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Mini ManGame - General Discussion
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| roturn |
Posted on 05-09-2013 10:00
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I like all those team presentations in this thread.
I hope this will continue over the Mini Man Game Season.
Personally I am excited what my two stagiares are able to show here, even though they are mainly helpers.
Arnaud Grand, riding for Rucanor might have better chances as outsider on the cobbles, while Alexander Edmondson (Node4) might show something out of a breakaway with a decent sprint in the end.
I am not that much into all the teams yet. But on a first look Miche looks dominant in the sprints, while still having a good all around team. Eventually the team to beat here. |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 05-09-2013 14:18
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roturn wrote:
I like all those team presentations in this thread.
I hope this will continue over the Mini Man Game Season.
Personally I am excited what my two stagiares are able to show here, even though they are mainly helpers.
Arnaud Grand, riding for Rucanor might have better chances as outsider on the cobbles, while Alexander Edmondson (Node4) might show something out of a breakaway with a decent sprint in the end.
I am not that much into all the teams yet. But on a first look Miche looks dominant in the sprints, while still having a good all around team. Eventually the team to beat here.
Well that's good to hear. 
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 05-09-2013 15:52
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Will probably have the time to put on a HQ post tomorrow. A bit late, that is 
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| Selwink |
Posted on 05-09-2013 16:03
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Sponsor introduction
Rucanor is a Dutch brand, known for its sporting clothes. When the direction was looking for new publicity, they decided cycling was the solution. Now we are here with a small team, but with a proud sponsor.
Our riders
Stefan Cohnen - Climber - 
Floris Goessinen - Fighter -
Leif Hoste - Classic Specialist - 
Krisztian Lovassy - Sprinter - 
Jens Mouris - Time Trialist -
Thomas Rabou - Climber -
Tom Stamsnijder - Fighter -
Wim Stroetinga - Sprinter -
Eddy van IJzendoorn - Sprinter -
We also have a stagiaire, who we loaned from Rothaus - Aegon
Arnaud Grand - Cobbler - 
We hope for many sportive successes!
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 05-09-2013 16:20
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PEUGEOT EQUIPE CYCLISTE
Team:
Emilien-Benoît Bergès
Paul Brousse
Sandy Casar
Anthony Colin
David Deroo
 Daniel Klemme (co-owned with AMEX Pro Cycling)
 Martin Kohler
Cyril Lemoine
Guillaume Malle
Teamcar:
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| kimiopn |
Posted on 05-09-2013 17:04
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Our team is a new project financed by the australian bank with most of the guys being aussies and three foreign riders who give the team some abilities we didn't have.
The Squad:
-  Nathan Earle (25) - he is very solid on flat and hilly terrain, has good stamina and he is also fast. Could give us some points.
- Mark Jamieson (29) - Our second best sprinter is also a good time trialist and should be the perfect launcher to Brown.
- Cameron Wurf (30) - Not as fast as Jamieson but he is much better on hills. He can escape and go for the win or be an important member on the team train.
- Shaun Higgerson (28) - Our bet for time trials. He's not very consistent but can be a good attacker or a team member.
-  Sid Taberlay (32) - He comes from mountain races and he is our best climber. Not good enough for overall races with time trials he can win stages when the road inclines.
- - William Clarke (28) - With no important characteristic he can be a good team member when a chase has to be done or he can escape himself if the chance comes.
- - Graeme Brown (34) - The most fast and experienced rider of the team is our leader on the sprint stages. The only problem is that if there is a bump he'll have troubles getting with the peloton.
- - Ethan Kimmince (20) - The teams benjamin will have some opportunities to show his talent, despite we're not expecting great things from him.
-  - Yuriy Leontenko (27) - The ucranian came to strengthen the team on mountains and a complement to Taberlay. With this double we can be at the front when the road rises up.
-  - Gebru Alemayhu (27) - This unknown african rider might surprise. He is the new rider on the team who can cross cobbles and who is also good on hills, being relatively fast.
We want our shirt on the television and we want to win some stages. A modest but balanced team.
Edited by kimiopn on 07-09-2013 00:42
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 05-09-2013 17:05
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If you want Kimi, here's the code for Ethiopia
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| kimiopn |
Posted on 05-09-2013 17:17
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Miguel98 wrote:
If you want Kimi, here's the code for Ethiopia
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 06-09-2013 05:42
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You have a good climber in Leontenko kimiopn, he was the best Ukrainian left in the database.Nice to see him finding a team, good luck with him.
Some nice introduction posts, good work guys!
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 06-09-2013 12:54
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FUJI NEWS
Start of the Season
So, the first ever Mini-ManGame season is underway, with the more-than-pan-flat course in the Copa America de Ciclismo having being raced.
