DarkWolf wrote:
I look at my history with TT and I wonder if my dealing with it would change over time. Of course, this aspect pales in comparison to my approach of cobbles. Anyway, enough about me, you have a very, very nice addition for the TT.

Nemolito wrote:
CedeviTTTa

Seems like you have a very similar squad to your pct squad, but, well, again way better after an interesting transfer period where you went for a mix of improving your roster, not giving up on your Balkan identity and still managed to get some Balkan level 1 talents and get them to level 3 at the end of the season

whitejersey wrote:
Tao is a lovely signing, he was a part of my FA shortlist, but very early on it became clear that he was going well above the 400k I had allocated towards him.

ivaneurope wrote:
TGH was one of my early targets - unfortunately his price became too high for my taste

Fabianski wrote:
Guess we were all in the same boat there
No chance against a PT team; would've spent 500k on him, but going 700k+ wasn't an option.
Congrats red for signing him, guess your transfer season must have been accompanied by lots of feel-good-vibes. Wish I could say the same

jandal7 wrote:
Guess you couldn't be bothered making a Geoghegan pun?

Love that pickup and of course love his new stage racing buddy Habtemichael even more. Glad he's going to another team I love - take care of my boy

Luis Leon Sanchez wrote:
Really like how your team has come together and, although I would have loved to get Hart myself, I went after other targets but I'm glad you've got him!

Looking forward to your full squad announcement but expecting I will both enjoy and at times dislike the competition you're going to provide

alexkr00 wrote:
I guess that wage is pretty fair for a FA like Tao. I feel like anything significantly lower would have been a steal, so a pretty good signing. Very trainable as well.

SotD wrote:
Pretty solid off season. Tao was no. 1 on my shortlist, but unfortunately never got around to be part of the fun. Had him listed at 600K. Despite going higher than that he is IMO one of the best signings in the entire transferperiod.

I hope he Can continue with you and receive the amount of training that will make him a GT podium contender.

DubbelDekker wrote:
A ton of TT and stage-race power gained. Hope Tao becomes a success for Cedevita!

Laurens147 wrote:
Another interesting transfer season for you, with some great additions to your TT squad and Tao. Impressive how you keep building your team without losing regional focus!

AbhishekLFC wrote:
Well everyone has already said nice things about Hart and I can only add my approval to it Great TTT team you have now also!

ember wrote:
The TTT setup together with Pogacar and Hart should bring lots of points, I think. So many that all your relegation talk might not come true

Great additions for a promoted team, and a great transfer season for you, I'd say, especially the way it started with the Ardila and Galta deal, which brought you lots of money in total and a great fundament to build the rest of your transfers on.

Fabianski wrote:
I guess there are worse ways to fill gaps
Seems like we somehow like the same riders, would also have loved to get Enger, but couldn't afford him. Looking forward to have a PT-size wallet one day

So it's basically just the couple of cobbled RDs where you can't expect much more than depth points (maybe hills, too), but imho your team definitely doesn't look like a clear-cut "relegation favorite"
And the age structure of your team is just amazing - another aspect of team-building where you serve as a great example!

SotD wrote:
Enger is a brilliant PT match this season I think. Especially if you plan him a little bit creative, then there are so many gaps where you can avoid the top sprinters, instead of just going for the best calender for him. I would think a couple of GC races where he's favorite for 1-2-3 stages could be better than one of the shorter GC races where he has an outside shot of top 10 (but need to beat significantly faster guys). Qatar being the obvious one he need to rider regardless of planning strategy.

SotD wrote:
If I wasn't gambling on training all over the place I would have given you fight for the teeth for Craddock. He's simply way to good to be sold for that little. He's a perfect 200+ point scorer at PT level. In particular with a TTT setup like yours as a bonus.

Only one season for the Serbian climber with us. He was used to winning PT titles with Isostar and he kept his solid contribution by helping us promote. He goes to Aker - MOT with cash in exchange for Steven Lammertink.

Team legend Beltran leaves after 4 years of being the alpha and omega of the team. From single handedly keeping the team in PCT in 2019 to contributing majorly to our promotion last year or giving a degree of confidence to plan our seasons in advance, he leaves the biggest mark yet. We will have a special post to commemorate his time with the team before the season starts, where he will now ride for Team Popo4Ever p/b Morshynska who bought him for a fee of 800k.

Katrasnik spent two seasons with us after signing as a free agent. He didn't have his best first season, but really took off last year and carried us to promotion with his attacking style in flat races. He leaves for a rather paltry sum of only 350k, continuing our good relations with fellow Slovenian team Trans Looney Tunes.

After just one season with us Zariff leaves to conquer the CT sprinting scene in a similar fashion to how Lahcen Saber and Dusan Rajovic left to do last year. We wish Nur Aiman all the best as he joins Air New Zealand-Alfa Romeo for a fee of 800k.

Another rider who spent just a year with us, after joining from free agency. He proved his effectiveness when he was given an opportunity, which to be honest wasn't too often. We're happy to see him follow in Havard Blikra's footsteps as he joins the Scandinavian team Tafjord Kraft. We earn 413k in the deal.

Parting ways with Ardila wasn't something we planned, but we were willing to listen to offers for the young Colombian. We got a lot of interest and in the end MOL Cycling Team made us an offer we couldn't refuse. So Ardila left in exchange for Fredrik Strand Galta and 1m in cash. The Norwegian was then rerouted to Carlsberg - Danske Bank for an additional fee of 1.5m.

Both our Kiwis were given a chance to go back home. As part of the same swap deal that brought back Dusan Rajovic. We sent an additional 50k to Spark-BNZ Racing to make the deal work.

Letting go of Pavlic was a late decision for us. We needed a little bit of extra money to finance one of our loan deals. Given some of our additions and the current makeup of the squad we felt Marko was somewhat expendable. He was an underrated contributor for us and we know he can do great work for his next team, which is Genii Hyundai N Cycling. They paid 200k to secure his services.

Both riders rode on stagiare contracts for us last season. Both are already 24 years old and behind in their development. If we were a PCT team both would probably stay with the team, but we can't change the past. We weren't sure about our finances so both will only reach level 2. We thank Genii Hyundai N Cycling for taking them on loan.

Dorde is a level 2 rider so we could have kept him in PT, but we figured our squad would be quite full so we looked for a loan for him. So we very much appreciate Fastned offering to take him on loan. As a young cobbler riding with someone like Nathan Van Hooydonck should be a great experience.

Since both Jarc and Bechkov are behind in their development we wanted to make sure to not slow down Selimovic. We had to pay a bigger fee, but we were able to negotiate a loan with the 1-3 clause to ensure his development. Genii Hyundai N Cycling stepped in once again and so we thank them for their contribution in our goal to develop Balkan riders.