Kon'nichiwa Welcome to our new HQ in lovely Tokyo.
New year, new us! After six long years, we've made a change in our looks and our location. We've moved on from our half dozen year association with our previous sponsors and are moving on to new pastures, and hopefully new accomplishments. Last season was our best ever result in the MG, and with new motivation, and a new focus, we hope to be able to build on it and improve further.
Primary Sponsor
Founded in 1946, Sony come with a an impressive heritage and currently operate as a conglomerate featuring electronics, cameras, computer hardware, films, music, video games and many more. Their worldwide reputation is something that immediately attracted them to us and was our immediate first choice when our current sponsors announced their departure. Their popularity in the team owner's home country was also a big reason for this choice, with the hope that they can help promote the sport there along with our secondary sponsor. We look forward to a long and fruitful partnership.
Secondary Sponsor
Force India extends their contract with us for another two seasons and remain as our secondary sponsors, using their brand and reach to promote the sport of cycling in the team manager's home country. There is serious excitement about the possibility of this being a breakout season for the second most populous country in the world in the sport of cycling, and you know we'll be keeping a sharp eye on how things develop.
Other Sponsors
A few sponsor changes as we bring in a few sponsors from our new home country to support us in our quest this season.
Our new focus is the Far East corner of the world, but as was the case also previously, we're not ones to limit ourselves. We do hope to be able to develop the country as well as Asian cycling in general in our new venture though, similar to what we believe we were able to do previously as well.
Secondary Focus: Netherlands
Netherlands remain our secondary sponsor, so we're definitely not giving up on our long term projects completely. We believe we have built up enough goodwill in the region over the past years, to still be relevant there.
Spoiler
A big thank you to Ezeefreak for this wonderful jersey, highlighting our new colour scheme in an excellent way
Really interesting change, and cool to see someone fill the Japanese niche that Voyagin has left open. With that, you should have plenty of targets in free agency, too, I assume And it's neat that you already have the Kuroedas, and Choi from the broader region. Absolutely lovely jersey, too, that should stand out nicely in the peloton!
Indeed, it might be the best possible timing for the shift to Japan - although I guess you'll face some stiff competition for some of the already known Japanese FAs But good to see the country remain on the MG map. I'm hoping for you that India will eventually bring up some good enough cyclists to actually make it your secondary nation
It will definitely be intriguing to see what you're going to do with your mostly European roster - especially if you want to fit in one of the big Japanese guys in. Good luck for the (slow) transition to become a mostly Asian team, this will surely be fun to follow
And echoing the others, I do like your jersey as well Not much of a color scheme change (except for the Philips blue to be gone), but a really nice design
Love the new theme of the team and you have prepared that change nicely with Choi and the Kuroeda bros last year. You had a strong season last year, hopefully you can build on the success and finally tackle promotion now!
Lovely new sponsor and I love the overall look of the team. I can't wait to see how you tackle the transfer market but chances are I'll be sure to have a look in your shop good luck for the new season!
@MacC: Our census is two years overdue, so can't say for sure! What you've probably read are estimates, which I've seen as well but will wait for official confirmation. Thanks
@cunego: Thought it was a good time for a change after half a dozen years with the previous sponsors. Well Voyagin leaving does open up interesting possibilities, so we'll see what we can do there. Helps to already have some regional influence in the squad for sure as well. Think Ezee did a great job with our jersey as well, thanks
@Fabianski: The change has been coming and getting Choi and the Kuroedas last season was the first steps on that process actually. Have been planning this since then You're right about the competition for the best Japanese FAs, have no doubts about that.
Honestly speaking, India doesn't have enough riders worth even suggesting at the moment, so not sure if it ever becomes a full secondary sponsor but maybe it can if the sport becomes more popular n the next few years. Fingers crossed
The squad will see some changes off courses, but with Dutch secondary sponsorship, there isn't a need for a complete overhaul. We'll see how much of a change eventually happens. Thanks also for the nice words on the jersey
@redordead: Thanks for the nice words on the HQ Looking forward to it myself!
@knockout: Glad you like it. The whole idea to try to get Choi and the Kuroedas was to ease the team into this transition, and I was very glad to get them last season. The plan is to build on last season off course but there will be work to do in transfers with the expected changes.
