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[PCT] Compal-Merida 2017
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 06-09-2017 11:43
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Pride sponsor of Chinese cycling!
After some years with Taiwanese ownership, Chinese investors have now taken over the team and promises big changes in to the coming season. Fresh money have been pumped in and only a few riders have got their contract renewed. This is just the start of the changes that will be implemented in order to become more competitive and succesfull.
Welcome to Compal-Merida. Welcome to the next powerhouse of Asian cycling.
A big shout out to our designer Bikex for creating these stunning jerseys!
Edited by Bjartne on 12-09-2017 13:40
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 06-09-2017 11:43
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2017 Squad | | Name | Age | Contract | Availability |  Michael Matthews | 27 | €85,000 | Unlikely | | Patrick Lane | 26 | €75,000 | No | | Travis Meyer | 28 | €300,000 | No |  Wen Hao Li (TT Champion) | 28 | €50,000 | No | | Pengda Jiao | 31 | €50,000 | No | | Meiyin Wang | 29 | €50,000 | No | | Libin Chen | 31 | €60,000 | No | | Jianhua Ji | 30 | €185,000 | No | | Guangtong Ma | 22 | €50,000 | No | | Jiankun Liu | 22 | €200,000 | No |  Atsushi Oka | 22 | €75,000 | No |  Ki Ho Choi | 26 | €380,000 | Over my dead body |  Ruslan Tleubayev | 30 | €50,000 | Unlikely | | Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev | 25 | €275,000 | No | | Dmitriy Rive | 22 | €50,000 | No | | Daniil Fominykh (TT Champion) | 26 | €50,000 | Unlikely |  Jesse Sergent (TT Champion) | 29 | €250,000 | No | | Tom Scully | 27 | €150,000 | No |  Morne Van Niekerk | 22 | €50,000 | For the right offer |  Chien Liang Chen | 24 | €50,000 | No |
Loaned out
Currently, no riders are loaned out.
Edited by Bjartne on 15-09-2017 23:25
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 06-09-2017 11:43
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2017 Goals
| Tour of Almaty | | Win | | Tour of Beijing | | Top 10 | | | Tour of Japan | | Top 10 | | | Japan Cup | | Top 10 | |  PCT Team Standings | | Top 15 | |
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 06-09-2017 11:43
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2017 Results
Coming soon...
Edited by Bjartne on 08-09-2017 00:12
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 07-09-2017 20:16
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Well, lots of cap space to sign riders. I fear we will meet often in the transfer window
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| Scorchio |
Posted on 07-09-2017 20:57
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Wow, a monster clear out at Compal. Quite a lot of dead wood let go, so major potential to build a bigger and better PCT contender. Good luck!
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 07-09-2017 21:11
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With a lot of good Asian riders on the market due to the likes of RedBull disbanding there are good reasons for doing a clear out and rebuild this year! Looking forward to seeing how your team pans out after all this.
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 08-09-2017 00:06
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valverde321 wrote:
Well, lots of cap space to sign riders. I fear we will meet often in the transfer window
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 08-09-2017 00:23
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Good luck in transfers - I've got a feeling like we might come across each other quite a bit 
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 08-09-2017 00:28
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Eden95 wrote:
Good luck in transfers - I've got a feeling like we might come across each other quite a bit
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 08-09-2017 00:32
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I'm thinking of a little reshuffle myself too - If what I've got planned actually happens (no chance) I might not even have room for FA bidding.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 08-09-2017 20:34
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Cool, glad to see that I am not the only one riding a risky renewal period. I was very glad last season that you survived it, I am sure you can manage it again and improve on that result. Good luck for the new one! 
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 09-09-2017 15:09
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Thanks! It's going to be an intense transfer period 
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 10-09-2017 14:33
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First signing of the season
We are extremely happy with announcing the free transfer signing of the reigning Kiwi TT-champion, Jesse Sergent!
He will lead us in the races against the clock and will also prove to be a valuable team member in stage races and maybe even our sprint train.
Welcome to Compal-Merida, Jesse!
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 11-09-2017 00:16
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First Chinese signing of the year
We are pleased to announce that a deal with Jayco have been reached and the signing of the reigning Chinese TT-champion, Wen Hao Li is now finalised.
This means our TT-train just got even better.
Welcome on board!
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 12-09-2017 13:46
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National Jerseys revealed
Our kit designer Bikex have been working with our national jerseys the last days and they are now finally ready to be presented.
We think they look stunning and are really happy to have Bikex on our team! Which one is your favourite?
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 13-09-2017 04:37
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Sergeant is a huge signing for you, congrats
Interested to see who else you're gonna bring in.
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 13-09-2017 12:46
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Thanks, Jesse is just the start
Because we can now finally introduce...... |
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 13-09-2017 12:52
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Jianhua Ji signs from Meiji!
We are over the moon to announce the arrival of Jianhua Ji
Together with Chen Shikai, he was our main target in front of the transfer season and now he's looking forward to hopefully also end his career in China.
Ji will be of vital importance in the mountanious stages and will be the number 1 helper of Ki Ho-Choi who will aim for the stage races.
Welcome on board!
Edited by Bjartne on 13-09-2017 13:32
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 18-09-2017 18:55
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2017 Squad | | Name | Age | Contract | | Michael Matthews | 27 | €85,000 | | | Patrick Lane | 26 | €75,000 | | | Travis Meyer | 28 | €300,000 | | | Wen Hao Li (TT Champion) | 28 | €50,000 | | | Pengda Jiao | 31 | €50,000 | | | Meiyin Wang | 29 | €50,000 | | | Libin Chen | 31 | €60,000 | | | Jianhua Ji | 30 | €185,000 | | | Guangtong Ma | 22 | €50,000 | | | Jiankun Liu | 22 | €200,000 | | | Atsushi Oka | 22 | €75,000 | | | Ki Ho Choi | 26 | €380,000 | | | Ruslan Tleubayev | 30 | €50,000 | | | Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev | 25 | €275,000 | | | Dmitriy Rive | 22 | €50,000 | | | Daniil Fominykh (TT Champion) | 26 | €50,000 | | Jesse Sergent (TT Champion) | 29 | €250,000 | | | Tom Scully | 27 | €150,000 | | | Morne Van Niekerk | 22 | €50,000 | | | Chien Liang Chen | 24 | €50,000 | |
Compal-Merida are now finished with the transfer season and this is what the teams look like.
We went in to the transfer window with three goals:
1: Strengthen the squad
2: Buy in a good amount of chinese riders
3: Become fully asian/oceanian
The team is stronger than last year, when we barely survived, thanks to a huge reshuffling of the squad. We've only kept 6 riders from last years season, so we are looking very forward to see how this completely new team will do in the PCT division.
We feel that we also achieved goal number two and the main signing Jianhua Ji from Japanese rivals Meiji is a major boost to our sponsors and our fans. We love being able to see Jianhua ride for our colours in 2017!
We didn't quite reach the third goal as a deal for Van Niekerk fell through at the last minute, so we'll continue devoloping a this oddly placed South African for another season. At least he will do a good job for our TTT-team when he gets the chance. But the Chinese and Kazakh sponsors are happy with the amount of riders from the focus nations.
Other than that, we feel the team has a good mixture of asian and oceanic riders, a good mix of talents and experienced riders, and a good mix of attributes. We could have more depth in the climbing department, we should have a leading sprinter and puncheur, and we definately lack cobbled riders, but finally we can challenge in Time Trials and I believe Kwok and Ji can co-ooperate so well in the mountains that they together can beat even better riders.
All in all, we're happy with the outcome and we're really looking forward to start the season! |
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