MGUCI Code	ANH
Founded	2016
Registered	Bulgaria (2016-2018)
	Canada (2017-2019)
	Germany (2020-)
Base	Varna, Bulgaria (2016-2019)
	Frankfurt, Germany (2020-)
Status	MGUCI Continental (2016-2019)
	MGUCI ProContinental (2020)
Bicycles	Focus (2016)
	Argon 18 (2017-2018)
	Scott (2019-)

Team [20 riders]:

Xhuliano Kamberaj [Loan]	Maxime Le Montagner
Marildo Yzeiraj	Jonathon Thire
Georgi Petrov Georgiev	Andrey Zeits
Nako Georgiev	Aleksei Saramotins
Nikolay Mihaylov	Clive Ebejer
Stanislav Zaraliev	Goran Cerovic
Jan Stöhr	Daan Rijntjes
Mikel Nieve	Michal Podlaski
José Joaquin Rojas Gil	Oleg Berdos
Sylvain Chavanel	Marius Petrache

Individual classification:

Team [20 riders]:

Xhuliano Kamberaj [Loan]	Ivan García Cortina [Loan]
Marildo Yzeiraj	Mikel Nieve
Thomas Degand	Maxime Le Montagner
Nako Georgiev	Jonathon Thire
Nikolay Mihaylov	Clive Ebejer
Georgi Petrov Georgiev	Daan Rijntjes
Petar Panayotov	Oleg Berdos
Stanislav Zaraliev	Marius Petrache
Jan Stöhr	Maxim Belkov
Jakob Fuglsang	Grega Bole

Individual classification:

Team [22 riders]:

Marildo Yzeiraj	Michal Kukrle [Loan]
Thomas Degand	Michal Schlegel [Loan]
Timothy Dupont [Free rider]	John Kronborg Ebsen
Michael Vanderaerden [Free rider]	Romain Bardet
Stefan Hristov	Hideto Nakane
Nikolay Mihaylov	Dion Beukeboom
Petar Panayotov	Krzysztof Marchewka
Valentin Stoenchev	Maxim Belkov
Stanislav Zaraliev	Grega Bole
Zachary Hughes	Jonas Bjelkmark
Charles Matte	Dmitri Grabovski

Team [21 riders]:

Xhuliano Kamberaj	Enrico Battaglin
Riccardo Zoidl	Riccardo Ricco
Petar Panayotov	Hideto Nakane
Valentin Stoenchev	Ramunas Navardauskas
Alexander Cowan	Max Losch
Charles Matte	Tom Thiil [Free rider]
Michal Kukrle [Loan]	Ole Haavardsholm [Free rider]
Adam Toupalik [Loan]	Krzysztof Marchewka
Troels Vinther	Tadej Pogacar [Loan]
Meron Amanuel	Hersony Canelon
Viktor Filutas [Loan]

Main Sponsors:
Adastra Grp
Hyundai Motor Europe GmbH
Hell Energy Drink

Minor Sponsor and techical partner:
Nürburgring Circuit

Other suppliers:
Scott Sports (bikes)
DTSwiss (wheels)
Rotor (groupset)
Alé (kit manufacturer)
Kappa (apparel)
Northwave (bicycle shoes)
Uvex (helmets and glasses)

Results:
National Championships overview
News:
Official team presentation
Renewals roundup

6 September 2020, Frankfurt, Germany - journalists were on their seats as they were waiting for the start of the press conference of Adastra Hyndai Cycling GmbH which officially kickstarted the 2020 season preperation for the team, which will compete under the Adastra N Hell Energy Cycling label.

"Good evening to everyone that has accepted the invitation. And now, with great pleasure announce the start of the press conference to introduce our cycling team for the 2020 MGUCI season" - said ivaneurope, CEO of Adastra Hyundai Cycling GmbH. "This season marks a new beginning - after successful restructuring and relocation which was also approved by MGUCI's board, it's with great honour to officially announce that the team will compete in the ProContinental Tour, which is the second tier of the MGUCI hierrarchy".

