Matt Brammeier (IRL, 72 FL, 72 SP)
Muhamad Othman (Malaysia, 69 MO, 68 HI, 70 ACC)
Mart Ojavee (Estonia, listing stats would be too humiliating..)
Will go for any rider(s) fitting us nation-wise! (We can give money on top if you take 'em )
You know that you're allowed to sack riders right?
Also keeping them doesn't really cost anything and is only a problem if you're starting to have close to 30 riders.
Matt Brammeier (IRL, 72 FL, 72 SP)
Muhamad Othman (Malaysia, 69 MO, 68 HI, 70 ACC)
Mart Ojavee (Estonia, listing stats would be too humiliating..)
Will go for any rider(s) fitting us nation-wise! (We can give money on top if you take 'em )
You know that you're allowed to sack riders right?
Also keeping them doesn't really cost anything and is only a problem if you're starting to have close to 30 riders.
I know I can sack them and I know it is no problem to let them stay. That was more kind of a joke. Maybe I expressed myself bad, I didn't mean you would get money for taking them, but that I could give you money and those riders for another rider who fits our focus better
A remember to Rajesh, Lars, Voltali and Naveed: Please tell us which races you want to ride next year and which are your top-prioritiers, please. Also, we will apply for Tour de France this year. Please let us know if you would like to participate - and if you could imagine riding Giro/Vuelta as well/only.
TRANFERS FINISHED: INTERNATIONALISM
The transfer season is not entirely over yet, but at least we have finalised our squad and we are proud with the result. We were able to bring some more riders to the team that will show our international, anti-capitalist focus. Our happiness is overwhelming here at the team meeting, where all the members are celebrating and we will now pack our bags for C.O.M.M.U.N.I.S.M. where all the hard stuff will be discussed - and all the nice stuff will be celebrated (we're going to have much more celebration though).
Still, we have to say goodbye to some of the riders that were part of our family last year, but will leave us now. We wish them all the best luck at their new teams: - Gregor Gazvoda (to Katjusha) - Bobbie Traksel (to Vacansoleil) - Matthew Brammeier (to Caja Rural)
If you wonder why we only list those three and nobody of the guys we fired after last season, you should really rethink your world view.
Moving on to better news, there is a whole lot of riders joining us. From Spain, Delio Fernández and Francisco Javier Moreno will be presenting our solidarity with the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War and try to remind you of what can happen when we allow Fascists to take over power. While Francisco has been riding for Caja Rural last season, Delio was teamless.
With this amount of 29 riders we feel well prepared for the upcoming season and we hope to succeed. Now it is time for planning the season with our guys. Bring the season on!
PS: As we have talked so much about nationalities and never adressed a proper statement to this, we would just like to say that - of course - we are totally Internationalist and don't think in such reactionary systems as states and nations. Maybe we will have a look at that stuff from a more theoretical view later...
It's Lars here and I hope that you guys had a great start in the new year. The training camp is great and I already made myself some friends. But I just wanted to let you know in which races I would like to participate. I would like to ride the Tour de France, if possible, because it's just the Race of the year. I also would like to take part in as many TTs as possible. That means f.e. the Chrono of Nations.
I'm open to ride in any race you wish me to take part in. I would also like to ride in the Giro as well.
-Lars GrawunderEdited by Paul23 on 14-01-2015 01:28
I would like to inform you about my goals for next season. After last year's great season at Radioshack I now hope to do even better here. My first good race last season was in Langkawi. If I could be sprint leader there like last year I think I may pick up one or two wins there, as there are plenty of chances. Furthermore I'd like to visit Luxembourg again, as I picked up my only pro victory so far there. For the rest, I will give in to the demands of our Great And Glorious Leader, who will 100% sure make me my best schedule.
you think you can do this? I don't want to say I would not believe in you, but if you'd say this puts too much pressure on you I have an offer for you:
I would not change your schedule at all, but Janier would race Langkawi instead of Turkey then and instead of leading Langkawi you would be leading Turkey.
What do you think about this? If you still want to go for leadership in Langkawi, because you feel right in form for it, then it's fine as well. Edited by Silvio Herklotz on 23-01-2015 18:31
Well, that is a tough one. I see you are in a bit of a predicament. If the race was later in the season I felt my training could have made me a contender, but right now, it is hard to tell. Obviously things depend on the startlist and my luck in the race. I wouldn't say it is impossible for me to make the top 10, but if the team wants to change things they can.
Obviously the dream was to lead Langkawai, but I do not want to stand in the team's way as I know you are pushing for promotion. If you want to send Janier go ahead. However, I would prefer to still ride in Langkawai, perhaps as a support rider. Langkawai is the closest I will get to a home race, and I wouldn't like to miss it if that is at all possible. Hopefully next year I will be on the startline in Malaysia, but for now I am happy to do as the team says.
