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| tsmoha |
Posted on 18-07-2015 09:48
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Because I can 
You know, there's always a tsmoha interested in Gesink, if he doesn't have the motivation anymore. He may need a change next year?!
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 18-07-2015 15:40
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tsmoha wrote:
Because I can
You know, there's always a tsmoha interested in Gesink, if he doesn't have the motivation anymore. He may need a change next year?!
From what I hear, Gesink and Morton don't get along so Morton would have to leave OZ in order for Gesink to arrive, possibly for 1t4i 
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 18-07-2015 16:00
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 24-07-2015 10:07
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Hey there, it's me, the manager of Robert Gesink. Sadly, I haven't been able to write as much of these as I wanted to, but hopefully that will change in the future.
It's been two months since the transfers season has started and ended, but I'll share a few thoughts about it. I don't care the actual season has started and nobody cares about the transfers at this point.
To say I had a rough start would be an understatement considering I was forced to release one of my biggest talents on which I also wasted tons of salary cap last year white he rode in the lower divisions.
Still, with a nice amount of cap left, I was positive I could have a great transfer season. Going into the transfers I had three major targets: Mike Teunissen, Serghei Tvetcov and Danny Van Poppel. But, after like less than two days, it was clear I wasn't going to get all of them and I should consider myself lucky if I land one of them.
MRW Excels tells me I can't afford all of my targets
At first I decided to leave Tvetcov and Van Poppel and go for Teunissen who seemed to be the best rider out of the three, but who would also turn out to be the most expensive.
So there I was, hopeful that I could land the biggest Dutch cobbles talent. Still, I needed a sprinter so I turned my attention towards Dylan Groenewegen and after making a dick bid over roturn, we got into talking about a possible loan, with me paying none of Groenewegen's wage. Needless to say SN was not happy about that. The deal would eventually not go through since both Teunissen and Groenewegen proved to be more expensive than we first thought.
roturn and I plotting
And here we are back on Teunissen. I really wanted him and after bulling Jesley out of pursuing him, I thought I could actually get him. Sykkel_Freak had other plans though. Why he decided to bid 450k on a rider that can possibly do top 5s in cobbled races when maxed out is beyond me, but I guess the thought of having Phinney for a whole season was too much for him to cope with. Anyway, despite having the money to overbid that and some, I decided to let Sykkel_Freak have Teunissen since I'll be getting him dirt chip next year when Venchi will be riding in the PCT.
MRW I decided to let Sykkel_Freak have Teunissen
With about 500k left in my salary cap, I decided to turn my attention back to Danny Van Poppel and some 3rd tier talents that could prove to be useful domestiques in the future. In the end, I got Danny which means that 1/3 of my transfer season was a success.
Hopefully, next year I will still be in the PT and actually come up with a plan to turn around the downhill direction this team seems to have taken in the last seasons.
Edited by alexkr00 on 24-07-2015 10:12
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| roturn |
Posted on 24-07-2015 10:11
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With those 3 targets, it was really a tough transfers for you. Good for you that Groenewegen was not loaned out (actually wasn`t even possible in the end due to higher biddings anyway). He just sucks this season.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 24-07-2015 10:14
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roturn wrote:
With those 3 targets, it was really a tough transfers for you. Good for you that Groenewegen was not loaned out (actually wasn`t even possible in the end due to higher biddings anyway). He just sucks this season.
At least you got Van Poppel. Not a bad rider at all.
Yeah, it's always tricky with riders that you haven't seen before and you have to judge them only by their stats. Hopefully Groenewegen will step up his game eventually 
Yeah, Van Poppel really seems to be trying in Il Giro, but clearly not strong enough at the moment. Even for top 10s.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 24-07-2015 10:21
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Ah yes, I see you are a man of taste.. Parks & Rec is a goodie. Very nice ramblings about the transfer season, goes to show that building (& improving) on an existing team can be quite tricky.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 24-07-2015 10:45
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Shonak wrote:
Ah yes, I see you are a man of taste.. Parks & Rec is a goodie. Very nice ramblings about the transfer season, goes to show that building (& improving) on an existing team can be quite tricky.
Thanks.
I feel that I've made some rather poor choices in the last transfer seasons. Still, I'm quite happy with how my team shaped up in the end.
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Posted on 24-07-2015 15:35
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Very cool to read this.
Proves once again how difficult it can be to sign your top priorities. I guess every manager has his own stories to tell in that aspect and it's great to read one.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 25-07-2015 05:55
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knockout wrote:
Very cool to read this.
Proves once again how difficult it can be to sign your top priorities. I guess every manager has his own stories to tell in that aspect and it's great to read one.
