2025 was a massive year for Greece, and for Stylianos Farantakis in particular. Fortunately things have only gone 1 way for the past 15 years, where Greece slowly started to build a solid base.
The first couple of years didn't really show remarkable progress, but Perikles Ilias and Georgios Tzortzakis showed they were individually capable of doing solid performances across multiple levels. When Tzortzakis in 2016 scored 688 points it seemed like an unbreakable record - and it was for several years. The highest scoring riders, Panagiotis Vlatos wasn't able to get it just right, despite being incredibly consistent in the years of 2016 to 2023 scoring between 328-552 points each season (with 2022 being a negative outlier with just 182 points). After Miltiadis Giannoutsos took his first step as a leader he, however immidiately showed that if you get things just right, it could indeed be possible to beat those 688 points, so in 2023 he did just that, and the year after also Stylianos Farantakis managed to beat the old record - albeit just shy of a new record score. That cannot be said about this season, however! A whooping 1670 points scored is not alone a record, it's more than double that of the previous record. And in fact he alone would have been better than the entire nation throughout 2011-2019! What a season!
DEVELOPMENT IN NUMBERS
Year
Points
Best Rider
Points
2025
5577
Stylianos Farantakis
1670
2024
4398
Stylianos Farantakis
712
2023
3581
Miltiadis Giannoutsos
722
2022
2652
Stylianos Farantakis
319
2021
2556
Panagiotis Vlatos
552
2020
1745
Panagiotis Vlatos
495
2019
1335
Panagiotis Vlatos
346
2018
1240
Panagiotis Vlatos
485
2017
684
Panagiotis Vlatos
328
2016
1340
Georgos Tzortzakis
688
2015
1090
Georgos Tzortzakis
634
2014
558
Georgos Tzortzakis
201
2013
598
Perikles Ilias
233
2012
70
Georgos Tzortzakis
69
2011
3
Georgos Tzortzakis
3
The rider, crowned his season by breaking into the ranks of "Titan" as the 2nd only ever greek rider. The other being Panagiotis Vlatos, who landed that honor in the fall of 2023. There is now only 341 points for Farantakis to become the greatest ever greek rider, and with Vlatos having likely scored his final points in this season, it seems very likely that the nation have a new target by the end of the season! Despite making a massive headstart for himself, Farantakis can't sit completely at ease in the leaders seat, as Miltiadis Giannoutsos is "only" trailing by 812 points. And while we can expect that lead to increase in the next couple of years, we have to take into account the 2 years age cap between them. And with Giannoutsos currently averaging 625 points per season, Farantakis would need atleast 1250 points of gap to realistically lead the charts by the time Giannoutsos decide to stop riding. And the GC leader is still training eligeble for another 2 seasons not to forget!
INDIVIDUAL HIERARCHY
Rank
Name
Total pts
0 Titan
Panagiotis Vlatos
3540
0 Titan
Stylianos Farantakis
3199
1 God
Miltiadis Giannoutsos
2387
1 God
Georgos Tzortzakis
1947
1 God
Charalampas Kastrantas
1674
2 Heroes
Nikolaos Ioannidis
1385
2 Heroes
Michail Kortsidakis
1116
2 Heroes
Michail Mavrikakis
1107
2 Heroes
Ioannidis Kiriakidis
1020
2 Heroes
Ioannis Spanopoulos
883
2 Heroes
Georgios Karatzios
860
2 Heroes
Georgios Boutopoulos
789
2 Heroes
Georgios Stavrakakis
721
2 Heroes
Zisis Soulious
546
Spoiler
3 Warrior
Georgios Bouglas
493
3 Warrior
Andreas Miltiadis
485
3 Warrior
Michael Christodoulos
473
3 Warrior
Alexandros Agrotis
461
3 Warrior
Pangiotis Christapopoulos
398
3 Warrior
Perikles Ilias
373
3 Warrior
Aimiliano Vila
326
3 Warrior
Panagiotis Karatsivis
