Goals 1. Win, GP Torres Vedras - Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio 6th 2. Top 5, GP Llodio - Angel Vicioso 5th 3. Stage Win, Volta a Portugal - crap 4. Top 10, Team Rankings - #5 Team Rankings 5. Top 10, Subida al Naranco - Antonio Colom Mas 3rd
Squad Juan Miguel Mercado Antonio Colom Mas Sergio Pardilla Oscar Sevilla Angel Vicioso Gustavo Veloso Jorge Nogaledo Igor Astarloa Eloy Teruel José Carlos Rodrigues Silva André Cardoso Bruno Pires André Vital Jaoa Costa Diamantino Gamboa Paulo Lucas Martins Marco Alexandre Ferreira Cunha Claudio Corioni Maurizio Biondo Emiliano Rodomonti Pedro Nicácio Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio Mauricio Soler Paúl Torres Yoann Bagot Branislav Samoilev
Major results
11 stage victories
5th in the Final Continental Team Rankings (promoted)
7 KoM and Points jerseys won
Overall Victory in Tour of Slovénie and Rund um den Henninger Turm
Lots of top10s in Stage Races and One-day Races
NCs: Spain (RR), Brazil (TT), Mexico (RR)
2011
Energie-Diesel Pro Tour
Goals 1. Win Volta Ciclista a Catalunya - Domenico Pozzovivo 5th 2. KoM jersey in Tour de France - Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio 20th 3. Top10 in Giro d'Itália - Domenico Pozzovivo 4th 4. Top3 Vuelta a Asturias - Domenico Pozzovivo 6th 5. Avoid Relegation - Team 17th
Squad Luis Léon Sanchez Gil Antonio Colom Mas Gustavo Veloso Constantino Zaballa José Joaquin Rojas Gil Angel Vicioso Jorge Nogaledo Jesus Tendero Eloy Teruel Francisco Javier Echarri Domenico Pozzovivo Claudio Corioni Maurizio Biondo Elia Viviani Davide Viganò José Carlos Rodrigues Silva André Vital André Cardoso Bruno Pires Marco Alexandre Ferreira Cunha Mauricio Soler Leonardo Duque Pedro Nicácio Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio Paúl Torres César Rojas Villegas Fredy Colop
Loaned Out Daniel Allonca Paulo Lucas Martins
Major results
4 Stage Victories + 9 podium places
17th in the Final ProTour Team Rankings (relegated)
2 KoM jerseys won
1 green jersey won
Victory in Rund um Koln + 5 top-10 places in one-day races
4th in the Giro d'Italia + 4 top-10 places in stage-races
NCs: Brazilian TT + RR
2012
Cerne Continental Tour
Goals 1. Top10 Volta a Portugal (Luis Leon Sanchez Gil -1st) 2. Win Volta ao Algarve (Luis Leon Sanchez Gil - 1st) 3. Win Vuelta a Mallorca(Luis Leon Sanchez Gil - 3rd) 4. Top5 Clasica San Sebastian (Luis Leon Sanchez Gil - 12th) 5. Top10 Team Standings (Team - 27th)
Target Races 1. Tour de Luxembourg (Luis Leon Sanchez Gil - 5th) 2. Giro del Capo (Luis Leon Sanchez Gil - 4th) 3. GP di Lugano (Bruno Pires - 26th) 4. GP Montreal (Bruno Pires - 33rd) 5. GP Plouay (Luis Leon Sanchez Gil - 5th)
Squad Luis Leon Sanchez Gil Pedro Nicácio Maurizio Biondo Elia Viviani Bruno Pires André Vital André Cardoso José Carlos Rodrigues Silva Ricardo Martins Bruno Santos José Martins Rafael Reis Bruno Borges Lionel Coutinho Marco Alexandre Ferreira Cunha Carlos Baltazar Luis Afonso Bruno Silva Antonio Carvalho André Mourato Marcio Portela Marco Cunha Ricardo Vilela Paulo Lucas Martins Gabriel Cerveira
