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[PT] Oxxo - Frisby | Portuxalbourg
Nemolito
Fabianski wrote:

Well, I hate that Eastman schedule Pfft
But to be fair, it would've looked pretty similar if I had bought him, just swapping Tasmania and Dauhpiné for Ukraine and Suisse... Not looking forward to meet him again, definitely not Pfft Which probably means you did indeed pick the right races for him Wink GC podium possible in the Giro? Another Eastman vs. McNulty fight there? Given both teams' TTT power and GC leader skills, I wouldn't be surprised...

Facing Aular won't be much more fun, though. Will still be interesting to see how my climbers fare against him in the GTs, in particular wondering how much time loss in the mountains they can make up for in the TT(s). He should definitely be a solid Top 10 contender both in TdF and Vuelta.


I think your Eastman(/Mcnulty) statements are spot on Smile I wouldn't mind Aular to finish top-10 in the other GT's, but that will depend on the competition as well. His time trial stat indeed is not the best of the pack Pfft

Leader planning: Against the clock
Time to show the planning of our most important time trial leaders, the Ukrainian and German time trial champions. Biggest differences is that in January Zmorka will be acting as a shadow leader in Tasmania and Sütterlin in Qatar (although this could perhaps be changed to Portugal still), and the German also has two more French races with Paris - nice and the Dauphiné. Both riders will be part of Eastman's Giro squad.


Marlen Zmorka
07-Jan09-Jan Tour of TasmaniaPT
02-Feb Copenhagen - Malmo TTTPT
13-Feb Classique du Grand-DuchéPT
12-Mar15-Mar Praha - Karlovy Vary - PrahaPT
03-Apr23-Apr Giro d'ItaliaGT
26-Jun Chrono des HerbiersPT
25-Jul29-Jul Tour of SloveniaPTHC
01-Aug05-Aug Deutschland TourPTHC


Jasha Sütterlin
18-Jan23-Jan Tour of QatarPT
02-Feb Copenhagen - Malmo TTTPT
13-Feb20-Feb Paris - NicePT
12-Mar15-Mar Praha - Karlovy Vary - PrahaPT
03-Apr23-Apr Giro d'ItaliaGT
12-Jun18-Jun Criterium du Dauphine LiberePTHC
26-Jun Chrono des HerbiersPT
25-Jul29-Jul Tour of SloveniaPTHC
01-Aug05-Aug Deutschland TourPTHC

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I didnt expect to ever say that but im not a big fan of the Eastman schedule because of competitive reasons Pfft

Foss and Plapp will see his back a fair bit this season with very similar schedules.
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Fabianski
knockout wrote:

Foss and Plapp will see his back a fair bit this season with very similar schedules.

That's definitely not something I wanted to read, either, but something I fully expected nonetheless Pfft

On Zmorka's schedule, the best news for me is that Gabby will only face him in Praha, increasing his podium chances elsewhere Smile Otherwise, only Slovenia could be considered a slight surprise, but I guess he has to spend his RDs somewhere Pfft
And a nice story for Sütterlin that he'll spend his final race days at his peak in his home race Smile
 
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AbhishekLFC
Looking good with the schedules for the mountain and TT leaders. Eastman and Zmorka should be up there competing for podiums at least in all races they enter. Both Aular and Sutterlin will depend a bit on the startlist, but they will both be adding useful points with Top 10 results.
 
Nemolito
@ko: I have a lot of respect for Foss and Plapp and can see them achieve amazing things in the future. Just hope this season indeed they mostly stay behind Eastman Pfft

@Fab: I didn't look at Zmorka's prologue stat indeed, hope to capitalize on his longer time trial capacities mostly. As long as guys like Wirtgen, Würtz and Dunbar stay away from his races he should be fine. But it would surprise me to see the former two not attend races like Praha and Herbiers of course. Ideally they don't go to the Giro either.

@Abhishek: Top 3's and top 10's are indeed the hope.

Leader planning: The Higuita
Only one man in today's schedule, the man we spent most of our budget on the last two seasons. Sergio Higuita could be a great rider for the Balkans or perhaps even a GT like the Giro, but we have other plans for him this season. By picking some slightly more unusual races like TONE we hope to see him score some points to help us in our survival race.


Sergio Higuita
07-Jan09-Jan Tour of TasmaniaPT
12-Feb18-Feb Tirreno - AdriaticoPT
28-Feb Milano - San RemoM
01-Mar03-Mar Ronde van NederlandPT
20-Apr GP LiechtensteinPT
30-Apr Amstel Gold RacePT
03-May Fleche WallonnePT
07-May Liege - Bastogne - LiegeM
01-Jun03-Jun Scandinavia Open Road RacePT
28-Jun Clasica San SebastianPTHC
04-Sep10-Sep Tour of Northern EuropePT
09-Oct Japan CupPTHC
18-Oct Giro di LombardiaM

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Bikex
Nemolito wrote:

Fabianski wrote:

Another Eastman vs. McNulty fight there? Given both teams' TTT power and GC leader skills, I wouldn't be surprised...


