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La Pomme Marseille - Bye for now!
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| roturn |
Posted on 02-11-2012 16:03
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I really like these first additions. Young and talented looks like a nice way. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 02-11-2012 16:08
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Evaldas on top of the ranking, real impressive 
You're one hell of a PCM player, and an even better story writer, keep this up |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 02-11-2012 17:44
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Glad you like them, roturn.
Oh, and thanks a lot, Ian. Amazing to hear!
Time to reveal another signing!
To increase the number of Latvians in the team up to three, Gatis Smukulis joins from Katusha. He's looking for a new challenge after spending the last few years as a domestique. His allround strength will be very helpful for us in many different kinds of races.
Aside from a strong timetrilliang capacity, he'll be of great use in the cobbled classics, as a leadout man and even on lower hilly stages. For sure a superb signing considering his nationality as well. The sponsors are thrilled!
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 02-11-2012 17:46
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Smukulis is definantly going to be a Great addition to the team
Edited by sutty68 on 02-11-2012 17:46
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 02-11-2012 18:26
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Agree with sutty here, Smukulis is a strong rider, with still some potential left |
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| baia |
Posted on 02-11-2012 20:03
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I have been following your story( and some others) mostly offline, just wanna say it´s great what La Pomme Marseille has achieved until now... great signings and keep this great work mate.
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 02-11-2012 20:07
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Welcome back baia. And great signing there with Smukulis. Me and Freitas demand a portuguese rider. |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 02-11-2012 20:10
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Thanks guys. Oh, and great to see you're still around, baia.
@ Mig - Hahah, I'm not sure about that. My plans are a bit different from the real life team. At the moment I haven't planned on bringing in any Portuguese rider, but you never know.
And btw, I'll reveal a fourth new name later today.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 02-11-2012 20:33
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Okay then, the first of two bigger names!
Although Evaldas has proved his capacity in the sprints over the past two months, we still feel that a slightly stronger sprinter would be useful. To keep the French / Eastern European focus, we decided to go for Alexander Serebryakov from Russia. Still young, but highly talented.
The main reason for this choice is his impressive development throughout this season. With him in the squad, we're more or less sure that we'll always be up there in the sprints next season. He'll fit into the team very well I think.
Only one name remaining now, and in my opinion the biggest one. You'll find out who it is, soon enough!
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 02-11-2012 20:34
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Smukulis is a really great signing. Perhaps Bagdonas might join in the party?  |
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 02-11-2012 20:34
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Serebryakov is a beast. |
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 02-11-2012 20:38
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Serererere  forget my other post about Bagdonas joining in the team, but you never know. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 02-11-2012 20:43
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Love the signings. Very realistic, but also slight improvements to the team.
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 02-11-2012 20:45
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Nice signings, they'll sure strengthen the team on the cobbles and in sprints
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| dienblad |
Posted on 02-11-2012 20:45
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valverde321 wrote:
Love the signings. Very realistic, but also slight improvements to the team.
Totally agree!
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 02-11-2012 22:30
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Thanks a lot for the positive words. It's really great to hear that you think that the signings are realistic, since I really tried to make it that way.
@ Freitas - I was considering Bagdonas actually, but his current contract with An Post covers also next season. So not much to do there.
And now, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you our biggest investment for the 2013 season - Michal Kwiatkowski!
That's right! One of the biggest talents in the whole peloton!
At just 22 years he is already very strong in several areas. In the future we think that he'll be absolutely perfect for shorter stage races, thanks to his timetrialling plus strength on the hills. Heck, the man can even sprint!
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 02-11-2012 22:38
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Kwiatkowski is a big addition to the team, great stats he's got! Good signings for 2013, I think the team can have ambition for toping the ranks... |
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 02-11-2012 22:40
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amazing signings for the team!! gonna be a strong 2013 team
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 03-11-2012 00:12
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Two more Brilliant signings for the Team, especially Serebryakov who should get you a few stage wins |
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| fcancellara |
Posted on 03-11-2012 00:15
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Kwiatkowski, one of my favorite riders!
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