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Mini ManGame - General Discussion
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| Bikex |
Posted on 04-09-2013 09:23
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Standard Bank is a South African based amateur cycling team. In the upcoming time it will challenge 23 teams from all five continents in a race series around the world - called Mini ManGame. The main focus of the teams is in the southern part of Africa, a north African and even an Italian complete the team.
 | Aarbia | Adnane | Sprinter |  | Bakke | Jason | Puncheur |  | Bassingthwaite | Marc | Climber |  | Bitew Shiferaw | Solomon | Climber | | Brown | Arran | Cobbler |  | Martinelli | Davide | Sprinter | | Mesfin | Getachew | Puncheur |  | Monese | Phetetso | Climber |  | Obiang | Frederic | Climber | | Wesemann | Martin | Puncheur |
The climbing core is the team's biggest strength. Following leader Solomon Bitew Shiferaw there are five more that can challenge the top in the mountains. Most notable Marc Bassingthwaite and Phetetso Monese. The biggest goal of the climbing part is to get a podium at the Tour d'Andorra. That is going to be hard as there are some better climbers around but with the right preparation everything is possible.
Leading the team in the flat is obviously Morrocian sprinting star Adnane Aarbia. His biggest help will be Italian sprinting talent Davide Martinelli, who joined the team from Ukrainian outfit Metinvest - Emirates to spend some days in the Amateur scene. Aarbia is hoping to get some TOP 5 finishes in bunch sprints.
In the HIll section also Solomon Bitew Shiferaw will be the leader, but along side him as a shared leader will be his fellow country man Getachew Mesfin. While the former will mainly show his skills on the hills in stage races Mesfin will target hilly one day races like the Trofeo Matteotti.
Only one cobbled race is on the calendar - the Tour of Rutland. South African Arran Brown will try to get a decent result here. His biggest handicap is his low stamina though. In case of an energy consuming race Mesfin would step up here and replace Brown as a leader.
Overall Standard Bank has cyclists with decent strengths in every terrain missing a top leading man though. In the mountains we expect with some good team efforts several good placings, for other terrains the team can only hope to get some good results.
Here what we hope to achieve in every race:
| Race | Goal | Achieved | Result | Rider | | Tour of Rutland | TOP 10 | no | 11th | Getachew Mesfin | | Tour d'Haut Var | TOP 10 | yes | 9th | Phetetso Monese | | Tour d'Andorra | TOP 3 | no | 5th | Solomon Bitew S. | | Giro di Padania | TOP 5 | no | 7th | Jason Bakke | | Vuelta a Andalucia | TOP 5 | n.A | n.A | n.A | | Bayern Rundfahrt | TOP 10 | yes | 10th | M. Wesemann | | Trofeo Matteotti | TOP 10 | n.A | n.A | n.A | | Launceston to New Norfolk Classic | TOP 10 | n.A | n.A | n.A | | Copa America de Ciclismo | TOP 10 | no (--) | 74th | Adnane Aarbia | | Hiroshima Circuit | TOP 10 | n.A | n.A | n.A |
- Stages -
| Giro di Padania | Stage 2 | 1st | Adnane Aarbia | | Giro di Padania | Stage 1 | 2nd | Jason Bakke | | Giro di Padania | Stage 5 | 2nd | Solomon Bitew S. | | Tour d'Andorra | Stage 1 | 3rd | Mark Bassingthwaite | | Tour d'Andorra | Stage 4 | 3rd | Solomon Bitew S. |
- Classification Jerseys -
| Giro di Padania | U25 - Classification | | Jason Bakke | | Tour du Haut Var | KoM - Classification | | Phetetso Monese |
Edited by Bikex on 14-02-2014 18:13
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| senegalese |
Posted on 04-09-2013 16:19
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when we start?? |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 04-09-2013 18:29
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Some interesting team preview posts written here. Much better to see than the more impatient posts!
Anyway, ShortsNL has now become the manager of 7-Eleven and as a result, all race planners have now been returned.
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| Luis Leon Sanchez |
Posted on 04-09-2013 21:32
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When will the first race be held?
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 04-09-2013 22:42
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Great news that all the race planners are now in  |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 05-09-2013 01:15
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Based in Italy, our super sprinting squad is ready to take the Mini Man Game of PCM Daily by storm.
