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Posted on 31-03-2026 07:30

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Looks like Coquard will finally keep a team up

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Jakstar22

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@Caspi - I was really excited to see Howson win the prologue there. Definitely starting to support our main leaders more now and score important points!

@Abhi - Yeh not the best month but definitely not our worst of the season! Starting to get more comfortable and thinking of planning next season now which is nice!

@Laurens147 - Hopefully a MAXed Carlos means no more getting dropped for no reason as well! Excited to see how he goes next season!

@jandal7 - I feel like a reason it was so up and down is we have not got the secondary leaders to back up Coquard. Hopefully next season Carlos is at the point to earn some strong points!

@KB - Happy with our Ras Tailteann went, we had hoped for a bit better but still Coquard was strong in that race but just wasn't quite strong enough.

@BBL - Really happy with how we have gone and where we are at the moment in the rankings. Hopefully the AI is nicer to Carlos next season

@Red - Coquard has done excellent thats for sure!

A decent month in July. Definitely could've been better. Its now time for one of our biggest months of the season. A really important one as well!

August Preview

Start	End	Race	Category
03-Aug	05-Aug	Ras Tailteann	PTHC
07-Aug		Gisborne GP	C1
15-Aug	20-Aug	Tour of Japan	C1
16-Aug	20-Aug	Deutschland Tour	PTHC
22-Aug		Milano - Torino	HC
22-Aug		GP Lugano	HC
23-Aug	31-Aug	Tour de l'Avenir	U23

Ras Tailteann

A really important race for us. It is our WIN goal for the season and with Coquard here we definitely have a chance to achieve that! A great leadout here as well with Afewerki, Edmondson and Mudgway as well.

Rider	FL	MT	MM	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR
Coquard	72	58	62	66	64	69	72	82	55	83	81	59	64	78
Afewerki	72	62	63	63	62	76	69	79	68	78	79	67	69	70
Edmondson	73	58	61	64	64	72	71	77	74	77	75	67	64	74
Thompson	72	73	72	70	65	69	73	69	57	67	70	65	74	64
Skala	74	56	64	71	56	70	72	65	74	66	71	72	74	69
Vanthourenhout	75	66	67	68	72	68	73	68	74	68	68	70	73	70
Mudgway	70	59	62	64	60	71	66	76	65	76	78	65	65	65
Gonov	66	68	67	66	71	67	73	71	58	67	67	67	75	72

Gisborne GP

Our last home race of the season! We love this race and have had some great results here before. We hope for another big result here as well. Kelderman is our leader here with a lot of big support!

Rider	FL	MT	MM	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR
Kelderman	68	69	75	80	68	77	72	70	60	65	69	75	69	68
Bennett	65	79	77	74	63	72	71	74	56	63	70	53	61	63
Edmondson	69	68	73	78	63	73	70	65	53	69	74	67	71	63
Duyvesteyn	68	70	74	77	65	67	71	68	60	64	76	75	67	65
Thornley	68	61	66	70	65	68	70	65	66	67	70	66	61	67
Schrettl	64	67	69	71	58	68	71	66	55	56	65	60	71	59
Arrieta	64	71	68	64	57	68	70	66	61	64	67	78	66	62
Torrico Menachio	63	70	67	63	57	69	65	65	63	57	61	69	74	55

Tour of Japan

Somewhat a B team here in Japan. Kelderman is here to really give it a go at getting some points in the 2 hill stages. We have Marryatt to try and get a result in the prologue. No sprinter here for us and Lemus Davila is our guy for the Mountain TT. Still someone that could get a result but the start list is huge and it is unlikely. We are looking for Marryatt and Kelderman to get some good results for us!

Rider	FL	MT	MM	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR
Kelderman	68	69	75	80	68	77	72	70	60	65	69	75	69	68
Edmondson	69	68	73	78	63	73	70	65	53	69	74	67	71	63
Duyvesteyn	68	70	74	77	65	67	71	68	60	64	76	75	67	65
Marryatt	71	61	65	68	77	67	74	67	57	60	58	67	63	77
Lemus Davila	69	76	74	71	71	73	68	66	55	56	60	70	71	71
Syritsa	69	61	64	66	58	71	72	65	70	67	68	65	67	58
Schrettl	64	67	69	71	58	68	71	66	55	56	65	60	71	59
Torrico Menachio	63	70	67	63	57	69	65	65	63	57	61	69	74	55

Deutschland Tour

The Deutschland Tour will be a really interesting race. Afewerki is our main sprinter with Mudgway as his leadout. There are 4 flat sprint stages for him to target some good results. Stage 3 is the GC stage and we have our in form TT specialist Damien Howson here. A 45km ITT will decide who wins the GC on stage 3. We are hoping for a strong result here and some nice points.

Rider	FL	MT	MM	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR
Rodriguez	69	78	75	72	73	73	74	75	55	65	71	67	71	70
Afewerki	72	62	63	63	62	76	69	79	68	78	79	67	69	70
Howson	70	58	61	64	79	71	72	70	57	63	66	71	62	79
Skala	74	56	64	71	56	70	72	65	74	66	71	72	74	69
Mudgway	70	59	62	64	60	71	66	76	65	76	78	65	65	65
Ahmad Zamri	69	74	72	69	74	70	72	73	51	58	67	70	58	74
Thompson	72	73	72	70	65	69	73	69	57	67	70	65	74	64
Gonov	66	68	67	66	71	67	73	71	58	67	67	67	75	72

Milano - Torino

A race that clashes with the GP Lugano which means a weaker team had to go somewhere. We decided that George Bennett would be our leader here with Power and Skala as support. Will be interesting to see how this squad goes!

Rider	FL	MT	MM	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR
Bennett	65	79	77	74	63	72	71	74	56	63	70	53	61	63
Power	67	77	74	70	66	77	76	79	59	56	63	61	65	65
Skala	74	56	64	71	56	70	72	65	74	66	71	72	74	69
Mudgway	70	59	62	64	60	71	66	76	65	76	78	65	65	65
Lemus Davila	69	76	74	71	71	73	68	66	55	56	60	70	71	71
Syritsa	69	61	64	66	58	71	72	65	70	67	68	65	67	58
Gonov	66	68	67	66	71	67	73	71	58	67	67	67	75	72
Torrico Menachio	63	70	67	63	57	69	65	65	63	57	61	69	74	55

GP Lugano

Another hill race for Kelderman to get a strong result! Again he has some strong support with Edmondson and Duyvesteyn. Should be an interesting race!

Rider	FL	MT	MM	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR
Kelderman	68	69	75	80	68	77	72	70	60	65	69	75	69	68
Edmondson	69	68	73	78	63	73	70	65	53	69	74	67	71	63
Duyvesteyn	68	70	74	77	65	67	71	68	60	64	76	75	67	65
Ahmad Zamri	69	74	72	69	74	70	72	73	51	58	67	70	58	74
Thompson	72	73	72	70	65	69	73	69	57	67	70	65	74	64
Thornley	68	61	66	70	65	68	70	65	66	67	70	66	61	67
Schrettl	64	67	69	71	58	68	71	66	55	56	65	60	71	59
Arrieta	64	71	68	64	57	68	70	66	61	64	67	78	66	62

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Jakstar22

#83

Posted on 01-05-2026 06:51

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August Review

Ras Tailteann

Our big WIN goal for the season started of excellent! Coquard won stage 1 with the perfect leadout! So good Afewerki finished in 3rd place as well! Stage 2 saw the leadout get swamped! Afewerki did his best to get Coquard back to the front but couldn't manage. Coquard took 9th. The final stage was by far the worst of the 3. Again a bad leadout with Coquard and Afewerki losing touch in the last km. Afewerki finished ahead of Coquard in stage 3. In the end its a 4th in GC for Coquard and 7th for Afewerki. Good points but it could have been a win.

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Gisborne GP

A race we have aimed for all year as it is our home race and we have a strong contender with Kelderman. A very exciting race and Kelderman was there to compete at the end. His sprint was going great and he had a burst in the last few hundred metres. He just missed out on passing for the win but still got a fantastic 3rd place! Excellent race from Wilco!

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Tour of Japan

A prologue to start and Marryatt does a great ride finishing 6th place. Obviously unexpected as the cameras weren't assigned to him for his ride. Stage 2 was pretty shocking as we didn't have a strong sprinter here. Stage 3 was much better. Kelderman was active but Edmondson was our guy who finished in 6th. Edmondson was on great form in Japan with the following stage being his best finish of the race. He went hard for the win but couldn't hold on. He finished in 3rd place on the stage but was further down in GC from the short TT on stage 1. Stage 4 is a mountain TT and with Lemus Davila as our best mountain climber here, we weren't expecting much. He was 55th almost 2 minutes down. Stage 6 is another flat stage. We weren't close. GC wise also not close. Edmondson is 5th in the points jersey thanks to some excellent stage finishes. Still some points from stages but definitely could have been better.

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Deutschland Tour

Off to Germany. Stage 1 had Afewerki sprint to 7th which was a decent start for us. Stage 2 he could only manage 11th. Stage 3 was the reason we were all here. A flat ITT to decide the GC. Damien Howson was kind of disappointing only able to finish 29th over 2 minutes behind. Stage 4, Afewerki was as anonymous as he has been throughout the race. Same with Stage 5. Overall Howson finishes in 29th 2'37s behind Wirtgen the winner. Carlos was 8th in the U25 ranking.

