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[CT] Team Nordeus
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 28-03-2014 20:45
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 Kopaonik, Serbia [Training Camp; 1/1]
As we finalised our squad for 2014 years, and last few guys arrived on Nikola Tesla airport in Belgrade yesterday, we had a plan to organise a Training Camp on Kopaonik, one of the biggest mountains in Serbia.
Season starts soon ,so guys only had 3 days to organise training and plans for next few days. They of course had help of our experts from management of team. Final decision was that first day is going to be "Mountain day", so guys prepared everything and we gone out. It's rainy and very cold in Serbia now, which is fully understandable since it's January.
First few kilometers, guys decided just to stretch their legs and not to make some attacks or something like that. It's a Training Camp after all. But of course, someone had to stop that silence and make a move. It was Yasmani Martinez, teams best climber this time. No one could follow him on that climb.
As it was clear that guys behind can't catch him on climb, they decided to wait until the downhill on another side of mountain. They started accelerating there and some serious relays started aswell.
It was brave fight from Yasmani, but they somehow managed to catch him. As the planner for the first day says "only" 70 kilometers, guys decided to make some kind of mini-sprint. Schinker oversprinted Dall'Antonia there, surprisingly.
After they finished planned route, they turned around and calmly rode back to the hotel. At the end of the day, it was one successful training day, with alot of action.
We're happy with outcome, as guys stretched their legs a bit and hopefully started preparing them for long season! That was all from Kopaonik for first day of training camp. See ya tommorow, on review of 2nd day of that training camp.
Spoiler I thought usual way of "here's our equipment/jersey: photo, photo, photo" would be too boring, so decided to make it a bit more dynamic. Hope you guys like it!
Edited by admirschleck on 31-03-2014 20:53
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 28-03-2014 20:50
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A lot of people post this sort of thing. Like this one though because it actually has some racing 
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 31-03-2014 21:03
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Thanks. I decided that this one set of screenshots is enough, so I actually changed the headline to "Training Camp 1/1".
Meet the Squad should continue soon, i had very busy weekend and it's exam time in Serbian schools, so i can't update this too much. 
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 01-04-2014 10:50
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Edited by SportingNonsense on 01-04-2014 23:23
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| tyriion |
Posted on 01-04-2014 18:22
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Lots of C1 and HC races in there. Hope they pay off for you.
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| jph27 |
Posted on 01-04-2014 18:37
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With the squad you have, I don't really see why you're going to many of those C1 races. Sure, Dall'Antonia and Bole might do something - but Van Stayen, Vastaranta, Bellis, Gatto, Haussler and Kreder will all be sniffing around. I'm happy to be proven wrong though |
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| knockout |
Posted on 01-04-2014 20:32
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Lots of C1 races around. Looks like someone is scared to race against Geschke 
But i like your decision 
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 01-04-2014 22:01
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Yeah i can't see the C1 plan working i just don't think their the right races to be aiming for except possible the Duo Differenge if it gets a weak start list like the TTT the hilly races will be fruitless without a good hilly leader like Mehr Wengie last year |
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| FroomeDog99 |
Posted on 01-04-2014 22:07
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Cool to see Martinez and Schinker in blue, white and grey once more. I'll be rooting for them except in places where they'll clash with us. Will be interesting to see if the C1 gamble pays off.
Edited by SportingNonsense on 02-04-2014 00:58
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| 547984 |
Posted on 01-04-2014 22:11
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Yeah, what people said above. Lots of ambitious goals but hey, maybe it can pay off with Martinez, you never know.
We will clash in some C2 races but not too many.
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 01-04-2014 22:13
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I decided to gamble a bit with this schedule, just as i did with transfer plans and high goals. It's most likely that i am not going to get any great results with this team in these races, but this idea might turn out to be good one at the end of the season, if i somehow manage to get good results on some of these races.
I will surely try to focus on goals and meet at least one of them (1/5). Everything above that will be big bonus.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 01-04-2014 23:04
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You have a nice looking calendar for your team, Good Luck |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 02-04-2014 06:17
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Nordeus acting like PCT team already.
Good luck in that C1 competition, Bole and others can snatch some point here and there, but it will be tough to benefit with something more than XPs (maybe i will meet Julian Alaphilippe in some of these races)?
We will meet many, many times in those C1 and HC races, but dont expect us to be nice, especially in both ukrainian races.
Edited by Avin Wargunnson on 02-04-2014 06:18
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 03-04-2014 18:55
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Aim high, shoot low.
