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| Crommy |
Posted on 21-12-2007 15:58
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 21-01-2008 10:53
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seems like those darn Zachary's have invaded my game aswell, i will just them ignore them in my reports, results etc. you will not even know that they are there 
Off to Ireland than for a quite important race (atleast for us it is) We bring our fittest riders and that results in quite a strong line up with 4 sprinters...
Stage 1/9
We have 4 sprinters but today we are all giving them a free role, they will all follow a different sprinter to see who does best, I also do this because otherwise the chance of us being 1-2-3-4 is quite big if I make a train with all 4 of them in it and that wont be fair towards the ai :wink: Because of the terrible weather no one decided to give it a go and a mass sprint is a fact, in the sprint everyone follows a strong sprinter and it seems that Bozic has the best position behind DFL's Gomes Colinas. In the pouring rain you have to look out but still Bozic takes all risks in order to get past him...will it work?
 
left: Bozic right behind Gomes Colinas in the rain! right: Borut Bozic takes the win, its his first one!
Result:
01.  Borut Bozic AC SPARTA PRAHA 2h43'51
02.  Victor Gomes Colinas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
03.  Aleksandr Usov AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
04.  Erik Mohs MURPHY & GUNN - NEWLYN - M.DONNELLY - SEAN KELLY s.t.
05.  Joseph Cooper DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
06. Robert Förster AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
07. Christoph Fiebig THÃœRINGER ENERGIE TEAM s.t.
08.  Mikhail Khalilov AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
09.  Honorio Machado SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM s.t.
10.  Markus Eibegger SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM s.t.
11 Tim Meeusen MAPAMAP - BANTPROFI s.t.
12 Joachim Bøhler TEAM SPAREBANKEN VEST s.t.
13 Júnior Mariano Conceição Cabé BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
14 Carlos José Ochoa BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
15 Matej Marin PERUTNINA PTUJ s.t.
16 Fausto Esparza MURPHY & GUNN - NEWLYN - M.DONNELLY - SEAN KELLY s.t.
17 David Harrigan DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
18 Bartosz Wujczak MAPAMAP - BANTPROFI s.t.
19 Giovanny Torres Castro DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
20 Jirà Nesveda AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
21 Oliver Giesecke THÃœRINGER ENERGIE TEAM s.t.
22 Lucas Euser TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
23 Grégory Joseph DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
24 Jan Faltynek DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
25 Robin Reid DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
Stage 2/9
The weather was better today and since we didnt really bother to lose the lead we gave the break some room and they made it, a group of 4 sprints for victory and its Slipstream's Greg de Winde who takes the win in front of the great Janik!
Greg de Winde takes the win and the lead!
Result:
01.  Greg de Winde TEAM SLIPSTREAM 4h01'21
02.  Rafal Janik MAPAMAP - BANTPROFI s.t.
03. Vincent Bastaens MURPHY & GUNN - NEWLYN - M.DONNELLY - SEAN KELLY s.t.
04.  Mendel Wijnen DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
05.  Glenn Chadwick NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM + 1'35
06. Borut Bozic AC SPARTA PRAHA + 1'53
07. Mikhail Khalilov AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
08. Stefan Cohnen DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
09.  Ivan Rovny AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
10.  Anthony Colby SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM s.t.
11 Aleksandr Usov AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
12 Didac Ortega THÃœRINGER ENERGIE TEAM s.t.
13 Robert Förster AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
14 Lucas Persson DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
15 Jan Faltynek DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
16 Christian Pömer SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM s.t.
17 Huub Duyn TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
18 Markus Eibegger SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM s.t.
19 Robin Reid DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
20 Roy Hegreberg TEAM SPAREBANKEN VEST s.t.
21 Jorge Giacinti BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
22 Blake Caldwell TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
23 Carlos José Ochoa BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
24 Joakim Prestmo THÃœRINGER ENERGIE TEAM s.t.
25 Juan Pablo Wilches DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t
Stage 3/9
Another break that didnt seem dangerous got away, the manager goes to the toilet and when he comes back the escapees have a huge lead :x We manage to cut the lead by a large amount but still, Kobzarenko, Elrick, Thijs and Hess will now fight for the win and the overall lead. Kobzarenko surprises them when he escapes with 1 km to go and since no one reacts he makes it even though he was on the verge of cracking on the last hill. Thijs leaves the other 2 behind to finish with the same time as Kobzarenko.