Some journalists were already aware about the change, but there were also some that were left with the assumption that the team will instead compete in the Continental Tour with only Kulczyk - Alitalia being the only team not continuing was assumed. To this confusion, ivaneurope explained thoroughly: "Now, I was informed that some of you may not be aware of the sudden division change - allow me to explain. By virtue of our final position last year we were unable to qualify for PCT spot. Regarding Kulczyk's disbandment all managers were informed beforehand by the MGUCI. By rule, the next in line qualified, but since we were informed that Bianchi - Campagnolo will also be defunct after the 2019 season, Žalgiris inherited that spot. Knowing this, we were going to prepare for the CT division this year when the MGUCI gathered all managers through a video conference call to inform all that the board has suspended Netia - Vonin from all MGUCI activities. Thus our team inherited their vacated spot."

When asked about the decision to suspend Netia and the team's manager trekbmc, ivaneurope was blunt - "We're not in a position to comment if this was the right thing or not. I'll admit that I've felt uncomfortable during the call as there were managers who argued with the decision, but in the end we all agreed that this is MGUCI's decision and we decided to respect it"

The team thanked its partners from the 2019 and announced new partnerships. Aside from the already announced deals with Kappa, Alé and Hyundai, the team also announced two new deals. One of them is a technical partnership with the Nürburgring Circuit which will act as the official training and testing site of the team. I has been reported by German media that the circuit plans to create a one day race at the Nordschleife. The team also announced a new groupset partner - after 2 seasons with Campagnolo the team switched to the Spanish manufacturer Rotor. "We're thrilled to announce our partnership with the Nürburgring - one of the classic circuits with renowned history, as well as our new groupset partners in Rotor".

Regarding renewals and transfer interest no comment was given: "As per MGUCI rules we're not allowed to discuss things that aren't completed - you'll find out soon about our squad."

Following the regualar season and World Championships, the team went to the specially designed by the MGUCI courses to participate in the annual national championships. All 22 riders of the roster (including loaned in riders) participated in both road race and time trail events. Here is a quick roundup of the National Champiosnhips:

Road Race:

1	Stefan Denifl	SPAR - Siam Cement	2h18'23
6	Riccardo Zoidl	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	s.t.

Time Trial:

1	Matthias Brändle	SPAR - Siam Cement	1h02'43
3	Riccardo Zoidl	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	+ 31

The mountainous terrarin proved beneficial for Zoidl to finish with the favorites, but he didn't had the strength to battle for the win. He also fought valliantly in the TT, but his efforts were only enough for 3rd place.

Road Race:

1	Adam De Vos	NENT Racing p/b Hootsuite	2h12'36
7	Zachary Hughes	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	s.t.
15	Alexander Cowan	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	+ 4'14

Time Trial:

1	Alexandor Cataford	Podium Ambition	1h01'27
10	Zachary Hughes	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	+ 5'43
14	Alexander Cowan	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	+ 9'56

Neither rider did spectacular in both races despite Hughes finishing with the favorites. Both riders finished in the bottom half in the TT race. Overall, it was forgetable race.

Road Race:

1	Kristian Dyrnes	Xero Racing	1h25'27
14	Ole Haavardsholm	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	s.t.

Time Trial:

1	Phan Age Haugard	Volvo acc. by Spotify	1h01'50
30	Ole Haavardsholm	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	+ 7'11

Haavardsholm was too far behind to be a threat in the final dash in the RR. During the TT he finished 30th over 7 minutes behind.

Road Race:

1	Mekseb Debesay	Xero Racing	1h13'46
10	Meron Amanuel	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	+ 15'25

Time Trial:

1	Metkel Kiflay	Minions	1h05'11
10	Meron Amanuel	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	+ 9'06

Second to last in both disciplines for our only representative in the Eritrean Championships.

Road Race:

1	Daniel Vesely	Aegon - Lavazza	1h25'26
2	Adam Toupalik	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	s.t.
7	Michal Kukrle	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	+ 22

Time Trial:

1	Jakub Novak	Repsol - Netflix	1h18'02
2	Michal Kukrle	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	+ 2'19
7	Adam Toupalik	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	+ 13'19

Toupalik finished just short of the overall win in the RR, while Kukrle was 22 seconds behind. In the TT Kukrle didn't had the strength to answe Novak's monster time, but he's still fairly young with the potential of becomming great TT specialist.

Road Race:

1	Saya Kuroeda	Rakuten Pro Cycling	1h13'32
10	Hideto Nakane	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	s.t.

Time Trial:

1	Rei Onodera	Rakuten Pro Cycling	1h07'12
19	Hideto Nakane	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	+ 6'59

Nakane didn't had any realistic chance to win both races - in the RR he finished 10th, while he was one of the slowest in the TT race.