 Aljaž Hočevar [4/18]
One of our few talents and 15th rider that Team Nordeus signed this year is a young Slovenian, Aljaž Hočevar. With disbanding of Pivovarna Laško at the end of last season, Team Nordeus got a chance to sign him, as well as few more riders, which surely gave us big chance. Being only 23 and 2lvl of XP, Aljaž will surely be part of teams sprint train in future.
[img-l]https://www.dodaj.rs/f/p/Os/3dDmQ9p6/hocevar.png[/img-l][img-l]https://www.dodaj.rs/f/1r/vj/19MS1K68/theblankspace.png[/img-l]As for this season, Hočevar decided to focus on his developement, as he's still pretty unexperienced and young, pretty week to be honest to lead the team. But don't be surprised if you see him in few breakaways this season, that's surely one of the main things we signed him. Anyway, all in all, Hočevar might sound like a bad idea, but he'll surely become one good sprinter in future.
| FL | MO | HI | TT | STA | RES | REC | CO | SP | ACC | FT | DH | PRL | | 64 | 58 | 63 | 65 | 69 | 62 | 65 | 55 | 70 | 70 | 65 | 72 | 70 |
| Type of rider: Sprinter | Wage: 50k | Role: Helper |
Edited by admirschleck on 04-04-2014 13:30
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 04-04-2014 13:30
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Blaž Bogataj [5/18]
At about the same time and on same day as Aljaž, another Nordeus youngster Blaž Bogataj was signed. Blaž used to be European Champ back in 2010, where he destroyed the competition and guys such as Coquard, Wackermann and many others in mass sprint. However, he couldn't find right form throught all of these years in smaller teams, so we decided to sign him now. and give him a chance to prove himself.
[img-l]https://www.dodaj.rs/f/1I/km/1gcU1nU2/bogataj.png[/img-l][img-l]https://www.dodaj.rs/f/1r/vj/19MS1K68/theblankspace.png[/img-l]He already has good ACC stat and as being only 22 y/o, 5 potential and 2XP , he surely has bright future. He's surely the guy we want to keep in our team over next few years, as he already has reserved position of main leadout guy for some of our future plans. Just as with Aljaž, his main plan is developing a bit this year. Don't be surprised if you see him in few of breakaways, aswell.
| FL | MO | HI | TT | STA | RES | REC | CO | SP | ACC | FT | DH | PRL | | 66 | 60 | 65 | 66 | 68 | 65 | 66 | 57 | 70 | 72 | 64 | 63 | 66 | |
| Type of rider: Sprinter | Wage: 50k | Role: Helper |
Edited by admirschleck on 04-04-2014 13:32
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| 547984 |
Posted on 04-04-2014 20:51
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A lot of your talents have good support stats as well, it seems.
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 06-04-2014 11:37
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Indeed, but i sadly don't have any top talent. Anyway, new wave of riders for "Meet the Squad" coming soon!
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 06-04-2014 19:17
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 Boris Borisavljević [6/18]
One of many talents that found his place in our 2014 squad is youngest Serbian rider in all divisions of ManGame WT. Being only 20y/o, 1XP, 6pot, Boris is really the guy we want to keep in our team for a long time. He's potentially 77MO/73HIL/76TT in few years, which means we have future co-leader or one of main helpers in our team, already. We didn't decide his training for next season, so he may even become puncheur - who knows. One thing which is sure is that he has great support-stats, besides his main abilities who rates him even higher!
[img-l]https://www.dodaj.rs/f/u/U5/cwwcdqG/unknown-guy.png[/img-l][img-l]https://www.dodaj.rs/f/1r/vj/19MS1K68/theblankspace.png[/img-l]This season, he won't really aim for something big, except maybe few breakaway attacks. Having 78 days of cycling, he's definitely the guy with most race-days in our team. Therefore, his main target in this season is clear - develop as much as he can, to even maybe 3rd XP level before the start of next year. Boris will surely be great water carrier and helper for all the races he races.
| FL | MO | HI | TT | STA | RES | REC | CO | SP | ACC | FT | DH | PRL | | 65 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 54 | 59 | 62 | 63 | 67 | 67 |
| Type of rider: Stage Racer | Wage: 50k | Role: Helper |
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| knockout |
Posted on 06-04-2014 19:24
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Very nice steal you made there. 50k is a great price for him.
But i am slightly surprised that you don't have any rider with more than 78 race days - i have 5 !
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 06-04-2014 19:40
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Yup, indeed, he was one of better signings. I'll maybe train him as puncheur, at the end, who knows.
Well, your team is full of talents, while i wanted to send my best squad to every race I enter, and I think i have around 95% of races with at least Schinker,Bole, Dall'Antonia or Martinez in. Most of them with multiple leaders. I guess that's the reason.
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