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Kon'nichiwa 
We're back for the new season, but everything remains the same at our HQ! Last season proved to be one with a lot of highlights, a lot of new records and a glorious first - Promotion to PT! After two previous promotions, one relegation and four consecutive seasons in the PCT, we have finally made the big step up to the highest echelon of cycling! We are also extremely proud to have done it just a couple of seasons into our brand identity overhaul, something which makes this achievement even sweeter!
The move to the top division brings its own set of challenges, and decisions, and with it comes the additional goal of trying to build a team capable of being competitive among the best in the world at the first go! It will not be easy, but we will try our best to get there.
Sony continues their title sponsorship of the team for the third season. We were able to meet and then exceed their expectations in terms of performances last season, getting promoted and making any future negotiations a lot easier. However, we still have some way to go regarding meeting their regional focus requirements, which will determine their direction in the future.
Force India enter the last year of our current contract, with us adding the third and fourth Indian riders to ever be contracted in off-season last time. This time again, we will go in with the same goal, but our sponsors have already informed us of their decision to part ways after this season, as they do not have any more riders lined up capable of making it through to the big-time any time soon. As such, we hope to be able to sign-of on our association with them on a high note. No minor sponsor changes for us this time, as we would like to continue with the working combination. | Banking and Insurance Partner |  ABN Amro | | Automobile Partners |  Toyota (Cars) and VDL (Buses) | | Equipment | Fuji (Frames),  SRAM (Groupsets), Shimano (Wheels),  Continental (Tyres) and Kask (Helmets) | | Jersey | Reebok |
Primary Focus: Japan
Japan remains our primary focus, 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 doing well for themselves 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.
2025 Pre-Transfers Roster
| Name | Average | Role |  | Jack Haig | 79.36 | Leader |  | Marlen Zmorka | 77.49 | Leader | | Mick Van Dijke | 76.52 | Leader | | Gijs Leemreize | 76.16 | Co-Leader |  | Alexandr Kulikovskiy | 75.60 | Leader |  | Hugo Hofstetter | 75.36 | Co-Leader | | Logan Owen | 75.12 | Leader |  | Jaime Roson | 75.11 | Super Domestique |  | Diego Rossi | 74.72 | Super Domestique |  | Szymon Rekita | 74.60 | Time Trial | | Nicolay Cherkasov | 74.44 | Leader |  | Leo Hayter | 74.37 | Talent |  | Hayden McCormick | 74.36 | Domestique | | Lennard Hofstede | 74.03 | Domestique |  | Dinmukhammed Ulysbayev | 73.94 | Domestique | | Daan Hoole | 73.91 | Domestique |  | Esow Alben | 73.43 | Talent | | Tim Van Dijke | 73.07 | Domestique | | Naveen John | 72.93 | Domestique |  | Bryan Raul Obando | 72.49 | Domestique |  | Piet Allegaert | 72.40 | Domestique |  | Jo Kogstad Ringheim | 72.13 | Domestique | | Kenny Elissonde | 71.99 | Domestique |  | Ricardo Broxham | 71.84 | Domestique |  | Sergio Arias Villanueva | 71.84 | Talent | | Mikel Agirrebeitia | 71.32 | Domestique |  | Adam Holm Jorgensen | 68.19 | Talent |
