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| Bikex |
Posted on 21-07-2026 22:17
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| Nat. | Name | FL | MO | MM | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | PR | OVL |  | Gidich | 72 | 76 | 80 | 83 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 73 | 55 | 66 | 75 | 76 | 68 | 73 | 79.63 |  | McNulty | 72 | 83 | 79 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 77 | 77 | 61 | 64 | 68 | 71 | 67 | 75 | 79.39 |  | Ganna | 76 | 69 | 71 | 73 | 80 | 74 | 81 | 69 | 66 | 69 | 73 | 74 | 74 | 82 | 77.73 |  | Hsu | 75 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 69 | 75 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 80 | 79 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 77.15 | | Conca | 74 | 72 | 75 | 77 | 64 | 74 | 75 | 72 | 62 | 74 | 76 | 78 | 74 | 65 | 76.81 |  | Mano | 71 | 72 | 74 | 75 | 80 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 62 | 60 | 66 | 69 | 72 | 77 | 76.81 |  | Tiller | 74 | 65 | 68 | 70 | 67 | 76 | 75 | 70 | 79 | 74 | 73 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 76.49 | | Chaiyasombat | 69 | 78 | 76 | 74 | 70 | 71 | 75 | 75 | 52 | 66 | 74 | 73 | 69 | 70 | 75.98 |  | Contreras | 72 | 65 | 67 | 68 | 64 | 73 | 75 | 77 | 59 | 78 | 80 | 73 | 68 | 74 | 75.64 |  | Hayter | 78 | 66 | 68 | 70 | 78 | 75 | 78 | 74 | 60 | 73 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 79 | 75.59 |  | Salzmann | 73 | 63 | 67 | 71 | 64 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 77 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 75.15 | | Phonarjthan | 74 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 62 | 72 | 74 | 76 | 57 | 78 | 77 | 64 | 67 | 63 | 75.02 |  | Matsuda | 76 | 65 | 68 | 71 | 77 | 70 | 76 | 67 | 60 | 71 | 71 | 61 | 64 | 79 | 74.75 |  | Leung | 73 | 57 | 61 | 64 | 78 | 65 | 77 | 69 | 50 | 69 | 71 | 66 | 63 | 82 | 74.71 |  | Krul | 76 | 63 | 65 | 66 | 78 | 70 | 73 | 70 | 60 | 61 | 66 | 75 | 63 | 78 | 74.55 | | Phodingam | 68 | 77 | 76 | 74 | 61 | 69 | 71 | 72 | 60 | 64 | 73 | 76 | 70 | 61 | 74.27 |  | Hoang | 72 | 72 | 73 | 73 | 66 | 73 | 74 | 73 | 58 | 70 | 74 | 74 | 69 | 68 | 74.24 | | Milesi | 73 | 56 | 59 | 62 | 78 | 75 | 72 | 75 | 71 | 60 | 65 | 74 | 67 | 77 | 74.08 |  | Mohammad | 72 | 70 | 72 | 74 | 74 | 69 | 72 | 67 | 61 | 67 | 72 | 64 | 65 | 72 | 73.71 |  | Salazar | 76 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 73 | 69 | 70 | 73 | 70 | 69 | 72 | 73.35 |  | Joung * | 72 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 61 | 71 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 66 | 71 | 71.85 |  | Hansen * | 72 | 56 | 62 | 67 | 63 | 72 | 69 | 64 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 66 | 65 | 66 | 70.97 |
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Posted on 21-07-2026 22:17
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Posted on 21-07-2026 22:17
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| Bikex |
Posted on 21-07-2026 22:21
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Post Renewals Update
We renewed with everyone from the team except for Dylan van Baarle who we didn't manage to come to an agreement with. I believe we have a solid base for the 2026 team. None of our riders is definitely leaving the team, but we'll be open to a lot of different scenarios depending on how things go. (Stats in first post)
| | OVL | Wage | Change | Available | | Y. Gidich | 79.56 | 610,000 € | -€ 15,000 | Unlikely | | B. McNulty | 78.86 | 510,000 € | € 85,000 | No | | F. Ganna | 77.73 | 340,000 € | -€ 20,000 | Unlikely | | H. Hsu | 77.15 | 230,000 € | -€ 20,000 | No | | F. Conca | 76.81 | 175,000 € | -€ 25,000 | Maybe | | Y. Mano | 76.81 | 225,000 € | € 25,000 | No | | R. Tiller | 76.49 | 175,000 € | € 5,000 | Likely | | T. Gloag | 76.32 | 140,000 € | € 60,000 | Unlikely | | T. Chaiyasombat | 75.98 | 155,000 € | € 15,000 | No | | E. Contreras | 75.64 | 115,000 € | -€ 100,000 | Likely | | K. Fung | 75.16 | 100,000 € | 0 | Unlikely | | J. Salzmann | 75.15 | 110,000 € | € 10,000 | Likely | | S. Matsuda | 74.75 | 90,000 € | 0 | Unlikely | | C. Leung | 74.71 | 100,000 € | 0 | Unlikely | | H. Chiu | 74.48 | 75,000 € | 0 | Unlikely | | S. Phodingam | 74.27 | 65,000 € | -€ 10,000 | No | | T. Hoang | 74.24 | 65,000 € | € 15,000 | Unlikely | | L. Milesi | 74.08 | 60,000 € | -€ 35,000 | Unlikely | | J. Salazar | 73.35 | 65,000 € | € 10,000 | Unlikely | | D. van Baarle | 72.91 | Released | -€ 85,000 | |
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| seancoll |
Posted on 21-07-2026 23:07
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A name or two I’m crushed to see with unlikely but still enough reason to know that we’ll talk at least once this season.
