FroomeDog99 wrote:
You haven't signed him yet...

Over the past 24 hours, In-n-out p/b Carrefour has sold 4 of their riders. 3 of the 4 were great contributors to the team last season and the other never rode a single race in the squad's jersey as he was on loan to Jaguar last year.

After Chavanel requested a transfer, management had no choice but to sell him despite their team's wishes. Sylvain Chavanel was transfered to a new team by the name of: Fox Sports - Golomt. Chavanel had but a single thing to say on the transfer, "I'm glad to be able to start fresh with a new team". Everyone involved with the team is still confused as to why he requested a transfer, but what's done is done.

In addition to Chvanel, they also packaged Christophe Kern and Nicolas Rousseau to move to Sodexo. Both we key contributors but age seems to have caught up to Kern as well as Rousseau. Therefore, the team needed them to dump them to make space in their salary cap, which they did.

The last rider to leave, never actually got to ride a single race for In-n-out, Chris Barton . Barton was transferred over to Team Type 1 after management received an offer they really could not refuse. Chris Barton said this about the situation: "Not gonna lie, this last year was not what I expected when I signed to In-n-out, but being loaned out to Jaguar taught me a lot of things, honestly, I'm quite happy to join a team that will actually keep me...hopefully"

The team received a total of 360,000 in transfer fee money from all 4 transfers and has been looking to make some nice signings with that money. We'll see what they can do!

Us here at In-n-out p/b Carrefour have decided to announce who we've brought in on loan for the season. First is the young cobbler from Spain on loan from Movistar - US Postal, Daniel Ruiz. The next two riders we took on loan were both from Puma - SAP. Both prefer more elevation when they ride. Christian Mager is a very talented puncheur while Clement Chevrier is used to more Mountainous terrains. Chevrier fits the team french focus while Mager is German.

their stats:

The last two riders that will leave In-n-Out are Julian Rodas and Remy Di Gregorio. Di Gregorio will head over to Eddie Stobart after the team had been looking to transfer him for a long time, and actually received a good amount of money for him.

But on the other hand, Rodas was not expected to be transferred, however the team needed the money and he was sold for a mere 20k, which is very, very little for a Man Game legend and for someone who finished 4th in the Tour of America.

It will be interesting who the team invested in with the money they acquired for each of the two riders.

In-n-Out p/b Carrefour was looking to aquire another sprinter. However, they wanted one that would succeed on the very flat stages after Benoit Sinner failed miserably at that a year ago. After they saw the Abdallah was available from the same team that sold them Julian Rodas, Project:Africa. Abdallah was acquired for 180k and will be payed 50k in wage.

Abdallah hasn't had many good results in the PCT, but maybe the change of scenery will lead him to better results

Key Stats: 78 spr, 76 acc



Our next rider is our 3rd rider to come from Puma-SAP after Mager and Chevrier were loaned in. Delage will be very helpful in helping Sweeting and Sonnery as hill sprinters. Delage will be a great addition at only 150k and 55k wage.

Delage has won the GP Plouay and a stage at the FBD Eire Tour as well as top 5 in Rund um den Eschborn-Frankfurt, The tour of the Battenkill and Paris-Tours

Key Stats: 73 hill, 73 spr

After slowly welcoming some riders, In-n-Out has decided to screw it and reveal their team for this season

Absolute Leaders:

Tours/Mountains:

Jakub Novak (CZE)


Novak will be one of the better leaders in the CT in regards to tours with his 76 mountain and 76 TT. Expectations for him will be very high after coming in from Becherovka for 849k.

Hills:

Phillip Gaimon (USA)


Had fantastic results for us last year including winning in the first race we participated in ever. With the overall boost in talent in the CT, we don't expect the same performance as last year, but we still expect him to pick up quite a few points this season.

Sprinters:

Blaise Sonnery (FRA)


Sonnery has a fantastic Mountain and Hill stat for a rider with 78 sprint. We expect quite a few good results from the frenchman as we brought him in for 390k. But we also are pretty sure he'll be able to deliver.

Robert Sweeting (USA)


Almost a not-as-good version of Sonnery. However, Sweeting had 4 wins last year which is more than what Sonnery has had in his whole career, so Sweeting gets a role as a leader because of his spectacular track-record.

Back-Up Leaders/Super Domestiques

Romain Hardy (FRA)


Hardy was one of the 2 free agents that we brought in this year. We nabbed Hardy for 115k and expect him to be a good leader when Novak is not available or be Novak's top helper in important races.

Cherif Abdallah (EGY)


Abdallah comes in from Project:Africa to be our sprinter in flat races, which is an area that we sturggled in last year *cough*Because Benoit Sinner Sucks*cough*. Abdallah is also a double national champion bringing some much needed jersey variety to our squad.

