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[CT] The Spark Project p/b Bollé
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| bwiggins |
Posted on 14-06-2016 09:16
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The Spark Project p/b Bollé
The Spark Project p/b Bollé is the name for the new no. 1 100% kiwi based team. Spark is a word that means life, potential, energy and creativity. And that's what we're here to do – to help unleash the potential in all our riders. This new team is much more than just sponsor logos and new colours in the peloton, it represent our singular vision to help riders unleash their potential. Spark symbolises the enormous changes that are happening within our riders' lives, within our business, and in the world around us. Our riders want to unleash their potential by learning, creating, uniting, sharing and encouraging. Whatever it is they want to do, we'll help them do it.
 Spark Telecom sells prepaid smartphones and monthly mobile phone plans, fibre, VDSL or ADSL broadband and landline connections. When they heard rumors of a new New Zealand based team, they were the first to give us a call about a sponsorship, and now we are ready to introduce the team - With Spark as the main sponsor!
 Bollé is a world leader in the manufacture and sale of technical glasses, goggles and helmets for everyday life and specialised sports. Bollé is fairly new to the cycling market, but want to introduce themselves with sponsoring this team.
 Champion System provides the best quality clothing on the market. They use the highest quality Italian fabrics and the best quality inks and printers from Japan
 Kuota provides the team with beautiful italian designed bikes. The team is going to be using the Khan in the road races, and the Kalibur in the time trials.
New World is a New Zealand full-service supermarket chain. Each store is independently owned by kiwis.
Tv3 New Zealand is a New Zealand nationwide television channel. Launched on 26 November 1989, it was New Zealand's first privately owned television channel.
Bank of New Zealand is one of New Zealand's largest banks and has been operating continuously in the country since the first office was opened in Auckland in October 1861.
 Lightweight build the most exclusive wheels on the market. Handmade in Germany and crafted to perfection. Lightweight are simply the best wheels on the market.
 Velotoze makes lightweight, aerodynamic, waterproof and windproof shoe covers. That the team will use in time trials and wet weather.
 Lake founded in Evanston, Illinois in 1982, Lake is a brand with a industrious history. Lake's mission is to create premium cycling shoes that are innovative, made with the highest quality materials, and superior comfort, while maintaining cutting edge technology.
 Ceramicspeed is one of the world’s leading suppliers of ceramic bearings. CeramicSpeed bearings are based directly on the technology developed as part of NASA’s space program in the 1990s.
Wiggo and Simon Gerrans!
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| bwiggins |
Posted on 14-06-2016 09:16
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| Name | FL | MO | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CO | SP | AC | FT | DH | PR | | Cameron Karwowski | 65 | 64 | 66 | 66 | 65 | 66 | 64 | 55 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 66 | | Anton Cooper | 68 | 66 | 66 | 60 | 70 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 66 | 63 | 65 | 65 | 65 | | Alex Meenhorst | 70 | 55 | 60 | 62 | 70 | 67 | 73 | 53 | 76 | 72 | 54 | 60 | 70 | | Joseph Cooper | 70 | 63 | 63 | 70 | 69 | 67 | 74 | 60 | 75 | 74 | 71 | 63 | 70 |  Raimondas Rumsas | 62 | 55 | 60 | 68 | 62 | 61 | 63 | 52 | 53 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 66 |  Daniel Thorsen | 61 | 52 | 54 | 60 | 63 | 56 | 69 | 57 | 82 | 85 | 51 | 53 | 72 |  Kiril Yatsevich | 70 | 55 | 68 | 80 | 76 | 81 | 67 | 64 | 60 | 63 | 66 | 68 | 80 |  Mikayil Krasnoperov | 60 | 80 | 68 | 73 | 68 | 69 | 73 | 51 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 69 | 73 |  Aggrey Sebright | 69 | 56 | 60 | 77 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 52 | 54 | 51 | 67 | 56 | 77 | | Emanuele Rizza | 71 | 56 | 63 | 61 | 73 | 67 | 72 | 62 | 78 | 73 | 57 | 68 | 61 | | Ronald Sue | 64 | 50 | 53 | 52 | 74 | 61 | 53 | 74 | 52 | 53 | 67 | 62 | 50 |  Serge Pauwels | 69 | 73 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 69 | 70 | 56 | 57 | 52 | 71 | 62 | 73 |  Antonio Pedrero | 67 | 74 | 71 | 65 | 73 | 67 | 70 | 53 | 70 | 69 | 74 | 70 | 65 | | Rémy Di Gregorio | 67 | 75 | 70 | 60 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 55 | 57 | 75 | 74 | 61 | 60 | | Alex Frame* | 67 | 50 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 70 | 63 | 62 | 72 | 72 | 52 | 67 | 75 | | Hamish Schreurs* | 66 | 54 | 64 | 52 | 67 | 70 | 67 | 57 | 68 | 69 | 64 | 62 | 61 |
