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For the first time ever, ELCO - ABEA, the former Festina-side, have relegated into the Pro Continental Division. It is a massive blow, but will also form an interesting debut in a new division.
..::Team Name::..
 ELCO - ABEA
..::Team Manager::..
 Andreas
..::History::..
Credits: hillis91
..::Last Season Standing::..
Winner Pro Continental Tour
| GC Riders | | Miltiadis Giannoutsos | Age: 28 | 250.000€ | | Puncheurs | | Zisis Soulious | Age: 29 | 120.000€ | | Aimiliano Vila | Age: 28 | 100.000€ |  Tomohiro Kinoshita | Age: 34 | 250.000€ |  Kaspars Sergis | Age: 33 | 50.000€ |  Kamiel Bonneu | Age: 26 | 50.000€ | | Climbers | | Dimitrios Christakos | Age: 26 | 85.000€ | | Panagiotis Karatsivis | Age: 24 | 70.000€ |  Alexandros Agrotis | Age: 27 | 75.000€ |  Jay Vine | Age: 30 | 118.000€ |  Scott Davies | Age: 30 | 50.000€ | | Sprinters | | Stylianos Farantakis | Age: 30 | 325.000€ | | Anastasios Koumpetsos | Age: 30 | 90.000€ |  Axel Zingle | Age: 27 | 115.000€ | | Samuel Welsford | Age: 29 | 50.000€ (LOAN) | | Cobblers | | Michail Kortsidakis | Age: 31 | 160.000€ | | Georgios Stavrakakis | Age: 27 | 120.000€ | | Georgios Boutopoulos | Age: 29 | 145.000€ |  Marcos Altur | Age: 32 | 320.000€ | | Remi Cavagna | Age: 30 | 80.000€ | | Timetriallists | | Nikolaos Ioannidis | Age: 32 | 170.000€ | | Ioannis Kiriakidis | Age: 28 | 130.000€ | | Pangiotis Christapopoulos | Age: 30 | 115.000€ | | Panagiotis Vlatos | Age: 35 | 50.000€ | | Martinos Moutsios | Age: 24 | 50.000€ | | Loan Outs | | Alex Mengoulas | Age: 28 | 100.000€ | | Ioannis Varotsos | Age: 23 | 70.000€ | | Andreas Miltiadis | Age: 29 | 65.000€ |  Alexander Hajek | Age: 22 | 85.000€ | | Marco Schrettl | Age: 22 | 85.000€ |  Mats Wenzel | Age: 23 | 50.000€ |  Edgar Andres Pinzon | Age: 24 | 50.000€ |
*Average age: 28,1
 Giro d'Italia | Win | | TBA | | TBA | TBA | | Milano San Remo | Win | | FAILED | | 8th | Tomohiro Kinoshita |  Rund um Köln | Top 3 | | TBA | | TBA | TBA |  Tour of Qatar | Top 3 | | ACHIEVED | | Win | Stylianos Farantakis | | Team Standings | Win | | TBA | | TBA | TBA |
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Stylianos Farantakis | Tour of Qatar, Stage 2
TBA
Tomohiro Kinoshita | Paris-Nice, Stage 6
#1 Stylianos Farantakis | Tour of Qatar
#5 Marcos Altur | E3 Prijs
#7 ELCO - ABEA | Copenhagen-Malmo TTT
#7 Marcos Altur | Roma Maxima
#8 Tomohiro Kinoshita | Milano San Remo
#8 Nikolaos Ioannidis |  Tour of Ukraine
#9 Tomohiro Kinoshita |  Ronde van Nederland
#9 Ioannidis Kiriakidis | Paris-Nice
#10 Nikolaos Ioannidis | Paris-Nice
#12 Ioannidis Kiriakidis | Tour of Ukraine
#13 Stylianos Farantakis | Milano San Remo
#14 Remi Cavagna | Milano San Remo
#20 Alexandros Agrotis | Tour of Ukraine
#4 Panagiotis Karatsivis | Paris-Nice
#2 Stylianos Farantakis | Tour of Qatar
#2 Martinos Moutsious | Tour of Qatar
#5 Panagiotis Karatsivis | Tour of Ukraine
#8 Panagiotis Karatsivis | Paris-Nice
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Posted on 22-07-2025 13:12
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The Greek Cycling Mythologi
2024 was yet another record season for the Greek/Cypriot Symphony. The 2023 season set new standards beating the old record by almost 1000 points, but we saw yet another record shatted completely! 4.398 points was scored in the 2024 season from Greek and Cypriot riders. A total of 831 points of those was scored outside of our team, meaning the remaining 3.567 points was scored from our setup. We are extremely happy about that - but also a little bit in awe, as to how we are supposed to match that next season at the Pro Tour. But something similar is definately needed if we are to survive!
