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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 12-10-2019 19:04
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Is there still a stat lock if we choose Option A?
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 12-10-2019 19:16
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No. That is the trade off benefit for not training this month.
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Posted on 12-10-2019 21:04
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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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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 13-10-2019 14:52
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ok, in that case, Option A
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 13-10-2019 21:33
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Posted on 14-10-2019 06:07
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I got the news I feared and still wanted at the same time. After a busy month of racing (recaps below), Alycia called me to inform me that her pilot show had been picked up for a full season. She is playing the lead role. I can't say any more.
Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for her. But this just means more months apart. This long distance thing is difficult. Not sure if it's working for either of us, then again we never defined the relationship anyways. Yet, I don't want to lose her.
Whether this is a young dumb infatuation or something way more, I don't know.
What I do know is my athletic talents pay the bills. Let's ride.
Race Day #21-24 at  Tour de Yorkshire Fourth time racing this event in four seasons.
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Summary: Classic sprint finish through the streets of Scarborough. Mihkel Raim nips Luca Pacioni on the line.
Result: 11th - Found myself in a bad position during the run in and just stayed on Adam Blythe's wheel. Blythe finished two spots better in 9th.
| 1 | Mihkel Räim | Israel Cycling Academy | 4h08'47 | | 2 | Luca Pacioni | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 3 | Nicolai Brøchner | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 4 | Nikias Arndt | Polska Travel | s.t. | | 5 | Alexander Kamp | Burgos - BH | s.t. |
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Summary: High speeds, twisty roads and a late crash. Only 31 cyclists remained in the front group with 5kms to go. At a quick glance, looks like all the favourites are still here in this group.
Payback for Luci Pacioni, as he beats Alexander Kamp and the yellow jersey of Mihkel Raim to become the new race leader. The race organizers were generous to the riders who crashed and didn't award any time splits at the front.
Result: 13th - Lacking top end speed and positioning.
| 1 | Luca Pacioni | UAE Team Emirates | 4h19'43 | | 2 | Alexander Kamp | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 3 | Mihkel Räim | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. | | 4 | Patrick Van Der Duin | Team Sunweb | s.t. | | 5 | Nikias Arndt | Polska Travel | s.t. |
| 1 | Luca Pacioni | UAE Team Emirates | 8h28'14 | | 2 | Mihkel Räim | Israel Cycling Academy | + 2 | | 3 | Alexander Kamp | Burgos - BH | + 10 | | 4 | Nicolai Brøchner | AG2R La Mondiale | + 12 | | 5 | Nikias Arndt | Polska Travel | + 16 |
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Summary: Typical gloomy, rainy England weather surfaces for likely the biggest stage of the tour. Local talent Marcus Diamond sticking his nose out front to beat veteran Greg Van Avermaet for three bonus seconds at the final sprint point.
Those will come in handy. as this stage wasn't as decisive as many would have thought. The trio of Raim, Kamp and Pacioni battle it out for the win again, finishing in that order.
Result: 10th - Still can't hang with the top sprinters, but I can outsmart the peloton to move up to fourth in GC and become the leader in the youth competition.
| 1 | Mihkel Räim | Israel Cycling Academy | 4h18'38 | | 2 | Alexander Kamp | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 3 | Luca Pacioni | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 4 | Alexis Vuillermoz | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 5 | Michel Ries | Efapel | s.t. |
| 1 | Mihkel Räim | Israel Cycling Academy | 12h46'44 | | 2 | Luca Pacioni | UAE Team Emirates | + 4 | | 3 | Alexander Kamp | Burgos - BH | + 12 | | 4 | Marcus Diamond | EvoPro Racing | + 22 | | 5 | Luke Rowe | The Guardian | + 23 |
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Summary: The final speed bump before the finish is begging for an attack. And it just had to be... Marcus Diamond, wearing the white jersey, obliges.
Mihkel Raim doesn't want to see Diamond trade white for yellow.
Raim can't keep up, as Diamond has broken free over the top. Could this be the youngster's first career GC win, and on home soil nonetheless?
No. Silvan Dillier scoops up Diamond and the stage win. Luca Pacioni in second, Alexander Kamp in third — which means Raim will still lose the yellow jersey.
