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[CT '22] BWT Hyundai N Cycling
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 29-07-2022 07:51
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BWT N Hyundai Cycling (MGUCI team code: BWT) is a professional cycling team, based in Luxembourg and Germany competing at MGUCI Continental level for the 2022 season
| MGUCI Code | BWT | | Founded | 2016 | | Registered |  Bulgaria (2016-2018) | |  Canada (2019) | |  Germany (2020-2021) | |  Luxembourg (2022) | | Secondary Nation | Canada (2017-2018) | | Germany (2022) | |  Austria (2021) | | Status | MGUCI Continental (2016-2019; 2021-2022) | | MGUCI ProContinental (2020) | | Bicycles | Focus (2016) | | Argon 18 (2017-2018) | |  Scott (2019-2021) | |  Giant (2022) |
Main Sponsors:
Hyundai Motor Europe GmbH/Hyundai N
BWT AG
Minor Sponsors and techical partners:
RTL Group
Ionos
DataMap Europe
Other suppliers:
Giant Bicycles (bicycle)
DTSwiss (wheels)
 Rotor (groupset)
 Le Col (kit manufacturer)
 Northwave (bicycle shoes)
Uvex (helmets and glasses)
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 29-07-2022 07:51
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| Nat. | Name | FL | MO | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | PR | Age |  | Chequan Richardson | 71 | 61 | 67 | 63 | 68 | 68 | 64 | 78 | 60 | 61 | 75 | 66 | 63 | 29 | | Yoan Kolev | 67 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 64 | 64 | 66 | 55 | 61 | 66 | 67 | 63 | 67 | 23 |  | Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev | 74 | 77 | 74 | 72 | 71 | 75 | 71 | 70 | 52 | 69 | 62 | 74 | 72 | 30 |  | Kristjan Hocevar | 66 | 68 | 68 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 63 | 54 | 66 | 70 | 66 | 69 | 62 | 23 |  | Muhamma Afif Ahmad Zamri | 70 | 75 | 70 | 75 | 72 | 74 | 75 | 52 | 59 | 69 | 71 | 59 | 75 | 30 |  | Flavio De Luna | 67 | 74 | 71 | 75 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 66 | 56 | 68 | 66 | 67 | 74 | 32 |  | Tormod Jacobsen | 70 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 57 | 59 | 67 | 73 | 63 | 73 | 29 | | Hermann Pernsteiner | 65 | 75 | 77 | 61 | 73 | 71 | 72 | 63 | 61 | 72 | 69 | 77 | 64 | 32 |  | Tomas Paprstka | 75 | 62 | 69 | 62 | 74 | 70 | 68 | 75 | 70 | 72 | 69 | 78 | 63 | 30 | | Max Losch | 73 | 52 | 65 | 62 | 72 | 68 | 75 | 71 | 78 | 79 | 78 | 63 | 66 | 29 | | Matthias Brändle | 74 | 75 | 70 | 78 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 55 | 59 | 67 | 61 | 67 | 78 | 33 | | Momchil Robov | 71 | 72 | 76 | 66 | 72 | 73 | 70 | 50 | 69 | 71 | 76 | 66 | 66 | 29 | | Valentin Stoenchev | 74 | 67 | 68 | 76 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 58 | 63 | 62 | 63 | 61 | 76 | 31 |  | Polychronis Tzortzakis | 69 | 60 | 62 | 74 | 72 | 67 | 68 | 54 | 74 | 72 | 61 | 59 | 75 | 33 |  | Jay Vine | 67 | 71 | 69 | 64 | 64 | 73 | 72 | 61 | 66 | 70 | 72 | 62 | 68 | 27 | | Andrew Fenn | 72 | 53 | 61 | 63 | 75 | 71 | 68 | 79 | 70 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 32 |  | Martijn Tusveld | 71 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 68 | 73 | 74 | 61 | 67 | 66 | 68 | 69 | 71 | 29 |
Thanks to knockout for the lovely table tool
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 29-07-2022 07:51
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Posted on 29-07-2022 07:52
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 29-07-2022 07:53
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 29-07-2022 08:46
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Main sponsors from Germany and Austria, but the new HQ is based in Luxembourg... suspecting some tax-related reasons for the change 
Good luck for the 2022 season; I think your team is pretty well set up for CT already (pre-renewals ), and if you can add a clear-cut leader, you should definitely be a promotion contender!
