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[CT '23] Ekoi - Le Creuset | The big "end of season" post
whitejersey
Jiang could be score a like 40 points in prologues alone and Lammertink is a great breakaway rider for this year, I think you have a strong draft!
 
Ezeefreak
Nice draft picks but was suprising to see you missed on so many great french riders Grin
Best Luck for the season and dont bring your chinese rider to races where I am also please Pfft
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Wow! Just barely making the 15 rider minimum, but your 13 full time and 4 stagiaires are all intimidating riders. I'll say you look like a powerhouse in CT this year!
 
kandesbunzler26
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As the transfer season is finally over and this seasons squad is complete, we’re ready to take a look ahead and show you our plans for our talents – those who were with us last season already as well as those we just signed including our stagiaires.


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Joris Delbove64727058667172626067697158
2024 3>465747258677274626069717258
2025 4>max65767458677375626071737258


Delbove is going to be a decent mountain domestique who’ll just have to avoid any TTs.



FLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Arman Garibian68716869707173556069656969
2024 3>469747071727376556070667071
2025 4>max70767173747578556071667073


Garibian will be a nice stage racing domestique with some really nice backup stats.



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Matis Louvel73647069707468716766666569
2024 3>475647171737669746767676671
2025 4>max77647273757870766767676673


Louvel is our biggest (and still only) talent for the classics. He’ll be a good cobbler at least and a nice TTT asset as well. Given his backup stats he’s also a promising target for training.



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Alan Boileau66727264666971626672646663
2024 3>467737565687072626774666764
2025 4>max67757765687173626776686764


Boileau will develop into a Teuns kind of rider and probably take over from him once maxed out – though with some weaker backup stats.



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Alex Baudin65666666686667636366676563
Stage Race max66737173737174636367686570


Alex Baudin can be developed into a stage racing domestique though he’ll never be a race winner in his own right.



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Hugo Toumire68676663656563606264676462
Stage Race max69747170707070606265686469


All in all Hugo Toumires development path is comparable to Baudins, but with slightly better mountain and worse TT stats.



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Valentin Paret-Peintre64666656666462506060685756
Climber1 max65757457696969506067776057


He’s not the kind of talent his brother is, but VPP can be a mountain domestique or even stage hunter one day.



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Evan Russell66646663676964636669686564
Stage Race max67717170727471636670696571
Hills max69677464747367636774736665
Sprint max73646763727069687376686664
Track-Sprint max73646764687468667376686671


Russell doesn’t have an obvious development path, he could be developed to a domestique for stage races, the hills or a sprint leadout. We’re curious if someone will take the time and effort to do so though as he won’t be an overwhelming domestique in any case.



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Kevin Vauquelin67696468656966586867707067
2024 1>368736772687270586868717071
2025 3>469776974707473586869727173
2026 4>max70797176727675586870737175


And finally our biggest (and most expensive) talent: Kevin Vauquelin. The natural way to go here is developing him into a stage racer, though he’ll always fear the hilly stages.

And just to show his versatility here are some other possible paths for his development:
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Kevin Vauquelin67696468656966586867707067
Time Trial max75726878727873586867777177
Track-Time Trial max75706778727773587571707177
Track-Sprint max75696771687673587875707375
Sprint max75706768727274657875707367

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The new season starts with a busy month for our riders, accumulating 21 race days in 5 races which also means all of our full time riders have an early start into the season. And if that’s not enough already, our first race of the season is also our first goal race.


StartEndRaceCat
09.0109.01Gisborne GPC2

FLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Clement Chevrier65757457696969506067776057
Felix Gall67777663707172586172706462
Olivier Le Gac70697760737471526469747360
Aurelien Paret-Peintre72767772737573637274727072
Maurits Lammertink73677565737172596767807267
Daniel Paulus69747764716873566271736764
Dylan Teuns68757864737376506672706560
Kevin Vauquelin67696468656966586867707067


The hilly one day race is our first goal race. We’re aiming for a Top 5 result. And to achieve this we brought everyone who is punchy: APP and Dylan Teuns are probably our best bets for a good result, especially with Gall, Paulus, Le Gac and Lammertink working for them – though we wouldn’t mind one of the latter to get a result himself.



