Accumalux are celebrating their 5 season in the team, while the Italian Volcano Mount Vesuvies happy to also renew for a 2nd season. And why wouldnt they, this is after all the most successful team in the game!
For a 6th year in a row, Frank Schleck will lead the squad - able supported by Grand Tour contenders Rigoberto Uran and Benat Intxausti. Add to this the climbing talent of Maxim Iglinski, Dmitri Medvedev, and Mwangi Samwel, dedicated super-domestique Matea Kvasina, time trialists Marcel Kittel and Michael Ford, and a developing band of Luxembourg youngsters such as Ben Gastauer - plus a continuing desire to expand - and you have a team always expecting to be battling at the top end of the world of cycling. No other team has won the ProTour two times!
As well as Accumalux and Vesuvio, Luxembourg sponsors Zanussi and Arcelor also commit once again - while equipment sponsors Pinarello, Giro, Campagnolo and Ambrosio have all indicated a desire to continue to supply the team.
Every team needs a jersey, and where would we be without the world's greatest! Our thanks go out to the 'Cleaver Kit Corporation'.
2012 - Vesuvio-Accumalux 2011 - Vesuvio-Accumalux
- 5th in ProTour Standings
- ProTour Individual Standings: Frank Schleck (6), Rigoberto Uran (9), Benat Intxausti (13)
- Frank Schleck: Liege-Bastogne-Liege, FBD Eire Tour, Badaling International, GP Yekeratinburg, Giro di Lombardia
- Benat Intxausti: 'Moral Vuelta Winner' (1 stage win, long stint in race lead)
- Rigoberto Uran: 5th in Tour de France (1 stage win, stint in race lead), 2nd in Deutschland Tour, 2nd in Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, 3rd in Tour de Suisse
2010 - Accumalux-Huez
- 6th in ProTour Standings
- ProTour Individual Standings: Frank Schleck (7), Benat Intxausti (14), Franco Pellizotti (22)
- Frank Schleck: Paris-Nice, Amstel Gold Race, Liege-Bastogne-Liege
- Benat Intxausti: 2nd in Vuelta a Espana, 5th in Tour de France
- Franco Pellizotti: 2nd in Giro d'Italia
- Marcel Kittel: World U23 TT Championships
2009 - Accumalux-Formex
- 1st in ProTour Team Standings
- ProTour Individual Standings: Frank Schleck (1), Franco Pellizotti (7), Fabian Cancellara (33), David Millar (39), Oscar Freire (47)
- Franco Pellizotti: Milano-San Remo, 3rd in Giro d'Italia, World Championships
- Frank Schleck: Tour de Suisse, Japan Cup
2008 - Accumalux
- 4th in ProTour Team Standings
- ProTour Individual Standings: Frank Schleck (7), Fabian Cancellara (14), Francisco Mancebo (27), David Millar (48)
- Frank Schleck: Tour de France
- Fabian Cancellara: Paris-Roubaix, Eneco Tour of Benelux
- Francisco Mancebo: Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
- Eindhoven TTT
2007 - Saunier Duval
- 1st in ProTour Team Standings
- ProTour Individual Standings: Frank Schleck (2), Francisco Mancebo (8), Koldo Gil (29), Leonardo Piepoli (35)
- Francisco Mancebo: Vuelta a Espana
- Frank Schleck: Tirreno-Adriatico, Fleche Wallone
- Eindhoven TTT
- Leonardo Piepoli: 4th in Giro d'Italia Edited by SportingNonsense on 24-03-2011 00:53
Frank Schleck
- 1st, Liege-Bastogne-Liege
- 1st, FBD Éire Tour
- 1st, Badaling International
- 1st, GP Yekeratinburg
- 1st, Giro di Lombardia
- 1st, Luxembourg Championships RR
- 1st, Vuelta al Pais Vasco, Stage 3
- 1st, FBD Éire Tour, Stage 5
- 1st, FBD Éire Tour, Stage 7
- 3rd, Classique du Grand-Duche
- 3rd, Seine-Marne-Seine
- 3rd, Paris-Nice, Stage 8
- 5th, Vuelta al Pais Vasco
- 6th, Fleche Wallone
- 6th, World Championships TT
- 6th, Vuelta al Pais Vasco, Stage 3
- 7th, Amstel Gold Race
- 7th, World Championships RR
- 8th, Vuelta al Pais Vasco, Stage 4
- 9th, Vuelta al Pais Vasco, Stage 5
- 10th, Rund um Koln
- 10th, Paris-Nice, Stage 7
- 11th, Paris-Nice
- 18th, FBD Éire Tour, Stage 3
- 19th, Paris-Nice, Stage 4
- 47th, Milan San Remo Benat Intxausti
- 1st, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 1
- Vuelta a Espana Race Leader (Stages 1-3; 8-17)
- 2nd, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 13
- 2nd, Vuelta a Asturias, Stage 2
- 3rd, Giro d'Italia. Stage 16
- 3rd, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 9
- 4th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 8
- 4th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 12
- 5th, Giro d'Italia. Stage 8
- 5th, Giro d'Italia. Stage 20
- 6th, Giro d'Italia. Stage 15
- 6th, Giro d'Italia. Stage 17
- 6th, Giro d'Italia. Stage 19
- 6th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 7
- 6th, Criterium du Dauphine Libere, Stage 8
- 7th, Criterium du Dauphine Libere
- 7th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 14
- 7th, Criterium du Dauphine Libere, Stage 4
- 7th, Criterium du Dauphine Libere, Stage 5
- 7th, Vuelta a Asturias, Stage 3
- 7th, Spanishg Championships RR
- 8th, Vuelta a Espana (But deserved so much more!)
