Become a sports director, take part in the world's top cycling races and lead your riders to victory. Set race objectives, negotiate contracts, find new sponsors and build your team season after season.
Interesting choices - I'm much better at controlling Puncheurs than sprinters so I would have signed Svrcek and cancelled the deal with Pickrell. I hope Pickrell comes through for you next season.
The biggest popularity gain is winning a stage of the TDF and that has the potential to increase pop to 7. So 8 and above is only possible if the nation begins the game with a rating that high. As for training structure, I've never seen anything higher than a 5 or maybe a 6 achieved. So something along the lines of a 7-6 is the highest you could expect to see.
