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[PCT] Team UBS - 2024
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 28-09-2020 17:25
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 Team UBS [PCT]
Welcome to the headquarters for Team UBS, based in Bern, Switzerland. 2024 sees the team remaining in the PCT after a failed bid to return to the ProTour. This will be our 15th year in existence and 13th year as a Swiss national team. We plan to continue our longstanding goal of developing Swiss cycling and Swiss cycling talents.
| Rider | Race | Result |  E. Buchmann |  Badaling International | 1st | | E. Buchmann |  Tour de Pologne - GC | 2nd | | E. Buchmann | Tour de Pologne - Points | 1st | | E. Buchmann | Tour de Pologne - Stage 5 | 1st | | E. Buchmann | Tour de Pologne - Stage 2 | 2nd | | E. Buchmann | Tour de Pologne - Stage 7 | 4th | | E. Buchmann |  Vuelta al Pais Vasco - GC | 4th | | E. Buchmann | Vuelta al Pais Vasco - Stage 5 | 1st | | E. Buchmann |  Tour of Lithuania - GC | 5th |  Caio Godoy |  Tour of Eritrea - GC | 2nd | | Caio Godoy | Tour of Eritrea - Stage 3 | 2nd | | Caio Godoy | Tour of Romandie - GC | 6th | | Caio Godoy | Tour of Romandie - Stage 3 | 5th | | Caio Godoy | Tour of Romandie - Stage 4 | 5th | | Caio Godoy |  Pro Hallstatt Classic | 6th | | Caio Godoy |  Volta a Portugal - Stage 8 | 3rd | | Johan Jacobs |  Kuurne - Bruxelles - Kuurne | 1st | | Johan Jacobs | Omloop Het Niewsblad | 2nd | | Johan Jacobs |  1 Jour de Dunkerque | 3rd | | Johan Jacobs |  Roma Maxima | 4th | | Johan Jacobs |  Lillestrom GP | 5th | | Patrick Müller | Strade Bianche | 4th | | Patrick Müller |  Tour Down Under - GC | 10th | | Thery Schir |  Tour of South Africa - GC | 2nd | | Martin Schäppi | Dwars door Vlaanderen | 2nd | | Martin Schäppi |  Lincoln GP | 7th | | P. Haugard | Tour of Norway - Stage 3 | 2nd | | P. Haugard | Tour de Pologne - Stage 1 | 2nd | | P. Haugard | Volta a Portugal - Stage 1 | 4th | | P. Haugard | Vuelta al Pais Vasco - Stage 4 | 5th |  M. Perera | Tour Down Under - Stage 6 | 2nd | | M. Perera | Down Under Classic | 8th | | T. Van Asbroeck |  Franceville Classique - Stage 1 | 4th | | Antonio Barbio | Tour of South Africa - GC | 3rd |  Daniil Fominykh | Great Ocean Road Classic | 7th | | Team | Tour de Romandie - Team | 1st | | Team | Tour de Romandie - Stage 1 TTT | 5th | | Team | Tour of South Africa - Stage 4 TTT | 1st | | Team | Tour of Lithuania - Stage 3 TTT | 3rd | | Team | Vuelta al Pais Vasco - Stage 1 TTT | 3rd |
| Target | Goal | Result | | Clasica San Sebastian | Win | - |  | Tour of Japan | Win | - | | Giro dell'Emilia | Win | - | | Milano Torino | Win | - | | PCT Team Standings | Top 5 | - |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 28-09-2020 17:28
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Back to the old jersey? or have you forgotten about last year's remake? 
Good luck back in the PT division
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 28-09-2020 18:22
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Edited by Bushwackers on 08-01-2025 18:55
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 29-09-2020 10:59
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I'm pretty afraid of some bidding wars for Swiss riders, now that you got promoted and have a lot more budget. But I hope we'll find a good share among the three Swiss teams. All the best for transfers, and hope you'll be able to stay up!
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 29-09-2020 12:39
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Hopefully there is plenty to go around! And we might even be able to help each other out in the form of loans or trade or whatnot. I'm sure we'll be in touch during transfers.
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 08-10-2020 01:47
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Welcome to the team, Simon Ponzi!
Keeping in our tradition of employing over-the-hill puncheurs (Stefan Schumacher, Yuri Trofimov...), we have signed Simon Ponzi as a leader heading into the 2020 season. Hopefully he is the ticket to avoiding relegation as he is commanding a huge portion of the budget this year.
I'd also like to welcome Johan Jacobs into the team as a talent. He will develop into a strong cobbles rider and will be spending his first year on loan riding for our friends at Sauber Petronas Racing.
