FINAL UPDATE PCM23

STATS
- FULL GIRO D'ITALIA STATS by the WorldDB Team
- Statted almost all UCI races since the last update by Pan Párek, Arie, Joewhiteley & Cyrille
- Statted many amateur races like Tour de la Manche by Pan Párek & Tour de Allgäu by Arie
- Added and statted more than 50 new riders by Pan Párek, Arie & Cyrille
- Downgraded some riders from our watchlist
- Adjusted a few limits and potential values

RIDERS, TEAMS & SPONSORS
- All transfers since the last update
- Contract extensions & planned retirements
- Removed 3 teams who are not CT anymore and inactive in 2024
- New height & weight data
- Updated national champions
- Removed many inactive/retired riders (thanks to Speedyben & Pan Párek)
- Adjusted some riders’ DOB (thanks to YeppX's work)
- Correction of the regions & name adjustments of a lot of riders (thanks to the massive work of Kesse)

RACES & CALENDAR
- New races: Silesian Classic (1.2), Grand Prix de la Ville d'Oran (1.2), Grand Prix de la Ville d'Annaba (1.2) & Tour du Mali (2.2)
- Updated some race names and race dates (especially for the National championships)

OTHER STUFF
- 190 new rider photos since the last update (thanks to Arie, PayToLose & sirgospursgo78)
- Added Sensa as a new frame brand, Van Rysel as a new glasses brand and the TT frame of Swiss Side as a new model (big thanks to Lecyclodudimanche)
- Many new jerseys for CT teams (thanks to Pat21, xfc72 & Froomeyy)
- Dozens of new accessoires by gospursgo78

NEW STAGES
- Updated Stage 16 of Giro d'Italia by Barna
- Criterium du Dauphine 2024 by Martin074
- Tour de Hongrie 2024 by Apjes
- Vuelta Asturias Julio Alvarez Mendo 2024 by Apjes
- Région Pays de la Loire Tour 2024 by Tamijo
- Boucles de l'Aulne - Châteaulin 2024 by BuddyMulligan
- Fleche du Sud 2024 by Barna
- Tour de Kumano 2024 by TakMau
- Tour of Poyang Lake 2023 (Stages 6-10) by Pan Párek
- Tour d'Algérie Cycliste 2024 by TakMau
- Silesian Classic 2024 by BuddyMulligan
- Tour du Mali 2024 by TakMau
- Grand Prix de la Ville d'Oran 2024 by TakMau
- Grand Prix de la Ville d'Annaba 2024 by TakMau

STATS
- Statted almost all UCI races since the last update by Pan Párek, Arie, Joewhiteley & Cyrille
- Statted many amateur races like HTV Cup by Pan Párek, Tour des Zibans by Arie & La Gainsbarre by Cyrille
- Added and statted more than 60 new riders by Pan Párek, Arie & Cyrille
- Downgraded some riders from our watchlist by Joewhiteley
- Adjusted a few limits and potential values

RIDERS, TEAMS & SPONSORS
- All transfers since the last update
- Contract extensions & planned retirements
- New height & weight data
- Updated national champions
- Removed many retired riders (thanks to Speedyben06 for the research)
- Adjusted a lot of DOB thanks to YeppX's work

RACES & CALENDAR
- New race: Giro della Provincia di Biella - Torino-Biella (1.2)
- Realistic list of teams in career mode races that took place since the last update by demille, Cyrille & Pay To Lose
- Updated one-off team lists for all races since the last update by demille & Pay To Lose
- Updated some race names and race dates (especially for the National championships)

OTHER
- 250 new rider photos since the last update thanks to Arie, PayToLose & sirgospursgo78
- Added GIRS as a new frame brand and Giro TT - Aerohead 2.0 as a new helmet model
- Added many 2024 leader jerseys for WT, & PCT teams as well as many custom sponsors (big thanks to Tomgtr & Maxvirrify)
- Updated accessoires for many CT teams (big thanks to gospursgo78)

NEW STAGES
- Giro d'Italia 2024 by Barna, thwlshmn, Søren Ravn MLG, Stylus, Ninja, nibali-sanbaronto, emre99, Rei-PCM & Apjes
- Tour of Türkiye 2024 by emre99
- Tour of Hainan 2023 by TakMau
- Tour of Mersin 2024 by BuddyMulligan
- Giro della Provincia di Biella - Torino-Biella 2024 by Pan Párek