2018: 1240 pts
2019: 1335 pts
2020: 1745 pts
2021: 2556 pts
2022: 2652 pts
2023: 3581 pts
2024: 4398 pts
Ranking:
The ranking of Greek cyclings finest is achieved by the following:
0 Titan | +3000 points
1 God | +1500 points
2 Hero | +500 points
3 Warrior | 0-500 points
| Rank | Name | Active period | Total pts | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | | 0 Titan | Panagiotis Vlatos | 2012-Current | 3505 | 198 | 345 | 182 | | 1 God | Georgos Tzortzakis | 2012-2019 | 1947 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1 God | Miltiadis Giannoutsos | 2019-Current | 1862 | 626 | 722 | 256 | | 1 God | Charalampas Kastrantas | 2013-2023 | 1674 | 0 | 73 | 177 | | 1 God | Stylianos Farantakis | 2016-Current | 1529 | 712 | 150 | 319 | | 2 Heroes | Nikolaos Ioannidis | 2016-Current | 1039 | 360 | 159 | 105 | | 2 Heroes | Michail Kortsidakis | 2018-Current | 945 | 298 | 212 | 103 | | 2 Heroes | Michail Mavrikakis | 2019-Current | 911 | 192 | 219 | 197 | | 2 Heroes | Georgios Karatzios | 2018-2023 | 860 | 0 | 90 | 70 | | 2 Heroes | Ioannidis Kiriakidis | 2018-Current | 740 | 209 | 130 | 198 | | 2 Heroes | Ioannis Spanopoulos | 2019-Current | 740 | 143 | 98 | 248 | | 2 Heroes | Georgios Stavrakakis | 2020-Current | 535 | 186 | 182 | 115 | | 3 Warrior | Georgios Bouglas | 2017-2023 | 493 | 0 | 74 | 146 | | 3 Warrior | Georgios Boutopoulos | 2021-Current | 466 | 194 | 131 | 87 | | 3 Warrior | Andreas Miltiadis | 2018-Current | 455 | 45 | 69 | 151 | | 3 Warrior | Perikles Ilias | 2013-2015 | 373 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Michael Christodoulos | 2020-Current | 351 | 178 | 118 | 35 | | 3 Warrior | Zisis Soulious | 2020-Current | 341 | 75 | 134 | 40 | | 3 Warrior | Alexandros Agrotis | 2020-Current | 290 | 136 | 52 | 39 | | 3 Warrior | Pangiotis Christapopoulos | 2021-Current | 269 | 184 | 77 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Aimiliano Vila | 2019-Current | 252 | 30 | 33 | 62 | | 3 Warrior | Anastasios Koumpetsos | 2018-Current | 203 | 61 | 68 | 40 | | 3 Warrior | Alexandros Matsangos | 2021-Current | 186 | 105 | 77 | 4 | | 3 Warrior | Dimitrios Christakos | 2021-Current | 184 | 112 | 62 | 8 | | 3 Warrior | Vassilis Adamou | 2013-2016 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Alex Mengoulas | 2021-Current | 160 | 40 | 86 | 34 | | 2 Heroes | Armanto Archimandritis | 2018-2019 | 159 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Georgios Kaloniatis | 2021-Current | 157 | 107 | 49 | 1 | | 3 Warrior | Ioannis Tamouridis | 2009-2015 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Sarris Evangelos | 2021-Current | 141 | 40 | 101 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Polychronis Tzortzakis | 2014-2022 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 35 | | 3 Warrior | Marios Athanasiades | 2013-2017 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Nikolaos Zegklis | 2023-Current | 112 | 108 | 4 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Constantinos Thymides | 2018-2018 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Neofytos Sakellaridis | 2015-2016 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Panagiotis Karatsivis | 2023-Current | 55 | 19 | 36 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Vasileios Simantirakis | 2015-2015 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Stavros Theorpanous | 2023-Current | 38 | 15 | 23 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Petros Gkazonis | 2015-2016 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Apostolos Bouglas | 2015-2016 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Martinos Moutsios | 2023-Current | 28 | 21 | 7 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Konstantinos Efstathiou | 2015-2015 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Christos Volikakis | 2015-2015 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Ioannis Drakakis | 2015-2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Ioannis Varotsos | 2024-Current | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Christos Katrakis | 2016-2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Kyriakos Skettos | 2014-2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Vasilis Anastopoulos | 2009-2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Konstantinos Pavlides | 2024-Current | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Nikolaos Michail Drakos | 2024-Current | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Christos Loizou | 2016-2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Panagiotis Chatzakis | 2015-2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Tomotheos Skettos | 2015-2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3 Warrior | Hermes Antoniou | 2012-2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | Sum | | | 21853 | 4398 | 3581 | 2652 |
Prior to the 2024 season there was 1 Titan, 2 Gods and 8 Heroes. Before this season we have 1 Titan, 4 Gods and 7 Heroes. The promoted riders are:
God: Miltiadis Giannoutsos
God: Stylianos Farantakis
Hero: Georgios Stavrakakis
A big congratulations to those riders, making an elite group of riders, never to be forgotten!
Just below the Heroes we find Georgios Bouglas, Georgios Boutopoulos and Andreas Miltiadis. Bouglas unfortunately didn't find a team last season, and it will be a serious struggle for him to get those final points needed. For Boutopoulos and Miltiadis, however the Hero title seems like a very realistic target for the upcoming season. For Miltiadis in particular the upcoming season could make history, as he is likely to be the first ever Cypriot rider to reach Hero level, and thus becoming the greatest Cypriot rider to ever live.
Riders like Christodoulos, Agrotis and Soulious will also try their best to make the cut, but have some way to go still. The interesting part, however is that all of those are training eligeble and could theoretically make a bit jump during the off season!
The Greek Training Development
In recent history, massive amounts of money (almost 12,5 mio €) have been invested in the development of greek riders. This is a picture of the riders evolving during their stay at ELCO - ABEA!
