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[Pre-season Crit] Bay Cycling Classic
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 24-05-2015 11:39
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Nominating Stephen Vicelich from my team
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 24-05-2015 12:50
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We nominate  Kohei Uchima and  Cameron Bayly
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 24-05-2015 14:03
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First updated provisional startlist is online. Already filling up nicely, even though there are still a few notable names missing. Further changes depend on how many potential leaders will be nominated, so consider those Aussie teams as not yet confirmed! As always, not all nominated riders have yet found (and will find) a team (eventually).
| Oz Cycling Project | African Wildlife Safaris | | 1. Steele Von Hoff | 1. | | 2. Tom Scully | 2. Caleb Ewan | | 3. Brenton Jones | 3. Patrick Lane | | 4. Jack Haig | 4. | | 5. Adam Phelan | 5. Alex Edmondson | | | | Pat's Veg Cycling | Avanti Racing | | 1. | 1. | | 2. James Glasspool | 2. | | 3. Matthew Lloyd | 3. Benjamin Dyball | | 4. Cameron Bayly | 4. Patrick Bevin | | 5. Michael Hepburn | 5. Stephen Vicelich | | | | Fox Sports - Golomt Cycling |  Eddie Stobart | | 1. Anthony Giacoppo | 1. Mark Renshaw | | 2. Allan Davis | 2. Nathan Earle | | 3. Sam Witmitz | 3. Cameron Wurf | | 4. Timothy Roe | 4. Neil Van der Ploeg | | 5. Sono Delgerbayar | 5. Paul Van der Ploeg | | |  Compal Merida | cycleYorkshire s/b ASDA | | 1. Michael Matthews | 1. Matt Rowe | | 2. Christopher Sutton | 2. Russell Hampton | | 3. William Walker | 3. Rohan Dennis | | 4. Trent Lowe | 4. Adam Semple | | 5. Jack Bauer | 5. Alex Meenhorst | | |  Scotty Browns Vision | NZL National Team | | 1. Westley Gough | 1. | | 2. | 2. Alex Frame | | 3. Tom David | 3. George Bennett | | 4. Jesse Sergent | 4. Michael Torckler | | 5. Shane Archbold | 5. Anton Cooper | | |  Sauber Petronas |  Irish National Team | | 1. Anuar Manan | 1. | | 2. Azizulhasni Awang | 2. | | 3. Mohamed Harrif Salleh | 3. | | 4. Muhamad Adiq Othman | 4. | | 5. Mohammed Zamri Salleh | 5. Stephen Clancy | | | | Great Britain National Team | Japan National Team | | 1. Sam Harrison | 1. Kenji Itami | | 2. Tobyn Horton | 2. Kuboki Kazushige | | 3. Ian Bibby | 3. Yusuke Hatanaka | | 4. Simon Yates | 4. Kohei Uchima | | 5. Andrew Tennant | 5. Hiroshi Tsubaki | | | | Team 1 | | | 1. | | | 2. | | | 3. | | | 4. | | | 5. | | | |
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 24-05-2015 20:51
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With the first teams confirmed, it's also time for some short Bay history lessons and previews..
Compal Merida Taiwan based Compal Merida will make it's first appearance as a full ManGame-team at the Bay Crits. Lining up with an all-Oceanian team here, there was no question to invite the team riding in it's own colors. The palmares of it's riders is quite impressing, too:
Chris Sutton (overall winner of the Bay Crits in 2013, grabbing three wins in four races), Michael Matthews (shared 2nd at the Bay in 2014, including one win) and William Walker (16th in 2013) make for a roster filled with Bay-experience. Matthews should be one of the top-favorites for sure and Sutton (leading him to his line honours in 2014's final crit in Geelong, finishing 3rd by himself) is already a Bay-legend! | Rider | 2013 Overall | 2014 Overall | Notable results | | Michael Matthews | - | 2nd (18 pts) | 1 win (2014 Rd4) | | Chris Sutton | Win (36 pts) | 12th (8 pts) | 3 wins (2013) | | Trent Lowe | - | - | - | | William Walker | 16th (5 pts) | - | 6th (2013 Rd3) | | Jack Bauer | - | 13th (7 pts) | 4th (2014 Rd3) |
 Matthews will aim for the overall victory after his runner-up last year..
Edited by tsmoha on 24-05-2015 20:52
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 24-05-2015 22:25
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I don't have acces to the db right now, so I'll nominate every eligible guy by nation I have, except for McCarthy. I assume they should all be eligible stats wise too.
So, they'd be:
Damion Drapac (is 80 SP still eligible?)
Sam Bennett
Isaac Speirs
Philip Lavery (he's on loan at Metinvest, so not actually sure if I should be nominating him)
Dominic Jelfs
Martyn Irvine
Tim Gudsell
Damian Shaw
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| tastasol |
Posted on 24-05-2015 22:37
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Nominating:
Mitch Docker
Nathan Haas
Calvin Watson
David Tanner
Will Clarke
If you want any "spares":
Michael Vink
Zakkari Dempster
Edit: Oh, and that Compal team just looks amazing 
Edit2: Switched Vink and Watson so that it is all-Aussie squad.