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Posted on 04-11-2020 09:41
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The post above is just perfect 
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 07-09-2021 13:09
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2020 was a pretty disappointing year for the team and I had much higher hopes than what we were able to achieve (which is evident by the fact that we failed all of our goals quite disastrously). So once again, we are back in the PCT. We were able to re-sign Simone Ponzi for a significantly reduced wage and we will rely on him for our chances of promoting back to the PT. Otherwise, I see this coming season as a transition year where the team comes to rely on our local talents that we have developed (Spengler, Muller, Schelling).
The roster going into renewals is listed below. One of the notable absences is long-term team captain  Andrei Amador. We mutually decided to part ways as his role is shifting at this point in his career and does not align with what our team needs. I want to thank Andrei for his years of leadership and for being the centerpiece of our team, we will really have to make an effort to redefine ourselves without him present. Also leaving are Michael Schär, Sebastien Ivars, and Kevin Fouquet. I wish them the best of luck going forward and appreciate their help.
For rider availability, most of the Swiss riders are not going to be available for trades unless for comparable national riders. We will be looking to take in loaned riders. Happy transfers!
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| SotD |
Posted on 07-09-2021 13:18
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Looking pretty good, and with Ponzi down sizeable (as should be) there's actually room to exist
As I don't have any swiss riders to swap I guess I can ignore those. Jose Goncalves though would be a very welcome rider that would serve well as a TTT rider and early climb domestique for Lecuisinier. I guess I will try to give you a call
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 07-09-2021 13:21
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Glad to see you were able to keep that core together! With Ponzi/Müller, Schelling and Spengler you've got a great leader on three terrains, plus Dillier in the TTs and the team in the TTTs. I guess you'll be after a sprinter to complete your team; Reinhardt has done an amazing job btw 
I'm afraid we'll again be after some similar targets; let's hope each one gets a fair share of them once more Wish you all the best - Switzerland needs a PT team for sure!
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 09-09-2021 16:50
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SotD: Goncalves is definitely a great team mate to have and I've had him score independently a few times through the years. He is available, but I gotta say I was pretty excited to get his wage down this year.
Fabianski: I am so happy the Reinhardt trade worked out! I knew he would be on a different level in the CT
With three PCT Swiss teams (two of which having quite large budgets - I'm not one of them :lol, I definitely expect a lot of competition for the few available riders. But good luck nonetheless and hopefully we can carve out paths that work for us all.
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 16-07-2022 23:08
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2021 has officially ended with what has turned out to be a bittersweet season for us. While we achieved some of the best results we have seen in the past few years, we narrowly missed out on an automatic promotion spot to return to the PT. This year marked a significant milestone in our development of younger riders, with the likes of Lukas Spengler having his best season yet. I believe we were best equipped to promote with our squad this year, but with Simon Ponzi showing signs of declining, next year will likely look like a rebuilding year for our team.
Simon Ponzi on the podium after his win in the Clasica San Sebastian.
Patrick Müller wins stage 1 of the Tour of Chile from the break of the day.
Sebastien Seichenbach wins stage 1 of Balkans International, sharing the podium on the day with team mate Simon Ponzi in 3rd.
Patrick Schelling takes the 3rd stage of the Tour de Vineyards, on his was to eventually placing 4th overall.
Matteo Badilatti takes the stage and the overall lead in stage 2 of the Tour d'Andorra
