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[PCT] Vontobel 2016
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| Margh Norway |
Posted on 09-06-2016 15:30
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About time to open the doors to our headquarters for the new season.
You may notice the flowers and the new fountain in the lobby... other than that: same office, same sponsors, same budget (almost) and mostly the same squad. This is Vontobel 2016.
We prefer to call it consistency rather than stagnation.
It' the third year in team history. For the records feel free to visit our archives. | Year | Division | Rank | Goals | | 2014 | CT | 5th | 3/5 | | 2015 | PCT | 20th | 2/5 |
Proudly presenting our partners:  | Vontobel Holding AG | Banking Industry | | Emil Frey Gruppe | Car Dealership | | Katadyn Produkte AG | Water Purification Technology |  | Castelli | Jersey Outfitter |  | Cube | Bike Manufacturer |  | FFWD | Wheel Manufacturer | | Kask | Helmet Manufacturer |
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Edited by Margh Norway on 10-06-2016 00:04
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| Margh Norway |
Posted on 09-06-2016 15:31
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Edited by Margh Norway on 23-06-2016 08:15
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| Margh Norway |
Posted on 09-06-2016 15:31
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| Win | | Berner Rundfahrt | | Top5 | | Tour de Romandie | | Top5 | | Giro dell'Emilia | | Top5 |  | Tour of the Czech Republic | | Top10 | | Pro Continental Tour Rankings |
| Date | | Race | Category | | January | | | | | 10.01. |  | Down Under Classic | HC | | 14.01.-19.01. | | Tour Down Under | C1 | | 22.01.-31.01. |  | Vuelta al Tachira | C1 | | February | | | | | 03.02. | | Berner Rundfahrt | C1 | | 07.02.-14.02. |  | Tour de San Luis | HC | | 15.02.-20.02. |  | Volta a Catalunya | C1 | | 25.02. | | Strade Bianche | HC | | 27.02. | | Milan San Remo | PTM | | March | | | | | 02.03. |  | Chrono des Herbiers | PT | | 04.03.-07.03. |  | SAA Tour d'Afrique | PT | | 07.03. |  | Kandy Cycling Classic | HC | | 16.03. |  | Duo Differdange | C1 | | 27.03. |  | E3 Prijs | HC | | 29.03. |  | Ringerike GP | C1 | | April | | | | | 14.04.-19.04. | | Tour of South Africa | C1 | | 24.04.-29.04. | | Tour de Romandie | HC | | 30.04. | | Dutch Food Valley Classic | HC | | 30.04. |  | Interlagos Grand Prix | HC | | May | | | | | 01.05.-05.05. | | 5 Jours de Dunkerque | HC | | 04.05.-09.05. |  | Tour of Japan | C1 | | 07.05. |  | Kenya Mountain Classic | HC | | 12.05. |  | Scandinavia Open Road Race | C1 | | 27.05.-31.05. | | Tour of the Czech Republic | HC | | June | | | | | 08.06.-16.06. | | Tour de Suisse | PT | | 29.06. |  | Monterrey TTT | C1 | | July | | | | | 05.07. |  | Isle of Man ITT | C1 | | 07.07. | | Manx International | HC | | 15.07. |  | Tour of the Battenkill | HC | | 26.07.-29.06. | | Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha | PT | | August | | | | | 05.08.-12.08. |  | Int. Österreich Rundfahrt | HC | | 01.08. | | Clasica San Sebastian | HC | | 10.08.-20.08. |  | Volta a Portugal | HC | | 19.08.-20.08. |  | Grand Prix Cyclistes | C1 | | September | | | | | 07.09.-14.09. | | Tour of Britain | C1 | | 17.09.-21.09. |  | Tour of Ukraine | HC | | 24.09. | | Rheden GP | HC | | 26.09. | | Nantou Classic | C1 | | 30.06. | | Milano Torino | C1 | | October | | | | | 01.10. | | Copenhagen - Malmo | PT | | 02.10. | | Paris-Tours | HC | | 04.10. | | Giro dell'Emelia | HC | | 09.10.-12.10. |  | Course de Solidarnosc | HC | | 18.10. | | Japan Cup | HC |
Edited by Margh Norway on 15-07-2016 17:54
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| Margh Norway |
Posted on 09-06-2016 15:31
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Vontobel Race Victories
