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[PT] Festina - OAKA (2019)
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| SotD |
Posted on 19-09-2019 15:46
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After winning the Pro Tour 3 times back-to-back, last season saw the team undergo a major reconstruction, where team leaders Simon Spilak, Jerome Coppel and Tom David left the team, and was largely replaced by riders already within the team. Despite having a major quality cut-back the team fought well to finish a respectable 3rd in the Pro Tour Division, making it 4 times in a row to achieve podium. This season, french sponsor Dexia is no longer at the team.
Instead the Greek government, represented by OAKA - a greek sporting analytics centre have partnered up with the ongoing sponsor, Festina. This also means that a new heavy focus on Greek cycling have to be made. Fortunately the team is already capable of showing a large number of greek talents.
..::Team Name::..
 Festina - OAKA
..::Team Manager::..
 Andreas Jøhnke
..::History::..
Festina-Dexia [2018]
Festina-Dexia [2017]
 Team I-Gen - Festina [2016]
Festina-Canal+ [2015]
Festina-Canal+ [2014]
Festina-Canal+ [2013]
 Festina-CONEC [2012]
 Festina-Corona [2011]
..::Last Season Standing::..
3rd place of the Pro Tour
GC Riders
Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Age: 26 | Wage: 625.000€
Puncheurs
Clement Koretzky | Age: 29 | Wage: 400.000€
 Charalampas Kastrantas | Age: 28 | Wage: 65.000€
Pascal Ackermann | Age: 25 | Wage: 140.000€
 Matteo Rabottini | Age: 32 | Wage: 50.000€
Salvatore Mancuso | Age: 33 | Wage: 50.000€
 Aidan van Niekerk | Age: 22 | Wage: 50.000€
Climbers
Francesco Bongiorno | Age: 29 | Wage: 135.000€
Dario Cataldo | Age: 34 | Wage: 50.000€
Alexis Vuillermoz | Age: 31 | Wage: 50.000€
Nikolaos Ioannidis | Age: 26 | Wage: 50.000€
Michail Mavrikakis | Age: 25 | Wage: 50.000€
Sprinters
Bryan Coquard | Age: 27 | Wage: 650.000€
Andreas Stauff | Age: 32 | Wage: 135.000€
Adrien Petit | Age: 29 | Wage: 207.000€
Rudy Barbier | Age: 27 | Wage: 50.000€
Cobblers
Maxime Daniel | Age: 28 | Wage: 300.000€
Sascha Weber | Age: 31 | Wage: 75.000€
Georgios Karatzios | Age: 29 | Wage: 50.000€
Michail Kortsidakis | Age: 25 | Wage: 50.000€
Timetriallers
Panagiotis Vlatos | Age: 29 | Wage: 170.000€
Stagiares
Gorazd Per | Age: 22 | Wage: 10.000€
Matic Veber | Age: 23 | Wage: 10.000€
Loaned out
Stylianos Farantakis | Age: 24 | Wage: 100.000€
Aimiliano Vila | Age: 22 | Wage: 50.000€
Miltiadis Giannoutsos | Age: 22 | Wage: 50.000€
Ioannis Kiriakidis | Age: 22 | Wage: 50.000€
Average age of team: 27,1 year old
Team Standings - Win | FAILED | 9th - Festina - OAKA
Tour of Qatar - Win | FAILED | 4th - Bryan Coquard
GP Moscow - Win | ACHIEVED | Winner - Bryan Coquard
Rund um Köln - Win | FAILED | 5th - Bryan Coquard
Tour de France - Top 5 | ACHIEVED | 4th - Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier
Edited by SotD on 16-10-2020 07:49
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| SotD |
Posted on 19-09-2019 15:46
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Andreas Stauff | Tour de France | Stage 1
Charalampas Kastrantas | Vuelta a España | Stage 12
Aidan van Niekerk | Vuelta a España | Stage 21
Bryan Coquard | Tirreno-Adriatico | Stage 1
Bryan Coquard | Tirreno-Adriatico | Stage 2
Bryan Coquard | Barbados Cycling Festival | Stage 2
Clement Koretzky | Paris-Nice | Stage 8
Sascha Weber | Tour of Switzerland | Stage 7
Panagiotis Vlatos | Tour of Qatar | Stage 6
Panagiotis Vlatos | Tour of Switzerland | Stage 2
Panagiotis Vlatos | Tour de Pologne | Stage 7
Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Tour de Pologne | Stage 5
Adrien Petit | Tour of Northern Europe | Stage 8
Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Tour de France | Stage 18
Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Tour de Pologne | Stage 6
Andreas Stauff | Giro d'Italia | Stage 10
Charalampas Kastrantas | Vuelta a España | Stage 8
Francesco Bongiorno | Vuelta a España | Stage 13
Bryan Coquard | Tour of Qatar | Stage 4
Clement Koretzky | Paris-Nice | Stage 4
Adrien Petit | Tour of Switzerland | Stage 4
Adrien Petit | Tour of Switzerland | Stage 7
Adrien Petit | Tour de Pologne | Stage 2
Adrien Petit | Tour de Pologne | Stage 4
Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Tour de France | Stage 13
Andreas Stauff | Tour de France | Stage 10
Aidan van Niekerk | Giro d'Italia | Stage 8
Aidan van Niekerk | Vuelta a España | Stage 8
Charalampas Kastrantas | Vuelta a España | Stage 14
