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[PT'25] Jura GIANTS | Game Over
Fabianski
Leader Schedules

Given that the season is about to start, we're pretty late to this party... But we still thought we'd share some insights about our leaders' schedules before presenting the January preview.

However, we were quite unsure about how to define a "leader". As you know, we don't have any world-class riders on board, and on some terrains we don't even have a sure Top 50 candidate this year. So we chose to restrict ourselves to 4 leaders this year: a stage racer, a puncheur, two sprinters and a prologue specialist. You can probably guess their names already - if not, here are the details:


Valentin Darbellay
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2025 Calendar

StartEndRaceCategory
08-Jan10-Jan Tour of TasmaniaPT
13-Jan20-Jan Volta a PortugalPTHC
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05-Feb11-Feb Tirreno - AdriaticoPT
22-Feb Copenhagen - Malmo TTTPT
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20-Mar22-Mar Tour of UkrainePTHC
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03-Apr23-Apr Giro d'ItaliaGT
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12-Jun18-Jun Tour de SuissePTHC
22-Jun22-Jun Scandinavia Open Road RacePT
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20-Jul23-Jul Tour of LithuaniaPTHC
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17-Oct Giro di LombardiaM


Just like last year, Valentin will only ride one GT. The reason is simple: both the Tour and the Vuelta have way too many hills for him to be competitive. So the Giro it is - definitely the best suited GT for him, with lots of longer climbs, and both a prologue and a long ITT.

It should be no surprise either that he covers Tirreno and the Tour de Suisse, both having only few hilly stages. Both races should suit him pretty well.

In Copenhagen he will be one of the cornerstones of our TTT lineup, in particular after his training. In Lithuania, we also expect him to do well in the TTT, whereas we have zero expectations for the GC given his disliking of the hills.

And the rest of the races? Well, they're basically there to fill up his calendar. In Portugal, we would be surprised if he even made the Top 30, as we expect him to lose minutes in particular on stages 3 and 6. Maybe he can do a little better in Tasmania or Ukraine, but that's not sure at all.

Scandinavia and Lombardia are definitely no races for him - not enough punch for the former, not enough stamina for the latter.


So overall, there should be three good races for Valentin this year. For the rest, he simply doesn't have enough skills on the hills or too weak stamina, or both. We do like what he can do in the mountains and on the TT bike, but with other skills getting far more important now than they previously were, it's not a great calendar for Val.

Even though we still hope to somehow avoid relegation, PCT would actually resolve some of these issues, given that we think we could find some additional strong races for Val. We might find out next year...


By the way, the remaining GTs will be covered by Abdurrahman, who will be more of a breakaway rider than a true stage race leader. In the Vuelta, he'll be joined by El Chapu, given that there are tons of hills. Definitely no terrain for Val...



Mauro Schmid
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2025 Calendar

StartEndRaceCategory
08-Jan10-Jan Tour of TasmaniaPT
13-Jan20-Jan Volta a PortugalPTHC
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07-Feb Classique du Grand-DuchéPT
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20-Mar22-Mar Tour of UkrainePTHC
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30-Apr Amstel Gold RacePT
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01-May Fleche WallonnePT
03-May Liege - Bastogne - LiegeM
05-May10-May Balkans InternationalPTHC
19-May25-May Tour of Northern EuropePT
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22-Jun22-Jun Scandinavia Open Road RacePT
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04-Jul Clasica San SebastianPTHC
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08-Sep Japan CupPTHC
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01-Oct Grand Prix Cycliste de QuébecPTHC
17-Oct Giro di LombardiaM


This schedule might be a bit controversial. No Paris - Nice for Mauro. No Tour of Lithuania. No Ronde van Nederland. Instead, the Volta a Portugal, Tour of Ukraine, or Tour of Tasmania.

But let's talk about the straightforward choices first. The classics, obviously. Despite all the issues his stamina could - and most certainly will - cause, Mauro does all of them. Grand-Duché, the Ardennes, San Sebastian, Japan, GP Cycliste, Lombardia.

We think that the best race for him should be the one he won last year and finished 2nd the year before - San Sebastian. It's below 200km in length, which means that stamina shouldn't be an issue. Flèche Wallonne could be good, too. There's far more uncertainty about the other ones, though.

What's almost certain is that he won't repeat his Top 5 finishes in Grand-Duché and Lombardia. We'll have to be happy if he gets a Top 20 in any of them. The same holds for LBL. The issue? Well, stamina. Or not quite?

