We're back for the new season, but everything remains the same at our HQ! Last season proved to be a record breaking one for us but we still just fell short of promotion. Despite this, we were extremely pleased to be able to firmly establish our new identity, and to be able to improve on the 2022 season. We will be looking to continue on our improvement path but we do see some big hurdles this season in terms of team building which we will need to tackle effectively.
Primary Sponsor
Sony continues their title sponsorship of the team for the second season. We were able to meet most of their demands for the first season, which made it a no brainer for them to continue. The team that the popularity of the company in the owner's home country will continue to help promote the sport there.
Secondary Sponsor
Having just extended their contract last year, Force India remains the teams secondary sponsor. Last season proved to be a milestone for India as the first two cyclists from the nation got professional contracts to be a part of our team. We hope to be able spot a few more similar talents this time around as well.
Other Sponsors
No sponsor changes for us this time, as we would like to keep the working combination to continue.
Japan remains our primary, being the country of our primary sponsors. We will continue to seek out established riders and talents from across Asia, as we build our team identity on the continent.
Secondary Focus: Netherlands
Our crop of Dutch talents are coming to end of their development and we are very excited to see them compete with the best of the best. Netherlands thus remains our secondary sponsor, with a strong core team already in place for this purpose.
Spoiler
We would like to thank Ezeefreak for conceptualizing and creating this wonderful new jersey.
Very strong squad to build off of (not sure how much cap space there will be but I'm sure there's ways to make some more), whether it's getting into that Top 5 or preparing for 2025 with some more maxes and a €3m Benoot sale to De Rosa once they get some money
Always one of the best HQs around, looking forward to following it again
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant." [ICL] Santos-Euskadi | [PT] Xero Racing
@jandal: I guess the existing squad is decent but we do need to look at a rebuild with about half of them tending towards decline or have already started to. Will think about the Benoot sale only when the time comes
We thought it was time to look back at our team history a little, before we look ahead to the 2024 season. In this post, we've tried to gather some stats on how the riders that have worn our colours have done for us in our seven years of existence.
2023
Division: Pro Continental Tour Classification: 8th 2023 Team HQ
2022
Division: Pro Continental Tour Classification: 8th 2022 Team HQ
2021
Division: Pro Continental Tour Classification: 19th 2021 Team HQ
2020
Division: Continental Tour Classification: 3rd (Promoted) 2020 Team HQ
2019
Division: Pro Continental Tour Classification: 25th (Relegated) 2019 Team HQ
2018
Division: Pro Continental Tour Classification: 18th 2018 Team HQ
2017
Division: Continental Tour Classification: 4th (Promoted) 2017 Team HQ
Points
Name
Total Points
Wilco Kelderman
1619
Tiesj Benoot
1350
Ki Ho Choi
1341
Lahcen Saber
1172
Pierre Paolo Penasa
845
Daniel Vesely
662
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
617
Tom Van Asbroeck
603
Nico Keinath
472
Rui Costa
343
Spoiler
Name
Total Points
David Per (Loan)
316
Marcel Wyss
289
Romain Bardet
288
Florentino Marquez
279
Tom David
279
Tom Dumoulin
257
Jo Kogstad Ringheim
241
Michel Kreder
238
Alexander Krieger
228
Tomas Paprstka
216
Ramunas Navardauskas
204
Cristian Raileanu
189
Riccardo Minali
173
Giovanni Carboni
171
Shiki Kuroeda
166
Bert Van Lerberghe
160
Pascal Eenkhoorn
157
Remco Te Brake
152
Jempy Drucker
149
Andrew Talansky
142
Jaoa Costa
138
Igor Boev
136
Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev
124
Jasper Bovenhuis
122
Dylan Teuns
121
Ronan Van Zandbeek
119
Mick Van Dijke
102
Bob Jungels
93
Andrea Palini
90
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
81
William Barta
80
Jos Van Emden
79
Calvin Watson
76
Joonas Henttala
73
Dmitri Grabovski
70
Gijs Leemreize
68
Geert Van der Sanden
67
Saya Kuroeda
64
Wouter Wippert
62
Daniel Moricz (Loan)
62
Riccardo Zoidl
60
Simone Velasco
57
Yoeri Havik
50
Enrico Battaglin
37
Charles Anguilet
35
Muhamma Afif Ahmad Zamri
33
Tim Van Dijke
33
Ralf Matzka
32
Rob Ruijgh
31
Pim Ligthart
30
Fabian Lienhard (Loan)
30
Michael Storer (Loan)
28
Piotr Havik
26
Dan McLay
26
Jan Dieteren
26
Yannick Stoltz
26
Leo Hayter
22
Olivier Le Gac
21
Victor Lafay (Loan)
20
Ide Schelling
20
Kevin Inkelaar
19
Albert Timmer
18
Choon Huat Goh
17
Jan Xandri
16
Yamato Shirota
16
Roy Jans
15
Victor Alejandro Ocampo (Loan)
15
Wout Poels
13
Maris Bogdanovics
12
Felix Grossschartner
11
Jan Tratnik
10
Lennard Hofstede
10
Piet Allegaert
10
Christoph Mai
8
Thomas Boudat (Loan)
8
Clement Champoussin (Loan)
7
Rok Korosec
4
Jefferson Cepeda Hernandez (Loan)
4
Marten Kooistra
4
Gorazd Per
3
Esow Alben
3
Oscar Samuel Galvan Ramirez (Loan)
3
Ryan Gibbons (Loan)
3
Miles Scotson (Loan)
2
Tom Leezer
2
Patrick Müller (Loan)
0
Ha Jeon Jung (Loan)
0
Jonas Bokeloh
0
Lotto Petrus
0
Aurelien Paret-Peintre
0
Jhojan Garcia
0
Luka Sagadin
0
Cristian Scaroni
0
Benoot and Choi move up to 2nd and 3rd in the Points table, but still can't dethrone Kelderman from the top. Vesely moves into 6th place.
