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[PCT] Peugeot
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| Booker |
Posted on 27-07-2026 21:46
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All extremely good value signings, well done Heine. This is a guy who knows what he's doing...
Thankfully your cobble man will not be targeting the scoring in the same races our guy will be focusing on, so that's a nice job of planning to avoid the Belgian/Chinese machine this year.
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Posted on 29-07-2026 20:39
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 27-07-2026 22:10
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Rutsch was a fun little battle. Love Trondsen, he was on my list. And APP, big signing! Great start.
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Posted on 28-07-2026 07:04
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Rutsch went a lot cheaper than i expected. Congrats there! Paret Peintre also an excellent rider. Love what you are doing!
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 28-07-2026 07:32
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In my original plans I had Rutsch at more than double that wage, so think you did a great job  APP is regional and has proven to be a very nice rider, so think this is already a fantastic update for your hq/team 
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| Heine |
Posted on 28-07-2026 07:47
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Planning for the future of Luxembourg
Welcome Kockelmann!
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Starting the transfer season we had one Luxembourgian on the squad and we just doublet that number. Mathieu is one of the most exciting talents in the nation at the moment and will become a really versitaile. Going into transfers he was one of the riders we really wanted as we think he will help build the culture and squad balance we want
One of several considered development paths
| Name | FL | MO | MM | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | PR | OVR | Age | Wage | | Kockelmann | 69 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 66 | 62 | 66 | 71 | 67 | 69 | 69 | 69.39 | 22 | 50.000 | | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | | | | | Sta/Fig/Fig/Fig | 76 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 71 | 65 | 69 | 75 | 74 | 72 | 73 | | | |
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 28-07-2026 08:09
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Love the start you've made surprised APP still got undervalued despite his many years of great success at this level and Rutsch as you said in the flat classics will be very strong! |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 28-07-2026 08:10
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Very good pickups to start the transfer season!
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 28-07-2026 08:37
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Obviously some strong signings so far (including the one being sealed soon)! But not surprising given who's your primary salesman 
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| SotD |
Posted on 28-07-2026 08:52
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Cool rider. Love the versatility
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| Heine |
Posted on 29-07-2026 06:40
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Brothers united
Welcome Valentin
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We have already announced the big brother and now we can announce we picked up the little brother aswell. While Valentin does not have the mangame palmiares his brother got he is a very interesting rider for the future. We are very happy to have the Paret-Peintre brothers racing for us!
We are a bit unsure how we will develop Valentin, but Climberv2 is heavily considered
| Name | FL | MO | MM | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | PR | OVR | Age | Wage | | Paret-Peintre | 72 | 67 | 68 | 66 | 63 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 63 | 66 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 58 | 69.39 | 25 | 55.000 | | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | | ↓ | ↓ | ↓ | | | | | | Climberv2 | 77 | 73 | 72 | 68 | 63 | 74 | 75 | 72 | 65 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 78 | 58 | | | |
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| Heine |
Posted on 29-07-2026 06:48
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We got Wirtgen!
What was his first name you said?
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As a team registered in Luxembourg going into transfer season would always bring the question, do we join a bidding war and sign Wirtgen? The answer was of course we do! We sent the first offer early in the transfer window and after a shorter (and cheaper) bidding war than expected we had his name on the contract. We laughed a bit when we saw he couldn't write his own first name but didn't think more about it. Then suddendly we see news that a PT team named Specialized had signed him? We were in shock! He was ours! That was when we realized there are 2 Wirtgens.... So it is with great pleasure to announce that LUC Wirtgen has signed for Peugoet!
| Name | FL | MO | MM | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | PR | OVR | Age | Wage | | Wirtgen | 70 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 64 | 73 | 72 | 74 | 58 | 66 | 68 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 74.49 | 28 | 70.000 |
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| Heine |
Posted on 29-07-2026 06:59
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Luxembourgian veteran ready
Welcome Kirsch!
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With the disbandment of the for many years dominating Luxembourgian team EA Vesuvio some interesting veterans became available, and with us signing several young riders we always need some veteran road captains who know the demands of the sport. Alex Kirsch is one of them, after years in the EA system he knows most there is to know! He does admit however that the last seasons has been hard with sports managers and coaches being pretty much absent and his skills are not the same as they used to be. We still believe he will be a strong piece for us this season!
| Name | FL | MO | MM | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | PR | OVR | Age | Wage | | Kirsch | 69 | 75 | 74 | 73 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 73 | 66 | 67 | 66 | 61 | 61 | 70 | 73.50 | 33 | 50.000 |
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| Heine |
Posted on 29-07-2026 07:05
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GC leader secured!
Ranaweera joins the right French team
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As a newly promoted team it is always important to find the right leaders, and getting not only one but two of the most important riders from the team winning the season before is a good step in that direction. Ranaweera was being sold by Ekoi-Renault and when he got the chance to continue riding for a team with French nationality he jumped on the chance. He will be our main leader in the mountains and with his strong TT ability and good backup stats we think he will continue the team history we made with Galta as GC rider last year! We are excited to have Ranaweera on the team and think that Kopfauf + 900.000 was a good deal for us.
| Name | FL | MO | MM | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | PR | OVR | Age | Wage | | Ranaweera | 67 | 80 | 77 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 75 | 74 | 52 | 58 | 65 | 57 | 69 | 73 | 77.06 | 31 | 280000 |
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| Heine |
Posted on 29-07-2026 07:46
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French legend joins
Coquard goes Peugeot
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Bryan Coquard is one of the legends of the game, many seasons winning in PT before taking the step down to PCT and continuing doing the same. Last season he pretty much on his own kept his team in PCT while winning the Individual Crown. Considering we had Galta winning the CT individual rankings it is just fitting we sign the PCT winner when Galta leaves. Coquard is not getting younger, and his accelleration has taken a hit, but he is still among the best sprinters in the world and we are expecting several wins from him this year. Our job is to put him in the position for it!
| Name | FL | MO | MM | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | PR | OVR | Age | Wage | | Coquard | 70 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 62 | 66 | 69 | 79 | 53 | 81 | 78 | 57 | 62 | 76 | 75.75 | 34 | 190.000 |
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| SotD |
Posted on 29-07-2026 07:58
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Coquard! 
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| redordead |
Posted on 29-07-2026 08:01
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Without making a comparison to the other teams this looks like a strong setup that should lead to a comfortable 1st season in PCT. Good job!
"I am a cyclist, I may not be the best, but that is what I strive to be. I may never get there, but I will never quit trying." - Tadej Pogačar
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| ember |
Posted on 29-07-2026 08:02
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So many cool things going on in this team build! Love to see the Paret-Peintre's united, and also wow to the leaders you're bringing in, especially as it also seems you have a clear strategy of bringing in more hopfeul one's too.
If Ranaweera and APP works just as good as for the other French car company last season, combined with Rutsch and Coquard, this could be an early favourite for back-to-back promotions  |
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 29-07-2026 08:33
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Awesome signings love Coquard and Ranaweera think both will be great this season, Kirsch and Wirtgen look very good C2 signings for one particular race as well  |
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 29-07-2026 12:47
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It's cool to see you're really building a regional core! Maybe we'll be in touch once you want to get rid of all those foreign Frenchies though
Having the PP brothers back together is nice and actually played a role in not going further for Valentin. And I hope Ranaweera will work out for you as he did for me!
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| seancoll |
Posted on 29-07-2026 14:10
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Will have to wait for the full team reveal, but I already feel that there's no way you're returning to CT next year. Ranaweera and Coquard are huge signings and I think they'll bring you to the top half of the standings.
Am sure you've got a fantastic plan for the team already.
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