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| FroomeDog99 |
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 Team Kenya Airways 2014
Welcome to the HQ of pro continental cycling team Kenya Airways! After a good first year as a team which saw us promoted, we now venture into 2014, the second year of the project. Hopefully we can have a successful year, while also helping to develop African cycling along the way!
Here you'll find the latest news and information about the team as the year progresses. It'll be updated regularly, so hopefully we can interest you in the team's adventures this year, from transfers to team updates.
| Team Sponsors | Role |  Kenya Airways | Title Sponsor | | Telkom Kenya | Investor |  Ecobank | Investor |  Vermarc | Kit Maker |  Specialized | Equipment Maker |  PVM Nutrition | Nutrition Provider |
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2013
 Kenya Airways - Barclays
11th, Continental Tour
Team
 Yasmani Martinez | Zakayo Ndbri |  Iker Camaño | Daniel Njoroge | | Alejandro Marque | Suleiman Kangangi |  Yoann Paillot [Loan] | Hillary Kiprotich |  Matthew Brammeier | Mujtaba Hussein [Loan] |  Behnam Khalilikhosroshani [Loan] |  Daan Rijntjes | | Vahid Ghafari [Loan] |  Henrique Madeira Casimiro |  Daniel Eliad [Loan] |  Riadh Ghdamsi |  Nico Schinker |  Yusuf Abrekov |  Tarik Chaoufi | | |
Loaned out
 Fredrik Strand Galta |
Highlights
Spoiler A Look Back: 2013 Highlights Camano taking our first ever victory, Stage 5 Vuelta a Tachira. He took the leaders jersey and eventually took 11th overall.
Schinker taking our first race victory, the Trofeo Luis Puig, also in January.
Martinez celebrating atop the Materhorn, Stage 4 Tour of the Middle East. This helped him to 2nd overall.
Ndbri sprinting to 12th in our home race, the HC Kenya Mountain Classic.
At La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, Kangangi took stage 3 from a break...
Before Khalilikhosroshani won stage 5, propelling him into 3rd overall. Not bad, considering it's a C1 race!
Martinez riding to victory on stage 5 of the Giro del Capo. That secured our only achieved goal of 2013, with him finishing 5th overall. [/table]
Major Results
| 1st | | Trofeo Luis Puig | Nico Schinker | C2 | | 2nd | Overall |  Tour of the Middle East | Yasmani Martinez | C2 | | 3rd | Overall |  La Tropicale Amissa Bongo | Behnam Khalilikhosroshani | C1 | | 5th | Overall | Giro del Capo | Yasmani Martinez | C2 | | 7th | Overall |  Vuelta al Tachira | Zakayo Ndbri | C1 | | 7th | Overall |  Tour of Eritrea | Zakayo Ndbri | C1 |
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Squad
| Name | Age | Wage | Top Stat | Avg | | Mwangi Samwel | 30 | € 300.000 | 79 MO | 77.17 | | Hassen Ben Nasser | 28 | € 620.000 | 79 HI | 76.00 |  | Enrico Gasparotto | 32 | € 240.000 | 76 SP | 75.25 |  | Fabian Wegmann | 34 | € 185.000 | 75 HI | 73.67 | | Zakayo Ndbri | 32 | € 90.000 | 77 MO | 73.33 | | Tarik Chaoufi | 28 | € 60.000 | 75 HI | 73.17 | | Simon Kimeli | 27 | € 50.000 | 74 MO | 71.92 |  | Lotto Petrus | 27 | € 50.000 | 74 TT | 70.83 | | Riadh Ghdamsi | 27 | € 50.000 | 73 TT | 70.83 |  | Redouane Chaabane | 28 | € 50.000 | 73 HI | 70.58 |  | Salfo Bikienga | 25 | € 50.000 | 73 CB | 70.42 | | Merhawi Kudus | 20 | € 370.000 | 71 MO | 70.33 |  | Gyung Gu Jang* | 24 | € 0 | 71 HI | 70.25 | | Daniel Njoroge | 30 | € 50.000 | 72 MO | 69.50 | | Johann van Zyl | 23 | € 50.000 | 70 HI | 69.42 | | Samwel Ekiru | 31 | € 50.000 | 73 SP | 69.33 |  | Hervé Raoul Mba | 30 | € 50.000 | 72 SP | 69.25 | | Charles Anguilet* | 25 | € 20.000 | 71 MO | 69.08 | | Mujtaba Hussein | 26 | € 50.000 | 72 TT | 68.58 | | Suleiman Kangangi | 26 | € 50.000 | 70 HI | 68.25 | | Hillary Kiprotich | 26 | € 50.000 | 70 HI | 68.00 |
* Loaned in
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Goals
| Race | Category | Goal | | | La Tropicale Amissa Bongo | C1 | Win | | | Strade Bianchi | HC | Top 5 | | | Tour of South Africa | HC | Top 5 | | | Kenya Moutain Classic | HC | Top 10 |  | Africa Tour Standings | PCT | Win |
Win La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
Our race win goal this year us in Gabon, at La Tropicale Amissa Bongo in April. 'Just' a C1 race, but one that holds significance for the team after we got 2 stage wins and a surprise top three overall last year. With a top African puncheur on our list, why not aim for the win this time around?
