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[EPIC] Belkin Pro Cycling Team
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 27-09-2013 10:44
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For a long time we were known as Rabobank, and after a short while as Team Blanco, we are now Belkin.
For years, we have been the pride of Dutch cycling. We have dominated cyclocross and women's racing, and had successes on the road as well. Together with our development team, we aim to give young cyclists a chance in cycling.
For the next season, our new Belgian manager, Jos Vermaelen, will try to improve our team even further. On the cobbles, our leaders Vanmarcke and Boom will try to get a big win. Renshaw and Bos will be contesting the sprints. Our main strength will be our climber squad. Gesink, Kelderman, Kruijswijk, Mollema, Sanchez and Ten Dam should be able to get some nice results together.
Furthermore, Belkin signed some young promising riders. Willem Brouwer is a dutch spinter who can take hills decently. Jorge Cristobal Riquelme is a Chilean puncheur. Both will get the chance to develop in our team this year, and hopefully they'll stay with us for quite some time.
The first big victory was Paris-Roubaix. Sep Vanmarcke got Belkin this very prestigeous win.
One month later, Willem Brouwer won the 3rd stage in the Giro d'Italia, taking the Maglia Rosa as well.
Robert Gesink won a Giro stage as well, but his real triumph came a month later, as he won the Dutch National Championship Road Race!
Though not in the Belkin jersey and not earning us any points, Jorge Cristobal Riquelme finished his season with a great win in the U23 World Championships Road Race!
Our second season started really good as well. New signing Marcel Kittel won our second monument, Milan - San Remo!
Edited by Ollfardh on 23-03-2015 13:53
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 27-09-2013 10:44
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The Team
 Warren Barguil (FRA)
 Jetse Bol (NED)
Lars Boom (NED)
Theo Bos (NED)
Stef Clement (NED)
 Jorge Cristobal Riquelme (CHL)
Robert Gesink (NED)
Marc Goos (NED)
 Sebastián Henao (COL)
 Silvio Herklotz (GER)
Moreno Hofland (NED)
 Mangere Kaha (NZL)
Wilco Kelderman (NED)
Marcel Kittel (GER)
Steven Kruijswijk (NED)
Tom Leezer (NED)
 Adriano Malori (ITA)
Paul Martens (GER)
Bauke Mollema (NED)
 Lars Petter Nordhaug (NOR)
 Mark Renshaw (AUS)
 Luis León Sánchez (ESP)
Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED)
 Jasper Stuyven (BEL)
Maarten Tjallingii (NED)
Jos van Emden (NED)
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (BEL)
Sep Vanmarcke (BEL)
Wouter Wippert (NED)
Maarten Wynants (BEL)
Manager: Jos Vermaelen
Edited by Ollfardh on 22-01-2015 15:56
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 27-09-2013 10:44
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Belkin calendar 2014
CT.5  Tour de Gabon [13-19 January]
CT.5  Tour de San Luis [20-26 January]
WT.4 Tour Down Under [21-26 January]
CT.6 GP La Marseillaise [2 February]
CT.4 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad [1 March]
CT.5 Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne [2 March]
CT.5 Clasica Almeria [2 March]
CT.5 Strade Bianche [8 March]
CT.6 Roma Maxima [9 March]
WT.3 Paris-Nice [9-16 March]
WT.3 Tirreno-Adriatico [12-18 March]
CT.6 Nokere Koerse [19 March]
WT.1 Milan-San Remo [23 March]
WT.4 Volta a Catalunya [24-30 March]
CT.4 Dwars Door Vlaanderen [26 March]
WT.2 E3 Harelbeke [28 March]
CT.6 Criterium International [29–30 March]
WT.2 Gent-Wevelgem [30 March]
CT.6 Driedaagse De Panne - Koksijde [1-3 April]
CT.6 GP Indurain [5 April]
CT.6 Volta Limburg Classic [5 April]
WT.1 Ronde van Vlaanderen [6 April]
