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| CountArach |
Posted on 18-11-2012 20:19
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You clearly didn't get the memo. E3 Prijs is mine this year so yeah ummm, you might want to rethink that 
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 18-11-2012 20:23
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Looking forward to that as well aidanvn13 
Challenge on Count ! Hopefully we'll end your cobbled domination of C1 this year.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 20-11-2012 22:06
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Team Equipment Finished for the Season ahead !
Our helmet maker, Fintas outdid himself on the two helmets. They look fantastic and show off a very good vibe. I am sure our riders will look sexxy in those helmets, something which is important... in some ways at least.
Fcancellara also completed a set of accessories for our team which includes gloves, bidons, socks and the likes. It completes our equipment, and we'll show off our whole complete set of equipment as our 4 riders take part in another training ride. Stay tuned until then
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 22-11-2012 16:32
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Training Ride for Re-Signed Riders
Few of our mangers and riders took for another training ride and we've snapped one photo for you to show. What it reveals is the brand new helmet, which is amazingly good looking. It all shows off our accessories for this year, such as socks, gloves, bidons and leggins. We've not yet decided on the bike issue, but it's not a bad situation to be in, with two great bikes to choose on offer.
Lastly, thanks to all that made realize this for stuff. ANFreeman ; Felix_29 ; fcancellara & Fintas. Bloody amazing job
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 22-11-2012 16:38
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Lookin' Good Some nice equipment that's for sure.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 28-11-2012 19:14
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Thanks Mre. Glad you like it. Orbea's equipment is outstanding too has to be said
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| Name: | Stijn Vandenbergh | | Nationality: |  | | Age: | 29 | | Wage: | �50, 000 | | Specialization: | Cobbler |
Spoiler  Kuurne - Bruxelles - Kuurne | 4th |
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| Name: | Dries Van der Ginst | | Nationality: | | | Age: | 28 | | Wage: | �50, 000 | | Specialization: | Cobbler |
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| Name: | Kenny Van der Schueren | | Nationality: | | | Age: | 31 | | Wage: | �50, 000 | | Specialization: | Puncheur |
Spoiler | GP Industria Artigianato | 9th |
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| Name: | Yvo Kusters | | Nationality: |  | | Age: | 27 | | Wage: | �50, 000 | | Specialization: | Time - Trialer |
Spoiler | Tour of Geelong | GC | | 5th | | Ronde van Belgie | GC | | 10th |
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| jph27 |
Posted on 28-11-2012 19:16
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Laverde isn't staying?  |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 28-11-2012 19:19
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Nope First, he doesn't fit our philosophy in our 1st year in the division. We will have zero competitive climbers and will enter very few ( possibly none ) races with mountains. However that doesn't mean we will not try to sign a GC talent. However, no climbers in our team this year at least. And Laverde doesn't fit our team that much, he's a very good rider but we opted for him to leave.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 04-12-2012 16:57
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HC Races Announced
| Race | Priority | Goal |   Tour of South Africa | *** | |  E3 Prijs | *** | * |   Philadelphia International | * | |   Tour of the Czech Republic | ** | |   Berlin ProRace | * | | |  Criterium Hainleite | *** | * | |  Eneco Tour | * | |   Manx International | ** | |   Clasica San Sebastian | ** | |   Giro dell'Emelia | * | |   Tour of Beijing | ** | |   Japan Cup | ** | |
As you can see from our .HC races, our goal this season will be away from mountains. Hilly Classics, Cobblestones and Sprints are our focus and 4 designed leaders for those areas. We hope with this focus we'll survive the toughest year for any new team and go from strength to strength.
Edited by Alakagom on 04-12-2012 17:04
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| Mhaley45 |
Posted on 04-12-2012 17:08
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Looks like we will be going head-to-head in 9 of our 12 HC races. It should be great competition. |
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| tyriion |
Posted on 04-12-2012 18:00
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We will meet a lot too, so I can only hope you will have to fork out a lot of cash for the hilly stuff. I'll ignore bumpy terrain
Check out my ManGame team here
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 04-12-2012 20:50
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Mhaley45
It'll be definitely good to race you. I think our team will have always special bond coming from D2 as well as the epic Tour of Utah race.
tyriion
I hope not ( abut forking out too much ) but I hope you get a decent sprinter We'll be definitely fun competing in many Belgian / Dutch races against you for sure
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| CountArach |
Posted on 04-12-2012 22:20
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We literally have the exact same 12 wildcards...
