Joseph Areruya 26 | Maxed | 530,000 | Xero since 2018
FLA
MON
HIL
TT
STA
RES
REC
COB
SPR
ACC
FTR
DH
PRL
72
79
81
65
76
78
79
53
68
76
75
60
65
2022 Palmarès
- GC Tour de Pologne (HC)
- 4th GC Balkans Int. (PTHC)
- Rwandan RR Championship (NC)
- 5th GP Wallonie (HC)
- 2x Stage Win Tour de Pologne (HC)
- 6th GC Hong Kong Challenge (C1)
- Stage Win Balkans Int. (PTHC)
- 7th GC Tour du Maroc (HC)
- Stage Win Hong Kong Challenge (C1)
- 8th Giro dell'Emilia (HC)
- 4x Other Stage Podiums
- Points Tour de Pologne (HC)
- 2nd GC Tour of Chile (C1)
- Points Hong Kong Challenge (C1)
- 3rd Strade Bianche (HC)
- Points Tour of Chile (C1)
Rankings
2
Joseph Areruya
RWA
Xero Racing
892
What is a breakout season? Is it when you finish in the Top 120 of the PCT in your sophomore season, winning a stage of the Tour of Norway by chasing down a top puncheur in the final two kilometres while holding off a former World Champion? Is it when you suddenly become your team's third best rider in your third year, becoming a key piece of a promotion side? Is it when you animate a Grand Tour, battle for the win in a monument, and finish on the podium in Tirreno-Adriatico in your first season in the Pro Tour? It's surely somewhere in there, because after that, you've broken through. In your fifth year, it's time to deliver. And in 2022 Joseph Areruya, whenever he broke through, was ready to deliver.
2nd in the division, 892 points, and it didn't even feel like he fulfilled his potential. In his 8 races he managed to fill every one of the first 8 positions, from his first GC win in Pologne to his finale to forget in Emilia. Since 2018 Areruya has been the chosen one for Xero Racing and he's filled the role of their top leader to perfection in his two years so far, last season in the Pro Tour finishing 27th with Top 10s in the Giro di Lombardia and Giro d'Italia, and a fantastic 3rd place and stage win in Tirreno-Adriatico. This year as the team took the step down to PCT and Areruya received a large training plan he was expected to far outperform that and compete for the individual standings win as well as carry a large part of the team's hopes. He couldn't quite match Jonas Ahlstrand, and with some disappointing results (Emilia, Wallonie, Maroc and Hong Kong) to go with the successes (Pologne and Balkans), his 2nd place stands as both a testament to his strength and a challenge to do better next time. The prospect of a rider who can let himself down at times and yet score 892 points (thanks in no small part to his penchant for picking up stage wins and green jerseys along the way) is a fearsome proposition. If this sounds like we're holding him to an impossible standard, it's only the one he sets for himself.
Alone at the front - Hong Kong Challenge
"This was a huge season for myself, obviously a lot of races I wanted to do better, especially letting the team down in the standings in Emilia, but I gained a lot of knowledge about myself and learned a lot. I think I can come back even stronger next year and hopefully improve and help the team." he says. Ever the humble, measured, and determined young man, it's clear to see that Xero have not only an awesome rider but a hard-working character too. It takes more than just talent to succeed in professional cycling, and Joseph Areruya seems to have the rest of what he needs in spades.
Next year? Nothing is ever set in stone, but it seems unreasonable to say Areruya wouldn't want to continue to lead the team that has raised him and now give him free reign over the calendar, and even more unreasonable to suggest Xero wouldn't continue to back their #1 after they've come so far together. Much like Houle and Bennett, Areruya gave an effort that was more than enough for the team to reach their ambitions of returning to the Pro Tour - he just has to do it again (maybe do more, if he's right about his potential) and hope the manager can assemble a better team around him.
Blowing up the race - Balkans International
"I'm excited for next year. Rob [Stannard], Salim [Kipkemboi], Bachi [Nikiema] and James [Fouche] are all going to come out really strong and we'll obviously have Pidcock on the team now... I know everyone is talking about how it will all fit but I know we'll go into next season much stronger than this year. I want to be back at the biggest races and I know we can do it." he says, resolute and almost knowing he's pre-empting any follow-up questions about his future. "And for me next year is exciting to ride in the Rwandan jersey again. It's been a few years and it's very special to me."
