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[PCT] DK Žalgiris '23
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DarkWolf
I am not sure what Juan Sossa and Brandon Rodriguez are doing all the way in Lithuania, but it's a question born out of jealousy. Just kidding here, mostly, because I would have loved to sign Brandon Rodriguez. Smile
Maybe we can talk business in the future though.
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redordead
Interesting trade of Errazkin and Moscon. Looks like a fun team.

Maybe one more big rider on the way?

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"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
 
quadsas
DarkWolf wrote:
I am not sure what Juan Sossa and Brandon Rodriguez are doing all the way in Lithuania, but it's a question born out of jealousy. Just kidding here, mostly, because I would have loved to sign Brandon Rodriguez. Smile
Maybe we can talk business in the future though.


Well, we have quite a history with big foreign talents from far away, one of big earners this year in Kyeng Ho Min started his career here. And our riders are always available if you show THE BIG HEART and COMMITMENT.

redordead wrote:
Interesting trade of Errazkin and Moscon. Looks like a fun team.

Maybe one more big rider on the way?


We can only have one Spaniard on the team, those are the rules.
Probably not, doing anything with this team would show whether Gods are in our favor.

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We have a couple of extra additions.

A nice lil fella is joining us for 50k, Aleksandr Bereznyak from [REDACTED]. Should be a very nice stage race piece if we decide to keep him around. We wanted to increase the number of talents on our squad, and this year we've signed 4 level 1s, we likey.

Nat.NameFLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPRAge
Aleksandr Bereznyak6966636966716357586263686922
Aleksandr Bereznyak7073687671767057586364687622

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The second BOI is typa rider we tested out last year, and it worked out decently well. A dedicated stage race sprinter. Hayakawa did very well for us last year, unfortunately we raised his profile too high and he ended up outside our financial capabilities. Instead, Max Losch was brought in on 65k wage.

Nat.NameFLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPRAge
Max Losch7352656272687571787978636630

Oscar Cabanas has left for Colombini Cycling. We thank him for his service.
Now we are sitting on 18 riders, and two more (or more?) should join in the very near future.

Provisional 2023 Squad

Nat.NameFLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPRAge Wage
Kristoffer Halvorsen7658656374718070818070616827 470,000
Gianni Moscon7173796676777553597371697029 180,000
Dion Smith6978756872747559667475716530 185,000
Kristaps Budenieks6975756370757270697475726128 80,000
Martin Laas6774766268737355677668576230 50,000
Justas Beniusis7169607971737256576768687826 200,000
Venantas Lasinis6977727473727459616867697426 100,000
Vadim Pronskiy6477736373727758617373706325 85,000
Max Losch7352656272687571787978636630 65,000
Carl Fredrik Hagen6874756574727165717274726432 55,000
Sebastian Schönberger6672765973747157657175745929 60,000
Murilo Affonso6976727372707456546874537332 60,000
Mihkel Räim7462676173727571767576687430 55,000
Jesus Herrada6574727370706853646770637233 50,000
Wojciech Pszczolarski7360707468726753717268657732 50,000
Juan Sossa6766715773696955616568675822 170,000
Aleksandr Bereznyak6966636966716357586263686922 50,000
Brandon Rodriguez7158616470685860696975676322 75,000

deez
 
Nemolito
Bereznyak is a very interesting talent. Crazy how Oleg didn't go for him Pfft I wonder what Moscon will do in C1/HC. And hope for you Halvorsen can keep his sprinting consistenty up.

Baltics for life.
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quadsas
Nemolito wrote:
Baltics for life.


Love him or hate him, he's speaking fax.

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We added a couple last second additions.

Danish legend Rasmus Guldhammer joins us for 500k fee on essentially a loan. But he should provide us with some much needed extra points.

Nat.NameFLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPRAge
Rasmus Guldhammer6679756971726967687369636934

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Our 20th rider is essentially a leadout for Losch. Mateo Frankovic joins the dawg for 50k.

Nat.NameFLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPRAge
Mateo Frankovic7462716471787067747666716629

That is most likely the end of our transfers, but we are always capable of cooking, so there may be some changes coming still.

Provisional 2023 Squad

Nat.NameFLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPRAge
Kristoffer Halvorsen7658656374718070818070616827
Gianni Moscon7173796676777553597371697029
Dion Smith6978756872747559667475716530
Rasmus Guldhammer6679756971726967687369636934
Kristaps Budenieks6975756370757270697475726128
Martin Laas6774766268737355677668576230
Justas Beniusis7169607971737256576768687826
Venantas Lasinis6977727473727459616867697426
Vadim Pronskiy6477736373727758617373706325
Max Losch7352656272687571787978636630
Carl Fredrik Hagen6874756574727165717274726432
Sebastian Schönberger6672765973747157657175745929
Mateo Frankovic7462716471787067747666716629
Murilo Affonso6976727372707456546874537332
Mihkel Räim7462676173727571767576687430
Jesus Herrada6574727370706853646770637233
Wojciech Pszczolarski7360707468726753717268657732
Juan Sossa6766715773696955616568675822
Aleksandr Bereznyak6966636966716357586263686922
Brandon Rodriguez7158616470685860696975676322

deez
 
Ulrich Ulriksen
Frankovic was the two-time domestique of the year at McCormick. We renamed the award after him. He is the right man for the lead out job. At the end of the year got to get him back where he belongs in the Croatian NC jersey.

