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| sutty68 |
Posted on 17-01-2014 11:44
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The guys will be happy when the season is over  and hopefully will come back next year refreshed and ready to do it again  |
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| MrUfo87 |
Posted on 17-01-2014 14:26
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sutty68: They really deserve the break. And I hope they're even stronger next year.
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| MrUfo87 |
Posted on 19-01-2014 15:30
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Ending season
Hello everyone,
As you already know we just rode our last race of the season. That means that the holiday for our cyclists will start. Though it will be very busy months for me. I’m talking with our sponsors about a higher budget, and I have to finish the squad for our second season. That won’t be very difficult, because we don’t expect some more transfers.
But of course, the holiday from our cyclists means boring months for you. But don’t worry, we have enough to tell and to do. Soon we’ll start with some season reviews from the World Tour, and of course there will be a list from the transfers and sponsor changes. But also we look back to our first year in the peloton. And of course our riders will look back at their first season. At the start of the season they made some goals for themselves, and now we’ll see if they achieved it.
Also you are important as our fans. After the ‘Cyclist of the Year’ award there will be a fan day. You are all invited. You can meet our riders and of course you can ask them questions. If you want to ask any questions send them to me through PM. I’ll make sure that they’ll answer them.
On our fan day, there will also be an award for Hot-Wheels – Porsche’s cyclist of the season. There will be a poll online soon where you can vote for the best rider of the season. Of course you will get a list with the results from each rider.
Finally I want to thank everyone who supported us this season. There were some people who had their doubts about our team, but the riders did fantastic during the season. I really appreciate your support and I hope to see you next season here as well!
MrUfo87 - Team Manager Hot-Wheels - Porsche
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| MrUfo87 |
Posted on 21-01-2014 19:49
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Here are the World Tour results from 2013. Radioshack was by far the strongest team during the spring, and maybe also during the whole season.
| Race | Winner | 2nd | 3th | | | Santos Tour Down Under | Jonathan Castroviejo | David Millar | Rui Costa | | Paris - Nice | Chris Horner | Andreas Klöden | Ryder Hesjedal | | Tirreno - Adriatico | Fabian Cancellara | Fränk Schleck | Ivan Basso | | Milano - Sanremo | Mark Cavendish | André Greipel | Tom Boonen | | Volta Ciclista a Catalunya | Andreas Klöden | Rigoberto Urán | Martin Elmiger | | E3 Prijs Vlaanderen - Harelbeke | Fabian Cancellara | Tom Boonen | Juan Antonio Flecha | | Gent - Wevelgem | Sep Vanmarcke | Fabian Cancellara | Tom Boonen | | Ronde van Vlaanderen | Tom Boonen | Juan Antonio Flecha | Björn Leukemans | | Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco | Vincenzo Nibali | Thomas de Gendt | Chris Froome | | Paris - Roubaix | Fabian Cancellara | Juan Antonio Flecha | Sylvain Chavanel | | Amstel Gold Race | Peter Sagan | Jelle Vanendert | Philippe Gilbert | | La Flèche Wallonne | Philippe Gilbert | Vincenzo Nibali | Peter Sagan | | Liège - Bastogne - Liège | Philippe Gilbert | Samuel Sánchez | Peter Sagan | | Tour de Romandie | Roman Kreuziger | Peter Sagan | Michael Albasini | | Giro d'Italia | Bradley Wiggins | Vincenzo Nibali | Samuel Sánchez | | Critérium du Dauphiné | Frederik Kessiakoff | Christophe Kern | Tiago Machado | | Tour de Suisse | Cadel Evans | Thibaut Pinot | Chris Froome | | Tour de France | Chris Froome | Alejandro Valverde | Joaquim Rodriguez | | Tour de Pologne | Nicolas Edet | Gianni Meersman | Pieter Serry | | Eneco Tour | Fabian Cancellara | Alessandro Ballan | Lars Boom | | Clásica San Sebastián | Philippe Gilbert | Rui Costa | Dario Cataldo | | Vuelta a España | Joaquim Rodriguez | Juan José