301
3 Warrior
Alexandros Matsangos
328
3 Warrior
Alex Mengoulas
284
3 Warrior
Anastasios Koumpetsos
289
3 Warrior
Dimitrios Christakos
243
3 Warrior
Georgios Kaloniatis
223
3 Warrior
Nikolaos Zegklis
209
3 Warrior
Sarris Evangelos
173
3 Warrior
Vassilis Adamou
165
2 Heroes
Armanto Archimandritis
159
3 Warrior
Ioannis Tamouridis
151
3 Warrior
Polychronis Tzortzakis
134
3 Warrior
Marios Athanasiades
125
3 Warrior
Martinos Moutsios
96
3 Warrior
Constantinos Thymides
69
3 Warrior
Neofytos Sakellaridis
67
3 Warrior
Stavros Theorpanous
62
3 Warrior
Vasileios Simantirakis
40
3 Warrior
Petros Gkazonis
31
3 Warrior
Apostolos Bouglas
30
3 Warrior
Ioannis Varotsos
25
3 Warrior
Konstantinos Efstathiou
21
3 Warrior
Christos Volikakis
5
3 Warrior
Nikolaos Michail Drakos
5
3 Warrior
Ioannis Drakakis
4
3 Warrior
Christos Katrakis
3
3 Warrior
Kyriakos Skettos
3
3 Warrior
Vasilis Anastopoulos
1
3 Warrior
Nikiforos Arvanitou
0
3 Warrior
Aristeidis Koutounis
1
3 Warrior
Konstantinos Pavlides
0
3 Warrior
Christos Loizou
0
3 Warrior
Panagiotis Chatzakis
0
3 Warrior
Tomotheos Skettos
0
3 Warrior
Hermes Antoniou
0
Stylianos Farantakis also used the season to catapult him into the leders list in regards to most ever greek wins. 11 wins in total for the Greek sprinter this season, including 2 GC wins, 2 One Day races and 5 stagewins. He also claimed 2 points jerseys wins!
MOST WINS
Name
Wins
1 Stylianos Farantakis
16 Wins
2 Panagiotis Vlatos
6 Wins
3 Georgos Tzortzakis
5 Wins
4 Miltiadis Giannoutsos
4 Wins
5 Charalampas Kastrantas
3 Wins
6 Team ELCO - ABEA
2 Wins
Spoiler
7 Panagiotis Karatsivis
1 Win
7 Andreas Miltiadis
1 Win
7 Georgios Stavrakakis
1 Win
7 Georgios Karatzios
1 Win
7 Perikles Ilias
1 Win
7 Neofytos Sakellaridis
1 Win
7 Nikolaos Zegklis
1 Win
7 Ioannidis Kiriakidis
1 Win
7 Dimitrios Christakos
1 Win
7 Sarris Evangelos
1 Win
While we are at it, let's take a look at which riders have the most "Records" to their tally in terms of best position in amount of different races. F.e., the best Greek/Cypriot rider in Milano - San Remo is Stylianos Farantakis with his 13th place this season. This gives him 1 record.
RECORD HOLDERS
Records
Name
Active Race
Inactive Race
17
Miltiadis Giannoutsos
11
6
15
Charalampas Kastrantas
5
10
13
Stylianos Farantakis
12
1
12
Georgios Tzortzakis
1
11
11
Michail Kortsidakis
6
5
10
Georgios Karatzios
5
5
Spoiler
8
Michail Mavrikakis
8
8
Nikolaos Ioannidis
4
4
7
Panagiotis Vlatos
4
3
7
Polychronos Tzortzakis
1
6
7
Marios Anathasiades
7
7
Perikles Ilias
7
6
Alex Mengoulas
6
6
Andreas Miltiadis
6
6
Georgios Stavrakakis
3
3
6
Nikolaos Zegklis
6
5
Georgios Boutopoulos
5
5
Georgios Kaloniatis
5
5
Ioannidis Kiriakidis
4
1
5
Sarris Evangelos
5
4
Ioannis Spanopoulos
4
4
Ioannid Drakakis
4
3
Panagiotis Karatsivis
3
3
Stavros Theorpanous
3
3
Zisis Soulious
2
1
3
Vasilis Adamou
3
2
ELCO - ABEA
2
2
Martinos Moutsios
2
2
Michael Christodoulos
2
2
Constantinos Thymides
2
2
Georgios Bouglas
2
2
Ioannis Tamouridis
2
2
Petros Gkazonis
2
1
Alexandros Matsangos
1
1
Anastasios Koumpetsos
1
1
Nikolaos Michail Drakos
1
1
Alexandros Agrotis
0
1
1
Elta - Hellenic Post
1
1
Dimitrios Christakos
1
1
Kyriakos Skettos
1
1
Neofytos Sakellaridis
1
1
Pangiotis Christapopoulos
1
1
Vasilis Anastopoulos
1
Despite having a massive season, Stylianos Farantakis is still not the rider with the most amount of top results in the races he has attended. That is Miltiadis Giannoutsos. Stylianos Farantakis is however the record holder of most top results in races that are currently on the racing calender, where Giannoutsos landed a couple of decent results in his early years loaned out to smaller teams.
