Please note that there are some minor changes from the last update about Development Teams. The information posted here will be followed for this season.
1. Development teams will be a part of the CT.
2. Managers from any division are allowed to have Development Teams.
3. Dev teams must be made by two managers teaming up, but they must be from different divisions. Dev teams will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis. The exact method of sign-up is explained at the end of this thread. Mangers who have expressed interest but are not able to participate in one season will be given a preference in the next.
4. Dev teams will cost managers 25k to bid for (total cost of dev team being 50k for two managers). This information will need to be entered in the updated Transfer sheet. More details will be posted in the Transfer Sheets thread.
5. In addition to getting the rights to build a team, each manager can select one of their riders and retain contract rights for the next season (as with current stagiaires). They will have no special rights with the remaining dev team riders.
6. The number of Development teams will depend on the number of regular teams who sign up for CT. The maximum size of the CT division will be 20 regular teams plus 4 Dev teams, if there are less than 20 regular teams they can be replaced by dev teams (for example if there are 12 regular teams there could be 12 dev teams.
7. The managers who pay for and do not get Dev teams can opt for one of the following:
a. Retain the right to offer a contract to one dev team rider for 25k (already paid). This rider will ride with another team.
b. Take back the 25k and use it for something else.
8. Development teams can only race in C2 (not CT GTM) races and will have a fixed limit of 30 RDs.
9. Dev teams will have exactly 8 riders. This means no race planning would be necessary, just race selection, with all riders riding in every race. Dev teams will do race planning after regular PCT and CT teams have selected races.
a. 6 riders must be unmaxed. One or more of these riders may be selected by a manager who applied but did not get a dev team. Contract offers can only be made to one of these rider the following season.
b. 2 riders must be>=33 years of age, i.e. declined riders. Contract offers cannot be made to declined riders in the following season.
10. Experience for dev team riders will be assigned according to the normal schedule. Avenir eligible riders will get 20 XP although they will not ride Avenir. Level 4 riders on a dev team will get the 20 XP consistent with other CT teams.
11. Dev team riders will be selected in a draft following the CT draft. Draft order will be reverse order of combined finishing positions of the managers. Except that within the promoted PCT and CT teams will be placed in the order of finish rather than reverse.
12. Managers who bought but did not get a dev team and select 6a above, will get the first picks of development riders. They can either agree with another team to take their rider or they will be randomly assigned.
How to apply for a Development Team
To apply for a Development Team, one of the managers teaming up has to paste the Team details in the same format as in the Continuation thread:
Spoiler
Development Team Name
Shortened Team Name
Abbreviation
Primary Team Nationality
Secondary Team Nationality (If applicable)
Once the above is posted by the first manager, the second manager must quote this and mention something like 'Approved' or 'Aligned'. Both managers must post for the Development Team to be accepted.
For example:
Manager 1 posts the following:
Development Team Name
Shortened Team Name
Abbreviation
Primary Team Nationality
Secondary Team Nationality
EA Vesuvio
Vesuvio
EAV
Luxembourg
-
Manager 2 needs to post the following (example here does not use the actual Quote feature, which can be used by managers for ease of posting):
Manager 1 wrote:
Development Team Name
Shortened Team Name
Abbreviation
Primary Team Nationality
Secondary Team Nationality
EA Vesuvio
Vesuvio
EAV
Luxembourg
-
Approved.
Order of Draft Preference for Development Teams
The order of the Draft for Development Teams will be determined as the reverse order of the combined finishing position of the two managers teaming up, across all three divisions in order. The following spoiler has the rankings of teams from last seasons results:
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Team
Reverse Preference Order
Evonik - ELKO
1
Rabobank
2
King Power
3
Carlsberg - Danske Bank
4
Tinkoff Team - La Datcha
5
ELCO - ABEA
6
Indosat Ooredoo
7
Xero Racing
8
Fastned
9
Aker - MOT
10
cycleYorkshire
11
Polar
12
Cedevita
13
Gazelle
14
Los Pollos Hermanos
15
Sony - Force India
16
Team UBS
17
Grieg-Maersk
18
Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Pro Cycling
19
Jura GIANTS
20
Ekoi - Le Creuset
21
DK Zalgiris
22
MOL Cycling Team
23
Bolt - Eesti
24
Assa Abloy
25
Specialized
26
Hunter Valley Cycling
27
Lotto-Caloi
28
McCormick Pro Cycling
29
Trans Looney Tunes
30
Bralirwa - Cegeka
31
Everesting
32
Tryg - Eni
33
Minions
34
Gjensidige Pro Cycling Team
35
Spark Team NZ
36
Zwift - Newton Foundation
37
Duvel-Tsingtao
38
Sauber Petronas Racing
39
JEWA TIROL
40
Colombini Kometa
41
Simba Cement - Tanga Fresh
42
IESE ProCycling Team
43
DeNA Roadstars
44
Bianchi Enel
45
Ethiopian Airlines
46
Kraftwerk Man Machine
47
Peugeot - Bancolombia
48
Podium Ambition
49
SEE Turtles
50
Euskotren - Pays Basque
51
IncaLine Pro Cycling
52
Tafjord Kraft
53
Parmalat - Ecopetrol
54
The ONE - Fox God
55
Air New Zealand-Prada
56
For example:
- If Carlsberg and Tafjord decide to team up for an all Scandinavian dev team, their combined score is (4+53=) 57.
- If Hunter Valley and Spark decide to team up for an Oceanic dev team, their combined score is (27+36=) 63.
- The second team has a higher score and will get an earlier pick in the Development Team draft.
