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VI - SigaarSnor (Pseudo Man-Game 2012) ~ February Preview
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| Vien |
Posted on 16-05-2012 14:09
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The Gijpvogel, one of the latest additions to VI, is a cartoonified René van der Gijp, one of the many common guests in VI. His interests about cycling don't reach much further than Peta Todd.
VI follows the team during the off-season, interviews riders and makes photoshoots of important events.
            
Sponsors
[img-l]https://www.bijgespijkerd.nl/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/VI-Logo.jpg[/img-l] Main sponsor Voetbal International is a popular football magazine in the Netherlands which has its own TV show twice per week. Last year, the same broadcaster has started a talkshow during the Tour called Tour du Jour, with almost the same cast. Though the show is owned by its broadcaster, RTL, it is often linked to VI. Its success has inspired VI to start its own cycling magazine, and what's a better way to promote it in the Netherlands than by starting its own cycling team?
Contract length:3 years
Important races:Well-known Dutch races, Tour de France
[img-l]https://image.spreadshirt.net/image-server/image/design/14769743/type/png/width/190/height/190/red-sigaarsnor_design.png[/img-l] After the news of a new team was spread, VI's independant fanbase, SigaarSnor was unhappy that VI would be "just" a Dutch team without a WT status. So they started asking members to donate, and they did. A lot. However, they realise that they can't do that every year, so they'll have to find a new sponsor soon. The only thing the fans care about is fun on TV, so they want to see as many attacking riders as possible.
Contract length:1 year
Important races: Tour de France, Tour de France, Tour de France
[img-l]https://images.hebikietsgemist.nl/Images/Programmas/rtl-7-tour-du-jour.jpg[/img-l] Tour du Jour and Voetbal International broadcaster RTL7 has also donated some money to promote their show during the Tour. It's not a lot, but hey, at least it's more than the average person earns per month. Of course, sponsoring a team during the Tour is a risk; if the team won't get good results during the Tour, they'll make a fool of themselves.
Contract length:2 years, negotiations to become a co-sponsor have started
Important races: Tour de France
[img-l]https://oxford.vdbparts.be/images/zannata-logo.jpg[/img-l]Zannata will be our equipment sponsor. The Belgium company is unknown in Europe as they only sponsor Accent Jobs, and they hope to change that by sponsoring us. It does give us some money, but are the bikes good enough for a WT team?
Contract length:1 year (option for another year)
Important races: Races in the Benelux
[img-l]https://avantisport.nl/images/wysiwyg_uploads/images/quick_logo.jpg[/img-l]Though most known for its shoes, Quick also designs clothes for the VI fanshop. Now they hope to take their brand to a higher level, by making clothes for professional football and cycling teams.
Contract length:3 years
Important races: Dutch smaller races
Sponsoring
Metec is a small continental team, trained by one of the guys of Tour du Jour, Gert Jakobs (photo, right, no idea who the guy on the left is). We've signed an agreement that we will have a first option of their talents, in return they will get some of our Zannata frames. Will one of their talens be in our team next season?
Jersey/equipment design by Baggieboys32 - Pseudo Man-Game by Kentaurus - Development of attributes 0,2 - Race difficulty not available
Edited by Vien on 15-06-2012 18:11
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| Vien |
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Roster
Staff
Trainer: Denny Nelissen
Co-Trainers: Jean-Paul van Poppel, Glenn Buterol, Grey F. Digger, Kenny Taurus
Scout: Gert Jakobs
Doctor: Sergio Take
Equipment
Frames: Zannata
Wheels: Shimano
Helmets: Las
Team Facts (as of 01-01-2012)
Average age: 24,2 Years
Oldest rider: Dirk Müller (38)
Youngest rider: Caleb Ewan (17)
Average # of planned race days: 69,2
Rider with most planned race days: Lars Boom (90)
Rider with least planned race days: Juraj Sagan, Caleb Ewan (59)
Number of different countries: 13
Europe: 17
Northern America: 3
South America: 2
Australia: 4
Country with most riders: Australia (4)
Most popular specialisation: Tour (6)
Mountain: 4
Time Trial: 4
Flat: 4
Sprint: 4
Ardennaises: 2
Flandriennes: 2
Number of GT riders this season: 24
Lars Boom, Jasha Sütterlin: 2
Average potential: 5,9
Edited by Vien on 05-06-2012 09:22
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| Vien |
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| Vien |
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Squad - #1-#3 - Leaders
The Leader
Philippe Gilbert
Main goals: Ardennes Classics, Olympic Games, Vuelta a España, World Championships
Contract ends: 2014
The Talent
Peter Sagan
Main goals: WT and larger CT races
Contract ends: 2013
The Climbing Goat
Rigoberto Urán
Main goals: Ardennes Classics (helper), Giro d'Italia
Contract ends: 2012
Edited by Vien on 30-05-2012 15:48
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| Vien |
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#4-#6 - Co-Leaders
The GC Rider
Tejay van Garderen
Main goals: Tour de France, Amgen Tour of California
Contract ends: 2014
The Dutch Mr. Roubaix
Lars Boom
Main goals: Cobblestone Classics, Eneco Tour, TdF Prologue
Contract ends: 2013
The Leadout
Michael Matthews
Main goals: Tour Down Under, Sprinting in smaller WT-races
Contract ends: 2012
Edited by Vien on 30-05-2012 16:00
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| Vien |
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#7-#12 - Talents
The Future Vuelta Winner
Nairo Quintana
Main goals: Giro d'Italia, getting selected for the World Championships
Contract ends: 2014
The Future Giro Winner
Mattia Cattaneo
Main goals: Giro d'Italia, Giro del Trentino, Giro di Lombardia
Contract ends: 2013
The Future World ITT Champs Winner
Luke Durbridge
Main goals: Vuelta a España, WT Time Trials
Contract ends: 2012
The Future LBL Winner
Tosh van der Sande
Main goals: Ardennes Classics, Finishing the Giro
Contract ends: 2014
The Future Roubaix Winner
Salvatore Puccio
Main goals: Cobblestone Classics, Giro D'Italia
Contract ends: 2013
The Future Tour Winner?