Of course, stamina is an issue. But the main issue is that PCM 24 considers stamina so important that it actually heavily impacts positioning. Mauro with his current stamina will - according to our simulations with last year's startlists - suffer from really bad positioning in all of the long classics. Being in the last 3rd of the peloton despite having great skills for the race will be a frequent sight. Which means that he has to close a lot of gaps when the racing really starts - and will run out of energy far too early.

If he gets his positioning right for once, he can still be a Top 10 contender. But it looks like most of the times he'll be too far down and will miss out on big results - just because of "stamina positioning". If we could somehow influence his positioning, this clearly wouldn't happen. But it will, and it will likely break quite some of his classics.

There is hope, though - our simulations also show that with just +2 stamina - so most likely after next year's training round - he'll again be a Top 5 contender in those races he loves; Grand-Duché, Lombardia - and even LBL. It is complete nonsense to train his stamina instead of his uphill skills, but sadly it's the only way to also convince the game that he's actually a good rider.


Now, despite all this negativity we don't expect a completely awful and lost season for him. Take a look at where he definitely is strong: medium-length uphill finishes. His resistance combined with acceleration and sprint make him a great candidate for stages like the Viana do Castelo one in Portugal - stage 6 that is. One of the stages that will crush Darbellay's GC chances - and one of the stages that could propel Mauro quite high up the GC.

Of course, he won't even get a Top 10 in Portugal - the last stage should be too hard and too long for him - but we're still hoping for him to have some fun on some of the stages.

Now, why Tasmania, why Ukraine? Simply to - hopefully - gather some teammates around him in the stage finale of the hilly stage. TTers, in the best case - it's our gamble for a good GC position. Not by Mauro, obviously - the TTs aren't in his favour at all - but maybe by Fernandes or Ferreyra. Or Darbellay, who knows.

The races where we're really hoping for him to do well GC-wise are Balkans and Scandinavia (with ToNE being another stage-hunting race). With some clever tactical racing, we believe he can finish Top 10 in both of them - which still is far from granted, though.

And why no Ronde van Nederland, no Paris - Nice? Just because they're reserved for someone else - you can guess who. In particular for P-N, our simulations show that the engine just won't care about him - because of the TT obviously. We've seen Würtz sprinting to multiple stage Top 10s there and easily winning the race - and Mauro not getting a single Top 10. So it's obviously pointless to send him there - even though we still think he should have been a good fit. Let's try Grand-Duché again instead...

And why no Tour of Lithuania? This might be the worst pick, as according to our simulations (done after we submitted the planning, obviously), he might even win the race... Maybe next year.


So, a lot of things could be possible - but in some races Mauro will just fail because of not being considered a contender due to his stamina. It's unreal to think like that, but it's real in PCM24...



Kaden Groves
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2025 Calendar

StartEndRaceCategory
23-Jan28-Jan Tour of QatarPT
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07-Feb14-Feb Paris - NicePT
28-Feb Milano - San RemoM
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01-Mar03-Mar Ronde van NederlandPT
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19-May25-May Tour of Northern EuropePT
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01-Jun GP MoscowPT
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01-Jul Rund um KolnPT
03-Jul23-Jul Tour de FranceGT
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01-Sep Riga - Jurmala GPPTHC


Kaden was our highest-scoring rider last year, and he'll most likely be our highest-scoring rider again. At least that's what we hope based on his schedule - which caused us quite some headaches.

Should we send him to two GTs, skipping all the classics as we intended after last year's disaster? Should we still give him another chance in the one-day races?

In the end, we estimated it to be too risky to do two GTs. And we still believe that Kaden's classic results were massively below his true potential. So we went for those again - with Riga - Jurmala replacing Veenendaal this year. Our hopes are particularly high for MSR, where he'll be our clear leader this year with Mauro not participating.

Otherwise, we send him to Qatar again despite not getting great output last year. But with Larsen as a potential leadout rider, we're hoping for both of them to do a great job - and also for the latter to not getting caught out in random splits.

Ronde van Nederland then was an obvious pick, given that it's our win goal - and a race he won twice in a row. Despite all the changes in the MGUCI world, we think he still loves this race and should have good chances of finishing high up again.

Le Tour is on his schedule again, too - and our expectations are none less than him getting the Maillot Vert again! Well, it's more the sponsors' expectations, as we know how incredibly hard it will be to really win it again - but his versatility could do great things there again. And he'll have Christen and Stewart as his leadout riders there - a combo that worked really well in trainings.