Other Notable Riders

Joey Rosskopf


Joey is the second of the free agents we signed and is still a fantastic rider for someone who is not maxed out yet. Joey will be a great mountain helper and a great time trailer at the same time.

Mickael Delage (FRA)


Delage is one of our 3 riders to come from Puma - SAP. He is good in the hills as well as a good lead-out rider for our sprinters. For us, the 150k we payed for him will most definitely be worth it.

Rest of the Squad
Alexandre Aulas - Cobbles Leader/Sprint Trains
Jean-Lou Paiani - Cobbles Rider/Breakaway rider
Cyril Lemoine - Cobbles Rider/Sprint Trains
Yoann Offredo - Cobbles Rider/TT specialist
Christian Mager - Loanee
Antoine Matteau - TT Specialist
Clement Chevrier - Loanee
Daniel Ruiz - Loanee

Full Team Stats:

Our series where we interview some of our riders is back!





(RS = Robert Sweeting, INT = Interviewer)

INT = Here we are back with another season of the crappy series called "Interrogations" where we interview riders! On this episode is Robert Sweeting who was actually not interviewed last year despite being on the team

RS = Happy to be here!

INT = Alright, as you know this transfer season, the team brought in Blaise Sonnery who is also a sprinter who excels in the hills and mountains, are you worried that he'll take your spot?

RS = Honestly, not gonna lie, I am slightly because he is a better sprinter than I am. So I went and spoke with managment

INT = what did they tell you?

RS = That they had decided to enlist in many hilly races allowing us to split the races. However, if we rode the same races, I would still have a free role to ride as I wanted

INT = Did Sonnery's arrival make you feel betrayed after having an amazing season last year?

RS = well 12 top 5 finishes including 4 wins isnt too bad i guess haha, well actually I didnt feel too bad about it because you know business is business

INT = alright, next subject, which of you 4 wins was your favorite?

RS = Hmm that's really a tough question, it is definitly either stage 7 or 17 of the Tour of America because it was a big sponsor goal and it was against PCT competition too

INT = alright pick!

RS = I think i have to pick stage 7 because it was a hugely dominating victory and it was earlier in the race when the sprinters still had a lot of stamina

INT = good choice, finally heres our last question, where do you see the team finishing this year?

RS = I think with Novak, Hardy and Rossokpf in the mountains, Phillip Gaimon in the hills and Sonnery & I as multi-terrained sprinters, I think we can finish in the top 10

INT = Alright thanks for your time Robert!

Today, we decided it was time to reveal our team's full calendar, notice how we decided not to ride in the tour of america, which was our marquee race last year. We just don't feel that we'll be able to pick up enough points to warrant it taking up 21 race days

Date	Race Name	Country	Cat.	Route
Jan 10th	Clasico San Cristobal		C2	Click Here
Jan. 31st	Great Ocean Road Classic		C2HC	Click Here
Feb. 1-6	Benelux Challenge		C2HC	Click Here
Feb. 17-28	Tour of the Middle East		C2	Click Here
Feb. 21	Geraardsbergen-Bosberg		C2HC	Click Here
Feb. 31	GP Sallanches		C2HC	Click Here
March 3-9	Tour de San Luis		C2	Click Here
March. 20-24	Giro del Trentino		C2HC	Click Here
April 1	Zimnyanya GP		C2HC	Click Here
April 11th	Cauberg Classic		C2	Click Here
April 18th	Philadelphia International Championship		C1	Click Here
April 22-25	Tour de Azerbaijan		C2	Click Here
May 1	Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt		C2HC	Click Here
May 15-18	Tour of Taiwan		C2	Click Here
May 18-23	Tour of Scotland		C2HC	Click Here
June 2	GP Herning		C2HC	Click Here
June 4-8	Circulo de Juarez		C2	Click Here
June 6	Lincoln GP		C2	Click Here
June 9-12	Tour of Iceland		C2HC	Click Here
June 17-22	Giro del Capo		C2	Click Here
July 2-8	Tour de Pologne		C2HC	Click Here
August 1-7	USA Pro Cycling Challenge		C2HC	Click Here
August 16	Cigar City Brewing Twilight GP		C2	Click Here
September 1-5	Herald Sun Tour		C2	Click Here
September 3	Acropolis Cup		C2HC	Click Here
September 19-20	Grands Prix Cyclistes		C1	Click Here
September 24	GP Yekaterinburg		C2HC	Click Here
September 26	GP Plouay		C1	Click Here
October 4-6	Tour de Faso		C2	Click Here
October 8-15	Ruta America del Sur		C2HC	Click Here

Silvio Herklotz wrote:
There will come better times again. I bet Nowak just hasn't found his form yet.

Through the end of March the team has been mildly successful climbing up to 9th on the rankings in the CT!