Leaders
 Martin Schoffman
Martin Schoffman will be our GC leader. He isn't the top of his kind, but as a preseason pickup, he will be able to at least function for that role on a team not geared towards climbing.
 Fabio Sabatini
Sabatini is our top sprinter. He is the best it comes in his class and can also make it over some hills, which will be very valuable. So he will be our guy to win numerous stages in the schedule.
Fabio Borghesi
Our other top sprinter shares the same first name as Sabatini, and also the same top speed. He gets demoted however for being weaker on hills. But he makes up for that in being a decent TTist and prologue specialist.
Dark Hourses
Elia Bigotto
He could be a leader on most teams, but for us, he is just a lead out man. This won't stop him from getting the team wins. Whether they are for himself or not, they help the team succeed.
 Martin Haring
Martin is our lead mountain domestque/free element. He loves long drags as much s Schoffman, but lack the punch to contest himself. However, breakaways could be an option.
Pierpaulo Di Negri
Our last sprinter. He could be the lead out man for Sabatini on tougher stages if the other don't make it over, and is a legitimate threat as the final lead out man anyway.
Domestiques
Francesco Tizza
Tizza is a great mountain domestique. His role will be to get Schoffman and Haring into the final climb with maximum possible energy.
Andrea Moletta
Moletta is a pure domestique for most races, but has a lot of value. he can help some on the hillier races, and get into breaks. He is also decent enough in cobbles to go for the Tour of Rutland since we have no one else.
Lorenzo Bernucci
Another good domestque for our team. He will be mainly protecting our leaders and working in relays.
Michele Viola
Our last help. He isn't a great talent, but he is a hard worker, and every team does need a water boy.
*** Win 5 stages or classics overall, and get 10 podiums
** Finish on the GC podium in the Tour of Andorra
* Win a points classification
To be updated.
Edited by baseballlover312 on 05-09-2013 15:54
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 05-09-2013 07:48
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Luis Leon Sanchez wrote:
When will the first race be held?
SportingNonsense wrote:
Some interesting team preview posts written here. Much better to see than the more impatient posts!
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| ShortsNL |
Posted on 05-09-2013 09:09
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What is America's greatest cycling team I ask you? Is it Garmin? No. Is it BMC? No! Is it UnitedHealthcare? NO!!! What is it then? What is the greatest cycling team in America? Ladies, Gentlemen and not so gentle men, I present you:
 That's right, 7-Eleven is back to conquer the world. We will conquer the sport of cyling just as we have conquered the international market of convenience stores. Consequences will never be the same. At the head of this operation is this man:
He's a business man. He's a visionair, he's a cold entrepreneur, but most importantly he's a cycling fanatic and he's not the black guy in the picture. His name is Joseph DePinto, CEO of 7-Eleven. He will lead this team to great success. 
Team. Team, team team team team. Joseph even likes saying the word 'Team'. If our riders can't work as a team, they're all fired. Have you ever seen the picture Joseph has on his desk? It's not a picture of his family. It's the A-team. Bodie, Doyle, Tiger, the Jewellry Man, teamplayers each and every one of them! To lead this team we present you, from left to right:
Will Frischkorn, Nate English, John Murphy and Brad Armstrong.
Frischkorn is the experience of the team. He's been a DS at Garmin, but when we offered him a new opportunity to ride himself, he couldn't resist. He'll lead the team over the cobbles. Nate is our beloved time-trialist. John will be sprinting us to success, and Brad is our very own Mountaineer. Together, they will crush the opposition, or be fired! Joseph was invited to take part in this cycling season at the very last minute, so we needed to rush with the season planning, but everything is now set to race. From Joseph, the 7-Eleven company and the cycling team, thanks and see you in the races!
Edited by ShortsNL on 13-09-2013 09:24
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| roturn |
Posted on 05-09-2013 10:00
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I like all those team presentations in this thread.
I hope this will continue over the Mini Man Game Season.
Personally I am excited what my two stagiares are able to show here, even though they are mainly helpers.
Arnaud Grand, riding for Rucanor might have better chances as outsider on the cobbles, while Alexander Edmondson (Node4) might show something out of a breakaway with a decent sprint in the end.