Kobzarenko wins but is too tired to celebrate
If you wonder why the Spartans were 1-2-3-4 behind the break, I made a train  ops:
Result:
01. Valeri Kobzarenko NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM 4h04'28
02. Steven Thijs MURPHY & GUNN - NEWLYN - M.DONNELLY - SEAN KELLY s.t.
03. Karsten Hess THÃœRINGER ENERGIE TEAM + 33
04. Tim Elrick DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
05. Robert Förster AC SPARTA PRAHA + 2'12
06. Aleksandr Usov AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
07. Borut Bozic AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
08. Mikhail Khalilov AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
09. Victor Gomes Colinas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
10. Honorio Machado SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM s.t.
11 Christoph Fiebig THÃœRINGER ENERGIE TEAM s.t.
12 Erik Mohs MURPHY & GUNN - NEWLYN - M.DONNELLY - SEAN KELLY s.t.
13 Joseph Cooper DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
14 Carlos José Ochoa BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
15 Júnior Mariano Conceição Cabé BMC RACING TEAM s.t.
16 Tim Meeusen MAPAMAP - BANTPROFI s.t.
17 Oliver Giesecke THÃœRINGER ENERGIE TEAM s.t.
18 Matej Marin PERUTNINA PTUJ s.t.
19 Giovanny Torres Castro DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
20 Markus Eibegger SYMMETRICS CYCLING TEAM s.t.
21 Joachim Bøhler TEAM SPAREBANKEN VEST s.t.
22 Lucas Euser TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
23 Fausto Esparza MURPHY & GUNN - NEWLYN - M.DONNELLY - SEAN KELLY s.t.
24 Robin Reid DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
25 Vincent Bastaens MURPHY & GUNN - NEWLYN - M.DONNELLY - SEAN KELLY s.t.
GC:
1 Valeri Kobzarenko NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM 10h51'01
2 Greg de Winde TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 29
3 Rafal Janik MAPAMAP - BANTPROFI + 35
4 Vincent Bastaens MURPHY & GUNN - NEWLYN - M.DONNELLY - SEAN KELLY + 37
5 Mendel Wijnen DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM + 51
6 Karsten Hess THÃœRINGER ENERGIE TEAM + 55
7 Tim Elrick DISCOVERY CHANNEL MARCO POLO CYCLING TEAM + 1'01
8 Steven Thijs MURPHY & GUNN - NEWLYN - M.DONNELLY - SEAN KELLY + 1'49
9 Borut Bozic AC SPARTA PRAHA + 2'24
10 Glenn Chadwick NAVIGATORS INSURANCE CYCLING TEAM + 2'26
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| Addy291 |
Posted on 21-01-2008 10:58
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some nice results still
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 16-02-2008 16:07
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indeed, hope you'll still read my story mate
this story isn't going to die --8)
We bring a strong team here with Obsitnik riding here because he is Slovakian, and even though we only have 4 helpers for Bole today no one got away with Obsitnik showing himself to the many Slovakians cheering for their young talent
Obsitnik and the other Spartans take down yet another break
In the final lap the favs show themselves and with 15 kms to go a group of 5 riders has taken the lead and in this group are, strangely enough, 3 South American riders and it isnt the first time we've seen this in Eastern Europe because just like in the world of football where many South American try their luck with smaller Eastern European teams before taking the 'big' step it seems that South American cyclists are following this trend as Rodriguez (Klaipeda) Marentes (Dynatek) and Ardila Cano (Radenska) are all riding as leaders for their teams even though they are good enough to ride for bigger European CT teams. back to the race then, these 3 South Americans are later joined by Van Der Schueren and Bole
The 5 riders are approaching the finish...
The climber Ardila Cano stands no chance in a sprint and therefore tries to surprise the rest but he fails, then Van Der Schueren is up front and Bole takes over and he is on his way to a win but then a flash of yellow sprints past him and takes a surprising win!
Jackson Rodriguez wins in the rain of Slovakia!
