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[PCT] lɒuǫiƨɘᗡ {2020}
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| cio93 |
Posted on 13-10-2020 22:39
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76 REC actually, which coincidentally costs you one race day. 
I guess you're aware this means I hope you'll never make it to PT. Glad to see we inspired people though. 
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 13-10-2020 22:41
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 13-10-2020 22:50
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cio93 wrote:
76 REC actually, which coincidentally costs you one race day.
I guess you're aware this means I hope you'll never make it to PT. Glad to see we inspired people though.
I didn't even realize we also got the +3 Recovery boost. Nice added bonus. 
@TMM: 500 Days of Winning.
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 14-10-2020 07:51
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Mresuperstar wrote:
cio93 wrote:
76 REC actually, which coincidentally costs you one race day.
I guess you're aware this means I hope you'll never make it to PT. Glad to see we inspired people though.
I didn't even realize we also got the +3 Recovery boost. Nice added bonus.
@TMM: 500 Days of Winning.
Sorry for crashing your party, but:
roturn wrote:
This recovery bonus only comes through stat gains.
Once they are maxed and training eligible, it`s just the regular 1 stat training without having impact on any other stat.
So training sprint from 74 to 75 or 75 to 76 only sprint will get a stat update, recovery remains the same.
Still, could be a good decision to train his sprint, will be even more of a beast! And still wondering what Tenorio is doing in PCT... You've got an amazing depth on all kinds of uphills, and should be in contention for TT wins, too. Young is a great addition, but maybe a tad too weak for a PCT cobbles/sprint leader. Wish you all the best 
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 14-10-2020 09:43
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Interesting training. And very strong climbing squad.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 14-10-2020 13:28
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@Fabianski: That's what I thought (couldn't find that confirmation anywhere). cio93 just had to get my hopes up.
@DubbelDekker: Hopefully enough depth to keep our leaders protected (at least when the road is going up). We shall see if it's enough to get us back into the Pro Tour.
We would now like to present our team goals for the 2020 season. You may notice a theme and why we were reluctant to sell a certain Spanish climber this season.
PCT Team Standings: Top 5
To be expected, as our sights remain set on returning to the top flight.
 Pro Hallstatt Classic: Win
A race won twice by Simon Spilak, but not a classic Justo Tenorio has attended over the last two seasons. We are looking to spoil Spilak's three-peat if he decides to show up to the PTHC event.
 Corsica International: Win
Justo Tenorio lost this event by 14 seconds to Rigoberto Uran last season. Looking for revenge for his runner-up finish and maybe another stage win by Omar Fraile.
Int. Osterreich Rundfahrt: Win
We head back to Austria for this seven-day HC tour. Aleksandr Pluchkin is the defending two-time champion but he didn't have to race against Justo Tenorio in either victory. Maybe that will be the case again. We could send former 2014 winner David Abal here instead if we want to use Tenorio's race days elsewhere.
 Tour of East Java: Top 5
This is the same goal we had last season. Justo Tenorio failed by finishing eighth. We demand a better result this time around. No excuses.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 14-10-2020 17:17
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Pro Tour Wildcards Announced Tenorio, Desigual eventually granted another Vuelta appearance
Justo Tenorio races against the clock in Stage 1 of the 2019 Vuelta a Espana.
He finished fourth behind Rein Taaramäe, Timofey Kritskiy and Aleksandr Pluchkin.
When the news was first released, Justo Tenorio couldn't believe his eyes. The Man-Game wildcard organizers decided enough was enough. No Grand Tour this season for the Spanish superstar and his Desigual squad. Tenorio recently raced in the Vuelta a Espana as a wildcard entry last season. The race organizers are always looking for new teams to showcase in the big 21-day events. Fair enough.
While Tenorio was ready to accept the utter disrespect of his abilities and prove this season why the wildcard organizers made a huge mistake allowing Aleksandr Pluchkin back into the Vuelta a Espana instead of the hometown favourite...
More news broke: Pluchkin and Team Popo4Ever decline the Vuelta a Espana wildcard due to race clashes. And, just like that, Tenorio was back in. He reluctantly accepted the apology from the race organizers, knowing he should have been picked for a Grand Tour in the first place.
Desigual and the 2013 Vuelta winner are headed back to their home grand tour! It will be the 12th Grand Tour appearance in program history under Mresuperstar.
