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After a promising but ultimately slightly disappointing debut season, we are back for more in 2015. Despite an awful start to the season, we eventually picked up 11 stage wins last year, including the crown jewel of them all, on the Champs-Élysées, as well as a stunning overall victory in the Course de la Paix by Phil Lavery. This year, our very young squad is one year older and one year better so we hope to move up the rankings a bit.
The Squad
Name
Age
Nation
FL
MO
HIL
TT
PRL
COB
SP
ACC
DH
FTR
STA
RES
REC
Mark Cavendish
30
79
60
66
64
73
65
81
81
76
60
77
72
77
Taylor Phinney
25
77
61
68
79
80
76
76
75
74
73
75
72
72
Geraint Thomas
29
77
71
74
76
78
78
70
75
63
69
77
72
74
Ben Swift
28
75
60
73
64
66
62
76
77
77
66
74
72
75
Ian Stannard
28
76
63
72
72
74
76
68
71
67
78
74
72
65
Alex Dowsett
27
73
63
70
76
76
62
66
71
67
67
72
68
67
Peter Kennaugh
26
70
75
75
69
73
57
65
70
68
67
72
69
73
Rohan Dennis
25
73
71
74
76
75
58
60
66
67
61
68
66
67
Jonathon McEvoy
26
71
60
69
61
62
62
74
74
67
66
66
61
61
Simon Yates
23
71
68
75
64
68
67
69
74
71
71
69
66
67
Peter Stetina
28
66
75
74
66
66
56
61
67
65
62
67
66
70
Joshua Edmondson
24
68
73
72
69
68
59
64
70
66
73
70
68
69
Adam Yates
23
68
74
72
66
65
60
64
70
67
69
67
64
67
Philip Lavery
25
71
60
70
64
68
71
71
73
68
65
69
64
65
Lawson Craddock
23
69
69
71
74
72
62
63
66
67
66
67
67
68
Benjamin Dyball
26
68
68
73
65
66
64
69
69
67
72
69
64
65
Gavin Mannion
24
67
72
70
65
62
63
62
70
69
72
67
64
67
Larry Warbasse
25
69
71
70
71
70
58
62
68
66
67
70
68
70
Stephen Cummings
34
68
70
71
69
69
55
67
68
69
75
69
69
69
Thomas Moses
23
68
63
72
61
62
68
65
68
66
71
68
65
61
Ian Bibby
29
68
70
71
66
67
66
68
69
69
66
68
66
65
Mark Christian
25
69
60
68
66
67
69
69
71
68
65
66
66
66
Sam Spokes
23
69
60
70
64
64
69
66
68
67
68
69
65
58
Erick Rowsell
25
70
63
69
66
66
63
69
68
66
65
67
63
63
The Goals
Stay in the World Tour!
The Results
Victories
#1 Simon Yates - Stage 4, Vuelta al Pais Vasco #2 Adam Yates - Stage 5, Vuelta al Pais Vasco #3 Josh Edmondson - Stage 6, Vuelta a Tachira #4 Ian Bibby - Stage 6, Amgen Tour of California #5 Taylor Phinney - Stage 2, Tour of Northern Europe #6 Simon Yates - Stage 6, Course de la Paix #7 Simon Yates - Stage 1, Tour of Britain #8 Erick Rowsell - Stage 7, Tour of Britain #9 Taylor Phinney - Stage 1, Eneco Tour (no image)
Spoiler
Other Notable Results
Spoiler
Mark Cavendish - 3rd, Palm Classic
Josh Edmondson - 2nd, Vuelta al Pais Vasco Stage 3
Alex Dowsett - 4th, National Capital Tour Stage 1
Simon Yates - KoM, Vuelta al Pais Vasco
Rohan Dennis - Best Young Rider, National Capital Tour
Gavin Mannion - 5th, Vuelta a Tachira Stage 8
Mark Cavendish - 3rd, Milano - San Remo
Geraint Thomas - 9th, Ronde van Vlaanderen
Taylor Phinney - 8th, Paris - Roubaix
Mark Cavendish - 5th, Giro d'Italia Stage 1
Mark Cavendish - 5th, Giro d'Italia Stage 4
TTT - 2nd, Giro d'Italia Stage 5
Mark Cavendish - 4th, Giro d'Italia Stage 8
Mark Cavendish - 3rd, Giro d'Italia Stage 9
Jonathon McEvoy - 4th, Amgen Tour of California Stage 4
Jonathon McEvoy - 5th, Amgen Tour of California Stage 6
Peter Stetina - 4th, Amgen Tour of California Stage 8
Mark Cavendish - 2nd, Giro d'Italia Stage 21
Mark Cavendish - 3rd, Giro d'Italia Points Classification