Perhaps they do, but I doubt any of them have gifs as awesome as mine
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 29-07-2015 08:58
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Another goal failed by Robert Gesink
We started the Tour of California with a lot of confidence that Gesink will be on the podium at the end of the race, with only Phinney and Spilak looking to be stronger than the Dutch Champion.
But, despite a fantastic team time - trial where the team managed to finish with the exact same time as the winners, Gesink failed to achieve that goal. He just didn't seem interest in making any moves, finishing in the pack both stages that had an uphill finish. In the final time - trial he did manage to grab a third place though, which secured a top 5 for him in the general classification.
On the other hand, Sergio Henao had an amazing race. In the queen stage of the race, Henao made an early move and despite being caught by the big guns in the closing kilometers of the stage, he managed to finish 3rd and grab the King of the Mountains jersey as well as the 9th place in the GC at the end of the race. Jelle Vanendert also had a good race, finishing 22nd in the GC.
Don't forget to check out our biggest results of the season so far at this link.
Henao in the polka dots jersey
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| SotD |
Posted on 29-07-2015 09:34
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It sucks to miss a goal due to a rider not performing to his level, but other than that the race was quite succesful for you I would say. Two riders in the top 10 was surely not a given. KOM was a great bonus aswell as the team doing so well in the TTT.
In terms of points you are doping very well here. I have my fingers crossed that Gesink will soon be giving you a top result. Is he going for the ardennes this season?
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 29-07-2015 09:46
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I know I'm scoring quite well, but Gesink should have been on the podium. And Henao in the top 10 isn't that much of a stretch given he was one of the best climbers in the race.
No Ardennes for Gesink. La Vuelta, Dauphine and Il Lombardia are the remaining races for him.
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| SotD |
Posted on 29-07-2015 10:16
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alexkr00 wrote:
I know I'm scoring quite well, but Gesink should have been on the podium. And Henao in the top 10 isn't that much of a stretch given he was one of the best climbers in the race.
No Ardennes for Gesink. La Vuelta, Dauphine and Il Lombardia are the remaining races for him.
I know, but still you can never guarantee that a second tier will do well. I got extremely lucky with Lecuisinier myself. And the KOM is a nice points boost.
It will be great to see him in the Vuelta. Atleast he doesn't get to race against Spilak anymore this season. I hope he will end up make a podium a the Vuelta. I miss seing him produce top results.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 29-07-2015 10:27
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He could do that since the hilly stages seem to create some important gaps now (Ricco in Giro  ). But first, he'll need to bother with an attack or two so I'm not really optimist with his chances.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 30-07-2015 17:04
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Stage win for Majka at Il Giro
The first Grand Tour of the year has recently ended and we are proud to say that it was quite a success for Project 1t4i with a stage win and two riders in the top 20 in the general classification.
Rafel Majka was very aggressive during the entire race and that was best shown by the fact that he was part of two winning breakaways. One in the 14th stage, where the Polish rider only finished 5th and one in the 18th stage, a stage that would become representative for him.
Majka was the strongest out of a huge breakaway group which gained more than 18 minutes (in the 18th stage ) on the pack and took the most important win of his career. The huge amount of time gained by the breakaway also allowed Majka to enter the top 20 in the GC.
It wasn't all good news for us though as a few other riders also gained important places in the GC that day, which saw our team leader, Gianluca Brambilla dropping out of the top 20.
Following those GC changes and with the stage win on his mind, Brambilla went in the breakaway in the 20th stage of the race, the last stage to feature mountains. Sadly for him though, the big guns didn't let the breakaway get too far and even made quite early attacks themselves.
Brambilla put up a great fight though and even though his group was caught by Schleck and co. he managed to hang on to them to finish 4th in the stage and climb back up in the GC to the 14th place.
Majka celebrating the win of his career on the finish line
Here you can see the evolution of Brambilla and Majka with their stage and general classification ranking for each stage of the race.
