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Nintendo - Ambuja Cycling HQ
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 08-12-2012 15:42
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Team  Nintendo - Ambuja Cycling
Welcome to Nintendo-Ambuja Cycling, a new international team that has recently gained Continental Pro status. We have a European base in the splendid Bavarian city of Munich, so we can keep within close range of the majority of the calendar. Our aim is to challenge for promotion to the World Tour and prove that an Asian-backed team has got what it takes to compete at the highest level. We are very lucky to have the multimillion pound Japanese mega-giant company Nintendo sponsoring us, and we hope that our team can do them proud, as well as our secondary sponsor from India, Ambuja Cement. This deal with one of the biggest companies in India represents a new step in the development of cycling in India, a country surely with vast untapped reserves of talent.
Edited by Stromeon on 29-01-2013 19:24
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 08-12-2012 15:42
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Squad
| Name | Speciality | Age | Avg | Contract |  | Rudy Verboven | Northern Classics | 22 | 71 | 2 years |  | Roman Kreuziger | Stage Races | 26 | 77 | 2 years |  | Denis Menchov | Stage Races | 34 | 77 | 3 years |  | José JoaquÃÂn Rojas | Sprinter | 27 | 76 | 1 year |  | Marcus Burghardt | Northern Classics | 29 | 74 | 1 year |  | Tomasz Marczynski | Climber | 28 | 74 | 2 years |  | Hubert Dupont | Climber | 32 | 73 | 3 years | | Paul Martens | Puncher | 29 | 75 | 1 year | | Rüdiger Selig | Sprinter | 23 | 73 | 2 years | | Yoshinori Iino | Sprinter | 28 | 69 | 3 years | | Shinri Suzuki | Sprinter | 38 | 72 | 1 year |  | Tanel Kangert | Climber | 25 | 73 | 2 years |  | Stefano Pirazzi | Fighter | 25 | 74 | 3 years | | Manuele Boaro | Time-trial | 25 | 68 | 1 year | | Patrick Gretsch | Time-trial | 25 | 68 | 2 years | | Blel Kadri | Puncher | 26 | 72 | 3 years | | Takashi Miyazawa | Sprinter | 34 | 72 | 1 year |  | Anuar Manan | Sprinter | 26 | 73 | 2 years | | Tomohiro Hayakawa | Climber | 22 | 69 | 3 years | | Shinichi Fukushima | Fighter | 41 | 69 | 1 year | | Yusuke Hatanaka | Sprinter | 27 | 71 | 3 years |  | Klaas Boogedal | Northern Classics | 21 | 66 | 3 years | | Miyataka Shimizu | Fighter | 31 | 67 | 1 year | | Taiji Nishitani | Sprinter | 31 | 72 | 2 years |
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 08-12-2012 15:43
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Season Goals
Our wildcards have now been announced and our calendar finalised so it's time to reveal our season goals (more to come...)
| Importance | | Race | Target | Rider | | ***** | | Tour de France | Top 10 GC | | **** |  | Tour de Romandie | Top 10 GC | Roman Kreuziger | | | Japan Cup | Top 3 | | *** |  | Tour of Britain | Stage win(s) | | | Ardennes Classics | Top 10 | not achieved | |  | Continental Tour | Be promoted | | ** |  | Tour Down Under | Stage win(s) | José JoaquÃn Rojas | |  | Tour of Turkey | Stage win(s) | José JoaquÃn Rojas | |  | Tour of Beijing | Stage win(s) | | * | | Volta a Catalunya | Top 10 GC | not achieved | | | Tour de France | KoM Jersey |
Goals in bold have been achieved
Calendar/Results
Tour Down Under
1st in Young rider classification: Rudy Verboven
10th place overall: Rudy Verboven
Stage win on stage 4: José JoaquÃn Rojas
Top 10 place on stage 1: José JoaquÃn Rojas
Top 10 place on stage 2: Rudy Verboven
Top 10 place on stage 5: Rudy Verboven
 Volta ao Algarve
12th place overall: Stefano Pirazzi
18th place overall: Marcus Burghardt
Podium place on stage 2: Marcus Burghardt
Top 5 place on stage 4: Rudy Verboven
Top 10 place on stage 3: Tomohiro Hayakawa
 Tour of Qatar
10th place overall: Takashi Miyazawa
12th place overall: Blel Kadri
18th place overall: Rüdiger Selig
Top 5 place on stage 2: Nintendo - Ambuja
 Tour of Oman
3rd place overall: Blel Kadri
19th place overall: Hubert Dupont
Top 5 place on stage 4: Blel Kadri
