It's all systems go in Luxembourg, as preparations start to buold up for the upcoming transfer season. A new season will bring a new jersey, complete with the Luxembourg national champion's jersey for youngster Gilles Heymes.
Sponsors
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- 5th in ProTour Team Standings
- ProTour Individual Standings: Ben Swift (14), Andy Schleck (18), Frank Schleck (26)
- Ben Swift: 4 Giro d'Italia stage wins, 2nd in Tour of Qatar (1 stage win), 3 other stage wins
- Andy Schleck: Tour of Romandie, 2nd in Tour de Suisse, 3rd in Tour de France (1 stage win), 3rd in Vuelta Ciclista a Catalunya
- Frank Schleck: Giro di Lombardia, the 'real' winner of Tirreno-Adriatico, 3rd in Vuelta al Pais Vasco, 8th in Vuelta a Espana
- 5th in ProTour Standings
- ProTour Individual Standings: Frank Schleck (6), Rigoberto Uran (9), Benat Intxausti (13)
- Frank Schleck: Liege-Bastogne-Liege, FBD Eire Tour, Badaling International, GP Yekeratinburg, Giro di Lombardia
- Benat Intxausti: 'Moral Vuelta Winner' (1 stage win, long stint in race lead)
- Rigoberto Uran: 5th in Tour de France (1 stage win, stint in race lead), 2nd in Deutschland Tour, 2nd in Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, 3rd in Tour de Suisse
Spoiler
Team [23 riders]:
Frank Schleck
Rigoberto Uran
Ben Gastauer
Beñat Intxausti
Nick Clesen
Pedro Merino Criado [loan]
David Claerebout
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura [loan]
Sebastien Einsle
Matea Kvasina
Nico Schinker
Marcel Kittel
Teodoro Costagli [loan]
Marcel Barth
Thomas Faiers [loan]
João Cabreira
Maxim Iglinski
Michael Ford
Denis Galimzyanov [loan]
Ciaran Kelly [loan]
Dmitri Medvedev
Amadou Bakari [loan]
Jan Hopman [loan]
Loaned Out [2 riders]:
Drastutis Stundzia
Mwangi Samwel
Accumalux - Huez SportingNonsense
2010
6th
- 6th in ProTour Standings
- ProTour Individual Standings: Frank Schleck (7), Benat Intxausti (14), Franco Pellizotti (22)
- Frank Schleck: Paris-Nice, Amstel Gold Race, Liege-Bastogne-Liege
- Benat Intxausti: 2nd in Vuelta a Espana, 5th in Tour de France
- Franco Pellizotti: 2nd in Giro d'Italia
- Marcel Kittel: World U23 TT Championships
Spoiler
Team [20 riders]:
Frank Schleck
Santiago Perez Fernandez
Christian Poos
Beñat Intxausti
Nick Clesen
Matea Kvasina
David Claerebout
Marcel Kittel
Sebastien Einsle
Marcel Barth
Franco Pellizotti
João Cabreira
Rafaâ Chtioui
Gatis Smukulis
Maxim Iglinski
Drastutis Stundzia
Nico Sijmens
Franklin Chacon
Remmert Wielinga
Mwangi Samwel
Loaned Out [1 rider]:
Ben Gastauer
Accumalux - Formex SportingNonsense
2009
1st
- 1st in ProTour Team Standings
- ProTour Individual Standings: Frank Schleck (1), Franco Pellizotti (7), Fabian Cancellara (33), David Millar (39), Oscar Freire (47)
- Franco Pellizotti: Milano-San Remo, 3rd in Giro d'Italia, World Championships
- Frank Schleck: Tour de Suisse, Japan Cup
Spoiler
Team [23 riders]:
Frank Schleck
Oscar Freire
Christian Poos
Beñat Intxausti
Nick Clesen
Matea Kvasina
Franco Pellizotti
Marcel Kittel
Rafaâ Chtioui
Marcel Barth
Maxim Iglinski
Jorge Giacinti
Jussi Veikkanen
Raivis Belohvosckis
David Millar
Drastutis Stundzia
Chris Newton
Fabian Cancellara
Nico Sijmens
Jean Nuttli
Remmert Wielinga
Rubens Bertogliati
Piotr Mazur
Accumalux SportingNonsense
2008
4th
- 4th in ProTour Team Standings
- ProTour Individual Standings: Frank Schleck (7), Fabian Cancellara (14), Francisco Mancebo (27), David Millar (48)
- Frank Schleck: Tour de France
- Fabian Cancellara: Paris-Roubaix, Eneco Tour of Benelux
- Francisco Mancebo: Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
- Eindhoven TTT
Spoiler
Team [28 riders]:
Frank Schleck
Francisco Ventoso
Christian Poos
Beñat Intxausti
Nick Clesen
Koldo Gil
Nico Schinker
Francisco Mancebo
Carlo Kirsch
Marcel Barth
Jempy Drucker
Jorge Giacinti
Ondrej Sosenko
Edgardo Simón
Robbie Hunter
Raivis Belohvosckis
David Millar
Drastutis Stundzia
Geraint Thomas
Gonzalo Garrido Zenteno
Mikhail Ignatiev
Fabian Cancellara
Remmert Wielinga
Jean Nuttli
Piotr Mazur
Rubens Bertogliati
Przemyslaw Niemiec
Manuel Medina
Saunier - Duval Prodir SportingNonsense
2007
1st
- 1st in ProTour Team Standings
- ProTour Individual Standings: Frank Schleck (2), Francisco Mancebo (8), Koldo Gil (29), Leonardo Piepoli (35)
- Francisco Mancebo: Vuelta a Espana
- Frank Schleck: Tirreno-Adriatico, Fleche Wallone
- Eindhoven TTT
- Leonardo Piepoli: 4th in Giro d'Italia
In exclusive news, we can reveal that 19 riders completed rider renewals for Vesuvio-Accumalux, coming in just shy of the 3.5 million salary cap.
