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HC Teams Revealed
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 11-03-2014 00:53
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The good news for all 30 PCT teams is that, as for CT teams and C2HC races, everybody is getting their Top 4 choices!
Again it was close though, Band 1 gets a full startlist of 24 teams - Down Under Classic, Post Danmark Rundt, Tour of South Africa and USA Pro Cycling Challenge proving popular!
The 'Classics' Band 4 is not far behind with 23 teams. This being the band with Tour of Britain plus 6 one day races across various terrain. In this band too is E3 Prijs, which under the previous HC system usually ended up with quite a small field - not anymore!
With 9 number 1 choices - the most - it seems like Band 2 will be hotly contested amongst the 19 teams involved there.
There are also 19 teams for Band 6, while Band 5 has 18 teams and Band 3 has 17 teams. Bearing in mind that the previous team limit for all races was 20 teams, there clearly isnt going to be a light field in any HC races this season.
| Band 1 | Band 2 | | Allianz-BMW | Allianz-BMW | | Belarusbank | Amex | | Boeing-Bulgaria | Belarusbank | | Compal-Merida | Boeing-Bulgaria | | Gazelle | Gazelle | | Heineken | Heineken | | Jaguar | Jaguar | | Kappa - ENi | Kappa - ENi | | Karcher-Adira | Kazzinc | | Kazzinc | La Vie Claire | | Kenya Airways | Oz Cycling Project | | La Vie Claire | Privatbank - Nemiroff Professional Cycling | | Magna-Ryanair | Project: Africa | | Meiji - Cannondale | Quickstep | | Metinvest | RBC Pro Cycling | | Mobil - Aeropostal Ciclismo | Swedbank - PEAB | | Oz Cycling Project | Team Hornbach | | Privatbank - Nemiroff Professional Cycling | Team Puma-SAP | | Project: Africa | Venchi - Ferranti | | RBC Pro Cycling | | | Repsol-Cativen | | | Swedbank - PEAB | | | Team Hornbach | | | Team Puma-SAP | | | | | Band 3 | Band 4 | | Bacardi - Itera | Allianz-BMW | | Boeing-Bulgaria | Amex | | FCB - Polska | Bacardi - Itera | | Heineken | Belarusbank | | Kappa - ENi | Boeing-Bulgaria | | Karcher-Adira | Compal-Merida | | La Vie Claire | FCB - Polska | | Magna-Ryanair | Gazelle | | Metinvest | Jaguar | | Mobil - Aeropostal Ciclismo | Kappa - ENi | | Privatbank - Nemiroff Professional Cycling | Kazzinc | | Project: Africa | Kenya Airways | | Quickstep | La Vie Claire | | Repsol-Cativen | Meiji - Cannondale | | Swedbank - PEAB | Metinvest | | Team CSC-Orbea | Oz Cycling Project | | Venchi - Ferranti | Quickstep | | RBC Pro Cycling | | Repsol-Cativen | | Team CSC-Orbea | | Team Hornbach | | Team Puma-SAP | | Venchi - Ferranti | | | | Band 5 | Band 6 | | Amex | Allianz-BMW | | Bacardi - Itera | Amex | | Belarusbank | Bacardi - Itera | | Compal-Merida | Compal-Merida | | FCB - Polska | FCB - Polska | | Heineken | Gazelle | | Karcher-Adira | Jaguar | | Kazzinc | Karcher-Adira | | Kenya Airways | Kenya Airways | | Magna-Ryanair | Magna-Ryanair | | Meiji - Cannondale | Meiji - Cannondale | | Mobil - Aeropostal Ciclismo | Metinvest | | Privatbank - Nemiroff Professional Cycling | Mobil - Aeropostal Ciclismo | | Project: Africa | Oz Cycling Project | | Quickstep | RBC Pro Cycling | | Repsol-Cativen | Swedbank - PEAB | | Team CSC-Orbea | Team CSC-Orbea | | Team Puma-SAP | Team Hornbach | | Venchi - Ferranti |
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| Ste117 |
Posted on 11-03-2014 00:59
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Happy I got the bands I wanted  , now to sign the right riders to achieve my goals that's the hardest part
Edited by Ste117 on 11-03-2014 01:04
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| cio93 |
Posted on 11-03-2014 01:00
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Good to hear that noone got rejected, and without transfer season going on it's hard to tell whether there could've been better choices.
As strange as it sounds, it's the least likely we'll have a good mountains leader this season, so band 3 wasn't feasible, and 5 edged out 6 because of hopefully easier points in the sprint classics clash and because I don't like long stage races (Portugal).
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 11-03-2014 01:12
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Dammit. Won't be racing in Denmark.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 11-03-2014 01:56
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Great! The bands system has already proven its worth by making sure no HC race will have less than 17 teams.
The fact that we're in the four most highly contested bands is cool but also a bit worrying for the transfer season: there will be high demand for the riders who are good on the terrain we're targeting. Still mostly cool though.
Edited by DubbelDekker on 11-03-2014 01:58
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| Firefly21 |
Posted on 11-03-2014 02:37
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Very happy to get our preferred bands (and happy that everyone did).
I see Mobil and Magna have the same 4 bands, so we'll be seeing lots of each other, I look forward to our continued battles!
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 11-03-2014 06:09
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Nobody go rejected, so that is great. I am happy to see that band3 is not so contested, lets see how the transfer season will go, that is more important than any bands.
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 11-03-2014 07:01
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Firefly21 wrote:
Very happy to get our preferred bands (and happy that everyone did).
I see Mobil and Magna have the same 4 bands, so we'll be seeing lots of each other, I look forward to our continued battles!
Hopefully you aren't targeting the same riders as me. 
Got everything I wanted, now off into transfer season. |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 11-03-2014 07:04
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Great to see a huge mix of teams, ut is going to make things really interesting.
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| jph27 |
Posted on 11-03-2014 07:08
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Getting all 4 is huge, now to get riders actually suited to those bands. |
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| Kami |
Posted on 11-03-2014 07:19
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Good to see everyone got what they wanted.
Band 3 is going to be a lot of fun. We got 2 of our goals there, and i generally like these mountain races (especially Andorra). You can expect us!
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 11-03-2014 07:22
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Cuffed that everyone got all their bands! 
Scoured the DB last night looking for a possible team. If I get the riders that suit my bands I should score points on most terrains - although that means the team will need 2 foreign recruits.
Seems like I'll be battling out against my favourite teams quite often in the chosen bands
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 11-03-2014 07:27
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Happy to get what we wanted, especially as i was expecting those bands to be the most popular ones. Which they are. But that ain't too concerning, as it will make for cool races hopefully 
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| Mhaley45 |
Posted on 11-03-2014 08:11
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Excellent we got our top choices. I am very pleased to see the new system off to a good start.
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 11-03-2014 08:14
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baseballlover312 wrote:
Dammit. Won't be racing in Denmark.
In the words of Meat Loaf: "You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth"
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| fintas |
Posted on 11-03-2014 10:29
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Nice.... got all my top choices
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 11-03-2014 10:44
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Excellent...
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| Sykkel_Freak |
Posted on 11-03-2014 11:52
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Great to get into all the races we wanted to race! Also a plus to see that the team avoided the most crowded ones.
Edited by Sykkel_Freak on 11-03-2014 11:54
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 11-03-2014 16:15
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Looks like I wasn't the only one who was scared away by all those mountains in band 3!
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