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[CT '23] Ekoi - Le Creuset | The big "end of season" post
kandesbunzler26
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March was probably the most important month of the season as we had two goal races (and two filler races) this month.

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05-Mar10-Mar () Vuelta al Pais Vasco-GC Top 25


The profile of this race should have met the qualities of our riders who were expected to show the team jersey in the breaks, though a good GC result wasn’t realistic due to the TTT, the ITT and no actual leaders at the start. The riders followed this plan by being in one break and further riding for Russo in the GC, who perfectly used his hilly sprinter skillset by ignoring the hilly sprints and trying to stay with the favourites in the GC stages. At least this approach resulted in a 22nd place in GC for him, though there should have been more promising approaches to this race.

 
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12-Mar15-Mar Tour of the Middle EastTop 10GC Top 10; stage podium; U25 win; 3rd team classification


We had high expectations for this race (apart from achieving the Top 10 goal) and our riders met most of them to make this a historic race for the team: we achieved our first ever race goal (6th by Gall in the GC), we won our first ever U25 jersey (Gall again) and fought for the team classification for the first time (3rd in the end). APP added an 11th overall and a 4th place on stage 3 as well as Teuns who got 3rd on the same stage.


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17-Mar20-Mar Tour of Guadeloupe--


The only French stage race available for CT teams (apart from Avenir) and how did we show our colours? Not at all, and that’s no exaggeration. No appearances in the break, no participations in sprints, not a single mention in any race report. Just lower the curtain of silence over this race.


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30-Mar GP IzolaTop 5Top 10


Our next goal race was held in Slovenia and we should have been well equipped to achieve a Top 5 result here, but as we already feared in our March preview we weren’t the only team with this goal and approach. In the end APP finished 8th with the rest of the team riding mostly anonymously. This result is okay, the goal was only missed by a small margin (like in Gisborne) and given the competition it could have gone worse, but somehow it still feels disappointing. Once again, damn those expectations …

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Imladrik
I'll let you do my HQ now, as we have quite similar reviews 8)
I guess you're more happy that I am on Pais Vasco, and I'm happier on Izola.
Congrats on the achieved goal though!

Can't wait to see your schedule for the next months, as I guess we'll continue to follow each others.


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kandesbunzler26
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April sees the team in just one race (and that’s an one day race on top), but it’s already our last goal race, so at least those riders at the start there still have to work hard this month.

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20-Apr Badaling InternationalC1


FLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Zhihui Jiang72616665697372627575657379
Maurits Lammertink73677565737172596767807267
Olivier Le Gac70697760737471526469747360
Aurelien Paret-Peintre72767772737573637274727072
Daniel Paulus69747764716873566271736764
Clement Russo73657365737376687678666465
Dylan Teuns68757864737376506672706560
Panagiotis Karatsivis69726868707170606471716767


We head to China for our combined C1/Win goal this season. The competition consists of some superior puncheurs from CT and PCT, but only few of them are better hybrids than our riders. It’s unrealistic to really expect a win here, but at least a Top 10 should be well within reach as we once again send our entire puncheur squad, so that it’s quite realistic that at least one out of Teuns or APP can stay at the front with a really good and deep support as they have done in every other hilly classic so far (though the big results are yet missing).

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Nemolito
Only one race in a whole month is not ideal, definitely because it's a classic. I hope your guys make your waiting worth it and come as close as possible to that win goal. Let's make a deal, APP and Higuita try to leave everyone behind together on the penultimate hill and if they succeed APP is allowed to cross the finish line first?
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Laurens147
Congrats on reaching your goal in TOME, well done Smile
Almost two in a row, just the bad side of the hills lottery this time.
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There are still lots of races in April for everyone else, but we’re already done this month as there’s only one race to review, but at least it’s a goal race (and already our last one too).

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20-Apr Badaling InternationalWinTop 5


Our preview for this race was indeed quite accurate. We didn’t win, but APP finished 5th continuing our streak of good (though not great) classic results this season after the team worked all day – not too bad in a C1 race. And though we already missed our third goal this season and the gap increased in every goal race, it was the third time we just missed it by a small margin and the gap increased from 2 to 3 to 4 places. Given that we achieved the fourth race goal and are on a good way regarding the team standings goal, we already have great hopes for our budget next season.

