Stages



Finally, our best riders compete in our home race. This is the race we have looking toward all year, and finally, it is upon us.
This is our team as [url=om/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33140&rowstart=40#post_894127]previously stated[/url]
Leader = Julian Rodas
Sprinter = Robert Sweeting
Mountain Free Element = Remy Di Gregorio
Hill Free Element = Phillip Gaimon
Helper = Nicolas Rousseau
Lead Out = Cyril Lemoine
Helper = Sylvain Chavanel

However, we do have some tough competition against us specifically in the mountains where we will be aiming for a high finish with Rodas and/or Di Gregorio. Specifically Kashechkin and Eastman will certainly be the main favorites for the GC though. On the other hand, Sweeting and Gaimon will be specifically going for stage wins, Gaimon has slim competition with Zaini being the only other real puncheur, but Sweeting will have to use his hill abilities to beat the likes of Thorsen, Drujon, Mezgec and many others.

It'll be an interesting race to say the least.

Finally the first 7 stages of the tour of aAmerica are finished, and its been quite successful for us.

Notable Results:
Stage 1 - 4th (Robert Sweeting)
Stage 2 - 7th (Robert Sweeting)
Stage 3 - 6th (Robert Sweeting)
Stage 4 - 14 - 20 (TTT)
Stage 5 - 9th (Rodas)
Stage 6 - 8th (Gaimon)
Stage 7 - 1st, 4th, 8th (Sweeting, Gaimon, Di Gregorio)
Overall GC - 8th, 10th (Gaimon, Rodas)
Overall KOM - 1st (Rousseau)

With 14 stages left, we already have a stage win and the lead in the KOM, its already been a quite successful race.

Another 9 stages have gone by in our biggest race this season, and here are some more great results:

Stage 8 - 5th, 6th (Rodas, Di Gregorio)
Stage 9 - 3rd (Rodas)
Stage 12 - 3rd (Phillip Gaimon)
Stage 13 (ITT) - 10th (Lemoine)
Stage 14 - 6th (Robert Sweeting)
Stage 15 - 5th (Robert Sweeting)
Stage 16th - 5th (Rodas)
Overall GC - 4th (Rodas)
Overall KOM - 3rd (Rousseau)
Overall Points - 5th (Sweeting)

Finally the biggest race of our season has come to an end and here are the results for the last 4 stages

Stage 18th - 1st, 4th (Rodas, Di Gregorio)
Stage 19th - 4th, 5th (Di Gregorio, Rodas)
Overall GC - 4th, 11th, 20th (Rodas, Di Gregorio, Gaimon)
Overall Points - 6th (Rodas)


overall notable results

With the season over, here were our final stats

		Team	Total	PpRD
14		In-n-Out Racing p/b Auchan	1075	7.167

Our inagural season was a very fun, from seeing Phillip Gaimon winning the first race of the season to having a top 5 finish in the ToA with Julian Rodas, it was really a season to remember. Now it is time to figure out what will happen with our riders and what will happen with our sponsors.

Reports coming out of the the In-n-Out camp are that the in-n-out team managers have been told that Auchan will not be joining the team as a sponsor next year. though the team was not given any specific reason, reports have said that Auchan was disappointed with the team's 14th place finish compared to the amount of money they put in the team.

However, sponsor that was almost the team's sponsor last year, jumped right onto the open sponsorship. That sponsor was the French department store chain....Carrefour!

The team has also been able to bring back minor sponsor ESPN, who have loved the more world-wide exposure that the team have been giving them.

After many weeks of speculation, Man-Game management finally announced that In-n-out will be remaining in the man-game at the CT division. This comes after the team was strongly at risk of disbanding due to a whole ton of reasons. Luckily the team will remain and now be called "In-n-Out Cycling Team Powered By Carrefour"

In-n-Out Cycling Team Powered By Carrefour has finally released their full list of sponsors and their jersey. The jersey is basically the same as the previous year's but with some more blue for Carrefour. We can all agree Jakstar did a great job.



Main
In-n-Out
Carrefour

Secondary
Trek
Airbus
ESPN
Original Joes

This morning the second year continental team: In-n-Out Racing p/b Carrefour announced the equipment it would be using in this upcoming season.

The frame will be a standard trek frame with a yellow color, the wheels were highlighted the most by the team with a huge variety of Bontrager wheels as seen here:



The team also announced that their goals fully selected and that they'd have a separate press release for the goals

After long talks with with management, In-n-Out Racing p/b Carrefour has revealed the list of players they want to resign:

Will resign:
Julian Rodas
Phillip Gaimon
Robert Sweeting

Will try to resign (based off money):
Sylvain Chavanel
Jean-Lou Paiani
Cyril Lemoine
Alexandre Aulas
Chris Barton

Need a good price to resign:
Benoît Sinner
Christophe Kern
Nicolas Rousseau
Antoine Matteau

Not looking to keep:
Vincent Butts
Rémy Di Gregorio

The team also decided to release a pre-renewals transfer targets list full of free agents:

After a long time of negotiating and basically picking teeth, In-n-out p/b Carrefour have finally finished negotiations and released who will be staying on the team and for how much:

