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redordead's 2024 PCT prediction

redordead

Posted on 26-09-2024 10:49

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Hello

Back again this year with another prediction. Let's first see how accurate my prediction was last year.

Rank	Team	Coeff.	Actual Rank	Difference
1	Los Pollos Hermanos	1.29	1	0
2	Fastned	1.18	4	-2
3	Assa Abloy	1.18	5	-2
4	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam	1.18	9	-5
5	Xero Racing	1.13	3	+2
6	Sony - Force India	1.11	8	-2
7	Jura GIANTS	1.11	2	+5
8	Team Popo4Ever p/b Morshynska	1.09	12	-4
9	Lampre - Pinarello	1.07	11	-2
10	Indosat Ooredoo	1.05	6	+4
11	Kraftwerk Man Machine	1.02	17	-6
12	Team UBS - Tissot	1.02	10	+2
13	Tryg - Gobik	1.02	15	-2
14	DuckDuckGo - Everesting	1.00	14	0
15	Bralirwa - Stevens	1.00	7	+8
16	McCormick Pro Cycling	0.98	13	+3
17	DK Zalgiris	0.96	18	-1
18	Colombini Cycling	0.85	19	-1
19	Trans Looney Tunes	0.85	22	-3
20	Sauber Petronas Racing	0.85	16	+4
21	Zwift Pro Cycling	0.83	20	+1
22	Spark-BNZ Racing	0.78	24	-2
23	Genii Hyundai N Cycling	0.74	23	0
24	Glanbia	0.70	21	+3

Well it was a bit of an improvement from last year.

Not as many outliers this time, although I think I got some of the same teams wrong now more than once. On average the difference between the actual ranking and my prediction was 2.7 places. Not sure I'll be investing the same amount of time into the prediction this year, but I'll try to keep the same format with a brief overview for each team.

There is no timetable on when I'll have it done. Ideally before the season starts, but not sure.

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redordead

Posted on 26-09-2024 10:49

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Teams Overview 1-8

Team overviews go in alphabetical order.

Benetton Bimex Cycling

	FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR	XP	Age	Wage
Reis	70	81	73	76	78	76	78	56	50	64	66	68	76	Max	32	400k
Powless	72	78	72	78	76	74	76	59	65	71	64	65	78	Max	28	300k
Afewerki	73	63	64	63	77	70	81	69	79	80	68	70	71	Max	32	200k
El Sabbahi	77	64	69	64	72	76	77	64	78	77	68	68	72	Max	27	120k
Durbridge	72	57	66	80	71	72	68	52	61	62	67	60	80	Max	33	205k
Xandri	68	76	73	73	68	74	72	60	60	69	75	74	71	Max	30	75k
Vliegen	71	67	77	61	76	70	70	68	66	74	71	69	67	Max	31	75k
Olei	69	66	73	62	73	71	72	51	75	75	62	62	69	Max	28	50k
Quispe	81	52	53	61	63	61	65	53	67	74	85	55	61	Max	30	80k
Bdadou	71	63	72	70	70	69	65	70	72	74	73	69	70	4.20	24	60k
Aquilani	74	64	67	69	70	72	75	64	75	74	68	67	73	4.07	25	50k
Bonello	72	66	69	69	72	71	70	72	66	67	65	70	70	4.20	24	50k
Sprenger	72	67	68	67	74	70	68	65	67	77	72	77	69	3.83	25	50k
Jele	65	74	63	52	71	73	70	55	54	69	76	80	54	3.75	24	60k
Martino	68	73	66	64	73	72	72	67	65	68	71	72	64	4.16	24	50k
Onley	67	69	71	61	70	71	63	64	63	68	65	69	60	1.00	22	150k
Talacka	72	57	64	74	71	73	68	63	61	67	73	63	74	Max	30	50k
PokÃ¤lÃ¤	67	61	68	74	70	68	68	61	57	60	59	61	73	Max	34	50k
Borg	67	68	67	61	63	66	63	63	67	72	70	68	62	2.05	22	50k
Klyver	67	63	67	63	64	66	64	63	68	69	64	66	64	1.04	23	10k
Ruvalcaba Reyes	66	69	63	62	68	69	67	55	60	64	58	75	65	1.00	22	50k
De Marigny-Lagesse	67	60	63	66	65	69	67	60	68	68	67	65	67	1.37	23	50k
Moiruri	66	59	61	70	65	67	67	60	60	67	69	65	70	2.00	23	50k

Both Reis and Powless proved last year that they are very capable leaders in PCT. They are somewhat similar, but also different enough that I assume both will have plenty of chances to score on their own. I'm not sure if Afewerki will hit the same numbers as last year, but at this point he has a proven track record of overperformance so he should still do pretty well. I'm not a fan of the lack of depth in the team, but Durbridge should be at least the 4th reliable scorer here.

Bralirwa - Cegeka

	FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR	XP	Age	Wage
Meintjes	71	80	78	71	77	76	78	57	61	69	71	74	71	Max	32	470k
Stallaert	76	59	66	57	75	67	79	80	78	75	66	65	57	Max	33	350k
Tesfatsion	68	76	78	61	68	72	74	60	69	78	73	63	62	Max	25	190k
Teuns	68	75	78	64	73	73	76	50	66	72	70	65	60	Max	32	150k
Ndayisenga	66	78	75	65	69	68	73	52	63	73	72	69	65	Max	30	100k
Velasco	73	72	76	60	75	71	68	64	69	76	75	69	62	Max	29	100k
Uwizeyimana	71	76	72	74	76	75	77	50	56	68	69	58	74	Max	31	110k
Feiereisen	74	62	68	58	73	68	75	63	77	78	61	68	69	Max	32	50k
Teggart	73	62	69	58	76	73	71	76	72	70	55	64	65	Max	28	70k
Mugisha	67	71	75	62	64	74	71	60	63	73	80	64	61	Max	27	50k
Blouwe	70	69	75	67	69	72	71	61	67	72	74	68	68	4.48	25	65k
Van Eetvelt	67	74	72	61	74	73	68	57	66	71	67	65	59	3.72	23	120k
Kuypers	67	60	73	58	67	74	67	70	64	75	65	75	60	3.72	24	50k
Habimana	71	65	72	62	71	71	64	73	66	71	72	67	66	3.71	23	70k
Willems	71	57	63	62	71	75	66	55	75	75	66	66	68	3.54	23	75k
Verstrynge	66	66	69	56	66	72	53	69	60	71	67	66	56	1.00	22	50k
Huby	68	63	67	62	64	70	68	66	65	72	65	64	66	1.50	23	50k
Uhiriwe	71	63	67	72	69	69	65	60	63	68	73	64	72	3.75	23	50k
Kulindwa	67	67	68	64	68	69	68	56	58	68	65	70	59	1.00	23	50k
Ben Ameur	69	62	65	67	70	69	64	63	64	64	67	60	63	1.00	22	50k

I've struggled predicting Bralirwa in the last couple of years in both directions. The team is fairly similar to last year, which is impressive given they spent a lot of money on "you know who". I can't see much of a drop off with Meintjes and Stallaert despite his decline could actually take back the status of top cobbler in the division. The sprinting options are pretty bare so it will take good planning to get results from the secondary riders, but I think the manager is up to the task.

DK Zalgiris

	FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR	XP	Age	Wage
Sagan	70	72	81	66	75	71	65	60	71	73	69	76	66	Max	34	250k
Vesely	73	60	68	57	74	68	76	57	81	80	61	71	57	Max	32	275k
Kwiatkowski	70	76	79	68	71	73	70	66	65	72	71	67	73	Max	34	210k
Beniusis	71	69	60	80	71	73	72	56	57	67	68	68	78	Max	27	120k
Lasinis	69	79	72	74	73	72	74	59	61	68	67	69	74	Max	27	85k
Adomaitis	75	59	67	67	66	74	75	57	79	78	60	64	75	Max	26	135k
Tediashvili	75	66	70	65	76	78	73	76	71	71	70	66	65	Max	25	100k
Kmieliauskas	73	68	69	79	72	70	72	60	63	69	75	66	79	4.70	24	140k
Januskevicius	71	73	75	70	75	76	74	55	68	74	78	69	69	Max	25	109k
Budenieks	69	75	75	63	70	75	72	70	69	74	75	72	61	Max	29	90k
Vahtra	72	58	70	55	75	73	75	76	75	72	68	65	55	Max	28	70k
Tarvis	76	70	74	61	74	73	66	68	64	72	69	59	61	Max	31	50k
Videika	74	63	65	66	68	67	72	73	74	79	51	65	68	Max	30	50k
Becis	73	67	72	68	71	73	71	67	73	72	77	64	73	Max	33	50k
Dakteris	74	54	63	61	72	68	71	71	76	75	62	60	61	Max	33	50k
Bablidze	70	73	74	67	74	70	68	64	59	61	70	63	67	Max	31	50k
De Lie	70	63	69	62	72	73	64	71	69	75	65	65	62	1.00	22	690k
Mikutis	71	66	72	70	67	71	66	71	60	72	68	60	70	1.00	22	50k
Kopfauf	69	62	67	65	67	74	67	52	74	73	70	68	81	Max	28	50k
Kochetkov	71	63	59	75	70	67	67	51	70	76	73	59	57	Max	33	50k
Raugala	71	66	67	71	68	71	65	54	58	64	65	71	72	3.03	23	50k

It feels a bit weird, but Sagan and Kwiatkowski are the most interesting/wildcards on this team. Both had underwhelming seasons in PT, but maybe PCT is their level even with another decline. I really like the rest of the team though, it would be awesome if the team time-trial was a bit stronger, but Beniusis and Kmieliauskas should bring in a lot of points regardless. I also like the cobbled duo of Tediashvili and Vahtra and I gotta mention the strong regional Baltic focus.