Edited by tastasol on 24-05-2015 22:40
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 24-05-2015 22:43
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It's really nice to see my continued support of the series result in me getting my own team this year, will it also mean that Zamri Salleh can wear his NC jersey?
P.S. I'm loving the first preview/ team introduction, I can't wait to see other teams.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 25-05-2015 00:18
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Yay, Eddie Stobart are ready to rock n roll  |
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 25-05-2015 00:24
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Thanks for this, I'd like to nominate Josh Edmondson and Sean Downey please.
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| Bjartne |
Posted on 25-05-2015 02:22
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Wow, thank you for the preview!
Looking forward to follow our Aussies, maybe also the Kiwi can be a good leadout man this year in the crit-bay series  |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 25-05-2015 06:42
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Great to see this back, Metinvest management will follow the race from the sidelines, good luck to all!
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 25-05-2015 09:03
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sammyt93 wrote:
It's really nice to see my continued support of the series result in me getting my own team this year, will it also mean that Zamri Salleh can wear his NC jersey?
I was actually thinking of using your Malaysian NC shirt as a special gimmick/shirt for your whole team here  But it's up to you, of course, which combination you prefer.
@sutty/all: As long as I haven't confirmed a team with a preview like for Compal, don't consider this startlist as 100% accurate. Eddie Stobart, for example, ain't garantueed a spot yet
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| sammyt93 |
Posted on 25-05-2015 13:45
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tsmoha wrote:
sammyt93 wrote:
It's really nice to see my continued support of the series result in me getting my own team this year, will it also mean that Zamri Salleh can wear his NC jersey?
I was actually thinking of using your Malaysian NC shirt as a special gimmick/shirt for your whole team here But it's up to you, of course, which combination you prefer.
That sounds like a great idea would be nice to see it challenging for wins here as I doubt the youngster wearing it will challenge much during the season unless he's out in breaks as he's still developing.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 25-05-2015 20:13
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Fox Sports - Golomt Cycling The cycling world welcomes a new Aussie based team this year: Fox Sports took the opportunity to take part at the Bay Classics and we're happy to see the young team showing itself here. The team lines up with an experienced squad, though lacking too special results at the Bay so far:
Veteran Allan Davis scored a 7th place in the opening crit through Geelong last year, but didn't enjoy any more success after that. Anthony Giacoppo didn't score a single Top-10 in two years (with a disappointing showing for Oz Cycling last year), but was a key leadout for Risa - Ergon's Chris Sutton and his 3 victories here back in 2013. He will now have to prove, what he missed to do with Oz last season: being capable of going for stages on his own.
Witmitz as a solid leadout, who was quite impressive in the domestic cycling scene, and a comebacking Timmy Roe will add depth. Former Oz Cycling favorite Sonomtseren Delgerbayar as the only Mongolian on the team, though adding the experience from two years with Australia's new ProTour-team! | Rider | 2013 Overall | 2014 Overall | Notable results | | Anthony Giacoppo | - | - | - | | Allan Davis | - | 17th (4 pts) | 7th (2014 Rd1) | | Sam Witmitz | - | - | - | | Timothy Roe | - | - | - |  Sono Delgerbayar | - | - | - |
 Giacoppo wants to bounce back from a disappointing year with Oz Cycling..
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 25-05-2015 20:33
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And a new provisional startlist, already looking good! We decided to invite a Chinese National Team for the first time, so we are looking for 2 more riders from  China to fill the missing spots!
Of course listening to more nominations (Aussies preferred)...