| | Miltiadis Giannoutsos | 4.100 | 28yo | Stage Racer | €2.200.000 |
| Fl | Mo | Hi | TT | St | Rs | Rc | Co | Sp | Ac | Fi | Dh | Pr | | 68 | 78 | 72 | 72 | 76 | 78 | 75 | 57 | 64 | 68 | 75 | 67 | 77 | | ↓↓↓ | | | 68 | 80 | 72 | 72 | 76 | 78 | 75 | 57 | 64 | 68 | 75 | 67 | 77 |
| | Nikolaos Ioannidis | 4.100 | 32yo | Stage Racer | €2.150.000 |
| Fl | Mo | Hi | TT | St | Rs | Rc | Co | Sp | Ac | Fi | Dh | Pr | | 67 | 75 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 74 | 73 | 57 | 58 | 70 | 72 | 67 | 76 | | | | ↓↓↓ | | 67 | 75 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 74 | 73 | 57 | 58 | 70 | 72 | 67 | 76 |
| | Michail Mavrikakis | 4.100 | 31yo | Stage Racer | €1.850.000 |
| Fl | Mo | Hi | TT | St | Rs | Rc | Co | Sp | Ac | Fi | Dh | Pr | | 70 | 77 | 72 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 69 | 54 | 61 | 67 | 63 | 64 | 71 | | ↓↓↓ | | | 70 | 79 | 72 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 69 | 54 | 61 | 67 | 63 | 64 | 71 |
| | Michail Kortsidakis | 4.100 | 31yo | Cobbler | €1.800.000 |
| Fl | Mo | Hi | TT | St | Rs | Rc | Co | Sp | Ac | Fi | Dh | Pr | | 77 | 63 | 69 | 54 | 75 | 75 | 73 | 74 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 70 | 73 | | | | | | | | ↓↓↓ | | 77 | 63 | 69 | 54 | 75 | 75 | 73 | 77 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 70 | 73 |
| | Ioannidis Kiriakidis | 4.100 | 28yo | Stage Racer | €1.550.000 |
| Fl | Mo | Hi | TT | St | Rs | Rc | Co | Sp | Ac | Fi | Dh | Pr | | 68 | 74 | 73 | 76 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 62 | 63 | 71 | 70 | 73 | 76 | | | | ↓↓↓ | | 68 | 74 | 73 | 78 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 62 | 63 | 71 | 70 | 73 | 76 |
| | Stylianos Farantakis | 4.100 | 30yo | Sprinter | €1.525.000 |
| Fl | Mo | Hi | TT | St | Rs | Rc | Co | Sp | Ac | Fi | Dh | Pr | | 74 | 59 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 72 | 79 | 66 | 80 | 80 | 61 | 63 | 79 | | | ↓↓↓ | | | | | | ↓↓↓ | | 74 | 59 | 66 | 72 | 75 | 72 | 79 | 66 | 81 | 80 | 61 | 63 | 79 |
| | Ioannis Spanopoulos | 4.100 | 32yo | Stage Racer | €1.300.000 |
| Fl | Mo | Hi | TT | St | Rs | Rc | Co | Sp | Ac | Fi | Dh | Pr | | 69 | 76 | 74 | 72 | 73 | 72 | 70 | 54 | 60 | 64 | 66 | 62 | 73 | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | 69 | 77 | 75 | 72 | 73 | 72 | 70 | 54 | 60 | 64 | 66 | 62 | 73 |
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| Start | End | Race | Category | | 08-Jan | 10-Jan | Tour of Tasmania | PT | | 23-Jan | 28-Jan | Tour of Qatar | PT | | --- | | | | | 03-Feb | | Roma Maxima | PTHC | | 05-Feb | 11-Feb | Tirreno - Adriatico | PT | | 07-Feb | 14-Feb | Paris - Nice | PT | | 07-Feb | | Classique du Grand-Duché | PT | | 22-Feb | |  Copenhagen - Malmo TTT | PT | | 28-Feb | | Milano - San Remo | M | | --- | | | | | 01-Mar | 03-Mar | Ronde van Nederland | PT | | 20-Mar | 22-Mar | Tour of Ukraine | PTHC | | 20-Mar | | E3 Prijs | PT | | 31-Mar | | Ronde van Vlaanderen | M | | --- | | | | | 01-Apr | | Paris - Roubaix | M | | 03-Apr | 23-Apr | Giro d'Italia | GT | | 13-Apr | 17-Apr |  Tour of Slovenia | PTHC | | 23-Apr | |  GP Liechtenstein | PT | | 30-Apr | | Amstel Gold Race | PT | | --- | | | | | 01-May | | Fleche Wallonne | PT | | 03-May | | Liege - Bastogne - Liege | M | | 19-May | 25-May | Tour of Northern Europe | PT | | 29-May | |  Tour of the Battenkill | PTHC | | 29-May | | Rheden GP | PTHC | | --- | | | | | 01-Jun | |  GP Moscow | PT | | 03-Jun | |  