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| viking90 |
Posted on 20-05-2015 20:44
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We can now announce 3 more signings, and as it seems our last.
| Nat. | Last name | First name | Fl | Mo | Hill | TT | Sta | Res | Rec | Cob | Sp | Acc | Ftr | Dh | Pr |  | Vinther | Troels | 74 | 51 | 65 | 57 | 72 | 64 | 77 | 61 | 77 | 74 | 57 | 60 | 66 |  | Berger | Hakon Frengstad | 69 | 59 | 64 | 61 | 68 | 66 | 65 | 59 | 72 | 73 | 63 | 64 | 67 | | Stenersen | Sten | 76 | 53 | 66 | 75 | 73 | 72 | 72 | 60 | 62 | 69 | 75 | 63 | 75 |
With those last signings we now have the full roster for the upcoming season, picture of the team shows below.
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| viking90 |
Posted on 26-05-2015 20:35
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Swedbank- PEAB gets the chance to ride Pro Tour races
Swedbank - PEAB have received 6 wildcards for this Pro Tour this season.
Our first PT race will be Tour of Qatar, thats a stage race with 6 stages.
All of them is flat including the last stage, a short ITT.
After that its of to France for Paris - Nice, 8 stages.
Starting of with a prologue and after that we have 7 stages with shifting terrain, flat and hills.
Chrono des Herbiers is the next race, a ITT where we will have the chance to compete against the very best TTers.
We also got a wildcard to East Midlands Cicle Classic thats a one day race with some smaller hills and cobbles sections.
Next up is Portugal, Lisbon Classic thats a race for sprinters who can survive hills rather good.
And we will round of our PT races this season with a monument, Giro di Lombardia thats one for the punchers!
We are happy to get the chance to ride so many PT races on different terrains this season. |
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| viking90 |
Posted on 30-05-2015 16:49
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Once again aidanvn13 has done a great work with designing another jersey for us!
Thanks for that!
Spoiler Sweden NC Jersey
Norway TT NC Jersey
Edited by viking90 on 30-05-2015 17:24
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 30-05-2015 17:38
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Looking good. Should be easy to spot in the peloton.
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| viking90 |
Posted on 02-06-2015 17:28
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 Down Under Classic
We will start our season in Austraila with this short sprint classic.,
75 hectic kms on a flat road. We expect a packed startlist with the best sprinters from PCT competing but we still do believe we can make a good result.
As we have this race as a win goal we have sent the best possible squad when it comes to sprints. No surprise here, Jonas Ahlstrand will lead the team here.
| Nat | Name | Fl | Spr | Acc | |  | Jonas Ahlstrand | 72 | 81 | 80 | |  | Martin Reimer | 75 | 77 | 80 | | | | Tomas V Kvist | 75 | 77 | 78 | | | | Troels Vinther | 74 | 77 | 74 | |  | Raymond Kreder | 73 | 76 | 77 | | | | Hakan F Berger | 69 | 72 | 73 | | | | Kasper Kloostergaard | 75 | 68 | 70 | | | | Sten Stenersen | 76 | 62 | 69 | |
Tour Down Under
Some of our riders will stay in Australia to ride Tour Down Under, thats a race for sprinters and riders who can survive hills. Martin Reimer will be our number one here and Ben Hermans with a free role.
| Nat. | Name | Fl | Hill | Spr | | | | Martin Reimer | 75 | 75 | 77 | | | | Troels Vinther | 74 | 64 | 77 | | | | Hakan F Berger | 69 | 64 | 72 | | | | Fredrik Ludvigsson | 66 | 71 | 66 | |  | Ben Hermans | 77 | 75 | 66 | | | | Kristan H Jensen | 69 | 73 | 64 | | | | Philip Lindau | 70 | 70 | 59 | | | | Anders Ekh Dahlberg | 69 | 72 | 53 | |
 Tour of Qatar
Time for our first ProTour race this season, its one for the sprinters.