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 04-12-2012 22:26
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Great minds think alike ?
I think we'll see each other in 90% or more of races this season, as we both focus on very similar aspects and not really mountainous squads. We might grow tired of seeing each other at the end of the season I doubt it though, it should be fun.
Edited by Alakagom on 04-12-2012 22:28
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| CountArach |
Posted on 05-12-2012 07:21
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Yeah I'll loving having someone to whip around... I mean a rival.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 14-12-2012 19:57
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[img-r]https://www.cqranking.com/men/images/Riders/2012/CQM2012004533.jpg[/img-r]
| Name: | Jérôme Baugnies | | Nationality: | | | Age: | 26 | | Wage: | €350,000 | | Specialization: | Cobbler |
Jérôme is our most competent cobbler in the team and the rider that will try to achieve all 4 of our goals. There's high pressure for him to perform but we know he can deliver. Being only 26 we hope that Baugnies will be part of our team for quite some time and mentor our younger riders like Vanbilsen or Asbroeck. Great flat, stamina, hill skills will definitely help to take the win in all the important goals, against the might Team Bpost who will be our biggest contenders this year.
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| Name: | Florentino Marquez | | Nationality: | | | Age: | 26 | | Wage: | €400,000 | | Specialization: | Climber |
Quite an unexpected signing I have to say. At the start of the window we though we'd have no climbers. At the end, we end up with Tour stage winner and one of best climbers in the world. Marquez will have to do splendidly however to stay with the team more than a year however. No big pressure is put on him though as of yet, but we need his points to keep in this division. He'll only race C1 races which should beneficial for scoring the points. We expect few wins and few good GC's from him through the season.
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| Vien |
Posted on 14-12-2012 20:13
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Marquez is a nice signing. Will be really interesting to see him racing against Arroyo
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 14-12-2012 20:59
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Indeed. More pleased to get Baugnies really. But Marquez was indeed quite a bargain at the price, plus the age plays good part in his deal. Looking forward to see some of battles with Arroyo
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| Name: | Marc de Maar | | Nationality: | | | Age: | 29 | | Wage: | €90,000 | | Specialization: | All - Rounder |
Marc was one of our first signings and will be essential part of our team. He's great lead-out rider, time - trialist, capable puncheur and attacker. We'll hope Marc will get into plenty breaks and with his abilities steal some big victories for our team in the upcoming season.
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| Name: | Pieter Serry | | Nationality: | | | Age: | 25 | | Wage: | €50,000 | | Specialization: | Puncheur |
Pieter Serry was the first rider on a shortlist few months back. Boy I am pleased we have him in our team, even better for a minimum wage. He's already excellent puncheur, but in 2 years will become a amazing one at that, along improving as a climber, Serry will become our most trusted deluxe domestique.
Spoiler | FLA | MON | HIL | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SPR | ACC | FGH | DHL | PRL | | 68 | 75 | 78 | 63 | 71 | 70 | 69 | 67 | 62 | 69 | 77 | 67 | 64 |
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| Name: | Sander Armee | | Nationality: | | | Age: | 28 | | Wage: | €60,000 | | Specialization: | Puncheur |
Sander Armee is another hilly skilled puncheur which we welcome to the team. Armee is already quite experienced rider and hopefully will help our developing talents, as well trying to get into breaks as well as fight it out in the finishes in hilly races mostly.
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| Name: | Kenny De Haes | | Nationality: | | | Age: | 28 | | Wage: | 86,100 | | Specialization: | Cobbler |
Kenny De Haes acquired on transfer will be the main helper for Baugnies. Good cobbler with good hill and flat stats is what we were looking for and what we got. Kenny will hopefully be part of few breaks and put a lot of pressure on other teams early on.
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| Name: | Julien Berard | | Nationality: |  | | Age: | 26 | | Wage: | 90,000 | | Specialization: | Climber |
Julien is one of our late signings and is here to help out Marquez in all the mountain stages ahead. He's an excellent climber to be around and we hope he can either catch breaks or protect Marquez as long as possible. At only 26, he's another young rider we signed this season.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 14-12-2012 22:02
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| Name: | Ian Boswell | | Nationality: | | | Age: | 22 | | Wage: | €180,000 | | Specialization: | Puncheur |
Ian is one of the most promising riders to enter the cycling scene. Destined to be a great puncheur, and set off from the start we always had him in our minds and it came to fruition. He's not a winning material rider at the moment, but in few years he will. We're also glad we have at least one rider from America which should please our sponsor too.