Top 10 place on stage 1: José JoaquÃn Rojas
Top 10 place on stage 2: José JoaquÃn Rojas
Top 10 place on stage 3: José JoaquÃn Rojas
Top 10 place on stage 5: Blel Kadri
Top 10 place on stage 6: José JoaquÃn Rojas
Tour de Langkawi
13th place overall: Hubert Dupont
Top 5 place on stage 6: Hubert Dupont
Top 10 place on stage 1: Patrick Gretsch
Top 10 place on stage 2: Rüdiger Selig
Top 10 place on stage 4: Rüdiger Selig
Top 10 place on stage 7: Hubert Dupont
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Clasica de Almeria
15th place: José JoaquÃn Rojas
24th place: Anuar Manan
Strade Bianche
4th place: José JoaquÃn Rojas
19th place: Paul Martens
Volta a Catalunya
Podium place on stage 5: Takashi Miyazawa
Top 10 place on stage 1: Denis Menchov
Top 10 place on stage 6: Tomasz Marczynski
Top 10 place on stage 7; Takashi Miyazawa
Criterium International
5th place overall: Denis Menchov
14th place overall: Blel Kadri
Top 5 place on stage 3: Denis Menchov
KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksjide
GP Miguel Indurain
Grote Scheldeprijs
Rund um Koln
13th place: Paul Martens
20th place: Marcus Burghardt
Paris-Roubaix
Brabantse Pijl
Amstel Gold Race
17th place: Denis Menchov
Giro del Trentino
Stage win on stage 1: Nintendo - Ambuja
La Fleche Wallonne
23rd place: Rudy Verboven
24th place: Paul Martens
Liege-Bastogne-Liege
Tour of Turkey
Stage win on stage 2: José JoaquÃn Rojas
Podium place on stage 6: José JoaquÃn Rojas
Top 5 place on stage 1: José JoaquÃn Rojas
Top 5 place on stage 8: José JoaquÃn Rojas
Top 10 place on stage 4: José JoaquÃn Rojas
Top 10 place on stage 5: José JoaquÃn Rojas
Top 10 place on stage 7: Takashi Miyazawa
Top 10 place on stage 7: José JoaquÃn Rojas
Tour de Romandie
1st in points competition: Blel Kadri
10th place overall: Roman Kreuziger
12th place overall: Blel Kadri
15th place overall: Denis Menchov
Podium place on stage 5: Blel Kadri
Top 5 place on stage 6: Stefano Pirazzi
Top 10 place on stage 1: Manuele Boaro
Top 10 place on stage 4: Roman Kreuziger
Top 10 place on stage 6: Denis Menchov
Rund un dem Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt
12th place: Marcus Burghardt
4 Jours de Dunkerque
 Tour of California
Podium place on stage 1: José JoaquÃn Rojas
 Tour of Norway
4th place overall: José JoaquÃn Rojas
Podium place on stage 2: José JoaquÃn Rojas
Podium place on stage 3: José JoaquÃn Rojas
Top 10 place on stage 1: Klaas Boogedal
Top 10 place on stage 4: José JoaquÃn Rojas
Tour de Belgique
Bayern-Rundfahrt
Stage win on stage 1: José JoaquÃn Rojas
1st in points competition: José JoaquÃn Rojas
13th place overall: Patrick Gretsch
21st place overall: José JoaquÃn Rojas
Podium place on stage 5: José JoaquÃn Rojas
Top 10 place on stage 2: José JoaquÃn Rojas
Top 10 place on stage 4: Patrick Gretsch
 Tour de Luxembourg
Philadelphia International Championship
 Tour de Slovenie
Tour de France
 Osterreich-Rundfahrt
Tour de Pologne
Tour of Quinghai Lake
Tour de Wallonie
Vuelta a Burgos
Tour de Limousin
Tre Valli Varesine
USA Pro Cycling Challenge
 Danmark Rundt
 Ljubljana-Zagreb
Paris-Bruxelles
Tour of Britain
GP du Fourmies
Milano-Torino
Gran Piemonte
Paris-Tours
Tour of Beijing
Tour de Vendee
Japan Cup
Races in bold are World Tour races
Edited by Stromeon on 17-09-2013 18:53
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 08-12-2012 16:05
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First signing revealed!
Up-and-coming rider Rudy Verboven has agreed to sign with Nintendo-Ambuja Cycling on a two-year contract. He will be a key member of the team and we hope he can deliver some success during the season.
Edited by Stromeon on 08-12-2012 16:23
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 08-12-2012 21:13
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Nintendo-Ambuja unveil jersey!
The team jersey for Nintendo-Ambuja was unveiled today at a press conference. Many thanks must go to the designer, miggi133.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 10-12-2012 09:49
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Hello Nintendo - Ambuja Cycling fans!
