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[CT] Ferrero - Samruk
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 06-01-2016 16:45
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Welcome to the online HQ of Ferrero - Samruk. A new cycling team that will represent 'The Greatest Country in the World' as described by it's most famous inhabitant.
Main investor for this project is Samruk-Kazyna is a sovereign conglomerate copletely owned by the State. Their interests include the national Rail and Post services, multiple Oil, Gas and Uranium companies and much more. They'll take on the role of 2nd title sponsor.
Main title sponosr will be the Italian chocolate company Ferrero. They're mainly known for their mythical hazelnut pasta Nutella, of which the team president is a big fan. Some of their other products include Tic Tac, Ferrero Rocher and the Mon Cheri pralines.
We have two other sponors still to present. First of all is our bike sponsor. Italian legend Ernesto Colnago is currently designing our bike himself so we'll present that one in due time.
Then there is the shirt we will be wearing. It's produced by MOA after excellent designing work by Krisa. We can't thank him enough for the wonderful job that he has done for us adapting his original design to be in accordance with MG regulations.
This is it for now. More news should be coming soon.
Edited by Spilak23 on 19-06-2016 12:31
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 09-01-2016 13:21
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Nice to see you back in MG - good luck this season. Nice work from krisa for the jersey
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 09-01-2016 13:40
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Welcome back to the Man-Game and welcome to the Kazakh market, expect some battling during the transfer season  |
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| matt17br |
Posted on 09-01-2016 13:43
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So good to see one of the most contributive managers back to the game! Best of the luck, also nice choice of sponsors/jersey! 
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| krisa |
Posted on 09-01-2016 15:02
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@matt17br & the hoyle: Unfortunately the Vino4Ever jersey wasn't accepted. MGUCI made a big mistake there.
Good luck with your team next season, hope to see you a lot in Asia
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 10-01-2016 12:26
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Good luck with your second first time in CT - hope you can show us first first timers how its done  .
The Vino4Ever jersey made me smile but I guess the MGUCI has to careful, don't want to upset the great man!
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 19-06-2016 12:30
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With transfer season now as good as over we can finally announce which fifteen riders will be defending our colours this season.
Nationality: Italian
Age: 26
Wage: €50.000
Last year: Quick-Step (via Free Agency)
Enrico Barbin was one of our main targets before the start of the transfer season. The Italian is the best puncheur in our team and one of the best in the Contintental division. Thus he'll be one of our main leaders. He's a very strong classics rider that can compete in sprints from a smaller group aswel.
Enrico Barbin wins on the Promenade des Anglais during last year's Paris Nice.
Nationaility: Lithuania
Age: 28
Wage: €130.000
Last Year: Project 1t4i (Via Trade)
Price: €400.000
Originally not part of our transfer list, we couldn't pass up the chance to nab him once we saw his old team make him available. A threat on many different terrains, we feel he is the perfect rider to create havoc in the Continental division.
Navardauskas as part of the Project 1t4i set-up that missed out on winning last years Copenhague-Malmö TTT by 5 seconds.
Nationality: Italian
Age: 30
Wage: €75.000
Last Year: Good Energy (via Free Agency)
Marcello Pavarin is a rider of very similar skillset as Enrico Barbin. Plan is that these two form a formidable one-two punch over hilly terrain.
Nationality: Italian
Age: 32
Wage: €100.000
Last Year: Grupo Nutresa (via Free Agency)
Gavazzi is our main sprinter for the upcoming season. We feel like he has enough speed to compete with most sprinters at Continental level but what makes him special is that he's also very capable on more hilly terrain.
Gavazzi sprints to victory at the Tour Down Under back in 2013.
Nationality: Italian
Age: 35
Wage: €75.000
Last Year: Gazelle (via Free Agency)
Only God can judge him.
Pippo beats Bettini to win a second Milano - San Remo.
Nationality: Ukraine
Age: 33
Wage: €90.000
Last Year: Oz Cycling (via Free Agency)
Andrei Grivko gives us another rider that has the skills to compete for victories at CT level. He gives us some more climbing and TT skils next to our usual hilly powers.
Grivko rode an aggressive race towards 5th place the European B-champs.