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After a pretty uneventful month with just one one-day race the team has some more RDs to ride this month. As all our goal races are already done the rest of the season is about staying at least in the Top 10 of the division (thus achieving another goal) and maybe even get into the fight for the reserve promotion spots. So good results are still needed (and of course wanted) and especially some more podiums or wins would be enjoyable – though probably not realistic this month.

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03-May08-May Tour de RomandieC1


FLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Clement Chevrier65757457696969506067776057
Arman Garibian68716869707173556069656969
Zhihui Jiang72616665697372627575657379
Clement Russo73657365737376687678666465
Kevin Vauquelin67696468656966586867707067
Dylan Hopkins68686867697063615765667064
Panagiotis Karatsivis69726868707170606471716767
Reuben Thompson71686663677166576768627362


We come here with a mixture of youngsters to gain experience and some wildcard riders who could snatch a result or leave without being seen at all. Russo could be a wildcard in the two sprint stages depending on which other sprinters are at the start. And we have our sole two winners of the season here with Chevrier and Karatsivis, so we at least hope to see some breakaway appearances in contrast to Basque Country or Guadeloupe.



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18-May24-May Int. Osterreich RundfahrtC2


FLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Felix Gall67777663707172586172706462
Arman Garibian68716869707173556069656969
Daniel Paulus69747764716873566271736764
Kevin Vauquelin67696468656966586867707067
Dylan Hopkins68686867697063615765667064
Reuben Thompson71686663677166576768627362


This is our only C2 race this month and the only one where we could realistically hope for some results. Gall should be our leader and he’s already shown at the Tour of Middle East he’s capable of a GC Top 10 though the 24 TT km in the final stage might prevent him from a really big result. But he should nonetheless at least be a candidate for the white jersey once again. His strongest support is Paulus, the rest of the team is here to gain experience while helping the two Austrians in their home race.



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19-May 1 Jour de DunkerqueC1


FLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Joris Delbove64727058667172626067697158
Zhihui Jiang72616665697372627575657379
Maurits Lammertink73677565737172596767807267
Olivier Le Gac70697760737471526469747360
Clement Russo73657365737376687678666465
Panagiotis Karatsivis69726868707170606471716767


This is another one of those filler races we only participate in because there weren’t enough hilly race days in the calendar (and it’s a French race, too). Russo is the only rider who can at least barely ride on cobbles and even snatching a Top 25 result would be far above expectations. So the goal is to get some TV time.

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May saw us participating in some more races than April, but without Teuns and APP starting in any races the expectations weren’t the highest. And we were right with this approach.

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03-May08-May Tour de Romandie-stage Top 5


Russo was our biggest hope here to snatch some results in a rather weak sprinter field. And he delivered a 5th place in stage 2 as well as a 7th place in the final stage which was disappointing nonetheless as he actually won the sprint of the field which wasn’t quite able to catch the break. So our highlight of the race was Vauquelin wearing the KoM jersey in the 4th stage after taking the lead a day earlier.

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Vauquelin in his first ranking jersey.




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18-May24-May Int. Osterreich Rundfahrt-stage win; 2nd KoM; 3rd KoM; 3rd U25


Our only C2 race this month was also the race with the highest expectations as we brought the two locals Gall and Paulus for some stage hunting and potentially a GC Top 10. The latter was already obsolete after the first stage where Gall lost nearly 6 minutes. But he made up for it with an impressive win from the break in stage 2, our first win since January (thus surpassing our win record of last season). He also took over the KoM jersey, but for some reason stopped going into the breaks to defend the jersey while Paulus took over KoM duties. The result was a 2nd and 3rd place in the KoM classification which is weirdly disappointing. The further stages only brought some minor Top 10 stage result by each Austrian.

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Gall on his way to win in Kitzbüheler Horn.




