The 2nd year running for this Greek/Cypriot PT side. First season was a huge succes with the team ending up in 7th place, safely inside the top 10 and outside the fierce relegation battle. Time to see if the 2nd consequtive season can be equally competitive!
Stylianos Farantakis | Tour de France, Stage 3
Bryan Coquard | Paris-Nice, Stage 3
Bryan Coquard | Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha, Stage 2
Bryan Coquard | Ronde van Nederland, Stage 3
Miltiadis Giannoutsos | Tour de France, Stage 13
Miltiadis Giannoutsos | Volta a Portugal, Stage 8
Sarris Evangelos | Balkans International, Stage 2
3RD, STAGE
Panagiotis Vlatos | Paris-Nice, Stage 5
OVERALL TOP 20
#1 Bryan Coquard | Riga - Jurmala
#2 Bryan Coquard | Milano-San Remo
#2 Miltiadis Giannoutsos | Volta a Portugal
#3 Panagiotis Vlatos | Chrono d'Arenberg
#4 Bryan Coquard | Ronde van Nederland
#4 Bryan Coquard | GP Moscow
#4 Michail Kortsidakis | Veenendaal - Veenendaal
#5 Miltiadis Giannoutsos | Giro d'Italia
#5 Clement Koretzky | GP Cyclistes
#7 ELCO - ABEA | Copenhagen-Malmo TTT
#9 Richard Antonio Carapaz | Volta a Portugal
#10 Panagiotis Vlatos | Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha
#11 Panagiotis Vlatos | Deutschland Tour
#11 Bryan Coquard | Rund un Köln
#11 Georgios Stavrakakis | Roma Maxima
#12 Georgios Boutopoulos | Macskako Kerekparverseny
#14 Miltiadis Giannoutsos | Giro di Lombardia
#15 Georgios Stavrakakis | Chrono d'Arenberg
#16 Bryan Coquard | Paris-Nice
#16 Panagiotis Vlatos | Chrono des Herbiers
#17 Richard Antonio Carapaz | Tour de France
#18 Richard Antonio Carapaz | GP Liechtenstein
#18 Miltiadis Giannoutsos | Tour de France
#18 Michail Kortsidakis | Strada Appia Antica
#19 Michail Mavrikakis | Vuelta a España
#19 Shaun Nick Bester | Strada Appia Antica
#19 Georgios Karatzios | Paris-Roubaix
#19 Clement Koretzky | Tour of Lithuania
#20 Michail Mavrikakis | Balkans International
KOM RESULTS
#6 Sarris Evangelos | Ronde van Nederland
#9 Richard Antonio Carapaz | Tour de France
#10 Miltiadis Giannoutsos | Volta a Portugal
PTS RESULTS
#1 Bryan Coquard | Paris-Nice
#1 Bryan Coquard | Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha
#6 Bryan Coquard | Ronde van Nederland
#7 Clement Koretzky | Tour of Northern Europe
#9 Miltiadis Giannoutsos | Volta a Portugal
#10 Sarris Evangelos | Balkans International
U25 RESULTS
#2 Georgios Stavrakakis | Franceville Classique
#5 Georgios Stavrakakis | Tour of Qatar
#7 Georgios Stavrakakis | Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha
#7 Alexandros Agrotis | Tour of Slovenie
#8 Alexandros Agrotis | Vuelta a España
#10 Georgios Stavrakakis | Tour of Northern Europe
Edited by SotD on 17-07-2024 20:01
The Greek Cycling Mythologi:
Cycling didn’t exactly start in ancient Greece, but that doesn’t mean that the mythologi is non-existing. Greece have their Heroes, their God’s and their warriors – And this is their story. The story of the biggest Greek achievements. Told by the man who has been in charge of the majority of the best the Greeks have ever seen.
It was a different time back then...
Spoiler
It was back in 2011, when the first Greek cyclist signed a professional contract at the worlds elite. The sprinting talent of Georgos Tzortzakis became the cycling God of Greece by a single stroke of a pen. Signing a contract with Pro Tour setup, Festina – Corona, only to be loaned out to the lower divisions immediately. The sole existence of the God was short lived, as the 2012 season also saw Panagiotis Vlatos sign at the Festina setup, now co-sponsored by Conec. One God became two – but neither was ready to shine their glory upon the biggest scene, and left the team for training their skills at the lower levels of cycling.