Hanko Classic | PTHC | | 07-Jun | | Chrono des Herbiers | PT | | 12-Jun | 18-Jun |  Tour de Suisse | PTHC | | 14-Jun | 20-Jun | Criterium du Dauphine Libere | PTHC | | 22-Jun | 22-Jun |  Scandinavia Open Road Race | PT | | --- | | | | | 01-Jul | | Rund um Koln | PT | | 03-Jul | 23-Jul | Tour de France | GT | | --- | | | | | 01-Aug | |  GP Kigali | PT | | 03-Aug | 05-Aug |  Ras Tailteann | PTHC | | 07-Aug | | East Midlands Cicle Classic | PT | | 13-Aug | | Chrono d'Arenberg | PTHC | | 16-Aug | 20-Aug | Deutschland Tour | PTHC | | 23-Aug | 31-Aug | Tour de l'Avenir | U23 | | --- | | | | | 03-Sep | | Strada Appia Antica | PT | | 10-Sep | 30-Sep |  Vuelta a Espana | GT | | --- | | | | | 07-Oct | 10-Oct |  Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha | PT | | 13-Oct | | Philadelphia International Championship | PTHC | | 17-Oct | | Giro di Lombardia | M |
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Posted on 22-07-2025 13:12
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As always the team bring a lot of talents to the table, and try to promote their chances to showcase themselves within the team. This season is no different. We have two greek/cypriot riders - cobblers - who are taking their final steps into the first team this season and we are very happy for that. The initial plan is to have them replace Danny Summerhill and Alexander Edmondson whom are both looking elsewhere for their future.
| | Alex Mengoulas | 4.100 | 28yo | Cobbler | €50.000 |
| Fl | Mo | Hi | TT | St | Rs | Rc | Co | Sp | Ac | Fi | Dh | Pr | | 74 | 65 | 69 | 73 | 74 | 71 | 67 | 73 | 65 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 73 | | ↓↓↓ | | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | | | | ↓↓↓ | | 76 | 65 | 69 | 75 | 76 | 72 | 68 | 75 | 65 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 75 |
INFO: Mengoulas is a well rounded cobbler, who is also a strong roulleur aswell as timetriallist. In many ways he resembles Georgios Stavrakakis, and the duo will help eachother during the upcoming season.
| | Alexandros Matsangos | 4.100 | 26yo | Cobbler | €55.000 |
| Fl | Mo | Hi | TT | St | Rs | Rc | Co | Sp | Ac | Fi | Dh | Pr | | 71 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 73 | 70 | 62 | 74 | 61 | 68 | 66 | 67 | 70 | | ↓↓↓ | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | ↓↓↓ | | 73 | 68 | 70 | 71 | 74 | 71 | 63 | 75 | 62 | 69 | 67 | 67 | 71 |
INFO: On a slightly lower scale, but with similar strengths we find Matsangos, who is even more versatile, but lacks the engine of Mengoulas. Matsangos too will likely ride the same races as Stavrakakis and Mengoulas for support.
| | Panagiotis Karatsivis | 4.70 | 23yo | Stage Racer | €55.000 |
| Fl | Mo | Hi | TT | St | Rs | Rc | Co | Sp | Ac | Fi | Dh | Pr | | 69 | 74 | 70 | 68 | 70 | 72 | 71 | 60 | 64 | 73 | 73 | 67 | 67 | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | ↓↓↓ | | | 70 | 76 | 72 | 70 | 72 | 74 | 73 | 60 | 64 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 69 | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | | | | 70 | 78 | 74 | 70 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 60 | 64 | 76 | 76 | 67 | 69 |
INFO: Karatsivis is easily the biggest talents to come through in recent years, and a very young one also. He is taking major steps towards being a useful leader. For the upcoming season he is a luxury domestique, and might be looking to get a decent U25 result here and there.
