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[PCT] Team Reddit - #YourCyclingTeam (2017-2018)
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 17-09-2017 23:39
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Schoonbrodt was very high on my list too, but sadly I couldnt find the cap space. Such an interesting rider.
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| Vien |
Posted on 18-09-2017 09:18
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@Viking: Yep, that's what I think too. I'd rather have a few flops than being unable to compete for victory.
@Selwink: Choo choo! 
@Bikex: Yep, always nice to have a legacy rider. Will be interesting to see how Kip works this time, I just couldn't resist not putting a bid on him. I'll always take a backup sprinter just in case.
@Scorchio, Sammyt93, Whitejersey: Agreed! I was a bit scared that his CO stat was too low at first, but I couldn't find any CT team getting a similar rider so I'm expecting him to do very well. |
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 21-09-2017 23:09
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Some very nice riders you have there, should be strong. That mountains squad is super strong despite their ACCs. Simon and Schoonbroodt are very cool riders and Kip and Meyer should do well as well despite their one-sidedness. Impressive year one squad 
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
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11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 22-09-2017 05:10
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I will go out on a limb here and say I expect you to be up there fighting for the top spots come the end of the season. A lot of riders in your team were also targets for us. We would've loved Schoonbroodt in our team and he will do very well with you. Looking forward to the races now
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| Vien |
Posted on 22-09-2017 17:51
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@Jandal7: Thanks! Hopefully hanging on with 2 climbers will be better than pushing for victories with one. Only time will tell 
@AbhishelLFC: Coming from someone with such a great team, that's quite a compliment. I'm sure we'll be close in the standings all year. Good luck!
| Start | Goal | Race | Category | | 22/1 | |  Vuelta al Tachira | C2 | | 31/1 | |  Great Ocean Road Race | C2HC | | 16/2 | |  Giro del Trentino | C2HC | | 21/2 | Top 10 |  Geraardsbergen-Bosberg | C2HC | | 25/2 | |  Gisborne GP | C2HC | | 14/3 | |  Bayern Rundfahrt | C2HC | | 22/4 | |  Tour de Langkawi | C2 | | 19/5 | Top 10 |  Tour du Faso | C2HC | | 2/6 | Top 10 |  Lillestrom GP | C2HC | | 2/6 | |  Costa Rican Mountain Classic | C1 | | 26/6 | |  Tour d'Andorra | C2HC | | 1/7 | |  Tour de San Luis | C2HC | | 15/7 | Win |  Tour of the Battenkill | C2 | | 18/7 | |  Tour of Bulgaria | C2 | | 3/8 | |   Benelux Challenge | C2HC | | 20/8 | |  Grands Prix Cyclistes | C2HC | | 1/9 | |  Paris Tours | C2HC | | 1/9 | |  Tour of Britain | C2HC | | 2/9 | | Tour of America | C1 | | 18/9 | |  Vuelta a Colombia | HC | | 1/10 | | Colombian Venteaux | C2HC | | 5/10 | | Herald Sun Tour | C2 | | 9/10 | |  Course de Solidarnosc | C2HC | | 14/10 | |  Tour of East Java | C1 | | 18/10 | |  Zuri Metzgete | C2HC |
Quite a different schedule compared to the other mountain-focused teams, as from what I've seen, we're the first CT team to announce participation in the Tour of America and the first CT team to announce to have gained a HC wildcard. I'm not pushing for promotion, so I couldn't care less about a position or two, but it'll still be interesting to see if this was the right choice.
Also my goals are for the cobbled races, so I might lose some budget next season since I haven't been able to sign a great cobbler (which is why I'm shamefully not announcing them in a big post). Still hope Schoonbroodt can give us a top 10 at least.
Edited by Vien on 22-09-2017 17:59
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 22-09-2017 19:18
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With your style of climbers I think Tour of America could be a good choice. Anacona did great there the last time he went at least.
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| Vien |
Posted on 04-10-2017 08:59
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Hey guys, as promised in my application, here's my monthly preview. Still need to reveal my jersey though, I'll do it as soon as possible
Squad
Winner Anacona
Andrea Manfredi
Ismaël Kip
Hersony Canelon
Jean-François Camier
Alexis Vuillermoz
Kevin Seeldraeyers
Jesse Kaislavuo
The first race of the season will already be a massive indicator of how the rest of the season will go for us. Having sent our two strongest climbers (I'm expecting Krasnoperov to be a total flop due to his flat stat and AI issues), it'll be nice to see where we end up in this climber-filled division. Extra attention will be on the first 3 stages however, as we sent the infamous hit-or-miss sprinter Ismaël Kip with Canelon as his leadout.
