Written by Andeby at 15:07 20/1-2023
This season has somehow gone really well. TT has always been at the core since we started racing, but with the addition of two other squads it was enough to push us to #1. Havent used a spreadsheet in a very long time, but things going well made me curious, so backtracked and these are the findings. Updated for the entire season.
TT:
Mæland $144 000 - 3 wins, total 7 podiums, 13 top 9s.
Gebert $81 000 - 2 win(TT WC Champ), total 6 podiums, 12 top 9s.
Perkis $61 000 - 1 win (WT), total 5 podiums, 8 top 9s.
Dale $53 000 - 2 win, total 3 podiums, 5 top 9s.
De Wijngaert $40 500, 6 top 9s.
Quinta $31 000, 1 podium, 4 top 9s.
Faria $7 000, 1 top 9.
Total TT earnings: $461 500
HL:
Giara $103 000, 2 wins, total 5 podiums, 10 top 9s.
Panek $23 000, 3 top 9s.
Diggele $3 000, 1 top 9.
Total HL earnings: $129 000
FR:
Rønne $73 000
Total FR earnings: $73 000
Total winnings: $663 500 / 5970 Points
We are of course very happy with the teams performances and have been lucky to avoid injuries on captains except for our TTers. The strong point-scoring comes mostly from exceptional consistency. Particularly from Mæland, Gebert, Perkis, Giara and Rønne. We have always invested as much as we can into the TT and its paying off. All 6 TTers are of great quality and we hope to see more from Quinta and De Wijngaert as they age. They've started dipping into top 9, so that looks promising. Dale has been a major disappointment this season and has two races left to redeem himself. We do however expect Dale, Gebert and Perkis to decline steadily. Dale did at least redeem himself a bit by winning in Berlin. Gebert ended the season very strongly with a 2nd in Berlin and being re-crowned as ITT WC Champion. Gebert with the strongest finish in the WC for Andeby for the last 4 years including his two wins.
HL and FR started competetively in S62. But with the transformation it took a while to get TS on acceptable levels. As the season started, the average age of our HL and FR teams were about 30yr old. We have started replenishing with some younger riders looking to build a strong long-term platform. Gallanero will arrive from HogBay while we will finish training Riesebusch. This will expand the HL team to 9 members. This will allow us to Top Form our riders more frequently. But with the age of our HL first-team being further away from peak-age, we expect that points can fall off a bit here. Giara has been outstanding this current season, but the captain role will probably be a bit more spread out in S64.
As for FR, it was quite close to the same thing there. Rønne will start declining while still being main captain, so we have acquired Pinhal from Silenzio who will join the team before the end of the season. We have also renewed our LO1s slightly to a younger average age which could cause Rønne's points to drop off a bit. Hopefully Pinhal will compensate while also scoring some points for himself. Viken also from Silenzio will also hope to see an outing as a captain. Rønne yet to win a single race in his entire career(!) while being the most succesful flatroader this season.
S64 goals:
5700 points
Essex with Quinta
Bergen with Giara
Helsinki with Rønne
WC ITT
With all the transfers, we are going into the next season with low TS and will be very pleased if we can match this years points.
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Well, they werent free. Perkis 3rd most exp rider and Mæland still most exp talent i think. But happy to see them performing. Perkis at a substantial loss overall though.
That's truly spectacular TT team. Congrats, Donald!
What a season, well done.
And a force to be reckoned with again in the FR scene next season I understand.
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