- 8th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 17
- 8th, Criterium du Dauphine Libere, Stage 7
- 9th, Giro d'Italia
- 9th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 20
- 10th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 3
- 11th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 11
- 12th, Giro d'Italia. Stage 12
- 12th, Spanishg Championships TT
- 13th, Giro d'Italia. Stage 21
- 15th, Giro d'Italia. Stage 1
- 15th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 15
- 15th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 16
- 15th, Criterium du Dauphine Libere, Stage 1
- 15th, Vuelta a Asturias, Stage 6
- 17th, Giro d'Italia. Stage 14
- 21st, World Championships TT Rigoberto Uran
- 1st, Tour de France, Stage 8
- Tour de France Race Leader (Stages 8-12)
- Deutschland Tour Race Leader (Stage 3)
- 2nd, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (Best Young Rider)
- 2nd, Deutschland Tour (Best Young Rider)
- 2nd, Colombian Championships RR
- 2nd, Colombian Championships TT
- 2nd, Tour de Suisse, Stage 6
- 2nd, Tour de France, Stage 10
- 3rd, Tour de Suisse
- 3rd, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Stage 3
- 3rd, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Stage 4
- 3rd, Deutschland Tour, Stage 8
- 4th, World Championships TT
- 4th, Tour de France, Stage 9
- 5th, Tour de France, Stage 13
- 5th, Deutschland Tour, Stage 3
- 6th, Deutschland Tour, Stage 5
- 7th, Tour de France, Stage 16
- 8th, Tour of Romandie, Stage 5
- 9th, Tour of Romandie
- 9th, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Stage 1
- 9th, Tour de France, Stage 11
- 9th, Deutschland Tour, Stage 4
- 10th, Tour de Suisse, Stage 9
- 10th, Tour de France, Stage 1
- 10th, Tour de France, Stage 15
- 12th, Tour de Suisse, Stage 1
- 12th, Tour de France, Stage 20
- 13th, Criterium International, Stage 3
- 16th, Criterium International
- 18th, Tour de France, Stage 18
- 33rd, World Championships RR Maxim Iglinski
- 7th, Tour de France, Stage 17
- 8th, Classique du Grand-Duche
- 9th, Tour de France, Stage 8
- 11th, Vuelta al Pais Vasco, Stage 3
- 12th, Vuelta al Pais Vasco, Stage 1
- 13th, Tour de France, Stage 14
- 15th, Tirreno-Adriatico, Stage 6
- 15th, Tirreno-Adriatico, Stage 7
- 15th, Tour de France, Stage 16
- 16th, Tirreno-Adriatico, Stage 4
- 17th, Tour de France, Stage 18
- 18th, Tirreno-Adriatico, Stage 1
- 18th, Criterium International, Stage 2
- 19th, Tour de France, Stage 9
- 19th, Vuelta a Asturias, Stage 5
- 21st, GP Yekeratinburg
- 21st, Tour de France, Stage 15
- 22nd, Tour de France, Stage 10
- 22nd, Vuelta a Asturias, Stage 6
- 25th, Tirreno-Adriatico
- 25th, Tour de France, Stage 13
- 27th, Badaling International
- 31st, Amstel Gold Race
- 33rd, Criterium International
- 34th, Fleche Wallone
- 34th, Seine-Marne-Seine
- 44th, Giro di Lombardia
- 46th, World Championships TT
- 52nd, Rund um Koln
- 53rd, Fleche Wallone
- 60th, Vuelta al Pais Vasco
- 69th, Milan San Remo
- 83rd, World Championships RR
- 124th, GP de Fourmies Dmitri Medvedev
- 1st, Russian Championships RR
- 1st, Paris-Nice, Stage 6
- 7th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 8
- 19th, Tour de France, Stage 18
- 22nd, Tour of Romandie, Stage 5
- 23rd, Criterium du Dauphine Libere, Stage 5
- 23rd, Criterium du Dauphine Libere, Stage 7
- 25th, Vuelta a Asturias, Stage 6
- 35th, Paris-Nice
- 44th, Giro d'Italia
- 54th, Criterium du Dauphine Libere
- 68th, Vuelta a Espana
- 69th, Tour of Romandie
- 97th, Badaling International
- 97th, GP Yekeratinburg Matea Kvasina
- 5th, Paris-Nice, Stage 5
- 11th, Vuelta al Pais Vasco, Stage 1
- 14th, Paris-Nice
- 14th, Paris-Nice, Stage 8
- 19th, Vuelta al Pais Vasco, Stage 5
- 19th, Tour de France, Stage 17
- 21st, Deutschland Tour, Stage 3
- 25th, Deutschland Tour, Stage 1
- 26th, Deutschland Tour
- 36th, Giro d'Italia
- 38th, Vuelta a Espana
- 39th, World Championships TT
- 48th, Badaling International
- 54th, Vuelta al Pais Vasco
- 71st, Classique du Grand-Duche
- 73rd, Fleche Wallone
- 73rd, Giro di Lombardia
- 85th, Amstel Gold Race
- 94th, World Championships RR
- 101st, Liege-Bastogne-Liege João Cabreira
- 35th, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
- 41st, Giro d'Italia
- 60th, Tour de Suisse
- 64th, Badaling International
- 89th, GP Yekeratinburg
- 106th, Fleche Wallone
- 150th, Giro di Lombardia Marcel Kittel
- 2nd, German Championships TT
- 3rd, Giro d'Italia. Stage 1
- 5th, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Stage 1
- 5th, Tour of Northern Europe, Stage 2
- 6th, Tour of Northern Europe, Stage 7
- 8th, Deutschland Tour, Stage 8
- 9th, Chrono des Herbiers
- 11th, FBD Éire Tour, Stage 8
- 12th, Criterium International, Stage 3
- 13th, Tour de Suisse, Stage 9
- 15th, Tour of Romandie, Stage 1
- 19th, Tour de Suisse, Stage 1
- 20th, World Championships TT
- 24th, Tour of Qatar
- 59th, Tour of Northern Europe
- 76th, Rund um Koln
- 95th, Criterium International
- 107th, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
- 117th, Tour of Romandie
- 120th, FBD Éire Tour
- 125th, Tour de Suisse
- 128th, Deutschland Tour Michael Ford
- 1st, Australian Championships TT
- 1st, Criterium du Dauphine Libere, Stage 1
- 2nd, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Stage 1
- 7th, Giro d'Italia. Stage 1
- 8th, Tour of Northern Europe, Stage 2
- 9th, Tour of Northern Europe, Stage 7
