Start	End	Race	Cat
01-Sep		Riga - Jurmala GP	PTHC

		FL	MO	MM	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CB	SP	AC	FG	DH	PR	Age
	Ewen Costiou	73	66	69	72	68	71	70	64	66	73	74	68	69	71	23
	Gasper Katrasnik	81	61	62	63	69	72	76	69	63	63	72	81	73	69	30
	Paul Lapeira	75	69	71	72	61	72	72	68	74	74	74	76	71	64	25
	Matis Louvel	77	64	68	72	73	75	78	70	76	67	67	67	66	73	26
	Matija Mestric	73	63	67	70	63	69	70	68	76	55	65	71	75	67	28
	Alain Quispe	81	52	53	53	61	63	61	65	53	67	74	85	55	61	31
	Dusan Rajovic	72	58	61	64	59	70	76	70	55	78	82	57	57	62	28
	Ruben Zepuntke	72	56	63	69	65	79	72	64	82	72	65	66	68	65	32

A flat PTHC classic means the sprint competition will probably be too strong for Rajovic, so our main hope is another successful late attack with Katrasnik or Quispe in there.

Start	End	Race	Cat
03-Sep	08-Sep	Tour de Romandie	HC

		FL	MO	MM	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CB	SP	AC	FG	DH	PR	Age
	Sulkhan Akhmaevi	68	71	70	68	77	69	69	71	60	61	65	63	63	73	28
	Arman Garibian	70	76	74	71	73	74	75	78	55	60	71	66	70	73	25
	Alexandre Kess	66	68	69	69	65	67	68	70	57	62	64	65	66	64	22
	Stefan Kung	73	70	72	73	77	74	72	73	72	63	71	73	78	78	32
	Lenny Martinez	65	72	71	70	65	70	72	71	57	56	72	70	70	64	22
	Thibaut Pinot	68	76	73	70	61	70	73	66	54	58	63	68	63	61	35
	Suranga Ranaweera	67	80	77	73	76	75	75	74	52	58	65	57	69	73	30
	Kevin Vauquelin	69	77	73	69	74	70	74	73	58	68	69	72	71	73	24

We hope to see Ranaweera doing well again in another of those classic stage races. He hasn’t disappointed in those this season yet.

Start	End	Race	Cat
08-Sep		Japan Cup	PTHC

		FL	MO	MM	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CB	SP	AC	FG	DH	PR	Age
	Alan Boileau	67	75	76	77	65	68	71	73	62	67	76	68	67	64	26
	Gasper Katrasnik	81	61	62	63	69	72	76	69	63	63	72	81	73	69	30
	Aurelien Paret-Peintre	72	76	77	77	72	73	75	73	63	72	74	72	70	72	29
	Nate Pringle	69	60	63	66	69	68	67	64	65	63	64	70	64	68	22
	Alain Quispe	81	52	53	53	61	63	61	65	53	67	74	85	55	61	31
	Timo Roosen	74	59	65	71	63	71	73	74	75	66	71	76	64	67	32

If we get APP over the last hills in a good position he could get us a surprise result here, if not it will end in a nothing race.

Start	End	Race	Cat
10-Sep	14-Sep	Baltic Chain Tour	C1

		FL	MO	MM	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CB	SP	AC	FG	DH	PR	Age
	Gasper Katrasnik	81	61	62	63	69	72	76	69	63	63	72	81	73	69	30
	Stefan Kung	73	70	72	73	77	74	72	73	72	63	71	73	78	78	32
	Paul Lapeira	75	69	71	72	61	72	72	68	74	74	74	76	71	64	25
	Matis Louvel	77	64	68	72	73	75	78	70	76	67	67	67	66	73	26
	Matija Mestric	73	63	67	70	63	69	70	68	76	55	65	71	75	67	28
	Alain Quispe	81	52	53	53	61	63	61	65	53	67	74	85	55	61	31
	Dusan Rajovic	72	58	61	64	59	70	76	70	55	78	82	57	57	62	28
	Ruben Zepuntke	72	56	63	69	65	79	72	64	82	72	65	66	68	65	32

Without a proper prologue specialist or a high profile sprinter we should aim for the breaks here. We have some good options for this task.

