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[PCT] Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Pro Cycling Team
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 07-01-2016 14:10
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Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Pro Cycling Team
Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Pro Cycling Team (LPU) is a Belgium based cycling team. The idea started in 2014, when football club K. Lierse S.K. noticed the low sale of tickets on the days cycling classics were hold. They realised there are two sports that matter in Belgium, Football and Cycling. Rather then competing, the board proposed and idea to unite the two. After a lot of thinking, the first steps were taken and preparations started. A new cycling team was born!
It was decided the main sponsor would be K. Lierse S.K., Lierse in short. Of course a second, more international sponsor would be needed. The ideal candidate was found only 2 months later. Pizza Ullo is a growing chain of traditional Italian restaurants. Opposing chains such a Pizza Hut and Domino's, they offer more healthy, more traditional Italian pizza.
Soon after, The first restaurant of Pizza Ullo in Belgium was opened, inside the stadium of Lierse. More restaurant opened over time, as the team got in the first wins in 2014, including 2 national championships. The biggest result came in 2015, when Stijn Joseph won Dwars Door Vlaanderen, a semi classic with live broadcasting on tv.
Towards the end of the 2015 season, the team decided a new approach, with even more focus on youth. At the same time, UCI regelations forced a team name change. In 2016, the team name will be Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Pro Cycling Team.
Our Sponsors:
K. Lierse S.K.
A football team from Belgium's Premier League.
Pizza Ullo
An expanding Italian restaurant chain.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 07-01-2016 14:10
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The Team
Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Pro Cycling Team is looking for young talents to develop with our team. We want a decent amount of Belgian riders, add a few Italians to satisfy our co-sponsor, and the rest can come from all around the world.
| Name | Age | Role |  Jenthe Biermans | 24 | Baroudeur |  Niccolo Bonifazio | 26 | Sprinter |  Josef Cerny | 26 | Puncheur | | Daniele Dall'Oste | 28 | Climber | | Laurens De Plus | 24 | Climber | | Stan Dewulf | 22 | Domestique |  Fernando Gaviria | 25 | Sprinter | | Stijn Joseph | 32 | Cobbler | | Jakub Mareczko | 25 | Sprinter | | Gianni Moscon | 25 | Puncheur |  Sam Oomen | 24 | Stage Racer | | Kevin Peeters | 32 | Sprinter | | Matteo Pelucchi | 30 | Sprinter |  Szymon Sajnok | 22 | Time Trial | | Manuel Senni | 27 | Stage Racer | | Wout Van Aert | 25 | Cyclocross | | Tom Van Asbroeck | 29 | Sprinter | | Kenneth Vanbilsen | 29 | Cobbler | | Louis Verhelst | 29 | Cobbler | | Zico Waeytens | 28 | Puncheur |
Stijn Joseph winning Dwars Door Vlaanderen, our first big win
Kenneth Vanbilsen taking Gent - Wevelgem after a very exciting race
Daniele Dall'Oste with the Giro d'Italia mountain jersey
Our all time victory leader Tom Van Asbroeck winning the Baltic Chain Tour
Sam Oomen showing us the future is bright, winning the Tour de l'Avenir
Kenneth Vanbilsen wins Roma Maxima back to back in 2018 and 2019
Stijn Joseph winning our home race, Heistse Pijl
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 07-01-2016 14:10
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Calendar, goals and results
Our goals:
To be announced
Calendar:
To be announced.