Ekoi - Le Creuset

	FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR	XP	Age	Wage
Ranaweera	67	80	73	76	75	75	74	52	58	65	57	69	73	Max	29	235k
Paret-Peintre	72	76	77	72	73	75	73	63	72	74	72	70	72	Max	28	270k
Oliveira	70	67	76	70	77	72	72	66	75	78	65	67	71	Max	28	110k
Daniel	72	55	68	55	75	75	72	79	75	71	68	73	63	Max	33	390k
Pinot	70	78	72	63	73	76	70	56	60	66	70	65	63	Max	34	85k
Hodeg	72	53	65	67	69	74	70	51	79	78	53	64	73	Max	28	90k
Paulus	69	74	77	64	71	68	73	56	62	71	73	67	64	Max	31	60k
Le Gac	70	69	77	60	73	74	71	52	64	69	74	73	60	Max	31	65k
Boileau	67	73	75	65	68	70	72	62	67	74	66	67	64	4.21	25	50k
Louvel	75	64	71	71	73	76	69	74	67	67	67	66	71	4.06	25	50k
Mestric	73	63	70	63	69	70	68	76	55	65	71	75	67	Max	27	55k
Pithie	72	66	72	71	73	73	70	73	72	73	67	72	69	1.15	22	190k
Hadi	68	74	72	74	73	70	71	61	74	71	68	69	74	Max	32	65k
Garibian	69	74	70	71	72	73	76	55	60	70	66	70	71	4.03	24	50k
Dunne	66	74	74	69	71	72	73	70	62	69	74	69	69	Max	32	60k
Chevrier	65	75	74	57	69	69	69	50	60	67	77	60	57	Max	32	50k
Lapeira	73	69	71	61	70	70	67	71	72	73	75	70	64	3.00	24	160k
Delbove	65	74	72	58	67	72	74	62	60	69	71	72	58	4.02	24	50k
Costiou	71	66	72	68	71	68	63	66	70	72	68	69	69	1.00	22	50k
Vauquelin	68	73	67	72	68	72	70	58	68	68	71	70	71	3.17	23	110k
Juntunen	68	63	72	61	67	70	65	61	68	71	68	61	60	3.17	25	50k
Askey	67	63	70	58	69	65	69	72	66	73	60	67	67	2.81	23	90k
Berhe	67	71	69	69	71	68	71	60	61	66	67	64	67	3.54	23	50k
Lund Andresen	66	56	60	60	68	68	62	60	71	73	57	63	59	1.00	22	170k
Baudin	65	66	66	66	68	66	67	63	63	66	67	65	63	1.62	23	10k
Belohvosciks	70	60	62	67	69	71	65	62	59	67	69	65	72	1.00	22	50k

I like large and deep squads having utilised them myself in the last few years. But while Ekoi's squad is large, I'm not sure whether it has the actual depth in quality. Ranaweera, Paret-Peintre and Maxime Daniel are all fine leaders, but they might need to be better than just fine. Hodeg can at times do well and they'll probably need him at his best. If Ekoi can stay in the division then that should bode really well for their future.

ELCO - ABEA

	FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR	XP	Age	Wage
Farantakis	74	59	66	72	75	72	79	66	81	80	61	63	79	Max	29	320k
Giannoutsos	68	80	72	72	76	78	75	57	64	68	75	67	77	Max	27	220k
Boutopoulos	78	68	72	66	73	75	69	74	73	78	80	74	68	Max	28	160k
Kortsidakis	77	63	69	54	75	75	73	77	68	72	76	70	73	Max	30	115k
Ioannidis	67	75	73	78	76	74	73	57	58	70	72	67	76	Max	31	140k
Soulious	69	74	75	66	76	75	69	51	71	78	63	76	66	Max	28	100k
Mavrikakis	70	79	72	71	74	73	69	54	61	67	63	64	71	Max	30	120k
Summerhill	74	62	69	55	70	66	60	79	66	67	77	69	55	Max	35	80k
Kiriakidis	68	74	73	78	72	73	74	62	63	71	70	73	76	Max	27	110k
Spanopoulos	69	77	75	72	73	72	70	54	60	64	66	62	73	Max	31	95k
Vila	70	71	77	64	70	73	74	54	67	74	76	69	64	Max	27	90k
Stavrakakis	76	61	68	75	74	70	66	77	64	68	70	62	77	Max	26	90k
Christakos	69	77	72	70	69	74	72	58	61	70	74	70	73	Max	25	85k
Koumpetsos	74	67	73	56	76	73	82	58	76	76	74	71	56	Max	29	85k
Affini	73	66	67	77	76	79	72	64	64	70	73	68	78	Max	28	70k
Christapopoulos	73	62	73	78	72	72	66	62	62	69	75	66	77	Max	29	65k
Miltiadis	68	75	75	67	70	71	66	68	61	75	67	68	67	Max	28	70k
Agrotis	72	75	71	74	76	72	75	63	65	68	71	70	75	Max	26	50k
Niu	72	74	72	67	76	69	75	56	74	74	73	70	67	Max	30	55k
Edmondson	73	58	64	64	72	71	77	74	77	75	67	64	74	Max	31	75k
Mugisha	76	64	70	74	70	74	71	63	62	68	74	64	68	Max	27	50k
Wenzel	67	68	69	69	70	69	67	60	58	70	65	68	70	1.00	22	50k
Lamperti	69	64	69	57	68	69	68	60	67	67	63	65	58	1.00	22	10k
Varotsos	73	62	66	70	69	69	64	63	67	68	72	68	70	1.00	22	100k
Pinzon	65	68	67	55	69	72	67	59	64	67	66	64	55	1.56	23	10k
Dehairs	69	62	64	64	73	69	66	60	68	67	74	68	65	1.48	23	10k

This is a better example of depth and quality. Farantakis is coming off such an awful season that I wanna see him do well, but at the same time I can't really trust him. He's the team's top rider on paper now so hopefully he can come good. After that there are just so many very nice subtop riders. ELCO also boasts a strong team time-trial so with the correct planning I can see all these nice riders synergising for a strong scoring output. You also expect a team relegating from PT to do well in a lower division.

Everesting

	FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR	XP	Age	Wage
Stannard	73	73	81	67	75	76	74	67	69	78	74	69	68	Max	26	450k
Rodrigues	66	81	73	74	73	75	77	55	61	72	70	68	74	Max	30	600k
Hayakawa	73	63	65	50	75	68	76	57	79	79	75	73	50	Max	32	155k
Hindley	71	72	76	67	75	72	72	55	67	73	76	70	67	Max	28	90k
Henao	65	76	76	66	71	73	71	53	63	70	68	67	64	Max	31	85k
Rachid	70	77	70	74	73	73	76	58	62	68	69	66	73	Max	29	85k
Fortunato	66	75	72	61	72	75	76	58	62	68	74	66	61	Max	28	50k
Sunderland	65	76	73	57	65	68	72	60	67	75	71	70	60	Max	28	50k
Benito	68	75	70	73	72	71	73	51	56	61	67	62	73	Max	31	50k
Montenegro	68	69	75	64	69	72	71	62	63	72	71	67	64	4.27	26	50k
Kennaugh	73	54	61	59	68	65	71	54	78	75	66	59	59	Max	35	50k
Orosco	69	74	71	69	73	67	71	60	63	65	68	63	66	4.37	25	50k
Silva	68	65	72	66	70	72	69	60	71	72	66	66	64	3.00	23	50k
Tusveld	71	72	71	72	68	73	74	61	67	66	68	69	71	Max	31	50k
Lau	68	69	72	64	72	69	67	63	66	70	71	65	64	3.24	28	50k
Kusi	70	66	71	75	69	72	74	61	64	68	72	67	75	4.39	28	50k
Phonarjthan	70	60	63	62	68	72	66	54	73	73	64	66	63	3.88	27	50k
Vasko	62	70	63	61	72	73	74	65	57	61	65	70	54	1.00	22	80k
Riccitello	65	70	64	63	71	65	70	58	60	63	65	69	63	1.00	22	130k
Gelders	67	67	66	66	65	63	68	54	58	63	62	64	69	1.00	22	50k

How well this team does is going to come down to Stannard in my opinion. He has the potential to be the top puncheur in PCT with a revamped calendar that should benefit him. I have no concerns about Rodrigues, he likely won't do the spectacular, but he'll rock solid and near the top of most of his races. I really like Rachid as a great domestique for him that could get a chance or two himself. Hayakawa is a sprinter that can punch above his weight, after that the depth is so so.

