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[CT] OMV Petrom-Albania.al
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| Azerbaijan |
Posted on 31-08-2019 17:26
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General
Presentation
Romanian/Austrian oil company OMV Petrom has decided to join the ManGame ranks with their own cycling team. They have joined forces with the Albanian board of tourism to form OMV Petrom-Albania.al Cycling team. Their goal is to promote cycling in Romania and Albania, who have been oversights when it comes to cycling. They will also bring in riders from Austria. International riders will be welcome as well.
The backers have brought in unknown Mr. Azerbaijan as a team manager. Their hope is, that he will be able to sign some good riders and lead the team to some victories. Visibility and adjusting to the pro cycling circuit are the primary goals of their virgin season.
Sponsors
| Main sponsor |   OMV Petrom | | Main sponsor |  Albanian board of tourism | | Minor sponsor | Dacia | | Minor sponsor | AlbChrome | | Clothing sponsor |  Castelli | | Bike sponsor |  Focus | | Wheel sponsor |  FFWD | | Helmet sponsor |  Spiuk |
Jersey
The final design has been revealed. Created by the great hillis91. We are very excited to be riding in such a beautiful creation. The designer will reveal it tomorrow, and then it will be put on display in our HQ.
Mr. Azerbaijan's opinion: It's a very recognizable jersey. Beautiful colour scheme. Very visible. We are very proud to be riding in such a creation.
Team profile
We will aim to mainly have riders from our home nations. Petrom is a company from Romania, so we will bring in Romanian riders. They have been bought by Austrian company OMV, so of course we will try to sign riders from Austria. Finally, we have a partnership with Albanian board of tourism, so we will look to promote cycling in Albania by having riders from there as well.
Other than that, we have no restrictions. Great riders, who fit the team, can come from all over the world. We know first hand how it feels to be an overlooked cycling nation, so if we can help a small country by signing one of their riders, we wont hesitate to do so.
Edited by Azerbaijan on 08-10-2019 17:56
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Posted on 31-08-2019 17:29
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2019 Squad
| Name | Nation | Age | Wage | AVG | | Eric Young |  | 30 | 110.000 | 75,40 | | Martin Weiss | | 28 | 50.000 | 74,57 | | Alexander Krieger | | 28 | 50.000 | 74,30 | | Tyron Giogieri | | 31 | 120.000 | 73,97 | | Marko Pavlic |  | 26 | 50.000 | 73,95 | | Christoph Taubel | | 28 | 50.000 | 73,91 | | Marco Canola | | 31 | 50.000 | 73,19 | | Stephan Rabitsch | | 28 | 50.000 | 72,81 | | Oleg Berdos | | 32 | 50.000 | 72,58 | | Csaba Palyi |  | 29 | 50.000 | 72,04 | | Lucian Voinea | | 28 | 50.000 | 71,75 | | Alexandr Braico |  | 31 | 50.000 | 71,72 | | Manuel Betilson |  | 26 | 0 | 71,50 | | Redi Halilaj | | 30 | 50.000 | 71,10 | | Nikolay Mihaylov |  | 31 | 50.000 | 70,71 | | Ylber Sefa | | 28 | 50.000 | 70,55 | | Jordi Majoral |  | 22 | 50.000 | 69,21 | | Benjamin Brkic | | 23 | 50.000 | 68,64 | | Emil Dima | | 22 | 50.000 | 68,21 | | Onur Balkan |  | 23 | 0 | 66,73 | | Andrei Voicu | | 26 | 50.000 | 66,39 | | Emiljano Stojku | | 28 | 50.000 | 66,36 |
Stats and facts | | Oldest rider: | Oleg Berdos (32) | | Youngest rider: | Jordi Majoral (22) | | Best climber: | Tyron Giogieri (78) | | Best hills: | Martin Weiss (76) | | Best TT: | Manuel Betilson (75) | | Best cobbler: | Christoph Taubel (78) | | Best sprinter: | Alexander Krieger (79) | | Squad composition | | Total riders: | 22 | | Nation with most riders: | Albania, Austria, Romania (4) (18% each) | | Target nations make up 54% of the squad | | Nations represented: | 13 |
