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Playboy Project II - Satisfying Honour
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| MTSN98 |
Posted on 18-09-2012 23:26
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Ion Podgaetschii
Nationality: Moldova 
Age: 18
Specialisation: Northern Classics
Indrek Portshidze
Nationality: Moldova
Age: 20
Specialisation: One Day Classics
Lambert Pot
Nationality: Netherlands 
Age: 19
Specialisation: Time Trialling
Savernio Quacquarini
Nationality: Italy 
Age: 20
Specialisation: Stage Races
Hannu Riipa
Nationality: Finland 
Age: 21
Specialisation: Sprinting
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| Barbaruvian |
Posted on 18-09-2012 23:33
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Thies Schlapka
Nationality: Germany 
Age: 21
Specialisation: Time Trialling
Manfred Sys
Nationality: Germany
Age: 21
Specialisation: Sprinting
Jan Ten Nijenhuijs
Nationality: Netherlands
Age: 18
Specialisation: Stage Races
Shadrack Twing
Nationality: United States 
Age: 19
Speciality: Stage Races
Joe Tysperduyk
Nationality: Belgium 
Age: 17
Specialisation: Climbing
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| MTSN98 |
Posted on 18-09-2012 23:35
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Boriss Uts
Nationality: Estonia 
Age: 22
Specialisation: Sprinting
Dimitri Van Den Bergh
Nationality: Belgium
Age: 19
Specialisation: Northern Classics
Ross Van Hattum
Nationality: Netherlands
Age: 18
Specialisation: Sprinting
Cliff Van Schoomhooven
Nationality: Netherlands
Age: 21
Specialisation: Stage Races
Matty Vanderjeugt
Nationality: Belgium
Age: 21
Specialisation: Time Trialling
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| Barbaruvian |
Posted on 18-09-2012 23:44
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Vernie Kunze stated today that he was "very proud" of his 30-strong completely Neo team, and extremely excited to see how they would perform in the arena of professional sport.
Vernie sited Manfred Sys and Edik Komalchevsky as riders who could make an immediate impact in their first year, with Manfred aiming for sprints and Edik for cobbled stages.
Ernesto Baretto also commented that Jerry Heng-Suam and Seppo Hjerpe have shown real fighting spirit and commitment to training, whilst Jerry is also reportedly "demon" at going downhill.
The management have voiced their collective belief that within the team there are several riders who could reach the very top of the sport, whilst the majority of the squad may very possibly progress to a high level team. |
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| MTSN98 |
Posted on 19-09-2012 00:03
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Sponsor Goals
The team's sponsors have allocated a budget of €864,000 a year which they believe is adequate for the team's needs and expectations.
Tour of Qatar
Stage win
Medium Priority
Vuelta Mallorca
Wear leader’s jersey
Low Priority
Tour of Oman
Top 5
Medium Priority
Vuelta al Algarve
Top 10
Medium Priority
Tour of South Africa
Wear leader’s jersey
Low Priority
Paris-Troyes
Top 10
Low Priority
Criterium International
Top 5
High Priority
A very tough ask, as the race is usually a fitness staging ground for WorldTour teams, Hajek Semak stated quite heatedly that it was far too early to be asking such efforts of young athletes.
GP Van Het Mergelland
Top 10
Low Priority
Tour de la Sarthe
Wear leader’s jersey
Low Priority
Vuelta a Asturias
Top 10
Low Priority
Californian Road
Top 5
High Priority
Given California usually has a good turnout, a top 5 finish may be challenging, and a top10 or 15 would perhaps be more realistic. The team will however, hope to maintain consistency as well as riding with the flair and freedom allowed to unknown, young athletes.
Circuit de l’Ain
Stage Win
Medium Priority
Tour of Britain
Stage Win
Medium Priority
GP del Lazio
Top 5
Medium Priority
Paris-Tours
Top 5
High Priority
In a one day race, things tend to be a bit more wide open. If the young team can maintain form into October and minimise fatigue, then anything is possible.
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| MTSN98 |
Posted on 19-09-2012 00:14
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28th January
Playboy Project 2 @playboyproject
We are pleased to announce that Playboy have agreed to remain as main sponsor of the team until 2014! #Playboy
Playboy Project 2 @playboyproject
In the mean time we wish our riders luck for our first race tomorrow! #GoodLuck #PBY #Cycling
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| Barbaruvian |
Posted on 19-09-2012 00:22
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29th January
Vernie Kunze @kunzevernie Driving rain in Marseille, feels a bit like the deep end. Time to swim guys! #soaked #playboy #PBY
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 19-09-2012 03:00
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If he goes to Qatar it will be warmer and dry  |
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| Adomluka |
Posted on 19-09-2012 03:56
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Loving the story line of this one, keep up the good work! |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 19-09-2012 07:03
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A very young team, great  |
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| Barbaruvian |
Posted on 19-09-2012 10:35
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Thanks for the support guys! Adomluka, just noticed your avatar  I AM a triathlete, failed epicly at national level (so only so good (swimming)). Fallen off my road bike twice in three years, one because of a break failiure, and one because of black ice. AND I've descended Alpe/Croix de fer/madeleine/the last 100km of that stage to fuente de in the vuelta this year, and not been passed by anyone. We can ride bikes just saying (or maybe I'm a cyclist at heart)
Still, avatar's got some truth to it, made me laugh 
-Edit- Should be more like, a Lupa (Euskaltel) rider was here *cough* Amets Txurruka
ANYWAY! Rant over... GP de Marseille, was slightly interesting so might take some time to collate.