So, much like with the team's other leaders, this season is about what was learned and what will be remembered. Areruya took four great stage wins, won his first race overall at the Tour of Pologne, and learned he's a marked man, and the dangers of over-aggression and poor positioning. If nothing else, he filled out every one of the first 8 positions in his 8 races this season, and whether or not that's disappointing, it's kinda cool as hell.
Always an entertaining rider, don't think it is a coincidence that many of the best stages I have reported he has been involved in. Such a great combination of skills.
I think it's safe to say the three big Xero leaders performed well. The cap issues have been mentioned numerous times now, but the other challenge will be how to keep the leaders at their level while getting the rest of the squad to contribute towards a promotion season.
Areruya on his own should still be able to do better as he is. In fact I'll be a bit disappointed if he doesn't have a massive season like Beltran did two times
@whitejersey - Thanks! Yeah so exciting to have him for all these future years. Going to be a lot of fun whatever path we take
@Ulrich - Obviously the main thing you want when raising a rider like this is just for them to be good, so when they are as entertaining to watch and animating a rider as Areruya it's a very special thing on top of the quality. Glad to see he has a fan and has made your reporting more entertaining - always love you delivering his rides and here's to many more to come
@red - Yep it's going to be a balancing act with the finances and the skillsets to try and whittle the unwieldy but high quality situation we'll have post-renewals into a promotion squad. And glad to see you agree with me Areruya hasn't found his limit yet, would trust you of most managers to get it after the monster seasons Beltran managed for you
Voting is well underway for the annual Xero team awards amongst riders, staff and management, but one of the most important awards to the riders is the one decided by you all: the Fan's Rider of the Year! Below is the link to vote from a select list of riders, and beneath that you can find a summary of the contenders' seasons. Cast your vote now so your favourite rider can be honoured at our team awards ceremony next week!
It is now time for our team awards winners to be announced - but first the results of our fan-voted award. Voted by you all over the last few days, our prestigious Octagon Fan's Rider of the Year award. The fans voted and there were a few contenders with everyone getting a good share of the vote. But it could only be one man, and for the fifth time in six years it's...
Spoiler
George Bennett
2nd: Hugo Houle 3rd: Joseph Areruya
Now for the rider-and-staff-voted official team awards. First up is our Wheelworks Young Rider of the Year. A whole horde of eligible riders, but this went to a young man who shone through his multiple breakaways and some fantastic domestique work, particularly at the Tour of America...
Spoiler
Salim Kipkemboi
We next are on to the My Food Bag Breakaway Rider of the Year. Not a particular strong suit of the team this year with only a few minor results and no real non-GC-related KOM fights to speak of. There were a few contenders among the riders with 4+ breakaways to their name, however one man was consistently looking dangerous and made a strong bid for a Tour of America stage win...
Spoiler
Henok Tesfaye Heyi
Moving on now to our Stoney Creek Ride of the Year. This is an award for the most impressive individual ride on any given day. Usually it goes to a big, important and aggressive ride - often but not always a victory. The voting for this one came down to three rides from George Bennett as the top three (making him the first ever repeat winner of this award) - but which one took the cake?
And now we move on to the final award of the evening: the Xero Rider of the Year. After all the riders and staff had submitted their vote, it came down to the same top three as the Fan's award: Bennett, Houle and Areruya. All three riders were in a different position here than before, but what was the final order?
Spoiler
Joseph Areruya
2nd: George Bennett 3rd: Hugo Houle
And that just about wraps up another year for Xero Racing. One more post to come in this year's HQ as we give our annual update on the team's All-Time Statistics, including a couple of new additions the team have been putting together to show the team's history in even further detail. See you then.
Finally in this season's HQ, we'd like to present the updated Xero All-Time Leaderboards, a collection of various statistics of the team since our inception in 2016. First, though, an update on the history of our team awards:
Xero Team Awards
Rider
F. Rider
Y. Rider
Loan-out
Break.
Ride
'16
Diggle
Novardianto
Novardianto
-
Novardianto
Salinas
'17
Roux
Bennett
Kennett
Schleck
Novardianto
Roux
'18
Velits
Bennett
Areruya
-
Areruya
Gilanipoor
'19
Bennett
Bennett
Areruya
Novardianto
Higuita
Areruya
'20
Bennett
Bennett
Areruya
-
Nikiema
Meurisse
'21
Areruya
Areruya
Higuita
Pidcock
Higuita
Bennett
'22
Areruya
Bennett
Kipkemboi
-
Tesfaye
Bennett
Rider = Rider's Rider, F. Rider = Fan's Rider, Y. Rider = Young Rider.
