FINAL VERSION

STATS
- Statted all remaining UCI races of the 2024 season by Arie, Pan Párek, Joe, Thootje, TakMau, ve_pixx, specialk42, Jidé Tommeke, IlyaTroshin, kacem & axelisthe
- Statted some recent amateur races including Friendship of North Caucasus by Arie, Chinese League - Mangshi Station by Pan Párek & Green Mountain Stage Race by axelisthe
- Rework of US free agents (big thanks to axelisthe)
- Added and statted around 45 new riders

RIDERS, TEAMS & SPONSORS
- Updated rosters
- Set many retirements & latest contract renewals
- Removed retired riders
- Updated/added DOBs and heights & weights for 140 riders
- Updated national champions

OTHER STUFF
- Added some coaches & scouts
- Added many new national team jerseys (big thanks to Tomgtr7, Desport/loik, martin_08, Sazee & xfc72)
- Added/updated 270 photos (big thanks to Arie)

NEW RACES
- Tour de Batam (1.2)

NEW STAGES
- UCI World Championships 2025 by Barna
- European Championships 2025 by Barna
- Giro del Veneto 2024 by Søren Ravn MLG
- Veneto Classic 2024 by Søren Ravn MLG
- Tour de Batam 2024 by TakMau

STATS
- Stat updates after UCI World Championships
- Statted UCI races that happened since the last update by Joe, Arie, Pan Párek, kacem.mommerency, Ilyatroshin & Jidé Tommeke
- Statted some recent amateur races including Johor Cycling Series by TakMau, Tour of Shanghai - New Cities by Pan Párek & Vuelta San Carlos by Arie (honorable mentions also go to Arie for statting German Bundesliga races as well as Rutas de America & Vuelta al Uruguay)
- Added and statted 40 new riders

RIDERS, TEAMS & SPONSORS
- Updated rosters
- Set retirements & latest contract renewals
- Removed retired riders
- Removed Bas van Belle (RIP)
- Updated/added DOBs, heights & weights
- Updated World Champions & national champions

RACES
- New race: Tour de CMU
- Updated some race dates & race popularities

OTHER CHANGES
- Added some coaches & scouts

OTHER STUFF
- Added classification files for 8 races (big thanks to Clamel)
- Added/updated 90 photos (big thanks to Arie)

NEW STAGES
- Giro dell'Emilia 2024 by Martin074
- Tre Valli Varesine 2024 by Martin074
- Prueba Villafranca - Ordiziako Klasika 2024 by Martin074
- Tour du Cameroun 2024 by TakMau
- Tour du Benin 2024 by TakMau
- Paris-Roubaix Espoirs 2024 by benjong
- Tour de CMU 2024 by TakMau

STATS
- Stat updates after European Championships
- Statted UCI races that happened since the last update by Joewhiteley, Pan Párek, Arie, TakMau Sazee & specialk42
- Statted some recent amateur races including Clásica Marinilla by Arie, Tour de Côte d'Or by Thootje & Vuelta a Honduras by Pan Párek
- Added and statted 20 new riders

RIDERS, TEAMS & SPONSORS
- Updated rosters
- Set retirements & latest contract renewals
- Updated/added DOBs, heights & weights

OTHER CHANGES
- Added/updated 50 photos (big thanks to Arie)
- Added some staff (coaches, physicians, scouts)
- Updated NC champions

NEW STAGES
- UCI World Championships ITT 2024 by TakMau
- Il Lombardia 2024 by Barna
- Skoda Tour de Luxembourg 2024 by benjong/Barna
- Tour de Langkawi 2024 by TakMau
- Tour of Hainan 2024 by TakMau
- Classic Var 2024 by by TakMau
- Binche - Chimay - Binche / Mémorial Frank Vandenbroucke 2024 by Søren Ravn MLG
- Giro Ciclistico della Valle d'Aosta - Mont Blanc 2024 by benjong
- Ronde de l'Isard 2024 by TakMau
- Tour of Poyang Lake 2024 by Pan Párek
- Tour of Salalah 2024 by TakMau

STATS
- Stat updates after La Vuelta
- Statted UCI races that happened since the last update & many National Championships by Pan Párek, Arie, Joewhiteley, Cyrille, ve_pixx, axelisthe, kacem_mommerency, TakMau, Thootje, Sazee, Ilya, Théo Saurunt, specialk42, Jidé Tommeke & Era
- Statted some recent amateur races including Bromo KOM & Kediri Dholo KOM by TakMau, Vuelta a Juventud by Pan Párek, Randers Bike Week by Arie & GP Stad Torhout by kacem_mommerency
- Reworked Azerbaijan, New Zealand & Baltic riders by Thootje
- Reworked Portuguese CT riders by Pan Párek
- Added and statted over 75 new riders

RIDERS, TEAMS & SPONSORS
- Updated rosters
- Removed inactive riders, set retirements & latest contract renewals
- Removed Ilkhan Dostiyev
- Removed Simone Roganti & Orlando Garibay (RIP)
- Fixed some sponsor abbreviations & sponsor colours