Result:
01. Jackson RodrÃguez KLAIPEDA - SPLENDID CYCLING TEAM 5h12'16
02. Grega Bole AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
03.  Wilson Marentes DYNATEK s.t.
04. Kenny van der Schueren DUKLA TRENCIN MERIDA s.t.
05. Alex Ardila Cano RADENSKA POWERBAR s.t.
06. Jure Kocjan AC SPARTA PRAHA + 1'49
07. Sylwester Szmyd AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
08.  Jonas Bjelkmark PERUTNINA PTUJ s.t.
09. Harald Totschnig DUKLA TRENCIN MERIDA s.t.
10. Stefan Adamsson PERUTNINA PTUJ s.t.
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| Crommy |
Posted on 16-02-2008 16:35
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So close with Bole!
Nice to see tis still going, it really is a fantastic story
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| robert_psv |
Posted on 16-02-2008 16:36
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Nice story! Too bad with Grega
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 16-02-2008 16:38
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Shame Bole couldnt win it but whats Jackson Rodriguez doing riding for a Lithuanian team 
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 16-02-2008 17:22
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SportingNonsense wrote:
Shame Bole couldnt win it but whats Jackson Rodriguez doing riding for a Lithuanian team
I sort of tried to explain that just like in my nippo story when I explained why Wellens was riding for a mexican team, then u dont get the idea that its totally unrealistic
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 24-02-2008 16:23
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also here we're gonna speed things up a bit, 3 one day races coming up, one in Austria, one in Estonia and another one in Slovenia as a preparation for the upcoming national championships...
also since I dont wanna race with the same riders in both of my teams, Serebriakov and Saramotins wont race for Sparta Praha anymore
A small field in Austria for this Salkzkammergut Giro and even though Szmyd is in a great shape he doesn't make it to the finish on his own and so we get a sprint with surprisingly all sprinters present even though there were some tough hills along the way. Kankovsky, the track rider, takes a lead and then everone is waiting for him to crack..but it looks as if he will make it!
 
left: Hutarovich trying to get up front, right: Kankovsky takes his first win on the road!
Result
01.  Alois Kankovský TEAM SWIAG TEKA 4h26'23
02.  Bernhard Aflenzer TEAM SWIAG TEKA s.t.
03.  David Blanco ELK HAUS - SIMPLON s.t.
04.  Yauheni Hutarovich AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
05.  Jacques Fullard GIANT ASIA RACING TEAM s.t.
06.  Geert van der Sanden TEAM SWIAG TEKA s.t.
07. Jochen Summer ELK HAUS - SIMPLON s.t.
08. Martin Comploi ELK HAUS - SIMPLON s.t.
09.  Yoann Offredo TEAM SWIAG TEKA s.t.
10.  Zdenek Machac ASC DUKLA PRAHA s.t.
11 Robel Tedros TEAM SWIAG TEKA s.t.
12 Kenny van der Schueren DUKLA TRENCIN MERIDA s.t.
13 Uros Silar RADENSKA POWERBAR s.t.
14 Hayden Roulston DUKLA TRENCIN MERIDA s.t.
15 José Azevedo TEAM VOLKSBANK s.t.
16 Kristof Vandewalle ELK HAUS - SIMPLON s.t.
17 Ben Johnson TEAM VOLKSBANK s.t.
18 Alexaner Grab NCH TEAM CUBE s.t.
19 Robin Turkyilmaz TEAM SWIAG TEKA s.t.
20 Jonas Owczarek RADENSKA POWERBAR s.t.
21 Aggrey Zachary DUKLA TRENCIN MERIDA s.t.
22 Robert Bachraty DUKLA TRENCIN MERIDA s.t.
23 Patrick Riedesser TEAM VOLKSBANK s.t.
24 Jan Valach ELK HAUS - SIMPLON s.t.
25 Sylwester Szmyd AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t
Usov was our only strong sprinter here and since the field is quite weak in terms of sprinters we make sure that everything stays together, then Usov has to do the rest since Hutarovich had to let go because of the hills but just as in Austria we come up short, this time Ulanowski is too strong...