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 29-07-2022 13:57
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Fabianski wrote:
Main sponsors from Germany and Austria, but the new HQ is based in Luxembourg... suspecting some tax-related reasons for the change
Good luck for the 2022 season; I think your team is pretty well set up for CT already (pre-renewals ), and if you can add a clear-cut leader, you should definitely be a promotion contender!
I can't say who will remain or not yet, but I've marked the key riders last season, so watch this space.
But IMO the team would need an upgrade to be a real promotion contender. With the new teams on the horizon, transfer season would be important to the core for me.
As for the Luxembourgish nationality - it's just for funzies and given the uncertainty over the EA Vesuvio situation, someone has to carry the flag for the Grand Duchy
And to justify the Luxembourgish identity I've got RTL on board (the RTL Group, which encompasses various television and entertainment brands in Europe, is Luxembourg-based)
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| redordead |
Posted on 01-08-2022 07:19
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You had last season to do a sort of reset. Time to target promotion again 
"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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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 01-08-2022 16:07
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We're proud to reveal our bespoke jersey for the 2022 season.
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 09-08-2022 04:47
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The obligatory renewals update And now it's time to give our very own update on the renewals made during the off-season:
| Rider | 2021 Wage | 2022 Wage | Diff. | | Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev | €155,000 | €150,000 | €5,000 |  Rudy Barbier | N/A | €0 | N/A | | Max Losch | €80,000 | €95,000 | -€15,000 |  Andrei Sakalou | €75,000 | €0 | €75,000 | | Momchil Robov | €80,000 | €90,000 | -€10,000 |  William Barta | €100,000 | €90,000 | €10,000 | | Dobrin Lilovski | N/A | €0 | N/A |  Fredrik Ludvigsson | €50,000 | €0 | €50,000 | | Chequan Richardson | €50,000 | €60,000 | -€10,000 | | Valentin Stoenchev | €50,000 | €50,000 | €0 |  Krzysztof Marchewka | €50,000 | €0 | €50,000 | | Tormod Jacobsen | €50,000 | €55,000 | -€5,000 |  Michael Vink | €50,000 | €0 | €50,000 | | Emmanuel Morin | €50,000 | €0 | €50,000 | | Tom Thill | €50,000 | €0 | €50,000 |  Michael Valgren Andersen | €60,000 | €0 | €60,000 |  Siim Kiskonen | €50,000 | €50,000 | €0 | | Mikhail Kochetkov | €50,000 | €0 | €50,000 |
Only 8 riders re-signed with the team for 2022. Of course, the two lead riders in Kozhatayev and Barta will stay and took small pay cuts. Kiskonen and Stoenchev remained on their 2021 wages, while 4 riders got a pay raise - Uppsala winner Max Losch, our lone cobbler Chequan Richardson, Robov (who had a late season surge) and Tormod Jacobsen. The remaining riders were let go, but there is still the possibility some of them to do our jerseys next season.
Regarding transfer availability - everyone will be made available, as long as the price is right.
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| redordead |
Posted on 09-08-2022 09:16
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Looks like a bit of the 'fat' was trimmed off the squad. Good start 
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 09-08-2022 09:36
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I think Kozhatayev, Barta, Losch, Robov and Richardson is a solid core to build around. You have the cap space to find one, maybe even two high points scorers, then add a few good depth pieces and I think you can easily be more competitive than last year.