Nationality: Austria
Age: 28
Wage: €115.000
Last Year: Sauber - Petronas (via Free Agency)
Another puncheur but just like Grivko, Krizek is also very adept on mountains so he'll lead us in races that combine hilly stages with one or two mountain top finishes.
Krizek winning the first stage at the Tour of the Czech Republic after which he was awarded the leaders jersey.
Nationaliy: Estonia
Age: 32
Wage: €50.000
Last Year: RBC Pro Cycling (via Trade)
Price: €50.000
A good all-arounder that has no problem handling some hills. Perfect for breakaways and domestique duties.
Nationality: Australian
Age: 31
Wage: €50.000
Last Year: Compal - Merida (via Trade)
Price: €50.000
A very similar rider to Mandri, Walker will be helpfull in timetrials, on hilly terrain and even flat races.
Nationality: Italian
Age: 32
Wage: €65.000
Last Year: Aegon - Lavazza (via Trade)
Price: €50.000
A true breakaway specialist that has already proven his worth in other teams. Will be very aggressive and hopefully he'll be rewarded for that.
Bazzana won not one but two stages during last years Tour of Britain.
Nationality: Colombia
Age: 28
Wage: €50.000
Last Year: Grupo Nutresa (via Free Agency)
A small Colombian puncheur that should be usefull as a domestique.
Nationality: Spain
Age: 29
Wage: €50.000
Last Year: Free Agent
Spanish puncher that is the perfect minimum-wage domestique.
Natoinality: Spain
Age: 32
Wage: €50.000
Last Year: Free Agent.
Another Spanish puncheur that will be doing domestique work.
Valencia, Blazquez and Toribio all rode together for the Iberia team in 2014 where did immense working helping Moreno winning the individual Continental title and the team take 2nd in the team standings.
Nationality: Kazakhstan
Age: 29
Wage: €50.000
Last Year: ONCE-Eroski (via Trade)
Price: €50.000
Experienced rider from Kazakhstan that'll be usefull on both hilly and mountainous terrain.
Nationality: Kazakhstan
Age: 23
Wage: €50.000
Last Year: First Year
A young Kazakhstan rider that we took on to help develop into a good all arounder. Will be an important part of the team in the future.
 | Barbin | Enrico | € 200.000 | | Gavazzi | Francesco | € 100.000 | | Pavarin | Marcello | € 75.000 | | Pozzato | Filippo | € 75.000 | | Bazzana | Alessandro | € 65.000 |  | Grivko | Andrei | € 90.000 |  | Navardauskas | Ramunas | € 130.000 |  | Jumabekov | Nazar | € 50.000 | | Zemlyakov | Oleg | € 50.000 |  | Mandri | René | € 50.000 |  | Toribio | Jose Vicente | € 50.000 | | Blazquez | Andoni | € 50.000 |  | Valencia | Juan Pablo | € 50.000 |  | Krizek | Matthias | € 115.000 |  | Walker | William | € 50.000 |
In the end we're quite happy with the way our team turned out. We didn't have to overpay for any riders but still we managed to assemble a team that fits our goals (stay tuned cause they'll be announced soon). We have incredible depth for hilly races and hope this will lead us to glory. Planning will be very important because of having so many similar riders. Nationality-wise we had hoped to get a couple more riders from Kazakhstan. We tried to but riders that would fit well in the team were hard to come by because of high asking prices by their current managers and we don't like to overpay. Surely we'll try to get some more Kazakh riders next year. So this is it for now. I'd like to use this opportunity to thank the managers of Hugo Boss, Aegon, eBuddy, Compal and RBC for being willing to deal with us and also to thank all other managers with whom we had discussions but could not conclude to a deal.
Edited by Spilak23 on 23-06-2016 23:53
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| Selwink |
Posted on 19-06-2016 12:43
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I can't unsee that pic of Pozzato 
Team looks strong for the first season. Maybe a bit too much hill-focused, but then again, Bazzana alone might get you promotion
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 19-06-2016 12:55
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I absolutely love your team! Navardauskas was one of my main ttransfer targets, and Pavarin a strong FA goal. And I´m still angry on myself for not taking Mandri...All in all your team looks stunning, and I hate to look at Navardauskas for clashing Tennant in my main goals...
