Welcome to the Headquarters of Suntory Lucozade Sport Pro Tour Cycling Team and Suntory Orangina Development Team for the PCM Daily ICL Story Game for 2018 season.
Team History
2015 Eurosport Pepsi - CT 1st
2016 Eurosport Pepsi - PT 10th
2017 Suntory Lucozade Sport - PT 8th
2017 Suntory Orangina - U23 6th
Sponsors Suntory are a Japanese brewing and distilling company group. Established in 1899, it is one of the oldest companies in the distribution of alcoholic beverages in Japan, and makes Japanese whisky. Its business has expanded into soft drinks owning Lucozade, Orangina and Ribena. Suntory is headquartered in Osaka.
We are very lucky to have our shirt designed by the great graphic artist Bikex
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Transfers
Transfers In Ludovic Provost Raffaele McKenzie Shinzo Hashimoto
Transfers Out Tom Dumoulin Colbert Delaval Damien Couturier Kenichi Imai Lachlan Morton Jan Barta Aleksandar Mihajlovski
Edited by DaveTwoBob on 02-09-2017 11:25
A great day for Grupo Argos - Quala! After the jersey presentation already has taken place earlier, now we can proudly present the special shirts for our national champions:
Rigoberto Uran
Martin Laas
Stanislau Bazhkou
Aleksa Begic
Some great work done, as always, by the_hoyle, to make our riders go in pride of their shirt next season!
Our sponsor is the largest general insurer in the United Kingdom with subsidaries around the world. The company is hoping for more international name recognition by investing in a cycling team. The team management agreed with the the sponsor that we should not concentrate on the highly contested British market, but look for riders from all over the world to build a team that can compete on the CT level.
Squad 2018
Name
Nat
Role
Average
Wage
Age
Pot
Michael Valgren Andersen
Puncheur
75.6
320
26
6
Christian Bertilsson
Sprint Train
72.6
140
27
5
Ian Bibby
Swiss Army Knife
72.1
155
32
5
Edward Birch
Rouleur
69.7
100
24
5
Mark Christian
Domestique
71.6
100
28
5
Stefan Denifl
Puncheur
74.1
305
31
4
Alex Dowsett
TT Specialist
74.7
275
30
5
Jakob Fuglsang
GC Leader
77.3
755
33
6
James Lowsley-Williams
Domestique
72.5
140
26
4
Philip McCluskey
Water Carrier
68.9
100
23
5
Miguel MÃnguez
Domestique
71.7
155
30
4
Jonathan Monsalve
Super Domestique
73.9
305
29
4
Wout Poels
GC Co-Leader
76.7
585
31
6
Daniel Schorn
Sprinter
75.2
425
30
6
Jordi Simón
Domestique
72.2
120
28
5
Ian Stannard
Cobblestones
75.6
425
31
5
Tosh van der Sande
Lead-Out Man
73.4
180
28
6
Dennis van Winden
Domestique
72.0
110
31
4
Our two GC captains are Jakob Fulgsang and Wout Poels, they will be supported in the mountains by Monsalve, Minguez, Simón and Lowsley-Williams. Ian Stannard will lead the team on cobblestones, helped mostly by Mark Christian. Valgren and Denifl will feature in the hilly classics, Dowsett is our TT specialist. Our top sprinter is Daniel Schorn, his lead-out men are Van der Sande and Bertilsson.