Another race with Jonas Ahlstrand as our leader.
| Nat | Name | Fl | Spr | Acc | | | | Jonas Ahlstrand | 72 | 81 | 80 | | | | Tomas V Kvist | 75 | 77 | 78 | | | | Raymond Kreder | 73 | 76 | 77 | | | | Kristan H Jensen | 69 | 73 | 64 | | | | Alexander Wetterhall | 70 | 64 | 67 | | | | Tobias Ludvigsson | 67 | 62 | 71 | | | | Phan Age Haugard | 72 | 57 | 67 | | | | Magnus Cort Nielsen | 71 | 54 | 70 | |
Edited by viking90 on 02-06-2015 17:29
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| viking90 |
Posted on 21-06-2015 15:43
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We started the season with Down Under Classic where our highest hope was on Ahlstrand to sprint good but he wasn´t the only Swedbank - PEAB rider who was eager to race! Sten Stenersen was aggresive and made it to the break and was active there but the peleton reeled in them but then Thomas Vedel Kvist made a late attack and fought bravely and managed to end on 3rd place and Ahlstrand sprinted in the peleton behind to get 11th.
Next race was also Down Under in Tour Down Under, Martin Reimer was our man here he rode great all through the race and ended 2nd in GC, we also got 3 podium place on diffrent stages Martin Reimer took 2 and Kristian Haugard Jensen 1.
We got the chance to ride in ProTour aswell in Tour of Qatar, but the team could not show any great results at all beside Phan Age Haugard getting on 15th place on the last stage, a ITT.
A very short February Preview
We will take place in Bayern Rundfahrt where Jonas Ahlstrand is our sprinter and Hoogerland leader for the hilly stage. We have also sent F.Johansson P-A Haugard here for the ITT.
We will again race in ProTour in Paris-Nice. And rounding off February with Gisborne GP. |
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| viking90 |
Posted on 04-08-2015 20:48
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(Sorry for the wall of text, I´m not great with design/tables etc. as many other of you guys  )
It´s been a while since anything been said in here and a lot of races has been raced.
We started in Germany with Bayern Rundfahrt, on the first tage Jonas Ahlstrand managed to sprint to 2nd, the rest 4 stages was not very succssesful from ourside.
After that it was time for Hoogerland to lead the team in Gisborne GP and he did it well and ended on a 5th place.
In FBD Eire Tour we had a hard time getting any result but then on stage 6 the team wanted to change that and Reimer sprinted to 2nd and Vedel Kvist was close behind taking 3rd. On the last stage Wetterhall went in the BoD and the peleton could not reeled the break in and Wetterhall was the strongest and won the stage!
Duo Differange, a race for the best Time Trialists in PCT, our two guys took the 7th place here.
Time for France, Corisca International. Jonas Ahlstrand sprinted to 4th in the first stage that was almoste everything worth mention from our point a view.
In Tour of Vancouver Thomas Lövkvist raced very well on one mountain stage and thanks to that he could hold on to 8th in GC.
Tour de Romandie was the last raced before this update and it went well for us, Reimer took a 3rd place on stage 2 and that was just a little warm up before his win on stage 3. And he followed up with a 5th place on stage 4, thanks to those good sprints he collected enough points to win the Points Jersey!
Another PCT standing update have been revealed today and right now we sit on 20th place but we haven´t been racing as much as other teams and there for compared with race days and points we right now sitting on a 9th place instead. |
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| viking90 |
Posted on 30-10-2015 22:15
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We jump on the trend of showing our talents development!