STTATS
- Statted ALL UCI races since the last update by Pan Párek, Arie, Joewhiteley & Cyrille
- General rework of cobbles- and Flanders-related stats
- Statted many amateur races like Fuquan International Cycling Festival by Pan Párek, Großer Preis der Südlichen Weinstraße by Arie & Arden Challenge by Cyrille
- Added and statted dozens of new riders by Pan Párek, Arie & Cyrille
- Downgraded many underperforming riders by Joewhiteley
- Adjusted a few limits and potential values

RIDERS, TEAMS & SPONSORS
- New team: Hexagone - Corbas Lyon Métropole (amateur)
- All transfers since the last update, some roster updates for amateur teams
- Contract extensions & planned retirements
- Removed more riders who had been inactive for 18+ months by Arie
- New height & weight data
- Updated national champions

RACES & CALENDAR
- New races: Giro della Romagna (1.1), Jamaica International Cycling Classic (2.2), GP Brda-Collio (1.2), Grand Prix International de la ville de Nogent-sur-Oise (1.2), Int. Raffeisenbank Kirschblütenrennen (1.2) & Bueng Si Fai International Road Race (1.2)
- Realistic list of teams in career mode races that took place since the last update by demille, Cyrille & Pay To Lose
- Updated one-off team lists for all races since the last update by demille & Pay To Lose
- Updated some race dates & names
- Added EC 2024 as available variant

RIDER PHOTOS
- 520 new rider photos since the last update thanks to Arie, PayToLose & sirgospursgo78's massive work
- Added new classification files for Tour of Mersin & Giro d'Abruzzo thanks to Clamel
- Updated some race logos

NEW STAGES
- European Continental Championships 2024 (Road Race & Time-Trial) by Søren Ravn MLG
- Updated Ronde van Vlaanderen variants (3* for all attemps of the Oude Kwaremont, Paterberg & Koppenberg)
- Lotto Famenne Ardenne Classic 2023 by f_stbct
- Giro della Romagna 2024 by Søren Ravn MLG
- Circuit des Ardennes 2024 by BuddyMulligan
- Jamaica International Cycling Classic 2024 by Flo76
- GP Brda-Collio 2024 by Benjong
- Int. Raffeisenbank Kirschblütenrennen 2024 by BuddyMulligan
- Bueng Si Fai International Road Race 2024 by TakMau

STATS
- Statted all UCI races since the last update by Pan Párek, Arie, Joewhiteley & Cyrille
- Statted many amateur races like Volta a Goias by Pan Párek & Kasseienomloop Van Exloo by Arie
- Rework of some free agents by Arie
- Added and statted dozens of new riders by Pan Párek, Arie & Cyrille
- Stats rework for Vingegaard & Pogacar

RIDERS, TEAMS & SPONSORS
- All transfers since the last update, some roster updates for amateur teams
- Changed some 2023 Continental teams to amateur teams (race participations & sponsor)
- Contract extensions & planned retirements
- Removed many riders who had been inactive for 18+ months by Arie
- Updated sponsor colours for teams with new jerseys
- Adjusted dozens of birth dates & names
- Added many heights & weights

RACES & CALENDAR
- Removed many races that didn't take place in 2023 or won't take place in 2024
- Realistic list of teams in career mode races since the last update by demille, Cyrille & Pay To Lose
- Updated one-off team lists for all races since the last update by demille & Pay To Lose
- Adjusted some race dates & race names

EQUIPMENTS
- Fixed the bug of U23 teams having invisible equipments

OTHER STUFF
- Added UCI Points for all races of the 2023 season, including National Championships (big thanks to YeppX for his amazing tool)

ADDITIONAL FILES
- Over 300 new rider photos since the last update thanks to Arie's massive work
- Updated some race logos
- Added some frames & helmet models

NEW STAGES
- Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 2024 by Apjes
- Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali 2024 by BuddyMulligan
- Tour Colombia 2024 by Ray & BuddyMulligan
- Cholet Agglo Tour 2024 by BuddyMulligan
- Dorpenomloop Rucphen 2024 by BuddMulligan
- National Championships 2024 (Road Race & ITT) by TakMau

- Fixed the bug of not-displaying rider photos
- Added UCI Points for the whole 2023 Season (massive thanks to YeppX for his incredible tool)
- Updated photos for Decathlon AG2R after their new kit release

STATS
- Statted all UCI races since the last update by Pan Párek, Arie, Cyrille, Joewhiteley and axelisthe
- Statted some amateur races like Kangjin Tour by Pan Párek, Clásica de Rionegro by Arie or Valley of the Sun Stage Race by axelisthe
- Reworked the stats of leadout riders by Joewhiteley
- Added dozens of new riders (members of teams that are in the DB or good enough to be added) by Pan Párek, Cyrille, Arie and axelisthe