First	Last	New Contract (If Offered)	Last Year's Contract
Alexandre	Aulas	65k	60k
Chris	Barton (Rode for Jaguar on loan)	100k	100k
Sylvain	Chavanel	65k	80k
Rémy	Di Gregorio	105k	155k
Phillip	Gaimon	125k	120k
Christophe	Kern	50k	50k
Cyril	Lemoine	50k	50k
Antoine	Matteau	50k	50k
Jean-Lou	Paiani	55k	50k
Julián	Rodas	70k	70k
Nicolas	Rousseau	50k	50k
Robert	Sweeting	140k	140k
Vincent	Butts	Not Offered	50k
Benoît	Sinner	Not Offered	50k
Brayan	Ramirez	Not Offered	Stagiare
Alexis	Dulin	Not Offered	Stagiare
James	Oram	Not Offered	Stagiare

That leaves the team with 12 riders and around 275k in salary cap left, which puts the team in quite a good position going into the transfer season. However, just because a player was resigned, doesn't mean the team is necessarily looking to keep him. Specifically Remy Di Gregorio is still having issues with management and may be looking for a change of scenery. The team actually released a list of its likelyhood to transfer out a rider:

Need Very Good Deal:
Phillip Gaimon
Julian Rodas
Robert Sweeting
Open to Discussion:
Alexandre Aulas
Chris Barton
Cyril Lermoine
Antoine Matteau
Nicolas Rousseau
Looking to transfer:
Sylvain Chavanel
Christophe Kern
Jean-Lou Paiani
Needs to be Gone:
Remy Di Gregorio

The Team's full schedule will be released soon as well as some transfer news hype before the full transfer season starts.

The french legend Sylvain Chavanel has formally asked the team for a transfer. He handed in the request this morning which has sent shockwaves through the team. Chavanel, was loved by his teammates and coaches alike and has sent the team into mass confusion. "Sylvain was the heart and soul of the team last year, he really brought us together despite us having cultural differences" Phillip Gaimon said. Cyril Lemoine also commented by saying, "It's really disappointing, but in the end it's his choice". Clearly Sylvain was a great rider for the team's morale and cohesion as a unit but the team may have no choice but transfer him. Chavanel was not available for comment but Maxime Oget said, "I have too much respect for him to keep him if he wants to leave (...) we will have to sell him"

Stats:

With transfers approaching, In-n-out p/b Carrefour has announced its team goals for next year.

Even though the transfer season is still young, In-n-out p/b Carrefour have already changed their approach drastically. Previously they stated Julian Rodas was practically untouchable, however they are now looking for a buyer for last years 4th place finisher that the Tour of America. Remy Di Gregorio is still on the block and joining him is Chris Barton who was loaned out to Jaguar for the duration of last season. Veteran Cristophe Kern has also been placed on the block but they might be more tentative to transfer him out due to his ability as a team mate.

Wages:
Rodas = € 70,000
Di Gregorio = € 105,000
Barton = € 100,000
Kern = € 50,000

here are their stats:

Today we've decided to reveal our C2HC Calendar for this upcoming season, enjoy!

Date	Race Name	Country	Cat.	Route
Jan. 31st	Great Ocean Road Classic		C2HC	Click Here
Feb. 1-6	Benelux Challenge		C2HC	Click Here
Feb. 21	Geraardsbergen-Bosberg		C2HC	Click Here
Feb. 31	GP Sallanches		C2HC	Click Here
March. 20-24	Giro del Trentino		C2HC	Click Here
April 1	Zimnyanya GP		C2HC	Click Here
May 1	Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt		C2HC	Click Here
May 18-23	Tour of Scotland		C2HC	Click Here
June 2	GP Herning		C2HC	Click Here
June 9-12	Tour of Iceland		C2HC	Click Here
July 2-8	Tour de Pologne		C2HC	Click Here
August 1-7	USA Pro Cycling Challenge		C2HC	Click Here
September 3	Acropolis Cup		C2HC	Click Here
September 24	GP Yekaterinburg		C2HC	Click Here
October 8-15	Ruta America del Sur		C2HC	Click Here

*Press Conference*
After a particularly panicky first few days of the transfer season, we would like to introduce our first signing...please welcome former Ayubowan! rider... BLAISE SONNERY!
After negotiations, we acquired Blaise for a mere 390k, a lot of money, but still leaving us with enough money to make a few more transfers if needed. Now i'm gonna stop talking and answer some questions...
"Why?"
Wow, that's a straight forward question, well we decided to bring in Blaise because he a very good sprinter for the CT, but also he is fantastic in the Mountains and Hills, so we're pretty confident he'll win quite a few hilly races this season.
"But you already have a rider like that in Robert Sweeting"
Yes but a team can never have too much talent, and really that allows us to have a very good multi-terrained sprinter in every race we attend.
"How much is his wage?"
Actually, this might sound pretty crazy, but he is being payed the bare minimum of 50k, he'll definitely earn a raise by the end of the year though.
"This adds another french rider, continuing the gap of French to American riders on your squad, is your sponsor okay with it?"
Well I told In-n-out that unless they give me a massive budget increase, that there was no way I was going to be able to afford more American riders, they decided not to increase my budget, so my hands are tied in regards to American riders

Alright that's all we have time for, thank you so much!

Blaise Sonnery's Stats: