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Asian Racing Team! - Panasonic-Fizik (March 2011)
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 28-03-2011 23:50
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Rumours have been flying around in the 2010 off-season after reports leaked out that a Asian Racing Team was going to be formed but with no concrete evidence as yet is it just guess work or will there be more to the story then first thought?
Yokihiro Doi is one man who would welcome the team:
"With a Asian Racing Team racing over here in Europe and the professional scene it would make cycling a lot more comericial in Asia and hopefully boost the number of cyclist."
Edited by jt1109 on 02-04-2011 18:31
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Posted on 29-03-2011 00:00
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ASIAN RACING TEAM CONFIRMED:
Team creator Masahiko Mifune fomer Contiental Tour rider has finallly spoke out about his new cycling project ,which include two Director Sportif Himself and Englishman Jacob Trotter who got talking at last years world track championship, Masahiko had this to say "This has been a year in the making and we are now finally ready we will be confirming sponsors shortly and hope to hold our team presenation just before Tour De San Luis which is where are first race will be"
Mifune refused to talk about signings today and said all will be revealed after the team sponsors have been. |
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Posted on 29-03-2011 00:06
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PANASONIC MAIN SPONSOR!
Panasonic electricals has been named the main sponsors of the new Asian Racing Team , the company which produced revune of 80 billion US$ last year had this to say after 22 years out of cycling panasonic has decided to come back this time with the hope of improving cycling in it's own country. A spokesman had this to say. "Panasonic is delighted to be able to back a cycling team for the first time in 22 years, everyone at the company is overjoyed with the news." Director Sportif Masahiko Mifune refused to comment and rumours there will be two more sponsors to come to the team.
Panasonic spokesman at prensentation. |
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Posted on 29-03-2011 00:12
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Fizik and Puma named as secondary sponsors.
Today the last two sponsors for the Asian racing team have been learned to be Fizik and Puma both companys with background in Germany rummours have said that the team may be more German then Asian.
Director Sportif Masahiko Mifune had this to say "It is true that Puma and Fizik have asked for a certain number of German riders on the team but nothing more has been disscussed yet."
The team will run under the name Panasonic-Fizik this year with Puma as main clothing sponsors.
Puma Ceo Jochen Zeitz(left) after the press conference |
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 29-03-2011 00:21
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Japan Superstar Confirmed:
Japennse fans rush to see him at the tour could he be doing that for an asian team in the future.
Yukiya Arashiro has been cofirmed as the first signing and Leader of Team Panasonic-Fizik the young japaesseman had this to say"it is a great honour to be a part of the first truely asian professional team i hope the results will come for us and maybe we can ride some worldtour races this year".
Arashiro does not arrive alone as he brings with him by request two Japenesse Riders in Yokihiro Doi and Kuzihiro Mori. Doi who had experience in the Pro Contiental ranks before had expressed an intrest in signing for the team earlier in the year.
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 29-03-2011 00:28
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Five Japensse Rider Confirmed:
Taiji Nashitani
Shusako Motsauo
Yushuke Hatanaka
Soichiro Fukyuda
Takayuki Abe
Asian Racing team waste no time in signing five japensse national rider and follows it up with.
Sung Beak Park
Seon Ho Park
of South Korea
and then
Anuar Manan
Wan Najme
of Malayisa
Manan winning in Hong Kong |
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 29-03-2011 00:32
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2 last Asian Rider as Fizik and Puma through weight around and sign Rafaa Chitoui with guidence from Mifune:
Cheng Ji of China and Hossien Nateghi of Iran become last Asian Signings for racing team.
Before Puma demand African wonderkid Rafaa Chitoui is signed to boost there popularity with the african market(after a string of shirt deals over there)
The team is now on the look out for what is thought it be 5 Germans stipulated in Fizik and Puma's contracts. |
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 29-03-2011 00:35
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5 Germans Sign for Panasonic-Fizik:
Arthur Gajek
Bastien Burgel
Mattihus Plarre
Patrick Gretsch
Sergej Fuchs
All sign for panasonic after Sportif annouces complete roster with Presentation Coming Soon: |
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 29-03-2011 00:52
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The Team:
The Shirt:
My first ever kit not bad eh?