1	Strava	443
2	Indosat - ANZ	339
3	Compal-Merida	325
...
9	In-n-Out Cycling Team Powered By Carrefour	240

unfortunately, or best rider is Phillip Gaimon at the 17th position at the moment

1	Marc De Maar	CUR	Carlsberg - Danske Bank	203
2	Aidis Kruopis	LTU	Indosat - ANZ	173
3	Sebastian Langeveld	NED	Strava	160
...
17	Phillip Gaimon	USA	In-n-Out Cycling Team Powered By Carrefour	72

However on the other hand, the team has nabbed 3 wins so far this season as well as the green Jersey at the Giro del Trentino:

We have just finished the Tour of Pologne, here are how we stack up against the other teams so far

1	Strava	1132
2	Novatek-Panarmenian.net	891
3	Compal-Merida	884
4	Indosat - ANZ	876
5	Generali - Kronenbourg 1664	822
6	Fablok - Dunlop	802
7	In-n-Out Cycling Team Powered By Carrefour	702

7th place is right along where we wanted!

Key Results:

After a long hiatus without any updates on the team's results, here is a full list of the team's best results so far:

1st (Overall)	USA Pro Cycling Challenge	Jakub Novak
1st (4th Stage)	Giro Del Trentino	Jakub Novak
1st (7th Stage)	Tour de San Luis	Christian Mager
1st (11th Stage)	Tour of the Middle East	Jakub Novak
1st (3rd Stage)	Tour de Pologne	Joey Rosskopf
2nd (4th Stage)	Tour of Iceland	Jean-Lou Paiani
2nd (4th Stage)	Tour d'Azerbaijan	Blaise Sonnery
2nd (Overall)	Giro Del Trentino	Jakub Novak
2nd (1st Stage)	Giro Del Trentino	Team Time Trial
2nd (6th Stage)	Tour de San Luis	Romain Hardy
3rd (3rd Stage)	Tour of the Middle East	Blaise Sonnery
3rd (3rd Stage)	Tour of Scotland	Phillip Gaimon
3rd	GP Herning	Jean-Lou Paiani
3rd (1st Stage)	Giro del Capo	Cherif Abdallah
3rd (4th Stage)	USA Pro Cycling Challenge	Jakub Novak
4th	GP Sallanches	Phillip Gaimon
4th (12th Stage)	Tour of the Middle East	Blaise Sonnery
4th (7th Stage)	Tour of the Middle East	Blaise Sonnery
4th (3nd Stage)	Tour of the Middle East	Mickaël Delage
4th (2nd Stage)	Tour of the Middle East	Blaise Sonnery
4th (3rd Stage)	Circulo de Juarez	Cherif Abdallah
4th (1st Stage)	Tour de Pologne	Phillip Gaimon
5th (2nd Stage)	Benelux Challenge	Robert Sweeting
5th (1st Stage)	Tour of the Middle East	Mickaël Delage
5th (Overall)	Tour de San Luis	Joey Rosskopf
5th (2nd Stage)	Giro Del Trentino	Jakub Novak
5th (3rd Stage)	Giro Del Trentino	Cyril Lemoine
5th	Rund um den Eschborn - Frankfurt	Mickaël Delage
5th (1st Stage)	Tour of Scotland	Cherif Abdallah
5th (Overall)	Tour of Scotland	Phillip Gaimon
5th (2nd Stage)	USA Pro Cycling Challenge	Romain Hardy
5th	Cigar City GP	Alexandre Aulas

It's been quite a successful season so far as we've achieved two of our goals along with 5 total victories, with a few races left, hopefully we can capture a promotion spot

Team Final Rank =

8

In-n-Out Cycling Team Powered By Carrefour

1130

Main Rider Ranks =

14	Jakub Novak	CZE	307
27	Phillip Gaimon	USA	208
48	Joey Rosskopf	USA	158
71	Romain Hardy	FRA	106

With the season over, We can all see it has been quite a mixed season for In-n-Out, on one hand, they did achieve 2 out of their 5 objectives which is quite a step up from the 0 they achieved in season 1.
However, their off season additions didn't push them to the automatic promotion spot that they were hoping for, Jakub Novak did do well pulling in a few victories and quite a few top 5 spots, pulling him up to 14th overall in the individual rankings. Rosskopf and Gaimon's good seasons were pleasant surprises, but the whole group was just full of mediocre results throughout the whole season.


Looking towards next year, The team will be promoting into the PCT after numerous disbandments, at first, the team wasn't sure if the team was ready for promotion, but after long deliberation, the team has taken a PCT spot and will promote.

After the news that the team has promoted, all of the sponsors that were a part of the In-n-Out p/b Carrefour last year, will be return for the next season.

However, there will be a single change, Carrefour has pushed for the team to look for more French riders. Therefore, the team focus will be on French riders for the upcoming season.

That will not interfere with the team, as mostly, the team is going to ignore nationality in regards to team leaders, we saw that last transfer season with Jakub Novak.

Very little changes seem to be occurring this off-season with the team