Milano - Torino

Milano - Torino was a pretty shocking race for us. We were never near the front and Bennett was our best in 27th over 4 and a half minutes behind!

GP Lugano

A bit more happening for us in Switzerland. Schrettl gets into the early breakaway.They are caught and there are attacks from plenty of riders. We have Edmondson in the front group. He hangs on as long as he can and takes a decent 12th place 32 seconds behind the eventual winner. Not too bad considering he was not the leader today.

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Start	End	Race	Result
03-Aug	05-Aug	Ras Tailteann	Coquard 4th +31s
07-Aug		Gisborne GP	Kelderman 3rd s.t.
15-Aug	20-Aug	Tour of Japan	Duyvesteyn 59th +2'10s
16-Aug	20-Aug	Deutschland Tour	Howson 29th +2'37s
22-Aug		Milano - Torino	Bennett 27th +4'37s
22-Aug		GP Lugano	Edmondson 12th +32s

August Rankings

A big month for Coquard! He has helped us be confident in our chances of staying in the PCT. We are now cheering for Coquard to win the PCT individual rankings. He had a great month and managed to move from 3rrd back up to 1st. He has a 50 point gap on Powless with not a whole lot of race days left. He will need excellent final months of the season if he wants to stay 1st.

Pos	Last	Team	Total	RD	PpRD	Proj
1	6	DK Zalgiris	2783	130	21,41	3490
2	4	Bolt - Eesti	2777	138	20,12	3280
3	1	Ekoi - Le Creuset	2721	126	21,6	3521
4	10	Assa Abloy	2633	137	19,22	3133
5	5	MOL Cycling Team	2545	136	18,71	3050
6	2	Lotto-Caloi	2519	136	18,52	3019
7	3	Specialized	2503	139	18,01	2936
8	8	Trans Looney Tunes	2241	139	16,12	2628
9	9	Gjensidige Pro Cycling Team	2239	137	16,34	2663
10	7	McCormick Pro Cycling	2208	134	16,48	2686
11	12	Minions	2192	140	15,66	2553
12	13	Hunter Valley Cycling	2110	126	16,75	2730
13	11	Bralirwa - Cegeka	2076	138	15,04	2452
14	15	Spark Team NZ	2070	138	15	2445
15	14	Tryg - Eni	2038	124	16,44	2680
16	16	Duvel-Tsingtao	1989	149	13,35	2176
17	18	Zwift - Newton Foundation	1678	135	12,43	2026
18	17	Everesting	1632	134	12,18	1985
19	20	Sauber Petronas Racing	1584	134	11,82	1927
20	21	JEWA TIROL	1574	117	13,45	2192
21	19	Colombini Kometa	1564	132	11,85	1932
22	22	Simba Cement - Tanga Fresh	1252	127	9,86	1607
23	23	IESE ProCycling Team	1030	135	7,63	1244
24	24	DeNA Roadstars	535	137	3,91	637

Edited by Jakstar22 on 21-05-2026 23:45

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Jakstar22

#84

Posted on 02-05-2026 00:54

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After a decent August, we head into September. Our first ever Grand Tour this month along with many other exciting races.

September Preview

Start	End	Race	Category
01-Sep		Pro Hallstatt Classic	HC
03-Sep	08-Sep	Tour de Romandie	HC
08-Sep		Japan Cup	PTHC
10-Sep	30-Sep	Vuelta a Espana	GT
10-Sep	14-Sep	Baltic Chain Tour	C1

Pro Hallstatt Classic

A mountain classic with George Bennett and Robert Power here as our main contenders. Bennett is probably going to be the main guy, and we would love a top 10 but a strong field means that will be difficult.

Rider	FL	MT	MM	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR
Bennett	65	79	77	74	63	72	71	74	56	63	70	53	61	63
Power	67	77	74	70	66	77	76	79	59	56	63	61	65	65
Lemus Davila	69	76	74	71	71	73	68	66	55	56	60	70	71	71
Ahmad Zamri	69	74	72	69	74	70	72	73	51	58	67	70	58	74
Thompson	72	73	72	70	65	69	73	69	57	67	70	65	74	64
Syritsa	69	61	64	66	58	71	72	65	70	67	68	65	67	58
Thornley	68	61	66	70	65	68	70	65	66	67	70	66	61	67
Gonov	66	68	67	66	71	67	73	71	58	67	67	67	75	72

Tour de Romandie

No real leaders here for us. Power is our main mountain rider, Edmondson and Duyvesteyn for the hills. No real TT rider either. Mudgway is our sprinter but again not really expecting much at all here.