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13.0118.01Tour Down UnderC1

FLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Joris Delbove64727058667172626067697158
Arman Garibian68716869707173556069656969
Olivier Le Gac70697760737471526469747360
Clement Russo73657365737376687678666465
Dylan Teuns68757864737376506672706560
Dylan Hopkins68686867697063615765667064
Panagiotis Karatsivis69726868707170606471716767


Staying in Down Under, we’re heading for the TDU to compete on C1 level. Russo will hopefully be able to compete in the sprints given that those stages have some bumps before the finish. Teuns and Le Gac are our captains for the hilltop finishes and maybe even the GC.



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21.0130.01Vuelta al TachiraC2

FLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Clement Chevrier65757457696969506067776057
Joris Delbove64727058667172626067697158
Aurelien Paret-Peintre72767772737573637274727072
Zhihui Jiang72616665697372627575657379
Kevin Vauquelin67696468656966586867707067
Panagiotis Karatsivis69726868707170606471716767
Reuben Thompson71686663677166576768627362


We hope for APP to shine in Venezuela and get a good GC result as well as maybe a stage win. His support cast is led by Chevrier and further consists of Delbove, Vauquelin, Karatsivis and Thompson. Not the biggest names nor the best riders (yet), but hopefully their sheer number will help. Oh - and maybe Jiang can show himself in one of the sprints.


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25.0727.01Hong Kong ChallengeC1

FLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Arman Garibian68716869707173556069656969
Olivier Le Gac70697760737471526469747360
Maurits Lammertink73677565737172596767807267
Daniel Paulus69747764716873566271736764
Dylan Teuns68757864737376506672706560
Dylan Hopkins68686867697063615765667064


We have a pretty similar set up like in TDU here – just Lammertink replacing Russo. Teuns, Paulus and Le Gac are our riders for the two hilly stages and maybe the GC if they don’t lose too much time in the medium TT. And we wouldn’t mind seeing Lammertink in a break or two.



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30.0130.01Clasico San JoseC2

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Arman Garibian68716869707173556069656969
Olivier Le Gac70697760737471526469747360
Maurits Lammertink73677565737172596767807267
Daniel Paulus69747764716873566271736764
Dylan Teuns68757864737376506672706560
Dylan Hopkins68686867697063615765667064


The exactly same squad as in Hong Kong, but with better chances given the lower category of this classic and the (obvious) lack of a TT. We have high hopes here as Teuns, Paulus, Le Gac and maybe even Lammertink should be able to score some nice points.

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Fabianski
kandesbunzler26 wrote:
StartEndRaceCat
13.0118.01Tour Down UnderC2


Staying in Down Under, we’re heading for the TDU to compete on C1 level. Russo will hopefully be able to compete in the sprints given that those stages have some bumps before the finish. Teuns and Le Gac are our captains for the hilltop finishes, though both are probably not competing for the GC given their lack of TT skill.

I'm not sure if TDU is C2, otherwise I'd have to pretty much redo my planning for this race Wink
And I'm also not sure where you can spot a TT in TDU, so my guess would rather be that Teuns should be a pretty serious GC contender Pfft
 
kandesbunzler26
Fab
You're absolutely right, I probably mixed it up with Hong Kong (damn this busy start of the season Wink). But now my expectations for this month are even higher, so thanks a lot Wink
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kandesbunzler26
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After missing all our season goals last year we are optimistic to get a better outcome this season – not the least because there’s not much room to finish any worse in this regard. We chose three hilly classics and one short hilly / mountainous stage race, which shouldn’t be a surprise as we did the goal selection with Teuns and Alaphilippe as designated and confirmed team leaders pre-transfers. Given the qualities of our new signings, those goals are still fitting and we’re more than confident we’ll finally do better than last year in achieving our season goals. At least we will know how well we did early in the season, with our last goal race held in April.