Loaned In Amaro Antunes Nelson Oliveira Jon Ander Insausti
Loaned Out Samuel Caldeira Marc Machado Daniel Allonca
Major results
8 stage victories
18 appearances on the podium
1 Green jersey
27th in the Final Continental Team Rankings
Overall Victory in Volta ao Algarve and Volta a Portugal
NCs: Brazil (TT)
2013
Prio - Porto Pro Continental Tour
Goals 1. Win - GP Tunis ----- Óscar Avelino - 1st
2. Top 10 - Manx International ----- Francisco Ventoso - 1st
3. Top 10 - Clasica San Sebastian ----- Francisco Ventoso - 2nd
4. Top 5 - Volta a Portugal ----- Rubén Plaza - 3rd
5. Top 5 - America Tour Standings ----- Team - 2nd
Squad Rubén Plaza Francisco Ventoso Óscar Avelino Pedro Nicácio Marc Machado Bruno Santos Jose Mendes Rodrigo Nascimento Daniel Allonca Nelson Oliveira Carlos Baltazar Bruno Silva Bruno Pires André Vital Luis Afonso Samuel Caldeira José Martins Bruno Borges Lionel Coutinho Antonio Carvalho Rui Pedro Vinhas Ricardo Ferreira
Loaned-out Rafael Reis Vitor Rodrigues
Major results
20 stage victories
29 appearances on the podium
3 Green jerseys
1 KoM jersey
9th in the Final Continental Team Rankings (promoted to ProTour)
Overall victory in Tour of Britain, GP Montreal, Manx International, GP Tunis, Baltic Chain Tour, Volta ao Alentejo and Tour do Rio
NCs: Portugal, Brazil (TT)
2014
Prio - Porto Pro Tour
Goals
1. Top 3 - Vuelta a España: Tiago Machado - 4th
2. Top 5 - Tour de France: Markus Fothen - 18th
3. Win - Vuelta a Colombia: Tiago Machado - 2nd
4. Win - GP Liechtenstein: Tiago Machado - 7th
5. Avoid Relegation: not even close
Squad Tiago Machado Markus Fothen Rui Costa Óscar Avelino Nelson Oliveira Rafael Reis Kiel Reijnen Samuel Caldeira Vyacheslav Kuznetsov Domingos Gonçalves Carlos Baltazar Alfredo Balloni Daniel Allonca Bruno Silva Ricardo Ferreira Frederico Figueiredo Luis Afonso José Martins Lionel Coutinho Antonio Carvalho Jaoa Costa
Loaned Out Rodrigo Nascimento Lluis Mas Rui Pedro Vinhas Bruno Borges Dario Antonio
Major results
3 stage victories
8 appearances on the podium
1 KoM jersey
23rd in the Final PT Team Rankings (relegated to Pro Continental Tour)
NCs: Angola (RR & TT) and Brazil (TT)
2015 - 2019
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2015
Prio - Porto Pro Continental Tour
Goals 1. Win Volta a Portugal - Tiago Machado: 1st 2. Win Tour of Ukraine - Rui Costa: 2nd
3. Top 5 Tour of South Africa - Rui Costa: 44th
4. Top 5 Tour of Britain - Rui Costa: 9th
5. Top 5 PCT Team Standings - Team: 11th
Squad Tiago Machado Rui Costa Óscar Avelino Nelson Oliveira Rafael Reis Samuel Caldeira Domingos Gonçalves Carlos Baltazar Daniel Allonca Bruno Silva Ricardo Ferreira Frederico Figueiredo Luis Afonso Lionel Coutinho Antonio Carvalho Jaoa Costa Rodrigo Nascimento Lluis Mas Rui Pedro Vinhas Dario Antonio Ramon Domene
Loaned Out Bruno Borges
Major results
10 stage victories
22 appearances on the podium
2 Points jerseys, 1 KoM jersey and 1 U25 jersey
Overall victory in Volta a Portugal
11th in the Final PCT Team Rankings
NCs: Angola (RR & TT) and Portugal (TT)
2016
Porto - Prio Pro Continental Tour