We'll see the same leadout in Paris - Nice, where he obviously won't be fighting for GC glory - but why not getting one or two stage wins? With Mauro absent (again), he'll be our clear leader - and hopefully some of the TTers will hopefully make the right side of most splits, as they're our only realistic GC hopes...

The final race on the schedule - and maybe the least straightforward one - is ToNE. It's all about stage hunting there, given that there are still quite some flat stages - and we don't have any true GC hopes there this year.


All in all, we're happy with Kaden's schedule - now he only needs to turn the calendar - and the great support of either Larsen or Stewart or both in all of his races - into some great results. We don't expect him to repeat last year's aweseome total of almost 1,000 points - but it's not completely out of the question either in our opinion...



Gergely Szarka
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2025 Calendar

StartEndRaceCategory
08-Jan10-Jan Tour of TasmaniaPT
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03-Apr23-Apr Giro d'ItaliaGT
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05-May10-May Balkans InternationalPTHC
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12-Jun18-Jun Tour de SuissePTHC
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10-Sep30-Sep Vuelta a EspanaGT
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07-Oct10-Oct Praha - Karlovy Vary - PrahaPT


Gergely actually does even less races in 2025 than he did last year - 6 vs. 7. However, he'll be our sprint leader in all of them - unlike last year where he only got two races as a leader.

Most importantly, our Hungarian gets to do two GTs - the Giro and the Vuelta. We expect the competition to be fierce in both of them, but Gergely has show last year what he's capable of! Furthermore, he can count on Larsen to take on some leadout duties in the Giro - or to sprint on his own if Gergely should be out of position.

We've seen last year that leading out Groves isn't for Gergely, so the two of them don't share any races in 2025. Which means that Gergely actually does no classics at all - instead trying to sprint for glory in Tasmania, the Balkans, the Tour de Suisse and Praha on top of the GTs.

Time will tell if it was a good move to sell Bol and keep Szarka, but we do have faith in Gergely after what he did in the Giro last year. More of the same would be great - repeating last year's score while racing 30 days more basically is the minimum expectation.


Having both Kaden and Gergely on board enables us to send a sprinter to almost all of our stage races - with the final presented rider covering the only other stage races with flat stages...



Niklas Larsen
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2025 Calendar

StartEndRaceCategory
13-Jan20-Jan Volta a PortugalPTHC
23-Jan28-Jan Tour of QatarPT
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05-Feb11-Feb Tirreno - AdriaticoPT
22-Feb Copenhagen - Malmo TTTPT
28-Feb Milano - San RemoM
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20-Mar22-Mar Tour of UkrainePTHC
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03-Apr23-Apr Giro d'ItaliaGT
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01-Jun GP MoscowPT
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01-Jul Rund um KolnPT
04-Jul Clasica San SebastianPTHC
20-Jul23-Jul Tour of LithuaniaPTHC
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01-Sep Riga - Jurmala GPPTHC
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07-Oct10-Oct Praha - Karlovy Vary - PrahaPT


And this final rider is the successor of the legendary Gabby, taking on the role as prologue specialist! However, while being clearly weaker in those races than Gabby was in his best days, Niklas is far more versatile - and in particular is much stronger in longer races against the clock.

Which makes him a great candidate for TTTs as well - so it's not a big surprise that he'll participate in 3/4 of those: Tirreno, Copenhagen, Lithuania. He won't do the Tour de France, because we picked the Giro for him due to the prologue which he'll obviously target.

His other main personal targets will be the Portugal prologue, the Qatar epilogue and GC, the Tirreno prologue, the Ukraine prologue and the Praha prologue. Any Top 5 would be great there, given the strong competition!

Otherwise, he'll also serve as a leadout rider - for Kaden in all of the Aussie's four classics, as well as in Qatar, and for Gergely in the Giro and Praha.

But Niklas will also take on sprinter duties in Portugal and Tirreno, if he actually gets to sprint in the strong fields that we're expecting. Either way, we're very happy to have him, and we're hoping for him to shine in quite some of his races!



That's it. We could also cover the schedules of Abdurrahman, El Chapu, Fernandes or Ferreyra as our "secondary leaders", but we do believe that the five riders presented now will be our main scorers this year. We have plenty of other interesting riders who could all get some standout results in the right circumstances - and it's clear that we'll need plenty of those if we want to have a shot at staying up!