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 22-07-2026 01:13
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Pending the types of moves that can occur in transfers we will probably be speaking even if McNulty is off the table!
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 22-07-2026 03:50
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There was a time where that availability list would have sent me into a frenzy! Still sure we'll talk throughout.
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 22-07-2026 03:55
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Team still looking great, apart from McNulty being a bit greedy after a not so great season for his standards. I'm sure we'll talk plenty and then not come to an agreement over a single deal once again, but looking forward to it 
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| Bikex |
Posted on 22-07-2026 08:20
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@seancoll: A few of the unlikelys will surely turn into likelys depending on how things go.
@wj, @bbl: Looking forward to it!
@Eden: Our yearly tradition.  My initial idea was to see what I can get for Gidich this season, but by now I'm quite confident that I'll keep him. But let's see what you bring to the table. 
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 22-07-2026 20:40
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Hmm, guess we might talk once again - probably without an outcome, but who knows?
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 23-07-2026 00:47
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Very nice jersey (as always)! Not sure if our paths will cross again during this transfers but who knows? Best of luck either way
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| Bikex |
Posted on 08-08-2026 13:22
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Transfer Update
Little changes at King Power during transfers. In the end we didn't sign a single rider from the Free Agency and had to rely on some late deals to move the team into the anticipated direction.
Departures
Three riders left our team as part of the mentioned deals. We want to say thank you to our yearlong loyal Hong Kong duo of Ho San Chiu and Ka Hoo Fung. Both developed with us and spent years at the team, mostly fulfilling domestique duties, but also contributing to our depth scoring on good days. Fung will ride with Everlasting and Chiu with Polar in the upcoming season. The third rider leaving is Thomas Gloag who went back to cycleyorkshire where he also spent one year of his development on loan.
Arrivals
Ethan Hayter, 28, 4.100 XP, Wage: € 118,000| OVL | FL | MO | MM | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FI | DH | PR | | 75.59 | 78 | 66 | 68 | 70 | 78 | 75 | 78 | 74 | 60 | 73 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 79 |
Hayter joins us to strengthen our TTT setup. His stat combination should allow him to score decently in any race with a TT. On top of that he will support Hsu in various flat races and hopefully even show some attacking spirit himself.
Patompob Phonarjthan, 29, 4.100 XP, Wage: € 90,000| OVL | FL | MO | MM | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FI | DH | PR | | 75.02 | 74 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 62 | 72 | 74 | 76 | 57 | 78 | 77 | 64 | 67 | 63 |
Already last year on loan with us, Patompob joins us full time from Everesting now. We're happy to add another strong rider from our home nation to our lineup. Mostly he will be working as a leadout for Hsu and Contreras, but will certainly also have some races where he can aim for sprint results himself.
Stef Krul, 31, 4.100 XP, Wage: € 75,000| OVL | FL | MO | MM | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FI | DH | PR | | 74.55 | 76 | 63 | 65 | 66 | 78 | 70 | 73 | 70 | 60 | 61 | 66 | 75 | 63 | 78 |
Krul is another reinforcement of our TTT squad. With EA Vesuvio gone, we have some high targets in any TTT on the calendar.
Fikri Azka Mohammad, 30, 4.100 XP, Wage: € 50,000| OVL | FL | MO | MM | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FI | DH | PR | | 73.71 | 72 | 70 | 72 | 74 | 74 | 69 | 72 | 67 | 61 | 67 | 72 | 64 | 65 | 72 |
After many years we finally managed to sign an Indonesian again. Mohammad will be a valuable domestique for all of our leaders with his skillset.