Race Days
Name
Total RDs
Gijs Leemreize
236
Joonas Henttala
222
Jasper Bovenhuis
219
Tom Dumoulin
199
Ronan Van Zandbeek
199
Marten Kooistra
191
Ide Schelling
183
Romain Bardet
180
Piet Allegaert
162
Kevin Inkelaar
161
Spoiler
Name
Total RDs
Mick Van Dijke
155
David Per (Loan)
136
Wout Poels
135
Tomas Paprstka
130
Rob Ruijgh
128
Jaoa Costa
127
Remco Te Brake
119
Alexander Krieger
116
Wilco Kelderman
114
Shiki Kuroeda
114
Lennard Hofstede
111
Saya Kuroeda
107
Michel Kreder
106
Cristian Raileanu
105
Patrick Müller (Loan)
95
Tom Van Asbroeck
94
Daniel Moricz (Loan)
94
Jefferson Cepeda Hernandez (Loan)
94
Esow Alben
93
Oscar Samuel Galvan Ramirez (Loan)
93
Ryan Gibbons (Loan)
93
Leo Hayter
92
Pierre Paolo Penasa
91
Ha Jeon Jung (Loan)
91
Thomas Boudat (Loan)
88
Victor Lafay (Loan)
86
Tim Van Dijke
85
Lahcen Saber
83
Jonas Bokeloh
83
Yannick Stoltz
80
Victor Alejandro Ocampo (Loan)
79
Tiesj Benoot
78
Ki Ho Choi
78
Riccardo Zoidl
75
Lotto Petrus
75
Fabian Lienhard (Loan)
74
Michael Storer (Loan)
74
Rok Korosec
74
Pim Ligthart
72
Felix Grossschartner
72
Clement Champoussin (Loan)
71
Riccardo Minali
70
Choon Huat Goh
70
Charles Anguilet
69
Piotr Havik
66
Dan McLay
66
Jan Dieteren
66
Roy Jans
66
Albert Timmer
65
Jan Tratnik
65
Tom Leezer
65
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
64
Christoph Mai
64
Muhamma Afif Ahmad Zamri
63
Olivier Le Gac
63
Bob Jungels
62
Calvin Watson
62
Yamato Shirota
62
Ramunas Navardauskas
61
William Barta
61
Wouter Wippert
61
Jos Van Emden
60
Yoeri Havik
59
Jan Xandri
59
Andrea Palini
58
Igor Boev
57
Geert Van der Sanden
56
Simone Velasco
55
Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev
54
Bert Van Lerberghe
53
Dylan Teuns
53
Dmitri Grabovski
53
Jo Kogstad Ringheim
52
Enrico Battaglin
52
Andrew Talansky
51
Marcel Wyss
50
Tom David
50
Giovanni Carboni
49
Nico Keinath
48
Rui Costa
48
Pascal Eenkhoorn
47
Ralf Matzka
47
Jempy Drucker
46
Miles Scotson (Loan)
45
Daniel Vesely
44
Florentino Marquez
44
Maris Bogdanovics
44
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
42
Aurelien Paret-Peintre
15
Gorazd Per
14
Jhojan Garcia
14
Luka Sagadin
14
Cristian Scaroni
14
Leemreize is the new leader in terms of RDs raced for us, and he looks set to increase his lead at the top this coming season. Kooistra is the only other rider in the current squad who is in the Top 10.
