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Ecopetrol - Aeropostal HQ [CT]
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| bigggassi |
Posted on 20-10-2012 23:23
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 Ecopetrol - Aeropostal Cycling Team 
Established: 2013
Based: Bogota, Colombia
Main Sponsor:
Ecopetrol
Aeropostal
Minor Sponsor:
Mercantil Commercebank
Caf� de Colombia
 Unicef
Supplier:
 Adidas
Budget
1.700.000 $
*more to come*
*still to hire*
 Clasico RCN - Win |  Cartafo Irazu - Top 10 |  America Tour Standing - Top 10 |  Tour of the Middle East - Top 5 |  Tour do Rio - Top 5 |
Edited by bigggassi on 06-12-2012 08:33
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| bigggassi |
Posted on 20-10-2012 23:23
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| bigggassi |
Posted on 20-10-2012 23:23
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| bigggassi |
Posted on 22-10-2012 09:57
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| Heine |
Posted on 22-10-2012 12:00
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Changeing from german to columbian? I think it is a smart move, Cafe de Columbia's end should mean you got a good market for riders 
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| Mhaley45 |
Posted on 22-10-2012 12:24
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Rocky Mountain Times (newspaper)
extract from an interview with Carolos Ospina
[RMT] What do you think of cycling adding so many new teams for the 2013 season?
[Ospina] Well I think this is very good for cycling. There are a lot of very good riders, many of them from South American who would love to sign professional contracts and these new teams will help them alot.
[RMT] One of those new teams is from Columbia is it not?
[Ospina] Yes that is especially exciting. There was a lot of sorrow when "Cafe de Columbia" disbanded but now this new team Ecopetrol - Aeropostal will be starting up. Some part of me wishes I could end my career with a Columbian team. I have several years of professional experience and I think I could help a new team get started.
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When we asked Martyn Haly the AMEXpc team manager to comment, Mr Haly said Carlos was one of our best riders last year, With our promotion we must make changes and we hope Carlos wants to stay with us but if his heart is elsewhere then we will try to help him anyway we can. |
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| bigggassi |
Posted on 22-10-2012 12:45
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Heine wrote:
Changeing from german to columbian? I think it is a smart move, Cafe de Columbia's end should mean you got a good market for riders
yeah, the german speaking area was a little bit overcrowded 
@ Mhaley45
Nice one. How I'm supposed to answer on something like that in the future? |
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| Mresuperstar |
Posted on 22-10-2012 12:56
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CSC Columbian cyclists Soler, Rodas, Parra Bustamante, and Colorado have all been rumored to wanting to join this new Columbian team and dominating the CT mountains together. Any chance bigggassi would put up the money to let these men make the transfer?
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| Mhaley45 |
Posted on 22-10-2012 13:32
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AMEXpc is also looking for Columbian climbers, so keep us in mind as the transfer season starts. |
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 22-10-2012 17:41
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Every post in this thread, after the main ones, has mentioned Columbia.
Has a new country just started or something? 
Colombia does make a good choice for a team though - plenty of good Colombians around.
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| bigggassi |
Posted on 23-10-2012 22:22
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The new colombian cycling team has now published their new jersey for the 2013 season. "We are very pleased with the style of the shirt and hope its a good start into our very first season" said the manager of team to the press.
With the jersey also the new sponsors were announced. The main sponsor will be the colombian oil coorporation Ecopetrol combined with the venezualian flight company Aeropostal. Minor sponsors are Café de Colombia, Mercantil Commercebank and Unicef. Supplier is the cloth company Adidas.
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| cio93 |
Posted on 23-10-2012 22:29
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bigggassi wrote:
Heine wrote:
Changeing from german to columbian? I think it is a smart move, Cafe de Columbia's end should mean you got a good market for riders
yeah, the german speaking area was a little bit overcrowded
Thank you.
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| bigggassi |
Posted on 23-10-2012 23:00
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On the presentation of the teamshirt and the main sponsors, general manager bigggassi was asked how the future team will look like.
"Honestly we don't know yet, but our focus will on colombians and venezuelans of course. If Free Agents or already under contract. We are interested in any of them and looking forward to speak with the riders and managers for an arrangement"
said bigggassi. There are also rumors the team is looking for some spaniards since the colombian national language is spanish and there wouldn't been any linguistic issues.
"Yeah, its an option. I don't say we will definitely hire some, but its an option we are talking about a lot the last days."
Edited by bigggassi on 23-10-2012 23:13
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 24-10-2012 06:09
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Very nice jersey by Miggi, good luck with that cool south American focus, there are nice rders to fight for.
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| bigggassi |
Posted on 24-10-2012 17:21
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Questioned about a possible signing of the former Amex Pro Cycling member Carlos Ospina, the front office of the new colombian team showed some interest. "Yeah, we're watching Ospina closely and will talk to him when we're allowed to. Regarding a possible extension with Ospinas' former team in the transfer period bigggassi stayed sceptical. "I can't speak for him, but if someone is not willing to renew my contract its a sign for me they doesn't want me anymore."
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