 
Left: A group of 5 has gone away...Right: Ulanowski beats Usov and the South Americans
Result:
01.  Maciej Ulanowski DYNATEK 4h39'28
02. Aleksandr Usov AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
03. Thibault Mace MOSCOW STARS s.t.
04.  Jackson RodrÃguez KLAIPEDA - SPLENDID CYCLING TEAM s.t.
05.  Arnold Alcolea Núñez MOSCOW STARS s.t.
06. Petr Lazar ASC DUKLA PRAHA + 34
07.  Aleksej Kunshin AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
08. Mitja Mahoric PERUTNINA PTUJ s.t.
09.  Kenny van der Schueren DUKLA TRENCIN MERIDA s.t.
10.  Björn Gollhardt ASC DUKLA PRAHA s.t.
11 Grega Bole AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
12 Ignas Konovalovas AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
13 Sylwester Szmyd AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
14 Algirdas Mockus KLAIPEDA - SPLENDID CYCLING TEAM s.t.
15 Alexey Kasymov DYNATEK s.t.
16 Karl Menzies RADENSKA POWERBAR s.t.
17 Jan Bakelants DYNATEK s.t.
18 Alex Ardila Cano RADENSKA POWERBAR s.t.
19 Wilson Marentes DYNATEK s.t.
20 Krzysztof Krzywy MOSCOW STARS s.t.
21 Harald Totschnig DUKLA TRENCIN MERIDA s.t.
22 José Aguilar Vega ASC DUKLA PRAHA s.t.
23 Ricardo van der Velde TEAM MAXBO BIANCHI s.t.
24 Vicente Peiro PERUTNINA PTUJ s.t.
25 Victor Kunitsa MOSCOW STARS s.t.
A nice stage for a break, and since both Trpisovsky and Obsitnik have jumped up an experience level, they get to ride up front in a nice break with some other young guys...
The break on the first climb of the day
The break gains more and more time but in the end the packs gets very close and it will be a close one today, Obsitnik meanwhile is not a part of the group anymore and all our hopes for victory now lie on the shoulders of the 19 year old Trpisovsky, meanwhile the pack gets closer but since Trpisovsky is a bad sprinter he knows that he has to wait a long time if he wants to have a shot at winning
The packs gets closer and while others are getting nervous Ludek keeps his head cool
Meanwhile the sprint is on, the packs doesnt seem to take the escapees down so now Trpisovsky only has to beat the fellow escapees...can he do it? meanwhile I am fighting myself a way up front to get a good view on the finishline...
 
left: He looks very good! Right: Ludek is losing speed! Will he still make it?
They go into the final turn and onto the finishline...
Did our very own Ludek just make it?
Indeed he did! Great stuff from the young Trpisovsky who was not only the smartest but also the strongest!
Result:
01. Ludek Trpisovsky AC SPARTA PRAHA 4h31'26
02.  Robin Turkyilmaz TEAM SWIAG TEKA s.t.
03.  Carl Ejerholm TEAM SPAREBANKEN VEST s.t.
04.  Chris Lintaman UNIBET.COM ESPOIRS s.t.
05. Frantisek Kloucek PSK WHIRLPOOL HRADEC KRALOVE s.t.
06. Harald Totschnig DUKLA TRENCIN MERIDA s.t.
07. Bartosz Huzarski ACTION - UNIQA s.t.
08.  Gilberto Martins DUKLA TRENCIN MERIDA s.t.
09. Jure Kocjan AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
10. Mitja Mahoric PERUTNINA PTUJ s.t.
11 Julian David Muñoz Giraldo UNIBET.COM ESPOIR s.t.
12 Bernhard Aflenzer TEAM SWIAG TEKA s.t.
13 Edvald Boasson Hagen TEAM SPAREBANKEN VEST s.t.
14 Jure Zagar ADRIA MOBIL - KRKA s.t.
15 Vigantas Kaminskas NCH TEAM CUBE s.t.
16 Maciej Ulanowski DYNATEK s.t.
17 Christian Murro ADRIA MOBIL - KRKA s.t.
18 Geert van der Sanden TEAM SWIAG TEKA s.t.
19 Petr Dovicovic MAPAMAP - BANTPROFI s.t.
20 Jan Bakelants DYNATEK s.t.
21 Piergiorgio Camussa UNIBET.COM ESPOIRS s.t.
22 Gianluca Geremia ADRIA MOBIL - KRKA s.t.
23 Joachim Bøhler TEAM SPAREBANKEN VEST s.t.
24 Björn Gollhardt ASC DUKLA PRAHA s.t.
25 Petr Lazar ASC DUKLA PRAHA s.t.
we are now 2nd again in the CT rankings, but will we still be in that spot after the national championships?