Alex Dowsett - 3rd, Deutschland Rundfahrt Stage 5
Gavin Mannion - 2nd, Vuelta a Guatemala Stage 6
Benjamin Dyball - 3rd, Vuelta a Guatemala Stage 7
Mark Cavendish - 4th, La Descente Pavée
Geraint Thomas - 10th, Le Tour de France Stage 1
Geraint Thomas - 3rd, Le Tour de France Stage 3
Simon Yates - 10th, Le Tour de France Stage 3
Geraint Thomas - 7th, Le Tour de France Stage 9
Geraint Thomas - 6th, Le Tour de France Stage 10
Ben Swift - 8th, Le Tour de France Stage 11
Adam Yates - 6th, Le Tour de France U25 Classification
Taylor Phinney - 6th, Tour of Northern Europe Stage 1
Taylor Phinney - 6th, Tour of Northern Europe Stage 3
Taylor Phinney - 3rd, Tour of Northern Europe Stage 8
Geraint Thomas - 6th, Tour of Northern Europe Stage 8
Geraint Thomas - 8th, Tour of Northern Europe GC
Alex Dowsett - 3rd, Tour of Britain Stage 8
Ian Stannard - 6th, Tour of Britain GC
Mark Cavendish - 3rd, Vuelta a Espana Stage 1
Mark Cavendish - 3rd, Vuelta a Espana Stage 2
Jonathon McEvoy - 10th, Vuelta a Espana Stage 2
Mark Cavendish - 3rd, Vuelta a Espana Stage 3
Jonathon McEvoy - 9th, Vuelta a Espana Stage 3
Mark Cavendish - 4th, Vuelta a Espana Stage 6
Jonathon McEvoy - 10th, Vuelta a Espana Stage 6
Mark Cavendish - 3rd, Vuelta a Espana Stage 7
Mark Cavendish - 5th, Vuelta a Espana Stage 9
Gavin Mannion - 5th, Vuelta a Espana Stage 20
Adam Yates - 4th, Vuelta a Espana Stage 21
Adam Yates - 2nd, Tour de France U25 Classification
Ian Bibby - 3rd, USAPCC Stage 5
Lawson Craddock - 7th, USAPCC Stage 7
Geraint Thomas - 2nd, Eneco Tour Stage 1
Taylor Phinney - 2nd, Eneco Tour Stage 2
Geraint Thomas - 8th, Eneco Tour Stage 3
Taylor Phinney - 7th, Eneco Tour Stage 5
Geraint Thomas - 2nd, Eneco Tour GC
Taylor Phinney - Points Classification, Eneco Tour
Mark Cavendish - 7th=, Quebec Sprint Challenge
Mark Cavendish - 5th, Paris - Tours
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British Gas Cycling Academy powered by Centrica
Our development team will also remain this year and is title sponsored by British Gas, which is, of course, a subsidiary of main sponsor Centrica. As Endura Racing Team, last season was dreadful for our development team as they were comfortably outclassed by riders that should have been winning WT races, not pretending they were still youngsters.
The riders selected for the Academy include five Endura veterans from last year, with both Dan McLay and Sam Harrison hoping to do enough to earn a promotion to the main team next season in their final U23 year. The three D's - Doull, Dibben and Davies will lead the team in hilly races, cobbled races and the mountains, respectively.
Andy Byrne joins the team after showing promise in domestic races last year and is a rider who likes a long, tough race. The first of our scholarships have both gone to North Americans, Canadian climber Louka Tremblay joins after originally agreeing to ride for Avia and is a very similar rider to Byrne. Our final rider is twenty-year-old, Tom Rose from America, who calls himself a time triallist, but he has more strings to his bow than just the rides against the clock, and could become almost any type of rider he wants to be with the right training.
We hope for a much better season than last year now that the rules have been sorted out.