So we'll stick with those five schedule presentations, and will be back in two days at latest for the January preview!




AbhishekLFC wrote:

Think the new jersey looks better indeed than last year's version. Love the update Grin

Thanks Smile
Up to the riders now to get it some airtime Smile

 
baseballlover312
Hope I might be able to sneak Aranburu to some favorable stage results in Portugal. But I guess that was naive. Pfft Looks like we had the same idea.
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Fabianski
baseballlover312 wrote:

Hope I might be able to sneak Aranburu to some favorable stage results in Portugal. But I guess that was naive. Pfft Looks like we had the same idea.

I think your hope is justified, Aranburu could definitely do well in stages - and stage races. Classics mostly aren't for him anymore, but he's still a great rider for those uphill finishes - expect some fierce battles against him this year Pfft

For Mauro, it was actually Portugal & the classics or the Vuelta, but I expect too many strong puncheurs in Spain so I ended up deciding against... We'll see if it was the right call ^^

 
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Fabianski wrote:

Could definitely have done without Ackermann in Nederland and the Tour Rolling Eyes
I think the Tour really is a great fit for him, though - if he can score well enough in the flat stages, he should be a good candidate for Green.

I reckon Groves and Schmid will get the better of Ackermann most of the time Wink
And if not there are still the likes of Pidcock, Yates and some Demare wildcards that should leave Ackermann with only bread crumbs Pfft

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Fabianski
Januar Preview

It's year 2 of Jura GIANTS in the Pro Tour - and we expect an even more challenging season than in 2024. The best recipe to still find a way to stay up? Overperformances and clever planning!

We're not quite sure we got the latter right, but our riders were pretty good with the former so far. And at least pre-January there's some hope, as everyone starts with zero points. We'll see where we stand after that month - which actually already is a pretty important one for us...

Three races are on our schedule - all of them being stage races. Let's take a closer look:



Jan 08 - 10 | Tour of Tasmania | PT

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Lineup

RiderFLMOMMHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Mauro Schmid7276787968737873697079787466
Diego Agustin Ferreyra7272727278727474546869736877
Jose Fernandes7175737077787776536267606877
Tristan Jussaume7056657377747368636065646777
Valentin Darbellay6979757176737577646765706776
Andreas Odie Purnama Setiawa6870737574767271576270766674
Teten Rohendi7075757570737574556273717071
Gergely Szarka7762656761727376607878646672

Tactics

Szarka for the opening stage, the TTers for the TT and the GC, that's pretty obvious. And Schmid?

Well, he's there for the hilly stage - and our hope is that many of his teammates will surround him and somehow stay as close to the front of the race as possible. All of them are somewhat capable uphill riders - even climber Darbellay - and so will hopefully make one of the first groups.

So even though Schmid will definitely not be in for a good GC result, our hope is that he'll pull the TTers there. But we're sure that other teams though alike, so we'll see to what extent that can work...

Track Record

Stages: 6th ( Szymon Rekita, 2024)
GC: 13th ( Stefan Küng, 2024)

Expectations

Stages: 1x Top 10
GC: Top 20
Points: 110



Jan 13 - 20 | Volta a Portugal | PTHC

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Lineup

RiderFLMOMMHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Mauro Schmid7276787968737873697079787466
Valentin Darbellay6979757176737577646765706776
Luis Fernando De La Cruz Chapulin6969737761757671646877776866
Niklas Larsen7760646874747378647776656680
Jose Fernandes7175737077787776536267606877
Teten Rohendi7075757570737574556273717071
Tristan Jussaume7056657377747368636065646777
Pablo Castrillo6873737269727370575867687268

Tactics

Lots of cool riders there, but all with some flaws. Darbellay should be our best GC bet on paper - but his lack of punch will most likely hold him back and make him lose some minutes on the punchy stages.

Mauro has some great punch and might even be able to handle the final stage in an acceptable way - but his TTing will hold him back. And maybe also his stamina, on the final day. But we're hoping for some great stage results and wouldn't say no to another win.

Larsen gets to do his first prologue for us, and will also be our sprinter here - hopefully warming up his legs for his most important race of the year later this month.

Jussaume and Fernandes are obviously here for the prologue and the TT - with the latter potentially fighting for a decent GC result as well.