In the final list you can see how well Greece performs in a race-to-race schedule, ranked from highest to lowest in the current racing calender.
RACE LIST
Rank
Cat
Race
Pos
Top result
1
GT
SR
Giro d'Italia
#05
Miltiadis Giannoutsos (2023)
1
GT
SR
Vuelta a España
#10
Miltiadis Giannoutsos (2025)
1
MON
1D
Ronde van Vlaanderen
#12
Georgios Boutopoulos (2025)
1
MON
1D
Milano - San Remo
#13
Stylianos Farantakis (2025)
1
MON
1D
Giro di Lombardia
#14
Miltiadis Giannoutsos (2023)
1
MON
1D
Paris-Roubaix
#17
Georgios Karatzios (2020)
1
MON
1D
Liege - Bastogne - Liege
#18
Michail Kortsidakis (2018)
1
GT
SR
Tour de France
#18
Miltiadis Giannoutsos (2023)
2
PT
SR
Tour of Qatar
#01
Stylianos Farantakis (2025)
2
PT
1D
GP Moscow
#01
Stylianos Farantakis (2025)
2
PT
1D
Rund um Köln
#01
Stylianos Farantakis (2025)
2
PT
SR
Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha
#02
Panagiotis Vlatos (2018)
2
PT
1D
Chrono des Herbiers
#04
Panagiotis Vlatos (2020)
2
PT
1D
Classique du Grand-Duché
#05
Charalampas Kastrantas (2022)
2
PT
1D
GP Kigali
#05
Michail Kortsidakis (2024)
2
PT
SR
Tour of Northern Europe
#06
Ioannidis Kirakidis (2022)
2
PT
1D
Copenhagen - Malmö TTT
#07
ELCO - ABEA (2023, 2025)
2
PT
SR
Paris-Nice
#09
Ioannidis Kirakidis (2025)
2
PT
SR
Scandinavian Open Road Race
#10
Ioannis Spanopoulos (2022)
2
PT
1D
Strada Appia Antica
#14
Georgios Boutopoulos (2025)
2
PT
1D
E3 Prijs
#15
Georgios Karatzios (2020)
2
PT
SR
Ronde van Nederland
#16
Georgios Karatzios (2019)
2
PT
1D
Amstel Gold Race
#19
Zisis Soulious (2025)
2
PT
1D
East Midlands Cicle Classic
#21
Georgios Stavrakakis (2023)
2
PT
SR
Tirreno-Adriatico
#21
Miltiadis Giannoutsos (2023)
2
PT
1D
GP Liechtenstein
#22
Ioannis Spanopoulos (2022)
2
PT
SR
Tour of Tasmania
#24
Ioannidis Kiriakidis (2022)
2
PT
1D
Fleche Wallonne
#40
Charalampas Kastrantas (2017)
Spoiler
3
PTHC
1D
Rheden GP
#01
Georgios Karatzios (2021)
3
PTHC
SR
Ras Tailteann
#01
Stylianos Farantakis (2025)
3
PTHC
SR
Volta a Portugal
#02
Miltiadis Giannoutsos (2023)
3
PTHC
1D
Hanko Classic
#02
Stylianos Farantakis (2025)
3
PTHC
SR
Deutschland Tour
#03
Panagiotis Vlatos (2021)
3
PTHC
1D
Chrono d'Arenberg
#03
Panagiotis Vlatos (2023)
3
PTHC
1D
Veenendaal - Veenendaal
#04
Michail Kortsidakis (2023)
3
PTHC
1D
Tour of the Battenkill
#05
Michail Kortsidakis (2024)
3
PTHC
SR
Tour of Slovenia
#07
Nikolaos Ioannidis (2025)
3
PTHC
SR
Criterium du Dauphiné Libere
#08
Miltiadis Giannoutsos (2024)
3
PTHC
SR
Tour of Ukraine
#08
Nikolaos Ioannidis (2025)
3
PTHC
1D
