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[PCT] Spark-BNZ Racing - 2023
Jakstar22
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January Preview


Our season starts in Oceania and for the month of January we stay home. The boys get a nice easy lead in to the season with some extra time at home and not as far to travel when we need to race. We are very excited to start of the season and we are aiming to start of strong as a lot of these races suit our leaders!

Tour of Tasmania


FLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Jack Bobridge71678175717166516777646475
Angel Madrazo64817273757475515966626573
Madushanka Perera71536458697377647980506174
Cameron Scott72636656727174617878606457
Hayden McCormick70667665747170537373675965
Bilguunjargal Erdenebat75606578777874515964696879
Narankhuu Baterdene74586159727083677677596664
Jake Marryatt71616877677467576058676377


While we don't get any points gain from this race, we promised when we brought in Bobridge that we would give him one last go at the Tour of Tasmania to potentially get the win that has been evading him for years! We are hoping for a good team performance and we can't wait to see the colours in the world stage for the first time!


Down Under Classic


FLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Leigh Howard74616666726774618076626366
Patrick Bevin68747376686473536474746972
Luke Mudgway70596460716676657678656565
Jimmy Muhindo74586765747168756864766565
Flavio De Luna66737074657067655566656673
Munkhtulga Erdenesuren72596259727063756966625961
Markus Kopfauf69626765677467527473706881
Amartuvshin Battsengel62605867676471636068686767


Leigh Howard leads us at the Down Under Classic for the first race of our season to affect us with points. We are hoping for a top 5 finish here at home and with Luke Mudgway and Markus Kopfauf here to lead out Howard we should be able to achieve that.


Gisborne GP


FLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Jordan Schleck64777353717178535273616161
Joel Yates71657869777471636269736969
Tyler Brandt66756872726770615964657071
Vadim Ratiy62766670646770505052505170
Carlos Rodriguez67706767686968556569657064
Noppachai Klahan68646665676772686368647066
Kiaan Watts64666566627268606466737264
Blake Quick65586159656658586769586259


Joel Yates leads his first ever race at the Gisborne GP. He will be a strong rider here this season and we hope to get a high finish. Top 10 is the goal for Yates and we hope to have a few other riders in the higher end of the standings as well! Jordan Schleck comes here as the main support for Yates.


Tour Down Under


FLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Jack Bobridge71678175717166516777646475
Leigh Howard74616666726774618076626366
Cameron Scott72636656727174617878606457
Hayden McCormick70667665747170537373675965
Joel Yates71657869777471636269736969
Luke Mudgway70596460716676657678656565
Jake Marryatt71616877677467576058676377
Carlos Rodriguez67706767686968556569657064


The Tour Down Under sees mostly an Oceanian squad with Bobridge here to lead the team and Howard here for the sprints. Carlos Rodriguez will compete in his first ever stage race as well. We expect to do very well here and we would like to see the boys on the podium of the GC by the end.


Great Ocean Road Classic


FLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Jack Bobridge71678175717166516777646475
Madushanka Perera71536458697377647980506174
Narankhuu Baterdene74586159727083677677596664
Flavio De Luna66737074657067655566656673
Tyler Brandt66756872726770615964657071
Markus Kopfauf69626765677467527473706881
Carlos Rodriguez67706767686968556569657064
Amartuvshin Battsengel62605867676471636068686767


An Aussie won this race last year however we hope to win it with a Sri Lankan. Madushanka Perera will lead us here and hopefully sprint for the win however this race is extremely unpredicatable. Markus Kopfauf will help with the lead out for Perera as well as Baterdene. Bobridge is also here to have a go at attacking near the end of the race.

 
candydonzs
Interested to see how your team shapes up during this window. Some tough decisions to make and some which maybe could have been made during renewals but keeping domestiques is never a bad thing as signing in FA is often more expensive.
 
Jakstar22
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January Review


Tour Of Tasmania


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The Tour of Tasmania was our first PT race ever and we thought we would give Jack Bobridge one last time in the big time of the Pro Tour before he declines any further. He finished 63rd overall with our highest finisher being young TT rider, Bilguunjargal Erdenebat. McCormick brought our only exposure of the race in stage 2 getting into the breakaway and very nearly winning the KOM jersey coming 2nd by 1 point. A nice opening race for us in a Australia.

