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[PCT] Euskaltel-Air France
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 27-03-2015 21:05
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 Euskaltel-Air France 
The 2015 Euskaltel-Air France team was last year the Euskaltel-Bavaria Team in the CT. After finishing 4th in the CT last season the team was promoted to the PCT for 2015. The supporters of Basque Country Cycling will hopefully be behind us once again as we hope to have good success in the second division of World Cycling. After CSC promoting to the PT we are here to give a home to Spanish Cyclists worthy of riding in the PCT.
The cyclists once again this year will hopefully adopt the mindset of Cycling in the Basque area which is to attack. This led to much success this season from the breakaways giving us the nickname, "The Breakaway Kings", we hope that this season's riders will do the same.
Euskaltel continues this season as the main sponsor and will continue to do so for seasons to come. Air France replaces Bavaria as our secondary sponsor which will see us bring in more French riders but we will still keep quite a few Colombian riders who are also attacking and have the style of riding that our team looks for.
Edited by Luis Leon Sanchez on 24-11-2015 07:50
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 27-03-2015 21:06
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Squad:
| Delio Fernandez | |  | Juan Sebastian Tamayo Martinez | | Moises Dueñas | | | Rafael Infantino | | Ruben Fernandez | | | Francisco Colorado | | Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez | | | Arnold Jeannesson | | Carlos Verona (On Loan) | | | Amaël Moinard | | Juan Jose Lobato del Valle | |  | Vassilis Adamou | | Haritz Orbe | |  | Denis Menchov | | Edwin Parra Bustamante | |  | Hugo Sabido | | Julian David Arredondo | | | |
Victories:
Spoiler | Stage 5 | Tour de San Luis | Vassilis Adamou | | Stage 6 | Tour de San Luis | Denis Menchov | | KOM | Volta ao Algarve | Julian David Arredondo | | Stage 6 | Tour de Beauce | Juan Sebastian Tamayo Martinez | | Stage 3 | Giro del Capo | Amaël Moinard | | KOM | Tour de Pologne | Rafael Infantino | | Stage 1 | Tour d'Algerie | Ruben Fernandez | | GC | Tour d'Algerie | Ruben Fernandez | | U25 | Tour d'Algerie | Ruben Fernandez | | Stage 2 | Tour de Slovenie | Arnold Jeannesson | | Stage 2 | Tour d'Indonesia | Julian David Arredondo | | GC | Tour d'Indonesia | Julian David Arredondo | | Stage 3 | Vuelta a Burgos | Delio Fernandez | | Points | Vuelta a Burgos | Delio Fernandez | | Race | Cauberg Classic | Haritz Orbe | | Stage 2 | Tour of Utah | Moises Dueñas |
Top Rider: Julian David Arredondo
Most Under Performing Rider: Delio Fernandez
Worst Rider: Juan Jose Lobato del Valle
Young Up and Comer: Ruben Fernandez
Edited by Luis Leon Sanchez on 27-03-2015 21:22
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 27-03-2015 21:06
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Spoiler The Euskaltel-Air France team would like to thank Jakstar22 for creating this fantastic jersey for the team after making last year's jersey as well. We hope he will stick around to make more in the future if need be.
