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[PT] Festina-Dexia (2018)
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3 Seasons back-to-back champions, Festina-Dexia, are back for yet another Pro Tour season. Team manager, Andreas Jøhnke, stated in a press release earlier in the month, that in order to keep the team developping a rather big change was needed. A big focus have been on winning the title aswell as the Tour de France in the past 2-3 seasons. Now it is time to make the talents go from talent to leader, meaning that room will be made for the french talents within the team.

..::Team Name::..
Team Festina-Dexia

..::Team Manager::..
Andreas Jøhnke

..::History::..
Festina-Dexia [2017]
Team I-Gen - Festina [2016]
Festina-Canal+ [2015]
Festina-Canal+ [2014]
Festina-Canal+ [2013]
Festina-CONEC [2012]
Festina-Corona [2011]

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..::Last Season Standing::..
Winner of the Pro Tour


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GC Riders
Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Age: 25 | Wage: 625.000€

Puncheurs
Clement Koretzky | Age: 28 | Wage: 350.000€
Robin van der Hugenhaben | Age: 33 | Wage: 327.000€
Romain Le Roux | Age: 26 | Wage: 50.000€ [LOAN]
Charalampas Kastrantas | Age: 27 | Wage: 50.000€
Loic Vliegen | Age: 25 | Wage: 50.000€

Climbers
Juan Ernesto Chamorro | Age: 27 | Wage: 230.000€
Yuriy Vasyliv | Age: 25 | Wage: 110.000€
Matteo Fabbro | Age: 23 | Wage: 50.000€

Sprinters
Bryan Coquard | Age: 26 | Wage: 450.000€
Georgos Tzortzakis | Age: 33 | Wage: 80.000€
Emerson Santos | Age: 27 | Wage: 95.000€
Jocelyn Bar | Age: 30 | Wage: 148.000€
Pascal Ackermann | Age: 24 | Wage: 200.000€
Stylianos Farantakis | Age: 23 | Wage: 15.000€ (Stagiare)

Cobblers
Maxime Daniel | Age: 27 | Wage: 285.000€
Sascha Weber | Age: 30 | Wage: 90.000€
Armanto Archimandritis | Age: 32| Wage: 50.000€
Georgios Karatzios | Age: 28 | Wage: 50.000€

Timetriallers
Panagiotis Vlatos | Age: 28 | Wage: 125.000€

Loaned out
Miltiadis Giannoutsous | Age: 21 | Wage: 50.000€
Nikolaos Ioannidis | Age: 25 | Wage: 50.000€
Manuel Stocker | Age: 26 | Wage: 50.000€
Aidan van Niekerk | Age: 21 | Wage: 50.000€

Average age of team: 28,4 year old
Average age, including loan out: 25,6 year old


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Team Standings - Top 3 | ACHIEVED | 3rd PT Rankring
Tour of Qatar - Win | FAILED | 3rd Bryan Coquard
GP Moscow - Win | FAILED | 5th Bryan Coquard
Tour de France - Top 5 | ACHIEVED | 5th Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier
Milano San Remo - Top 10 | FAILED | 15th Sascha Weber



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Grand Tour Riders
Simon Spilak
Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier

Puncheurs
Clement Koretzky
Jérémy Roy
Charalampas Kastrantas
Aidan van Niekerk

Climbers
Yuriy Vasyliv
Jakub Novak
Murilo Affonso
Matteo Fabbro

Sprinters
Georgos Tzortzakis
Emerson Santos
Georgios Bouglas
Stylianos Farantakis - Stagiare
Manuel Stocker
Goran Antonijevic - Stagiare

Cobblers
Tom David
Pieter Jacobs
Julien Taramarcaz

Timetriallers
Jerome Coppel
Panagiotis Vlatos


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Read the story of our talents. You will find the full chapters below:

Part 1 - Emerson Santos
Part 2 - Bryan Coquard
Part 3 - Stylianos Farantakis
Part 4 - Matteo Fabbro
Part 5 - Loic Vliegen
Part 6 - Rudy Barbier
Part 7 - Nikolaos Ioannidis
Part 8 - Aidan van Niekerk
Part 9 - Georgios Karatzios
Part 10 - Manuel Stocker
Part 11 - Pascal Ackermann
Part 12 - Miltiadis Giannoutsos
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Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Tour de France | Stage 20
Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Giro d'Italia | Stage 9
Georgos Tzortzakis | Giro d'Italia | Stage 2
Bryan Coquard | Vuelta a España | Stage 1
Bryan Coquard | Vuelta a España | Stage 5
Bryan Coquard | Tour d'Afrique | Stage 4
Panagiotis Vlatos | Tirreno-Adriatico | Stage 1
Maxime Daniel | Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha | Stage 2
Clement Koretzky | Tour of Northern Europe | Stage 3
Clement Koretzky | Volta a Portugal | Stage 8

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Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Tour de France | Stage 16
Bryan Coquard | Vuelta a España | Stage 4
Bryan Coquard | Tour of Qatar | Stage 3
Bryan Coquard | Tour d'Afrique | Stage 2
Bryan Coquard | Deutschland Tour | Stage 2
Panagiotis Vlatos | Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha | Stage 3

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Georgos Tzortzakis | Tour de France | Stage 2
Georgos Tzortzakis | Tour de France | Stage 11
Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Giro d'Italia | Stage 20
Bryan Coquard | Vuelta a España | Stage 1
Bryan Coquard | Vuelta a España | Stage 6
Bryan Coquard | Tour of Qatar | Stage 1
Bryan Coquard | Tour d'Afrique | Stage 1
Bryan Coquard | Deutschland Tour | Stage 1

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#1 Bryan Coquard | Lisbon Classic
#2 Panagiotis Vlatos | Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha
#2 Bryan Coquard | Tour d'Afrique
#3 Bryan Coquard | Tour of Qatar
#3 Clement Koretzky | Classique du Grand-Duché
#4 Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Giro d'Italia
#5 Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Tour de France
#5 Bryan Coquard | GP Moscow
#6 Maxime Daniel | Paris-Roubaix
#7 Panagiotis Vlatos | Chrono des Herbiers
#7 Clement Koretzky | Giro di Lombardia
#8 Clement Koretzky | Liege-Bastogne-Liege
#8 Clement Koretzky | Tour of Scandinavia
#8 Panagiotis Vlatos | Deutschland Tour
#8 Maxime Daniel | Ronde van Vlaanderen
#8 Maxime Daniel | Tour of the Battenkill
#8 Sascha Weber | Rheden GP

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#7 Clement Koretzky | Tour of Northern Europe

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#1 Maxime Daniel | Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha
#2 Bryan Coquard | Tour d'Afrique
#3 Bryan Coquard | Deutschland Tour
#4 Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Tour de France
#4 Bryan Coquard | Tour of Qatar
#4 Panagiotis Vlatos | Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha
#5 Clement Koretzky | Tour of Northern Europe
#6 Bryan Coquard | Vuelta a España

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#1 Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Tour de France
#1 Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Giro d'Italia
#1 Yuriy Vasyliv | Paris-Nice
#3 Yuriy Vasyliv | Tour de France
#8 Pascal Ackermann | Tour of Tasmania
#9 Pascal Ackermann | Tirreno-Adriatico
#9 Pascal Ackermann | Deutschland Tour
#9 Matteo Fabbro | Paris-Nice
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We have assembled the best result of all races throughout our presence at the Man-Game, under the name of Festina (+/- something else). These are our best results in all races we have ever ridden. A lot of races have changed status throughout the years. The "Status" column shows at what level the result was achieved and the "Current" column shows at what level the race is currently ridden - if still on the calender.