With 3 fairly short sprint stages, and enough stages for Anacona to show his consistency, I'd be really happy with a top 10 and a stage win here.
Squad
Cameron Meyer
Lars Croket
Julien Simon
Haijun Ma
Bob Schoonbroodt
Emanuele Sella
Varsham Darbinyan
Luc Turchi
Our first C2HC race! Not much to say about this race honestly, it's 200km long and pretty much flat. Therefore I see little reason not to expect a massive sprint finish. Even though we may not have the strongest train here, I'm fairly sure that Meyer can give us a top 5 finish in his home country. |
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| Vien |
Posted on 28-10-2017 10:03
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Published a bit late but better late than never! Here is our beautiful jersey that will be shown in the media starting from today, made by legendary jersey creator the_hoyle:
Also our NC jersey for loanee Darbinyan:
Two jerseys with a classic yet colorful style. It'll stand out for sure!
Let our season begin! |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 28-10-2017 12:22
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Love the little pockets for Snoo 
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 28-10-2017 19:34
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Wow that is a very good jersey, love it! And as Abhishek said I love Snoo peeking out of the pockets
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| knockout |
Posted on 30-10-2017 15:16
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I noticed during the Tachira reports how well the color combination looks in-game. Nice jersey!
A Big Thank You To All MG Reporters! |
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| Vien |
Posted on 10-11-2017 10:12
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Thanks for the comments on the jersey guys And remember it's the_hoyle who designed it!
After a successful Vuelta a Tachira and a meh Great Ocean Road Classic, it's time to move on to February. A fair mix of races which should give us even more info on where we will stand at the end of the season. And this will be all the data we'll get for a while, as we'll have the same amount of races in March, April and May combined.
Squad
Winner Anacona
Andrea Manfredi
Lars Croket
Jean-François Camier
Emanuele Sella
Alexis Vuillermoz
Kevin Seeldraeyers
Haijun Ma
First of all - not sending Krasnoperov here. This was a risk, as he'll ride Langkawi instead and this race is much more suited for him, but I went for the gamble. I was scared for the AI ignoring former Winner Anacona (see what I did there?) after a likely time loss in the first TT.
I do feel like the most points may actually come from Manfredi instead of Anacona. After proving he likes to attack in Tachira, the time loss in the TT might set him up for a surprise here. Therefore I'd be disappointed if he won't be able to snatch us the young rider jersey.
Oh, and we also got a potential TT surprise here in Haijun Ma. And I sent Croket as our stage 3 sprinter. So there are plenty of possibilities for stage victories here too. If all the stars align, that is. Top 15 and a top 3 in a stage will be our goal.
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Bob Schoonbroodt
Lars Croket
Emanuele Sella
Hersony Canlon
Haijun Ma
Varsham Darbinyan
Jesse Kaislavuo
Luc Turchi
Aah, the cobbles. PCM's biggest lottery. However, these are the type of cobbles Bob Schoonbroodt likes: Hilly ones! He may not stand out in any stat, but he is widely percieved as the best cobbler in these races in the CT except for Van Keirsbulck. The only downside may be his lack of support though, as I only expect Croket to stay with him for a reasonable amount of time.
We have a top 10 goal here, which should be easily doable. Any position outside of the top 5 for Schoonbroodt would heavily disappoint me.
Squad
Julien Simon
Maxime Monfort
Bob Schoonbroodt
Jean-François Camier
Emanuele Sella
Varsham Darbinyan
Jesse Kaislavuo
Luc Turchi
With all the focus on my mountain squad, I almost forgot that I have two puncheurs who are more than capable to go for points in the hilly classics. This race will be the first test for the Monfort-Simon duo. Monfort is the attacker (and the 2015 winner!), while Simon prefers to wait for a final sprint. We are not expecting victories from these races with major stars like vdH, Boily and Roux in the CT, but we hope to score a significant amount of points by having two riders with a high classicifaction instead of one. Having both of them in the top 20 and one in the top 10 should be more than reachable.