Goals 1. Win Volta a Portugal - Rafael Reis: 2nd 2. Win Tour d'Andorra - Tiago Machado: 6th
3. Win Giro del Trentino - Rafael Reis: 5th 4. Win Colombian Venteaux - Tiago Machado: 1st
5. Top 5 PCT Team Standings - Team: 2nd
Squad Tiago Machado Ruben Guerreiro Óscar Avelino Nelson Oliveira Rafael Reis Samuel Caldeira Domingos Gonçalves Carlos Baltazar Daniel Allonca Bruno Silva Ricardo Ferreira Frederico Figueiredo Luis Afonso Lionel Coutinho Antonio Carvalho Jaoa Costa Rodrigo Nascimento Lluis Mas Rui Pedro Vinhas Dario Antonio Manuel Betilson Bruno Borges
Major results
Countless stage victories
So many appearances on the podium that I can't be bothered to count
Various Points jerseys, numerous KoM jersey and maybe even a few U25 jerseys
Overall victory in Colombian Venteaux and perhaps other races too
2nd in the Final PCT Team Rankings
NCs: Angola (RR & TT)
2017
Porto - Prio Pro Tour
Goals
1. WinVolta a Portugal:14th
2. PodiumVuelta a España:5th
3. Stage winsevery Grand Tour: 2nd (TTT - Giro)
4. PodiumCopenhagen - Malmo TTT:4th
5. Top10Pro Tour Team Standings:16th
Squad Tiago Machado Ruben Guerreiro Óscar Avelino Nelson Oliveira Rafael Reis Jacob Fiedler Domingos Gonçalves Marlen Zmorka Daniel Allonca Bruno Silva Ricardo Ferreira Frederico Figueiredo Luis Afonso Lionel Coutinho Antonio Carvalho Jaoa Costa Rodrigo Nascimento Lluis Mas Rui Pedro Vinhas João Gaspar Christian Egidio Roy Goldstein Krzystof MArchewka Manuel Betilson Bruno Borges
Major results
Sorry didn't count this year
16th in the Final PCT Team Rankings
NCs: Angola (RR & TT), Portugal (RR & TT), Ukraine (TT), Germany (TT), Israel (TT)
2018
Porto - Prio Pro Tour
Goals
Giro d'ItaliaTop 3 Tour of CaliforniaWin Tour de SuisseTop 3 Chrono des HerbiersWin Team Standings Top 10
Squad Tiago Machado Dimitri Claeys Óscar Avelino Rafael Reis Beñat Intxausti Bruno Silva Antonio Barbio Andre Looij Hugo Nunes Frederico Figueiredo Luis Afonso Chun Wing Leung Antonio Carvalho Reda Aadel Rodrigo Nascimento Lluis Mas Rui Pedro Vinhas Paul Junior Maroga Christian Egidio Girogi Nareklishvili Stefan Petrovski Manuel Betilson Bruno Borges
Major results
4 stage wins
20th in the Final PCT Team Rankings
NCs: Angola (RR & TT), Brazil (TT), Portugal (RR)
2019
Duolingo Pro Continental Tour
Goals
1. Top 5 Berlin Pro Race: 15th Oscar Avelino
2. Top 5 Down Under Classic: 3rd Oscar Avelino
3. Win Tour of America: 8th Rafael Reis
4. Top 5 Deutschland Tour: 2nd Zakkari Dempster
5. Top 5 PCT Team Standings: 9th
Squad Rafael Reis Óscar Avelino Antonio Barbio Frederico Figueiredo Antonio Carvalho Bruno Borges Ivo Oliveira Rui Oliveira Yuri Trofimov Nikita Razumov Dominique Cornu Tim Merlier Nicola Bagioli Edoardo Affini Fabio Duarte Choon Huat Goh Zakkar Dempster Georgios Bouglas Libin Chen Walter Trillini David Veilleux Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka Shane Archbold Markus Kopfauf Rodrigo Nascimento
Major results
6 stage wins (Romandie x2, Slovenie, Olympia's, Colombiar and ToA)
+ 16 podium appearances (stages and GC)
Overall victory in the Tour de Romandie - R. Reis
9th in the Final PCT Team Rankings