- 11th, Chrono des Herbiers
- 11th, Tour of Romandie, Stage 1
- 16th, Criterium du Dauphine Libere, Stage 4
- 17th, Deutschland Tour, Stage 8
- 23rd, World Championships TT
- 73rd, Tour of Qatar
- 147th, Criterium International
- 148th, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
- 149th, Tour of Northern Europe
- 159th, Deutschland Tour
- 161st, Tour of Romandie Marcel Barth
- 6th, Deutschland Tour, Stage 2
- 8th, German Championships TT
- 8th, Deutschland Tour, Stage 7
- 15th, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Stage 1
- 25th, Giro d'Italia. Stage 1
- 26th, Chrono des Herbiers
- 65th, GP de Fourmies
- 122nd, Rund um Koln
- 126th, Paris-Roubaix
- 130th, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
- 135th, Deutschland Tour
- 138th, Tour of Qatar
- 142nd, Tour of Romandie
- 160th, Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 163rd, Criterium International Ben Gastauer
- 5th, Criterium Series Italy
- 6th, Luxembourg Championships RR
- 10th, Luxembourg Championships TT
- 13th, FBD Éire Tour, Stage 8
- 20th, Vuelta al Pais Vasco, Stage 1
- 25th, Tour of California, Stage 3
- 26th, Tour de Suisse, Stage 2
- 51st, Seine-Marne-Seine
- 54th, Criterium International
- 59th, Tour of Romandie
- 61st, Tour of California
- 63rd, FBD Éire Tour
- 63rd, GP Yekeratinburg
- 70th, Classique du Grand-Duche
- 77th, Fleche Wallone
- 82nd, Paris-Nice
- 89th, Badaling International
- 90th, Amstel Gold Race
- 92nd, Deutschland Tour
- 99th, Giro di Lombardia
- 102nd, Milan San Remo
- 104th, Strade Bianche
- 104th, World Championships RR
- 112th, Tour of Qatar
- 114th, Liege-Bastogne-Liege
- 121st, Gent Wevelgem
- 125th, GP de Fourmies
- 130th, Tour of Northern Europe
- 131st, Rund um Koln David Claerebout
- 5th, Luxembourg Championships TT
- 7th, Luxembourg Championships RR
- 20th, FBD Éire Tour, Stage 8
- 75th, FBD Éire Tour
- 78th, Tour de Suisse
- 87th, Paris-Nice
- 103rd, Tour of California
- 115th, Classique du Grand-Duche
- 117th, Seine-Marne-Seine
- 137th, GP de Fourmies
- 139th, World Championships RR
- 147th, Rund um Koln
- 148th, Milan San Remo Sebastien Einsle
- 5th, Luxembourg Championships RR
- 8th, FBD Éire Tour, Stage 8
- 10th, Criterium Series Championship
- 12th, Luxembourg Championships TT
- 130th, Giro di Lombardia
- 68th, Fleche Wallone
- 77th, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 89th, Classique du Grand-Duche
- 91st, Tour of Romandie
- 91st, Tour de Suisse
- 97th, Paris-Nice
- 101st, Vuelta al Pais Vasco
- 101st, Amstel Gold Race
- 102nd, Paris-Roubaix
- 103rd, Strade Bianche
- 116th, GP Yekeratinburg
- 126th, Gent Wevelgem
- 130th, Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 131st, Liege-Bastogne-Liege
- 132nd, World Championships RR
- 140th, Rund um Koln
- 151st, FBD Éire Tour Nick Clesen
- 1st, Luxembourg Championships TT
- 14th, Luxembourg Championships RR
- 26th, Tour of Romandie, Stage 1
- 116th, Tour of Qatar
- 121st, Tirreno-Adriatico
- 125th, Tour of Romandie
- 151st, Deutschland Tour
- 157th, Giro d'Italia Nico Schinker
- 2nd, Criterium Series Championship
- 5th, Criterium Series China
- 7th, Criterium Series USA
- 9th, Luxembourg Championships RR
- 13th, Luxembourg Championships TT
- 22nd, GP de Fourmies
- 35th, Criterium du Dauphine Libere, Stage 2
- 121st, Paris-Roubaix
- 127th, Strade Bianche
- 128th, Tour of California
- 132nd, Gent Wevelgem
- 134th, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
- 134th, Milan San Remo
- 137th, Tour of Qatar
- 145th, Criterium du Dauphine Libere
- 154th, Classique du Grand-Duche
- 155th, Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 163rd, Vuelta a Espana
Spoiler
Thomas Faiers
- KoM Jersey wearer, 1 day, Vuelta al Pais Vasco
- 7th, British Championships TT
- 16th, Tour of California, Stage 9
- 20th, Tour of California
- 26th, Tour of California, Stage 3
- 37th, British Championships RR
- 58th, Criterium du Dauphine Libere
- 59th, Vuelta al Pais Vasco
- 62nd, Deutschland Tour
- 68th, Badaling International
- 76th, Tirreno-Adriatico
- 85th, Strade Bianche
- 87th, Classique du Grand-Duche
- 88th, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 90th, GP Yekeratinburg
- 94th, Vuelta a Espana
- 98th, Amstel Gold Race
- 98th, Seine-Marne-Seine
- 99th, Vuelta al Pais Vasco
- 102nd, Fleche Wallone
- 104th, Tour of Northern Europe
- 116th, Gent Wevelgem
- 136th, Rund um Koln
- 137th, World Championships RR
- 154th, Criterium International Ciaran Kelly
- 9th, FBD Éire Tour, Stage 8
- 32nd, Criterium du Dauphine Libere, Stage 8
- 54th, Tour of California
- 70th, FBD Éire Tour
- 87th, Criterium du Dauphine Libere
- 100th, Amstel Gold Race
- 110th, Fleche Wallone
- 112th, Giro di Lombardia
- 140th, Milan San Remo
- 141st, Paris-Nice
- 141st, Liege-Bastogne-Liege Denis Galimzyanov
- 9th, Paris-Nice, Stage 3
- 13th, Paris-Nice, Stage 5
- 18th, FBD Éire Tour, Stage 8
- 20th, FBD Éire Tour, Stage 3
- 25th, Paris-Nice, Stage 2
- 68th, GP de Fourmies
- 79th, Seine-Marne-Seine
- 89th, FBD Éire Tour
- 92nd, Tour de Suisse
- 95th, Paris-Nice
- 96th, Paris-Roubaix
- 97th, Strade Bianche
- 100th, Tour of California
- 106th, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 111th, Tour of Qatar
- 117th, GP Yekeratinburg
- 122nd, Tour of Northern Europe
- 124th, Gent Wevelgem
- 126th, Liege-Bastogne-Liege
- 147th, Ronde van Vlaanderen Teodoro Costagli
- 3rd, Tour de l'Avenir, Stage 8