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RACERESULTRIDERYEARSTATUSCURRENT
01 Tour de France1Simon Spilak20171 PT1 PT
02 Giro di Lombardia1Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez, Simon Spilak2010, 20171 PT1 PT
02 Milano San Remo1Diego Ulissi, Riccardo Ricco2012, 20141 PT1 PT
Badaling International1Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez20101 PT1 PT
Tirreno-Adriatico1Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez20101 PT1 PT
Tour de Suisse1Simon Spilak20151 PT1 PT
Tour of Northern Europe1Filippo Pozzato20121 PT1 PT
Tour of Qatar1Thor Hushovd20091 PT1 PT
Tour of Tasmania1Jerome Coppel2016, 20171 PT1 PT
Lisbon Classic1Georgos Tzortzakis20161 PT2 PTHC
Lac Megantic Classic1Bryan Coquard20172 PTHC2 PTHC
Tour of Norway1Jerome Coppel20172 PTHC2 PTHC
Vuelta a Colombia1Simon Spilak20151 PT3 HC
Tour of Romandie1Simon Spilak20141 PT4 C1
Críterium International1Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez20111 PTUnavailable
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya1Alberto Contador20131 PTUnavailable
01 Vuelta a España2Alberto Contador20121 PT1 PT
02 Liege-Bastogne-Liege2Simon Spilak2015, 20171 PT1 PT
Amstel Gold Race2Simon Spilak20151 PT1 PT
Chrono des Herbiers2Jerome Coppel2016, 20171 PT1 PT
Copenhagen - Malmö TTT220161 PT1 PT
Critérium du Dauphine Libere2Simon Spilak20141 PT1 PT
Fleche Wallone2Simon Spilak20151 PT1 PT
GP Liechtenstein2Simon Spilak20161 PT1 PT
Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha2Jerome Coppel2016, 20171 PT1 PT
Tour of California2Simon Spilak20151 PT2 PTHC
Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco2Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez20101 PT2 PTHC
Deutschland Tour2Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier20172 PTHC2 PTHC
Giro dell'Emilia2Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez20101 PT3 HC
Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne2Thor Hushovd20091 PT6 C2
Rund um Köln2Óscar Guerao20141 PTUnavailable
Seine - Marne - Seine2Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez20101 PTUnavailable
Paris-Nice3Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez20091 PT1 PT
SAA Tour d'Afrique3Georgos Tzortzakis20161 PT2 PTHC
Eindhoven TTT320111 PTUnavailable
GP des Fourmies3Thor Hushovd20101 PTUnavailable
Vattenfall Classic3Diego Ulissi20121 PTUnavailable
01 Giro d'Italia4Riccardo Ricco20151 PT1 PT
02 Paris-Roubaix4Marcus Burghardt20091 PT1 PT
Classique du Grand-Duché4Diego Ulissi, Simon Spilak2011, 20161 PT1 PT
Japan Cup4Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez20101 PT3 HC
Gent-Wevelgem4Geert Steurs20131 PT4 C1
Vuelta a Asturias4Alberto Contador20101 PTUnavailable
02 Ronde van Vlaanderen5Thor Hushovd20091 PT1 PT
Int. Österreich Rundfahrt5Mauricio Ardila20101 PT3 HC
Tour of Georgia5Mauricio Ardila20101 PTUnavailable
East Midlands Cicle Classic6Filippo Pozzato20121 PT1 PT
GP Moscow6Bryan Coquard20161 PT1 PT
Clasica San Sebastian6Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez20091 PT3 HC
GP Yekaterinburg6Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez20111 PT6 C2
Monte Paschi Eroica6Marcus Burghardt20091 PTUnavailable
Paris - Bruxelles6Thor Hushovd20091 PTUnavailable
Strade Bianche8Geert Steurs20131 PT3 HC
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad9Sam Bewley20111 PT2 PTHC
FBD Éire Tour9Vicente Reynès20121 PTUnavailable
Vuelta a Burgos9Haimar Zubeldia20091 PTUnavailable
Scandinavia Open Road Race11Clement Koretzky20172 PTHC2 PTHC
Omloop Het Volk11Frederik Nolf20101 PTUnavailable
Tour of Oman12José Serpa20121 PTUnavailable
Tour de Vancouver13Martin Hacecký20153 HC3 HC
Great Ocean Road Classic13Anthony Lavoine20131 PT5 C2HC
Baltic Chain Tour14Tom David20153 HC4 C1
ENECO Tour17Gianpaolo Caruso20091 PTUnavailable
GP Mendrisio18Diego Ulissi20121 PTUnavailable
Vuelta a la Region de Murcia22Filippo Pozzato20121 PTUnavailable
Tour of Ukraine26Yuriy Vasyliv20163 HC2 PTHC
Tour Down Under31Markus Zberg20091 PT4 C1
Tour d'Andorra31Martin Hacecký20153 HC5 C2HC
Corsica International47Martin Hacecký20153 HC3 HC
5 Jours de Dunkerque60Grzegorz Stepniak20163 HC3 HC
Dutch Food Valley Classic60Charalampas Kastrantas20163 HC3 HC
Down Under Classic75Andreas Hofer20163 HC3 HC
Interlagos Grand Prix75Olivier Le Gac20163 HCUnavailable


Below the spoiler you will find the same table, without the status of the race added. This only because of the table format and the way the site reveals information.