Good luck for the promotion battle, your team looks to be in a great position for that
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 20-06-2016 02:28
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Looking forward to seeing how Domenik Klemme copes with your hill focused team, could be an interesting battle as he doesn't have the greatest support.
Roll on the racing
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 21-06-2016 19:39
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Thanks guys. Tennant and Klemme will be two of our main competitors this season I'm sure.
Once the team hit 15 riders we were quite sure that our squad was full but we had the opportunity to add another rider for free. Getting a rider without paying any wage nor any fee was a chance we couldn't miss and that's how we loaned in Mads Würtz. The first year rider is the biggest timetrial talent around and thus was signed by Grieg-Eftel for a hefty wage of €300.000. Grieg needed to loan him out to CT to help him develop and our team was the only team that the Grieg manager could find with a full loan cap still available. Würtz is a timetrialer with good powers on the flat where he can already be a valuable domestique in the Continental division.
| Barbin | Enrico | € 200.000 | | Gavazzi | Francesco | € 100.000 | | Pavarin | Marcello | € 75.000 | | Pozzato | Filippo | € 75.000 | | Bazzana | Alessandro | € 65.000 | | Grivko | Andrei | € 90.000 | | Navardauskas | Ramunas | € 130.000 | | Jumabekov | Nazar | € 50.000 | | Zemlyakov | Oleg | € 50.000 | | Mandri | René | € 50.000 | | Toribio | Jose Vicente | € 50.000 | | Blazquez | Andoni | € 50.000 | | Valencia | Juan Pablo | € 50.000 | | Krizek | Matthias | € 115.000 | | Walker | William | € 50.000 |  | Würtz | Mads | 0 (loan) |
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| tastasol |
Posted on 21-06-2016 19:48
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That hilly depth... Silly  A bit one-sided team of course, but should do good with some good race planning.
Thanks for taking on Würtz, really appreciated that late in transfers!
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 21-06-2016 20:18
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Loving your team (though not loving that Navardauskas didn´t make it to my team) Will be a very interesting season for you, as hills should be the best way to score. Even if the guys of hoyle and D2B have the best puncheurs, in terms of points depth means a lot and you look stunning in terms of that. My bet is P5-8, which is great for a start-up project.
I will follow your way 100%, and your team might be the one i like most to promote because of the great build-up, though I guess we´ll be rivals forever in this competition.
Good luck for your season from an opponent and fan!
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| matt17br |
Posted on 21-06-2016 22:21
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Will follow this team closely for sure, love the focus and the gamble you took, as this could either turn out very well or very bad. I tend to believe the riders will score great though Best of luck!
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 23-06-2016 23:50
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Olympic Champion rides for Ferrero - Samruk
2016 is an Olympic year and that has special meaning for Ferrero - Samruk as the team has the current Olympic Champion in it's squad. Pippo Pozzato joined during free agency and will prove this season that he is still one of the biggest stars in the peloton both because of his persona aswell by showcasing that he still has what it takes on the bike.
It was in London in 2012 on a route based around Box Hill that Pippo took the Olympic honour by holding off a storming peloton from which he had escaped a couple kilometres earlier.
Pozzato takes the victory in sky-blue. More to come?
To commemorate the Olympic Champion defending our colours we designed a beatiful banner.
Pippo showcasing his goldmemb..euhm his Gold Medal.
We hope Pippo gets the chance to defend his title in Rio but the rumours about the course being hilly to mountainous don't do good for his chances to be selected in the small squads each country has to choose.
Edited by Spilak23 on 23-06-2016 23:55
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 28-06-2016 14:31
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With the season creeping closer and closer we felt this was the right time to present our goals. We chose them before the transfer season and as you can see we did well during transfers to assemble a team to achieve these goals. All four race goals are in hilly races hence the full focus on this terrain.
1. [C2] Tour of Almaty: Win
Our main win goal was an easy choice. The Tour of Almaty is the only Kazakh race on the calender so it is easily our most important races. The succes of our season hinges for a good part on how succesfull we are here. Luckily our squad is well equipped for this terrain.
2.  [C2HC] GP Yekaterinburg: Win
We keep it local for our second win goal aswel. The GP Yekatarinburg in Russia has a very similar route as the Tour of Almaty with another punchy uphill finish.
