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| jandal7 |
Posted on 29-01-2015 18:33
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Votes are cast!
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
[ICL] Santos-Euskadi | [PT]  Xero Racing
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 29-01-2015 20:10
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Can't wait to see who goes through this round. Voted!
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 30-01-2015 09:42
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trekbmc wrote:
Can't wait to see who goes through this round. Voted!
tomorrow is the day we know more 
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I thought about Ian Butlers idea, and found a way to make a little challenge for you containing that. More will be announced when the results of Belgium come in  |
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 30-01-2015 10:20
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Croatia14 wrote:
trekbmc wrote:
Can't wait to see who goes through this round. Voted!
tomorrow is the day we know more
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I thought about Ian Butlers idea, and found a way to make a little challenge for you containing that. More will be announced when the results of Belgium come in
can't wait.
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 31-01-2015 15:39
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Tomorrow I´m back from my girlfriends house, so today just a short update:
We will sign Kristof Vandewalle, as he is one in front of the others. He will be a great domestique on flat terrain and get his chances in breakaways and TT.
The other rider as well as the challenge will be announced tomorrow in the evening! The voting is still open... |
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 01-02-2015 21:45
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 Belgium – Rider Signings
We had a close vote with 3 favourites.
Kristof Vandewalle, winning by one, was already confirmed yesterday. He will bring in time trial abilities, so he could lead small tours with a TT, power on flat terrains for teammates, or take his chances in breakaways.
He will be joined by Jelle Wallays. Jelle is a real allrounder for different terrains, so he will be helpful as a domestique or an attacking rider in different types of races.
Current Team
 | Frank Schleck | Leader |  | Lieuwe Westra | Leader |  | Marcus Burghardt | Co-Leader | | Bob Jungels | Co-Leader | | Kristof Vandewalle | Co-Leader | | Rick Zabel | Talent Free-Role | | Mathieu van der Poel | Talent Free-Role | | Patrick Gretsch | Pro-Domestique | | Laurent Didier | Pro-Domestique | | Jelle Wallays | Pro-Domestique | | Julian Kern | Domestique | | Alex Kirsch | Domestique | | David van der Poel | Domestique |
Jelle was chosen over Jens Keukeleire, because we needed more a domestique than a captain. Jens will be added to the list for the contract discussion after our country trips.
Scouting Database
Today is the day we officially sign you guys for us. We need you as our scouts; together we build up a huge scouting network. The plan is to build up a database for riders, so that we won´t miss out any interesting young rider or potential leader for a contract interview.
The first step is that you sign as a scout. You can choose a major country where you work, this country will be reserved for you. Additionally you can choose up to three minor countries. These regions together will be your working area. There you can scout on riders coming from there as well as riders who take part in races in these regions.
Write about their potential or performances in your regions! I will add the riders to a list on the first page, linking the rider to the post in which you report about them.
The database will be found at the third post at the beginning of the story.
Ian Butler initiated this database by his idea!
It shall look like this:
Scout Database
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Riders Database
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With a link on the riders name to your post
You can already sign in as a scout, but the scouting reports shall start after the signings.
 Contract Trip #5 – Czech Republic + Slovakia 
After signing riders from our main regions, we will go on our singing tour in other interesting regions. Therefore we travel to the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
We will sign at least two riders from these countries, one or two from the Czech Republic as we have Skoda as a sponsor from here. We are mainly looking for domestiques in the next countries, as there are not many spots for leaders in our budget. Jens Voigt is well-known here and will be a boost to our signing goals.
Your Task
Sign in as a scout!
Make proposals for signings from the Czech Republic and Slovakia! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 01-02-2015 21:51
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I'd like to sign up as a scout for Belgium (Flanders en Wallonie and Bruxelles) if that's okay
Maybe a minor in France, too! |
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 01-02-2015 21:54
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Jan Barta
Bartosz Huzarski
Scout sign-up:
Name: Thownother Shrimpon Barbie
Spoiler  nah it's Jackson Hughes
Major: Australia
Minor: New Zealand, UK, Italy
Edited by jandal7 on 01-02-2015 21:56
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
[ICL] Santos-Euskadi | [PT] Xero Racing
5x x5
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 01-02-2015 21:54
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@Ian Butler & jandal7 great stuff!
I don´t count as a scout, my sign-in was just an example, so Luxembourg, Germany and the Netherlands are free to take!