Race results 2018
January
CT.1
La Tropicale
Schorn
GC 5th
February
CT.2
Tour of Oman
Poels
GC 2nd
Christian
1 stage
CT.2
Volta ao Algarve
Valgren
GC 17th
CT.1
Vuelta a Mallorca
Poels
GC 4th
Schorn
2 stages
March
CT.2
Classica Iberica
Van Winden
12th
CT.1
Paris-Nice
Fuglsang
GC 1st
CT.1
Istrian Spring
Valgren
GC 25th
CT.1
Dwaars door Vlaanderen
Stannard
8th
CT.2
Kobenhavn Byrundtur
Van der Sande
17th
CT.2
Criterium International
Fuglsang
GC 2nd
April
CT.2
Tour of South Africa
Fuglsang
GC 5th
Schorn
1 stage
CT.2
Driedaagse De Panne
Stannard
GC 5th
CT.1
Giro del Trentino
Fuglsang
GC 12th
CT.2
Rheden GP
Stannard
3rd
CT.2
4 Jours de Dunkerque
Schorn
GC 2nd
Schorn
2 stages
Schorn
Pts 1st
May
WT
University of Lincoln GP
Valgren
34th
CT.2
Tour of California
Fuglsang
GC 2nd
Team
1st
CT.2
Copenhagen-Malmo ITT
Stannard
17th
June
CT.2
Rheinland-Pfalz
Valgren
GC 1st
Valgren
1 stage
CT.2
Tour d'Andorra
Poels
GC 4th
CT.2
Le Geant de Provence
Poels
1st
July
CT.1
Tour of Austria
Poels
GC 3rd
CT.2
Kigali GP
Stannard
2nd
CT.1
Tour of Vancouver
Fuglsang
GC 2nd
CT.2
Volta a Portugal
Poels
GC 2nd
Poels
1 stage
August
CT.1
Tour de Pologne
Valgren
GC 8th
CT.2
RideLondon
Van der Sande
6th
CT.2
Tour do Rio
Poels
3rd
CT.1
Baltic Chain Tour
Stannard
GC 9th
Schorn
1 stage
CT.1
USA Pro Challenge
Monsalve
GC 18th
CT.2
Criterium Hainleite
Valgren
8th
CT.2
Post Danmark Rundt
Dowsett
GC 12th
Schorn
1 stage
September
CT.2
Cigar City Classic
Bertilsson
7th
CT.2
Praha-Karlovy-Praha
Schorn
3rd
CT.1
Tour of Britain
Valgren
GC 14th
CT.2
Qinghai Lake Cycle Cup
Poels
4th
CT.2
GP Quebec
Valgren
16th
CT.2
GP Montreal
Van der Sande
1st
October
CT.2
Vuelta a Colombia
Fuglsang
GC 4th
Fuglsang
1 stage
TTT
1 stage
CT.1
Japan Cup
Denifl
10th
November
NC
UK ITT
Dowsett
1st
Focus Races: Tour of South Africa, Kigali GP, Vuelta a Colombia
Prestige Points 2018
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Total
Fuglsang
433
136
172
235
13
159
1148
Poels
291
14
48
230
440
68
56
90
1237
Schorn
133
139
317
17
114
72
792
Stannard
38
158
12
106
70
27
10
421
Valgren
9
1
66
178
9
94
59
23
439
Monsalve
33
1
41
14
15
28
132
Denifl
17
24
52
30
123
Dowsett
33
24
10
8
34
6
20
135
V. d. Sande
39
40
45
144
268
Bibby
16
4
20
2
10
52
Minguez
39
7
12
58
Bertilsson
1
4
12
20
63
100
Lowsley-W
2
6
15
20
43
Simon
20
8
21
13
62
V. Winden
21
50
1
1
2
75
Christian
115
11
17
42
17
7
209
Birch
3
14
17
McCluskey
4
10
14
Team Total
133
555
678
813
281
568
945
509
473
370
5325
Race Days
7
12
21
27
12
12
26
31
18
13
179
PpRD
19
46
32
30
23
47
36
16
26
28
29.7
A big thank you to canojuancho for our beautiful jersey. He was also kind enough to create a new NC jersey for Fuglsang to wear.
Wiggle is a British online retailer of cycle, run, swim and outdoor equipment and apparel based in Portsmouth, England.
Boardman Bikes, Ltd. is a British bicycle manufacturer, founded by the former professional cyclist (and multiple Tour de France stage winner) Chris Boardman.