Result: 16th, 5th GC - Everybody knew that move was coming, I have to be more unpredictable if I want these attacks to succeed. Fifth overall and winner of the youth classification is pretty cool though.
| 1 | Silvan Dillier | AG2R La Mondiale | 4h37'41 | | 2 | Luca Pacioni | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. | | 3 | Alexander Kamp | Burgos - BH | s.t. | | 4 | Mihkel Räim | Israel Cycling Academy | s.t. | | 5 | Paolo Simion | NIPPO - Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 1 | Luca Pacioni | UAE Team Emirates | 17h24'23 | | 2 | Mihkel Räim | Israel Cycling Academy | + 2 | | 3 | Alexander Kamp | Burgos - BH | + 10 | | 4 | Silvan Dillier | AG2R La Mondiale | + 16 | | 5 | Marcus Diamond | EvoPro Racing | + 24 |
Race Day #25 at  Berner Rundfahrt Currently in the middle of my first fitness peak of the season.
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Summary: Four riders sneak away and battle each other for the win. Pim Ligthart was the strongest in the end.
Result: 7th - Missed the winning move and finished in second group, finishing 36 seconds behind. I have to pay closer attention next time.
| 1 | Pim Ligthart | DESTIL - Parkhotel Valkenburg | 4h16'48 | | 2 | Evan Huffman | Rally Cycling | s.t. | | 3 | R. Navardauskas | Trevigiani Phonix | s.t. | | 4 | Robin Carpenter | Hagens Berman Axeon | s.t. | | 5 | Onur Balkan | Torku Sekerspor | + 36 |
Race Day #26 at  Profronde van Noord-Holland Homecoming race of sorts for Alex Vogel.
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Summary: Pim Ligthart does it again. He slips away with four riders on the final cobble sector and takes his second win in four days. This time on home soil.
Result: 14th - Being a good teammate, I rode for Alex Vogel today. The sacrifice didn't quite work as she struggled on the cobbles and took 13th. Adam Blythe was our best finisher on the team in 9th.
| 1 | Pim Ligthart | DESTIL - Parkhotel Valkenburg | 5h02'01 | | 2 | Jan-Willem Van Schip | TEAM TomTom | s.t. | | 3 | Tom Leezer | Monkey Town | s.t. | | 4 | Lennard Hofstede | TEAM TomTom | s.t. | | 5 | Matthew Bostock | JLT Condor | s.t. |
Race Day #27 at  Circuit de Wallonie Picture perfect profile for my capabilities.
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Summary: After missing the winning move the last couple of races, Marcus Diamond is taking the action into his own hands with a monster attack on the final time up the cobbled climb.
Strength in numbers for Meridiana Kamen Team. A trio of them pulls back Diamond and, of course, Pim Ligthart is here too. What a month he is having. Could this be win No. 3 in three weeks?
These five will sprint it out for the win.
Sergey Chernetskiy takes it for Meridiana Kamen. Well deserved for an outstanding team performance. Plus, Pim Ligthart has won enough races this month. How generous of him to let someone else take the glory.
Result: 5th - Made the decisive move this time but couldn't finish it off. Second time I have finished fifth in this race. The other time being two years ago.
| 1 | Sergey Chernetskiy | Meridiana Kamen Team | 4h58'15 | | 2 | Pim Ligthart | DESTIL - Parkhotel Valkenburg | s.t. | | 3 | Tejay Van Garderen | Meridiana Kamen Team | s.t. | | 4 | Rachid Ben Attar | Meridiana Kamen Team | s.t. | | 5 | Marcus Diamond | EvoPro Racing | s.t. |
Spoiler | Date | Race | Winner | | 1-May | Skive-Løbet | Rasmus Ginnerup | | 1-May | Eschborn-Frankfurt | Caleb Ewan | | 1-May | Memorial A. Trochanowskiego | Leon Rohde | | 2-May | Memorial Romana Siemienskiego | Ramunas Navardauskas | | 3-May | Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour | Lennard Hofstede | | 3-May | Tour de Yorkshire | Luca Pacioni | | 4-May | Giro d'Italia | Pierre-Roger Latour | | 4-May | Ciclista Comunidad de Madrid | Petr Vakoč | | 5-May | Sundvolden GP | Anthon Charmig | | 6-May | Flèche Ardennaise | Jhojan Garcia | | 6-May | Ringerike GP | Marcos García | | 8-May | 4 Jours de Dunkerque | Mikel Aristi | | 9-May | Flèche du Sud | Johannes Adamietz | | 9-May | Berner Rundfahrt | Pim Ligthart | | 11-May | Vuelta a Aragon | Iván Eres | | 11-May | CCC Tour - Grody Piastowskie | Marco Tecchio | | 12-May | Visegrad V4 Race - GP Hungary | Yecid