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[PCT] ONCE-Eroski 2015 HQ
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 30-09-2015 12:52
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Yeah, and thanks! 
Even if i'm not completly safe yet, I'm not too worried. I still got Colombia with Brajko and America with Anton were I expect some decent points atleast.
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 30-09-2015 13:06
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Gratz with the win
Good that Brajkovic could keep you close to survival and should be quite interesting to see, which rider you choose to replace him with For 900 000 k wage he should do such results as here in Austria, so a transfer decision that was worth it
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 30-09-2015 13:26
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Thanks
Yeah. Definetely a great signing! Not sure if I am gonna get rid of him yet, but If he wont take a big paycut though I am not renewing him.
Regarding replacing him I have one or two riders in mind 
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 01-10-2015 14:21
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Sponsor Change for 2016
Press release #1 - Regarding next season
It's been on the cards for a long team, but now its finally official!
Main sponsors of the team for two straight years in a row now will step down and not feature in the team name anymore. ONCE and Eroski, will still remaign important sponsors of the team for the year to come atleast.
Instead it's Hugo Boss who's taking over! The team is likely to be named something like ``Team Hugo Boss`` for the upcoming season but it's still not 100 % financed what the final name will be.
Stay tuned to see what jersey the team's designer has come up with for the 2016 season. We are pleased to say we are delighted with his work and the final product he has come up with!
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 02-10-2015 12:24
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New Jersey is finally announced!
It's with great pleasure we can finally announce the shirt for the upcomming season!
A new shirt with the current sponsor change is something that has been planned for quite some time, and it's no wonder the result has been over expectations when you have a designer as talented as the_hoyle! Credit to him for an amazing shirt!
Without further ado, I would like to present the Hugo Boss maillot for the 2016 season:
Full jersey:
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| knockout |
Posted on 02-10-2015 12:30
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Nice. I think it's a clear improvement jersey-wise to last year as this is a very smooth jersey. I like it.
However, I hoped you would go for something like this:
A Big Thank You To All MG Reporters! |
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 02-10-2015 13:15
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 That is brilliant! Maybe something for the future! 
And thanks, very happy with the outcome aswell.
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 02-10-2015 14:34
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Ohhh, very nice jersey. Nice clean layout, and the colours go very well together. Really suits (pun intended ) the sponsor, IMO.
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 02-10-2015 17:33
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Thanks!
Find so aswell, definetely a design who's easy on the eye and something I can see the team riding in for the next season very easily. 
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| The Rider |
Posted on 03-10-2015 19:44
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So the team are finally abandoning the pink, eh! 
Yeah, great jersey, I imagine the team will be pretty similar with ONCE and Banco Costa Rica still in the background. |
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| MARSUPILAMI |
Posted on 03-10-2015 19:51
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That is quite good! Such a jump between the shitty shirt you have worn this season (compared to this one, it is shitty ) and this one.
As always, top work by hoyle!
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Posted on 22-11-2024 23:52
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 03-10-2015 21:17
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@Rider After supporting the gay parade for two seasons, I've had enough
Yep, thats the exact plan, the team core won't differ alot for next year at all And thanks!
@Mars Thanks! Dont think I agree with you completly, but it was time for a change!
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 05-10-2015 16:12
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Antóns biggest chance of a GT win.. sort of
With the season comming to a close and us looking safe for another year in the Pro Continental circus next year, the last races is approaching.
This is the second 'GT' in the teams history, the first was the Giro earlier this year, who counts as an actuall grand tour.
The reason this race is so important for us that it is alot of prestige on the line aswell with a weakened startlist compared to the rest of the PCT-calender considering its length and location, not all riders are keen to travel to America to then cycle 21 hard stages so far into the season. Understandably, but it makes it Anton's biggest chance of 'GT' ever ever.