Edited by Luis Leon Sanchez on 27-03-2015 21:17
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 27-03-2015 21:06
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| Nat | Name | Age | Overall | Wage | | Rafael Valls | 28 | 76.69 | 500,000 | | David López Garcia | 34 | 74.05 | 75,000 | | David Arroyo | 35 | 73.93 | 100,000 | | Nacer Bouhanni | 25 | 73.84 | 104,000 | | Juan José Cobo | 34 | 73.67 | 100,000 | | José Herrada | 30 | 73.66 | 75,000 | | Arnold Jeannesson | 29 | 73.43 | 65,000 | | Gorka Izagirre | 28 | 73.06 | 100,000 | | Manuel Lloret | 34 | 72.88 | 60,000 | | Delio Fernandez | 29 | 72.78 | 60,000 | | William Bonnet | 33 | 72.69 | 100,000 | | Rafael Infantino | 31 | 72.58 | 75,000 | | Amets Txurruka | 33 | 72.4 | 75,000 | | Kévin Reza | 27 | 72.22 | 100,000 | | Francisco Anton Martin | 27 | 71.71 | 70,000 | | Hector Duenas Nevado | 28 | 71.49 | 50,000 | | Julien El Fares | 30 | 71.4 | 71,000 | | Julian David Arredondo | 27 | 71.37 | 75,000 | | Enrique Sanz | 26 | 71.35 | 50,000 | | Juan Sebastian Tamayo Martinez | 27 | 71.32 | 60,000 | | Benoît Vaugrenard | 33 | 71.29 | 50,000 | | Amaël Moinard | 33 | 71.22 | 65,000 |  | Boris Borisavljevic | 21 | 69.07 | 100,000 | | Haritz Orbe | 24 | 66.56 | 65,000 |  | Alex Frame | 22 | 66.16 | 50,000 |  | Sebastian Anaya | 24 | 65.72 | 50,000 |
Edited by Luis Leon Sanchez on 29-05-2015 22:07
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 27-03-2015 21:06
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January
| Vuelta al Tachira | C1 |
February
| Barcelona Classic | C1 |  | Tour of Eritrea | HC | | Volta a Catalunya | C1 |
March
 | FDB Eire Tour | C1 | | Corsica International | HC |
April
 | Tour of Vancouver | HC |  | Tour de Romandie | HC |  | Dutch Food Valley Classic | HC |  | Interlagos Grand Prix | HC |
May
 | Tour of Japan | C1 |  | Volcan de Agua Classic | HC |  | Berlin ProRace | HC |  | Tour of the Czech Republic | HC |
June
 | Nelspruit Classic | HC |  | Tour d'Andorra | HC |
July
| Tour de France | PT |  | Manx International | HC |  | Tour of Bulgaria | C1 |  | Post Danmark Rundt | HC |
August
 | Int. Osterreich Rundfahrt | HC | | Clasica San Sebastian | HC | | Volta a Portugal | HC |    | Baltic Chain Tour | HC |
September
 | Tour of America | C1 |
October
| Colombian Venteaux | C1 |  | Tour of Beijing | HC |
Edited by Luis Leon Sanchez on 21-06-2015 07:19
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 27-03-2015 21:07
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Stage Wins: 1
| Stage 1 | Vuelta al Tachira | Nacer Bouhanni | C1 |
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PT:
HC:
| 10th | Stage 2 | Tour of Eritrea | Rafael Valls | | 4th | Stage 3 | Tour of Eritrea | Rafael Valls | | 2nd | Stage 4 | Tour of Eritrea | Gorka Izagirre | | 10th | Stage 6 | Tour of Eritrea | Rafael Valls | | 4th | GC | Tour of Eritrea | Rafael Valls | | 3rd | KOM | Tour of Eritrea | Amets Txurruka |
C1:
| 1st | Stage 1 | Vuelta al Tachira | Nacer Bouhanni | | 5th | Stage 1 | Vuelta al Tachira | Francisco Anton Martin | | 10th | Stage 1 | Vuelta al Tachira | Kévin Reza | | 3rd | Stage 2 | Vuelta al Tachira | Nacer Bouhanni | | 9th | Stage 2 | Vuelta al Tachira | Francisco Anton Martin | | 2nd | Stage 3 | Vuelta al Tachira | Nacer Bouhanni | | 8th | Stage 3 | Vuelta al Tachira | Francisco Anton Martin | | 7th | Stage 5 | Vuelta al Tachira | Kévin Reza | | 2nd | Stage 6 | Vuelta al Tachira | Amets Txurruka | | 4th | Stage 8 | Vuelta al Tachira | Julian David Arredondo | | 6th | Stage 10 | Vuelta al Tachira | Gorka Izagirre | | 8th | GC | Vuelta al Tachira | Amets Txurruka |
Edited by Luis Leon Sanchez on 22-06-2015 07:04
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 27-03-2015 21:07
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News and Announcements of 2015
New Twitter Account:
Edited by Luis Leon Sanchez on 28-03-2015 08:33
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 05-05-2015 10:12
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WIN, Volta a Portugal
Top 5, Tour d'Andorra
Top 5, Tour of Eritrea
Top 5, Volta a Catalunya
Top 10, Team Standings
Our goals this year add up to quite a high point tally yet again. In our first season we failed to achieve any of our goals but came close on two and still managed promotion from 4th place.
