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[PCT 24] ELCO - ABEA
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Posted on 17-09-2024 02:15
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Posted on 01-09-2024 09:47
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Thanks guys. Indeed Varotsos is a huge gain for us. Easily the most important talent pick of the season. Can't wait to start making him a useful asset.
Emondson was a cool allround type that suits several aspects. Leadout for Farantakis, strength of cobble department, C2 eligeble. Summerhill is a bit of a gamble. Could work here and there, but also cound hinder my greeks in performing 
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Posted on 01-09-2024 09:55
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We can welcome another rider to the team.
 | Andreas Miltiadis | 4.100 | 28yo | Puncheur | €70.000 |
| Fl | Mo | Hi | TT | St | Rs | Rc | Co | Sp | Ac | Fi | Dh | Pr | | 68 | 75 | 75 | 67 | 70 | 71 | 66 | 68 | 61 | 75 | 67 | 68 | 67 |
We welcome back Andreas Miltiadis who have been with our team for quite some time by now. He is a very solid allround domestique. He crowned his career palmares with a Tour de France stagewin in 2022. Although it won't be replicated this year we hope to see him fight for stagewins in stage races regardless.
We expect to add another two riders to the team.
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 01-09-2024 14:41
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Varotsos is a great talent, but I'm stunned that Summerhill is still on 79 CO after three declines! What a beast he must have been in his prime (before I joined).
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Posted on 04-09-2024 20:52
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kandesbunzler26 wrote:
Varotsos is a great talent, but I'm stunned that Summerhill is still on 79 CO after three declines! What a beast he must have been in his prime (before I joined).
He was very much a brilliant rider - I was a bit surprised no one was tempted to pick him up for 100K. But I'm happy to give it a go. I have no clue whether my COB team is strong enough, but I sure am going to give it everything 
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 04-09-2024 20:54
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kandesbunzler26 wrote:
Varotsos is a great talent, but I'm stunned that Summerhill is still on 79 CO after three declines! What a beast he must have been in his prime (before I joined).
He was a beast but he was absolutely no Bewley!
Awesome to see you go Full greek eventually after all those years building them to have a full team is incredible reminds me so much of RBC but with a much harder natiom very cool! |
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Posted on 04-09-2024 21:12
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Three riders have joined, and we have effectively close our transfer window. We might have room for a couple of stagiare signings though. If we do, those will be presented shortly. First of, let's welcome this foreign trio!
 | Yikui Niu | 4.100 | 30yo | Puncheur | €55.000 |
| Fl | Mo | Hi | TT | St | Rs | Rc | Co | Sp | Ac | Fi | Dh | Pr | | 72 | 74 | 72 | 67 | 76 | 69 | 75 | 56 | 74 | 74 | 73 | 70 | 67 |
Niu is a spectacular rider type, who can't really decide whether he wants to be a climber or a sprinter, so he's somewhat in the middle ground. He has been riding in all divisions through his career and has made a decent impact in all of them. Last season he was the 4th strongest rider at Babymetal.
 | Edoardo Affini | 4.100 | 28yo | Timetriallist | €70.000 |
| Fl | Mo | Hi | TT | St | Rs | Rc | Co | Sp | Ac | Fi | Dh | Pr | | 73 | 66 | 67 | 77 | 76 | 79 | 72 | 64 | 64 | 70 | 73 | 68 | 78 |
Affini joins on a one year loan option from EA Vesuvio. He comes with a strong timetrial ability and will be a great asset in both individual timetrials aswell as one of our core focusses, Team Time Trials. Last season he rode the PCT with McCormick Pro Cycling. This season he will ride in a team that have a heavy focus where he excels.
 | Samuel Mugisha | 4.100 | 27yo | Roulleur | €50.000 |
| Fl | Mo | Hi | TT | St | Rs | Rc | Co | Sp | Ac | Fi | Dh | Pr | | 76 | 64 | 70 | 74 | 70 | 74 | 71 | 63 | 62 | 68 | 74 | 64 | 6878 |
Similarly to Affini, Mugisha joins on a loan deal. Mugisha is a strong rolleur that will feature perfectly in our aim to bring Farantakis to the front of the pack in a sprint finihs. Mugisha is also a strong Team Time Trial asset, and is a somewhat well rounded domestique.