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19-May 1 Jour de Dunkerque--


We came here without any hopes and our riders delivered: Delbove and Le Gac made it into the break and the latter was dropped on the first cobbled sector while the former just lasted a bit longer. Russo was our best rider in 65th, thus perfectly reflecting our cobble skills this year.




On a side note our loaned out talent Matis Louvel only narrowly missed his maiden win in Norway when he was just caught by one sprinter after an impressive effort from the break to finish second. A great result in a HC race that gives us big hopes for his future with us.

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Laurens147
Congrats with Gall's win on Kitzbüheler Horn! Grin The KOM jersey would have been the icing on the cake indeed, what a shame.

Vauquelin and Louvel showing some glimpses of their talent. Definitely something to look forward to in the future!

Hoping to see APP/Gall performing again in Vancouver?
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After a rather mediocre month with mixed results (including a stage win by Gall) we’re heading into another month with the same signs.

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02-Jun08-Jun Tour of VancouverC2


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pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png ChevrierClement65757457696969506067776057
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pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png GallFelix67777663707172586172706462
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png GaribianArman68716869707173556069656969
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png HopkinsDylan68686867697063615765667064
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png JiangZhihui72616665697372627575657379
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png LammertinkMaurits73677565737172596767807267
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png ThompsonReuben71686663677166576768627362


This is the race of the month for us with Gall a reasonable Top 10 contender in the GC. His chances profit from a MTT instead of a regular ITT and most teams bringing TTT lineups that aren’t much better than our own (bad) one. His climbing skills should be sufficient to compete against most of the CT competition, so we expect a result more in the ToME region than in the Osterreich one.



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18-Jun Frankfurt Eschborn C1


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pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png DelboveJoris64727058667172626067697158
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png GaribianArman68716869707173556069656969
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png JiangZhihui72616665697372627575657379
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png RussoClement73657365737376687678666465
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png ThompsonReuben71686663677166576768627362
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png VauquelinKevin67696468656966586867707067


This is one of the races where we could only realistically expect some major points from an overperformance – but given the rather demanding profile of the race it’s reasonable that Russo will be among the better sprinters in a reduced field if the race is hard enough. And he has shown in Romandie he can be a threat in such a situation.



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23-Jun Monterrey TTTC2


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pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png DelboveJoris64727058667172626067697158
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png GaribianArman68716869707173556069656969
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png HopkinsDylan68686867697063615765667064
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png JiangZhihui72616665697372627575657379
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png KaratsivisPanagiotis69726868707170606471716767
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png LammertinkMaurits73677565737172596767807267
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png ThompsonReuben71686663677166576768627362
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png VauquelinKevin67696468656966586867707067


Though we don’t have any TT rider to speak of we take part in a TTT classic – but why? Well, with only 15 teams participating we’re guaranteed some points here and given the lineups even a result up to 12th could be realistic (and from 11th upwards we would actually reach our PpRD goal of 7-8 points). But the truth is we are only here because it was a replacement race and the reasonable points we could get here are a nice side effect.

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kandesbunzler26
Laurens147 wrote:
Hoping to see APP/Gall performing again in Vancouver?


It'll be Gall indeed. APP has another month off.
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June was kind of a copy of May, though without a win. Teuns and APP were still on hiatus and so we relied on our second tier of potential scorers. Like in May (and most of the earlier races where we did so) that didn’t went too well. At least we already have an idea what our goal for the next transfer season must be: adding some more riders who are consistent scorers (and a Saber or Chiarello kind of scorer wouldn’t hurt in any case …).

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02-Jun08-Jun Tour of Vancouver-3rd KoM; 3rd U25


Our journey to Canada was a disappointing one. Gall already showed weakness in the opening MTT and only got a stage Top 10 later and a 21st place in GC. The 3rd place in the U25 looks nice, but gives only small points and was the worst result in this classification that was reasonably possible. Jiang added another two stage Top 10s from sprints, but again only 1 point in total. Chevrier showed himself in some breaks and ended 3rd in the KoM, but again that’s only a handful of points. And once again we missed the one big break that came through. With outings like this we won’t be able to achieve our Top 10 goal in the team standings in the end.