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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Posted on 24-02-2008 16:27
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Kankovsky
Good luck in the national champs!
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Posted on 24-02-2008 16:31
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Brilliant victory by the youngster 
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Posted on 24-02-2008 18:10
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Good Luck with the National Champs, and good win there
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 24-02-2008 18:11
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thanks for the encouraging comments guys, keeps me motivated
Here are all the national champions, will there be a Spartan amongst them?
Gerrit Glomser (Unibet.com)
Tom Boonen (Quick Step Innergetic)
Ondrej Sosenka (Pictoflex)
 Matti Breschel (CSC)
Jesus Del Nero (Saunier Duval)
 Rene Mandri (AG2R Prevoyance)
Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis)
Marcus Burghardt (T-Mobile)
Ismael Kip (Krolstone)
 Timothy Cassidy (Navigators Insurance)
 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas)
 Evgeni Sladkov (Astana)
 Mindausgas Striska (Glud & Marstrand)
 Laurent Didier (Regiostrom & Senges)
 Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole)
Sylwester Szmyd (AC Sparta Praha)
Hugo Sabido (Barloworld)
Denis Menchov (Rabobank)
 Matej Jurco (Milram)
Jure Golcer (Tenax)
Juan Van Heerden (UNE Orbitel)
Frederik Johansson (Barloworld)
Aurelien Clerc (Bouygues Telecom)
 Mikhail Khalilov (AC Sparta Praha)
 Jeremy Hunt (Unibet)
So we gained 2 national champions now we still have 5/6 one day races before the transferseason starts, and since there is only space for 5 more riders we want to get some big guys :wink:
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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Posted on 24-02-2008 18:13
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Ismail Kip dutch champion?? Dont even know him
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 28-02-2008 18:45
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btw the remaining months are quite empty for Sparta Praha when it comes down to racing...so we might be heading to next season pretty quickly
The transferseason began after these races that im about to post and since we have 28 riders, with only Bogdan leaving and Saramotins and Serebriakov who wont race for us, we can only purchase 5 riders to make our squad pro tour worthy and to make sure it wont be a short adventure in the pro tour we want a GT rider, a cobbler and a hilly guy. They have to be from Eastern Europe or Germany, Austria and perhaps Switzerland. And at last they have to be 25 years at least, we have such a young team that we need some older guys in the team. In each update I will announce 1 signing and we will begin with the cheapest one who was brought in to give us some more strength in the climbing department. I will also post other transfers from other teams but I will leave the 'unrealistic' ones out...
Our 1st signing:
A nice climber who can maybe even grow a bit and turn into a good rider for the smaller PT races
Other transfers
 Cadel Evans -> Caisse D'Epargne
Michael Rogers -> Caisse D'Epargne
Konstantin Siutsou -> Team CSC
Leif Hoste -> Quick Step
Johan Vansummeren -> T-Mobile
John Gadret -> Bretagne
Andreas Klier -> Quick Step
Fillipo Pozzato -> T-Mobile
Damiano Cunego -> Discovery Channel
Andy Schleck -> T-Mobile
Vladimir Efimkin -> Moscow Stars (Going back to Russia already )
Juan Jose Cobo -> Caisse D'Epargne
Ruben Plaza -> Euskaltel
Juan Manuel Garate -> Relax - Gam
Francisco Perez Sanchez -> Liquigas
Carlos Barredo -> T-Mobile
Jose Enrique Gutierrez -> Euskaltel
Jose Ivan Guttierez -> Lampre Fondital
 David Zabriskie -> Rabobank
We bring a strong team to this small race but we did have some tough competition. Our strong team controls the race the whole time except for the final 5 kms when some escapees surprise us and take the win while Bole ends 5th. Efimkin, Blanco and Hatton were the escapees...the winner:
Aleksandr Efimkin takes the win infront of Blanco and Hatton
Result:
01. Aleksandr Efimkin AUBER 93 4h47'46
02. David Blanco ELK HAUS - SIMPLON s.t.
03. Peter Hatton JARTAZI PROMO FASHION CONTINENTAL CYCLING TEAM s.t.
04.  Daniel Lloyd DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 34
05. Grega Bole AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
06.  César Salazar CONTINENTAL TEAM MILRAM s.t.
07. Ignas Konovalovas AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
08. Jure Kocjan AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
09. Robert Hamish Haynes DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
10.  Héctor Hugo Rangel GIANT ASIA RACING TEAM s.t.
11 Jean-Marc Sabathier AUBER 93 s.t.
12 Sylwester Szmyd AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
13 José Azevedo TEAM VOLKSBANK s.t.
14 Evgeni Petrov GIANT ASIA RACING TEAM s.t.
15 Robel Tedros TEAM SWIAG TEKA s.t.
16 Robin Turkyilmaz TEAM SWIAG TEKA s.t.
17 Matea Kvasina AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
18 Tomislav Danculovic AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
19 Martin Mortensen TEAM VOLKSBANK + 1'41
20 Thomas Bontenackels CONTINENTAL TEAM MILRAM s.t.
21 Remberto Jaramillo CONTINENTAL TEAM MILRAM s.t.
22 Fernando Montanier BRETAGNE ARMOR LUX s.t.
23 Juan Pablo Wilches DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
24 David Lelay BRETAGNE ARMOR LUX s.t.
25 Sébastien Duret BRETAGNE ARMOR LUX + 2'47
Another small race where we enter to secure our big lead in the continental rankings. A big break of 17 men makes it to the finish with Danculovic being the only Spartan, he doesnt win but does get a nice 3rd spot as Dlouhy easily beats the competition
 
Left: Danculovic at the back of the group, right: Dlouhy takes an easy win!
Result:
01. Vojtech Dlouhý ASC DUKLA PRAHA 2h09'50
02. Tomasz Kuras MAPAMAP - BANTPROFI s.t.
03.  Tomislav Danculovic AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
04. Robert Bachraty DUKLA TRENCIN MERIDA s.t.
05. Almir Karapetrovic RADENSKA POWERBAR s.t.
06. Robel Tedros TEAM SWIAG TEKA s.t.
07. Jedrzej Kloda MAPAMAP - BANTPROFI s.t.
08. Mats Willam AMORE & VITA - MCDONALD'S s.t
09. Sergei Nuzhonkov MOSCOW STARS s.t.
10. Vincenzo Centrone PERUTNINA PTUJ s.t.
11 Gilberto Martins DUKLA TRENCIN MERIDA s.t.
12 Michal Trunec NCH TEAM CUBE + 1'38
13 Leopold König PSK WHIRLPOOL HRADEC KRALOV s.t.
14 Witold Kosiorowski ACTION - UNIQA s.t.
15 Vladislav Kocis CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE s.t.
16 Rifat Karpenko MICHE + 2'26
17 Roman Maksimov MOSCOW STARS + 7'13
19 Danilo Wyss CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE s.t.
19 Konstantin Ponomarev MOSCOW STARS s.t.
20 Maciej Ulanowski DYNATEK s.t.
21 Bernhard Aflenzer TEAM SWIAG TEKA s.t.
22 Matej Marin PERUTNINA PTUJ s.t.
23 Bartosz Wujczak MAPAMAP - BANTPROFI s.t.
24 Marius Boruc AMORE & VITA - MCDONALD'S s.t.
25 Jaroslaw Rebiewski ACTION - UNIQA s.t.
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 01-03-2008 12:34
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Our next signing is a somewhat older rider, we really need a great TT'er and even though we were close to signing a certain Fabian from Switzerland, who was too expensive for us, we are happy with this guy who will also bring loads of experience with him
other transfers, and there are lots of them, and it seems like Euskaltel will go international aswell after their manager said that if they want to become the best team of Spain they may need some riders from other countries...
