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Ayubowan! | PT 2017
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| jph27 |
Posted on 21-08-2017 11:30
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 Ayubowan! 2017
Ayubowan everyone, from Ayubowan! Sri Lanka's only professional cycling team is returning to the PT for the 2017 season, and is hoping to make a better impression than in our previous PT participation in 2015. Last season saw the team expand to include 10 Sri Lankan riders, and we hope to bring even more through the ranks this time around - scouting reports from the domestic scene indicate that there are some real talents ready to turn pro. The biggest change though is the official end of our nationality restriction for the rest of the team. No longer will we stick only to France and the UK for other riders. Instead, we want the best talent from around the world - regardless of what it says on the front of their passport.
This season also sees a major change in sponsors for the team, with only Sri Lankan companies on board. We'd like to thank Pernod Ricard for their backing over the past few seasons, but it was a parting of the ways that we agreed was mutually beneficial. The most notable difference as a result of all this is an end to the traditional blue and white we have worn since 2015, with the team instead wearing much brighter attire (as you'll see below).
As you can see, the_hoyle has done a superb job with both our main jersey, and the Sri Lankan National Champion jersey - which will be worn by Tushantha Rajapakshage in both road races and TTs this upcoming season.
| Nationality | Company | Industry | | Aitken Spence | Blue Chip Conglomerate | | Sri Lankan Airlines | Air Travel | | Cinnamon Air | Air Travel | | Hatton National Bank | Banking | | ODEL | Clothing | | Dialog Axiata | Telecommunications |
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| jph27 |
Posted on 21-08-2017 11:31
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| First name | Last name | Age | Wage |  | Cyril | Gautier | 30 | €300,000 | | Thibaut | Pinot | 27 | €350,000 |  | Adam | Yates | 25 | €250,000 | | Ian | Bibby | 31 | €200,000 | | Jonathan | Bellis | 29 | €195,000 | | Adrien | Petit | 27 | €125,000 | | Tony | Gallopin | 29 | €140,000 | | Chris | Opie | 30 | €110,000 | | Hugh | Carthy | 23 | €230,000 | | Sameera | Chatarunga | 25 | €50,000 | | Christophe | Laporte | 25 | €65,000 | | Asela | Sisira | 28 | €50,000 | | Naveen | Ruchira | 27 | €50,000 | | Sujith | Silva | 26 | €50,000 | | Suranga | Ranaweera | 22 | €80,000 | | Madushanka | Perera | 24 | €50,000 | | Nidush Nirantha | Fernando | 25 | €50,000 | | Tushantha | Rajapakshage | 25 | €50,000 | | Nihal | Silva | 23 | €50,000 | | Sanju Dimantha | Sembukutti | 23 | €50,000 | | Amith Udaya | Kumara | 22 | €50,000 |
| First name | Last name | Age | Wage | | Cyril | Gautier | 30 | €250,000 | | Thibaut | Pinot | 27 | €250,000 | | Adam | Yates | 25 | €200,000 | | Ian | Bibby | 31 | €175,000 | | Jonathan | Bellis | 29 | €175,000 | | Adrien | Petit | 27 | €150,000 | | Tony | Gallopin | 29 | €100,000 | | Chris | Opie | 30 | €75,000 | | Hugh | Carthy | 23 | €125,000 | | Sameera | Chatarunga | 25 | €50,000 | | Christophe | Laporte | 25 | €50,000 | | Asela | Sisira | 28 | €50,000 | | Naveen | Ruchira | 27 | €50,000 | | Sujith | Silva | 26 | €50,000 | | Suranga | Ranaweera | 22 | €50,000 | | Madushanka | Perera | 24 | €50,000 | | Nidush Nirantha | Fernando | 25 | €50,000 | | Tushantha | Rajapakshage | 25 | €50,000 | | Nihal | Silva | 23 | €50,000 | | Sanju Dimantha | Sembukutti | 23 | €50,000 | | Amith Udaya | Kumara | 22 | €50,000 |
Edited by jph27 on 05-09-2017 15:02
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| jph27 |
Posted on 21-08-2017 11:31
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Team Dyson
2012
[D2] 11th
Team [14 riders]:
| Simon Gaywood |  Shaun Higgerson | | Charles Wegelius |  Tijs Crombez | | Ed Clancy | Cyril Lemoine | | Tom Southam |  Daniel Eliad | | Matthew Gee |  Ignacio Sarabia | | Rhys Lloyd |  Marco Brus | | Kieran Page |  Ken Sebastian Vassdal |
Evian - MIAT
2013
[PCT] 19th
Team [26 riders]:
 José Serpa |  Danilo Napolitano | | Cayetano Sarmiento | Federico Rocchetti | | Isaac Bolivar | Andrea Guardini |  Martin Puusepp |  Mohamed Shawal Anuar Aziz [Loan] | | Blaise Sonnery |  Tuguldur Tuulhangai | | Adrien Petit | Maani Altanzul | | Clement Koretzky [Loan] | Baasankhuu Myagmarsuren | | Bryan Coquard [Loan] | Andreas Landa | | Maxime Daniel [Loan] |  Mustafa Carsi | | Romain Bardet |  Maksym Averin | | Alexis Gougeard [Loan] |  Daniel Ricardo Diaz | | Jerome Mainard |  Carlos Alexandre Manarelli |  Charalampas Kastrantas [Loan] | Roy Goldstein |
