On the Queen Stage, Roman and Vrecer made pretty good performances to later in the race confirm their top 10 places

Results:
6th Maky Roman
9th Robert Vrecer
35th Fabricio Ferrari
36th Remy Di Gregório
56th Alex Ciocan
69th Nikita Umerbekov
82th Peter Williams

Review:
A pretty good race by us. Vrecer and Roman both in the top 10 against some pretty good PCT competition is good. In the end, 75 points is pretty good.

Dave Z took the win in Cavendish's land while Mojica wasn't even photographed

Results:
20th Jose Mojica

Review:
Well, it was a One Day Race, a TT race, where in the PCT division there's a WC, a lightning riding american and a couple of brits and aussies. Disaster was going to happen. Mojica got 20th, wich isn't bad, let's say. 3 points.

Giro della Valle d'Aosta

Mora had a pretty good race, securing a 2nd place in a stage and a 8th in the GC

Results:
8th Juan Mora
17th Daniel Eduardo Silva
33th Tom Criel
41th Eugenio Alafaci
57th Stefano Pirazzi
66th Roy Eefting
71th Tiziano Dall'Antonia

Review:
Well, there are good and bad from this race. The good, Mora made a fairly good race, finishing 8th in the GC and 2nd in a stage. Bad is that Silva made once again a bad race, only finishing 17th in the race and Dall'Antonia, well, waste of race days says it all. In the end, we scored 36 points from this race.

Taldykorgan GP

Rui Costa took the win while Mora was finishing the race in 40th

Results:
40th Juan Mora
43th Remy Di Gregório
54th Maky Roman
63th Alex Ciocan
66th Tom Criel
77th Nikita Umerbekov
101th Peter Williams

Review:
Well, I'm an idiot. I lear stuff tough. At least a portuguese won, so I'm happy.

Ulaanbaatar GP

Jose Mojica went into the BOTD


Dall'Antonia sprinting into 10th place

Results:
10th Tiziano Dall'Antonia
54th Roy Eefting
91th Fabricio Ferrari
97th Jose Mojica
99th Stefano Pirazzi
112th Lawson Craddock
121th Robert Vrecer

Review:
Yeah, Dall'Antonia, yeah. Another great result in a C1 classic. 16 points scored from this race, wich isn't bad.

Tasol Tour to the Sun

Silva decided to go all out in the TT

Results:
5th Daniel Eduardo Silva
25th Maky Roman
31th Remy Di Gregório
37th Juan Mora
63th Fabricio Ferrari
68th Tom Criel
71th Alex Ciocan

Review:
Silva decided to go full retard in the TT and grab a 3rd place in it and then 5th in the GC!!! He actually did something. Roman disappointed and so did Di Gregório. In the end, we scored 31 points from this race wich is good.

Month Review:
A pretty good month for us. Altough we didn't get any wins, we scored 131 points from this race, across 22 race days, wich means about 7.3 PPRD. Not bad I think.

FBD Èire Tour

Our Squad:
Juan Mora
Alex Ciocan
Tom Criel
Eugenio Alafaci
Roy Eefting
Nikita Umerbekov
Stefano Pirazzi

Goal:
We hope to get at least 1 rider in the top and that Ciocan get's a couple of good finishes on the sprint stages.

Volta a Portugal

Our Squad:
Remy Di Gregório
Robert Vrecer
Daniel Eduardo Silva
Maky Roman
Jose Mojica
Fabricio Ferrari
Lawson Craddock
Peter Williams

Goal:
Well, it's a .HC race so it should have a pretty strong startlist. I will be happy with a top 15 and maybe a stage win.

Bucks County Classic

Our Squad:
Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Juan Mora
Alex Ciocan
Tom Criel
Eugenio Alafaci
Roy Eefting
Stefano Pirazzi

Goal:
We such an ondulating route, I'll imagine that pure sprinters like Guillen or Maksimov won't come. But they will probably come anyway, so I'll take a top 10 with Dall'Antonia or/and Ciocan.

Tour of the Battenkill

Our Squad:
Remy Di Gregório
Alex Ciocan
Jose Mojica
Eugenio Alafaci
Nikita Umerbekov
Stefano Pirazzi
Lawson Craddock

Goal:
Just show up on the TV would be good.

Tre Valli Varesine

Our Squad:
Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Robert Vrecer
Daniel Eduardo Silva
Juan Mora
Maky Roman
Tom Criel
Fabricio Ferrari

Goal:
I would be happy with one or two riders in the top 10.

Note:
Lawson Craddock and Nikita Umerbekov (loanee from Cisco) will also ride the Tour de L'Avenir during August.

Mora made a powefull push to win the last stage in Ireland

Juan Mora finally delivers a win for the team. The venezuelan all-rounder is having a good season for the team and he has now join the team's rider's that won something this year. Will talk about this race more in the Monthly Review, since there's still a couple of race's before August is done. Till then, watch our team in Portugal.