NCs: Singapore (RR & TT), Brazil (TT), Portugal (TT), Belgium (TT)
2020 - 2021
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2020
Duolingo Pro Continental Tour
Goals
1. Top 5 Volta a Portugal - Robert Gesink: 2nd
2. Win Vuelta al Pais Vasco - Robert Gesink: 1st
3. Win Monterrey TTT -Team: 2nd
4. Win Tour of Slovenia - Robert Gesink: 3rd
5. Top 5 PCT Team Standings - Team: 10th
Squad Robert Gesink Bruno Borges Yoeri Havik Gerald Ciolek Damien Howson Kyeng Ho Min Kristian Sobota Zoltan Sipos Siim Kiskonen (loaned-in from Farfetch) Alexandr Kulikovskiy (Stagiare) Elias Abou Rachid Gijs van Hoecke Norman Vahtra Antonio Barbio Rui Oliveira Nikita Razumov Dominique Cornu Tim Merlier Nicola Bagioli Choon Huat Goh Zakkari Dempster Walter Trillini Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka Shane Archbold Markus Kopfauf
Major results 14 stage/classics wins (Tour Down Under, Strade Bianche, Vuelta al Pais Vasco, Tour de Pologne, Vuelta a España, Tour du Maroc, Franceville Classique, Hong Kong Challenge, Olympia's Tour, Tour of South Africa, Tour of Slovenia)
+ 18 podium appearances (stages) Overall victory in the Tour of South Africa (Borges), Vuelta al Pais Vasco, Tour de Pologne (Gesink); 2nd @ Volta a Portugal, 3rd in @ Tour of Slovenia (Gesink), 2nd @Olympia's Tour (Howson) Points jersey in the Tour of South Africa, U25 jersey in the Tour of Cyprus 10th in the Final PCT Team Rankings; 3rd in Final PCT Individual Rankings (Gesink) NCs: Singapore (RR & TT), Portugal (RR), Korea (RR & TT), Lebanon (RR & TT)
2021
Duolingo Pro Continental Tour
Goals
1. Top 5 Volta a Portugal - Robert Gesink 12th
2. Win Vuelta al Pais Vasco - Robert Gesink 14th
3. Top 5 Tour de Pologne - Robert Gesink 5th
4. Win Tour of Slovenia - Jakub Kaczmarek 11th
5. Top 5 PCT Team Standings - Team 3rd
Squad Robert Gesink Bruno Borges Yoeri Havik Jakub Kaczmarek Damien Howson Kyeng Ho Min Rasmus Quaade Zoltan Sipos Elias Abou Rachid Mark Christian Norman Vahtra Antonio Barbio Rui Oliveira Nikita Razumov Tosh Van Der Sande Tim Merlier Nicola Bagioli Choon Huat Goh Hayden McCormick Yoshimitsu Hiratsuka Shane Archbold
Major results 8 stage wins (Tour of Southland, Tour of Britain, Intertnational Osterreich Rundfahrt, Olympia's Tour, Tour of America, Vuelta al Pais Vasco, Tour de Romandie, Tour of Slovenia)
+ 20 podium appearances (stages) Overall victory in the Tour of Southland (Borges), Tour of Britain (Gesink); 2nd @ Olympia's Tour, Celtic Chrono (Howson), Tour of Vineyards (Min), GP Lugano (McCormick), Vilnius GP (Team) 3rd @ Tour Down Under (Borges) Points jersey in the Volta a Portugal (borges) U25 jersey in the Tour de Vineyards, Tour of Lithuania, Tour of America (Min), Tour of Southland, Tour of South Africa (Oliveira) 3rd in the Final PCT Team Rankings; 22nd in Final PCT Individual Rankings (Gesink) NCs: Singapore (RR & TT), Lebanon (RR & TT)
Renewals have taken place with the usual frenzy of riders punching board members, violent unrest in the streets and corporal corruption exposed in media outlets. This typical comotion has produced the following squad.