Wins:
2014
Benelux Challenge - Mountain Classification - Stijn Joseph
Driedaagse De Panne - Stage 1 - Stijn Joseph
Ruta America del Sur - Mountain Classification - Francis De Greef
Tour de l'Avenir - Stage 7 - Nikita Umerbekov
National Championship Road Race - Czech Republic - Josef Cerny
 National Championship Road Race - Croatia - Domagoj Breznik
2015
Benelux Challenge - Stage 4 - Louis Verhelst
Benelux Challenge - Mountain Classification - Louis Verhelst
Benelux Challenge - Youth Classification - Louis Verhelst
Dwars Door Vlaanderen - Stijn Joseph
Tour of Iceland - Mountain Classification - Jasper Stuyven
USA Pro Cycling Challenge - Stage 2 - Manuel Senni
2016
Gent-Wevelgem - Kenneth Vanbilsen
Giro d'Italia - Mountains Classification - Daniele Dall'Oste
Driedaagse De Panne - Points Classification - Tom Van Asbroeck
4 Jours de Dunkerque - Stage 2 - Tom Van Asbroeck
Volta a Portugal - Stage 3 - Nikita Umerbekov
Internationale Österreich Rundfahrt - Stage 3 - Matteo Pelucchi
2017
Tour of Eritrea - Stage 2 - Matteo Pelucchi
Tour of Eritrea - Stage 4 - Daniele Dall'Oste
Tour of Eritrea - Points Classification - Daniele Dall'Oste
Tour of Eritrea - Mountain Classification - Daniele Dall'Oste
La Tropicale Amissa Bongo - Stage 2 - Tom Van Asbroeck
Olympia's Tour - Stage 4 - Laurens De Plus
Post Danmark Rundt - Stage 4 - Jakub Mareczko
Baltic Chain Tour - General Classification - Tom Van Asbroeck
Baltic Chain Tour - Points Classification - Tom Van Asbroeck
National Championship Road Race - Belgium - Kenneth Vanbilsen
2018
Tour de Pologne - Youth Classification - Gianni Moscon
Roma Maxima - Kenneth Vanbilsen
Driedaagse De Panne - Stage 3 - Tom Van Asbroeck
Driedaagse De Panne - Points Classification - Tom Van Asbroeck
Jelajah SKL - Stage 2 - Tom Van Asbroeck
Tour of Beijing - Stage 2 - Matteo Pelucchi
Tour of Beijing - Youth Classification - Josef Cerny
Tour of Beijing - Team Classification
Tour de l'Avenir - Stage 1 - Sam Oomen
Tour de l'Avenir - General Classification - Sam Oomen
Tour de l'Avenir - Points Classification - Sam Oomen
2019
Roma Maxima - Kenneth Vanbilsen
Vuelta a Colombia - Youth Classification - Sam Oomen
Giro d'Italia - Stage 15 - Sam Oomen
Cheshire Cycling Tour - Stage 2 - Tom Van Asbroeck
Scandinavia Open Road Race - Youth Classification - Sam Oomen
Tour of Beijing - Youth Classification - Sam Oomen
Balkans International - Stage 1 - Zico Waeytens
Tour of America - Stage 9 - Manuel Senni
Tour of America - Stage 15 - Daniele Dall'Oste
Tour of America - Stage 18 - Daniele Dall'Oste
Tour of America - Mountain Classification - Daniele Dall'Oste
Heistse Pijl - Stijn Joseph
Edited by Ollfardh on 25-09-2020 11:08
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 07-01-2016 14:11
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History
Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Cycling Team 2014: 18th in the Continental Tour
Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Cycling Team 2015: 15th in the Continental Tour
Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Pro Cycling Team 2016: 25th in the Pro Continental Tour
Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Pro Cycling Team 2017: 17th in the Pro Continental Tour
Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Pro Cycling Team 2018: 22nd in the Pro Continental Tour
Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Pro Cycling Team 2019: 17th in the Pro Continental Tour
Wins:
2014
Benelux Challenge - Mountain Jersey - Stijn Joseph
Driedaagse De Panne - Stage 1 - Stijn Joseph
Ruta America del Sur - Mountain Jersey - Francis De Greef
Tour de l'Avenir - Stage 7 - Nikita Umerbekov
National Championship Road Race - Czech Republic - Josef Cerny
National Championship Road Race - Croatia - Domagoj Breznik
2015
Benelux Challenge - Stage 4 - Louis Verhelst
Benelux Challenge - Mountain Jersey - Louis Verhelst
