It's been the same development plan for Santiago from start to finish. At a time there were some thoughts of maybe developing him into more of a puncheur. But with the team currently in PT hopefully his focus on being an explosive climber ends up being a good fit. He should have solid enough recovery to take on 3 weeks of riding in a Grand Tour.

Young Govekar is growing into a fast finishing pure puncheur type. Longer climbs aren't really suited to him, but this year he tried his best to improve on that aspect. He's fairly far into his level 4 so we might have an option to see him finish his development somewhere else.

This was Hocevar's first full season with us. He is developing like Buitrago, as a punchy climber. He's likely to be a supporting rider in the future, but he should have the ability to go hunting for KOM points. He's another one that due to his level could finish his development elsewhere.

Fred continues on his path to become the most versatile rider we've ever had. We primarily see him as a classics rider, but he could also slot into a sprint train or be a stage race domestique. We could see him go out on loan, but more likely he stays with us and gets more experience against the best competition.

This was Veljko's 2nd season in PT since he was actually there on loan as a level 1 rider. That experience surely helped him this year as he had quite a productive season. He's a solid breakaway rider and should slot into our time-trial core as he maxes.

ivaneurope wrote:

I'm eager for part 2 to see what is the deveopment path for Jarc, Bechkov and Selimovic

Nemolito wrote:

Buitrago as a local LPH/OXF rider is fun to follow, Govekar is yet another very nice local talent for you, but the star of part 1 for me is obviously Stojnic. We loved having him over last season and it's nice to see him developing that well

cunego59 wrote:

Wright is a really cool rider, could be a lot of fun at the latest when he's maxed, maybe even now already. Buitrago obviously the standout, could become a really strong rider with some training!

SotD wrote:

Love the path for Wright. Not necessarily the one I would have picked, but everyone loves those 70+ everything guys

Buitrago is a top class development, and then some unmaxed riders waiting to punch their way into leaders roles next season. Very solid build!

As mentioned Dorde was on loan at Fastned and got to experience being part of a promoting team. He also got to learn from a top cobble specialist like Van Hooydonck. He's a low potential rider, but the idea is that he develops into a solid domestique for the cobbled races.

Selimovic produced arguably the best season of any rider we ever loaned out. He was a constant attacker in stage races, gathering many sprint and KOM points. We expect him to stay with us next season so he will face a big jump in competition. But we hope he can keep up with his attacking style and we'll try to utilise him in that manner.

Similar to Selimovic, Jarc was mostly used for breakaways. He still managed to score a few points for Genii. We're still not sure if we're going to develop him more as a rouleur or cobbled classics specialist, but the latter option is surely appealing as we slowly grow our local classics team.

The last rider on loan was Bechkov. He was not as active as the other two at Genii, but to be fair that's not really his forte. Over time he should develop as another cog in our time-trial unit.

AbhishekLFC wrote:

Govekar getting ready for his battles with MVD in the future

AbhishekLFC wrote:
Buitrago should be a good sub-top leader already. Really strong set of talents in part 1 itself!

Nemolito wrote:

Selimovic probably won't repeat his performances from the 2023 pct season in PT this year, but never say never. He's definitely a special one, and I also like to see Duric growing better, indeed looks like a very solid future cobbles domestique.

Also have to applaud you for slowly letting Bechkov and Jarc develop, the Balkan region can only be happy with someone like you who constantly finds a way to develop local talents.