The Goals:
-> Stage Win(s) Circuit de Lorraine (20/05)
-> Wear the Sprinters Jersey Route de Sud (17/06)
-> Stage Win(s) Tour of Sloviene (17/06)
-> Top 10 GP Stad Zottegam (17/08)
-> Top 10 Giro Del Veneto (30/08)
-> Top 10 Japan Cup (12/10)
The Bikes:
Look bike manfactuares kindly agreed to sponsor our bikes this season.
The Sportif:
Masahiko Mifune
The Next Race:
Tour de San Luis (17/01 - 23/01) |
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 29-03-2011 01:15
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Good luck. Nice jersey btw =)
And wow, that is a high number of sprinters in the team =P
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| hellboy |
Posted on 29-03-2011 07:49
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Very nice sprinter team,looks very interesting,good luck for the season
Go Roman!
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Posted on 29-03-2011 12:29
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BTW i play Flat stages on hard Hilly and Mountain on medium
Stage Winners:
Stage 1(Flat): Rafaa Chitoui (Panasonic)
Stage 2 (Hilly): Jure Kocjan (Team Type 1) Doi is 7th
Stage 3 (Flat): Rafaa Chitoui (Panasonic)
Stage 4 (TT): Steve Cozza (NetApp) Chitoui is 3rd
Stage 5 (Hilly): Anton Vorabev (Itrea-Katusha) Doi is 8th
Stage 6 (Hilly): Kristian Fajit (Adria Mobil) Doi is 7th
Stage 7 (Flat): Rafaa Chitoui (Panasonic)
GC:
1st Rigoberto Uran Sky Pro Cycling 27h"37"48
2nd Paulo Tiralongo Astana +"48
3rd Jure Kocjan Team Type 1 +"1"28
4th Yokihiro Doi Panasonic +"5"08
5th Tanel Kangkert Astana +"5"48
Altogther a good tour fo us Chitoui took 3 stages(sprinting is too easy on Hard may try extreme next time) and Doi came 4th through consistensy rather then spectacular but it puts point on the board during the early season.
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Chitoui Stage 1
Chitoui Podium
Doi climbs in the distance stage 6
Chitoui rounds off the tour in style |
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Posted on 29-03-2011 12:43
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January Results and Rankings:
Next Month:
Grand Prix La Marsille (01/02)
Tour of Quater (07/02-12/02)
Tour of Oman (14/02-19/02)
Trofeo Laigueglia (20/02)
GP Lugano (28/02) |
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| laidbackmarc |
Posted on 29-03-2011 13:06
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Nice jersey for a first try
And good luck with the story!
Edited by laidbackmarc on 29-03-2011 13:07
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| jt1109 |
Posted on 29-03-2011 15:44
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Result:
1 Rafaâ Chtioui Team Panasonic-Fizik 3h59'50
2 Jérémy Roy FDJ s.t.
3 Pierrick Fédrigo FDJ s.t.
4 Jérôme Baugnies Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
5 Leonardo Duque Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t.
6 Sandy Casar FDJ s.t.
7 Sébastien Joly Saur - Sojasun s.t.
8 Guillaume Blot Bretagne - Schuller s.t.
9 Anthony Geslin FDJ s.t.
10 Nicolas Vogondy Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t.
11 Matthieu Ladagnous FDJ s.t.
12 Bobbie Traksel Landbouwkrediet s.t.
13 Florian Vachon Bretagne - Schuller s.t.
14 Jesús Rosendo AndalucÃa Caja Granada s.t.
15 Kenny De Ketele Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
16 Javier BenÃtez AndalucÃa Caja Granada s.t.
17 Davy Commeyne Landbouwkrediet s.t.
18 Jérôme Coppel Saur - Sojasun s.t.
19 Steven Van Vooren Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
20 Adrián Palomares AndalucÃa Caja Granada s.t.
21 Bert De Waele Landbouwkrediet s.t.
22 Jacek Morajko CCC Polsat Polkowice s.t.
23 Dominique Rollin FDJ s.t.
24 Romain Zingle Cofidis, le crédit en ligne s.t.
25 Olivier Bonnaire FDJ s.t.
This race was actually quite entertaining with Doi, Geslin and Fedrigo going away on the climb at the end before being brought back with 5km to go and for Rafaa Chitoui to win the sprint again!(this race was played on hard so next one will be extreme.