Top 5 Strade Bianchi
Another hilly race, this time a classic and a HC one as well - this will be a tough one to achieve on the white roads of Toscana. As you can see for 2014 we are aiming for the hills, so this seemed a good goal as a famous hilly classic with plenty of history. A top five would be a nice way to showcase our team in Europe.
Top 5 Tour of South Africa
A third hilly goal for the team which a prospective pucheur would aim for. One of just two African HC races, this had to be a goal. There is often unpredictable racing here, if we look on evidence from the past, so anything is possible with the right riders.
Top 10 Kenya Moutain Classic
One of the more obvoious goals for the team. With this being a HC race and also being on home turf in Kenya, this had to be a goal. It's only a top ten as we're not at all certain we'll be able to sign a strong African climber so there's a bit of insurance, but hopefully this will be a relatively straightforward one.
Win Africa Tour Standings
Finally, our standings goal is probably our most ambitious. Being an African team though we felt we had to aim for this, with the rewards for a top five not being as high as hoped. A win will be tough to achieve but with the right riders and a bit of luck on our home continent anything can happen. If we race everywhere and achieve a few good results anything is possible.
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2014 Calendar
| January |  Down Under Classic | Flat Classic | 1.HC | 10th | | Tour Down Under | Hilly Stage Race | 2.1 | 14th-19th | | Vuelta al Tachira | Mountain Stage Race | 2.1 | 22nd-31st | | | | | | | | | | | February | | Tour of South Africa | Hilly Stage Race | 2.HC | 3rd-9th |  Tour of Oman | Mountain Stage Race | 2.HC | 8th-13th | | Vuelta a Mallorca | Hilly Stage Race | 2.1 | 11th-14th | | Tirenno - Adriatico | Mountain Stage Race | 2.PT | 13th-19th |  Bahir Dar | Cobble Classic | 1.1 | 14th | | Strade Bianchi | Hilly Classic | 1.HC | 26th |  Gisborne GP | Hilly Classic | 1.1 | 26th | | | | | | | | | | | March | | Kenya Mountain Classic | Mountain Classic | 1.HC | 7th |  Scandinavian Open Road Race | Hilly Classic | 1.1 | 8th | | Giro del Trentino | Mountain Stage Race | 2.1 | 21st-25th |  Tour d'Rwanda | Hilly Stage Race | 2.2 | 27th-30th | | E3 Prijs | Cobble Classic | 1.HC | 29th | | | | | | | | | | | April |  Tour of Taiwan | Hilly Stage Race | 2.1 | 1st-7th | | Windhoek ITT | TT Classic | 1.2 | 2nd | | La Fleche Wallone | Hilly Classic | 1.PT | 11th | | Liege-Bastogne-Liege | Hilly Classic | 1.PTM | 15th | | Tour of the Battenkill | Cobble Classic | 1.HC | 15th | | Tropicale Amissa Bongo | Hilly Stage Race | 2.1 | 19th-25th | | Dutch Food Valley Classic | Flat Classic | 1.HC | 21st |  Interlagos GP | Flat Classic | 1.HC | 21st |  Race Horizon Park | Flat Classic | 1.1 | 30th | | | | | | | | | | | May | | Giro d'Italia | Mountain Stage Race | 2.GT | 1st-21st |  Sibiu Tour | Mountain Stage Race | 2.1 | 15th-19th | | | | | | | | | | | June | | Tour des Pays de Savoie | Mountain Stage Race | 2.1 | 1st-4th | | Giro del Capo | Mountain Stage Race | 2.2 | 14th-19th | | Tour of Eritrea | Mountain Stage Race | 2.1 | 14th-17th | | Ster ZLM Tour | Hilly Stage Race | 2.1 | 24th-27th | | | | | | | | | | | July |  Manx International | Hilly Classic | 1.HC | 7th | | USA Pro Cycling Challenge | Mountain Stage Race | 2.HC | 13th-19th | | Tour of Southland | Mountain Stage Race | 2.1 | 15th-20th |  Post Danmark Rundt | Flat Stage Race | 2.HC | 23rd-28th | | Urkiola Igoera - Subida Urkiola | Hilly Classic | 1.HC | 24th |  Taldykorgan GP | Hilly Classic | 1.1 | 29th | | | | | | | | | | | August | | Clasica San Sebastian | Hilly Classic | 1.HC | 1st |  Int. Osterreich Rundfahrt | Mountain Stage Race | 2.HC | 1st-8th | | Nelspruit Classic | Hilly Classic | 1.1 | 3rd | | Volta a Portugal | Mountain Stage Race | 2.HC | 5th-15th |  GP Liechtenstein | Mountain Classic | 1.PT | 31st | | GP Plouay | Hilly Classic | 1.1 | 31st | | | | | | | | | | | September | | Tour of Britain | Hilly Stage Race | 2.HC | 9th-16th |  Zagreb - Ljubljana | Hilly Classic | 1.1 | 12th |  GP de Quebec | Hilly Classic | 1.1 | 20th | | | | | | | | | | | October | | Milano - Torino | Hilly Classic | 1.1 | 1st | | Paris - Tours | Flat Classic | 1.HC | 2nd |  Tour of Beijing | Hilly Stage Race | 2.HC | 16th-20th |  Japan Cup | Hilly Classic | 1.HC | 23rd |
