Written by Equipo Easy On at 14:43 1/6-2018
Ever since the return of EEO after the long break we have had a policy of scouting and training our own riders. This is costly and all training only pays if you find this Über-talent with real winner potential.
EEO found some but whenever there was great potential (true winning potential, minimum 210 + of relevant stats), the riders maxed early:
Travis Lauritsen: VG TT, VG TQ, FR AVG: 220 TT minimum! Max at 41
Sancho Balbi: VG HL, VG SP, Max at 41
Nacho Montana, INC SP, Small FR, AVG TQ - maxed at 40
Rehani Bizimana VG CL, good DH, small HL and good FR - maxed at 37
Other riders maxed OK, but lacked the potential to really earn cash (better than a 6th spot on a good day).
With the closer regional focus of EEO today, the number of brilliant talents is lower and we trained riders that would not be trained elsewhere and are sometimes good for 2 races per season.
Like Tom Salter, INC FR guy, maxing at 39.
Like Laurence Karcher, Very Good HL & SP, AVG FR & TQ, maxing at 42
Like Paulo Gualtieri, INC HL guy, maxing at 40.
Recently, the training values have been good or even great (yes, there was this 180 points guy just recently) but they will not be winners. How many races will a hilly cobbler win?
Now, there was this new guy, SP and TQ Very good, 210+ sprinter. OK, nearly 25 yo, but whatever. I was scared. I had this notion ...
Now, Angus Robilier maxed at 40. I frigging cannot believe it.
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Comments
Gotta love training!
I also have a 100% self trained team and recently was lucky with high maxes even on riders who didnt have huge potential (like Ward Engelbert) but also had super talents maxing low (Regis Hollandts)
It is always like this, some riders max high, some max low. The bad luck for you is that the ones which maxed high are not typical riders (Conway, Dixon, Chester) and there are very few races which suite them which means little money rewards...
Jeez.
I managed to become No 1 for 3 or 4 seasons solely on my home trained riders, but I had been very lucky back then. Training is not rewarded, I agree, but I have given up to care.
I am also not whining, it is just kind of strange how my really high potentials always seem to flunk. And scoring results just is so much more rewarding moneywise. And that would mean more training....
Training is not rewarded in this game and it should be changed. I became n°1 through training my own riders but I was very lucky with my own talent Melvynator and I'm not sure anyone could do the same nowadays. The market is so low, training is too expensive compared to buying a trained rider.
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