Philadelphia Int. Championship
#09
Stylianos Farantakis (2024, 2025)
3
PTHC
1D
Cheshire Cycling Tour
#10
Alex Mengoulas (2025)
3
PTHC
SR
Franceville Classique
#10
Georgios Karatzios (2020)
3
PTHC
SR
Tour of Lithuania
#10
Ioannis Spanopoulos (2022)
3
PTHC
1D
Roma Maxima
#11
Georgios Stavrakakis (2023)
3
PTHC
SR
Tour de Suisse
#11
Nikolaos Ioannidis (2019)
3
PTHC
SR
Vuelta a Colombia
#19
Michail Mavrikakis (2025)
3
PTHC
SR
Balkans International
#20
Michail Mavrikakis (2023)
3
PTHC
SR
Tour of East Java
#29
Michail Mavrikakis (2021)
3
PTHC
1D
Clasica San Sebastian
#33
Charalampas Kastrantas (2020)
3
PTHC
1D
Grand Prix Cycliste
#37
Charalampas Kastrantas (2021)
3
PTHC
1D
Riga - Jurmala GP
#37
Georgios Boutopoulos (2023)
3
PTHC
1D
Japan Cup
#40
Nikolaos Zegklis (2024)
4
HC
1D
Lisbon Classic
#01
Georgios Tzortzakis (2016)
4
HC
1D
Le Samyn
#02
Michail Kortsidakis (2024)
4
HC
SR
Tour of Norway
#04
Nikolaos Ioannidis (2024)
4
HC
1D
Macskako Kerekparverseny
#05
Alex Mengoulas (2025)
4
HC
SR
Tour of Romandie
#05
Miltiadis Giannoutsos (2024)
4
HC
SR
Post Danmark Rundt
#06
Ioannidis Kiriakidis (2024)
4
HC
1D
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
#07
Georgios Boutopoulos (2024)
4
HC
1D
Paris Tours
#11
Stylianos Farantakis (2024)
4
HC
1D
Badaling International
#13
Charalampas Kastrantras (2015)
4
HC
1D
Kuurne - Bruxelles - Kuurne
#13
Georgios Boutopoulos (2024)
4
HC
1D
Down Under Classic
#13
Stylianos Farantakis (2024)
4
HC
SR
Tour du Maroc
#16
Michail Mavrikakis (2025)
4
HC
1D
Pro Hallstatt Classic
#18
Michail Mavrikakis (2021)
4
HC
1D
GP Lugano
#19
Georgios Kaloniatis (2025)
4
HC
SR
Benelux Challange
#20
Sarris Evangelos (2025)
4
HC
SR
Circulo de Juarez
#20
Stylianos Farantakis (2024)
4
HC
1D
Milano - Torino
#20
Zisis Soulious (2024)
4
HC
SR
Tour d'Andorra
#21
Michail Mavrikakis (2025)
4
HC
1D
Strade Bianche
#25
Nikolaos Zegklis (2025)
4
HC
1D
GP Wallonie
#31
Nikolaos Zegklis (2025)
4
HC
1D
Giro dell'Emilia
#39
Michail Mavrikakis (2025)
5
C1
SR
La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
#01
Stylianos Farantakis (2024)
5
C1
SR
Tour of Eritrea
#03
Ioannis Spanopoulos (2025)
5
C1
SR
Tour of America
#03
Miltiadis Giannoutsos (2024)
5
C1
SR
Baltic Chain Tour
#06
Georgios Stavrakakis (2024)
5
C1
SR
Tour of Japan
#06
Miltiadis Giannoutsos (2024)
5
C1
SR
Tour of California
#09
Michail Mavrikakis (2024)
5
C1
1D
Viana do Castelo
#10
Alex Mengoulas (2024)
5
C1
1D
GP Izola
#13
Georgios Kaloniatis (2025)
5
C1
1D
Lilleström GP
#13
Michail Kortsidakis (2024)