Oh, and let's not forget Schoonbroodt. He'll be here too.
Let's go, Reddit! 
Edited by Vien on 10-11-2017 10:21
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 10-11-2017 18:55
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What a trilling month for us all, good luck to Reddit
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| Vien |
Posted on 18-11-2017 13:37
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Thanks Tamijo
Only one race for us in March, which means we'll be on a break for a while to analyse our season so far, and hopefully come back stronger.
Squad
Cameron Meyer
Lars Croket
Ismaël Kip
Hersony Canelon
Haijun Ma
Varsham Darbinyan
Jesse Kaislavuo
Luc Turchi
One could say that this race doesn't fit any of my riders perfectly. That is exactly the reason why we went all-in on this race. We sent ALL of our 4 sprinters and pray to God that the AI will pick the most suited rider for every stage to be the final part of our train.
Overall though, I'm expecting the most from Cameron Meyer. He's our most all-round sprinter and the only one with a very reasonable TT stat. Should the AI realise that and assign him as our main sprinter, he may go as far as being an outsider for the final GC.
Should the sprints be a total failure, we can always count on our TTer, Haijun Ma. He did extremely well in Trentino and should be able to get a top 15 in this race. |
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| Vien |
Posted on 16-12-2017 09:57
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Quiet days for Reddit in terms of racing days, and sadly it will stay like this for a while. At least it gives us enough time to fight for net neutrality. We allowed our riders to train in Italy and visit the Giro as they please.
Squad
Mikayil Krasnoperov
Winner Anacona
Cameron Meyer
Jean-François Camier
Emanuele Sella
Haijun Ma
Kevin Seeldraeyers
Luc Turchi
Krasnoperov's first appearance. If he doesn't lose time on the flat a top 10 is possible, but sadly that if is a big one. Nevertheless this race will tell us whether he's hit or miss, or just... miss.
If our meme climber doesn't surprise, we still got Winner Anacona as an amazing backup. The more balanced climber of the two should be satisfied with the two very tall, steep mountains, as his only weakness, a lack of acceleration, won't be very punishable here. The prologue might cost him a few positions though, even though it's very short.
Speaking about the prologue, Cameron Meyer and Haijun Ma will be our riders for the first stage and a possible leader's jersey after stage 2. Meyer doesn't have a train though, because, uh.. why actually? Sometimes I wish I could remember why I made some decisions better... We'll see if it works out. |
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 16-12-2017 10:09
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Interesting choices here. Let's see what Krasno can do...
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 16-12-2017 12:15
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Krasno has got this won, really exciting to see him start his season! <3
"What done is, is one." - Benji Naesen
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| Vien |
Posted on 29-12-2017 20:16
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trekbmc wrote:
Krasno has got this won, really exciting to see him start his season! <3
Close enough!
One more silly race in May before things start getting more active for Team Reddit. It's a top 5 goal race though, so the importance of this race will make up for the lack of race days.
Squad
Bob Schoonbroodt
Lars Croket
Cameron Meyer
Hersony Canelon
Haijun Ma
Varsham Darbinyan
Jesse Kaislavuo
Luc Turchi
One of the weirdest races of the season, despite being shortened a little. We got potential stage winners for every race here: Croket in stage 1, Meyer in stage 2 and, should our friendly requests to make him start at the front of the pack get accepted, Schoonbroodt in stage 3. We're hoping the team can coordinate well and give each other space to perform at their peak in these stages.
Plenty of potential points then, but getting them in the overall GC may be the toughest. Our top 5 goal will therefore need either a breakaway win or a really strong performance by Schonbroodt in stage 3. We #Believe in him! |
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| Vien |
Posted on 19-01-2018 11:16
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And finally, we're slowly getting out of hibernation. After one race per month, we're starting to get more active in June. Still only 3 races, but preparations for the Tour of America are slowly starting.
Costa Rican Mountain Classic
Squad
Mikayil Krasnoperov
Winner Anacona
Maxime Monfort
Jean-François Camier
Emanuele Sella
Alexis Vuillermoz
Kevin Seeldraeyers
The Costa Rican Mountain Classic is is a short but intensive C1 race, our very first one. Having performed well in C2 races already, Krasnoperov and Anacona are now here to test their strenghts in a race in a field that will give them very little hope of achieving a victory. Regardless, it will be interesting to see how our squad will adapt to the higher level of competition. Attacking or hanging on? That'll be the question we'll have to tackle while preparing for this race.
