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[PCT] Boeing-Bulgaria Bicycling 2014
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 24-02-2014 19:50
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 Boeing - Bulgaria Bicycling 
Main Sponsors
Boeing
Boeing is a multinational aerospace and defense corporation. Founded in 1916 it is one of the oldest airplane manufacturers in the world. It was founded in Seattle, Washington and in 2001 moved its headquarters to Chicago, Illinois. Boeing still have presence in Seattle and that is where the majority of the team will be based and run. Boeing is most famous as an aircraft manufacturer, and most notably the 747.
So why would it decide to move into cycling. Cycling is one of the most rapidly growing sports across the world. Since 1999, and Lance Armstrong, the sport has exploded across the USA. Now with China getting major events, the UK becoming a powerhouse and other new nations never before has cycling been so lucrative.
They entered into the fray in 2013 as lead sponsor of the team, then Boeing-Vivacom ProCycling. There commitment as remained stumping up the single largest funding injection, as well as providing invaluable help with logistics and travel. This will be of great use for our first PCT season which will require a lot of fast transfers. They have also spent the year working hard on designing their own bike frame, and we will be riding it this season!
Bulgaria
Bulgaria is the manifestation of the Bulgarian Governments support of the project. Last season it was via telecommunications company Vivacom, but that has been dropped in favor of a more direct approach. This will supply funding to the team as well as a stable European base for operations.
They want strong long lasting support of Bulgarian cycling as well as a basis for Tourism advertising. It worked out well for the 2013 season so they stepped it up for 2014 following promotion.
Sponsors
| Boeing | Aeropspace | Main Sponsor | | Bulgaria | Tourism | Main Sponsor | | Nike | Clothing | Co Sponsor | | SRAM | Equipment | Co Sponsor | | Starbucks | Beverages | Co Sponsor | | Evergreen | Aviation | Co Sponsor |
Long Term Goals
As part of our work with Bulgaria we have agreed to a certain number of long term goals for the team to aim for and keep. If we can do this it will be a major success and cement our place in Man-Game history!
1) Promote and Develop Bulgarian Cycling
2) Take a core of Bulgarian cyclists to the WT by 2017
3) Get a Bulgarian squad to the World Championships by 2017
Future Outlook
Thanks to the commitment from our sponsors carrying over from 2013 to 2014 we pursued a number of communications with them about their ideas for future sponsorship, and already have in place a number of options for 2015 and beyond in terms of support
1) Status Quo - Everything stays the same
2) Franchising - The team becomes a franchise name, with sponsors taking an equal share of the funding
3) Restructure - Boeing are the most borderline. Any relegation will see them drop out so we put in place clauses to give promoted companies to main sponsor
Edited by TheManxMissile on 24-02-2015 11:40
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 24-02-2014 19:50
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| Last name | First name | FL | MO | HL | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SP | ACC | FTR | DH | PRL | AVG |  | Thomas | Geraint | 75 | 51 | 60 | 63 | 75 | 70 | 69 | 79 | 74 | 78 | 71 | 63 | 63 | 75.83 | | Panayotov | Petar | 67 | 78 | 72 | 68 | 71 | 76 | 73 | 50 | 64 | 72 | 77 | 65 | 68 | 74.58 |  | Lloyd | Matthew | 67 | 73 | 76 | 64 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 53 | 64 | 71 | 75 | 64 | 64 | 73.67 |  | Izagirre | Gorka | 68 | 75 | 73 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 70 | 53 | 62 | 63 | 76 | 65 | 70 | 72.75 | | Grashev | Martin | 68 | 72 | 69 | 64 | 73 | 72 | 68 | 75 | 65 | 73 | 65 | 63 | 64 | 72.50 | | Mihaylov | Nikolay | 70 | 56 | 62 | 74 | 68 | 70 | 67 | 59 | 70 | 73 | 69 | 59 | 74 | 71.58 |  | Sarmiento | Cayetano | 65 | 76 | 66 | 54 | 70 | 74 | 70 | 58 | 51 | 66 | 76 | 78 | 54 | 71.50 |  | Capecchi | Eros | 72 | 57 | 70 | 65 | 71 | 68 | 69 | 54 | 74 | 75 | 72 | 63 | 65 | 71.25 |  | Routley | Will | 68 | 62 | 74 | 61 | 69 | 68 | 70 | 70 | 64 | 63 | 70 | 66 | 61 | 71.00 | | Yates | Simon | 70 | 68 | 71 | 67 | 70 | 67 | 65 | 51 | 71 | 73 | 70 | 62 | 70 | 70.75 | | Georgiev | Georgi Petrov | 68 | 74 | 70 | 64 | 67 | 72 | 68 | 55 | 63 | 67 | 66 | 64 | 64 | 70.75 | | Chicchi | Francesco | 71 | 50 | 56 | 53 | 70 | 63 | 72 | 62 | 77 | 76 | 53 | 68 | 53 | 70.67 | | Gyurov | Spas | 69 | 55 | 65 | 73 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 70 | 66 | 69 | 71 | 62 | 73 | 70.42 | | Sparling | Jamie | 69 | 56 | 64 | 60 | 71 | 67 | 67 | 74 | 64 | 66 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 70.00 | | Hristov | Stefan | 69 | 63 | 62 | 66 | 69 | 67 | 66 | 73 | 63 | 70 | 68 | 64 | 66 | 69.75 |  | Bardet | Romain | 65 | 70 | 67 | 58 | 69 | 67 | 65 | 51 | 52 | 69 | 60 | 70 | 58 | 68.75 | | Ewan | Caleb | 68 | 61 | 68 | 60 | 66 | 68 | 65 | 65 | 74 | 73 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 68.25 | | Bolivar | Isaac | 66 | 61 | 64 | 69 | 68 | 65 | 66 | 69 | 59 | 68 | 65 | 74 | 69 | 68.08 | | Robov | Momchil | 68 | 68 | 68 | 64 | 65 | 69 | 66 | 50 | 68 | 67 | 72 | 65 | 64 | 67.67 |  | Fritsch | Sven | 69 | 64 | 68 | 64 | 66 | 64 | 67 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 63 | 67 | 68 | 67.42 | | Aleksiev | Aleksander | 65 | 67 | 69 | 65 | 66 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 61 | 64 | 67 | 55 | 65 | 67.17 | | Stoenchev | Valentin | 67 | 66 | 65 | 67 | 68 | 66 | 65 | 58 | 63 | 62 | 58 | 60 | 67 | 66.83 | | Cholakov | Stanimir | 67 | 51 | 63 | 59 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 64 | 71 | 66 | 58 | 65 | 64 | 66.25 | | Losch | Max | 66 | 51 | 64 | 62 | 65 | 65 | 63 | 66 | 69 | 72 | 78 | 62 | 66 | 65.83 |
Jersey
Edited by TheManxMissile on 21-03-2014 11:32
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 24-02-2014 19:51
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1) WIN, Tour of Bulgaria (I5 D3)
Failed: 6th Petar Panayotov
2) WIN, Tour of Vancouver (I4 D4)
Failed: 14th Petar Panayotov
3) WIN, Tour of the Battenkill (I3 D3)
Failed: 5th Geraint Thomas
4) TOP5, 5 Jours de Dunkerque (I1 D2)
Failed: 24th Will Routely
5) TOP5, America Tour Standings (I1 D4)
Failed: 21st
Vuelta al Tachira - 4th Stage 4 - Gorka Izagirre
Vuelta al Tachira - 1st Stage 5 - Momchil Robov
Vuelta al Tachira - 6th Stage 6 - Cayetano Sarmiento
Vuelta al Tachira - 1st Stage 7 - Matthew Lloyd
Vuelta al Tachira - 5th Stage 8 - Peter Panayotov
Vuelta al Tachira - 4th Stage 9 - Peter Panayotov
Vuelta al Tachira - 3rd Stage 10 - Gorka Izagirre
Vuelta al Tachira - 7th Stage 10 - Matthew Lloyd
Vuelta al Tachira - 9th GC - Gorka Izagirre
Vuelta al Tachira - 3rd KoM - Matthew Lloyd
Vuelta al Tachira - 1st Team - Boeing
Bahir Dar - 2nd Race - Martin Grashev
Bahir Dar - 10th Race - Geraint Thomas
Dwars Door Vlaanderen - 3rd Race - Geraint Thomas
Driedaagse de Panne - 5th Stage 3 - Geraint Thomas
Kenya Mountain Classic - 6th Race - Peter Panayotov
Rheden GP - 7th Race - Geraint Thomas
Tour of Vancouver - 10th Stage 2 - Simon Yates
Tour of Vancouver - 9th Stage 4 - Petar Panayotov
Tour of Vancouver - 1st Stage 5 - Gorka Izagirre
Tour of Vancouver - 5th Stage 6 - Cayetano Sarmiento
Tour of the Battenkill - 5th Race - Geraint Thomas
4 Jours de Dunkerque - 10th Stage 1 - Max Losch
4 Jours de Dunkerque - 4th Stage 5 - Martin Grashev
Sibiu Tour - 8th Stage 2 - Petar Panayotov
Sibiu Tour - 9th Stage 3 - Petar Panayotov
Sibiu Tour - 10th GC - Petar Panayotov