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Division: Pro Continental Tour
Classification: 3rd (Promoted)
2024 Team HQ
Division: Pro Continental Tour
Classification: 8th
2023 Team HQ
Division: Pro Continental Tour
Classification: 8th
2022 Team HQ
Division: Pro Continental Tour
Classification: 19th
2021 Team HQ
Division: Continental Tour
Classification: 3rd (Promoted)
2020 Team HQ
Division: Pro Continental Tour
Classification: 25th (Relegated)
2019 Team HQ
Division: Pro Continental Tour
Classification: 18th
2018 Team HQ
Division: Continental Tour
Classification: 4th (Promoted)
2017 Team HQ
| Name | Total Points | | Tiesj Benoot | 2150 | | Wilco Kelderman | 1619 |  Ki Ho Choi | 1341 |  Lahcen Saber | 1172 |  Pierre Paolo Penasa | 845 | | Daan Olivier | 780 |  Daniel Vesely | 662 |  Sergio Luis Henao Montoya | 617 | | Tom Van Asbroeck | 603 | | Nico Keinath | 472 |
| Name | Total RDs | | Gijs Leemreize | 284 | | Marten Kooistra | 254 |  Joonas Henttala | 222 | | Jasper Bovenhuis | 219 | | Mick Van Dijke | 213 | | Ronan Van Zandbeek | 199 | | Tom Dumoulin | 199 | | Ide Schelling | 183 | | Romain Bardet | 180 | | Esow Alben | 178 |
| Name | Total | Out on Loan | | Marten Kooistra | 5 | 1 | | Riccardo Minali | 5 | 3 | | Gijs Leemreize | 4 | 0 | | Pascal Eenkhoorn | 4 | 3 | | Jasper Bovenhuis | 3 | 0 | | Joonas Henttala | 3 | 0 | | Mick Van Dijke | 3 | 0 | | Romain Bardet | 3 | 0 | | Ronan Van Zandbeek | 3 | 0 | | Tiesj Benoot | 3 | 0 |
| Name | Total Points | Total RDs | PpRD | | Daan Olivier | 780 | 36 | 21.67 | | Tiesj Benoot | 2150 | 116 | 18.53 | | 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 |  Alexandor Cataford | 451 | 47 | 9.60 | | Pierre Paolo Penasa | 845 | 91 | 9.29 |
| 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 | | Alexandr Kulikovskiy | 314 | 115000 | 366 | | Alexandor Cataford | 451 | 175000 | 388 |  Ramunas Navardauskas | 204 | 80000 | 392 |  Aviv Yechezkel | 117 | 50000 | 427 | | Damien Howson | 302 | 140000 | 464 |
| | 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 | | Damien Howson | | 1 | | | | | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Michel Kreder | | | 1 | 3 | | | 1 | 5 | 1 | | Romain Bardet | | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | 2 | | | Daan Olivier | | | 1 | | | | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Howson and Olivier are the new additions here in the Top 10 but the top guys are still some way off.
| Name | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | | Tiesj Benoot | 4 | 5 | 3 | | Wilco Kelderman | 2 | 2 | 3 | | Sergio Luis Henao Montoya | 2 | | | | Daan Olivier | 1 | | | | Marcel Wyss | 1 | | | | Lahcen Saber | | 1 | 1 | | Alexander Krieger | | 1 | |  Jempy Drucker | | 1 | | | Jo Kogstad Ringheim | | 1 | | | Ramunas Navardauskas | | 1 | | | Tom David | | 1 | | | Bert Van Lerberghe | | | 1 | | Daniel Vesely | | | 1 | | Jarlinson Pantano Gómez | | | 1 | | Saya Kuroeda | | | 1 | | Tomas Paprstka | | | 1 |