RACERESULTRIDERYEAR
01 Tour de France1Simon Spilak2017
02 Giro di Lombardia1Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez, Simon Spilak2010, 2017
02 Milano San Remo1Diego Ulissi, Riccardo Ricco2012, 2014
Badaling International1Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez2010
Tirreno-Adriatico1Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez2010
Tour de Suisse1Simon Spilak2015
Tour of Northern Europe1Filippo Pozzato2012
Tour of Qatar1Thor Hushovd2009
Tour of Tasmania1Jerome Coppel2016, 2017
Lisbon Classic1Georgos Tzortzakis2016
Lac Megantic Classic1Bryan Coquard2017
Tour of Norway1Jerome Coppel2017
Vuelta a Colombia1Simon Spilak2015
Tour of Romandie1Simon Spilak2014
Críterium International1Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez2011
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya1Alberto Contador2013
01 Vuelta a España2Alberto Contador2012
02 Liege-Bastogne-Liege2Simon Spilak2015, 2017
Amstel Gold Race2Simon Spilak2015
Chrono des Herbiers2Jerome Coppel2016, 2017
Copenhagen - Malmö TTT22016
Critérium du Dauphine Libere2Simon Spilak2014
Fleche Wallone2Simon Spilak2015
GP Liechtenstein2Simon Spilak2016
Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha2Jerome Coppel2016, 2017
Tour of California2Simon Spilak2015
Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco2Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez2010
Deutschland Tour2Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier2017
Giro dell'Emilia2Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez2010
Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne2Thor Hushovd2009
Rund um Köln2Óscar Guerao2014
Seine - Marne - Seine2Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez2010
Paris-Nice3Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez2009
SAA Tour d'Afrique3Georgos Tzortzakis2016
Eindhoven TTT32011
GP des Fourmies3Thor Hushovd2010
Vattenfall Classic3Diego Ulissi2012
01 Giro d'Italia4Riccardo Ricco2015
02 Paris-Roubaix4Marcus Burghardt2009
Classique du Grand-Duché4Diego Ulissi, Simon Spilak2011, 2016
Japan Cup4Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez2010
Gent-Wevelgem4Geert Steurs2013
Vuelta a Asturias4Alberto Contador2010
02 Ronde van Vlaanderen5Thor Hushovd2009
Int. Österreich Rundfahrt5Mauricio Ardila2010
Tour of Georgia5Mauricio Ardila2010
East Midlands Cicle Classic6Filippo Pozzato2012
GP Moscow6Bryan Coquard2016
Clasica San Sebastian6Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez2009
GP Yekaterinburg6Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez2011
Monte Paschi Eroica6Marcus Burghardt2009
Paris - Bruxelles6Thor Hushovd2009
Strade Bianche8Geert Steurs2013
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad9Sam Bewley2011
FBD Éire Tour9Vicente Reynès2012
Vuelta a Burgos9Haimar Zubeldia2009
Scandinavia Open Road Race11Clement Koretzky2017
Omloop Het Volk11Frederik Nolf2010
Tour of Oman12José Serpa2012
Tour de Vancouver13Martin Hacecký2015
Great Ocean Road Classic13Anthony Lavoine2013
Baltic Chain Tour14Tom David2015
ENECO Tour17Gianpaolo Caruso2009
GP Mendrisio18Diego Ulissi2012
Vuelta a la Region de Murcia22Filippo Pozzato2012
Tour of Ukraine26Yuriy Vasyliv2016
Tour Down Under31Markus Zberg2009
Tour d'Andorra31Martin Hacecký2015
Corsica International47Martin Hacecký2015
5 Jours de Dunkerque60Grzegorz Stepniak2016
Dutch Food Valley Classic60Charalampas Kastrantas2016
Down Under Classic75Andreas Hofer2016
Interlagos Grand Prix75Olivier Le Gac2016

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The Talents - Part 1


Emerson Santos, 27 years old (Leadout sprinter)
Emerson Santos is a talented sprinter with a huge diesel engine, signing a contract at the start of the 2017 season. In 2016 he was contracted at Flores - Ceitic in the lower divisions where he was the leadout prospect for Jaime Alberto Castañeda. And before that he was winning small flat, domestique, races in Brazil. Something that the bigger teams never really got to witness due to the low commercial interests of local south american races.

In the 2016 season he never showed huge results himself, but consistently being in the first 3rd of the peloton putting in a huge effort for his leaders, he showed enough progress for the Pro Tour champions to give it a go. And while being relatively old for a Pro Tour protegée he did however show a lot of promise in his first ever PT season. After completing the Giro d'Italia with no real effort he went straight to the Vuelta a España and took a role in the mass sprints. On stage 2 he took home 5th place ahead of riders like Ulanowski and Stauff. On stage 6 he took another top 10, and while the sprinters came short to a early breakaway on stage 7 and 8, he showed that he was among the 10 fastest riders. On stage 11, he made clever use of Sondre Holst Engers slipstream to take 4th ahead of Stallaert, Houle, Vastaranta and other strong finishers.