Edited by Azerbaijan on 08-10-2019 21:49
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Posted on 31-08-2019 17:29
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2019 Race Calendar
| January | | Clasico San Cristobal |  | C2 | | Vuelta al Tachira |  | C2 | | Great Ocean Road Classic |  | C2HC | | February | | Tour de Langkawi |  | C2HC | | GP Herning |  | C2 | | Gent-Wevelgem |  | C1 | | Gisborne GP |  | C2 | | Hong Kong Challenge |  | C2 | | March | | Circulo de Juarez |  | C2 | | Geraardsbergen-Bosberg | | C2HC | | Tour of Eritrea |  | C2HC | | Jelajah SKL | | C1 | | April | | Tour de Vineyards | | C2HC | | Betonexpressz GP | | C2HC | | Lincoln GP |  | C2HC | | Corsica International |  | C1 | | May | | Windhoek ITT |  | C2HC | | Chrono d'Arenberg | | C1 | | Tour du Faso |  | C2HC | | Tour d'Andorra | | C1 | | Giro del Trentino* | | C2 | | June | | Malopolsko Wyscig |  | C1 | | Lillestrom GP |  | C2 | | Tour of Vancouver |  | C2HC | | Hanko Classic |  | C1 | | July | | Bayern Rundfahrt | | C1 | | Tour of Bulgaria* | | C2 | | Vilnius GP |  | C2HC | | Nantahala Classic | | C1 | | USA Pro Cycling Challenge | | C2 | | August | | Benelux Challenge |  | C2HC | | Rio Vista Chinesa |  | C2 | | Baltic Chain Tour |   | C1 | | Grand Prix Cyclistes | | C2HC | | September | | Tour of Britain | | C1 | | Philadelphia International Championships | | C2HC | | Euskal Bizikleta | | C2HC | | Ronde van het Ijsselmeer | | C2 | | Transfagarasan GP* | | C2HC | | Yekaterinenburg GP |  | C2HC | | October | | Heistse Pijl | | C2 | | Herald Sun Tour | | C2HC | | Course de Solidarnosc* | | C2HC | | Zuri Metzgete |  | C2HC |
*=goal race
Edited by Azerbaijan on 03-10-2019 06:47
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Posted on 31-08-2019 17:29
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2019 Race Results
Wins
Tour de Langkawi stage 4 - Alexander Krieger
Podiums
Tour de Langkawi stage 2 - Alexander Krieger 3rd
Hong Kong Challenge stage 1 - Marko Pavlic 3rd
Circulo de Juarez stage 2 - Alexander Krieger 3rd
Circulo de Juarez GC - Alexander Krieger 3rd
Top 10
Great Ocean Road Classic - Alexander Krieger 4th
Vuelta al Tachira stage 1 - Martin Weiss 5th
Circulo de Juarez stage 3 - Alexander Krieger 5th
Circulo de Juarez stage 1 - Alexander Krieger 6th
Vuelta al Tachira stage 7 - Tyron Giogieri 7th
Hong Kong Challenge GC - Marko Pavlic 7th
Circulo de Juarez stage 5 - Alexander Krieger 7th
Vuelta al Tachira stage 9 - Tyron Giogieri 8th
Vuelta al Tachira stage GC - Tyron Giogieri 8th
Hong Kong Challenge stage 1 - Tyron Giogieri 8th
Hong Kong Challenge stage 3 - Marko Pavlic 8th
Circulo de Juarez stage 4 - Alexander Krieger 8th
Vuelta al Tachira stage 10 - Martin Weiss 9th
Vuelta al Tachira stage 4 - Martin Weiss 10th
Vuelta al Tachira stage 5 - Martin Weiss 10th
Tour de Langkawi stage 1 - Oleg Berdos 10th
Tour de Langkawi stage 2 - Tyron Giogieri 10th
Hong Kong Challenge stage 2 - Alexandr Braico 10th
Top 25
Vuelta al Tachira stage 6 - Marko Pavlic 11th
Circulo de Juarez stage 4 - Lucian Voinea 11th
Vuelta al Tachira stage 3 - Martin Weiss 12th
Vuelta al Tachira stage 6 - Tyron Giogieri 12th
Tour de Langkawi stage 1 - Marko Pavlic 12th
GP Herning - Christoph Taubel 12th
Vuelta al Tachira stage 8 - Marko Pavlic 13th
Tour de Langkawi GC - Tyron Giogieri 13th
Hong Kong Challenge stage 2 - Manuel Betilson 13th
Vuelta al Tachira stage 8 - Tyron Giogieri 14th
Vuelta al Tachira stage 1 - Oleg Berdos 14th
Hong Kong Challenge stage 2 - Marko Pavlic 14th
GP Herning - Eric Young 15th
Vuelta al Tachira stage 10 - Tyron Giogieri 16th
Vuelta al Tachira stage 1 - Onur Balkan 17th