Loyalty
Name
Total
Out on Loan
Riccardo Minali
5
3
Marten Kooistra
4
1
Pascal Eenkhoorn
4
3
Wilco Kelderman
3
0
Romain Bardet
3
0
Tom Dumoulin
3
0
Jasper Bovenhuis
3
0
Ronan Van Zandbeek
3
0
Joonas Henttala
3
0
Gijs Leemreize
3
0
Spoiler
Name
Total
Out on Loan
Ide Schelling
3
1
Kevin Inkelaar
3
1
Lennard Hofstede
3
1
Piet Allegaert
3
1
Tiesj Benoot
2
0
Ki Ho Choi
2
0
Lahcen Saber
2
0
Pierre Paolo Penasa
2
0
Tom Van Asbroeck
2
0
David Per (Loan)
2
0
Michel Kreder
2
0
Alexander Krieger
2
0
Tomas Paprstka
2
0
Cristian Raileanu
2
0
Shiki Kuroeda
2
0
Remco Te Brake
2
0
Jaoa Costa
2
0
Mick Van Dijke
2
0
Saya Kuroeda
2
0
Rob Ruijgh
2
0
Wout Poels
2
0
Jonas Bokeloh
2
0
Daniel Vesely
1
0
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
1
0
Nico Keinath
1
0
Rui Costa
1
0
Marcel Wyss
1
0
Florentino Marquez
1
0
Tom David
1
0
Jo Kogstad Ringheim
1
0
Ramunas Navardauskas
1
0
Giovanni Carboni
1
0
Bert Van Lerberghe
1
0
Jempy Drucker
1
0
Andrew Talansky
1
0
Igor Boev
1
0
Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev
1
0
Dylan Teuns
1
0
Bob Jungels
1
0
Andrea Palini
1
0
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
1
0
William Barta
1
0
Jos Van Emden
1
0
Calvin Watson
1
0
Dmitri Grabovski
1
0
Geert Van der Sanden
1
0
Wouter Wippert
1
0
Daniel Moricz (Loan)
1
0
Riccardo Zoidl
1
0
Simone Velasco
1
0
Yoeri Havik
1
0
Enrico Battaglin
1
0
Charles Anguilet
1
0
Muhamma Afif Ahmad Zamri
1
0
Tim Van Dijke
1
0
Ralf Matzka
1
0
Pim Ligthart
1
0
Fabian Lienhard (Loan)
1
0
Michael Storer (Loan)
1
0
Piotr Havik
1
0
Dan McLay
1
0
Jan Dieteren
1
0
Yannick Stoltz
1
0
Leo Hayter
1
0
Olivier Le Gac
1
0
Victor Lafay (Loan)
1
0
Albert Timmer
1
0
Choon Huat Goh
1
0
Jan Xandri
1
0
Yamato Shirota
1
0
Roy Jans
1
0
Victor Alejandro Ocampo (Loan)
1
0
Maris Bogdanovics
1
0
Felix Grossschartner
1
0
Jan Tratnik
1
0
Christoph Mai
1
0
Thomas Boudat (Loan)
1
0
Clement Champoussin (Loan)
1
0
Rok Korosec
1
0
Jefferson Cepeda Hernandez (Loan)
1
0
Gorazd Per
1
0
Esow Alben
1
0
Oscar Samuel Galvan Ramirez (Loan)
1
0
Ryan Gibbons (Loan)
1
0
Miles Scotson (Loan)
1
0
Tom Leezer
1
0
Patrick Müller (Loan)
1
0
Ha Jeon Jung (Loan)
1
0
Lotto Petrus
1
0
Aurelien Paret-Peintre
1
0
Jhojan Garcia
1
0
Luka Sagadin
1
0
Cristian Scaroni
1
0
Daan Hoole
1
1
Naveen John
1
1
Kooistra moves into 2nd in the Loyalty list, and he looks primed to take the top spot at the end of the next season. Leemreize moves into the Top 10.
