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by team fl » Mon May 02, 2016 11:04 am
And here we go again. The same in green for May (with stupid hyphens from Word):
Climbers:
- no name (Haudegen): 73-56-78-48-48, 54.2 Pavé, 63 Reg: Man, what a climbing prospect. He has almost perfect skills in mountain, flat and downhill, but no name yet. Even only 48 TT and sprint seem not to matter that much, but make him a bit more dependable on mountain training though. And even if not, he can still ride very aggressively with his 63 Reg. But he better be successful as Haudegen paid more than 700’000 over market value for him.
- Gordon Kearney (Calimero): 73-55-71-49-59, 53.8 Pavé, 37 Reg: Very nice climber with good A-skills and maxed sprint skill. Would have been my choice too, even over Haudegen’s beast. And he was cheaper. Only around 500’000 over market value.
- Nicola Urru (Coroncina): 73-55-66-53-51, 55.9 Pavé, 53 Reg: Kind of the mix between the two riders above. Better B-skills (TT and sprint) but lacks a bit in A-skills, esp. downhill. But then again, good flat skill and with 53 reg a potential GT prospect.
Stage race riders:
- no name (Vital): 68-56-72-69-55, 56 Pavé, 59 Reg: This is a potential Huber with a good basis. Of course, he has not the 72 max TT, but his skill-set is well balanced. And he has 59 Reg. Anyway, I think in this case, the development of the team itself that hired him will be more important than the rider’s development.
Sprinters:
- Linus GroSSchartner (!) (Trekken Racing): 49-54-67-54-82, 61.5 Pavé, 42 Reg: Very weird name. Besides, he has superb sprint skills but lacks some flat. The 61.5 Pavé will come in very handy in the classic spring 2017 though. Trekken did not even pay 100% for him.
Classic riders:
Unfortunately, there are no classic riders with pavé that would be worth mentioning. All three over 70 pavé have their flaws (lack of downhill, too much reg, lack of sprint, etc.). An-yway, a lot of teams seem to buy classic riders in bulks. So we have a lot of teams with two or more 21 yo classic riders (at least with the potential). Here is my selection:
- Wassil Nadzieja (Mangahns Mannen): 56-74-74-60-49, 65.6 Pavé, 60 Reg: This is one of four (!) 21 yo riders Mangahns Mannen adds to his roster. So I guess he’s farming for spring 2017. Anyway, this guy is one of the best balanced young classic riders in May. He only lacks a bit of sprint, but hey, when three of your four riders have 55 or more reg, the tactics seem to go into another direction. John Quinn from Calimero has almost the same skills, but more sprint points and less TT (53/58).
- no name (Flinky): 56-73-77-54-54, 66.4 Pavé, 48 Reg: With one flat point more, he would have perfect starting skills for a classic rider. But almost perfect is good enough in May, so we take him on the list.
- Nikolay Gurenko (Freudenfeuer): 56-74-69-59-64, 67.1 Pavé, 43 Reg: Nikolay is not the one with the best sprint skill among the 21yo classic prospects, but his other skills give him the pole position over Fabien Mirebeau (VC Moulinsart: 56-72-76-48-64, 66.6 Pavé (!), 50 Reg) and JorgeLuis Ochoa (Team Obk: 56-72-65-48-65, 66 Pavé, 64 Reg (expensive!)). Vasily Zaytsev could also be taken into consideration, but only because he’s the cheapest of them all (only 56 downhill and 36 Reg).
Classic riders with TT:
- Logan Eaton (Ralph Lauren): 54-72-54-76-61, 66.3 Pavé, 60 Reg: I know. This might be not the kind of rider that would be in such a list, but honestly, there is nothing better to show you. So Logan Eaton stands vicariously for the lack of good classic riders with TT, who could become the next “Habermacher” or “Leupold”.
(pure) Time trialists:
- Wilco Zuidema (Rapid Vitesse): 48-72-78-77-54, 64.2 Pavé, 40 Reg. In April, there has not been a real good pure time trialist. This month, there is Zuidema: Perfect TT skills, almost maxed downhill, some flat and cheap side skills which you don’t need for a pure time trialist. His problem will be the mountain skill, depending on how Rapid Vitess will train him.
- Auric Goldfinger (CircleCycle): 50-74-72-77-60, 68.6 Pavé, 35 Reg: And there we even have a second one to mention. Besides downhill and reg, he seems to be even more fit than Wil-co, at least at the beginning of being 21.
Worth mentioning as well is, that both time trialists went well under 100 percent of their market value. Seems those types of riders are so hip at the moment.