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 29-03-2011 16:42
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Yeah, Chtioui in great form. What races he targets later in season ? Keep it up
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Posted on 29-03-2011 21:51
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Stage 1(ITT):
1 Geraint Thomas Sky ProCycling 3'14
2 Enrico Gasparotto Pro Team Astana + 3
3 Bert Grabsch HTC - Highroad + 4
4 Tanel Kangert Pro Team Astana + 5
5 Tom Veelers Skil - Shimano + 6
9 Rafaâ Chtioui Team Panasonic-Fizik s.t.
11 Bastian Bürgel Team Panasonic-Fizik s.t.
Stage 2(Flat):
1 Peter McDonald V Australia 3h"21"47
2 Matthew Goss HTC - Highroad s.t.
3 Rafaa Chtioui Team Panasonic-Fizik s.t.
4 Ben Swift Sky ProCycling s.t.
5 Greg Van Averamaert Omeaga Pharma - Lotto s.t.
Stage 3(Flat):
1 Greg Van Averamaert Omeaga Pharma - Lotto s.t.
2 Alex Rassmussen HTC - Highroad s.t.
3 Andrea Grendne Team Type 1 s.t.
4 Rafaa Chtioui Team Panasonic-Fizik s.t.
5 Adis Kiroupis Landbouwkredit s.t.
Stage 4(Flat)
1 Jure Kocjan Team Type 1 3h22'20
2 Nicholas Walker V Australia s.t.
3 Rafaâ Chtioui Team Panasonic-Fizik s.t.
4 Andrea Grendene Team Type 1 s.t.
5 Hans Dekkers Landbouwkrediet s.t.
Stage 5(Flat):
1 Juan José Haedo Saxo Bank SunGard 3h22'33
2 Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team s.t.
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky ProCycling s.t.
4 Alex Rasmussen HTC - Highroad s.t.
5 Jeremy Hunt Sky ProCycling s.t.
Stage 6(Flat):
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky ProCycling 2h52'40
2 Juan José Haedo Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
3 Kenny Van Hummel Skil - Shimano s.t.
4 Rafaâ Chtioui Team Panasonic-Fizik s.t.
5 Murilo Fischer Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t.
GC:
1 Geraint Thomas Sky ProCycling 16h04'45
2 Peter McDonald V Australia + 11
3 Enrico Gasparotto Pro Team Astana s.t.
4 Rafaâ Chtioui Team Panasonic-Fizik + 12
5 Bert Grabsch HTC - Highroad + 16
6 Matthew Goss HTC - Highroad + 19
7 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky ProCycling + 22
8 Takashi Miyazawa Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli + 24
9 Tanel Kangert Pro Team Astana + 25
10 Tom Veelers Skil - Shimano + 26
11 Nicholas Walker V Australia s.t.
12 Juan José Haedo Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
13 Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team s.t.
14 Lars Ytting Bak HTC - Highroad s.t.
15 Blaz Jarc Adria Mobil s.t.
16 Manuel Quinziato BMC Racing Team + 28
17 Sean Sullivan V Australia + 29
18 Sep Vanmarcke Team Garmin - Cervélo s.t.
19 Matteo Tosatto Saxo Bank SunGard s.t.
20 Michael Freiberg V Australia s.t.
21 Jeremy Hunt Sky ProCycling + 30
22 Alex Rasmussen HTC - Highroad s.t.
23 Jure Kocjan Team Type 1 s.t.
24 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
25 Martin Velits HTC - Highroad + 31
Points:
1 Rafaâ Chtioui Team Panasonic-Fizik
2 Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team
3 Juan José Haedo Saxo Bank SunGard
4 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky ProCycling
5 Alex Rasmussen HTC - Highroad
Young:
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky ProCycling
2 Rafaâ Chtioui Team Panasonic-Fizik
3 Nicholas Walker V Australia
4 Roger Kluge Skil - Shimano
5 Ben Swift Sky ProCycling
Screens:
Jure Kocjan winning stage 4
Review:
Not much to talk about Thomas's bonus seconds in the ITT won him the race but for our first on Extreme it was very entertaning with Chtioui showing great form.