Indosat Ooredoo

	FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR	XP	Age	Wage
Dunbar	69	77	76	82	74	77	78	58	60	68	62	71	77	Max	28	500k
Bagioli	71	73	79	69	77	73	71	60	71	78	77	68	71	Max	25	390k
Tenorio	64	80	72	76	72	70	73	55	55	61	80	64	75	Max	35	360k
Nur Hasan	74	60	64	59	74	74	78	60	79	78	73	66	61	Max	26	115k
Yudha	69	71	77	66	74	73	71	55	65	75	74	68	67	Max	25	90k
Abdurrahman	68	77	72	72	74	74	74	55	60	68	74	64	72	Max	27	90k
Sakalou	66	76	75	65	63	72	72	54	60	72	77	62	65	Max	31	75k
Arifin	66	76	74	66	67	71	73	52	58	72	82	63	66	Max	29	65k
Canty	70	75	73	75	71	71	73	52	68	67	66	65	74	Max	32	95k
Gani	75	61	67	65	76	73	73	68	76	77	60	66	68	Max	32	60k
Venturini	75	63	68	65	74	74	79	72	75	77	63	73	69	Max	31	55k
Arif Prayogo	73	63	68	76	73	75	70	59	64	64	74	64	78	Max	32	50k
Cahyadi	70	70	75	66	70	71	70	58	68	69	66	70	66	Max	31	50k
Affonso	68	75	71	72	70	68	72	55	53	66	73	52	72	Max	33	50k
Hefnar	67	69	70	65	71	72	71	59	69	69	72	66	68	1.00	22	50k
Doull	72	59	65	73	71	70	68	71	73	73	63	65	75	Max	31	65k
Pszczolarski	72	59	69	73	66	70	64	52	70	70	67	64	76	Max	33	50k
Rubenis	71	60	61	59	67	71	67	70	70	70	66	68	64	3.04	23	50k
Kusuma	70	67	69	69	67	72	68	57	59	69	64	73	70	2.00	26	50k
Hopkins	68	69	69	68	70	71	64	61	57	65	66	70	65	3.09	23	10k
Firdaus	71	59	58	73	70	67	72	60	67	69	59	71	73	3.26	23	60k
Van Vliet	68	68	68	68	66	66	63	52	65	66	65	65	67	1.00	22	50k
Nugraha	66	52	58	68	61	67	71	60	69	72	62	63	68	1.00	22	10k

Dunbar gets better and better each year and I'd be shocked if he doesn't take the individual crown. Besides that I'm not sure the team is better than last year. Bagioli adds a new dimension and could also do very well with the new calendar, but Tenorio is not anywhere near to replicating what Adam Yates did last year. To be honest I would've loved to see him in CT. Depth-wise the team is okay, but how high they can finish will come down to Dunbar and Bagioli.

ISA - Hexacta

	FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR	XP	Age	Wage
Ewan	75	64	71	60	73	71	80	70	83	81	63	71	73	Max	30	600k
Van Niekerk	69	75	80	65	72	75	76	66	64	74	82	71	65	Max	27	210k
Edmondson	70	69	79	64	75	72	67	54	70	76	68	72	64	Max	32	140k
Paez	73	72	77	68	74	70	73	58	73	76	76	65	68	Max	29	120k
Ferreyra	72	72	72	78	72	74	74	54	68	69	73	68	77	Max	27	120k
Harrison	72	62	67	72	73	70	76	73	78	81	60	62	72	Max	32	120k
Contreras	72	65	68	64	73	75	77	59	78	80	73	68	74	Max	30	150k
Owen	73	65	69	62	73	71	72	78	64	71	68	74	64	Max	29	100k
Cepeda Hernandez	70	75	77	65	71	70	71	61	66	74	73	68	63	Max	28	100k
Martinez	66	77	72	73	72	73	73	53	64	69	65	69	72	Max	28	85k
Russo	73	65	73	65	73	73	76	68	76	78	66	64	65	Max	29	60k
Sanogo	73	62	71	64	71	72	64	76	69	70	76	73	70	Max	30	75k
Sepulveda	69	74	76	74	72	71	69	51	69	71	69	62	75	Max	33	90k
Sendeku	71	76	72	74	72	73	74	58	62	68	54	63	73	Max	29	70k
Osorio	67	76	72	73	73	71	75	61	70	69	68	64	71	Max	29	65k
Baska	76	55	67	67	70	76	80	64	76	77	70	61	73	Max	30	60k
Chokri	75	61	66	75	74	72	67	76	65	68	66	69	75	Max	27	55k
Sagiv	77	63	73	60	73	71	77	66	72	72	66	71	70	Max	30	50k
Andersen	78	70	70	72	70	75	68	64	68	69	72	69	75	Max	25	50k
Dlamini	75	72	72	75	74	72	73	50	62	68	68	62	75	Max	29	50k
Mraouni	77	66	69	72	71	72	71	66	71	74	71	64	75	Max	32	50k
Jurado	75	68	70	70	68	72	73	68	69	70	64	66	73	Max	29	55k

Ewan is looking to bounce back after a down year and PCT tends to be a division that is kinder for what should be the #2 ranked sprinter. Baska or Russo could be good lead out choices and there is a bevy of rouleurs so the support system in theory is there. Not sure both Harrison and Contreras are needed to cover sprinting in PCT. I see a similar overabundance with Edmondson, Paez and Cepeda Hernandez all supporting Van Niekerk who I'm not the biggest fan of. This team will be good, but I would've loved to see a more streamlined approach of team building behind Ewan.

Edited by redordead on 03-10-2024 13:28

Man-Game: Manager of Cedevita

"I am a cyclist, I may not be the best, but that is what I strive to be. I may never get there, but I will never quit trying." - Tadej PogaÄar

redordead

Posted on 26-09-2024 10:49

Grand Tour Specialist

Posts: 4910
Joined: 18-10-2017
PCM$: 200.00

Teams Overview 9-16

JEWA TIROL (Cycling Team)

	FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR	XP	Age	Wage
Debesay	74	66	73	71	73	77	68	78	68	76	72	73	73	Max	33	300k
Arndt	70	78	75	55	76	75	70	62	70	74	60	63	55	Max	33	180k
Gabburo	75	68	76	64	73	75	68	55	72	76	79	65	63	Max	31	60k
Paillot	69	69	70	79	74	73	66	55	62	63	55	70	79	Max	33	220k
Boudat	73	51	68	62	71	74	78	58	79	78	62	66	78	Max	30	120k
Fraile	67	74	70	77	71	73	67	56	58	63	77	63	77	Max	34	175k
Lienhard	73	66	75	66	77	72	69	55	73	76	77	69	70	Max	30	110k
Losch	73	52	65	62	72	68	75	71	78	79	78	63	66	Max	31	110k
Grossschartner	67	74	77	67	72	73	72	50	62	72	71	68	69	Max	31	115k
Heymes	67	75	71	73	74	71	71	53	54	58	63	61	73	Max	31	50k
Nys	70	69	73	67	71	74	68	62	69	72	68	75	70	1.15	22	320k
Wohler	77	58	66	76	72	71	73	51	71	72	80	60	76	Max	32	170k
Gough	72	60	65	69	66	70	73	63	75	76	69	65	76	Max	28	50k
Degenkolb	70	55	63	61	64	62	65	66	78	72	64	55	61	Max	35	105k
Laurance	72	59	73	61	71	67	67	70	65	71	66	73	67	3.10	23	120k
Bayer	71	70	71	66	68	68	66	67	62	71	75	69	64	3.50	25	55k
Kabas	66	71	69	61	71	73	62	60	62	68	68	71	60	3.18	23	60k
Pavlides	61	68	68	53	70	69	67	54	58	65	66	70	54	1.00	22	10k
Orins	69	54	61	67	71	69	61	68	63	63	74	60	59	1.00	22	10k
Terada	66	60	61	71	67	64	68	57	57	66	64	65	69	1.00	22	130k
Caiza	66	55	58	57	70	67	67	61	68	70	59	58	63	1.00	22	10k
Hrenko	69	55	56	70	66	66	68	53	60	62	63	65	71	2.00	23	10k

Debesay wasn't really that good last year and he's gotten his first decline. Then again the competition on the cobbles might have slightly lessened. Still not very encouraging for what should be the team's top rider. Declines are the theme for this team. With the likes of Arndt, Paillot and Fraile projected as the other main scorers. Paillot is probably the key man, if he can manage to approach last season's numbers.