Cobo | Michele Scarponi | | Vattenfall Cyclassics | Tyler Farrar | Mark Cavendish | Yauheni Hutarovich | | GP Ouest France - Plouay | Filippo Pozzato | Lars Boom | Jérôme Pineau | | Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | Alessandro Ballan | Svein Tuft | Giovanni Visconti | | Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | Rigoberto Urán | Rory Sutherland | Ivan Basso | | World ITT Championships | Bradley Wiggins | Nelson Oliviera | Tobias Ludvigsson | | World Championships | Simon Gerrans | Tom-Jelte Slagter | Philippe Gilbert | | Il Lombardia | Giovanni Visconti | Jérémy Roy | Diego Ulissi | | Tour of Beijing | Jan Bakelants | Tony Gallopin | Julien Vermote |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 22-01-2014 19:09
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Looks like Cancellara had a good season |
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| The Rider |
Posted on 22-01-2014 19:13
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I think we all know who the Hot Wheels rider of the season is. |
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| MrUfo87 |
Posted on 22-01-2014 19:53
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sutty68: Cancellara had a good season indeed. But Radioshack really dominated. 1st and 2nd in Paris-Nice and 1st and 2nd in Tirreno-Adriatico. It really surprised me that they dominated those two races. In one of the races the difference was even less than a minute. And still Cancellara is not cyclist of the year. You'll see soon who will win it.
The Rider: Sure? Rodrigues was very strong this season, but don't forget Watson's result.
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| MrUfo87 |
Posted on 22-01-2014 20:18
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Transfers
Here are the transfers. Surprisingly Froome leaves Sky and goes to Omega Pharma - Quick-Step. Orica-GreenEdge finally signed a GT rider (sort of) with Klöden. Breschel made a surprise move to Champion System.
| Cyclist | From | To | | D. Pozzovivo | AG2R | Blanco | | J. Gadret | AG2R | Colombia | | Y. Hutarovich | AG2R | Jamis - Hagens Berman | | D. Nerz | BMC | Argos | | M. Frank | BMC | IAM | | P. Gilbert | BMC | Garmin - Sharp | | R. Gesink | Blanco | AG2R | | S. Vanmarcke | Blanco | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | | I. Izagirre | Euskaltel - Euskadi | Sky | | A. Demare | FDJ | Garmin - Sharp | | T. Pinot | FDJ | Katusha | | R. Hesjedal | Garmin - Sharp | Cannondale | | T. Danielson | Garmin - Sharp | BMC | | F. Pozzato | Lampre - Merida | Sky | | M. Scarponi | Lampre - Merida | Euskaltel - Euskadi | | A. Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | Sky | | N. Terpstra | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | Lotto - Belisol | | P. Velits | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | Team NetApp - Endura | | S. Langeveld | Orica - GreenEdge | BMC | | A. Klöden | RadioShack - Leopard | Orica - GreenEdge | | C. Froome | Sky | Omega Pharma - Quickstep | | D. Cataldo | Sky | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | | M. Hayman | Sky | Orica - GreenEdge | | D. Bennati | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | Lampre - Merida | | M. Breschel | Team Saxo - Tinkoff | Champion System | | J. Atapuma | Colombia | Champion System | | J. Tschopp | IAM | Accent Jobs - Wanty | | J. J. Haedo | Jamis - Hagens Berman | Astana | | G. Ciolek | MTN -Qhubeka | LA AlumÃnios - Antarte | | J. Hivert | Sojasun | RadioShack - Leopard | | J. Barta | Team NetApp - Endura | Vini Fantini - Selle Italia | | R. Di Gregorio | x | AG2R | | L. Gerdemann | x | Sojasun | | D. Galimzyanov | x | RusVelo | | A. Rasmussen | x | Concordia Forsikring - Riwal | | L. Leipheimer | x | BMC | | C. Ewan | x | Garmin - Sharp |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 22-01-2014 23:30
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Froome to Omega Pharma  |
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| MrUfo87 |
Posted on 23-01-2014 10:56
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sutty68: Yeah, it was a surprise. Omega Pharma - Quick-Step now has the best grand tour rider and the best sprinter. But Sky has big sprint talent Fenn now. But of course they'll miss Froome.