| Rider | Race | Result | | Simon Ponzi | Tour Down Under - GC | 1st | | Simon Ponzi | Tour Down Under - Stage 2 | 1st | | Simon Ponzi | Tour Down Under - Points | 2nd | | Simon Ponzi | Tour Down Under - KoM | 2nd | | Simon Ponzi | Tour Down Under - Stage 3 | 2nd | | Simon Ponzi | Tour Down Under - Stage 5 | 5th | | Simon Ponzi | Clasica San Sebastian | 1st | | Simon Ponzi | Vuelta al Pais Vasco - Stage 3 | 1st | | Simon Ponzi | Vuelta al Pais Vasco - Points | 2nd | | Simon Ponzi | Vuelta al Pais Vasco - Stage 2 | 4th | | Simon Ponzi | Strade Bianchi | 4th | | Simon Ponzi |  Balkans International - Stage 6 | 1st | | Simon Ponzi | Balkans International - Stage 1 | 3rd | | Simon Ponzi | Balkans International - Points | 5th | | Simon Ponzi | Giro dell'Emelia | 3rd | | Simon Ponzi | Tour de Pologne - Stage 7 | 2nd | | Simon Ponzi | Tour de Pologne - Points | 3rd | | Simon Ponzi | Tour de Pologne - Stage 5 | 4th | | Simon Ponzi | Tour de Pologne - Stage 2 | 5th | | Patrick Schelling |  Tour de Vineyards - GC | 4th | | Patrick Schelling | Tour de Vineyards - KoM | 2nd | | Patrick Schelling | Tour de Vineyards - Stage 3 | 1st | | Patrick Schelling |  Kenya Mountain Classic | 3rd | | Patrick Schelling |  Apex Mountain Classic | 5th | | Patrick Schelling | Int. Osterreich Rundfahrt - GC | 7th | | Patrick Schelling | Int. Osterreich Rundfahrt - Stage 1 | 3rd | | Patrick Schelling |  Tour d'Andorra - GC | 8th | | Patrick Schelling | Tour d'Andorra - Stage 3 | 2nd | | Patrick Schelling | Tour de Romandie - GC | 10th | | Patrick Schelling | Tour de Romandie - Stage 3 | 4th | | Patrick Schelling | Volta a Portugal - Stage 7 | 5th | | Patrick Schelling | Volta a Portugal - GC | 8th | | Lukas Spengler |  Rheden GP | 3rd | | Lukas Spengler | 1 Jour de Dunkerque | 3rd | | Lukas Spengler | Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | 4th | | Lukas Spengler | Roma Maxima | 6th | | Lukas Spengler | Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne | 9th | | Patrick Müller |  Tour of Chile - Stage 1 | 1st | | Patrick Müller | Tour of Chile - Points | 3rd | | Patrick Müller | GP Lugano | 9th | | Patrick Müller | Tour of Southland - U25 | 2nd | | Patrick Müller | Tour of Lithuania - U25 | 2nd | | Patrick Müller |  Scandinavia Open Road Race - U25 | 3rd | | Patrick Müller | Tour Down Under - U25 | 5th | | Patrick Müller |  Jelajah SKL - Stage 3 | 5th | | Matteo Badilatti | Tour d'Andorra - Stage 2 | 1st | | Matteo Badilatti | Tour d'Andorra - KoM | 3rd | | Silvan Dillier | Tour of Britain - Stage 2 | 1st | | Silvan Dillier | Tour of Britain - Points | 2nd | | Silvan Dillier |  Arab Tour - GC | 4th | | Silvan Dillier | Arab Tour - Stage 4 | 1st | | Silvan Dillier | Olympia's Tour - GC | 10th | | Sebastien Reichenbach | Balkans International - Stage 1 | 1st | | Sebastien Reichenbach | Milano - Torino | 10th | | Johan Jacobs | GP Kigali | 10th | | Jose Goncalves | Bayern Rundfahrt - GC | 3rd | | Jose Goncalves | Bayern Rundfahrt - Stage 4 | 4th | | Jose Goncalves |  Tour of Ukraine - Stage 1 | 4th | | Jose Goncalves |  Hong Kong Challenge - Stage 2 | 5th | | Jose Goncalves |  Celtic Chrono | 7th | | Phan Age Haugard | Jelajah SKL - Stage 1 | 4th | | Geoffrey Bouchard | Tour of Chile - Stage 3 | 4th | | Daniele Dall'Oste | GP Lugano | 7th | | Team | Volta a Portugal - Team Standings | 1st | | Team | Balkans International - Team Standings | 1st | | Team | Bayern Rundfahrt - Team Standings | 1st | | Team | Tour d'Andorra - Team Standings | 1st | | Team | Tour of South Africa - Stage 4 TTT | 4th | | Team | Tour de Vineyards - Stage 7 TTT | 5th |
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 13-08-2022 18:09
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Renewals/Pre-Transfers Update
The dust from the end of the 2021 season has settled and revealed that through teams disbanding, we will be promoting back to the ProTour division for the 2022 season. This necessitates a significant number of changes to our roster in order to remain competitive at the highest level so we can hopefully break the curse of our elevator status.
Perhaps most notably, we have decided to part ways with our most prolific point-scorer from last year, Simone Ponzi. While I have no doubt that he will remain competitive in the cycling world, we needed to free up cap space to pursue leaders who can compete in the PT division (and have found an extra 750,000 by doing so).
Reluctantly, we say goodbye to Geoffrey Bouchard and Daniele Dall'Oste as they have decided to pursue free agency despite our offering the same wage that they signed for as free agents last year. Perhaps this is a wise move on their part, particularly with the influx of new French teams this year. In all likelihood we may re-enter negotiations with them when the transfer period begins.
Other departures include  Artur Grigrian and  Basilio Ramos Ticona, both of whom we wish well in the tail-ends of their careers.
This leaves us with the above roster heading into transfers. While I'm happy with our leadership core, there are obvious areas of improvement in stage race and hills leadership.
In terms of availability, most of our Swiss core will remain in place. However, we have been notified by Patrick Müller's agent that he may be open to a trade to a PCT/CT team so that he can take on more of a leadership role. We are also open to offers for young talent Nik Cemazar. As always, we enjoy cooperating with teams in other divisions for loan deals, so if you have interest in finding a development environment for level 4 riders, give us a shout when transfer open up.
Thanks for reading and we'll see you all when transfers begin!
