sutty68 wrote:
Lets hope that Chavanel can get you some good results

This morning the team announced that we've has picked up a few more riders

The first was free agent team mate Nicolas Rousseau. Rousseau should be a great helper for the team in timetrails and in the sprint trains.

The DS seemed very happy with this next signing of Cyril Lemoine. "He might be our most valuable rider this year because of his sprinting and cobbling abillities" Lemoine might not be the best sprinter in the peleton, but if a break away goes the distance with him in it, count on him winning in a sprint.

The next signing was american do-it-all Phillip Gaimon. Gaimon should be extreamly important to the team in short tours as he can climb hills and mountains well. He also has a nice finishing sprint and he won't loose much time on TTs. Gaimon, however has been in some transfer rumors since he signed on to the team, so there is a posibility that he wont be on the team at the beginning of the season.

But after that, it was back to the frenchmen as we announced the signing of Christophe Kern. Kern is a very good climber and is very experienced. He should contribute to some great results for the team

We were also able to snatch up American tour specialist Chris Barton. Barton is a very good time-trailer and is a very solid climber. At 100k he may be a bit over payed, but as we said in our press conferance, "Better to over pay then not get him"



Stats:

Last name	FL	MT	HL	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SP	ACC	FTR	DH	PRL	Country
Gaimon	71	72	75	69	75	72	71	50	67	74	75	61	69	USA
Kern	70	74	71	64	71	67	72	62	60	64	68	61	64	FRA
Barton	65	73	65	75	71	73	73	61	59	66	68	74	75	USA
Lemoine	73	58	63	73	70	68	66	70	74	75	65	64	73	FRA
Rousseau	72	53	63	73	71	68	72	57	63	75	66	64	73	FRA

American Sprinter Robert Sweeting has agreed to a contract with In-n-out p/b auchan for 140k

Sweeting is a fantastic addition to the team as he can go over hills quite well for a sprinter and will be valuable in those races with hills but a flat finish.

Stats:

Last name	FL	MT	HL	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SP	ACC	FTR	DH	PRL	Country
Sweeting	73	53	70	60	72	69	75	58	76	75	63	60	67	USA

	Rider Name:	Nationality:	Wage:	Age:	Average:
	Sylvain Chavanel		80k	35	70.58
	Julian Rodas		70k	32	72.50
	Dries Beatse (Loan from Bouygues)		50k	24	66.08
	Jean-Lou Paiani		50k	26	71.25
	Benoît Sinner		50k	30	71.00
	Phillip Gaimon		120k	28	74.00
	Christophe Kern		50k	33	72.33
	Chris Barton		100k	26	72.92
	Cyril Lemoine		50k	31	72.42
	Nicolas Rousseau		50k	31	72.83
	Robert Sweeting		140k	27	72.33

Full Stats:

Kentaurus wrote:
Wait so I just fully read through for the first time... wtf is with the NBA player and MLS player?! Seriously Parsons is 6'10" how the hell is he going to fit in one of those tiny cars they follow the riders in?

547984 wrote:
Great that you turned around from accidentally spending too much. Those 50k French riders certainly helped you snatch up the more expensive American riders. Look forward to competing with you.

maxime86 wrote:


Chandler got Dwight to donate some money for bigger cars



Thanks, and actually it was on purpose, I was willing to over spend on the americans I wanted because I knew I could bring in some cheap frenchies

baseballlover312 wrote:


I think he means originally when you went over the cap in bids.

Only two days after signing with In-n-out p/b Auchan, Chris Barton has decided that his commitment with the american/french team may have been a mistake after getting into an arguement with management about training.

We said this when asked about it, "it's a shame that we may have to part with him, he really blew-up the other day and that's not okay for a rider on my team"

Barton refused to comment but said "It's nothing"

Meanwhile the team has decided to try to transfer or loan Barton to another team.

Stats:

Last name	FL	MT	HL	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SP	ACC	FTR	DH	PRL	Country
Barton	65	73	65	75	71	73	73	61	59	66	68	74	75	USA

Compal-Merida has agreed to send 50k to In-n-Out Racing Powered by Auchan so that they can take Tesfay Abraha on Loan. In-n-Out has to give Abraha at least 20 race days this season.

This is the second time this transfer season the team has made a Loan deal to get some more money while taking another rider (Dries Beatse from Bouygues Telecom).

Abraha is stilll quite young at the age of 24 and maybe this change of scenery for a year could help him.

Stats:

Last name	FL	MT	HL	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SP	ACC	FTR	DH	PRL	Country
Abraha	66	56	63	61	64	67	63	69	68	69	66	68	61

Less then a day after the team announced they would be parting way with Barton, they found a buyer in team Jaguar-Eritel

However, this deal is not permenant as Barton will go to Jaguar-Eritel for one year on loan.

In-n-Out will pay half of his 100k contract while Jaguar will pay the other half and give In-n-Out 140k.

our DS said this on the deal: "I'm happy we got it all figured out while still being able to hold on to Chris next year, I wish him the best of luck"

SportingNonsense wrote:
Nice doing business with you. Perfect timing for you to advertise him really, I'd just decided I need a bit more TTT strength, and Barton will be very helpful there.

32 year-old climber from Venezuelan has signed on to team In-n-Out p/b Auchan. Juan Murillo agreed to a contract with the team this morning worth 95k.

Murillo is a fantastic climber at the CT level and is a very similar rider to Julian Rodas but is a bit better on hilly terrain and can't time trail as well as Rodas

Stats:

Last name	FL	MT	HL	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SP	ACC	FTR	DH	PRL	Country
Murillo	67	76	73	62	68	68	72	51	64	69	68	70	62

we've annouced the transfer of the 25 year old Canadian Fighter Antoine Matteau today. Matteau came from Magna-Ryanair for 10k and will be payed 50k this season.

In-n-Out and Auchan were both very happy with this signing as it he is the first candian rider on the squad, and both of the sponsors have a little interest in Canada.

Stats:

Last name	FL	MT	HL	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SP	ACC	FTR	DH	PRL	Country
Matteau	72	60	68	72	70	68	71	54	63	68	79	60	74

Announces Last Two Riders

Today, we announced the signing of the last two riders that will race in In-n-Out Racing p/b Auchan Jersey.

The First was the 27 years old American Vincent Butts. Butts was a surprising signing for the team as he is not exactly a very strong rider. When asked about this we responded by saying, "I think he could develop into a very solid helper"

The next rider was Alexandre Aulas who was bought from Simply Red Bull. Aulas might be the best downhiller at the CT level. He can also Cobble quite well and can sprint a bit too. Aulas is going to be payed 60k and was bought for 70k.

Last name	FL	MT	HL	TT	STA	RES	REC	COB	SP	ACC	FTR	DH	PRL	Country
Aulas	73	55	67	61	75	67	69	73	74	72	63	80	61
Butts	65	51	54	55	60	60	60	52	72	67	58	77	55