Arturo Sierra | | 13-May | Profronde van Noord-Holland | Pim Ligthart | | 13-May | Amgen Tour of California | Wout Poels | | 16-May | Baltyk - Karkonosze Tour | Sergey Chernetskiy | | 16-May | Tour of Norway | Nicola Toffali | | 18-May | Tour de l'Ain | Nicolai Brøchner | | 20-May | GP Marcel Kint | Jasper De Buyst | | 22-May | Tour des Fjords | Danny Gosling | | 23-May | Baloise Belgium Tour | Ben Hermans | | 24-May | Gemenc Grand Prix | Tom Leezer | | 26-May | GP de Plumelec-Morbihan | José Manuel Diaz | | 27-May | Circuit de Wallonie | Sergey Chernetskiy | | 27-May | Boucles de l'Aulne - Châteaulin | Artem Nych | | 28-May | Winston-Salem Cycling Classic | Aksel Nömmela | | 31-May | Skoda-Tour de Luxembourg | | | 31-May | Boucles de la Mayenne | | | 2-Jun | Heistse Pijl | | | 3-Jun | Gran Premio Città di Lugano | | | 3-Jun | Critérium du Dauphiné | | | 4-Jun | Memorial Philippe van Coningsloo | | | 7-Jun | GP du Canton d'Argovie | | | 8-Jun | Oberösterreichrundfahrt | | | 9-Jun | Tour de Suisse | | | 9-Jun | Tour of Malopolska | | | 10-Jun | Ronde van Limburg | | | 10-Jun | Rund um Köln | Marcus Diamond In | | 13-Jun | Ster ZLM Tour | | | 13-Jun | Tour de Beauce | | | 13-Jun | Tour of Slovenia | | | 14-Jun | Route d'Occitanie | | | 15-Jun | Dwars door het Hageland | | | 16-Jun | Fyen Rundt | Marcus Diamond In | | 17-Jun | Elfstedenronde | | | 17-Jun | GP Horsens Posten | Marcus Diamond In | | 19-Jun | Halle - Ingooigem | | | 20-Jun | Adriatica Ionica Race | | | 27-Jun | I.W.T. Jong Maar Moedig | Marcus Diamond In | | 28-Jun | Belgian Championships (ITT) | | | 28-Jun | Danish Championships (ITT) | | | 28-Jun | Portuguese Championships (ITT) | | | 28-Jun | Polish Championships (ITT) | | | 28-Jun | Dutch Championships (ITT) | | | 28-Jun | French Championships (ITT) | | | 28-Jun | German Championships (ITT) | | | 28-Jun | Austrian Championships (ITT) | | | 28-Jun | Slovenian Championships (ITT) | | | 28-Jun | Norwegian Championships (ITT) | | | 28-Jun | Kazakh Championships (ITT) | | | 28-Jun | Irish Championships (ITT) | | | 28-Jun | Canadian Championships (ITT) | | | 28-Jun | USA Championships (ITT) | | | 28-Jun | Italian Championships (ITT) | | | 28-Jun | Russian Championships (ITT) | | | 28-Jun | Swiss Championships (ITT) | | | 28-Jun | Great Britain Championships (ITT) | Marcus Diamond In | | 28-Jun | Ukrainian Championships (ITT) | | | 28-Jun | Spanish Championships (ITT) | | | 28-Jun | Slovak Championships (ITT) | | | 28-Jun | Czech Championships (ITT) | |
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May We Meet Again?: With transfer rumors starting to swirl in the cycling and football world, Marcus Diamond has yet to hear his name in the rumor mill. Time to take matters into his own hands?
Alycia will be filming her new television show in Vancouver, Canada, so Diamond is contemplating the possibility of making a move across the pond. It would certainly be a challenge and a huge risk.
The only nearby cycling team is Pro Tour powerhouse Amazon in Seattle, Washington, but there are three professional MLS teams in the area: Vancouver Whitecaps, Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers. Although an MLS club would need to use an international roster slot on him.
(Option A) Contact a sports management agency to test the waters and see if a potential move to the United States is a possibility. Once teams are aware Marcus Diamond is interested, they are less likely to roll out the red carpet. Expect mediocre offers if anybody is interested in bringing Diamond in. If not, Diamond wastes a paycheck and time on a dead end.
(Option B) Wait and see what teams approach Diamond over the next month. Expect better offers but from European-based teams. Diamond could get lucky with unsolicited interest from a U.S. team. But, if not, this could spell the end of Diamond's fling with Alycia Debnam-Carey. Note: A random generator will be used to sort through a variety of possible contract choices for next season. Whichever option is chosen will increase the chance of (A) Northwest U.S. offers or (B) higher quality European offers. The list of offers will be made public in the upcoming updates where a voting system will decide Diamond's fate.