- 6th, Tour de l'Avenir, Stage 6
- 6th, Tour de l'Avenir, Stage 10
- 7th, Tour de l'Avenir
- 15th, Tour de l'Avenir, Stage 3
- 15th, Tour de l'Avenir, Stage 5
- 16th, World Championships U23 RR
- 29th, FBD Éire Tour, Stage 8
- 61st, Criterium du Dauphine Libere
- 67th, Tirreno-Adriatico
- 70th, Giro d'Italia
- 90th, Vuelta al Pais Vasco
- 135th, FBD Éire Tour
- 144th, GP de Fourmies Pedro Merino Criado
- 12th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 17
- 13th, Vuelta a Asturias, Stage 1
- 73rd, Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 82nd, Seine-Marne-Seine
- 105th, Tour of California
- 107th, Gent Wevelgem
- 112nd, Vuelta al Pais Vasco
- 116th, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
- 117th, Criterium International
- 121st, Strade Bianche
- 124th, Giro di Lombardia
- 126th, Tour de Suisse
- 137st, Liege-Bastogne-Liege
- 139th, Paris-Roubaix
- 145th, Vuelta a Espana Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
- 68th, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
- 76th, Criterium du Dauphine Libere
- 91st, Vuelta a Espana
- 122nd, Badaling International
- 168th, Ronde van Vlaanderen Jan Hopman
- 8th, Tirreno-Adriatico, Stage 7
- 10th, Tirreno-Adriatico, Stage 3
- 21st, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 17
- 39th, Tour of Qatar
- 59th, Tirreno-Adriatico
- 69th, GP de Fourmies
- 75th, Tour of Northern Europe
- 89th, Vuelta a Espana
- 94th, Milan San Remo
- 94th, Amstel Gold Race
- 99th, Tour of California
- 100th, Seine-Marne-Seine
- 108th, Paris-Roubaix
- 109th, Gent Wevelgem
- 117th, Strade Bianche
- 152nd, Ronde van Vlaanderen Amadou Bakari
- 29th, Paris-Roubaix
- 31st, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 42nd, Gent Wevelgem
- 65th, Strade Bianche
- 131st, Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 141st, Tirreno-Adriatico
- 151st, Tour of Northern Europe
Drasutis Stundzia (Lipton Ice Tea)
- 4th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 10
- 31st, Tirreno-Adriatico
- 71st, Giro d'Italia
- 72nd, Amstel Gold
- 84th, Fleche Wallone
- 85th, Criterium du Dauphine Libere
- 87th, Tour de Romandie
- 89th, Giro di Lombardia
- 91st, GP Yekeratinburg
- 97th, Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 102nd, Vuelta a Espana
- 103rd, Classique du Grand-Duche
- 104th, Tour of Qatar
- 107th, Liege-Bastogne-Liege
- 115th, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 118th, Strade Bianche
- 118th, Rund um Koln
- 122nd, Gent-Wevelgem
- 149th, Paris-Roubaix
Mwangi Samwel (Bimbo Nutella, CT)
- 1st, Vuelta Chihuahua
- 1st, Tour de Slovenie, Stage 1
- 1st, Vuelta Chihuahua, Stage 2
- 2nd, Jelajah Malaysia
- 2nd, Vuelta Chihuahua, Stage 3
- 3rd, Jelajah Malaysia, Stage 6
- 4th, Transfagarasan GP
- 4th, Tour de Slovenie
- 4th, Vuelta Chihuahua, Stage 6
- 5th, Volta a Portugal, Stage 4
- 5th, Volta a Portugal, Stage 5
- 5th, Vuelta Chihuahua, Stage 1
- 7th, Volta a Portugal, Stage 10
- 9th, Tour de Slovenie, Stage 4
- 11th, Tour de Langkawi
- 11th, Volta a Portugal
- 42nd, Japan Cup
Under 23 Team
Spoiler
Kim Michely
- 8th, Luxembourg Championships RR
- 11th, GP du canton d'Argovie
- 14th, Luxembourg Championships TT
- 35th, Brixia Tour
- 54th, GP d'Isbergues
- 63rd, Sachsen Tour International
- 109th, GP Stad Zottegem Bob Jungels
- 10th, GP Stad Zottegem
- 11th, Luxembourg Championships TT
- 13th, Luxembourg Championships RR
- 44th, Brixia Tour
- 74th, GP d'Isbergues
- 91st, Tour de l'Avenir
- 91st, GP du canton d'Argovie
- 101st, Sachsen Tour International Yves Da Luz
- 4th, Sachsen Tour International
- 8th, Sachsen Tour International, Stage 5
- 10th, Luxembourg Championships RR
- 15th, Luxembourg Championships TT
- 56th, Brixia Tour
- 59th, GP du canton d'Argovie
- 97th, GP d'Isbergues
- 131st, GP Stad Zottegem Tulio Tenzon
- 14th, Brixia Tour
- 14th, Brixia Tour, Stage 2
- 15th, Tour de l'Avenir, Stage 10
- 17th, GP du canton d'Argovie
- 27th, Tour de l'Avenir
- 95th, Sachsen Tour International
- 119th, GP d'Isbergues
- 123rd, GP Stad Zottegem Andrea Crudeli
- 10th, Brixia Tour, Stage 3
- 14th, Sachsen Tour International, Stage 1
- 17th, Sachsen Tour International, Stage 2
- 98th, Brixia Tour
- 116th, GP Stad Zottegem
- 122nd, Sachsen Tour International
- 128th, GP du canton d'Argovie
- 141st, GP d'Isbergues Danilo Milioni
- 27th, Sachsen Tour International, Stage 4
- 135th, GP Stad Zottegem
- 140th, Sachsen Tour International
- 143rd, GP du canton d'Argovie
- 143rd, Brixia Tour
- 167th, Tour de l'Avenir
Frank Schleck
- 1st, Paris-Nice
- 1st, Amstel Gold Race
- 1st, Liege-Bastogne-Liege
- 1st, Paris-Nice, Stage 8
- 1st, Tour de Suisse, Stage 2
- 2nd, Fleche Wallone
- 2nd, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, Stage 3
- 2nd, Tour de Suisse, Stage 5
- 2nd, Tour de Suisse, Stage 8
- 3rd, Tour de Suisse
- 3rd, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco
- 3rd, Giro di Lombardia
- 3rd, Paris-Nice, Stage 4
- 4th, World Championships
- 4th, Luxembourg Championships
- 4th, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, Stage 5
- 4th, Tour de Suisse, Stage 7
- 4th, Vuelta a Asturias, Stage 2
- 5th, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, Stage 1
- 5th, Vuelta a Asturias, Stage 3
- 6th, Paris-Nice, Stage 3
- 7th, Paris-Nice, Stage 5
- 8th, Vuelta a Asturias
- 8th, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, Stage 4
