●●●●●/●●●● - Definitely sold or likely available for a convincing offer
Nat.
Name
FL
MO
MM
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
PR
Age
Wage
Remi Cavagna
77
64
69
74
76
75
74
71
73
73
71
60
63
76
30
80.000
Joris Nieuwenhuis
77
64
67
69
60
71
74
70
71
75
77
62
76
60
29
80.000
Nat.
Name
FL
MO
MM
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
PR
OVR
Age
Wage
Ben Zwiehoff
68
77
76
75
60
73
76
73
62
61
76
67
77
60
75,21
31
105.000
Nik Cemazar
71
74
74
73
75
73
75
75
56
61
65
68
66
74
74,31
26
80.000
M.A. Egger
66
75
75
74
55
70
76
71
59
64
74
73
65
55
74
32
60.000
I. Van Wilder
67
75
74
72
73
68
72
69
60
67
69
65
67
72
73,63
25
50.000
I. Van Wilder
68
77
75
73
75
70
73
71
60
67
69
65
67
74
75,17
26
-
Nat.
Name
FL
MO
MM
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
PR
OVR
XP
Age
Wage
Marco Brenner
66
69
69
68
67
68
68
67
51
66
68
69
72
68
69,42
1.0
23
130.000
Marco Brenner
69
78
76
73
74
75
73
74
51
66
69
70
73
75
75,74
4.100
26
-
This bunch contains riders who we are actively looking to make deals for.
That does not mean that all will be sold, as always the course of the first 24-48 hours will decide who and how many actually end up leaving the team.
Both pure cash and intriguing swap deal offers (ideally for cheaper riders in return) are encouraged at the start.
Please inquire early if you are interested, both a PM here and a DM on Discord works!
In the ●●●●● category, we find two riders who offer great allround stats for their respective roles:
Remi Cavagna is a rare blend of a true allrounder, with a suitable skillset for TT stage race leadership in CT and even in PCT as he backs up his solid time trialing with a near-unbreakable FL/HIL combo to avoid getting dropped on the usual hilly queen stages in those tours.
Anyone unwilling to sign time trialists that offer nothing to the team in non-TT races will find his additional cobblestone and sprint qualities to be extremely useful to max out his race days and make 80.000€ wage even easier to justify!
Joris Nieuwenhuis, brings everything you could ask of a (penultimate in PT, final in PCT/CT) leadout rider.
An ideal combination of a high flat stat with solid mo/hil and energy stats, a good-but-not-too-high sprint speed and excellent acceleration, he can elevate your main sprinter from being blocked in the middle of the sprint chaos to being its spearhead under the flamme rouge.
Additionally, a decent cobble stat allows for a nice spread of race days for any classics-oriented team in any division.
Next up are riders we are very willing to engage in deep negotiations over, and who may all leave for the right deal if necessary.
Ben Zwiehoff is the kind of rider you would create in a lab if the prompt was "mountain breakaway specialist".
For that role, you require a strong punch on top of your pure climbing skills, good resistance to have some energy left to sprint for mountain points and stage finishes, great acceleration to actually win those sprints, and descending skills that help you recover energy for the next mountain.
None of those stats are below 75! With Zwiehoff, you get everything you could want packed into one.
In CT, he could even lead your team to consistent Top 10s based on earlier seasons.
Nik Cemazar comes from a 2024 season that nearly saw him break into the Top 150 in ProTour points despite not even making the Top 250 on OVL, thanks to his excellent allround stage racing qualities.
We could easily imagine him being a vital part of our stage racing / TTT core for the next 6-7 seasons, but if you are a team looking to support a strong stage racer, particularly if you want to target those races with TTTs, he could also be part of YOUR stage racing / TTT core if we are in dire need of another small transfer fee!
Ilan Van Wilder does not come with any age constraints, as he isn't even maxed yet. He will be an extremely strong stage race domestique, particularly if you are in desperate need of a solid TTT squad to support your leader there.
77mo/75tt next season when maxed, and your wage investment this season will only be 50.000€! If you're not aiming for expensive training and rather fill out your squad nicely with depth pieces, do not look any further.
Mike Aaron Egger is a cheap climber that excels at breakaway success at any level even up to GTs, where more often than not he'll attempt to make the big mountain breaks if you assign him that role. His resistance and acceleration give him the ability to contest KoM sprints and breakaway wins in any division.
Last in this category is a special case.
Relations with Marco Brenner have become a bit tense following the failure to provide adequate training facilities in the off-season.
Therefore, it is not unlikely that instead of looking for a team to loan him in for a year, he might be sold this transfer season.
Still on track to become a top stage racer just below the likes of Carlos Rodriguez, he will provide great support in PT while retaining the option to train him well into the 80s, or can lead a PCT or CT team outright straight after maxing out.