| | Martinos Moutsios | 4.30 | 23yo | Time-Triallist | €50.000 |
| Fl | Mo | Hi | TT | St | Rs | Rc | Co | Sp | Ac | Fi | Dh | Pr | | 71 | 61 | 62 | 73 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 66 | 73 | | ↓↓↓ | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | 73 | 61 | 63 | 76 | 73 | 71 | 67 | 65 | 68 | 73 | 70 | 67 | 76 | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | | | | | ↓↓↓ | | 74 | 63 | 64 | 78 | 75 | 72 | 69 | 65 | 68 | 73 | 70 | 67 | 78 |
INFO: The timetrial department of the team is very strong, and with Moutsious coming through the ranks it's not looking likely to be changing anytime soon. Just like Karatsivis he lacks one more year of development before he is ready to take lead action, but he too could be a decent U25 fit.
| | Ioannis Varotsos | 3.00 | 22yo | Roulleur | €100.000 |
| Fl | Mo | Hi | TT | St | Rs | Rc | Co | Sp | Ac | Fi | Dh | Pr | | 73 | 62 | 66 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 64 | 63 | 67 | 68 | 72 | 68 | 70 | | ↓↓↓ | | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | | ↓↓↓ | | 76 | 62 | 66 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 66 | 63 | 69 | 69 | 72 | 68 | 73 | | ↓↓↓ | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | ↓↓↓ | | 80 | 62 | 68 | 77 | 74 | 74 | 69 | 63 | 71 | 70 | 73 | 68 | 77 |
INFO: The pure engine of Varotsos is impressive, and he will already be a very useful asset in both leadouts and timetrials coming next season, but there is even more waiting. Just like the two aforementioned riders we are yet to see him fully develop.
 | Kees Duyvesteyn | 4.100 | 26yo | Puncheur | €50.000 |
| Fl | Mo | Hi | TT | St | Rs | Rc | Co | Sp | Ac | Fi | Dh | Pr | | 68 | 68 | 75 | 65 | 67 | 70 | 67 | 60 | 64 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 65 | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | | | 68 | 70 | 77 | 65 | 67 | 71 | 68 | 60 | 64 | 76 | 75 | 67 | 65 |
INFO: The young puncheur, Duyvesteyn moves directly in as our lead puncheur after this development. He is a very aggressive puncheur who fancies the early break, in shorter stages. He seems to be very well suited for chasing stagewins and KOMs in the early week of a GT or in shorter GC races.
| | Mats Wenzel | 3.00 | 22yo | Stage Racer | €50.000 |
| Fl | Mo | Hi | TT | St | Rs | Rc | Co | Sp | Ac | Fi | Dh | Pr | | 67 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 58 | 70 | 65 | 68 | 70 | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | | | | | ↓↓↓ | | 67 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 71 | 70 | 60 | 58 | 70 | 65 | 68 | 72 | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | | ↓↓↓ | | | ↓↓↓ | | 68 | 75 | 72 | 74 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 60 | 58 | 71 | 65 | 68 | 75 |
INFO: Wenzel is a ridertype very similar to our own Agrotis, who comes from a very succesful PCT season. He is a perfect fit for any GC aspirating team, and we can't wait to get him developped even further. He is probably a year further away from individual succes compared to the above.
| | Edgar Andres Pinzon | 2.00 | 23yo | Climber | €10.000 |
| Fl | Mo | Hi | TT | St | Rs | Rc | Co | Sp | Ac | Fi | Dh | Pr | | 65 | 68 | 67 | 55 | 69 | 72 | 67 | 59 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 64 | 55 | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | | 65 | 70 | 67 | 55 | 69 | 73 | 68 | 59 | 64 | 68 | 67 | 65 | 55 | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | ↓↓↓ | | 66 | 76 | 73 | 57 | 71 | 77 | 72 | 59 | 64 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 57 |
INFO: Pinzon joined the team on a very late stagiare contract. It was a big surprise for us to sign him uncontested given the amount of interest there normally is around South american riders. He is a very talented climber, who would fit in any team with breakaway ambitions.