The Squad
Name
Age
Nation
FL
MO
HIL
TT
PRL
COB
SP
ACC
DH
FTR
STA
RES
REC
Daniel McLay
23
69
62
68
67
67
64
72
70
70
62
66
63
64
Owain Doull
22
70
61
70
60
66
63
71
70
68
67
68
65
66
Jonathan Dibben
21
70
59
67
66
67
71
69
69
69
68
68
65
65
Sam Harrison
23
70
62
66
71
71
64
63
63
67
67
65
65
65
Andy Byrne
21
64
66
67
60
58
64
62
66
73
67
69
65
63
Scott Davies
20
66
68
67
66
65
57
57
66
64
64
64
62
66
Louka Tremblay
21
62
65
66
53
55
60
60
64
67
64
66
62
56
Thomas Rose
20
64
64
64
65
66
64
62
62
68
63
62
66
62
The Results
Victories
#1 Scott Davies - Stage 4, Tour of Eritrea #2 Jonathan Dibben - Stage 4, Ster ZLM Tour #3 Jonathan Dibben - Stage 4, Carpathian Couriers Race #4 Owain Doull - Stage 3, Amgen Tour of California #5 Dan McLay - Stage 3, Coupe des Nations Ville Saguenay #6 Dan McLay - Stage 5, Cascade Cycling Classic #7 Jonathan Dibben - Stage 5, Tour of Britain
Spoiler
Other Notable Results
Spoiler
Owain Doull - 2nd, Copa America de Ciclismo
Jonathan Dibben - 7th, Copa America de Ciclismo
Sam Harrison - 10th, National Capital Tour Stage 1
Dan McLay - 3rd, Tour of Eritrea Stage 1
Jonathan Dibben - 10th, Ronde van Vlaanderen Espoirs
Dan McLay - 5th, La Côte Picarde
Owain Doull - 8th, La Côte Picarde
Jonathan Dibben - 4th Points, Ster ZLM Tour
Owain Doull - 6th, Carpathian Couriers Race Stage 4
Dan McLay - 7th, Carpathian Couriers Race Stage 4
Sam Harrison - 4th, Amgen Tour of California Stage 6
Dan McLay - 2nd, Tour of Berlin Stage 1
Jonathan Dibben - 3rd, Tour of Berlin Stage 1
Dan McLay - 4th, Tour of Berlin Stage 3
Jonathan Dibben - 3rd, Tour of Berlin Stage 4
Dan McLay - 6th, Tour of Berlin Stage 4
Owain Doull - 7th, Coupe des Nations Ville Saguenay Stage 1
Dan McLay - 8th, Coupe des Nations Ville Saguenay GC
Owain Doull - 9th, Coupe des Nations Ville Saguenay GC
Jonathan Dibben - 10th, Coupe des Nations Ville Saguenay GC
Sam Harrison - 7th, Chrono San Michel
Dan McLay - 7th, Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt Stage 2
Dan McLay - 4th, Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt Stage 3
Owain Doull - 7th, Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt Stage 3
Dan McLay - 8th, Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt Stage 5
Sam Harrison - 7th, Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt Stage 6
Dan McLay - 2nd, Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt Stage 7
Owain Doull - 7th, Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt Stage 7
Jonathan Dibben - 4th, Cascade Cycling Classic Stage 4
Owain Doull - 5th, Cascade Cycling Classic Stage 5
Scott Davies - 2nd, Tour of Britain Stage 6
Scott Davies - 8th, Tour of Britain Stage 7
Scott Davies - 4th, Tour of Britain Points Classification
Owain Doull - 3rd, Tour of Britain KoM Classification
Jonathan Dibben - 4th, Tour of Britain U25 Classification
Jonathan Dibben - 6th, Paris - Tours Espoirs
The La-Antarte team was in the Continental Tour in the first season but did very well and have earned promotion to the World Tour. The team is Portuguese and we are proud that our main leader last season was a Portuguese rider in Rui Costa but that may have to be different this season. Tiago Machado is also one of the stronger riders in the team to come out of Portugal that is in the team. The team's strengths will be in the Mountains, the hills and stage races of all kinds. We have made the decision to not go for first on the flats because they already have their dominant teams.
Roster:
Last Name
First Name
Nationality
Age
AVG
FL
MO
HIL
TT
PRL
COB
SP
ACC
DH
FTR
STA
RES
REC
Wage
Costa
Rui
POR
28
77.0
70
77
79
76
77
63
67
73
66
78
73
71
74
640
Velits
Peter
SVK
29
75.5
69
76
77
76
76
60
69
74
65
73
73
68
73
440
Ponzi
Simone
ITA
27
74.9
73
67
72
62
64
59
75
76
65
71
70
68
67
300
Felline
Fabio
ITA
24
74.6
74
70
72
67
69
70
74
74
69
76
74
68
71
330
Machado
Tiago
POR
29
74.3
68
74
74
75
74
52
61
74
60
76
68
68
68
350
Oliveira
Nelson
POR
25
73.6
73
67
68
75
75
61
62
67
66
67
69
69
71
250
Cardoso
Manuel
POR
31
73.3
72
66
71
57
68
52
74
73
74
72
71
68
71
270
Nowak
Mateusz
POL
22
73.3
72
61
68
70
70
61
74
73
73
68
69
67
68
250
Fernández
Rubén
ESP
23
72.9
65
74
72
64
63
57
65
71
69
72
68
66
69
180
Landa
Mikel
ESP
25
72.5
65
75
72
62
60
57
63
72
67
65
65
65
69
220
Silvestre
Fabio
POR
24
71.6
70
63
67
65
68
63
72
72
68
61
69
65
67
145
Ovechkin
Artem
RUS
28
71.1
68
71
69
74
71
59
61
67
64
66
67
67
64
210
Krizek
Matthias
AUT
26
70.7
71
71
73
71
70
57
65
62
67
66
69
66
69
160
Target Races:
Jersey:
Results:
The Great Moments of 2015
Spoiler
Season 1
In the first season of ICL we were in the Continental Tour and we had a very good season. The team took 21 stage, GC and one day race wins which was an extremely good effort. Our 3 stand out riders were Rui Costa, Peter Velits and Franco Pellizotti. Velits finished 3rd in the CT and 13th in the Prestige, Costa 8th in CT and 21st in Prestige, Pellizotti 11th in CT and 32nd in Prestige. These three lead us to 2nd in the Overall CT Team rankings and 8th in the World Tour rankings.