Road Race:

1	Krisztian Lovassy	ENI - MOL	1h29'37
3	Viktor Filutas	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	s.t.

Time Trial:

1	Marton Dina	ENI - MOL	1h06'14
2	Viktor Filutas	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	+ 3

Promising young prospect Viktor Filutas shouldn't be discougraged by falling short of wearing the Hungarian national colors next season - the future is still bright for him.

Road Race:

1	Cesare Di Maggio	ENI - MOL	1h26'00
56	Enrico Battaglin	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	+ 2'17
60	Riccardo Ricco	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	s.t.

Time Trial:

1	Mattia Cattaneo	Farfetch Pro Cycling	1h03'02
34	Riccardo Ricco	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	+ 7'07
55	Enrico Battaglin	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	+ 10'08

The layout didn't really suit both riders and laged behind the main group. Nothing of note in the TT.

Road Race:

1	Jose Alarcon	Repsol - Netflix	2h16'07
7	Hersony Canelon	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	+ 4'59

Time Trial:

1	Yonathan Monsalve	Farfetch Pro Cycling	1h10'05
7	Hersony Canelon	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	+ 13'41

Hersony Canelon is neither a climber nor TT specialist, so he was aware that he'll be dead last in both races

Road Race:

1	Pawel Bernas	Netia - Vonin	1h25'58
17	Krzysztof Marchewka	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	s.t.

Time Trial:

1	Krzysztof Marchewka	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling
2	Karol Andrzej Domagalski	ENI - MOL	+ 1'04

Marchewka knew that he'd struggle in the RR, so he saved his strength for the TT race which paid dividents as he won the Polish National TT title in dominant fashion.

Road Race:

1	Tom Thill	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	2h11'46
2	Gaetan Pons	ENI - MOL	s.t.
128	Max Losch	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	+ 5'22

Time Trial:

1	Tom Thill	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	1h04'49
2	Gaetan Pons	ENI - MOL	+ 2'31
4	Max Losch	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	+ 6'33

The absence of EA Vesuvio certainly lowered the quality of the playing field in the Luxembourg championships, but it provided an opening for Tom Thill to clinch the first double NC for the team. Max Losch didn't had the best of times in the NC's, but given the road race profile and his poor TT skills he knew that he's only making up the numbers.

Road Race:

1	Ramunas Navardauskas	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	1h29'34
2	Gediminas Kaupas	Adriatic Kontinentalna Selekcija	s.t.

Time Trial:

1	Ramunas Navardauskas	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	1h04'38
2	Ignas Konovalovas	Festina-Canal+	+ 1'12

With the absence of chief rivals DK Žalgiris, Ramunas Navardauskas became the hot favorite for both titles. And he won both titles with ease.

Road Race:

1	Simon Spilak	Isostar - LimeBike	2h02'28
9	Tadej Pogacar	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	+ 45

Time Trial:

1	Kristjan Koren	cycleYorkshire	1h03'00
11	Tadej Pogacar	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	+ 3'24

Promising young prospect Tadej Pogacar still has a bright future ahead of him even though he finished in the midtable.

Road Race:

1	Momchil Robov	Podium Ambition	1h25'33
5	Petar Panayotov	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	+36
6	Valentin Stoenchev	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	s.t.

Time Trial:

1	Valentin Stoenchev	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	1h06'03
2	Petar Panayotov	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	+ 2'41

While the road race title went back to Podium Ambition (with whom the team will share a division for the first time since 2016), the tandem of ex-Podium Ambition riders in Panayotov and Stoenchev clinched the 1-2 in the TT.

Road Race:

1	Xhuliano Kamberaj	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	1h29'45
2	Eugert Zhupa	Farfetch Pro Cycling	+ 9

Time Trial:

1	Donald Mukaj	Fox News - Flat Earth Society	1h07'49
2	Xhuliano Kamberaj	Adastra - Hell Energy Cycling	+ 3

The Albanian championships were run alongide those of Moldova and Turkey. While the dominator in the PCT division Aleksandr Pluchkin denied Kamberaj the chance for the overall glory, it didn't took away the Albanian RR title. However Kamberaj lost the TT title by 3 seconds.

