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[PT] Wiesenhof-Andritz 2017
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| Heine |
Posted on 18-08-2017 06:48
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Time for a new thread, been using the old one for too long
Main Jersey 2017
Austrian Jersey 2017
Former Squads:
Wiesenhof-Andritz (2016) PCT Champion
 Alexandar Flügel
Rick Zabel
Kevin Predatsch
Ruben Zepuntke
Christoph Mai
Mike Aaron Egger
Lucas Schädlich
Jan Dieteren
Emanuel Buchmann
Willi Willwohl
 Georg Preidler
Daniel Schorn
Matthias Brändle
Daniel Paulus
Lukas Pöstlberger
Christoph Taubel
 Romain Zingle
 Yonathan Monsalve
 Shane Archbold
Josh Atkins
 Ivan Kovalev
VolksWagen-Andritz (2015) relegation from PT
Alexandar Flügel
Rick Zabel
Kevin Predatsch
Ruben Zepuntke
Christoph Mai
Mike Aaron Egger
Stefan Denifl
Georg Preidler
Daniel Schorn
Matthias Brändle
Daniel Paulus
Lukas Pöstlberger
Christoph Taubel
Dimitri Claeys
Yonathan Monsalve
 Jaco Venter
Shane Archbold
Ivan Kovalev
 Ruben Fernandez (Loaned in)
 Rasmus Sterobo (Loaned in)
 Haavard Blikra (Loaned in)
Alex Standfest (Stagiare)
 Nevio Tirolini (Stagiare)
VolksWagen-Mapei (2014)
Alexandar Flügel
Rick Zabel
Kevin Predatsch
Ruben Zepuntke
Marcel Sieberg
Domenik Klemme
Georg Preidler
Daniel Schorn (loaned out)
Matthias Brändle
Matthias Krizek (loaned in)
Christoph Taubel
Emanuele Sella
Filippo Pozzatto
 Nacer Bouhanni
Jérôme Pineau
Yonathan Monsalve
 Gregory Brenes
 Winner Anacona
Phan Age Haugard
 Mike Teunissen (loaned in)
Shane Archbold
Ivan Kovalev
VolksWagen-Mapei (2013) Promotion from PCT
Martijn Keizer
 Vadim Ratiy
Alexandar Flügel
Christian Müller
Rick Zabel
Kevin Predatsch
Ruben Zepuntke
Marcel Sieberg
Matthias Kessler
Georg Preidler
Daniel Schorn
Matthias Brändle
Christoph Taubel
Damien Gaudin
Gregory Brenes
Winner Anacona
Jaime Alberto Castañeda
Lasse Böchman
Phan Age Haugard
Yeison Delgado
 Gilber Zurita
 Victor Shishelov (On Loan)
VolksWagen-Siemens (2012)
 Kai Reus
 Vadim Ratiy
 Alexandar Flügel
Robert Förster
Christian Müller
Lucas Schädlich
Andreas Klier
Rick Zabel
Kevin Predatsch
 Marco Marzano
Alberto Loddo
Fabio Sabatini
 Christian Pfannberger
Georg Preidler
Daniel Schorn
 Benjamin Noval
 Jussi Veikkanen
 Gregory Brenes
 Winner Anacona
 Wen Hao Li Loan from Festina - Conec
Team Telenor-SAS(2011)
Thomas Vaitkus
 Fredrik Kessiakoff
 Graeme Brown
Xavier Florencio
Thomas Rohregger
Benjamin Noval
Christian Pfannberger
 Rafã Chtioui
Fabio Sabatini
 Niki Västergaard
Jussi Veikkanen
Sebastian Siedler
 Fredrik Wilman
Lasse Böchman
Daniel Foder
Remco Te Brake
Andreas Klier
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Stian Remme
Stian Sommerseth
Ole Haavardsholm
Rasmus Guldhammer (Loaned in)
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| Heine |
Posted on 18-08-2017 06:48
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2017 Squad
Ruben Zepuntke
Christoph Mai
Andreas Stauff
Mike Aaron Egger
Lucas Schädlich
Jan Dieteren
Emanuel Buchmann
Willi Willwohl
Kevin Predatsch (Loaned out)
Georg Preidler
Daniel Schorn
Daniel Paulus
David Wöhrer
Hermann Pernsteiner
Christoph Taubel (loaned out)
Gregor Muhlberger (Loaned in)
 Milos Borisavljevic (Loaned in)
Isaac Bolivar (Loaned in)
 Rein Taaramäe
Mattia Catteneo
Enrico Franzoi
 Alex Dowsett
Edited by Heine on 02-05-2018 08:29
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| Heine |
Posted on 19-08-2017 06:32
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New season, new opportunities
Following a bitter relegation, and a happy promotion a lot has happened for the Wiesenhof - Andritz team. Last season saw a big leap towards a less international team and in the promotion season 16 of 21 riders were from either Germany or Austria, not a bad feat for the team. This season however the main goal is to stay in the PT, and based on that the team believes that there will be a need to sign more international riders.
"We realise that we cannot be sure to stay in the PT by only signing riders from Germany or Austria, we will need to look for talent no matter language or mother nation. We will continue to stay a German/Austrian team, but with a more international look."
While this is quite understandable there has been quite succesfull teams while still keeping to 1 or 2 nations, Tinkoff one of the most known ones.
"The problem with this is that Tinkoff has been able to get a close to monopoly on the best Russian riders, this is impossible for German or Austrian riders, they are wanted bt too many teams. We have been able to get some great ones here, but others has gone to other teams. If we had been able to convince the best of them to come here it could've been possible, but at the moment that just looks like a dream"
Another big question is of course who will leave, and the team will not answer this directely, but claims there will be big changes
"We are in the middle of renewals as we speak, hopefully we will be able to keep most of the riders for the transfer season. However we will not keep our riders at any price, and we expect quite big changes before the season starts. It might be that riders who has been with the team for years will be looking for new teams"
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 24-08-2017 08:22
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Good luck in PT
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| Heine |
Posted on 24-08-2017 09:28
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Thanks, hopefully better results than last time
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| Heine |
Posted on 26-08-2017 06:38
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Rumours galore
A lot is happning in the mangame world at the moment, and in the midst of renewals and, getting goals from sponsors and making plans there has been leaking quite a lot of rumours from the Wiesenhof - Andritz camp. General Manager Heine has gone out on his old and for 2 years inactive and claimed that it is fake news, but do we believe him?
First and foremost the rumours claim that the two biggest stars of the team Alexandar Flügel and Yonathan Monsalve could leave the team during the transfer season. Both have been among Wiesenhof's best scorers and most important riders for the last season, so this is a shock for the fan base.
Other riders as well could be leaving the team, another source claims that riders like Romain Zingle, Christoph Mai, Josh Atkins, Ivan Kolalev, Lukas Postlberger and Kevin Predatsch could be out of the team in what looks like a total makeover for the squad following promotion.
On the other hand the team is also ready to splash the cash and get in some serious firepower for the return to PT. Rein Taaramaë and Alexandr Pluchkin supposedly top the shortlist, but it also includes riders like Simone Ponzi, Warren Barguil and Tony Martin. Quite a diverse set of top riders.
We have not been able to recieve any leaks about riders not from disbanding teams, but we are sure that Wiesenhof is going to be active here as well!
We are all ready for a crazy off season
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 04-09-2017 08:44
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Congrats on taking the PCT title, have fun in the big PT leader free agent frenzy!
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| Heine |
Posted on 06-09-2017 21:04
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| Nationality | Name | Wage | Availability | | Alexandar Flügel | 480.000 | Yes | | Rick Zabel | 170.000 | No | | Kevin Predatsch | 50.000 | Yes | | Ruben Zepuntke | 230.000 | Very unlikely | | Christoph Mai | 50.000 | Maybe | | Mike Aaron Egger | 50.000 | Maybe | | Lucas Schädlich | 80.000 | No | | Jan Dieteren | 70.000 | Likely | | Emanuel Buchmann | 50.000 | No | | Willi Willwohl | 50.000 | Unlikely | | Georg Preidler | 125.000 | No | | Daniel Schorn | 50.000 | Unlikely | | Matthias Brändle | 125.000 | No | | Daniel Paulus | 80.000 | No | | Lukas Pöstlberger | 50.000 | Maybe | | Christoph Taubel | 50.000 | No | | Romain Zingle | 90.000 | Yes | | Yonathan Monsalve | 470.000 | Yes | | Shane Archbold | 50.000 | Yes | | Josh Atkins | 50.000 | Yes | | Ivan Kovalev | 60.000 | Yes |
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 06-09-2017 21:40
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I think we need to have a chat a few days from now 
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 06-09-2017 21:50
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Some very interesting riders on the market there  Good luck in PT after an amazing PCT season last year. Love that jersey too, another amazing design from the_hoyle  
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 06-09-2017 23:21
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Liking the jersey and best of luck building a PT worthy squad.
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| Heine |
Posted on 11-09-2017 21:55
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It's Reining!
Never before have a better rider ridden for Wiesenhof-Andritz, it is time to present the one and only Rein Taaramäe!