And now onto the All-Time Leaderboards!
Loyalty
Years
Loan In
Loan Out
Stag.
Tenure
Jamalidin Novardianto
7
0
1
0
2016-
Nils Schomber
7
0
1
1
2016-
George Bennett
6
0
0
0
2017-
Jordan Schleck
6
0
2
0
2016-21
Joseph Areruya
5
0
0
0
2018-
Tom Davison
4
0
0
0
2016-19
Luke Rowe
4
0
0
0
2018-21
Stanislau Bazhkou
4
0
0
0
2018-21
Hugo Houle
4
0
0
0
2019-
Morne Van Niekerk
4
0
0
0
2019-
Hamish Schreurs
4
0
1
0
2017-20
James Fouche
4
0
1
0
2019-
Daniel Habtemichael
4
0
1
0
2019-
Spoiler
Marvain Tognama Kossohorou
3
0
0
0
2016-18
Carl Ngamoki-Cameron
3
0
0
0
2017-19
Dylan Kennett
3
0
0
0
2017-19
Mekseb Debesay
3
0
0
0
2018-20
Bachirou Nikiema
3
0
0
0
2020-
Robert Stannard
3
0
0
0
2020-
Salim Kipkemboi
3
0
0
0
2020-
Geremie Nzeke
3
0
1
0
2016-18
Sergio Higuita
3
0
1
0
2019-21
Yacine Hamza
3
0
1
1
2020-
Jonathan Salinas
2
0
0
0
2016-17
Simon Clarke
2
0
0
0
2016-17
Tom Diggle
2
0
0
0
2016-17
Matthew Lloyd
2
0
0
0
2016-17
Anthony Roux
2
0
0
0
2017-18
Jaco Venter
2
0
0
0
2018-19
Shaun Nick Bester
2
0
0
0
2019-20
Xandro Meurisse
2
0
0
0
2020-21
Johann van Zyl
2
0
0
0
2021-
Florian Vermeersch
2
0
0
0
2021-
Henok Tesfaye Heyi
2
0
0
0
2021-
Daniel Afoa
2
0
1
1
2017-18
Thomas Pidcock
2
0
2
0
2021-
Tom Scully
1
0
0
0
2016
Ole Hirschlein
1
0
0
0
2016
Aleksandr Efimkin
1
0
0
0
2016
Timothy Gudsell
1
0
0
0
2016
Igor Antón
1
0
0
0
2017
Stijn Vandenbergh
1
0
0
0
2017
Egidijus Juodvalkis
1
0
0
0
2017
Peter Velits
1
0
0
0
2018
Tosh van der Sande
1
0
0
0
2018
Abolfazl Gilanipoor
1
0
0
0
2018
Arvid de Kleijn
1
0
0
0
2019
Kristian Dyrnes
1
0
0
0
2019
Tsgabu Grmay
1
0
0
0
2019
Mikiel Habtom
1
0
0
0
2019
Corbin Strong
1
0
0
0
2022-
Ilan Van Wilder
1
0
0
0
2022-
Darren Young
1
0
0
0
2022-
Jean Helwani
1
1
0
0
2016
Rei Onodera
1
1
0
0
2017
Gregory Daniel
1
1
0
0
2018
Callum Scotson
1
1
0
0
2018
Syver Waersted
1
1
0
0
2020
Luke Mudgway
1
1
0
0
2021
Regan Gough
1
1
0
0
2022
Kim Ok Cheol
1
0
0
1
2016
Scott Ambrose
1
0
0
1
2017
Joseph Kimathi
1
0
0
1
2018
Hernan Ricardo Aguirre
1
0
0
1
2018
Mingrun Chen
1
0
0
1
2019
Akramjon Sunnatov
1
0
0
1
2019
Than Tung Huynh
1
0
0
1
2019
Miguel Florez
1
0
0
1
2019
Jason Tesson
1
0
0
1
2020
Henri Vandenabeele
1
0
0
1
2022-
Vito Braet
1
0
0
1
2022-
A bit of an extended list at the top with Houle, van Niekerk, Fouche and Habtemichael joining the 4+ years club. Novardianto continues to lead edging out Schomber due to the latter having one year being as a stagiaire, while both leave behind Jordan Schleck to make it only two riders remaining from our inaugural squad. Team superstars Bennett and Areruya round out the Top 5. Measuring by full seasons riding for the team itself, it's Bennett tied with Novardianto due to his year out on loan.
