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T-Mobile is back!
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| shin0da_13 |
Posted on 15-01-2011 11:38
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I wonder what is this all about.  |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 15-01-2011 12:42
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| shin0da_13 |
Posted on 15-01-2011 13:02
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After a few years away from professional cycling, the german wireless services provider decided that it's time to come back in the cycling's top tier. They took over the spot from the german bankrupt sponsor Milram. With a long term project in mind, step by step they want T-Mobile to become the world's best cycling team. |
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| shin0da_13 |
Posted on 15-01-2011 14:00
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The leaders of the team are:
Alexander Vinokourov
His goals are UCI one week races, the Ardennes classics and Top 5 at either TDF or Giro.
Andreas Kloden
We hope we will be successful in one week stage races and it remains to be seen if he will ride Giro or TDF. Obviously with the ambiton of getting a very good result.
Gerard Ciolek
One of the most talented sprinters in the peloton, he will be aiming the sprinters classics, the green jersey at the Tour and other wins in the likes of Cavendish, Farrar or Freire. And who knows, maybe the Worlds at Melbourne.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 15-01-2011 14:04
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This looks interesting. Good luck.
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| markene2 |
Posted on 15-01-2011 14:23
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Nice, i remeber cheering for T-Mobile back in 2000-2005 when Jan and Vino where riding. Fun to see a story with the old one's. Why dont you add Jan as a free rider? Might be fun
Anyways, cant wait to follow this story
Venga Vino
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| shin0da_13 |
Posted on 15-01-2011 14:31
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Our co-captains and the riders wich will have their chances of getting some good results over the season are:
Linus Gerdemann
We expect him to shine in one week races like Bayern Rundfahrt, Eneco tour and be a good support for our leaders in GT. He will also have his shots at the national championship and maybe the Worlds.
Fabian Wegmann
Wegmann will target good results at important hilly classics, the national and his number 1 objectve, the gold medal at the road race in Melbourne. Also, he will help Vinokourov in April.
Christian Knees
The german champ. Will have the chance to show his jersey to the world in grand tours. He will help Vinokourov and Kloden and maybe get a win or two this season.
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| redlion1987 |
Posted on 15-01-2011 15:04
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In which year will start your story? 2010?
I see that I am not the only one, who is interested in bring back a german protourteam... |
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| shin0da_13 |
Posted on 15-01-2011 15:07
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In order for Ciolek to shine, we've build a powerful sprint train with the likes of:
Marcus Burghardt
A very good flat rider. His primary focus is to help Ciolek and then some nice results at cobbled races.
Bernhard Eisel
 
Ciolek lead-out man. And as we don't have a leader for the cobbled classics, he will co lead the team alongside Burghardt.
Bert Grabsch
An incredible powerful rider on flat terrain. Hope he will make the difference at the preparation for Ciolek's sprint.
Jens Voigt
A very experienced rider. Also a part of our sprint train but he will have some chances for a breakaway at grand tours. |
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| shin0da_13 |
Posted on 15-01-2011 15:13
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And now our mascot
Niki Terpstra, the dutch champ.
He will also be a part of our cobbled races team. We expect he gets some nice victories with successful breakaways.
Next, is our complete roster with interested rider such as Rohregger, Forster, Klier.
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| shin0da_13 |
Posted on 15-01-2011 15:30
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@ markene2. I could do that but i want to stick with Vino and Kloden.
@ redlion1987. Yes, i am going to start in 2010, replacing Milram.
Some technical details about my career. I play with PCM Daily DB with a few changes of my own, most important being the fact that i changed the birth year to all riders with potential of -6 or above that were born before 1984 to 1984. I play on hard except the TT which i play on normal.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 15-01-2011 16:46
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Great squad, good luck. You probably did, but did you change Kloden and Vino dob/age of decline ? And how much ? |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 15-01-2011 16:49
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This looks promising. Good luck! |
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| shin0da_13 |
Posted on 15-01-2011 17:02
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Alakagon wrote:
Great squad, good luck. You probably did, but did you change Kloden and Vino dob/age of decline ? And how much ?
They both are 25 now.
@ FreitasPCM 10x. |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 15-01-2011 17:05
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Lol no worries of them declining in their stats. Good luck again. |
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| janne_837 |
Posted on 15-01-2011 17:19
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Nice team choice, but are there not to much german riders? Nonetheless good luck! |
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| Batista15 |
Posted on 15-01-2011 17:39
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This one looks so interesting! Can´t wait for the first reports Good luck |
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| shin0da_13 |
Posted on 16-01-2011 08:21
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Speaking for the german newspaper while at T-Mobile first training camp in southern Sicily, team captain Andreas Kloden declared that his major goal for 2010 will be the Tour where he will target at least a top 5. He declared that he will start his season in mid April, at Vuelta Castilla y Leon. The german will remain on spanish soil for Vuelta Asturias until he will jet to US for Amgen Tour of California. He will come back in Europe for his final preparation, Tour de Suisse. Kloden will end his season with Vuelta Espana.
T-Mobile co-leader, kazach rider Alexander Vinokourov declared that he will target the Ardennes Classics and Giro. He choose to ride the italian grand tour instead of TDF because of the many TT that this year route will present. Vinokourov will start his season at Tour Down Under and end it with Giro di Lombardia, his final goal for the season.
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| shin0da_13 |
Posted on 16-01-2011 11:21
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We managed to sign some secondary sponsors. They haven't asked for very demanding goals. So:
After agreeing contracts with them, our projected finances show that at the end of October we will have 250 000 euro deficit. Hope we can cover this sum with some good race income.
On the sportive perspective, Cameron Meyer from Garmin-Transitions managed to grab Australian time trial crown. The road race was won by Simon Gerrans, Team Sky. Our debut is coming closer.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 16-01-2011 11:26
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All goals quite easy for your team to complete. Did you use training camp already ? Many people find them to bit cheating at the start of season. Will Ciolek go for Giro or the Tour ? |
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