We also secured a wildcard spot in the three-day Ronde van Nederland in the Netherlands. It's the ideal route (two flat and one slightly hilly stage) to test if we made the right training decision with Simon Yates.
Besides our two leaders, race lineups for our wildcards and the rest of our calendar are currently being worked on by the Desigual staff. We will report back when it's time to present race schedules as the 2020 season quickly approaches.
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 15-10-2020 07:58
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Best of luck this season, especially in Spain during the three weeks you will spend there
Also, great looking new kit
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 15-10-2020 18:19
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Ah, so you're the guy who made me cry several times during the transfer window It's nice to see other teams having a bit of the same regional focus though. Here's to a nice season for the both of us, and to more clashes next transfer window 
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 15-10-2020 20:12
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I may not be the manager of a Spanish Team anymore but I’ll still be rooting for you to get back to the PT ASAP! Always liked your team, your set-up and the way you go about transfers.
Good luck and hopefully we can share the points around a bit this season!
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 21-10-2020 22:34
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@hillis91: Hoping for an even better showing at the Vuelta than the fourth place from last season. I know, bold coming from a PCT team, but Justo Tenorio is up for the challenge.
@Nemolito: So you're the guy who made me spend more money and outbid you several times during the transfer window I'm sure we will be seeing more of each other down the road. I always love a good regional competition.
@LLS: Thanks, was quite surprised you left the Spanish market. Certainly not complaining. Best of luck to you as well.
While our race planner is submitted and we wait for the Man-Game officials approval to post where our riders are racing this season, we can show off the national champion jerseys we received in the mail today.
Much thanks to the_hoyle for his work in designing these colorful kits.
 Spain RR Champion: Justo Tenorio
 El Salvador RR & TT Champion: Erick Herrera
 San Marino RR Champion: Federico Olei
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 25-10-2020 14:38
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Calendar/Schedules Released
As season previews start to surface, we invited media members to the Desigual headquarters to reveal our 2020 schedule and where our main men are racing this season. Not as many race days as last season, but still an exciting schedule.
The two major highlights include the return to the Vuelta a Espana and then 21 more race days spent at the Tour of America. We are sending two squads very capable of winning each grand tour. Our selections:
Vuelta a Espana | Justo Tenorio |  Simon Yates | | Omar Fraile | Xuban Errazkin |  Jack Burke |  Nicolay Cherkasov |  Jhonatan Narvaez | Federico Olei |
 Tour of America| David Abal | Eric Young | | Omar Fraile | Jaume Sureda | | Jack Burke | Brendan Rhim | | Carter Jones | Erick Herrera |
We wrap things up with the schedules for our team leaders this season.
Justo Tenorio
Simon Yates
Omar Fraile
David Abal
Eric Young
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 31-10-2020 13:42
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Mresuperstar's Grand Tour History
As we wait for the start of the 2020 season, here is a trip down memory lane and a bit of history with Mresuperstar entering his ninth season as a MG manager.
When the project was first started nearly a decade ago, the aim was to win all three Grand Tours in the same year. Those lofty (unachievable) expectations have since subsided a bit with the program struggling to be a mainstay in the Pro Tour peloton. But we feel that first Grand Tour victory is still very much on the horizon.