- 9th, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, Stage 6
- 10th, Badaling International
- 10th, Paris-Nice, Stage 7
- 10th, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, Stage 2
- 13th, Giro dell'Emelia
- 14th, TTT World Championsips (Luxembourg)
- 36th, Japan Cup Benat Intxausti
- 1st, TTT World Championsips (Spain)
- 2nd, Vuelta a Espana
- 2nd, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 7
- 2nd, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 13
- 2nd, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 20
- 2nd, Tour de France, Stage 10
- 2nd, Vuelta a Asturias, Stage 4
- 3rd, Dauphine Libere
- 3rd, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 5
- 3rd, Dauphine Libere, Stage 6
- 4th, Dauphine Libere, Stage 7
- 4th, Tour de France, Stage 7
- 4th, Vuelta a Asturias, Stage 3
- 5th, Tour de France
- 5th, Dauphine Libere, Stage 1
- 5th, Dauphine Libere, Stage 8
- 5th, Tour de France, Stage 17
- 5th, Vuelta a Asturias, Stage 2
- 6th, Vuelta a Asturias
- 6th, Dauphine Libere, Stage 4
- 7th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 1 TTT
- 7th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 9
- 7th, Tour de France, Stage 6
- 9th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 8
- 9th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 14
- 10th, Eindhoven TTT
- 10th, Spanish TT Championships
- 10th, Tour de France, Stage 9
- 10th, Tour de France, Stage 16
- 10th, Tour de France, Stage 18
- 11th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 15
- 12th, Dauphine Libere, Stage 5
- 12th, Tour de France, Stage 4
- 14th, World Championships
- 14th, World ITT Championships
- 14th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 12
- 16th, Tour de France, Stage 20
- 47th, Spanish Championships Franco Pellizotti
- 2nd, Giro d'Italia
- 3rd, Giro dell'Emelia
- 3rd, Italian Championships
- 3rd, Giro d'Italia, Stage 10
- 3rd, Giro d'Italia, Stage 16
- 3rd, Giro d'Italia, Stage 19
- 4th, Rund um Koln
- 4th, Int. Osterriech Rundfahrt
- 4th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 TTT
- 4th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 3
- 4th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 17
- 4th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 18
- 4th, Int. Osterriech Rundfahrt, Stage 2
- 5th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 6
- 5th, Int. Osterriech Rundfahrt, Stage 4
- 6th, Seine-Marne-Seine
- 6th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 2
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- 6th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 15
- 6th, Tour de Suisse, Stage 2
- 7th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 5
- 8th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 20
- 9th, Tour de Suisse, Stage 8
- 9th, Int. Osterriech Rundfahrt, Stage 3
- 10th, World Championships
- 10th, Int. Osterriech Rundfahrt, Stage 7
- 11th, Tour de Suisse
- 11th, Int. Osterriech Rundfahrt, Stage 5
- 12th, Tour de Suisse, Stage 7
- 13th, Giro di Lombardia
- 13th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 12
- 14th, Milano - SanRemo
- 15th, Tour de Suisse, Stage 6
- 17th, Italian TT Championships
- 19th, Liege-Bastogne-Liege
- 24th, Japan Cup Maxim Iglinski
- 1st, Tour de Romandie, Stage 3
- 1st, Giro d'Italia, Stage 6
- 2nd, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, Stage 6
- 4th, Kazakh Championships
- 4th, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, Stage 1
- 4th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 TTT
- 6th, Kazakh TT Championships
- 6th, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, Stage 2
- 6th, Tour de Romandie, Stage 3
- 8th, Tour de Suisse, Stage 8
- 9th, Tour de Suisse, Stage 6
- 10th, Paris-Nice, Stage 5
- 11th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 2
- 11th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 15
- 12th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 3
- 13th, Paris-Nice
- 13th, Tour de Romandie
- 13th, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, Stage 5
- 14th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 10
- 14th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 16
- 17th, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco
- 17th, Giro d'Italia
- 17th, Tour de Suisse
- 17th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 17
- 18th, Fleche Wallone
- 18th, Badaling International
- 18th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 19
- 19th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 4
- 20th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 12
- 20th, Tour de Suisse, Stage 2
- 38th, World ITT Championships
- 46th, Amstel Gold Race
- 51st, World Championships
- 78th, Seine-Marne-Seine
- 94th, Liege-Bastogne-Liege Santiago Perez Fernandez
- 4th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 TTT
- 7th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 1 TTT
- 10th, Spanish Championships
- 10th, Vuelta a Asturias, Stage 3
- 11th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 7
- 14th, Paris-Nice
- 14th, Vuelta a Asturias
- 14th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 8
- 16th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 20
- 16th, Tour de France, Stage 16
- 18th, Tour de Suisse, Stage 6
- 19th, Tour de Suisse, Stage 2
- 19th, Tour de France, Stage 17
- 20th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 17