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18-Jun Frankfurt Eschborn--


We were hoping for an overperformance from Russo here, surprising after a hard race where some of the other sprinters are dropped. Instead, most of the sprinters made it over the hills but Russo was dropped himself. At least Delbove was in the break to get us some TV time.



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23-Jun Monterrey TTT-Top 10


We’re not famous for our TT lineup, but the 6 youngsters and 2 draftees we sent here surprised us (for once positively) with a 9th place, beating some higher rated TTT squads. That doesn’t amount for many points, but it still only missed the points haul of Vancouver by a tiny margin. That’s more a sign of the weakness of our backup scorers than of our TTT skill though.

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Laurens147
Gall was definitely dissapointing in Vancouver. Especially on stage 4 with a mountain top finish, finishing 25th is much below par.

Russo should have been able to survive the hills in Frankfurt, if you compare him with my own sprinter Liepins for instance.

I can imagine it must have been a frustrating month for you. Hopefully some good results in July!
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After a another disappointing month our drought is probably going on in June. With only 2 races (both C1) and a total of 5 RDs (with 4 actual days of racing) it’s improbable we’re having a high scoring month once again. Actually we’re a bit worried when all of our RDs are coming as we’re already at the low end of the division for month. At least Teuns is back racing, though APP takes another month of to prepare for his late summer / autumn campaign.

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09-Jul11-Jul Tour of EritreaC1


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pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png HopkinsDylan68686867697063615765667064
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png PaulusDaniel69747764716873566271736764
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png TeunsDylan68757864737376506672706560
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png ThompsonReuben71686663677166576768627362
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png VauquelinKevin67696468656966586867707067


This is the first race in ages where we send a reasonably competitive squad. Teuns should be a good option for the hilly second stage, as he’s one of the best hybrid puncheurs at the start and has a good support with Paulus, Le Gac and Gall. The latter should also be our GC option, and though much more than a Top 25 isn’t realistic he could actually compete for a good U25 result (or even the classification win). And maybe some of our puncheurs even makes it to the break in stage 2 and gets some nice KoM points out of it.



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20-Jul Paris Tours C1


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pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png HopkinsDylan68686867697063615765667064
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png JiangZhihui72616665697372627575657379
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png KaratsivisPanagi-otis69726868707170606471716767
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png RussoClement73657365737376687678666465
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png ThompsonReuben71686663677166576768627362


This is another of those filler races where we have nothing to hope for than a surprise result by an overperforming Russo – and he hasn’t even done much this season so far. Our lineup represents this, so really the goal has to be in the break in another of our home races.

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Ezeefreak
First, Good Luck for July. Seems we dont cross paths here.

I guess we both expected a lot more from this season so far. APP seems not yet shown his best to carry you as muh as needed. But if i look at your team you may have a bright future, there will always be a next season. And maybe the last months will also be a great success for you ^^
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kandesbunzler26
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July was another month that didn’t live up to expectations (or – even worse – did, as the expectations were already low). It’s time APP gets back on his bike …


StartEndRaceteam goalresults
09-Jul11-Jul Tour of Eritrea-3rd KoM


We had some hopes for this race as we sent some of our better riders here with Teuns, Gall, Paulus and Chevrier. Those four were indeed major disappointments as they weren’t able to keep up with the best on the hills and mountains by far and weren’t seen in the breaks either – and thus performed much worse than they should have been able to. So it’s been up to our youngsters to get us some action and results. Hopkins and (at least for a short time) Vauquelin were in the break in stage 1, with the latter taking the white jersey because of a time bonus. Thompson did the job in stage 2 and took enough KoM points to finish 3rd in this classification – another result that looks nice in the letterhead, but doesn’t give many points.



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20-Jul Paris Tours--


Delbove in the break, Russo finishing 59th. That’s it.

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July is over and what’s to say? Essentially the same as in the last months … Over the last 4 months of racing we accumulated about 120 points, more than half of them from just two races – it’s been a long time for us following. But the good thing is we only spent 43 RDs in this time and though we don’t have the highest hopes for August either, at least we’re in lots of races which will make following the season a lot more interesting. 25 Rds in August (including Avenir), another 43 in September and still 11 in October will at least see us very active at the end of the season. So our main target for the rest of the season (apart from the now illusory Top 10 in the team classification) has to be an active racing style before APP should have some races that really suit him from late September onwards.