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On the final stage, Emerson Santos opened up his sprint early and was leading within the final km, but in the end he wasn't strong enough to keep pushing, and hence ended up losing speed in the end, to take 10th. But there was no doubt in anyones mind, that Emerson Santos was a sprinting talent, that could potentially become dangerous, even at the highest level.

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"I believe that Emerson is among the strongest possible leadout riders in the peloton. He is very durable, and works well on the flats, while actually surviving mountains better than most european leadout riders. He is clever in his positioning and will be able to pull Coquard to some great results I believe. He has wits to outsmart others on a tactical level, and we are very interested in bringing such an element into our sprinting team. We have never really worked well in creating sprint trains.

As a leading sprinter he might not be the fastest, but he did show last season at the Vuelta, that if the peloton isn't packed with the best sprinters he stands a fighting chance. And his chance will certainly come. Even when man-marking Coquard for most of his season."

In the upcoming season, Emerson Santos is expected to be the last rider in line to deliver Bryan Coquard, while the team is looking to use Georgios Bouglas and Manuel Stocker while the team is believed to be searching for a strong rider to pick up speed within the final 10km.


After putting together a very nice debut season, we evaluate him like this:

FLMOHITTSTRSRCCBSPACFGDHPR
Emerson Santos7663646671727653787870677427yo


Career Highligts

4th Stage 11 Vuelta a España 2017
5th Stage 2 Vuelta a España 2017

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Absolutely juggernaut you've put together there SotD...

Looking forward to seeing how you tackle the GTs in particular this year, as well as how you swindle/rebuild another top roster through the transfer market Wink
 
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Renewals have been a struggle in the past couple of seasons, but this time was by far the most difficult. Several riders had to be cut in order to save money, and still we are far far above our budget.

Everyone of our leaders asked for a big wage increase, and we couldn't land them even close to their previous wage level. This means that:

NamePrevious WageNew wageDifference
Simon Spilak 900.000 kr. 1.200.000 kr. 300.000 kr.
Jerome Coppel 550.000 kr. 700.000 kr. 150.000 kr.
Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier 525.000 kr. 625.000 kr. 100.000 kr.
Bryan Coquard 190.000 kr. 450.000 kr. 260.000 kr.
Clement Koretzky 280.000 kr. 350.000 kr. 70.000 kr.
Tom David 175.000 kr. 175.000 kr. - kr.
Panagiotis Vlatos 120.000 kr. 125.000 kr. 5.000 kr.
Jakub Novak 120.000 kr. 100.000 kr. -20.000 kr.
Yuriy Vasyliv 80.000 kr. 110.000 kr. 30.000 kr.
Emerson Santos 50.000 kr. 95.000 kr. 45.000 kr.
Murilo Affonso 65.000 kr. 50.000 kr. -15.000 kr.
Pieter Jacobs 50.000 kr. 50.000 kr. - kr.
Aidan van Niekerk 50.000 kr. 50.000 kr. - kr.
Matteo Fabbro 50.000 kr. 50.000 kr. - kr.


Just 14 riders have been contracted for the 2018 season, and we have received a staggering 1,26mio € fine by the UCI for being over the wage cap!

Big changes will have to be made in order to get within the overall wage cap, aswell as having atleast 20 riders.

This means that the following riders will be put for sale:
Simon Spilak (Reigning Tour de France winner, 2nd. overall ranking)
Jerome Coppel (Winner of Tasmania and Norway and 5 stage wins)
Tom David (7th Ronde van Vlaanderen and 2 stagewins)
Jakub Novak (GC lieutenaint, several top 25 GC, including Giro 2016)
Yuriy Vasyliv (Same as above - Still U25 eligeble!)
Murilo Affonso (GC helper, newly maxed)
Pieter Jacobs (Cobbled lieutenaint or PCT/CT leader, 78COB)

Huge changes awaits. Festina wants to get back to French/Greek focus, and having some very interesting talents for the future. It is time for Lecuisinier, Coquard and Koretzky to take the final step towards PT leadership!
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Vien
Tom David for sale? Somewhere over the world, I can hear a certain Jandal celebrating Pfft

Good luck in transfers!
 
whitejersey
Definetely interesting riders on the chopping board in terms of being up for sale. Interesting to see where Spilak winds up.
 
