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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 26-03-2014 13:10
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@Pelli: thanks, i hope he will be able to help Popo in his targeted mountain races.
PT wildcards allocated, Giro here we come !
We made it! In the third year of existence of Metinvest project, we were awarded a GT wildcard, for  Giro d'Italia.
Giro was our main wildcard goal for year 2014, as Italy is very important region for Metinvest-Emirates team, especially for italian sponsor Gruppo Lucchini. The race should give us prestige and experience, mainly to our young prospects. Team Kenya-Airways will ride the Giro with us as second wildcard team, so we hope we can make the PCT proud together.
Expected leaders: Mikhail Ignatiev, Jaroslav Popovych, Nolan Hoffman
To our big pleasure, Giro was not only PT wildcard allocated to Metinvest-Emirates for 2014 season.
After last year’s experience with TTT race Copenhagen-Malmo, our time-trialing PCT rival Oz was given a chance for this race and Metinvest should be on the start of individual time-trial test, called  Chrono des Herbiers. We feel that Mikhail Ignatiev has a chance to show that he is one of the best TTists worldwide, right after beasts like Phinney, Coppel and Cancellara.
Expected leaders: Mikhail Ignatiev, Haijun Ma
Last of our three allocated wildcards is probably most surprising, as we will be going to Spain for  Volta a Catalunya. Metinvest-Emirates cycling team is international project and our fans from South Europe surely cant wait to see us in action in this beautiful PT stage race. This february clash should be decided mainly in three hilly stages and tough hilly TT, that should be very suitable route for our new Russian superstar.
Expected leaders: Mikhail Ignatiev, Frantisek Rabon
Edited by Avin Wargunnson on 26-03-2014 15:43
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 26-03-2014 14:52
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I was really happy when I saw you and FroomeDog got Giro wildcards. You're capable of sending a really strong squad and Popo should do really well in the GC. Ignatiev is also a beast and then there's Hoffman.. Who knows what can happen! 
It's going to be really cool seeing Africa represented through Hoffman and the whole Kenya team. Good luck 
Edited by aidanvn13 on 26-03-2014 15:05
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 26-03-2014 15:01
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Now the question is, wether you will do better than Oz in Herbiers (3rd last year) or Oz will do better than you in Copenhagen (8th?)  cool wildcards for your team, especially looking forward to the Giroand what Popo still has in his tank on PT-level!
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 26-03-2014 15:16
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I'll see you at the Giro! Hopefully both of us can come away with a good result somewhere, you should have no trouble I guess with Ignatiev, Popovych and Hoffman. I can see Metinvest taking a couple of stages
Good luck in Catalunya and Herbiers as well, you should have a good chance in both of those. |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 26-03-2014 15:38
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Thanks guys. These wildcards are great opportunity and stage-win or decent GC in any of these races would be huge for Metinvest, fingers crossed.
I love wildcard system. Not that it only creates more motivation for whole team, but it also helps to earn nice XPs (and i was always fan of RPGs). 
Edited by Avin Wargunnson on 26-03-2014 15:39
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 26-03-2014 16:12
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Unlike majority of cycling teams, Metinvest stayed active on the transfer market in its closing days. After some failed negotiations with higher profiled riders, we decided to build for the future and landed no less than three prospects, including one of the most promising riders of his category. Who are they?
Julian Alaphilippe is coming to our team with cyclocross background and we hope this signing can prove as important in the future. Julian seems to posses great all-around skills and our scouts see him as fast finishing puncheur. After several evaluations, Julian will ride in year 2014 on loan in Team Nordeus, which is project that has our admiration. CT level should be great place to start to build from. Note that Julian is first frenchman ever signed by Metinvest.
XP: 2.00
Wage: 120,000
 Mike Aaron Egger replaces his older compatriot Sebastian Lang as only german in Metinvest-Emirates team. Unlike Lang, Mike is rather a climbing type of rider, with good lead he can become very important part of our squad.
XP: 3.04
Wage: 60,000
 Emils Liepins Emils is second rider from Latvia coming to Metinvest during this transfer season. He is similar type like Smirnovs, he feels best in mass sprints. Emils was signed as stagiare, which means he will only be available from August. We will surely find a place for him in autumn races, so his potential can be tested.
XP: 1.00
Wage: 10,000 - Stagiare
Edited by Avin Wargunnson on 26-03-2014 16:15
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 26-03-2014 16:15
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Well done on your Giro wildcard, should be a great race for you with the team you have
I hope you train Julian the right way, we'll be back for him!!!