I am not that much into all the teams yet. But on a first look Miche looks dominant in the sprints, while still having a good all around team. Eventually the team to beat here. |
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 05-09-2013 14:18
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roturn wrote:
I like all those team presentations in this thread.
I hope this will continue over the Mini Man Game Season.
Personally I am excited what my two stagiares are able to show here, even though they are mainly helpers.
Arnaud Grand, riding for Rucanor might have better chances as outsider on the cobbles, while Alexander Edmondson (Node4) might show something out of a breakaway with a decent sprint in the end.
I am not that much into all the teams yet. But on a first look Miche looks dominant in the sprints, while still having a good all around team. Eventually the team to beat here.
Well that's good to hear. 
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 05-09-2013 15:52
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Will probably have the time to put on a HQ post tomorrow. A bit late, that is 
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| Selwink |
Posted on 05-09-2013 16:03
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Sponsor introduction
Rucanor is a Dutch brand, known for its sporting clothes. When the direction was looking for new publicity, they decided cycling was the solution. Now we are here with a small team, but with a proud sponsor.
Our riders
Stefan Cohnen - Climber - 
Floris Goessinen - Fighter -
Leif Hoste - Classic Specialist - 
Krisztian Lovassy - Sprinter - 
Jens Mouris - Time Trialist -
Thomas Rabou - Climber -
Tom Stamsnijder - Fighter -
Wim Stroetinga - Sprinter -
Eddy van IJzendoorn - Sprinter -
We also have a stagiaire, who we loaned from Rothaus - Aegon
Arnaud Grand - Cobbler - 
We hope for many sportive successes!
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 05-09-2013 16:20
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PEUGEOT EQUIPE CYCLISTE
Team:
Emilien-Benoît Bergès
Paul Brousse
Sandy Casar
Anthony Colin
David Deroo
 Daniel Klemme (co-owned with AMEX Pro Cycling)
 Martin Kohler
Cyril Lemoine
Guillaume Malle
Teamcar:
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| kimiopn |
Posted on 05-09-2013 17:04
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Our team is a new project financed by the australian bank with most of the guys being aussies and three foreign riders who give the team some abilities we didn't have.
The Squad:
-  Nathan Earle (25) - he is very solid on flat and hilly terrain, has good stamina and he is also fast. Could give us some points.
- Mark Jamieson (29) - Our second best sprinter is also a good time trialist and should be the perfect launcher to Brown.
- Cameron Wurf (30) - Not as fast as Jamieson but he is much better on hills. He can escape and go for the win or be an important member on the team train.
- Shaun Higgerson (28) - Our bet for time trials. He's not very consistent but can be a good attacker or a team member.
-  Sid Taberlay (32) - He comes from mountain races and he is our best climber. Not good enough for overall races with time trials he can win stages when the road inclines.
- - William Clarke (28) - With no important characteristic he can be a good team member when a chase has to be done or he can escape himself if the chance comes.
- - Graeme Brown (34) - The most fast and experienced rider of the team is our leader on the sprint stages. The only problem is that if there is a bump he'll have troubles getting with the peloton.
- - Ethan Kimmince (20) - The teams benjamin will have some opportunities to show his talent, despite we're not expecting great things from him.
-  - Yuriy Leontenko (27) - The ucranian came to strengthen the team on mountains and a complement to Taberlay. With this double we can be at the front when the road rises up.
-  - Gebru Alemayhu (27) - This unknown african rider might surprise. He is the new rider on the team who can cross cobbles and who is also good on hills, being relatively fast.
We want our shirt on the television and we want to win some stages. A modest but balanced team.
Edited by kimiopn on 07-09-2013 00:42
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 05-09-2013 17:05
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If you want Kimi, here's the code for Ethiopia
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| kimiopn |
Posted on 05-09-2013 17:17
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Miguel98 wrote:
If you want Kimi, here's the code for Ethiopia
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 06-09-2013 05:42
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You have a good climber in Leontenko kimiopn, he was the best Ukrainian left in the database.Nice to see him finding a team, good luck with him.
Some nice introduction posts, good work guys!
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 06-09-2013 12:54
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FUJI NEWS
Start of the Season
So, the first ever Mini-ManGame season is underway, with the more-than-pan-flat course in the Copa America de Ciclismo having being raced.