Down Under Classic


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The Down Under Classic was our first points scoring opportunity and wow did Leigh Howard deliver! An incredible 3rd place against a lot of world class sprinters! It was an incredible effort from him and has put him in currenlt 10th place in the PCT individual rankings! Extremely happy with how he raced!

Gisborne GP


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We attempted the breaking with Brandt and got into the breakaway with Watts and that was basically our race. Yates had a hard day and was unable to finish in the top 20. Still only his first race leading the team though so a good effort!

Tour Down Under


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Stage 1 saw Howard get a great 6th place and continue his great sprinting form! Jack Bobridge took up his leadership and did it well with a 5th place on stage 2 and a good start for the GC race. Again Bobridge finished in the top 10 on stage 4 with Hayden McCormick in 10th right behind. In the final stage Leigh Howard was sprinting very well and challenging for the lead but unfortunately ran out of energy and drifted back to a respectable 7th place. Great showing from Howard in the Tour Down Under. Jack Bobridge finished in 9th place overall with a good showing and plenty of high placings as well. A good showing for the team however areas to improve!

Great Ocean Road Classic


pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Reports/PTHC/Great%20Ocean%20Road%20Classic/GORC_ss22.jpg


The Great Ocean Road Classic is our final race in Australia until the Herald Sun Tour and it also brings our January to a close. Our other sprint leader, Perera, managed to continue the teams good start with another top 10 in this race. Great effort from him and the team and hopefully signs of these good things to come!

So a great January for us and a really good start. We are currently sitting in 10th place in the PCT rankings (see below) which is a great place to be! Hopefully this form continues and we can avoid relegation and build on our team for next season!

PosTeamTotalRDPpRDProj
1pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/aab.pngAssa Abloy3301325.384137
2pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/mck.pngMcCormick Pro Cycling2631123.913897
3pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/trg.pngTryg - Gobyk2171021.73537
4pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/p4e.pngTeam Popo4Ever p/b Morshynska211826.384300
5pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/lph.pngLos Pollos Hermanos206541.26716
6pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/kmm.pngKraftwerk Man Machine1941216.172636
7pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/coc.pngColombini Cycling194921.563514
8pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/fas.pngFastned1801116.362667
9pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/jur.pngJura GIANTS1711115.552535
10pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/snz.pngSpark-BNZ Racing1641213.672228
11pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/ubt.pngTeam UBS - Tissot1491113.552209
12pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/zal.pngDK Žalgiris1311013.12135
13pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/lmp.pngLampre - Pinarello1151110.451703
14pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/gla.pngGlanbia107157.131162
15pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/ghn.pngGenii Hyundai N Cycling105119.551557
16pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/lpu.pngLierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam924233749
17pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/brs.pngBralirwa - Stevens Bikes905182934
18pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/sfi.pngSony - Force India85810.631733
19pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/ino.pngIndosat Ooredoo69234.55624
20pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/dev.pngDuckDuckGo - Everesting5787.131162
21pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/tlt.pngTrans Looney Tunes54153.6587
22pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/xr0.pngXero Racing53114.82786
23pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/spr.pngSauber Petronas Racing502254075
24pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/zpc.pngZwift Pro Cycling360.582

 
Laurens147
Glad to see you start so well, especially on home soil Smile
I'm curious how it will evolve in the coming months.
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Jakstar22
@Laurens147 - Happy that we have been able to start out with a bang! We are just hoping we can continue this form!


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February Preview


After a good start to the season in January, we are hoping to continue that form in February with another 5 races and our first goal of the season, Tour of Ukraine. We are excited to see Madrazo finally in action as well as seeing how Bobridge goes in the Tour of Ukraine.

Volta a Portugal


FLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Angel Madrazo64817273757475515966626573
Andrei Sakalou66767565637272546072776265
Joel Yates71657869777471636269736969
Bilguunjargal Erdenebat75606578777874515964696879
Vadim Ratiy62766670646770505052505170
Markus Kopfauf69626765677467527473706881
Carlos Rodriguez67706767686968556569657064
Amartuvshin Battsengel62605867676471636068686767


The Volta a Portugal is an extremely important stage race for us early in the season! Its the first chance for Angel Madrazo to score points as well as see Kopfauf and Erdenebat have a great opportunity to score points in these races as well! We are hoping for a top 5 overall and we are also excited to see how the support of Ratiy and Sakalou will aid in Madrazo's race.


