@Caspi - I was really excited to see Howson win the prologue there. Definitely starting to support our main leaders more now and score important points!
@Abhi - Yeh not the best month but definitely not our worst of the season! Starting to get more comfortable and thinking of planning next season now which is nice!
@Laurens147 - Hopefully a MAXed Carlos means no more getting dropped for no reason as well! Excited to see how he goes next season!
@jandal7 - I feel like a reason it was so up and down is we have not got the secondary leaders to back up Coquard. Hopefully next season Carlos is at the point to earn some strong points!
@KB - Happy with our Ras Tailteann went, we had hoped for a bit better but still Coquard was strong in that race but just wasn't quite strong enough.
@BBL - Really happy with how we have gone and where we are at the moment in the rankings. Hopefully the AI is nicer to Carlos next season
@Red - Coquard has done excellent thats for sure!
A decent month in July. Definitely could've been better. Its now time for one of our biggest months of the season. A really important one as well!
August Preview
Start
End
Race
Category
03-Aug
05-Aug
Ras Tailteann
PTHC
07-Aug
Gisborne GP
C1
15-Aug
20-Aug
Tour of Japan
C1
16-Aug
20-Aug
Deutschland Tour
PTHC
22-Aug
Milano - Torino
HC
22-Aug
GP Lugano
HC
23-Aug
31-Aug
Tour de l'Avenir
U23
Ras Tailteann
A really important race for us. It is our WIN goal for the season and with Coquard here we definitely have a chance to achieve that! A great leadout here as well with Afewerki, Edmondson and Mudgway as well.
Rider
FL
MT
MM
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CO
SP
AC
FT
DH
PR
Coquard
72
58
62
66
64
69
72
82
55
83
81
59
64
78
Afewerki
72
62
63
63
62
76
69
79
68
78
79
67
69
70
Edmondson
73
58
61
64
64
72
71
77
74
77
75
67
64
74
Thompson
72
73
72
70
65
69
73
69
57
67
70
65
74
64
Skala
74
56
64
71
56
70
72
65
74
66
71
72
74
69
Vanthourenhout
75
66
67
68
72
68
73
68
74
68
68
70
73
70
Mudgway
70
59
62
64
60
71
66
76
65
76
78
65
65
65
Gonov
66
68
67
66
71
67
73
71
58
67
67
67
75
72
Gisborne GP
Our last home race of the season! We love this race and have had some great results here before. We hope for another big result here as well. Kelderman is our leader here with a lot of big support!
Rider
FL
MT
MM
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CO
SP
AC
FT
DH
PR
Kelderman
68
69
75
80
68
77
72
70
60
65
69
75
69
68
Bennett
65
79
77
74
63
72
71
74
56
63
70
53
61
63
Edmondson
69
68
73
78
63
73
70
65
53
69
74
67
71
63
Duyvesteyn
68
70
74
77
65
67
71
68
60
64
76
75
67
65
Thornley
68
61
66
70
65
68
70
65
66
67
70
66
61
67
Schrettl
64
67
69
71
58
68
71
66
55
56
65
60
71
59
Arrieta
64
71
68
64
57
68
70
66
61
64
67
78
66
62
Torrico Menachio
63
70
67
63
57
69
65
65
63
57
61
69
74
55
Tour of Japan
Somewhat a B team here in Japan. Kelderman is here to really give it a go at getting some points in the 2 hill stages. We have Marryatt to try and get a result in the prologue. No sprinter here for us and Lemus Davila is our guy for the Mountain TT. Still someone that could get a result but the start list is huge and it is unlikely. We are looking for Marryatt and Kelderman to get some good results for us!
Rider
FL
MT
MM
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CO
SP
AC
FT
DH
PR
Kelderman
68
69
75
80
68
77
72
70
60
65
69
75
69
68
Edmondson
69
68
73
78
63
73
70
65
53
69
74
67
71
63
Duyvesteyn
68
70
74
77
65
67
71
68
60
64
76
75
67
65
Marryatt
71
61
65
68
77
67
74
67
57
60
58
67
63
77
Lemus Davila
69
76
74
71
71
73
68
66
55
56
60
70
71
71
Syritsa
69
61
64
66
58
71
72
65
70
67
68
65
67
58
Schrettl
64
67
69
71
58
68
71
66
55
56
65
60
71
59
Torrico Menachio
63
70
67
63
57
69
65
65
63
57
61
69
74
55
Deutschland Tour
The Deutschland Tour will be a really interesting race. Afewerki is our main sprinter with Mudgway as his leadout. There are 4 flat sprint stages for him to target some good results. Stage 3 is the GC stage and we have our in form TT specialist Damien Howson here. A 45km ITT will decide who wins the GC on stage 3. We are hoping for a strong result here and some nice points.
