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PT Wildcards Announced, 2016
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 24-06-2016 20:06
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16 teams applied for wildcards to PT races this season, with 2 spots available in every race.
Let's start with the Grand Tours. Four promoting teams will make their GT debuts, while Shimano also ride their first GT. After missing last year, Porto-Prio are back at the GT table too.
| Giro d'Italia | Shimano - Siam Cement | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo | | Vuelta a Espana | Coldeportes | Porto - Prio | | Tour de France | Netia - Norske Skog | Valio – DeLaval |
And over in the monuments, there are 2 races apiece for the Irish, Ukrainian and African squads.
| Milano San Remo | Hugo Boss | Vontobel | | Ronde van Vlaanderen | Azteca - NBCSN | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo | | Paris - Roubaix | Banc na hÉireann | Team Telkom for Africa | | Liege- Bastogne - Liege | Banc na hÉireann | VisitUkraine p/b Nemiroff | | Giro di Lombardia | Team Telkom for Africa | VisitUkraine p/b Nemiroff |
Stage races and classics will come later.
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 24-06-2016 20:15
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Beautiful, a TDF wildcard fits perfectly with our plans and means we get an exciting race! 
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| Kentaurus |
Posted on 24-06-2016 20:16
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Danny will be ready to go to Flanders! Would have liked to go to PR again, but happy with this.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 24-06-2016 20:18
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2/3 top picks, awesome
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 24-06-2016 20:23
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On the stage race front there are 3 races for Flores, Karcher, Shimano, UBS and Vontobel - including the home Tour de Suisse race for the latter 2. Other home races include Eritel's all African team at the new African stage race, and Coldeportes in Colombia.
| Tour of Qatar | Karcher – Adira | Netia - Norske Skog | | Tirreno-Adriatico | Porto - Prio | Valio – DeLaval | | Paris-Nice | Shimano - Siam Cement | Team UBS | | SAA Tour d'Afrique | Eritel - Sonatrach | Vontobel | | Vuelta al Pais Vasco | Flores - Ceitec | Hugo Boss | | Tour of California | Coldeportes | Flores - Ceitec | | Tour de Suisse | Team UBS | Vontobel | | Criterium du Dauphine Libere | Eritel - Sonatrach | Shimano - Siam Cement | | Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha | Karcher – Adira | Vontobel | | Deutschland Tour | Hugo Boss | Team UBS | | Vuelta a Colombia | Coldeportes | Flores - Ceitec | | Tour of Northern Europe | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo | Valio – DeLaval | | Tour of Tasmania | Karcher – Adira | Shimano - Siam Cement |
Lastly, the classics. There's 4 races for In-n-out and Azteca, with Summerhill set to challenge the PT cobbled riders quite often. VisitUkraine and Eritel get 3 races, alongside 2 classics for Vontobel and some of the GT-riding teams.
| Badaling International | In-n-Out p/b Carrefour | Netia - Norske Skog | | Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | Azteca - NBCSN | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo | | Kuurne - Bruxelles - Kuurne | Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo | Azteca - NBCSN | | Classique du Grand-Duché | Azteca - NBCSN | In-n-Out p/b Carrefour | | Chrono des Herbiers | Eritel - Sonatrach | Vontobel | | East Midlands Cicle Classic | Azteca - NBCSN | Eritel - Sonatrach | | Amstel Gold Race | Hugo Boss | In-n-Out p/b Carrefour | | Fleche Wallone | Netia - Norske Skog | VisitUkraine p/b Nemiroff | | Strada Appia Antica | Porto - prio | Hugo Boss | | GP Moscow | In-n-Out p/b Carrefour | VisitUkraine p/b Nemiroff | | GP Liechtenstein | Eritel - Sonatrach | Porto - Prio | | Copenhagen-Malmo TTT | Eritel - Sonatrach | Vontobel | | Lisbon Classic | Porto - Prio | VisitUkraine p/b Nemiroff |
Edited by SportingNonsense on 25-06-2016 12:08
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 24-06-2016 20:30
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And some more of our top choices, excellent! 
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 24-06-2016 20:34
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Nice, as well as the Tour we get Badaling and Fleche Wallone for our punchuers plus Qatar for our Sprinters, really happy with getting all these race days in the PT.
And yes PT teams you're welcome, the TDF will not be destroyed by PCT climbing depth from at least one of their teams. 
Edited by trekbmc on 24-06-2016 20:51
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| Kentaurus |
Posted on 24-06-2016 20:35
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Three more chances for Danny in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, East Midlands and a return to Rome. Then a chance for our two newest riders Chaves and Beltran in Classique du Grand-Duché. Very happy with the races.
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| The Rider |
Posted on 24-06-2016 20:36
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3 races! Gotta love that.
Only wanted California, but to race in Colombia and the Basque Country will be real big for the team. Time to make amends for our lazy struggle in our wildcards last year! |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 24-06-2016 20:37
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Congrats to all the teams who got wildcards! Do the lower divisions proud 
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| Scorchio |
Posted on 24-06-2016 20:37
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Congratulations to all those receiving wildcard entries. With the continuing increase in standards in the PCT I am sure each will give a good account of themselves and add to the excitement of these top races!
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| knockout |
Posted on 24-06-2016 20:38
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Way too much Summerhill in PT 
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 24-06-2016 20:47
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Certainly with Sunmerhill in the classics and insane climbing PCT strength these wildcards hopefully prove their worth Congratz to those that got in.
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 24-06-2016 20:48
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Ah yeah! Going to Lombardia with Ricco and to Roubaix with Bester (our cobbled leader - 72 Cob, absolute beast).
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 24-06-2016 20:59
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Fuck yeah, Milan San Remo with maxed Kump! 
Getting 4 additional wildcards is awesome aswell, can't complain with that!
Should also be able to send a pretty decent team to our home race Pais Vasco, eventhough its clashing with Bayern Rundfahrt.
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| maxime86 |
Posted on 24-06-2016 21:34
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Very happy with the selection given to us, hopefully we can show our colors as much as possible in the difficult PT! |
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 24-06-2016 22:08
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2 Monuments for Cunego and 3 other classics, amazing
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 24-06-2016 23:04
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Awesome news for us, really looking forward to our first Grand Tour at the Vuelta, racing at our home race in Colombia, and racing up in North America
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| fintas |
Posted on 24-06-2016 23:29
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YES I am very pleased with the races I received especially Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha, where Fiedler can really shine. Tour of Qatar will test the abilities of my sprinters, the Tour of Tasmania is the race less appropriate to the characteristics of my cyclists....
I am a bit sorry for not participating in the Deutschland Tour, which is a little our home race since the team is also German
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| Margh Norway |
Posted on 25-06-2016 00:10
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Awesome to return to the Tour de Suisse together with UBS. Milan San Remo will be another highlight in Vontobel history. Happy our applications were well received by the Pro Tour race organisers.
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