Kraftwerk Man Machine

	FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR	XP	Age	Wage
Turgis	73	67	79	66	76	78	70	65	70	77	83	67	68	Max	30	330k
Zabel	74	60	69	55	74	70	79	65	81	79	66	52	55	Max	31	300k
Masnada	71	77	76	73	76	75	73	60	63	73	69	71	70	Max	31	180k
Roson	67	78	76	61	67	70	77	53	54	74	73	66	58	Max	31	125k
Walscheid	73	55	63	62	71	74	73	61	79	79	61	67	75	Max	31	135k
Gall	67	77	76	63	70	71	72	58	61	72	70	64	62	Max	26	150k
De Buyst	73	61	70	68	73	75	75	75	76	76	70	70	68	Max	31	95k
Rumac	71	72	75	64	72	70	68	55	74	76	66	69	66	Max	30	90k
Evans	65	77	72	74	70	72	73	61	57	67	67	62	71	Max	27	150k
Koch	65	76	72	67	68	73	72	50	66	75	56	60	69	Max	33	50k
Cherkasov	80	70	71	66	72	74	66	61	70	75	65	67	68	Max	28	75k
Helme	69	75	74	69	71	72	74	62	60	76	73	67	69	Max	28	65k
Hofstede	70	70	76	62	73	71	72	61	61	74	78	71	62	Max	30	50k
McLay	73	56	67	55	74	72	79	72	77	76	62	66	55	Max	32	55k
Ludvigsson	67	75	71	75	73	70	71	55	61	69	64	71	74	Max	33	90k
Mathis	72	62	68	77	68	76	64	62	68	71	66	60	75	Max	30	50k
Tesfom	75	62	65	77	70	74	68	53	63	67	72	64	76	Max	30	80k
Destribois	68	75	74	67	66	67	72	51	60	73	76	77	66	Max	33	60k
Ho	68	73	73	73	68	73	71	61	65	71	65	66	71	Max	32	50k
Zubov	67	62	62	65	68	67	67	78	60	67	66	67	65	Max	33	50k
Uhlig	68	57	62	62	67	71	74	72	62	74	67	71	60	3.16	23	100k
Kretschy	68	67	68	60	70	66	70	58	66	68	67	70	64	1.00	22	10k
Teutenberg	69	58	66	66	67	68	68	68	69	70	66	62	68	1.00	22	150k
Dahl Olsen	68	66	69	68	68	65	67	52	54	67	67	62	68	1.00	22	10k

I misjudged Kraftwerk last year as their ToA approach didn't work for them anymore. If they go back again they'll have a different setup as they don't have a true mountain leader this time. Zabel has been a reliable sprinter with secondary leadership now falling to Turgis and Masnada. I've had a soft spot for Turgis so I hope he finds some better results this year. Masnada should be an adequate leader, but he probably doesn't have the same support around him that he had at Jura.

Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam

	FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR	XP	Age	Wage
Oomen	71	81	75	74	78	77	78	56	65	69	72	68	77	Max	29	520k
Bonifazio	79	50	66	55	68	75	71	56	80	80	58	72	70	Max	31	330k
Gamper	77	62	66	76	77	77	69	80	64	71	72	72	76	Max	27	230k
Van Gils	69	78	76	61	71	75	75	60	68	76	72	69	61	Max	25	200k
De Plus	72	77	79	64	74	73	71	57	61	72	68	66	65	Max	29	210k
Van Poucke	68	77	77	64	69	72	69	60	67	75	76	67	66	Max	26	140k
Potocki	71	71	72	77	75	77	75	52	65	69	71	72	77	Max	25	110k
Sajnok	74	61	65	78	70	76	71	63	73	72	62	70	79	Max	27	80k
Mareczko	74	53	61	57	71	73	79	50	78	77	61	66	75	Max	30	70k
Siddikov	75	63	65	77	76	75	72	70	65	66	78	72	77	Max	27	60k
Covi	66	75	76	62	71	72	69	60	64	68	67	67	63	Max	26	50k
Suter	79	65	71	69	75	74	71	69	68	74	76	72	69	Max	26	50k
Fedeli	67	73	75	62	72	70	66	57	64	72	68	65	64	Max	28	50k
Verwilst	76	65	67	66	70	72	66	73	65	66	75	64	66	Max	27	50k
Biermans	77	55	61	64	71	74	65	71	66	67	77	69	66	Max	29	50k
Calzoni	63	72	71	62	63	69	72	62	60	65	55	62	69	3.40	23	50k
Van Den Bossche	71	67	70	64	65	70	70	70	63	69	72	69	62	3.87	24	50k
Weemaes	73	60	62	75	74	70	67	55	73	72	67	64	75	4.88	26	50k
Piccolo	65	69	68	58	70	67	70	60	65	75	71	62	61	3.40	23	50k
Vandenabeele	66	70	68	60	63	70	69	60	63	66	64	68	60	2.19	24	50k
Benedetti	61	66	67	57	62	66	62	58	58	65	64	62	57	1.51	24	50k

Ah Lierse. I seemingly always like this team more than I should, which is most likely my fault, not the manager's. Oomen is always in the conversation for best stage racer in PCT and Bonifazio is now a productive sprinter. The keys for this team getting over the hump will be Gamper's training and how well that pans out and the good number of depth pieces behind them. I'm jealous I don't have Potocki as he's developed into such a fine rider.

Llapi-Vita

	FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR	XP	Age	Wage
Kelderman	69	70	81	69	79	74	72	61	66	71	76	70	69	Max	33	350k
Borges	69	69	79	60	73	71	68	53	70	79	74	64	59	Max	33	110k
Kamberaj	75	63	69	67	73	73	78	68	79	78	64	66	70	Max	30	250k
Chiarello	70	78	74	72	71	72	75	52	62	70	72	68	70	Max	33	300k
Luchshenko	72	65	75	63	77	72	78	63	75	75	71	72	65	Max	30	125k
Freuler	69	72	75	68	73	75	72	59	67	75	67	75	69	Max	32	90k
Kiskonen	74	59	68	68	77	77	77	69	77	77	68	72	70	Max	27	160k
Villella	71	64	76	60	70	72	65	62	64	78	73	69	60	Max	33	65k
Goos	69	75	72	74	75	72	71	54	65	70	68	66	74	Max	34	140k
Sarreau	75	58	65	60	74	76	75	72	76	76	63	64	67	Max	31	50k
Merlier	73	56	68	58	72	72	64	75	78	74	63	72	60	Max	32	50k
Groselj	69	63	75	72	72	73	68	53	72	72	72	63	72	Max	31	50k
Lampaert	74	59	65	55	72	71	67	77	59	59	70	66	55	Max	33	100k
Culey	79	61	65	65	77	76	74	53	66	70	74	67	67	Max	31	50k
Yzeiraj	77	62	66	60	74	74	65	65	62	71	85	72	66	Max	30	80k
Nuha	71	70	70	65	73	71	68	58	64	72	77	72	65	3.00	24	100k
Jarc	70	63	66	63	68	69	68	69	68	69	72	68	63	2.99	25	50k
Kloppenborg	69	62	65	65	72	73	65	67	63	73	73	70	62	2.00	23	70k
Masengesho	65	62	63	63	68	68	67	57	72	71	80	72	62	1.00	22	120k
Bechkov	67	67	64	70	67	67	66	55	63	60	70	66	69	2.99	25	50k
Demiri	69	53	53	71	66	66	65	55	67	74	80	64	71	3.22	24	52k
De Pooter	67	62	63	64	64	65	68	64	61	74	76	66	63	1.00	22	60k

I really wanna root for this team, but I'm struggling to find the reason. Kelderman and Borges, two underperforming puncheurs on the same team. I like Kamberaj and Chiarello, but I'm afraid those two won't be enough and it's not like there was a huge investment made into a top up and coming talent. It's hard to see where all the money was spent.