Nat.
Name
OVR
XP
Age
Wage
Availability
Bruno Borges
78,27
4.100
31
410 000
Yes, maybe, IDK
Kyeng Ho Min
76,67
4.100
26
175 000
Uhm, perhaps
Tosh Van der Sande
76,54
4.100
32
193 000
I guess
Rui Oliveira
75,91
4.100
26
115 000
Break a leg
Damien Howson
75,28
4.100
30
120 000
Tough cookie
Yoeri Havik
74,97
4.100
31
120 000
Very
Nikita Razumov
74,86
4.100
26
90 000
Step away Oleg
Hayden McCormick
74,32
4.100
28
70 000
W
Choon Huat Goh
74,17
4.100
32
60 000
H
Elias Abou Rachid
73,68
4.100
27
50 000
A
Zoltan Sipos
73,66
4.100
31
50 000
T
Jakub Kaczmarek
73,66
4.100
29
80 000
E
Mark Christian
73,41
4.100
32
50 000
V
Alexandr Kulikovskiy
72,4
3.30
25
50 000
E
Rasmus Quaade
71,92
4.100
32
50 000
R
Norman Vahtra
70,79
3.86
26
50 000
!
As you can see we are absolutely rock-solid decided on all transfer season dossiers. It's very likely we'll have the ProTour crown wrapped-up by May or June, so expect us to be very quiet during transfers.
Edited by Gustavovskiy on 13-08-2022 10:17
Still a lot of choices to be made for you indeed. Hope we don't meet too often in FA, as you seem to have a very big part of your wage cap left as well
@UU: Gesink got embarassed with his agent's wage request and disguised himself in a Putin costume in order to avoid the crowd's atention. Daunting is a clinical choice of words indeed.
@Nemo: I guess we'll be meeting each other in that messy pool. Don't forget to bring a towel!
@hillis: Looking forward to it. If your offers will be as good as your designs I think we can expect a deal to work!
Very interested to see what the new phase of the team looks like! If you feel like stepping out of the pool and chilling with me on the sun loungers by the side, give me a call
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." [ICL] Santos-Euskadi | [PT] Xero Racing
New season means new kit and as per usual we are glad to announce hillis91 has produced our design. We can't thank him enough for his creativity and patience!
You'll notice a drastic change in colour pattern, with an autumnal look taking the place of our usual springy vibe. It is intended to let our competitors feel spooked by the prospect of not complying with Duo's will. He will come for you and your family! Beware, owls do bite!
We're as ready as possible for the coming transfers and will be looking to try and buy and sell a lot, so if you have a team and are breathing, chances are we're going to have a word in the next few days.
@jandal: I can see a chance or two for some deals
@Oleg: oh boy, now I'm the one who's spooked!
Duolingo is a company reknowned for its work ethic and professionalism. We have solid protocols for every department, of which, our cycling team is no expection. Unfortunately, though, transfer season began in our company's holiday month. Jean Pierre Zeug, our transfers delegate, took the board's debrief and went out to find someone who could represent us during this off-time. Given the firm's policy of all-included vacations for all colaborators in the Bahamas, he could only hire a 70yo part-time goat shepherd who only speaks Romansch and was learning Greek in his free time with our app, Stefan Frittata. Instructions given to Mr. Frittata included the acquisition of a couple of team leaders, strengthen the TT team and also hire a physician.
Couldn't we just hire a physiotherapist? - asked Mr. Frittata. No, we need a Medical Doctor, an MD! With all the covid shenanigans going around we can't risk going into next season without one - replied Mr. Zeug.