RIDERS, TEAMS & SPONSORS
- All transfers since the last update
- Contract extensions & planned retirements
- Removed hundreds of riders who had been inactive for 18+ months by Arie
- All recently announced doping suspensions (removed MAL)
- Updated some rider names (especially the Malaysian ones by Pan Párek and TakMau)
- Edited some potentials for low-rated riders by Arie
- Adjusted some rider types and rider limits
- Removed some teams that were taken off the UCI list (Kamen, Albiono, Kung, Shandong, Yunnan)
- Updated some team names & national teams' rosters
- Added custom sponsors from Antigua-and-Barbuda, Barbados, Botswana, São-Tomé-et-Principe, Togo, Seychelles and Romania (Dacia)
- Edited some sponsor regions to reflect teams' recent transfers

RACES & CALENDAR
- New race: Tour of Bostonliq
- Realistic list of teams in career mode races up to Milano-Torino by demille and Cyrille
- Adjusted some race dates & race names

EQUIPMENTS
- Updated many brand contracts by gospursgo78 & PayToLose
- Fixed the problem with some U23 teams' equipments by PayToLose
- Updated some equipment models & brand nationalites
- Added frame brand MyVelo

OTHER STUFF
- Added the real UCI points of almost all races of January - June 2023 massive thanks to YeppX for his incredible tool!
- Increased contract fidelity in WT teams to reduce the amount of high-profile transfers by gospursgo78
- Added around 150 coaches & scouts from smaller countries by gospursgo78
- Updated race rules & one-off team lists until 12/03 by PayToLose
- Updated sponsor abbreviations & sponsor colours
- Updated birth regions, birthdates, heights, weights, skintones
- National champions update

ADDITIONAL FILES
- Over 800 new rider photos since the last update thanks to Arie, PayToLose and gospursgo's massive work
- Improved quicksim files for flat and hilly cobbled races by Ja/Petfret
- Updated some race logos for January - March races by PayToLose

NEW STAGES
- Paris-Nice 2024 Barna
- Strade Bianche 2024 Slimon
- Gent-Wevelgem Barna
- Dwars door Vlaanderen Barna
- La Flèche Wallonne Barna
- Danilith Nokere Koerse 2024 Ray
- Tour of Sharjah 2024 BuddyMulligan
- National Championships 2012 (Road Race & ITT) Benjong

STATS
- Statted all UCI races since the last update by Arie, Pan Párek, Joewhiteley and Cyrille
- Statted some more amateur races like Vuelta Ciclista a Chana by Arie or turkish Criteriums by Pan Párek
- Added dozens of new riders (members of teams that are in the DB or good enough to be added)

RIDERS, TEAMS & SPONSORS
- New teams: AC Sparta Praha, LTWOO Men's Cycling Team, Madar Pro Cycling Team, Energus Pro Cycling Team
- Updated all amateur teams' sponsor regions by Cyrille
- All transfers since the last update
- Contract extensions & set retirements
- All recently announced doping suspensions
- Updated some team names & national teams' rosters
- Fixed the problem of Pro teams with big DTs leaking out money
- Updated many incorrect rider names by gospursgo78

RACES & CALENDAR
- New races: Mine AKIYOSHI-DAI Karst International Road Race (1.2), Melbourne - Warrnambool and Erzgebirgsrundfahrt (amateur races to fill up calendar of Oceanian/German teams)
- Realistic list of teams for all January and February races in career mode by Cyrille and demille
- Moved some WT races to category C to better replicate their real team lists
- Made Tour of Britain an "inactive" race (removed from the calendar but still in the DB for now)
- Fixed the bug of African .2 races having empty startlists by moving around their dates
- Changed the profile classification of some races (flat to hilly, etc)
- Updated some race dates & stage races' length
- Set more races than before as the "national tour" of their countries

EQUIPMENTS
- Added wheel brands Swiss Side & Oquo Wheels
- Made the DB Equipment Pack compatible

OTHER STUFF
- Added over 100 coaches & scouts and removed some other unnecessary ones by gospursgo78
- Updated sponsor abbreviations & sponsor colours
- Updated birth regions, birthdates & many heights + weights
- Added palmares for a few races
- National champions update
- Updated some leader's minijersey colours