Rider	FL	MT	MM	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR
Edmondson	69	68	73	78	63	73	70	65	53	69	74	67	71	63
Duyvesteyn	68	70	74	77	65	67	71	68	60	64	76	75	67	65
Power	67	77	74	70	66	77	76	79	59	56	63	61	65	65
Mudgway	70	59	62	64	60	71	66	76	65	76	78	65	65	65
Ahmad Zamri	69	74	72	69	74	70	72	73	51	58	67	70	58	74
Thompson	72	73	72	70	65	69	73	69	57	67	70	65	74	64
Thornley	68	61	66	70	65	68	70	65	66	67	70	66	61	67
Schrettl	64	67	69	71	58	68	71	66	55	56	65	60	71	59

Japan Cup

Kelderman is our leader in Japan with Carlos here as well for the experience. Kelderman doesn't really have any help but he has shown he doesn't really need it.

Rider	FL	MT	MM	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR
Rodriguez	69	78	75	72	73	73	74	75	55	65	71	67	71	70
Kelderman	68	69	75	80	68	77	72	70	60	65	69	75	69	68
Skala	74	56	64	71	56	70	72	65	74	66	71	72	74	69
Lemus Davila	69	76	74	71	71	73	68	66	55	56	60	70	71	71
Syritsa	69	61	64	66	58	71	72	65	70	67	68	65	67	58
Gonov	66	68	67	66	71	67	73	71	58	67	67	67	75	72
Arrieta	64	71	68	64	57	68	70	66	61	64	67	78	66	62
Torrico Menachio	63	70	67	63	57	69	65	65	63	57	61	69	74	55

Vuelta a Espana

The first Grand Tour for the team! Carlos is our leader and we are hoping he can do well in the U25 classification. Not expecting heaps in the GC but Afewerki could do well in the sprints. Power is here to support and get into the breakaway and Marryatt for the TT. We cannot gain points but definitely could get some bragging rights.

Rider	FL	MT	MM	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR
Rodriguez	69	78	75	72	73	73	74	75	55	65	71	67	71	70
Afewerki	72	62	63	63	62	76	69	79	68	78	79	67	69	70
Power	67	77	74	70	66	77	76	79	59	56	63	61	65	65
Marryatt	71	61	65	68	77	67	74	67	57	60	58	67	63	77
Mudgway	70	59	62	64	60	71	66	76	65	76	78	65	65	65
Thompson	72	73	72	70	65	69	73	69	57	67	70	65	74	64
Syritsa	69	61	64	66	58	71	72	65	70	67	68	65	67	58
Gonov	66	68	67	66	71	67	73	71	58	67	67	67	75	72

Baltic Chain Tour

Coquard here and a race we have been aiming for all season. A short ITT to start. Then 4 flat stages. Coquard has an excellent chance to win the GC here and is hoping to go 1 place better then last season where he finished 2nd behind Caleb Ewan. Not a lot of support in the sprints for Coquard which may make it tough. Howson is here for the prologue and then as a work horse.

Rider	FL	MT	MM	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR
Coquard	72	58	62	66	64	69	72	82	55	83	81	59	64	78
Howson	70	58	61	64	79	71	72	70	57	63	66	71	62	79
Skala	74	56	64	71	56	70	72	65	74	66	71	72	74	69
Vanthourenhout	75	66	67	68	72	68	73	68	74	68	68	70	73	70
Lemus Davila	69	76	74	71	71	73	68	66	55	56	60	70	71	71
Ahmad Zamri	69	74	72	69	74	70	72	73	51	58	67	70	58	74
Thornley	68	61	66	70	65	68	70	65	66	67	70	66	61	67
Schrettl	64	67	69	71	58	68	71	66	55	56	65	60	71	59

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knockout

#85

Posted on 02-05-2026 12:28

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I was looking forward to the u25 battle vs carlos in the vuelta. A bit of a shame that the game had other intentions for you

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Jakstar22

#86

Posted on 03-05-2026 01:50

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knockout wrote:

I was looking forward to the u25 battle vs carlos in the vuelta. A bit of a shame that the game had other intentions for you

Yeh its a shame that the game decided to do this to Carlos. Hopefully he can get into some breakaways in the last few stages.

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Jakstar22

#87

Posted on 22-05-2026 00:31

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September Review

Pro Hallstatt Classic

Bennett was our leader here and seen at the back of the front group in the photo below. He was dropped not long after and finished in 16th place over 3 minutes behind.