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Schuh is a footwear retailer from the UK, with more than 100 stores in the UK and Ireland, based in Livingston, in Scotland.
High5 are a sports nutrition and drinks company based in Leicester, England.
Shimano, Inc. is a Japanese multinational manufacturer of cycling components, fishing tackle, and rowing equipment.
The team had a few objetives to accomplish during the transfer period, and all of them have been fullfilled.
- The team had to be composed at majority by Italian, Spanish and Colombian riders. In the main team, 17 out 18 riders, with De Backer being the only rider outside this 3 countries. And in the development team, 7 out 8 riders, with Looyen as the only exception
- The team leader had to be Italian. We were able to sign Moreno Moser, who should be the top puncheur in CT, together with Costa
- We had to have 50% of Italian riders. That actually not achieved in the main team,
with only 9 out 20 riders being from Italy, but if you count together with the dev team, we have 14 out 28 Italian riders
With Moser as the team leader in the hilly races, he had to have some decent domestiques. None of them are pure puncheurs, they are more like climbers who can go well enough in hills, but as we have 5 riders who are similar (75-76 mon, 74-75 hil), they can be shared between mountains and hills.
Gaviria will be our main rider for TTs. He is the Colombian ITT Champion.
De Backer is our leader for cobbles. It was a last minute solution looking at our lack of cobblers, that's why he is the only rider not Italian, Spanish or Colombian.
Pelucchi and Sanz are our sprinters. Pelucchi is faster but Sanz should be better in not completely flat races
And finally we have a bunch of domestiques for all terrains
Development Team (Team Colpack)
At the very last minute, we decided to create a U23 team so we could start watching how some young riders were doing without the need of having them in our main team
Most of them are Italian, although our two best youngters are not from Italy.
Looyen should do it great in the U23 circuit, being so close to the AVG limit and being a all-rounder rider, and Alzaga should be our cobbles leader in U23 races.
Another rider we have big hopes on him is Dario Guglielmo. He should be a great stage racer in the future.
And also we have one of the youngest riders in ICL, with Michele Lerda. Only 19, he should be either a puncheur or a climber with good ability in hills
Here you will find information about our riders, history, results, sponsors and all our updates throughout the year.
The jersey
The squad
Full squad TBA
Who are we?
TVM Cycling team was formed ahead of the 2015 ICL season, and competed in the second and third seasons of ICL in the Continental Tour. We narrowly achieved promotion to the World Tour at the conclusion of 2016, and somehow managed to secure our WT licence for a second year by finishing in 13th place last year.
Major sponsor TVM is a Dutch insurance company with a history of supporting cycling at the elite level. Haping previously ceased sponsorship of their cycling team in 2000 amidst a doping scandal, we are dedicated to ensuring that the Netherlands will be represented on the world stage by a committed, clean and competitive team of riders.
Following the departure of previous sponsors PricewaterhouseCoopers' (due to cost-cutting measures) and several US-based minor sponsors (who were unhappy with the lack of American riders) the team was forced to look for several new minor sponsors. We are now proud to announce we will be partnering with beslist.nl and 888 Holdings for the 2018 season, with KOGA and SMS Santini agreeing to supply the team with bikes and clothing respectively.
Giant Asia Racing Team
The jersey
TBA
The squad
Full squad TBA
The new brigade
Our other sponsor from last season was bicycle manufacturer Giant. Seeking to better develop young cyclists from South-East Asia, Giant have decided to divert sponsorship from the main team and instead have founded their own under-23 squad to be based out of Taiwan. As part of this agreement, the new Giant Asia Racing Team would act as a feeder and development team to the TVM World Tour outfit and were given the opportunity to sign any eligible riders from last year's main team.
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Not only the team with the longest team name in the world of procycling, also spent the longest in ICL's continental division, has finally taken a step forward. The massive amount of sponsors on the kit actually wanted to provide some more money then the team got from the manager of the international cycling league IMO (which is no surprise as he is also manager of one of the concurrent teams )....
