Welcome to the HQ of the PCT Spanish team Repsol - Netflix

In 2017 we managed to finish in 8th in the Continental Division and promote in our very first season to Pro Continental Level. This year we have added Netflix as naming sponsor next to Repsol, while Honda is no longer a naming sponsor, but remains as an important sponsor of the team.

This means we needed a new jersey for the team, so we reached Norwegian designer Hillis, known for having designed several teams jersey's since last year. We can't deny that he did an impressive job and that we are looking forward to see it in racing.

The HQ will remain in Madrid, Spain's capital, while the smaller base in Tokio is disbanded

Honda apart from being a secondary sponsor for the team, will provide the team cars, and also rider's cars

Fuji will be our bike supplier

MegaPlus will provide the team with supplements and nutrition products

Suomi will be the helmet supplier for this season

It was the team's first time through renewals and got away unscathed, having extended the contract of all the riders that we wanted and releasing all that we didn't want

	2017 Wage	2018 Wage	Difference
Rafael Valls	€ 375,000	€ 350,000	- € 25,000
Morgan Kneisky	€ 75,000	€ 60,000	- € 15,000
Stefano Agostini	€ 50,000	€ 55,000	€ 5,000
Hideto Nakane	€ 60,000	€ 50,000	- € 10,000
Jaime Roson	€ 55,000	€ 50,000	- € 5,000
Cristian Rodriguez	€ 50,000	€ 50,000	€ 0
Rafael Serrano	€ 50,000	€ 50,000	€ 0
		Total:	- € 50,000

All riders except Stefano Agostini agreed to lower their wages, saving 50k from their salaries in 2017, not too much, but that's a "free" rider

You can notice that we only have 7 riders entering this transfer season, and a total of 1.835.000€ of free wage cap. Big plans are coming up for the goal of staying up in PCT

@whitejersey Sure! Can't wait for transfers

Repsol - Netflix enters the transfers season with only 7 riders with a contract. But that doesn't mean all of them will stay in the squad

	2018 Wage	Availability
Rafael Valls	€ 350,000	Maybe
Morgan Kneisky	€ 60,000	Yes
Stefano Agostini	€ 55,000	Very Unlikely
Hideto Nakane	€ 50,000	Yes
Jaime Roson	€ 50,000	No
Cristian Rodriguez	€ 50,000	No
Rafael Serrano	€ 50,000	Very Unlikely

It's not a secret that with the drop of our Japanese focus, Hideto Nakane is expected to be sold to other team who wants a cheap 76 climber and maybe has a focus on Japan.

Morgan Kneisky won Paris-Tours for us last season, and while he's on very low wage that we wouldn't mind to keep, unless of a sudden focus change, he doesn't fit in our roster for PCT. Surely there are teams that wants a flat beast who can be used also for TTT teams. For this one we expect a decent offer, as we don't want to sell him "for free" when he's a really useful rider if used rightly.

Jaime Roson and Cristian Rodriguez are locks in and won't leave the team. Both are young Spanish talent with years left of development and are the future of the team.

Pretty much the same case with Rafael Serrano and Stefano Agostini. Both riders proved his worthy last season, one acting as Valls' main domestique, and the other as the main domestique of Gilbert in the hills, with Agostini even giving us a stage win in Bayern-Rundfahrt. Both are very valuable to the team, and would only leave with a good offer, or if we are desperate for money

And the final rider is our team leader Rafael Valls. We would never want to see him going, but after dominating last year's CT, if he wanted to go there again and we have both a decent replacement and a great offer, he might be on the move. He's not really on sale at the start of transfers, but more depending on how transfers goes for the team, and the need of money/wage cap

Croatia14 wrote:
Oh boy I thought Rafa would stay at the team forever after that opening season would be strange to see him in another outfit really

It's been an hectic start of the transfers period, with the team in the need of finding the right riders for PCT, and we aren't having an easy time finding them. We have done some deals, but are yet to be confirmed by the MGUCI so we could anounce their arrival. But in the meantime, we've been able to finally sign 4 riders through FA which all are domestiques, but can have a relevant role in the team.

An aggresive puncheur who should up for a lot of breakaway action already this year, and the Italian rider still has room to improve his abilities. Jacopo was a clear target for the team once he became available in the market, as he had involved in a campus organised by the team during last summer. He's only 25, so he has several years to develop into a great fighter

FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	ACC	FG	DW	PL
71	70	73	63	73	74	67	60	65	73	78	71	68	4.0
71	72	75	63	73	75	68	60	65	75	80	71	68	Max

Two confirmed signings, two Italian fighters. You can spot the pattern here. Stefano is probably the best fighter in MG, and is the perfect rider to go and snatch KoM jerseys during all the season in both C1, HC or C2 races. He showed that last year in Aeropostal, and we are looking to see him repeating those rides again in 2018. He's now 31, so a couple of years at his prime at left, but it's obvious he's not a long-term bet

FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	ACC	FG	DW	PL
66	75	73	55	69	68	73	52	62	76	85	76	55	Max

What a pleasure to have again an Spanish legend in the squad. One of the best PCT riders in the past years, having won the Individual Ranking in 2015, "Luisle" arrives at the team with the clear intention of being a pure domestique, but he might be able to have some kind of leadership in a hilly TT stage race? We'll see. He still has a nice stat combo despite being 35, that could even see him featuring in C2 races during the season

FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	ACC	FG	DW	PL
72	73	75	71	72	72	72	59	57	69	74	60	71	Max

Most of the people will struggle to see which is the point of signing a rider like Barrio, despite his 79 hill given his low flat, and poor back-ups. But he's not meant to be a leader by any means. The most he could lead is if all other puncheurs on my team are riding elsewhere or maybe be a long wolf in stage races with a hilly stage. He's obviously in the team for being Spanish, but there's hope with him that being a good lieutenant for a rider that should be anounced later in the day, he could score some depth points despite his weaknesses

FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	ACC	FG	DW	PL
63	70	79	58	69	63	65	52	65	67	64	64	58	Max