Be good to see how Dion Smith does as a leader (?) rather than KOM chaser.
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DarkWolf
I wanted to place a bid on Frankovic but went in other direction in the end. I am looking forward to see Brandon Rodriguez develop and I am glad Jesus Herrada found a home here, I have fond memories from his time spent with my team.
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AbhishekLFC
Surprised you didn't get in at least another strong leader but Zalgiris does wonders with whoever they got!
 
baseballlover312
Very happy to see that Guldhammer found and good team and will probably get to lead some of his own races this year. Halvorsen as always remains the stud.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy
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quadsas
Ulrich Ulriksen wrote:
Frankovic was the two-time domestique of the year at McCormick. We renamed the award after him. He is the right man for the lead out job. At the end of the year got to get him back where he belongs in the Croatian NC jersey.

Be good to see how Dion Smith does as a leader (?) rather than KOM chaser.


We sure do hope Mateo (miss u bby) continues his domestique masterclass.
Dion just needs to score some decent points, I am confident he can git the job done with all the support he will have.

DarkWolf wrote:
I wanted to place a bid on Frankovic but went in other direction in the end. I am looking forward to see Brandon Rodriguez develop and I am glad Jesus Herrada found a home here, I have fond memories from his time spent with my team.


Can always acquire Big Mateo for 800k next year, no problem

AbhishekLFC wrote:
Surprised you didn't get in at least another strong leader but Zalgiris does wonders with whoever they got!


He's spittin. We are doing a lil known strategy known as LPH Zara of being the luckiest team throughout the calendar year.

baseballlover312 wrote:
Very happy to see that Guldhammer found and good team and will probably get to lead some of his own races this year. Halvorsen as always remains the stud.


Straight fax

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Nat.NameFLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Gianni Moscon71737966767775535973716970
Gianni Moscon71738066767775535973716970

eZ 800 points

2023 Squad

Nat.NameFLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPRAge Wage
Kristoffer Halvorsen7658656374718070818070616827 470,000
Gianni Moscon7173806676777553597371697029 180,000
Dion Smith6978756872747559667475716530 185,000
Rasmus Guldhammer6679756971726967687369636934 160,000
Kristaps Budenieks6975756370757270697475726128 80,000
Martin Laas6774766268737355677668576230 50,000
Justas Beniusis7169607971737256576768687826 200,000
Venantas Lasinis6977727473727459616867697426 100,000
Vadim Pronskiy6477736373727758617373706325 85,000
Max Losch7352656272687571787978636630 65,000
Carl Fredrik Hagen6874756574727165717274726432 55,000
Sebastian Schönberger6672765973747157657175745929 60,000
Mateo Frankovic7462716471787067747666716629 50,000
Murilo Affonso6976727372707456546874537332 60,000
Mihkel Räim7462676173727571767576687430 55,000
Jesus Herrada6574727370706853646770637233 50,000
Wojciech Pszczolarski7360707468726753717268657732 50,000
Juan Sossa6766715773696955616568675822 170,000
Aleksandr Bereznyak6966636966716357586263686922 50,000
Brandon Rodriguez7158616470685860696975676322 75,000

deez
 
alexkr00
Doomed for relegation without Remco's points
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Bikex
That training money should've been used on Dion
 
Fabianski
Moscon finally gets that training I couldn't / didn't want to offer him. I still suppose he missed out on a couple of great results just because his 79 Hi stat was too low for PCM to keep him in the mix (bad positioning), so I'm really looking forward to see if it does make a difference Smile
I like your aggressive/punchy climbers, but it remains to be seen if you can find them an enough well-suited calendar to bring home enough points. Halvorsen, Moscon and Beniusis surely will contribute, but otherwise it's pretty much about depth points in uphill races now with your main GC rider gone.
The future should look good anyway, with all those juicy talents Smile
 
whitejersey
I think training money could be spent better elsewhere. Moving Dion Smith up a point in MO could have been the play but also +acc on Halvorsen. I understand the caution with training a sprinter in a new engine though.
 
quadsas
alexkr00 wrote:
Doomed for relegation without Remco's points


Without a shadow of a doubt FAX

Bikex wrote:
That training money should've been used on Dion

whitejersey wrote:
I think training money could be spent better elsewhere. Moving Dion Smith up a point in MO could have been the play but also +acc on Halvorsen. I understand the caution with training a sprinter in a new engine though.