RACES
- New races: Tour Battle of Warsaw (2.2) & Grote Prijs Stad Halle (1.2)
- Updated startlist values for some races of August (thanks to Kyteles)
- Fixed several inconsistencies in race like/dislike for teams

OTHER CHANGES
- Added/updated 130 photos (big thanks to Arie)
- Added some staff (coaches, physicians, scouts)
- Updated/added DOBs, heights, weights, regions, names
- Updated NC champions

NEW STAGES
- Renewi Tour 2024 by emre99
- GP Industria 2024 by Barna
- GP de Fourmies 2024 by Barna
- Tour of Istanbul 2024 by emre99
- Druivenkoers - Overijse 2024 by Barna
- Tour of Leuven - Memorial Jef Scherens 2024 by Barna
- Muur Classic Geraardsbergen 2024 by Barna
- Giro della Toscana 2024 by Barna
- Memorial Marco Pantani 2024 by Barna
- Tour Battle of Warsaw 2024 by TakMau
- Grote Prijs Stad Halle 2024 by Søren Ravn MLG
- Memoriał Andrzeja Trochanowskiego 2024 by BuddyMulligan
- Tour of Binzhou 2024 by Pan Párek
- Burkina Faso National Championships Road Race 2024 by TakMau

STATS
- Statted UCI races that happened since the last update & many National Championships by Pan Párek, Arie, Joewhiteley0711, Cyrille, Thootje, Théo Saurunt, specialk42, kacem, tobias2598, Bad Striker, Era', Mauro199, ve_pixx, Ilya & Jidé Tommeke
- Statted some recent amateur races including Giro del Veneto Juniors by Pan Párek, Lancaster GP by Thootje, Tour du Piémont Pyrénéen by Cyrille & U6 Cycle Tour by Bad Striker
- Reworked Irish and Slovenian CT riders by Thootje
- Added and statted over 50 new riders
- Refined the limits and potentials of some talents

RIDERS, TEAMS & SPONSORS
- New teams: Team California, Southern Cross Racing Academy, Team Mali
- Removed a dozen of amateur teams (i.e. Team Gabon, Tandem Pro Cycling)
- Updated rosters
- Removed over 100 inactive riders
- Reworked the popularity values of hundred of riders (thanks to Kyteles)
- Set retirements & latest contract renewals
- Fixed some sponsor abbreviations & sponsor colours; updated a couple team names

RACES
- Added back: Tour du Sahel (2.2)
- Updated startlist values for all races until the end of July
- More realistic wildcards for the Giro and the TDF career mode
- Fixed several inconsistencies in race like/dislike for teams
- Removed some races that didn't happen this season
- Updated race names

OTHER CHANGES
- New glasses brand: SunGod
- Real number of riders for European Championships & World Championships
- Multiplied all values in STA_investment_cyclist -> value_i_cost by 35 in order to reduce the frequency of the AI using this feature
- All coaches have at least a national reputation
- Updated/added DOBs, heights, weights, regions, names

NEW STAGES
- Tour de Pologne 2024 by Søren Ravn MLG
- Tour of Banyuwangi Ijen 2024 by benjong

STATS
- In-depth Tour de France stats update by the whole WorldDB statting team
- Statted UCI races that happened since the last update by Pan Párek, Arie, Joewhiteley0711, Cyrille and axelisthe
- Statted some recent amateur races including Five Rings of Moscow by Arie, Vuelta a Madrid by Pan Párek, French Amateur championships by Cyrille
- Expanded Canadian youth scene by axelisthe
- Added and statted several new riders
- Refined the limits and potentials of some talents

RIDERS, TEAMS & SPONSORS
- Sponsors will not be split for the time being (read more in the comments)
- Updated rosters
- Set retirements & latest contract renewals
- Fixed some sponsor abbreviations & updated a couple team names
- Removed redundent text like "Team", "Cycling" etc. in sponsor names
- Removed DYN_team_sponsor entries of development teams linked to parent teams, to prevent them becoming called " Development Team" after a few seasons

OTHER CHANGES
- New glasses brand: KOO
- Removed races that didn't happen and were never planned this season
- Updated some race names & race dates
- Latest national champions
- Updated some leader's minijerseys colours

NEW STAGES
- Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa San Sebastian 2024 by Barna
- Škoda Tour de Maurice 2024 by Benjong
- Courts Mammouth Classique de l'ìle Maurice 2024 by Benjong
- Grand Prix Altınkale 2024 by emre99

Hotfix V.2

- Fixed a bug regarding a limit in value_i_wanted_squad in DYNu23_link that caused a "mod check failed"-message after the latest PCM open beta patch

Hotfix 12/07/2024

- Fixed a bug with U23 teams that might cause crashes after the latest game patch as well as "mod check failed"-messages

- 1st Week TDF Stats update
- Statted some of UCI and amateur races since the last update by Pan Párek, Arie & Joewhiteley
- New roster for african National Teams
- Added some new riders
- Removed around 200 inactive riders (thanks to Arie for this time-consuming work)
- Updated race dates & 2024 national champions
- Removed André Drege
- New CDB to start a career mode with the 2023 national champions

NEW STAGES
- Skoda Tour de Maurice 2024 by benjong
- Courts Mamouth Classique de l'Île Maurice 2024 by benjong