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[CT 22] McCormick Pro Cycling
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 12-08-2022 02:55
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McCormick and Ulriksen Sports are pleased to announce the return of Baltimore-based McCormick & Company as the primary sponsor of McCormick Pro Cycling. As described in our plan three years ago, McCormick Pro Cycling is a long-term project to build a significant American cycling team.
Our third season saw the arrival of Ian Boswell to give the team its first presence in hilly races. At the Coppa Placci Boswell scored the team's first ever win in a hilly classic. The team also scored their first GC victory since 2019 when Sepp Kuss took the tour of the Middle East adding a stage and the KOM jersey at the same time. Another highlight came at the Tour de l'Avenir where future GC leader Brandon McNulty took 3rd overall.
McCormick is excited that in 2022 almost the entire squad will return. Sepp and Ian will be joined in leadership duties by sprinter Luke Keough. While Brandon will seek to finish his development in the Pro Tour, young climbers Thomas Revard, Alex Hoehn and Brendan Rhim have all completed their development and will ride together at McCormick for the first time since they were signed as neopros in 2019.
Team stalwart Jakob Rathe, young all-rounder Gage Hecht and domestiques Zeke Mostov and Noah Granigan complete the US presence on the roster.
In addition stagiaire Fred Wright was offered a full contract as was French draftee Roman Seigle, 2021 winner of the team's Mateo Frankovic Domestique of the Year award. Finally, sprinter Max Walscheid also returns to the team. These three will look to continue their development this year, although McCormick will also consider whether a sale is the best option to support their future aspirations.
Only stagiaires Cole Davis and Conor Schunk and draftee German Nicolas Tivani were not offered new contracts. McCormick wishes all three future success.
Edited by Ulrich Ulriksen on 12-08-2022 03:03
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 12-08-2022 03:00
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Some Team History
Awards
Spoiler Dan Holloway Rider of the Year
2021 Ian Boswell
2020 Sepp Kuss
2019 Dan Holloway
Young Rider of the Year
2021 Thanakhan Chaiyasombat
2020 Thomas Revard
2019 Daniel Habtemichael
Mateo Frankovic Domestique of the Year
2021 Roman Seigle
2020 Mateo Frankovic
2019 Mateo Frankovic
Stage, Classic, GC, Points and KOM Wins
Spoiler Cumulative is Stages/Classics/GC/Pts/Mtn
| Race | Level | S# | Rider | Cumulative | | 2019 | | | | | | Tour Down Under | C1 | 2 | Dan Holloway | 1/0/0/0/0 | | Tour Down Under | C1 | 6 | Dan Holloway | 2/0/0/0/0 | | Tour Down Under | C1 | GC | Dan Holloway | 2/0/1/0/0 | | Tour Down Under | C1 | Pts | Dan Holloway | 2/0/1/1/0 | | Ras Tailteann | C1 | 2 | Dan Holloway | 3/0/1/1/0 | | Tour of Uppsala | C1 | 2 | Dan Holloway | 4/0/1/1/0 | | Tour of Uppsala | C1 | 5 | Dan Holloway | 5/0/1/1/0 | | Tour of Uppsala | C1 | Pts | Dan Holloway | 5/0/1/2/0 | | Tour de Vineyards | C2HC | 5 | Ka Hoo Fung | 1/0/0/0/0 | | Amissa Bongo | C2 | 1 | Dan Holloway | 6/0/1/2/0 | | Amissa Bongo | C2 | 3 | Dan Holloway | 7/0/1/2/0 | | Amissa Bongo | C2 | 5 | Dan Holloway | 8/0/1/2/0 | | Amissa Bongo | C2 | GC | Dan Holloway | 8/0/2/2/0 | | Amissa Bongo | C2 | Pts | Dan Holloway | 8/0/2/3/0 | | Tour of Bulgaria | C2 | Mtn | Daniel Habtemichael | 0/0/0/0/1 | | US PCC | C2 | 3 | Dan Holloway | 9/0/2/3/0 | | US PCC | C2 | GC | Dan Holloway | 9/0/3/3/0 | | Baltic Chain Tour | C1 | 4 | Dan Holloway | 10/0/3/3/0 | | Ronde van Het Ijsselmeer | C2 | CL | Dan Holloway | 10/1/3/3/0 | | Course de Solidarnosc | C2HC | 4 | Dan Holloway | 11/1/3/3/0 | | 2020 | | | | | | Vuelta al Tachira | C2 | 1 | Luke Keough | 1/0/0/0/0 | | Tour of Eritrea | C2HC | 2 | Luke Keough | 2/0/0/0/0 | | Tour of Eritrea | C2HC | Pts | Luke Keough | 2/0/0/1/0 | | Tour de Langkawi | C2HC | 1 | Luke Keough | 3/0/0/1/0 | | US PCC | C2 | 4 | Luke Keough | 4/0/0/1/0 | | Course de Solidarnosc | C2HC | 4 | Luke Keough | 5/0/0/1/0 | | 2021 | | | | | | Vuelta al Tachira | C2 | 8 | Brandon McNulty | 1/0/0/0/0 | | Coppa Placci | C2 | CL | Ian Boswell | 0/1/0/0/0 | | Tour of California | C2 | 3 | Ian Boswell | 1/1/0/0/0 | | Tour of California | C2 | 4 | Luke Keough | 6/0/0/1/0 | | Tour du Faso | C2HC | 2 | Maximilian Walscheid | 1/0/0/0/0 | | Tour of Vancouver | C2HC | 3 | German Nicolas Tivani | 1/0/0/0/0 | | Tour of South Africa | C1 | 5 | Ian Boswell | 2/1/0/0/0 | | Tour of the Middle East | C2HC | 4 | Sepp Kuss | 1/0/0/0/0 | | Tour of the Middle East | C2HC | GC | Sepp Kuss | 1/0/1/0/0 | | Tour of the Middle East | C2HC | Mtn | Sepp Kuss | 1/0/1/0/1 | | Tour de Langkawi | C2HC | 1 | Luke Keough | 7/0/0/1/0 | | Tour de Langkawi | C2HC | 3 | Luke Keough | 8/0/0/1/0 | | Tour de Langkawi | C2HC | Pts | Luke Keough | 8/0/0/2/0 | | 2022 | | | | | | Gisborne GP | C2 | CL | Ian Boswell | 2/2/0/0/0 | | Vuelta al Tachira | C2 | 5 | Kevin Feiereisen | 1/0/0/0/0 | | Hong Kong Challenge | C1 | 1 | Ian Boswell | 3/2/0/0/0 | | Hong Kong Challenge | C1 | Mtn | Ian Boswell | 3/2/0/0/1 | | Hong Kong Challenge | C1 | Pts | Ian Boswell | 3/2/0/1/1 | | Tour of California | C2 | GC | Lawrence Warbasse | 0/0/1/0/0 | | Nakhon Ratchasima Trophy | C2 | CL | Luke Keough | 8/1/0/2/0 | | Olympia's Tour | C2 | 2 | Luke Keough | 9/1/0/2/0 | | Tour of Vancouver | C2 | 4 | Sepp Kuss | 2/0/1/0/1 | | Tour of Vancouver | C2 | GC | Sepp Kuss | 2/0/2/0/1 | | | | ------------ | | | | Total | 2019 | 12/1/3/3/1 | | | Total | 2020 | 5/0/0/1/0 | | | Total | 2021 | 9/1/1/1/1 | | | Total | 2022 | 4/2/2/1/1 | | | | ------------ | | | | Total | Dan Holloway | 11/1/3/3/0 | | | Total | All Other | 19/3/3/3/3 | | | | ------------ | | | | Total | US Riders | 26/4/6/6/2 | | | Total | All Other | 4/0/0/0/1 | | | | ------------ | | | | | Grand Total | 30/4/6/6/3 |
Edited by Ulrich Ulriksen on 12-03-2023 22:04
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 12-08-2022 03:27
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And since Knockout made it easy, the post renewals roster.