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 13-08-2022 20:56
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Hum... A Swiss available is definitely tempting - I'll see if it makes sense having a mentor for Schmid on our team I guess we'll be in touch as always, hopefully we'll finally conclude a deal as well 
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 13-08-2022 22:39
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I'm sure we will be in touch during transfers, The Muller news will just be another thing to discuss
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 14-08-2022 00:00
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That's a big name for sale, would be a seismic shift for you to give up one of your Swiss leaders!
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| redordead |
Posted on 14-08-2022 07:02
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There is a very obvious intriguing rider mentioned there. Maybe we talk
"I am a cyclist, I may not be the best, but that is what I strive to be. I may never get there, but I will never quit trying." - Tadej Pogačar
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 14-08-2022 07:07
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redordead wrote:
There is a very obvious intriguing rider mentioned there. Maybe we talk
I thought you weren't Swiss anymore?
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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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 14-08-2022 14:32
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Yeah its not very exciting for me to get rid of him, but he unfortunately isn't competitive in the PT and I need to allocate those resources to someone who is 
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 30-08-2022 18:44
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| Country | Age | Wage | FL | MO | HI | TT | ST | RS | RE | CO | SP | AC | FI | DH | PR | | 30 | 850000 | 71 | 76 | 81 | 67 | 73 | 74 | 74 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 67 | 70 | 67 |
Emanuel Buchman joins the team after the disbanding of Mapei. He will slot into the prior role of Simon Ponzi and lead the team in the hilly races.
| Country | Age | Wage | FL | MO | HI | TT | ST | RS | RE | CO | SP | AC | FI | DH | PR | | 31 | 700000 | 70 | 81 | 75 | 70 | 77 | 77 | 82 | 55 | 64 | 75 | 66 | 76 | 70 |
Warren Barguil is our second signing from the now-defunct Mapei. We are very excited to bring him on board as our new primary GC leader.
 Pedro Sequera joins the team from free agency after spending last year at Generali. He will provide support in the mountains.
| Age | Wage | FL | MO | HI | TT | ST | RS | RE | CO | SP | AC | FI | DH | PR | | 31 | 150000 | 69 | 76 | 73 | 71 | 78 | 75 | 72 | 55 | 58 | 68 | 70 | 73 | 71 |
Antonio Barbio, former Duolingo rider, was brought in to strengthen our TTT line-up as well as provide support in stage races.
| Age | Wage | FL | MO | HI | TT | ST | RS | RE | CO | SP | AC | FI | DH | PR | | 29 | 110000 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 76 | 72 | 73 | 68 | 59 | 63 | 67 | 76 | 71 | 75 |
Nils Brun is our solitary Swiss signing this transfer season and is a young talent who we see as having potential in the hilly classics one day. He will spend the year riding for Bordeaux Métropole - Euskotren in the CT as he gains experience.
| Age | Wage | FL | MO | HI | TT | ST | RS | RE | CO | SP | AC | FI | DH | PR | | 22 | 50000 | 66 | 64 | 68 | 59 | 69 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 61 | 58 |
This year we are also taking in a number of riders as loans from teams in other divisions. Yuriy Natarov will join compatriot Daniil Fominykh and ride in UBS colors as a climbing domestique before he returns to Voyagin - Bird next season.
| Age | Level | FL | MO | HI | TT | ST | RS | RE | CO | SP | AC | FI | DH | PR | | 26 | 4 | 64 | 76 | 71 | 68 | 64 | 69 | 76 | 60 | 65 | 67 | 79 | 57 | 67 |
We are also pleased to take in Andrea Bagioli, future Italian superstar, who joins his team mate Natarov from Voyagin - Bird. He will provide important support in the hilly races of the calendar, and we hope he can achieve his own results as well.
| Age | Level | FL | MO | HI | TT | ST | RS | RE | CO | SP | AC | FI | DH | PR | | 23 | 3 | 70 | 70 | 74 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 68 | 60 | 70 | 73 | 73 | 66 | 70 |
 Muhammad Abdurrahman is the final loan in this season, joining us from Indostat. He will provide invaluable assistance in the mountains this year.
| Age | Level | FL | MO | HI | TT | ST | RS | RE | CO | SP | AC | FI | DH | PR | | 25 | 4 | 68 | 75 | 71 | 70 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 55 | 60 | 68 | 74 | 64 | 70 |
With everything settled, I can say that I am quite happy with how transfers went this year. While we would have preferred to find Swiss talent to bolster our squad, it unfortunately does not exist at present, though Barguil and Buchmann are both from countries of secondary focus for our sponsors. We were able to fund further training for our home-grown Swiss talents (Spengler will receive +2 STA and Muller will gain +1 ACC), which will hopefully help them rise to the level of PT competition. Below you can find the current roster for our team in 2022.
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