I'm a bit disappointed to see my boy Christodoulos move on. I thought he might be a long term fixture due to your dedication to having a solid TTT. I guess SotD had to get him at some point
The signing of Demare for just 50k is very shrewd. I think he can still function well in a few races.
Clearly anything with a TTT is going to be a nice race for you. Just need to hope Eastman (the most relegated rider in PCT) bucks the trend this year!
Hope you enjoyed the freedom of this transfer window, how did you think it went? I know for us, it was a challenging transfer season, with so many competitive teams/managers in the game and excellent fighting by the new managers!
Almost all of your leaders - Bol, Uhlig, Narvaez, Habtemichael, maybe Eastman as well at this point - are just below the top level, which introduces some variance to the projection. But if they can live up to their potential with some consistency, I don't think you have that much to fear, to be honest. Your TTT squad gives you a great baseline, too, and you have good depth on all terrains as well. It's not impossible that you're in the relegation battle, but I would be surprised if it gets really close.
@TMM - Yes its a bigger changeout than I was planning, and I noticed we were after some of the same riders.
@red - I can't resist the SotD charms during transfers! Demare for 50k is a shot to nothing, he might still have something.
@Booker - I don't need Eastman to have a great season, hope that means we can dodge the jinx. I felt transfers with experienced managers having bags of cash meant riders were going for higher wages than I expected and meant switching targets quite frequently. I ended up with about 100 riders on the tracker.
@sean - With 3 age 32 TT riders I went for the TTT as a "now or never". Habtemichael did OK in C1 races last year, hope he can repeat this year.
@cunego - I am hoping my sub-top group can deliver. Points wise 5*15th GC = 1*5th GC. I am hoping my TTT squad can elevate the GC spots enough in those few races. There is some variability and AI weirdness to add to the mix, I hope you are right about dodging relegation.