| Race | | | Rider | Season |  | Benelux Challenge | C2HC | SR | Marcel Wyss | 2014 |  | Tour d'Rwanda | C2 | SR | Marcel Wyss | 2014 |  | ACA CycleVanadzor | C2 | Cl. | Marcel Wyss | 2014 | | Züri Metzgete | C2HC | Cl. | Marcel Wyss | 2014 | | Tour Down Under | C1 | SR | Cesare Di Maggio | 2015 | | Tour of Japan | C1 | SR | Dario Cataldo | 2015 | | Schweizer Meisterschaft | NC | RR | Marcel Wyss | 2015 | | Schweizer Meisterschaft | NC | TT | Michael Schär | 2015 |
| 4 Jours de Dunkerque | ST3 | HC | Davide Appollonio | | Tour of Japan | ST1 | C1 | Andrea Dal Col | | Tour of South Africa | ST3 | C1 | Marcel Aregger | | Vuelta al Tachira | ST1 | C1 | Davide Appollonio | | Vuelta al Tachira | ST3 | C1 | Davide Appollonio | | Vuelta al Tachira | ST7 | C1 | Dario Cataldo | | Vuelta al Tachira | ST9 | C1 | David Wöhrer |
| Tour Down Under | GC | C1 | Cesare Di Maggio | | Scandinavia Open Road Race | Cl. | C1 | Cesare Di Maggio | | Volta a Catalunya | ST4 | C1 | Marcel Aregger | | Tour Down Under | ST5 | C1 | Cesare Di Maggio |
| Tour of the Czech Republic | ST3 | HC | Cesare Di Maggio | | 4 Jours de Dunkerque | ST4 | HC | Davide Appollonio | | Tour de Romandie | ST2 | HC | Marcel Aregger | | Tour de Romandie | ST3 | HC | Marcel Aregger | | Tour of Japan | ST1 | C1 | Marcel Aregger | | Tour of Japan | ST6 | C1 | Marcel Aregger | | Vuelta al Tachira | ST10 | C1 | David Wöhrer | | Tour Down Under | ST6 | C1 | Martin Kohler |
Edited by Margh Norway on 29-12-2016 09:41
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 09-06-2016 22:34
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Getting Di Maggio down to to 400k is a good effort as well as Cataldo. You should have a heap of cap space should you need it going into transfers, wow.
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| Margh Norway |
Posted on 09-06-2016 23:49
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Thanks, yep happy I got them to more reasonable wages. But even if it was just fixing what I overpaid last season it's a nice thing to start with a PCT-ready team and cap space left.
You're right, extra kudos to Cataldo. He really overperformed last year and nonetheless agreed to the remarkable pay cut.
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| Margh Norway |
Posted on 10-06-2016 21:54
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With a heavy heart it was decided not to make proposals to all of our riders. Claudio Imhof, Steven Tronet and Romain Guillemois will take their chances in free agency.
For the coming transfers we're planning to find deals for Jocelin Maillet, Armindo Fonseca and Oscar Gatto. All of them with Continental Tour leader talent and affordable wages. Swap deals are an option, too.
| Name | Fl | Mo | Hl | TT | St | Rs | Rc | Cb | Sp | Ac | Ft | Dh | Pl | | Maillet | 64 | 77 | 70 | 60 | 69 | 76 | 69 | 51 | 55 | 77 | 65 | 65 | 60 | | Fonseca | 74 | 54 | 61 | 64 | 74 | 68 | 76 | 60 | 78 | 77 | 63 | 63 | 64 | | Gatto | 71 | 66 | 74 | 61 | 71 | 64 | 75 | 72 | 78 | 72 | 56 | 64 | 67 |
Furthermore we're looking for Pro Tour loan deals for Arnaud Grand (75 Cobbles), Simon Pellaud (75 Hills) and maybe even Andrea Manfredi (76 Mountains).
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| knockout |
Posted on 10-06-2016 21:57
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*hint* Shouldn't be too hard to find a PT team for them *hint*
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| Margh Norway |
Posted on 10-06-2016 22:07
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Nice! Arnaud is already enthused. 
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 10-06-2016 22:33
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We can definitely have a talk about Maillet when the time comes
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| Margh Norway |
Posted on 10-06-2016 22:40
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Sounds good. He's an exciting rider to watch. He attacked almost every mountain stage at the first opportunity, no matter if it is 100 or 20 km to go. He lacked major results last year, but won Tachira in 2014 with one of his 'crazy' moves.