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 08-04-2014 07:48
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Here is our final roster for 2014, updated also in third HQ post. It shows also two loaned out talents, thanks to PrivatBank and Nordeus for taking care of them for a year.
| Name | Role/info | Wage |  | Jaroslav Popovych | Stage racer | 320 000 € | | Vitaliy Popkov | Puncheur/TT | 80 000 € | | Sergiy Lagkuti | Time Trial | 60 000 € | | Anatoliy Pakthusov | Puncheur | 50 000 € | | Oleksandr Grygorenko | Climber/Puncheur | 50 000 € | | Andriy Vasylyuk | Sprinter | 50 000 € | | Denys Karnulin | Stage racer | 50 000 € | | Marlen Zmorka | Time Trial | 100 000 € | | Anatoliy Sosnitskiy | Climber | 50 000 € | | Volodymyr Dzhus | Climber | 50 000 € | | Andrii Bratashcuk | Puncheur | 50 000 € |  | Mikhail Ignatiev | TT/beast | 540 000 € | | Giorgio Brambilla | Sprinter/Lead out | 50 000 € | | Marco Osella | Climber | 60 000 € | | Sergio Ghisalberti | Climber/Puncheur | 50 000 € | | Roberto Traficante | Flat/TT | 50 000 € |  | Nolan Hoffman | Sprinter | 180 000 € |  | Haijun Ma | Time Trial | 80 000 € |  | Eduard Grosu | Sprinter | 100 000 € |  | Stefan Petrovski | Climber | 50 000 € |  | Nicolae Tanovitchii | Puncheur | 50 000 € |  | Frantisek Rabon | Puncheur | 130 000 € | | Julian Alaphilippe (loaned out) | Puncheur/Sprinter | 120 000 € | | Mike Aaron Egger | Climber | 60 000 € | | Andris Smirnovs (loaned out) | Sprinter/Cobbles | 80 000 € | | Emils Liepins (stagiare) | Sprinter | 10 000 € |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 08-04-2014 09:04
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So we have the team presented, but where will year 2014 see these riders? You can try to read that from our fresh released calendar, main races breakdown of our leaders should follow later today. Calendar updated also in 4th post...
Goal
PT wildcard
| Date | Race | Cat | Cont | | January | | | | | 10/1 |  Down Under Classic | HC | Asia | | 14/1 - 19/1 | Tour Down Under | C1 | Asia | | February | | | | | 1/2 | Tour of South China Sea | C1 | Asia | | 3/2 - 9/2 | Tour of South Africa | HC | Africa | | 6/2 | Chrono des Herbiers | PT | Europe | | 11/2 - 21/2 | Vuelta a Mallorca | C1 | Europe | | 18/2 - 24/2 | Volta Ciclista a Catalunya | PT | Europe | | 26/2 | Strade Bianchi | HC | Europe | | March | | | | | 7/3 |  Kenya Mountain Classic | HC | Africa | | 13/3 - 17/3 | Tour of Ukraine | C1 | Europe | | 21/3 - 24/3 | Giro del Trentino | C1 | Europe | | 28/3 - 30/3 | Corsica International | HC | Europe | | 29/3 |  E3 Prijs | HC | Europe | | April | | | | | 1/4 - 7/4 |  Tour of Taiwan | C1 | Asia | | 5/4 -11/4 |  Tour of Vancouver | HC | America | | 15/4 |  Tour of the Battenkill | HC | America | | 18/4 |  Duo Differdange | C1 | Europe | | 19/4 - 25/4 |  Tropicale Amissa Bongo | C1 | Africa | | 30/4 | Race Horizon Park | C1 | Europe | | May | | | | | 1/5 - 21/5 | Giro d'Italia | PT | Europe | | 2/5 - 7/5 |  Tour of Japan | C1 | Asia | | 24/5 - 29/5 | Tour of Taihu Lake | C1 | Asia | | June | | | | | 11/6 - 16/6 |  Tour of Bulgaria | C1 | Europe | | 23/6 - 26/6 |  Ster ZLM Tour | C1 | Europe | | 26/6 - 30/6 |  Tour d'Andorra | HC | Europe | | 30/6 |  Monterrey TTT | C1 | America | | July | | | | | 5/7 |  Isle of Man ITT | C1 | Europe | | 7/7 | Manx International | HC | Europe | | 13/7 - 19/7 | USA Pro Cycling Challenge | HC | America | | 15/7 - 20/7 |  Tour of Southland | C1 | Asia | | 23/7 - 27/7 |  Post Danmark Rundt | HC | Europe | | 29/7 |  Taldykorgan GP | C1 | Asia | | August | | | | | 1/8 | Clasica San Sebastian | HC | Europe | | 5/8 - 15/8 |  Volta a Portugal | HC | Europe | | 14/8 - 18/8 |   Baltic Chain Tour | HC | Europe | | 22/8 - 26/8 | Bayern Rundfahrt | C1 | Europe | | 31/8 | GP Plouay | C1 | Europe | | September | | | | | 9/9 - 16/9 | Tour of Britain | HC | Europe | | 20/9 | GP Quebec | C1 | America | | October | | | | | 1/10 | Phil. International Championship | C1 | America | | 2/10 | Paris-Tours | HC | Europe | | 6/10 - 15/10 |  Tour du Faso | C1 | Africa | | 16/10 - 20/10 | Tour of Beijing | HC | Asia | | 23/10 | Japan Cup | HC | Asia |
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 08-04-2014 09:06
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Looks like we will meet us in 90% of our races
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 08-04-2014 09:09
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tsmoha wrote:
Looks like we will meet us in 90% of our races
I will tell you a secret. That is why i copied you calendar post and just changed that 10%-20% + coloured our goals and PT wildcards. ( i hope you are fine with it).
