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PFG - Armavia 2013
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 29-11-2012 17:02
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2013 - PFG - Armavia UPDATED shortlist:
With the transfer season getting closer and closer, the PFG-Armavia management has revealed a huge list of names who have attracted them recently, both free transfers and contracted riders. And among them, there are both local domestiques, as well as a couple of stars, with Adam Blythe undoubtedly being the biggest. Now it's up to PFG-Armavia to play their cards right if they are keen to attract some of the biggest names to the Middle East.
Free agents
 Hichem Chaabane
 Biao Liu
 Vassillis Adamou
 Tesfay Abraha
 Amir Kohladouz
Ali Khademi
Hossein Alizadeh
Abolfazl Gilanipoor
Behnam Khalilikhosrosham
Vahid Ghafari
 Ali Abdul Al Riqabi
 Roy Goldstein
Daniel Eliad
 Daniil Fominykh
Sergey Bormatenkov
 Thani Hamdan
Yousef Mirza Banihammad
Currently under contract
Idan Shapira - Metinvest-Emirates
Ran Margalliot - Pendleton's
Arman Kamyshev - Vueling Airlines
 Azizulhasni Awang - Allianz-BMW Cycling Team
 Adam Blythe - Jaguar-Eritel
Edited by Bjartne on 29-11-2012 17:05
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| jph27 |
Posted on 29-11-2012 17:03
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Daniel isn't under contract any more, and all of those targets look acheivable for you except maybe Blythe and Kamyshev.  |
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 29-11-2012 17:07
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Thanks, updated now. Didn't see that he was made officially released by the team before now  |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 29-11-2012 17:12
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Nice list, Yousef Mirza Banihammad is a must for Metinvest new co-sponsor from UAE, it was already reported that he will be signed almost at any cost, Hamdan is also their wish, so we will meet soon.
Apart from that i am surprised we only have two, maybe three same riders on our shortlists (well, my is longlist). 
Edited by Avin Wargunnson on 29-11-2012 17:13
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 29-11-2012 17:21
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Haha, believe me, I am really prepared to battle you for the emirate riders. It will be really exciting to see how far each of us have to go to secure them (and espescially Yousef).
And there might as well be some signings outside of this shortlist, if we should fail to sign some of these. I have a longer list myself
Edited by Bjartne on 29-11-2012 17:22
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 29-11-2012 19:42
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The Eritrean flag grabbed my attention, but youll be pleased to know that Abraha is not one of our must-have Eritreans at Jaguar-Eritel
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 30-11-2012 00:16
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SportingNonsense wrote:
The Eritrean flag grabbed my attention, but youll be pleased to know that Abraha is not one of our must-have Eritreans at Jaguar-Eritel
And you'll be pleased to hear that Daniel Teklehaimanot is not one of our must have captains. If we manage to get Yousef Mirza Banihammad, that is |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 30-11-2012 07:10
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Bjartne wrote:
SportingNonsense wrote:
The Eritrean flag grabbed my attention, but youll be pleased to know that Abraha is not one of our must-have Eritreans at Jaguar-Eritel
And you'll be pleased to hear that Daniel Teklehaimanot is not one of our must have captains. If we manage to get Yousef Mirza Banihammad, that is
Nah, he will certainly be looking forward to race in the team with his home country sponsor, rather than some Israelis or who.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 30-11-2012 09:13
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For the love of god let Blythe go to the PT.
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| fjhoekie |
Posted on 30-11-2012 09:15
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Guess you don't want Adamou that bad?
You misspelled his name
Seems a nice list of targets...
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 30-11-2012 09:18
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Adamou is on many shortlists i see.
Better buy Blythe and win all the cobble classics with him, rather than pursuing some Benihammads.
Edited by Avin Wargunnson on 30-11-2012 09:24
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 30-11-2012 17:29
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Awang is one of the top targets for the only team in the Man Game with some Malaysian focus so you might want to rethink that one
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 01-12-2012 00:33
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Hahaha, many angry voices here. I was, and am, completely aware of the situation for Abraha, Awang, Hamdan, Banihammad etc. as they are important targets for teams which have a matching main- or minor sponsor nationality.
Needless to say, I am a huge fan of regional teams, and I don't fancy the possibility to destroy an eritrean, malaysian or emirate core of a team, f.ex.
However, there are limited Iranian riders, and therefore we need to get to the neighboor countries in asia and africa to find the rest of our squad. I also knew there would be discussion around a possible Blythe-signing, but he is a young supertalent, and if we have salary left after the other signings have been completed, we are willing to use a lot of transfer money to buy him, in order to have a good young cobbler in the squad.
