In this post you can write about the availability of your riders and also what riders you are looking for. The first round transfer window will open tonight.
CarbonSports wants to sign an elite puncheur or climber (79MO+ or 79HI+)
Available for deals are:
- either Greg Van Avermaet (79CB, 76HI) OR Alexander Kristoff (78SP, 78CB)
- Simon Geschke (76HI, great backups)
- Quentin Jauregui (75 HI, 23y, Pot. 6)
- Julian Kern (75HI, 73SP)
- [MUS] Adrien Marie, African Allround Talent, 22y pot 5
- [KGZ] Gennady Voronin, allround talent, all stats 65+, 22y, pot. 5
- Anthony Spencer, 66MO, 66HI, 20y, pot 5
Greg / Kristoff only available if that deal helps me to get an elite puncheur or climber, all others available for all kind of offers.
I'm also considering good offers for other riders
- pair of death together with Wilco last season in CT
- 1st in the CT Individual rankings
- long CT tour dominator
- deadly cheap wage (440)
- 77 MO, 77HI, 73 TT --> the ideal CT captain
- 32, but via the potion of youth he got he will still have at least 3 years on the same level
- Danish national champion
Price Tag: 700
Nikita Novikov:
- 75 MO, 73 HI, decent back-up stats
- solid WT helper, decent CT point scorer
- Pot 6 & still growing fast
- 28 years of age, but with a late age of decline (35)
- on minimum wage (280)
Anatoliy Budyak:
- Ukrainian NC
- with 73 MO a clear winner for developement teams
- 22 with a potential of 5, great developement last year, pleanty of upside to give
- on minimum wage 210k
Vyautas Kavaliauskiens
- has one of the most amazing names in game
- could score some decent DT points
- great alrounder and valuable for every team to have, +65 in every stat
- will be worth more than he earns directly after the first year, when his contract is fixed
- has a lot of upside to give and is formable to a rider for any terrain
- will have the back up stats of stars in a couple of years time
- 21 years of age, wage of 215
I would normally keep him, but I need the cap space, so he could go for a small fee to save the wage he takes
Every other rider is possibly available, depending on the right offer. Alaphilippe, Preciado & Buchko are untouchable though.
Just keep the offers coming, I will answer to any talks of course. We are looking mostly for cash to free some space, but the right rider could also become interesting...
SAP - Bianchi are looking to sell Mikel Nieve (78 mo) great climber for a CT team but also useful for a WT team who wants someone for the mountains or a super-domestique, would like at least 300 for him, but less may be possible depending on bidding.
Also a number of talents could be available (dependent on offers and what money we need) (can't check the db so limited information here) including Tilegren, Auer, Petraits or Breuer (all 70+ in main stats some up at 74, high potential and young with low wages) all have a lot of potential to become very strong riders, some maybe even leaders.
Also we are looking to buy a WT quality leader for mountains or sprints (puncheurs also interesting but not as much ), we can pay a fee or involve the riders mentioned above, we have lots of money and are looking to buy!
Edited by trekbmc on 08-07-2016 19:00
Let's cut to the chase and start an earthquake: Gilbert is for sale, people!
Philippe Gilbert HILL:80, FLT:75, COB:75, ACC:81, FGHT:81, STA:79 W.1075
Gilbert's victories in the ICL :
Spoiler
Roma Maxima
Philippe Gilbert
Amstel Gold Race
Philippe Gilbert
Liege - Bastogne - Liege
Philippe Gilbert
Tour of Toowoomba (Stage 4)
Philippe Gilbert
Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco (Stage 3)
Philippe Gilbert
Wallonie Prijs
Philippe Gilbert
University of Lincoln GP
Philippe Gilbert
Tour du Pologne (Stage 3)
Philippe Gilbert
Omloop het Nieuwsblad
Philippe Gilbert
Strade Bianche
Philippe Gilbert
Roma Maxima
Philippe Gilbert
Milano - Sanremo
Philippe Gilbert
Wallonië Prijs
Philippe Gilbert
Vuelta a España (Stage 13)
Philippe Gilbert
Course de la Paix (Stage 4)
Philippe Gilbert
^ That excludes his placings in the Ardennes, his world championship win and placings in other races (3rd in RVV last season: arguable the best rider in the race).
Why are we selling him? We feel having this ICL superstar for more than 3 seasons would be paramount to a hoarding disorder. He must go!
What do we want in exchange: cash offers, rider+ cash offers (1st/2nd tier sprinters/cobblers).
PM if interested! Min starting offer will likely be a low 300.
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If we can't sell Gilbert, which I doubt, Froome will be available. I wouldn't say no to selling Rodriguez but we want him so an offer for him would have to be over 650.
Also PM with enquires about other riders in the team! Especially the Zambian champ, Robert and Vangenechten.
just for clarification, the amount that teams are offering riders, if i were to purchase one, it is the amount that team is asking, after negotiations, plus the rider's MIN wage, correct?