- 20th, Vuelta a Asturias, Stage 2
- 21st, Vuelta a Espana
- 23rd, Tour de France
- 24th, Giro d'Italia
- 24th, Tour de Suisse
- 28th, Spanish TT Championships Matea Kvasina
- 4th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 TTT
- 7th, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, Stage 1
- 7th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 1 TTT
- 10th, Eindhoven TTT
- 13th, Tour de France, Stage 9
- 15th, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, Stage 2
- 17th, Tour de Romandie
- 36th, Tour de France
- 38th, Vuelta a Espana
- 42nd, Giro d'Italia
- 53rd, Vuelta a Asturias
- 61st, Criterium International
- 71st, Tirreno-Adriatico
- 72nd, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco
- 83rd, Milano - SanRemo
- 111th, Rund um Koln Marcel Kittel
- 1st, World U23 TT Championships
- 2nd, German TT Championships
- 4th, Qatar TTT
- 4th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 TTT
- 4th, TTT World Championsips (Germany)
- 5th, Tour of California, Stage 1
- 6th, German Championships
- 7th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 1 TTT
- 9th, Tirreno-Adriatico, Stage 4
- 10th, Eindhoven TTT
- 11th, Deutschland Tour, Stage 8
- 11th, Tour of Northern Europe, Stage 2
- 12th, Chrono des Herbiers
- 14th, Tour of Northern Europe, Stage 7
- 19th, Dauphine Libere, Stage 4
- 20th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 5
- 40th, Tour of Qatar
- 57th, Tirreno-Adriatico
- 85th, Tour of Northern Europe
- 108th, Deutschland Tour
- 113rd, Tirreno-Adriatico
- 121st, Omloop Het Volk
- 121st, Criterium International
- 122nd, Dauphine Libere
- 127th, Tour of California
- 138th, Vuelta a Espana Remmert Wielinga
- 3rd, Giro d'Italia, Stage 13
- 4th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 TTT
- 5th, Tour de France, Stage 9
- 10th, Eindhoven TTT
- 11th, Volta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, Stage 1
- 31st, Tour de Georgia
- 34th, Tour de Romandie
- 38th, Tour de Suisse
- 39th, Badaling International
- 40th, Dutch Championships
- 41st, Paris-Nice
- 43rd, Tour de France
- 46th, Giro d'Italia
- 51st, Amstel Gold Race
- 57th, Giro dell'Emelia
- 60th, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco
- 60th, Giro di Lombardia
- 63rd, Seine-Marne-Seine
- 71st, Milano - SanRemo
- 76th, World Championships
- 89th, Fleche Wallone Mwangi Samwel
- 6th, Volta Ciclista al Catalunya, Stage 1 TTT
- 17th, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, Stage 1
- 20th, Tour de France, Stage 16
- 23rd, Giro di Lombardia
- 31st, Tour de Suisse
- 32nd, Tour de Georgia
- 33rd, Liege-Bastogne-Liege
- 40th, Tour de France
- 49th, Vuelta a Asturias
- 55th, Badaling International
- 59th, Tour de Romandie
- 68th, Milano - SanRemo
- 75th, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco
- 77th, Deutschland Tour
- 80th, Fleche Wallone
- 85th, Amstel Gold Race
- 114th, Paris - Roubaix
- 117th, Volta Ciclista al Catalunya
- 151st, Ronde van Vlaanderen Nico Sijmens
- 1st, Tour de Georgia, Stage 7
- 2nd, Tirreno-Adriatico, Stage 4
- 4th, Qatar TTT
- 6th, Volta Ciclista al Catalunya, Stage 1 TTT
- 7th, Tour de France, Stage 13
- 18th, Deutschland Tour, Stage 7
- 19th, Rund um Koln
- 19th, Japan Cup
- 19th, Deutschland Tour, Stage 6
- 36th, Amstel Gold Race
- 42nd, Milano - SanRemo
- 45th, Giro di Lombardia
- 66th, Paris - Roubaix
- 69th, Tour of Northern Europe
- 70th, Omloop Het Volk
- 71st, Seine-Marne-Seine
- 72nd, Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 73rd, Liege-Bastogne-Liege
- 81st, Fleche Wallone
- 83rd, Deutschland Tour
- 89th, Giro dell'Emelia
- 90th, Badaling International
- 96th, Tour de Georgia
- 99th, Tour of Qatar
- 99th, Volta Ciclista al Catalunya
- 113rd, Criterium International
- 117th, Tour de France
- 139th, GP de Fourmies Drasutis Stundzia
- 3rd, Int. Osterriech Rundfahrt, Stage 7
- 4th, Baltic TT Championships
- 4th, Qatar TTT
- 7th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 1 TTT
- 6th, Volta Ciclista al Catalunya, Stage 1 TTT
- 8th, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, Stage 1
- 10th, Eindhoven TTT
- 12th, Baltic Championships
- 15th, Dauphine Libere, Stage 1
- 20th, TTT World Championsips (Lithuania)
- 34th, Criterium International
- 43rd, Tour of Qatar
- 53rd, Tirreno-Adriatico
- 54th, Deutschland Tour
- 54th, Japan Cup
- 56th, Int. Osterriech Rundfahrt
- 63rd, Giro dell'Emelia
- 68th, Fleche Wallone
- 71st, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco
- 71st, Dauphine Libere
- 72nd, Milano - SanRemo
- 76th, Badaling International
- 90th, Liege-Bastogne-Liege
- 92nd, Vuelta a Espana
- 93rd, Giro di Lombardia
- 103rd, Amstel Gold Race
- 118th, Volta Ciclista al Catalunya Marcel Barth
- 4th, Qatar TTT
- 4th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 TTT
- 4th, TTT World Championsips (Germany)
- 5th, German TT Championships
- 7th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 1 TTT
- 8th, Tour of Northern Europe, Stage 2
- 10th, Eindhoven TTT
- 10th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 5
- 17th, Chrono des Herbiers
- 17th, Deutschland Tour, Stage 7
- 17th, Deutschland Tour, Stage 8
- 18th, Tour of Northern Europe, Stage 7
- 28th, Rund um Koln
- 29th, German Championships
- 69th, GP de Fourmies
- 107th, Tour of Qatar
- 111th, Tour of Northern Europe
- 121st, Tour de Suisse
- 122nd, Criterium International