This season our win goal is in the HC Volta a Portugal, we had two in the Top 10 last season and this race helped us significantly in terms of promotion. We will need a top stage racer for this. The Tour d'Andorra and Tour of Eritrea are also HC and we know good riders will be here but a good rider should be capable of a Top 5. Our home race in Catalunya is a Top 5 goal and despite being C1 will see a strong field because it is also the win goal of ONCE.
The Top 10 Team Standings is probably a bit unrealistic but anything is possible and if we get one or two top climbers/stage racers then I'm sure we will compete well at the top of the PCT.
Edited by Luis Leon Sanchez on 22-06-2015 06:59
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 05-05-2015 13:57
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Really liking the new jersey with Air France onboard  |
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 05-05-2015 15:38
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Pretty similar goals indeed. This is going to get really interesting!
I reckon we will meet alot in other races aswell with the similar focus.
No doubt we will meet alot on the transfer marked too but I hope we can come to some agreements to avoid wasting unnesesary cap space Good luck with getting some new leaders btw!
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 08-05-2015 06:41
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Doing some training with Movistar - US Postal in Alicante
The top climbers on the team, and myself, have been away from Bilbao for a bit and over in Alicante, not far from the hellish climb Xorret de Cati which we have driven the riders to, known to be one the steepest climbs to have been featured in the Vuelta. The decision was made to stay in Alicante because the accommodation is better here. With the transfer season only days away we decided it would be best for our guys to go out and do some riding to clear their heads and to start getting them back into cycling shape.
On the second day we were at the hotel where we are staying and a few of the cyclists were about to head out for a late afternoon leisure ride. As they went out to get their bikes a big blue and green team bus turned up with the word 'Movistar' printed in bold on the side. Out stepped team director Mresuperstar followed by a large contingent of the team's climbers. Our riders greeted them nicely as they made their way to the entrance.
Later that evening after a bit of a chat between myself and Mre I found out that their riders were actually here for the same reason as ours, to get their mind off the stressful few weeks to come and of course to get a few kilometres under their belt. Some further discussion ensued to do with the future of both teams and it was decided after a few requests from the riders themselves that they would be more than welcome to ride with each other in the coming days.
It has only been two days so far, as I write to you from my room, but from what I can see our riders are getting along well with their compatriots. They have ridden together now on a few occasions and seem to be enjoying themselves, which ultimately is what we want for our riders. Some experience riding with a successful team now in the PT has so far been invaluable as they share stories and tips over a couple of beers. Myself and Mre have been more than relaxed leading up to the busiest part of the season and have both thoroughly enjoyed this break so far.
As we were talking earlier today Mre received an email from the UCI informing them of what HC races they would be riding in. Turns out we will be riding against them in the Baltic Chain Tour, Corsica International, the Tour d'Andorra and the Tour of Vancouver. It was great to hear because it means we would be riding against each other in the season, maybe we could work together?
A few other Spanish cyclists who will be frantically looking for a team come transfer season were also seen by and talked to by riders from both teams including the duo of Angel Madrazo and Justo Tenorio. Despite leaving Santander as the start of this year they were actually with a couple of their ex team mates as they thought about where they will end up riding this season, because at the moment it is out of their control.
I'll keep you updated,
LLS
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 08-05-2015 15:45
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With Karcher, Buff, ONCE and your team all battling each other in the same division, this is going to be a tough year for the Iberian market. I can foresee some stupidly high wages for those famous spanish climbers.
Wish you a restrained amount of good luck for this season 
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 10-05-2015 02:51
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| Arnold Jeannesson | € 65,000 | | Edwin Parra Bustamante | € 60,000 | | Rafael Infantino | € 75,000 | | Vassilis Adamou | € 60,000 | | Moises Dueñas | € 60,000 | | Ruben Fernandez | € 80,000 | | Julian David Arredondo | € 75,000 | | Juan Sebastian Tamayo Martinez | € 60,000 | | Amaël Moinard | € 65,000 | | Francisco Colorado | € 50,000 | | Haritz Orbe | € 65,000 |
Everyone else was released!