Fredrik Ludvigsson 4.02
| Year | FL | MO | HI | TT | STA | RES | REC | CB | SP | ACC | FIG | DH | PRL | | 2015 | 66 | 60 | 71 | 68 | 70 | 68 | 66 | 53 | 66 | 71 | 74 | 66 | 68 | | 2016 | 67 | 61 | 74 | 69 | 73 | 69 | 67 | 53 | 67 | 74 | 76 | 67 | 69 |
Tormod Jacobsen 3.51
| Year | FL | MO | HI | TT | STA | RES | REC | CB | SP | ACC | FIG | DH | PRL | | 2015 | 68 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 66 | 66 | 65 | 57 | 59 | 64 | 70 | 62 | 69 | | 2016 | 69 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 57 | 59 | 64 | 70 | 62 | 71 |
Hakon Frengstad Berger 4.02
| Year | FL | MO | HI | TT | STA | RES | REC | CB | SP | ACC | FIG | DH | PRL | | 2015 | 69 | 59 | 64 | 61 | 68 | 66 | 65 | 59 | 72 | 73 | 63 | 64 | 67 | | 2016 | 71 | 60 | 65 | 61 | 70 | 67 | 67 | 61 | 75 | 75 | 63 | 65 | 67 |
Jonas Ahlstrand 4.100
| Year | FL | MO | HI | TT | STA | RES | REC | CB | SP | ACC | FIG | DH | PRL | | 2015 | 72 | 60 | 66 | 60 | 72 | 72 | 77 | 66 | 81 | 80 | 59 | 64 | 72 | | 2016 | 74 | 60 | 67 | 60 | 74 | 73 | 79 | 67 | 83 | 82 | 59 | 64 | 72 |
Tobias Ludvigsson 4.100
| Year | FL | MO | HI | TT | STA | RES | REC | CB | SP | ACC | FIG | DH | PRL | | 2015 | 67 | 74 | 71 | 73 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 56 | 62 | 71 | 65 | 72 | 73 | | 2016 | 68 | 76 | 72 | 75 | 75 | 72 | 73 | 56 | 62 | 71 | 65 | 72 | 75 |
Havard Blikra 4.100
| Year | FL | MO | HI | TT | STA | RES | REC | CB | SP | ACC | FIG | DH | PRL | | 2015 | 69 | 73 | 73 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 71 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 67 | 63 | 65 | | 2016 | 69 | 75 | 75 | 65 | 72 | 70 | 73 | 52 | 62 | 72 | 69 | 63 | 65 |
Christian Bertilsson 4.00
| Year | FL | MO | HI | TT | STA | RES | REC | CB | SP | ACC | FIG | DH | PRL | | 2015 | 69 | 53 | 68 | 64 | 68 | 69 | 66 | 57 | 74 | 73 | 61 | 69 | 65 | | 2016 | 71 | 54 | 69 | 64 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 59 | 77 | 75 | 61 | 70 | 65 |
Kristian Haugard Jensen 4.18
| Year | FL | MO | HI | TT | STA | RES | REC | CB | SP | ACC | FIG | DH | PRL | | 2015 | 69 | 68 | 73 | 66 | 72 | 71 | 69 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 77 | 71 | 69 | | 2016 | 70 | 69 | 76 | 67 | 75 | 72 | 70 | 55 | 65 | 74 | 79 | 72 | 70 |
Magnus Cort Nielsen 4.100
| Year | FL | MO | HI | TT | STA | RES | REC | CB | SP | ACC | FIG | DH | PRL | | 2015 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 72 | 60 | 54 | 70 | 65 | 64 | 70 | | 2016 | 72 | 77 | 74 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 74 | 60 | 54 | 71 | 65 | 64 | 72 |
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| SotD |
Posted on 31-10-2015 09:21
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Some very nice talents there...
Ahlstrand is going to be one of the top 5 sprinters in the world next season.
Also Haugard, Blikra and Ludvigsson's are going to be very interesting for the future. I am bit sad that Magnus Cort is so extremely slow though, as he IRL is a very fast finisher - And also mainly a puncheur, not a climber. But he will be very interesting to follow nontheless. If he was at my team I would spend some money on him 
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| viking90 |
Posted on 31-10-2015 16:55
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SotD wrote:
Some very nice talents there...
Ahlstrand is going to be one of the top 5 sprinters in the world next season.
Also Haugard, Blikra and Ludvigsson's are going to be very interesting for the future. I am bit sad that Magnus Cort is so extremely slow though, as he IRL is a very fast finisher - And also mainly a puncheur, not a climber. But he will be very interesting to follow nontheless. If he was at my team I would spend some money on him
Thanks!