Vuelta al Tachira stage 8 - Oleg Berdos 18th
Tour de Langkawi stage 4 - Emiljano Stojku 18th
Vuelta al Tachira stage 4 - Tyron Giogieri 19th
Tour de Langkawi stage 7 - Alexander Krieger 19th
Vuelta al Tachira stage 7 - Marko Pavlic 20th
Vuelta al Tachira stage GC Marko Pavlic - 20th
Tour de Langkawi stage 5 - Oleg Berdos 20th
Gisborne GP - Martin Weiss 21st
Circulo de Juarez stage 1 - Eric Young 21st
Vuelta al Tachira stage 1 - Tyron Giogieri 23rd
Great Ocean Road Classic - Csaba Palyi 25th
Tour de Langkawi stage 4 - Tyron Giogieri 25th
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Posted on 01-09-2019 07:35
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Jersey reveal
Designed by hillis91. A good looking jersey, which will make us visible in the peloton. Great job by the designer.
Angolan NC jersey to be worn by Manuel Betilson in both RR and TT.
Austrian NC jersey to be worn by Stephan Rabitsch.
Edited by Azerbaijan on 03-10-2019 20:49
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 01-09-2019 07:40
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Nice Jersey 
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Posted on 01-09-2019 07:42
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Cool project and a nice jersey.
Best of luck to you!
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 01-09-2019 09:30
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Good luck this off-season and season 
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Posted on 01-09-2019 15:07
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Good luck this season, you'll learn a lot but a nice jersey is always a good way to start
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Posted on 23-09-2019 09:53
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Later today, we can present the first 8 riders to represent our team this upcoming season...watch this space!
Update 12.03:
The first batch of riders to represent the team is ready. We will have a more in depth presentation later, but a very warm welcome to Ylber Sefa, Redi Halilaj, Oleg Berdos, Lucian Voinea, Stephan Rabitsch, Alexandr Braico, Martin Weiss and Tyron Giogieri.
Edited by Azerbaijan on 23-09-2019 11:04
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Posted on 23-09-2019 18:08
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Rider Presentation
As promised, a more in depth presentation of the first riders signed to our team.
Ylber Sefa - Nation: Albania - Age: 28 - Specialisation: Flat
Ylber has been signed to be a domestique in the sprints. He has decent sprint stats, so he will also function as a leadout as well as capitan de route.
Main stats: FLA 73, SPR 72
Redi Halilaj - Nation: Albania - Age: 30 - Specialisation: Mountain
Redi is signed to be a domestique as well. Experienced rider, who will help the mountain leaders.
Main stats: MTN 73, HIL 71
Oleg Berdos - Nation: Romania - Age: 32 - Specialisation: Mountain
Oleg is an experienced climber, with a punchy finish. He is 32 years old so he has plenty of rides in his legs and he will help the team as a domestique, when the roads rise.
Main stats: MTN 73, HIL 72
Lucian Voinea - Nation: Romania - Age: 28 - Specialisation: Hills
Lucian is a domestique for the northern classics. He is best when the ride is bumpy.
Main stats: ACC 74, RES 73
Stephan Rabitsch - Nation: Austria - Age: 28 - Specialisation: Hills
Stephan is a rider, who will get his own chances. Enjoys hilly rides.
Main stats: HIL 75, PRL 75
Martin Weiss - Nation: Austria - Age: 28 - Specialisation: Hills
For now, our best hilly rider. Martin has good stamina and a punchy finish as well, so hopefully he will able to pull off a few wins this season.