Breadwinners
Points
Biggest Year
George Bennett
3006
716
Joseph Areruya
2556
985
Hugo Houle
2142
653
Luke Rowe
1943
529
Mekseb Debesay
1214
482
Anthony Roux
841
631
Xandro Meurisse
658
382
Stanislau Bazhkou
581
278
Peter Velits
572
572
Sergio Higuita
396
379
Spoiler
Jonathan Salinas
370
263
Jamalidin Novardianto
365
138
Daniel Habtemichael
360
244
Tom Diggle
276
218
Simon Clarke
244
134
Morne Van Niekerk
244
134
Nils Schomber
212
191
Robert Stannard
210
112
Henok Tesfaye Heyi
210
129
Johann van Zyl
185
178
Tsgabu Grmay
165
165
Bachirou Nikiema
139
109
Kristian Dyrnes
138
138
Salim Kipkemboi
136
93
Shaun Nick Bester
134
75
Tom Davison
130
57
Jordan Schleck
129
86
Tosh van der Sande
128
128
Abolfazl Gilanipoor
106
106
Geremie Nzeke
90
63
James Fouche
84
66
Luke Mudgway
76
76
Hamish Schreurs
69
45
Igor Antón
66
66
Ole Hirschlein
66
66
Jaco Venter
63
40
Tom Scully
52
52
Florian Vermeersch
51
34
Stijn Vandenbergh
50
50
Matthew Lloyd
37
36
Marvain Tognama Kossohorou
28
13
Timothy Gudsell
21
21
Dylan Kennett
18
9
Darren Young
13
13
Carl Ngamoki-Cameron
10
9
Corbin Strong
9
9
Rei Onodera
4
4
Aleksandr Efimkin
4
4
Ilan Van Wilder
2
2
Egidijus Juodvalkis
2
2
Arvid de Kleijn
2
2
Syver Waersted
2
2
Henri Vandenabeele
1
1
Hernan Ricardo Aguirre
1
1
Jean Helwani
1
1
Daniel Afoa
1
1
Callum Scotson
0
0
Vito Braet
0
0
Mingrun Chen
0
0
Miguel Florez
0
0
Yacine Hamza
0
0
Mikiel Habtom
0
0
Jason Tesson
0
0
Thomas Pidcock
0
0
Joseph Kimathi
0
0
Kim Ok Cheol
0
0
Regan Gough
0
0
Scott Ambrose
0
0
Gregory Daniel
0
0
Akramjon Sunnatov
0
0
Than Tung Huynh
0
0
The top eight riders in Xero history really come as no surprise with all our leaders who spent multiple years with the team with at least one in a non-CT level being in the list. Joseph Areruya draws within 500 of George Bennett at the top, but judging by their 2022 performances he may need two years or one herculean one to pass the Kiwi - this year he lead him by 308 points, and he is trailing by 450 overall.
Hugo Houle moves into the podium spots now that he has rode for the team for as many years as Luke Rowe. Jamalidin Novardianto and Daniel Habtemichael could both reasonably expect to pass Sergio Higuita to get into the Top 10 next year - but there's only room for one.
Another way to look at the points - the year-by year scoring and progression of each rider. Particularly notable is having seven of the top eight riders together in the 2020 promotion squad - what a special team that was.
Chicken Dinners
Classics
GCs
Stage Wins
Total
George Bennett
2
3
10
15
Anthony Roux
1
1
6
8
Joseph Areruya
0
1
6
7
Hugo Houle
0
1
5
6
Luke Rowe
2
0
1
3
Mekseb Debesay
0
0
3
3
Tosh van der Sande
0
0
3
3
Peter Velits
0
0
2
2
Xandro Meurisse
1
0
0
1
Sergio Higuita
0
0
1
1
Jonathan Salinas
0
0
1
1
Abolfazl Gilanipoor
0
0
1
1
Nils Schomber
0
0
1
1
Igor Antón
0
0
1
1
In terms of victories, though, Areruya can only make up one of the nine he needs to surpass Bennett, who now sits with almost double the next rider, which is still Anthony Roux, who had Areruya's current total in just one season! With Areruya, Bennett, and Houle the only winners for Xero this year the total remains at just 14 riders in 7 seasons to have won a pro race in the jersey - perhaps it's because there's just three sprinters on the list (though one other rider here has won a bunch sprint for us!).