RaceCatgoal
Gisborne GPC2Top 5


The hilly one day race is also our first race of the season. We’re aiming for a Top 5 result. And though we don’t know the competition yet, we think our goal is realistically achievable, especially as we bring everyone who is punchy in our squad: APP and Dylan Teuns are probably our best bets for a good result, especially with Gall, Paulus, Le Gac and Lammertink working for them.

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Clement Chevrier65757457696969506067776057
Felix Gall67777663707172586172706462
Olivier Le Gac70697760737471526469747360
Aurelien Paret-Peintre72767772737573637274727072
Maurits Lammertink73677565737172596767807267
Daniel Paulus69747764716873566271736764
Dylan Teuns68757864737376506672706560
Kevin Vauquelin67696468656966586867707067




RaceCatgoal
Tour of the Middle EastC2Top 10


We’ve done well here last season with Teuns finishing 4th in the GC, so we assume he (or APP or Gall) could do equally well in this year’s edition and at least finish in the Top 10. To ensure this, we bring our entire mountain squad to this race.

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Clement Chevrier65757457696969506067776057
Felix Gall67777663707172586172706462
Aurelien Paret-Peintre72767772737573637274727072
Maurits Lammertink73677565737172596767807267
Daniel Paulus69747764716873566271736764
Dylan Teuns68757864737376506672706560
Dylan Hopkins68686867697063615765667064
Reuben Thompson71686663677166576768627362



RaceCatgoal
GP IzolaC2Top 5


Another race we did well in last year (Alaphilippe finished second last year), so we target another good result this season. And though we chose the goal with Alaphilippe in mind, we are still optimistic to still finish in the Top 5 with options like APP, Teuns, Le Gac, Lammertink or Paulus – and not the least with Alaphilippes replacement Russo, who incidentally is the winner of the last edition.

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Olivier Le Gac70697760737471526469747360
Aurelien Paret-Peintre72767772737573637274727072
Zhihui Jiang72616665697372627575657379
Maurits Lammertink73677565737172596767807267
Daniel Paulus69747764716873566271736764
Clement Russo73657365737376687678666465
Dylan Teuns68757864737376506672706560
Panagiotis Karatsivis69726868707170606471716767



RaceCatgoal
Badaling InternationalC1Win


We combine our two mandatory goals (C1 and Win) in another hilly classic, though with less optimism as we’ll probably face some top PCT riders here. And while we won’t compete for the win, we nonetheless hope to see our riders fighting for a good result here, bringing the same squad as in GP Izola.

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Olivier Le Gac70697760737471526469747360
Aurelien Paret-Peintre72767772737573637274727072
Zhihui Jiang72616665697372627575657379
Maurits Lammertink73677565737172596767807267
Daniel Paulus69747764716873566271736764
Clement Russo73657365737376687678666465
Dylan Teuns68757864737376506672706560
Panagiotis Karatsivis69726868707170606471716767



Racegoal
Team StandingsTop 10


A Top 10 finish in the Team Standings isn’t very ambitious as it’s the lowest possible bar we could set. But we think we could actually finish in the Top 10 this year and as we’re not actively seeking for promotion this season we aim for achievable goals to set us up well for next year.

All in all we should be able to achieve up to 4 of our goals and thus giving us some great base for the next transfer season. We’ll need it if we really want to compete for promotion in 2024.

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redordead
Given your strength on the hills even before transfers I'm a bit surprised San Luis isn't one of your goals. Hopefully Teuns doesn't block APP and Russo in Izola.