Benelux Challenge - Youth Jersey - Louis Verhelst
Dwars Door Vlaanderen - Stijn Joseph
Tour of Iceland - Mountain Jersey - Jasper Stuyven
USA Pro Cycling Challenge - Stage 2 - Manuel Senni
2016
Gent-Wevelgem - Kenneth Vanbilsen
Giro d'Italia - Mountains Classification - Daniele Dall'Oste
Driedaagse De Panne - Points Classification - Tom Van Asbroeck
4 Jours de Dunkerque - Stage 2 - Tom Van Asbroeck
Volta a Portugal - Stage 3 - Nikita Umerbekov
Internationale Österreich Rundfahrt - Stage 3 - Matteo Pelucchi
2017
Tour of Eritrea - Stage 2 - Matteo Pelucchi
Tour of Eritrea - Stage 4 - Daniele Dall'Oste
Tour of Eritrea - Points Classification - Daniele Dall'Oste
Tour of Eritrea - Mountain Classification - Daniele Dall'Oste
La Tropicale Amissa Bongo - Stage 2 - Tom Van Asbroeck
Olympia's Tour - Stage 4 - Laurens De Plus
Post Danmark Rundt - Stage 4 - Jakub Mareczko
Baltic Chain Tour - General Classification - Tom Van Asbroeck
Baltic Chain Tour - Points Classification - Tom Van Asbroeck
National Championship Road Race - Belgium - Kenneth Vanbilsen
2018
Tour de Pologne - Youth Classification - Gianni Moscon
Roma Maxima - Kenneth Vanbilsen
Driedaagse De Panne - Stage 3 - Tom Van Asbroeck
Driedaagse De Panne - Points Classification - Tom Van Asbroeck
Jelajah SKL - Stage 2 - Tom Van Asbroeck
Tour of Beijing - Stage 2 - Matteo Pelucchi
Tour of Beijing - Youth Classification - Josef Cerny
Tour of Beijing - Team Classification
Tour de l'Avenir - Stage 1 - Sam Oomen
Tour de l'Avenir - General Classification - Sam Oomen
Tour de l'Avenir - Points Classification - Sam Oomen
2019
Roma Maxima - Kenneth Vanbilsen
Vuelta a Colombia - Youth Classification - Sam Oomen
Giro d'Italia - Stage 15 - Sam Oomen
Cheshire Cycling Tour - Stage 2 - Tom Van Asbroeck
Scandinavia Open Road Race - Youth Classification - Sam Oomen
Tour of Beijing - Youth Classification - Sam Oomen
Balkans International - Stage 1 - Zico Waeytens
Tour of America - Stage 9 - Manuel Senni
Tour of America - Stage 15 - Daniele Dall'Oste
Tour of America - Stage 18 - Daniele Dall'Oste
Tour of America - Mountain Classification - Daniele Dall'Oste
Heistse Pijl - Stijn Joseph
All time leaders:
Classic wins: Kenneth Vanbilsen (3)
Stage wins: Tom Van Asbroeck (5)
GC wins: Tom Van Asbroeck, Sam Oomen (1)
Point jerseys: Tom Van Asbroeck (3)
KoM jerseys: Daniele Dall'Oste (3)
Youth Jerseys: Sam Oomen(3)
National championships: Josef Cerny, Domagoj Breznik, Kenneth Vanbilsen (1)
Edited by Ollfardh on 25-09-2020 11:10
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 07-01-2016 14:34
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Very nice idea  wish you lots of luck! |
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| matt17br |
Posted on 07-01-2016 14:40
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even more focus on youth
This is going to be tough  Wish you the best of luck, will be interesting to see how your project unfolds.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 07-01-2016 14:42
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I know it will be tough, but whatever we've been doing the last 2 seasons wasn't working either
Thanks both!
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 07-01-2016 19:48
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Well, it seems like me, you, and Chiquita are the only new managers from 2014 that have yet to promote iirc.
Here's to doing it this year!
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 07-01-2016 19:58
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Well the class of 2014 was really good. All trained in EPIC etc 
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 07-01-2016 20:22
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Ollfardh wrote:
Well the class of 2014 was really good. All trained in EPIC etc
Then shouldn't you have won the division?