Points per Race Day
Name
Total Points
Total RDs
PpRD
Tiesj Benoot
1350
78
17.31
Ki Ho Choi
1341
78
17.19
Daniel Vesely
662
44
15.05
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
617
42
14.69
Wilco Kelderman
1619
114
14.20
Lahcen Saber
1172
83
14.12
Nico Keinath
472
48
9.83
Pierre Paolo Penasa
845
91
9.29
Rui Costa
343
48
7.15
Tom Van Asbroeck
603
94
6.41
Spoiler
Name
Total Points
Total RDs
PpRD
Florentino Marquez
279
44
6.34
Marcel Wyss
289
50
5.78
Tom David
279
50
5.58
Jo Kogstad Ringheim
241
52
4.63
Giovanni Carboni
171
49
3.49
Ramunas Navardauskas
204
61
3.34
Pascal Eenkhoorn
157
47
3.34
Jempy Drucker
149
46
3.24
Bert Van Lerberghe
160
53
3.02
Andrew Talansky
142
51
2.78
Riccardo Minali
173
70
2.47
Igor Boev
136
57
2.39
David Per (Loan)
316
136
2.32
Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev
124
54
2.30
Dylan Teuns
121
53
2.28
Michel Kreder
238
106
2.25
Alexander Krieger
228
116
1.97
Cristian Raileanu
189
105
1.80
Tomas Paprstka
216
130
1.66
Romain Bardet
288
180
1.60
Andrea Palini
90
58
1.55
Bob Jungels
93
62
1.50
Shiki Kuroeda
166
114
1.46
Dmitri Grabovski
70
53
1.32
Jos Van Emden
79
60
1.32
William Barta
80
61
1.31
Tom Dumoulin
257
199
1.29
Remco Te Brake
152
119
1.28
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
81
64
1.27
Calvin Watson
76
62
1.23
Geert Van der Sanden
67
56
1.20
Jaoa Costa
138
127
1.09
Simone Velasco
57
55
1.04
Wouter Wippert
62
61
1.02
Yoeri Havik
50
59
0.85
Riccardo Zoidl
60
75
0.80
Enrico Battaglin
37
52
0.71
Ralf Matzka
32
47
0.68
Daniel Moricz (Loan)
62
94
0.66
Mick Van Dijke
102
155
0.66
Saya Kuroeda
64
107
0.60
Ronan Van Zandbeek
119
199
0.60
Jasper Bovenhuis
122
219
0.56
Muhamma Afif Ahmad Zamri
33
63
0.52
Charles Anguilet
35
69
0.51
Pim Ligthart
30
72
0.42
Fabian Lienhard (Loan)
30
74
0.41
Piotr Havik
26
66
0.39
Dan McLay
26
66
0.39
Jan Dieteren
26
66
0.39
Tim Van Dijke
33
85
0.39
Michael Storer (Loan)
28
74
0.38
Olivier Le Gac
21
63
0.33
Joonas Henttala
73
222
0.33
Yannick Stoltz
26
80
0.33
Gijs Leemreize
68
236
0.29
Albert Timmer
18
65
0.28
Maris Bogdanovics
12
44
0.27
Jan Xandri
16
59
0.27
Yamato Shirota
16
62
0.26
Choon Huat Goh
17
70
0.24
Rob Ruijgh
31
128
0.24
Leo Hayter
22
92
0.24
Victor Lafay (Loan)
20
86
0.23
Roy Jans
15
66
0.23
Gorazd Per
3
14
0.21
Victor Alejandro Ocampo (Loan)
15
79
0.19
Jan Tratnik
10
65
0.15
Felix Grossschartner
11
72
0.15
Christoph Mai
8
64
0.13
Kevin Inkelaar
19
161
0.12
Ide Schelling
20
183
0.11
Clement Champoussin (Loan)
7
71
0.10
Wout Poels
13
135
0.10
Thomas Boudat (Loan)
8
88
0.09
Lennard Hofstede
10
111
0.09
Piet Allegaert
10
162
0.06
Rok Korosec
4
74
0.05
Miles Scotson (Loan)
2
45
0.04
Jefferson Cepeda Hernandez (Loan)
4
94
0.04
Esow Alben
3
93
0.03
Oscar Samuel Galvan Ramirez (Loan)
3
93
0.03
Ryan Gibbons (Loan)
3
93
0.03
Tom Leezer
2
65
0.03
Marten Kooistra
4
191
0.02
Patrick Müller (Loan)
0
95
0.00
Ha Jeon Jung (Loan)
0
91
0.00
Jonas Bokeloh
0
83
0.00
Lotto Petrus
0
75
0.00
Aurelien Paret-Peintre
0
15
0.00
Jhojan Garcia
0
14
0.00
Luka Sagadin
0
14
0.00
Cristian Scaroni
0
14
0.00
All of Benoot, Choi and Vesely move into the Top 3, indicating that this is the best batch of leaders we've had in our history!
