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The Story of my custom team: IKEA JUST-EAT
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| Saxdreng |
Posted on 23-07-2010 12:39
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First of all I want to say thanx to the graphic guys who made my shirt and transfert after my request. 
The background for my story is the brand new PCM.daily package with all the new equipment and real name DB and so on....
My setup before I have chosen my riders are:
Orientation = 90% and 2 scout information.
Evolution of Attribute = 0,8
My team will be based on a Belgium/Scandinavian riders.
Captains
Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL) - Climber / stage races
[img-l]https://a.imageshack.us/img339/7829/2009073106441jurgenvand.jpg[/img-l]
Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) - Time Trial / Climber
[img-l]https://a.imageshack.us/img72/92/jakobfuglsang.jpg[/img-l]
Thomas Löfkvist (SWE) - Stage races / Time trial
[img-l]https://a.imageshack.us/img294/7449/lovkvist.jpg[/img-l]
Protected riders
Frederic Amorison (BEL) - Northern Cl.
Laurent Didier (LUX) - Climber (NED) - Stage races
J. Keukeleire (BEL) - Sprint
J. Pacquet (BEL) - Time trial
Gerraint Thomas (GBR) - Northen Cl.
Luxury teammate
K. Baten (BEL) - Northern Cl.
M. Espeland (NOR) - Northern Cl.
A. Frisch (DEN) - Time trial
F. Krogh Larsen (NOR) - Time trial
R. Larsen (SWE) - Stage races
R. Steenuit (BEL) - Northern Cl.
L. Van Impe (BEL) - Northern Cl.
Young riders
M. Jakobsen (DEN) - Northern Cl.
J. Nystrand (SWE) - Northern Cl.
J. Wiersma (HOL) - Northern Cl.
and a custom young rider I found with one of my scout information
S. Granell (DEN) - Fighter
Please rate my team or come with some suggestions
I would give some updates of my results further on.
Edited by Saxdreng on 25-07-2010 13:48
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| PANZRYNSZTOKA |
Posted on 23-07-2010 14:05
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good luck |
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| litllemagnum |
Posted on 24-07-2010 11:24
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Nice team. Can you post the stats of your riders?
Good luck with the story. |
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| Saxdreng |
Posted on 24-07-2010 17:59
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We are in the start of February and our preparations has went well. IKEA JUST-EAT was in a pre training camp from 21-28 January in Alcamo, Italy.
IKEA JUST-EAT has signed three new sponsor deals with
Stella Artois
Belgacom and
Palmans.
[img-l]https://a.imageshack.us/img341/3411/sponsorsi.jpg[/img-l]
Stella Artois will give the team 20,2 euro's in monthly payments and a bonus for 27,0 euro's, if we get in the Top 10 in ENECO Tour.
Belgacom will give the team 17,2 euro's in monthly payments and a bonus for 18,0 euro's, if we get in the Top 10 in Gent-Wevelgem. Which will depend on a wildcard, so I cross my finger for that
Palmans will give the team 18,8 euro's in monthly payments and a bonus for 13,5 euro's, if we get in the Top 10 in Tour de Belgique.
The other goals for the team is to be in Top 5 in Int. Österrecih-Rundfarht and win Post Danmark rundt.
The first real challenges for this young team was in Italy were we have succesful stage-races in Giro della Calabria. Geraint Thomas became nr. 2 in the very first stage. In the third stage Jakob Fuglsang attacked on the last hill and won with over 40 sec. and was the leader of the races on the final stage the day after his solo victory. But he lost 1min and 14sec to Francesco Belotti and became nr. 4 in final outcome.
It looks good for the future and Jakob Fuglsang will be ready for one of his favourite races in Mallorca. More about that later.
TEAM stats
Edited by Saxdreng on 25-07-2010 12:38
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| jaccan |
Posted on 24-07-2010 18:45
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looks very nice Good luck |
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| Saxdreng |
Posted on 25-07-2010 10:18
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Vuelta a Mallorca
I had only selected 6 riders for stage-races, these were Jakob Fuglsang, Geraint Thomas, Simon Richardson, Johan Nystrand, Lode van Impe and Jens Keukeleire.