| | Simon Dehairs | 2.00 | 23yo | Roulleur | €10.000 |
| Fl | Mo | Hi | TT | St | Rs | Rc | Co | Sp | Ac | Fi | Dh | Pr | | 69 | 62 | 64 | 64 | 73 | 69 | 66 | 60 | 68 | 67 | 74 | 68 | 65 | | ↓↓↓ | | | | ↓↓↓ | | ↓↓↓ | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | | | | 70 | 62 | 64 | 64 | 74 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 69 | 68 | 74 | 68 | 65 | | ↓↓↓ | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | ↓↓↓ | | 76 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 78 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 73 | 72 | 76 | 68 | 67 |
INFO: The last rider to undergo further development, is the young belgian roulleur, Dehairs who was also signed on a stagiare contract. Dehairs can be a solid leadout rider with a big engine some years out.
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Posted on 22-07-2025 13:14
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Another season, and a new beautiful jersey for the Greek side.
A bit shout out to hillis91, who is back in the seat of being our kit designer. He created a stunning piece, that should also be somewhat noticable in the peloton, and with great respect for the history of the team.
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Posted on 22-07-2025 14:13
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Updated, including our full team history from 2009 until now. This will be my 17th consequtive season playing the game. 
Still miss a couple of positions in the PT top 10. 2nd, 6th and 8th. Perhaps that should be a new goal for me, now that I have tried winning both PT and PCT.
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Congrats on an amazing season, I always enjoy following your team as a fixture in the game and it will be fun to go head to head again in the PT. I'm blown away by the level of talent coming from such a small country in comparison to others, but excited for your young core and appreciate what you're able to do with a national focus team 
The new Jersey design looks great!
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| SotD |
Posted on 22-07-2025 21:04
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Bushwackers wrote:
Congrats on an amazing season, I always enjoy following your team as a fixture in the game and it will be fun to go head to head again in the PT. I'm blown away by the level of talent coming from such a small country in comparison to others, but excited for your young core and appreciate what you're able to do with a national focus team
The new Jersey design looks great!
Thanks a lot mate, and likewise! Yeah it seems like the depth of talents is going up, the quality isn't really moving though. Farantakis was added to cover for Tzortzakis, but now that Vlatos is also "gone" and Farantakis is coming of age, I really could use atleast one new rider with a stat combination that doesn't require 5mio worth of training to become a realistic top 5-10 rider
Yeah I'm really happy about the jersey too
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 23-07-2025 07:52
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Congrats on the PCT title, in spite of your own expectations and doubts I'm very curious how you'll deal with the challenge of making it in PT with the continued focus on Greece once more, I'll definitely have my fingers crossed for you!
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Posted on 23-07-2025 11:22
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Thanks a lot!
It will be a struggle for sure, as I don’t really have any Winners.
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Posted on 02-08-2025 17:28
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We are back in the Pro Tour, and as always we have some riders looking for a new home. Surprisingly a couple of greek/cypriot riders may also be looking elsewhere this time around, depending on how things are going.
