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RBC Pro Cycling [PCT] 2015 - We Promoted
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 09-05-2015 11:50
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Introduction:
RBC is into it's 3rd year of sponsorship of the team after it's co-sponsorship of Alstom-RBC and full sponsorship for last season.
RBC mission statement for the team has always been to improve the global reach of cycling in Canada showcased by a 50% plus Canadian team last year, this satisfied the sponsors very much though the results did not, poor showings in the Canadian races plus a no show at the Tour of Vancouver led to some harsh dealings in the Boardroom this off-season with the message obvious.
1. Win more races.
2. Make the ProTour
3. Race all Canadian Races Available
Simple enough then I guess.
Edited by jt1109 on 21-11-2015 18:50
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 09-05-2015 11:51
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Team History
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| Rider | Nationality | Wage | | Ryan Anderson |  | 240,000 | | Johnny Bellis | | 325,000 | | Alexandor Cataford | | 110,000 | | Christopher De Souza | | 50,000 | | Mitch Docker | | 200,000 | | Antoine Duchesne | | 50,000 | | Kristijan Durasek | | 130,000 | | *Alexis Gourgeard | | 50,000 | | Hugo Houle | | 60,000 | | **Michel Koch | | 50,000 | | Patrick Lane | | 50,000 | | Marc Machado | | 50,000 | | Charles Matte | | 50,000 | | Christian Meier | | 50,000 | | Patrick Naud | | 50,000 | | Peter Pancake | | 50,000 | | Cedric Pineau | | 50,000 | | Perrig Quemeneur | | 50,000 | | Dominique Rollin | | 50,000 | | Ryan Roth | | 50,000 | | Sebastian Salas | | 50,000 | | Michael Torckler | | 50,000 | | Romain Vanderbiest | | 560,000 |
*In on Loan from Festina Canal+
** In on Loan from Evonik
Results
Stages
| Race | Stage/Comp | Rider | Position | | Canadian Road Race Championship | | Alexandor Cataford | 1 | | GP Plouay | | Johnny Bellis | 1 | | Tour of Taiihu | GC | Romain Vanderbiest | 1 | | Tour of Taiihu | 5 | Romain Vanderbiest | 1 | | Tour of Mallorca | 2 | Romain Vanderbiest | 1 | | USA Pro Cycling Challenge | 7 | Mitch Docker | 1 | | Canadian National TT Championship | | Christian Meier | 1 | | Tour of Taiwan | 6 | Hugo Houle | 1 | | Manx International | | Johnny Bellis | 2 | | Gisbourne GP | | Johnny Bellis | 2 | | Tour of South Africa | 2 | Johnny Bellis | 2 | | Tropical Amissa Bongo | 6 | Alexandor Cataford | 2 | | Tropical Amissa Bongo | 5 | Alexandor Cataford | 2 | | Tour of Czech | 4 | Patrick Naud | 2 | | Tour of Taiihu | 1 | Romain Vanderbiest | 2 | | Tour of Taiihu | 2 | Romain Vanderbiest | 2 | | 5 Jours Dunkerque | 2 | Romain Vanderbiest | 2 | | Tour of Mallorca | 1 | Romain Vanderbiest | 2 | | Tour of Faso | 5 | Romain Vanderbiest | 2 | | GP Quebec | | Johnny Bellis | 3 | | Tour of South Africa | 3 | Johnny Bellis | 3 | | Tour of Mallorca | 2 | Mitch Docker | 3 | | Wanze-Arenberg | | Marc Machado | 3 | | Tour Down Under | 1 | Romain Vanderbiest | 3 | | Post Denmark Rundt | 4 | Romain Vanderbiest | 3 | | Tour of Faso | 4 | Romain Vanderbiest | 3 |
Win Classic San Sebastian (HC) - Bellis 5th
Win Scandinavian Open Road Race (C1)- Bellis 4th
Top 5 Eneco Tour (HC) - 7th Ryan Roth
Top 5 Gisbourne GP (C1)- Bellis 2nd
Top 10 Overall Standings
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| Rider | Nationality | Wage | | Ryan Anderson | | 240,000 | | David Boily | | 130,000 | | Guillaume Boivin | | 50,000 | | Christopher De Souza | | 50,000 | | Loic Desirac | | 50,000 | | Charles Dionne | | 50,000 | | Kristijan Durasek | | 210,000 | | John Gadret | | 140,000 | | Said Haddou | | 50,000 | | Hugo Houle | | 85,000 | | Sebastien Ivars | | 110,000 | | Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier* | | 400,000 | | Laurent Mangel | | 50,000 | | Christian Meier | | 50,000 | | Steve Morabito* | | 50,000 | | Peter Pancake | | 50,000 | | Alexandre Pichot | | 50,000 | | Cedric Pineau | | 50,000 | | Perrig Quemeneur | | 50,000 | | Dominique Rollin | | 50,000 | | Ryan Roth | | 50,000 | | Jeremy Roy | | 500,000 | | Sebastian Salas | | 50,000 | | Geoffrey Soupe | | 110,000 | | Georgos Tzortzakis* | | 50,000 |
*In on Loan from Festina Canal+[/center]
Results
Stages