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Posted on 14-10-2019 07:41
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Posted on 14-10-2019 07:49
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Option B
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Posted on 14-10-2019 09:47
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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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Posted on 14-10-2019 13:03
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Option A
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Posted on 14-10-2019 14:11
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Posted on 21-10-2019 12:40
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Posted on 23-10-2019 05:26
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After laying low and waiting for teams to approach him, Marcus Diamond has been presented with five possible contract options to sign for next season. The 21-year-old is now faced with the daunting task of deciding what is best for his future.
Option #1: Netherlands Upstart Helmond Sport & SEG Racing Academy
Teammate and friend Alex Vogel helped pull some strings together to get us both an offer with PCT team SEG Racing Academy. The team is currently without a cobbles leader and strong lead-out cyclists, so Alex and I would be a perfect fit.
As for the football side of things, Helmond Sport is Alex's hometown team. Last season they finished 18th out of 20 teams in the Netherlands second tier Jupiler League. They believe I could help them get away from the relegation zone.
I would be given the option to join Helmond Sport at the start of its season in August or finish out my season with Limerick FC first before joining them.
Option #2: Netherlands Big Time Helmond Sport & Team Sunweb
Another option in the Netherlands, however, this one would put a fracture in my relationship with Alex. I've been told Pro Tour Team Sunweb are unwilling to give Alex a contract. "Doesn't fit our team needs," also known as she is a female.
While Mike Teunissen will lead the cobbles unit, I'd get to learn from the best and train in a state of the art facility (so better training ride upgrades). Plus, I'd get the flexibility to test my luck with attacks on the PT circuit.
The offer to bolster Helmond Sport remains on the table.
Option #3: Stateside Swing Minnesota United & Rally Cycling
This is the closest offer I received to Vancouver to possible stay in touch with Alycia. It's still a three and an half hour flight away, but I think that's doable.
Minnesota United is a relatively new club, founded in 2017, that is still looking for its identity. They have yet to reach the playoffs and are looking to overhaul an aging midfield. I'd joined after my contract with Limerick runs out.
Rally Cycling races in the CT circuit and would love to add a young team leader to provide some well-needed publicity. The team, however, might struggle to find enough cobbled races to utilize my strengths.
Alex is also hesitate to make such as move, but I think I could convince her and my younger sister Alison to move into an apartment with me. Alison has expressed some interest in attending an American University.
Option #4: Homecoming of Sorts Leyton Orient & JLT Condor
Former team JLT Condor has a soft spot for reunions and would love to see me return. They are still struggling along in the CT circuit with really no hope of gaining promotion any time soon. I'd be the clear-cut star on the team and Alex would get a spot on the roster as well.
More significantly, I'd get a starting role with Vanarama National League side Leyton Orient. They are eager to become a League Two football team again and already have a handful of talented youngsters coming up through the ranks.
Option #5: Stay the Course Limerick FC & EvoPro Racing
Maybe this ongoing journey isn't finished yet. Despite all my complications with my teammates and coaches, both of my current teams don't want to see me leave. They have put some extra money of the table to convince me to stay.
But, does money buy happiness? Or the chance to progress my career?
All options that were available to be chosen by the random generator.
Spoiler | Possibility | Odds | | EvoPro/Limerick | 20% | | SEG Racing/Helmond Sport | 5% | | Team Sunweb/Helmond Sport | 5% | | Rally Cycling/Minnesota United | 5% | | JLT Condor/Leyton Orient F.C. | 5% | | JLT Condor/Charlton Athletic | 5% | | ONE Pro Cycling/Leyton Orient F.C. | 5% | | The Guardian/Milwall | 5% | | Amazon/Seattle Sounders | 5% | | Amazon/Portland Timbers | 5% | | Amazon/Vancouver Whitecaps | 5% | | SEG Racing/FC Volendam | 5% | | Team Sunweb/Go Ahead Eagles | 5% | | Leopard Pro Cycling/Metz | 5% | | Team Dimension/Kaizer Chiefs F.C. | 5% | | Team Dimension/Orlando Pirates F.C. | 5% | | No Offers | 5% |
| Wage/per month | Years | Bonuses | | Option 1 | | | | Helmond Sport | 3500 euros | 2 | n/a | | SEG Racing Academy | 2000 euros | 1 | 250 per stage win | | | | | Option 2 | | | | Helmond Sport | 3500 euros | 2 | n/a | | Team Sunweb | 2500 euros | 2 | 500 per stage win | | | | | Option 3 | | | | Minnesota United | 3500 euros | 2 | 75 per goal | | Rally Cycling | 3000 euros | 1 | n/a | | | | | Option 4 | | | | Leyton Orient | 7500 euros | 3 | n/a | | JLT Condor | 2000 euros | 2 | n/a | | | | | Option 5 | | | | Limerick FC | 3000 euros | 1 | n/a | | EvoPro Racing | 5000 euros | 1 | n/a |
Decision Time: Rank all five offers in the comments below. First pick gets five points, second gets four points, third gets three points, fourth gets two points and fifth gets a point. Whichever offer ends up with the most points will be what Marcus Diamond choose to do.
