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[CT] Kraftwerk Man Machine | Promotion to PCT
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 16-06-2016 15:20
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Kraftwerk Man Machine fills sprinter gap.
Andreas Stauff
Andreas is a great signing from Pokerstars.com to fill the sprinter spot in the team. I am expecting him to be very competitive on the flat.
Jan Brockhoff and Marc Soler
As part of the deal to bring Andreas to the team I have agreed to train Pokerstars.com youngsters Jan and Marc.
Nils Politt
Nils is the rider that started our relationship with Pokerstars.com when we both showed interest in him within a minute of each other. This led to a discussion about a loan deal that then led to the wider deal to bring Andreas on board. Nils has great potential and I am not sure how to develop him, any advice welcome.
| Rider | Fl | Mo | Hil | TT | Sta | Res | Rec | Cob | Spr | Acc | Ftr | DH | Pro | Age |  | Domenik Klemme | 71 | 74 | 80 | 67 | 74 | 70 | 73 | 54 | 66 | 66 | 59 | 62 | 67 | 30 | | Andreas Stauff | 74 | 53 | 65 | 61 | 74 | 69 | 76 | 65 | 80 | 81 | 59 | 64 | 74 | 29 |  | Martin Hacecký | 67 | 77 | 70 | 68 | 71 | 76 | 76 | 55 | 66 | 75 | 77 | 67 | 68 | 28 | | Michael Kurth | 73 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 74 | 71 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 73 | 65 | 76 | 68 | 30 |  | Sang Hong Park | 72 | 61 | 72 | 67 | 73 | 70 | 73 | 66 | 75 | 76 | 61 | 67 | 70 | 27 |  | Roman Maikin | 73 | 61 | 68 | 63 | 71 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 76 | 77 | 62 | 66 | 68 | 26 | | Linus Gerdemann | 71 | 74 | 74 | 72 | 74 | 75 | 71 | 58 | 58 | 63 | 63 | 62 | 72 | 34 | | Gennadiy Tatarinov | 69 | 75 | 74 | 63 | 71 | 71 | 68 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 76 | 63 | 63 | 25 |  | Sota Ikibe | 63 | 74 | 73 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 60 | 62 | 65 | 73 | 68 | 70 | 24 | | Thomas Bontenackels | 67 | 72 | 62 | 76 | 70 | 71 | 74 | 53 | 66 | 67 | 64 | 62 | 76 | 30 | | Takero Terasaki | 70 | 65 | 71 | 63 | 72 | 70 | 72 | 69 | 73 | 75 | 67 | 63 | 67 | 25 |  | Florian Vachon | 70 | 72 | 72 | 65 | 72 | 72 | 74 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 68 | 71 | 65 | 31 | | Nico Denz | 70 | 68 | 68 | 65 | 67 | 66 | 66 | 65 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 64 | 69 | 22 | | Nils Politt | 67 | 60 | 63 | 69 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 60 | 59 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 67 | 22 | | Jan Brockhoff[ (loan) | 72 | 62 | 66 | 62 | 68 | 70 | 67 | 62 | 61 | 70 | 59 | 67 | 65 | 22 |  | Marc Soler (loan) | 66 | 67 | 66 | 67 | 69 | 67 | 67 | 54 | 54 | 63 | 59 | 60 | 70 | 23 |
Edited by DaveTwoBob on 03-09-2017 10:49
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| Shonak |
Posted on 16-06-2016 15:28
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Gratz on filling the sprinter gap, now Takero and Sang have some to lead out. Kraftwerk is truly a powered-up ct squad by now. 
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| matt17br |
Posted on 16-06-2016 15:32
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Congrats on promotion!
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| cio93 |
Posted on 16-06-2016 15:32
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Even if you let your cat do race planning, you'll promote.
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 16-06-2016 15:37
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Awesome squad.
Klemme,Stauff,Hacecky and Bontenackels and Kurth.
You have great chances of promotion. |
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 16-06-2016 15:39
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screw my life...best shot on batteling with Podium Ambition for P1?
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| viking90 |
Posted on 16-06-2016 16:31
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Nice squad, great signing of Stauff was after him myself 
Congrats to a nice transfer season! |
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 16-06-2016 21:04
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@Shonak Cheers, from my ICL experience I do like to have some interest in all the race reports hence the balanced squad.