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| Barbaruvian |
Posted on 19-09-2012 11:06
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29th January
GP de Marseille
The peloton meanders through the french countryside
-Post Race Interview with Vernie Kunze-
"It was really a testing the legs kinda day, we don't really have a man for the hills as of yet so we thought about a breakaway. As it was, the guys missed the jump. The interesting stuff happened when with about 30km and one hill to go, it all came back together and Manfred found himself still well placed in the peloton.
"Seppo had a moment of real inspiration, when he persuaded the guys to work on the front on the final hill, they held it really nicely, so that the other teams could catch the attackers on the descent."
Ernesto Baretto interjects "Then stuff got really hairy, on the race radio we are being told there is a big crash, 80 plus riders held up. Apparently Amets Txurruka and Sandy Casar touch wheels near the front, whole peloton comes down."
"Yeah, the wet roads and technical descent made stuff crazy at that speed. Hannu and Tommy was caught up in it, but only bumps and bruises. What it did do throw was throw the race a bit open, and dissuade people from taking risks."
The race ended in an (uphill) sprint finish! Marnix Dirikx did a fantastic job of positioning Manfred Sys on the wheels of Sammy Dumoulin, but in the end the hills had just taken too much out of Manfred, and he could only finish 10th in a race won by "Roni Mallomin" of Cat Racing
The team was reportedly ecstatic at scoring ContinentalTour points on their first outing, with Vernie lauding above all else the sound race tactics and quick thinking that the eight men brought to the race in Marseille.
Gp de Marseille
10th - Manfred Sys
16th - Marnix Dirikx
Honourable mentions:
Hannu Riipa, Tommy Bøje-Gensby +6'20", 136th,137th
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 19-09-2012 11:08
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10th is good
Hope the crash didn't leave an impact on other riders |
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| Barbaruvian |
Posted on 19-09-2012 11:18
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GP de Marseille
8 Injured in Mass Crash
In the GP de Marseille today, a clashing of wheels between Amets Txurruka and Sandy Casar left some 95 riders on the tarmac or stranded behind the rush for the line. 8 of those withdrew from the race, being:
Jorge Azanza - SuperCor
Marco Santambrogio - Planet Poon 2
Benjamin Giraud - La Pomme-Marseille
Wesley Sulzberger - Matmut - Porsche
William Dugan - Team KOO
Ian Stannard - Etihad
Nicolas Edet - Matmut - Oreca
Benni Kong - Team CAT
Most of the riders sustained broken wrists and fractured hands, although Dugan fractured his coccyx, and Kong broke a rib. Wesley Sulzberger was the worst affected, with a broken neck that could leave him out of competition for a couple of months.
Spoiler Good hint Ian 
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 19-09-2012 13:01
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Poor Sulzberger  |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 19-09-2012 13:25
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Great start to the season for the team at Marseille
And that crash had a massive effect on the team rosters |
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| MTSN98 |
Posted on 19-09-2012 16:04
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Tommeke Thommikksen’s Blog
It does seem rather ominous that even at this very early stage of the season, there has been mass-pile-up after mass-pile-up; and this is without Cavendish or Feillu racing. Riders will blame the route, the bottlenecking of the final straight, the weather, the road surface and the organiser, but the fact is, sprinting is becoming more and more dangerous due to the careless and often reckless attitude of young sprinters. Such is their drive to win, that they see the finish line through a set of blinkers, and weave from one side of the road to another knocking down riders like bowling pins. More often than not the offender also crashes, and it is high time for them to learn that old sage of wisdom – ‘To finish first, first you have to finish.’ |
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| MTSN98 |
Posted on 19-09-2012 16:09
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CBB Sports News @Stoidi_Puekaw
@playboyproject Grown men dressed in bright pink lycra #lol #awkward
CBB Sports News @Stoidi_Puekaw
Hey!! A crash that wasn’t caused by Euskaltel #shocked |
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| MTSN98 |
Posted on 19-09-2012 16:15
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Tommeke Thommikksen @thommitomm
Can’t wait for the season to really start – definitely #bored right now. Anyone got anything I can do?
Vernie Kunze @kunzevernie
@thommitomm rider profiles
Tommeke Thommikksen @thommitomm
@kunzevernie They need to win something first!
Vernie Kunze @kunzevernie
@thommitomm @NemeSys just managed 83rd in a sprint finish?
Tommeke Thommikksen @thommitomm
@kunzevernie #deluded |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 19-09-2012 16:25
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Vernie Kunze @kunzevernie
@thommitomm @NemeSys just managed 83rd in a sprint finish?
Like it He he |
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