| | | Stage | GC | | | Stage | GC |  Gianluca Brambilla | #1 | | 13 | 101 |  Rafel Majka | #1 | 13 | 107 | | #2 | | 28 | 50 | | #2 | 92 | 56 | | #3 | | 44 | 50 | | #3 | 81 | 57 | | #4 | | 34 | 46 | | #4 | 53 | 52 | | #5 | | 32 | 45 | | #5 | 79 | 52 | | #6 | | 51 | 46 | | #6 | 82 | 53 | | #7 | | 16 | 16 | | #7 | 39 | 35 | | #8 | | 53 | 16 | | #8 | 81 | 35 | | #9 | | 26 | 13 | | #9 | 86 | 36 | | #10 | | 46 | 13 | | #10 | 69 | 36 | | #11 | | 19 | 11 | | #11 | 126 | 42 | | #12 | | 25 | 11 | | #12 | 47 | 47 | | #13 | | 28 | 15 | | #13 | 40 | 44 | | #14 | | 37 | 15 | | #14 | 5 | 39 | | #15 | | 135 | 16 | | #15 | 139 | 40 | | #16 | | 14 | 14 | | #16 | 42 | 40 | | #17 | | 23 | 16 | | #17 | 27 | 39 | | #18 | | 54 | 21 | | #18 | 1 | 19 | | #19 | | 38 | 21 | | #19 | 76 | 19 | | #20 | | 4 | 14 | | #20 | 27 | 20 | | #21 | | 46 | 14 | | #21 | 54 | 20 |
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 31-07-2015 17:58
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Hi. I'm back. And this time I;m really pissed. Why? Because Gesink has managed to fail the first two goals of the season and it looks like I'm heading towards a historical 0/5. Sure two top 5s are ok, but not really satisfying, considering I was hoping he could be at least on the podium in both races.
After the 2013 season, I was excited to finally see Gesink break the curse of only winning one race per season. The curse hasn't come back yet in a way that he's yet to win a race in 2015 after failing to do so in 2014 as well.
Trying to find the perfect race for Gesink
At this point, it's not a matter of under performing, it's a matter of trying to making a fucking move and not just stay in the pack the entire day. Considering how the race went on in California and the Basque Country, I'm really concerned with my team's future in the top division if he is planning to pull the same shenanigans in La Vuelta.
Gesink's RW I tell him we need points to stay in the PT
At least if he had a lower average to allow him to race more and get more of those 5th places he loves so much, but no, he has to be over 80 and everything and still fail to win a damn thing. Oh well.
In the meantime I guess I might as well catch up on what the Continental Tour means nowadays.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 31-07-2015 18:06
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It's been a decent Giro for you, with weaker startlist than usual one would have maybe hoped Brambilla would have done better than 14th, but that was a solid outing, however superb stage win by Majka gave you those much needed points 20th in GC for him nice bonus as well. Gesink a bit disappointing lately, but hopefully Vuelta is the turnaround he needs, he's been in the team a long time, I feel to get back to his best he may need to swap teams in the near future  
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 31-07-2015 18:08
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Henao or Gesink? Make up your mind
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 06-08-2015 20:08
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Vuelta, baby!
As you are probably aware by now, Robert Gesink will make his come back to Grand Tours this year. And what better race to do that than the one he finished second in, six years ago. It's now time to see who are those who will be helping the Dutch National Champion in his attempt to step on the podium in Madrid.
Gianluca Brambilla (79MO, 76HI)
Being the strongest second climber in the team, Brambilla will definitely be Gesink's most important helper once we will reach the mountains. After the chance to ride for himself at Il Giro, Brambilla will definitely be more than happy to put himself in Gesink's job.
 Joost Posthuma (77TT, 71FL, 71HI)
The most experienced rider in the team, the former Dutch Champion is a multiple stage winner in Spain's most important race and will be our road captain in the 2015 edition.
Rafel Majka (76MO, 71HI)
Majka seems to be in great shape this year and that is perfectly shown by his stage win and 20th place overall from Il Giro. The Pole sure has enough energy left for one Grand Tour, with Gesink counting on his support in the big mountains.
Rob Ruijgh (75MO, 72HI)
The Dutch man had a very successful Vuelta last year taking a huge stage victory from a breakaway. It is very unlikely he will repeat that this year though as he is one of Gesink's main helpers when it comes to the mountains.
Ricardo Van Der Velde (75MO, 72HI)
Another Dutch climber set to give his best in helping Gesink. Van Der Velde is yet to achieve any big results for himself, but that is only due to the fact that he is a very loyal domestique, something which will see again in this Vuelta.
 Jonathan Castroviejo (72MO, 75HI)
The only Spanish rider in the team could not have missed the Vuelta. Still, that's not the only reason he was selected. The Spaniard is a very good when the road starts going uphill, especially on the hillier stages, which was very well seen at this year's Paris - Nice.
 Ramunas Navardauskas (75FL, 76TT, 74HI, 75SP)
The Lithuanian rider is probably the only rider other than Gesink from 1t4i that will get a chance to ride for himself this Vuelta. But that will happen only if one of the hilly stages comes down to a sprint between the strongest puncheurs in the race. He will not be of much help once we hit the mountains, but on the hills and the flats, he will be one of Gesink's main helpers.
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