@alexkr: That is only partially correct
@KaiserAdler: Thanks for the encouragement and you're always welcome to look around
What a team, what a history, what a story and what a season you just had. Unlucky to not promote in the end. Hopefully you can manage to have another succesful transfer season like last year, and maybe this year's the year to end up where you belong. Liking the jersey as well, the red pants should definitely make your riders quite visible as well. It will be my pleasure to race against you this season.
@Nemolito: Those are a lot of good things you say about us Hoping you are right about our off season and we can improve further. Looking forward to racing against you again as well!
We thought it was time to look back at our team history a little, before we look ahead to the 2023 season. In this post, we've tried to gather some stats on how the riders that have worn our colours have done for us in our six years of existence.
2022
Division: Pro Continental Tour Classification: 8th 2022 Team HQ
2021
Division: Pro Continental Tour Classification: 19th 2021 Team HQ
2020
Division: Continental Tour Classification: 3rd (Promoted) 2020 Team HQ
2019
Division: Pro Continental Tour Classification: 25th (Relegated) 2019 Team HQ
2018
Division: Pro Continental Tour Classification: 18th 2018 Team HQ
2017
Division: Continental Tour Classification: 4th (Promoted) 2017 Team HQ
Points
CT
PCT
PCT
CT
PCT
PCT
Name
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
Total
Wilco Kelderman
636
608
375
1619
Lahcen Saber
661
511
1172
Pierre Paolo Penasa
445
400
845
Tiesj Benoot
784
784
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
617
617
Tom Van Asbroeck
312
291
603
Ki Ho Choi
533
533
Nico Keinath
472
472
Rui Costa
343
343
David Per (Loan)
119
197
316
Spoiler
Marcel Wyss
289
289
Romain Bardet
185
64
39
288
Tom David
279
279
Florentino Marquez
279
279
Tom Dumoulin
217
1
39
257
Michel Kreder
226
12
238
Alexander Krieger
211
17
228
Tomas Paprstka
156
60
216
Ramunas Navardauskas
204
204
Cristian Raileanu
132
57
189
Riccardo Minali
0
LOAN
LOAN
LOAN
173
173
Bert Van Lerberghe
160
160
Pascal Eenkhoorn
LOAN
LOAN
LOAN
157
157
Remco Te Brake
113
39
152
Jempy Drucker
149
149
Andrew Talansky
142
142
Jaoa Costa
65
73
138
Igor Boev
136
136
Jasper Bovenhuis
17
71
34
122
Dylan Teuns
121
121
Ronan Van Zandbeek
12
104
3
119
Andrea Palini
90
90
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
81
81
William Barta
80
80
Jos Van Emden
79
79
Calvin Watson
76
76
Joonas Henttala
43
18
12
73
Dmitri Grabovski
70
70
Geert Van der Sanden
67
67
Daniel Moricz (Loan)
62
62
Wouter Wippert
62
62
Riccardo Zoidl
60
60
Simone Velasco
57
57
Shiki Kuroeda
54
54
Yoeri Havik
50
50
Enrico Battaglin
37
37
Charles Anguilet
35
35
Ralf Matzka
32
32
Rob Ruijgh
18
13
31
Fabian Lienhard (Loan)
30
30
Pim Ligthart
30
30
Saya Kuroeda
29
29
Michael Storer (Loan)
28
28
Yannick Stoltz
26
26
Dan McLay
26
26
Jan Dieteren
26
26
Olivier Le Gac
21
21
Gijs Leemreize
3
18
21
Ide Schelling
3
17
LOAN
20
Victor Lafay (Loan)
20
20
Kevin Inkelaar
1
18
LOAN
19
Albert Timmer
18
18
Jan Xandri
16
16
Roy Jans
15
15
Wout Poels
7
6
13
Maris Bogdanovics
12
12
Felix Grossschartner
11
11
Piet Allegaert
1
LOAN
9
10
Lennard Hofstede
8
2
LOAN
10
Thomas Boudat (Loan)
8
8
Christoph Mai
8
8
Clement Champoussin (Loan)
7
7
Mick Van Dijke
4
4
Jefferson Cepeda Hernandez (Loan)
4
4
Rok Korosec
4
4
Oscar Samuel Galvan Ramirez (Loan)
3
3
Ryan Gibbons (Loan)
3
3
Gorazd Per
3
3
Marten Kooistra
2
0
LOAN
2
Tom Leezer
2
2
Miles Scotson (Loan)
2
2
Patrick Müller (Loan)
0
0
Ha Jeon Jung (Loan)
0
0
Jonas Bokeloh
0
0
0
Lotto Petrus
0
0
Aurelien Paret-Peintre
0
0
Jhojan Garcia
0
0
Luka Sagadin
0
0
Cristian Scaroni
0
0
Kelderman remains on top, with Saber still second in these standings. Penasa moves up to 3rd, with Benoot's superb season bringing him up to 4th in the all time list! Van Asbroeck and Choi are now 6th and 7th, respectively. Two year loan-in (at level 1 and lvl 3) David Per still stays inside the Top 10! A very interesting observation in this table is that eighteen different countries are featured among the Top 20 riders, showing that we truly have been a global team!
