Hi, My name is Elvir Pantarolo.

I am from German-speaking Switzerland. I was born in 1991 in a hospital not far from the Swiss Alps. I decided to start this blog because I wanted to get my name out in the world not only by doing well in races but by writing a record breaking blog that a lot of people will read. Now onto the important stuff.

I have been scouted by a world tour team that will be very supporting. We are lead by one rider in particular who is trying also break a record. The team's main sponsor is from Switzerland and was very happy when one of their scouts found me. The team is



Coming up next is our first training camp and the team preview.

Seeya soon

Absolute Leaders

Cadel Evans



Alessandro Ballan



Greg Van Avermaet





Protected Riders



Luxury Team Mates



Young Riders



Team Mates



The First Training Camp

Okay now you know the whole team, and btw I am a Protected Rider just in case you were looking. I am now going to tell you about the training camp we are on at the moment. It is in Switzerland in the Swiss Alps. Our hotel is very nice and must have been very expensive. We were split into 2 groups. 1 for the sprinters and 1 for the climbers/tour riders. The sprinters would go up the hill a lot slower then the climbers would (as you should all know).

This is our hotel. Right in the middle of the mountains.


This is what we found on the front door. Our groups and Room numbers.

The Sprinters group:

Greg Van Avermaet		Room 1
Alessandro Ballan		Room 2
Alexander Kristoff		Room 3
Marcus Burghardt		Room 4
Danilo Wyss		Room 5
Karsten Kroon		Room 6
John Murphy		Room 7
Taylor Phinney		Room 8
Ivan Santaromita		Room 9
Simon Zahner		Room 10

Martin Kohler		Room 1
Michael Schar		Room 2
Jeff Louder		Room 3
Chris Barton		Room 4
Elie Delplace		Room 5
Chad Beyer		Room 6
Christopher Butler		Room 7
Brent Bookwalter		Room 8

The Climbers group:

Cadel Evans		Room 1
Amael Moinard		Room 2
Steve Merabito		Room 3
George Hincapie		Room 4
Mauro Santambrogio		Room 5
Elvir Pantarolo		Room 6
Mathias Frank		Room 7
Johann Tschopp		Room 8
Yannick Eijssen		Room 9
Timothy Roe		Room 10

The next day we went for a ride and I was the youngest rider in the climbers group. We took turns at riding on the front going up the mountains and Evans said he would give me advice at the end of the ride.

What Cadel said:


I am taking all this in and I will do a lot better tomorrow, I hope. I will post the objectives and my race schedule in the coming posts

Seeya then

My Schedule

Race		Stages	Objective
Trofeo Mallorca		5 days	Help the Leader
GP di Luguno		1 day	Top 10
Strade Bianchi		1 day	Top 10
Volta a Catalunya		7 days	Help the Leader
Vuelta al Pais Vasco		6 days	Help the Leader
Tour of Turkey		8 days	Top 5
Tour of California		8 days	Help the Leader
GP Gippengen		1 day	Top 10
National Championships		1 day	Top 5
Brixia Tour		5 days	Top 3
Vuelta a Burgos		5 days	Top 3
GP de Quebec		1 day	Top 20
GP de Montreal		1 day	Top 20
World ITT Champs		1 day	Get into the race
Japan Cup		1 day	Top 20
Total	52 Race Days

As you can see I start of my season with quite a hard race the Trofeo Mallorca. I will be there as a team mate and maybe get in 1 or 2 of the breakaways. After that we have a couple of 1 day races which are the GP di Luguno and the Strade Bianchi. The Volta a Catalunya is next up which will be my 2nd longest stage race of the year. I will again be helping the leader. The same goes for the Vuelta al Pais Vasco and the Tour of California. My first race as a leader is the Tour of Turkey. I am hoping to get a top 5 spot there.

After my break i go onto a few more races which one of them is the Brixia Tour. Here I want to get a top 3 overall. All of the final races I will be helping the leader of the team. I am hoping to get into the Swiss Team for the World TT Championships as that will be a huge success for me in my first season as a pro.

Bye For Now