The pre-season was fueled by heated 'discussions' over which sprinter teams were best. Miche and Node4 stood out, but in addition to them several other teams fueled the conversation with somewhat arrogant points of view. One team that was not part of one such discussion was Fuji. In fact, the only mention of their sprinters was in an interview with manager Cycleman123 in which he said that he hoped his sprinters could finish a few races in the top 5 and maybe even the top 3, possibly causing a surprise.
And a surprise is certainly what we got. Thanks to a class leadout by Badr Mohamed Banihammad, Aussie Adam Pierzga shocked the world by raising his arms as the Mini-ManGame's first victor.
The following is a transcript of an interview is Cycleman123:
So, Cycleman, this obviously comes as a surprise. How proud are you with the team?
Well I have to say I'm extremely shocked in a good way. We were definitely helped by the fact that Miche decided not to bother, but Banihammad was amazing in his leadout, and Adam put in a great sprint to just beat a number of other guys. Credit can't go away from Huang though. He did really well in the breakaway and at a point I thought it might hold. Obviously we still had to get on with the sprint preparations and we kind of disguised ourselves and it worked really well.
Dario Diaz didn't do anything today, are you disappointed?
Yes I am. He was meant to be the leadout man for Adam but didn't seem to bother. At least Badr Mohamed filled in well.
Does this make you confident for the rest of the season?
Not at all. Of course now I know that Adam can compete with the best and win, but now because of this win teams will rate us higher and we'll have trouble hiding around like we did today. Plus, it's the first race of the season, and riders aren't used to riding with their new teammates. Trust me, soon, the Miche lead-out train will actually exist and the better sprinters will fire. Then if we still win, I will be confident.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 06-09-2013 14:37
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Cycleman123 - Congratulations on the first win in the Mini Man Game at Brazil |
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 06-09-2013 14:46
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KazMunayGas Team Presentation
KazMunayGas is a brand new team from Kazakhstan, focussing on Asia and Eastern-Europe. They'll be one of the teams in the Mini-ManGame division this year.
KazMunayGas is an oil & gas company, owned by the state of Kazakhstan.
The Squad:
The Leaders
Abbas Saedi Tanha
Our leader in most of the stage-races. He's able to climb very well, one of the best in the divisions. He's good in the hills as well, and decent on the Timetrial bike.
Ruslan Tleubayev
Our leader in the sprints. He's able to go over hills just a little better than most other sprinters, which will be a big advantage, we hope. He gets full support as long as the road doesn't go up a lot.
Ivan Stevic
Serbia's cycling hero, and hopefully our hero as well. He was a last-minute signing, and will lead the hilly races. Not only he's a specialist on the hills, he got a very strong sprint to finish it off as well. Ideal for the hilly stages that end up in a reduced sprint.
The Luxery Helpers/Free Roles
Viatcheslav Dyadichkin
Climbs faster than you can spell his name. He's very weak on the hills for a climber though. He will be a great help for our leader, and is a very agressive rider. Might go for the win when Saedi Tanha can't follow, with a late attack.
Usta Behcet
A good replacement and helper for Stevic on the hills, but a late attack suits him great as well. Can be a useful mountain domestique too.
Sergey Renev
He will lead on the cobbles of Rutland, but will be an ordinary helper on the other stages
The Helpers
Saeid Safarzadeh
A great domestique for in the mountains
Konstantin Volik
The leadout of Tleubayev in most cases, at least in the flatter areas. Might give a few breakaways a shot as well
Aleksej Kolessov
Will be part of the leadout train and a good helper on the cobbles. Hates hills, will be dropped on every doorstep.
Jakub Filip
A big talent, he will turn 20 this year. LukOil gives him the chance to get some experience in our team, this year. He's an amazing downhillist and a good leadout. Unfortunately, he struggles with hills
Team Stats
An overview of the weak and strong points of the team.
Team Goals
KazMunayGas gave us some ambitious goals. After all, they want some tv-time, that's the purpose of sponsoring a cycling team. Here are the goals:
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3 wins
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Tour of Andorra - GC Top 3
Giro di Padania - GC Top 5
Vuelta a Andaluca - Stage-Win
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Launceston to New Norfolk Classic - Top 3
Getting in a lot of breakaways
Taking 4+ jerseys home
Hope you enjoyed the team presentation
Edited by Jesleyh on 07-09-2013 14:43
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