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Edited by bwiggins on 21-06-2016 04:49
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| bwiggins |
Posted on 14-06-2016 09:16
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| bwiggins |
Posted on 14-06-2016 09:17
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 14-06-2016 09:19
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Nice HQ! Obviously love the jersey, but take issue with a 100â„… kiwi team bidding on bakari 
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| bwiggins |
Posted on 14-06-2016 09:24
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jandal7 wrote:
Nice HQ! Obviously love the jersey, but take issue with a 100â„… kiwi team bidding on bakari
The team is 100% based in New Zealand and mainly focus on kiwi riders, but there is room for riders from all across the globe! 
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 14-06-2016 10:15
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That jersey is amazing! Nice Hq too. Good luck in your first season!
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 14-06-2016 10:33
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Fantastic looking jersey! How have you presented it in that style?
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| roro_352 |
Posted on 14-06-2016 10:53
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Good luck for you first season  A shirt like this one deserves to be worn by great riders 
@the_hoyle : Didn't anderspcm used it to present some of his shirts ? And eBuddy used it too https://i64.tinypi...4y6xac.png
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 14-06-2016 10:59
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Being a Kiwi myself I gotta admit that I love the sponsors! I wish your team great luck!
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| bwiggins |
Posted on 14-06-2016 12:27
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the_hoyle wrote:
Fantastic looking jersey! How have you presented it in that style?
It's Will007's style of showing his jerseys.
roro_352 wrote:
Good luck for you first season A shirt like this one deserves to be worn by great riders
We'll try and sign some good riders for our first season! 
Thanks, we'll try and make the kiwis proud!
Eden95 wrote:
That jersey is amazing! Nice Hq too. Good luck in your first season!
Thanks!
Wiggo and Simon Gerrans!
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| bwiggins |
Posted on 14-06-2016 12:28
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 Cameron Karwowski
The first signing for our team couldn't really be more patriotic. The first rider we have signed to represent the Spark project this season is Cameron Karwowski! Cameron is gonna wear the silver fern this season, as he is the current New Zealand national Champion. We are very excited about Cameron, who has had most of his results on the track, but is readdy to go full out on the road.
 Raimondas Rumsas
The second signing of the season is a bit more controversial. Raimondas is the son of the man (With the same name) who finished third in the 2002 Tour de France and of the woman – Edita Rumsas – who was stopped at the Franco-Italian border that July with a car boot filled with 37 different medicines and empty syringes with traces of EPO. But we believe that everybody that have the talent, should get an equal chance, no matter what their parents have done before them. Welcome to team Raimondas!
| Cameron Karwowski | Age: 25 | Potential: 5 | XP: 1.36 | OVL: 66,30 |
| FL | MO | HI | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SP | ACC | FI | DH | PRL | | 65 | 64 | 66 | 66 | 65 | 66 | 64 | 55 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 66 |
| Raimondas Rumsas | Age: 22 | Potential: 7 | XP: 1.00 | OVL: 63,89 |
| FL | MO | HI | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SP | ACC | FI | DH | PRL | | 62 | 55 | 60 | 68 | 62 | 61 | 63 | 52 | 53 | 61 | 65 | 63 | 66 |
Edited by bwiggins on 16-06-2016 10:58
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| Shonak |
Posted on 14-06-2016 13:35
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When I saw you bidding for Raimondas Rumsas I actually thought it'd be him and he somehow survived in the MG DB for all those years.