Green - Pro Tour Wildcard
Red - Goal Race
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Posted on 24-02-2014 19:08
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Transfer Availability
As you can see, we are moving to a more concentrated African focus this year, after Barclays pulled out of the project. Some of our bigger riders could be on their way out, like Yasmani Martinez and Fredrik Strand Galta, but only for the right deal!
We've already recieved some interest, but if you see someone you may want, feel free to enquire about those who could be leaving below. Check Post #3 for stats!
Staying at all costs
| Zakayo Ndbri | | Daniel Njoroge | | Suleiman Kangangi | | Hillary Kiprotich | | Riadh Ghdamsi | | Tarik Chaoufi |
Renewed, could go for the right price
| Yasmani Martinez | | Fredrik Strand Galta | | Nico Schinker | | Matthew Brammeier | | Daan Rijntjes |
Going to the free agency
| Iker Camano | | Alejandro Marque | | Yusuf Abrekov | | Henrique Madeira Casimiro |
Feel free to post now!
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 25-02-2014 09:02
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Great to see your new HQ. looking forward to how our teams will develop. Our transfer season with a limited market should be interesting 
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 25-02-2014 12:44
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Looks good. Gotta love this squad, some really exotic countries in-there.
Good luck in your first season as PCT. 
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 25-02-2014 22:26
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aidan - Thanks. Transfers will be very interesting for both of us, but hopefully our agreements will help is to avoid clashing too much.
admir - Looking forward to seeing your team, should be a nice few riders in there from the Balkans. Good luck as well.
It wasn't planned for us to be so diverse, but I struggled a bit in transfers so had to go a bit further afield. Most of the non African riders will be on their way out, I'll have to see how my team shapes up. Good that you like it though  |
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 26-02-2014 20:40
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Pre-Renewals Targets
So, with the futures of our current riders released, we're now going to follow the trend of many other managers by stating our early targets for the upcoming transfer season. These could be changed after the new DB is released.
As you can see, there are quite a few riders we'd like. Some are higher priorities that others though. Of course this is subject to change.
Targets
| Mwangi Samwel | | Mujtaba Hussein | | Hassen Ben Nasser | | Damien Gaudin | | Tsagbu Grmay | | Salifo Bikienga | | Natnael Berhane | | Lotto Petrus |
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 27-02-2014 14:04
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Fortunately regarding leaders we don't clash much. With other riders we have similar interest (as anyone would expect), but I guess we'll be able to work around that. I might just be interested in adding one or two riders to boost our TTT squad
Other than that, I'm so impatient waiting for this new DB! I'm just rearing to see what the new FAs look like, I think you'd agree 
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 01-03-2014 11:54
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Kenya Airways interested in African talent Kudus?
With the 2014 DB now out, we now have some more targets we know of that would be great additions to our team. With them being free agents, competition will be high but we feel that with these riders a great new season could beckon.
Top of our list is Merhawi Kudus, the Eritrean talent that could one day be one of the stars of African Cycling. We've decided to make him a priority in the upcoming transfer season, as we look to grow as an African team.