Goals:
 | 1st Overall |  | 2 Stage wins |  | King of the Mountains |
Profiles:
Line-up:
| |  | Erviti, Imanol | (32) | 69,57 | | Ablenado, Aberlardo | (24) | 73,29 | | Antón, Igor | (32) | 76,61 | | | Benito, Miguel Angel | (22) | 69,72 | | | Gonzalez Salas, Mario | (23) | 71,83 | | |  | Carapaz, Richard Antonio | (21) | 72,34 |  | Golovash , Oleksandr | (24) | 68,59 | |  | Rojas Villegas, César | (27) | 72,90 |
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 17-10-2015 13:48
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Press release #2 - Regarding next season
As you might have figured out by the looks of the jersey, all sponsors our continuing with the partnership and the addition of Hugo Boss. While ONCE and Eroski will take the step down, we will continue our focus on spanish and exotic countries.
Therefore, we have already begun the scouting for the upcomming season and one extra talented rider caught our eye and is transfer target nr. 1 at the moment, I am sure you can figure out who it is already.
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 17-10-2015 13:56
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Good luck to you in America and I think you have a good chance for getting a Top 5 here The fact you don't have a sprinters, just means the chance of stage wins from the break is a huge possibility
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| sgdanny |
Posted on 17-10-2015 13:56
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Good luck to you in America and I think you have a good chance for getting a Top 5 here The fact you don't have a sprinters, just means the chance of stage wins from the break is a huge possibility
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 17-10-2015 14:03
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dev4ever wrote:
Press release #2 - Regarding next season
As you might have figured out by the looks of the jersey, all sponsors our continuing with the partnership and the addition of Hugo Boss. While ONCE and Eroski will take the step down, we will continue our focus on spanish and exotic countries.
Therefore, we have already begun the scouting for the upcomming season and one extra talented rider caught our eye and is transfer target nr. 1 at the moment, I am sure you can figure out who it is already.
Angel Madrazo?
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 17-10-2015 14:36
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@Danny thanks!
Will be very dissapointed if we dont finish top 5 in America, Antón is even good enough to challenge for the win in this competion(what I have heard of atleast) IMO.
@Alak Close but no cigar
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 22-10-2015 19:53
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Press Release #3 - Transfer Talk
With the season comming to a close and most riders only got a few races left, is it time to see who will stay with the team for another year.
We must admit that the chances of survival looked though for a period, and while we are not 100 % secure yet, we would be very surprised to relegate now looking at our current position and remaigning calendar.
It's been clear for quite some team that we are sticking with our spanish primary focus, and while our spanish base of riders are starting to take shape, we are still quite away from our target and our biggest objective for this upcomming transfer period, is to get a spanish superstar leader, looking at the pro cycling circus now, it seems there are gonna be a few avaible options atleast. We could also deal with a costarican one, which is still our secondary focus, but that is much less likely.
So, as you might guess, it looks as our Brajkovic-chapter is comming to an end. And while he only stayed with us for an year, we achieved alot of great things together and hope he finds a new home that will support him well!
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| dev4ever |
Posted on 25-10-2015 11:08
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First week of ToA done... Slow start
Week 1 highlight.. Anton actually lifting his ass up from the saddle
A race with huge expectations, comming with one of the asbloute favourists and then ending up doing an awful mistake.
ToA kicked off with a prolouge, where we had one of the favourist, but he came in a dissapointing 18th place, even beaten by his own teammate, Erviti.
The next flat stages were all about avoiding crashes and time lossess, and we managed that, so some success atleast!
Then it was time for stage 5 and the first important stage for the GC favourists, it was a though, hilly parcour with a top finish. Unfortunatly, Anton chose take a siesta on this stage and endet up losing 3'27 to his biggest challengers for the overall in Anacona and Berhane. Who both are similar rated or even supposely slightly weaker riders than Anton in this terraign. Not just that, he also got overun by sprinters who weight above the double of his own weight and still managed to outclimb him (!)
``Anton, you've had a mare``
Things got a little better in TTT comming 4th as one of the favourists. Then for the first real mountain stage, and he showed his aggresiveness early and attacked with 35kms to go, unfurtunatly his efforts were fruitless and he finished last in the leading group when he usually has by far the strongest kick in such a group aswell.
2/10 Performance over the first week. Only possitive from the poor start is that things can only get better from here on, unless Anton crashes and get injured again that is.
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