By many the future glory of Greek cycling was ignored entirely, but the two Gods sparked an immediate interest within the country, and by the start of 2013 a new record high (6) amount of Greek cyclist had found their way into the professional scene. Perikles Ilias and baby-brother of the first God, Polychonis Tzortzakis (The warriors), signed with other teams, while the Festina-setup adopted further two members of the Greek hero/warrior-assembly. The first hero (level just below gods) was Charalampas Kastrantas with Ioannis Tamouridis as a warrior. And while the Gods fared well in the valleys, the Hero started to rise into the hills and Greece started to expand. While Tzortzakis and Kastrantas kept working their strengths at lower level it was Tamouridis and Vlatos who became the first ever riders to ride a full Pro Tour season.
The shift from 2013 to 2014 saw some remarkable changes, that hit Greek cycling hard. Festina was in a dire economic situation, which lead Tamouridis to be the first Greek Warrior to leave the scene. The wages of Kastrantas couldn’t be covered by Festina, and he left to Gazelle at the Pro Continental Tour. What seemed to be a rise of Greek glory suddenly seemed like a program in dissolvement. The two God’s was still within the team, but there was massive work to be done to ensure that Greek cycling would evolve, rather than stop. The warriors, Ilias and P. Tzortzakis kept up the fight and played a vital role in the development of the history. In the midst of the Greek collapse, the brothers from Cyprus started to rise, and Athanasiades, Skettos and Adamou signed professional contracts at Privatbank and Euskaltel. While neither of them would ever move past the rank of Warriors, they did their time, and worked as motivation for the younger generation.
The downfall quickly turned into a genuine revolution. The first ever Greek cycling team formed at Continental level – Elta Hellenic Post gave home to many new (and old) warriors. Simantirakis, Gkazonis, Tamouridis, Ilias, Sakellaridis, A. Bouglas, G. Bouglas, Katrakis, Drakakis, Karatzios, Efstatiou and Volikakis joined forces to create a solid base for the future. From Cyprus also Skettos (brother) and Loizou joined. Due to the enhanced interest in Greek cycling, also warriors like Chatzakis found a home at Buff – Polska. Kastrantas had found his way back home to the Festina team which still housed the Gods of Tzortzakis and Vlatos. From the depths of doom to the rise of Greek as a true cycling nation The Elta – Hellenic Post team and the warriors of the past deserves a massive chant from the warriors of today! They changed the endgame in a way that no one saw coming!
The Elta – Hellenic team continued for another season, and further developed some of the riders we know today, such as Nikolaos Ioannidis and Georgios Karatzios. At the other end of the spectrum we saw fully developed top athletes like Vlatos, Tzortzakis and Kastrantas help win the Pro Tour division for Festina 3 years in a row, which put a massive interest in Greek cycling. Also the 2016 season saw one of the future Heroes rise from the dirt. Stylianos Farantakis signed with Compal-Merida, while Georgios Bouglas joined the World Cycling Centre to further spread the word of Greek cycling.
The one and only Greek cycling team folded by the end of 2016 leaving numerous Greek riders behind. Some was picked up, but most wasn’t. The legend of Neofytos Sakellaridis signed for Generali, while P. Tzortzakis kept fighting at different sides at PCT level. Youngster Farantakis had sparked and interest within the Festina setup who signed him on an august-november stagiare contract, to show his potential. The immediate stop of Elta – Hellenic Post did leave the talent development in ruins, however and only 1 Cypriot had contract in 2017 after a record high 4 in 2015. Likewise Greece had fallen from it’s glory days of 17 professional riders to now just 7. The level, however – Had increased drastically!
2018 became interesting for the sport due to the invention of amateur teams, that gave room for talents and misfits to prove themselves. This gave room for the talents of Ioannidis Kiriakidis and Cypriot Andreas Miltiadis to grow. It was also in 2018 the scouts of Festina had finally noticed that the leftovers of the now past Elta – Hellenic team, and the development sector of Greece was a diamond in the rough. In came Georgios Karatzios as one of the new Heroes as well as Warriors Nikolaos Ioannidis and Miltiadis Giannoutsos who was loaned out to develop them in a manor known by Vlatos and Tzortzakis. Cypriot Armanto Archimandritis game through on a short deal aswell. Other talents, such as Zisis Soulious and Anastasios Koumpetsos joined the warrior league of development aswell. For the first time since the abandoning of Elta – Hellenic Post we had a team who invested heavily in Greek cycling. And it was about time. One of the Gods, Georgios Tzortzakis turned 33 and his top end speed wasn’t what it used to be.