3.  [C2] Clasico San Cristobal: Top 5
Our third hilly classic we'll have a goal at is the opener to the Continental season in Cuba. Expectations are a bit lower this time as a top 5 will do but that don't mean we won't try to win.
4.  [C2HC] Tour de Pologne: Top 5
We also chose one stage race as our goal. Still it's a very hilly affair with multiple hard days through medium mountains. Top 5 here should be achievable aswel.
5. Continental Team Standings: Top 10
Top 10 in the continental standings is something we feel won't be easy to achieve because the level in CT is very high this season but are still confident we will ultimately achieve this goal.
Stay tuned for our Race Calender which will be announced in the coming days.
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Posted on 28-06-2016 14:40
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If you only had some puncheurs to active those goals...
Seriously, awesome team which should give you a good chance to achieve your goals. Reminds me of Gazelle's strategy and I really hope it will be successful !
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 23-07-2016 21:15
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Thanks Knockout!
| January | | | | | 10 | | Clasico San Cristobal | C2 | | 14-19 | | Tour Down Under | C1 | | February | | | | | 1-6 |  | Benelux Challenge | C2HC | | 21 | | Geraardsbergen - Bosberg | C2HC | | 27 |  | San Marino Hill Classic | | | March | | | | | 12-16 |  | Bayern Rundfahrt | C1 | | 18-22 |  | Tour of Bulgaria | C2HC | | April | | | | | 1 |  | Busan GP | C2HC | | 11 | | Tour of Almaty | C2 | | 14-19 |  | Tour of South-Africa | C1 | | 19-28 |  | Tour of Langkawi | C2HC | | May | | | | | 1 | | Barcelona Classic | C2HC | | 5 |  | Windhoek ITT | C2 | | 15-18 | | Euskal Bizikleta | C2 | | June | | | | | 2 | | Sachsen - Anhalt Classic | C2HC | | 6 |  | Lincoln GP | C2 | | 17-22 | | Giro del Capo | C2 | | July | | | | | 2-8 | | Tour de Pologne | C2HC | | 8-13 |  | La Tropicale Amissa Bongo | C2HC | | 25-29 |  | Tour de Slovenie | C2 | | August | | | | | 5-11 |  | USA Pro Cycling Challenge | C2HC | | 31 |  | Tatranska Klasika | C2HC | | September | | | | | 1-5 | | Herald Sun Tour | C2 | | 3 |  | Acropolis Cup | C2HC | | 7-14 | | Tour of Britain | C1 | | 17-21 | | Tour of Ukraine | HC | | 24 | | GP Yekatarinburg | C2HC | | 31 | | Milano - Torino | C1 | | October | | | | | 18 |  | Zuri - Metzgete | C2HC |
Reports of all races will follow once they've been raced. Stay tuned cause the first report will appear in the coming days!
Edited by Spilak23 on 24-07-2016 11:37
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 24-07-2016 14:32
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21. E. Barbin
22. A. Blazquez
23. A. Grivko
24. M. Krizek
25. R. Mandri
26. M. Pavarin
27. J. Toribio
28. J. Valencia
The team travelled to Cuba to start the season in San Cristobal. Immediately it was quite an important race as we had set a top 5 goal here. The competition was strong with both Dowsett and Klemme here but beforehand we were confident in Barbin to reach that goal.
The race itself turned out quite predictable with lead group of 7 forming over the final lap. These 7 would sprint it out on the hill towards the finish line. Barbin give his everything in that sprint but was tired from earlier efforts and could only watch as the others rode past him. It was MOL's Hategeka who sprinted to victory. 7th was quite a dissapointing result taking in mind the goal we had set. Atleast our depth on hilly terrain showed here as Toribio, Valencia, Pavarin and Krizek all managed to get into the top 20 aswel so not a bad day points scoring wise. Next up is our first forray into the higher levels as we go Down Under to challenge the PCT teams.
Ferrero domestiques making the race hard on one of the uphill sections.
Edited by Spilak23 on 24-07-2016 22:21
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| whitejersey |
Posted on 24-07-2016 15:00
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Sad missing out on the first goal of the season by two places, but still not a terrible result.
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