| Race | Stage/Comp | Rider | Position | | Tour of Austria | 6 | Ryan Anderson | 1 | | Vuelta a Algarve | 1 | David Boily | 1 | | Tour of Utah | 5 | David Boily | 1 | | Tour of Austria | 7 | Sebastian Ivars | 1 | | National Championship Canada | | Christian Meier | 1 | | National Championship Canada TT | | Christian Meier | 1 | | Tour of Austria | Stage 4 | Steve Morabito | 1 | | Bucks County Classic | | Sebastian Salas | 1 | | Tour of Algeria | 2 | Geoffrey Soupe | 1 | | Tour of Algeria | 4 | Geoffrey Soupe | 1 | | Tour of Utah | 2 | Geoffrey Soupe | 1 | | Vuelta a Portugal | 6 | David Boily | 2 | | Tour de Beuace | 5 | David Boily | 2 | | Tour de San Luis | GC | Kristijan Durasek | 2 | | Tour de San Luis | 3 | Kristijan Durasek | 2 | | Tour of America | 7 | John Gadret | 2 | | Tour of Portugal | 8 | Hugo Houle | 2 | | Nelspruit Classic | | Jeremy Roy | 2 | | Zagreb Ljubljana | | Jeremy Roy | 2 | | Tour of Czech Republic | 2 | Jeremy Roy | 2 | | Tour of Taiwan | 6 | Jeremy Roy | 2 | | Tour of Azerbaijan | 1 | Geoffrey Soupe | 2 | | Tour of Azerbaijan | 2 | Kristijan Durasek | 3 | | Tour of Austria | 3 | Ryan Anderson | 3 | | Monterrey TTT | | Team | 3 | | Tour of Algarve | 4 | Hugo Houle | 3 | | Tour of Austria | 7 | Christian Meier | 3 | | Tour de L'ain | 6 | Christian Meier | 3 | | Tour of America | 17 | Peter Pancake | 3 | | Grand Prix Quebec | | Sebastian Salas | 3 | | Taldykorgan | | Ryan Anderson | 4 | | Tour of Algarve | GC | Jeremy Roy | 4 | | Tour of Taiwan | GC | Jeremy Roy | 4 | | Tour of Czech Republic | GC | Jeremy Roy | 4 | | Tour of Algarve | GC | Kristijan Durasek | 5 | | Tour of Austria | GC | Steve Morabito | 5 |
Top 10 Tour of Vancouver- 11th Gadret
Win GP Quebec - 3rd Salas
Win GP Montreal - 9th Anderson
Top 5 Philadelphia International - 21st Soupe
American Tour Top 5 - 8th
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 09-05-2015 11:51
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 Team Standings | Top 5 | |  Manx International | Win | |  Post Denamark Rundt | Win | |  Classic San Sebastian | Top 5 | |  Monterry TTT | Win | |
So the sponsor were not happy last season and told us we were picking the hardest goals to be submitted to the MGUCI in order to gain dispensation to spend a bit more money in the transfer window.
Obviously at first Manx International and Classic San Sebastian are aimed at Johnathon Bellis who is likely to continue as our leader for the season he could be helped by returning legend David Boily in these races to try and ensure our best possible chance in all these races.
The PCT standings goal is obvious for us the ultimatum of get promotion means there is no option other then to choose this goal it is not going to be easy at all and is probably the hardest goal there but we will try.
Next the weird ones Denmark Rundt just kinda suits Vanderbiest so it was decided we might as well give him a goal to aim for if he is sold as is under question at the moment then a strong Time Trialist will be brought in for this particular goal.
Next Monterry TTT we just really love this race it's in North America and we haven't finished out of the top 6 there in two years so it's well worth a go at winning it.
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 09-05-2015 11:51
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Edited by jt1109 on 09-05-2015 13:05
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 09-05-2015 11:53
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From zero to two Canadian teams at the Tour of Vancouver! 2015 is gonna a good year for cycling in the Great White North
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 09-05-2015 12:30
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TheManxMissile wrote:
From zero to two Canadian teams at the Tour of Vancouver! 2015 is gonna a good year for cycling in the Great White North
Hopefully we don't let the country down this year
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| SotD |
Posted on 09-05-2015 12:52
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Vanderbiest is french 
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 09-05-2015 13:03
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SotD wrote:
Vanderbiest is french
I can try and turn him Canadian where's the training cost of that  thanks for noticing the mistake haha |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 09-05-2015 13:04
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And yet Lawrence is still Canadian!
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 09-05-2015 13:06
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TheManxMissile wrote:
And yet Lawrence is still Canadian!
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| SotD |
Posted on 09-05-2015 13:21
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jt1109 wrote:
SotD wrote:
Vanderbiest is french
I can try and turn him Canadian where's the training cost of that thanks for noticing the mistake haha
If you want to sell your riders you shouldn't turn them canadian though 
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| jph27 |
Posted on 09-05-2015 17:36
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With Vanderbiest's wage dropping further than I expected, he's definitely of great interest to us. And I remember you were interested in a fair few of our riders... |
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Posted on 13-05-2015 17:46
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In
 Johann Van Zyl -----------> 100,000 50k Wage (From Kenya Airways)
 Florian Morizot -----------> Swap 80k Wage (From Huawei - Red Bull)
 Kai Reus -----------> Swap 300k Wage (From Ayubowan!)
