World Wrestling Entertainment are proud to present it's newest way to attract viewers. The goal is to get exposure in European media and get more viewers.
The jersey the team will use for this season is made by Deksel. The WWE team is very happy with it.
Behind the scenes:
General Manager: Christer
Financial Manager: "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase
Community Manager: "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels
Media Manager: Jim Ross
Race Manager: Bret "The Hitman" Hart
Staff Manager: Jerry "The King" Lawler
Some final words:
Time to play the game!
Everyone has a price!
Edited by Christer on 30-06-2011 12:14
2010
When the current manager took over this team, it was called Nvidia, and was really going for cobbled races. Nvidia changed manager mid-season, but no reason for this was ever given. The new manager, Christer, couldn't do much before the next transfer season.
2011
As Bbox went in the transfer season, they wanted Voeckler for any price. This was a success, and the offensive French rider is still a part of the team. But the most likely biggest change was the max 500000 (500 thousand) limit per rider in wages is most likely the biggest change in the team. This led to the biggest star's departure, and more youngster to get a chance. But the rule also lead to a pretty weak season. Luckily, the team managed to put it together and do good in the late season. The biggest moment that season was to ride in Le Tour de France.
2012
As the season goes on, Team WWE won't look for promotion as a goal. That would be a bonus. The sponsors recognize the offensive attitude in the team and wants this to go on.
Edited by Christer on 23-03-2011 13:38
Tour de San Luis
Bayern Rundfahrt
Giro del Capo
Volta a Portugal
Tour of Britain
MTN Cycling Classic
Down Under Classic
ProRace Berlin
Philadelphia International Championship
Clasica San Sebastian
Urkiola Igoera
Japan Cup
Edited by Christer on 17-06-2011 02:06
Stage 1, Vuelta al Tachira, Team WWE
Stage 3, Tour de San Luis, Andre Greipel
Stage 7, Tour de San Luis, Andre Greipel
Stage 5, Vuelta Castilla y Leon, Bauke Mollema
Stage 8, Presidental Tour of Turkey, Vingerling
2nd places:
Stage 7, Vuelta al Tachira, Amets Txurruka
KoM competition, Vuelta al Tachira, Chris Anker Sørensen
Team Classification, Vuelta al Tachira, Team WWE
2nd stage, Cuelta a Mallorca, Andre Greipel
3rd places:
Stage 6, Vuelta al Tachira, Mikel Astarloza
Stage 9, Vuelta al Tachira, Chris Anker Sørensen
KoM competition, Vuelta Castilla y Leon, Thomas Voeckler
Noteworthy results:
5th place GC, Tour de San Luis, Fredrik Kessiakoff
10th place, MTN Cycling Classic, Jerome Pineau
10th place GC, Vuelta al Tachira, Mikel Astarloza
10th pllace, GC, Presidental Tour of Turkey, Thomas Voeckler
11th place, Tour of the Battenkill, Jerome Pineau
12th place GC, Vuelta a Mallorca, Jerome Pineau
12th place GV, Vuelta Castilla y Leon, Amets Txurruka
13th place GC, Vuelta al Tachira, Fredrik Kessiakoff
21st place GC, Vuelta al Tachira, Chrs Anker Sørensen
23rd place GC, Vuelta a Mallorca, Thomas Voeckler
Edited by Christer on 02-01-2012 19:54
Old news:In other news, some rider have questioned manager Christer on who will be out of contract and who will stay. Christer said that it all depends on the demands from the riders, but released a list of riders he would like to keep.
Thomas Voeckler, the definition of offensive riding
Andre Greipel, got results against all odds, and therefore gets another chance.
David Veilleux, one of the camera lovers.
Mikel Astarloza, one of the main riders in the team
Segio Paulinho, another main rider
Justo Mayo, last season was training. Now he needs to prove himself.
Same goes for Yuan Wei and Juliano Polito.
Jerome Pineau, on of the better performers in the team.