With slowly the 2013 season of the MG coming to an end, we at Mobil - Castrol, soon to become Mobil - Aeropostal, are already making preparations for 2014. With now our secondary sponsor beeing Venezuelan, the sponsors want something different from this season: Aeropostal and Mobil want to become an almost full American team, with mainly focus in South America, mainly spanish speaking countries and USA. While in Europe, Aeropostal has granted us that Italy is also important to them, so that's the 3rd country that well be looking for next season, altough in a minor scale. That means that our main priorities will be rider's like Dall'Antonia, Roman, Mora.Craddock and Alafaci. This 5 are the ones we definetelly want to stay with the team for next season. We currently in doubt if Pirazzi stays or not, but if he stays, he will be definetelly up for sale. Same situation for Silva, Di Gregório, Mojica. Ferrari speaks spanish and is from South America, but we probably won't renew with him, but we'll see. The rest are definetelly going to leave at the end of the season. For next season, the team is already looking for target's for the transfer window with promotion currently in mind. Even with already decreasing, Serpa is a big target for us. Pedraza is another, but that's probably a little bit over our heads, but we'll see. That's mainly our two big goals to sign for next transfer season. But we'll see, depending if we promote or not.

jph27 wrote:
Serpa and his helper Sarmiento would be interested in a move. Fee will be minimal if you're interested, cheaper than free agent wages as well.

ANFreeman wrote:
All these new sponsor rumours are getting me really excited Always fun speculating who will go where in the off season.

South America is always a strong region to focus on, given the wealth and availability of climbing talent.

FDB Èire Tour

Juan Mora took the closing stage in Ireland

Results:
Stage 1:
8th TTT

Stage 2:
6th Alex Ciocan

Stage 3:
4th Alex Ciocan

Stage 4:
Stefano Pirazzi get's the KOTM jersey

Stage 5:
2nd Juan Mora
3rd Tom Criel

Stage 6:
8th Eugenio Alafaci

Stage 7:
4th Tom Criel

Stage 8:
1st Juan Mora

Final GC:
7th Juan Mora
11th Tom Criel
23th Eugenio Alafaci
26th Stefano Pirazzi
29th Nikita Umerbekov
41th Alex Ciocan
46th Roy Eefting

Review:
A good overall race for us. When I say good, it's compared to what Gazelle made on this race. Pure, back-hole rape. Well, looking at our side, one stage win is positive. And 66 points scored from this race also is a good sign.

Volta a Portugal

Vrecer TT'ing in stage 10 to consolidate his 8th place overall

Results:
Stage 1:
13th Robert Vrecer

Stage 2:
9th Robert Vrecer

Stage 3:
No good results

Stage 4:
6th Robert Vrecer

Stage 5:
15th Daniel Eduardo Silva

Stage 6:
12th Robert Vrecer

Stage 7:
Definetelly no good results

Stage 8:
Still no good results

Stage 9:
11th Robert Vrecer
12th Daniel Eduardo Silva

Stage 10:
12th Robert Vrecer

Stage 11:
Only a fall happened to us

Final GC:
8th Robert Vrecer
12th Daniel Eduardo Silva
25th Fabricio Ferrari
26th Remy Di Gregório
44th Maky Roman
59th Peter Williams
73th Lawson Craddock
113th Jose Mojica

Review:
It actually a pretty good race, points wise of course and GC wise. Take the GC points away, and we scored an amazing 3 points. With GC points, tough, it goes into a stupid ammount of 141 points.

The AI was dumb, so Alafaci took 2nd place

Results:
2nd Eugenio Alafaci
11th Alex Ciocan
12th Tiziano Dall'Antonia
38th Juan Mora
39th Stefano Pirazzi
51th Roy Eefting
69th Tom Criel

Review:
Well, the AI helped us, alot. We scored 49 points from this race, wich is a good number.

Ciocan in the BOTD

Results:
57th Alex Ciocan
85th Eugenio Alafaci
93th Remy Di Gregório
99th Nikita Umerbekov
109th Jose Mojica
111th Lawson Craddock
DNF Roy Eefting

Review:
Won't comment.

They sure are Gazelles

Results:
16th Daniel Eduardo Silva
37th Robert Vrecer
43th Fabricio Ferrari
47th Tom Criel
48th Maky Roman
49th Juan Mora
51th Tiziano Dall'Antonia

Review:
It was a bad race, indeed. Well, having all +70 rider's didn't even help us make a top 15 finish. Only 4 points scored too.

Final Review:
We scored 260 points from these races, across 25 race days. That means a 10,4 PpRd. Not bad I think.

Tour of America

Route:


Our Squad:
Robert Vrecer
Tom Criel
Jose Mojica
Roy Eefting
Nikita Umerbekov
Stefano Pirazzi
Peter Williams

Goal:
Our sponsors set a top 5 goal, but that will be very hard. So I think top 10 would be good. But this is going to be where our fight for promotion will end, sadly.

As the 2013 MG season, is slowly coming to an end, we here at Mobil - Castrol, soon turning Mobil - Aeropostal, are already preparing everything for 2014. Today, we're going to speak about contract renewals of our riders. So, let's start then.