Rider
FL
MT
MM
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CO
SP
AC
FT
DH
PR
Rodriguez
69
78
75
72
73
73
74
75
55
65
71
67
71
70
Afewerki
72
62
63
63
62
76
69
79
68
78
79
67
69
70
Howson
70
58
61
64
79
71
72
70
57
63
66
71
62
79
Skala
74
56
64
71
56
70
72
65
74
66
71
72
74
69
Mudgway
70
59
62
64
60
71
66
76
65
76
78
65
65
65
Ahmad Zamri
69
74
72
69
74
70
72
73
51
58
67
70
58
74
Thompson
72
73
72
70
65
69
73
69
57
67
70
65
74
64
Gonov
66
68
67
66
71
67
73
71
58
67
67
67
75
72
Milano - Torino
A race that clashes with the GP Lugano which means a weaker team had to go somewhere. We decided that George Bennett would be our leader here with Power and Skala as support. Will be interesting to see how this squad goes!
Rider
FL
MT
MM
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CO
SP
AC
FT
DH
PR
Bennett
65
79
77
74
63
72
71
74
56
63
70
53
61
63
Power
67
77
74
70
66
77
76
79
59
56
63
61
65
65
Skala
74
56
64
71
56
70
72
65
74
66
71
72
74
69
Mudgway
70
59
62
64
60
71
66
76
65
76
78
65
65
65
Lemus Davila
69
76
74
71
71
73
68
66
55
56
60
70
71
71
Syritsa
69
61
64
66
58
71
72
65
70
67
68
65
67
58
Gonov
66
68
67
66
71
67
73
71
58
67
67
67
75
72
Torrico Menachio
63
70
67
63
57
69
65
65
63
57
61
69
74
55
GP Lugano
Another hill race for Kelderman to get a strong result! Again he has some strong support with Edmondson and Duyvesteyn. Should be an interesting race!
Our big WIN goal for the season started of excellent! Coquard won stage 1 with the perfect leadout! So good Afewerki finished in 3rd place as well! Stage 2 saw the leadout get swamped! Afewerki did his best to get Coquard back to the front but couldn't manage. Coquard took 9th. The final stage was by far the worst of the 3. Again a bad leadout with Coquard and Afewerki losing touch in the last km. Afewerki finished ahead of Coquard in stage 3. In the end its a 4th in GC for Coquard and 7th for Afewerki. Good points but it could have been a win.
Gisborne GP
A race we have aimed for all year as it is our home race and we have a strong contender with Kelderman. A very exciting race and Kelderman was there to compete at the end. His sprint was going great and he had a burst in the last few hundred metres. He just missed out on passing for the win but still got a fantastic 3rd place! Excellent race from Wilco!
Tour of Japan
A prologue to start and Marryatt does a great ride finishing 6th place. Obviously unexpected as the cameras weren't assigned to him for his ride. Stage 2 was pretty shocking as we didn't have a strong sprinter here. Stage 3 was much better. Kelderman was active but Edmondson was our guy who finished in 6th. Edmondson was on great form in Japan with the following stage being his best finish of the race. He went hard for the win but couldn't hold on. He finished in 3rd place on the stage but was further down in GC from the short TT on stage 1. Stage 4 is a mountain TT and with Lemus Davila as our best mountain climber here, we weren't expecting much. He was 55th almost 2 minutes down. Stage 6 is another flat stage. We weren't close. GC wise also not close. Edmondson is 5th in the points jersey thanks to some excellent stage finishes. Still some points from stages but definitely could have been better.
Deutschland Tour
Off to Germany. Stage 1 had Afewerki sprint to 7th which was a decent start for us. Stage 2 he could only manage 11th. Stage 3 was the reason we were all here. A flat ITT to decide the GC. Damien Howson was kind of disappointing only able to finish 29th over 2 minutes behind. Stage 4, Afewerki was as anonymous as he has been throughout the race. Same with Stage 5. Overall Howson finishes in 29th 2'37s behind Wirtgen the winner. Carlos was 8th in the U25 ranking.
Milano - Torino
Milano - Torino was a pretty shocking race for us. We were never near the front and Bennett was our best in 27th over 4 and a half minutes behind!
GP Lugano
A bit more happening for us in Switzerland. Schrettl gets into the early breakaway.They are caught and there are attacks from plenty of riders. We have Edmondson in the front group. He hangs on as long as he can and takes a decent 12th place 32 seconds behind the eventual winner. Not too bad considering he was not the leader today.
Start
End
Race
Result
03-Aug
05-Aug
Ras Tailteann
Coquard 4th +31s
07-Aug
Gisborne GP
Kelderman 3rd s.t.
15-Aug
20-Aug
Tour of Japan
Duyvesteyn 59th +2'10s
16-Aug
20-Aug
Deutschland Tour
Howson 29th +2'37s
22-Aug
Milano - Torino
Bennett 27th +4'37s
22-Aug
GP Lugano
Edmondson 12th +32s
August Rankings
A big month for Coquard! He has helped us be confident in our chances of staying in the PCT. We are now cheering for Coquard to win the PCT individual rankings. He had a great month and managed to move from 3rrd back up to 1st. He has a 50 point gap on Powless with not a whole lot of race days left. He will need excellent final months of the season if he wants to stay 1st.
Ras Tailteann
Gisborne GP
Tour of Japan
Deutschland Tour
Milano - Torino
GP Lugano
Tour de l'Avenir