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Tour de Romandie

The TTT was a bad start as expected. We were near the back of the field losing 59 seconds. Stage 2 was no better as we did not bring a strong sprinter here. Stage 3 we were seen near the front with Duyvesteyn, Edmondson and Power all in the front group of riders. Stage 3 was a mountain stage where we had a couple of riders in the breakaway. They got caught and Power was in 30th at the finish. A mountain TT was where we struggled. Same with the final sprint stage where Mudgway finished 10th. Our best GC was 26th place overall with Power.

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Japan Cup

We had 2 riders in the breakaway and that was it. Carlos was our best finisher over 5 minutes back. Kelderman struggled today.

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Vuelta a Espana

A great star to our debut Grand Tour. Afewerki finished 4th on stage 1. We also had our future star, Carlos Rodriguez get a great 2nd place in stage 10. After 1 podium and 4 top 10s, we had a great first Grand Tour. Power was our best GC finisher in 42nd over an hour behind.

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Baltic Chain Tour

A fantastic race for Coquard here. No victory which would've been the icing on the cake. But with 3 podiums, a 4th and the GC and Points classification wins, it is a fantastic points haul and another great step towards Coquard winning the PCT individual rankings.

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Start	End	Race	Results
01-Sep		Pro Hallstatt Classic	Bennett 16th +3'18s
03-Sep	08-Sep	Tour de Romandie	Power 26th +5'38s
08-Sep		Japan Cup	Rodriguez 39th +5'50s
10-Sep	30-Sep	Vuelta a Espana	Power 42nd +1h31'44s
10-Sep	14-Sep	Baltic Chain Tour	Coquard 1st 16h55'18s

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AbhishekLFC

#88

Posted on 22-05-2026 08:41

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A disappointing month for the most of it, but then Coquard did what he has done all season!

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Jakstar22

#89

Posted on 25-05-2026 00:17

Grand Tour Champion

Posts: 7673
Joined: 11-04-2012
PCM$: 200.00

@Abhi - Yeh not great but as you said, as usual Coquard keeping our team in the PCT!

October Preview

Start	End	Race	Category
03-Oct	08-Oct	Tour du Maroc	HC
07-Oct	10-Oct	Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha	PT
13-Oct		Philadelphia International Championship	PTHC
17-Oct		Giro dell'Emilia	HC

Tour du Maroc

A race that we won last year and helped us get into the PCT. We had to come back this season and we had to bring back George Bennett to give it a go at going back-to-back. A hard task but he wanted to give it a go! Duyvesteyn is here for the hill stage and Lemus Davila as mountain support.

Rider	FL	MT	MM	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR
Bennett	65	79	77	74	63	72	71	74	56	63	70	53	61	63
Duyvesteyn	68	70	74	77	65	67	71	68	60	64	76	75	67	65
Lemus Davila	69	76	74	71	71	73	68	66	55	56	60	70	71	71
Ahmad Zamri	69	74	72	69	74	70	72	73	51	58	67	70	58	74
Syritsa	69	61	64	66	58	71	72	65	70	67	68	65	67	58
Gonov	66	68	67	66	71	67	73	71	58	67	67	67	75	72
Arrieta	64	71	68	64	57	68	70	66	61	64	67	78	66	62
Torrico Menachio	63	70	67	63	57	69	65	65	63	57	61	69	74	55

Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha

The squad is mainly here for experience as our last wildcard race of the season. Carlos is here mainly for that. Coquard returns to the PT here and will give it a go at competing in the sprints. No points on offer for us but a bit of fun for the team!

Rider	FL	MT	MM	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR
Coquard	72	58	62	66	64	69	72	82	55	83	81	59	64	78
Rodriguez	69	78	75	72	73	73	74	75	55	65	71	67	71	70
Afewerki	72	62	63	63	62	76	69	79	68	78	79	67	69	70
Howson	70	58	61	64	79	71	72	70	57	63	66	71	62	79
Vanthourenhout	75	66	67	68	72	68	73	68	74	68	68	70	73	70
Marryatt	71	61	65	68	77	67	74	67	57	60	58	67	63	77
Thompson	72	73	72	70	65	69	73	69	57	67	70	65	74	64
Schrettl	64	67	69	71	58	68	71	66	55	56	65	60	71	59

Philadelphia International Championship

Coquard last race of the season and his last chance to defend his position at the top of the PCT rankings. Afewerki is here to help and a strong team to get Coquard into osition.