Return on Wages
Name
Total Points
Total Wage Earned
Avg Wage/Point
Igor Boev
136
0
0
Marcel Wyss
289
55000
190
Nico Keinath
472
140000
297
Michel Kreder
238
85000
357
Daniel Vesely
662
240000
363
Ramunas Navardauskas
204
80000
392
Jo Kogstad Ringheim
241
115000
477
Tomas Paprstka
216
120000
556
Bert Van Lerberghe
160
90000
563
Tiesj Benoot
1350
765000
567
Spoiler
Name
Total Points
Total Wage Earned
Avg Wage/Point
Ki Ho Choi
1341
810000
604
Jos Van Emden
79
50000
633
Riccardo Minali
173
110000
636
Calvin Watson
76
50000
658
Lahcen Saber
1172
775000
661
Tom Dumoulin
257
170000
661
Tom Van Asbroeck
603
415000
688
Bob Jungels
93
65000
699
Andrea Palini
90
65000
722
Rui Costa
343
250000
729
Alexander Krieger
228
170000
746
Geert Van der Sanden
67
50000
746
Tom David
279
209000
749
Giovanni Carboni
171
130000
760
Jaoa Costa
138
105000
761
Pierre Paolo Penasa
845
680000
805
Daniel Moricz (Loan)
62
50000
806
Riccardo Zoidl
60
50000
833
Dmitri Grabovski
70
60000
857
Wilco Kelderman
1619
1405000
868
Michael Storer (Loan)
28
25000
893
Romain Bardet
288
260000
903
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
81
75000
926
Jempy Drucker
149
140000
940
David Per (Loan)
316
300000
949
Pascal Eenkhoorn
157
150000
955
Dylan Teuns
121
130000
1074
Florentino Marquez
279
300000
1075
Shiki Kuroeda
166
180000
1084
William Barta
80
90000
1125
Wouter Wippert
62
70000
1129
Andrew Talansky
142
165000
1162
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
617
730000
1183
Cristian Raileanu
189
225000
1190
Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev
124
150000
1210
Ronan Van Zandbeek
119
150000
1261
Jasper Bovenhuis
122
155000
1270
Mick Van Dijke
102
130000
1275
Remco Te Brake
152
195000
1283
Charles Anguilet
35
50000
1429
Ralf Matzka
32
50000
1563
Pim Ligthart
30
50000
1667
Fabian Lienhard (Loan)
30
50000
1667
Muhamma Afif Ahmad Zamri
33
60000
1818
Tim Van Dijke
33
60000
1818
Yannick Stoltz
26
50000
1923
Simone Velasco
57
115000
2018
Joonas Henttala
73
150000
2055
Piotr Havik
26
55000
2115
Enrico Battaglin
37
90000
2432
Dan McLay
26
65000
2500
Jan Dieteren
26
65000
2500
Victor Lafay (Loan)
20
50000
2500
Gijs Leemreize
68
185000
2721
Choon Huat Goh
17
50000
2941
Albert Timmer
18
55000
3056
Yamato Shirota
16
50000
3125
Saya Kuroeda
64
210000
3281
Victor Alejandro Ocampo (Loan)
15
50000
3333
Gorazd Per
3
10000
3333
Rob Ruijgh
31
110000
3548
Yoeri Havik
50
200000
4000
Maris Bogdanovics
12
50000
4167
Roy Jans
15
65000
4333
Olivier Le Gac
21
95000
4524
Felix Grossschartner
11
50000
4545
Ide Schelling
20
100000
5000
Jan Tratnik
10
50000
5000
Kevin Inkelaar
19
100000
5263
Jan Xandri
16
95000
5938
Lennard Hofstede
10
60000
6000
Christoph Mai
8
50000
6250
Jefferson Cepeda Hernandez (Loan)
4
25000
6250
Clement Champoussin (Loan)
7
45000
6429
Thomas Boudat (Loan)
8
55000
6875
Wout Poels
13
105000
8077
Leo Hayter
22
190000
8636
Piet Allegaert
10
110000
11000
Rok Korosec
4
50000
12500
Miles Scotson (Loan)
2
25000
12500
Esow Alben
3
50000
16667
Oscar Samuel Galvan Ramirez (Loan)
3
50000
16667
Ryan Gibbons (Loan)
3
50000
16667
Tom Leezer
2
50000
25000
Marten Kooistra
4
110000
27500
We know no one will touch Boev! Vesely and Ringheim make an appearance in the Top 10 from the current squad, along with Benoot who just stays in.
