18 year olds
Climber - 66-68 MO - 65-67 HI - 62 FL - TT 51-53 - 64-66 ACC And all other stats from 50-63
Northern Classics - 65-67 COB - 63-65 HI - 65-67 FL - SP OR TT 62-64 - And all other stats from 50-63
Fighter - 67-69 FL - 67-69 PR - 63 - 65 TT - 63-65 HI
Puncheur - 66-69 HI - 66-68 COB - 64-66 ACC - 63-65 SP
Stage Race - 67-69 REC - 64-66 MO - 64-66 TT - 64-66 PR
Time triallist - 67-69 TT - 67-69 PR, 64-66 FL - 62-64 ACC
Sprinter - 67-69 SP - 66-68 ACC - 65-67 FL - 62-66 HI

+1 to all stats for each year older
You will get 5 points to add to any stat. You cannot exceed the maximum stat for that age. Please dont set all other stats to the maximum allowed, try and be realistic.
Hope that was clear

To join post in the following format
Team Name:
Title Sponsors (up to 2):
Nationality:
The first 10 applications will get WT status. After that all teams will be guaranteed CT status. Of the remaining applications a small panel will select the next 6 WT teams.
NOTE: Applications are currently closed. They will re-open after the season is finished

The Title Sponsors and the Nationality will dictate this. It is recommended that each team have 50% of its riders from the nations of the sponsors and nationality. This is not a requirement, but meeting and passing that 50% will result in bonuses to the team.
The Main Sponsor will contribute 25%, the Secondary Sponsor 15% and the Nationality 10%.
If your sponsors and nationality are the same then all your riders will be from the same nation.
If, for example, your main sponsor it UK, secondary ITA and nationality ESP then 25% must be British, 15% Italian and 10% Spanish.
If you have 50% British, but only 10% Italian and 2% Spanish you do not meet the minimum requirements, but you will get some bonuses as you exceed 1 part.
Thus there are 4 areas of bonuses. 1 for main, 1 for secondary, 1 for nationality and 1 for meeting all 3 others.

There will be 2 divisions. The top division is the World Tour (WT). The second division is the Continental Tour (CT).
The WT contains 16 teams. The CT contains all the rest and is unlimited in size.

To make the squads there will be a draft.
Before each round the managers will PM me their list of riders for that round.
The WT will get a 4 round head start on the CT. But round 4 will be limited to a certain type/age of rider. This is to create some separation between the divisions, but only a relatively small one. There may also be a limit imposed on round 3 as well.
The First Round Order will be generated using a random number generator. After this it will follow a serpentine system. That is 1,2,3,4,5… for round 1 then 16,15,14,13… for round two. At round 5 the CT teams join. Their order will be randomly generated. They will pick ahead of the WT teams. Then the serpentine will resume.
In the Offseason, instead of transfers there will be another draft. This will be more similar to the NFL way of drafting. The lowest ranked team will get 1st pick of the available riders, while the top ranked team gets last pick. CT and WT draft at the same time but CT then WT ie. Lowest CT team, then lowest WT team, 2nd lowest CT, 2nd Lowest WT etc.

All WT teams will be all WT races. This means there are 6 wildcard spaces for each race. CT teams will apply for these spots. The best 6 applicants will be selected by me.
The determining factors are Nationality, Riders, Previous Results and anything else I may need to think of to separate the applicants.

All WT teams must race all WT races. There are 6 wildcards for each WT race.
There will be large selection of CT races to choose from. Each team will be sent a list of races they are to participate in. They can them swap any races for any other race, as long as the total race days remains the same.
The WT teams will be sent a small selection of CT races. Again they can be swapped to the same race day total.
These calendars will be related to nationalities and orientations.

Each rider will have a 60 day limit to accommodate the larger calendar.

Each race and stage earns points.
WT and CT will have separate rankings. These rankings will affect Contract Renewals, Draft Picks, Money, Divisions.
Full points tables can be found in the WT and CT threads.

The top11 ranked WT teams will be safe. The top 5 CT teams will be weighed against the bottom5 WT teams. The decision will involve HQ quality, results, riders and anything I may need to separate them. Thus we could have 5 teams up and down. Minimum of 2 up and down.

Money will be used for renewals, scouting and wildcards. Money can also be used to buy other teams draft picks. May be other uses not yet thought of.

There is a scouting aspect.
Each team will be sent a basic report on some riders from each of its nations. You can spend money to get better reports, more riders in the reports and more regions.
If you see a rider you may like you can pay to sign them.
More details to be worked out as we go along

You can use custom jerseys. But don’t spam established jersey makers.
Hopefully a couple of people will be happy to be specific game jersey makers.
If a sponsor already has a jersey in game then that will be used until all other sponsors have a jersey.

During the draft the order in which the riders are selected will decide their initial contract selection.
Rounds 1,4,7,10,13 etc. will have 1 year contracts
Rounds 2,5,8,11,14 etc will have 2 year contracts
Rounds 3,6,9,12,15 etc will have 3 year contracts
In the Offseason there will be the opportunity to renew some of these riders. A new contract will depend on team and rider nationality, results, rankings, money. New contracts will always be 3 years. You can opt out of renewing certain riders, this will make other riders easier to renew.
Contract Wage:
Each rider will have a price they want, a price they will accept, and a price they will hate.
I will send out a list of riders who need renewing.
You put a wage next to the riders you want to renew.
If its equal to, or higher than the Want wage they will resign.
If its above the Accept and below the Want, they will negotiate a bit
If its below the Accept and above the Hate, they will negotiate alot
If its below the Hate, they will walk away and leave the team.

These wages will be based upon results, team ranking, individual ranking, nationality and other riders on the team.
There will be three rounds of negotiation. I will offer up clues as to how close you are in negotiation.
(yes this is almost a direct rip from the man-game)
All contracts are Three years.

Goals will have no impact on money. They may help with wildcards.

Anyone can create a custom rider. Their age will dictate their stats.
Like the PCMCL riders will comment etc. The better the comments etc the more “points� they will get. “Points� will be spent on stat increases.
Managers comments etc will earn them “team points�. These “team points� will be spent on increasing non-custom riders stats.
There will be a limit on non-custom rider progression.
Starting stats can be found in the post above.
NOTE: Custom riders can no longer be created.

This is the period between seasons.
A season ends with the final Calendar race, and begins again with the first calendar race.
In between there are a lot of steps to work through.
1) Final Race, regular season ends
2) Post Season races, Nationals and Worlds take place
3) Promotions and Relegations happen
4) Stats increase and decline take place
5) Contract Renewals happen
6) Youth signings occur. A chance to sign any free U23 riders
7) Off Season Draft
8) Calendar(s) is decided and confirmed
9) Season begins again

Just kidding, wait for Manx's answer