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| steve smink |
Posted on 02-07-2014 12:45
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AN POST CHAINREACTION
Introduction
We are An Post Chainreaction, we are an Irish team based in Belgium. This is our 7th season on the cycling scene previously being known as the Sean Kelly Development team. Once again this year we have retained our Continental licence. We have produced some great riders over the years including Matt Brammier (3 time Irish road race champion) Gediminas Bagdonas ( Now a World Tour rider) and most recently Sam Bennett ( Tour of Britain stage winner now showing the world his sprinting ability which he learned from the great Sean Kelly now riding for Team Netapp Endura). We are coming off a great 2013 season. This year we are hoping for great things mostly on the European Tour.
The Team
The special thing about An Post Chainreaction is our togetherness and our strong team bond, travelling around Europe, not always in the best conditions really unites our team and we stand by each other when the going gets tough. Everyone knows each other well and we have a diverse team with riders from Great Britain, Australia, Belgium, The Netherlands, New Zealand and of course Ireland.
Owain Doull One of the most promising sprinters in Great Britain also a track cyclist, he is a great asset to the team
Sean Downey A great puncher Sean will prove valuable to the team on hard days over rolling terrain
Bobbie Traksel A veteran on the team Bobbie has a lot of experience he will be our leader on the cobbles and he still has a decent kick in the sprints, we will look to Boobie for wins this season
Spoiler This story will not start immediately as I am kind of busy at the moment and I am also waiting for patches and databases to be released so I hope to get races underway within this month but I was itching to start this as I have had this idea for a long time now. This is my first story so I am just testing some things out at the moment also so please bear with me, Thank You
Edited by steve smink on 02-07-2014 15:11
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 02-07-2014 12:48
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Good luck when you kick this off  |
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| Cycleman123 |
Posted on 02-07-2014 12:51
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Good luck mate
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| dark_x2012 |
Posted on 02-07-2014 12:54
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| admirschleck |
Posted on 02-07-2014 12:55
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Good luck STEEEEEEEEEEEEEVE! 
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| EwanWilson |
Posted on 02-07-2014 16:14
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Good Luck matey 
Is the ras one of you goals?
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| Roextro |
Posted on 02-07-2014 16:30
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Good luck and have fun!!!! |
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 02-07-2014 17:34
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Hope Owain Doull proves to be a great asset to the team |
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| steve smink |
Posted on 02-07-2014 21:15
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@Everyone: Thanks for all the feedback I hope to get some Pre-Season updates out tonight and over the next few days
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| steve smink |
Posted on 02-07-2014 21:37
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Pre Season Training Week 1
Pre-Season training started in early January on The Flanders cobbles and long flat open roads, perfect for sprinting and preparing for the cobbled classics. As we were in Flanders in January the team didn’t expect the best conditions and we were greeted with heavy rain but we made do and got up in the saddle. Riders here were Laurent Van Den Bak, Kevin Claeys, Bobbie Traksel, Owain Doull, Robert Jon McCarthy, Marcus Christie, Ryan Mullen and Wout Franssen.
The team came up to one of the many Belgian cobbled “walls”, intimidating for any rider even on a training ride.
The men were separated from the boys here with Laurent, Bobbie and Kevin pulling away from the rest of the team
We regrouped on the descent and prepared our trains for Bobbie and Owain. We even came across some Belgian riders on the route with Wout, Kevin and Laurent chatting to the locals.
Owain showcased his power in the sprint
It was a hard but rewarding week for the boys on the famous Flemish terrain.
Spoiler Sorry about the stupid Green and White circles they will be no longer in the next update
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| Roextro |
Posted on 02-07-2014 21:41
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Hopefully the team will perform well in the tough cobbled classics |
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| steve smink |
Posted on 02-07-2014 22:26
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jihardy wrote:
Hopefully the team will perform well in the tough cobbled classics
Yes hopefully this week will pay divident later on in the season.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 02-07-2014 23:12
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Hope the training went well |
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| steve smink |
Posted on 03-07-2014 11:13
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Pre Season Training Week 2
Here at An Post we also have a couple of fine track riders who have all represented their country at International Level most notably Glenn O'Shea (Former World Champion and Olympic Medalist) and Owain Doull (Track World Cup medalist) we caught up with them while training to try secure places on their respective teams for the upcoming Commenwealth Games in Glasgow this Summer.
Owain impressing the English coaches
Glenn coming off a tight bend
On a straight
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| EwanWilson |
Posted on 03-07-2014 16:51
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Woooooooo, Glasgow
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| steve smink |
Posted on 09-07-2014 13:47
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Australian Road Championships 2014
This was it the first race of the season the Aussie Champs in Ballarat just outside Melbourne we had two guys on the line in the Road Race here Glenn O'Shea and Robbie Jon McCarthy we didn't expect much of the guys here and the race was boring for us with Glenn unfortunately abadoning and Robbie coming in the last group. The boys are obviously only gaining fitness from this race.
Glenn and Robbie at the start
The victor Simon Gerrans raises his arms
Results
| 1 | Simon Gerrans | Orica-GreenEDGE | 3h56'26 | | 2 | Richie Porte | Team Sky | + 37 | | 3 | Michael Rogers | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. |
Spoiler | 4 | Matthew Goss | Orica-GreenEDGE | + 5'54 | | 5 | Simon Clarke | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 6 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 7 | Nathan Haas | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 8 | Heinrich Haussler | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 9 | Chris Sutton | Team Sky | s.t. | | 10 | Jonathan Cantwell | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 11 | Mark Renshaw | Omega Pharma - Quick-step | s.t. | | 12 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 13 | Adam Hansen | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 14 | Brett Lancaster | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 15 | Nathan Earle | Team Sky | s.t. | | 16 | Wesley Sulzberger | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 17 | Steele Von Hoff | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 18 | Rory Sutherland | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 19 | Cameron Meyer | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 20 | Rohan Dennis | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 21 | Leigh Howard | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 22 | Mathew Hayman | Orica-GreenEDGE | s.t. | | 23 | Lachlan Morton | Garmin Sharp | s.t. | | 24 | Cameron Wurf | Cannondale | s.t. | | 25 | Darren Lapthorne | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 26 | Jack Bobridge | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 27 | Jonathan Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 28 | Travis Meyer | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 29 | Jay McCarthy | Tinkoff-Saxo | s.t. | | 30 | Zakkari Dempster | Team NetApp - Endura | s.t. | | 31 | Karl Menzies | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 32 | Adam Phelan | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 33 | William Clarke | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 34 | Luke Roberts | Team Stölting | s.t. | | 35 | Ben Day | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 36 | Jack Anderson | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 37 | Bernard Sulzberger | Drapac Professional Cycling | s.t. | | 38 | David Tanner | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 39 | Patrick Lane | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | s.t. | | 40 | Graeme Brown | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 8'36 | | 41 | Hilton Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 42 | Christopher Williams | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 43 | Justin Morris | Team Novo Nordisk | s.t. | | 44 | Calvin Watson | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 45 | Luke Davison | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | s.t. | | 46 | Robert-Jon McCarthy | An Post - Chainreaction | s.t. | |
Edited by steve smink on 09-07-2014 13:52
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 09-07-2014 15:03
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Certainly a day to forget for McCarthy  |
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