There are extremely few asian cobblers, therefore we will go for a european one. May be Blythe (if we can afford him), may be another one |
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| cio93 |
Posted on 01-12-2012 09:31
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I predict you a horribly hard time competing against several big-profile teams with deep pockets for Blythe
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 18-12-2012 21:35
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After an intense and really messy transfer period in Armavias office, they have now officialy ended their activity at the market, and will be doing the pre-season meeting with the team and shortly after it go for training camps to get the team settled.
We are happy with the team at this phase. The plan originally was that we would like to have a strong asian image and focus of the team, but they were heavily contested. Therefore, some days into the transfer season we decided heading for africa, but the most of the riders we had in mind was allready signed by MTN-Qhubeka. As a reaction to this, we've also signed some decent europeans and latinos to get a better depth in the team. A lot could (and should obviously) looked different,but we just have to deal with the situation we've comed in, and no we have to focus to get the best out of each rider.
In a comment to the local media, Bjartne admits he have been doing most of the things wrong in the transfer window e.g sacking some of the newest signings, which is one of the things he have been critisized the most for the last days. "We shouldn't have signed them in the first place." He looks down, sighs and continues "There is really no excuse for what we've done, both in relation to the other managers and teams, but not least, the riders we have treated with indignity. The only positives we might get out of this situation, is everything that we have learned trough it. No we're just looking forward to the seasons first races and to get this starting. The ultimate goal is to avoid relegation, and I'm sure that every single rider will fight hard to hopefully achieve that goal."
These riders will form PFG-Armavia 2013
2013 - PFG - Armavia squad: | | Leaders | | Vassilis Adamou | €70,000 | | Yousef Mirza Banihammad | €60,000 |  Pablo Andres Alarcon | €50,000 |  Chun Kai Feng | €50,000 | | Climbers |  Dylan Girdlestone | €100,000 |  Evgeny Bakhin | €50,000 |  Dadi Suryadi | €50,000 | | Hichem Chaabane | €50,000 |  Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay | €50,000 |  Ying Hon Yeung | €50,000 | | Puncheurs | | Meiyin Wang | €50,000 |  Juan Sebastian Tamayo Martinez | €50,000 | | Maxim Burlutsky | €50,000 | | Time trialists |  Ronan Racault | €75,000 |  Alexandr Braico | €50,000 | | Biao Liu | €50,000 | | Dor Dviri | €50,000 | | Sprinters |  Ivano Lo Cicero | €550,000 |  Ralf Matzka | €50,000 | | Mahdi Sohrabi | €50,000 | | Cobblers |  Sven Nooytens | €150,000 |  Robert Gavenda | €50,000 | | Tesfay Abraha | €50,000 | | Domestiques |  Phucong Sai-Udomsin | €60,000 | | Jimmy Pranata | €50,000 |  Salfo Bikienga | €50,000 | | Idan Shapira | €50,000 | | ------------------------------------------------- | | Loaned out | | Sep Vanmarcke | €250,000 | Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi | | Vahid Ghafari | €50,000 | Kenya Airways - Barclays | | Daniel Eliad | €50,000 | Kenya Airways - Barclays | | Behnam Khalilikhosrosham | €50,000 | Kenya Airways - Barclays | | Daniil Fominykh | €50,000 | Team Credexbank | | Sergey Bormatenkov | €50,000 | Team Credexbank |
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| CountArach |
Posted on 19-12-2012 00:52
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You've got quite a bit of talent there but with Vanmarcke loaned out and no massive leaders you may be fighting it out in one of the relegation positions. Good luck!
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 19-12-2012 00:56
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I was thinking the same as Count, however if you had the other Alarcon as leader then relegation would be out of the question.
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 19-12-2012 01:29
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@Count: I know. Loaning out Vanmarcke was a difficult decision, due to he beeing one of the most important riders in the squad, and would be able to get some points. But in the end of the day, I realized that I probably would be facing relegation anyway, or at least be close to. So then I'm better off getting a maxed out Vanmarcke next season. If I'm missing out by a few points though, I will go shoot myself.
@Mre: Hahahah, don't mess with Pablo Andres! He will be the Alarcon of C2
Edited by Bjartne on 19-12-2012 01:29
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| MrDemus |
Posted on 19-12-2012 09:09
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Veri interesting and international squad  good luck on avoiding relegation. It will be a tough battle
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 06-01-2013 14:42
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National jerseys released
Creative shirtmaker ANFreeman finished his work today, and released the jerseys for the new arrivings Israelian Dor Dviri coming from Metinvest-Emirates and Ethiopian Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay arriving from Jaguar-Eritel. We welcome them both aboard, and hoping they'll be valuable additions to the squad.
Israelian NC-champion Dor Dviri (in TT) will be an important part of our races with TT-focus
Ethiopian NC-champion Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (in RR and TT) will be placed wherever the mountains are. He will be an important core of our climbing team, and be a strong support in the climbs.
Edited by Bjartne on 06-01-2013 14:46
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