Stage Races
GC
Points
KOM
U25
Stages
Name
1st
2nd
3rd
Wins
Wins
Wins
1st
2nd
3rd
Ki Ho Choi
1
2
1
3
2
Wilco Kelderman
1
1
2
1
3
2
1
Alexander Krieger
1
1
1
2
1
Tom Dumoulin
1
1
1
1
Nico Keinath
2
3
1
4
2
Pierre Paolo Penasa
2
1
Michel Kreder
1
3
1
5
1
Romain Bardet
1
1
1
2
Tom Van Asbroeck
3
2
2
David Per
2
2
Spoiler
GC
Points
KOM
U25
Stages
Name
1st
2nd
3rd
Wins
Wins
Wins
1st
2nd
3rd
Igor Boev
2
4
1
Remco Te Brake
2
2
Lahcen Saber
2
Daniel Vesely
1
1
3
1
Andrea Palini
1
1
Riccardo Minali
1
1
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
1
1
Bert Van Lerberghe
1
Dylan Teuns
1
Pim Ligthart
1
Jaoa Costa
2
Daniel Moricz
1
Fabian Lienhard
1
Rob Ruijgh
1
Michael Storer
1
Geert Van der Sanden
2
3
Charles Anguilet
1
Rui Costa
1
Tiesj Benoot
1
William Barta
1
Yoeri Havik
1
Wouter Wippert
4
Florentino Marquez
3
Andrew Talansky
1
Calvin Watson
1
Cristian Raileanu
1
Joonas Henttala
1
Bob Jungels
1
Lennard Hofstede
1
Marcel Wyss
1
Ramunas Navardauskas
1
Tomas Paprstka
1
Choi is now our most successful Stage Racer in terms of GC position. Despite their heroics, neither Benoot nor Vesely rank very high in this list. It will still take some time before Kelderman can be toppled from this Top 10
Classics
Name
1st
2nd
3rd
Wilco Kelderman
2
2
3
Tiesj Benoot
2
2
2
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
2
Marcel Wyss
1
Lahcen Saber
1
1
Alexander Krieger
1
Jempy Drucker
1
Ramunas Navardauskas
1
Tom David
1
Jo Kogstad Ringheim
1
Bert Van Lerberghe
1
Daniel Vesely
1
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
1
Tomas Paprstka
1
Speaking of the devil, Kelderman still remains the most successful classics rider in our team's history, but Benoot is just one 2nd position away from taking over top spot! Ringheim and Veely are the other new additions to this list.
Overall Achievements
Name
Wins
Jerseys
Podiums
Wilco Kelderman
6
2
17
Tom Van Asbroeck
3
0
7
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
3
0
4
Alexander Krieger
2
2
6
David Per
2
2
2
Ki Ho Choi
2
1
9
Tom Dumoulin
2
1
4
Igor Boev
2
0
7
Tiesj Benoot
2
0
7
Lahcen Saber
2
0
4
Spoiler
Name
Wins
Jerseys
Podiums
Remco Te Brake
2
0
4
Michel Kreder
1
3
8
Daniel Vesely
1
1
6
Romain Bardet
1
1
4
Nico Keinath
1
0
12
Andrea Palini
1
0
2
Bert Van Lerberghe
1
0
2
Marcel Wyss
1
0
2
Riccardo Minali
1
0
2
Dylan Teuns
1
0
1
Pim Ligthart
1
0
1
Jaoa Costa
0
2
0
Daniel Moricz
0
1
0
Fabian Lienhard
0
1
0
Michael Storer
0
1
0
Rob Ruijgh
0
1
0
Geert Van der Sanden
0
0
5
Wouter Wippert
0
0
4
Florentino Marquez
0
0
3
Pierre Paolo Penasa
0
0
3
Ramunas Navardauskas
0
0
2
Tomas Paprstka
0
0
2
Andrew Talansky
0
0
1
Calvin Watson
0
0
1
Charles Anguilet
0
0
1
Cristian Raileanu
0
0
1
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
0
0
1
Jempy Drucker
0
0
1
Joonas Henttala
0
0
1
Bob Jungels
0
0
1
Lennard Hofstede
0
0
1
Rui Costa
0
0
1
Tom David
0
0
1
William Barta
0
0
1
Yoeri Havik
0
0
1
Jo Kogstad Ringheim
0
0
1
Kelderman is still our most successful rider, by far, with Choi and Benoot slowing moving up the standings this season. Look out for Keinath lower in the table, as he had an enviable podium record in the single season that he rode for us!