Rider	FL	MT	MM	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR
Coquard	72	58	62	66	64	69	72	82	55	83	81	59	64	78
Afewerki	72	62	63	63	62	76	69	79	68	78	79	67	69	70
Howson	70	58	61	64	79	71	72	70	57	63	66	71	62	79
Power	67	77	74	70	66	77	76	79	59	56	63	61	65	65
Skala	74	56	64	71	56	70	72	65	74	66	71	72	74	69
Marryatt	71	61	65	68	77	67	74	67	57	60	58	67	63	77
Mudgway	70	59	62	64	60	71	66	76	65	76	78	65	65	65
Thornley	68	61	66	70	65	68	70	65	66	67	70	66	61	67

Giro dell'Emilia

Our final race of the season. Wilco Kelderman is here to lead the team and hopefully get one last lot of points. A lot of support here for him with Edmondson and Dyuvesteyn as team mates. Our last chance to get a win!

Rider	FL	MT	MM	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CO	SP	AC	FT	DH	PR
Kelderman	68	69	75	80	68	77	72	70	60	65	69	75	69	68
Edmondson	69	68	73	78	63	73	70	65	53	69	74	67	71	63
Duyvesteyn	68	70	74	77	65	67	71	68	60	64	76	75	67	65
Power	67	77	74	70	66	77	76	79	59	56	63	61	65	65
Thompson	72	73	72	70	65	69	73	69	57	67	70	65	74	64
Syritsa	69	61	64	66	58	71	72	65	70	67	68	65	67	58
Thornley	68	61	66	70	65	68	70	65	66	67	70	66	61	67
Schrettl	64	67	69	71	58	68	71	66	55	56	65	60	71	59

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Jakstar22

#90

Posted on 25-05-2026 01:04

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October Review

Tour du Maroc

A pretty shocking race. Bennett finished 20th in stage 5 which was the only time the cameras caught him. Stage 6 had Syritsa in the breakaway and the team finally got some camera time! Not much else to report here though.

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Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha

A WT race that we are here for experience. Howson and Coquard do excellent in stage 1 and Coquard follows that up in stage 2 with a 2nd place on the stage. That also meant he got a day in yellow but with a 60km ITT he was never going to hold onto it. Afewerki then took 9th place on the final day to finish off a fun and exciting race!

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Philadelphia International Championship

Our leadout really struggled here and lost a lot of time. Coquard was super quick in the final sprint and managed to get himself up to 6th place. Some nice points and turned out to be enough to win the PCT Individual rankings (we will look at that more in the season review).

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Giro dell'Emilia

Kelderman was on the move in Italy. Unfortunately it must have been too much effort and he loses almost 4 minutes on the eventual winner. 34th spot for the final race of the season.

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Start	End	Race	Results
03-Oct	08-Oct	Tour du Maroc	Bennett 30th +11'49s
07-Oct	10-Oct	Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha	Howson 18th +3'02s
13-Oct		Philadelphia International Championship	Coquard 6th s.t.
17-Oct		Giro dell'Emilia	Kelderman 34th +3'53s

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Jakstar22

#91

Posted on 25-05-2026 03:24

Grand Tour Champion

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Joined: 11-04-2012
PCM$: 200.00

I have had time during today so thought I would smash all my end of season posts. No Medium Mountain stat as I don't know if I have it right...

Talent Development

Carlos Rodriguez
25 Years Old - New XP : 4.100 - Potential : 7 - Upgrade : Stage Racer

OUR LEADER IS READY! This is now his team, not mine. We are so excited to see what he can do next season and will start building a team around him from this off season. Even if he cannot rip the PCT to shreds next season, we will start to train him as soon as we can and then we will start to see him go CRAZY!!

FL	MO	HI	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SP	ACC	FI	DH	PRL
69	78	72	73	73	74	75	55	65	71	67	71	70
70	80	74	75	75	76	77	55	65	72	68	71	72

Reuben Thompson
25 Years Old - New XP : 4.100 - Potential : 5 - Upgrade : Climber v1

Another rider that has reached the peak of his abilities. Thompson will be great mountain support for Rodriguez in the lower parts of the mountain. We are really excited to see how he goes! He could also get into some breakaways and achieve some great things.

FL	MO	HI	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SP	ACC	FI	DH	PRL
72	73	70	65	69	73	69	57	67	70	65	74	64
72	75	72	65	70	74	71	57	67	72	67	74	64

Samuel Welsford
30 Years Old - New XP : 4.100 - Potential : 5 - Upgrade : Sprinter

Welsford finally gets to the peak of his abilities and will be an excellent leadout rider with a fantastic flat stat and a strong sprint and acceleration. We are really excited to see how he goes with leading out our new lead sprinter in 2026 (Whoever that may be...)

FL	MO	HI	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SP	ACC	FI	DH	PRL
73	59	64	64	69	69	72	65	75	75	64	65	66
75	59	64	64	71	70	73	66	77	77	64	65	66

Kiaan Watts
25 Years Old - New XP : 3.13 - Potential : 4 - Upgrade : Fighter

Kiann Watts moves to level 3 and continues his development. He is excellent in all areas and is a fighter. We are excited to hopefully see him in more breakaways or leading the peloton.

