We round out transfers with the Free Agent signings of two veterans to add to our hills line-up for the season.

We've had a Slovenian rider in every season of our existence except for 2022. We did not like that and had to bring in Tratnik for the season. It must be said however, that it's not just for statistics that we made this move, and he is expected to be an important domestique for Benoot all through the season.

OVL	FLA	MON	HIL	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SPR	ACC	FTR	DHI	PRL
73.72	70	72	76	61	73	74	68	61	60	69	70	64	61

Goh joins us from Free Agency as our last move this transfer season. He will play a similar role to Tratnik and mostly support Benoot in the hills.

OVL	FLA	MON	HIL	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SPR	ACC	FTR	DHI	PRL
72.87	68	73	75	69	72	72	71	61	61	66	78	64	68

It will take too long for us to individually say goodbye to all riders in the list above, but we like to thank all of them for their contribution to the team, be it for a few seasons or for a few hours.

@Ivan: Hope it works out well for both of us. Both Ahmad Zamri and Kozhatayev were on our list of targets for the season and we're glad to have got them

Benoot was magnificent for us last season and we felt it only fitting to invest in him once again. We considered some other trainings for different riders as well, but didn't believe they would have nearly the same impact as this one. We hope this power up allows Benoot to maintain, if not improve on his results and return from last season.

	FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CB	SP	AC	FG	DH	PR
2022	71	75	80	63	75	74	74	76	69	71	62	66	62
			↓↓↓
2023	71	75	81	63	75	74	74	76	69	71	62	66	62

@alex: Shame that things didn't work out between us this transfers but there's always next time Having said, I only kept or acquired riders that I intend to get through development and beyond, so it may need some convincing!

@SotD: Glad to have got them ourselves

@bbl: Tratnik was one of the best FAs left at that point and we needed support for Benoot, so it was the perfect fit. Also our Slovenian connection demanded it JJ for you is a very feel-good signing!

Choi is our leader on the mountain this season and we have assembled a strong squad of lieutenants to help him in his quest. Carboni is expected to get a couple of leadership opportunities himself. The additions of Ahmad Zamri and Kozhatayev, helps shore up out TTT strength.

An improved Benoot continues to lead our line in the hills. He has improved support this time, at least in terms of numbers. Tratnik, Goh and Sirota will have important role of delivering our leader into good positions from where he can make the decisive moves.

We failed to get any of our top cobbles targets but still managed to improve the strength and depth of our cobbles squad from last season. Ringheim has been brought in to take some of the load away from Benoot, especially in the flatter cobbled races.

Our flat squad has a stronger lead sprinter but has weakened overall as we missed out a second sprinter in transfers. However, the support staff is still quite strong and almost all our efforts in these races will go towards securing good results for Vesely.

After a long search for a leading time trialist, we were finally able to secure the transfer of Jungels who will lead our TTT squad for the season. Youngster Ocampo, on loan for the season, slots right in as deputy. These two additions immediately help improve our TTT unit as compared to last season, although we're still quite a distance away from being contenders.

Leemreize and Mick continue their development for another season. Kooistra joins back from loan and will finish his development this season. Tim, Hayter and Alben join the squad from Free Agency. Hoole and John have been loaned out for the season.

This transfer window was not a straightforward affair for us. While we were able to secure our sales without much difficulty, we received negative responses for most of our top targets for Time Trials and Northern Classics. Free Agency was a more fruitful affair for us this time, with seven joiners from the same. We had to resort to being creative and bargain hunting in our buys, but do believe we still managed to improve the team overall from last season. The biggest plus point we feel is that we now have viable leaders for every terrain, and sufficient for them as well. We hope this translates into better results in the races and an improvement in the overall points haul at the end of the season.

AbhishekLFC wrote:
Ocampo was a loan target especially for the reason you state and glad we could get him in.