.
Then the last month came, October. And at the Herald Sun Tour we did very well and scored as much as we didnt before in an event. Lietaer wore the yellow jersey one day and the KoM jersey till the end! Will wohl did really good at the sprint finishes and Predatsch secured with a good TT thr 4th place at the GC. The last 2 Races were Zuri Metzgete and Giro dell'Emilia. Lets Start with Emilia, we couldnt score here but that was to be expected, it was a strong field and our team here wasnt the best. Sunderland could present our colors at the early parts of the race though. For Zuri Metzgete we had a little bit higher hopes and we could at least score with Vermeersch and Lietaer.
I think especially with the results at the Herald Sun Tour we could say goodbye with a good results to our current partners Staffbase and BHP. Thank you for making it possible to start this project!
Who messed this up?! - Conclusion
Now lets see why we ended this season like we did? Why we didnt score more and placed higher? First lets see how our riders individually did:
| Willwohl | 88 | | Predatsch | 73 | | Vermeersch | 70 | | Hindley | 67 | | Van Dijke | 63 | | Wohrer | 41 | | Plapp | 35 | | Lietaer | 34 | | Jans | 30 | | Grosser | 24 | | Koch | 21 | | Bauhaus | 18 | | Sunderland | 12 | | Schachmann | 4 | | Hollmann | 3 | | Lipowitz | 1 | | Boeckmann | 1 | | Berwick | 0 | | Engelhardt | 0 | | Plowright | 0 |
So how do we rate this? If I look at this then I think I am only really satisfied by Predatsch and Van Dijke. All the others I am pretty sure could have done a lot better.
But was it there fault? What did they do wrong?
Nothing! It wasnt there fault really, the problem here was the respsonsible staff aka me. The race planning was just not good at all and when I look back to it then I also remember I didnt plan for success I prioritized the experience farming for the talents. And thats what comes out of this. Only on second and third notes I actually tried to send the best teams. So lets say it again the only one to blame here is myself. I did a poor job at race planning. Also the team composition wasnt that suited to my liking and strengths in the end. I couldnt really utilize riders like Vermeersch, Lietaer, Jans, Grossser, Schachmann and so on. So we need a change at this too. But more to it at the next section.
At the following episode you will see a little preview for the next season and what will change and how we wanna move forward!
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Now lets move one with some messages of our readers:
@kandesbunzler26: Well, we might have some "troubles" at next transfer phase. More to it at my next section. But I am glad to battle you again next year then we hopefully both fight for promotion with our extraordinary jerseys.
@Nemolito: Thanks. This season didnt bring the results but it brought a lot of experience so we can hopefully utilize this next season and do a lot better.
@AbhishekLFC & redordead : Thank you! Yes we are definitely connected to our country but we still wont be limited to it. See our little preview below.
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| Ezeefreak |
Posted on 06-06-2023 06:24
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Domestique
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A big welcome to our new partners! - 2023 Preview
With the new season we will be known as the Team Würth MODYF like mentioned earlier. We are happy about this change in name and other things. But some things won't change also!
As mentioned also we stay a german team  and will continue to focus on our home country. But with the departure of BHP, Australia wont be a part of our future anymore. If you're focusing on that nation maybe remember what i just said for the transfers 
We will completely (!) focus on our title sponsors focus and thats completely european  at the moment! That means no riders from other continents will be seen on the roster. But that also means there is a lot space for our neighbour countries to get into our team!
Our goal for next season is clear: Success! We wanna fight for promotion and thats what our sponsor wants also. That means we most likely will also shift our focus to different rider types we had till now since our manager isnt really good at planning and utilizing some of our current ones. In 1 year we will see if our plans paid of or not but for now i dont wanna get to deep into that not that anyone can benefit from that informations
So the renewals, signings and transfers will be very important and also busy for our team and hopefully we can successfully reshape it!
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