Race Days per Podium
Name
Podiums
RDs
RDs/Podiums
Nico Keinath
12
48
4.00
Wilco Kelderman
17
114
6.71
Daniel Vesely
6
44
7.33
Igor Boev
7
57
8.14
Ki Ho Choi
9
78
8.67
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
4
42
10.50
Tiesj Benoot
7
78
11.14
Geert Van der Sanden
5
56
11.20
Michel Kreder
8
106
13.25
Tom Van Asbroeck
7
94
13.43
Spoiler
Name
Podiums
RDs
RDs/Podiums
Florentino Marquez
3
44
14.67
Wouter Wippert
4
61
15.25
Alexander Krieger
6
116
19.33
Lahcen Saber
4
83
20.75
Marcel Wyss
2
50
25.00
Bert Van Lerberghe
2
53
26.50
Andrea Palini
2
58
29.00
Remco Te Brake
4
119
29.75
Pierre Paolo Penasa
3
91
30.33
Ramunas Navardauskas
2
61
30.50
Riccardo Minali
2
70
35.00
Romain Bardet
4
180
45.00
Jempy Drucker
1
46
46.00
Rui Costa
1
48
48.00
Tom Dumoulin
4
199
49.75
Tom David
1
50
50.00
Andrew Talansky
1
51
51.00
Dylan Teuns
1
53
53.00
Yoeri Havik
1
59
59.00
William Barta
1
61
61.00
Bob Jungels
1
62
62.00
Calvin Watson
1
62
62.00
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
1
64
64.00
Tomas Paprstka
2
130
65.00
David Per
2
136
68.00
Charles Anguilet
1
69
69.00
Pim Ligthart
1
72
72.00
Cristian Raileanu
1
105
105.00
Lennard Hofstede
1
111
111.00
Joonas Henttala
1
222
222.00
Speaking of Keinath's podiums, it will take something really special from one our riders to be able to beat the German's record anytime soon! Vesely, Choi and Benoot are all part of the Top 10, but even they do not look to be able better this record, given their recent track record.
Awards History
Rider of the Year
Young Rider of the Year
Race of the Year
2017
Marcel Wyss
David Per
Course de Solidarnosc
2018
Lahcen Saber
David Per
Cheshire Cycling Tour
2019
Wilco Kelderman
Thomas Boudat
SAA Tour d'Afrique
2020
Nico Keinath
Michael Storer
GP Yekaterinburg and Milano - Torino
2021
Pierre Paolo Penasa
Daniel Moricz
Tour du Maroc, Tour of East Java and Giro dell'Emilia
2022
Tiesj Benoot
Pascal Eenkhoorn
Giro dell'Emilia
2023
Ki Ho Choi
Mick Van Dijke
Viana do Castelo
The run of a different rider winning our season ending top prize continues, as Choi's record breaking points haul gave him the award last season. We also went back-to-back on an own rider winning U25 rider of the year after five seasons of loan-ins taking that award. The unique Viana do Castelo gets added to our Race of the Year history books.
Yes yes yes love a good team history post! Your top guys of course so spread out with Wilco still at the top, for better or worse Would be curious when you look back on the many leaders you've had how they stack up compared to each other. The stage racers all had their time in the sun (as shown by getting different awards), while Benoot is building a strong case. Kelderman is inextricably linked to the team and did have some good memories of course. And Wyss and Per are just such great names from the early days.
But due to the seasons they had those leaders are all names I associate with your team, probably Rui Costa the one that surprised me a bit to see after all these years among those Top 13, who are all nailed on as scorers for you in my mind.
Similar in the RDs being very spread out, but it certainly feels like you are building a few guys who will be going towards a few hundred soon enough - Leemreize and Kooistra making their cases already and hope they stick around for a while yet with many years left in their tanks - Leemreize only just getting started and should make his way into many of the Top 10s over his career hopefully!
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Agree with jandal, really great to have all those all-time stats
Impressive how Kelderman is just undethronable in some categories - at least for now. Benoot should eventually take over most of them, but still impressive that Kelderman - despite his really bad reputation - actually wasn't all that awful. I personally consider riders costing less than 1000k per point as "good deals", so even though Wilco surely was often frustrating to follow, he did actually fairly OK.
Your Dutch focus definitely shows in these lists, even though Benoot is the exception to the rule. Will be interesting to see if you can eventually shift your focus more to Asia, but it will likely take some more years. Good for you that new Asian teams are popping up
@jandal: With my way of rebuilding the team almost every year, the journey to the top isn't easy for any leader. No wonder it's hard for anyone to catch Wilco so far! We've always had some good stage racers to go with the two 'top' punchers in our history (goes to show how I like to build teams I guess). Per and Wyss were among those who helped set up our identity, but I'd like to add Keinath to the list of cult heroes, at least for the team management. Rui Costa had that one season with us when we couldn't get our top priority punchers after promoting to PCT the first time. He did fine without being spectacular. I think it is just now that we have a solid group of talents going towards max, who will most likely stay in the team for the long term and start dominating the Loyalty and RD tables in a few years' time. Hopefully Leemreize and Kooistra can lead the way for all of them well.
@Fabianski: Kelderman was great in PCM 18, was so-so in PCM 20 and is now almost a dud in PCM 22. We got him in the first two versions, and he did do well for two of the three seasons with us, although he clearly could've done better, given his stats! Not sure how soon you can expect Asian names to be up on these leaderboards because there are only a handful of Asian stars in the game, and most are already well settled in older Asian focused teams. Choi has done a fine job in his two seasons with us. Hopefully, we can have our own bigger batch soon.