2019 sparked a full scale investment of professional Greek cycling, when the state offered the sporting university of OAKA a place alongside the name of Festina. After 2 years of negligent investment the Greek sporting department noticed a healthy development, and jumped the bandwagon to further enhance that. At this point the Festina – OAKA setup had a massive 10 Greeks and 1 Cypriot assigned, while 2 other Cypriots and 5 greeks had contracts elsewhere. The cycling God of Tzortzakis had stepped down after a huge career (likely the single most dominant Greek rider ever) to ride at Andorra Cycling Project. Aimiliano Vila, Michail Mavrikakis, Michail Kortsidakis and Ioannis Spanopoulos all became new contracted warriors, and in the meantime Charalampas Kastrantas had nearly grown from a Hero to a God, taking stagewins in Grand Tours, aswell as fighting for the KOM glory.
But this is all history, and the more modern days have shown that the Greek riders have evolved from Warriors into Gods, and even a single Titan - Panagiotis Vlatos have come to see the light of day. The Greek history is definately in the making, and in 10 years time, we will look back on the glory days of Greek cycling, which is now...
Georgios Tzortzakis (2011-2020) 1947 points
3x stagewins, Giro d’Italia (2015, 2018)
Win Lisbon Classic (2017)
3rd B World Championships (2014)
3rd GC, Tour d’Afrique (2016)
5th Praha – Karlovy Vary – Praha (2015)
7th GP Moscow (2014)
Stagewin, Deutschland Tour (2016)
2x 2nd place stage, Giro d’Italia (2015)
2x 3rd place stage, Tour de France (2018)
2nd place stage, Tour of Northern Europe (2016)
2nd place stage, Deutsckland Tour (2016)
3rd place stage, Tirreno-Adriatico (2016)
3rd place stage, Tour of Colombia (2016)
3rd place stage, Tour of Qatar (2015)
3rd place stage, Tour of California (2014)
2nd and 10th PTS Deutschland Tour (2016, 2015)
3rd PTS Tour d’Afrique (2016)
8th PTS Tour of Qatar (2015)
10th PTS Tour of Northern Europe (2016)
Georgios Karatzios (2015-Present) 857 points
Win and 6th, Rheden GP (2021, 2022)
10th, Franceville Classique (2020)
Stylianos Farantakis (2015-Present) 677 points
2x Stagewins, Tour of Slovenia (2021, 2022)
Stagewin, Tirreno-Adriatico (2022)
8th, Tour of Qatar (2022)
2nd place stage, Tour of Qatar (2022)
3rd PTS, Tour of Slovenia (2021, 2022)
5th PTS, Tirreno-Adriatico (2022)
7th KOM, Ronde van Nederland (2021)
Ioannidis Kiriakidis (2015-Present) 562 points
6th, Tour of Northern Europe (2022)
Winner U25, Tour of Northern Europe (2022)
3rd place stage, Tirreno-Adriatico (2022)
2nd U25, Tour of Tasmania (2022)
2nd U25, Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha (2022)
3rd U25, Tour of Qatar (2022)
4th and 5th U25, Deutschland Tour (2021, 2022)
5th U25, Scandinavian Open Road Race (2022)
6th U25, Tour of Qatar (2021)
10th U25, GP Cyclistes (2021)
Nikolaos Ioannidis (2015-Present) 537 points
No noteworthy individual results...