The pre-season was fueled by heated 'discussions' over which sprinter teams were best. Miche and Node4 stood out, but in addition to them several other teams fueled the conversation with somewhat arrogant points of view. One team that was not part of one such discussion was Fuji. In fact, the only mention of their sprinters was in an interview with manager Cycleman123 in which he said that he hoped his sprinters could finish a few races in the top 5 and maybe even the top 3, possibly causing a surprise.
And a surprise is certainly what we got. Thanks to a class leadout by Badr Mohamed Banihammad, Aussie Adam Pierzga shocked the world by raising his arms as the Mini-ManGame's first victor.
The following is a transcript of an interview is Cycleman123:
So, Cycleman, this obviously comes as a surprise. How proud are you with the team?
Well I have to say I'm extremely shocked in a good way. We were definitely helped by the fact that Miche decided not to bother, but Banihammad was amazing in his leadout, and Adam put in a great sprint to just beat a number of other guys. Credit can't go away from Huang though. He did really well in the breakaway and at a point I thought it might hold. Obviously we still had to get on with the sprint preparations and we kind of disguised ourselves and it worked really well.
Dario Diaz didn't do anything today, are you disappointed?
Yes I am. He was meant to be the leadout man for Adam but didn't seem to bother. At least Badr Mohamed filled in well.
Does this make you confident for the rest of the season?
Not at all. Of course now I know that Adam can compete with the best and win, but now because of this win teams will rate us higher and we'll have trouble hiding around like we did today. Plus, it's the first race of the season, and riders aren't used to riding with their new teammates. Trust me, soon, the Miche lead-out train will actually exist and the better sprinters will fire. Then if we still win, I will be confident.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 06-09-2013 14:37
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Cycleman123 - Congratulations on the first win in the Mini Man Game at Brazil  |
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 06-09-2013 14:46
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KazMunayGas Team Presentation
KazMunayGas is a brand new team from Kazakhstan, focussing on Asia and Eastern-Europe. They'll be one of the teams in the Mini-ManGame division this year.
KazMunayGas is an oil & gas company, owned by the state of Kazakhstan.
The Squad:
The Leaders
Abbas Saedi Tanha
Our leader in most of the stage-races. He's able to climb very well, one of the best in the divisions. He's good in the hills as well, and decent on the Timetrial bike.
Ruslan Tleubayev
Our leader in the sprints. He's able to go over hills just a little better than most other sprinters, which will be a big advantage, we hope. He gets full support as long as the road doesn't go up a lot.
Ivan Stevic
Serbia's cycling hero, and hopefully our hero as well. He was a last-minute signing, and will lead the hilly races. Not only he's a specialist on the hills, he got a very strong sprint to finish it off as well. Ideal for the hilly stages that end up in a reduced sprint.
The Luxery Helpers/Free Roles
Viatcheslav Dyadichkin
Climbs faster than you can spell his name. He's very weak on the hills for a climber though. He will be a great help for our leader, and is a very agressive rider. Might go for the win when Saedi Tanha can't follow, with a late attack.
Usta Behcet
A good replacement and helper for Stevic on the hills, but a late attack suits him great as well. Can be a useful mountain domestique too.
Sergey Renev
He will lead on the cobbles of Rutland, but will be an ordinary helper on the other stages
The Helpers
Saeid Safarzadeh
A great domestique for in the mountains
Konstantin Volik
The leadout of Tleubayev in most cases, at least in the flatter areas. Might give a few breakaways a shot as well
Aleksej Kolessov
Will be part of the leadout train and a good helper on the cobbles. Hates hills, will be dropped on every doorstep.
Jakub Filip
A big talent, he will turn 20 this year. LukOil gives him the chance to get some experience in our team, this year. He's an amazing downhillist and a good leadout. Unfortunately, he struggles with hills
Team Stats
An overview of the weak and strong points of the team.
Team Goals
KazMunayGas gave us some ambitious goals. After all, they want some tv-time, that's the purpose of sponsoring a cycling team. Here are the goals:
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3 wins
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Tour of Andorra - GC Top 3
Giro di Padania - GC Top 5
Vuelta a Andaluca - Stage-Win
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Launceston to New Norfolk Classic - Top 3
Getting in a lot of breakaways
Taking 4+ jerseys home
Hope you enjoyed the team presentation
Edited by Jesleyh on 07-09-2013 14:43
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 06-09-2013 15:33
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COMMENT POST RACE: COPA AMERICA DE CICLISMO
Welcome,
I'm the D.S. of team BNPParibas and this is the start/ first comment post race. This was the first race of the season and the beginning was very exciting, promising equally beautiful races during the season.
Our goal here was a Top 15, in fact in the sprint we can't compete with Miche and Node 4.
Now let's come to the race: we tried to put Godet in the breakaway 
Unfortunately they were caught after few kilometres. Then Node 4 took the responsibility of leading the peloton and then close the gap to the breakaway. So we come to the sprint with Martinez as our main sprinter
And then the sprint starts with Pierzga who wins an exciting race followed by Frazer and Hannachi.