Start	End	Race	Cat
25-Sep	30-Sep	Vuelta al Pais Vasco	C1

		FL	MO	MM	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CB	SP	AC	FG	DH	PR	Age
	Sulkhan Akhmaevi	68	71	70	68	77	69	69	71	60	61	65	63	63	73	28
	Alan Boileau	67	75	76	77	65	68	71	73	62	67	76	68	67	64	26
	Ewen Costiou	73	66	69	72	68	71	70	64	66	73	74	68	69	71	23
	Arman Garibian	70	76	74	71	73	74	75	78	55	60	71	66	70	73	25
	Stefan Kung	73	70	72	73	77	74	72	73	72	63	71	73	78	78	32
	Matis Louvel	77	64	68	72	73	75	78	70	76	67	67	67	66	73	26
	Aurelien Paret-Peintre	72	76	77	77	72	73	75	73	63	72	74	72	70	72	29
	Kevin Vauquelin	69	77	73	69	74	70	74	73	58	68	69	72	71	73	24

The combination of tougher hills, an ITT and a TTT could make this one of the best suited races for APP who should aim for a GC top 10 at least. He has every support for that.

Start	End	Race	team goal	results
01-Aug		GP Kigali	-	Top 25

We worked at the front of the peloton and Zepuntke showed this wasn’t for nothing as he was active in the finale both in attacks and chasing. He paid for this by just missing out on the top 10, but then it’s been a wildcard race and we had the fun we looked for.

points:

n/a

Start	End	Race	team goal	results
07-Aug		East Midlands Cicle Classic	-	2 Top 25s

Our last wildcard race of the season was a rather anonymous one. Zepuntke finished in the first big group as 13th.

points:

n/a

Start	End	Race	team goal	results
09-Aug	13-Aug	Post Danmark Rundt	-	Stage Top 10

The first stage was rather anonymous, but Rajovic managed a 6th place in the sprint nonetheless. Stage 2 saw a winning break, but our rouleurs didn’t join it and so we missed out on this one. Stage 3 was hilly and our entire team decided to call it a day and lose 4+ minutes. Stage 4 finally saw us joining the break even with 3 riders, but this one was less lucky and brought back early. The final TT was kind of pointless for us after the race so far – and we were proven right with all our riders missing out on the GC top 50 in the end.

points:	3
Dusan Rajovic	3

Start	End	Race	team goal	results
13-Aug		Chrono d'Arenberg	Top 10	2 Top 10s

We came here with the sponsor goal to achieve a top 10 – and we spent most of the transfer season to sign a fitting rider until we got Küng. He actually did what he was signed for and finished 10th, but we could have saved ourselves the hassle as our home-grown Louvel did even better in 7th. So we hope our sponsors (and the MGUCI) are also double happy!

points:	99
Matis Louvel	60
Stefan Küng	37
Ruben Zepuntke	2

Start	End	Race	team goal	results
15-Aug	20-Aug	Tour of Japan	-	GC Win; 2 GC Top 25s; Stage Win; Stage Podium; Stage Top 5; U25 Win; 2nd U25

The prologue was a good one with Ranaweera among the better GC riders and Vauquelin taking the white jersey. Stage 2 was one for the sprinters and finally Rajovic was able to take profit from a rather weak field and his great acceleration as he wheelsurfed to his first win for our team!



Stage 3 was the first of two hilly ones and with all our GC riders finishing in the lead group it was what we could expect. Ranaweera even participated in the uphill sprint in stage 4 and came in 5th there, setting him up well for the decisive MTT stage 5. He did as we hoped there, finishing second in the stage and taking the GC lead by a mere second. Our youngsters Garibian and Vauquelin did also well and both took top 20 positions in the GC as well as a 1-2 in the U25 competition. The last stage was a flat one so we ‘only’ had to avoid some late shenanigans. We could well live with the break taking the stage win as we took the GC in the end! With lots of minor scoring from all classifications on top this race ended as a full success!

points:	193
Suranga Ranaweera	135
Dusan Rajovic	22
Arman Garibian	19
Kevin Vauquelin	16
Lenny Martinez	1

Start	End	Race	team goal	results
22-Aug		Milano - Torino	-	Top 25

It’s been one if the weaker classics from APP who finished in 18th after being dropped rather early in the finale.

points:	8
Aurelien Paret-Peintre	8