The dye was cast! Being a sort of hermit Mr. Frittata had no way to know how to hire doctors in the Man-Game. Where are the DBs for team staff?!, one could hear him shout in the Rhaetian Alps. The poor man could not reach Mr Zeug. He could only trust his instintcs and decided he must have heard wrong from Mr. Zeug. He wanted and MD, so he went searching for a rider who fit that description. He could have gone for Maxime Daniel or Mark Dzamastagic, but he figured a French or a semi-Balkan would have a hard time fitting in a Swiss team. He decided to go for this lucky chap:
An early bid of 300k did not scare the competition, as first Mr. cunego and then Mr. Nemolito both replied with solid counter offers. Mr. Frittata's spirited mountain soul was not fazed by these and plowed on with his initiative. His resolve would be tested one final time with another fiersome competitor in Mr aidanvn. The African manager did not spare funds and went deep into his pockets, but our lonesome shepherd did not give up and dutifully went to war pressing the reply button with ever increasing egregious bids. Exhaustion built up on both camps, but at last Duolingo's 900k offer endured to make Debesay the 2nd richest Free Agent of the season!
Back from his made-up vacations Mr. Zeug nearly had a virtual collapse. Not only did he not have a team doctor, but he had to justify the 900k invested on the 23rd best cobbler of MG circuit! The meeting with the directors went as you'd expect: chairs were thrown, ambulances were called, cocktails were sipped. Pure irrational commotion as tradition demands at our HQ!
It obviously came down to our spokesman, Dietmar von Paparazzo, to sell this transfer to the media. It wasn't the easiest of jobs as you might have imagined, but we think he actually did quite well. Let us know what you think:
Ultra-bombastic news everyone! Mekseb Debesay finally joins Duolingo. The fourth best free agent rider gets a place on our team with a wage not even reaching the 1 million threshold! He's not only the best African cobblestones specialist but he's also so much better than Yoeri Havik! We can only offer his opponents our commiserations. Welcome Mekseb!
Debesay is a really cool rider! He'll have to do a lot to justify that price tag, but could be a key piece for you. One small correction though: Another Eritrean, quite a bit younger, was actually the richest free agent
Also: I really like the new jersey! And I like Duolingo's TikTok quite a bit, so that'll be additional motivation for me to root for your team
Sorry again for that late bid Think Debesay is a very cool rider indeed, and with his versatility I definitely wouldn't call him just the 23rd best cobbler Von Paparazzo did a great job with announcement imo. Also just noticed the jersey, which I really like. Guess two lime green PT teams was too much for you? Good luck this season, as you mentioned before we'll very probably both be fighting the same battle.
@cunego: I hope you're right. Thanks for the correction, I'm editing the post. Was not aware of the tiktok account either, will definitely check it. Glad to see the admiration is mutual
@Nemo: blacklisted! I was a fan of the lime green (definitely a successful colour choice) but it was too similar to Isostar's indeed. You know what they say though. Orange is the new lime green! Good luck for the season. Hope your story of success continues to come through, preferably not at my expenses!
As per usual we are happy to announce our new roster for the season. It's probably been the most intense effort of the last few years, certainly of the Duolingo era. As everybody loves our format we're keeping tradition here at headquarters and will use our traditional language themed reveal.
ENGLISH
Nat.
Name
FL
MO
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
PR
XP
Age
Eastman
70
82
71
77
76
75
76
56
62
69
73
66
73
4.100
30
Bobridge
72
68
82
76
73
73
68
52
68
79
65
65
76
4.100
33
Howson
71
59
65
80
73
74
72
58
64
68
72
63
80
4.100
30
Groves
73
61
71
65
73
72
78
65
78
77
64
67
71
4.15
24
Scott
70
63
66
56
70
70
73
60
76
76
60
64
57
4.3
24
J Yates
70
64
76
69
75
73
70
63
62
68
72
69
69
4.34
26
Christian
73
63
69
77
72
71
70
59
68
72
76
71
75
4.100
32
Goh
69
74
76
70
74
74
74
62
62
68
79
65
69
4.100
32
English is the universal language and as such Duolingo decided we needed to sort out the mess and have a core of english speakers.
Ryan Eastman has been brought from our former (and current) rivals at Zwift in order to bring a sense of ProTour literacy to the team. High hopes rest on his shoulders for stage races.