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| MrUfo87 |
Posted on 25-01-2014 20:21
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Two important messages
I told you that I would ask for additional money for next season to hire a scout. I have spoken with Hot Wheels and Porsche and they’re not sure about it. They already pay a lot of money to hire good trainers and for now they don’t want to raise the sponsor amount. But they asked me to take a look at some regions next season. I scouted all the riders who rode for us in our first season, and because some of them are talents they want me to scout riders this season as well. I would love to do that but of course I have to lead the team as well, so I’ll see if I can combine it. I still will try to receive some more money, but I don’t think that it will happen.
This year Hot Wheels and Porsche organised the talents race for the U-23 and it looks like they really liked to do it. After that, they started to try to organise some more races in 2014. They didn’t tell me anything about it, so it was a surprise for me to. In the future they want me to create the routes for it, because they really liked the route from our talents race. It’s not sure if any of the races will be there in 2014, but they’re working at it. Porsche is also trying to get the Deutschland Rundfahrt back on the calendar and they prefer to make it a World Tour race. I would like to bring a race like the Eindhoven Team Time Trial back on the calendar. We’re not only looking to organise races in Germany, the Netherlands and the United States, but we also would like to organise some in non-cycling countries in the future. The organization which would organise the races is called HWP. I’m not sure if any of the races will be on the calendar in 2014, but it’s likely that there will be a few on it in 2015.
So it’s going to be a busy year for me. I have to lead a team, scout young talents and help organising races. It’ll take a lot of time and energy, but I’m really looking forward to it.
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| The Rider |
Posted on 25-01-2014 22:02
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It would be great to see the team ride the TTT in Eindhoven.
I do hate those penny pinching sponsors though, sponsors give the team some MONEY! |
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| MrUfo87 |
Posted on 25-01-2014 22:19
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The Rider: Yes. I really like the TTT Eindhoven so I hope we can get it back on the calender, or maybe another TTT one-day race. And I have to say that our sponsors already pay a lot but we have two expensive trainers, so it's not that we don't have enough money. When we really want a scout we can take a less expensive trainer and then we would have enough money.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 26-01-2014 00:24
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Sounds like you are going to have a busy season ahead of you
Edited by sutty68 on 26-01-2014 23:17
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| MrUfo87 |
Posted on 26-01-2014 11:02
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sutty68: I hope you meant busy instead of bust.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 26-01-2014 23:17
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Oooops, sorry, fixed it now  |
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| MrUfo87 |
Posted on 27-01-2014 08:20
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sutty68: No problem. But it's going to be a busy season indeed. But I'm really looking forward to it.
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| MrUfo87 |
Posted on 05-02-2014 20:54
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2013 Season Review
Now the season has ended, here is some more information about the final parts of the season.
Argos-Oil and AG2R La Mondiale are both degrading so they will ride on Continental Tour level next season. Next season we will ride with eighteen World Tour teams, so FDJ has lost its place in the World Tour as well. Accent Jobs and Sojasun will take their places in the World Tour.
Because of clauses in their contract, Marcel Kittel and John Degenkolb will both leave Argos-Oil. Kittel will ride for Garmin, while Degenkolb will wear Katusha’s jersey next season.
These ten riders were nominated for the Velo d’Or.
- Bradley Wiggins (GBR), 33 jaar
- Chris Froome (GBR), 28 jaar
- Joaquim Rodriguez (ESP), 34 jaar
- Simon Gerrans (AUS), 33 jaar
- Mark Cavendish (GBR), 28 jaar
- Tom Boonen (BEL), 31 jaar
- Fabian Cancellara (SWI), 32 jaar
- Philippe Gilbert (BEL), 31 jaar
- Vincenzo Nibali (ITA), 28 jaar
- Peter Sagan (SVK), 23 jaar
Finally, it was Joaquim Rodriguez who took the award home. Chris Froome and Fabian Cancellara were second and third.
Here are the winners of the rankings.
