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[CT] Parmalat - Ecopetrol
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| Dane Bramage |
Posted on 10-07-2025 21:43
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Parmalat 
EcoPetrol 
Ciudad de Bogota
Regione Emilia-Romagna
Santini
Guerciotti
SRAM 
What can you expect? Our goal is to put Italy back on the ManGame map. A country rich with cycling history has been reduced to a minnow. We aim to change that.
Of course it is our first year on the circuit, so we can't expect much, but we can lay the foundation for something potentially great.
Our main sponsor Parmalat would ideally like to see at least 50% of our squad be from Italy.
EcoPetrol, our Colombian secondary sponsor, would like 2-3 Colombian riders on the team.
Parmalat has a global presence as a brand name, but is primarily known in North- and South America and the southern part of Africa. Perhaps we will aim to have a rider or two from those parts of the world.
Edited by Dane Bramage on 13-07-2025 21:12
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| Dane Bramage |
Posted on 10-07-2025 21:43
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| Nat. | Name | FL | MO | MM | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | PR | Age | | Freddy Alejandro Avila | 70 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 65 | 63 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 67 | 68 | 22 | | Mattia Cattaneo | 66 | 78 | 72 | 66 | 75 | 70 | 74 | 71 | 50 | 50 | 64 | 58 | 60 | 75 | 35 | | Giulio Ciccone | 67 | 77 | 75 | 73 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 73 | 50 | 51 | 69 | 59 | 59 | 79 | 31 | | Simone Consonni | 72 | 58 | 64 | 69 | 64 | 71 | 76 | 76 | 66 | 75 | 75 | 65 | 62 | 65 | 31 |  | Omar Fraile | 65 | 72 | 70 | 68 | 75 | 68 | 70 | 63 | 54 | 56 | 60 | 75 | 61 | 75 | 35 | | Davide Gabburo | 75 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 64 | 73 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 72 | 76 | 79 | 65 | 63 | 32 | | Andrea Manfredi | 68 | 77 | 71 | 64 | 64 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 53 | 61 | 71 | 76 | 72 | 64 | 33 |  | Fran Miholjevic | 68 | 63 | 65 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 66 | 68 | 53 | 56 | 63 | 66 | 68 | 70 | 23 | | Juan Sebastian Molano | 70 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 61 | 65 | 71 | 75 | 62 | 75 | 77 | 63 | 65 | 62 | 31 | | Jacopo Mosca | 71 | 72 | 74 | 75 | 63 | 73 | 75 | 68 | 60 | 65 | 75 | 80 | 71 | 68 | 32 |  | Pedro Pablo Pereyra | 64 | 77 | 72 | 67 | 61 | 71 | 74 | 66 | 59 | 50 | 64 | 66 | 73 | 61 | 32 | | Alessandro Pinarello | 67 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 57 | 69 | 66 | 65 | 58 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 65 | 57 | 22 |  | Johan Price-Pejtersen | 72 | 61 | 62 | 62 | 76 | 69 | 76 | 67 | 60 | 62 | 65 | 65 | 64 | 75 | 26 | | Nairo Quintana | 64 | 78 | 74 | 70 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 50 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 57 | 67 | 35 | | Jhonatan Restrepo | 70 | 68 | 72 | 75 | 72 | 71 | 69 | 74 | 55 | 70 | 72 | 65 | 68 | 72 | 31 |  | Lukas Talacka | 72 | 57 | 61 | 64 | 74 | 71 | 73 | 68 | 63 | 61 | 67 | 73 | 63 | 74 | 31 |  | Martijn Tusveld | 71 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 68 | 73 | 74 | 61 | 67 | 66 | 68 | 69 | 71 | 32 | | Nick Van der Lijke | 70 | 61 | 67 | 73 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 73 | 61 | 79 | 74 | 63 | 60 | 65 | 34 | | Simone Velasco | 73 | 72 | 74 | 76 | 60 | 75 | 71 | 68 | 64 | 69 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 62 | 30 | | Luca Wackermann | 73 | 67 | 70 | 73 | 52 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 55 | 73 | 70 | 69 | 63 | 50 | 33 | | Filippo Zana | 67 | 70 | 72 | 73 | 66 | 72 | 69 | 70 | 62 | 68 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 64 | 26 | | Andrea Zordan | 66 | 72 | 74 | 76 | 54 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 52 | 64 | 72 | 71 | 61 | 54 | 33 |