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 09-01-2016 13:05
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Good luck this season! Hopefully it will be third time lucky and you will be in PCT at the end of it. Will be interesting to see how you get on with a youthful look to the side
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 10-01-2016 10:31
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Let's hope so, I have too many riders who cannot finish their training in the CT
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 01-06-2016 12:40
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Unexpected last minute promotion
It has been a quiet offseason so far, but 2 days ago we had a major gamechanger. Both our sponsors had the idea to invest some more money into the team and suddenly we found ourselves close to a budget that allowed us to go professional!
What followed were 48 hours of hard negotiations with the sponsors and the UCI to get everything in order, but we did it. We can now proudly say Lierse - Pizza Ullo will ride in the Pro Continental Tour next season. The name will accordingly adjusted to Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Pro Cycling Team, and for official purposes Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo PCTeam.
"But what with the entire development program?", we hear you ask. That will remain in place, even though it will be slightly harder to train young riders in such a tough field. On the other hand, we don't want to finish last either. We will hopefully get some extra riders with experience in the Pro Continental Tour that will guide our youngsters while also scoring the necessary points to stay professional. That being said, our only competitive goal this season is not to relegate.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 10-06-2016 11:56
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Renewals
The following riders have been given a new contract for 2016:
Josef Cerny
Konrad Dabkowski
Daniele Dall'Oste
Stijn Joseph
Kevin Peeters
Matteo Pelucchi
Diego Rosa
Manuel Senni
Jasper Stuyven
 Nikita Umerbekov
 Maksym Vasilyev
Louis Verhelst
This dozen looks dirty enough for the Pro Continental Tour, but we need 2-3 team leaders. It will definitely be an interesting transfer period for us, with the need for young blood, as our average age went up to 26. Some outgoing transfers are also possible, for the right price of course!
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 13-06-2016 13:45
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First signing!
We have made our first signing as a Pro Continental team and the honour goes to Jakub Mareczko! For those who doubted we would continue our development project after we promoted, this 22 year old Italian is a real talent. Expect him to develop into a world class sprinter in a few years.
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| krisa |
Posted on 13-06-2016 13:49
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Was on My wishlist too, but yeah kinda gave him to you, hoped you would not bid on Petilli and Moscon 
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 13-06-2016 14:03
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Italy has a lot of talent this year I'm afraid. If only Tiesj Benoot had some good stats, I wouldn't be doing this to you
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 14-06-2016 10:40
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The puncheur and the champ
We are happy to announce 2 new signing this morning. THE CHAMP IS HERE! Wout Van Aert, cyclocross world champion, signed for our team. It's unsure what he'll do on the road, but at age 22 and full of potential, we can only dream how good this young Belgian will be in a few years.
Our second signing is Zico Waeytens, another Belgian. He's the team leader on the hills, the area that caused a lot of problem for us in the past. We were getting humiliated in the Continental Tour, but here with Waeytens and an improved Jasper Stuyven, we may have a shot at top 10 results.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 14-06-2016 15:33
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The superstar
We had two names on top of our shortlist at the start of the transfer period. Sean De Bie went to the Pro Tour (which he deserves, as he's a great rider), but we managed to sign Kenneth Vanbilsen today!
Kenneth will be our franchise rider in the Pro Continental Tour. He combines great cobble skills with a good ability on the flat, a strong endurance and a decent sprint. He is pretty much our hope to avoid regelation this year.
Of course this means Stijn Joseph, our star of the last 2 years has to take a step back. Stijn is ok with it though, as he sees this as a way to attack from further our and repeat his Dwars Door Vlaanderen win.
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 14-06-2016 15:35
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Vanbilsen joins the PCT along 3 other capable cobblers today, so very interesting to see the battle between Summerhill, Baugnies, Cancellara, Teunissen and Vanbilsen
Good to see your team keeping your focus and surely Joseph still has some possibilities to make something happen
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