WT.4 Pais Vasco [7-12 April]
CT.4 Scheldeprijs [9 April]
WT.1 Paris-Roubaix [13 April]
CT.6 Klasica Primavera [13 April]
CT.4 Brabantse Pijl [16 April]
WT.2 Amstel Gold Race [20 April]
CT.6 Rund um Koln [21 April]
WT.2 La Fleche Wallone [23 April]
WT.1 Liege-Bastogne-Liege [27 April]
CT.5  Tour of Turkey [27 April-4 May]
WT.4  Tour de Romandie [28 April-4 May]
CT.5 Rund um den Finanzplatz [1 May]
WT.2 Giro d'Italia [9 May-1 June]
CT.6 Tour of Norway [21-25 May]
CT.6 Ronde van Belgie [28 May-1 June]
CT.5  Philadelphia International Championship [1 June]
CT.6  Tour de Luxembourg [4-8 June]
WT.3 Criterium du Dauphine [8-15 June]
WT.3 Tour de Suisse [14-22 June]
Edited by Ollfardh on 30-08-2015 12:06
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 27-09-2013 10:45
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Wins
2014
Tour de Gabon - Stage 5 - Tom-Jelte Slagter
Clásica de AlmerÃa - Marcel Kittel
Paris-Nice - Stage 6 - Bauke Mollema
Milan-San Remo - Marcel Kittel
Critérium International - Stage 2 - Adriano Malori
Critérium International - Stage 3 - Bauke Mollema
Critérium International - General Classification - Bauke Mollema
Critérium International - Point Classification - Bauke Mollema
Critérium International - Youth Classification - Wilco Kelderman
Volta Limburg Classic - Marcel Kittel
Pais Vasco - Stage 3 - Bauke Mollema
Pais Vasco - Point Classification - Bauke Mollema
Pais Vasco - Team Classification
Tour of Turkey - Stage 1 - Marcel Kittel
2013
Tour de Gabon - Stage 1 - Willem Brouwer
Tour de Gabon - General Classification - Willem Brouwer
Tour de Gabon - Point Classification - Willem Brouwer
Tour de Gabon - Youth Classification - Willem Brouwer
Tour de Gabon - Team Classification
Clásica de AlmerÃa - Willem Brouwer
Paris-Roubaix - Sep Vanmarcke
Tour de Romandie - Youth Classification - Wilco Kelderman
Giro d'Italia - Stage 3 - Willem Brouwer
Giro d'Italia - Stage 15 - Robert Gesink
Tour de Luxembourg - Stage 5 - Mark Renshaw
National Time Trial Championships - Chile - Jorge Cristobal Riquelme
National Road Race Championships - Chile - Jorge Cristobal Riquelme
National Time Trial Championships - The Netherlands - Wilco Kelderman
National Road Race Championships - The Netherlands - Robert Gesink
Vuelta a España - Stage 17 - Stef Clement
Tour de Vendée - Willem Brouwer
Paris-Tours - Lars Boom
World Championships U23 Road Race - Jorge Cristobal Riquelme 
Riders of the Month
January: Wilco Kelderman - Jorge Cristobal Riquelme - Tom-Jelte Slagter
February: Sep Vanmarcke - Mark Renshaw - Warren Barguil
March: Marcel Kittel - Bauke Mollema - Adriano Malori
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 27-09-2013 11:43
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Goals
Part 1
Goals:
Easy goal: Top 10 GC Tirreno-Adriatico
Medium goal: Podium Volta Limburg
Hard goal: Win E3
Countered goals:
Easy goal: Top 10 GC Paris-Nice
Medium goal: Stage win De Panne
Hard goal: Podium San Remo
Part 2
Goals:
Easy goal: Top 10 GC Giro
Medium goal: Podium Scheldeprijs
Hard goal: Podium AGR
Countered goals:
Easy goal: Stage win Turkey
Medium goal: Top 5 GC Pais Vasco
Hard goal: Win Ronde
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 01-10-2013 10:35
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History
2013
Spoiler
The Team
 Jack Bobridge (AUS)
Jetse Bol (NED)
Lars Boom (NED)
Theo Bos (NED)
Willem Brouwer (NED)
Graeme Brown (AUS)
Stef Clement (NED)
Cristobal Riquelme Jorge [CHL]
Juan Manuel Gárate (ESP)
Robert Gesink (NED)
Marc Goos (NED)
Moreno Hofland (NED)
Wilco Kelderman (NED)
Steven Kruijswijk (NED)
Tom Leezer (NED)
Paul Martens (GER)
Bauke Mollema (NED)
Lars Petter Nordhaug (NOR)
Mark Renshaw (AUS)
Luis León Sánchez (ESP)
Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED)
Bram Tankink (NED)
David Tanner (AUS)
Laurens ten Dam (NED)
Maarten Tjallingii (NED)
Jos van Emden (NED)
Dennis van Winden (NED)
Sep Vanmarcke (BEL)
Robert Wagner (GER)
Maarten Wynants (BEL)
Wins
Tour de Gabon - Stage 1 - Willem Brouwer
Tour de Gabon - General Classification - Willem Brouwer
Tour de Gabon - Point Classification - Willem Brouwer
Tour de Gabon - Youth Classification - Willem Brouwer
Tour de Gabon - Team Classification
Clásica de AlmerÃa - Willem Brouwer
Paris-Roubaix - Sep Vanmarcke
Tour de Romandie - Youth Classification - Wilco Kelderman
Giro d'Italia - Stage 3 - Willem Brouwer
Giro d'Italia - Stage 15 - Robert Gesink
Tour de Luxembourg - Stage 5 - Mark Renshaw
National Time Trial Championships - Chile - Jorge Cristobal Riquelme
National Road Race Championships - Chile - Jorge Cristobal Riquelme
National Time Trial Championships - The Netherlands - Wilco Kelderman
National Road Race Championships - The Netherlands - Robert Gesink
Vuelta a España - Stage 17 - Stef Clement
Tour de Vendée - Willem Brouwer
Paris-Tours - Lars Boom
World Championships U23 Road Race - Jorge Cristobal Riquelme
Goals
Easy goal: Top 10 GC Tirreno
Medium goal: Podium Volta Limburg
Hard goal: Podium E3
Easy goal: Top 10 GC Paris-Nice
Medium goal: Top 5 Omloop
Hard goal: Podium Dwars Door Vlaanderen
Easy goal: Top 10 Philly Classic
Medium goal: Stage Win Giro d'Italia
Hard goal: Podium Amstel Gold Race
Easy goal: Top 10 Brabantse Pijl
Medium goal: Youth Jersey Tour of Norway
Hard goal: Podium Ronde van Vlaanderen
Easy goal: Top 10 Tour De France
Medium goal: Top 5 Paris-Bruxelles
Hard goal: Win Dutch Food Valley
Easy goal: Top 10 Lombardia
Medium goal: Stage Win Vuelta
Hard goal: Podium GC Eneco Tour
Riders of the Month
January: Willem Brouwer - Jorge Cristobal Riquelme - Paul Martens
February: Willem Brouwer - Lars Boom - Maarten Tjallingi
March: Sep Vanmarcke - Juan Manuel Gárate - Lars Boom
April: Sep Vanmarcke - Wilco Kelderman - Robert Gesink
May: Willem Brouwer - Robert Gesink - Paul Martens
June: Robert Gesink - Wilco Kelderman - Mark Renshaw
July: Wilco Kelderman - Jorge Cristobal Riquelme - Luis Leon Sanchez
August: Bauke Mollema - Sep Vanmarcke - Jorge Cristobal Riquelme
September: Stef Clement - Willem Brouwer - Jorge Cristobal Riquelme
October: Lars Boom - Willem Brouwer - Jorge Cristobal Riquelme
Riders of the Year
Sep Vanmarcke
Team ranking
| 1 | Sky | 14212 | | 2 | Movistar | 9965 | | 3 | Belkin | 8523 |
Rider ranking
| 1 | P. Sagan | 4537 | | 2 | C. Froome | 3920 | | 3 | V. Nibali | 3466 | | 17 | W. Brouwer | 1489 | | 18 | S. Vanmarcke | 1437 | | 37 | B. Mollema | 889 | | 53 | L. Boom | 643 | | 55 | W. Kelderman | 608 | | 56 | J. Cristobal Riquelme | 608 | | 63 | R. Gesink | 539 | | 80 | L. Sanchez | 410 | | 98 | P. Martens | 310 |
Edited by Ollfardh on 28-01-2015 14:37
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 02-10-2013 14:48
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Belkin is hoping to sign a few youngster. In particular Adrien Hanzen is high on our priority list.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 02-10-2013 20:30
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Unfortunately Hanzen did not sign for us, we are still looking for a good sprinter and/or puncheur.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 03-10-2013 09:25
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We have a top priority for the new seaon, his name is Willem Brouwer and he's a Dutch 23 year old cyclist. He's one of the few sprinters that has enough power to handle a hill. Needless to say, we'll do everything we can to sign him, although we can imagine many other teams will be interested as well.