ADDITIONAL FILES
- 700 new rider photos since the last update thanks to Arie, PayToLose and gospursgo's massive work
- Wheels for Swiss Side & Oquo Wheels

NEW STAGES
- Tirreno Adriatico 2024 by emre99
- Strade Bianche 2024 by Barna
- Tour of Oman by Flo76
- Faun-Ardèche Classic 2020-2022 by Barna (updated graphics)
- Tour de La Provence 2024 by Barna
- Tour des Alpes Maritimes et du Var 2024 by Barna
- Clásica Jaén Paraiso Interior by thwlshmn
- Vuelta Ciclista a la Región de Murcia "Costa Calida" 2024 by Apjes
- Erzgebirgsrundfahrt 2024 by Wings
- National Championships 2024 (Road Race & Time-Trial) by benjong

HOTFIX
- Fixed the bug of missing photos

STATS
- All UCI races since the last update (especially Tour Down Under) except Trofeo Calvia by Arie, Pan Párek and JoeWhiteley
- Statted some more amateur races like Turkish Cup 01 Road Race & Criterium by Pan Párek, Giro del Sol San Juan by Cyrille
- Statted over 100 new riders

RIDERS, TEAMS & SPONSORS
- All transfers since the last update
- All recently announced retirements
- Improved racing schedule realism in career/pro cyclist for dozens of PT & CT teams
- Updated all UCI teams' sponsor regions based on their 2024 signings
- Removed Team Uzbekistan (seem to be fully replaced by Tashkent City this year)
- New team: Unifunvic Pindamondangadaba (amateur team)

RACES & CALENDAR
- Fixed some wrong race dates (Milano-Sanremo, World Championships...)
- Some race category updates
- Updated many race names
- Artificially filled the roster of some teams that had below 8 riders announced irl (8 is the threshold to register to any race in the game)

OTHER STUFF
- Updated some sponsor abbreviations & sponsor colours
- Updated some birth regions & birthdates
- Updated many heights & weights
- Palmares of some amateur races
- Added more real staff
- National champions update
- Changed the rider with the lowest ID to prevent a bug with voice commentary in pro cyclist

ADDITIONAL FILES
- Again a lot more new photos by Arie, PayToLose, gospursgo78, Pan Parek

NEW RACES
- International Tour de Banyuwangi Ijen (2.2) by Pan Párek

NEW STAGES
- Santos Tour Down Under 2024 by Barna, emre99 & Ray
- UAE Tour 2024 by Barna
- Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2024 by Soren Ravn MLG & Apjes
- Tour of Oman 2023 by Flo76
- AlUla Tour 2024 by Barna
- Classica Comunitat Valenciana 1969 2024 by ReiPCM
- Vuelta al Táchira 2024 by BuddyMulligan

WorldDB 2024 Release

▶️22 NEW COUNTRIES
Added these countries and 110 riders from there: big thanks to gospursgo, Broxima & Sazee
Afghanistan, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, El Salvador, Eswatini, Guinea, Haiti, Lebanon, Macau , Mauritania, Nicaragua, Saint Lucia, Saint-Vincent and the Grenadines, Sao Tome and Principes, Seychelles, Togo, Turkmenistan & Vatican) --> [QOL PACK IS NEEDED!

▶️ STATS
Statted all UCI races since November 2023 by Pan Párek and Arie
Rework of all WT & PCT riders by Pan Párek
Rework of dozens of CT teams & their riders by Pan Párek
Rework of Korean riders by Pan Párek
Rework of Canadian riders by axelisthe
Added and statted hundreds of new riders for the Continental and Amateur teams by Cyrille, Arie and Pan Párek
Statted many 2023 amateur races such as Akagera Rhino Race, Vuelta a Cochabamba, Tour of Nujiang... by Cyrille, Arie and Pan Párek
Rework of many free agents by Arie
A few riders added and reworked from CX races by Pan Párek and Cyrille
Fixed some unbalanced stats by Cyrille

▶️ RACES
Official 2024 UCI calendar (removed races, added new races, updated race dates, race names, number of stages) by PayToLose and gospursgo78
Added around 30 amateur races (classified as .2) to fill the calendar of continental teams that had very little on their schedule (German, Oceanian, Asian teams...) List here: https://pastebin.com/Wj2jqGiZ

▶️ TEAMS
All rosters up-to-date with the teams list published by the UCI
Division changes between PT and CT
Updated team names
Updated teams' racing schedule in career mode based on what we already know for 2024 races
Improved racing schedule realism for some WT and PT teams
Updated sponsor colours
Updated some teams' staff members