| Oz Cycling Project | African Wildlife Safaris | | 1. Steele Von Hoff | 1. Caleb Ewan | | 2. Tom Scully | 2. Stephen Vicelich | | 3. Brenton Jones | 3. Matthew Lloyd | | 4. Jack Haig | 4. Benjamin Dyball | | 5. Adam Phelan | 5. Alex Edmondson | | | | Pat's Veg Cycling | Risa - Ergon | | 1. Damion Drapac | 1. Mitch Docker | | 2. James Glasspool | 2. Will Clarke | | 3. Patrick Lane | 3. Nathan Haas | | 4. Cameron Bayly | 4. Calvin Watson | | 5. Michael Hepburn | 5. David Tanner | | | | Fox Sports - Golomt Cycling | Eddie Stobart | | 1. Anthony Giacoppo | 1. Mark Renshaw | | 2. Allan Davis | 2. Nathan Earle | | 3. Sam Witmitz | 3. Cameron Wurf | | 4. Timothy Roe | 4. Neil Van der Ploeg | | 5. Sono Delgerbayar | 5. Paul Van der Ploeg | | | | Compal Merida | cycleYorkshire s/b ASDA | | 1. Michael Matthews | 1. Matt Rowe | | 2. Christopher Sutton | 2. Russell Hampton | | 3. William Walker | 3. Rohan Dennis | | 4. Trent Lowe | 4. Adam Semple | | 5. Jack Bauer | 5. Alex Meenhorst | | | | Scotty Browns Vision | NZL National Team | | 1. Westley Gough | 1. Michael Torckler | | 2. Timothy Gudsell | 2. Alex Frame | | 3. Tom David | 3. George Bennett | | 4. Jesse Sergent | 4. Patrick Bevin | | 5. Shane Archbold | 5. Anton Cooper | | | | Sauber Petronas | Irish National Team | | 1. Anuar Manan | 1. Sam Bennett | | 2. Azizulhasni Awang | 2. Isaac Speirs | | 3. Mohamed Harrif Salleh | 3. Philip Lavery | | 4. Muhamad Adiq Othman | 4. Sean Downey | | 5. Mohammed Zamri Salleh | 5. Stephen Clancy | | | | Great Britain National Team | Japan National Team | | 1. Sam Harrison | 1. Kenji Itami | | 2. Tobyn Horton | 2. Kuboki Kazushige | | 3. Ian Bibby | 3. Yusuke Hatanaka | | 4. Simon Yates | 4. Kohei Uchima | | 5. Joshua Edmondson | 5. Hiroshi Tsubaki | | | | Chinese National Team | | | 1. Libin Chen | | | 2. Zhihui Jiang | | | 3. Pengda Jiao | | | 4. | | | 5. | | | |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 26-05-2015 06:21
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I thought you now have a chinese that can ride in national team colours Tsmoha.
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 26-05-2015 07:49
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
I thought you now have a chinese that can ride in national team colours Tsmoha.
I do 
But already sending a full Aussie squad here, I'm not a fan of adding more Oz riders. That said, I actually forgot, that we already got two more Chinese riders nominated from Meiji, so we ain't running into bigger problems if no one else is going to pop up
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| ggDonovan |
Posted on 26-05-2015 08:27
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As every year, an excellent initiative.
Thanks Tsmoha and good luck to all the participants!
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 26-05-2015 08:31
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We'd be more than happy to nominate Wenlong Zhang also
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| tsmoha |
Posted on 26-05-2015 08:59
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Thanks, ggDonovan and Eden!
That will more or less complete the startlist, even though we're still open for further (minor) changes:
| Oz Cycling Project | African Wildlife Safaris | | 1. Steele Von Hoff | 1. Caleb Ewan | | 2. Tom Scully | 2. Stephen Vicelich | | 3. Brenton Jones | 3. Matthew Lloyd | | 4. Jack Haig | 4. Benjamin Dyball | | 5. Adam Phelan | 5. Alex Edmondson | | | | Pat's Veg Cycling | Risa - Ergon | | 1. Damion Drapac | 1. Mitch Docker | | 2. James Glasspool | 2. Will Clarke | | 3. Patrick Lane | 3. Nathan Haas | | 4. Cameron Bayly | 4. Calvin Watson | | 5. Michael Hepburn | 5. David Tanner | | | | Fox Sports - Golomt Cycling | Eddie Stobart | | 1. Anthony Giacoppo | 1. Mark Renshaw | | 2. Allan Davis | 2. Nathan Earle | | 3. Sam Witmitz | 3. Cameron Wurf | | 4. Timothy Roe | 4. Neil Van der Ploeg | | 5. Sono Delgerbayar | 5. Paul Van der Ploeg | | | | Compal Merida | cycleYorkshire s/b ASDA | | 1. Michael Matthews | 1. Matt Rowe | | 2. Christopher Sutton | 2. Russell Hampton | | 3. William Walker | 3. Rohan Dennis | | 4. Trent Lowe | 4. Adam Semple | | 5. Jack Bauer | 5. Alex Meenhorst | | | | Scotty Browns Vision | NZL National Team | | 1. Westley Gough | 1. Michael Torckler | | 2. Timothy Gudsell | 2. Alex Frame | | 3. Tom David | 3. George Bennett | | 4. Jesse Sergent | 4. Patrick Bevin | | 5. Shane Archbold | 5. Anton Cooper | | | | Sauber Petronas | Irish National Team | | 1. Anuar Manan | 1. Sam Bennett | | 2. Azizulhasni Awang | 2. Isaac Speirs | | 3. Mohamed Harrif Salleh | 3. Philip Lavery | | 4. Muhamad Adiq Othman | 4. Sean Downey | | 5. Mohammed Zamri Salleh | 5. Stephen Clancy | | | | Great Britain National Team | Japan National Team | | 1. Sam Harrison | 1. Kenji Itami | | 2. Tobyn Horton | 2. Kuboki Kazushige | | 3. Ian Bibby | 3. Yusuke Hatanaka | | 4. Simon Yates | 4. Kohei Uchima | | 5. Joshua Edmondson | 5. Hiroshi Tsubaki | | | | Chinese National Team | | | 1. Libin Chen | | | 2. Zhihui Jiang | | | 3. Pengda Jiao | | | 4. Jinahua Ji | | | 5. Wenlong Zhang | | | |
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