Le Samyn


FLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Madushanka Perera71536458697377647980506174
Narankhuu Baterdene74586159727083677677596664
Luke Mudgway70596460716676657678656565
Jimmy Muhindo74586765747168756864766565
Jake Marryatt71616877677467576058676377
Munkhtulga Erdenesuren72596259727063756966625961
Carlos Rodriguez67706767686968556569657064
Amartuvshin Battsengel62605867676471636068686767


We are just hear to fill in the numbers. We have Muhindo and Erdenesuren to lead us as well as Perera if he makes it oer the cobbles however I don't think anu of this will happen and we definitely will just be filling in the numbers. To be honest this was apart of a band and we had to be here...We will see.


Tour of Ukraine


FLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Jack Bobridge71678175717166516777646475
Andrei Sakalou66767565637272546072776265
Jordan Schleck64777353717178535273616161
Joel Yates71657869777471636269736969
Bilguunjargal Erdenebat75606578777874515964696879
Jake Marryatt71616877677467576058676377
Markus Kopfauf69626765677467527473706881
Carlos Rodriguez67706767686968556569657064


This is our win goal. A race almost perfect for Jack Bobridge. A short hilly TT to start with, then a hill stage which is where Bobridge should be able to do very well! Finally, a longer flat TT that will find out who the winner will be! With Bobridge being a strong hill climber we are hoping to get the win and start off our season with 2 strong months! We have full faith in Jack Bobridge and the support of riders like Joel Yates should be able to help!


Circulo de Juarez


FLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Madushanka Perera71536458697377647980506174
Cameron Scott72636656727174617878606457
Hayden McCormick70667665747170537373675965
Patrick Bevin68747376686473536474746972
Luke Mudgway70596460716676657678656565
Flavio De Luna66737074657067655566656673
Munkhtulga Erdenesuren72596259727063756966625961
Amartuvshin Battsengel62605867676471636068686767


We are excited for this race as well have always managed to do fairly well! Perera will lead us this team with Scott as his main leadout. A race for the sprinters and our main goal in this race is for a stage win and a top 10 if we can! Just as many points as we possible can!


Coppa Placci


FLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Jordan Schleck64777353717178535273616161
Joel Yates71657869777471636269736969
Vadim Ratiy62766670646770505052505170
Carlos Rodriguez67706767686968556569657064
Noppachai Klahan68646665676772686368647066
Kiaan Watts64666566627268606466737264
Blake Quick65586159656658586769586259
Amartuvshin Battsengel62605867676471636068686767


Another hill C2 race that will be lead by Joel Yates. After his disappointing debut at the Gisborne GP Yates will be hoping to be able to get a strong result! We are hoping for a top 10 this time. He has the support from Schleck and should be able to have a strong crack at this race!

 
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Madrazo might not have been great in Portugal, but it's still a Top 10 in a PTHC race. It's probably not the kind of result you really need, but it wasn't a complete failure, either.

The win goal in Ukraine is pretty bold I'd say, with Bobridge finishing 15th last year iirc. I hope he'll do better than that for you, I think a Top 10 might be doable. But winning against the likes of Phinney? Probably not - except if he surprises everyone and really gets a big gap on that hilly stage!

Perera could do well in Juarez, even though the field will be wide open. He's shown some good performances in recent years, though, fingers crossed he'll be among the lucky ones in Mexico as well!
 
Jakstar22
@Fabianski - The win goal was probably a bit of a stretch but we didn't know the competition at that point which makes it tough. Phinney was insane in that race though. Still a good start and I'm pretty satisfied with how we are going at the moment!

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February Review


Volta a Portugal


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After a consistent 7 days from Madrazo and finding himself in 5th overall he had just a mountain stage to negotiate to find himself in a great GC place! The race had also seen some great top 10 finishes for Erdenebat and Kopfauf in the prologue and another top 10 for Erdenebat in the long ITT. A good overall race however Madrazo had his bad day on the finall big mountain stage. This saw him finish 1 minute down to the winner and drop down to 10th overall. Still a great top 10 overall however we were hoping for a higher finish with him being one of the best mountain climbers in the race. A good start for his season and hopefully he can keep going and improve in the mountains moving forward!