Loaned out [1 rider]:
| Marco Brus |
La Vie Claire 2014 [PCT] 9th
Team [20 riders] :
| Daniel Ricardo Diaz | Roy Goldstein |  Michael Boroš [Loan] | Alessandro Proni | | René Mandri |  Maanie Altanzul | | Cyril Gautier | Tom Jelte Slagter [Loan] | | John Gadret | Kai Reus | | Kenny Elissonde |  Piotr Mazur | | Sébastien Turgot | Dane Steve Nugara | | Blaise Sonnery | Ishan Sandakelum | | Jocelin Maillet | Laxmen Wijerathna |  Heinrich Haussler | Mustafa Carsi |
Loaned Out:
| Adrien Petit | Yoann Bagot | | Andrea Guardini |
Ayubowan!
2015
[PT] 22nd
Team [22 riders]:
| Thibaut Pinot | Maxime Bouet | | Cyril Gautier | Christopher De Souza | | Romain Vanderbiest | Ludovic Bret | | Kenny Elissonde | Ronan Racault | | Blel Kadri | Alexis Dulin | | Adrien Petit | Asela Sisira | | Anthony Roux | Ishan Sandakelum | | Damien Gaudin | Dane Steve Nugara | | Alexis Vuillermoz | Tushantha Rajapakshage | | Johan Le Bon | Nidush Nirantha Fernando | | Yannick Martinez | Laxmen Wijerathna |
Ayubowan!
2016
[PCT] 8th
Team [20 riders]:
| Cyril Gautier | Asela Sisira | | Thibaut Pinot | Naveen Ruchira | | Adrien Petit | Sujith Silva | | Tony Gallopin | Sameera Chatarunga | | Christophe Laporte | Madushanka Perera | | Ian Bibby | Tushantha Rajapakshage | | Jonathan Bellis | Nihal Silva | | Adam Yates | Suranga Ranaweera | | Chris Opie | Sachin Dulanjana [Loan] | | Hugh Carthy | Amith Udaya Kumara | | Loaned out [2 riders]: | | | Sanju Dimantha Sembukutti | Nidush Nirantha Fernando |
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 22-08-2017 08:12
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I love the new jersey!
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 22-08-2017 10:03
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Nice jersey capturing the colorful mindset typical of asian budism,
long live Srī Lankā
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 22-08-2017 17:12
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Liking the new shirt  |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 22-08-2017 17:18
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That certainly is a colourful jersey. Nice HQ. Good luck back in PT.
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| jph27 |
Posted on 25-08-2017 12:22
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Thanks for the kind words everyone!
As preparations for the 2017 season get underway, talk in Ayubowan!
HQ at the moment is heavily focused on transfer targets for the upcoming season. While the team can't comment on those riders currently with a team due to the sensitivity of the ongoing renewals process - and for the same reason can't discuss which of our own riders we will be keeping - we can talk about our interest in some riders currently residing in the free agency.
In 2015 we spent a painful year in the PT without a big name leader to give us anything to cheer for, due to a strict nationality focus that backfired on us. This season that focus has been scrapped, and so we'll be looking to bring in a big star. And the man we think is perfect for the team we want to build is the one and only Jan Bakelants. We know it'll be a fight to secure his signature, but we're confident we can do it.
That is not to say we don't have fallback targets if we can't bring him in. His former Bouygues Telecom teammate Rein Taaramae is high on our list, as is strongman sprinter Dan Holloway. Realistically we will only get one of these riders, but we'd be delighted with that alone.
There are of course other names on our list, but we're not revealing them for the moment - and definitely not the order of priority they are in. What we will say is that there are a number of talents we have our eyes on as well, and of course that a fair few Sri Lankans will be getting offers from us to turn pro.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 04-09-2017 08:35
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Great to see that Bibby led the way for you last season - even if he still didn't manage to win in Japan. The end of Bouygues certainly leads to opportunities in the transfers. Good luck in ensuring it goes better than in 2015!