Race Days
Name
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
Total
Joonas Henttala
71
78
73
222
Jasper Bovenhuis
76
70
73
219
Tom Dumoulin
64
70
65
199
Ronan Van Zandbeek
60
75
64
199
Ide Schelling
94
89
183
Romain Bardet
52
66
62
180
Gijs Leemreize
100
76
176
Piet Allegaert
14
94
54
162
Kevin Inkelaar
87
74
161
David Per (Loan)
63
73
136
Spoiler
Wout Poels
65
70
135
Tomas Paprstka
64
66
130
Rob Ruijgh
60
68
128
Jaoa Costa
57
70
127
Remco Te Brake
58
61
119
Alexander Krieger
52
64
116
Marten Kooistra
15
100
115
Wilco Kelderman
39
35
40
114
Lennard Hofstede
15
96
111
Michel Kreder
45
61
106
Cristian Raileanu
55
50
105
Patrick Müller (Loan)
95
95
Tom Van Asbroeck
48
46
94
Daniel Moricz (Loan)
94
94
Jefferson Cepeda Hernandez (Loan)
94
94
Oscar Samuel Galvan Ramirez (Loan)
93
93
Ryan Gibbons (Loan)
93
93
Pierre Paolo Penasa
48
43
91
Ha Jeon Jung (Loan)
91
91
Thomas Boudat (Loan)
88
88
Victor Lafay (Loan)
86
86
Mick Van Dijke
84
84
Lahcen Saber
41
42
83
Jonas Bokeloh
15
68
83
Yannick Stoltz
80
80
Riccardo Zoidl
75
75
Lotto Petrus
75
75
Fabian Lienhard (Loan)
74
74
Michael Storer (Loan)
74
74
Rok Korosec
74
74
Pim Ligthart
72
72
Felix Grossschartner
72
72
Clement Champoussin (Loan)
71
71
Riccardo Minali
15
55
70
Charles Anguilet
69
69
Dan McLay
66
66
Jan Dieteren
66
66
Roy Jans
66
66
Albert Timmer
65
65
Tom Leezer
65
65
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
64
64
Christoph Mai
64
64
Olivier Le Gac
63
63
Calvin Watson
62
62
Ramunas Navardauskas
61
61
William Barta
61
61
Wouter Wippert
61
61
Jos Van Emden
60
60
Yoeri Havik
59
59
Jan Xandri
59
59
Andrea Palini
58
58
Igor Boev
57
57
Shiki Kuroeda
57
57
Geert Van der Sanden
56
56
Simone Velasco
55
55
Bert Van Lerberghe
53
53
Dylan Teuns
53
53
Dmitri Grabovski
53
53
Saya Kuroeda
53
53
Enrico Battaglin
52
52
Andrew Talansky
51
51
Marcel Wyss
50
50
Tom David
50
50
Nico Keinath
48
48
Rui Costa
48
48
Pascal Eenkhoorn
47
47
Ralf Matzka
47
47
Jempy Drucker
46
46
Miles Scotson (Loan)
45
45
Florentino Marquez
44
44
Maris Bogdanovics
44
44
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
42
42
Tiesj Benoot
40
40
Ki Ho Choi
39
39
Aurelien Paret-Peintre
15
15
Gorazd Per
14
14
Jhojan Garcia
14
14
Luka Sagadin
14
14
Cristian Scaroni
14
14
We have a new leader in terms of RDs for, but its not a name one would expect - Joonas Henttala. Dumoulin moves up to tied third while Leemreize is the other entrant in the Top 10.
