Le Tour is about to start, and on azerite we hope we archieve a better result than in the last Giro. I think with that we will archieve the goal of staying another season in first division.
For doing so, we have selected this riders:

241: David Manuel Piñeiro     25     Leader
242: Roberto Carlos Nieto     28     Climb helper
243: Reinhardt Kahn     32     Cobblehill helper
244: Rene Kaspers     27     Sprint helper
245: Ilga Biba     25     Climb helper

Piñeiro has a great chance to archieve at least a podium spot on here. However, there are a lot of strong rivals like Pires and Palmer that will fiercely battle for the maillot jaune.

The flat hills stage was terrible for Sven as he couldn't manage to stay with the group on the first section. The pure hilla stage wasn't good either, but he snatched some seconds and tied the time difference with Aeschliman. For the last stage, I don't know what will happen. Never raced this one for the general clasification, and also with wind.
The chance of winning the Maglia Rossa is very small, but maybe it's still there.

Great result for Piñeiro with the 2nd place in Romandie general. My prediction wasn't accurate, as Adam did a great race, surprisingly finishing in the top 10 at the last stage, while Piñeiro only managed to get a 17th place on it. Still, he got time on Loinaz, and got the 2nd place over him with the same time due to the best stage result archived in the tour, 8th vs 14th (i think).

For Eschborn classic a 6th place with a tactic that didn't really worked, as the team tried to attack unsuccesfully on the first sections, spending some extra resources that were missed at the end, such as the help of WrinklerPrins, that would have been really valuable to Endrodi. Given the xp difference, can't really say it was a terrible result, but expected a bit better.

Now, for Giro, our objective is to win it with Sven WrinklerPrins. For doing so, he will have a team made for him, including Zsombor Endrodi, flipping the roles from Eschborn classic.
Our team:
261: Sven WrinklerPrins     31     Leader
262: Zsombor Endrõdi     25     Climbs helper
263: Martim Xavier     31     Hills helper   (debuting with the team)
264: Adam Zipp     25     Climbs helper
265: Rene Kaspers     26     Sprints helper

So far, not an incredible perfomance for my team in my return to the first division, as the team is occupying a relegation spot rn. Still, not the worst situation, only 200pts behind OphiukoCT.
I have high hopes for Sven for this Giro and for Piñeiro here on Romandie and on the Tour, as it is a very mountain heavy one and that fits him pretty well. Maybe the manager will be for once right with his tactics.
Just today, Martin Xavier arrived to the team, probably at a higher price than he should be, but with this signing the roster is completed, unless the transfer listed Otto Gjertsen gets sold.
For the first Romandie stage, Piñeiro lost time with Hilton but not with other GC favourites like Rogers or Loinaz. Still, probably he could do better but Dukurs felt like running away.
Now for the mountain stages, hopefully Nieto won't do the same, this is the time for Piñeiro to shine and get time over the other contenders, since he will lose some time on the sprint probably.

Pero en la segunda etapa con la misma ayuda no me sale el icono y ha hecho top 10, no creo que sea por falta de ayuda porque en infinidad de carreras he ido con mi líder sólo y nunca me ha salido el icono.

Aunque no salga el icono siempre hay ayuda, aunque sea en menor medida, si estan juntos en el tramo anterior

Buff, ha costado mucho el ascenso pero al final con un par de fichajes de última hora se ha conseguido.
Gran temporada de ZBT que ha estado intratable y que miedo meten Aakre y Martisons de mlb, seguro que se van a comer primera.
Felicitar también a Dutch Lions y a Xegalaki Pro, que después de muchas temporadas han conseguido el ascenso a primera, y también a los que se quedaron cerca, a Kalarratas por sus grandes mundiales y a PIPIGU por estar ahí todo el año peleandolo, aunque se le escapase al final.

Por mi parte, ahora viene primera, a ver si se puede hacer algo bonito con los chavales, que el Tour tiene buena pinta para Piñeiro, y ver si podemos salvar la categoría. Buena suerte a los que se quedan y a los que llegan aquí!

Por aqui no se mueve mucho el foro, a ver si le damos algo de vida a esto