That jersey is amazing! Hope Cooper will do well for you.
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| bwiggins |
Posted on 16-06-2016 12:34
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We are happy to introduce 3 new riders to our team! The first rider is Anton Cooper. Anton is another big talent! He's two times New Zealand elite champion in mountain bike, and he's the 2012 Junior and 2015 U23 Cross-country world mountain bike champion. He also won a gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth games in cross-country mountain bike. But despite all of his results on the mountain bike, he's now trying to get a career on the road. Signed from Strava Anton is gonna go straight into our development program together with Raimondas.
Our next new signing is Alex Meenhorst! Alex Is a proud Kiwi from Auckland he is currently living in Esch, Luxembourg. His best result is a bronze medal at the Oceania championship in the u23 class in 2005. Alex’ career has been fairly quiet since his u23 years, but he's still a very good rider. He will be a part of our sprint setup for this year!
The third rider is gonna be our main leader next year! His name is Daniel Thorsen! He's gonna be leading us in the sprints. Daniel is one of the fastest riders out there. The only thing is that he lacks a lot of endurance and other skills. He's not really good at anything else than sprinting. But if it gets down to a sprint, then he is damn fast. Therefore it is important that we have a strong team around him that can support Daniel, so he can produce his watts the last couple of hundred meters of the race. Daniel was a free agent, and with a wage of only € 70,000 we saw it as a bargain we couldn't say no to!
| Anton Cooper | Age: 22 | Potential: 5 | XP: 2.54 | OVL: 65,80 |
| FL | MO | HI | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SP | ACC | FI | DH | PRL | | 68 | 66 | 66 | 60 | 70 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 66 | 63 | 65 | 65 | 65 |
| Alex Meenhorst | Age: 29 | Potential: 4 | XP: 4.100 | OVL: 70,68 |
| FL | MO | HI | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SP | ACC | FI | DH | PRL | | 70 | 55 | 60 | 62 | 70 | 67 | 73 | 53 | 76 | 72 | 54 | 60 | 70 |
| Daniel Thorsen | Age: 30 | Potential: 4 | XP: 4.100 | OVL: 73,26 |
| FL | MO | HI | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SP | ACC | FI | DH | PRL | | 61 | 52 | 54 | 60 | 63 | 56 | 69 | 57 | 82 | 85 | 51 | 53 | 72 |
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 16-06-2016 13:21
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Daniel Thorsen was a bargain!! Very nice purchase there!!!
A lot of young riders to develop as well! Looking forward to see how this team goes in its first season!!
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| MARSUPILAMI |
Posted on 19-06-2016 18:51
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Thorsen might turn out very good for your project! Good luck with him!
PS: Amazing jersey, the best maybe?
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 20-06-2016 02:09
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Well we know who will be winning all the pan flat sprints in CT! And for 70k!!
Well done
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 20-06-2016 02:38
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Im not too sure how well Thorsen will do, but for nearly minimum wage, it is always worth a shot.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 20-06-2016 02:39
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valverde321 wrote:
Im not too sure how well Thorsen will do, but for nearly minimum wage, it is always worth a shot.
I think he often comes close at CT level, but can't compete much higher than that. Either way, as you say, well worth a gamble at his price.
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| maxime86 |
Posted on 21-06-2016 05:30
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Nice team, I'll second what Count and Valverde said about Thorsen being iffy in general, but is fine @ minimum wage
also nice pick up with Rumsas, he'll be a good time trial rider when fully developed |
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