The legendary Jack Bobridge leads the contingent of Oceanic riders, which has been growing over the years and which has built our reputation as a retiring home for Amaysim riders. Not the power beast he used to be, but (hopefully) still a force to be reckoned with, Bobridge will lead the team in hilly classics and short stage races.
Howson, our TT leader keeps his place and status quo within the team. Then we have Glenn O'Shea, a veteran who comes in to fill our TT squads. From Australia come still two newcomers as loanees, Kaden Groves (Amaysim Cervelo) and Cameron Scott (BNZ). Both promising young sprinters who'll work for our sprint trains and get a handle of things at the top flight of the sport. Our final loanee from Oceania comes from New Zealand. Joel Yates (ELCO) is not a slow rider himself but excels on hilly races. A very useful domestique who should find some free reign here and there.
Mark Christian continues with us, especially after his ToA exploits last year. Our English department ends with our Singaporean double NC champion, Choon Huat Goh. Another valuable domestique who specializes in hills but can do a bit of everything. He’ll also get to ride in this fantastic kit:
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FRENCH
V d Sande
75
65
70
58
78
73
76
66
79
79
54
60
58
4.100
32
V Stayen
73
61
76
57
71
66
75
66
81
73
70
60
57
4.100
34
Our list of tutors continues with the French speaking department. Unfortunately we don't support Flemish in the app, but our Belgian duo must have learned French at some point in their lives so they fit the brief. An interesting duo in Van Der Sande and Van Stayen. Two legends of the sport with very similar specs are going to represent us in flat races. Especially in those not so flat.
HUNGARIAN
Sipos
69
68
70
76
75
73
70
55
61
64
70
67
77
4.100
31
Szarka
73
62
66
60
71
70
67
60
74
74
64
65
68
3.36
24
Our Magyar contingent has doubled this season. Despite many inquiries we were able to retain Sipos as the valuable cog he is in our TTT department. We also bring in Gergely Szarka, another young sprinter learning the ropes, who comes in from our neighbours at Jura-GIANTS. He’ll be the proud wearer of this beautiful NC kit:
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RUSSIAN
Razumov
74
63
70
79
75
72
73
56
64
66
70
65
79
4.100
26
Kulikovskiy
70
64
70
64
67
72
68
59
74
75
65
67
66
3.30
25
Despite current tensions we keep our two home-bread Russians in the team. Razumov has yet again resisted encroachment from multiple teams and will enjoy a protected status as one of the best TTists on the team, while Kulikovskiy will carry on his development as the next Van der Sande.
DANISH
Quaade
71
54
63
78
72
70
65
59
61
63
66
60
76
4.100
32
Rasmus Quaade came in last year as another important link in our TTT chain and will continue that role as he edges ever closer to retirement.
ITALIAN
Gabburo
75
68
76
64
73
75
68
55
72
76
79
65
63
4.100
29
Davide Gabburo is another novelty on this squad. He comes in as a replacement for Rui Oliveira’s exit. A very similar set of attributes means we will likely enjoy some fortuitous points in fast hilly races.
ARAB
Rachid
70
75
70
74
73
73
76
58
62
68
69
66
73
4.100
27
Elias Abou Rachid has blossomed as a complete stage race gregario. He should prove very useful for Eastman throughout the season. Watch out for him in his shiny new NC jersey:
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PORTUGUESE
Almeida
69
78
70
71
75
77
76
53
63
71
67
71
71
4.61
24
This could have actually been the first season of the team without a Portuguese-speaking rider, but at the end of the transfer season we were able to recruit the services of Joao Almeida as a loanee from Binance. The U25 field looks stacked but we’re counting on him to score us some points here and there, launch the occasional acceleration and elsewhere ride for Eastman in his endeavours.
POLISH
Gradek
73
63
66
74
71
73
75
70
67
68
71
66
75
4.100
32
The latest addition to our squad was Kamil Gradek. A versatile domestique who can either hold himself in a TTT line-up or get a bottle at a cobbled event.
