Just three races for us in this update, but that was enough to claw us out of the relegation spots. We didn't start well as our result in Riga was very average. Gasper Katrasnik has been the nearly man in one too many of the flat classics. But it was all about the final Grand Tour of the year for us, the Tour de France.
For the first time in months it felt like things finally clicked. Dusan Rajovic made full use of the sprint heavy opening week to score his and the team's first Le Tour stage victory. Tadej Pogacar quickly followed up with two stage podium before he himself got off the mark. The rest of the race was a bit slower for us, but Tadej with solid team support was able to finish 4th overall and Santiago Buitrago got a 2nd place stage finish and spent most of the race 2nd in the U25 classification. In total we were able to crack the 1000 point mark and bring home a sponsor goal. In the end a very satisfying way to wrap up the traditional stage racing season.
We finished the month at home, at the Tour of Slovenia. One last chance for Tao Geoghegan-Hart to improve on his very mediocre season. Luckily he was able to do just that with a 4th place in GC, which realistically was probably the best possible outcome. The depth behind him wasn't that good, but overall another positive race that placed us 15th in the end of month rankings. We have a few more potentially high scoring races left and some where we expect to score very little. But we've got a fighting chance to stay in the Pro Tour for one more year!
Team Individual Ranking
Pos
Last
Rider
Total (finish)
RD
ppRD
Proj.
13
32
Tadej Pogacar
1234 (0)
38
32.47
1234
39
46
Tao Geoghegan Hart
689 (0)
54
12.76
689
55
44
Ivan Siric
578 (15)
25
23.12
878
102
150
Dusan Rajovic
311 (28)
59
5.27
347
110
95
Gasper Katrasnik
291 (40)
41
7.10
319
111
92
Steven Lammertink
291 (18)
48
6.06
363
131
380
Santiago Buitrago
233 (0)
54
4.31
233
160
263
Daniel Habtemichael
174 (0)
62
2.81
174
221
194
Matic Groselj
121 (38)
61
1.98
148
241
211
Michael Christodloulos
114 (10)
61
1.87
127
261
303
Daniel Hoelgaard
106 (5)
45
2.36
138
280
247
Riley Sheehan
100 (48)
72
1.39
119
282
286
Miha Poljanec
99 (40)
42
2.36
120
334
304
Dorde Duric
80 (65)
52
1.54
86
341
459
Robert Power
79 (5)
56
1.41
81
357
322
Logan Currie
75 (43)
70
1.07
80
358
323
Husein Selimovic
75 (68)
70
1.07
81
373
336
Yevgeniy Fedorov
72 (65)
48
1.50
102
394
356
Dylan Redy
68 (68)
48
1.42
83
424
428
Izidor Penko
57 (20)
60
0.95
61
432
403
Kees Duyvesteyn
55 (55)
40
1.38
60
465
458
Veljko Stojnic
44 (38)
62
0.71
44
467
477
Giulio Ciccone
42 (23)
72
0.58
42
471
468
Alexander Salby
35 (35)
23
1.52
41
Bostjan Mervar,
team representative and general manager of Cedevita
A single day in the breakaway was enough for Daniel Hoelgaard to win the KOM
Martin Hvastija:
This is definitely a contender for race of the year for us. Steven Lammertink had one of his better days on the TT bike, paired with Michael Christodoulos also finishing in the overall top 10. And without a sprinter Daniel Hoelgaard went on the attack to score just enough KOM points to win the classification. We felt like we did everything we could have done here.
Race score: 10/10
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