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| Margh Norway |
Posted on 14-06-2016 15:57
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Transfer Season Update #1
As we are in a transition season no spectacular moves are anticipated. Penasa, Manfredi and Grand are on the way to Pro Tour loan destinations to get their final touch. Most prominent signing for now is the promised support rider for Di Maggio. Edoardo Zardini should make sure Cesare won't be isolated too early in hilly races.
David Wöhrer and Roland Thalmann are the other signings so far.
Edoardo Zardini had an up-and-down year at Sauber, but impressed with his two solo stage victories at Tour of America. He will support Di Maggio in key races and may slip into a leader role on one or two occasions.
| Edoardo Zardini | (27) | Exp: max | OVL: 75,12 | from: Sauber Petronas |
| FL | MO | HI | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SP | ACC | FI | DH | PRL | | 69 | 76 | 77 | 67 | 70 | 66 | 66 | 68 | 72 | 68 | 72 | 74 | 72 |
We already tried to sign David Wöhrer the year before, but couldn't come to an agreement. Happy the negotiations went much better this time and we're able to welcome our first Austrian rider.
| David Wöhrer | (24) | Exp: max | OVL: 72,99 | from: Free Agency |
| FL | MO | HI | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SP | ACC | FI | DH | PRL | | 66 | 75 | 74 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 72 | 56 | 66 | 73 | 75 | 70 | 63 | |
Roland Thalmann is our first Swiss signing. His allround abilities will come in handy in a couple of years
| Roland Thalmann | (23) | Lvl: 2.00 | OVL: 66,98 | from: Free Agency |
| FL | MO | HI | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SP | ACC | FI | DH | PRL | | 71 | 56 | 68 | 66 | 65 | 69 | 64 | 63 | 65 | 63 | 61 | 68 | 64 |
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| Margh Norway |
Posted on 16-06-2016 14:00
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Transfer Season Update #2
Marcel Aregger is coming home. Born and raised not far from Züri he has strong ties to the region, signing him was a top priority.
Marc Machado and Andrea Dal Col are in, too. They are asked to bring some balance to our struggling TT and Cobbles department.
Armindo Fonseca is leaving (to Elta – Hellenic Post): The Frenchmen struggled in PCT, but was an example regarding his work ethic and effort for the team.
Additionally we found a PT-loan partner for Simon Pellaud, he'll be with Vesuvio - Accumalux.
On Pro Tour loan to max out | Name | OVL | 2016 Team | | Pierre Paolo Penasa | 74,31 | Jayco'z Cycling Project | | Andrea Manfredi | 72,80 | Orange – KLM Cycling | | Simon Pellaud | 72,26 | Vesuvio - Accumalux | | Arnaud Grand | 71,64 | Evonik – ELKO |
Without a doubt one of the most talentted Swiss riders Marcel Aregger was a natural transfer target. He may be key in our effort to bring a Swiss rider back to Pro Tour until the start of 2018.
| Marcel Aregger | (26) | Exp: max | OVL: 74,85 | from: Free Agency |
| FL | MO | HI | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SP | ACC | FI | DH | PRL | | 73 | 64 | 71 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 77 | 62 | 78 | 77 | 65 | 67 | 78 |
Marc Machado was another rider we tried to contract last year, but had much too different salary expectations. Things worked out much better this time around.
| Marc Machado | (28) | Exp: max | OVL: 73,64 | from: Free Agency |
| FL | MO | HI | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SP | ACC | FI | DH | PRL | | 69 | 54 | 63 | 58 | 72 | 67 | 63 | 79 | 62 | 61 | 79 | 59 | 58 | |
Andrea Dal Col has still room for improvement, but is already one of our best TTlers. The withdrawal of Good Energy made him available.
| Andrea Dal Col | (25) | Lvl: 4.62 | OVL: 71,62 | from: Free Agency |
| FL | MO | HI | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SP | ACC | FI | DH | PRL | | 69 | 58 | 63 | 77 | 69 | 70 | 66 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 64 | 62 | 76 |
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| matt17br |
Posted on 16-06-2016 14:53
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The withdrawal of Good Energy made him available.
AND Generali - AXA giving up on him 
Congrats on the signings!
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| Margh Norway |
Posted on 16-06-2016 15:03
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matt17br wrote:
The withdrawal of Good Energy made him available.
AND Generali - AXA giving up on him
Congrats on the signings!
And gratz on signing Viviani!