Sykkel_Freak
Some huge wage increases here, which I guess must have been expected (at least in part) after a great 2017.

Certainly making note of your likely departures in the cobbles area as Delvaux are likely to spend some money in that department come transfer season Wink
 
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Definetely interesting riders on the chopping board in terms of being up for sale. Interesting to see where Spilak winds up.


Indeed. Some interesting things are likely to happen this off season. I must admit, that I am looking forward to being an active part of the off season again, instead of just doing a little bit here and there.

Vien wrote:
Tom David for sale? Somewhere over the world, I can hear a certain Jandal celebrating Pfft

Good luck in transfers!


Hehe yeah probably Grin

Thanks a lot Smile - It is probably needed Smile

Sykkel_Freak wrote:
Some huge wage increases here, which I guess must have been expected (at least in part) after a great 2017.

Certainly making note of your likely departures in the cobbles area as Delvaux are likely to spend some money in that department come transfer season Wink


It was expected to some extend, but those were just crazy. Spilak very big increase, which really is too much imo. Also Jerome Coppel performing similar to the season before shouldn't ask for more. Coquard asking for 250% or so is a bit too high, but I was part of the reason for that asking for sprinters to be valued higher.

Feel free to put up some offers in the off season Smile
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Vien wrote:
Tom David for sale? Somewhere over the world, I can hear a certain jandal celebrating Pfft

Good luck in transfers!

This is the moment I have been waiting for/pestering SotD about since I joined MG Pfft

Best of luck in transfers, interesting to watch what directions you take it in with those Greek guys available on the market now and the increasing wages of the team.
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Vien wrote:
Tom David for sale? Somewhere over the world, I can hear a certain Jandal celebrating Pfft

Good luck in transfers!


Maybe I can't hear jandal, because I am celebrating too loud Grin

Oh. Transfers. The best part of the season, just when my behated renewals are over.
 
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Riders up for sale:
Simon Spilak (Reigning Tour de France winner, 2nd. overall ranking)
Jerome Coppel (Winner of Tasmania and Norway and 5 stage wins)
Tom David (7th Ronde van Vlaanderen and 2 stagewins)
Jakub Novak (GC lieutenaint, several top 25 GC, including Giro 2016)
Yuriy Vasyliv (Same as above - Still U25 eligeble!)
Murilo Affonso (GC helper, newly maxed)
Pieter Jacobs (Cobbled lieutenaint or PCT/CT leader, 78COB)[/quote]
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WELCOME HOME!


It has been a nervewrecking couple of days, but we are now happy to announce that two lost sons, have found their way home!

Georgos Tzortzakis 4.100 33yo €80.000
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Georgos Tzortzakis have a great run for the team, having won stages in the Giro d'Italia, also leading the points competition for quite some time, aswell as taking a major win (the first ever greek classic) in Lisbon Classic. Last season we came to a precarious situation where young sprinter Rick Zabel announced he would ride in the Festina colors, which immidiately led to Tzortzakis searching elsewhere. We accepted this, and sold him to Project: Africa. Unfortunately Rick Zabel decided to move to Team Degenkolb, leaving Festina-Dexia in a bad situation.

Elsewhere Georgos Tzortzakis started of the season in manor, winning the first stage of the season in Tour of Qatar. The fortune was shortly lived, however, as the Team, Project: Africa came to a drastic halt, leaving all riders as prisoners not being allowed to race all season long, due to technicalities in raceplannings.

Circumstances made way for a happy reunion between the two teams, and Georgos Tzortzakis have accepted a very empathic 80.000€ wage in what is likely to be his final season at top level.

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Georgos Tzortzakis winning Lisbon Classic in style in 2016!



Charalampas Kastrantas 4.100 27yo €50.000
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It was not as spectacular when Charalampas Kastrantas left the team in the renewals proces. The team had gotten in trouble due to being above the wage cap of the MGUCI, and thus a handshake was made between team manager and Kastrantas, that the initial contract was to be revoked, while a new would be signed immidiately after the processes of MGUCI had taken place.

Charalampas Kastrantas have performed well above pundits expectations the past two seasons, winning first a stage at the Criterium du Dauphine in 2016 and later also proved among the strongest breakaway specialists in 2017. It is expected to see more of that in the future.