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 09-08-2022 09:42
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Indeed, looks like there's quite some free cap space to bring in a couple more CT leaders
A bit surprised to see Sakalou released, looks like a solid rider for any uphill terrain. And I didn't expect Morin to not be renewed, either, given that he hasn't even finished his development. But you don't seem to like pure puncheurs given the releases - and I guess you're not completely wrong with that 
Good luck for transfers
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 09-08-2022 10:16
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Fabianski wrote:
Indeed, looks like there's quite some free cap space to bring in a couple more CT leaders
A bit surprised to see Sakalou released, looks like a solid rider for any uphill terrain. And I didn't expect Morin to not be renewed, either, given that he hasn't even finished his development. But you don't seem to like pure puncheurs given the releases - and I guess you're not completely wrong with that
Good luck for transfers
To be fair, the release of Morin was a difficult decision as I didn't think I would loan him out easily. But pretty sure he will get picked up by some of the new French teams.
Sakalou didn't impress that much to warrant a new contract. Or maybe I didn't use him property. But then again, the puncheur position is my most difficult position to get riders and creating a calendar plan.
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| SotD |
Posted on 09-08-2022 10:40
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Overall looking pretty nice. Not too happy to see Morin being left behind. There would have been a nice sales potential with all those french teams. 78HI isn't that easy to get if you have a french focus.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 09-08-2022 14:01
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Some necessary cuts I think. You could have tried to keep a couple of more and sell them, but ultimately you're talking about pretty small sales and maybe not worth the risk.
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 09-08-2022 17:10
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redordead wrote:
Looks like a bit of the 'fat' was trimmed off the squad. Good start
This is happening every year to be blunt - hopefully this time will do it right
cunego59 wrote:
I think Kozhatayev, Barta, Losch, Robov and Richardson is a solid core to build around. You have the cap space to find one, maybe even two high points scorers, then add a few good depth pieces and I think you can easily be more competitive than last year.
This quartet is really a good building block to build around. TBH, I was considering releasing Robov, but after Lugano and Zuri Mezgette (+ the NC RR title), retaining him was a must. Now, the priority is to get few solid pieces to compliment my already existing core. And this time I could be looking at combo riders that are good at sprints and cobbles.
SotD wrote:
Overall looking pretty nice. Not too happy to see Morin being left behind. There would have been a nice sales potential with all those french teams. 78HI isn't that easy to get if you have a french focus.
Unfortunately I couldn't predict the future when I was doing the renewals. Had I made them at a later point, maybe things would've been different.
baseballlover312 wrote:
Some necessary cuts I think. You could have tried to keep a couple of more and sell them, but ultimately you're talking about pretty small sales and maybe not worth the risk.
Unfortunately most of the released riders didn't had great resale value and decided it was not worth the hassle of keeping riders that won't be able to sell for profit.
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 23-08-2022 14:22
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We proudly welcome our new arrivals to the team:
Yoan Kolev | Age: 23 | Lvl: 1.0 | Wage: 50k | FL | MO | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CO | SP | AC | FT | DH | PR | | 67 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 64 | 64 | 66 | 55 | 61 | 66 | 67 | 63 | 67 |
Muhamma Afif Ahmad Zamri | Age: 30 | Lvl: 4.100 | Wage: 70k | FL | MO | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CO | SP | AC | FT | DH | PR | | 70 | 75 | 70 | 75 | 72 | 74 | 75 | 52 | 59 | 69 | 71 | 59 | 75 |
Andrew Fenn | Age: 32 | Lvl: 4.100 | Wage: 75k | FL | MO | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CO | SP | AC | FT | DH | PR | | 72 | 53 | 61 | 63 | 75 | 71 | 68 | 79 | 70 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 63 |
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 23-08-2022 14:35
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Ahmad Zamri and Fenn are great pickups at this wage, congrats!
I doubt there will be many other 79 cobblers in CT, and although Fenn doesn't have strong backups, he should do well on the flat cobbles!
And the Malaysian should be a great support rider for stage races
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| DarkWolf |
Posted on 24-08-2022 09:12
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Cobbles were my nemesis last year and I think it will be this year too. Or for the foreseeable future. But it's nice to see these riders in other teams. Fenn is a very nice addition, congratulations!
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