Loyalty
Name
Total
Out on Loan
Riccardo Minali
5
3
Pascal Eenkhoorn
4
3
Wilco Kelderman
3
0
Romain Bardet
3
0
Tom Dumoulin
3
0
Jasper Bovenhuis
3
0
Ronan Van Zandbeek
3
0
Joonas Henttala
3
0
Ide Schelling
3
1
Kevin Inkelaar
3
1
Spoiler
Piet Allegaert
3
1
Lennard Hofstede
3
1
Marten Kooistra
3
1
Lahcen Saber
2
0
Pierre Paolo Penasa
2
0
Tom Van Asbroeck
2
0
David Per (Loan)
2
0
Michel Kreder
2
0
Alexander Krieger
2
0
Tomas Paprstka
2
0
Cristian Raileanu
2
0
Remco Te Brake
2
0
Jaoa Costa
2
0
Rob Ruijgh
2
0
Gijs Leemreize
2
0
Wout Poels
2
0
Jonas Bokeloh
2
0
Tiesj Benoot
1
0
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
1
0
Ki Ho Choi
1
0
Nico Keinath
1
0
Rui Costa
1
0
Marcel Wyss
1
0
Tom David
1
0
Florentino Marquez
1
0
Ramunas Navardauskas
1
0
Bert Van Lerberghe
1
0
Jempy Drucker
1
0
Andrew Talansky
1
0
Igor Boev
1
0
Dylan Teuns
1
0
Andrea Palini
1
0
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
1
0
William Barta
1
0
Jos Van Emden
1
0
Calvin Watson
1
0
Dmitri Grabovski
1
0
Geert Van der Sanden
1
0
Daniel Moricz (Loan)
1
0
Wouter Wippert
1
0
Riccardo Zoidl
1
0
Simone Velasco
1
0
Shiki Kuroeda
1
0
Yoeri Havik
1
0
Enrico Battaglin
1
0
Charles Anguilet
1
0
Ralf Matzka
1
0
Fabian Lienhard (Loan)
1
0
Pim Ligthart
1
0
Saya Kuroeda
1
0
Michael Storer (Loan)
1
0
Yannick Stoltz
1
0
Dan McLay
1
0
Jan Dieteren
1
0
Olivier Le Gac
1
0
Victor Lafay (Loan)
1
0
Albert Timmer
1
0
Jan Xandri
1
0
Roy Jans
1
0
Maris Bogdanovics
1
0
Felix Grossschartner
1
0
Thomas Boudat (Loan)
1
0
Christoph Mai
1
0
Clement Champoussin (Loan)
1
0
Mick Van Dijke
1
0
Jefferson Cepeda Hernandez (Loan)
1
0
Rok Korosec
1
0
Oscar Samuel Galvan Ramirez (Loan)
1
0
Ryan Gibbons (Loan)
1
0
Gorazd Per
1
0
Tom Leezer
1
0
Miles Scotson (Loan)
1
0
Patrick Müller (Loan)
1
0
Ha Jeon Jung (Loan)
1
0
Lotto Petrus
1
0
Aurelien Paret-Peintre
1
0
Jhojan Garcia
1
0
Luka Sagadin
1
0
Cristian Scaroni
1
0
Riccardo Minali has been on the books of our team for the longest time, but he spent three of those years out on loan. Pascal Eenkhoorn has a similar story, with 2022 being his only season riding in our colours, Avenir notwithstanding. Kelderman, Bardet, Dumoulin, Bovenhuis, Van Zandbeek and Henttala are the riders who have ridden in our colours for the longest time, each for three years.