#1 Bryan Coquard | GP Moscow
#1 Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Tour de Pologne
#4 Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Tour de France
#4 Clement Koretzky | Liege-Bastogne-Liege
#4 Bryan Coquard | Tour of Qatar
#4 Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | GP Liechtenstein
#4 Maxime Daniel | Rheden GP
#5 Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Tirreno-Adriatico
#5 Bryan Coquard | Rund um Köln
#5 Clement Koretzky | Strade Bianche
#7 Bryan Coquard | Nakhon Ratchasima Trophy
#9 Bryan Coquard | Barbados Cycling Festival
#9 Clement Koretzky | Fleche Wallone
#10 Clement Koretzky | Amstel Gold Race
#10 Clement Koretzky | Colombo Classic
#10 Bryan Coquard | Ronde van Nederland
MOUNTAINS CLASSIFICATIONS
#1 Clement Koretzky | Paris-Nice
#2 Francesco Bongiorno | Vuelta a España
#4 Clement Koretzky | Scandinavia Open Road Race
#5 Francesco Bongiorno | Criterium du Dauphiné
#6 Aidan van Niekerk | Paris-Nice
#7 Pascal Ackermann | Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha
#7 Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Tour de Pologne
#7 Michail Kortsidakis | Tour of Northern Europe
#9 Dario Cataldo | Barbados Cycling Festival
#1 Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Tour de Pologne
#2 Bryan Coquard | Tirreno-Adriatico
#4 Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Tirreno-Adriatico
#4 Clement Koretzky | Paris-Nice
#6 Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier | Tour de France
#6 Charalampas Kastrantas | Vuelta a España
#6 Adrien Petit | Tour de Pologne
#9 Adrien Petit | Tour of Northern Europe
#9 Bryan Coquard | Barbados Cycling Festival
#10 Bryan Coquard | Ronde van Nederland
#10 Aidan van Niekerk | Vuelta a España
YOUNG RIDERS CLASSIFICATIONS
#6 Michail Kortsidakis | Tour of Qatar
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| SotD |
Posted on 19-09-2019 15:46
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TBA
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| SotD |
Posted on 19-09-2019 15:50
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Everything is free for commentning at this point...
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| SotD |
Posted on 19-09-2019 16:17
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Riders that could potentially leave:
Maxed out riders:
 Juan Ernesto Chamorro - 78MO|75HI|76RES|74ACC|78FIG| 28y.o.
Yuriy Vasyliv - 77MO|74HI|78STA|75REC|72TT| 26y.o.
Sascha Weber - 77SPR|75COB|77ACC|74STA| 31y.o.
Jocelyn Bar - 77SPR|77FL|70HI|75STA|79REC| 31y.o.
 Emerson Santos - 78SPR|76FL|76REC|74PRL| 28y.o.
 Manuel Stocker - 76SPR|75FL|77ACC|71PRL| 27y.o.
Unmaxed riders:
Pascal Ackermann - 75HI|76SPR|78ACC|78REC| 25y.o. (Level 4.34)
Matteo Fabbro - 76MO|73HI|70PRL| 24y.o. (Level 4.97)
Aidan van Niekerk - 75HI|71MO|74RES|80FIG| 22y.o. (Level 4.76)
 Loic Vliegen - 75HI|74STA|73ACC| 26y.o. (Level 4.72)
Rudy Barbier - 75SPR|77ACC|73FL| 27y.o. (Level 4.82)
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| cio93 |
Posted on 19-09-2019 16:23
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Expect PMs.
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 19-09-2019 16:28
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I just hope you won't be after every single rider I'm interested in 
Obviously some interesting riders for me as well. |
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| SotD |
Posted on 19-09-2019 16:59
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Fabianski wrote:
I just hope you won't be after every single rider I'm interested in
Obviously some interesting riders for me as well.
Hehe that definately depends who you are looking to sign  - I won't go solely for my nationalistic targets. I have never seen that as a viable plan, but obviously I would like to add some greek and french riders to the team - but seeing riders like Bar and Barbier on the list of possible sales objects it won't be just because of their nationality.
As of now I have a VERY long list of interesting riders
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| SotD |
Posted on 19-09-2019 16:59
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Hit me mate  - I'm sure you have a couple of riders that could be of interest the other direction
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 19-09-2019 20:11
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Wow, had one particular rider already on my shortlist, to see he's actually available is great news, although seems I will have some competition...