Miltiadis Giannoutsos (2015-Present) 516 points
2nd stage, Giro d'Italia (2022)
2nd stage, Tour de Suisse (2020)
19th, Scandinavian Open Road Race (2022)
8th KOM, Giro d'Italia (2022)
3rd U25, Scandinavian Open Road Race (2022)
4th U25, Tour de France (2022)
5th U25, Giro d'Italia (2022)
7th U25, Tour of Tasmania (2022)
7th U25, Paris-Nice (2022)
9th U25, Tirreno-Adriatico (2021)
Michail Mavrikakis (2015-Present) 513 points
11th, Tour of Lithuania (2022)
16th, Volta a Portugal (2022)
7th KOM, Giro d'Italia (2021)
10th KOM, Volta a Portugal (2022)
Ioannis Spanopoulos (2015-Present) 508 points
10th, Scandinavian Open Road Race (2022)
10th, Tour of Lithuania (2022)
19th, Volta a Portugal (2022)
3rd stage, Volta a Portugal (2022)
Ranking:
The ranking of Greek cyclings finest is achieved by the following:
0 Titan | +3000 points
1 God | +1500 points
2 Hero | +500 points
3 Warrior | 0-500 points
Probably the least surprising availability list in the entire MG this year
We never really deal with each other during transfers but always discuss a lot, so I assume it will be the same this year
Overall the Greek/Cypriot setup is looking decent but a lot of training money needed to bring it into being a PT calibre team without the need for menecaries like Chiarello and the superstar in Bryan Coquard!
Really incredible work compiling the history of the Greek and Cypriot cycling legions through the MG, loved reading through it. Excited for Vlatos' ascension to Titan status, hopefully can be done this year despite the decline?
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@Nemolito
In fact, the numbers haven't been fully updated - The list of updates will come shortly
Indeed, and I must admit there was a degree of strategy around the secondary picks I made
@LLS
Absolutely. You have a super interesting team so there's always a good chance for some swaps - or purchases if you fancy some of my riders. Must admit I have a weak spot for Lafay in your direction as I think he would be a perfect fit.
Thanks a lot. Definately looking for more cash, as none of the greeks can carry the team of their own. Hopefully with a massive amount of training done this year and the next, the base is complete and I can begin the high end training that will make the team self-sufficient, so I only have to pick up talents for saledistribution. A lot will depend on how well Farantakis, Kiriakidis and Giannoutsos work though as they are the only really viable training solutions. I'd like to pump up Ioannidis and Kortsidakis aswell, but given the age of the former I'm not sure it's viable. He didn't perform well with his +2 statgain this season.
@whitejersey
True, not a lot of surprising elements in the availability list, except maybe that I'm not overly eager to sell Coquard
I hope it will change at some point. If you feel like splashing some cash rather than training - I'm your go-to-guy
Absolutely correct regarding the training cash. I think it's possible to cover Chiarello through trainings of f.e. Mavrikakis and Giannoutsos and maybe Spanopoulos - but I'm not sure it's a long terms viable solution to train Mavrikakis and Spanopoulos, eventhough I am heavily considering it (also depends on the cashflow obviously). Coquard can't be covered even if I invest in Farantakis 2 years in a row. I'll have to accept that he's forever a second tier sprinter - but hopefully a slightly better 2nd tier sprinter
@kandesbunzler26
The amount of greek flags is somewhat sufficient. Combined with the Cypriots I have 19 before the beginning of the transfers, and then there's always the odd talent or two I'd like to invest in, but overall the amount is OK. The quality is the main issue
I'm not sure the likes of Lafay and Morin is out of your league. Lafay can go into all divisions really, while Morin is probably a very handy CT level leader, or PCT lieutenaint. I don't have as much use for him with Vila leveling up now.
@jandal
Done. Didn't even know he wasn't from Australia - Atleast I did Kelly right
Thanks a lot mate. Cleaned up the history post a bit, so it's a bit tidier and more read-friendly. Oh Vlatos is there! - Look out for the upcoming post!
After a very poor first 3/4 of the season, Panagiotis Vlatos finally made it. By scoring 327 points, and thus making it 7 seasons in a row with +300 points, Vlatos shattered the roof of the God-barriers to make it the first ever Titan rider!
But it isn't just Vlatos and Kastrantas who made remarkable progress during the season. Prior to the season, the list of Heroes were limited to Kastrantas and Karatzios. And while Kastrantas has moved up a level, quite some riders have now joined Karatzios as Heroes of Greece!