FL	MO	HI	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SP	ACC	FI	DH	PRL
65	66	65	66	63	73	69	60	64	66	74	73	64
67	67	66	67	64	74	70	61	65	67	76	74	65

Igor Arrieta
24 Years Old - New XP : 3.85 - Potential : 4 - Upgrade : Climber v1

Igor Arrieta is a future Spanish star! A strong climber and will be some great support for the climbers in the team and also could be a mountain leader in the future!

FL	MO	HI	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SP	ACC	FI	DH	PRL
64	71	64	57	68	70	66	61	64	67	78	66	62
64	73	66	57	68	71	67	61	64	69	80	66	62

Carlos Antonio Torrico Menachio
23 Years Old - New XP : 3.02 - Potential : 5 - Upgrade : Climber v1

Carlos is going to be a future great! He will easily have the ability to lead a squad in a mountain stage once he reaches his peak. We are really excited to see how he progresses over the next couple of years!

FL	MO	HI	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SP	ACC	FI	DH	PRL
63	70	63	57	69	65	65	63	57	61	69	74	55
63	74	66	57	70	67	68	63	57	64	72	74	55

Guy Yarrell
24 Years Old - New XP : 2.99 - Potential : 5 - Upgrade : Time Trial

Our future Kiwi star against the clock. We are hoping to see Guy become the next Kiwi superstar! We will see his development over the next few seasons.

FL	MO	HI	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SP	ACC	FI	DH	PRL
67	54	58	67	72	65	67	54	64	68	63	64	67
68	54	58	69	73	66	68	54	64	68	64	64	69

Nicholas Narraway
24 Years Old - New XP : 2.05 - Potential : 3 - Upgrade : Climber v1

Another good mountain support rider in the future. Narraway will be excellent mountain support in the future and we are very excited to see this Bermudan rider develop!

FL	MO	HI	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SP	ACC	FI	DH	PRL
58	68	67	54	68	70	69	54	59	67	68	64	63
58	69	67	54	68	71	70	54	59	68	69	64	63

Robin Orins
24 Years Old - New XP : 2.14 - Potential : 3 - Upgrade : Cobbles

A future cobbler, Orins will be excellent support for a cobbles leader (should we finally be able to acquire one). Orins will be great in breakaways as well and with his ability on the flat roads he could be a great early leadout rider.

FL	MO	HI	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SP	ACC	FI	DH	PRL
69	54	61	67	71	69	61	68	63	63	74	60	59
70	54	61	67	72	69	61	69	63	63	74	60	59

That is that. The future of the team is looking bright and we are really excited to acquire those missing pieces in the future. The team is in a great place with a newly developed stage race leader (which we did miss during this season). We now need to acquire those few pieces like a TT rider to replace the declining Howson and a big sprinter to jump in for Bryan Coquard.

Current Squad - 2025 Off Season

Here is what our team currently looks like after Talent development and declines (that we know of). Overall hasn't been updated as of yet so thats why they are in this particular order.

Nat.	Name	FL	MO	HI	TT	ST	RS	RC	CB	SP	AC	FG	DH	PR	Age
	Bryan Coquard	71	57	65	63	67	70	80	54	82	79	58	63	77	33
	Carlos Rodriguez	70	80	74	75	75	76	77	55	65	72	68	71	72	24
	Wilco Kelderman	67	68	79	67	75	70	68	59	64	67	74	68	67	34
	George Bennett	64	78	73	62	70	69	71	55	62	68	52	60	62	34
	Elias Afewerki	71	61	62	61	75	68	77	67	77	78	66	68	69	33
	Joshua Edmondson	68	67	77	62	71	68	63	52	68	72	66	70	62	33
	Damien Howson	69	57	63	78	69	70	68	56	62	64	70	61	78	33
	Kees Duyvesteyn	68	70	77	65	67	71	68	60	64	76	75	67	65	27
	Robert Power	67	77	70	66	77	76	79	59	56	63	61	65	65	30
	Alexander Edmondson	73	58	64	64	72	71	77	74	77	75	67	64	74	32
	Jakub Skala	74	56	71	56	70	72	65	74	66	71	72	74	69	32
	Michael Vanthourenhout	75	66	68	72	68	73	68	74	68	68	70	73	70	32
	Jake Marryatt	71	61	68	77	67	74	67	57	60	58	67	63	77	29
	Luke Mudgway	70	59	64	60	71	66	76	65	76	78	65	65	65	29
	Luis Enrique Lemus Davila	68	75	70	70	71	66	64	54	55	58	69	70	70	33
	Muhamma Afif Ahmad Zamri	68	73	68	73	68	70	71	50	57	65	69	57	73	33
	Samuel Welsford	75	59	64	64	71	70	73	66	77	77	64	65	66	29
	Reuben Thompson	72	75	72	65	70	74	71	57	67	72	67	74	64	24
	Igor Arrieta	64	73	66	57	68	71	67	61	64	69	80	66	62	23
	Robin Orins	70	54	61	67	72	69	61	69	63	63	74	60	59	23
	Kiaan Watts	67	67	66	67	64	74	70	61	65	67	76	74	65	24
	Nicholas Narraway	58	69	67	54	68	71	70	54	59	68	69	64	63	23
	Carlos Antonio Torrico Menachio	63	74	66	57	70	67	68	63	57	64	72	74	55	22
	Guy Yarrell	68	54	58	69	73	66	68	54	64	68	64	64	69	23