@knockout: Target is to remove Kelderman from these lists as soon as possible! Hey, as I didn't spend a dime on Boev, he will remain as a 'Free' rider in our history books
@redordead: I hope our team leaders are listening!
Great to see current Genii Hyundai riders Triple P, Barta and Paprstka, as well as ex-riders Henttala, Kozhatayev and Ahmad Zamri being honoured in the team's retrospective
It is time to share with the world how our rider contract discussions turned out this off-season.
Rider
2023 Wage
2024 Wage
Difference
Tiesj Benoot
390,000 €
410,000 €
20,000 €
Ki Ho Choi
400,000 €
275,000 €
-125,000 €
Daniel Vesely
240,000 €
275,000 €
35,000 €
Giovanni Carboni
130,000 €
140,000 €
10,000 €
Gijs Leemreize
80,000 €
140,000 €
60,000 €
Saya Kuroeda
110,000 €
105,000 €
-5,000 €
Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev
150,000 €
110,000 €
-40,000 €
Shiki Kuroeda
90,000 €
100,000 €
10,000 €
Mick Van Dijke
50,000 €
95,000 €
45,000 €
Jo Kogstad Ringheim
115,000 €
90,000 €
-25,000 €
Bob Jungels
65,000 €
65,000 €
0 €
Yamato Shirota
50,000 €
60,000 €
10,000 €
Muhamma Afif Ahmad Zamri
60,000 €
55,000 €
-5,000 €
Marten Kooistra
50,000 €
50,000 €
0 €
Piotr Havik
55,000 €
50,000 €
-5,000 €
Jan Tratnik
50,000 €
50,000 €
0 €
Leo Hayter
190,000 €
115,000 €
-75,000 €
Daan Hoole
15,000 €
50,000 €
35,000 €
Tim Van Dijke
60,000 €
50,000 €
-10,000 €
Naveen John
0 €
50,000 €
50,000 €
Esow Alben
50,000 €
50,000 €
0 €
Choon Huat Goh
50,000 €
Released
-50,000 €
Victor Alejandro Ocampo
50,000 €
0 €
-50,000 €
2,500,000 €
2,385,000 €
-115,000 €
We let go of just one rider this off-season. Choon Huat Goh had another year of decline and we did not feel he would be able contribute to us any longer.
Victor Alejandro Ocampo returns to his parent team Oxxo-Frisby, hopefully at a much better place than when he got to us.
Among the retained riders, Benoot receives another small increment with training last season. Choi's takes a significant drop having started his decline. Vesely's great season sees him rewarded with a hike. Among the midfield, Leemreize and Mick Van Dijke get significant increases after levelling up, while Kozhatayev and Ringheim take cuts, with the latter's decline abetting to the same. Hayter is the other significant reduction, coming down from his inflated FA wage last season. Hoole and John return from loan and add a fair bit onto our wage bill.
Overall, we have to say this wasn't the greatest renewals that we have done, as we were expecting to be able save some more wage cap before transfers. However, this was not a disaster either, and we still have a decent platform to build from.
Stay tuned for the availability post coming soon...
ivaneurope wrote:
Great to see current Genii Hyundai riders Triple P, Barta and Paprstka, as well as ex-riders Henttala, Kozhatayev and Ahmad Zamri being honoured in the team's retrospective
Just goes to show that our teams have always had trade activity in transfers and I'll be open to hearing from you once again this time
As you say a bit of a tough renewals, luckily no disaster. Still, once that availability post comes up you might be able to make a bit more, especially as you're not currently left wanting to reach the rider minimum Interested to see who's on the transfer block...
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@jandal: The middle of the pack sort of creeped up on me but we weren't too far of our initial wage target, so it's fine I guess. Think most of the riders set to be made available are obvious
ABN Amro
Toyota (Cars) and 
SRAM (Groupsets), 
Continental (Tyres) and 
Ki Ho Choi
Lahcen Saber
Pierre Paolo Penasa
Daniel Vesely
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Rui Costa
Joonas Henttala
Romain Bardet
Marcel Wyss
Ramunas Navardauskas
Jo Kogstad Ringheim
Jempy Drucker
Tom David
Daniel Moricz
Badaling International
Tour of Guadeloupe
Isle of Man TTT
GP Herning
Circulo de Juarez
Tour of the Middle East
Franceville Classique
Tour de Pologne
Pro Hallstatt Classic
Tour of East Java
Riga - Jurmala GP
Torshavn GP
Euskal Bizikleta
Tour d'Andorra
GP Kigali
Ras Tailteann
Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev
Muhamma Afif Ahmad Zamri
Choon Huat Goh