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Kastrantas on the podium after winning stage 5 of Criterium du Dauphine, 2016



And while we are in happy mood, regaining contact with lost Greeks, the mythology will take no end, as we present the future of the Greek gods...

Miltiadis Giannoutsos 1.00 21yo €50.000
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Knowing that Greek riders look firmly at our setup we dared making a bald move, and offer this young talent minimum wage. It was of huge surprise when he ended up accepting the offer, however. Below you can see what experts expect him to develop into:

Miltiadis Giannoutsos 4.100 24yo €50.000
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We have been prepared to go very far for this future great, and are extremely pleased to see him developping at this rate! We expect Giannoutsos to be the first ever Greek Top 10 Grand Tour rider with some added nuturing along the way. Welcome aboard!

As always, feel free to comment below.
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NEW ADDITIONS!


We are happy to announce another 3 additional riders.

Armanto Archimandritis 4.100 32yo €50.000
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For more reasons, Archimandritis is a new rider for us. Not only because he has not, literally, ridden for us before, but he is also the first cypriot rider in our team. And to add to that, we have also never had a rider who is equally good at climbing and cobbles, so we get ourselves a very versatile rider, who will be of good use as a domestique basically everywhere. We only want to keep him out of Team Time Trials, but other than that, he is a perfectly suitable rider.


Georgios Karatzios 3.00 28yo €50.000
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Georgios Karatzios is our 4th! Greek rider added to the team this season. We are very happy to announce that Karatzios will be the first ever Greek cobbled rider with potential to actually fight for top 20's at PT level. Here we get his expected level:

Georgios Karatzios 4.100 30yo €50.000
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The final addition, is actually not new, as he was on a similar agreement as Kastrantas. He was in our squad last season, and now he's back.

Manuel Stocker 4.50 26yo €50.000
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73606569707273597576646571


Manuel Stocker is a potentially strong leadout sprinter for the seasons to come, and we look forward to see him help us, if not already, then atleast next season! Here is what he will look like:

Manuel Stocker 4.50 26yo €50.000
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74606569707277597778646572


We will soon present further riders!
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A SAD GOODBYE!


After a list of new riders being signed, we are also going to say goodbye to some riders. This season of substantial level!

Last seasons runner up of the overall ranking, and winner of the Tour de France, Simon Spilak have left the team to join Isostar Slovenija. What more suitable way to end his Festina era, than to join the first real slovenian PT side.

Also former world TT champion, Jerome Coppel have decided to leave the team, due to a heavy disagreement on his paycheck. Jerome Coppel joined the team as a leading rider and left after two superior seasons at the very top of the individual rankings. 6 stagewins and 2 GC wins did he end the 2017 season with. Next season he will, however be looking to fight in the PCT, where experts believe he will smash any competition.

Besides the two big leaders, also Tom David have decided to leave the team, although in a more orderly fashion, giving the team an opportunity to cover the loss on a 1:1 scale - More on this later. Tom David never really managed to fulfill his true potential in the team, and will also look to go down a level.

A final farewell goes to Jakub Novak, who has been playing second violin for quite some time, but having had his chances to shine. Jakub Novak did his best at the Grand Tours, where his diesel engine would come to it's true meaning, but it was always going to be a last for him in 2017. Also Novak will step down a level.

We wish to thank those 4 riders a lot, as they have all been an integral part in the team's 3 time winners streak. Having to say goodbye to significant riders like this, will definately hurt our PT chances, but we will soon be joined by a new flank of riders.
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MORE WELCOMES!


We are very happy to present another 3 new team members.

Maxime Daniel 4.100 27yo €280.000
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A huge assignment for us to land Maxime Daniel. We have been so eagerly looking to strengthen the core of French and Greek cyclists this season, and we are pleased that it is seeming to work. Maxime Daniel has been on the block for several years, and through several teams. We believe he belongs at Pro Tour level, and expect him to be a step up from Tom David who unfortunately had to leave in the deal.

For more reasons, Archimandritis is a new rider for us. Not only because he has not, literally, ridden for us before, but he is also the first cypriot rider in our team. And to add to that, we have also never had a rider who is equally good at climbing and cobbles, so we get ourselves a very versatile rider, who will be of good use as a domestique basically everywhere. We only want to keep him out of Team Time Trials, but other than that, he is a perfectly suitable rider.