Baden Cooke -> Team CSC
Gert Steegmans -> T-Mobile
Phillipe Gilbert -> Quick Step
Staf Scheirlinckx -> Profel
Igor Abakoumov -> Landbouwkrediet
Ivan Parra Pinto -> Credit Agricole
Matti Breschel -> Slipstream
Rene Mandri -> Jartazi
David Moncoutie -> Bouygues Telecom
Thomas Voeckler -> Saunier Duval
Marcus Fothen -> Milram
Thomas Burghardt -> Francaise Des Jeux
Stefan Schumacher -> Lampre
Jens Voigt -> Predictor Lotto
Sebastian Langeveld -> Liquigas
Karsten Kroon -> Francaise Des Jeux
Danilo Di Luca -> Predictor Lotto
Pietro Cauchiolli -> Agritubel
Dario Cataldo -> Tenax
Vincenzo Nibali -> Liquigas (from Caisse D'Epargne)
Ricardo Ricco -> Quick Step
Franco Pellizotti -> Quick Step
Enrico Franzoi -> Lampre (from Caisse D'Epargne)
Paolo Bettini -> Francaise Des Jeux
Domenico Pozzovivo -> T-Mobile (From barloworld)
Emanuelle Sella -> Credit Agricole (From Tinkoff)
Sergio Ghisalberti -> Euskaltel
Leonardo Bertagnolli -> Credit Agricole
Tadej Valjavec -> Cofidis
Carlos Sastre -> Saunier Duval
Juan Miguel Mercado -> Barloworld
Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver -> Rabobank
Magnus Backstedt -> Euskaltel
Thomas Lovkvist -> Rabobank
Andrei Grivko -> Lampre
Everything went wrong today, we worked all day long and made a nice train with Rabon, Khalilov, Hutarovich and Forster when all of a sudden our train is shattered all over the place with 4 kms to go :x And so we dont even come close to winning, the CCC Polsat team goes home with the win today
Pavel Szaniawski takes the flowers
Result:
01. Pawel Szaniawski CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE 4h19'02
02. Dariusz Rudnicki MAPAMAP - BANTPROFI s.t.
03. JÃri Hochmann ASC DUKLA PRAHA s.t.
04. Bartosz Wujczak MAPAMAP - BANTPROFI s.t.
05. Frantisek Rabon AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
06. Mikhail Khalilov AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
07. Yauheni Hutarovich AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
08. Koen Barbé NCH TEAM CUBE s.t.
09. Mikhail Timochine MAPAMAP - BANTPROFI s.t.
10. Marcin Gebka DYNATEK s.t.
11 Robert Förster AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
12 Alexei Akopyants DYNATEK s.t.
13 Dean Podgornik MAPAMAP - BANTPROFI s.t.
14 Cyril Gautier NCH TEAM CUBE s.t.
15 Jakub Danacik ASC DUKLA PRAHA s.t.
16 Jan Salásek ASC DUKLA PRAHA s.t.
17 Jan Bakelants DYNATEK s.t.
18 Rodion Tankov ACTION - UNIQA s.t.
19 Nieves Carrasco CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE s.t.
20 Walter Pedraza ACTION - UNIQA s.t.
21 Gregorz Zoledziowski CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE s.t.
22 Dawid Krupa DYNATEK s.t.
23 Tomasz Krupinski DYNATEK s.t.
24 Björn Gollhardt ASC DUKLA PRAHA s.t.
25 Carlos Maya TEAM KONICA MINOLTA s.t.
Again no luck, we control the race the whole time, waiting for the perfect break and once that one comes along we arent in it...Samoilev still attacks in a desperate attempt to end in the top 5 but that fails. Skiba, Van Der Schueren and Mares fight it out for the win
 
Left: Bogiu was the lone escaper today, Right: Skiba wins the Memorial Henryka Lasaka!
Result:
01. Sebastian Skiba ACTION - UNIQA 4h41'38
02. Kenny van der Schueren DUKLA TRENCIN MERIDA s.t.
03. Martin Mares PSK WHIRLPOOL HRADEC KRALOVE s.t.
04. Alex Ardila Cano RADENSKA POWERBAR s.t.
05. Danilo Wyss CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE + 38
06. Branislav Samoilev AC SPARTA PRAHA + 1'03
07. Renaud Pioline PSK WHIRLPOOL HRADEC KRALOVE s.t.
08. Björn Glasner MICHE s.t.
09. Zdenek Machac ASC DUKLA PRAHA s.t.
10. Matea Kvasina AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
11 Harald Totschnig DUKLA TRENCIN MERIDA s.t.
12 Ignas Konovalovas AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
13 Cayetano Sarmiento RADENSKA POWERBAR s.t.
14 Andrei Amador MAPAMAP - BANTPROFI s.t.
15 Jonas Bjelkmark PERUTNINA PTUJ s.t.
16 Sergej Fuchs NIPPO CORPORATION - MEITAN HOMPO CO. LTD - ASADA s.t.
17 Alexey Galiev PSK WHIRLPOOL HRADEC KRALOVE s.t.
18 Borut Bozic AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
19 Denis Kostjuk ACTION - UNIQA + 2'05
20 Tomasz Kiendys CCC POLSAT POLKOWICE s.t.
21 Mikhail Khalilov AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
22 Igor Bogiu NCH TEAM CUBE s.t.
23 Kornelius Przygrodzki ACTION - UNIQA s.t.
24 Peter Luttenberger TEAM SWIAG TEKA + 3'43
25 Mats Willam AMORE & VITA - MCDONALD'S s.t.
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 01-03-2008 13:21
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I take it promotion is safe now then?
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 01-03-2008 13:23
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pretty much yes, altough I still have to look out for Agritubel and Credit Agricole
but next time i'll post a ranking
Edited by JustinWK on 01-03-2008 13:23
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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| JustinWK |
Posted on 07-03-2008 14:32
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My first race on extreme but first a new signing and other transfers!
We needed a GT rider, he probably wont be strong enough for the GT's but in the smaller tours he can do very well, but still he ended 10th in this years tour and that aint bad at all!
Since there are so many transfers in the pro tour circuit im not posting it anymore, instead I'll give u a pro tour presentation next season...
Now, EXTREME!
Since we now have to obey the extreme laws we decide to send someone in the break even though we've brought a strong team. Igor Bogdan, who will leave us at the end of the season is in the break together with 3 others.
Bogdan with Lamon, Menzies and Aflenzer
Their gap grows but up front the 4 start to attack eachother and then it seems that the favorites are going to get them. However when Mares, Vorganov and Ardila Cano attack Bogdan also attacks...but with 7 kms to go the 3 favorites catch the early break but Bogdan plays it smart he can certainly end up in the top 5. In the group behind them we have Martin and Stybar but they stop their work since Bogdan is in a nice position now
 
Left: The early break and the favorites are up front!, Right: The Spartans with Munoz, Klemme and Pioline
Then the break goes up the final hill where only the strongest riders will be able to fight for the win. With 1 km to go its an attack from Mares and Lamon, Aflenzer and Menzies have to let go while Ardila Cano rejoins them after losing contact on the flat parts. Bogdan then follows Mares till the finishline and surprisingly he can hang on but winning is impossible for the worn down Bogdan. Its a battle between Mares and Vorganov which the Czech wins!
Martin Mares takes a home win while Bogdan ends 3!
Result:
01. Martin Mares PSK WHIRLPOOL HRADEC KRALOVE 4h20'56
02. Eduard Vorganov MAPAMAP - BANTPROFI s.t.
03. Igor Bogdan AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
04. Alex Ardila Cano RADENSKA POWERBAR s.t.
05. Karl Menzies RADENSKA POWERBAR s.t.
06. Bernhard Aflenzer TEAM SWIAG TEKA s.t.
07. Simon Lamon UNIBET.COM ESPOIRS s.t.
08. Julian David Muñoz Giraldo UNIBET.COM ESPOIRS s.t.
09. Renaud Pioline PSK WHIRLPOOL HRADEC KRALOVE s.t.
10. Domenik Klemme THÃœRINGER ENERGIE TEAM s.t.
12 Cyril Gautier NCH TEAM CUBE s.t.
13 Tony Martin AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
14 Zdenek Stybar AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
15 Martin Hacecký AC SPARTA PRAHA + 3'20
16 David George ASC DUKLA PRAHA s.t.
17 Stefan Adamsson PERUTNINA PTUJ s.t.
18 Ruslan Grychenko MAPAMAP - BANTPROFI s.t.
19 Borut Bozic AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
20 Peter Riis Andersen THÃœRINGER ENERGIE TEAM s.t.
21 Jan-Paul Biskup THÃœRINGER ENERGIE TEAM s.t.
22 Tilo Schüler THÜRINGER ENERGIE TEAM s.t.
23 Andrew Bradley TEAM SWIAG TEKA s.t.
24 Chris Lintaman UNIBET.COM ESPOIRS s.t.
25 Mikhail Khalilov AC SPARTA PRAHA s.t.
The rankings with 2 months to go and also only 2 races to go for us!
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
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