World Tour
- Joaquim Rodriguez
- Sky Procycling
- Spain
Continental Tour
- Danilo Napolitano
- Accent Jobs – Wanty
- Belgium
CQ Ranking
- Joaquim Rodriguez
- Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team
- Spain
Victories
- Mark Cavendish (18)
- Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team (44)
- Italy (88)
There were several records broken or equalised this season.
- Tom Boonen has a new record because he won the Ronde van Vlaanderen for the fourth time.
- Tyler Farrar has won the Vattenfall Cyclassics for the third time and that’s a new record.
- Alessandro Ballan has won the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec for the first time and now he has that record together with Thomas Voeckler, Philippe Gilbert and Simon Gerrans.
- Rigoberto Urán won the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal for the first time and now he has that record together with Robert Gesink, Rui Costa and Lars-Petter Nordhaug.
The calendar for next season will look different as well. There are some races which has changed between categories. The Strade Bianche will be a 1.HC race next season, just like the Japan Cup. The Glava Tour of Norway has got promotion as well and now it is a 2.HC race. The Tour du Limousin has lost their HC status and is now a 2.1 race. The Tre Valli Varesine and the Tour de Vendée also went to a 1.1 category next season.
It seems that Philips will take over the sponsorship of Blanco Pro Cycling, but it’s not sure yet.
There is also a new Continental Team founded. The main sponsors are Rayban and Canon (jersey by anderspcm). They’ve signed some old names like Bäckstedt, Bodrogi and Horrach.
There were some riders who wanted to retire but eventually decided to go for another season. Unfortunately some of them couldn’t get a contract at their current team anymore. These riders decided to go for another season and at which team they will do that.
- Samuel Sánchez -> Euskaltel – Euskadi
- Michael Albasini -> Blanco Pro Cycling
- Bartosz Huzarski -> Vacansoleil – DCM
- Jérôme Pineau -> Omega Pharma – Quick-Step
- Frederik Veuchelen -> Vacansoleil – DCM
- Iker Camaño -> Euskaltel – Euskadi
The number of participations pro country for the World Championships has changed as well. The CQ-Ranking points made a new list for the countries next year. The number in parentheses is the number of riders which they sent to the World Championships this year.
| Country | RR | TT | | Australia | 9 (9) | 4 (4) | | Austria | 0 (3) | 0 (1) | | Belarus | 2 (0) | 1 (0) | | Belgium | 9 (9) | 4 (4) | | Canada | 5 (4) | 2 (1) | | Colombia | 7 (4) | 3 (1) | | Czech Republic | 5 (5) | 2 (2) | | Denmark | 7 (6) | 3 (2) | | France | 9 (7) | 4 (3) | | Germany | 9 (9) | 4 (4) | | Great-Britain | 9 (5) | 4 (2) | | Ireland | 4 (0) | 1 (0) | | Italy | 9 (9) | 4 (4) | | Kazakhstan | 2 (7) | 1 (3) | | Lithuania | 6 (0) | 2 (0) | | Luxembourg | 3 (4) | 1 (1) | | Netherlands | 9 (7) | 4 (3) | | Norway | 4 (5) | 1 (2) | | Poland | 4 (7) | 1 (3) | | Portugal | 7 (6) | 3 (2) | | Russia | 6 (9) | 2 (4) | | Slovakia | 5 (3) | 2 (1) | | Slovenia | 3 (7) | 1 (3) | | South-Africa | 0 (2) | 0 (1) | | Spain | 9 (9) | 4 (4) | | Sweden | 6 (2) | 2 (1) | | Switzerland | 7 (9) | 3 (4) | | Ukraïne | 0 (6) | 0 (2) | | United States | 7 (9) | 3 (4) |
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| The Rider |
Posted on 05-02-2014 20:58
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Some nice changes there. It is always good to mix up the teams going to the world champs. I have a notion to prevent all the ' big nations' (France, Spain etc) from going, that should throw up some interesting results!
The season is done and dusted and now the next one awaits. |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 06-02-2014 02:21
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Looks like Joaquim Rodriguez had a season to remember |
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