Schleck
Andy
€ 870,000
Schleck
Frank
€ 600,000
Swift
Ben
€ 400,000
Gastauer
Ben
€ 300,000
Samwel
Mwangi
€ 300,000
Skujins
Toms
€ 190,000
Kittel
Marcel
€ 120,000
Merino Criado
Pedro
€ 85,000
Kirsch
Alex
€ 75,000
De Gendt
Thomas
€ 60,000
Medvedev
Dmitri
€ 60,000
Paterski
Maciej
€ 60,000
Caethoven
Steven
€ 55,000
Jungels
Bob
€ 55,000
Porte
Richie
€ 55,000
Barth
Marcel
€ 50,000
Claerebout
David
€ 50,000
Einsle
Sebastien
€ 50,000
Heymes
Gilles
€ 50,000
We will of course be keeping an eye out for interesting riders during the transfers, and many of these riders themselves may be available for sale or trade. We hope to be active in the loaning in market as well!
Edited by SportingNonsense on 11-03-2014 22:23
Gastauer's wage makes me worry for next season...on the other hand, it's kinda relieving to see that you have to pay for Swift denying Bennati so many wins and us to avoid relegation
A sad consequence of the renewals phase is the departure from the team of Croatian Matea Kvasina, after 5 years of loyal service. Stand out indiviual achievements include a 3rd place at Stage 13 of last season's Vuelta a Espana, 14th in the 2011 Paris-Nice and 17th in the 2010 Tour of Romandie.
But most notable is his Grand Tour record while riding for us - having ridden and finished 13 of the last 15 Grand Tours, providing strong support to our various Grand Tour leaders over the years: Franco Pellizotti, Frank Schleck, Benat Intxausti, Rigoberto Uran and Andy Schleck. He showed a remarkable consistency in terms of Top 50 finishing positions too, with the one exception of last season's Giro.
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Giro d'Italia
28
42
36
39
59
Vuelta a Espana
-
38
38
39
42
Tour de France
39
36
45
-
50
With the reduction of Grand Tour squads to 8, and his stats starting to decline, the time has come to part company. It is hoped that perhaps a PCT or CT squad will look to pick him up as a helpful domestique, for one last season!
Porte is 71 Hl and 76 TT. He doesn't have an assured place in our team so may become available, although I am not going to rush to sell him having maxed him out last season - so not yet the opportunity to use him at these current stats. It may be that if I make other moves, he becomes expendable.
Interesting wage for Mwangi, maybe a little higher than I'd hoped. You'll probably get an offer or two for him from Kenya Airways though regardless. Hopefully you can find a replacement or can wait for Kirsch to develop.
Great new jersey by the way, should stand out very well with it's fiery colours. Oleg has done a great job this year, along with aidan.
Bacardi - Itera is interested in Medvedev aswell, if he is available this year. We would like to expand our Russian riderbase while also solidifying our focus on climbing.
Nice to see multiple interest in Barth. I'm more inclined to keep Medvedev, but always interested to hear offers once transfers starts!
FroomeDog99 wrote:
Interesting wage for Mwangi, maybe a little higher than I'd hoped. You'll probably get an offer or two for him from Kenya Airways though regardless. Hopefully you can find a replacement or can wait for Kirsch to develop.
Great new jersey by the way, should stand out very well with it's fiery colours. Oleg has done a great job this year, along with aidan.
It's the price of a 79 MO rider with super stamina and recovery, unfortunately! We will have a chat, I am sure, about what sort of deal might be available.
Vesuvio
Accumalux
Corratec
Giro
Andy Schleck
Ben Swift, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Stage 2
Maciej Paterski, Giro d'Italia, Stage 11
Chen Shikai, Tour de France, Stage 14
Moreno Hofland, Vuelta al Pais Vasco, Stage 4
Jaime Suaza, Tour of Romandie, Stage 5
Pedro Merino Criado, Criterium du Dauphine Libere, Stage 5
Romain Feillu, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 1
Dmitri Medvedev, Tour de France, KoM