My name is Rudy Verboven, and I'm proud to be a part of this team. A little about myself first, I'm a 22 year old Belgian specialised in Classic races. I grew up with Cyclist such as Johan Museeuw, Frank Vandenbroucke, and more recently Tom Boonen and Philippe Gilbert to look up to. My parents bought me a racing bike for my 16th birthday, and I loved cycling like nothing else. Well, there might be one thing 
So, here I was at the start of my first season as a professional and then there were these huge reforms and everything. And in all the chaos, I saw one team with an international vision. I immediatly had a good feeling when talking to the manager, and not much later I signed my 2 year contract with Nintendo - Ambuja. A continental team seems like the perfect place to start for me!
Since the calendar for the Continental Tour has not been announced yet, I can't say where I'll ride yet. I do hope we get a few wildcards so I can show myself in the races I like. I'd really like to ride a few of the Monuments, but we'll have to wait and see unfortunately. One day, I want to win Ronde van Vlaanderen, Paris - Roubaix and Milan - San Remo, but this season I just want to help the team earn promotion, and maybe get my first win along the way.
I'm good on the flat, can survive cobbles, and love it when we go uphill. Though not a sprinter, I can manage myself in a small group or on an uphill finish. I think I can help the team earn the promotion we want with my skills, and hopefully improve myself further along the way.
~ Rudy
Edited by Ollfardh on 23-12-2012 09:27
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 18-12-2012 11:29
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Nintendo-Ambuja awash with rumours!
With just a few hours to go until the first signings are revealed for the Pro Continental teams; Directeur Sportif Yoshihiro Miyamoto has given the fans some hints at Nintendo-Ambuja's targets for a leader. Speaking to the press today, he said that two of the following statements matched the description of Nintendo-Ambuja's primary and secondary targets:
Promising stage racer
Former Vuelta KoM winner
Former Giro Top 10 rider
Former GT winner
Danny Pate
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 18-12-2012 11:44
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all kinds for hints and then plain out loud saying Pate
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 18-12-2012 11:48
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Haha, glad I joined this team 
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 18-12-2012 17:57
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Nintendo-Ambuja mascot unveiled!
The Nintendo-Ambuja mascot has been unveiled today by Directeur Sportif Yoshihiro Miyamoto. Speaking in an interview with Japanese broadcasting company NHK World, Miyamoto said that he hoped that fans unfamiliar with the world of professional cycling in Japan and India would be able to identify with a world-famous mascot...
Spoiler
Donkey Kong is pleased at his new role
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Posted on 18-12-2012 17:59
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Nice looking jersey |
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 18-12-2012 18:02
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sutty68 wrote:
Nice looking jersey
Thanks! I think it will stand out in the peloton  I particularly like your jersey as well, its very... welsh!
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 18-12-2012 18:07
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Stromeon wrote:
sutty68 wrote:
Nice looking jersey
Thanks! I think it will stand out in the peloton I particularly like your jersey as well, its very... welsh!
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 18-12-2012 18:29
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Yoshihiro Miyamoto, that is a name that I have never heard before. also might be living in the past but I don't think that Nintendo has the rights of DK. Rareware has them
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 18-12-2012 18:36
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SSJ2Luigi wrote:
Yoshihiro Miyamoto, that is a name that I have never heard before. also might be living in the past but I don't think that Nintendo has the rights of DK. Rareware has them
He's Shigeru's fictitious cousin... I think Nintendo ultimately has the rights over DK but they've previously somehow leased them to first Rare and now Retro but I'm not sure.
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 18-12-2012 20:09
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Kreuziger penned in as leader
Czech rider Roman Kreuziger has joined Nintendo-Ambuja Cycling on a 2-year contract. We are very excited to have him onboard and hope that he can deliver several successes for our team throughout the season as a team leader. He will be an excellent man to have in the team, having been ridden into the Tour de France Top 10 twice and also into Giro Top 10 during his career.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 18-12-2012 21:01
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Hello fans!
Glad to see the team is finaly allowed to draft! Apparently, we got the first pick we wanted, Roman Kreuziger. He's pretty much a legend, glad we could sign him, being only a continental team. Of course since we're totaly different riders, we won't ride together much, but if we do, I'll give it my best to give him a nice GC!
~ Rudy
Edited by Ollfardh on 23-12-2012 09:27
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 18-12-2012 23:48
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Will Kreuziger be your Team Leader |
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Posted on 19-12-2012 18:33
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Nintendo-Ambuja sign former Vuelta winner!
In a great coup for the team, having been near the end of the draft; Nintendo-Ambuja can announce today that they have signed the three times Grand Tour winner Denis Menchov. Although approaching the twilight of his career, his ability is not to be doubted, as his impressive palmares shows. Denis has had experience with the Pro Continental Division before and will be a valuable co-leader to the team.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 19-12-2012 19:10
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Another big name, but you'll be stuck with him for 3 years, which might be a bit much at his age
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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