El Chapu and Rohendi are primarily support riders for the uphill stages, but both could try something on their own, too. In particular Rohendi could also go for a decent GC result.

Castrillo gets his first selection, hopefully he'll be extra motivated given that the race is pretty close to his home country.

Track Record

Stages: Win ( Mauro Schmid, 2024)
GC: 16th ( Mauro Schmid, 2024)

Expectations

Stages: 4x Top 10
GC: Top 20
Points: 110



Jan 23 - 28 | Tour of Qatar | PT

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Lineup

RiderFLMOMMHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Kaden Groves7562677265757380668079646771
Niklas Larsen7760646874747378647776656680
Diego Agustin Ferreyra7272727278727474546869736877
Tristan Jussaume7056657377747368636065646777
Fabio Christen7063656666677266577375656674
Jason Osborne7560657074737467655863776275
Henri Uhlig7057606362707375766575687260
Robin Froidevaux6963666963696965617172696766

Tactics

We really hesitated to send Groves here again - but with all the change in mechanics, and with some very strong sprinters down in PCT, we decided to give it a try again. He didn't do a bad job last year, but only one Top 10 wasn't satisfying.

He'll have Larsen and Christen as leadout riders, and we hope it will make a difference - in particular Larsen is an amazing rider for this position on paper. And he might also be our highest GC finisher, thanks to his great prologue skills. He's not quite as strong as Gabby, but still among the Top 10 of the discipline - if the same sprinters pick up all the big bonus seconds, Niklas could end up pretty high up.

Ferreyra and Jussaume are here for some decent GC results, too - the latter hopefully also for a good U25 result. Osborne is decent against the clock as well, and also a strong rouleur, which should be pretty handy. Uhlig and Froidevaux are here to gain experience, and maybe try some breakaways.

Track Record

Stages: 2x 4th ( Kaden Groves & Gabriel Chavanne, 2024)
GC: 15th ( Gabriel Chavanne, 2024)

Expectations

Stages: 3x Top 10
GC: Top 20
Points: 120



Summary

It's time to get the season started! On paper, our hopes may not be the greatest - but all three races this month have the potential for some unexpectedly high scoring! The expected scores are pretty much the minimum we should get out of these races, but if we want to survive we'll obviously need more.

We do have riders capable of scoring higher in all of these races, but we'll need some luck to make it happen. Let's hope we found the right tweaks to get there!




redordead wrote:

I reckon Groves and Schmid will get the better of Ackermann most of the time Wink
And if not there are still the likes of Pidcock, Yates and some Demare wildcards that should leave Ackermann with only bread crumbs Pfft

Yeah, I definitely don't like the sight of Démare in some of those races, either, that shouldn't be allowed Pfft
I still think that Ackermann will do better in the new game than in the previous one, in my opinion he's a really good signing!

 
Fabianski
May as well make this official right away...

This team will fold at the end of the current season. This game once was fun. It no longer is for me. So it's time to move on.

Of course, ups and downs always happen. But when you think you have a decent and fun young core, and a game change makes your plans mostly obsolete, that's not fun. Sure, when you're not overly focused on RP, you can just wipe your roster and do a full reset. With a strong focus on a country that simply doesn't have any non-broken riders available, that's not as simple.

So yeah, that was it. It was a cool period with you guys, and I hope you continue enjoying the game, and will all stay around for some more decades. Maybe I'll join again with a different idea in five years or so, but for now it's game over.

Cheers,
Fab

 
Jakstar22
Sorry to see you go Fab! You have made this game extremely enjoyable for me personally and I wish you the best for whatever you choose to do! Thanks for the memories mate
 
Heine
Really sad to read Fabianski. I hope you decide to change your plan and find a project you want to try before the season is done so you can "restart" already next season
 
roturn
Really sad to hear this, even though you had mentioned it here and there already before.

I can totally understand your point, though hope you will be back with more motivation either this season already or in the future.

It can`t be stressed enough how much you have done for the MG on so many levels and this will definitely be missed.
So really hope, you won`t "disappear" completely but still being around and follow from another perspective.
 
knockout
Thanks for all your contributions over the years! You will be missed!

If the game is no longer fun for you then leaving might indeed be best for you. Ive been at a similar point in the past and almost quit before doing a big shift in team focus which game me new motivations/joy. There is a long time till the end of the season so im hoping that you can rediscover a path to fun in the game but i can understand your situation well
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Bushwackers
You had hinted at this previously so I guess this is not a total surprise, but still a huge disappointment and massive loss for the game. I guess if it isn't enjoyable then it's hard to find the motivation to continue to put in the work that you have, and I do think the game should do more to reward investment and roleplay to the level you have done. Hopefully you are able to find your spark again.
 