| Name | Wins | Jerseys | Podiums | | Wilco Kelderman | 6 | 2 | 17 | | Tiesj Benoot | 4 | 0 | 13 | | Tom Van Asbroeck | 3 | 0 | 7 | | Sergio Luis Henao Montoya | 3 | 0 | 4 | | Ki Ho Choi | 2 | 1 | 9 | | Daan Olivier | 2 | 0 | 8 | | Igor Boev | 2 | 0 | 7 | | Alexander Krieger | 2 | 2 | 6 | | Damien Howson | 2 | 0 | 5 | | Tom Dumoulin | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Name | Podiums | RDs | RDs/Podiums | | Nico Keinath | 12 | 48 | 4.00 | | Daan Olivier | 8 | 36 | 4.50 | | 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 | | Tiesj Benoot | 13 | 116 | 8.92 | | Sergio Luis Henao Montoya | 4 | 42 | 10.50 | | Damien Howson | 5 | 54 | 10.80 | | Geert Van der Sanden | 5 | 56 | 11.20 |
| 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 | | 2024 | Tiesj Benoot | Gijs Leemreize | Giro dell'Emilia |
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| Race | Category | Goal | Result | | Giro d'Italia | GTM | Win | | Tour De France | GTM | Top 5 | | Tirreno Adriatico | PT | Top 3 | | Chrono des Herbiers | PT | Top 3 | | Team Standings | PT | Top 10 |
| Start | End | Race | Category | | 08-Jan | 10-Jan | Tour of Tasmania | PT | | 23-Jan | 28-Jan |  Tour of Qatar | PT | | --- | | | | | 03-Feb | | Roma Maxima | PTHC | | 05-Feb | 11-Feb | Tirreno - Adriatico | PT | | 07-Feb | 14-Feb | Paris - Nice | PT | | 07-Feb | | Classique du Grand-Duché | PT | | 22-Feb | |  Copenhagen - Malmo TTT | PT | | 28-Feb | | Milano - San Remo | M | | --- | | | | | 01-Mar | 03-Mar | Ronde van Nederland | PT | | 07-Mar | 12-Mar | Vuelta a Colombia | PTHC | | 14-Mar | | Cheshire Cycling Tour | PTHC | | 20-Mar | | E3 Prijs | PT | | 31-Mar | | Ronde van Vlaanderen | M | | --- | | | | | 01-Apr | | Paris - Roubaix | M | | 03-Apr | 23-Apr | Giro d'Italia | GT | | 13-Apr | 17-Apr | Tour of Slovenia | PTHC | | 23-Apr | |  GP Liechtenstein | PT | | 28-Apr | | Veenendaal - Veenendaal | PTHC | | 30-Apr | | Amstel Gold Race | PT | | --- | | | | | 01-May | | Fleche Wallonne | PT | | 03-May | | Liege - Bastogne - Liege | M | | 19-May | 25-May | Tour of Northern Europe | PT | | 29-May | | Tour of the Battenkill | PTHC | | --- | | | | | 01-Jun | | GP Moscow | PT | | 03-Jun | | Hanko Classic | PTHC | | 07-Jun | | Chrono des Herbiers | PT | | 09-Jun | 12-Jun |  Tour of East Java | PTHC | | 14-Jun | 20-Jun | Criterium du Dauphine Libere | PTHC | | 22-Jun | 22-Jun | Scandinavia Open Road Race | PT | | --- | | | | | 01-Jul | | Rund um Koln | PT | | 03-Jul | 23-Jul | Tour de France | GT | | 20-Jul | 23-Jul | Tour of Lithuania | PTHC | | --- | | | | | 01-Aug | |  GP Kigali | PT | | 03-Aug | 05-Aug |  Ras Tailteann | PTHC | | 07-Aug | | East Midlands Cicle Classic | PT | | 16-Aug | 20-Aug | Deutschland Tour | PTHC | | --- | | | | | 03-Sep | | Strada Appia Antica | PT | | 10-Sep | 30-Sep | Vuelta a Espana | GT | | --- | | | | | 07-Oct | 10-Oct | Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha | PT | | 13-Oct | | Philadelphia International Championship | PTHC | | 17-Oct | | Giro di Lombardia | M |
Thanks to Fabianski for the calendar format!
