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| ember |
Posted on 11-08-2026 18:00
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Rough timing for you with this year’s transfer season. I’ll tell myself that when approaching you next season too for you know who  
Dombrowski looks to be key for you! I believe he is very capable this season, can be a great addition for you in terms of fighting for the points to avoid relegation. Really hope you stay up another season, to then kind of have a proper go at a bigger rebuild, seeing the timing was difficult this season. |
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 11-08-2026 19:36
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It might get a close season fighting against relegation, so hopefully Vansevenant, van Hooydonck, Kämna and Dombrowski are enough to put you over the line in the end!
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 12-08-2026 14:15
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The team identity is intact, with a trained Mauri and NVD leading the charge. I like the Dombrowski signing too. Still seems to me to be a nice GT rider if only for one season.
Kind of a tough situation there with Kamna though. I love the guy obviously, but even with an ideal schedule and daily form, I just don't think you can get close to 850k value from him. And at his age now, he'll never be down to a normal wage before decline. But I recognize there's not much you can do when he's the last major rider available at the end of transfers. Hopefully it does not cost the team overall with the lack of depth.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| Caspi |
Posted on 12-08-2026 15:20
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Crazy depth in the hills department with Bax, Buchmann, Hermans, and Bagioli. I would have liked to sign 1 or 2 of them myself.
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 13-08-2026 02:24
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The lengths people go to to beat a 76HI rider...
Just kidding, Pidcock isn't even the rider of mine who I'm most worried about with that training and support squad! Mauri really becoming one of the very top favourites even without his crazy attacking skills. Hate to see it selfishly but love it for you and for him
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."
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 14-08-2026 07:56
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A tough transfer season but the squad still looks good, at least for the future. Going to be a harder time this season, but it's not impossible to survive for sure!
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| roturn |
Posted on 14-08-2026 14:02
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@ember:
Ideally Hooydonck is being the key actually as he can deliver all from 3rd to 15th. Need a good season from him. Dombrowski might depend if he goes for KoM and stage hunt and potentially climb GC wise similar as Wellens last year. Though if he only rides without long range attacks, scoring potential might not be good. So a lot of luck in the lottery needed.
@kandesbunzler:
Would add Guerreiro even in that list. He might have similar scoring potential even due to stage performances as shown last year.
@bbl:
Indeed, always the aim to have mainly Benelux riders in the leader positions and also as main support guys. So Bax, Hermans and due to former German roots Buchmann come in nicely here.
Totally agree on Kämna. My new most overpriced rider I guess. But as you say, other options were close to zero. In especially with the needed money for training and FA only.
@caspi:
I was surprised they went rather cheap. But hilly riders are the most in terms of numbers total. So it helped clearly.
@jandal:
True. Different riders but still they should match and challenge a lot this year I guess. I really hope he is close to top favourite in many races as I need his scoring, in especially in the biggest races, which he won or podiumed before already.
@Abhi:
Not so sure about the future. The 5 unmaxed riders won't be big scorers later though are nice additions.
Hessmann or Schelling need training money but due to age and skills Vansevenant not helping them really taking it all himself.
@all:
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| redordead |
Posted on 18-08-2026 06:59
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Lots of pressure on Vansevenant and Van Hooydonck to both be on top of their game. Other riders will need to find ways to score as well in what I imagine will be a challenging season.
"I am a cyclist, I may not be the best, but that is what I strive to be. I may never get there, but I will never quit trying." - Tadej Pogačar
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| SotD |
Posted on 18-08-2026 13:22
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I love how the remaining riders just use the first name, as in "we know those already"
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| roturn |
Posted on 15-09-2026 08:09
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We started quite decent here in 2025 with new signing Taylor Phinney finishing 7th in a TT favoured event. In 2026 we again send a new signing as leader in Lennard Kämna. He might not be as strong as the US guy but is still in his prime and surely it`s a solid opportunity for him for first points. To reach a similar result, the hill stage surely needs to be more selective with him ideally on the better end as otherwise lots of top time trialists might still be around there for the GC.
He is accompanied by young, newly maxed Michel Hessmann, who was already strong 19th last season still unmaxed. He might be able to challenge Kämna even for best team rider depending how the stages work out.
The team around consists of strong hill support as also two young talents, which start the season early on.
| Fl | Mo | MM | Hi | TT | Sta | Res | Rec | Cob | Sp | Acc | Fig | DH | Prl |  Lennard Kämna | 71 | 77 | 74 | 71 | 78 | 76 | 73 | 75 | 62 | 63 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 78 | | Nicola Bagioli | 70 | 71 | 74 | 77 | 64 | 76 | 72 | 72 | 60 | 69 | 76 | 76 | 66 | 65 | | Michel Hessmann | 71 | 74 | 72 | 70 | 78 | 78 | 72 | 74 | 53 | 60 | 68 | 68 | 75 | 76 | | Quinten Hermans | 73 | 66 | 71 | 75 | 61 | 75 | 77 | 67 | 62 | 69 | 76 | 73 | 76 | 64 | | Sjoerd Bax | 71 | 68 | 73 | 77 | 68 | 77 | 73 | 73 | 62 | 65 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 68 | | Thibault Guernalec | 69 | 69 | 71 | 72 | 74 | 66 | 73 | 72 | 60 | 63 | 64 | 63 | 65 | 74 | | Vito Braet | 71 | 60 | 63 | 66 | 58 | 72 | 72 | 63 | 71 | 69 | 67 | 62 | 60 | 64 | | Liam Slock | 72 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 66 | 71 | 71 | 65 | 66 | 66 | 69 | 71 | 72 | 65 |
Qatar is not really our most focussed race without a top sprinter nor a top TT rider. From time to time we might grab a top10 here but surely no race we have high expectations in good scoring.
Vesely as main sprinter, Hessmann in his second race already for a decent TT performance and the cobbled squad around Van Hooydonck as preperation for the classics later on are here to show some active racing. Again 2 talents for some development as well.
| Fl | Mo | MM | Hi | TT | Sta | Res | Rec | Cob | Sp | Acc | Fig | DH | Prl | | Nathan Van Hooydonck | 73 | 63 | 67 | 71 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 82 | 61 | 72 | 64 | 67 | 72 | | Michel Hessmann | 71 | 74 | 72 | 70 | 78 | 78 | 72 | 74 | 53 | 60 | 68 | 68 | 75 | 76 | | Daniel Vesely | 71 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 55 | 71 | 65 | 71 | 55 | 79 | 77 | 59 | 69 | 55 | | Ludovic Robeet | 76 | 61 | 64 | 67 | 61 | 72 | 75 | 65 | 74 | 67 | 69 | 77 | 69 | 67 | | Piotr Havik | 77 | 63 | 67 | 70 | 65 | 74 | 73 | 64 | 72 | 70 | 69 | 75 | 70 | 64 | | Taco Van der Hoorn | 74 | 59 | 64 | 69 | 54 | 74 | 67 | 58 | 74 | 55 | 64 | 83 | 65 | 51 | | Travis Stedman | 72 | 60 | 66 | 71 | 58 | 70 | 71 | 67 | 59 | 72 | 73 | 63 | 68 | 61 | | Johan Dorussen | 72 | 54 | 55 | 59 | 55 | 70 | 68 | 69 | 66 | 65 | 72 | 65 | 66 | 59 |
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