Race | Country | Category | Goal | Cost | Paris-Nice |  | 2.PT | Win | **** | Giro d'Italia |  | 2.GTM | Top 10 | *** | GP Liechtenstein |  | 1.PT | Top 10 | ** | Tour de France |  | 2.GTM | Top 5 | **** | Team Standings | | MGUCI | Top 10 | *** |
This is the first time in all 7 years that we have successfully completed the mandatory win goal. We knew heading into the race that we had a chance, but the fact we did it in such an emphatic manner came as a slight surprise. Tadej Pogacar won two stages on his was to a comfortable overall victory.
This race was a big disappointment as a whole. The final nail in the coffin was Tao Geoghegan Hart missing out on the top 10 by finishing 11th overall.
GP Liechtenstein - SUCCESS This was the one goal that we were very confident in achieving. It wasn't one of our better races, but in the end Tadej Pogacar finished 7th, so more than enough.
It's the biggest race in the world so it was again one of our prime targets. This time we were aiming for a more difficult top 5 result, but with the training in the off season Tadej Pogacar was up to the task. Tadej finished 4th overall and the entire team added two stage wins and more podiums in what turned out to be a key race for securing the team's status in PT.
PT Team Standings - FAILURE This was the massive failure as we had a very bad season in comparison to our sponsors expectations by only finishing 16th. While our three leaders did solid enough, our plan to replace some of the depth scoring from last year failed badly. Even some of the riders that performed for us in the past went awol. In the end it was too much to overcome and we'll need come up with some new solutions next year.
Bostjan Mervar,
team representative and general manager of Cedevita |