Romain Sicard
Main goals: Tour de France, Smaller Stage Races
Contract ends: 2012
Edited by Vien on 30-05-2012 15:50
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| Vien |
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Epic List Winners
These riders were selected by VI's fans at the SigaarSnor forums.
Michael Rasmussen
Contract ends: 2012
I don't think he needs an introduction, the champion of low-weight measurements will have his last chance at the Tour with us.
Johnnie Walker
Contract ends: 2014
The 24-year old Australian became popular during the 2010 Vuelta. Not because of his great results, but because of his name.
Juraj Sagan
Contract ends: 2014
He was a reserve on our wish list, but since Marc de Maar and Yohann Gène have decided to try their luck elsewhere, we decided to sign Peter's lost brother after all. Perhaps the fans just wanted him to motivate Peter?
Edited by Vien on 30-05-2012 15:36
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| Vien |
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Caleb Ewan
Contract ends: 2014
Egor Silin
Contract ends: 2013
Rubén Perez
Contract ends: 2012
Jasha Sütterlin
Contract ends: 2014
Julien El Fares
Contract ends: 2013
Mickaël Delage
Contract ends: 2014
Andreas Hofer
Contract ends: 2013
Ben King
Contract ends: 2012
Dirk Müller
Contract ends: 2012
Eloy Teruel
Contract ends: 2013
Freddy Cruz
Contract ends: 2013
Edited by Vien on 30-05-2012 11:51
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| Vien |
Posted on 16-05-2012 14:11
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Remember this is just an idea, if the Man-Game doesn't work out I may have to close this story. I don't control the results and I only know three of my riders so far, so I can't really set goals yet, and as you can see I suck at layouts  I'd be happy if it can make more people interesting in the Pseudo Man-Game, though 
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 16-05-2012 14:16
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Seems like a cool idea.
Important races - 'Tour de France, Tour de France, Tour de France.'
I'm thinking you'd like to go well in the Tour, no?
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| Zoom123 |
Posted on 16-05-2012 14:20
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Very nice idea Vien! And I have a feeling you will be aiming for the Giro? am I right 
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| Vien |
Posted on 16-05-2012 14:27
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Zoom123 wrote:
Very nice idea Vien! And I have a feeling you will be aiming for the Giro? am I right
Only as a preparation for the Tour
First three riders coming up soon |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 16-05-2012 15:01
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Really like the idea Vien, very nice indeed |
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| Vien |
Posted on 16-05-2012 15:15
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Thanks
Updated the first three riders. As for the 4th rider, my first choice is Steven Kruijswijk (2nd pick last draft), so I have a Dutch GC guy for the Tour to please my sponsors. But I probably won't get him, so I might get a talented rider with a free role to try to get the white jersey. |
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| Kentaurus |
Posted on 16-05-2012 15:27
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I like the page! As a note it's going to take a large amount of creative work since there won't be 3d races to write about. But that also leaves you a very large amount for the imagination.
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 16-05-2012 15:29
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I love it, will make a page too when my jersey gets completed
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| Vien |
Posted on 16-05-2012 15:30
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@Kentaurus: I guess it's still possible to fake it a little bit If one of my riders wins a bunch sprint, I'll just win my own and take a pic of it. And even if I don't win, I can still make pics of the training camps, for example. I'll just have to focus on the off-racing a bit more
Edited by Vien on 16-05-2012 15:31
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| Schnuider |
Posted on 16-05-2012 15:32
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Great preview so far. I think you should aim for a good GC rider for the Tour in round 4. |
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| Vien |
Posted on 16-05-2012 15:38
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Schnuider wrote:
Great preview so far. I think you should aim for a good GC rider for the Tour in round 4.
I'll try my best. My #1 is a GC rider, the #2-4 are non-GC riders I probably won't get, and my #5-#10 are talented GC riders/climbers. If I'm really unlucky, I'll have to take Urán to the Tour. |
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| Kentaurus |
Posted on 16-05-2012 15:42
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Most bump downs so far is 4 by a couple of teams. So expect one of the top 5!
Edited by Kentaurus on 16-05-2012 15:43
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