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 19-09-2019 21:53
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SotD wrote:
Fabianski wrote:
I just hope you won't be after every single rider I'm interested in
Obviously some interesting riders for me as well.
Hehe that definately depends who you are looking to sign - I won't go solely for my nationalistic targets. I have never seen that as a viable plan, but obviously I would like to add some greek and french riders to the team - but seeing riders like Bar and Barbier on the list of possible sales objects it won't be just because of their nationality.
As of now I have a VERY long list of interesting riders
Sorry for being unclear - my post was actually targeting cio |
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 19-09-2019 22:08
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Intriguing 
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
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| cio93 |
Posted on 19-09-2019 22:14
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I think I have earned the reputation of being after every unmaxed rider in the DB, so tough luck.
No but seriously, it's always better to signal interest in too many riders than too few, you'll learn about the unpredicatability of transfer season and the need to have prepared plans A to about O yourself soon.
I saw your focus is Swiss and Italian, a good idea to avoid losing the battle over your potential leaders to me is to just buy one of the Italians available on my team.
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 19-09-2019 23:37
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I can see a few reasons to get in touch with you during transfers other than just enjoying the chat, you should definitely expect a few messages if you weren't already.
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 20-09-2019 01:15
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Interesting...I wonder if my CT budget could afford a rider like him...
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| SotD |
Posted on 20-09-2019 08:10
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Sounds good that some of these riders call upon some interest! Don't mind budgets, I won't necessarily be targeting just money offers! As our team could undergo a drastic change swap deals could have quite some interest aswell
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| Scorchio |
Posted on 20-09-2019 08:51
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I spy with my little eye ... some riders that may well be of interest. A 'drastic change' could well be fun to watch from a distance!
Look forward to re-igniting the annual Skype chats, not so much to the mass 'for sale' PM's  .
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| SotD |
Posted on 20-09-2019 09:11
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Scorchio wrote:
I spy with my little eye ... some riders that may well be of interest. A 'drastic change' could well be fun to watch from a distance!
Look forward to re-igniting the annual Skype chats, not so much to the mass 'for sale' PM's .
Say whaaat?
Feel free to hit me in the Skypechat when the off season starts
I'm not online a lot this weekend unfortunately, though.
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 20-09-2019 09:54
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As someone trying to strengthen their sprint and cobble options going into 2019 I believe that we'll most definetely talk in the next few days.
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| SotD |
Posted on 26-09-2019 10:37
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We want to introduce our new intake of greek talents, which will be the core of the team for many seasons to come!
| Mavrikakis | Michail | 69 | 73 | 69 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 54 | 61 | 66 | 62 | 64 | 67 |
Michail Mavrikakis is 25 years old and the biggest greek climbing talent ever. Despite being a climber his path can go in different directions. This, however is the path we believe will suit him the best.
| Mavrikakis | Michail | 70 | 77 | 72 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 69 | 54 | 61 | 67 | 63 | 64 | 71 |
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| Vila | Aimiliano | 69 | 65 | 69 | 63 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 54 | 66 | 67 | 69 | 68 | 63 |
Aimiliano Vila is 22 years old, and a designated puncheur. On the steep short ramps he may well be the best greek rider ever, but he's slightly limited on the longer climbs. That said, he's fairly quick and have decent physical traits to help him with that.
| Vila | Aimiliano | 70 | 71 | 77 | 65 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 54 | 67 | 73 | 75 | 69 | 65 |
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| Kiriakidis | Ioannidis | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 62 | 63 | 70 | 69 | 73 | 70 |
Kiriakidis was first spotted last season at the amateur team, Festina-Canal+, and through there he got the attention of the Pro Tour setup. The 22 year old puncheur supplements Vila well, and got a bit more of a GC trait but with puncheur stats being his key environment.
| Kiriakidis | Ioannidis | 68 | 73 | 76 | 71 | 70 | 72 | 71 | 62 | 64 | 76 | 75 | 74 | 71 |
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| Kortsidakis | Michail | 74 | 63 | 68 | 54 | 72 | 72 | 72 | 70 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 70 | 73 |
In a very different path we have the strong allround roulleur, Kortsidakis at 25 years of age. Kortsidakis can in theory go in some different paths, but we believe this might be the ideal solution for him.
| Kortsidakis | Michail | 77 | 63 | 69 | 57 | 75 | 75 | 73 | 74 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 70 | 76 |
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| Farantakis | Stylianos | 68 | 59 | 64 | 71 | 72 | 66 | 69 | 66 | 73 | 74 | 61 | 62 | 73 |
Farantakis has enjoyed the past two seasons with us as a stagiare, but after having cut him from the team we have seen marvellous progress. In particular in his training methods and motivation. We never doubted his potential, but right now it seems like he actually may meet expectations. Also Farantakis could be headed different ways, but we believe this is something down the line of his progression.
| Farantakis | Stylianos | 74 | 59 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 72 | 79 | 66 | 80 | 80 | 61 | 63 | 79 |
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