Behold the Heroes:
Georgios Karatzios (2018-Present) 857 points
Palmares:
Win and 6th, Rheden GP (2021, 2022)
10th, Franceville Classique (2020)
Stylianos Farantakis (2016-Present) 677 points
Palmares:
2x Stagewins, Tour of Slovenia (2021, 2022)
Stagewin, Tirreno-Adriatico (2022)
8th, Tour of Qatar (2022)
2nd place stage, Tour of Qatar (2022)
3rd PTS, Tour of Slovenia (2021, 2022)
5th PTS, Tirreno-Adriatico (2022)
7th KOM, Ronde van Nederland (2021)
Ioannidis Kiriakidis (2018-Present) 562 points
Palmares:
6th, Tour of Northern Europe (2022)
Winner U25, Tour of Northern Europe (2022)
3rd place stage, Tirreno-Adriatico (2022)
2nd U25, Tour of Tasmania (2022)
2nd U25, Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha (2022)
3rd U25, Tour of Qatar (2022)
4th and 5th U25, Deutschland Tour (2021, 2022)
5th U25, Scandinavian Open Road Race (2022)
6th U25, Tour of Qatar (2021)
10th U25, GP Cyclistes (2021)
Nikolaos Ioannidis (2016-Present) 537 points
Palmares:
No noteworthy individual results...
Miltiadis Giannoutsos (2019-Present) 516 points
Palmares:
2nd stage, Giro d'Italia (2022)
2nd stage, Tour de Suisse (2020)
19th, Scandinavian Open Road Race (2022)
8th KOM, Giro d'Italia (2022)
3rd U25, Scandinavian Open Road Race (2022)
4th U25, Tour de France (2022)
5th U25, Giro d'Italia (2022)
7th U25, Tour of Tasmania (2022)
7th U25, Paris-Nice (2022)
9th U25, Tirreno-Adriatico (2021)
Michail Mavrikakis (2019-Present) 513 points
Palmares:
11th, Tour of Lithuania (2022)
16th, Volta a Portugal (2022)
7th KOM, Giro d'Italia (2021)
10th KOM, Volta a Portugal (2022)
Ioannis Spanopoulos (2019-Present) 508 points
Palmares:
10th, Scandinavian Open Road Race (2022)
10th, Tour of Lithuania (2022)
19th, Volta a Portugal (2022)
3rd stage, Volta a Portugal (2022)
A bit congratulations on making history to the abovementioned riders. In the season to come we are very eager to follow Michail Kortsidakis, Georgios Bouglas and Andreas Miltiadis whom with a repeat of last seasons performance, will be Heroes of Greek Cycling by the end if 2023. Only time will tell if they can make it! Also the likes of Aimiliano Vila and Georgios Stavrakakis has an outside chance of making it, if they create an amazing season.
Vlatos is still here to enhance his Titan level performance, and might be invulnerable despite his slow regress. With Karatzios also regressing it's unlikelt that we will see him achieve God-level, but the likes of Farantakis, Kiriakidis and Giannoutsos will definately be eager to fight for their chance to reach the top.
Beautiful list. It'll take a while for another rider to reach titan status, but there are certainly candidates on the roster, Farantakis and especially Giannoutsos probably first among them. As for the availabilities, obviously I can't not take a Rwandan rider at least into consideration. I'm sure we'll talk about it as transfers progress, and maybe even about another rider or two.
Would definately be a great fit to send him towards you
I have an odd feeling that Kiriakidis is the best bet among the already maxed riders. He performs extremely well even before training. Vila could also quickly become a rider who scores 5-800 points pr. season with +2/3 HI.
Long term, I think my best option is Karatsivis. He's maxing at 25 and is training eligeble at 26. He's the more versatile copy of Giannoutsos.
Stavrakakis is another option, but he needs to perform well this season without training. Next season he could be 79COB, combined with a good FL and TT stat and not unreasonable HI. Also one of those that could become a regular +500 point scorer with limited training.
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At this point i feel the actual riders on your team don't matter, as you always manage to put together planning amongst the very best in the game. That said, if Coquard did leave it'd feel very strange. I'm certain someone will make a good offer for Koretzky, still a quality option and nicely waged up!
I had some secret hopes I might be able to go all-in on Coquard, but after his great 2022 season he rightfully got a raise which makes it even more unrealistic that it already was anyway
Instead, we'll surely be in touch discussing another potential target - and maybe some more loans of Greeks/Cypriots?
Fabianski wrote:
I had some secret hopes I might be able to go all-in on Coquard, but after his great 2022 season he rightfully got a raise which makes it even more unrealistic that it already was anyway
Instead, we'll surely be in touch discussing another potential target - and maybe some more loans of Greeks/Cypriots?