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TheManxMissile
I think quite a few of us have targeted Izola, although as you hint those were picked more around an Alaphilippe type than a APP type. Still, enough quality you'll be in contention in those events. (Teuns and APP in the CT... still baffles me how that came together and i'm scared!)
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Fabianski
Your strength on the hills is definitely impressive - it already was before, and with APP you added another level. Great rider to have, and he'll surely be a good option in all of these four goal races! Teuns should still be the strongest in Gisborne, though, whereas APP could shine in Middle East, being a better climber than Teuns. Izola should be one for Russo, but APP is the perfect backup if Russo gets dropped.
Badaling will clearly be challenging against PCT competition, and it will require some luck to not be at the wrong side of a split, but once again APP could get a decent result. Probably not the win, but at least that goal got you some cash Wink

Top 10 in the division should really be doable with this squad - although with only two terrains covered (the same pretty much every other CT team covers well, too), you might lack versatility to enter the promotion race. I'd definitely not exlucde it, though, as your uphill riders are really solid ones, with just Le Gac being pretty one-dimensional.
 
kandesbunzler26
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January is done and we have already as many wins (and half as many podiums) as in the entire last season. And though that mainly shows how bad our last season was, it’s still a pretty nice achievement and gives us lots of hope for the months and races to come. And additionally our riders maintain an active racing style, showing our colours whenever possible.

StartEndRaceteam goalresults
09-Jan Gisborne GPTop 5Top 10


We went here with a Top 5 goal and nearly got it as APP finished in 7th after multiple attacks from him and Teuns. Though we missed our goal we only did by a small margin, already improving our last season performances (goal-wise) by miles.



StartEndRaceteam goalresults
13-Jan18-Jan Tour Down Under-stage win


The first stages were quite qualm for us with Teuns managing to finish in the main group at all stages. Stage 4 was our highlight of the race with Karatsivis pulling up a surprise win from the break of the day. Garibian tried the same the next day, but failed due to some bad tactical choices from the break In the final. Russo got a Top 10 finish in the sprint of the final stage. Meanwhile Teuns lost time on the last stages, finishing 26th overall.



StartEndRaceteam goalresults
21-Jan30-Jan Vuelta al Tachira-GC Top 5; stage win; 4 stage podiums; 3rd KoM; 3rd U25


The longest stage race in C2 was our highlight of the month. After some decent sprint finishes by Jiang in the first half of the race (15th, 2x 11th and 9th) our race really began when the peloton went uphill. A 3rd place from APP in stage 4 was just the start, he added a 2nd place in stage 8. But the big surprise rider was Chevrier. Signed as domestique he showed himself in the breaks in stage 7 and 9. And while he finished 3rd in the latter stage, he and our youngsters Vauquelin and Karatsivis put up a show in stage 7, resulting in Chevrier winning and our Greek loanee taking the final podium spot. The TTs weren’t a success in itself, but as APP didn’t lose too much time there (he actually gained some positions there) he finished 5th in the GC, while Karatsivis got 3rd in the U25 and Chevrier 3rd in the KoM.


StartEndRaceteam goalresults
25-Jan27-Jan Hong Kong Challenge-stage podium; GC Top 25


The race started great with a 2nd place from Teuns but got progressively worse from there. The TT wasn’t a success (as expected), but Teuns not showing up in the final stage and even losing some time for 21st in GC was kind of a disappointment.



StartEndRaceteam goalresults
30-Jan Clasico San Jose-Top 10


The race profile was quite similar to Gisborne and the result was as well. With APP busy in Venezuela, it was all on Teuns’ shoulders and he finished 8th after another aggressive race from him.

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kandesbunzler26
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Following our busy (and quite successful) January with 21 RDs in 5 races, February is less busy for us. We only participate in 7 RDs and two races, all in C2.


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15.0220.02 () Volta a CatalunyaC2

FLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Clement Chevrier65757457696969506067776057
Joris Delbove64727058667172626067697158
Aurelien Paret-Peintre72767772737573637274727072
Clement Russo73657365737376687678666465
Kevin Vauquelin67696468656966586867707067
Dylan Hopkins68686867697063615765667064
Panagiotis Karatsivis69726868707170606471716767
Reuben Thompson71686663677166576768627362


Our first race of the month is in Catalunya and while we’ve got no real chance in the GC regarding the long TTT, we have quite a good squad to contest all the other stages. Russo should be a contestant in the flat stage and maybe in the hilly stages too as they finish flat. APP should be a threat for the hilly stages as well, but we also expect him to attack in the mountain stages (as he’s done all season). Vauquelin, Karatsivis and Chevrier have all been in a couple of breaks this season with the latter two already accumulating a win and another podium from breaks each.



