You know what is better than two Germans on the team? Three Germans on the team. And not just any German, but the -almost- 2021 national champion of Germany! We all know the competition was rigged and he was unrightfully robbed of his title. On a 140k wage Zepuntke will be our man for the 14 obligatory cobbled racedays. 100th in Ronde van Vlaanderen just to win Paris-Roubaix one week later. You heard it here first. Some might say 525.000 bananas are a lot for him, but we think it is a nice price, and could not have found a better way to let manager Marcovdw celebrate his birthday.

One of probably our most unexpected names on the team ever however is a Georgian cobbled talent, who is currently 26 and should max out at the age of 28. With 75 time trial and 77 cobble he is a rather unique talent (barring some names such as Gamper). We believe he is well worth the 150k fee we sent in the direction of Red Bull - Žalgiris.

On our last day of the transfer window, as for us it looks like nothing will change anymore, we did some final deals. Signing Zepuntke means we were unable to find a second sprinter, but then an ooportunity arose. In a one season loan swap we have acquired Malaysian sprinter Mohamad Izzat Hilmi Abdul Halil from Indosat Ooredoo. He will try to accomplish what is deemed to be impossible: winning a GT stage (and returning home asking a salary of 500k).

In return we sent Colombian time trialist Ocampo their way, as he should be a valuable asset of their team in the team time trials. This also means the Colombian won't have raced a single raceday in our colours after having been on loan at the infamous Polestar Cycling Team last season.

Another loanee and definitely a special one is Veljko Stojnic from Cedevita. The young guy is level 1.57 and will race as good as any PTHC and PT race there is this season in order to reach level 3. Together with Pira that means we might be the first PT team ever to level up two level 1's to level 3 in a season (in the current format). Planning really is fun.

What has been known for a couple of days is now official. Los Pollos Hermanos most legendary rider Alain Quispe has left the team. For a bargain price of 200k he has gone back to where it all started two seasons ago, the Continental Division. He will join Colombini-Adler Aalterpaint together with our Mexican talent Jose Pablo Aguilar Mendez.

He has almost single-handedly brought us to the PT division in only two seasons, and we will never forget that and stop being grateful for it. Sadly, with the new Quispe (Robinson Ruiz) almost being maxed, there was no more place for him on the team. We believe he can do a monstrous job again in CT, and decided to take a little trip to memory lane. Although we have many great memories of the Peruvian, such as riding to fourth in a C2HC classic and getting Manninen to 1.000+ points in PCT last season, one stands out.

Please enjoy with us, one more time, Alain Quispe winning a KoM-sprint in the 2020 Circulo de Juarez, our home race of all places. He was going so hard the riders of the two teams behind him disbanded not too long after.

Alain, we love you. Farewell, you absolute legend.

@Adler: Take good care of him indeed. He will bring you the PT title in 3 seasons then.
@Ulrich: I will never be stopped. Also, Zepuntke is the perfect addition to keep on the meme-show.
@bbl: I sure hope you're right. I really think he could excel in a race like Roubaix with only flat roads and also being quite long. Hope he proves me right

Last time, we thought we were done with transfers. Although it wasn't a joke, the team brought in seven more riders since. The first four riders will be our stagiaires and bring our self-owned Avenir eligible riders to ten. Pluimers (Holland) and Rodriguez (Bolivia) are the regional pick ups, whereas Koide and Örken will be able to level up just by going to Avenir.

Another deal with Indosat saw Wibisono join our ranks and give us some extra firepower in the PT triple clash, whereas a late turn of events saw Ben Turner from Colombini coming to us for the same reason. After having leveled up Andre Alexander Gonzales from level 1 to 3 in our first year, we sold him last year to a team that quickly ceased to exist. We have brought him back on board now, and the Peruvian puncheur goes to Colombini to reach level 4 of his development.