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Posted on 04-09-2024 21:14
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Some real nice additions. And those TTT loanees look really smart pieces of business to me 
A Big Thank You To All MG Reporters! |
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Posted on 06-09-2024 10:18
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knockout wrote:
Some real nice additions. And those TTT loanees look really smart pieces of business to me
Thanks. Would have preferred to land one more, but it wasn't meant to be unfortunately
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Posted on 06-09-2024 12:06
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We wish our 3 stagiares for the upcoming season a warm welcome!
 | Edgar Andres Pinzon | 1.56 | 23yo | Climber | €10.000 |
| Fl | Mo | Hi | TT | St | Rs | Rc | Co | Sp | Ac | Fi | Dh | Pr | | 65 | 68 | 67 | 55 | 69 | 72 | 67 | 59 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 64 | 55 | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | 66 | 76 | 73 | 57 | 71 | 77 | 72 | 59 | 64 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 57 |
Pinzon is a classic colombian climber that excels in the mountainous breakaways. He has a remarkable physical package meaning he would be an obvious target for further training aswell.
 | Luke Lamperti | 1.00 | 22yo | Roulleur | €10.000 |
| Fl | Mo | Hi | TT | St | Rs | Rc | Co | Sp | Ac | Fi | Dh | Pr | | 69 | 64 | 69 | 57 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 67 | 67 | 63 | 65 | 58 | | ↓↓↓ | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | ↓↓↓ | | 75 | 64 | 73 | 59 | 73 | 72 | 72 | 63 | 71 | 72 | 65 | 65 | 60 |
Lamperti is a strong rolleur, that could also excel in many other areas if needed to be a little bit more specialised. F.e. in hills or sprints. We have opted to make for a brilliant attacker that can win from a decimated bunch. He is also an obvious leadout rider for a punchy sprinter like Koumpetsos.
 | Simon Dehairs | 1.48 | 23yo | Roulleur | €10.000 |
| Fl | Mo | Hi | TT | St | Rs | Rc | Co | Sp | Ac | Fi | Dh | Pr | | 69 | 62 | 64 | 64 | 73 | 69 | 66 | 60 | 68 | 67 | 74 | 68 | 65 | | ↓↓↓ | | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | ↓↓↓ | | ↓↓↓ | | 76 | 62 | 67 | 66 | 78 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 73 | 72 | 76 | 68 | 67 |
Dehairs share resemblances with both of the two above. He is a strong rolleur that can also excel as a leadout rider or breakaway specialist, and his engine is massive. The longer and more endurant a race is, the better Dehairs would like it.
Three greek rider have developped their core qualities over the
 | Miltiadis Giannoutsos | 4.100 | 27yo | Climber | €220.000 |
| Fl | Mo | Hi | TT | St | Rs | Rc | Co | Sp | Ac | Fi | Dh | Pr | | 68 | 79 | 72 | 72 | 76 | 78 | 75 | 57 | 64 | 68 | 75 | 67 | 77 | | ↓↓↓ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 68 | 80 | 72 | 72 | 76 | 78 | 75 | 57 | 64 | 68 | 75 | 67 | 77 |
| | Ioannidis Kiriakidis | 4.100 | 27yo | Timetriallist | €110.000 |
| Fl | Mo | Hi | TT | St | Rs | Rc | Co | Sp | Ac | Fi | Dh | Pr | | 68 | 74 | 73 | 77 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 62 | 63 | 71 | 70 | 73 | 76 | | | | ↓↓↓ | | | | | | | | | | | 68 | 74 | 73 | 78 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 62 | 63 | 71 | 70 | 73 | 76 |
| | Michail Kortsidakis | 4.100 | 30yo | Cobbler | €110.000 |
| Fl | Mo | Hi | TT | St | Rs | Rc | Co | Sp | Ac | Fi | Dh | Pr | | 77 | 63 | 69 | 54 | 75 | 75 | 73 | 76 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 70 | 73 | | | | | | | | ↓↓↓ | | | | | | | 77 | 63 | 69 | 54 | 75 | 75 | 73 | 77 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 70 | 73 |
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Posted on 06-09-2024 12:21
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Pinzon not being picked up is fairly strange, good dom for SA teams.
Training looks good, not sure about value of Kortsidakis training, but with those backups he may make a nice jump
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Posted on 06-09-2024 12:52
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quadsas wrote:
Pinzon not being picked up is fairly strange, good dom for SA teams.
Training looks good, not sure about value of Kortsidakis training, but with those backups he may make a nice jump
Indeed. Pinzon left made no sense for me - and he can even level up as a stagiare! So I'm very happy with him.
Kortsidakis doesn't make a lot of sense I do agree, but I wanted to push him up as my lead cobbler so Stavrakakis will be the helper and not the other way around. Atleast until I land on a treasure box which will allow Stavrakakis to go to 79COB.
Initially I had planned to make Kiriakidis 76MO, but opted for the TT instead.
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 06-09-2024 13:40
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I knew I should have kept Dehairs
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Posted on 06-09-2024 15:34
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You can buy him back next year :-D
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Posted on 06-09-2024 18:38
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Looking good. Giannoutsos and Kiriakidis stepping up make sense, but I'm not that much of a fan of Kortsidakis'. For the amount you spend there you could have had Zegklis
Lamperti was on my list of final additions and should be a fun rider when maxed as should the other two as well.
Good luck on bouncing back up where you belong 
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