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| Race | Position | Rider | | Tour of Qatar | 44th | Tim Van Dijke | | Tour of Qatar | 46th | Diego Rossi | | Roma Maxima | 13th | Hugo Hofstetter | | Roma Maxima | 14th | Logan Owen | | Roma Maxima | 23rd | Diego Rossi | | Roma Maxima | 26th | Daan Hoole | | Roma Maxima | 48th | Jo Kogstad Ringheim | | Tirreno-Adriatico | 8th | Jack Haig | | Tirreno-Adriatico | 32nd | Leo Hayter | | Tirreno-Adriatico | 40th | Jaime Roson | | Paris-Nice | 2nd | Marlen Zmorka | | Paris-Nice | 17th | Mick Van Dijke | | Classique du Grand-Duché | 35th | Nicolay Cherkasov | | Copenhagen-Malmo TTT | 9th | Team Time Trial | | Milano San Remo | 20th | Alexandr Kulikovskiy |
| Race | Stage | Rider | | Paris-Nice | Stage 2 | Mick Van Dijke |
Stage Races - Stage Top 10s | Race | Stage | Position | Rider | | Tour of Tasmania | Stage 1 | 7th | Hugo Hofstetter | | Tour of Tasmania | Stage 3 | 2nd | Marlen Zmorka | | Tour of Qatar | Stage 3 | 9th | Alexandr Kulikovskiy | | Tirreno Adriatico | Stage 4 | 7th | Jack Haig | | Tirreno Adriatico | Stage 5 | 4th | Jack Haig | | Tirreno Adriatico | Stage | 10th | Jack Haig | | Paris-Nice | Stage 5 | 5th | Mick Van Dijke | | Paris-Nice | Stage 7 | 2nd | Marlen Zmorka | | Paris-Nice | Stage 8 | 4th | Hayden McCormick | | Paris-Nice | Stage 8 | 8th | Marlen Zmorka |
Stage Races - Points Classification | Race | Position | Rider | | Tour of Tasmania | 6th | Marlen Zmorka | | Tirreno Adriatico | 9th | Jack Haig | | Paris-Nice | 8th | Mick Van Dijke |
Stage Races - KOM Classification
Stage Races - U25 Classification | Race | Postion | Rider | | Tour of Qatar | 3rd | Tim Van Dijke | | Tour of Qatar | 4th | Diego Rossi | | Paris-Nice | 5th | Mick Van Dijke |
Stage Races - Team Classification | Race | Position | | Tirreno Adriatico | 3rd | | Paris-Nice | 3rd |
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Posted on 09-08-2025 14:52
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Posted on 09-08-2025 16:32
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Final season for Force India? I was looking at the roster and was thinking that its time to switch from Japanese to Indian nationality 
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Posted on 09-08-2025 22:00
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I'm surprised Force India are dropping out, especially as they currently outnumber the Japanese in the team, will be interesting to see if another Indian sponsor steps up next season.
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Posted on 10-08-2025 08:37
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@knockout and @sammy: Force India were happy to sponsor us for the 'golden' generation of Indian cycling. With that being over for now, we will part ways. The option to tie up again in the future always remains open.
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Posted on 11-08-2025 07:41
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Super excited for the arrival in PT. Feel like it's a very solid base to bring up with quality depth on every terrain - interested what the plans are to build on it and fill the sweet sweet new cap space
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."
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Posted on 11-08-2025 09:17
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Be-noot surprised you've finally come home. You've Daan a great job last season with an amazing team, the Ha-y-ters can only watch and suffer. Guess they Ca-n-tafford a great time like yours. People be asking you "what's Yamatto" and you'll be like "hakuna matata and chill in PT", or at least that what's they have been Sayai'ng me. Fran-kly I think you have a nice pre-transfers roster, they will be Singh-ing song about this for decades to come. You know, in bars from India to Belgium on those open-Mic(k) nights. E-nd-sow the legend of Sony will live on forever, through amazing songs and hymns. Hopefully without the unnecessary Dijk-pics the kids nowadays are so fond of sending. They think sending unwanted pics of their little John is fashionable and Chique-y, but I think it's rather lame(reize). Cheers
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Posted on 11-08-2025 09:20
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It's going to take a long time Finding Nemo if he keeps that up.
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."
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Posted on 11-08-2025 12:44
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@jandal: When I look at my team sheet, it doesn't look that strong to me for PT  Thanks for the encouragement. Will need to see myself what exactly I can do in PT!
@Nemolito: Much like your jersey, it requires a certain eclectic taste to appreciate your literary skills Thanks for the welcome to PT though!
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Posted on 11-08-2025 13:29
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Congrats on the promotion!
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Posted on 11-08-2025 13:42
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Nice to see you in the PT, and with a lot of talents too!