@Matt & @The Schleck Fan Thanks, I have been incredibly lucky!
@Croatia I would like to think I have a shot but need to make the most of my scarce race days.
@Viking Again I was lucky to have that weird Zabel with Politt that got me talking to beagle
@cio Classic
Now the team has taken shape I can finalise my race selection and start planning with the help of Ruby who is a 7 year old Maine Coon.
Edited by DaveTwoBob on 03-09-2017 11:17
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| Shonak |
Posted on 16-06-2016 22:02
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Is it you two face? 
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| ryant |
Posted on 16-06-2016 22:11
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Well, Klemme and Stauff are gonna kill the CT
Hope you do well, just dont beat me too badly
 John St Ledger in Team Bunzl-Centrica and Team U25Red Bull Driver in RFactor
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| Jakstar22 |
Posted on 16-06-2016 22:32
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What a team!! Not looking forward to racing you. I'm sure I'll lose every time!!
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 16-06-2016 22:34
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The strongest team with the coolest jersey. Everything goes well hand in hand
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 20-06-2016 15:13
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Feeling pleased with myself having just finished my race planning when I realised I have scheduled riders for a race I am no longer requesting! Doh!
Lets try this again ...
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| Margh Norway |
Posted on 20-06-2016 15:34
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Thanks for keeping Klemme and Stauff out of PCT-Competition.
Stunning strong team!
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| knockout |
Posted on 20-06-2016 15:58
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Awesome team!
You're gonna rock the CT!
A Big Thank You To All MG Reporters! |
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 20-06-2016 17:14
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Kraftwerk Man Machine final team roster announced.
Watching Michael Kurth ride off alone to do his cobbles training brought a tear to my eye so we have acquired a partner for the pave.
Max Walsleben
Max is handy over the cobbles and will provide Michael Kurth with some protection during the race.
Pascal Ackermann
Pascal has good hills potential and will join us later in the season as a Stagiare.
The final team looks like this
I am pleased we mainly managed to keep to the country guidelines for the team. I was not able to get any riders from the very competitive British market.
In almost every way this team is better than I had hoped when I started the transfer season. I took a punt on Klemme and Kurth expecting to be overbid any minute, the tension as the clock ticked down was unbearable. I was very lucky to get deals for Hacecký and Stauff after failing to land Geschke.
The support for Klemme, Kurth and Stauff is a bit thin and I am hoping we won't get found out too often. There are some strong teams with great depth for CT who will put real pressure on the team.
Our 3 mountain goals will be challenging to achieve with 79 Mountains Sella and Garby in the division. I am hoping Hacecký's good Res and Acc support stats will allow him to grab the top 5 places we need, I reckon the win goal is just about impossible.
There should be some really exciting racing this season and I am looking forward to seeing how the team performs. Our goal is to finish in the top 15, but with luck I think we should be competing for a top 5 finish which would be fantastic for a first season.
P.S. No cats were harmed in the making of this press release despite the planning mistake referred to earlier which I blame on too much chasing birds (that's Ruby the cat not me)
Edited by DaveTwoBob on 03-09-2017 11:20
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| Shonak |
Posted on 20-06-2016 20:35
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Excellent team as I expected of you after your great work with Eurosport. It's hard not see you promote. You are even surprisingly versatile by having chances of scoring big in all 5 main discplines. Sehr gut gemacht!
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| aidanvn13 |
Posted on 20-06-2016 20:55
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Wow, stunning CT team. Might just be the title winner. Stauff and Klemme will score BIG. Nice job!
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 20-06-2016 22:17
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@Margh - Its a pleasure to take then out of the PCT competition for now
@knockout - Cheers and pleased the way it went after the disappointment of loosing Simon Geschke
@Shonak - The experience of EPIC and ICL certainly helped but I did have a big dollop of luck. Vielen Dank!
@aidan - Thanks, I would love to be in contention as it makes for a great experience, I will be very happy with top 5 looking at the competition, its pretty strong.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 20-06-2016 22:21
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You've built a very strong team. You'll do very well. Best of luck with these guys in your first season! |
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