Jersey
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Main Sponsors
Ceramica Panaria: One of the principal groups in the world in ceramic floor and wall coverings. Were also know as one of the coolest teams in another reality developing riders like Emanuele Sella, Paolo Tiralongo and Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio. Perez Cuapio trying to catch some dopers for the Panaria team
Autogrill: Autogrill is an Italian-based, multinational catering company, which is controlled with a 50.1% stake by the Edizione Holding investment vehicle of the Benetton family. Autogrill runs operations in 40 different countries, primarily in Europe and North America, with over 250 licensed and proprietary brands. Over 90% of the company's business derives from outlets in airport terminals and motorway service areas. YES, this one is copied from wikipedia
Cipollini: Company which provide the team some fast bicycles. The riders will be mainy riding the cipolinni N1K1 (NUKE). The company is named after professional cyclist and ubercoolsprinter Mario Cipollini. Cipollini N1K1
Other Sponsors
Parmigiano-Reggiano: Parmesan cheese Gaerne: Last years main sponsor, nowadays giving our riders the fastest cycling shoes Arcese: Transport Company from the heart of Milan ALE: Your partner in colourfull cycling jerseys with a heart for real Italian jerseys Selle Italia: Keeping the ass of our riders smooth. Walbike: Keeping bikes clean is our passion Campagnolo: Groupsets, wheels, everything you can imagine Briko: Protecting heads Fiordo: Ceramics, part of PanariaGroup CST: Chinese company, making tires
This new Continental Division team, Veranclassic - AGO, will focus mainly on Belgium riders & races, but also wants to be present in the neighbouring countries (France, Germany, Luxembourg, Nederland).
Team shirt:
Management in hands of debutant SDS, also known as Nightrider78.
No known transfers yet, as we'd first like to see some examples of other players/teams.
1 Goal: Promotion to the ProContinental Division, although everyone attached to this team, already knows this sponsor goal is way too high for the modest and unexperienced team Veranclassic-AGO.
Lufthansa's journey into the 2018 season is well and truly under way in the off-season. Today, in a short press conference held in Cologne, the team announced the additions of Emil Ritter and Klaus Gießner to the roster.
Emil Ritter
Finished 8th in the recently concluded U21 World Championships Road Race and comes with the pedigree of being one of the best talents in Germany presently. His primary skill is sprinting and he is touted to be a rider to look out for in the coming years.
FL
MO
HIL
TT
PRL
COB
SP
ACC
DH
FTR
STA
RES
REC
Age
68
55
59
61
61
63
68
66
66
64
61
61
66
22
Klaus Gießner
Another product of the German sprinting stable, Gießner was not selected for the U21 World Championships in a somewhat surprising decision. Able to go toe-to-toe with Ritter on most sprints, this boy can go over a hill too. Needs a little work in his support stats but there is certaily promise there.
FL
MO
HIL
TT
PRL
COB
SP
ACC
DH
FTR
STA
RES
REC
Age
64
58
64
59
57
61
68
66
70
60
62
60
64
22
The team management wants to add that the team is currently in the midst of renewing contracts for all their riders. At the moment, we cannot go into details but we can say that the process is proceeding quite smoothly but there is a chance of some surprises.
The Heavyweight talents of CarbonSports have been the focus of multiple rival teams' interest. Senechal, Ewan and Eisaks belong to the most talented youngsters in the world and are expected to dominate the next couple of years. That was noticed by other teams who opens their briefcase and tried to sign them to an expensive contract.
CarbonSport's Team manager had a clear message to everyone with interest: We're paying our super talents very fair and match current market prizes. They have no reason to leave as they can learn from the best when they remain on our team. And now get the fuck out of here!
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Tom Dumoulin
Jan Barta
Aleksandar Mihajlovski
Martin Laas
Stanislau Bazhkou
Aleksa Begic
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