Yeah, I'm very happy Ahlstrand is in my team 
If there is some many to spend after the next season Cort must likely will go on a training camp! |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 31-10-2015 17:08
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The season you've been waiting for coming up then, with a maxed out Ahlstrand!
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| viking90 |
Posted on 01-11-2015 14:02
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Spot on! 
Hopefully he can fulfill some of my (big) expectations. |
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| viking90 |
Posted on 24-11-2015 16:03
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Season review/Last season update
Much has happened since our last season update.
But lets start with a recap of our season goals.
In our home race Scandinavia Open RR we had a top 5 goal and Martin Reimer did ut for us winning the sprint in a small group for 3rd place. Hoogerland also managed to get in to top 10. A very good race for us. After that we had another race with a Top 5 goal this time in Norway.
Unfortunately the team was not at it´s best and could only get a 25 place by Hoogerland. Lets move to another country in Scandinavia, top 10 goal in Post Danmark Rundt. Aswell as in Norway we could not achevie the goal but this time we was very close with Phan Age Haugard at 12th only 7 seconds up to that top 10 place and with Freddy Johansson just about 10 seconds after Haugard it was still a rather good race for us despite not completing that goal.
Summary of our goals:
| Goals | Race | Successfull | Result | | Win | Down Under Classis | No | 3rd s.t Thomas Vedel Kvist | | | Top 5 | Tour of Norway | No | 25th Johnny Hoogerland | | | Top 5 | Scandinavia Open RR | Yes | 3rd Martin Reimter | | | Top 10 | Post Denmark Rundt | No | 12th Phan Age Haugard (only 7s from acheving the goal) | | | Top 10 | PCT Standings | Yes | 10th | |
As seen on the last goal we ended the season on a solid 10th place in PCT, thats a result that we and the sponsors are satisfied with. But 2/5 goals done is a bit disappointing but it´s still acceptable seeing we were very close getting 4/5.
| 1 |  | Aegon - Lavazza | 3698 | | 2 |  | Gazelle | 3619 | | 3 |  | Team Puma - SAP | 3588 | | 4 |  | Team Bpost | 3224 | | 5 |  | Team Kenya Airways | 3213 | | 6 |  | Evonik - ELKO | 2923 | | 7 |  | RBC Pro Cycling | 2876 | | 8 |  | Risa - Ergon | 2754 | | 9 |  | Karcher-Adira | 2595 | | 10 |  | Swedbank-PEAB | 2444 | | 11 |  | Prio - Porto | 2416 | | 12 |  | Bank of Ireland | 2258 | | 13 |  | Team TomTom | 2152 | | 14 |  | Eritel - Sonatrach | 2149 | | 15 |  | AMEX-Navigon | 2094 | | 16 |  | Grupo Nutresa | 1849 | | 17 |  | Buff - Polska | 1840 | | 18 |  | Project: Africa | 1803 | | 19 |  | Bonsucro | 1727 | | 20 |  | Team Vontobel | 1713 | | 21 |  | ONCE-Eroski | 1614 | | 22 |  | Azteca - NBCSN | 1604 | | 23 |  | Mobil - Aeropostal Ciclismo | 1568 | | 24 |  | Siam Cement - Lenovo | 1508 | | 25 |  | Children of Chernobyl Foundation p/b Nemiroff | 1434 | | 26 |  | Euskaltel-Air France | 1410 | | 27 |  | Lululemon/Bulgaria Blackfish | 1403 | | 28 |  | cycleYorkshire s/b ASDA-Savers | 913 | | 29 |  | Eddie Stobart Pro Cycling | 882 | | 30 |  | Sauber Petronas | 753 |
Our best race for the season must have been Baltic Chain Tour were Jonas Ahlstrand showed his huge talent in sprints, winning 2 stages, the GC, U25 aswell as the points jersey.
We also made or debut in Tour Of America , PCTs own "Grand Tour".