Main stats: HIL 76, STA 75
Alexandr Braico - Nation: Moldova - Age: 31 - Specialisation: Time Trial
Alexandr is a rider who is great against the clock. He has decent skills on hills as well, so he will be an important piece in TTT's.
Main stats: TT 74, PRL 74
Tyron Giogieri - Nation: Albania - Age: 31 - Specialisation: Mountains
Tyron will be our mountain leader. He is a climber with good endurance, so he will be hard to shake when the road really rises.
Main stats: MTN 78, RES 74 |
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Posted on 23-09-2019 19:13
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WHAT?!
You got Martin Weiss at 50.000?! Steal! 
I suppose he will score a decent amount of pts in CT! |
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Posted on 23-09-2019 19:15
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viking90 wrote:
WHAT?!
You got Martin Weiss at 50.000?! Steal!
I suppose he will score a decent amount of pts in CT!
I was pretty surprised with that... |
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Posted on 23-09-2019 20:59
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Weiss for €50,000 is a really good pickup, always nice to see my former riders finding new homes.
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Posted on 23-09-2019 21:28
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Our first non FA signing. Christoph Taubel has been bought from Sauber Petronas for 70k. He will be our cobbles leader. |
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Posted on 23-09-2019 22:12
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Next batch of riders:
Alexander Krieger - Nation: Germany - Age: 28 - Specialisation: Sprint
Alexander will be our sprint leader. He has great speed and acceleration. He is not great on hills, so as flat as possible for this German speedster.
Main stats: SPR 79, ACC 79
Andrei Voicu - Nation: Romania - Age: 26 - Specialisation: MTN/HIL
Andrei is a developmental rider. Aged 26, he will be a late bloomer, who we hope can become a decent mountain domestique in time.
Main stats: STA 71, REC 71
Emil Dima - Nation: Romania - Age: 22 - Specialisation: Stage Races
Emil is another rider who is a project. At just 22 he will gain lots of experience, and hopefully develop his stage racing skills.
Main stats: FTR 71, TT 69
Emiljano Stojku - Nation: Albania - Age: 28 - Specialisation: Sprint
Emiljano is like Andrei Voicu. An older guy, 28, who we still haven't seen the full potential of. In time we would ideally see him become a leadout man.
Main stats: SPR 70, ACC 68
Benjamin Brkic - Nation: Austria - Age: 23 - Specialisation: ??
Benjamin is a raw prospect. He has decent stats in pretty much everything, so he can pretty much choose his own path.
Main stats: FLA 71, STA 70
Nikolay Mihaylov - Nation: Bulgaria - Age: 31 - Specialisation: Time Trial
Nikolay is a veteran TT rider, who will be an invaluable asset in TTT's and in individual TT's.
Main stats: TT 74, PRL 74
Christoph Taubel - Nation: Austria - Age: 28 - Specialisation: Cobbles
Our cobbles leader. Christoph has great experience. Lacks the stats to become a real winner, but will place decently in many cobbled races.
Main stats: COB 78, DHL 74 |
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Posted on 24-09-2019 07:55
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Krieger spent the last two years with us and should be a good rider in CT. Great pick up with Taubel as well. Looks like you've been busy so far!
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Posted on 24-09-2019 09:05
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AbhishekLFC wrote:
Krieger spent the last two years with us and should be a good rider in CT. Great pick up with Taubel as well. Looks like you've been busy so far!
I hope they will be able to score some points. Yeah, I wanted to get an early jump and hopefully get some riders cheap by being early. |
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Posted on 24-09-2019 09:06
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Good to see Krieger in CT division.
Was tempted to bid on him for talent deveopment nostalgic reasons but wouldn`t have much use for him without a top top sprinter anymore guaranteed a sprint train basically.
In CT he should at least fight for some glory. |
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Posted on 24-09-2019 18:16
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Our 16th rider is in place. 29 year old Hungarian, Swiss army knife Csaba Palyi.
Csaba can support riders in hills, on the cobbles and in sprints as well as being a decent time trialist.
A very important helper for our team. |
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