As we've learned (or not) from last year: we can't sign em all. 
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 16-06-2016 21:36
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Nice signings Margh, strong riders all within the general region. I'm jealous of Aregger but glad he ended up on one of the home teams at least!
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 20-06-2016 05:58
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There's some really nice signings for you Margh, the strengthening should see you moving further up the rankings this year.
It's nice to see Wohrer and Zardini staying together, hopefully having a season as teammates will show in the first few races whilst they are still adapting to their new team, that said going from one Swiss side to another should help with the transition.
It's a shame that Thalman misses out on L'Avenir by a month as I'm guessing the 20 free xp would have been nice and I'm sure he could have offered something as a domestique there.
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| Margh Norway |
Posted on 20-06-2016 15:30
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Bushwackers wrote:
Nice signings Margh, strong riders all within the general region. I'm jealous of Aregger but glad he ended up on one of the home teams at least!
Thanks, Bushwackers. Glad we kept the Swiss talents within reasonable wage this time. Aregger: 200k, Spengler: 130k and Bohli: 90k seems okay. Cancellara not going home for a final stint is kind of a letdown, but who am I saying he's not worth almost 400k.
sammyt93 wrote:
There's some really nice signings for you Margh, the strengthening should see you moving further up the rankings this year.
Yeah, bringing in some depth and Aregger was indeed the main mission to strenghten the team, but have doubts it will be displayed in a ranking climb. I've seen a lot of strong signings by especially the newly to PCT promoted teams.
sammyt93 wrote:
It's nice to see Wohrer and Zardini staying together, hopefully having a season as teammates will show in the first few races whilst they are still adapting to their new team, that said going from one Swiss side to another should help with the transition.
Not to forget Weiss is staying in Züri the upcoming season, have high hopes in the acquired Sauber-wing. Already picked a key PCT race for Zardini leading the team.
sammyt93 wrote:
It's a shame that Thalman misses out on L'Avenir by a month as I'm guessing the 20 free xp would have been nice and I'm sure he could have offered something as a domestique there.
The 20 extra xp would indeed being nice in the long run, while the level two up in the first year should be relatively easy to accomplish
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| Margh Norway |
Posted on 21-06-2016 12:47
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The last signings are in, with Davide Appollonio a new sprint leader among them.
Ronan van Zandbeek and the loanees Martin Weiss and Floris de Tier are completing our 2016 squad.
Davide Appollonio only had a few results in last years Pro Tour, but showed enough talent to make him a valuable asset. First training sessions already showed he's the fastest man we ever had.
| Davide Appollonio | (27) | Exp: max | OVL: 75,24 | from: Meiji - JR East |
| FL | MO | HI | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SP | ACC | FI | DH | PRL | | 74 | 57 | 66 | 61 | 71 | 66 | 72 | 65 | 81 | 78 | 60 | 59 | 61 |
With Ronan van Zandbeek the first Dutchman is joining us. Apart from his allround abilities he'll bring a big boost to our TT-squad.
| Ronan van Zandbeek | (28) | Exp: max | OVL: 72,24 | from: FA |
| FL | MO | HI | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SP | ACC | FI | DH | PRL | | 73 | 58 | 69 | 76 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 64 | 61 | 69 | 75 | 73 | 76 | |
Loaned in is Martin Weiss. The young Austrian will be here for a year PCT-experience until he returns to Sauber Petronas Racing.
| Martin Weiss | (25) | Lvl: 3.29 | OVL: 70,19 | from: Sauber Petronas |
| FL | MO | HI | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SP | ACC | FI | DH | PRL | | 68 | 61 | 71 | 60 | 70 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 71 | 70 | 66 | 67 | 67 |
Floris de Tier was a last minute transfer from Bpost - Vlaanderen. Signing the young Belgian is result of a budget/wage consolidation move by both teams.
| Floris de Tier | (24) | Lvl: 3.00 | OVL: 68,79 | from: Bpost – Vlaanderen |
| FL | MO | HI | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SP | ACC | FI | DH | PRL | | 68 | 67 | 70 | 60 | 70 | 68 | 66 | 56 | 62 | 69 | 64 | 67 | 63 |
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| matt17br |
Posted on 21-06-2016 22:32
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Very smart transfers you did imo, great depth you have and a great base for the next seasons whereas most probably escaping relegation again thanks to some new great point scorers. No leader to match Di Maggio but at least a great support for him!
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