I've got plenty of money to spend and need a sprinter or a puncher. Only rider I'd like to offload is Peter Stetina, 75 Mo, 74 Hill, on 240 (min) wage.
Bunzl - Centrica have no urgent desire to sell anybody but if any managers (particularly in the CT) are interested in any of our riders, feel free to make enquiries. Always willing to help out new teams (for the right price ).
Phinney, Van Garderen, Thomas, Dombrowski and 2x Yates are off limits, the rest may be available at the right price. Swaps won't interest me unless the rider is from one of our small number of target countries.
Manager of Bunzl - Centrica
ICL's World Tour Champions and Talented Bottlers
Suntory are looking for cash offers for the following riders to generate some training budget.
Josh Edmondson - MO 76 HIL 74 - very useful climber with some room to develop. 4th in the Tour de France young riders 2016. Looking for offers over 250.
Julien Simon - SP 74 HIL 74 ACC 76 - great hill sprinter, managed a 2nd place on a stage of the Giro in 2016. Looking for offers over 100.
Jakob Rathe - COB 74 FL 75 HIL 71 - useful on the cobbles and frequently gets in breaks, managed 2nd in a stage of ToNE. Looking for offers over 50.
Looking back on it, despite sucking we did have some not terrible riders last year, so let's take a look at who's going:
Availability
Offer Needed
Appollonio
Davide
Maybe
Very good Cash, preferably swap tho
Ospina
Argiro
Unlikely
Swap for a CT monster climber/top talent
Madrazo
Ángel
YES
Cash/Swap for good CT co-leader/talent
Siskevicius
Evaldas
Maybe
Cash/Swap for very good CT co-leader/talent
Bennett
George
Maybe
Cash/Swap for very good CT co-leader/talent
Ochoa
Diego
NO
Exceptional
Parra
Heiner
Probably
Cash/Swap for good CT co-leader or top talent
Rivera
Ever
NO
Exceptional
Renshaw
Mark
YES
Cash
Atkins
Joshua
Maybe
Could be swung, but CT good domestique or talent
Smith
Dion
MaybeCould be swung, but CT good domestique or talent
Bevin
Patrick
Probably
Cash but preferable swap
Paredes
Nicolas
Probably
Cash but preferable swap
Paredes
César
Probably
Cash but preferable swap
Alday
Raymundo
No
Good
Lahlou
Hamid
No
Good
den Dunnen
Gilbert
No
Good
Akinyemi
Safari
No
Good
Barba
Flavio
YES
Cash (and not much)
Perez
Felipe
Maybe
Good
Who they are: Mark Renshaw is a world-renowned lead out man and proved his worth last year when Evaldas Siskevicus and Davide Appolonio took numerous wins, most memorably Appolonio's GC win and stage at the Circulo de Juarez.
Angel Madrazo is, unfortunately, our sole Spaniard and still-getting stat-boosts-fighting climber, perfect for breakaways, KoMs and ripping the pack to shred for your good climber who we want btw
The Paredes lads are good domestiques and fighters in the CT with countless attacks and KoM fights in .2 races last year.
Who we want:
In a word, Spaniards! In another word, Climbers! In two words, Spanish Climbers! In fourteen words, Any terrain leader preferably Hills, Mountains or Sprints please don't let us suck again [indicipherable]!
Of course, by PM you can get a rider's results/general summary, and obviously hopefully for the both of us a good deal to benefit us both Edited by jandal7 on 08-07-2016 18:51
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Specialized World Cycling has nobody in mind that we are racing to sell, but you can always drop me a message if you're interested in a rider. You should know, however, Haussler, Flakemore, Keough and Brown are definite 'no's, and Chaves and Yamamoto would be unlikely.
Vanmarcke is the top cobbles rider in the game and has a decent wage of 915. Monfort is despite his age still a top stage racer especially for CT teams. His wage is 400.
PM if interested in any of those two.
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If you are interested in any rider of W-Junior or Heineken that were added by default to those teams, you can also PM me.
Also as Martii_Scots is on a vacation, I'm doing his transfers. His team will only consist of British and Irish riders. If you have a decent rider to give away from those nationalities you can also PM me.
Greg Van Avermaet (79CB, 76HI) OR 
Alexander Kristoff (78SP, 78CB)
Simon Geschke (76HI, great backups)
Quentin Jauregui (75 HI, 23y, Pot. 6)
Anthony Spencer, 66MO, 66HI, 20y, pot 5
Mikel Nieve (78 mo) great climber for a CT team but also useful for a WT team who wants someone for the mountains or a super-domestique, would like at least 300 for him, but less may be possible depending on bidding.
Tilegren, 
Auer, 
Petraits or 
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Suntory 
Mark Renshaw is a world-renowned lead out man and proved his worth last year when Evaldas Siskevicus and Davide Appolonio took numerous wins, most memorably Appolonio's GC win and stage at the Circulo de Juarez.
The Paredes lads are good domestiques and fighters in the CT with countless attacks and KoM fights in .2 races last year.