Single-Season Record: 7 (Anthony Roux, 2017)
Including Plant-Based Chicken Dinners
Clas.
GCs
Stages
Real
U23
Pro NC
Cont. Champ
Total
Bennett
2
3
10
15
0
2
0
17
Areruya
0
1
6
7
1
2
0
10
Roux
1
1
6
8
0
0
0
8
Houle
0
1
5
6
0
1
0
7
Bazhkou
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
6
Debesay
0
0
3
3
0
1
0
4
Rowe
2
0
1
3
0
0
0
3
van der Sande
0
0
3
3
0
0
0
3
Velits
0
0
2
2
0
1
0
3
Van Niekerk
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
3
Nikiema
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
Spoiler
Sergio Higuita
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
2
Carl Ngamoki-Cameron
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
Daniel Habtemichael
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
Xandro Meurisse
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Jonathan Salinas
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
Abolfazl Gilanipoor
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
Nils Schomber
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
Igor Antón
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
Daniel Afoa
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Jordan Schleck
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Kristian Dyrnes
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Jamalidin Novardianto
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Tsgabu Grmay
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Henok Tesfaye Heyi
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Akramjon Sunnatov
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Geremie Nzeke
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
Dylan Kennett
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
Florian Vermeersch
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
If we include non-season races Areruya makes up one extra spot to Bennett, with whom he previously shared a total of two extra-curricular victories, thanks to his win in the Rwandan RR Championship. It also allows Morne van Niekerk and Bachirou Nikiema to leapfrog from off the list into the Top 10 (the former having two peculiarities: he has 1 of each of the three types of extra races we have won, and he also won his U23 race for us before he was actually a Xero rider, when he rode for us at the Tour de l'Avenir).
Florian Vermeersch is the sole new addition to this list.
Jerseys
Points
KOM
U25
Total
Joseph Areruya
3
0
4
7
George Bennett
3
2
0
5
Hugo Houle
3
0
0
3
Luke Rowe
2
0
0
2
Daniel Habtemichael
0
0
2
2
Anthony Roux
1
0
0
1
Mekseb Debesay
1
0
0
1
Peter Velits
0
1
0
1
Tom Davison
0
1
0
1
Timothy Gudsell
0
1
0
1
Sergio Higuita
0
1
0
1
Jamalidin Novardianto
0
0
1
1
Robert Stannard
0
0
1
1
Joseph Areruya's three points classification wins in 2023 see him finally overtake George Bennett in one of these tables. Minor classifications have never been a strength of ours, particularly when you take away U25 jerseys. George Bennett may look like a shark here, but four of his five wins came from his two dominating years at the Tour of Japan where he took yellow, green and polka dots all at once. Much as he has done elsewhere, Hugo Houle makes third spot his own this year with his green jersey win in Euskal Bizikleta.
Greedy Bastards
Total Wage
Highest Year
Joseph Areruya
€1,640,000
€540,000
George Bennett
€1,360,000
€420,000
Hugo Houle
€1,259,000
€409,000
Luke Rowe
€1,165,000
€370,000
Mekseb Debesay
€835,000
€365,000
Robert Stannard
€710,000
€340,000
Thomas Pidcock
€670,000
€600,000
Xandro Meurisse
€540,000
€300,000
Florian Vermeersch
€450,000
€280,000
Jamalidin Novardianto
€350,500
€65,000
Spoiler
Sergio Higuita
€350,000
€250,000
Peter Velits
€350,000
€350,000
Stanislau Bazhkou
€285,000
€75,000
Tosh van der Sande
€275,000
€275,000
Nils Schomber
€275,000
€65,000
Jordan Schleck
€260,000
€70,000
Daniel Habtemichael
€252,500
€12,000
Tom Diggle
€230,000
€130,000
Tom Davison
€225,000
€75,000
Anthony Roux
€220,000
€130,000
Morne Van Niekerk
€212,000
€60,000
Hamish Schreurs
€210,000
€85,000
Tom Scully
€210,000
€210,000
Kristian Dyrnes
€180,000
€180,000
James Fouche
€177,000
€77,000
Salim Kipkemboi
€165,000
