Written by Silenzio at 13:56 4/8-2021
Season 57 began with a period of waiting. During S56 we used all TFs and didn’t recharge to push it to top division, in which we succeeded. After that, we sold and released a lot of our old riders to obtain a new young captain with  Rajnay Bela.
Due to all the transfers the teamspirit was rather low and due to the S56-campaign none of our riders was TF ready. No chance to score in D1 or D2, we decided. So we used the first half of the season to recharge riders and gain experience with our young squad, and drop to a ranking with which we could join Kangaroo Tour again with YC-holder Nordin Moerenhout. A certain Brazilian though who won everything what was to win in D3-tours prevented Nordin from retaining his YC-title. Still, the best of the rest, which made us happy.
Before Kangaroo we managed to get only 1 result in Volta ao Porto with our new sprinter Rajnay Bela. In the last month of the season we managed to secure three wins and nine results. And on top of that we still have a couple of riders TFR who are ready to score in S58. We might try to push it to D2 early season to be present again in Portugal and Mito-Tokyo, but could also be targeting Norway in S58.
To strengthen our team in races with high SP and FR came Irishman Gerard Pirrone over from Pelles Gazelles. He rewarded our move with a win in his debute-season.
Best rider of the season has been Denny Dominguez, who recorded 2 wins at the end of the season. His performances must have caught the attention of the USA NT-manager for sure, who till this day never has selected Denny for a race in the World Tour.
In training 210+ sprint-talent Tijl Rasenberg failed to fulfil his potential, but will continue riding for the team as a LOSP (82/68). Now our training-hopes are on 200+ sprinter Allen Almquist and Reynardo Ceballos, who will join midseason S58 and has 210+ sprint-potential. Rather high maxed our other trainee and high TQ-sprinter Sima Ervin. He is now among the top10 most technical riders in OCM. He will get his chance in certain races and serve as an LO2.
We are sure that with the new badge of trainees and aging of our young stars, the team will grow in the next couple of seasons. Our hopes are to be a stable top division-team from S61 onwards the latest. In the meantime we hope to celebrate successes in the divisions 2 and 3.
Results season 57
We had five riders winning points money through the season, of which two claimed their first win at the team.
Denny Dominguez: 2 wins, 3 results, 4 times money. Prize money: 49k. Points: 340.
Nordin Moerenhout: 5 results, 7 times money. Prize money: 40k. Points: 299.
Rajnay Bela: 1 result, 6 times money. Prize money: 36k. Points: 270.
Gerard Pirrone 1 win, 1 result, 2 times money. Prize money: 19k. Points: 120.
Sima Ervin 2 times money. Prize money: 10.5k. Points: 82.
As a team we achieved: 3 wins, 10 results, 21 times money. Prize money: 154.5k. Points: 1111.
Top 5 scoring riders of all-time
1. Tijmen Van Lieshout*: 1 jersey, 8 wins, 17 results, 26 times money. Prize money: 207k. Points: 1166.
2. Nordin Moerenhout*: 1 jersey, 1 win, 11 results, 20 times money. Prize money: 138k. Points: 867.
3. Driscoll Tiernan: 2 wins, 8 results, 19 times money. Prize money: 138.5k. Points: 721.
4. Denny Dominguez*: 2 wins, 4 results, 6 times money. Prize money: 64k. Points: 410.
5. Kevin Kolman*: 3 wins, 9 results, 18 times money. Prize money: 110k. Points: 399.
*Still active for Silenzio
Line-up for season 58
24yo Rajnay Bela, 213 Sprinter, 285-SARS (HL72 SP91 FR56 TQ66)
26yo Denny Dominguez, 214 Sprinter, 261-SARS (HL47 SP72 FR67 TQ75)
22yo Sima Ervin, 213 Sprinter, 282-SARS (HL69 SP63 FR61 TQ89)
25yo Nordin Moerenhout, 261-SARS + TT (HL71 SP89 FR41 TQ60 58TT)
29yo Gerard Pirrone, 194 Sprinter (SP91 FR73 TQ30)
33yo Tijmen Van Lieshout, 209 Sprinter
27yo George Neacsu, 202 Sprinter
24yo Twan Fokkens, 198 Sprinter, 86/54 LOSP
36yo Kevin Kolman, 80/60 LOSP
24yo Tijl Rasenberg, 82/68 LOSP
35yo Baumgartner Boldizsár, 215 TT-er, 59/99 LO1
22yo Allen Almquist, VG-G-S sprinttalent
2 Jobbers
Incoming:
23yo Reynardo Ceballos, I-A-A 210+ sprinttalent joining from LoleursLovers
Staff and equipment
No changes here.
Our trainers-staff remains:
S56 Quentin Fay 83 HL
S56 Kelvin Bekooy 83 SP /67 TQ
S56 Ogilvie Driver 84 FR
Income
Results S57
154.5k Prize money (200k was expected)
217k Sponsors (205k was expected)
70k jobs (guess)
30k Merch (guess)
471.5k Income (500k was expected)
Planning S58
200k Prize money
200k Sponsors
70k Jobs
30k Merchandise
500k Total
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Comments
After a rather average season by your standing, I am pretty sure you will enjoy a season comparable to S56.
Hope you have more luck in training Ceballos than Rasenberg !
Excited to see what else Bela can do! He's up for his 100th race, so be sure to cool a bottle of champagne ;)
Hehe, should have interrupted when I had the chance. Now my deal got interrupted instead... :(
Oh, and good luck with crossing your broken fingers ;)
Thanks!!
@Twan Don't know about Pirrone, but at your team he would be breaking the 1k-bar no doubt ;)
@Broken Fingers crossed
@Jicky Yes I hope so, Frank already compared his potential with Jochem Ploeger, so maybe Ervin can aim for Vuelta Castillos SC one day :)
Great preview! I like Ervin, he can bring you a lot of joy.
Good luck in the quest to div 1. Your team is still young so it will come :)
Nice review. Bela and Pirrone will definitely score in seasons to come.
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