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PCT Wildcards in PT
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 30-07-2018 09:24
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The Grand Tour wildcard teams are now ready to be revealed, and it was a tricky decision, with 10 teams interested in riding a Grand Tour - which I am pretty sure is a record, and did require some additional considerations, from previous selection criteria.
First priority went to the teams who have already competed in PCT for at least one season, and have never ridden a Grand Tour. This filled 4 of the 6 slots.
For the 5th, we've given it to a team who have been in the game for the longest period of time of all applicants; have never received a GT wildcard; and their only PT season was all the way back in 2015.
The final position was a challenging choice, with three newly promoted teams looking to ride a GT. We've decided to reward the manager who most actively contributed to helping the game last season, through the reporting of races.
So the results are:
| Giro d'Italia | Meiji | Philips - Continental | | Vuelta a Espana | Azteca-NBCSN | Minions | | Tour de France | Kraftwerk Man Machine | Fablok - Bank BGZ |
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 30-07-2018 09:27
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Very worthy wildcards to teams and managers who have all contributed extensively to the MG during their history! Having seen my team in 2 of them, it's an awesome experience for a PCT team.
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 30-07-2018 09:31
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Six very worthy recipients, can't complain there! Can't wait for Philips to storm the Giro!
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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| Heine |
Posted on 30-07-2018 09:34
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Congratulations! Great to see new teams in the GTs, and will be really interesting to see what some of the riders can do!
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 30-07-2018 09:36
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Congrats to the teams going to GTs! We got the Tour a couple years back and it's awesome getting to race their, do it justice by sending a strong squad and you'll come away with an awesome race! 
And Phillips is winning the Giro. 
"What done is, is one." - Benji Naesen
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| Kentaurus |
Posted on 30-07-2018 09:39
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Very excited to ride in the Vuelta this year! Its a huge step forward for the team, that hopefully won't be taking another step back at the end of the season.
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 30-07-2018 10:14
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Eyy nice to get our first GT and it being TDF at that, too
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| SotD |
Posted on 30-07-2018 10:18
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Very interesting, and good choices IMO (not knowing who was not picked of course).
I'll look forward to riding against you. Hopefully you won't interfere with my plans, but help take away points from my competitors 
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| Vien |
Posted on 30-07-2018 10:27
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Welp, with having six level 4 riders I wanted to max out, not getting a GT completely screws me over.
I guess it's not something you can count on, but the last years gave me hope.. Oh well, grats to the teams who got one  |
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| Scorchio |
Posted on 30-07-2018 10:29
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WCC of course disappointed to be one of the teams to miss out. On the other hand the decision making process makes perfect sense, and great to see so much interest in riding in the GT's from PCT teams. Good luck to each of you on your exciting GT adventure!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 30-07-2018 10:32
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Thank your for the wildcard! Hopefully we live up to it
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 30-07-2018 10:46
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Thank you for the Vuelta wildcard, that really means a lot to me. Obviously Úran will be present there.
Congratulations to the fellow wildcards!
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 30-07-2018 10:58
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Vien wrote:
Welp, with having six level 4 riders I wanted to max out, not getting a GT completely screws me over.
I guess it's not something you can count on, but the last years gave me hope.. Oh well, grats to the teams who got one
It's unfortunate for sure, much more interest in GTs this time around, and amount of Level 4 riders isn't a factor that has been considered.
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 30-07-2018 11:05
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Didn't know the XP counted anyway given they don't take up actual RDs?
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 30-07-2018 12:18
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These seem like great choices, especially with Abhishkek, who has done such a massive job as reporter.
Not looking forward to see the likes of Úran, Henao and others join the GT battle, though.
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| roturn |
Posted on 30-07-2018 12:19
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They do count! You pay money for it, you take xp from it.
rd do not count as you don`t score ranking points, clashes though also count with PCT races. |
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 30-07-2018 12:48
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Now I feel very lucky that I got GT Wildcards two years in a row when needing it to max my riders
Reasonable selection criteria as well. Had somewhat expected Pluchkin to go but guess the PCT gets to have him all for themselves this year.
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| Scorchio |
Posted on 30-07-2018 13:07
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Previously I have generally been surprised at the lack of applicants for GT's from PCT. Even knowing this history I was still personally very reluctant to rely solely on this path for upgrading lvl 4 riders, so loaned them out early in the window to take that pressure away. Fortunate I made that decision now! From an over-arching view-point, an uptick in interest in GT wildcards definitely a good thing to see.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 30-07-2018 13:31
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And now for the remaining wildcards.
The four teams who missed out on a Grand Tour all have received their next highest priority. This sees Ayubowan at the Tour de Suisse, Popo4Ever at the Dauphine, Team Reddit at Paris-Nice and World Cycling Centre at TONE. All other non-GT teams should have received their top priority race as well, with there fortunately being no non-GT race with 3 or more first choices.
Monuments were the least popular category, with only 5 interested teams - and just Ronde van Vlaanderen receiving interest from all 5, MSR only attracting 2 teams! The distribution of choices meant that it was not possible to simply give 2 monuments to each team.
In the Stage Race category, it was not possible for all teams to receive two races. The Grand Tour teams therefore only received one. Popo4Ever also on one stage race, but together with Reddit, they have received the most wildcards of all teams: 6 in total.
And with 7 teams showing interest in the 11 classics, there was plenty of races to go around. 4 classics went to Xero, with their classics-only application, and Kulczyk - the latter having only been awarded 1 monument.
| Milano San Remo | Ayubowan! | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo | | Ronde van Vlaanderen | Carlsberg - Danske Bank | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo | | Paris - Roubaix | Kulczyk - DMTEX | Carlsberg - Danske Bank | | Liege- Bastogne - Liege | Ayubowan! | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | | Giro di Lombardia | Ayubowan! | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | | Criterium du Dauphine Libere | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | SPAR - Shimano - SCG | | Paris-Nice | Team Reddit | World Cycling Centre | | Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha | SPAR - Shimano - SCG | cycleYorkshire | | Ronde van Nederland | Azteca-NBCSN | Kraftwerk Man Machine | | Tirreno-Adriatico | Ayubowan! | Netia – Vónin | | Tour de Suisse | Ayubowan! | cycleYorkshire | | Tour of Northern Europe | Netia – Vónin | World Cycling Centre | | Tour of Qatar | Minions | Iberia - Team Degenkolb | | Tour of Tasmania | Team Reddit | Iberia - Team Degenkolb | | Amstel Gold Race | Team Reddit | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | | Badaling International | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo | | Chrono des Herbiers | Team Reddit | cycleYorkshire | | Classique du Grand-Duché | Kulczyk - DMTEX | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo | | Copenhagen-Malmo TTT | Team Reddit | cycleYorkshire | | East Midlands Cicle Classic | Xero Racing p/b Octagon | Carlsberg - Danske Bank | | Fleche Wallone | Xero Racing p/b Octagon | Kulczyk - DMTEX | | GP Liechtenstein | Xero Racing p/b Octagon | Team Popo4Ever p/b Nemiroff | | GP Moscow | Team Reddit | Xero Racing p/b Octagon | | Strada Appia Antica | Kulczyk - DMTEX | Carlsberg - Danske Bank | | Tour of the Battenkill | Kulczyk - DMTEX | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo |
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 30-07-2018 13:37
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I've always, always wanted to race TONE, finally we get a chance!
Kwiat is a former stage winner, let's see what he can do!
Tirreno should be intresting as well, some clashes mean we can't send all the talent we want, but on the other hand that means we can send a stronger squad, which is great.
"What done is, is one." - Benji Naesen
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