Yeah the raise is fair, but not ideal when you are in a sales position - I'd imagine he would still end up a fair bit lower than Gaviria in the FA market
There should be some openings on greek loans absolutely. There's atleast 3 low level guys I'll be looking at, hopefully I can fit all 3 without too much of a hazzle.
Last week we showcased our availability list in total. This time we zoom in a bit on the biggest stars of the team, that is looking for a new home!
Bryan Coquard | 31 yo | 700.000€
Nat.
Name
FL
MO
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
PR
OVR
Age
Bryan Coquard
73
59
67
65
71
74
84
56
84
83
60
65
79
79,51
31
Bryan Coquard had an extraordinary season, last year winning both Ronde van Nederland, Riga - Jurmala aswell as 5 stages in Paris-Nice and Deutschland Tour. He also showed great strength to take 4th in Milano - San Remo, Tour of Qatar and GP Moscow. All in all, this put him in 10th PT Individual Rankings, and is among the top tier riders in the world.
In the past Coquard have top results in races like Tour of Qatar, GP Moscow, Milano-San Remo, Rund um Köln, Paris-Tours, Lisbon Classic, Tour d'Afrique, Lac Megantic Classic aswell as stagewins in numerous stageraces across the PT and PTHC division - A total of 25 wins across all seasons, including stages in the Vuelta a España.
Pos
Rider
Nat
Team
Total Points
10
Bryan Coquard
ELCO - ABEA
1512
Expected offer: 2.000.000€ - Can include rider swaps aswell!
Clement Koretzky | 33 yo | 275.000€
Nat.
Name
FL
MO
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
PR
OVR
Age
Clement Koretzky
72
70
80
62
75
68
69
62
70
77
72
69
60
76,97
33
The newly crowned French Champion has been showcasing immense strength from time to time, over the past seasons. He already started performing at a very young age, before even being fully developped and trained, when he landed 4th in Giro di Lombardia in 2015 to help his team win the Pro Tour. But even earlier he took two great stagewins in Volta a Catalunya and Tour of Qatar in 2014.
He has a total of 9 wins, and another 15 podiums to his tally and a long list of top 10's in very difficult races.
Last season wasn't his best ever when finishing 55th, the previous season, however had him on a record high 23rd place scoring well above 1.000 points. He even crossed 800 points before being trained to his ultimate stats.
Pos
Rider
Nat
Team
Total Points
55
Clement Koretzky
ELCO - ABEA
567
Expected offer: 800.000€ - Can include rider swaps aswell!
William Chiarello | 32 yo | 230.000€
Nat.
Name
FL
MO
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
PR
OVR
Age
William Chiarello
71
79
75
73
73
74
77
53
63
72
73
69
71
76,99
32
William Chiarello has only had 1 season in the team, but what a marvellous year it was. Always agressive towards the front, claimed him a stagewin in the Vuelta a España, and another 3 GT stage podiums - 2nd in both Tour de France and Vuelta a España, and another 3rd place in the Tour de France. He crowned the efforts by finishing 8th in the GC in both races. Absolutely stunning for a rider waged 230K.
Overall, William Chiarello is Mr. Steady, which can be seen in his recordlist. In 3 consequtive seasons did he score 700-800 points in the individual rankings, to end up between 37-43rd. Also his list of Grand Tour performances is stunning!
Tour de France 2022:
8th GC
2nd and 3rd places stageresults
Tour de France 2021:
8th GC
1st and twice 2nd places stageresults
Tour de France 2020:
11th GC
1st and 2nd places stageresults
Vuelta a España 2022:
8th GC
1st and 2nd places stageresults
Giro d'Italia 2021:
7th GC
Giro d'Italia 2020:
7th GC
A total of 5 GC top 10s, 3 stagewins and 6 podiums in 3 seasons. Not many GC riders, even among the subtop tiers, can replicate this!
In his 2021 Tour de France he had 7 days in the GC top 3, ending after the final mountainstage on stage 19.
Pos
Rider
Nat
Team
Total Points
43
William Chiarello
ELCO - ABEA
704
Expected offer: 1.200.000€ - Can include rider swaps aswell!
Coquard and Chiarello are the kind of riders who would be very interesting to a team like mine, if that team had any cap space. Looking forward to seeing what you manage to do this transfers, and what your training plans end up looking like!