January is the month of Australia in cycling. The TDU and the NC's are the main races.



As nearly always in January, the Monthly talent award was won by an Australian. We hoped Mollema would win it, but hey, Mollema in number one in the CT-rankings. Evans won the award for rider of the month thanks to his double on the NC's. Cancellara won the TDU and leads in the PT-rankings.

February is one of the two months without Pro-tour races. In Februari al the races are full of Pro-Tour teams, wich make it hard to grape some wins. One of the better options is the Tour de Langwaki, but because of the Tour of Qatar, we decided to skip it.




We have two important races this month. The Tour of Qatar and AGMEN Tour of California. In the Tour of Qatar we will sent a decent sprinter team and in the ATOC Boom and Mollema will give their best!

It is important to decide what kind of riders you want to sign. So here is a short list of ridertypes we want to sign:
-We need a GT-racer
-We need a Puncheur
-We need a really strong sprinter
-We need a top cobbler

If you look to this list, you see that we need nearly anything. Our riders are decent riders, but not top favourites. So we need to sign better riders. Here is a list of riders that perhaps will join us:
-M. Monfort (stage races, ITT)
-E. B. Hagen (everything)
-R. Riccò (That means, he will join us in june/july, cause he is still suspended. Our short list will follow in three days

The tour of Qatar starts with a TTT. This is an important race for many Pro-tour teams, cause they start the season here. We hope we can do good in the TTT and win a stage or two. Also GC top-10 is on the list.

SQUAD

We have a strong TT and sprinting team. Let's hope it all will go well.

SQUAD


Well, the race started very well for us. In the TTT, the best time was set very early by Caisse. The big favourite for today, HTC, sets off with a very strong team. A few minutes later, they set the best time.


Leaded by the Germans Grabsch and Martin HTC looks to be today's winner.


We have the honnor to start at last. We rode a decent TTT, but HTC was to strong. We finished 4th.


Good job by Boom and Westra. We finished in the same time as Katusha and Caisse


Except stage 2, the other stages where quiet boring. Due to the heavy weather, the pack splited, and we have to bring our riders to the first group.
Stage 2 was a big succes for us. Our sprint train mixed up with our early escapies, and we took a 1-2-3-4. In the other stages, our sprinters were to tired to sprint. I hate the weather in Asia!


What a win! Next difficultie, I guess?


Renshaw takes the win. 5th for us is a great result.

Next up:
AGMEN Tour of California

SQUAD

We have three leaders for this race: Boom, Bos and Mollema. Boom, a decent ITT'er, should be able to hang on in the hills. Bos is our main sprinter and Mollema will ride for the U25-GC.


FAVOURITS

L. L. Sanchez is the main favourit. Uran is a good talent, but I think he is still too young to beat big riders like:

Sanchez


Pellizzoti, Horner


Brajkovic, Uran, Kessiakof



HOME FAVOURIT:

AGMEN is the big American race, but riders like Armstrong, Leipheimer and Farrar will not ride here. Therefore, Horner is the American hope. His skills are not that good, but the hills are his favourite ground, so watch him.