Le Samyn


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Le Samyn isa cobbles race which we don't like. Erdnesuren and Muhindo were attacking for half of the race but once the cobbles got tough they were unable to stick with it. Mudgway did enjoy a bit of time in the breakaway which we are happy with the exposure but nothing more to report. Moving on.

Tour of Ukraine


pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Reports/PTHC/Ukraine/TOUS2%2013.jpg


The Tour of Ukraine was our win goal and boy did that not happen. The best finish was Bobridge taking 14th in stage 2. We were not on the map other than that. 23rd place overall and that was our trip to Ukraine.

Circulo de Juarez


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Perera was our lead sprinter here and did well considering the competition! He managed a 4th place in stage 4 as well as a couple of other top 10s. He finished 13th overall but overall we are quite happy with the race as we had no expectations going in. We didn't quite get a podium but still a great race for Perera and the team!

Coppa Placci


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Coppa Placci is tough as we have 2 leaders when we shouldn't. Yates is our best hill climber in the race however Schleck likes to assume the leadership of the team. In the Gisborne GP it didn't work at all. However, here it worked a bit better. Yates was out of the picture however Jordan Schleck was able to stay in the lead group. He did only manage to finish 13th place but still a step in the right direction moving forward in C2 races with this squad (as we have a few more of these coming up).

A fairly decent February for the squad but we definitely could have improved and had a better month. We had opportunities we didn't capitalise on however it is early in the year and we have a quiet month in March with only 1 stage race so plenty of time to get our heads right and start capitalising on these opportunities. Now to finish here are the current PCT rankings. We are now 16th in the rankings so moving down but still able to improve and move up again. We will see how we go moving forward!

PosLastTeamTotalRDPpRDProj
15pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/lph.pngLos Pollos Hermanos8102631.155077
29pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/jur.pngJura GIANTS6932923.93896
38pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/fas.pngFastned6103219.063107
417pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/brs.pngBralirwa - Stevens Bikes56721274401
54pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/p4e.pngTeam Popo4Ever p/b Morshynska5542522.163612
613pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/lmp.pngLampre - Pinarello5193315.732564
71pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/aab.pngAssa Abloy5142322.353643
818pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/sfi.pngSony - Force India4332716.042615
919pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/ino.pngIndosat Ooredoo4291430.644994
106pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/kmm.pngKraftwerk Man Machine4172318.132955
1112pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/zal.pngDK Žalgiris4032814.392346
123pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/trg.pngTryg - Gobyk3692415.382507
1311pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/ubt.pngTeam UBS - Tissot3682912.692068
1420pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/dev.pngDuckDuckGo - Everesting3433210.721747
1515pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/ghn.pngGenii Hyundai N Cycling339398.691416
1610pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/snz.pngSpark-BNZ Racing310329.691579
172pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/mck.pngMcCormick Pro Cycling3052313.262161
1823pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/spr.pngSauber Petronas Racing291338.821438
1914pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/gla.pngGlanbia264299.11483
2016pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/lpu.pngLierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam2632610.121650
217pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/coc.pngColombini Cycling2541814.112300
2224pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/zpc.pngZwift Pro Cycling187228.51386
2321pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/tlt.pngTrans Looney Tunes163217.761265
2422pcmdaily.com/images/mg/2023/Micros/xr0.pngXero Racing1191771141

 
Jakstar22
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March Preview


So we have slowed down after January and February. Things are looking a bit bleak for us. March we only have 1 race so just to score points would be the goal. Its hard to call though being a HC race.

Tour of South Africa


FLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Jack Bobridge71678175717166516777646475
Joel Yates71657869777471636269736969
Bilguunjargal Erdenebat75606578777874515964696879
Patrick Bevin68747376686473536474746972
Jake Marryatt71616877677467576058676377
Flavio De Luna66737074657067655566656673
Tyler Brandt66756872726770615964657071
Vadim Ratiy62766670646770505052505170


Hard race to call. Bobridge leads us for the hills here. After a decent start to his season in the TDU, he is looking for a big result. He was expected to be one of the highest scorers for the season and is struggling so we need a big race from him. He is supported by Yates. We also have a strong group of TT riders to support in chases as well as the Time trial.

 
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