Edited by Croatia14 on 01-02-2015 21:55
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| HuDCC |
Posted on 01-02-2015 22:12
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@jandal7: Huzarski is Polish  so don't count him as Czech or Slovak 
as we aren't watching for leaders I would suggest Frantisek Padour or Jan Hirt, both are decent climbers, and Hirt is also quite young still
Thank you Andy for everything!
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 01-02-2015 23:03
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Scout Sign Up:  &  Major;  Minor
Possible signings in CZE and SLO: Velits Brothers (Peter adds support in the climbs, Martins adds something as domestique and on cobbles)
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| jandal7 |
Posted on 01-02-2015 23:13
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the_hoyle wrote:
Scout Sign Up: & Major; Minor
Possible signings in CZE and SLO: Velits Brothers (Peter adds support in the climbs, Martins adds something as domestique and on cobbles)
Pretty sure I said GB
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant."
[ICL] Santos-Euskadi | [PT] Xero Racing
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 02-02-2015 00:52
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jandal7 wrote:
the_hoyle wrote:
Scout Sign Up: & Major; Minor
Possible signings in CZE and SLO: Velits Brothers (Peter adds support in the climbs, Martins adds something as domestique and on cobbles)
Pretty sure I said GB
You can take a minor region of one of the others as your major, or one of the major regions of someone other as your minor, just each country can only be one major country :) |
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| trekbmc |
Posted on 02-02-2015 04:40
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Scout Sign Up:
Name (do we need it?): Sylvain Lipawsky
Major: Switzerland
Minor: Luxembourg, Eastern and South-Eastern France, North Italy (pretty Much the Alps and around)
Czech and Slovak Riders (they are all riders that ride road but are strong in different disciplines or cycling):
Milan Kadlec
Maroš Kováč
Erik Baška
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 02-02-2015 09:32
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so far...
Czech Rebublic & Slovakia
Czech Rebublic
Barta
Padour
Hirt
Kadlec
Slovakia
P.Velits
M.Velits
Kovac
Baska
Jan Bartra will be a tough one, since he signed a three-year-contract with Bora-Argon 18. He and Peter Velits would be captains, the other rider domestiques with more or less chances to ride for themselves
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 02-02-2015 23:21
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Croatia14 wrote:
jandal7 wrote:
the_hoyle wrote:
Scout Sign Up: & Major; Minor
Possible signings in CZE and SLO: Velits Brothers (Peter adds support in the climbs, Martins adds something as domestique and on cobbles)
Pretty sure I said GB
You can take a minor region of one of the others as your major, or one of the major regions of someone other as your minor, just each country can only be one major country
I am happy to major France (I see that we don't have that) and let jandal have GB I will Minor Ireland instead
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 03-02-2015 12:44
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Czech Rebublic & Slovakia - Riders Selection
You made some interesting proposals for this region, especially when we look at the amount of domestiques this could be a weightful round for us.
To the current suggestions I would like to add two young riders.
Petr Vakoc could be a very interesting man for us. In the strong and deep Etixx-Quick Step team he has less chances than we could offer him. He would get a talented free-role. Finishing second in both road race and time trial of the Czech national championship he could be an interesting factor for our sponsor Skoda. He already won a World Tour stage; an amazing breakaway victory at the Tour de Pologne last year.
The other rider I suggest is Michael Kolar from Slovakia. He can sprint well, but doesn´t really get the chances for that at Tinkoff-Saxo. When he get´s his chances he can get some results (Tour de Langkawi), and he seems to be pretty talented. Could be a second row sprinter.
So we have these riders to choose from:
Czech Rebublic
Barta
Padour
Hirt
Kadlec
Vakoc
Slovakia
P.Velits
M.Velits
Kovac
Baska
Kolar
Bartra, P.Velits and Vakoc would only be signed together with a domestique.
Your Task!
Choose the riders from Czech Republic and Slovakia!
https://strawpoll.me/3552878
Spoiler @the_hoyle: your scouting region is edited |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 03-02-2015 13:14
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 03-02-2015 13:24
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I could also take Netherlands as a minor
I'm not 100% sure what we're supposed to do as scouts yet, though, but I guess that'll become clear later on? |
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 03-02-2015 13:35
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Ian Butler wrote:
I could also take Netherlands as a minor
I'm not 100% sure what we're supposed to do as scouts yet, though, but I guess that'll become clear later on?
Yes, that will be clearer after the signings, and when the season starts...
You can, it´s only your decision if you want!
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