| Start | End | Race | Category | | 08-Jan | |  Clasico San Jose | C2 | | 12-Jan | 17-Jan |  Tour Down Under | C1 | | --- | | | | | 01-Feb | |  Coppa Placci | C2 | | 14-Feb | 16-Feb |  Tour of Eritrea | C1 | | 16-Feb | |  GP Yekaterinburg | C2 | | 18-Feb | 26-Feb |  Vuelta al Tachira | C2 | | --- | | | | | 01-Mar | 05-Mar | Herald Sun Tour | C2 | | 16-Mar | |  Monterrey TTT | C2 | | 22-Mar | 26-Mar |  Tour of Britain | C1 | | 25-Mar | 28-Mar |  Tour of Guadeloupe | C2 | | 05-Apr | 11-Apr |  Tour de Pologne | C1 | | --- | | | | | 01-May | 05-May |  La Tropicale Amissa Bongo | C1 | | 07-May | 10-May |    Tour of the Middle East | C2 | | 12-May | 25-May |  Tour of America | C1 | | 13-May | 16-May |  Tour of Luxembourg | C2 | | 27-May | |  Isle of Man ITT | C2 | | --- | | | | | 01-Jun | 07-Jun | Tour of California | C1 | | 10-Jun | |  Frankfurt Eschborn | C2 | | 22-Jun | 28-Jun |  Tour of Vancouver | C2 | | 06-Jul | |  GP Plouay | C2 | | 15-Jul | 18-Jul |  Euskal Bizikleta | C2 | | 25-Jul | 28-Jul |  Uppsala Classic | C2 | | --- | | | | | 01-Aug | 05-Sep | Tour of San Luis | C2 | | 09-Aug | 11-Aug | Giro del Trentino | C2 | | 15-Aug | 20-Aug |  Tour of Japan | C1 | | --- | | | | | 16-Sep | 22-Sep |  Int. Osterreich Rundfahrt | C2 | | 25-Sep | 30-Sep | Vuelta al Pais Vasco | C1 | | --- | | | | | 01-Oct | |  Hong Kong Challenge | C2 | | 10-Oct | 15-Oct |  Tour of South Africa | C1 | | 17-Oct | |  Zuri Metzgete | C2 |
Finish in the top 10 of the CT team standings
We have, hopefully, signed a lot of point scorers, so that although we lack a real top rider, we will still haul in many points from many riders across many different races. The dropouts in the division have of course helped us in achieving this goal.
Win at least 8 stages in stage races
This is the reason our calendar is filled with stage races. We aim to win at least 8 stages across the season. A difficult goal for sure, but we have confidence in our squads ability to win in many different ways.
Win the KOM jersey in Tour de Pologne
Our C1 goal for the season. We tried to pick one where we didn't have to compete for wins or top results, but rather one we can go after with aggresive riding, which we will hopefully be able to do in Poland.
To help us do it, we have picked the following riders:
Avila, Freddy Alejandro
Gabburo, Davide
Mosca, Jacopo
Talacka, Lukas
Velasco, Simone
Wackermann, Luca
Zana, Filippo
Zordan, Andrea
Win the Vuelta al Tachira
Another stage race, but this time we actually aim to win the entire race and not just stages. A difficult task, but a challenge that we are up for. One the following riders will hopefully stand atop the podium after the final stage in Venezuela:
Cattaneo, Mattia
Ciccone, Giulio
Fraile, Omar
Manfredi, Andrea
Miholjevic, Fran
Pereyra, Pedro Pablo
Quintana, Nairo
Tusveld, Martijn
Win Giro del Trentino
A race on our home turf, A race that is prestigious, A race that is important and could play a vital part in our teams history for years to come. We want to be visible, aggressive and victorious.
Avila, Freddy Alejandro
Cattaneo, Mattia
Ciccone, Giulio
Fraile, Omar
Price-Pejtersen, Johan
Restrepo, Jhonatan
Talacka, Lukas
Tusveld, Martijn
Edited by Dane Bramage on 16-09-2025 19:20
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| Dane Bramage |
Posted on 10-07-2025 21:43
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Finish in the top 10 of the CT team standings
TBA
Win at least 8 stages in stage races
3/8
Win the KOM jersey in Tour de Pologne
TBA
Win the Vuelta al Tachira
Missed
Win Giro del Trentino
TBA
| Rider | Race | Stage | | Nick van der Lijke | Herald Sun Tour | Stage 1 | | Nick van der Lijke | Herald Sun Tour | Stage 5 | | Nick van der Lijke | Herald Sun Tour | Points jersey | | Nick van der Lijke | Tour of Britain | Stage 1 | | Davide Gabburo | GP Yekaterinenburg | One day |
Edited by Dane Bramage on 01-12-2025 14:45
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Posted on 05-12-2025 10:12
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 11-07-2025 05:28
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Welcome! Should be a fun combination of sponsors. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
RIP Exxon Duke, David Veilleux, Double Feature, and Monster Energy |
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| Heine |
Posted on 11-07-2025 05:33
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Welcome to the game! I like the nationalities combo and I like the jersey! I guess we might end up battling for some Colombians
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 11-07-2025 06:09
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Welcome to the game! Nice to see an Italian lead sponsor back in the game. Will keep an eye out for how you tackle your first season.
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| Ezeefreak |
Posted on 11-07-2025 06:37
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Welcome!
You should be easy to spot in the peloton with this shirt, nice work!
Good luck for your first season and everything what comes after this!
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| honkerfred |
Posted on 11-07-2025 08:57
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Hi!
We both started this year 
Your Team HQ looks good already, eager to see what you will come up with and of course: See you in the races this year  |
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| knockout |
Posted on 11-07-2025 09:11
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Pretty crazy that we didnt have a primary Italian team rn so it definitely is a market where its nice to see a new team trying to establish themselves. Cool jersey!
A Big Thank You To All MG Reporters! |
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| Dane Bramage |
Posted on 11-07-2025 10:43
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Thanks guys!
Yeah, I hard a thorough look at sponsor nationalities and realised that Italy was heavily underrepresented. I wanted to fix that. |
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| Dane Bramage |
Posted on 11-07-2025 10:44
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Thanks guys!
Yeah, I hard a thorough look at sponsor nationalities and realised that Italy was heavily underrepresented. I wanted to fix that. |
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| Bushwackers |
Posted on 11-07-2025 16:32
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Welcome to the game Dane! Looking forward to following your team this season. The jersey looks very nice.
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 12-07-2025 08:22
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Welcome! Love having an Italian team back in the peloton. Hopefully you can build a team you're happy with during transfers and can establish Italy as a strong cycling nation once again 
Indosat - ANZ HQ
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| kandesbunzler26 |
Posted on 13-07-2025 13:59
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Welcome to the game! And let's hope your Italian project is more successful (and sustainable) than the previous attempts in the last seasons. It hasn't been a lucky country lately...
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| Fabianski |
Posted on 15-07-2025 23:05
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Welcome!
Great to see that Italy is getting back on the MG map as a primary sponsor country - when I started back in 2019 (with a Swiss-Italian team), Generali were one of my favourite teams in PT, and in their final year Mapei joined them in PT. Mapei manager Heine is back, so I guess he should know how to lead an Italian team to success 
All the best - and don't hesitate to ask questions if there should be any left 
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| redordead |
Posted on 16-07-2025 09:16
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I agree with the others. It's well overdue that we have a primary Italian team in the peloton. I like the secondary focus as well
"I am a cyclist, I may not be the best, but that is what I strive to be. I may never get there, but I will never quit trying." - Tadej Pogačar
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| SotD |
Posted on 22-07-2025 21:33
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Welcome to the game! And a very good pick to take on the Italian market, which is really not flooded by any means...
Also the mixture of Italy and Colombia brings good memories of Ceramica Panaria, Colombia - Selle Italia and Androni with Sella, Pozzovivo, Simoni, Rujano, Scarponi, Belletti, Ginanni, Serpa, Contreras, Pellizotti and Perez Cuapio although the latter was Mexican if i'm not mistaken
A cool jersey aswell, to get noted from the first race seems like a good idea.
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| cunego59 |
Posted on 23-07-2025 07:44
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I really like that your first major choices are already based on an analysis of the current state of the game, I'd say that's a promising sign Wouldn't be surprised to see you pick up the other elements quickly as well. And if you're interested in African riders, maybe we'll have a chat during transfers, too!
I agree with the others on the jersey as well and it's great that you've made it yourself. No pressure obviously, but capable shirt makers have become rarer and rarer in the MG, so in case you might be interested in creating more, do let the people know
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| Dane Bramage |
Posted on 23-07-2025 08:42
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cunego59 wrote:
I really like that your first major choices are already based on an analysis of the current state of the game, I'd say that's a promising sign Wouldn't be surprised to see you pick up the other elements quickly as well. And if you're interested in African riders, maybe we'll have a chat during transfers, too!
I agree with the others on the jersey as well and it's great that you've made it yourself. No pressure obviously, but capable shirt makers have become rarer and rarer in the MG, so in case you might be interested in creating more, do let the people know
As long as people know, that I am not on the level of guys like hillis91 and Eezefreek, then sure
SotD wrote:
Welcome to the game! And a very good pick to take on the Italian market, which is really not flooded by any means...
Also the mixture of Italy and Colombia brings good memories of Ceramica Panaria, Colombia - Selle Italia and Androni with Sella, Pozzovivo, Simoni, Rujano, Scarponi, Belletti, Ginanni, Serpa, Contreras, Pellizotti and Perez Cuapio although the latter was Mexican if i'm not mistaken
A cool jersey aswell, to get noted from the first race seems like a good idea.
Exactly the nostalgic vibe I was aiming at I loved those teams. |
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 05-08-2025 07:07
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Ayyy welcome! Not much to add that hasn't been said, an Italian team is such a great choice given the state of the game, and a South American focus also fits very well. And as SotD said, the mix is a cool one given the 2000s-Early 2010s crossover teams irl.
Also, love the avatar
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