| GC Riders | | Miltiadis Giannoutsos | Age: 28 | 250.000€ | Not Available | | Puncheurs | | Zisis Soulious | Age: 29 | 120.000€ | Maybe Available | | Aimiliano Vila | Age: 28 | 100.000€ | Maybe Available | | Andreas Miltiadis | Age: 29 | 65.000€ | Maybe Available | | Kees Duyvesteyn | Age: 27 | 70.000€ | Available | | Climbers | | Michail Mavrikakis | Age: 31 | 120.000€ | Maybe Available | | Ioannis Spanopoulos | Age: 32 | 105.000€ | Available | | Dimitrios Christakos | Age: 26 | 85.000€ | Maybe Available | | Panagiotis Karatsivis | Age: 24 | 70.000€ | Not Available | | Alexandros Agrotis | Age: 27 | 75.000€ | Not Available |  Yikui Niu | Age: 31 | 70.000€ | Available | | Mats Wenzel | Age: 23 | 50.000€ | Available | | Edgar Andres Pinzon | Age: 24 | 50.000€ | Available | | Sprinters | | Stylianos Farantakis | Age: 30 | 325.000€ | Not Available | | Anastasios Koumpetsos | Age: 30 | 90.000€ | Not Available | | Cobblers | | Michail Kortsidakis | Age: 31 | 160.000€ | Not Available | | Georgios Stavrakakis | Age: 27 | 120.000€ | Not Available | | Georgios Boutopoulos | Age: 29 | 145.000€ | Not Available | | Alex Mengoulas | Age: 28 | 100.000€ | Not Available | | Alexandros Matsangos | Age: 26 | 50.000€ | Maybe Available | | Alexander Edmondson | Age: 32 | 70.000€ | Available | | Timetriallists | | Nikolaos Ioannidis | Age: 32 | 170.000€ | Not Available | | Ioannis Kiriakidis | Age: 28 | 130.000€ | Not Available | | Pangiotis Christapopoulos | Age: 30 | 115.000€ | Not Available | | Martinos Moutsios | Age: 24 | 50.000€ | Not Available | | Ioannis Varotsos | Age: 23 | 70.000€ | Not Available |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 02-08-2025 17:41
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Will be interesting to see where you get your training money now, with all of the old guard long gone. I have no doubt you have enough tricks up your sleeve, plus a good budget from your amazing PCT performance.
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Posted on 02-08-2025 17:55
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baseballlover312 wrote:
Will be interesting to see where you get your training money now, with all of the old guard long gone. I have no doubt you have enough tricks up your sleeve, plus a good budget from your amazing PCT performance.
I'm not necessarily planning on training riders this season. It is a bit too expensive to be going up and down, so it might be a better strategy to get some riders that can keep us up, and postpone the training for next season - or accept minor trainings this season.
I have a lot of riders that is training eligeble this season, but Karatsivis isn't ready until 2027, where I need money for the next generation of training assets. And Once he is ready I am looking to be more focused on training specific targets into winners, and then accept that others are more domestiques than sub top riders
ON THAT NOTE:
New Graphics online! Aswell as a history of greek riders training history within the team...
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 02-08-2025 20:58
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Yes, if i had 20+mil for training i might also have a regional focus capable of good things in the PCT.
Some say the Greek financial crisis was caused by the Euro, or by reckless politicians. I say it was SotD funneling all of the cash into doping.
But boy did it work! And still one of the best teams to follow and cheer for.
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Posted on 02-08-2025 22:16
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Very interesting training overview. Shows what a massive investment in Greek cycling you did! Curious to see how strong Karatsivis will be when all things are done 
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| Booker |
Posted on 03-08-2025 21:06
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Looking forward to getting my pants pulled down this offseason for a certain national champion 
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 04-08-2025 21:09
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Availability list is about what I expected, I was looking forward to seeing how close to staying up an all Greek team could get, but your plan of getting a few more established PT riders in until they can keep you up probably makes more sense long term, even if you do need to slow the development down a season to do so.
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 04-08-2025 22:51
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I think your roster looks pretty similar to mine last year - no winners, but even more solid depth than I had, and even in all departments. Some smart moves, which I don't doubt you will do, and you should be able to stay up rather easily.
Looking forward to finally racing against you in the same division, even though I'm afraid you'll just prove us that Greek cycling is vastly superior to Swiss cycling in the MGverse
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| Heine |
Posted on 05-08-2025 06:13
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Back to PT were you belong. Quite a different look that when you used to fight in top 3 but will be interesting to see how you do!
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 05-08-2025 08:15
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Surprised Duyvesteyn is available after you touted him being your great new puncheur leader. The SotD selling is started
Love the overview of the Greek project, such an incredible thing you've done already and continue to do, now back in the PT. Can't wait for what you're going to do in this transfers for the next step of the journey, and competing against you properly in the PT will be awesome for me, looking forward to it
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