Replies:
@Alakagom Chtioui is targeting now here at qatar then oman and then onto Langkiwi before resting and coming back for the Giro Del Vento late in the season. Thanks for reading
Next Race:
Tour of Oman
Edited by jt1109 on 29-03-2011 21:53
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Posted on 29-03-2011 21:55
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Oh and on another note does anyone know how to add Simulated national championship into the game? |
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Posted on 29-03-2011 23:19
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Story with Arashiro = great! |
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Posted on 30-03-2011 21:51
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Stage 1 (flat):
1 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky ProCycling 3h56'20
2 Mirco Lorenzetto Pro Team Astana s.t.
3 Rafaâ Chtioui Team Panasonic-Fizik s.t.
4 Angelo Furlan Team Christina Watches - Onfone s.t.
5 Javier BenÃtez AndalucÃa Caja Granada s.t.
Stage 2 (Flat):
1 Mirco Lorenzetto Pro Team Astana 3h26'40
2 Rafaâ Chtioui Team Panasonic-Fizik s.t.
3 Geraint Thomas Sky ProCycling s.t
4 Javier BenÃtez AndalucÃa Caja Granada s.t.
5 Jeremy Hunt Sky ProCycling s.t.
Stage 3 (Flat):
1 Geraint Thomas Sky ProCycling 5h15'35
2 Greg Henderson Sky ProCycling s.t.
3 Rafaâ Chtioui Team Panasonic-Fizik s.t.
4 Jeremy Hunt Sky ProCycling s.t.
5 Guillaume Blot Bretagne - Schuller s.t.
Stage 4 (Mountain)
1 Paolo Tiralongo Pro Team Astana 4h54'10
2 Yukihiro Doi Team Panasonic-Fizik + 2'30
3 Geraint Thomas Sky ProCycling + 3'16
4 Marek Rutkiewicz CCC Polsat Polkowice + 4'40
5 Tomasz Nose Adria Mobil + 5'27
Stage 5(ITT Hilly)
1 Bastian Bürgel Team Panasonic-Fizik 38'31"
2 Geraint Thomas Sky ProCycling + 14
3 Yukihiro Doi Team Panasonic-Fizik + 15
4 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Sky ProCycling + 16
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky ProCycling s.t.
Stage 6(Flat)
1 Rafal Ratajczyk CCC Polsat Polkowice 3h45'59
2 Kristjan Fajt Adria Mobil s.t.
3 Ronan Van Zandbeek Skil - Shimano s.t.
4 Anton Vorobev Itera - Katusha s.t.
5 Geert Steurs Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator s.t.
GC:
1 Paolo Tiralongo Pro Team Astana 21h19'17
2 Yukihiro Doi Team Panasonic-Fizik + 2'19
3 Geraint Thomas Sky ProCycling + 2'43
4 Marek Rutkiewicz CCC Polsat Polkowice + 5'39
5 Simon Geschke Skil - Shimano + 5'54
6 Bastian Bürgel Team Panasonic-Fizik + 5'56
7 Kurt-Asle Arvesen Sky ProCycling + 6'11
8 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky ProCycling + 6'20
9 Tomasz Nose Adria Mobil + 6'26
10 Florian Guillou Bretagne - Schuller + 6'28
Points:
1 Geraint Thomas Sky ProCycling
2 Rafaâ Chtioui Team Panasonic-Fizik
3 Mirco Lorenzetto Pro Team Astana
4 Yukihiro Doi Team Panasonic-Fizik
5 Greg Henderson Sky ProCycling
Mountain:
1 Paolo Tiralongo Pro Team Astana
2 Yukihiro Doi Team Panasonic-Fizik
3 Geraint Thomas Sky ProCycling
4 Marek Rutkiewicz CCC Polsat Polkowice
5 Tomasz Nose Adria Mobil
Young:
1 Geraint Thomas Sky ProCycling
2 Simon Geschke Skil - Shimano
3 Bastian Bürgel Team Panasonic-Fizik
4 Edvald Boasson Hagen Sky ProCycling
5 Jan Bakelandts Omega Pharma - Lotto
Screens:
Review: Great race for us Doi was competivtive on the mountains and Chtioui likewise on the sprints and with Burgel's surprice time trial win a great week.
Replies: @ FreitasPCM it sure does
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