- 122nd, Deutschland Tour
- 127th, Int. Osterriech Rundfahrt
- 132nd, Tirreno-Adriatico
- 157th, Vuelta a Espana João Cabreira
- 6th, Volta Ciclista al Catalunya, Stage 1 TTT
- 7th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 1 TTT
- 13th, Portugese Championships
- 13th, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco, Stage 1
- 18th, TTT World Championsips (Portugal)
- 27th, Portugese TT Championships
- 29th, Tour de Suisse
- 36th, Vuelta a Asturias
- 41st, Tour de France
- 42nd, Vuelta a Espana
- 56th, Tour de Romandie
- 57th, Japan Cup
- 63th, Deutschland Tour
- 66th, World Championships
- 79th, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco
- 84th, Giro dell'Emelia
- 109th, Badaling International
- 116th, Volta Ciclista al Catalunya Franklin Chacon
- 4th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 TTT
- 7th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 1 TTT
- 12th, TTT World Championsips (Venezuela)
- 26th, Tour of California
- 52nd, Dauphine Libere
- 59th, Vuelta a Asturias
- 72nd, Vuelta a Espana
- 78th, Tour de Romandie
- 103rd, World Championships
- 107th, Tour de France
- 116th, Seine-Marne-Seine
- 129th, GP de Fourmies Gatis Smukulis
- 4th, Qatar TTT
- 4th, Dauphine Libere, Stage 3
- 4th, Deutschland Tour, Stage 6
- 9th, Baltic TT Championships
- 9th, Tour of Qatar, Stage 6
- 15th, Dauphine Libere, Stage 2
- 20th, Baltic Championships
- 35th, GP de Fourmies
- 43rd, Japan Cup
- 61st, Amstel Gold Race
- 62nd, Tour of Qatar
- 67th, Tour of Northern Europe
- 68th, Liege-Bastogne-Liege
- 76th, Milano - SanRemo
- 81st, Seine-Marne-Seine
- 93rd, Deutschland Tour
- 94th, Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco
- 98th, Giro dell'Emelia
- 100th, Fleche Wallone
- 100th, Tour de Georgia
- 102nd, Omloop Het Volk
- 112th, Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 113rd, Paris - Roubaix
- 115th, Dauphine Libere
- 116th, Badaling International
- 116th, Giro di Lombardia
- 160th, Tour de France Rafaa Chtioui
- 1st, African TT Championships
- 2nd, African Championships
- 4th, Qatar TTT
- 6th, Volta Ciclista al Catalunyat, Stage 1 TTT
- 7th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 1 TTT
- 10th, Eindhoven TTT
- 11th, Vuelta a Espana, Stage 4
- 28th, Chrono des Herbiers
- 49th, GP de Fourmies
- 51st, Criterium International
- 64th, Seine-Marne-Seine
- 83rd, Tour of Northern Europe
- 85th, Tirreno-Adriatico
- 89th, Tour of California
- 108th, Paris - Roubaix
- 110th, Rund um Koln
- 116th, Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 120th, Omloop Het Volk
- 130th, Tour of Qatar
- 131st, Tour de Romandie
- 131st, Volta Ciclista al Catalunya
- 132nd, Int. Osterriech Rundfahrt
- 141st, Vuelta a Espana David Claerebout
- 4th, Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 TTT
- 11th, Luxembourg TT Championships
- 14th, TTT World Championsips (Luxembourg)
- 18th, Luxembourg Championships
- 79th, Int. Osterriech Rundfahrt
- 86th, Dauphine Libere
- 90th, Tour de Georgia
- 90th, Vuelta a Asturias
- 99th, Deutschland Tour
- 104th, Tour de Romandie
- 113th, Tour of California
- 119th, Rund um Koln
- 133rd, Japan Cup
- 139th, World Championships
- 146th, Paris - Roubaix
- 149th, Ronde van Vlaanderen Sebastien Einsle
- 6th, Volta Ciclista al Catalunya, Stage 1 TTT
- 16th, Luxembourg TT Championships
- 17th, Luxembourg Championships
- 64th, Japan Cup
- 79th, Paris - Roubaix
- 90th, Omloop Het Volk
- 95th, Tour de Georgia
- 98th, Int. Osterriech Rundfahrt
- 102nd, Amstel Gold Race
- 105th, Tour of California
- 106th, Fleche Wallone
- 106th, Tour of Northern Europe
- 108th, Dauphine Libere
- 110th, Criterium International
- 117th, Rund um Koln
- 119th, Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 119th, GP de Fourmies
- 120th, Giro dell'Emelia
- 121st, Liege-Bastogne-Liege
- 121st, Volta Ciclista al Catalunya
- 122nd, Giro di Lombardia
- 126th, Milano - SanRemo Christian Poos
- 3rd, Volta Ciclista al Catalunya, Stage 6
- 4th, Qatar TTT
- 5th, Luxembourg TT Championships
- 6th, Volta Ciclista al Catalunya, Stage 1 TTT
- 8th, Luxembourg Championships
- 14th, TTT World Championsips (Luxembourg)
- 71st, Int. Osterriech Rundfahrt
- 88th, Seine-Marne-Seine
- 90th, GP de Fourmies
- 91st, Tirreno-Adriatico
- 102nd, Tour de Georgia
- 103rd, Volta Ciclista al Catalunya
- 106th, Dauphine Libere
- 108th, Tour of California
- 114th, Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 114th, Rund um Koln
- 123rd, Paris - Roubaix
- 125th, Tour of Qatar
- 125th, Omloop Het Volk Nick Clesen
- 2nd, Luxembourg TT Championships
- 4th, Qatar TTT
- 6th, Vuelta Ciclista al Catalunya, Stage 1 TTT
- 10th, Eindhoven TTT
- 14th, TTT World Championsips (Luxembourg)
- 16th, Luxembourg Championships
- 19th, Tour of Northern Europe, Stage 2
- 30th, World ITT Championships
- 108th, Tour of Qatar
- 108th, GP de Fourmies
- 110th, Paris - Roubaix
- 116th, Omloop Het Volk
- 120th, Tour de Georgia
- 121st, Int. Osterriech Rundfahrt
- 127th, Tirreno-Adriatico
- 130th, Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 133rd, Tour of California
- 141st, Criterium International
- 145th, Volta Ciclista al Catalunya
Vesuvio ready to strengthen after great renewals process
Frank Schleck's wage may have gone up, but notable pay cuts for Rigoberto Uran and Benat Intxausti put the team into a strong position to improve in the upcoming transfer season.