Lotto-Caloi

	FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR	XP	Age	Wage
Vakoc	71	71	81	69	75	71	67	52	71	74	61	66	69	Max	32	285k
Liu	74	63	67	63	76	69	80	65	80	80	64	68	67	Max	29	350k
Min	68	79	76	66	75	77	70	63	62	66	69	69	66	Max	28	360k
Calmejane	74	71	77	67	73	76	74	60	72	76	78	70	70	Max	32	185k
Quintana	66	80	72	69	74	73	73	50	50	63	71	59	69	Max	34	175k
Wouters	75	66	68	59	73	75	83	64	77	79	56	60	61	Max	28	150k
Bouchard	70	77	74	67	70	72	76	55	62	70	78	76	66	Max	32	100k
Zingle	75	62	68	60	70	75	77	63	78	78	64	66	65	Max	26	105k
Drizners	72	63	75	63	73	73	67	61	73	78	74	67	66	Max	25	50k
Chatarunga	72	56	67	67	79	72	68	77	70	68	80	56	67	Max	32	85k
Marzuki	70	71	74	64	71	72	70	74	72	72	64	71	63	Max	32	50k
Vanbilsen	75	50	66	60	75	69	70	77	69	66	69	58	60	Max	34	60k
Bergstrom Frisk	67	75	69	73	73	72	76	61	55	65	67	66	73	Max	29	50k
Zana	66	69	70	65	69	68	69	62	67	72	72	65	63	3.29	25	50k
Van Aert	75	63	66	70	72	73	72	68	64	68	69	75	79	Max	30	50k
Price-Pejtersen	70	61	62	74	68	74	65	60	61	64	65	64	73	4.19	25	50k
Berckmoes	72	55	57	72	71	70	73	70	60	66	63	66	73	3.09	23	50k
Lovidius	62	61	69	54	71	71	63	56	66	70	66	67	55	1.00	22	10k
Fagundez	70	60	59	72	71	71	67	62	67	71	65	67	72	3.03	26	50k
Christen	66	63	65	65	66	69	63	57	69	71	65	65	71	1.00	22	250k
Rangel	67	65	65	65	70	69	69	66	65	68	67	65	65	1.45	23	10k
Changsheng	67	67	65	68	67	69	71	63	63	67	66	67	66	1.00	22	60k

Is Vakoc any better than Kelderman? He better be! Calmejane is awesome, but can those two work together, will they be kept apart? Another not obvious fit. Min, Quintana and Bouchard are all good climbers. They'll need some breakaways to really score enough though. Whether it's Wouters or Zingle, that's one sprinter too many behind Liu. This team is also bereft of time-trialing so I'm not sure if all the pieces can work together to give Laurens a 3rd season in PCT.

Manada Coyote

	FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR	XP	Age	Wage
Coquard	73	59	67	65	71	74	84	56	84	83	60	65	79	Max	32	600k
McCarthy	70	67	82	58	80	75	70	69	65	74	71	71	58	Max	32	250k
Tejada	68	77	73	71	72	76	72	57	59	70	66	64	71	Max	27	110k
McKenna	70	74	76	64	69	72	71	61	65	77	73	70	64	Max	30	55k
Rojas	68	70	76	63	76	71	72	68	67	76	73	70	66	Max	25	80k
Jimenez Retana	71	59	65	57	69	68	76	70	77	79	63	68	63	Max	25	60k
Rivera	69	77	70	59	73	74	70	57	60	72	74	72	58	Max	26	50k
Herrera	64	75	73	63	68	74	74	52	61	67	68	65	61	Max	28	50k
Huertas	75	63	68	75	74	74	72	61	74	76	76	66	76	Max	26	50k
Chumil	66	74	71	71	73	72	72	55	62	67	67	68	71	4.09	24	50k
Mendoza	68	73	67	71	73	73	74	55	62	67	68	67	72	4.00	26	50k
Granados	69	69	69	59	71	70	63	54	71	74	63	68	61	3.02	23	50k
Arias Villanueva	73	60	63	75	73	74	70	61	62	68	70	65	75	4.02	26	50k
Rodriguez	74	58	61	64	70	70	60	60	72	72	75	67	66	3.28	23	50k
Gomez	64	71	67	70	70	67	70	57	59	69	64	67	68	3.01	23	50k
Murillo	70	61	66	68	70	71	69	68	67	72	78	70	68	3.06	23	55k
Rojas	66	71	66	65	68	69	69	50	64	69	68	71	65	3.02	24	60k
Samudio	74	54	62	64	73	70	68	67	66	67	77	63	67	4.01	25	50k
Cepeda	68	71	68	64	70	69	66	57	60	68	61	59	63	3.13	26	60k
Cadena	68	65	70	60	77	66	65	60	65	65	56	64	63	3.02	24	50k
Ruiz	67	58	68	64	71	72	67	66	65	67	75	72	63	3.01	23	50k
Bulux	71	64	65	64	71	66	66	53	60	74	76	68	64	3.01	23	50k
Ramirez	68	59	67	66	70	69	68	57	65	69	63	64	70	1.00	22	50k
Peden	70	60	62	72	70	66	70	60	61	63	68	68	73	4.02	25	50k
Jimenez	64	67	63	58	70	69	68	55	68	63	62	70	51	1.00	22	50k

This team is probably the easiest to analyse. It's Coquard and McCarthy. If those two perform then this team should be fine, otherwise they'll more than likely be doomed. Tejada as a solid climber/stage racer and Jimenez Retana when he's not working for Coquard seem the best secondary scoring options. I expect to see this team in the breakaway a lot in the mountain stage races.

McCormick Pro Cycling

	FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR	XP	Age	Wage
Yates	71	80	76	71	79	80	76	56	67	76	71	71	71	Max	32	540k
Sosa	67	79	78	67	75	79	80	60	59	74	75	66	65	Max	27	350k
Narvaez	70	72	77	69	71	71	74	62	73	74	73	67	67	Max	27	135k
Kuss	68	78	71	64	74	76	71	50	55	69	66	72	65	Max	30	100k
Cabrera	69	75	72	76	71	73	77	61	68	65	63	71	74	Max	27	85k
Seigle	68	72	77	64	73	73	69	60	63	72	70	69	67	Max	30	80k
Haller	71	60	64	55	70	69	74	57	79	77	65	63	70	Max	33	115k
Daniel	75	67	72	77	75	74	72	55	56	68	73	69	76	Max	30	85k
Rota	69	71	76	61	76	74	67	62	66	71	69	72	62	Max	29	65k
Revard	69	76	70	70	69	74	74	61	58	70	67	63	69	Max	27	55k
Warbasse	68	76	73	72	72	70	67	56	58	62	70	66	72	Max	34	85k
Hoehn	67	75	72	70	71	74	75	64	64	61	78	68	70	Max	27	50k
Hecht	73	69	73	73	74	77	70	68	67	71	79	69	76	Max	26	60k
Mohammad	72	70	74	74	69	72	67	61	67	72	64	65	72	Max	28	50k
Simmons	70	70	73	61	70	73	74	67	67	75	72	70	61	3.37	23	150k
Wolf	70	60	63	77	71	72	70	55	56	62	58	59	75	Max	32	55k
Mostov	75	60	61	75	73	75	65	58	60	65	68	60	75	Max	28	50k
Barbier	68	58	62	63	68	69	68	66	73	75	60	64	62	3.50	27	50k
Staune-Mittet	65	71	69	69	66	67	70	58	60	66	71	67	68	1.00	22	100k
Milesi	68	55	61	71	70	68	71	69	60	65	71	66	70	1.00	22	175k
Julajuj	66	67	67	68	68	68	65	55	60	67	64	69	68	1.63	26	50k

McCormick is another team I had pegged wrong and the make up of the squad is a bit different this time. I would've liked to see how far McNulty could take them, but Yates was outstanding last year so for this season it might actually be an improvement. Although the latter might have also been a better fit with Sosa who got some training. I thought maybe Narvaez would get some, since he's a really fun subtop rider and Bagioli is gone.

Minions

	FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR	XP	Age	Wage
Kinoshita	72	71	82	65	79	76	72	58	67	76	72	70	65	Max	33	700k
Ahlstrand	72	58	65	58	71	70	74	65	81	79	57	62	70	Max	34	300k
Cattaneo	68	80	68	77	73	77	75	52	50	67	60	62	77	Max	34	300k
Bjerg	75	64	68	80	73	77	73	63	68	70	71	67	79	Max	26	125k
Kalaba	74	65	69	70	70	72	76	57	79	79	58	68	78	Max	28	175k
Vosekalns	66	78	75	62	69	73	72	51	67	71	81	68	62	Max	32	125k
Dall'Oste	69	75	75	66	69	72	73	55	57	69	72	70	66	Max	33	50k
Quintana	69	76	71	70	73	72	76	50	61	63	67	64	70	Max	32	60k
De Witte	74	60	68	61	75	72	67	75	71	69	64	65	61	Max	31	50k
Brown	67	74	72	75	72	71	70	59	57	69	64	63	76	Max	33	75k
Matthews	71	60	65	69	68	65	69	74	75	74	73	65	73	Max	33	50k
Jiang	72	61	66	65	69	73	72	62	75	75	65	73	79	Max	30	50k
Sipos	68	67	69	75	73	71	67	54	60	62	69	66	76	Max	33	50k
Vorobev	72	60	62	76	68	66	62	50	55	67	78	53	75	Max	34	65k
Sommer	72	60	64	65	70	70	67	70	68	69	70	65	66	3.15	24	50k
Casillas	67	65	65	73	68	70	67	54	61	73	66	72	73	3.76	29	50k
Gomez	63	67	64	69	66	67	69	52	56	65	68	67	62	1.00	22	50k
Dressler	68	60	67	67	67	67	64	67	60	62	66	63	62	1.00	22	50k
Guavita	63	69	50	67	69	60	70	63	50	54	77	64	67	1.00	22	50k
Lecerf	60	68	64	55	64	67	63	53	60	65	70	68	57	1.00	22	10k
Paleni	64	53	58	69	64	64	67	54	58	62	65	62	69	1.00	22	65k

Minions are primarily led by three 'old heads' in Kinoshita, Ahlstrand and Cattaneo. The Japanese puncheur is still among the very best in the game and should spearhead their season. Ahlstrand and Cattaneo are getting on, but considering their main stats they should still be good leaders. Newly trained Bjerg leads the Minions TT efforts and Kalaba is well entrenched as a 2nd sprinter that can at times perform like a primary one. The top of the team is old, but Minions have retained a strong squad after their relegation.