Rein finished 2nd behind Andy Schleck last season, this season the goal is quite easy, he wants to win a GT. If this is Spain, Italy or France that is not decided, but everything will be about winning! How can that be achvieved? Rein will train harder than ever, he will focus on becoming the best climber in the world, while still keeping his prowess for Time Trials. At the same time he will have a really strong support team with both climbers and Time Trialers in Wiesenhof.
Will it be enough? Only time can tell, but Rein and Wiesenhof are ready!
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| knockout |
Posted on 11-09-2017 23:14
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I'll wish you the best of luck and I'm hoping he wins one
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| Heine |
Posted on 15-09-2017 19:00
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Goals
Paris - Roubaix Top 10
Ruben Zepuntke will be our guy for this race, and we have a good hope that he can achieve this goal with the help from Bolivar and Franzoi. The best help he has ever gotten.
Win Ronde van Vlaanderen
Uhm, yeah. Zepuntke beats Bewley/Summerhill/Avermaet with an awesome sprint at the end of Vlaanderen tow in the race. We all see it happening now
Giro d'Italia Top 3
If we only had a good stage racer that could do well here, someone who could climb, ride the hills and time trial 
Tour de Suisse Top 3
See Giro
Team Standings Top 5
The easiest goal!
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| Heine |
Posted on 18-09-2017 12:26
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Changes
Big changes after the promotion for Wiesenhof-Andritz. Winning the PCT is not enough, this season it is time to become and stay as a true Pro Tour team.
The following riders have left the team
Alexandar Flügel
Rick Zabel
Matthis Brändle
Lukas Postlberger
Josh Atkins
Shane Archbold
Romain Zingle
Ivan Kovalev
Yonathan Monsalve
They have all played an important role in the promotion of the team and we wish them good luck for the future
Loaned out:
Christoph Taubel
Kevin Predatsch
Both are lonaed out for a year to another PT team. We wish them good luck and welcome back next season
Loaned in:
Gregor Muhlberger
Milos Borisavljevic
Isaac Bolivar
3 riders loaned in to help the team and get experience this season. Muhlberger is the Austrian Champion while Milos is the Serbian. Bolivar is the anti-typical Colombian riding on cobblestones.
New riders
Rein Taaramäe
Mattia Catteneo
Enrico Franzoi
David Wöhrer
Hermann Pernsteiner
Andreas Stauff
Alex Dowsett
First and foremost we signed new leaders for all terrains except the northern classics. Rein Taaramäe and Mattis Cattaneo will lead the team in the mountains and different stage races. Stauff is the new lead sprinter and Dowsett is the new hilly leader.
In addition we have signed good domeqtiques in Franzoi, Wöhrer and Pernsteiner. We hope the additions will prove like good ones.
After training this gives the current Wiesenhof team
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| cio93 |
Posted on 18-09-2017 12:33
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ding ding ding we have a new OVL leader and GT winner!
Straight to the title fight for you, it seems. Gonna be fun. Sometimes.
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| SotD |
Posted on 18-09-2017 12:38
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cio93 wrote:
ding ding ding we have a new OVL leader and GT winner!
Straight to the title fight for you, it seems. Gonna be fun. Sometimes.
Title fight maybe. Definately not a given though. Cattaneo is yet to prove himself as a PT pointscorer with his low hill stat. Dowsett as the hilly leader could go in any direction, and I guess the same could be said about Zepunkte. Their backup stats are really not great and for Dowsett it could mean a lot of one day results in the region of 15-20th, while Zepunkte could be a rider to finish 6-8th in the cobbles.
Much relies on the shoulder of Taaramäe and his very limited amount of racedays. But I agree that it's definately a new Grand Tour winner. Schleck is imo still better if racing outside the long TT's.
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| Shonak |
Posted on 18-09-2017 13:35
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Gratz on making Taaramee just all the more awesome. Pluiplui and Schleck better brace themselves for a hard estonian winter. 
Dowsett and Zepunkte arn't that exciting but Cattaneo makes for an awesome second GT rider.
Also cool to see that Muhlberger continues his years of apprencticeships. He was also a loaned in at Strava two years ago.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 18-09-2017 13:46
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That is what i call a rebuild! Great job and what a beast Rein is now with training, as SotD said, only Shleck can possibly beat him and that without long TT, i think that stage racing just got a new king sitting on the throne, well done. Sure top5 material here.
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| knockout |
Posted on 18-09-2017 14:00
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Rein is awesome. Best stage racer in the world, exactly the kind of training I wanted to do as well. Awesome!
Taaramae alone should turn you into a top team but I don't like the other leaders as all of them have bigger flaws. I'd say it's a team fighting for a top 5 but theres a big variance possible due to Taaramae (between crashing out and totally dominating a GT)
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