Marcel
Barth
€ 50,000
João
Cabreira
€ 50,000
David
Claerebout
€ 50,000
Nick
Clesen
€ 50,000
Sebastien
Einsle
€ 50,000
Michael
Ford
€ 60,000
Ben
Gastauer
€ 50,000
Maxim
Iglinski
€ 240,000
Beñat
Intxausti
€ 480,000
Marcel
Kittel
€ 60,000
Matea
Kvasina
€ 50,000
Dmitri
Medvedev
€ 58,000
Mwangi
Samwel
€ 205,000
Nico
Schinker
€ 50,000
Frank
Schleck
€ 920,000
Drasutis
Stundzia
€ 55,000
Rigoberto
Uran
€ 580,000
All 17 riders successfully renewed their contract, and most are happy within the team, but offers will of course be listened to.
fenian_1234 wrote:
We also have suitcases stuffed full of cash waiting to offer you in exchange for Uran. I don't think he's going anywhere though.
Rigoberto is worth more than money to us, and it would take a lot to separate what we hope to be a fairly long term relationship.
Kami wrote:
Rumors have it that Kirchen and Thill had talks with Vesuvio. Bacardi would like to know if their is any truth in these rumors?
As a company, Accumalux is hoping to invest in new Luxembourg talent in the upcoming transfers season, and so opt to focus on the free agency rather than those who already have a team, such as Tom Thill, who we were of the impression was particularly looking forward to riding the ProTour with Bacardi as a reward for his domestique duty over the past season.
In regards to Kim, he is of course a rider who we would love to have onboard, but regrettably, Bacardi appear to have offered him a level of paypacket that we may not also be able to match. We certainly would be wary of committing to anything at such an early stage in proceedings, as the wages of other targets must initially take priority.
Team Rothaus - Aegon is very interested in young German talents.
So of course there is a possible link to your two German time trialists Barth and Kittel.
roturn wrote:
Team Rothaus - Aegon is very interested in young German talents.
So of course there is a possible link to your two German time trialists Barth and Kittel.
Time trial strength always has and always will be an integrable part of our team, and Marcel Kittel is of particular importance in his ability to push for individual results, while also being the key part of our team time trial team. We may be willing to listen to offers for Marcel Barth however, but only if we are able to secure adequate team time trial replacement, be it from the team interested in Barth, or from elsewhere.
Levi4life wrote:
Are Iglinsky and Samwel available?
Mwangi Samwel is not for sale this year. So keen were we to keep him, we loaned him out last year when unable to find the funds, rather than sell him. This year we have the funds, and are excited to see him perform in the ProTour having witnessed him take victories at the Continental level.
We will listen to offers for Maxim Iglinski, but they will have to be good.
The Cafe de Colombia team have been coming in for a lot of criticism from the Colombian media this last week. Many in the country are unhappy that Fabio Duarte was let go and also at the rumours that Damiano Cunego is number one transfer target. Journalists are saying that Rigoberto Uran must be brought to the team and Danny Summerhill's name has appeared in early evening reports tonight as a possible makeweight in a deal.
Vesuvio feels that the Colombian media should appreciate, as they did in July, that there is at least 1 team who are built around a Colombian leader in the Tour de France - even if it is not Colombian! Cafe de Colombia appear to be doing great disrespect to the talents of Colombian cyclists by suggestings Danny Summerhill would be an adequate replacement in any team for the great Rigoberto Uran!
Rumours are flying around that Team Festina's two Belgian Timetriallist Jurgen van Goolen and Kristof Goddaert is learning to speak d'Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg at the moment. Also if the rumours are true Marcel Kittel has spoken his will to join the German team, and his personal friend Patrick Gretsch.
The medias are speculating about whether a transfer concerning Goddart and van Goolen + some cash going the way of Vesuvio could trigger a release of Marcel Kittel in the direction of Festina.
While it may be the case that Jurgen van Goolen and Kristoff Goddaert are keen to escape Festina into a team such as our own, Marcel Kittel has tweeted to express the fact that he cannot envisage riding in a colour other than the red of Vesuvio. It would seem like Patrick Gretsch has a great desire to be friends with the German time trialists who are younger and better than him - perhaps this is because he also hopes to be joining a different team, and that perhaps Kittel could help him out there? It is certainly true that Vesuvio is a profitable environment for German time trialists to be in.
The journalist responsible for the Danny Summerhill - Rigoberto Uran deal has published an apology to the two riders, the Cafe de Colombia and the Vesuvio-Accumalux teams. The journalist admitted to his editor that he had dreamed the whole story up. His rather lame excuse was that Danny Summerhill is one of the best riders around and he thought if the idea could be planted with all involved that the teams may act on it and Rigoberto could ride in Colombian colours next year. Cafe de Colombia have refused to comment on the story and the journalist responsible has not been seen since approx. 10pm last night.