€65,000
Bachirou Nikiema
€160,000
€60,000
Jonathan Salinas
€155,000
€80,000
Marvain Tognama Kossohorou
€150,000
€50,000
Tsgabu Grmay
€150,000
€150,000
Carl Ngamoki-Cameron
€150,000
€50,000
Dylan Kennett
€150,000
€50,000
Ole Hirschlein
€140,000
€140,000
Jaco Venter
€135,000
€70,000
Shaun Nick Bester
€131,000
€81,000
Ilan Van Wilder
€130,000
€130,000
Geremie Nzeke
€120,000
€105,000
Henok Tesfaye Heyi
€110,000
€60,000
Johann van Zyl
€108,000
€55,000
Matthew Lloyd
€105,000
€55,000
Simon Clarke
€105,000
€55,000
Igor Antón
€100,000
€100,000
Abolfazl Gilanipoor
€81,500
€81,500
Mikiel Habtom
€70,000
€70,000
Stijn Vandenbergh
€55,000
€55,000
Rei Onodera
€50,000
€50,000
Egidijus Juodvalkis
€50,000
€50,000
Arvid de Kleijn
€50,000
€50,000
Corbin Strong
€50,000
€50,000
Timothy Gudsell
€50,000
€50,000
Aleksandr Efimkin
€50,000
€50,000
Darren Young
€50,000
€50,000
Gregory Daniel
€37,500
€37,500
Joseph Kimathi
€15,000
€15,000
Henri Vandenabeele
€10,000
€10,000
Vito Braet
€10,000
€10,000
Mingrun Chen
€10,000
€10,000
Hernan Ricardo Aguirre
€10,000
€10,000
Miguel Florez
€10,000
€10,000
Yacine Hamza
€10,000
€10,000
Jason Tesson
€10,000
€10,000
Kim Ok Cheol
€10,000
€10,000
Regan Gough
€10,000
€10,000
Scott Ambrose
€10,000
€10,000
Akramjon Sunnatov
€10,000
€10,000
Than Tung Huynh
€10,000
€10,000
Daniel Afoa
€10,000
€10,000
Callum Scotson
€0
€0
Jean Helwani
€0
€0
Syver Waersted
€0
€0
Luke Mudgway
€0
€0
Joseph Areruya also takes the lead in terms of our highest paid riders, however this time he is not taking the spot from George Bennett, who he already had beat. In fact both him and Bennett as well as Hugo Houle are all surpassing Luke Rowe, who moves from the long-time first place here down to fourth. Shoutouts to Jamalidin Novardianto who finally claws his way into the Top 10 after seven years, and Thomas Pidcock who has risen to seventh without riding a single day for us.
Single Season Record: €540,000 (Joseph Areruya, 2021)
Value for Money
€/point
Anthony Roux
€262
Jonathan Salinas
€419
Simon Clarke
€430
George Bennett
€452
Stanislau Bazhkou
€491
Henok Tesfaye Heyi
€524
Johann van Zyl
€584
Hugo Houle
€588
Luke Rowe
€600
Peter Velits
€612
Spoiler
Joseph Areruya
€642
Mekseb Debesay
€688
Daniel Habtemichael
€701
Abolfazl Gilanipoor
€769
Xandro Meurisse
€821
Tom Diggle
€833
Morne Van Niekerk
€869
Sergio Higuita
€884
Tsgabu Grmay
€909
Jamalidin Novardianto
€960
Shaun Nick Bester
€978
Stijn Vandenbergh
€1,100
Bachirou Nikiema
€1,151
Salim Kipkemboi
€1,213
Nils Schomber
€1,297
Kristian Dyrnes
€1,304
Geremie Nzeke
€1,333
Igor Antón
€1,515
Tom Davison
€1,731
Jordan Schleck
€2,016
James Fouche
€2,107
Ole Hirschlein
€2,121
Jaco Venter
€2,143
Tosh van der Sande
€2,148
Timothy Gudsell
€2,381
Matthew Lloyd
€2,838
Hamish Schreurs
€3,043
Robert Stannard
€3,381
Darren Young
€3,846
Tom Scully
€4,038
Marvain Tognama Kossohorou
€5,357
Corbin Strong
€5,556
Dylan Kennett
€8,333
Florian Vermeersch
€8,824
Henri Vandenabeele
€10,000
Hernan Ricardo Aguirre
€10,000
Daniel Afoa
€10,000
Rei Onodera
€12,500
Aleksandr Efimkin
€12,500
Carl Ngamoki-Cameron
€15,000
Egidijus Juodvalkis
€25,000
Arvid de Kleijn
€25,000
Ilan Van Wilder
€65,000
Luke Mudgway
Infinite but Most
Syver Waersted
Infinite but More
Jean Helwani
Infinite
Callum Scotson
N/A
Vito Braet
N/A
Mingrun Chen
N/A
Miguel Florez
N/A
Yacine Hamza
N/A
Jason Tesson
N/A
Kim Ok Cheol
N/A
Regan Gough
N/A
Scott Ambrose
N/A
Akramjon Sunnatov
N/A
Than Tung Huynh
N/A
Joseph Kimathi
N/A
Gregory Daniel
N/A
Mikiel Habtom
N/A
Thomas Pidcock
N/A
Anthony Roux may never be beaten here with his ridiculous efficiency in his stellar twilight stint with the team, while our other great CT leaders in Salinas, Clarke and Bennett also look well set in the top four. Bennett very impressive with his tenure and high wages, but the fact he was trained twice and didn't receive a pay rise until the subsequent year surely has a small affect (he was at just €308 after his second training year in 2020). Houle once again passes Rowe as he has done in every statistic he wasn't already leading him in, while Areruya narrows his gap to the Top 10 but still has to settle for 11th.