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| jph27 |
Posted on 04-09-2017 23:00
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Great to see that Bibby led the way for you last season - even if he still didn't manage to win in Japan. The end of Bouygues certainly leads to opportunities in the transfers. Good luck in ensuring it goes better than in 2015!
Thanks SN! Bibby was absolutely fantastic for us last season, and if he was a few years younger I'd consider training him this season to make him a useful PT rider.
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Posted on 05-09-2017 15:04
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We can confirm that we have completed renewals for the upcoming season, with all of our riders remaining with the team heading into transfers. Only Adrien Petit didn't accept our original offer - and in fact he was the only rider to get a pay rise. We now head into the transfer season with 21 riders on the team, and 1.4 million in cap space remaining.
| First name | Last name | Age | Wage | Change | | Cyril | Gautier | 30 | €250,000 | €50,000 | | Thibaut | Pinot | 27 | €250,000 | €100,000 | | Adam | Yates | 25 | €200,000 | €50,000 | | Ian | Bibby | 31 | €175,000 | €25,000 | | Jonathan | Bellis | 29 | €175,000 | €20,000 | | Adrien | Petit | 27 | €150,000 | €25,000 | | Tony | Gallopin | 29 | €100,000 | €40,000 | | Chris | Opie | 30 | €75,000 | €35,000 | | Hugh | Carthy | 23 | €125,000 | €105,000 | | Sameera | Chatarunga | 25 | €50,000 | €0 | | Christophe | Laporte | 25 | €50,000 | €15,000 | | Asela | Sisira | 28 | €50,000 | €0 | | Naveen | Ruchira | 27 | €50,000 | €0 | | Sujith | Silva | 26 | €50,000 | €0 | | Suranga | Ranaweera | 22 | €50,000 | €30,000 | | Madushanka | Perera | 24 | €50,000 | €0 | | Nidush Nirantha | Fernando | 25 | €50,000 | €0 | | Tushantha | Rajapakshage | 25 | €50,000 | €0 | | Nihal | Silva | 23 | €50,000 | €0 | | Sanju Dimantha | Sembukutti | 23 | €50,000 | €0 | | Amith Udaya | Kumara | 22 | €50,000 | €0 |
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Posted on 05-09-2017 20:54
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We will definitely be talking in transfers! Great work with renewals
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| jph27 |
Posted on 05-09-2017 21:54
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the_hoyle wrote:
We will definitely be talking in transfers! Great work with renewals
I look forward to it  renewals post updated with changes in wage, as everyone else is doing it |
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Posted on 05-09-2017 22:04
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jph27 wrote:
the_hoyle wrote:
We will definitely be talking in transfers! Great work with renewals
I look forward to it renewals post updated with changes in wage, as everyone else is doing it
No dont leave me alone,
But good renewals with almost everybody going down a bit. |
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Posted on 07-09-2017 11:41
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Goals Revealed!
 Win Badaling International (PT)
Top 3 Liege - Bastogne - Liege (PTM)
Top 3 Giro di Lombardia (PTM)
Top 10 Giro d'Italia (PTM)
 
Top 10 Team Standings (PT) |
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Posted on 07-09-2017 11:56
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While we can't say for certain exactly who will be available this transfer season due to our "one in, one out" approach, we can certainly drop hints for interested managers. Riders on our team can be split into 4 levels of availability, as we see below:
Available
Thibaut Pinot
Ian Bibby
Christophe Laporte
Chris Opie
Sanju Dimantha Sembukutti
Possibly Available
Hugh Carthy
Asela Sisira
Cyril Gautier
Nidush Nirantha Fernando
Naveen Ruchira
Sujith Silva
Unlikely to be Available
Adam Yates
Jonathan Bellis
Tony Gallopin
Adrien Petit
Unavailable
Suranga Ranaweera
Tushantha Rajapakshage
Sameera Chatarunga
Amith Udaya Kumara
Madushanka Perera
Nihal Silva |
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 07-09-2017 12:56
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I really like the new jersey. Has a nice Sri Lankan feel to it!
Also raising an eyebrow and making a note about the availability of a couple of riders...
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 07-09-2017 15:38
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Also, agree with Atlantius that jersey does somehow feel really Sri Lankan, which is cool to see in a jersey It'll be fun to see how you handle your second swing in PT, especially if you go in without Laporte!
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| ember |
Posted on 07-09-2017 19:32
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Interesting to see all riders not from Sri Lanka being available or maybe available. Should make for a very nice transfer season for you with a lot of activity. Also some ambitious goals, so yeah, you'll definitely need a puncheur.
Definitely hoping we'll talk in transfers, as you've got some great riders listed (possibly/unlikely) available for a transfer. In any case, best of luck building for the PT, hopefully you'll be able to stay up this time around |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 07-09-2017 19:33
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And with that post, the Haute Route management team have added you to their speed dial
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