Well, that is a tough one. I see you are in a bit of a predicament. If the race was later in the season I felt my training could have made me a contender, but right now, it is hard to tell. Obviously things depend on the startlist and my luck in the race. I wouldn't say it is impossible for me to make the top 10, but if the team wants to change things they can.
Obviously the dream was to lead Langkawai, but I do not want to stand in the team's way as I know you are pushing for promotion. If you want to send Janier go ahead. However, I would prefer to still ride in Langkawai, perhaps as a support rider. Langkawai is the closest I will get to a home race, and I wouldn't like to miss it if that is at all possible. Hopefully next year I will be on the startline in Malaysia, but for now I am happy to do as the team says.
Dear Voltali, we haven't heard anything of your season plannings. It would be nice to know about your goals fir the season and stuff. You can still go for any race you want though.
OVERALL UPDATE: GETTING READY FOR THE SEASON
Calendar announced
The calendar for the early season has been put together. We want to thank all the organisators for inviting us to the races we applied for. Just RCS Sports we don't like so much because they denied a wildcard for Milano-Sanremo. But nevermind, we're always free of hard feelings. For Clasica Almeria, Roma Maxima and Criterium International we have no final confirmation yet though. Our schedule is displayed on the front page as well.
You probably see some of the races above are written in bold. These will be our main targets. On top of the goals our sponsors set us, we received some from the UCI. Here (and on the front page) you can see what is expected from us.
Easy:
Top 10
Strade Bianche
Easy:
Top 10 GC
Tour de Langkawi
Medium:
Top 3 GC
Volta ao Algarve
Medium:
Stage Win
Tour of Oman
Hard:
Stage Win
Paris - Nice
Hard:
Top 5 GC
Tour Down Under
Moving onwards with the planning
It is just awesome to see how good the talks are working out at the moment. We thank all our riders for being so clear and focused. Things are running super-smoothly and we are almost finished with the whole season - while giving everybody the opportunity to race his favourite races that is. Also we learned from last season where our team was criticised several times for not giving weaker riders the chance to race in their home countries. As everything changed to the better over the winter now, we took care of this and we are proud to say that our guys will ride at home much more than last season.
Educating the plebs: Where is the root?
"To be radical is to grasp matters at the root." (Karl Marx)
Whoever feels unsatisfied with his societal environment will start to look out for the reason of that. In our modern times this means we have to ask questions such as:
- "Why does money matter more than the lifes of people (wars, fortress Europe)?"
- "Why does playing around with virtual numbers lead to actual poverty?"
- "Why is each little part of our society forced to work economically?"
To sum it up: Why do we live in a society where an inhuman, uncontrollable, oppressive capitalism dicates how everything works - that there is nothing more important than the pursuit of profit (instead of happiness)?
Well, one could argue that all of this is because there are some people behaving really badly and acting only in their own interest, not thinking about others at all. Some people say there is an absolute evil - for some it is the USA in general, for some these are CEOs of multinational companies, for some even the Jews or foreigners infiltrating their nation.
To be honest: All of this is f*cking crap. You won't even find one person being absolutely evil. Aren't we rather living in an incredible complex world where everybody is subject of particular constraints? For example, politicians usually do not have so much of a choice in what they do - trying to maneuver between several demands and make the best out of it seems like their only option usually. You can't change the world around, no matter who you are. And isn't it the same for biggest economical players? Imagine being the head of a big company - do you really think you would be allowed to reduce the profit in order to act morally?
In the end, there is only one specific constraint being the motor of our society and therefore it is the root of most of the bad things happening in this world as well: The unreflected, stupid constraint of maximising profit. That is what makes our world work like it works and what will probably destroy more and more lifes and hopes as time goes by.
Now that we have found how things hang together (that all the inhumanity results from the modern, uncontrollable and oppressive capitalism, which itself is a product of rating moral thoughts below maximising profit), we are able to look for ways of pulling this root out of the ground - and then the whole superstructure should be eliminated as well.
But how could you possibly do that? Many people try to make our world just that little bit better, which means working on the superstructure, not on the root. What we have to do, is ask for how to beat this system with its own weapons - as that seems to be the only chance to do it at all looking at how omnipresent "the root" is. Metaphorically, the modern capitalism would sell us the exact rope, which we could use to hang him - as there is no question of "Why?" or "Where does it lead?", but only the question of "Does it create profit?". What this rope would be practically, seems to be one of the major questions of our time though.
As all of you should know by now, here at Champion System we try to be the most progressive cycling team of all time. This has lots of aspects, but among them transparency is highly rated. So we are totally transparent with our lineups for the races which we are safe to ride.