Points per Race Day
Name
Total Points
Total RDs
PpRD
Tiesj Benoot
784
40
19.60
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
617
42
14.69
Wilco Kelderman
1619
114
14.20
Lahcen Saber
1172
83
14.12
Ki Ho Choi
533
39
13.67
Nico Keinath
472
48
9.83
Pierre Paolo Penasa
845
91
9.29
Rui Costa
343
48
7.15
Tom Van Asbroeck
603
94
6.41
Florentino Marquez
279
44
6.34
Spoiler
Marcel Wyss
289
50
5.78
Tom David
279
50
5.58
Ramunas Navardauskas
204
61
3.34
Pascal Eenkhoorn
157
47
3.34
Jempy Drucker
149
46
3.24
Bert Van Lerberghe
160
53
3.02
Andrew Talansky
142
51
2.78
Riccardo Minali
173
70
2.47
Igor Boev
136
57
2.39
David Per (Loan)
316
136
2.32
Dylan Teuns
121
53
2.28
Michel Kreder
238
106
2.25
Alexander Krieger
228
116
1.97
Cristian Raileanu
189
105
1.80
Tomas Paprstka
216
130
1.66
Romain Bardet
288
180
1.60
Andrea Palini
90
58
1.55
Dmitri Grabovski
70
53
1.32
Jos Van Emden
79
60
1.32
William Barta
80
61
1.31
Tom Dumoulin
257
199
1.29
Remco Te Brake
152
119
1.28
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
81
64
1.27
Calvin Watson
76
62
1.23
Geert Van der Sanden
67
56
1.20
Jaoa Costa
138
127
1.09
Simone Velasco
57
55
1.04
Wouter Wippert
62
61
1.02
Shiki Kuroeda
54
57
0.95
Yoeri Havik
50
59
0.85
Riccardo Zoidl
60
75
0.80
Enrico Battaglin
37
52
0.71
Ralf Matzka
32
47
0.68
Daniel Moricz (Loan)
62
94
0.66
Ronan Van Zandbeek
119
199
0.60
Jasper Bovenhuis
122
219
0.56
Saya Kuroeda
29
53
0.55
Charles Anguilet
35
69
0.51
Pim Ligthart
30
72
0.42
Fabian Lienhard (Loan)
30
74
0.41
Dan McLay
26
66
0.39
Jan Dieteren
26
66
0.39
Michael Storer (Loan)
28
74
0.38
Olivier Le Gac
21
63
0.33
Joonas Henttala
73
222
0.33
Yannick Stoltz
26
80
0.33
Albert Timmer
18
65
0.28
Maris Bogdanovics
12
44
0.27
Jan Xandri
16
59
0.27
Rob Ruijgh
31
128
0.24
Victor Lafay (Loan)
20
86
0.23
Roy Jans
15
66
0.23
Gorazd Per
3
14
0.21
Felix Grossschartner
11
72
0.15
Christoph Mai
8
64
0.13
Gijs Leemreize
21
176
0.12
Kevin Inkelaar
19
161
0.12
Ide Schelling
20
183
0.11
Clement Champoussin (Loan)
7
71
0.10
Wout Poels
13
135
0.10
Thomas Boudat (Loan)
8
88
0.09
Lennard Hofstede
10
111
0.09
Piet Allegaert
10
162
0.06
Rok Korosec
4
74
0.05
Mick Van Dijke
4
84
0.05
Miles Scotson (Loan)
2
45
0.04
Jefferson Cepeda Hernandez (Loan)
4
94
0.04
Oscar Samuel Galvan Ramirez (Loan)
3
93
0.03
Ryan Gibbons (Loan)
3
93
0.03
Tom Leezer
2
65
0.03
Marten Kooistra
2
115
0.02
Patrick Müller (Loan)
0
95
0.00
Ha Jeon Jung (Loan)
0
91
0.00
Jonas Bokeloh
0
83
0.00
Lotto Petrus
0
75
0.00
Aurelien Paret-Peintre
0
15
0.00
Jhojan Garcia
0
14
0.00
Luka Sagadin
0
14
0.00
Cristian Scaroni
0
14
0.00
Benoot replaces Henao Montoya at the top of the PpRD standings, and that too by a huge margin! Choi jumps up to 5th, with Penasa in 7th. Van Asbroeck remains in the Top 10.