Any team in PCT or CT can get him to lvl3 this season and immediately return to fast-tracking his development into a very well-rounded climber without any weaknesses (good FL, SPR and ACC, excellent DH).
If he were to only be loaned out, Brenner will require a lvl 1->3 loan this transfer season again, which we are able to discuss from minute 1 of transfers on as he's already ours!
You will not have to wait for any talents to get signed on day 3/4/5, we offer you immediate negotiations to provide you with a significant loan fee to jumpstart your transfer season.
A loan fee of at least 230.000€ will be yours, plus any € of his wage you are willing to cover will get added on top of that up to €360.000 (or beyond).
●●● - Potentially available for a good deal
Nat.
Name
FL
MO
MM
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
PR
OVR
Age
Wage
Valentin Madouas
74
75
76
77
69
76
73
76
60
73
73
66
68
70
76,97
29
230.000
Jannik Steimle
74
66
68
70
65
71
69
74
67
78
80
61
62
71
76,2
29
150.000
Felix Gross
74
61
61
61
62
69
75
76
63
79
79
60
61
64
75,75
27
140.000
These riders are available depending on how much we pivot from our main plans, which we all know might be a lot!
Valentin Madouas comes off an impressive season as a puncheur leader who fits the underdog role perfectly, and had his big day at the Tour de France where he convincingly won a stage and spent the following day in the yellow jersey!
Multiple further Top 5s and Top 10s there speak to his abilities.
We may very well part ways with one of our sprinters/leadout options of Jannik Steimle and Felix Gross, and likely earlier in the process than any Madouas talks.
Both offer sprint skills that would be ideal for opportunistic stage hunting in PT or PCT or as a standout leader in CT.
Even GT success appears to be possible with these stats, Felix Gross did finish in 8th place in the Vuelta points classification (the 4th best sprinter) last season!
Steimle is better suited to more undulating terrain and thus also offers you a very reliable leadout option with little risk of his energy going into the finale being too depleted for a good setup job, and comes from a great season contesting even hilly stages himself.
Gross is specialized more towards resistance to have his actual sprint last as long as possible, but that bigger energy pool also helps him make it there in the first place when the profile isn't as much to his liking. As mentioned, his Vuelta was very impressive, beating both 82sp Groenewegen and 81sp Halvorsen in the points classification.
Unless crazy things happen, Marco Brenner is now tied up in a loan deal after mending relations sufficiently to avoid a permanent split.
Nat.
Name
FL
MO
MM
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
PR
Age
Wage
Remi Cavagna
77
64
69
74
76
75
74
71
73
73
71
60
63
76
30
80.000
Remi Cavagna has the expected amount of serious interest, but we're too early to commit to anything yet. Feel free to still get involved!
Swap deals on the table make it hard to estimate a pure cash equivalent, but you'd lead in that category with 400k at the moment, for a rider who can cover FOUR roles.
Nat.
Name
FL
MO
MM
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
PR
Age
Wage
Joris Nieuwenhuis
77
64
67
69
60
71
74
70
71
75
77
62
76
60
29
80.000
Further down, the most likely rider to leave at this moment is Joris Nieuwenhuis.
So far, light interest has been shown in this textbook leadout rider, so even 100-150k would see you in the best position to pick him up!
Rémi Cavagna has a deal in place for 350k + a very solid rider.
Any overbids would have to at least double this value to even get us thinking again, 99% chance this is it.
Nat.
Name
FL
MO
MM
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
PR
Age
Wage
Joris Nieuwenhuis
77
64
67
69
60
71
74
70
71
75
77
62
76
60
29
80.000
Joris Nieuwenhuis has a tentative offer of 100k that we would turn into a deal come Sunday evening.
Overbids starting from 150k are possible and would still retain the bargain value of such a deal!
Nat.
Name
FL
MO
MM
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
PR
OVR
Age
Wage
Ben Zwiehoff
68
77
76
75
60
73
76
73
62
61
76
67
77
60
75,21
31
105.000
Ben Zwiehoff is the next likeliest rider to leave now. Not required for now, but it's better to start talking early.
We are entertaining cash offers, but particularly direct swap offers without any cash flow for a younger rider with less wage (can be much less wage if the skillset is a fit).
Deals for Cavagna and Nieuwenhuis, as well as loan deals for Brenner and Ballerstedt have been posted.
If you consider a convincing overbid for one of the two former riders, please DM/PM me first.
We are now solely in the market for direct swaps, no (or very little) cash involved.
The conditions are simple: Take one of the riders below, and offer a rider in return whose wage does not exceed ours by more than €35.000!
So Steimle's swap partner could have anywhere from 50k-185k wage, Zwiehoff's anywhere from 50k-140k wage, Cemazar's anywhere from 50k-115k etc...
Do not hesitate to suggest a 50k rider in return for a much more expensive veteran if the age/potential is right!