I think your Eastman(/Mcnulty) statements are spot on Smile


I would've loved to go for the Giro with McNulty but my TTT squad is needed at the concurrent Tour of Lithuania. It seems like him and Eastman will only meet at Paris - Nice.

Like Fabianski, I'm also happy to learn that Zmorka's prologue stat was not considered during planning Smile
Will be interesting to see how Higuita does with his training. It's a shame though that he won't compete at Balkans.
 
Nemolito
Bikex wrote:

My TTT squad is needed at the concurrent Tour of Lithuania.


I'm hoping several others think the same thing Pfft

Leader planning: fast men
For the first time since 2021 this section does not include Matti Manninen, which still feels... interesting. Halvorsen goes to the expected races mostly, with the Vuelta being chosen as his GT to shine. As one of the probable sprint favourites we are crossing our fingers for the sprinter AI to not do him too hard. He opens his Oxxo career in Qatar. Marin on the other hand opens his OXF season in Portugal, and will have the chance to do something magical in the Tour de France. We will not send any sprinter to the Giro.


Kristoffer Halvorsen
18-Jan23-Jan Tour of QatarPT
28-Feb Milano - San RemoM
01-Mar03-Mar Ronde van NederlandPT
28-Apr Veenendaal - VeenendaalPTHC
05-May Rund um KolnPT
11-May31-May Vuelta a EspanaGT
20-Jun GP MoscowPT
19-Jul Philadelphia International ChampionshipPTHC
01-Aug05-Aug Deutschland TourPTHC
18-Aug20-Aug Ras TailteannPTHC


Gabriel Marin
01-Feb08-Feb Volta a PortugalPTHC
12-Feb18-Feb Tirreno - AdriaticoPT
27-Mar Ronde van VlaanderenM
01-Apr Paris - RoubaixM
12-Jun18-Jun Criterium du Dauphine LiberePTHC
03-Jul23-Jul Tour de FranceGT
04-Sep10-Sep Tour of Northern EuropePT

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Ulrich Ulriksen
Nemolito wrote:

Bikex wrote:

My TTT squad is needed at the concurrent Tour of Lithuania.


I'm hoping several others think the same thing Pfft



I'm not. Big fancy PT teams sending their first string TTT squads to little races like Lithuania shouldn't be allowed.

Will definitely be following McNulty vs Eastman in Paris Nice. Higuita schedule is interesting, looking forward to seeing how well that stat combo plays in the WT puncheur races. We won't miss him in the Balkans that is for sure.
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DarkWolf
I believe Gabriel Marin would have looked better in the Costa Rican national champion jersey of Manada Coyote. Wink Marin had a very nice run with my team and I am glad he ended up signing here. I now follow your lovely team even more closely and I can't wait to see Marin race Tour de France. He definitely deserves, from a very personal point of view, such an experience in the big races. Obviously, I am really hoping he can notch a top result in this GT too.
Good luck in the new season!
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AbhishekLFC
Not the most obvious calendar for Higuita, but given the need to balance with your stage racers, I think this way you have covered most ground. The sprinters were probably easier to plan. Waiting to see how much of the Manninen void can be filled by Halvorsen (and assisted by Marin).
 
Fabianski
Surprise, Higuita's schedule has lots of overlaps with Schmid's Pfft
Will be closely looking at his Liechtenstein performance, as I hesitated (and finally abstained from) sending Schmid there as well.
Some TTs that will definitely hurt Higuita's GC ambitions, Tasmania, Tirreno, ToNE, but he's done great as a stage hunter last year - that's tons of points on the table as well.

Halvorsen's schedule pretty straightforward, with the only open question probably being TdF (bigger points) vs. Vuelta (more sprints). Well, I'm not unhappy I picked the other one for Groves, Bol will face Halvorsen in Spain instead Wink But otherwise, Groves has to face him almost everywhere. Should be a great schedule for the Norwegian anyway; looking quite a lot like Matti I suspect he could also be similarly consistent Smile
 
Nemolito
@Ulrich: On the contrary, they should teach the poor PCT teams a thing or two there Pfft
@DW: Would be a great feeling for both you and me if he would actually win a stage in France. Then he'd also be worth the 1m asking price you'd give for him in the next off-season.
@Abish: I would be very thrilled if Halvorsen + Marin could together reach the same amount of points as Matti. Won't be easy, but they can try.
@Fab: I expected some Schmid overlaps yeah. I liked Schmid more with his stats of last season tbf Pfft I'm also not unhappy Groves goes to France, but I think with this sprint AI Bol might still easily outscore Halvorsen (in the Vuelta) Pfft

Stats
Before the season really starts, I thought it was nice to throw in some Los Pollos statistics of the last four seasons. These statistics make it even more clear why it was so hard to let go of Zepuntke. And also Manninen I guess. Baugnies still as sixth best scorer with only 1 CT season is massive.


