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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 20-05-2026 18:17
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ManGame-Admin wrote:
Confirmed disbands for 2026
EA Vesuvio
Euskadi-Murias
Glanbia
Kone-Nordea
Team Puma - SAP
Team Zappes Kölsch
How would those disbands affect the divisional structure though? I guess when we talk about PCT->PT there will be 2 additional teams promoted (Specialized and Hunter Valley Cycling), but there will be no CT->PCT promotions, meaning the rule change maeant for 2027 will take effect for the 2026.
We lost 4 CT teams however, lowering the number of teams to just 12 (assuming there are no additional disbands)
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| Heine |
Posted on 20-05-2026 18:30
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 20-05-2026 18:37
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ivaneurope wrote:
ManGame-Admin wrote:
Confirmed disbands for 2026
EA Vesuvio
Euskadi-Murias
Glanbia
Kone-Nordea
Team Puma - SAP
Team Zappes Kölsch
How would those disbands affect the divisional structure though? I guess when we talk about PCT->PT there will be 2 additional teams promoted (Specialized and Hunter Valley Cycling), but there will be no CT->PCT promotions, meaning the rule change maeant for 2027 will take effect for the 2026.
We lost 4 CT teams however, lowering the number of teams to just 12 (assuming there are no additional disbands)
Following the first post of the planned changes thread the reduction of PCT of up to two teams was always planned for 2026 if (and as far as) disbands would allow for it (which is now the case) and would have only happened in 2027 if there would have been too few disbands in the higher divisions, meaning that some one-time adaptions to promotion and/or relegation to/from PCT would have been needed for the 2026 season (which obviously must have been announced prior to the 2026 season). But all of this 'what if' isn't needed because of the disbands of EA and Puma, so as you stated there will be 7 promotions to PT to get the division to 22 and 5 to PCT to reduce this division to 22. Any further disbands of PT or PCT teams will get further CT teams promoted.
So right now we have 12 existing CT teams with the goal of up to 20 actual teams (and up to 24 including development teams). So let's hope we find some active new managers for a great CT experience!
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| SotD |
Posted on 20-05-2026 21:01
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SN is easily the biggest legend of the game, and probably will be forever. The amount of effort he put into the game in the earlier years have been absolutely crazy. The stop to the game is fair, however, and if it wasn’t for the fully deserved Goodwill, he should have stopped multiple seasons ago. That being Said it’s definately still sad!
For me personally losing cio is even worse though! Together with Roman he’s easily the manager I have been talking the most to over the course of many many years. We have enjoyed hours on end of discussing the game to the smallest detail.
We Can Only hope for Them to miraculously Gimming back some time in the future. Luckily we have seen some very very nice comebacks in recent years!
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| Blasing |
Posted on 21-05-2026 08:25
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ivaneurope wrote:
ManGame-Admin wrote:
Confirmed disbands for 2026
EA Vesuvio
Euskadi-Murias
Glanbia
Kone-Nordea
Team Puma - SAP
Team Zappes Kölsch
How would those disbands affect the divisional structure though? I guess when we talk about PCT->PT there will be 2 additional teams promoted (Specialized and Hunter Valley Cycling), but there will be no CT->PCT promotions, meaning the rule change maeant for 2027 will take effect for the 2026.
We lost 4 CT teams however, lowering the number of teams to just 12 (assuming there are no additional disbands)
Yeah pretty unlucky for us. 4 disbands in CT and still we have 5 teams demoting from PCT and 5 promoting from CT. Shitty year with the rule change for disbands and the new PCM 2024 engine that hates De Bie and Hirt.
Manager of JEWA TIROL Cycling Team
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 21-05-2026 20:30
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Losing a long time manager is never fun, but definitely the right call here. Wirtgen, Würtz and Herklotz three beasts that deserve to have a manager in the discussion threads bot for the other managers and reporters.
Definitely a shame to lose MacC, always a great manager/project to follow and read more on. The other three just could never really start their MG career I guess. Hopefully tastasol doesn't follow, but I assume it's a real possibility by now.
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 22-05-2026 08:59
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Always sad to see any Manager go, especially those that have been a big part of the game to date but it'll be great to see such great riders winning for active managers which ultimately contributes to more posts in race threads and a better buzz around the game in general.
Fingers crossed we get a good bunch of new managers for 2026 as we've always managed to pick up some great additions!
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 22-05-2026 18:19
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Even though I do benefit greatly from both SN and Cio leaving, it's a sad day for the game to see two such icons of the MG force-disband even if it has been on the wall for a few years now.
Sad to see MacC go as well due to the nature of his project being a fun one to follow!
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| MacC |
Posted on 24-05-2026 21:07
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Hi all
Just wanted to drop by to confirm that I won't be continuing. Thanks to you all for a lovely few years
I simply lost all motivation all at once. Definitely a bad transfer season and poor start demotivated me but I was struggling anyway. Tried to go in all in or go home and ending up going home.
For me personally, the biggest factor is that I haven't played the actual game in a number of years and have no motivation to do so when it is just so buggy and repetitive every year
I hope the project goes on- it really is a lovely space for fans . it's rare online nowadays not to have bull shit creep into everything so protect that!
Special shout out to Ulrich who is a great guy and a real help to me.
Long live Glanbia!
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 25-05-2026 01:43
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Sad to see you go mate, always enjoyed seeing Glanbia do well. All the best with life and everything, and who knows maybe motivation returns one day down the line and you’ll be back.
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Posted on 25-05-2026 17:01
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 25-05-2026 02:59
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Thanks for the call out.
Sad to lose you McCormick and Glanbia were nearly always connected in one way or another (most notably at the TOA). The class of 19 lost a member or two early but the 4 survivors have had a good run. Good luck with what comes next.
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| Caspi |
Posted on 25-05-2026 11:42
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Long live Glanbia!
Hope to see you back one day
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| SotD |
Posted on 25-05-2026 11:54
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Happy to see you make a farewell-post MacC! Glanbia have always been one of those teams where I thought "Oh could he just land this rider it would be so good for the story and the progress" - Obviously referring to Dunbar, Mullen and Rafferty. But also the lack of level from Healy was obviously a bit sad.
All the best in the future
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