Spoiler | FLA | MON | HIL | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SPR | ACC | FGH | DHL | PRL | | 70 | 71 | 80 | 67 | 77 | 73 | 71 | 56 | 65 | 76 | 72 | 68 | 69 |
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| Name: | Tom Van Asbroeck | | Nationality: | | | Age: | 23 | | Wage: | €80,000 | | Specialization: | Sprinter |
Tom Van Asbroeck is a very versatile young man. Capable in hilly terrain, cobble and having the kick to challenge in the sprints at the end. At the moment we are not sure how we'll train him, but we know one thing - he will be a great asset in few year's time for our team either as a sprinter or a top cobbler.
Spoiler | FLA | MON | HIL | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SPR | ACC | FGH | DHL | PRL | | 75 | 53 | 71 | 66 | 75 | 73 | 79 | 74 | 80 | 78 | 74 | 68 | 68 |
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| Name: | Zico Waeytens | | Nationality: | | | Age: | 22 | | Wage: | €50,000 | | Specialization: | Puncheur |
Zico is another Belgian talent signed up by our team this year, and another very punchy styled rider wchich we hope to develop in the future. Nieuwsblad wanted to have the core of the team with riders from Belgium and with talents like this, I hope we pleased them.
Spoiler | FLA | MON | HIL | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SPR | ACC | FGH | DHL | PRL | | 71 | 70 | 78 | 64 | 73 | 70 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 73 | 75 | 75 | 64 |
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| Name: | Kenneth Vanbilsen | | Nationality: | | | Age: | 23 | | Wage: | €150,000 | | Specialization: | Cobbler |
Vanbilsen is what Belgian riders are all about. Great cobblers, great fighters, great flat riders, have great stamina and are strong when the terrain rises on the punchy hills. And what we got in Vanbilsen is exactly that. Vanbilsen is the next big Belgian star, at least on cobbles and we've extremely happy he choose us at the end.
Spoiler | FLA | MON | HIL | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SPR | ACC | FGH | DHL | PRL | | 78 | 50 | 69 | 63 | 80 | 74 | 75 | 80 | 72 | 71 | 72 | 61 | 63 |
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| Name: | Marc Goos | | Nationality: | | | Age: | 23 | | Wage: | €80,000 | | Specialization: | Stage Racer |
Marc is our first stage racer we have signed, and part of our plan to slowly build strong mountain squad that would be able to deliver good results. He's not our star stage racer signed this season, but with great mountain and time trial potential, Goos will be valuable asset both as leader and great domestique in the near future.
Spoiler | FLA | MON | HIL | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SPR | ACC | FGH | DHL | PRL | | 71 | 77 | 74 | 76 | 78 | 76 | 77 | 56 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 68 | 76 |
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| Name: | Enrico Barbin | | Nationality: | | | Age: | 23 | | Wage: | €70,000 | | Specialization: | Puncheur |
Enrico is our 6th young talent and another with great potential on hilly terrain. Undoubtedly, you can see we want to become quite a force in that category and without shadow of a doubt Enrico will help us a lot in next years doing so.
Spoiler | FLA | MON | HIL | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SPR | ACC | FGH | DHL | PRL | | 69 | 68 | 78 | 63 | 75 | 73 | 70 | 57 | 71 | 75 | 65 | 67 | 63 |
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| Name: | Nick Van der Lijke | | Nationality: | | | Age: | 22 | | Wage: | €80,000 | | Specialization: | Sprinter |
Nick is a very promising Dutch rider with special ability in the sprints, as well as getting quite easily over the bumpy terrain which can prove very useful in many races. Lijke will never be the greatest sprinter on the planet, but he'll be damn good. Nick already this year will be given plenty of opportunities to shine as the best sprinter in our team.
Spoiler | FLA | MON | HIL | TT | STA | RES | REC | COB | SPR | ACC | FGH | DHL | PRL | | 74 | 63 | 73 | 66 | 73 | 71 | 78 | 65 | 79 | 79 | 65 | 63 | 68 |
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 14-12-2012 22:11
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You did quite a good job collecting all these talents. Not only will they all have a great future, they also are guys from countries you expect to see in a Belgian team. Very intresting team for the future!
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