DubbelDekker
Noooo Sad Huge loss for the community and game! Will miss reading your ranking updates and HQ.

The stamina change was especially devastating for your team, so I understand you are gutted.

Hope you come back some day!
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jt1109
Gutting mate, I kind of knew this was going to happen when we were chatting in the off-season and I kind of felt like I was bringing more and more bad news unfortunately. 100% there's riders from the past that now would have been trained completely different for this engine and the vast change especially in the PT and for longer term managers I bet this can feel like years of wasted work.

Your contribution in my short time back have been outstanding and your ranking updates were a joy!

I hope you find a similar path to myself and after some time out end up coming back to the game! All the best
 
SotD
Really sad about this! But like knockout said, if the game is no longer fun and you can’t see a path out of that, stopping is the only viable decision, regardless of how sad it is!

I hope, that you will find a loophole into enjoying the game again - perhaps from a very different perspective, so you won’t have to stop entirely!
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kandesbunzler26
It's no surprise after your statements in the last months, but it's a massive hit nonetheless. You've been the CT winner in my first season, so seeing Jura riders win was a dominating impression when I was new, as was your ToA coverage back then.

We've seen some comebacks and late change of minds in the last time, but I fear your frustration with the game is pretty deep at the moment. But at least we can hope ...
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Fabianski
@all
Thanks for your messages. Motivation was already pretty low going into the season, but the January results made the tiny rest of it disappear as well. I mean, relegation was inevitable anyway with the aging leaders and the even stronger Swiss focus.
But then, instead of making my Swiss riders stronger than last year, training only led to them being a little closer to last year's level. I planned to make Schmid an 80+ Mo/Hi rider over the years - a plan that became pointless. I planned to make Darbellay a strong stage racer - with a known weakness in hillier stages - but that became pretty much pointless as well. I mean, just look at the last stage in Portugal, him vs. Misbah - Valentin is even less weak on the hills, but that -3 stamina made a huge difference. If only anyone had told me 7 years ago...
The plans I had for Christen are pointless now as well, as he'd end up sub-70 stamina...

Furthermore, even Groves seems to have become completely useless. He was a non-factor in Qatar, despite the field being weaker than last year. And an almost identical rider (Aniolkowski) was sitting 2nd in GC before the epilogue...
And the new riders also are shit, most of all Larsen. Being our 3rd "best" rider in the epilogue despite his +3 PRL advantage, sure... (I know Herregodts was even worse, that's just awful and ridiculous)
Ferreyra has been useless, too, in particular in Tasmania. And Jussaume puncturing and finishing dead last in Qatar instead of taking 2nd in U25 is a perfect fit.

So, I definitely need a break from my team's shitshow. It will likely be definitive, but who knows, maybe some distance could bring back some motivation, too... But given that all of the riders I was hoping to train into strong leaders are broken (maybe except Bissegger, but we're yet to find out), the perspectives aren't encouraging...

 
Gustavovskiy
One never wants to find this sort of message, but reading this from you Fab is particularly devastating. These last few years you have been a staple of the community, with a thorough knowledge of the game. I've seen you find solutions for problems we didnt know needed fixing and raising up difficult issues for discussion. Your interest and dedication to the game are invaluable and have made it so much more enjoyable for all of us. Can only thank you for all you've done and respect whichever decision you end up making at the end of the season. We'll never get monthly updates as thorough as yours ever again I'm afraid. Crossing my fingers for a later reset from you, but deep down I believe we all just want you to find fun in life!
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Caspi
Like many others, I'm sad to read these news.
I hope you can find joy in the game again. Hopefully already later this season or to return in a few years. Personally, I think you might need a change of direction, even though I admire your dedication to the role play. Regardless, you should do what feels right for you - even if it means leaving the game.
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Booker
A massive shame to read this Fab, your HQ and the rankings updates, not to mention all of your engagement throughout the seasons, have been a joy to read. Needless to say you’ve been a massive part of this game - so thank you for that.

I have no ground to stand on when it comes to leaving a team when the motivation waned / life took over. I just hope that the opportunities the MG presents will interest and excite you again when the time is right, it’s pulled me right back in and I’m glad it has.
 
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