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28.0228.02 Coppa PlacciC2

FLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Joris Delbove64727058667172626067697158
Arman Garibian68716869707173556069656969
Zhihui Jiang72616665697372627575657379
Clement Russo73657365737376687678666465
Dylan Teuns68757864737376506672706560
Kevin Vauquelin67696468656966586867707067
Panagiotis Karatsivis69726868707170606471716767


In our second (and last) race of the month we head to San Marino to a race we should be well equipped for, as it’s a hilly C2 classic. Teuns will be our leader here, though Russo could be a threat if the uphill finish won’t be ridden to hard. They are mostly supported by youth riders.

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Imladrik
Congrats on a good Tachira! I've the pleasure to be ahead of you in the other races we've been together.
No surprise that we have the same program in February. I do hope we'll be able to make the Coppa Placi hard enough to tire your two punchers, and especially to drop Russo.

Good luck nonetheless, always happy to see our fights. And your team's attacking spirit should again be marvelous in Catalunya!


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Laurens147
Strong start of the season. And after the cobbles have passed in February, the team can shine even more Grin
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kandesbunzler26
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February is over and it’s time to recap the two races of the month.

StartEndRaceteam goalresults
15-Feb20-Feb () Volta a Catalunya-GC Top 5; stage podium; 3rd in points


The profile of this race was nearly perfect for our riders - if it wasn’t for the long TTT it included. APP had a great start regarding the GC as he gained about half a minute on all other GC captains in the hilly finale, though finishing 4th from a small group was a bit disappointing to be honest. The flat second stage could have been better as Russo wasn’t a factor in the only sprint stage of the race. It was followed by the TTT, which wasn’t a success (as expected) but we were able to reduce our losses to the other GC contenders so APP was still less than 2 minutes down afterwards. Then it came to the mountains where Chevrier showed his skills again in the break and gathered some KoM points (though he wasn’t able to compete for the jersey later on) and though without a chance against the likes of Berhane or Chiarello APP still finished 7th. The next stage was another hilly stage with a flat finish and APP got 3rd there. The final mountain stage surprisingly had no impact to the GC, so APP got another 5th place in a GC (we have finished higher just once in the team history) and a 3rd place in the points classification (the first time we got a podium in this classification), making the race a quite good one in total.



StartEndRaceteam goalresults
28-Feb Coppa Placci-Top 5


Another of the hilly C2 classics where we should do fine, Teuns was our only real threat here and he delivered with a 4th place. This is just a bit tarnished by the fact that a rider with a pretty similar skill set won the race with Bordeaux’ Lafay.

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Fabianski
Some rock solid results for you in February, although it's quite some near misses as well. APP could've gotten a stage win in Catalunya, and 4th in GC would have been possible with a more selective final stage, too.
Teuns a bit unlucky to finish behind both Lafay and Grossschartner - on the other hand, beating Eiking couldn't be expected, either. Top 5 in a hilly race is good I'd say Smile

As I said, rock solid so far - but I'm sure you'll also have those races where everything falls into place and you actually get a win! Keep rolling Grin
 
kandesbunzler26
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February was a bit quieter with 7 Rds, but our schedule for March is busier - and it includes two of our goal races with the Tour of the Middle East and GP Izola.