This was pretty surprising because the main favourites were Borghesi, Sabatini (Miche) and Hawkins (Node4).
About the team we knew here the competition was really fierce and as said before our expectations weren't high. In fact our best rider here was Martinez (20th)
BEST RIDER:
-Martinez: he did a decent sprint finishing 20th very near to our goal.
DISAPPOINTING RIDER:
-Jules: He was our leader here but apparently has not even participated in the sprint
TEAM OVERRALL: 5.5
Out of the Top 15 and not able to put even a rider in the break. This means that the performance of the team was disappointing and a twentieth place is not enough to save a race to forget
Edited by ste_18 on 06-09-2013 21:33
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 06-09-2013 19:49
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Comments Post Race - Miche - Copa America De Ciclismo
So obviously a big goal for use in the Mini man game this year was to dominate the flat stages. I thought we could. With the two best sprinters, it seemed obvious to me that the team would make a sprint train with the short and flat parcours.
Apparently, one of our domestiques, Lorenzo Bernucci. decided completely wreck all of our teams chances with a useless attack late in the race. I told the team through race radio to go for it anyway, but by that time, our domestiques had slacked off the front, and our sprinters were poorly positioned. our best result was Borghesi is 6th. This is unacceptable.
Bernucci's flailing acceleration does not go unnoticed. For his part in the catastrophe, I have locked him in a vault and severely beaten him. I attempted to pull him from further races but the startlists have already been sent out. I am not sure if killing him will give my team a penalty, so i have refrained from doing so. I cannot be sure whether his decisions were influenced by cocaine. He will regret this action
For now, we look forward to the next race for better results there, hopefully without Lorenzo...
- baseballlover312, Manager of Miche
Edited by baseballlover312 on 06-09-2013 19:51
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 06-09-2013 21:21
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Bit harsh...
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 06-09-2013 21:32
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My best sprinter came 46th and he was one of those mentioned, d'amore
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 06-09-2013 21:37
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Cycleman123 wrote:
Bit harsh...
He must pay.
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| ryant |
Posted on 06-09-2013 22:51
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LKT Race Review
 Copa America de Ciclismo
The race profile shows that the race for one for the sprinters, which LKT really lacked, so a top 10 and some camera time would go well here
The Race
In the end, Mohlmann lacked the power to finish in the top 10 but clearly showed the team colours in this brilliant show of power beforehand:
Manager's View
What did you think of the team's performance?
The race was not certainly one for the team so obviously not managing to get in the top 10 is not a problem, Mohlmann tried his luck from far out and in the end it just wasn't the right idea. We can take this as a good result and I hope the confidence the team has will be shown in the next races. The team managing to show it's colours was also nice to see.
Anything else you'd like to add?
Just to say congratulations to Adam Pierzga, we wanted him but when we contacted him, he was already taken, such a shame but Fuji have a nice rider in their hands...
Edited by ryant on 06-09-2013 22:52
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| 547984 |
Posted on 07-09-2013 00:29
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Post Race Press Conference - Node4 Giordana
No profile available. Completely flat.
The team did well in driving the peloton, though we expected some COOPERATION from Miche!
And that teamwork continues the whole race, I couldn't have asked for a better leadout train.
But in the end we could only manage a disappointing 9th. Perhaps we can attribute that to Peter's poor beginning - of - season fitness.
Press Conference with Node 4 DS, Number Guy
Q: How disappointed are you with today's result?
A: To be honest, I can live with it. Although we were aiming for a podium, we showed our colors well and had great teamwork. It's certainly a sign of better things to come.
Q: What is your team strategy moving forward?
Again, we would like to aim for the same strategy as today, controlling the race all the way to the flamme rouge. The [Copa] was really completely flat, and I think some of our guys, I've seen great things from them in the hillier routes, we should be looking for better results then.
Q: Anything else?
No, just waiting for the day that the top 8 finishers are all caught using EPO.
Edited by 547984 on 08-09-2013 14:53
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 07-09-2013 10:22
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Copa America de Ciclismo - Post Race Comments
I told the guys before the race that I would consider it a success if a picture was taken of our jersey. I guess Kenny took that a bit literal as he was photographed sitting in the middle of the crash...
Well for the next race I guess I'll have to give them a bit more specific instructions...
Perhaps something about attacking and trying to sprint in the end?
Full Results
| 1 |  Adam Pierzga | Fuji | 2h43'05 | | 44 | Sven Vanthourenhout | Dexia | s.t. | | 93 | Tim Mertens | Dexia | s.t. | | 106 | Kurt Hovelynck | Dexia | s.t. | | 127 | Kenny De Ketele | Dexia | + 7'46'' | | 129 | Robin Stenuit | Dexia | s.t. | | 144 | Bart Dockx | Dexia | s.t. |
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