Edited by redordead on 02-10-2024 08:50

Man-Game: Manager of Cedevita

"I am a cyclist, I may not be the best, but that is what I strive to be. I may never get there, but I will never quit trying." - Tadej PogaÄar

redordead

Posted on 26-09-2024 10:50

Grand Tour Specialist

Posts: 4910
Joined: 18-10-2017
PCM$: 200.00

Teams Overview 17-24

Podium Ambition

	FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR	XP	Age	Wage
Lagane	70	70	78	66	70	71	71	65	76	77	70	63	65	Max	26	175k
Mayer	68	69	77	70	65	72	71	61	72	77	76	60	71	Max	26	100k
Norbert	75	67	71	70	75	77	70	55	77	75	70	69	76	Max	26	75k
Major	74	50	66	57	74	70	74	70	77	78	62	66	64	Max	29	65k
Campbell	74	63	68	76	69	68	68	75	68	73	67	66	75	Max	28	85k
Alexander	72	74	73	72	72	71	73	60	61	67	66	68	72	Max	26	60k
Croes	66	73	73	75	73	72	71	56	62	65	66	69	75	Max	27	50k
Perez	73	63	67	76	73	73	72	69	66	68	75	69	76	Max	25	55k
Hennis	70	67	70	76	71	72	75	69	75	76	69	68	76	Max	27	85k
Gayral	74	65	72	71	70	71	72	71	71	72	75	62	71	Max	27	50k
Le Court	70	70	76	60	67	70	68	62	64	66	76	70	61	Max	28	50k
Vanderpool	68	64	64	77	63	64	61	60	60	63	62	62	76	Max	29	70k
Hopkins	68	60	64	67	71	66	65	55	74	75	63	67	73	3.13	24	50k
Marte	68	65	70	65	70	70	67	71	66	68	69	66	62	3.13	23	70k
White	73	66	68	71	69	71	66	63	69	69	71	72	73	3.64	25	50k
Forbes	69	63	67	63	67	65	67	70	66	69	69	66	63	1.00	22	160k
Morris Berroa	67	68	67	60	69	66	70	52	65	69	74	79	60	1.00	22	50k
Delgado Gonzales	65	68	67	58	70	66	62	60	67	69	68	66	62	1.00	23	50k
Narraway	58	68	67	54	68	70	69	54	59	67	68	64	63	1.00	22	10k
Charles	67	58	65	65	67	65	65	64	64	65	70	76	66	1.00	23	10k
Hernandez Moran	68	60	61	66	66	65	64	64	67	69	73	68	66	1.16	23	10k
Boyd	67	64	59	66	64	69	66	57	60	64	65	68	67	1.00	23	10k

Lagane was an awesome rider before and even better now after training. And while he's a fairly unique rider he is riding in the same division as Demare and Ackermann which might make his slightly niche scoring less effective. Apart from Lagane the training hype was a bit overblown, at least in terms of impact. The team is largely the same one it was in CT and I don't really see that being enough to mount a survival challenge.

Sauber Petronas Racing

	FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR	XP	Age	Wage
Hirschi	71	77	79	66	78	78	77	66	66	75	82	77	66	Max	26	500k
Frankiny	69	78	76	64	72	75	77	53	61	75	71	66	67	Max	30	200k
Azman	69	76	77	63	69	72	73	50	65	75	76	69	64	Max	30	150k
Einhorn	74	60	61	62	71	71	74	63	80	78	60	63	64	Max	27	150k
Misbah	68	79	70	75	76	73	74	62	62	68	70	70	74	Max	27	90k
Natarov	65	78	72	70	66	70	78	60	65	67	79	57	69	Max	28	100k
Chen	69	75	72	62	71	75	76	56	65	71	60	64	62	4.89	28	70k
Hibatullah	68	77	72	63	69	66	71	57	60	70	64	65	57	Max	27	50k
Eislers	74	64	72	60	71	68	74	62	76	75	67	68	60	Max	31	50k
Dulanjana	67	74	72	74	75	71	77	63	62	61	60	75	75	Max	29	50k
Noia	76	58	60	78	70	74	70	62	61	69	70	65	77	Max	28	65k
Campero	64	77	69	68	73	68	70	54	55	69	68	73	68	Max	33	80k
Pellaud	70	65	77	66	74	68	71	55	65	70	71	67	66	Max	32	55k
Rossi	75	65	69	70	72	71	68	73	68	69	70	65	74	3.99	24	80k
Voisard	66	75	72	62	69	70	75	60	61	67	73	69	64	Max	26	50k
Schoonbroodt	71	62	74	62	73	71	65	73	67	70	60	73	62	Max	33	50k
Ghani	71	68	73	65	71	68	68	74	63	61	67	67	64	Max	29	50k
Putti	69	70	74	62	74	71	72	70	59	67	80	70	62	Max	28	50k
Menicucci	71	63	72	61	74	74	73	72	63	68	70	69	63	Max	27	50k
Maccagli	72	63	66	75	70	71	68	61	63	68	69	70	75	Max	29	50k
Skivild	65	71	69	69	68	72	67	57	58	67	63	67	71	3.07	23	60k
Tiberi	66	72	67	71	67	69	65	54	60	68	69	67	70	3.06	23	100k
Van Sintmaartensdijk	75	62	65	68	70	69	69	65	65	73	67	64	68	3.30	23	50k
Garofoli	64	63	65	60	65	66	71	64	63	68	74	66	58	1.00	22	100k

I've always had some doubts about Sauber, but they have persevered for a few years and things are looking up now. Hirschi is finally maxed and he looks set for a similar impact that someone like Higuita had last year. Frankiny and Azman add depth in those MO/HI races and Einhorn is back on a much cheaper wage. The other big difference and maybe slightly under the radar is the MO training of Misbah. Sauber now have a proper stage racer to pair with their other climbers. The days of fighting against relegation seem over.

Sony - Force India

	FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR	XP	Age	Wage
Olivier	72	81	76	69	76	80	77	59	64	71	70	71	69	Max	32	530k
Benoot	71	75	81	63	75	74	74	76	69	71	62	66	62	Max	30	410k
Cataford	74	72	70	79	75	75	73	67	60	69	67	71	79	Max	31	175k
Leemreize	66	78	76	65	70	74	74	60	62	72	76	68	65	Max	25	140k
Carcueva	69	77	76	64	72	72	73	60	64	73	75	69	65	Max	29	110k
Kuroeda	74	53	63	67	72	73	75	77	74	78	63	64	71	Max	29	105k
Howson	71	59	65	80	73	74	72	58	64	68	72	63	80	Max	32	140k
Kulikovskiy	73	64	71	64	70	73	78	61	78	79	65	67	66	Max	27	115k
Kuroeda	72	63	70	52	76	77	82	76	76	73	67	71	63	Max	32	100k
Van Dijke	69	71	76	71	74	74	71	67	71	72	74	72	72	4.69	24	95k
Shirota	68	75	75	58	69	68	73	55	63	78	73	58	58	Max	30	60k
Kooistra	77	60	65	59	73	69	68	70	76	76	63	63	64	Max	27	50k
Yechezkel	74	55	64	65	71	72	70	76	64	73	70	69	65	Max	30	50k
Hocevar	67	75	74	62	67	67	68	54	66	75	72	70	63	4.62	25	50k
Hayter	72	75	66	72	72	72	69	61	66	74	65	70	73	3.19	23	115k
Van Dijke	75	61	70	73	72	74	72	66	72	70	65	73	75	4.64	24	50k
Alben	73	58	63	62	71	64	61	52	72	75	62	64	69	3.38	23	50k
Franco	65	72	66	57	70	70	68	60	60	73	73	65	57	3.15	23	10k
Trezise	71	60	59	62	66	73	62	64	70	70	61	67	64	1.00	22	50k
Singh	67	61	63	61	66	72	59	60	69	70	58	67	67	1.00	22	110k
Miholjevic	68	63	66	68	68	66	68	53	56	63	66	68	70	1.00	22	10k

This is probably the best PCT team Abhishek has assembled so far. Olivier and Benoot are top notch leaders for their terrains. Howson and Cataford should give good scoring from time-trials with the latter's versatility able to take on some more hybrid races. The Kuroeda's can always surprise in the cobbled races and overall there is good depth in the squad.