We had some success there with Lövkvist rode in the Yellow jersey for a long time but on the last mountain stage he could not fight Berhane from Eritel longer who became the winner instead. But Lövkvist can still be satisfied with 2nd in GC and winning two stages.
Over and out!
Edited by viking90 on 25-11-2015 10:51
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 25-11-2015 07:41
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Nice review Viking!
Pretty solid season from the scandinavian setup of yours, you are somewhat near mid table of PCT for some years now, iirc? Next year can be the breakthrough year for Swedbank i hope, with Alhstrand finally maxed out to the total sprinting beast, who should dominate the PCT division for you.
Missing some of the goals just by a bit is unlucky, but i like that you went with goals connected to region you are building your team from.
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| viking90 |
Posted on 26-11-2015 15:33
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@Avin
Thanks mate! Well this season is much better then those before, we been aroun 15-20 the last season so this was a nice jump up!
Yeah, Ahlstrand really needs to deliver and we need to have a good transfer season aswell if we will go higher up. Our already quite weak hilly leader, Hoogerland getting old and will get his first stats decrease before the next season.
Mhm, next season the goals will be more spread around the world I guess Ahlstrand dont really conect well with the route in Norway and Sweden
That said if not Scandinavia Open RR will go back to the flat race it was some years ago |
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| roturn |
Posted on 26-11-2015 16:04
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With Lövkvist going into the last 100% season, Reimer and Ahlstrand in especially, you have a nice trio for next season.
Blikra and Bertillson coming back will also help your depth and second being part of the leadout.
Then the improvement of Cort Nielsen, who should do fine in PCT as 2nd option, same with Ludvigsson and Jensen.
I feel like you could attack the promotion spots finally. But you definitely will need another point scorer next to Ahlstrand then as Lövkvist alone won`t secure that. |
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| viking90 |
Posted on 26-11-2015 20:56
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Will definitely stay
Ahlstrand, Jonas
Lövkvist, Thomas
Reimer,Martin
Cort Nielsen, Magnus
Ludvigsson, Tobias
Most likely staying
Hoogerland, Johnny
Kvist, Thomas Vedel
Bjelkmark, Jonas
Hermans, Ben
Blikra, Havard
Haugard, Phan Age
Kreder, Raymond
Johansson, Freddy
Wetterhall, Alexander
Stenersen, Sten
Dahlberg, Anders Ekh
Available/Released/Not decided
Öste-Macdonald, Max
Vinther, Troels
Eltink, Theo
Klostergaard, Kasper
Berger, Hakon Frengstad
Korsaeth, Truls Engen
Jacobsen, Tormod
PT Loan
Ludvigsson, Fredrik
Bertilsson, Christian
Jensen, Kristian Haugard
As always when the season goes to it´s end rumours start to flying around,
Regarding new signings to Swedbank one rumour has been mentioned more then others and that is a rider that stands without a team for the next season, Robin van der Hugenhaben. Hugenhaben seems like a good fit for leading the team in hilly races for some seasons before the danish talent Kristian Haugard Jensen develops to the new hilly leader.
There has also been some small talk about Hugenhabens teammate this season and former Swedbank - PEAB rider Michel Kreder.
Another team that are disbanding is Venchi with interesting riders like Sean De Bie, Mike Teunissen and Ole Haavardsholm but those riders ain´t likely to be riding in Swedbank - PEAB next season.
And as always the team looking for talents in specially Scandinavia.
But as always rumours are rumours.
Edited by viking90 on 26-11-2015 21:04
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| tastasol |
Posted on 26-11-2015 22:09
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A couple of Norwegians available. I like that, even though Stenersen/Blikra/Haugård are all listed under most likely staying. Won't be surpised if we talk during transfers.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 26-11-2015 22:30
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Hmmm perhaps we will be talking this transfer season.
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| SotD |
Posted on 27-11-2015 07:10
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Bertilsson and Haugaard could be interesting loanies for Festina. Both would fit in rather well
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