Squad
Bob Schoonbroodt
Lars Croket
Ismaël Kip
Hersony Canelon
Haijun Ma
Versham Darbinyan
Jesse Kaislavuo
Luc Turchi
From Costa Rica all the way to cold, cold Norway. Manager Vien decided to attend the Costa Rican race, and a quick look at the race profile shows us why. Despite having a decent cobbler in Schoonbroodt, he only excels on them on hills and the race profile doesn't even show a speedbump. After Faso's debacle, I'm hopeful we can catch an early break and perhaps scratch some points that way.
Squad
Mikayil Krasnoperov
Winner Anacona
Andrea Manfredi
Jean-François Camier
Emanuele Sella
Alexis Vuillermoz
Kevin Seeldraeyers
Mountains, mountains everywhere! The legendary Tour d'Andorra certainly isn't one for the weaklings. Five days through some of the most extreme stages I've ever seen, giving us enough potential to continue our brilliant performance streak in the mountains.
Despite expecting fierce competition, we decided to send all three of our major climbers here. Therefore this race will be the first major test for our "Sky train" and we are looking forward to see them perform. We are hoping the riders can put back their personal goals and rack up as many points as possible in this brutal terrain. |
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| Vien |
Posted on 03-02-2018 14:35
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June isn't entirely over yet, but a long flight to San Luis means we have to plan ahead and start looking at July's races prematurely. June has been a solid month, with successes in Andorra, a nice 9th place in Lillestrom and the Costa Rican Mountain Classic meeting expectations (read: None). The only thirst that hasn't been quenched yet is the one for victories. Still only one (Kip) in January. Can we change that in July?
Squad
Maxime Monfort
Julien Simon
Bob Schoonbroodt
Alexis Vuillermoz
Hersony Canelon
Haijun Ma
Ismaël Kip
Jesse Kaislavuo
With the Gisborne GP (3rd with Monfort) as our only hilly race so far, Monfort and Simon must be extremely eager to participate in their first hilly stage race, the Tour de San Luis. 8 stages, including a prologue and TT. Despite not having the most amazing TT stats, our main competitors haven't either, so if they can make a difference in the hilly stages a top 5 shouldn't be that much of an optimistic goal.
Schoonbroodt will be supporting them as a protected teammate. As the teamwork has proven to be exceptional in Andorra, can Monfort, Simon and Schoonbroodt do the same and rack up some well-needed points to not drop from the promotion battle?
Outsider for some stage wins will be hit-or-miss sprinter Kip, accompanied by Canelon, just like in his win in Tachira. Ma will also be looking for a shock in the prologue and the TT. Therefore we are expecting our jersey to show up in every stage in this tour.
Squad
Bob Schoonbroodt
Lars Croket
Jean-François Camier
Emanuele Sella
Haijun Ma
Varsham Darbinyan
Luc Turchi
Jesse Kaislavuo
A unique race in the calendar, home race of a very unique team. 204 kilometres of hills and very long cobbled sections. We like that! And that's also the reason why the Tour of the Battenkill has been marked on the calendar from the start and why we set a win goal there. Schoonbroodt will be the guy to beat here, and despite lacking the stats to be one of the best cobblers, his hill stat should make him able to at least fight for victory.
What's the actual chance of him winning though? I'd say not very high. Van Keirsbulck has clearly proven to be better in Geraardsbergen-Bosberg, where Schoonbroodt disappointed heavily. We'll make sure to plan the race tactics carefully and make it all or nothing in front of our wonderful home crowd.
Squad
Winner Anacona
Andrea Manfredi
Lars Croket
Haijun Ma
Jean-François Camier
Emanuele Sella
Alexis Vuillermoz
Kevin Seeldraeyers
Three more mountainous days for us in Bulgaria, and we certainly aren't tired of them yet. Due to not having Krasnoperov here and Anacona being a fairly weak TTer however, this certainly won't be the stage race we're expecting the most of. Points may actually come from Manfredi, who has proven to use his opportunities and attack when being behind in the GC, so we'll try to ease the pressure on our riders and hope it will motivate them to scratch some C2 points for us.
Oh, and we also brought Ma once again and Croket for the weird "flat" stage. Because we can.
Edited by Vien on 03-02-2018 17:55
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