Specialized

	FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR	XP	Age	Wage
Kasperkiewicz	76	66	74	72	75	77	70	81	59	67	79	68	74	Max	30	360k
Barguil	69	80	74	69	76	76	80	54	63	74	65	75	69	Max	33	350k
Meurisse	73	74	77	67	74	74	74	68	71	78	72	68	68	Max	32	255k
Coutinho	72	63	65	52	75	74	77	55	79	80	55	64	52	Max	32	135k
Battistella	71	75	75	66	71	77	72	63	67	71	74	68	72	Max	26	110k
Potocki	68	77	72	70	74	71	75	54	62	64	66	69	70	Max	31	75k
Van Keirsbulck	71	64	70	50	74	72	61	77	69	67	70	57	50	Max	33	55k
Riesebeek	74	70	73	67	73	75	69	73	69	72	76	71	71	Max	32	80k
De Vos	68	75	75	66	73	73	74	59	62	69	72	73	68	Max	31	50k
Dzamastagic	77	65	69	64	74	70	74	65	75	76	77	65	64	Max	33	75k
Kumara	74	62	67	54	74	70	65	75	71	67	73	68	54	Max	29	50k
Naud	75	61	72	63	70	71	69	73	63	65	77	74	63	Max	33	50k
Milan	75	58	63	75	71	78	67	63	73	72	66	64	77	4.42	24	50k
Medvedev	75	61	64	70	77	76	74	68	69	68	78	66	70	4.56	29	50k
Svestad-Bardseng	71	69	70	65	71	68	70	60	66	70	70	69	65	1.00	22	50k
Ayuso	67	71	68	69	72	69	69	62	62	69	66	68	67	1.00	22	650k
Malacarne	68	56	67	59	69	67	60	69	69	65	70	60	60	1.00	22	50k
Kench	68	62	64	67	68	71	65	67	66	70	72	72	67	1.45	23	50k
Sandri	70	66	65	65	69	66	66	63	65	67	70	70	66	1.48	23	10k
La Grenade	67	57	61	59	68	68	59	69	65	63	59	72	61	1.00	22	50k
Marsman	68	60	61	67	70	68	67	60	63	68	74	67	67	1.16	24	50k
Steinhauser	69	65	59	66	72	69	68	62	63	66	68	72	64	1.52	23	10k

Specialized are a solid, consistent team and I don't see that changing this season. Kasperkiewicz comes in and I am expecting him to go toe to toe with Stallaert and Gamper for the top cobbler spot. Barguil should also give them a good climbing option in the less TT focused races. Meurisse is what he is which is good, can he do even better without Turgis on the team? The depth is okay, but they might take a small step back if Dzamastagic isn't the same successful late attacker with his decliine.

Tafjord Kraft

	FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR	XP	Age	Wage
Enger	73	63	69	71	71	73	77	58	81	78	62	68	77	Max	31	250k
Ackermann	72	65	77	61	75	71	79	61	77	80	66	63	68	Max	30	350k
Dyrnes	68	72	78	61	73	73	70	54	65	77	78	74	66	Max	32	150k
Eriksson	72	67	78	61	78	74	75	65	65	76	75	71	61	Max	28	130k
Gebremedhin	69	77	74	64	73	74	76	50	55	75	78	66	64	Max	32	150k
Vangstad	74	72	70	77	74	75	74	60	65	68	74	74	76	Max	32	130k
Waersted	73	62	67	64	69	78	77	60	78	79	71	72	76	Max	28	110k
Liepins	73	60	66	59	73	68	77	55	78	79	58	58	60	Max	32	100k
Manakov	77	57	58	68	77	68	65	75	72	76	65	66	70	Max	32	150k
Garby	64	78	69	67	69	74	73	50	51	68	71	62	67	Max	33	90k
Guldhammer	64	77	73	67	68	69	65	65	66	70	67	61	67	Max	35	50k
Belevics	76	60	64	78	73	72	73	62	63	66	75	64	78	Max	28	80k
Ludvigsson	67	63	76	69	74	70	69	53	67	76	78	68	69	Max	30	50k
Kaczmarek	72	68	75	75	74	75	72	69	63	69	68	67	76	Max	31	100k
Sterobo	69	70	62	77	72	67	67	51	55	71	56	76	77	Max	33	75k
Berger	73	60	65	61	72	68	75	62	77	77	63	65	67	Max	32	50k
Kaislavuo	73	65	70	59	73	73	73	73	67	72	76	70	59	Max	31	80k
Bertilsson	72	53	68	63	70	69	74	59	78	75	60	69	64	Max	33	70k
Nielsen	75	54	67	66	71	75	72	74	73	71	64	67	70	Max	31	55k
Breen	74	59	67	65	67	67	66	75	70	67	71	63	65	Max	34	70k
Hoem	66	76	71	66	72	67	72	52	57	60	60	71	66	Max	33	50k
Kulppi	72	58	66	60	71	67	67	76	64	68	62	69	59	Max	33	80k
Wandahl	69	67	73	64	71	74	68	58	65	71	64	71	64	3.14	23	50k
Fjellheim	65	70	69	66	68	69	69	61	65	67	65	65	65	3.16	23	50k
Eiriksson	65	55	56	60	70	65	63	62	63	65	60	66	62	1.53	23	10k

When I sold Enger to Bjartne I was thinking he'll be great to lead their sprinting department with Waersted and Bertilsson. I didn't expect further additions in Ackermann, Liepins and Berger?! Fair enough Ackermann is a bit of a maverick and a different rider, but still... that's simply too much overlap in my opinion. There is no mountain, cobbles or time-trial leader to go along with the sprinters. I wanna see how the planning unfolds, because I'm not convinced this will 'work'.

Team Popo4Ever p/b Morshynska

	FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR	XP	Age	Wage
Padun	67	82	77	66	72	74	76	53	60	75	76	70	65	Max	28	460k
Aniolkowski	76	62	66	56	76	74	79	63	80	79	57	64	59	Max	27	300k
Gladysh	72	70	77	64	73	72	73	61	71	76	74	69	66	Max	29	115k
Vasyliv	71	77	74	72	78	72	75	56	62	67	64	71	72	Max	31	120k
Lutsyshyn	70	50	54	64	69	73	74	55	79	80	58	57	70	Max	30	105k
Papanov	68	76	73	73	73	73	76	54	65	67	68	66	77	Max	25	80k
Andriafenomananiaina	65	76	72	74	74	74	76	56	52	71	76	64	70	Max	30	80k
Manamalage	81	51	59	52	71	64	56	77	57	56	64	61	57	Max	32	60k
Sergis	68	75	76	58	69	73	73	58	58	70	76	66	58	Max	32	50k
Budyak	68	74	78	68	72	67	73	56	57	68	63	74	68	Max	29	50k
Tanovitchii	72	68	76	60	75	72	71	57	62	71	79	68	60	Max	31	50k
Bratashcuk	69	71	77	58	75	70	69	52	62	67	65	79	58	Max	32	50k
Dzhus	65	76	70	64	74	74	68	55	58	75	70	63	64	Max	31	50k
Golovash	71	59	59	77	70	67	64	54	72	74	60	64	77	Max	33	55k
Zumer	69	73	69	56	71	76	63	56	65	77	74	83	57	4.46	27	55k
Prevar	69	68	77	59	72	65	63	50	64	68	60	63	59	Max	34	50k
Varga	77	61	66	61	76	73	69	67	65	80	83	74	63	Max	31	100k
Orlov	69	58	76	67	74	68	69	55	63	70	74	64	67	Max	32	50k
Kachur	65	63	72	59	69	71	74	62	61	70	66	68	59	3.25	23	50k
Bilyi	66	71	67	71	71	69	68	60	62	66	68	71	71	3.18	23	50k
Sitchinava	69	68	68	68	72	69	69	68	68	69	73	72	68	1.00	22	95k
Ponomar	69	60	63	55	67	72	65	71	65	65	76	70	60	1.00	22	250k
Petrov	67	67	69	51	67	71	66	65	64	69	65	67	65	1.00	22	50k
Fratczak	67	64	67	64	64	73	71	65	69	66	74	64	68	1.00	22	125k

Given this might be the last season for this team I thought one of the big guns like Padun or Aniolkowski would have gotten some notable training. But the team is largely the same, no real additions. Just some riders maxing and others declining. Nothing too exciting and I would think they will be a ways off from both promotion and relegation.

