The Race Profiles forum for the 2026 season is now online. Like the last few years, it is ordered by race category. You will always be able to find them via the search function. Race clashes are correct in the calendar file and should be in the profile threads. So in case it`s different there, the calendar file always is the correct and used one. An important thing to remember when looking at the race profiles with a time trial symbol: a white clock is an ITT, a TT symbol with a jersey in it is a TTT.
It is also now possible for you to decide on your team goals.
Team Goals form a vital part of each team's season. In the short term, how hard goals you pick will determine your final budget - but in the longer term, how well you achieve those goals in the season will have a significant effect on your budget for the following season.
Going for harder goals could reward you greatly if you achieve them, but will punish you if you fail them. Easier goals will be less punishing if you don't achieve them, but they are in turn less rewarding as well.
For new CT teams, it obviously isn't easy to pick goals without knowing what your team will be - so now is the time to decide which races you want to focus on, and you can then target riders in the transfers season appropriately.
Each type of goal has a cost, and every team must select 5 goals. The total goal cost must be between 14 and 23. There are also certain constraints on what type of goal you can select.
PT
Win
Top 3
Top 5
Top 10
Points/KoM Jersey
Stage Win
Other
Team Standings
6
5
4
3
-
-
-
Individual Standings
3
2
-
1
-
-
-
Tour de France
6
5
4
3
4
2
-
Giro d'Italia
5
4
-
3
3
2
-
Vuelta a Espana
5
4
-
3
3
2
-
Monument
5
4
-
3
-
-
-
PT Stage Race
4
3
-
2
2
1
-
PT Classic
4
3
-
2
-
-
-
PTHC Stage Race
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
PTHC Classic
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
12 Stage Wins in a Season
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
8 Stage Wins in a Season
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
Stage win in All GTs
3
Avoid Relegation
1
All teams must have at least 1 Grand Tour goal
All teams must have at least 1 'Win' Goal - This means winning a classic or Stage Race outright (Including GTs and Monuments)
All teams must have a Team Standings Goal (This includes avoiding relegation)
No more than 1 PTHC goal
No more than 1 goal per race
No more than 1 Points/KoM Goal
PCT
Win
Top 5
Top 10
Top 15
Top 20
Points/KoM Jersey
Stage Win
12
8
PCT Team Standings
6
5
3
2
1
-
-
-
-
PCT Individual Standings
3
2
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
PTHC Race
5
4
3
-
-
3
2
-
-
PCT GTM/HC Race
4
3
2
-
-
3
2
-
-
C1 Race
3
2
-
-
-
2
1
-
-
Stage Wins in a Season
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
3
All teams must have at least 1 'Win' Goal - This means winning a classic or Stage Race outright
All teams must have at least 1 PTHC Goal, and at least 1 HC Goal
All teams have a Team Standings Goal
No more than 1 goal per race
No more than 1 Points/KoM Goal
CT
Win
Top 5
Top 10
Points/KoM Jersey
Stage Win
8
5
CT Team Standings
6
5
3
-
-
-
-
CT Individual Standings
3
2
1
-
-
-
-
C1 Race
6
5
3
3
2
-
-
CT GTM/C2 Race
4
3
2
2
1
-
-
Stage Wins in a Season
-
-
-
-
-
4
2
All teams must have at least 1 'Win' Goal - This means winning a classic or Stage Race outright
All teams must have exactly 1 C1 Goal
As C1 is not guaranteed, the OR Goal will be extended for CT teams
All teams must have a Team Standings Goal
No more than 1 goal per race
No more than 1 Points/KoM Goal
Note for all: The stage wins goals means stage wins. Overall race victories - be it a stage race or one day race - do not count. Stages wins during PT (wildcard) races for PCT teams do not count either.
Race Flexibility
For one of your goals, you can select 2 races (of the same goal cost) rather than 1. For example: "Top 10, Paris - Nice OR Tour of Qatar". At the end of the transfer season, you must then choose which of these two races you want to keep in your goal.
C1 Goals Flexibility for CT Teams
CT teams must have exactly 1 C1 goal, which is difficult as it`s not guaranteed for you to take part in that race. Therefore you MUST use an additional flexible OR goal on another C1 race, in which you send priority list of another 4 C1 race goals of the same goal cost where the C1 goal will move over in case you weren`t getting a spot. This doesn`t impact the one regular flexible OR goal as written above for all teams, which still can be used by CT teams.
For example:
Win C1 Gisborne GP 6
OR Win C1 Race From Priority List
- GP Izola 6
- Lillestrom GP 6
- La Tropicale Amissa Bongo 6
- Tour of Norway 6
Submitting your Goals
To submit your goals, please use the table format as seen in the spoiler and send it via PM s as seen further below.
If you were waiting for your budget before renewals, please decide on your goals quickly. Please submit your goals with the respective POCs and reach out to Nemolito starting tomorrow (30th June) to get your budget.
Some notes on the major changes for this season, for whoever is interested:
Spoiler
Removals
Ras Tailteann
Tour of East Java
Tour of Eritrea
Tour of Japan
Lincoln GP
Additions
Volta a Catalunya - 4 stages
Tour de Langkawi - 6 stages
Stage Changes
Dunkerque - now stage race with 4 stages
Cheshire - now stage race with 4 stages
Euskal - now a classic
Pologne - reduce one stage
Lithuania - reduce one stage
Portugal - reduce two stages
Category Changes
Franceville - now PT
Tour of the Middle East - now PTHC
GP Kigali - Now PTHC
Volta a Catalunya - PTHC
Tour du Romandie - now PTHC
Tour du Pologne - now HC
Portugal - now C1
Langkawi - C1
Wallonie - now C1
Danmark - now C1
Maroc - now C1
Euskal - now C1
Dunkerque - now C2
Big thanks to Ulrich, jt, Nemolito and SotD for their roles in the new calendar. I did some work too
Also a huge thank you to redordead for single-handedly keeping the profile pages updated with results through the season and beyond.
Honestly, with little changes made to the C2 calendar (the only exception is the reintroduction of the C2HC as CT GTM) the CT calendar is more predictable. C1's calendar feature familiar events that were previously either HC or C2 which for my team and the rest of the existing CT roster will be more often than not familiar (Walonie and Portugal got the largest downgrade though).
And again I'm in a sticky situation with the goals - it will be difficult to achieve them. Last year in PCT got really lucky that the events align properly with Novak, but won't have this luxury this season (renewals outcome notwithstanding)