Known for his abilities on Mountains, we feel he as the potential to one day podium a grand tour, our long-term target. Therefore we've decided to make him one of our top priorities ahead of the upcoming transfer season! We'll see if we have the funds to attract him come the time.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 01-03-2014 12:23
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I have a feeling you won't be the only one after Kudus. It will be interesting to see how high his wage goes given the large number of teams who will want him to ensure they can keep their regional focus.
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 01-03-2014 12:26
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CountArach wrote:
I have a feeling you won't be the only one after Kudus. It will be interesting to see how high his wage goes given the large number of teams who will want him to ensure they can keep their regional focus.
He's basically my top target this year, I won't lie. I'll happily pay over 500k for him if need be! It'll be interesting to see who's interested, I don't think it will be like the Herklotz/Ewan battles though in terms of everyone wanting them. |
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 06-03-2014 19:04
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Goals Announced
With transfers coming ever closer, the time has come for the team to select it's goals for the upcoming season. Here are the different places where the sponsor wants us to do well this year, a couple of which are quite ambitious. They have promised a decent transfer budget though, so hopefully these are achieveable.
| Race | Category | Goal | | | La Tropicale Amissa Bongo | C1 | Win | | | Strade Bianchi | HC | Top 5 | | | Tour of South Africa | HC | Top 5 | | | Kenya Moutain Classic | HC | Top 10 | | | Africa Tour Standings | PCT | Win |
Win La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
Our race win goal this year us in Gabon, at La Tropicale Amissa Bongo in April. 'Just' a C1 race, but one that holds significance for the team after we got 2 stage wins and a surprise top three overall last year. With a top African puncheur on our list, why not aim for the win this time around?
Top 5 Strade Bianchi
Another hilly race, this time a classic and a HC one as well - this will be a tough one to achieve on the white roads of Toscana. As you can see for 2014 we are aiming for the hills, so this seemed a good goal as a famous hilly classic with plenty of history. A top five would be a nice way to showcase our team in Europe.
Top 5 Tour of South Africa
A third hilly goal for the team which a prospective pucheur would aim for. One of just two African HC races, this had to be a goal. There is often unpredictable racing here, if we look on evidence from the past, so anything is possible with the right riders.
Top 10 Kenya Moutain Classic
One of the more obvoious goals for the team. With this being a HC race and also being on home turf in Kenya, this had to be a goal. It's only a top ten as we're not at all certain we'll be able to sign a strong African climber so there's a bit of insurance, but hopefully this will be a relatively straightforward one.
Win Africa Tour Standings
Finally, our standings goal is probably our most ambitious. Being an African team though we felt we had to aim for this, with the rewards for a top five not being as high as hoped. A win will be tough to achieve but with the right riders and a bit of luck on our home continent anything can happen. If we race everywhere and achieve a few good results anything is possible.
So five interesting goals there for us I think. Only time will tell how they hold up, with us needing to sign the right riders in transfers. Some are quite accomplishable though, hopefully. |
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 06-03-2014 19:51
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Nice goals. I like fact that it is Africa-based. They're all pretty realistic should you get that "top African puncheur". I can also see you winning the African Tour
Unfortunately, due to our transfer targets we couldn't really choose African goals and had to choose races that suited us best. We'll still meet quite often I think, but not as much as I'd have liked
And good luck with Kudus! He's a real beast. Rumour has it that the team from South Africa will prefer to have their money tied up in older, developed riders. Rumours...
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 06-03-2014 20:54
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aidanvn13 wrote:
Nice goals. I like fact that it is Africa-based. They're all pretty realistic should you get that "top African puncheur". I can also see you winning the African Tour
Unfortunately, due to our transfer targets we couldn't really choose African goals and had to choose races that suited us best. We'll still meet quite often I think, but not as much as I'd have liked
And good luck with Kudus! He's a real beast. Rumour has it that the team from South Africa will prefer to have their money tied up in older, developed riders. Rumours...
Thanks! Wanted to keep it African, and it's convenient that there's some available Africans up to the task of achieving them. Hopefully the rider in question won't go too expensive, so we have a chance of completing the three hilly ones.
Kudus should be an interesting rider in transfers. I'm not sure who's going to be interested, so that should be a surprise. It would be great if you didn't go for him, I guess you already have Meintjes talents wise. We'll see |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 06-03-2014 22:15
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Hmm, that win goal looks familiar!
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 06-03-2014 22:43
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Hmm, that win goal looks familiar!
Great! I guess we'll see Jaguar there as well then wanting the win. May the best team win. (or lose) |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 07-03-2014 06:17
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Interesting goals. I suppose we will meet during transfers, because of a rider that should achieve them for you. I have Japan cup goal you know.
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