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01-Aug05-Aug Tour de VineyardsC1


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pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png Paret-PeintreValentin64666656666462506060685756
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png RussellEvan66646663676964636669686564
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png ToumireHugo68676663656563606264676462
pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/eko.png VauquelinKevin67696468656966586867707067


If only someone had told us how weak the sprinter field in this race would be – Russo or even Jiang could have done reasonably well here. Now it’s only about being in the breaks in the three flat stages and with our four stagiaires at the start for the first time we have a lot of riders who - while not really well suited for this terrain – should at least be keen to show they deserve a place in the squad next year. With the final TTT a top 10 GC result is unrealistic as well. But with a really poor U25 startlist (apart from our completely U25 eligible squad) anything less than Gall (or one of our much weaker youngsters) in the white jersey would be a disappointment – and even a 1-2-3 in this classification is pretty realistic.



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07-Aug09-Aug Giro del Trentino C2


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Another TTT will spoil our GC chances once again, but with this handicap right in stage 1 there’s a good chance that our riders will get some freedoms in the two mountain stages. Chevrier has shown to be a good option for those and guess who’s back? APP will race here for the first time in four months (and the only time in August) and if the last stage isn’t one for the break he should be a serious contender for the stage win with his superior sprint abilities. And with our stagiaire army here as well this means he’ll at least spend some lovely family time with his brother.



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10-Aug15-Aug Tour du MarocC1


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Our second C1 race this month has again three sprint stages and a rather weak field of fast men – and again none of them is ours … We aim for the hilly and mountain stages – especially stage 4 and 5. The latter should be a good chance for Teuns (or Paulus) from the field, the former is a decent chance for a day in the break. In total we have no real expectations here given the season so far, but we sure hope for some positive surprises.



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17-Aug GP Plouay C2


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Plouay is back in the calendar after quite some time and we won’t miss a chance to race in France (which could also be our new slogan). The race is rated flat and if it’s ridden like that we won’t stand a chance. But given the many small hills we hope for a hard race and a reduced field because Russo is once again one of the best punchy sprinters on the startlist and this could be his time to shine. But regarding the experiences of this season he’ll probably end in 48th place …



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23-Aug31-Aug Tour de l'Avenir U23


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There are no points on offer here, but it’s France again and even more important a category where we will always be wanting to shine as working with young riders is a core piece of our teams identity. We send all of our own eligible riders plus one guest with Axel Laurance from JEWA Tirol, a rider we would have loved to see in our colours for the entire season as well. We don’t have any GC favourite here as Vauquelin will only be strong enough for a shot at the GC next year, but we have some good climbers in him, Delbove and Garibian. Laurance should be a good option for hilly finishes. And with no sprinter we’ll be happy with some of our riders in the breaks in the flat stages. But apart from all expectations we just want to enjoy this race which is already one of our favourites in the entire calendar.

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Fabianski
Interesting that you seem to know already how the sprinter fields in Vineyards and Morocco are going to look like - wouldn't be against this in Vineyards tbh Pfft

The two races including TTTs could indeed be rough for you - especially Vineyards where the TTT comes last and doesn't leave any subsequent breakaway hopes like in Trentino.

I suspect many of PCT's top climbers to go to Morocco from what I've read in HQs, so I guess your best bet there will be breakaways and a good KoM challenge by your puncheurs.

Good luck for August, hopefully the string of mediocre results finally finds an end somehow!
 
kandesbunzler26
Fabianski wrote:

Interesting that you seem to know already how the sprinter fields in Vineyards and Morocco are going to look like - wouldn't be against this in Vineyards tbh Pfft


I'm just exploiting the privilege of the reporters of having access to the startlists of the month to come Wink
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Nemolito
July didn't go as you wished, hopefully August brings better results. We'll meet in France (twice) and in Maroc, so I'll be following your results there as well. Do me a favour and take away as many points from the PCT teams in Vineyards as you can Pfft
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