 Rene Mandri -----------> Swap 75,000 Wage (From Ayubowan!)
 Sander Armee -----------> Loan 60,000 Wage (From Quickstep)
 Michael Boros -----------> Loan 50,000 Wage (From Becherovka)
 Nathan Brown -----------> Free Agent 50,000 Wage
Out
Romain Vanderbiest -----------> Swap (To Ayubowan!)
Christopher De Souza -----------> Swap (To Ayubowan!)
 Mitch Docker -----------> 600k(To Risa-Ergon)
 Ryan Roth -----------> Free (To Gatorade)
Peter Pancake -----------> Free (TO Gatorade)
Sebastian Salas -----------> Free (To Minions)
Guillhaume Boivin -----------> Loan (To Becherovka)
Hugo Houle -----------> Loan (To Quickstep)
Lawrence Warbasse -----------> 850k (To US Postal)
So lots of action already the big move by the management team will to get rid of all Canadians "Not useful to providing results at a PCT Level or with adequate potential to reach that level in the future." This was then supplemented by the loss of Warbasse and Docker to cash deals we feel were at the market value and could be re-invested into the team. The team then made the swaps of Christopher De Souza and Romain Vanderbiest to bring in more Veterans and experienced leaders and sub leaders for the team. Along with Boivin and Houle going on loan to max out.
On the In's Johann Van Zyl was a cheap rider who will improve and become a better rider on this team.
Florian Morizot was IMO a better Durasek who we swapped him with marginally but still better so he has come in.
Kai Reus comes in to make his mark in the TT he also is able to get over hills and mountains really well and will now become the driving force behind two of our goals at Denmark Rundt and Monterry.
Rene Mandri comes in as a breakaway specialist with top accelaration in a swap for De Souza who will become better but I felt I needed a here and now option and Mandri is that.
Sander Armee comes in with the Houle loan deal gives us another rider capable in the breaks and riding hard on the cobbles and on the front of the bunch
Michael Boros Michael is in in a swap for the Boivin deal he will in all likelihood lead the team in the cobbled classics this year and with his high hill and cobbled 70+ in both becomes our 4 rider in that category.
Nathan Brown Nathan comes in on minimum wage and managed to escape the attention of all other American teams despite his great all round stats for a stage racer we are excited to have him on the team for the year.
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 13-05-2015 19:20
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To comment on Brown, he rode for me last year (with mixed results), but he might be a bit more useful after he upgraded. For 50,000. I consider him a good deal
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 13-05-2015 19:28
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Marcovdw wrote:
To comment on Brown, he rode for me last year (with mixed results), but he might be a bit more useful after he upgraded. For 50,000. I consider him a good deal
Thanks Marco I feel he will develop into the perfect PT TT rider with the help he will give in the mountains as well as his TT skills
Also here's Johann Van Zyl's Champions Jersey
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 13-05-2015 19:29
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jt1109 wrote:
Also here's Johann Van Zyl's Champions Jersey
Glad you were able to take him, especially now that he will ride in such a great jersey
Should develop into a nice talent for you. |
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| jph27 |
Posted on 13-05-2015 19:35
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Two of my former riders and my loanee from last season Boroš will keep me interested in your results. Shame we ran out of swap deals to do |
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 13-05-2015 20:58
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FroomeDog99 wrote:
Glad you were able to take him, especially now that he will ride in such a great jersey
Should develop into a nice talent for you.
I'm really looking forward to him I had my eye on him all transfer just thought he would go for a bit more so snapped him up that cheaply can never have enough 50k riders that are useful too.
jph27 wrote:
Two of my former riders and my loanee from last season Boroš will keep me interested in your results. Shame we ran out of swap deals to do
Boros should be cool as part of the 4 cobbled/hill riders hopefully they can sneak some top 20's And yeah but Reus and Mandri will hopefully make a few good results this year |
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Posted on 13-05-2015 21:01
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Some great additions, and I really like that SA NC Jersey
.: Manager of :.
.: My Awards :.
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 14-05-2015 10:24
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@the_hoyle well we have strengthen depth wise but probably not leader wise we started with Boily and Bellis anyway though so hopefully they can perform
In
Rick Flens -----------> 300k (From Bpost)
Out
Marc Machado -----------> 550k (To Buff-Polska)
Patrick Lane -----------> 100k (To Vontonbel)
2 more out's to report the Cobbled expert Marc Machado leves the team after one season and head for the Buff-Polska squad and Patrick Lane also leaves to Vontonbel to continue his devlopment.
In is Rick Flens the tough Dutchman adds TT strength as well as an ability to ride on the flat and will no doubt be useful at our goals of Monterry and Denmark Rundt
Edited by jt1109 on 15-05-2015 09:13
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