Return on Wages
Name
Total Points
Total Wage Earned
Average Wage/Point
Igor Boev
136
0
0
Marcel Wyss
289
55000
190
Nico Keinath
472
140000
297
Michel Kreder
238
85000
357
Ramunas Navardauskas
204
80000
392
Tiesj Benoot
784
375000
478
Tomas Paprstka
216
120000
556
Bert Van Lerberghe
160
90000
563
Jos Van Emden
79
50000
633
Riccardo Minali
173
110000
636
Spoiler
Calvin Watson
76
50000
658
Lahcen Saber
1172
775000
661
Tom Dumoulin
257
170000
661
Tom Van Asbroeck
603
415000
688
Andrea Palini
90
65000
722
Rui Costa
343
250000
729
Alexander Krieger
228
170000
746
Geert Van der Sanden
67
50000
746
Tom David
279
209000
749
Jaoa Costa
138
105000
761
Ki Ho Choi
533
410000
769
Pierre Paolo Penasa
845
680000
805
Daniel Moricz (Loan)
62
50000
806
Riccardo Zoidl
60
50000
833
Dmitri Grabovski
70
60000
857
Wilco Kelderman
1619
1405000
868
Michael Storer (Loan)
28
25000
893
Romain Bardet
288
260000
903
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
81
75000
926
Jempy Drucker
149
140000
940
David Per (Loan)
316
300000
949
Pascal Eenkhoorn
157
150000
955
Dylan Teuns
121
130000
1074
Florentino Marquez
279
300000
1075
William Barta
80
90000
1125
Wouter Wippert
62
70000
1129
Andrew Talansky
142
165000
1162
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
617
730000
1183
Cristian Raileanu
189
225000
1190
Ronan Van Zandbeek
119
150000
1261
Jasper Bovenhuis
122
155000
1270
Remco Te Brake
152
195000
1283
Charles Anguilet
35
50000
1429
Ralf Matzka
32
50000
1563
Shiki Kuroeda
54
90000
1667
Fabian Lienhard (Loan)
30
50000
1667
Pim Ligthart
30
50000
1667
Yannick Stoltz
26
50000
1923
Simone Velasco
57
115000
2018
Joonas Henttala
73
150000
2055
Enrico Battaglin
37
90000
2432
Dan McLay
26
65000
2500
Jan Dieteren
26
65000
2500
Victor Lafay (Loan)
20
50000
2500
Albert Timmer
18
55000
3056
Gorazd Per
3
10000
3333
Saya Kuroeda
29
100000
3448
Rob Ruijgh
31
110000
3548
Yoeri Havik
50
200000
4000
Maris Bogdanovics
12
50000
4167
Roy Jans
15
65000
4333
Olivier Le Gac
21
95000
4524
Felix Grossschartner
11
50000
4545
Gijs Leemreize
21
105000
5000
Ide Schelling
20
100000
5000
Kevin Inkelaar
19
100000
5263
Jan Xandri
16
95000
5938
Lennard Hofstede
10
60000
6000
Christoph Mai
8
50000
6250
Jefferson Cepeda Hernandez (Loan)
4
25000
6250
Clement Champoussin (Loan)
7
45000
6429
Thomas Boudat (Loan)
8
55000
6875
Wout Poels
13
105000
8077
Piet Allegaert
10
110000
11000
Rok Korosec
4
50000
12500
Miles Scotson (Loan)
2
25000
12500
Oscar Samuel Galvan Ramirez (Loan)
3
50000
16667
Ryan Gibbons (Loan)
3
50000
16667
Mick Van Dijke
4
80000
20000
Tom Leezer
2
50000
25000
Marten Kooistra
2
60000
30000
No changes right at the top but Benoot in 6th and Minali in 10th are the new entrants inside the Top 10. No one is ever catching Boev we think!
Stage Races
GC
Points
KOM
U25
Stages
Name
1st
2nd
3rd
Wins
Wins
Wins
1st
2nd
3rd
Wilco Kelderman
1
1
2
1
3
2
1
Alexander Krieger
1
1
1
2
1
Tom Dumoulin
1
1
1
1
Nico Keinath
2
3
1
4
2
Pierre Paolo Penasa
2
1
Ki Ho Choi
1
1
1
1
Michel Kreder
1
3
1
5
1
Romain Bardet
1
1
1
2
Tom Van Asbroeck
3
2
2
David Per
2
2
Spoiler
Igor Boev
2
4
1
Remco Te Brake
2
2
Lahcen Saber
2
Andrea Palini
1
1
Riccardo Minali
1
1
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
1
1
Bert Van Lerberghe
1
Dylan Teuns
1
Pim Ligthart
1
Jaoa Costa
2
Daniel Moricz
1
Fabian Lienhard
1
Rob Ruijgh
1
Michael Storer
1
Geert Van der Sanden
2
3
Charles Anguilet
1
Rui Costa
1
Tiesj Benoot
1
William Barta
1
Yoeri Havik
1
Wouter Wippert
4
Florentino Marquez
3
Andrew Talansky
1
Calvin Watson
1
Cristian Raileanu
1
Joonas Henttala
1
Lennard Hofstede
1
Marcel Wyss
1
Ramunas Navardauskas
1
Tomas Paprstka
1
The Top 4 remain the same. Penasa and Choi move into 5th and 6th respectively, with Van Asbroeck also moving into the Top 10.