As noted above Wright and Seigle are definitely available. Wright looks pretty good given this year's neopro class. Seigle will be a very solid CT or PCT rider once maxed. Walscheid will probably stay and look for a PT loan.
| Nat. | Name | OVR | XP | Age | Wage | Change |  | Ian Boswell | 77.09 | 4.100 | 31 | € 260,000 | € 40,000 | | Brandon McNulty | 75.80 | 4.0 | 24 | € 190,000 | (€ 100,000) | | Sepp Kuss | 75.01 | 4.100 | 28 | € 120,000 | € 20,000 | | Luke Keough | 75.37 | 4.100 | 31 | € 115,000 | € 0 | | Brendan Rhim | 74.20 | 4.100 | 27 | € 60,000 | € 10,000 |  | Maximilian Walscheid | 73.25 | 4.9 | 29 | € 55,000 | € 5,000 | | Thomas Revard | 73.90 | 4.100 | 25 | € 50,000 | € 0 | | Alex Hoehn | 73.63 | 4.100 | 25 | € 50,000 | € 0 |  | Roman Seigle | 72.98 | 4.40 | 28 | € 50,000 | € 0 | | Jakob Rathe | 72.51 | 4.100 | 31 | € 50,000 | € 0 | | Gage Hecht | 71.20 | 3.20 | 24 | € 50,000 | € 0 | | Noah Granigan | 71.15 | 4.6 | 26 | € 50,000 | € 0 | | Zeke Mostov | 70.74 | 4.100 | 26 | € 50,000 | € 0 |  | Fred Wright | 69.52 | 1.54 | 23 | € 50,000 | € 0 |
| Nat. | Name | FL | MO | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | PR | | Ian Boswell | 70 | 71 | 80 | 67 | 77 | 73 | 71 | 56 | 65 | 76 | 72 | 68 | 69 | | Brandon McNulty | 71 | 78 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 75 | 75 | 61 | 64 | 67 | 70 | 67 | 73 | | Sepp Kuss | 68 | 78 | 71 | 64 | 74 | 76 | 71 | 50 | 55 | 69 | 66 | 72 | 65 | | Luke Keough | 73 | 60 | 62 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 59 | 79 | 79 | 63 | 75 | 80 | | Brendan Rhim | 66 | 77 | 72 | 62 | 68 | 72 | 73 | 63 | 62 | 69 | 69 | 64 | 64 | | Maximilian Walscheid | 71 | 55 | 63 | 62 | 70 | 72 | 72 | 61 | 77 | 77 | 61 | 67 | 73 | | Thomas Revard | 69 | 76 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 74 | 74 | 61 | 58 | 70 | 67 | 63 | 69 | | Alex Hoehn | 67 | 75 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 74 | 75 | 64 | 64 | 61 | 78 | 68 | 70 | | Roman Seigle | 68 | 70 | 75 | 64 | 73 | 72 | 68 | 60 | 63 | 70 | 68 | 69 | 67 | | Jakob Rathe | 73 | 63 | 66 | 61 | 74 | 71 | 68 | 73 | 74 | 76 | 68 | 62 | 61 | | Gage Hecht | 70 | 67 | 70 | 69 | 71 | 73 | 67 | 68 | 67 | 70 | 77 | 69 | 72 | | Noah Granigan | 72 | 57 | 65 | 60 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 54 | 73 | 75 | 65 | 64 | 70 | | Zeke Mostov | 75 | 60 | 61 | 75 | 73 | 75 | 65 | 58 | 60 | 65 | 68 | 60 | 75 | | Fred Wright | 68 | 67 | 68 | 67 | 68 | 70 | 67 | 66 | 69 | 69 | 72 | 65 | 67 |
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 12-08-2022 04:59
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Looks a tough decision on whether to loan out or keep McNulty this season! Would be an amazing rider in the CT but might be more valuable next season when he’s fully developed.
You’ve got a great base to work with and I hope to see your team fighting for promotion this season!
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| SotD |
Posted on 12-08-2022 07:29
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Agree with LLS. Keeping McNulty would assure promotion for this team basically without changing anything, while loaning him out could be the decisive factor. But then again, who really want to postpone the development of their star riders?
He's currently a very solid U25 rider, so I bet many PT teams will be looking in his direction, and in case you manage to promote this season and have him back at PCT fully maxed he could be a focal point in thriving at the PCT level. He could even win U25 at a GT if you get a wildcard. Great talent.
Boswell, Kuss, Rhim and Keough too are too good for the CT imo. Very nice build so far.
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| MacC |
Posted on 12-08-2022 08:14
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That's a very solid and well balanced core, looks very promising
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 12-08-2022 11:40
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McNulty should be highly sought after if you send him out  Hope you can pull the trigger on a big promotion push to meet back up with him in PCT next year, but you know I do appreciate your slow burn and I have a lot of trust in wherever you take the project 
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 12-08-2022 15:26
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This is definitely a challenging decision, but personally, I don't think I could ever sacrifice a year of development for a guy like McNulty. With a loan, the kid will be an absolute stud in PCT at 25 and trainable at 26. And since he's so strong at level 4, you should be able to get a very favorable loan situation from PT if you shop around.