We're also in talks with Maxime Oget, but he has many other offers and might be hard to convince.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 03-10-2013 15:29
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Ladies and gentlemen, we got him!
The 23 year old Willem Brouwer has signed for the team. He will be leading our sprint squad for the upcoming season. We're hoping he will be the billboard of dutch cycling for the next decade, so in the end all parties agreed his place was with Belkin.
To celebrate, we'll be giving away Broodjes Kroket with Pindasauce for free tonight at the Belkin HQ!
For our last team addition, we are probably going to go for a strong puncheur, although if any other interesting offer comes up, we'll want to hear it.
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| generalaycum |
Posted on 03-10-2013 15:35
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Broodjes Kroket. <3 |
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| Marcovdw |
Posted on 03-10-2013 15:37
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Meh, I don't like Kroketten and Pindasauce 
Broodje Frikandel with Mosterd 4ever 
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 03-10-2013 20:22
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Hello there, it's Willem Brouwers here 
I just want to say that it's great to be part of this team.
Belkin has always been my favourite team, to be honest.
I signed a contract to be the lead sprinter of Belkin. I'll aim to do good in the flat sprints, but I'm also the type of sprinter that can take some hills.
A long distance goal for me is grabbing the Tour de France green jersey. For now, I just hope I can grab a few WT (stage)wins for the team.
As a Dutchman, integrating to the team doesn't look hard, I've already got to know some people.
I can feel in every way that I will have a great time at this team.
Edited by Jesleyh on 03-10-2013 20:25
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 04-10-2013 18:17
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It isn't official yet, but Belkin is very close to signing Jorge Cristobal Riquelme. The Chilean puncheur would be a great addition for the team. We hope to finalise the deal on monday!
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| brewers90 |
Posted on 04-10-2013 18:34
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Erm... you already have 30 riders. |
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 04-10-2013 18:39
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Dammit, he's a big target for Europcar as well...
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 04-10-2013 18:39
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Dammit, he's a big target for Europcar as well...
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| jaxika |
Posted on 04-10-2013 18:42
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brewers90 wrote:
Erm... you already have 30 riders.
The 2 custom rider override the 30 team limit. If after the signings of the custom riders any team its over of 30 riders, can kick out the surplus riders ... My interpretation from what say Ollfardh earlier |
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 04-10-2013 18:43
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jaxika wrote:
brewers90 wrote:
Erm... you already have 30 riders.
The 2 custom rider override the 30 team limit. If after the signings of the custom riders any team its over of 30 riders, can kick out the surplus riders ... My interpretation from what say Ollfardh earlier
Correct, I'll have to fire someone before we start
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 04-10-2013 19:35
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Ollfardh wrote:
jaxika wrote:
brewers90 wrote:
Erm... you already have 30 riders.
The 2 custom rider override the 30 team limit. If after the signings of the custom riders any team its over of 30 riders, can kick out the surplus riders ... My interpretation from what say Ollfardh earlier
Correct, I'll have to fire someone before we start
fire a real rider or a custom rider?
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