Single Season Record: €135/point (Anthony Roux, 2017)
Men of Steel
RDs
Nils Schomber
443
Jamalidin Novardianto
442
Morne Van Niekerk
293
George Bennett
288
Joseph Areruya
286
Tom Davison
285
Stanislau Bazhkou
263
Bachirou Nikiema
240
Salim Kipkemboi
238
James Fouche
235
Spoiler
Dylan Kennett
229
Jordan Schleck
225
Daniel Habtemichael
212
Marvain Tognama Kossohorou
201
Luke Rowe
191
Hugo Houle
191
Hamish Schreurs
179
Robert Stannard
179
Carl Ngamoki-Cameron
174
Sergio Higuita
166
Johann van Zyl
159
Henok Tesfaye Heyi
147
Shaun Nick Bester
140
Florian Vermeersch
140
Jaco Venter
131
Xandro Meurisse
111
Mekseb Debesay
110
Geremie Nzeke
107
Anthony Roux
107
Tom Diggle
106
Simon Clarke
103
Matthew Lloyd
98
Jonathan Salinas
97
Ilan Van Wilder
93
Corbin Strong
92
Arvid de Kleijn
87
Luke Mudgway
83
Yacine Hamza
81
Rei Onodera
76
Callum Scotson
72
Gregory Daniel
71
Mikiel Habtom
65
Syver Waersted
64
Timothy Gudsell
63
Tsgabu Grmay
63
Abolfazl Gilanipoor
62
Darren Young
62
Egidijus Juodvalkis
60
Aleksandr Efimkin
60
Jean Helwani
57
Ole Hirschlein
53
Regan Gough
53
Tosh van der Sande
51
Kristian Dyrnes
50
Igor Antón
48
Tom Scully
47
Peter Velits
46
Stijn Vandenbergh
45
Hernan Ricardo Aguirre
15
Joseph Kimathi
15
Daniel Afoa
15
Mingrun Chen
15
Than Tung Huynh
15
Miguel Florez
15
Jason Tesson
15
Scott Ambrose
14
Akramjon Sunnatov
14
Henri Vandenabeele
14
Vito Braet
14
Kim Ok Cheol
10
Thomas Pidcock
0
A monumental moment as, by one single day, Nils Schomber overtakes Jamalidin Novardianto who has lead the count here since our first year. It was inevitable with Schomber's far higher allowance, but still a strange sight to see a new face on top of this list. Areruya and Bennett's approach to the podium is Zabel'd by Morne van Niekerk who grabs Tom Davison's long-held position of distant third ahead of them, while Bennett also passes the Rwandan who has slightly fewer RDs in his allowance these days. Nikiema, Kipkemboi and Fouche all enter the Top 10. Hugo Houle can't pass Luke Rowe but does draw level on 191 each in four seasons - rather fitting.