GERMAN
Pons
72
66
73
67
73
74
69
67
74
76
65
67
69
4.100
30
We don’t have native germans on the roster, but Luxembourgish NC Gaetan Pons speaks the language. He’s another puncheur with a fast kick whom we hope to see on breakaways or in domestique duties. He’s yet another rider enjoying a special jersey:
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ESPERANTO
Debesay
75
67
74
72
75
79
70
79
69
78
73
74
74
4.100
31
Vahtra
69
58
69
55
71
70
69
72
72
71
67
65
55
3.86
26
Finally we have our near-million-dollar-man, whose tale you can read on previous post. As a promoting team with little PT value on the squad we needed something big from the FA market and Mekseb Debesay was just that. Plenty bigger than we'd expected but he'll have to do. He'll be accompanied by our rare youngster Norman Vahtra who'll try to serve as the best bottle-fetcher he can be. They speak very regional languages who unfortunately aren't supported by the app, but you can expect dedication and commitment to learning Esperanto when there aren't any cobblestones around to be ridden.
2022 Squad
Nat.
Name
FL
MO
HI
TT
ST
RS
RC
CB
SP
AC
FG
DH
PR
XP
Age
Bobridge
72
68
82
76
73
73
68
52
68
79
65
65
76
4.100
33
Debesay
75
67
74
72
75
79
70
79
69
78
73
74
74
4.100
31
Eastman
70
82
71
77
76
75
76
56
62
69
73
66
73
4.100
30
V d Sande
75
65
70
58
78
73
76
66
79
79
54
60
58
4.100
32
Gabburo
75
68
76
64
73
75
68
55
72
76
79
65
63
4.100
29
V Stayen
73
61
76
57
71
66
75
66
81
73
70
60
57
4.100
34
Almeida
69
78
70
71
75
77
76
53
63
71
67
71
71
4.61
24
Howson
71
59
65
80
73
74
72
58
64
68
72
63
80
4.100
30
Razumov
74
63
70
79
75
72
73
56
64
66
70
65
79
4.100
26
Groves
73
61
71
65
73
72
78
65
78
77
64
67
71
4.15
24
Pons
72
66
73
67
73
74
69
67
74
76
65
67
69
4.100
30
Goh
69
74
76
70
74
74
74
62
62
68
79
65
69
4.100
32
Rachid
70
75
70
74
73
73
76
58
62
68
69
66
73
4.100
27
Sipos
69
68
70
76
75
73
70
55
61
64
70
67
77
4.100
31
Christian
73
63
69
77
72
71
70
59
68
72
76
71
75
4.100
32
J Yates
70
64
76
69
75
73
70
63
62
68
72
69
69
4.34
26
Scott
70
63
66
56
70
70
73
60
76
76
60
64
57
4.3
24
Kulikovskiy
70
64
70
64
67
72
68
59
74
75
65
67
66
3.30
25
Quaade
71
54
63
78
72
70
65
59
61
63
66
60
76
4.100
32
Szarka
73
62
66
60
71
70
67
60
74
74
64
65
68
3.36
24
O'Shea
72
51
63
76
68
71
70
50
70
70
58
55
76
4.100
33
Gradek
73
63
66
74
71
73
75
70
67
68
71
66
75
4.100
32
Vahtra
69
58
69
55
71
70
69
72
72
71
67
65
55
3.86
26
Finally, we'd just like to take the chance to thank hillis91 once again for all the brilliant design work done for the team!
Well, if you're based in Switzerland only due to tax reasons, I guess your HQs must be located in Zug - which is less than 100km from Jura's HQ in Niederbuchsiten, so I guess the "neighbours" part is pretty accurate
Love Szarka's NC jersey btw, hope he'll score well for you and defend his title (not very probable, but who knows ^^)
Tour of Qatar
Tour of Ukraine
Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha
Ronde van Nederland
GP Liechtenstein
Rund um Koln
Vuelta a Espana
Tour of Lithuania
Balkans International
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal
Think Debesay is a very cool rider indeed, and with his versatility I definitely wouldn't call him just the 23rd best cobbler 