Below you can see a table containing all our lineups for the first part of the season. We do not fear our opponents knowing our lineups now as we are going to beat them all anyway. You may be wondering what that black square might be and why the overall race days do not fit. Well, we don't know yet which races we will be able to go for in later parts of the season, however, if we are allowed to plan the year like we want to, this will be the outcome (and therefore the black square symbolizes the mid- and late-season).
Now on to the schedules for our EPIC youngsters one by one:
Po-ding Kim
Volta ao Algarve
Going for one race only, Po-ding will look for repeating his GC win from last season in Algarve. Still, he will be mainly building up his form for later goals.
Rajesh Kakhi
Tour Down Under
GP La Marseillaise
Tour of Oman
Strade Bianche
Paris-Nice
GP Miguel Indurain
Starting very early in Down Under, where Rajesh could have a good shot at both stage wins and the GC, he will then build his form for Paris-Nice - a race with no major mountain finishs and no time trial at all. This could prove to be a big opportunity for him. For the hilly one-day-races Rajesh is set as always.
Lars Grawunder
Tour of Qatar
Volta ao Algarve
Driedaagse De Panne
Wherever there is a time trial, you will see Lars competing for the win. While he is aiming for that only in Algarve and will be supporting Po-ding in the other stages, he should have a decent shot at the overall win in Qatar and De Panne as well - it will depend on how he comes through the flat, but windy stages.
Naveed Alinejad
La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
GP La Marseillaise
Volta ao Algarve
Tour de Langkawi
Roma Maxima
Harder sprint stages are Naveed's best opportunity for actually scoring results, so that is where he will be our leader. In Gabon he is looking for a stage win, our team goal there. While he is only our plan B for Marseillaise if the race should turn out to be rather quiet, he will get his chances in Algarve - being our man for the flat stages without supporting duties for Po-ding. In Langkawi there will most probably be stronger sprinters, but Roma Maxima looks like a race perfectly fitting him - so it will be only a matter of time until Naveed shows you his sprinting strength.
Voltali Feunard
Tour of Qatar
Tour of Langkawi
Criterium International
Driedaagse De Panne
Voltali has a versatile role in our squad. In Qatar and Criterium International he will be looking for his own luck - expect him to show the team colours in breakaways. Tour de Langkawi and Driedaagse De Panne will give Voltali the opportunity to be an important part of our sprint train then. We really hope he can make his personal goal of setting up a stage win for our team.
Firmansyah Sinaga
Tour de San Luis
Volta ao Algarve
Tour de Langkawi
Criterium International
The role of our last youngster is comparable to Voltali's. Being a strong domestique for Janier Acevedo in San Luis and Po-ding in Algarve respectively, Firmansyah will have his chances to lead the team in both Tour de Langkawi and Criterium International. Probably his best chance is riding aggressivelyas there will be many stronger guys in those races.
Edited by Silvio Herklotz on 28-01-2015 17:32
I want to tell you about my winter. After great success in U23 World Championships, I was honoured in North Korea in big victory parade. Our Great and Most Noble Leader shook my hand and congratulated me with my victory. He was happy that for once he could show actual footage from sport event. I don't understand what he means though.
Next, was training. It was good, I think I have become even better time trials and also good moutain and hill. I feel so much stronger then last year when I started my career. I also rode together with my little brother Yoo-suk in Tour of Labor Camps, which I won. One week later, I won Pyongyang Cup. It was a good winter for me, and I'm ready for the upcoming season. Only one race for me at the start, the Tour of Algarvia, where I hope to defend my win.
Last year I got podium in Tour of South America, but I don't want to be in shape to early this year, as my main goal is Tour de France later this season. I will also not ride Paris is Nice this year. Manager told me no time trial, and no time trial is no Po-ding.
I will be cheering for my team mates, although some of them look really weak. But Indian Kakhi is nice, he takes hills very good. I hope the rest of the team will also do good, so I can ride World Tour with this team next year.
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Gregor Gazvoda (to Katjusha)
Bobbie Traksel (to Vacansoleil)
Matthew Brammeier (to Caja Rural)
Delio Fernández and 
José Rujano is well-known and has obtained big results in his career already. He left Vacansoleil to ride for us from this season on. His fellow countryman 
Rubén Companioni was a main target for us as he is a promising young rider from Cuba - and we could not go into this season without a Cuban rider on the squad. He was riding for Jamis last year. Last but not least, 
Mirsamad Poorseyedigolakhour (yes, I learned to write his name without looking it up...) will be the 29th rider in our family. We hope that especially Naveed will like his signing as we brought a countryman of his to the team.
La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
Tour de San Luis
Tour Down Under
GP La Marseillaise
Tour of Qatar
Tour of Oman
Volta ao Algarve
Tour de Langkawi
Strade Bianche
Driedaagse De Panne - Koksijde
Rajesh Kakhi
Lars Grawunder
Firmansyah Sinaga
