knockout wrote:
I think "decent" is an understatement. Third in Down Under is great and Kwiatek in Sri Lanka was also " decent" despite missing the right move. Definitely a (very) good month.

The Tour of Eritrea began with Torkil Veyhe flying the Faroese flag in the breakaway, he unfortunately forgot to pack his national jersey, but soon replaced it anyway with the KOM jersey as well as they youth lead. It was a good start to what would become a brilliant race.

On the third stage with huge mountains, Mark Padun joined the first breakaway of his career. Following the break's demise, Michal Kwiatkowski countered the attacks of Kudus and surprised everybody by sticking with the Eritrean and beating him to the line!

All our domestiques were in Poland so Michal had to play the hill stages smart and conservative, protecting his colourful leader's jersey by following the moves of favourites and staying right at the front, securing his first ever win with the team!

Our home race was of extremely large importance to us, however the clash with the Tour of Eritrea made it difficult for us to send our best squad and the lack of strength led to our team only being able to join two breakaways, in the form of Adam Stachowiak and Mads Pedersen, however, we had one stage that made up for all the rest, on stage 5 Luis Leon Sanchez attacked at the base of the final climb and escaped ascending to a beautiful win, securing a great stage win to save our home race. As an added bonus, Chris Froome went on to win the GC, allowing Polish fans to celebrate the race.

We took a risk sending Kwiatkowski here but it simply wasn't to be as the racing turned out very differently (and disappointingly) to expected, although seeing an Icelandic rider was a rathercool sight for cycling in Atlantic islands.

With Kwiatkowski and Sanchez together on a hilly profile, we were hoping for an attackive race, we got that and more though, as Kwiatkowski and Rabottini joined an elite break which ended up contesting the sprint for 2nd, with the duo sprinting to 4th and 5th, making for another stunning result!

Pawel Bernas | Age: 27 | Barodeur | Level: 4 -> Max



After a strong season as a domestique, late bloomer Pawel Bernas will improve his puncheur legs, in the hope of being able to finally shine a little in breakaways, otherwise he'll remain an integral part of both our sprinting and hills team.

Year	FL	MO	HL	TT	STA	RES	REC	CB	SP	ACC	FG	DH	PRL
2017	75	60	73	66	73	70	67	62	69	71	81	71	65
Max	76	61	75	66	75	71	68	62	70	73	82	71	65

Filip Bengtsson | Age: 22 | Sprinter | Level: 1 -> 2

Fastman Filip got a chance to show himself in our ranks for the end of the season, unfortunately he didn't manage to show much potential in the PCT so it may be tough to find roster space for him next season.

Year	FL	MO	HL	TT	STA	RES	REC	CB	SP	ACC	FG	DH	PRL
2017	64	57	61	60	65	71	61	57	70	71	72	63	62
2018	65	57	61	60	65	72	62	57	71	72	72	63	63
Max	71	57	62	61	66	76	65	57	77	78	72	64	69

Deins Kanepejs | Age: 22 | Puncheur | Level: 1 -> 3



Despite considering his opportunities on the time trial bike, Latvian Deins Kanepejs admitted that he wanted to follow in his hero Skujins' footsteps in the hills department, he had a strong season doing domestique duties for us and trained well to some great benefits.

Year	FL	MO	HL	TT	STA	RES	REC	CB	SP	ACC	FG	DH	PRL
2017	67	64	69	68	65	67	67	55	61	66	63	64	68
2018	68	65	72	68	68	68	68	55	61	68	65	64	68
Max	70	67	77	69	72	71	70	55	62	71	68	65	69

Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz | Age: 23 | Cobblist | Level: 2 -> 3



Polish cobbles sensation 'Kaspa' couldn't match his great 2016 in the Continental Division, which he capped off with a WC win. This season was more quiet, but also a chance for him to develop his skills on the cobblestones some more as he gets closer to his prime and team leadership.

Year	FL	MO	HL	TT	STA	RES	REC	CB	SP	ACC	FG	DH	PRL
2017	70	66	70	70	69	71	67	74	57	65	76	67	72
2018	72	66	71	70	71	73	68	76	59	65	76	67	72
Max	76	66	74	70	75	77	70	81	61	66	79	68	72

Iliyan Kolev | Age: 23 | Cobblist | Level: 1 -> 3



Iliyan had a better season than expected, with lots of breakaways in PCT races, proving his merit in the pro peloton, he also bonded well with Mads and Kaspa, who he'll be working with closely on the cobblestones in the coming years.

Year	FL	MO	HL	TT	STA	RES	REC	CB	SP	ACC	FG	DH	PRL
2017	70	52	59	60	67	67	62	70	59	66	69	64	66
2018	72	52	61	60	69	68	63	73	59	66	70	64	66
Max	75	52	63	60	72	71	65	77	61	67	72	64	66

Mads Pedersen | Age: 22 | Cobblist | Level: 1 -> 3



Mad Mads! One of the most diverse and powerful riders of this generation and it was a hard decision working out just how it was best for him to specialise, in the end, Mads' love for Roubaix won out as he balances some sprint training amongst his mainly cobbled focus, look out Bewley, Mads is coming!

Year	FL	MO	HL	TT	STA	RES	REC	CB	SP	ACC	FG	DH	PRL
2017	70	63	66	69	69	75	64	69	70	72	74	68	69
2018	73	63	67	69	73	77	67	73	73	74	74	68	69
Max	77	63	69	69	78	80	77	79	78	77	75	71	69

Szymon Rekita | Age: 23 | Time-Trialist | Level: 2 -> 3



Szymon Rekita almost found himself out of contract last season, as Berg dropped him at the last moment, fortunately we just found the budget space to give him a role in the end of season races for us, however, the break has given him the time to develop his time trialing abilities and we look forward to his full-time contract next year.

Year	FL	MO	HL	TT	STA	RES	REC	CB	SP	ACC	FG	DH	PRL
2017	67	56	59	71	64	67	67	62	65	66	62	72	70
2018	69	56	60	73	66	69	69	62	67	67	62	72	72
Max	73	56	62	79	70	73	73	62	71	70	62	73	78

Torkil Veyhe | Age: 23 | Roleur | Level: 1 -> 3



Powerhouse Torkil Veyhe was the star of our youth class this year, our best climber in Avenir, a day in the KOM jersey in Eritrea and even a handful of points, he's still not quite up to having the legs for finniseur attacks, but still time for Torkil to develop into something great, perhaps similar to his Latvian hero, Dzamastagic.

Year	FL	MO	HL	TT	STA	RES	REC	CB	SP	ACC	FG	DH	PRL
2017	72	66	66	63	63	65	65	50	52	73	77	70	64
2018	75	66	66	63	63	67	67	50	55	76	77	70	67
Max	80	66	67	63	65	70	69	51	58	80	79	71	69

Dzmastagic

tastasol wrote:
Your cobbles department certainly seems ready for the next seasons. Should be really nice to see them develop. Lovely talents.