5
C1
1D
Thorshavn GP
#14
Anastasios Koumpetsos (2024)
5
C1
SR
Tour de Pologne
#26
Andreas Miltiadis (2025)
5
C1
1D
Gisborne GP
#36
Pangiotis Karatsivis (2022)
5
C1
1D
Great Ocean Road Race
#37
Georgios Kaloniatis (2024)
5
C1
SR
Tour of South Africa
#38
Georgios Kaloniatis (2025)
5
C1
SR
Vuelta al Pais Vasco
#38
Georgios Kaloniatis (2025)
5
C1
1D
Tour Down Under
#41
Nikolaos Zegklis (2025)
5
C1
SR
Tour of Britain
#45
Pangiotis Karatsivis (2023)
5
C1
1D
Berlin ProRace
#46
Polychronos Tzortzakis (2022)
5
C1
1D
1 Jour de Dunkerque
#78
Nikolaos Zegklis (2023)
5
C1
SR
USA Pro Cycling Challenge
#92
Alexandros Matsangos (2022)
5
C1
1D
Olympia TTT
X
6
C2
1D
Isle of Man TTT
#01
ELCO - ABEA (2024)
6
C2
SR
Tour of Guadeloupe
#04
Stylianos Farantakis (2024)
6
C2
1D
Geraardsbergen Bosberg
#07
Andreas Miltiadis (2024)
6
C2
SR
Herald Sun Tour
#07
Michael Christodoulos (2025)
6
C2
1D
Lincoln GP
#08
Andreas Miltiadis (2024)
6
C2
1D
Uppsala Classic
#08
Michael Christodoulos (2025)
6
C2
SR
Tour de San Luis
#11
Andreas Miltiadis (2025)
6
C2
1D
GP Plouay
#12
Alex Mengoulas (2024)
6
C2
1D
Frankfurt Eschborn
#17
Alex Mengoulas (2024)
6
C2
1D
Zuri Metzgete
#18
Andreas Miltiadis (2025)
6
C2
1D
GP Herning
#19
Sarris Evangelos (2024)
6
C2
1D
Coppa Placci
#20
Stavros Theorpanous (2023)
6
C2
SR
Vuelta al Tachira
#22
Dimitrios Christakos (2022)
6
C2
1D
Dwaars Door Vlaanderen
#27
Sarris Evangelos (2024)
6
C2
1D
Hong Kong Challenge
#32
Andreas Miltiadis (2025)
6
C2
1D
Tour du Faso
#32
Sarris Evangelos (2025)
6
C2
1D
GP Yekaterinburg
#35
Pangiotis Karatsivis (2024)
6
C2
1D
Gent - Wevelgem
#41
Sarris Evangelos (2024)
6
C2
SR
Tour of Luxembourg
#43
Alex Mengoulas (2024)
6
C2
1D
Clasica San Jose
#50
Nikolaos Michail Drakos (2025)
6
C2
SR
Giro del Trentino
#62
Stavros Theorpanous (2024)
6
C2
SR
Euskal Bizikleta
#69
Nikolaos Zegklis (2023)
6
C2
SR
Tour of the Middle East
#69
Stavros Theorpanous (2024)
6
C2
SR
Tour of Vancouver
#73
Martinos Moutsios (2024)
6
C2
1D
Betonexpressz GP
#83
Martinos Moutsios (2023)
6
C2
SR
Int. Österreich Rundfahrt
#86
Miltiadis Giannoutsos (2018)
6
C2
1D
Monterrey TTT
X
We have an active ambtion in securing top 20 in every single race on the active calender, and if we look at the PT calender, we are very close to the target, as only East Midlands Cicle Classic, Tirreno-Adriatico, GP Liechtenstein, Tour of Tasmania and Fleche Wallonne are yet to be achieved. While the latter could prove difficult, the others should be within a reasonable chance in the years to come.