Also, Leif Hoste might be resigned, but that depends on the pre-renewal training.
The rest will be decided when the demands are set.
The financial manager of the team is now ready to be announced. This person is known as one of the best villains in the WWE without (officially) holding one of the two major belts. He is WWE Hall of Famer, and is a former King of the Ring.
He is no other than the Million Dollar Man! Ted DiBiase!
His only words to the reporters present were a trademark sentence:
Financial Manager Ted DiBiase had this to say to the press about German riders:
I have noticed that there are a lot of German teams in the peloton this year. Gottfried, and Greipel will both be targets this season, because of their nationality. Gottfried's chances in this team really depends on the wage he wants. Greipel too, but Greipel is more wanted, and therefore we would like to renew his contract, even though it migt be just to sell him.
Everyone has a price!
Team WWE is proud to present to you, the last members of the staff!
Community Manager: "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels
Media Manager: Jim Ross
Race Manager: Bret "The Hitman" Hart
Staff Manager: Jerry "The King" Lawler
As the Race Manager, Bret Hart is ready to present the goals and target races for 2012.
Finish top 20 in team ranking Win, Tour of America Top 10, Japan cup Win, Tour de San Luis Top 5, Vuelta a Guatemala,
Target races, all from America tour:
Tour of Colorado Vuelta al Tachira Tour de Beauce Tour of the Battenkill Air Force Cycling Classic
Negotiations for new contracts are done
Manager of Team WWE, Christer, is happy to announce that the renewal process is done.
It's a good day for many of the riders in Team WWE today. All but three riders have got a offer on a new contract. Out of all the renewal offers, only Paulinho drags out, and he has still to respond.
The team, prior to the transfer season will therefore be this:
Riders left out of the team:
Arvesen, Kurt-Asle
Kroon, Karsten
Trampush, Gerhard
This means that the core of the team is unchanged, and those released from their services didn't really perform good enough, or started to get a bit on the older side and near retirement.
Content of this press release can change without warning.
Meiji are interested in acquiring the services of Yaun Wei this transfer season. Meiji think he would be a great asset to the team we are trying to build. Do you have any comments on the matter?
Everyone has a price, and seeing as Wei isn't the most talented rider, nor the most expensive rider, he could very well leave the team for the right price. Or a trade, but at his level, that is unlikely.
Team Milka - Vittel is reportedly interested in Hayden Roulston and Rory Sutherland. Can we ask for the opinion of Team WWE about possible move of this riders?
Rory Sutherland is unlikely to make a move this season, but the team will listen to any offer. There is a chance that Roulston could leave. Again, it depends on the offer from other teams.
Team WWE has scouted many riders the previous season. One of them includes Vaitkus. That's all the team has to comment on that case, as for now.
When it comes to Sascha Damrow, Team WWE will have to look at the possibilities, but it's not unlikely that a offer could be accepted.
Edited by Christer on 17-06-2011 02:00
Team WWE HC races are announced
The HC races for the following season have been announced. Team WWE focuses on the American part of the races, but will also ride in some other regions, for example Germany.
The full list is:
Tour de San Luis
Bayern Rundfahrt
Giro del Capo
Volta a Portugal
Tour of Britain
MTN Cycling Classic
Down Under Classic
ProRace Berlin
Philadelphia International Championship
Clasica San Sebastian
Urkiola Igoera
Japan Cup
Seeing Volta a Portugal on this list, makes it logical to think that Team WWE intends to keep Paulinho in the team, even though there have been no confirmation that potential offers will be declined without consideration.
A few months ago Mollema was connected to the new Rothaus - Aegon team.
Rumors say that he isn`t averse to doing a team change with higher chances to perform in his home country.
Some recent rumors from the Dutch press indicate that Mollema is also in contacts with Jack Wolfskin though. If he's indeed going to leave the former Bbox team, then that would be a interesting move for the young Dutch rider considering that there aren't a lot of puncheurs in the team and he could have an important role in JW's attempt to break into the World's top 5 teams.
