The transfer season is right around the corner and our potential riders still don't know the team colours they could be representing. Hence, and with great pleasure, Team Maloja presents the kit for its very first season in existence:




We would like to thank Cavendish-Fan for his fantastic work and we're looking forward to the equipment that is still work in progress. We're certain that the team will stand out in this distinct jersey and hope that our riders can perform as well as they're going to look!

Late at night, the Maloja Mountain Nomads called in a press conference to present the first three riders representing the team colours. Please welcome:

	Rider	Age	Key Stats		Wage
	Mathias Flückinger	26	73 Mo	69 Hi	€ 50.000
	Manuel Fumic	26	72 Mo	72 Hi	€ 50.000
	Heinrich Berger	29	72 Mo	69 Hi	€ 50.000

The three cyclists represent both our main countries as well as our focus on climbers. While not taking leading positions, they will hopefully serve as important domestique riders and help the big guns in achieving our season goals.

We're very happy with our first step in assembling our squad and with some other rider deals being close to be sealed, we're looking forward to the next few men joining the Maloja Mountain Nomads.

After last night's presentation, the Maloja Mountain Nomads would like to welcome the next four riders to contribute to the team in its debut season. They are:

	Rider	Age	Stats			Wage
	Stefan Schafer	28	73 Hi	71 TT	70 Sta	€ 50.000
	Markus Fahnert	26	74 Hi	73 Sta	74 Ftr	€ 50.000
	Artur Gajek	29	76 Sp	74 Acc	70 Fl	€ 50.000
	David Vitoria	30	74 Sp	74 Ftr	71 Hi	€ 50.000

After three climbers, it's now time for the puncheurs and fast men. Stefan Schafer and Markus Fahnert are very good domestique riders for hilly parcours. However, with their good secondary stats (TT and Fighter, respectively), they may even be able to bring in some points on their own.

Artur Gajek on the other hand has no helping duties at all, being our main sprinter for 2014. While probably not among the very best in the continental circuit, we hope for him to achieve some nice results.

And lastly, the first non-free-agent we've signed. In a very friendly deal with Metinvest - Emirates, we were able to acquire David Vitoria. The Swiss is a very quick man with a strong punch to get over the hills and he'll be useful in a variety of races, with the focus on his home race and our sponsor goal: Zuri Metzgete.

That's it for now, but we're hoping to provide you with a big one next time! Stay tuned!

SportingNonsense wrote:
You've done pretty well so far with 7 useful riders all on 50k wage. Certainly helps open the space for a couple of more expensive free agency riders.

A few weeks ago, the Maloja Mountain Nomads stated four men as their main transfer targets for the season. Everyone realized how ambitious it was to get even only one of them to join us - but we succeeded!

After fierce but friendly negotiations, we're so happy to announce our first leader: Hubert Schwab!

FL	MO	HI	TT	STA	RES	REC	CO	SP	ACC	FT	DH	PRL
69	77	72	62	68	75	73	51	59	68	75	62	62

Nation	Switzerland
Age	32
Wage	€ 70.000

The veteran climber will be responsible for the results in the high mountains - and therefore for a majority of our goals. He already has a decent support squad and more will come to join him in trying to achieve our season goals.

Since the last press release, two further riders have found their way into the squad of the Maloja Mountain Nomads:

	Rider	Age	Stats			Wage
	Ralf Matzka	25	74 Sp	77 Acc	72 Co	€ 50.000
	Bereket Yemane	27	73 Mo	72 Hi	80 Ftr	€ 70.000

Ralf Matzka is a very interesting rider for us, since he brings two elements to the team that are otherwise very rare: Speed and quality on cobblestones. As of now, he'll share a leading role in the sprints with Artur Gajek and David Vitoria, but his cobblestone talent is his unique feature.

Bereket Yemane is our first acquisition from neither Germany nor Switzerland. The Eritrean will be a key rider in the mountain support, but what was really attracting our attention was his outstanding fighting spirit and his attacking style. We hope to see him in many breakaways to represent our colours.

We're at ten riders now, that means at least five are still coming. We'll keep you updated here, so stay tuned!

After tough bidding wars and some defeats, we're finally able to present our second leader next to Hubert Schwab!

The Maloja Mountain Nomads entered the transfer period with the aim of signing the strongest climber in the continental tour, and with Maxim Iglinsky, we are positive that few riders will be able to top him on his favorite terrain:

FL	MO	HI	TT	STA	RES	REC	CO	SP	ACC	FT	DH	PRL
70	78	73	70	74	77	75	52	66	70	68	65	70

Nation	Kazakhstan
Age	33
Wage	€ 350.000

We have spared neither cost nor effort and Maxim Iglinski will be our single most expensiv rider by quite a margin. In return, we're optimistic that, with Schwab as a powerful lieutenant, the Kazakh will justify his wage by scoring important points and achieving top results in out target races.