At PTHC level, which we can also somewhat control ourselves are another short list of races: Tour of East Java, Clasica San Sebastian, Grand Prix Cycliste, Riga - Jurmala GP, Japan Cup. A couple of those are also hilly races which makes it difficult given the current rider pool, while the other races are relatively realistic to achieve.
At HC level we also see a solid list of Greek succes with just 4 races yet to achieve, but at C1 and C2 level we can clearly see other teams needing to chip in with a massive 26 races not yet accomplished! So we need your help - And also, it is a very cool way to re-write history as several of those races are easy to accomplish, even without the top 10 strongest Greek riders.
Time to take a deep dive into the ocean of developments for the team. The future core of leaders and domestiques is not something to be forgotten, and thus we try to always stay relevant for future seasons.
Here is the expected developments. We have listed the riders future XP and age.
Panagiotis Karatsivis
4.100
25yo
Stage Racer
€70.000
FL
MO
MM
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CO
SP
AC
FG
DH
PR
70
76
74
72
70
72
74
73
60
64
74
74
67
69
↓↓↓
↓↓↓
↓↓↓
↓↓↓
↓↓↓
↓↓↓
↓↓↓
↓↓↓
70
78
76
73
72
73
75
75
60
64
74
74
67
71
Karatsivis is easily the biggest talents to come through in recent years, and a very young one also. He is taking major steps towards being a useful leader. For the upcoming season he will often take on a free role, and might be looking to get a decent U25 result here and there.
Martinos Moutsios
4.100
25yo
Time-Triallist
€50.000
FL
MO
MM
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CO
SP
AC
FG
DH
PR
73
61
62
63
76
73
71
67
65
68
73
70
67
76
↓↓↓
↓↓↓
↓↓↓
↓↓↓
↓↓↓
↓↓↓
↓↓↓
↓↓↓
↓↓↓
75
61
63
64
78
74
73
69
65
68
73
71
67
78
The timetrial department of the team is very strong, and with Moutsious coming through the ranks it's not looking likely to be changing anytime soon. Just like Karatsivis he too could be a decent U25 fit in certain races.
Scott Davies
4.100
31yo
Stage Racer
€50.000
FL
MO
MM
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CO
SP
AC
FG
DH
PR
65
73
72
70
74
71
72
73
55
61
69
64
65
74
↓↓↓
↓↓↓
↓↓↓
↓↓↓
↓↓↓
↓↓↓
↓↓↓
↓↓↓
65
75
73
71
76
72
73
75
55
61
69
64
65
76
The brit is a late bloomer, but what a wonderful statline, as he joins an elite group of very attractive GC riders that will excel in depth points from multiple races. He fits our team perfectly as we have quite a lot of riders like him.
Ioannis Varotsos
4.00
24yo
Roulleur
€70.000
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MO
MM
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CO
SP
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62
64
66
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62
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Apart from Karatsivis, Varotsos is likely the biggest greek talent to come through our ranks in several years. He will take a year as a domestique in the flats aswell as the timetrials, but after that he will be chasing his own chances on the flats.
Mats Wenzel
4.00
24yo
Stage Racer
€50.000
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MO
MM
HI
TT
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RS
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CO
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67
71
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70
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58
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68
72
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58
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75
Similar to Davies, Wenzel is among those very attractive GC riders. The main difference is age, and thus making Wenzel a very trainable future leader, as his backups and acceleration should make for a solid GC prospect.
Kamiel Bonneu
4.00
27yo
Puncheur
€50.000
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MO
MM
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CO
SP
AC
FG
DH
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69
65
69
72
58
74
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64
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60
67
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58
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70
66
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59
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A talented belgian puncheur, who have the engine for the long an endurant one day races. He will have another year as a traditional domestique before stepping up to become a very good lieutenaint in the ardennes.
Alexander Hajek
3.00
23yo
Puncheur
€85.000
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MO
MM
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CO
SP
AC
FG
DH
PR
67
68
69
70
60
69
70
68
57
58
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71
57
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One of two very talented austrian talents that came into our development setup late this transferseason - The development is in great progress and Hajek could develop in multiple directions regarding hills, mountains and medium mountains. This might not prove to be his actual path.
Marco Schrettl
3.00
23yo
Puncheur
€85.000
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MO
MM
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CO
SP
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PR
64
67
69
71
58
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55
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59
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Similar to Hajek, Schrettl joined late in the window, and is a massive talent. He also shows great promiss in all of the climbing departments, and could take alternative routes to make a perfect fit to an allround team strategy.
Edgar Andres Pinzon
3.00
25yo
Climber
€50.000
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MO
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TT
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It came as a big surprise when we were able to steal Pinzon for minimum fee, as he is a crafted mountains specialist, with an amazing engine. He could even be trained further to really enhance his chances of KOM and stage succes.Edited by SotD on 09-07-2026 21:08
We are happy to announce our new jerseys for the upcoming season, and what better way to do so than to give our very own World Champion, Georgios Boutopoulos a montage to show off his incredible jersey!
We are also happy to present the new design for the remaining riders in the team!
Finally a great image of the different jerseys of next season!
Interesting availability list there - if only Cavagna was a couple of years younger
We might still be in touch, as we almost always are for some reason Good luck - and late congrats on that surprising yet well-deserved rainbow jsersey! Looks great
@TheManxMissile
Altur would love to help you get a good start with your new setup - I very much agree with whitejersey
@Fabianski and Heine
If he was he probably wouldn't have been available. He really worked well in the build up for Farantakis. I hope Varotsos is ready to do that instead, despite not quite having the strenght of versatility of Cavagna. We'll see
I feel Boutopoulos should have surpassed Titan and gone stairght in as Greek God on the rankings!
look forward to your usual wheeling and dealing can see the usual tactic of buying a couple of talent unwanted and making them useable is already in full swing fully expect another Sotd masterclass this year!
@jt1109
That's a very good point. He really should get a push into Titan - I am heavily considering training him for the sake of honoring him. It makes no sense, and it's way too expensive, but he does deserve something.
Yeah, strategy is mostly the same. Strengthen the weak spots with foreigners, and signing a couple of talents that others doesn't really want for some reason.
@Booker
Yeah Wenzel is among my favorite talents aswell. A bit sad he's not greek. Otherwise he would have gotten massive amounts of training
Thanks a lot. It's still early days with graphics and design, so probably a lot of mistakes, but it's fun to play with! - I'm sure I'll reach out during transfers
@knockout
Thanks a lot mate. I'm pretty happy with it myself
@AbhishekLFC
Thanks a lot mate - Yeah the next big star is ready now, and can be trained next season. So I also have to consider whether or not it's a good idea to train this season or save up.
Congrats to taking over the cycling world (championship)! The new jerseys are stunning as well, so all is set for another great season.
I'm looking forward to your annual advert, although I doubt a certain Frenchman will fit in my plans.
Love the new jersey, looks awesome! And of course can always only love someone who still partakes in the dying art of actually putting the maxed stats for their talents in a talents post - and what a core of riders you are bringing up! Young ones growing, the World Champion is Greek, and the team is established in its new era as one of the best in the PT. Good times are rolling at ELCO
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." [PT] Xero Racing
ELCO - ABEA
Andreas
Tour of Tasmania
Tour of the Middle East
Tour of Qatar
Tirreno - Adriatico
Paris - Nice
Copenhagen - Malmo TTT
Ronde van Nederland
Franceville Classique
GP Kigali
Giro d'Italia
GP Liechtenstein
GP Moscow
Tour of the Battenkill
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
Volta a Catalunya
Hanko Classic
Rund um Koln
Vuelta a Espana
Riga - Jurmala GP
Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha
Good luck - and late congrats on that surprising yet well-deserved rainbow jsersey! Looks great 
- I very much agree with whitejersey 