Overall it was a great race, but it became another Danish rider who took the headlines in the newspaper. Martin Pedersen from Footon-Servetto won the first stage and hold the leader jersey through the whole race. It was a bit surprising when guys like Vinokourov and Yaroslav Popovych and Thor Hushovd was in the race to. Jakob Fuglsang gain the 5th place overall. Jakob Fuglsang did try to win some seconds from M. Pedersen and became nr. 5 at third stage and 2 at fourth stage, but unfortunately he couldn't create a gap to the peloton.
Tour of Oman
It was a long trip for IKEA JUST-EAT to travel all the way to Oman, a country you connect with cycling-races at all. But it was to time to see my sprinter Jens Keukeleire and this race was in perfect condition to him. [img-r]https://img827.imageshack.us/img827/215/tourofoman.jpg[/img-r]There were several other sprinter such as Tyler Farrar and Greg van Avermaet in the race so I knew that my sprinter probably will get some troubles. In the first stage Jens Keukeleire managed to surprise himself and all the other sprinter when he won with a litlle margin to Greg van Avermaet.In stage two Tyler Farrar was simply the best and beat all the others with several meters. Jens became nr. 6. In stage three Tyler Farrar won again and Jens becam nr. 4 and was nr. 2 in sprint competition after Tyler. In the fourth stage Jens was so close to win his second race but William Bonnet from Bbox Telecom was the fastest in the sprint (Jens nr. 3). In the fifth stage F.J. Ventoso was the fastest in the line and sprint home a good victory for him and his team. The last stage was a time-trial and Geraint Thomas set the best time until the Fabian "The phantom" Cancellara beat G. Thomas and all the other riders with over a minut. Fabian won the stage-race after that performance and G. Thomas became nr. 3
Edited by Saxdreng on 25-07-2010 12:52
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| Saxdreng |
Posted on 25-07-2010 20:14
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After some small stage races in foreign countries it was time to show the Belgium cycling fans the new team and with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne it was perfect races for that. I don't come with all results of every races that my have been cycling through february or any other months of the year.
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
A race where Fabian Cancellare took the control of the race and won the race ahead of Tom Boonen. Best IKEA JUST-EAT rider was G. Thomas.
Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne
Here was Frederic Amorison in a break away with several other riders but 15km left the peloton catch up the group and again Fabian Cancellara won by attacking 6-7km from the line. Best IKEA JUST-EAT rider was again G. Thomas (nr. 7)
The next preparation for IKEA JUST-EAT is Vuelta Murcia in the start of March |
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 25-07-2010 20:31
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Nice team!
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| Saxdreng |
Posted on 31-07-2010 19:27
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It has been a month with ups and downs for IKEA JUST-EAT. Some difficult races and a rejection on a wildcard from the board of Gent-Wevelgem was some of the headlines for this month. One of our goals ´for this season was to get in top 10 in Gent-Wevelgem so we were a bit disappointed that we doesn't got a Wildcard fo that race. Now we need to keep our sponsors satisfied with other results instead. 
It all started in Vuelta a la Regíon Murcia.
This race was a total succes for IKEA JUST-EAT. Frederic Amorison won the second stage with a margin of 1min and 20sec.
The day after Jakob Fuglsang was the winner and took the leader jersey from his teammate. ]Jakob Fuglsang kept the leader jersey [img-r]https://a.imageshack.us/img208/6915/vueltamurciaroute.jpg[/img-r]through the whole race and won with 5sec to Alberto Contador in the overall ranking.
Jakob Fuglsang lost 24sec on the time trial to Contador but that wasn't enough for Contador. It was also Thomas Löfkvist first big race in this season and he became nr. 6 in the overall ranking.
[img-l]https://a.imageshack.us/img31/4976/fuglsangwinsmurcia.jpg[/img-l]
After that victory IKEA JUST-EAT got their first Wild Card to Volta Ciclista a Catalunya.
Frederic Amorison has really shown his new team that is a good signing. First he won a stage in Vuelta a Murcia and he also won the race Dwaars door Vlaanderen in Belgium. A good victory for himself and team in general.