Classics
Name
1st
2nd
3rd
Wilco Kelderman
2
2
3
Tiesj Benoot
2
2
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
2
Marcel Wyss
1
Lahcen Saber
1
1
Jempy Drucker
1
Ramunas Navardauskas
1
Tom David
1
Bert Van Lerberghe
1
Jarlinson Pantano
1
Tomas Paprstka
1
Lennard Hofstede
Benoot is the only new entrant for this table and slots into 2nd directly!
Overall Achievements
Name
Wins
Jerseys
Podiums
Wilco Kelderman
6
2
17
Tom Van Asbroeck
3
0
7
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
3
0
4
Alexander Krieger
2
2
5
David Per
2
2
2
Tom Dumoulin
2
1
4
Igor Boev
2
0
7
Tiesj Benoot
2
0
5
Lahcen Saber
2
0
4
Remco Te Brake
2
0
4
Spoiler
Michel Kreder
1
3
8
Romain Bardet
1
1
4
Nico Keinath
1
0
12
Ki Ho Choi
1
0
4
Andrea Palini
1
0
2
Bert Van Lerberghe
1
0
2
Marcel Wyss
1
0
2
Riccardo Minali
1
0
2
Dylan Teuns
1
0
1
Pim Ligthart
1
0
1
Jaoa Costa
0
2
0
Daniel Moricz
0
1
0
Fabian Lienhard
0
1
0
Michael Storer
0
1
0
Rob Ruijgh
0
1
0
Geert Van der Sanden
0
0
5
Wouter Wippert
0
0
4
Florentino Marquez
0
0
3
Pierre Paolo Penasa
0
0
3
Ramunas Navardauskas
0
0
2
Tomas Paprstka
0
0
2
Andrew Talansky
0
0
1
Calvin Watson
0
0
1
Charles Anguilet
0
0
1
Cristian Raileanu
0
0
1
Jarlinson Pantano
0
0
1
Jempy Drucker
0
0
1
Joonas Henttala
0
0
1
Lennard Hofstede
0
0
1
Rui Costa
0
0
1
Tom David
0
0
1
William Barta
0
0
1
Yoeri Havik
0
0
1
Van Asbroeck is the big mover, moving up to 2nd in the all time achievers list. Benoot slots into the Top 10 as well.
Race Days per Podium
Name
Podiums
RDs
RDs/Podiums
Nico Keinath
12
48
4.00
Wilco Kelderman
17
114
6.71
Tiesj Benoot
5
40
8.00
Igor Boev
7
57
8.14
Ki Ho Choi
4
39
9.75
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
4
42
10.50
Geert Van der Sanden
5
56
11.20
Michel Kreder
8
106
13.25
Tom Van Asbroeck
7
94
13.43
Florentino Marquez
3
44
14.67
Spoiler
Wouter Wippert
4
61
15.25
Lahcen Saber
4
83
20.75
Alexander Krieger
5
116
23.20
Marcel Wyss
2
50
25.00
Bert Van Lerberghe
2
53
26.50
Andrea Palini
2
58
29.00
Remco Te Brake
4
119
29.75
Pierre Paolo Penasa
3
91
30.33
Ramunas Navardauskas
2
61
30.50
Riccardo Minali
2
70
35.00
Romain Bardet
4
180
45.00
Jempy Drucker
1
46
46.00
Rui Costa
1
48
48.00
Tom Dumoulin
4
199
49.75
Tom David
1
50
50.00
Andrew Talansky
1
51
51.00
Dylan Teuns
1
53
53.00
Yoeri Havik
1
59
59.00
William Barta
1
61
61.00
Calvin Watson
1
62
62.00
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez
1
64
64.00
Tomas Paprstka
2
130
65.00
David Per (Loan)
2
136
68.00
Charles Anguilet
1
69
69.00
Pim Ligthart
1
72
72.00
Cristian Raileanu
1
105
105.00
Lennard Hofstede
1
111
111.00
Joonas Henttala
1
222
222.00
Keinath still sits pretty in this category, with Kelderman in second. Benoot moves into 3rd with Choi now 5th. Van Asbroeck also makes an entry into the Top 10.