Single Season Record: 100 (Nils Schomber, 2019) CT: 76 (Jamalidin Novardianto, 2016; Rei Onodera and Dylan Kennett, 2017)
Shut Up Legs
Breakaways
Wins
KOM
Jamalidin Novardianto
26
0
0
Sergio Higuita
19
1
1
Joseph Areruya
17
1
0
Bachirou Nikiema
13
0
0
Tom Davison
12
0
1
Nils Schomber
12
0
0
Henok Tesfaye Heyi
11
0
0
Salim Kipkemboi
11
0
0
Robert Stannard
9
0
0
Morne Van Niekerk
8
0
0
Spoiler
Carl Ngamoki-Cameron
7
0
0
James Fouche
7
0
0
Xandro Meurisse
6
0
0
Kristian Dyrnes
5
0
1
Geremie Nzeke
5
0
0
Marvain Tognama Kossohorou
5
0
0
Hamish Schreurs
5
0
0
Daniel Habtemichael
5
0
0
Timothy Gudsell
4
0
1
Dylan Kennett
4
0
0
Shaun Nick Bester
4
0
0
Johann van Zyl
4
0
0
Corbin Strong
4
0
0
Peter Velits
3
0
1
Anthony Roux
3
0
0
Rei Onodera
3
0
0
Gregory Daniel
3
0
0
Jordan Schleck
3
0
0
Stanislau Bazhkou
3
0
0
Florian Vermeersch
3
0
0
Regan Gough
3
0
0
Ilan Van Wilder
3
0
0
Mekseb Debesay
2
1
0
Matthew Lloyd
2
0
0
Jean Helwani
2
0
0
Igor Antón
2
0
0
Daniel Afoa
2
0
0
Jaco Venter
2
0
0
Mikiel Habtom
2
0
0
Yacine Hamza
2
0
0
Darren Young
2
0
0
Abolfazl Gilanipoor
1
1
0
George Bennett
1
1
0
Tom Diggle
1
0
0
Aleksandr Efimkin
1
0
0
Stijn Vandenbergh
1
0
0
Callum Scotson
1
0
0
Hernan Ricardo Aguirre
1
0
0
Luke Rowe
1
0
0
Than Tung Huynh
1
0
0
Miguel Florez
1
0
0
Syver Waersted
1
0
0
Jason Tesson
1
0
0
One category Novardianto maintains his lead in is the all-time breakaways chart, which he always chips away at along with his amazing domestique work. With his closest challengers off the team (Higuita) or maybe never going to be in a breakaway again (Areruya) it could be an unbreakable record for a long, long time.
Finally it's our Team HQ Rider of the Month wins, where Bennett's lead on Areruya is narrowly sliced from four to three, the Rwandan tied up with Luke Rowe, and with the help of Hugo Houle bumping Anthony Roux from third to fifth. Habtemichael and Tesfaye Heyi were the only other winners this season, each grabbing their first. Another category where Anthony Roux's 2017 might reign supreme for a long while to come.
I really love those statistics, a great view of the team history. Areruya is closing in on Bennett fast on the all-time points list, two legends (perhaps one in the making). Two riders remaining from the original squad 7 years in, I'm curious who's still there for me when I get to that point
cunego59 wrote:
I really love those statistics, a great view of the team history. Areruya is closing in on Bennett fast on the all-time points list, two legends (perhaps one in the making). Two riders remaining from the original squad 7 years in, I'm curious who's still there for me when I get to that point
Thanks Yeah Areruya has been chipping away on the 1000+ point gap Bennett held a couple of seasons ago but might take two more years at the current rate. Definitely special to have long-term riders on a team with those two and of course as you say Schomber and especially Novardianto still here from the team's inception.
Novardianto really is the team legend. Such a cool rider. And Bennett is obviously the guy that most people link with your team. Gonna be interesting to see how much longer he will defend his lead over Areruya.
Stealing that awards recap and maybe even the loyalty
Same, incredible season/career recap. Lovely to go over those stats and will very probably steal some ideas for myself. Not looking forward to meeting Areruya next season, but definitely looking forward to be in the same division as you for the first time!
@knockout - Thanks Absolutely Novardianto and Bennett are huge legends for the team and Areruya firmly establishing himself on that tier too from his amazing overachievement each year while developing to now holding our two highest scoring seasons since he's maxed.
@Abhi - Thank you, and go for it! This format was stolen/adapted/built off (I really don't remember) knockout's one anyway
@Nemo - Thank you, as above feel free to use the format, just means more great history posts! Well I can say the same about a couple of your guys, though I think pre-renewals our leaders are in quite different domains which is nice. And the same to you, looking forward to it