Tour Czech Republic - 1st Stage 2 - Matthew Lloyd
Tour Czech Republic - 1st KoM - Matthew Lloyd
Eneco Tour - 9th Stage 3 - Geraint Thomas
Eneco Tour - 6th GC - Martin Grashev
Tour of Bulgaria - 9th Stage 5 - Petar Panayotov
Tour of Bulgaria - 7th Stage 6 - Petar Panayotov
Tour of Bulgaria - 6th GC - Petar Panayotov
Tour of Southland - 7th Stage 5 - Matthew Lloyd
Tour of Southland - 10th GC - Matthew Lloyd
Kobenhavn Byrundtur - 7th Race - Geraint Thomas
Tour de l'Avenir - 10th Stage 3 - Simon Yates
Tour de l'Avenir - 2nd Stage 7 - Momchil Robov
Tour of America - 9th Stage 3 - Caleb Ewan
Tour of America - 9th Stage 4 - Boeing-Bulgaria
Tour of America - 2nd Stage 6 - Georgi Georgiev
Tour of America - 5th Stage 7 - Caleb Ewan
Tour of America - 1st Stage 11 - Momchil Robov
Tour of America - 4th Stage 12 - Sven Fritsch
Tour of America - 1st Stage 14 - Caleb Ewan
Tour of America - 7th Stage 21 - Caleb Ewan
Tour of Britain - 2nd Stage 6 - Mathew Lloyd
Tour of Britain - 2nd Stage 8 - Mathew Lloyd
Wanze-Arenburg - 1st Race - Geraint Thomas
Tour du Faso - 1st Stage 9 - Martin Grashev
Bulgarian NC RR - 1st Race - Nikolay Mihaylov
Bulgarian NC TT - 1st Race - Nikolay Mihaylov
Australian NC RR - 3rd Race - Matthew Lloyd
Luxembourg NC RR - 1st Race - Sven Fritsch
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 26-02-2014 00:01
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So the message I take from that is whatever strategy you take, Panayotov will be useless in achieving it 
Edited by SportingNonsense on 26-02-2014 00:01
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 26-02-2014 06:46
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I would go with Plan B. It is always Plan B in the end. 
Edited by Avin Wargunnson on 26-02-2014 06:46
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 27-02-2014 13:39
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@avin - Plan B is my favorite one, and is also the most likely
Last season when Boeing first became involved with cycling they started work on making their own bikes. Whilst progress was made it did not come in time to be used for the season. So these brand new bikes have had a full years work put into them to make sure they deliver in every aspect. The experienced heads of Chicchi, Bucciero, Routely and Britton have all had big influences on the design of the bikes which are tailored to the teams specific needs.
Lets start with the Road Bike. While some manufactures are going with flowing shapes to reduce resistance Boeing have taken a more radical approach with a lot of straight edges. From the front it is a still a low profile, but they've used their decades of aerodynamic experience to direct the airflow away from the turning wheels and through the leg area. This has the effect of creating low pressure and a slight lift effect. Overall it leads to less drag and less rolling resistance. It also makes for a rigid and lightweight construction keeping the whole bike at the lowest allowable end of the spectrum.
The TT bike again loves the straight lines. No fancy channeling here though, it's all thing and all one directional. One of the thinnest front profiles around combined with deep set tubes reduces air resistance and unwanted spiral air flows. It is designed to slice through the air like a knife. This means almost zero pressure differential at the back end of the bike preventing other riders from drafting, but the pocket is still there to be exploited in the Team events.
The full cost of frames and equipment is a closely guarded secret but you certainly won't be buying one from a normal retailer. Currently there are only enough bikes to supply the teams at races with one spare, and then one each for training. Through the year the design will be improved and around June/July it can expect a release to the public.