Edited by Jakstar22 on 25-05-2026 04:02

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Jakstar22

#92

Posted on 25-05-2026 09:32

Grand Tour Champion

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What Will 2026 Look Like?

Here we are, moving into our 3rd season in the PCT and 10th season in the MGUCI. We have been thinking all season that it's time for a change, time for a challenge. Now that we have some constant extra cash we thought, why not now...

Introducing, for the first time...

SparkNZ - Liquigas Pro Cycling Team

Thanks hillis for this incredible design!

Obviously this means our team has changed focus. A New Zealand/Italian team. We also welcome Liquigas back to the sport of cycling. A legendary name in the sport with some insane victories!

This change in focus comes with some goals and objectives in terms of rider signings for the team. We will be as focused on achieving these goals as close as possible but not sacrificing success.

Short-term Goals

We hope to achieve these goals in the next off season.

1. Build the Kiwi/Italian identity: Sign at least 2 New Zealand riders and 2 Italian riders to make the squad feel clearly Spark NZâ€“Liquigas.

2. Add experienced Italian leadership: Sign 1 experienced Italian rider as a road captain, climber, sprinter, or Giro support rider.

3. Recruit young development riders: Sign 2 U23/U25 riders, ideally one Kiwi and one Italian, who can develop into future team leaders or key domestiques.

Medium-term Goals

We hope to achieve these goals within the next 2-3 seasons.

1. Create a balanced Kiwi/Italian core: Aim for around 40â€“50% of the squad to be from New Zealand or Italy combined.

2. Develop future leaders: Turn at least one Kiwi rider into a strong rouleur/TT/classics rider and one Italian rider into a climber, puncheur, or GC option.

3. Strengthen race-specific squads: Build a proper Giro dâ€™Italia climbing group and a classics/breakaway group with Kiwi and Italian riders central to both.

Long-term Goals

We hope to achieve these goals over the next 4 + seasons.

1. Produce a homegrown team leader: Develop a New Zealand or Italian rider into a genuine Grand Tour, classics, or sprint leader.

2. Become a major Giro and classics contender: Build the squad into a team that can consistently challenge for Giro dâ€™Italia stages, top-10 GC results, KOM jerseys, and major Italian one-day races, while still keeping a strong Kiwi/Italian identity.

A very big change but an exciting one with an exciting future. We can't wait to get our off season started!

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SotD

#93

Posted on 25-05-2026 12:08

World Champion

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A very interesting future with an already huge talent now coming through the ranks to dominate! It seems like a perfectly good time to start the revunijation process. Looking at your team you have 15 riders aged 30+ going into the upcoming season. I tend to like having 4-6

- I currently have 8 that I intend to keep, which is also a lot. But to have double that is somewhat calling for a shake-up to ensure the team built around Rodriguez is self sufficient for multiple seasons.

You have a couple of solid talents coming through, but I suppose you could have a couple of 26-28 year old riders that is already maxed in order to have a better balance.

I love the new Italian focus however, as we really need to kick-start Italian cycling again! There's way too few top Italian riders in the game!

I hope to see Welsford working well for you. He has an interesting baseline. The combination of Power and Thompson behind Rodriguez also seems solid already.

Great job on making Coquard win the individual rankings btw!

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kandesbunzler26

#94

Posted on 25-05-2026 12:46

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Congrats on a quiet season for the team and the individual title for Coquard! With Rodriguez finally maxed the future looks bright (and I'm glad to mostly don't have to deal with him in his last U25 season). I'll always have a sweet spot for Thompson as an Ekoi alumnus too, hope he'll work out as a capable domestique and maybe a stage hunter as well.

The new Italian focus will clearly expand the possibilities in transfers and hopefully will add some fun!

And finally I really love the new jersey! I always liked the green-purple combo since I used it in some 90s Amiga football game as a kid.