Tour de France | Year | Team | Best GC | Stage Wins | | 2012 | Team CSC-Orbea | --- | --- | | 2013 | Team CSC-Orbea | 12th: David Abal | None | | 2014 | Team CSC-Orbea | --- | --- | | 2015 | Movistar-US Postal | 19th: David De la Cruz | None | | 2016 | Movistar-US Postal | 14th: David Abal | None | | 2017 | Newton Foundation | --- | --- | | 2018 | Desigual | 12th: Vincenzo Nibali | None | | 2019 | Desigual | --- | --- |
Vuelta a Espana | Year | Team | Best GC | Stage Wins | | 2012 | Team CSC-Orbea | --- | --- | | 2013 | Team CSC-Orbea | --- | --- | | 2014 | Team CSC-Orbea | --- | --- | | 2015 | Movistar-US Postal | 23rd: David De la Cruz | x1: David De la Cruz | | 2016 | Movistar-US Postal | 8th: T. Van Garderen | x3: T. Van Garderen | | 2017 | Newton Foundation | --- | --- | | 2018 | Desigual | 6th: Justo Tenorio | None | | 2019 | Desigual | 4th: Justo Tenorio | None |
 Giro d'Italia| Year | Team | Best GC | Stage Wins | | 2012 | Team CSC-Orbea | --- | --- | | 2013 | Team CSC-Orbea | --- | --- | | 2014 | Team CSC-Orbea | --- | --- | | 2015 | Movistar-US Postal | 36th: Vadim Ratiy | None | | 2016 | Movistar-US Postal | 16th: L. Warbasse | x2: L. Warbasse | | 2017 | Newton Foundation | --- | --- | | 2018 | Desigual | 16th: Vincenzo Nibali | x1: Omar Fraile | | 2019 | Desigual | --- | --- |
Tour of America | Year | Team | Best GC | Stage Wins | | 2012 | Team CSC-Orbea | 2nd: Igor Anton | x1: Mauricio Soler | | 2013 | Team CSC-Orbea | 3rd: Igor Anton | x1: Olivier Kaisen | | 2014 | Team CSC-Orbea | --- | --- | | 2015 | Movistar-US Postal | --- | --- | | 2016 | Movistar-US Postal | --- | --- | | 2017 | Newton Foundation | 6th: Omar Fraile | x1: Omar Fraile | | 2018 | Desigual | --- | --- | | 2019 | Desigual | --- | --- |
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 31-10-2020 14:57
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Quite a respectable palmares you've built throughout the years in GTs. I'll be looking forward to challenge you at for that elusive goal at the Vuelta. It seems we'll be clashing a lot again in 2020. Good luck.
You'll be needing it
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 01-07-2021 14:34
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Mresuperstar to depart from lɒuǫiƨɘᗡ
With three races left in the season for the lɒuǫiƨɘᗡ PCT cycling team, veteran manager Mresuperstar has announced he won't be returning to the team next season. The American is going back home to become the first manager of the upstart Zwift Pro Cycling team.
Based out of California, Zwift is the ever-growing virtual playground for professional and recreational cyclists. The in-home training game is the go-to platform for indoor cycling, and is now hitting the open roads in the real world.
Zwift, after being a secondary sponsor for Duolingo this season, has put forth an excessive budget to sponsor its own team this upcoming season. Hiring the most experienced American manager in the cycling world only made sense.
Mresuperstar will be heading into his 10th season after arguably having the most successful season this year. lɒuǫiƨɘᗡ is on pace to promote to the Pro Tour after winning a season-best 16 stages/GC conquests in 2020.
The Pro Tour license would transfer over to the Zwift Pro Cycling team, should Mresuperstar promote to the Pro Tour for the third time in his career.
Most of the current cyclists on lɒuǫiƨɘᗡ have already stated publicly they have interest in joining their current manager at Zwift Pro Cycling next season. Although, rumors are starting to leak about a handful of disgruntled cyclists who don't want to leave Spain and will be looking to find a new home this offseason.
lɒuǫiƨɘᗡ also wants a new home, searching for a new or existing team to sponsor next season. It remains to be seen if anybody will pick up the Spanish outfitter.
Edited by Mresuperstar on 02-07-2021 03:27
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 01-07-2021 14:52
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I had a f*cking heart-attack on that title!
The loss of Desigual here, Movistar from my own squad, there's great potential for someone to jump into the Spanish market.
Slightly surprised no-one had picked up Zwift as a main sponsor before, good financial move 
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 01-07-2021 15:36
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Welcome home.
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 17-07-2021 23:26
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Changing Kits and Final Farewells
Lots of change is happening around the HQ as the 2020 season has drawn to a close. The walls are being torn down and items are being packed away. Desigual is realizing its time in the peloton is coming to an end, as manager Mresuperstar is salvaging the remains for the newly founded Zwift Pro Cycling team.
While the current riders battle for National Championship jerseys for next season, Mresuperstar is already looking forward to next season. It remains to be seen which Desigual cyclists join the veteran manager stateside. Those that do can look forward to wearing this stylish kit next season. Made by designer hillis91.
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| quadsas |
Posted on 17-07-2021 23:37
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That is definitely a top contender for best jersey of the year already
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 17-07-2021 23:39
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Love that jersey, wow! Terrific work by hillis.
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