(work by fintas of course)
Edited by TheManxMissile on 03-03-2014 19:42
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 01-03-2014 12:38
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I think CT teams would prefer you released JTL so he can get a stats boost
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 01-03-2014 12:38
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I see one clash on the secondary targets. |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 01-03-2014 12:42
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@SN - I'm still considering releasing him. But any money i can make on him will help, so it's the balance between heart and head. I make a lot of heart decisions and at some point my head has to take over.
@Miguel - Yes i know... and it's not the one you own
Edited by TheManxMissile on 01-03-2014 12:43
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 01-03-2014 20:02
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If the talent is Canadian expect a bidding war haha more seriously good luck with our primary targets hope you can get most could cost a lot though:/ |
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 01-03-2014 22:10
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No way. You won't get Mohoric that easy. You'll see tommorow what i am talking about. 
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 01-03-2014 22:30
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May be able to find a new home for Bustamante
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 01-03-2014 22:45
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SportingNonsense wrote:
I think CT teams would prefer you released JTL so he can get a stats boost
One of my targets
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| 547984 |
Posted on 02-03-2014 00:20
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I hope your 2014 roster doesn't include any Americans, like 2013
I'm optimistic, for once
baseballlover312, 06-03-14 : "Nuke Moscow...Don't worry Russia, we've got plenty of love to go around your cities"
Sarah Palin, 08-03-14 (CPAC, on Russian aggression) : "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke"
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| Roman |
Posted on 02-03-2014 00:39
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TheManxMissile wrote:
By talent i mean Mohoric or Hirt (not even going to think about Ewan/Herklotz/Kudus) rather than the new Canadians.
Aren't you going after Dombrowski? What would you do with a Czech rider who is praying a certain Czech team will get him.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 02-03-2014 09:41
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@Code - You don't read much do you
@Roman - We'll see. I can't live off Bulgaians for ever
Let's not talk too much about the 2013 season in terms of goals. We missed them all and in most cases my quite a lot at that. Our closest race was Dobrich GP (Win Goal) where we finished 2nd and 3rd. Partly this came out of the fact we did set big big goals to net a large first season budget. We got that and put it to use in obtaining Thomas amongst a few others.
So on to 2014. Following that failure our budget will less than expected this time around. This has forced us into going big again to compensate. It's all very short term but with relegation expected we don't really worry. That and quite a few of the established PCT teams seem to fail a lot as well.
1) WIN, Tour of Bulgaria
C1 level Stage Race. It's home ground and we will be going for it with all guns blazing! Traditionally we've ridden very well on home roads so taking this, combined with one or two good climbers and it's certainly not out of reach.
Importance: *****
Difficulty: ***
2) WIN, Tour of Vancouver
HC level Stage Race. It's the closest we can get to racing in Washington being just a stones throw away. Last year we went with a wildcard and put down some aggressive riding. This time we need a big climber to step up and ride it hard.
Importance: ****
Difficulty: ****
3) WIN, Tour of the Battenkill
HC level one-day race. Was on our goals last year, but now it's cobbled! This puts it firmly in the sight of Thomas and we really think he could deliver the result. It's not beyond his capabilities and as a race on US turf it would make sponsors happy.
Importance: ***
Difficulty: ***
4) TOP5, 5 Jours de Dunkerque
HC level Stage Race. Easily our best stage race of 2013 where we did finish in the Top5. So with very little chaining in the route and in the classics set up there is no reason why we can't do it again. The one goal were the head was in charge.
Importance: *
Difficulty: **
5) TOP5, America Tour Standings
Regional Rankings. Ok we are expecting to relegate so this is fairly odd as a goal. But as PCT with access to HC races and we are planning to go to every American Tour race at HC and C1 level with competitive squads a surprise could happen.
Importance: *
Difficulty: ****
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 02-03-2014 09:49
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Some interesting goals there. Vancouver is thinking of Panayotov definetelly. |
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 02-03-2014 10:08
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Talk about go big or go home! I thought my objectives were tough before I saw this. Still, a couple are achieveable with the right riders. |
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| jph27 |
Posted on 02-03-2014 10:13
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Only 20 goal points? Part timer
Edited by jph27 on 02-03-2014 10:14
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 02-03-2014 10:13
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@Fdg - Only cost 20, so it could have been bigger Battenkill and 5Jours are in range already, then can make a good stab at the others
Edited by TheManxMissile on 03-03-2014 19:45
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