Simon Geschke	Andzs Flaksis
Michel Koch**	Gatis Smukulis
Robert Wagner	Janis Dakteris
Willi Willwohl	Andris Smirnovs
Jonas Koch***	Andris Vosekalns**
Fabio Nappa***	Indulis Bekmanis
Emanuel Buchmann***	Maris Bogdanovics
Kai Exner***	Emils Liepins
Martin Weiss*	Evaldas Siskevicius
Tom Boonen	Matej Mohoric
Nick Ingels	Mark Dzamastagic
Lasse Norman Hansen**	Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
Olli Kulppi*

* loaned in
** loaned out
*** Stagiare

Top 15 PCT Standings
WIN Tour of the Czech Republik
WIN Nelspruit Classic
WIN Japan Cup
WIN Bayern Rundfahrt

Note: This just represents our opinions before the start of the transfer period. A lot can happen to change the status of seveal riders and if good enough offers come in for riders that were not for sale then we might be willing to negotiate even for them. Although those marked as Staying will have a very high prize tag.

Geschke and Saramotins were the stars of the first season so we don't plan to sell them. Of course, their value isn't the same for a PCT team but we like to keep Geschke at least for another year and want that Saramotins ends his career with us.

Mark Dzamastagic is a fantastic rider and we are looking to build a team around guys like him for the future. Since we do not target one of the big sprinters already this year a loan might be possible, too, if a nice loan fee comes with it.

Willwohl is a German sprinting talent which we are looking to keep for years.

Bekmanis is a difficult call. We like to keep him for next season but in the same moment we know that a PT loan would benefit both us and Bekmanis more in the long term. For now, he is planned to stay but he might be loaned out depending on how the transfer season develops for us...

Gert Joeaar is a great domestique on all levels and could also be a second tier leader for CT teams as he was for us last season. We think that he has a higher value for other teams than for us so we would not stop him if he would want to leave.

Yannick Stoltz. Fighter. Powerhouse. Fan Favourite. Still we have absolutely no clue what we will do with him. From keeping to loaning him to selling - everythings possible.

Timothy Dupont performed fantasticly during last season scoring more than 100 points as a co-leader on the cobbles and was at same time a very good leadout for Geschke. I can only recommend him to every CT team!

Bissinger is a very solid fighter/allround domestique for CT level. He can climb hills, time trial, and sprint and he loves to attack. You cannot do much wrong with signing him.

Eloy Teruel will be a solid part of every CT leadout train as well.

Michel Koch is a great domestique for every PT team. He can climb, he can ride over hills, he does not hurt too much in TTTs and he can even sprint decently (67SP,75ACC). And all that on min wage! He needs to be maxed out.

Hansen is another fantastic allrounder. He's a fantastic time trialler, a force from the breakaways and the perfect man to start your sprint leadout. He needs to be maxed out.

You thought, Euskaltel and Eddie Stobart riders attack often? Take a look on Andris Vosekalns! 13 breakaway appearences in 2014 are on a completely new level and even without breakaways he will still be a great domestique. We want that he reaches Lvl. 4.75 (currently 3.56).

Phil Bauhaus is a solid sprinting prospect. We want to see him develop further in PT so that we can max him out ourself next season.

beagle wrote:
The same old story, you still don´t want to give up of Dzamastagic

knockout wrote:


The same old story, you still don't want to give up of Degenkolb

SotD wrote:
Step back from his Rooster!

Evonik - ELKO proudly announce their first star rider signing of the transfer season. Pre-transfer we had one big target and only one: Latvian star Toms Skujins. We based all our pre-season goals around him and were ready to go very high with the transfer fee to sign him.

Unfortunatelly, it proved that even that high amount (we won't announce it due to the still ongoing transfer negotiations) was not sufficent enough so we had to look out for an alternative.

Spaniard Luis Leon Sanchez was one of the most interesting ones available on the market so we were approaching his former team Aegon.
We think that he can certainly be one of the most successful riders of the PCT division, hope that he can win some of our goal races and are confident that he leads us to our (officially) targetted Top 15 Ranking position.

The recent season has once again shown what a strong rider he is - getting top twenty results in 3 monuments, a podium finish in the Volta Cyclista a Catalunya and a 33rd place in the individual PT rankings 2014. Let's hope he can convert these performances to PCT level!

The other signings sealed so far will be presented once the end of transfers comes closer..

@Shonak: That's the plan

@jt: I look forward to race against Bellis as well. I'm curious to see how often they'll meet!

@roturn: I'll surely approach you again next season and we'll talk a lot again and some deals might be made again , too

@Ian: He sure does! And I'm looking to improve it further!

Top 15 PCT Standings
WIN Tour of the Czech Republik
WIN Nelspruit Classic
WIN Japan Cup
WIN Bayern Rundfahrt

After the first signings have been confirmed we want to announce our goals for the upcoming season.

Just like in our debut season we want to go with a top 15 goal for the team rankings. With our current squad planning we think that this one should be quite achievable!

The other ones are a bit more difficult. We hope that we can snatch away a win in two hilly one day classics: Once in South Africa there is the Nelspruit classic which is interesting to us and the Japan Cup is important to us as well.

Other very important races are the Tour of Czech Republik, a hilly stage race, and last but not least, our home race: The Bayern Rundfahrt.

Leader in all these races will be Luis Leon Sanchez and we have to hope that he can achieve any of these.