Fabianski wrote:
Moscon finally gets that training I couldn't / didn't want to offer him. I still suppose he missed out on a couple of great results just because his 79 Hi stat was too low for PCM to keep him in the mix (bad positioning), so I'm really looking forward to see if it does make a difference Smile
I like your aggressive/punchy climbers, but it remains to be seen if you can find them an enough well-suited calendar to bring home enough points. Halvorsen, Moscon and Beniusis surely will contribute, but otherwise it's pretty much about depth points in uphill races now with your main GC rider gone.
The future should look good anyway, with all those juicy talents Smile


My philosophy flowchart is very simple:

1. Do I intend to keep rider?
2. Do I think/know it's a good scorer in my division?
3. TRAIN

Dion is straight no to 1., so I wasn't even thinking about him. Could it have been better investment, absolutely, but he is also a NO for 2nd question. He scored for fun in PT, but it's a different ballgame in PCT. Moscon scored 383 in 2021 (Skujins, Failerman, EBH, Beltran, Kwiat, Kino, Bobridge and many more, you know, the killer puncher PCT season), so I think he is definitely a rider who can score points. Score more than everyone on the goon squad (except Halvorgoat) last year. Tiny sample size, but it is what it is. Points scored is more or less my only barometer of how good a rider is.
I wouldve loved to train Beniusis this year too, but unfortunately just couldn't get a few extra thousand to get the second train, so he's likely to stay at 79 next year too as I think Lasinis is a bigger priority.
In terms of Halvorsen, that was in consideration before transfer window, but once a lot of great sprinters started appearing on PCT teams, it made very little sense to train him, I am pretty sure I would be spending 1.4mil on someone who's gonna score less than last year anyways.

And this season really is just a spray and pray, I couldn't find lanes for my situation to go for it THIS year, but if I manage to survive then I will have a ton of cap, Kmieliauskas will be one of best TTers in division already and a bunch of dudes I can leverage to get some real big dawgs. (unless Moscon is complete poopy doo doo)
deez
 
SotD
I don't think it would have been better to train Dion Smith either. A lot of his succes comes from being allowed freedom to attack. Making him better would risk taking away that benefit, with him instead chasing GC results. And there are so many better riders than him there.

Whether or not Moscon is a good option is a question about how the game treats his SPR. I think some versions would see him as a very limited puncheur do to that sub 60SPR, which is rare for puncheurs. He will mostly be up against similar riders but with +10-15 SPR. Maybe the +1 will help him get away from the bunch more often. Who knows.
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redordead
Interesting choice. Not that many great training options, so could probably do a lot worse than making Moscon 80 HI. I always liked him provided he's planned correctly.

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quadsas
SotD wrote:
I don't think it would have been better to train Dion Smith either. A lot of his succes comes from being allowed freedom to attack. Making him better would risk taking away that benefit, with him instead chasing GC results. And there are so many better riders than him there.

Whether or not Moscon is a good option is a question about how the game treats his SPR. I think some versions would see him as a very limited puncheur do to that sub 60SPR, which is rare for puncheurs. He will mostly be up against similar riders but with +10-15 SPR. Maybe the +1 will help him get away from the bunch more often. Who knows.


I am a believer. I mean you can't predict much unless you spent hours and days running races on PCM22 over and over, but again, 2021 suggested that sprint should not be much of an issue.

redordead wrote:
Interesting choice. Not that many great training options, so could probably do a lot worse than making Moscon 80 HI. I always liked him provided he's planned correctly.


Everyone is a fantastic training option, I am not one of the CRINGE to train the great riders !! Time to write obituary for my MG career when I train Lasinis to 76TT next year.

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Sort of forgot about this, but with season approaching, time to show off Žalgiris going back to their roots, ditching the angry bull and returning to good ol green and white kit. Let's goooooo

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deez
 
quadsas
#blessed
no Belgium
deez
 
quadsas
Farvel Kristoffer


We will be saying goodbye to Kristoffer Halvorsen after this season. The undisputed King of Žalgiris over past three years will not ride for us in 2024. With his season over all the staff and teammates have said their goodbyes.

We thank Kristoffer for:

2021
Post Danmark Rundt1st Stage 1
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2022
Circulo de Juarez1st Stage 1, 4 1st General Classification
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Veenendaal - Veenendaal3rd
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La Tropicale Amissa Bongo1st Stage 3
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Torshavn GP1st
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Deutschland Tour2nd Stage 4
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Post Danmark Rundt1st Stage 4
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2023
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Baltic Chain Tour1st Stage 4
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La Tropicale Amissa Bongo1st Stage 3
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Philadelphia International Championship (!)1st

We are certain he will not have any difficulties finding himself a new team
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