(pure) Pavé riders:
Perfect time to buy pavé rider for the upcoming classic spring 2017! Let’s see what was bought:
- no name (Fly Eagles Fly): 48-74-49-62-52, 76.1 Pavé, 37 Reg: Best pavé skill of all 21 year olds in May. Not much more to say about him, a pure pave beast.
- Helmuth Götzen (Organe Cycling): 51-74-76-52-64, 74.9 Pavé, 54 Reg: What Helmuth lacks in pave, he makes up with his B-Skill like sownhill and esp. sprint. Okay, has not to have that much reg, but it won’t hurt either.
Helpers (max. 52 mountain, 72 flat, min. 70 downhill, max 70 TT, max 60 sprint, min. 45 reg):
Four riders found with these characteristics of which I’ve picked three to be in this list (sorry Obk but Restrepo lost against Farkas):
- Juha Salonen (CircleCycle): 51-72-75-47-84, 67.5 Pavé, 56 Reg: Reminds me a bit of my own Anselmo Grau, despite the fact that Juha has even 10 Reg to show off. Besides that, this will be a good helper for Auric Goldfinger, who is already mentioned in the pure time trialists’ section.
- Örn Clausen (SV Furpach): 49-70-71-48-57, 72.1 Pavé, 58 Reg: Team FL was very close bid-ding seriously for this rider too. He has very nice helper skills and it’s the perfect timing for a bit pave as well. So I guess Fuprach will enjoy Örn a lot from January (Tour des Pavés) to May 2017, maybe even already in October (Sachsen Pavés!).
- Attila Farkas (Big Donkey): 50-69-78-47-52, 62.4 Pavé, 48 Reg: First things first, the Donkey might say now that this isn’t a helper because he only has leaders in his team. Nevertheless, as Faraks didn’t fit in any other category, he will be mentioned in this. Sooo, although not having 50+ Reg, this guy can become a very handy 60-80 rider while being still advantageous for a team’s finances.
Honourable mentions aka self-adulation:
- Fridolin Tschugmell (Team FL): 48-70-69-47-48, 66.4 Pavé, 62 Reg: Again against the rules, because it's my own rider and because 69 is not 70 downhill, but I already love him! My first rider ever over 60 Reg and such wonderful skills. He won't be ready for the Giro, but I think he will be considered for the Tour de France. Anyway, it seems even when I am posting my own riders, they have only been helpers so far...
Cheap riders that actually are a good fit
New segment for May! Yay! I found some very cheap riders that actually will be a good fit for their team. So be prepared for his and don’t get too greedy:
- Edwig vanHooydonck (BayernPower): 56-73-67-50-54, 67 Pavé, 35 Reg: He could also be mentioned in the classic riders section but with this special segment, I show him here: 1.65 market value, bought for even less, only 32.5k salary for May with these skills: A nice bargain I would say. There are other really cheap classic riders, but Edwin beats them all in value for money.
- Goran Kostelic (TheDreamTeam): 46-70-50-50-47, 66.4 Pavé, 40 Reg: A very cheap rider, worth around 1.5 Mio and bought exactly for that (Div. 6-7 I guess). Anyway, this is a salary dumper par excellence and with some training even helpful for the team. 50-85 possible with some luck (for the odds, ask Coroncina). In the same category, we also have a Liechten-stein rider! Martin Rechsteiner (Riding Stars: 46-71-52-50-49, 64.1 Pavé, 40 Reg) is hilarious-ly cheap as well, esp. from such a wealthy country. Somehow he’s ruining our image…
- no name (Elbcoast Riders): 47-74-77-49-73, 66.2 Pavé, 37 Reg: A bit more expensive than Goran and Martin but much better skilled as well. This could become an elite flat rider if he trains close to well only. The rider has been bought for round 1.3 Mio and only wants a bit more than the minimum salary (so far).
- Otto von Bismarck (ONCE-Team): 55-69-76-52-46, 72.9 Pavé, 39 Reg: He’s not exactly cheap, but how can you be with that name. Anyway, this could be an interesting rider for hilly pavé races. And – otherwise he would not be in this segment – he was comparably cheap (bought for 1.75 Mio), possibly because of the 69 flat skill only. There are several oth-er riders with a decent but not superb pave skill who were pretty cheap, like a no name rider from Fly Eagles Fly (48-69-51-52-51, 71.7 Pavé, 47 Reg for 1.5 Mio.), who seems to stack up pavé riders anyway.
I didn't mean to say it. But I meant what I said.