Juan Ernesto Chamorro 4.10 27yo €230.000
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After selling Simon Spilak we were in desperate need of a new GC rider, and while we are well aware that Chamorro isn't the new Spilak, by any means, it is a heavy upgrade from our former 3rd tiers. Chamorro will be having quite a lot of responsibility at the team and will get to ride atleast one Grand Tour as a captain. We look very much forward to this, and hope he might be able to fight for the KOM or stagewins.


Sascha Weber 4.100 30yo €90.000
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Sascha Weber joins from our friends at Puma, whom we expect to take the thrown from us, or atleast podium in our absence. Weber is an obvious pick as we have targeted him before, and will massively strengthen our cobbled setup, while also giving aid to Bryan Coquard in the sprints. We can't wait to see Weber in action.

We will soon present more rider...
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TWO RIDERS LEAVE


After having already waved goodbye to Simon Spilak, Jerome Coppel, Tom David and Jakub Novak we have achieved offers of sufficient quality to also wave goodbye to another two riders.

Murilo Affonso have left after just one season at our side. Affonso is a good mountain domestique and will leave a gap we are not quite happy with, but a mistake in the process of updating finances left us with no choice.

We also have to say goodbye to Pieter Jacobs, who also joined last season. We were happy to sign Jacobs as he would serve Tom David well, but after having said goodbye to Tom David, it was natural to also say goodbye to Pieter Jacobs.

We wish both riders the very best in their new teams.
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LATEST ARRIVALS!


It is time to present nothing short of 6 new riders!

Robin van der Hugenhaben 4.100 33yo €327.000
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Robin van der Hugenhaben is a very experienced rider, which should go well with our young and talented pool. Robin has been in the lower levels for the past couple of seasons, and while his prime is no longer present we do believe that he does have the potential to do well in the races where we need a rider of his level. The dutch veteran goes extremely well over hills, and climb real mountains fairly well aswell, which makes him a perfect fit for a few races this season, where neither Lecuisinier or Koretzky fits in all too well.


Jocelyn Bar 4.10 30yo €148.000
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Jocelyn Bar is a leadout sprinter that we have actually been chasing for quite some seasons, so we are happy to finally have him secured, although we do find his wage demands slightly higher that what he has proved so far. But having a great need for leadouts for Bryan Coquard we have accepted terms, and are instead looking forward. Bar is a powerhouse and goes rather well over hills aswell as cobbles which makes him a perfect fit together with Emerson Santos in the leadout.


Pascal Ackermann 3.00 24yo €200.000
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Despite not being French or Greek, Pascal Ackermann was our no. 1 target of the off season. Ackermann have the perfect combination of hill and sprints to be a very useful future lead sprinter together with Bryan Coquard, and while he is fast, he will never become as fast as Coquard - but likewise he is a lot more durable, so should target a completely different set of races. A duo threat we have always dreamt of. Below is a few of the possible options for Ackermann in the future:

Pascal Ackermann 4.100 26yo €200.000
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Pascal Ackermann 4.100 26yo €200.000
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Pascal Ackermann 4.100 26yo €200.000
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A lot of choices. Should he become a top sprinter? Should he become a potential top puncheur? Should he become something in between? No matter what, Pascal Ackermann is (for us) among the 3-4 biggest talents available, and we are happy to land him, despite of the 200K pricetag.


Rudy Barbier 3.76 26yo €50.000
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Rudy Barbier has been on our target list before, but it became evident for us that he should be one this season, when we noticed how easily we could develop him, and that Coquard could use a decent leadout in a couple of seasons time too. Barbier will develop into this:

Rudy Barbier 4.100 28yo €50.000
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The flat and acceleration quality was key for us, and we believe it will be enough as a 3rd-in-line rider for a top class sprinter.


Nikolaos Ioannidis 3.07 25yo €50.000
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Another greek rider we have wanted for several seasons, but just hadn't managed to fit in. Ioannidis will become a valuable GC domestique in the future, but unfortunately won't have the acceleration to become a leader himself. This is what he will look like:

Nikolaos Ioannidis 4.100 27yo €50.000
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A very strong GC rider for Lecuisiniers future GT surge.


Romain Le Roux 4.03 26yo €50.000
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Romain Le Roux joins on a one-year loan deal. We are very happy with adding such a strong puncheur as a domestique, while also helping another manager with development.

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As usual an active transfer period for but even more active this season I suppose.

A lot of interest signings, espacially those greeks since that one of your focus.
Weber & Daniel could be a nice duo on those cobbles as said in cio´s HQ Weber caught my eye aswell.

Ackermann is a very very nice rider to have aswell when maxed Smile
 
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