Looking forward to seeing/reporting your adventures, and I hope it'll be full of success!
“...the secret of the Great Stories is that they have no secrets. The Great Stories are the ones you have heard and want to hear again. The ones you can enter anywhere and inhabit comfortably."
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Posted on 11-08-2025 17:53
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@hoyle: Thank you. It's great to hear from you and to see you around!
@Imladrik: Nice to have finally made it! Hopefully the talents can start making a bigger impact now. Thanks for the nice words
Good to know we have at least one reporter confirmed
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| liefwarrior |
Posted on 12-08-2025 11:17
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Time to see if you picked the right development pathways for the Van Dijke brothers . Somewhat surprised to see Force India departing with the Indian talents still undergoing development but still excited to see what the future holds for the squad.
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Posted on 12-08-2025 16:01
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liefwarrior wrote:
Time to see if you picked the right development pathways for the Van Dijke brothers . Somewhat surprised to see Force India departing with the Indian talents still undergoing development but still excited to see what the future holds for the squad.
Time to see indeed
The understanding with Force India was that they'd help popularize cycling in the country by helping Indian cyclists make the jump to a professional contract. Hopefully that continues this season as well. The cycling factory seems to have dried up in the country and so have their interest!
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We thought it was time to look back at our team history a little, before we look ahead to the 2025 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 eight years of existence.
Division: Pro Continental Tour
Classification: 3rd (Promoted)
2024 Team HQ
Division: Pro Continental Tour
Classification: 8th
2023 Team HQ
Division: Pro Continental Tour
Classification: 8th
2022 Team HQ
Division: Pro Continental Tour
Classification: 19th
2021 Team HQ
Division: Continental Tour
Classification: 3rd (Promoted)
2020 Team HQ
Division: Pro Continental Tour
Classification: 25th (Relegated)
2019 Team HQ
Division: Pro Continental Tour
Classification: 18th
2018 Team HQ
Division: Continental Tour
Classification: 4th (Promoted)
2017 Team HQ
| Name | Total Points | | Tiesj Benoot | 2150 | | Wilco Kelderman | 1619 | | Ki Ho Choi | 1341 | | Lahcen Saber | 1172 | | Pierre Paolo Penasa | 845 | | Daan Olivier | 780 | | Daniel Vesely | 662 | | Sergio Luis Henao Montoya | 617 | | Tom Van Asbroeck | 603 | | Nico Keinath | 472 |
We have a new leader! Benoot jumps to the top of the Points leaderboard for us after an outstanding season. Olivier is the new entrant into the Top 10.
| Name | Total RDs | | Gijs Leemreize | 284 | | Marten Kooistra | 254 | | Joonas Henttala | 222 | | Jasper Bovenhuis | 219 | | Mick Van Dijke | 213 | | Ronan Van Zandbeek | 199 | | Tom Dumoulin | 199 | | Ide Schelling | 183 | | Romain Bardet | 180 | | Esow Alben | 178 |
Another table, another new leader! Leemreize now has ridden the most RDs for us, with Kooistra up to 2nd. A pleasing fact is that we now have seven Dutch riders in the Top 10, along with Alben, our first Indian rider to make it there.
| Name | Total | Out on Loan | | Marten Kooistra | 5 | 1 | | Riccardo Minali | 5 | 3 | | Gijs Leemreize | 4 | 0 | | Pascal Eenkhoorn | 4 | 3 | | Jasper Bovenhuis | 3 | 0 | | Joonas Henttala | 3 | 0 | | Mick Van Dijke | 3 | 0 | | Romain Bardet | 3 | 0 | | Ronan Van Zandbeek | 3 | 0 | | Tiesj Benoot | 3 | 0 |
Kooistra is now the rider who has stayed with us for the longest time, having sent one of those years out on loan. Leemreize is the longest continuously present rider for us!