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 14-05-2015 02:19
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The New Climbers of Euskaltel-Air France
Rafael Valls
28 years old , Wage: 500,000
| FLA | MO | HIL | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SPR | ACC | FIG | DWH | PRO | | 69 | 79 | 75 | 72 | 78 | 77 | 78 | 56 | 62 | 72 | 69 | 66 | 72 |
The Strong Stage Racing Spaniard joins us from the Free Agency after a tough fight for his signature. Our number 1 leader this year in Stage Races and certainly a valuable rider for the team going forward.
David López Garcia
34 year old , Wage: 75,000
| FLA | MO | HIL | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SPR | ACC | FIG | DWH | PRO | | 69 | 77 | 74 | 52 | 72 | 76 | 71 | 51 | 59 | 62 | 60 | 66 | 52 |
David Arroyo
35 years old , Wage: 100,000
| FLA | MO | HIL | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SPR | ACC | FIG | DWH | PRO | | 66 | 77 | 71 | 66 | 70 | 75 | 70 | 50 | 50 | 59 | 69 | 57 | 66 |
José Herrada
30 years old , Wage: 75,000
| FLA | MO | HIL | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SPR | ACC | FIG | DWH | PRO | | 69 | 76 | 74 | 69 | 75 | 70 | 71 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 73 | 66 | 69 |
Juan José Cobo
34 year old , Wage: 100,000
| FLA | MO | HIL | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SPR | ACC | FIG | DWH | PRO | | 70 | 75 | 76 | 69 | 75 | 74 | 71 | 53 | 54 | 67 | 68 | 64 | 69 |
Amets Txurruka
33 years old , Wage: 75,000
| FLA | MO | HIL | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SPR | ACC | FIG | DWH | PRO | | 69 | 75 | 72 | 59 | 71 | 69 | 68 | 50 | 59 | 71 | 81 | 61 | 59 |
Gorka Izagirre
28 years old , Wage: 100,000
| FLA | MO | HIL | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SPR | ACC | FIG | DWH | PRO | | 68 | 75 | 73 | 70 | 71 | 69 | 70 | 53 | 62 | 63 | 76 | 65 | 70 |
Manuel Lloret
34 years old , Wage: 60,000
| FLA | MO | HIL | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SPR | ACC | FIG | DWH | PRO | | 70 | 74 | 71 | 73 | 68 | 66 | 70 | 51 | 57 | 63 | 70 | 64 | 73 |
Hector Duenas Nevado
28 years old , Wage: 50,000
| FLA | MO | HIL | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SPR | ACC | FIG | DWH | PRO | | 69 | 74 | 71 | 64 | 64 | 68 | 69 | 57 | 56 | 67 | 54 | 83 | 64 |
Edited by Luis Leon Sanchez on 14-05-2015 02:19
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 14-05-2015 03:05
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Your mountain squad depth looks more dangerous than what I had last year with CSC-Orbea.  Will be interesting to see if them combined can match the scoring output that one top climber like Contador or Machado will bring in.
We wish Anton Martin and Nevado well. And good luck to you LLS.
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 14-05-2015 10:08
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Nice squad for the Mountains very Euskatel i'm sure the Basques will be proud |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 14-05-2015 10:12
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Orange crush to make the mountains really exciting, gratz on retaining basque identity with guys like Gorka and Amets!
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| viking90 |
Posted on 14-05-2015 10:30
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wow, really nice squad for mountains! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 14-05-2015 10:44
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Holy damn.
Those mountain stages will be terrifying with your team there
Impressive - albeit risky - to have such a climbing team  |
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 14-05-2015 10:51
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Impressive climber squad there. I'm so glad I decided to avoid the mountains
Feyenoord(football) and Kelderman fanboy
PCMdaily Awards: 12x nomination, 9x runner-up, 0x win.
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