Awards History
Rider of the Year
Young Rider of the Year
Race of the Year
2017
Marcel Wyss
David Per
Course de Solidarnosc
2018
Lahcen Saber
David Per
Cheshire Cycling Tour
2019
Wilco Kelderman
Thomas Boudat
SAA Tour d'Afrique
2020
Nico Keinath
Michael Storer
GP Yekaterinburg and Milano - Torino
2021
Pierre Paolo Penasa
Daniel Moricz
Tour du Maroc, Tour of East Java and Giro dell'Emilia
2022
Tiesj Benoot
Pascal Eenkhoorn
Giro dell'Emilia
No rider has won the season ending top award more than once for us. Time will tell if Benoot can do it next season. Eenkhoorn is also the first ever winner of the young rider award, who wasn't a loan-in, which means either we do very good loan-ins, or we haven't had good young riders in the team! The season ending Giro dell'Emillia is the only race to win the race of the year award more than once.
Edited by AbhishekLFC on 27-07-2023 08:05
Rate that you're stepping into the shoes of Valv's project and trying to corner the Japanese market this season! The transition started last year with the Kuroedas joining your team and now there are a lot of other interesting prospects in the pool! Should be a fun team when we're done with transfers!
I love those history stats, thanks for doing them
It's interesting to see that Wilco sometimes felt like an absolute failure, but is actually still leading lots of key stats, like most points, best stage racer, best classics rider, and most wins. Even his PpRD and return on wage aren't that shabby - so despite his huge wage, I guess he wasn't *that* bad after all.
Benoot obviously has made a big impact in his first year - the feeling I had all season long is clearly confirmed by the data. Getting from zero to 4th in points - in a team that already has 6 years of existence - is a great achievement (in addition to the raw numbers of more than 700 points), and I guess his PpRD benchmark might stand until you're in PT and get a really great rider. And the best - or worst for us other PCT managers - is that he's only 29 and can still be trained twice
Choi also was a great signing, will be interesting to see what he can do in his final maxed year. Another attempt in America? More but shorter races? I'm definitely not looking forward (yet) to face him
@WJ: Well the decision to change regions was made for me even before last transfers, with, as you point out, the Kuroedas and also Choi being targeted for the same. It was great that we were actually able to sign them! Region focus hasn't always been the top priority all these years, so let's see where that goes. Always nice to have regional riders in the team off course
@Fabianski: Glad you like them
Wilco's good results were mostly in the first two seasons (and in PCM 18). One of those was also in the CT, and even there he was often struggling to beat punchers with -3/4 hill stats! You can see the drop off in the third season in points when we came back to the PCT. We were very lucky to have the other leaders, especially Penasa, step up and save us from going down again. Was sure if would not work out with Wilco after that. Gave him enough chances really.
Benoot and Choi were great signings indeed, as you pointed out, and Benoot, even with training, far outdid my expectations from him! It is exciting that he can be trained further, but that depends on how other stuff happens in transfers. Not really sure how much of an extra differential, if any, that +1 hill can provide. Felt Choi could've scored even more points if not hamstrung by 21 stages in the ToA. He still performed excellently I guess, with 7th (Pro Halstatt, not really super suitable) as his worst result of all the races he attended. Not sure whether we'll go back to ToA, again that depends on how the team looks post transfers.
As always, love those history stat posts. Kelderman is obviously the face of the team history and he leads a few of the important stats but considering that he also brought a lot of frustration at times, the spots on the Philips/Sony/... Mount Rushmore might still be up for grabs. Maybe Tiesj will establish himself as THE Sony guy?
Welcome to our new HQ in lovely Tokyo.
ABN Amro
Toyota (Cars) and 
SRAM (Groupsets), 
Continental (Tyres) and 
Lahcen Saber
Rui Costa
Joonas Henttala
Romain Bardet
Florentino Marquez
Igor Boev
Marcel Wyss
Ramunas Navardauskas
Tom David
Michael Storer
Daniel Moricz
Circulo de Juarez
Tour of Guadeloupe
Tour of South Africa
Tour de Pologne
Badaling International
Pro Hallstatt Classic
Tour of East Java
La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
Torshavn GP
Tour of Eritrea
Post Danmark Rundt
Ras Tailteann
GP Kigali
Balkans International
Grands Prix Cycliste
And it's neat that you already have the Kuroedas, and Choi from the broader region. Absolutely lovely jersey, too, that should stand out nicely in the peloton!
good luck for the new season!