Points

TotalBest season
Matti Manninen30761256
Marlen Zmorka2504948
Ruben Zepuntke718376
Sergio Higuita698698
Jasha Sütterlin636346
Jerome Baugnies542542
Simon Spilak508508
Orluis Aular454454
Martijn Keizer437437
Wilco Kelderman410410
Luca Sterbini380159
Florentino Marquez230230
Alain Quispe214104
Roman Maksimov208208
Alejandro Osorio205127

Spoiler
Robinson Steven Ruiz190101
Marco Guillen189189
Jose Gerardo Ulloa16697
Daniel Munoz162113
Carlos Alexandre Manarelli13396
Luis Enrique Lopez Nolasco12685
Mohamad Izzat Hilmi Abdul Halil112112
Beka Nareklishivili9768
Murilo Affonso 9292
Guillermo Andres Beltran9176
Joris Nieuwenhuis8888
Daan Hoole7777
Veljko Stojnic7575
Yesid Albeiro Pira7370
Matthew Walls5656
Matala Seboka4747
Stelly Robert4646
Stefan Petrovski4545
Jose Pablo Aguilar Mendez3232
Richard Laningo Laizer3030
Iver Johan Knotten2525
Rachmad Noka Wibisono2424
Dion Beukeboom 2020
Samuel Coronel 1919
Romeo Quicibal 1616
Felix Gross1010
Fatiu Abolaji1010
Juri Hollmann99
Oscar Samuel Galvan Ramirez99
Martinos Moutsios77
Fulgencio Bru66
Ben Turner55
Andre Alexander Gonzales55
Ethan Hayter44
Wataru Mutsumine11


Win list
ClassicsGCsStagesJerseysTotal
Marlen Zmorka 2510118
Matti Manninen 2211318
Jerome Baugnies 3115
Sergio Higuita314
Carlos Alexandre Manarelli33
Matala Seboka 123
Roman Maksimov 112
Marco Guillen 22
Stefan Petrovski 112
Robinson Steven Ruiz11
Wilco Kelderman 11
Jasha Sütterlin11
Alejandro Osorio11
Team Classification4

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Ezeefreak
For a latin american team the riders from there didnt score too much for you yet Pfft
I hope this will change in the next seasons so you can prsent these statistics even more proudly Grin

Also I will take good care of your #3. I hope he will do so great for us so he can easily reach the top spots at our team too.
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AbhishekLFC
To score good points with Oxxo, the initials have to have M, Z, J or S
 
Nemolito
Tour of Tasmania (PT)
First race of the year was the Tour of Tasmania. With Eastman, Zmorka and Higuita we had three different kind of strong GC contenders present.

Sadly some weird gaps on the flat stage in addition to the fact that Zmorka got dropped on the hilly stage whereas much weaker riders didn't ensured our GC ambitions ceasing to exist. Eastman in 66th is our best result, which is quite shocking. Higuita did show himself with a solid fourth place on the hilly stage, and Zmorka even surprised us with a stage win in the time trial, so we didn't leave the race completely empty-handed.
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Zmorka time trialing


Tour of Qatar (PT)
First test of the year for other newcomer Halvorsen. The Norwegian started the race with an 18th place, but improved in the following three stages, including a podium finish on stage three. His consistency and the fact that he didn't lose too much time in the epilogue lead towards a very solid fifth place in the final GC, one place above our former star Matti Manninen.

Some decent depth scoring from our prologue riders in Qatar as well, as Sütterlin finished 18th, Vlatos 21st and Erdenebat 34th. Not a bad race for our Mexican talent project either, as Aguilar Mendez finished 7th in the U25 classification, scoring the first Mexican white PT points (yes, that's a thing) for our team.
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Halvorsen sprinting to a third place

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Fabianski
Tasmania definitely was an awful race, reminds me of my Ukraine outcome last year... No real reason for it, just a lot of bad luck I guess.
But Halvorsen more than made up for this, Top 5 is definitely a great result for him. Better than Manninen, guess you did a perfect job there. Well done!
 
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Solid start to the season.

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knockout
pretty good start even with the gaps in Tasmania not working in your favor!
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kandesbunzler26
Tasmania was obviously a bummer, but if that's to be said about a race where you scored a stage win it shows what expectations are put on your team. Good to see you doing better in Qatar, let's hope you'll continue this way. I've put high expectations on your team pre-season, so don't prove me wrong Wink
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