Loans
Joang and Hansen join us for the season from Everesting and Carlsberg respectively for the next step in their development:
| Nat. | Name | FL | MO | MM | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | PR | OVL | | Joung | 72 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 61 | 71 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 66 | 71 | 71.85 | | Hansen | 72 | 56 | 62 | 67 | 63 | 72 | 69 | 64 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 66 | 65 | 66 | 70.97 |
Training
With ambitious goals for this years Tour de France in mind, Brandon McNulty improved his climbing skills:
| Nat. | Name | FL | MO | MM | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | PR | OVL | | McNulty | 72 | 82 | 78 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 77 | 77 | 61 | 64 | 68 | 71 | 67 | 75 | 78.86 | | | | * | * | | | | | | | | | | | | * | | McNulty | 72 | 83 | 79 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 77 | 77 | 61 | 64 | 68 | 71 | 67 | 75 | 79.39 |
Gidich worked on his sprinting skills. We hope he can be more impactful on hilly races with group finishes:
| Nat. | Name | FL | MO | MM | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | PR | OVL | | Gidich | 72 | 76 | 80 | 83 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 73 | 55 | 65 | 75 | 76 | 68 | 73 | 79.56 | | | | | | | | | | | | * | | | | | * | | Gidich | 72 | 76 | 80 | 83 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 73 | 55 | 66 | 75 | 76 | 68 | 73 | 79.63 |
Full Team
| Nat. | Name | FL | MO | MM | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | PR | OVL | | Gidich | 72 | 76 | 80 | 83 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 73 | 55 | 66 | 75 | 76 | 68 | 73 | 79.63 | | McNulty | 72 | 83 | 79 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 77 | 77 | 61 | 64 | 68 | 71 | 67 | 75 | 79.39 | | Ganna | 76 | 69 | 71 | 73 | 80 | 74 | 81 | 69 | 66 | 69 | 73 | 74 | 74 | 82 | 77.73 | | Hsu | 75 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 69 | 75 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 80 | 79 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 77.15 | | Conca | 74 | 72 | 75 | 77 | 64 | 74 | 75 | 72 | 62 | 74 | 76 | 78 | 74 | 65 | 76.81 | | Mano | 71 | 72 | 74 | 75 | 80 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 62 | 60 | 66 | 69 | 72 | 77 | 76.81 | | Tiller | 74 | 65 | 68 | 70 | 67 | 76 | 75 | 70 | 79 | 74 | 73 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 76.49 | | Chaiyasombat | 69 | 78 | 76 | 74 | 70 | 71 | 75 | 75 | 52 | 66 | 74 | 73 | 69 | 70 | 75.98 | | Contreras | 72 | 65 | 67 | 68 | 64 | 73 | 75 | 77 | 59 | 78 | 80 | 73 | 68 | 74 | 75.64 | | Hayter | 78 | 66 | 68 | 70 | 78 | 75 | 78 | 74 | 60 | 73 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 79 | 75.59 | | Salzmann | 73 | 63 | 67 | 71 | 64 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 77 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 75.15 | | Phonarjthan | 74 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 62 | 72 | 74 | 76 | 57 | 78 | 77 | 64 | 67 | 63 | 75.02 | | Matsuda | 76 | 65 | 68 | 71 | 77 | 70 | 76 | 67 | 60 | 71 | 71 | 61 | 64 | 79 | 74.75 | | Leung | 73 | 57 | 61 | 64 | 78 | 65 | 77 | 69 | 50 | 69 | 71 | 66 | 63 | 82 | 74.71 | | Krul | 76 | 63 | 65 | 66 | 78 | 70 | 73 | 70 | 60 | 61 | 66 | 75 | 63 | 78 | 74.55 | | Phodingam | 68 | 77 | 76 | 74 | 61 | 69 | 71 | 72 | 60 | 64 | 73 | 76 | 70 | 61 | 74.27 | | Hoang | 72 | 72 | 73 | 73 | 66 | 73 | 74 | 73 | 58 | 70 | 74 | 74 | 69 | 68 | 74.24 | | Milesi | 73 | 56 | 59 | 62 | 78 | 75 | 72 | 75 | 71 | 60 | 65 | 74 | 67 | 77 | 74.08 | | Mohammad | 72 | 70 | 72 | 74 | 74 | 69 | 72 | 67 | 61 | 67 | 72 | 64 | 65 | 72 | 73.71 | | Salazar | 76 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 73 | 69 | 70 | 73 | 70 | 69 | 72 | 73.35 | | Joung | 72 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 61 | 71 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 66 | 71 | 71.85 | | Hansen | 72 | 56 | 62 | 67 | 63 | 72 | 69 | 64 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 66 | 65 | 66 | 70.97 |
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Posted on 08-08-2026 13:25
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Just going to throw it out here. This is the year you are going to win the Pro Tour 
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Posted on 08-08-2026 13:56
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SotD wrote:
Just going to throw it out here. This is the year you are going to win the Pro Tour
I believe so too
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 08-08-2026 14:23
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Time to claim the throne!
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| ember |
Posted on 08-08-2026 14:52
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As the others have said, this definitely feels like the year where you are the clear favourite before the season starts.
Job well done in transfers, making those small moves to build the best TTT machine out there. If that proves right, it will give a ton of points, as Vesuvio has shows in the past. Add McNulty and Gidich as great leaders for other terrains, and your setup is brilliant! |
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 08-08-2026 15:14
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Fantastic squad. Pretty cool to see Patompob and Joung included there. Looking forward to see how this season plays out for you!
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 09-08-2026 01:01
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Looking as good as expected, McNulty training is expected but still huge. Interested to see how he does in the TdF considering the potential competition he’ll have there.
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 09-08-2026 02:48
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Great to see McNulty growing in the World Tour, that was part of the reason for selling him. Hopefully others are right and he and Mohammad can be on a PT winning team.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 09-08-2026 04:46
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Have to concur with the others. We spoke during the transfer season about how this might be your year to go all in, and looking at this roster, you were right. This is a PT winning team. Just has to execute.
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