Agree that the core of a promoter is there even without McNulty, should you play your cards right. Maybe pursuing a similar maxed rider as a stop gap option could be in the cards...
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 12-08-2022 16:54
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Glad to see you got McNulty's wage under 200,000. We will be in talks for sure. 
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 12-08-2022 18:38
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Think that is a great base to challenge for promotion. Hope you get there this time!
Always a tough decision to loan out a rider that is basically the core around which the team is built. However, it is probably not ideal to hold back his development for a season. Get promoted and you have him back fully maxed for a great PCT run! Either way, look forward to how you shape up the team for the season. Think we will talk during transfers 
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 13-08-2022 16:03
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Thanks for the thoughts. I am definitely in agreement with the bias stated above that I don't want to delay McNulty. Barring something weird McNulty is going to PT on loan.
If I can free up salary with a loan and get a fill in then I should still have a decent shot at promotion.
If not we can unleash a maxed McNulty on CT next year, which was the original plan. Although got a little worried about his salary so figured I would try a little harder to secure it this year.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 13-08-2022 17:42
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Hopefully Hoehn has put in a good word about his experience with us in the PT
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| Bikex |
Posted on 13-08-2022 23:28
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Hadn't realized Fung won a stage for you. Cool to learn that!
Also nice that Chaiyasombat got the young rider award after his ToA heroics. Hope he can successfully continue his development with me. |
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 24-08-2022 04:58
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McCormick Pro Cycling is pleased to announce the transfer of Lawrence Warbasse from Carlsberg - Danske Bank. Up until now the team has focused primarily on developing younger American riders, but with those riders maturing we felt now was the right time to bring in a veteran presence to lead our climbing squad.
Larry will share stage race leadership with Sepp Kuss. He may also team up with hills leader Ian Boswell when the terrain is right. Thanks to Carlsberg manager Bbl for his work on the deal. As part of the dealrouleur Fred Wright moved to Carlsberg - we wish Fred luck at his new team.
And in future seasons we look forward to Larry mentoring future McCormick leader, Brandon McNulty. But for this year Brandon will be honing his craft at the Pro Tour Level with MOL Cycling Team. We are excited to see Brandon at the biggest races on the calendar.
Since Brandon has only raced with the US-based McCormick before we felt it was important to provide a familiar presence on his new team. As a result MOL agreed to also take sprinter Max Walscheid on loan. Max will look not only to continue his own development, but also help ease Brandon's transition.
As part of the transaction McCormick also traded Roman Seigle for Charles Matte. Seigle will get a chance to reach his full potential at MOL while Matte adds solid depth to the McCormick stage racing team. McCormick will remain primarily US focused but we are happy to have a rider representing another major North American market on the team.
Thanks to MOL manager Jaxika for his creativity and persistence in putting together the McNulty deal.
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 24-08-2022 05:04
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I really like this team you’ve put together! A few years in the making with McNulty but a perfect time to strengthen up to promote and make use of McNulty next season.
Warbasse/Kuss is a great duo to have in Stage Races and in the Mountains. I’d hope for great things from the former in particular.
If Boswell & Keough can do what they’re capable of then, barring any planning issues, I’d hope to see this team well up the CT table!
Good Luck
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| DarkWolf |
Posted on 24-08-2022 09:31
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Our friends from up north seem to have a nice looking future ahead of them. I am looking forward to see McNulty grow.
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| redordead |
Posted on 24-08-2022 11:37
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Let's see if you have enough to promote.
The 4 leaders suggest that maybe that's the case this season
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 24-08-2022 11:42
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To me this looks like a promotion chasing team, and then one that will be beautifully placed to go back-to-back. The future of US cycling seems safe in your hands.
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 24-08-2022 15:10
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Great pickup in Warbasse!
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 26-08-2022 05:16
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Thanks for the good wishes, definitely hoping to be in the promotion hunt. A little afraid we have too many climbers and they will get in each others way.
Well if it doesn't work out we can try again in 2023 with McNulty, which was the original plan. In the meantime Warbasse is a nice substitute.
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