▶️ RIDERS
Removed around 700 riders that are retired by Arie
Set contracts for all riders of WT, PCT & CT teams + 2024 retirements by PayToLose and Arie
Added and updated height, weight and skin tone of a lot of riders
Fixed some nationalities, regions, birth dates & potentials
Increased the minimum values in potential to have less rider declining or retiring early in careers
Reworked the limits automatically associated to each potential and birthdate
More riders have their neo pro year by Arie & TSRacing
National champions update

▶️ OTHER STUFF
Added & statted 155 track cyclists (all of them raced in 2023)
Updated lists of scouts and trainers
Removed some riders who had duplicated palmares entries
Added the 2023 palmares for all races
Adder rider histories for 2023
Updated records with 2023 data
Reworked order of value_i_race_dislike by Demille
Updated leader's jerseys colours
Some new custom sponsors
Updated sponsor abbreviations
Unlocked voice commentary for 54 riders
Real journalists for the Vélo d'Or vote

▶️ FILES
4.400 new photos for real riders + increased the dimension to have a better quality in game (massive work by Arie, PayToLose and gospursgo78)
Removed hundreds of unused files from the DB

▶️ NEW RACES
Tour Colombia (2.1)
Tour de la Provence (2.1)
Tour de Korea (2.1)
Ruta de la Cerámica - Gran Premio Castellón (1.1) BuddyMulligan
Race Torquay (1.1)
Sun Hung Kai Properties Hong Kong Cyclothon (1.1) Kyklist-21
Le Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc (2.2)
Tour do Rio (2.2)
Tour of Mersin (2.2)
SD WORX BW Classic (1.2) Pan Párek
Omloop het Waasland (1.2) Pan Párek
Simac Omloop der Kempen (1.2) Pan Párek
Gran Premio NY (1.2) Kyklist-21
GP Antalya Airport City (1.2) emre99
Jelajah Cycling Series Surakarta (1.2) Pan Párek
GP Internacional de Ciclismo de SC (1.2) Pan Párek
GP Urubici de Ciclismo (1.2) Pan Párek
GT de Ciclismo de SC (1.2) Pan Párek

▶️ NEW STAGES
Volta ao Algarve 2024 ReiPCM
Arctic Race of Norway 2024 Flo76
Tour de Langkawi 2017 TakMau
Tour of Qinghai Lake 2023 Flo76
Tour of Taihu Lake 2023 Flo76
Volta a Portugal 2023 ReiPCM
Etoile de Bessèges 2024 Ray
Tour of Antalya 2024 emre99
Tour du Rwanda 2024 Flo76
Mallorca Trophies 2024 Ray
Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969 2024 Ray
Figueira Champions Classic 2024 Søren Ravn MLG
GP Cycliste la Marseillaise 2024 Barna
Coppa Sabatini 2022, Giro della Toscana 2022 nibali-sanbaronto
Per Sempre Alfredo 2021, 2022 nibali-sanbaronto
Surf Coast Classic 2024 Søren Ravn MLG
New Zealand Cycle Classic 2024 BuddyMulligan
Tour du Sahel 2023 Flo76

▶️ NEW NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
🇮🇹 2023 (RR & ITT) nibali-sanbaronto
🇹🇼 2023 (RR & ITT) Pan Párek
🇮🇪 2023 (RR & ITT), 🇱🇸 2023 (RR & ITT), 🇿🇼 2023 (RR & ITT), 🇧🇴 2023 (RR & ITT), 🇲🇪 2023 (RR & ITT) Benjong
🇮🇩 2022 (RR & ITT), 🇲🇾 2022 (RR & ITT) Benjong
🇳🇴 2023 (RR), 🇨🇾 2023 (RR), 🇬🇷 2023 (RR), 🇧🇬 2023 (RR), 🇧🇾 2023 (RR), 🇷🇸 2023 (RR) Benjong
🇴🇲 2022 (RR) Benjong

▶️National Championships for new countries
🇲🇴 2023 (Road Race & ITT) Kyklist-21
Fantasy 🇧🇼, 🇸🇻, 🇸🇿, 🇱🇧, 🇳🇮, 🇸🇹, 🇻🇦 (RR & ITT) Kyklist-21
Fantasy 🇦🇫, 🇧🇧, 🇩🇲 (RR & ITT) Ninja
Fantasy 🇬🇳, 🇲🇷, 🇹🇬 (RR & ITT) Wane
Fantasy 🇹🇷 (RR & ITT) Pan Párek