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Posted on 23-10-2019 06:50
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A really tough one. Leyton Orient is a big move to get into the English high tiers, but I think we also want to be PCT at least in cycling. That means to me the Dutch offers look the best but they fracture the relationship with Alycia. I’d dearly love to take the Minnesota offer and keep the relationships with Marcus’ girls all strong but I’m not sure Rally or the MLS fit our needs sporting wise - interested to hear everyone else’s thoughts first. Provisionally:
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Posted on 23-10-2019 10:27
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I prefer the options having the same contract duration for cycling and football. And after all, 2 years at Sunweb really sounds nice. It would be his chance to prove he CAN be a team-player, at least in his first year. He might get some more chances to shine in the second year. Plus, better training ride upgrades would really be great. And let's be honest, the cycling career looks much more promising than the football one right now, so I'd love to see where he can get if he joins a PT team already now.
Of course, the relationships with Alycia and Alex would suffer from this option, but I don't see any difficulties for Mre to introduce some more female characters 
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A starting role with a club looking for promotion to League 2 would be great for you and that pay would be really nice. Also whilst being a leader in CT might be a step below where he should, I figure that would be the best option for helping Alex develop as she should get her own chances at that level and if she develops too then the pair of you should be enough to give them a chance of promotion.
Chasing promotion in both might be a little bit of a conflict of interests for you in terms of clashes but I like the idea of prioritising the Football career right ow as you can still make a jump up divisions as a cyclist later than you can as a footballer, so if you want to continue focussing on both then you need to make a Football jump sooner than you do with cycling.
Next is the Dutch options, like you said Option 1 would be a perfect fit for both of your ambitions, and would give Alex a really nice role, Sunweb might be a step up too much and would strain your relationship with Alex so isn't as good a fit. Also the SEG option keeping the things good with Alex, whilst playing for her home town club could see her coming to some of the games to support you when she isn't racing herself.
Staying seems like it would be a bad move, it feels like relationships with both teams are strained so I think you really need to get out.
I think America is the worst move, for a MLS club to use and International slot on you feels like it doesn't help the club enough, and it takes you away from the focus of the European leagues. You'd also still be CT, but with less Cobbled races which are your strength and it feels like you'd be voluntarily stagnating both careers just to chase Alycia.
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It had been a week, I had to make my decision before offers started falling off the table. Trust your gut, they say. There is no wrong choice, they say. Do what is best for you, they say. All of that stuff is cliché. In the moment, it's terrifying.
Five options... One choice that will alter my career and life forever.
I had waited long enough. I picked up my phone to make a call, and noticed I had missed a snapchat from Alycia. Her puppy dog eyes flashed on the screen with the caption, "When are u coming to visit?"
If I knew the answer I would have responded. We were drifting apart and now I was slowly pushing her away. Distancing myself. She deserved better and I needed to focus on my career. We had our fun, but I guess it wasn't meant to be.
I closed snapchat, went into my contacts list and scrolled down... S T U V...
"Hey, what's up?" Alex Vogel said after picking up the phone.
"I've made up my mind. I'm ready to see what the Netherlands has to offer."
"Awesome. You're going to love it! I'll let them know you have accepted and I'll have them send over the paperwork to sign. Looks like you are stuck with me for another season," Alex said with a chuckle.
"Can't wait."
A couple hours later, I got the paperwork and made it official. My future for next year was signed and sealed. Time will tell if I made the right decision.
Also, a note to my future self, negotiate a signing bonus next time.
Option #1: Netherlands Upstart Helmond Sport & SEG Racing Academy
| Wage/per month | Years | Bonuses | | | Helmond Sport | 3500 euros | 2 | n/a | | SEG Racing Academy | 2000 euros | 1 | 250 per stage win |
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