After a lot of time, another team from Serbia received sponsorship for forming Pro Cycling Team who will be in continental tour. The main team goal is to survive this season and maybe to try to win some races. Our scouts are on the field and they are working hard to find the best riders for our team. They will try to find young perspective riders in some of the Balkan countries. We will try to take the boys on the right road.
Team HQ will be set in Kragujevac, Serbia, which is good place for all training types. The plan for the team is take part in the all C2 and C1 races. In some period od the season we will go to Asian and American tour. The main race for this season will be Cacak Classic which is our neighborhood (50km from our HQ).
Below we will present our sponsors, stuff, team, race schedule and achievements in this year.
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Team sponsors
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Comtrade is a dynamic and well established group of technology companies, with a 25-year track record of innovation and steady development of some of the world’s most advanced software. Founded as a software engineering and services company, Comtrade has evolved into a software product business, a services company and a systems integrator. With world-class infrastructure and campuses in 10 countries, Comtrade operates as a holding company for vibrant businesses, such as Comtrade Software and Comtrade Digital Services, as well as an incubator for new and exciting technologies on the cutting edge.
Other sponsors:
NIS is one of the largest vertically integrated energy companies in Southeast Europe. Its principal activities are exploration, production and refining, sales and distribution of a broad range of petroleum products, as well as the implementation of energy projects.
Hemofarm is a leader in the Serbian pharmaceutical market with a 17.3% share in financial terms.
Holding a 79.1% share in the export of Serbian pharmaceutical products, the Vršac-based company is at the same time the leading Serbian exporter of medicinal products. Hemofarm produces over 4 billion tablets and capsules a year.
Tetra Pak is one of three companies in the Tetra Laval Group – a private group that started in Sweden. The other two companies are DeLaval and Sidel. Tetra Laval is headquartered in Switzerland.
Every day, across the world billions of litres of water, milk, juice and other liquid foods are consumed. At Tetra Pak, we have developed a range of packages to protect both the nutritional value and the taste of the products inside. Thanks to Tetra Pak technology, the packaging and distribution of liquid products to the consumer has been greatly facilitated.
Nacional airline, which have several base station around the world. The main base station is in Belgrade, Serbia.
We are proud national carrier of the Republic of Serbia.
We transport passengers and cargo from Belgrade, our home, to the U.S, Euro-Mediterranean and Middle East destinations. We offer transport to overseas and international destinations in Asia, Australia and the USA through our codeshare partners and thanks to our strategic partner and shareholder Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates.
We are a member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Air Serbia began its operation in 2013 and is the legal successor of the companies Aeroput (1927), Yugoslav Airlines (1947) and Jat Airways (2003).
- Bike sponsor: Salcano - Bike parts: Shimano - Tyre: Tigar Tyres - Supplements: Biotech USA
Stuff
- Director: Željko Milovanović - Sports Director: Đorđe Milenković. - Director of Performance: Ognjen Knežević - Director of Bussines: Nikola Radivojević - Head Coach: Velibor Dragić - Youth Performance Officer: Mladen Marković - Regional Youth Coach: Jakov Kovac
I would ask all the people from the Balkan to contact me so that we can create our community.
List of Balkan countries:
- Albania
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Greece
- Kosovo
- Macedonia
- Montenegro
- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovenia
- Turkey
I would ask all the people from the Balkan to contact me so that we can create our community.
List of Balkan countries:
- Albania
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Greece
- Kosovo
- Macedonia
- Montenegro
- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovenia
- Turkey
FLASH NEWS: 19:40 - 10.09.2017 "Today is a big day for us. We want to inform you that we make some great deals. Let's start from deal with Isostar - Adriatic. We agreed with Isostar - Adriatic's manager Croatia14 to buy Serbian TT Champion - Gabor Kasa and great Slovenian sprinter Luka Mezgec for the sum of $350.000. We spent all our transfer budget for this two riders, so we hope that they will show us their best skills this season. Few minutes later we make a deal with 4 Serbian riders: Esad Hasanović, Marko Stanković, Dušan Kalaba, Aleksandar Roman. Esad and Marko are experienced riders who will have the task to transfer their experience to younger drivers such as Dušan and Aleksandar. In about 10-20 minutes, we expect to make a deal with Hussein Manfred. That's all for today tomorrow we hope that we will have to introduce the best our rider for the next season."Edited by Djordje96 on 10-09-2017 18:45
I would ask all the people from the Balkan to contact me so that we can create our community.
List of Balkan countries:
- Albania
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Greece
- Kosovo
- Macedonia
- Montenegro
- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovenia
- Turkey
You found some outstanding riders already! From now on I guess the Balkan Cycling Project will spread from Serbia (outstanding to have Kalaba, Roman and Stankovic) all over the world.
You signed 2 great talents in Kalaba and Roman, I had them in my shortlist so I'm pretty sure they'll develop into being great leaders/domestiques. Nice work so far!
I would ask all the people from the Balkan to contact me so that we can create our community.
List of Balkan countries:
- Albania
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Greece
- Kosovo
- Macedonia
- Montenegro
- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovenia
- Turkey
FLASH NEWS: 13:38 - 12.09.2017 "Very big day is behind us. We make a great deal with few riders, so we hope that we will be competitive in Continental Races. Two days ago we agree deal with Maxime La Lavandier great French domestic. We are in negotiation with his brother so we hope that we will have and him in our team soon. The new day began by signing deal with Slovenian rider Andi Bajc . Few moments after we confirmed the deal and with others riders Brenton Jones, Wolfgang Brumann, Michael Vingerling, Redi Halilaj, Juraj Ugrinec. After these signings, we continued the negotiation with Denys Karnulin, who was the first on our wish list. Relative small wage ($215.000) for him, give us a chance to open negotiation with new drivers. So we hope that we will make a deal with new 2 riders, who should help Karnulin in stage races. Last but not but not less valuable deal is with Tinkoff Sport Academy for Aydar Zakarin, whom we took on loan.
I would ask all the people from the Balkan to contact me so that we can create our community.
List of Balkan countries:
- Albania
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Greece
- Kosovo
- Macedonia
- Montenegro
- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovenia
- Turkey
Probably not a promoting team (could be from disbanding teams of course), but a very strong and talented one. I had both Roman and Kalaba on my shortlist too.
Karnulin will be good with some added help from Manfred, La Lavandier and Kasa while the sprinters should also perform well. Mezgec the most I would think.
FLASH NEWS: 23:00 - 16.09.2017 "Transfer season for us is finished. We completed our team with 3 new guys. We make a deal with Mathieu La Lavandier, who is Maxime's brother, Alex Ariya Destribois and Gracjan Lejman. All three riders will help our team to realize our goals. Lemjan will be our first man for hilly stages and he have a big task to try to win C2 race - Cacak Classic. Mathieu will be domestic like his brother, and Alex Ariya can be a leader for some races, but we will make decision about that soon. That's all for tonight, tomorrow we will announce our calendar for next season, and you will be able to see in which C1 races we want to take a part. Good night and see you tomorrow."
I would ask all the people from the Balkan to contact me so that we can create our community.
List of Balkan countries:
- Albania
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Greece
- Kosovo
- Macedonia
- Montenegro
- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovenia
- Turkey
Destribois will contribute fantastically to the team, while the others are good domestique. The question mark is Mr. Lejman, I hope for you that he'll perform better than in the previous years.
The Balkan Cycling Project 