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
[img-l]https://a.imageshack.us/img251/4628/2010voltaciclistaacatal.jpg[/img-l] After the good results from Vuelta a Murcia. It was time for Thomas Löfkvist and Jurgen van Broeck to show their capability in this race. In the Time Trial Löfkvist became nr. 3 in the overall ranking. On the third stage J. van den Broeck managed to steal some seconds and became nr. 4 and nr. 7 overall. Both van den Broeck and Löfkvist tried to get a break away in the last stages but they both missed it and couldn't the seconds they needed to get in front of the race. In the final outcom Löfkvist became nr. 4 and van den Broeck nr. 7 with 4 sec between those two guys. The race was won by A. Dyachenko from Astana with J. Fröhlinger and D. Zabriskie as nr. 2 & 3.
Other results for IKEA JUST-EAT in March
G. Thomas nr. 3 in Strade Bianche
G. Thomas nr. 7 in Nokere-Koerse
G. Thomas nr. 7 in Classic Loire Atlantique
Edited by Saxdreng on 31-07-2010 21:40
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 01-08-2010 11:22
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3rd in Strade Bianche is great
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| cool_aleks |
Posted on 06-08-2010 19:59
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Very nice story, keep up the good work!
“Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.” -Bill Shankly
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| Saxdreng |
Posted on 15-08-2010 10:22
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After a break with my holiday and a new start in school I promise there will be news from IKEA JUST-EAT in the next few days So keep your head up high and don't cry |
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| samdiatmh |
Posted on 15-08-2010 10:50
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looks promising
Van Den Broeck, Fuglsang, Lovkvist and Thomas are all great riders |
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| Saxdreng |
Posted on 16-08-2010 12:48
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April month
It has been a succesful month for IKEA JUST-EAT. A various different has given a good affect on the moral on the team. It all started with J. van den Broeck and he has been this months best rider for his team.
Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda by Bergamasca
This little stage races was dominated by IKEA JUST-EAT from start. [img-l]https://a.imageshack.us/img695/2224/settimana.jpg[/img-l]It all began with a victory on the first stage by J. van den Broeck. V. Efimkin became nr. 2 and J.Kocjan nr. 3. L. Didier was in a break away through the whole day and took the climber shirt. J. van den Broeck won the second stage and again with V. Efimkin as nr. 2.
V. Efimkin won the third stage and J. van den Broeck became nr. 2 this time.
In stage four. A. Masciarelli won with a margin of 45sec to J. van den Broeck (nr. 5) and 37sec to V. Efimkin (nr 3). On stage 5 and 6 J. van den Broeck again was the big hero for his team with two victories. In the overall standing J. van den Broeck won with 2min to nr. 2 and L. Didier took the climber shirt in the stage race with 25points.
This race was the first Pro-Tour race IKEA JUST-EAT got a Wildcard to. We were not acapable make any difference in the race, but it was a great experience for our young riders. Our best rider was T. Lövkvist who became nr. 20
We were still a team which goal was to get more experience for this kind of races, and our archievement was to deliver a decent result we all can be happy with. But we couldn't get into top 25 with one rider, which is a bit disappointing for the team.
Subida al Naranco (Objective reached!)
J. van den Broeck was again on the spot on the right time. The danish rider Jakob Fuglsang was in a break away the whole day, but the peloton catch him with under 0,4km to go. J. van den Broeck won the stage and J. Fuglsang became nr. 3. This race was one of our Objecive for this season (Get into Top 5), and with two riders in top 5 you can say that we did it
This race is our first big stage-race with all the ProTour teams involved. We are very happy to be a part of this race and we will try to make a good result and show the leader board that they make the right decision to pick us to one of the wildcards. After the first stage (Time-trial) G.Thomas is nr. 12 in the overall ranking.
Other results for IKEA JUST-EAT in April
G. Thomas nr. 4 in Paris-Camembert Lepetit
J. Keukeleire nr. 12 GP de Denain Porte du Hainaut
J. Keukeleire nr. 4 Tro-Bro Léon
Edited by Saxdreng on 16-08-2010 12:54
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