Team UBS

	FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR	XP	Age	Wage
Godoy	68	81	76	67	75	76	77	54	59	75	71	68	67	Max	29	415k
Buchmann	71	76	81	67	73	74	74	57	65	73	67	70	67	Max	32	425k
Jacobs	76	60	69	62	77	76	67	79	67	68	71	73	60	Max	27	115k
MÃ¼ller	70	67	80	63	76	71	70	68	66	73	75	63	63	Max	28	115k
Perera	71	53	64	58	69	73	77	64	79	80	50	61	74	Max	31	175k
Barbio	68	74	72	76	72	73	68	59	63	67	76	71	75	Max	31	90k
Schir	67	77	72	72	73	72	74	50	59	65	69	68	72	Max	31	90k
Badilatti	67	76	75	65	67	72	71	55	60	65	73	62	65	Max	32	65k
Schelling	68	77	72	69	70	71	68	51	55	65	64	69	68	Max	34	90k
SchÃ¤ppi	72	64	67	75	74	72	69	76	66	68	70	60	75	Max	28	90k
Van Asbroeck	73	51	69	64	72	69	74	72	78	75	72	66	72	Max	34	60k
Haugard	72	57	60	79	74	77	70	56	57	67	73	65	79	Max	32	90k
Sequera	68	75	72	70	76	73	70	54	57	66	69	72	70	Max	33	50k
StÃ¶ckli	65	75	74	61	70	69	72	61	59	69	69	71	59	4.69	24	50k
Brun	68	70	74	60	72	70	70	59	63	72	70	62	59	4.63	24	50k
Touze	71	66	70	61	73	73	67	70	70	72	71	64	63	Max	28	50k
Dillier	68	50	62	78	71	74	62	66	59	59	72	61	77	Max	34	75k
Fominykh	73	55	66	76	72	69	66	53	63	67	60	62	75	Max	33	50k
Blum	72	60	68	75	70	73	71	63	63	66	65	71	74	3.28	23	95k
Maciejuk	69	64	69	71	68	69	65	69	64	68	65	69	69	3.00	25	50k
Grand	69	55	62	60	69	65	63	74	62	60	61	57	64	Max	34	50k
Jenni	64	66	66	54	74	69	67	55	58	68	66	68	54	1.00	22	50k
Weiss	66	65	68	69	68	66	69	56	57	63	67	67	63	1.00	22	60k

I like what UBS did in transfers. Godoy should be a good MO leader in PCT and Buchmann should enjoy not going up against Areruya in most races anymore. We'll see how the training of Jacobs turns out, but I think it's a decent one. I can see him mostly replacing the scoring Spengler provided last season. There is solid depth and a TT setup here if needed. The wildcard is Perera who was a revelation in PT and helped Aker to the title. Perhaps he can lift UBS to the promotion spots?

Tryg - Eni

	FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR	XP	Age	Wage
Demare	72	66	79	60	74	71	79	62	81	80	69	62	60	Max	33	580k
Johannessen	69	80	74	70	73	77	77	60	67	75	68	72	69	Max	25	300k
Schlegel	69	79	77	65	71	74	76	55	64	75	73	66	64	Max	29	250k
Ovsyannikov	74	61	68	64	75	72	80	77	79	78	71	73	64	Max	27	370k
Rodenberg	74	60	64	64	70	77	73	59	79	79	63	64	74	Max	26	140k
Pedersen	76	61	67	67	73	76	75	63	77	77	71	69	78	Max	28	80k
Honore	71	69	76	68	74	73	72	67	65	73	71	70	68	Max	27	70k
Seibeb	71	75	76	66	70	69	71	59	61	73	80	59	66	Max	32	70k
Norsgaard	73	62	65	79	69	75	65	62	57	66	57	59	77	Max	27	90k
Silvestre	75	58	64	70	65	66	69	53	77	76	67	60	74	Max	34	50k
Sleen	69	73	72	75	70	73	75	60	63	69	71	64	73	Max	27	50k
Hellemose	67	74	74	60	71	72	74	61	62	69	71	70	60	4.93	25	50k
Wright	74	69	71	69	72	73	70	69	71	72	76	67	69	4.58	25	50k
Iversen	76	63	66	75	70	73	70	65	62	64	70	64	75	Max	27	50k
Davies	64	71	68	72	69	70	71	55	61	68	63	65	72	3.06	29	50k
Broxham	68	69	69	71	68	68	68	60	67	67	67	65	71	3.45	24	50k
Enggaard	69	66	65	67	71	72	68	58	60	66	64	68	68	1.53	23	50k
Pedersen	67	58	66	69	64	65	68	61	61	67	68	65	69	1.00	22	120k
Van De Paar	68	63	61	67	65	70	72	60	65	69	65	67	67	1.53	24	50k
Malmberg	66	58	58	61	60	68	62	58	67	69	60	58	68	1.57	24	50k
Holm Jorgensen	70	53	58	67	65	62	69	53	58	64	63	65	69	1.00	22	50k

When we talk about Tryg we need to look at Demare first. He didn't perform quite as well as you would hope, so I think there is room for improvement despite a decline. THJ should be a great 2nd scoring option with loads of U25 points adding to his totals. I'm a fan of the Ovsya cobble training. not because I'm convinced it will be great, but it's just really cool. I do believe he could replace the scoring of Summerhill last year. I think Tryg has a good chance of improving on last season's ranking of 15th.

Edited by redordead on 04-10-2024 07:41

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2024 Prediction

A purely subjective prediction, it tends to be fairly accurate although that's not really the point. It's supposed to give people something to read, preview the season and get them talking. That doesn't really seem to be happening the last couple of years as this style is not engaging. So I'm probably not going to do them anymore.

As I said, the ranking is subjective. I know some have posted their schedules etc. in their HQs, but that's not really something I considered. The ranking is largely based on my own ideas and team building methods. I definitely prefer a setup where there is depth that can synergize into more scoring that may appear.

The coefficient is a relative average score for each team to show which teams are of very similar quality.

Rank	Team	Coeff.
1	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam	1.28
2	Sony - Force India	1.23
3	ELCO - ABEA	1.22
4	Team UBS	1.19
5	DK Zalgiris	1.18
6	Bralirwa - Cegeka	1.15
7	Minions	1.13
8	Indosat Ooredoo	1.11
9	ISA - Hexacta	1.08
10	Tryg - Eni	1.06
11	Specialized	1.04
12	Everesting	1.02
13	Sauber Petronas Racing	0.99
14	McCormick Pro Cycling	0.98
15	Team Popo4Ever p/b Morshynska	0.97
16	Kraftwerk Man Machine	0.96
17	Manada Coyote	0.94
18	Benetton Bimex Cycling	0.89
19	Lotto-Caloi	0.88
20	Ekoi - Le Creuset	0.85
21	JEWA TIROL (Cycling Team)	0.84
22	Tafjord Kraft	0.81
23	Llapi-Vita	0.64
24	Podium Ambition	0.57

Ollfardh wrote:

Sorry for ruining your prediction

I do it myself and it seems like I'm doing it again!

I'm seemingly digging my own grave with Lierse in the top spot, although to be fair in the 2022 prediction I only got them wrong by one place, so maybe I'm more accurate again this time. Compared to last year I don't see a clear favourite for the title, nor do I feel particularly confident on who will finish top 5.

The division doesn't seem that strong to me. Likely due to the fact of only 3 relegated teams from PT and 7 coming up from CT. Also some of the 'mainstays' might have used these transfers to improve their futures rather than target immediate promotion.

The bottom is not that much different. I only see two teams that don't have a lot of chances to stave off relegation. Most of the teams are quite bunched together, too bunched. The fact I had a hard time separating teams between each other probably doesn't bode well for the prediction as a whole. Maybe I'm getting influenced by my recent experiences in PT.

I'm not good at writing long posts, so this is it for the preview.

Edited by redordead on 08-10-2024 07:34

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Sorry for ruining your prediction

Edited by Ollfardh on 26-09-2024 11:33

Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.

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Team overviews are all posted. Ranking prediction in the next few days.

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Yeah, I always overrate my team as well

Looking at this excellent preview, I think our top 10 expectations should be met. Definitely some stronger teams out there, but also enough teams that should finish behind us.

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I agree with your thoughts about my team. Maybe Gaudu and Cort would have been good depth additions

Also a great overview for the division, I'm curious how the ranking preview will look like.

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Looking forward to the rankings. Would love to train Narvaez but feels like to really make a difference I need to do multiple trainings; and not sure I can commit the money and the time to that. He is a guy that the two training limit hurts as I could make an impact with less money but would have to do it over multiple seasons.

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Thank you redordead for your extensive preview. Really looking forward to the prediction

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So far I agree with your assessment of our squad. Can only raise my level of agreement if you predict us outside the relegation zone

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I also agree with your assessment. On paper we have plenty of riders to score, but I don't know how they will fit when racing together

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Solid and consistent are two words that seem to be repeated across every preview for us this season, just hope that we swoop into the top 10 off of my planning being better than last year.

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I'm not as high on my side as you are, I feel like we lost more scoring than we necessarily replaced, but this was always going to be the transitional year that worries me.

If your last line on our team is correct for this year then I think we are in a good position to keep improving.

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TTT could've been stronger indeed, but I was messing around too much to get Akhmaevi back. Baltic appreciation is appreciated

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The ranking prediction is now posted

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Oh no you didn't

Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.

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The first preview which sees us on a relegation spot is not good news (though a great read in general), but with 20th position and only a small gap to safety it's clearly not catastrophically bad news either. Thanks for the effort, red!

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I really liked the coefficient scale to measure the strength between the teams, it's seemingly very tight, and as expected we will be fighting with all we got to keep afloat in this division. I think both promotion and relegation can be an open fight until the very end.

Thanks alot for your time and effort redordead!

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