The most interesting part of the entire has begun with the renewals, and transfers will follow soon. All of our riders have visited the office, putting in demands we sometimes had to laugh about. Most riders have seen their contracts renewed, a few will be released to the free agency.

Renewed and Staying

Unsurprisingly we keep our entire Ukrainian core. Oleksandr Prevar, our best rider pre-tranfers will finally join the team after being loaned out for 2 consecutive seasons. Ignas Konovalovas and Tomas Vaitkus both keep a reasonably high wage because we didn't want to risk losing them by not obliging to their demands. Ulanowski will hopefully prove he's a great rider to have for such a low wage and the Russians Nikolaev and Efimkin will be helping the team for another year.

Skettos didn't progress as mcuh as we would've liked and there is no point in training him for another year if teams from the continental division can do the same thing. Tzortzakis will again be looking for a loan to the ProTour to reach his full potential.

Renewed and Looking for a Transfer

Greipel isn't getting any younger, and whilst he'd still be a good rider to have on the team we feel like it'd be better for both to look for new options. He'd be an excellent sprinter on the continental level, or alternetively a good lead-out in higher divisions. Kobe is a rider who really disappointed us last season, and he just has to go, but we want money in exchange. The Portugese duo doesn't fit into our team anymore, and both would be great additions for a team operating on the lowest level, as would Martin Puusepp who couldn't achieve anything great in the few days he raced last year.

Released to FA

First of, big thanks to these 5 riders. They've all been part of some successes, but just aren't good enough anymore. Especially worth mentioning is Vorganov, who won the GP Yekaterinburg in our first year back when he still was the national champion of Russia. We wish them all the best in finding new teams!