StartEndRaceCat
05-Mar10-Mar () Vuelta al Pais VascoC1

FLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Joris Delbove64727058667172626067697158
Arman Garibian68716869707173556069656969
Olivier Le Gac70697760737471526469747360
Zhihui Jiang72616665697372627575657379
Maurits Lammertink73677565737172596767807267
Clement Russo73657365737376687678666465
Kevin Vauquelin67696468656966586867707067
Reuben Thompson71686663677166576768627362


We start our month in the Basque Country, where - apart from the PCT competition - a TT and a TTT will provide any of our riders from getting a good GC result. So we expect our squad to be ever present in the break and maybe go for the KoM jersey (we’re looking at you, Olivier and Maurits). Depending on how selective stage 2 and 3 are ridden, Russo could get in the mix for a good stage result there as not many sprinters will be at the start.



StartEndRaceCat
12-Mar15-Mar Tour of the Middle EastC2

FLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Clement Chevrier65757457696969506067776057
Felix Gall67777663707172586172706462
Aurelien Paret-Peintre72767772737573637274727072
Maurits Lammertink73677565737172596767807267
Daniel Paulus69747764716873566271736764
Dylan Teuns68757864737376506672706560
Dylan Hopkins68686867697063615765667064
Reuben Thompson71686663677166576768627362


Our second race of the month also is our second goal race of the season. We finished 4th in the GC last year with Teuns (still our best GC result to date), so we aim for a GC top 10 and expect this to be our first ever achieved goal as we not only send Teuns but everyone in the team who can climb. The first two flat stages will only be about not losing time, but stage 3 and 4 should see Gall, APP and Teuns going for the stage and GC (and some depth scoring too). It’s probably the race we start with the highest expectations in the entire team history.



StartEndRaceCat
17-Mar20-Mar Tour of GuadeloupeC1

FLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Joris Delbove64727058667172626067697158
Zhihui Jiang72616665697372627575657379
Maurits Lammertink73677565737172596767807267
Clement Russo73657365737376687678666465
Kevin Vauquelin67696468656966586867707067
Panagiotis Karatsivis69726868707170606471716767


We confess: we’re just here because Guadeloupe is officially a part of France and we had no better (i. e. hillier) races left in the planning process. We have no expectations whatsoever for stage results or the GC, but we hope for our riders to be in the breaks and go for the KoM points.



StartEndRaceCat
30-Mar GP IzolaC2

FLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Olivier Le Gac70697760737471526469747360
Aurelien Paret-Peintre72767772737573637274727072
Zhihui Jiang72616665697372627575657379
Maurits Lammertink73677565737172596767807267
Daniel Paulus69747764716873566271736764
Clement Russo73657365737376687678666465
Dylan Teuns68757864737376506672706560
Panagiotis Karatsivis69726868707170606471716767


We end the month in Slovenia with our next goal race. We told our sponsors we could get into the top 5 here and that should be well possible. We bring last years winner Russo as well as our hills squad with APP, Teuns, Le Gac, Paulus and Lammertink, so a top 5 should not only be possible but the least we’re content with - weren’t it for the fact that about half of the CT has chosen this race as a goal, probably resulting in every puncheur of the division being here.

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Fabianski
Good luck for your goal races! Middle East should definitely be a great race for you - at least if the AI behaves more or less like last year, when the puncheurs actually made a difference on stage 3! With APP, Gall and Theuns, you should have three really strong riders for such mid-length climbs - and then it's all about hanging on on the final day, where there will probably be some stronger pure climbers.
Russo indeed is one of the best suited CT riders for Izola, although he should be getting some competition from Lagane & Mayer this time, and maybe Kreder or Grosser. Will be an interesting one, and I really hope that the punchers still have the upside against the pure sprinters with the new engine!

I guess for the C1 races, breakaways are indeed your best bets. KoM hunting should be possible in Pais Vasco (although your puncheurs might lack some skills on the longer climbs), and in Guadeloupe you'd have to hope to get some bonus seconds from breakaways (if possible from U25 riders).
Good luck for the next month!
 
Imladrik
We'll meet in every race, with more or less the same goals (though my team goal is in Pais Vasco, and not in TOME nor Izola). And for the same reason in Guadeloupe!
Good luck, especially for your strong team in TOME.


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