In conclusion, the team took home 7 NC titles - 3 RR and 4 TT. This has been by far the best NC campaign by the team. With the 2019 season officially concluded, the team has headed towards the renewals which are not going to be announced yet.

With the 2019 season over, the team has announced its renewals for the forthcomming season, which will be the first spent in the upper PCT division. The team has done its renewals process beforehand, but in accordance with the MGUCI regulations, the team wasn't allowed to announce them publically until all teams have made theirs. With that in mind here's the roundup of the renewals:

		2019 Wage	2020 Wage	Difference
	Hersony Canelon	€65,000	€125,000	€60,000
	Xhuliano Kamberaj	€60,000	€60,000	€0
	Riccardo Zoidl	€75,000	€65,000	-€10,000
	Ramunas Navardauskas	€100,000	€80,000	-€20,000
	Petar Panayotov	€120,000	€65,000	-€55,000
	Enrico Battaglin	€50,000	€0	-€50,000
	Max Losch	€50,000	€50,000	€0
	Krzysztof Marchewka	€50,000	€50,000	€0
	Zachary Hughes	€50,000	€0	-€50,000
	Ole Haavardsholm	€0	€0	€0
	Hideto Nakane	€65,000	€0	-€65,000
	Meron Amanuel	€56,000	€0	-€56,000
	Tom Thill	€0	€50,000	€50,000
	Troels Vinther	€50,000	€0	-€50,000
	Valentin Stoenchev	€50,000	€50,000	€0
	Alexander Cowan	€50,000	€0	-€50,000
			Total Balance:	-€296,000

The team has decided to give the national champions - Marchewka, Thill, Navardauskas, Stoenchev and Kamberaj contract extensions. Thill also receives a full-time contract as he rode for the team as designated free rider. The biggest wage increase is Hersony Canelon - the sprinter from Venezuela was signed for 65k during the 2019 transfer season and he finished as the team's best scorer. While the price may seem too steep, but the team decided that he's worth every cent. On the other end of the spectrum Petar Panayotov, who has been with the team since 2017, has reached an agreement with the team to cut his wage nearly in half. This extension also ends speculations that Pana would be retiring at the end of the season.

With renewals done, the team heads to the transfer season, which given the new PCT status is going to be exciting.

ivaneurope wrote:
With that being said, did I overpay Canelon? Sure, he was our best scorer, but with the wave of released sprinters (due to wage demands) his contract seems an albatross one.

With renewals out of the way, the Adastra N Hell Energy Cycling team issued a small online presentation on the 2020 kit which will the riders use in the 2020 season. Made by Alé in collaboration with Kappa, the new 2020 jersey was reveled at the team's headquartes in Frankfurt, Germany.


The 2020 kit utilizes the same colors that have been used by the team since 2018 - red, black and white. This season the team decided to go for more sleek design with the FDJ design from Alé serving as a base. Despite similarities with the eBuddy jersey the Italian kit manufacturer assured that both teams will be distinguishable with Adastra opting for the full FDJ design while eBuddy uses the partial design.

The national champions will have to wait a bit longer for their bespoke jerseys to arrive with both the team and kit manufacturer are willing to wait until the transfer season in order for the NC jerseys to be produced

The transfer season nears and the Adastra N Hell Energy Cycling is preparing for an interesting period. In the meantime the sporting directors compiled a list of availability for the current riders and the chance of moving teams if such measures are required.

	Name	Availability
	Hersony Canelon	**
	Xhuliano Kamberaj	*
	Riccardo Zoidl	***
	Ramunas Navardauskas	*
	Petar Panayotov	****
	Max Losch	**** (preferably PT Loan)
	Krzysztof Marchewka	**
	Tom Thill	**
	Valentin Stoenchev	**

The team has made no clear intentions to sell anyone (would've been *****) with only Panayotov (if a suitable offer is made) and Max Losch (the intention is more of a loan to a PT team to maximize him) with ****. Most national champions are labeled as ** (meaning that they'll most likely stay put, but the team is willing to listen to offers), while Xhuliano Kamberaj and Ramunas Navardauskas are the riders that the team is willing to hold the most.

The riders have been informed about this and they've undestood the decision made by the team.

Fabianski wrote:
Some young Austrian in my team might want to get some company... Let's see if we'll talk, but one of your riders is pretty interesting