| Name | Total Points | Total RDs | PpRD | | Daan Olivier | 780 | 36 | 21.67 | | Tiesj Benoot | 2150 | 116 | 18.53 | | 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 | | Alexandor Cataford | 451 | 47 | 9.60 | | Pierre Paolo Penasa | 845 | 91 | 9.29 |
Olivier puts himself on top of the PpRD table for us, making it yet another new leader for a classification! The usual suspects in Benoot, Choi, et al. make up the Top 10.
| 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 | | Alexandr Kulikovskiy | 314 | 115000 | 366 | | Alexandor Cataford | 451 | 175000 | 388 | | Ramunas Navardauskas | 204 | 80000 | 392 |  Aviv Yechezkel | 117 | 50000 | 427 | | Damien Howson | 302 | 140000 | 464 |
Kulikovskiy, Cataford, Yechezkel and Howson are four new entrants in this leaderboard, which continues to be led by Boev!
| | 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 | | Damien Howson | | 1 | | | | | 2 | 1 | 1 | | Michel Kreder | | | 1 | 3 | | | 1 | 5 | 1 | | Romain Bardet | | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | 2 | | | Daan Olivier | | | 1 | | | | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Howson and Olivier are the new additions here in the Top 10 but the top guys are still some way off.
| Name | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | | Tiesj Benoot | 4 | 5 | 3 | | Wilco Kelderman | 2 | 2 | 3 | | Sergio Luis Henao Montoya | 2 | | | | Daan Olivier | 1 | | | | Marcel Wyss | 1 | | | | Lahcen Saber | | 1 | 1 | | Alexander Krieger | | 1 | | | Jempy Drucker | | 1 | | | Jo Kogstad Ringheim | | 1 | | | Ramunas Navardauskas | | 1 | | | Tom David | | 1 | | | Bert Van Lerberghe | | | 1 | | Daniel Vesely | | | 1 | | Jarlinson Pantano Gómez | | | 1 | | Saya Kuroeda | | | 1 | | Tomas Paprstka | | | 1 |
Benoot jumps to the top of the Classics table with his two wins this season. Olivier climbs into the Top 5.
| Name | Wins | Jerseys | Podiums | | Wilco Kelderman | 6 | 2 | 17 | | Tiesj Benoot | 4 | 0 | 13 | | Tom Van Asbroeck | 3 | 0 | 7 | | Sergio Luis Henao Montoya | 3 | 0 | 4 | | Ki Ho Choi | 2 | 1 | 9 | | Daan Olivier | 2 | 0 | 8 | | Igor Boev | 2 | 0 | 7 | | Alexander Krieger | 2 | 2 | 6 | | Damien Howson | 2 | 0 | 5 | | Tom Dumoulin | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Kelderman still leads the overall achievements with Benoot inching closer. Olivier and Howson climb into the Top 10.
| Name | Podiums | RDs | RDs/Podiums | | Nico Keinath | 12 | 48 | 4.00 | | Daan Olivier | 8 | 36 | 4.50 | | 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 | | Tiesj Benoot | 13 | 116 | 8.92 | | Sergio Luis Henao Montoya | 4 | 42 | 10.50 | | Damien Howson | 5 | 54 | 10.80 | | Geert Van der Sanden | 5 | 56 | 11.20 |
We thought Keinath's record will probably never be broken, and while it stands at the top of this table, Olivier came very close to knocking the former off his perch! Howson joins Benoot in the Top 10 among current riders.
| 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 | | 2024 | Tiesj Benoot | Gijs Leemreize | Giro dell'Emilia |
There is no doubt anymore as to what our favourite race on the calendar is! Too bad we're not eligible to ride it again this season. Benoot becomes the first ever two times winner of the Rider of the Year award. Leemreize makes it three in a row for our own rider winning Young Rider of the Year, after the first five awards in that category all went to loan-ins.
Edited by AbhishekLFC on 13-08-2025 09:21
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| redordead |
Posted on 13-08-2025 06:44
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I can't make any sense from the numbers, but it looks good
"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 Pogačar
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 13-08-2025 09:00
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That's like saying someone is ugly but you like their sunglasses 
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