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 08-04-2014 10:31
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Haha, great stuff Now i notice the same layout. Of course I'm fine with that.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 08-04-2014 15:42
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Schedules for leaders revealed!
As long as all the team managers were expected to send their race startlists to man-game oficials, race schedules of Metinvest-Emirates leaders for 2014 are not much of a secret to keep. We will gladly inform all our fans and opponents, so they can expect and follow us throughout the year.
Be aware, that our four leaders divided between them almost all of our races in the calendar, with exception of only two, that should see semi-leader Vitaliy Popkov in chief role. So here are those 95 percents...
Mikhail Ignatiev
Strade Bianche
Tour of Ukraine
Duo Differdange
Monterrey Team Time Trial
Isle of Man ITT
Post Danmark Rundt
Clasica San Sebastian
Bayern Rundfahrt
Tour of Britain
Chrono des Herbiers
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
Giro d' Italia
Jaroslav Popovych
Kenya Mountain Classic
Giro del Trentino
Corsica International
Tour of Vancouver
Tour d'Andorra
USA Pro Cycling Challenge
Volta a Portugal
Giro d' Italia
Frantisek Rabon
Tour Down Under
Vuelta a Mallorca
Tour of Taiwan
Tropicale Amissa Bongo
Ster ZLM Tour
Manx International
Taldykorgan GP
Clasica San Sebastian
Volta a Portugal
GP Plouay
GP Quebec
Tour of Beijing
Japan Cup
Giro d' Italia
Nolan Hoffman
Down Under Claccis
Tour Down Under
Tour of South China Sea
Tour of South Africa
Vuelta a Mallorca
Strade Bianche
E3 Prijs
Tour of the Battenkill
Tropicale Amissa Bongo
Race Horizon Park
Tour of Taihu Lake
Baltic Chain Tour
Philly International Championship
Paris - Tours
Tour du Faso
Giro d' Italia
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| jph27 |
Posted on 08-04-2014 16:01
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Will barely meet Popovych and got a few Ignatiev free races, so I call that a success - unfortunately he's in 3/4 goals though 
Interested to see how Hoffman does, racing a similar calendar to Haussler in parts I see. |
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| fintas |
Posted on 08-04-2014 16:05
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It seems that the Karpets and Popovych will walk arm in arm all year. only 2 races where they are not together
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| tyriion |
Posted on 08-04-2014 19:20
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Mmmm, Nolan in E3 means certain doom for us 
Check out my ManGame team here
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 09-04-2014 07:59
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Yeah, all fear the doombringer Hoffman! (who will do shit this year with like 20riders better than him in both flat and hillier races).
@fintas: I am looking forward to Popo-Karpets battles (for 5th place behind all the better climbers)
@jph: We hope Ignatiev will be a nightmare for all the children in Sri-Lanka (not because he is psycho-the-rapist, but because he will kick ass of their local team).
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| CountArach |
Posted on 09-04-2014 08:11
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It seems you are going to have a well-rounded squad in the Giro. I'm sincerely hoping you don't end up stealing any of the points I need there
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 09-04-2014 08:31
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That is always a hard part of a wildcard (wow that rhyme).
On the one side, i surely want to do great and show the big boys that we are not so far behind them and on the other side i dont want to ruin the race for my dear PT managers.
Anyway, when you started the topic, here are the squads for our PT wildcards, so you know already who to fear, or who to laugh at.
Chrono des Herbiers
Mikhail Ignatiev
Marlen Zmorka
Haijun Ma
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
Mikhail Ignatiev
Vitaliy Popkov
Marlen Zmorka
Denys Karnulin
Anytoliy Pakthusov
Andrii Bratashcuk
Eduard Grosu
Nicolae Tanovitchii
Giro d' Italia
Mikhail Ignatiev
Jaroslav Popovych
Frantisek Rabon
Nolan Hoffman
Marlen Zmorka
Denys Karnulin
Eduard Grosu
Sergio Ghisalberti
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| CountArach |
Posted on 09-04-2014 08:44
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Oh and I forgot to mention that I think Ignatiev should do brilliantly at Catalunya. I like that you've managed to send a few Ukrainians there and to the Giro - it really is in keeping with your team's purpose.
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