Well, the future looks as bright as ever, with some really cool young riders waiting for their chance to reach the top echelon of the sport. That also means you have some great assets here to help improve your team in the future if you ever decide to pivot. Ocampo getting a ton of investment is nice to see. 82 TT at only 27 is really setting him up to be an heir apparent to that throne with the top TT guys all declining now or soon.
I understood the Halvorsen and Aular deals mean that you're not too fussed about relegation this year, although you have a good GT squad and a couple of very strong leaders, so stranger things have happened. Loaning out Aular with the intent to sell him next year is a pretty savvy move from that perspective, although it sucks that you couldn't get full value for him due to the new loan fee cap.
Best of luck this year!
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy
The plan was very clear from the start. This season might not live up to the highs of past seasons but there can be no doubt about how good the future looks! You did say you wouldn't survive in PT last season as well, and did eventually, so you never know
And yeah, agree with what others have written regarding a possible relegation. This is PCM, after all. Higuita did great things last season, him replicating that, and then Ayuso and L. N. proving to be perfect riders and «lucky» too in GTs, and it could quickly become something that can make you survive. After all, we are many bad teams regarding points scoring this year Definitely think it will come down to luck/bad luck and big points swings, most likely from the GTs.
But I'm sure there will be quite some highlights this season. Good luck!