Notable Results:
-1st in the GC in the Volta ao Algarve (1 stage win)
-1st in the GC in Pais-Vasco (2 stage wins)
-1st in the GC in the Tour de Pologne (2 stage wins)
-1st in the TTT Colombia Team GP
Photos of the Season
Spoiler
FC Porto Youth Team
As a manager who likes to get riders cheaply it only made sense that a youth team would be necessary to grow our own talent to use in the World Tour in seasons to come. The FC Porto youth team is owned by the Porto Football Club and run in conjunction with La-Antarte. The first season for this young team saw some very good young riders developing their talents. Mateusz Nowak was most definitely the best rider for the team and took their only victory winning stage 1 of the Tour of Berlin. He is the most promising rider to have come out of season 1. This season we shall focus on climbs and sprints and hopefully we can develop more young talent.
Roster:
Last Name
First Name
Nationality
Age
AVG
FL
MO
HIL
TT
PRL
COB
SP
ACC
DH
FTR
STA
RES
REC
Wage
Kozhatayev
Bakhtiyar
KAZ
22
71.9
67
70
73
63
65
62
67
71
67
67
70
64
66
160
Bauhaus
Phil
GER
20
71.4
69
60
65
64
65
63
72
72
70
65
69
66
66
160
Kragh
Asbjørn
DEN
22
71.0
67
61
68
63
65
67
72
72
68
65
70
68
69
130
Figueiredo
Frederico
POR
23
70.8
67
71
70
65
65
58
61
70
68
72
68
66
68
100
Target Races:
Results:
The Greatest Young Moments
Spoiler
Mateusz Nowak wins stage 1 of the Tour de Berlin (2014).
Adriano Malori Stage 3 Criterium International Giovanni Visconti Stage 8 Giro d'Italia Kristof Vandewalle Stage 1 Tour of California Enrico Battaglin Stage 14 Giro d'Italia Michael Schwarzmann Stage 1 Tour d'Andorra Sacha Modolo Stage 6 Tour of Austria Adriano Malori Stage 7 Tour of Austria Adriano Malori Stage 8 Tour of Britain Adriano Malori Italian TT Champs
SAP - Bianchi is a new CT team built promote Swiss and Italian cycling talent. The team looks forward to the 2015 season, where we believe we can see some impressive performances by some of Switzerland's best cyclists.
Team Information:
Primary Sponsors: SAP, Bianchi
Other Sponsors: Lotto, Omega Pharma, Specialized,
Nationality: Switzerland
Other Nationalities: Italy, France Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg
Squad:
Sylvain Chavenal Kenny De Haes Tom Veelers Alessandro De Marchi Matteo Peluchi Michael Albasini Grégory Rast Andriy Grivko Serge Pauwels Christophe Le Mével Cyril Lemoine Ben Gastauer Romain Sicard Mikaël Chérel Sébastien Reichenbach Fabial Roth
Rider Stats:
Spoiler
Last Name
First Name
Nationality
AVG
FL
MO
HIL
TT
PRL
COB
SP
ACC
DH
FTR
STA
RES
REC
Chavanel
Sylvain
FRA
75.8
75
72
75
76
77
76
65
75
79
80
76
71
71
Dehaes
Kenny
BEL
75.4
73
59
67
63
68
66
76
76
74
71
70
69
69
Veelers
Tom
NED
75.1
74
61
65
66
69
74
75
76
76
69
73
70
73
De Marchi
Alessandro
ITA
75.1
72
74
74
68
67
56
66
74
74
81
68
68
72
Pelucchi
Matteo
ITA
74.6
73
64
69
60
58
60
75
75
66
68
68
64
64
Albasini
Michael
SWI
74.2
68
70
75
67
64
63
62
73
63
75
73
72
67
Rast
Grégory
SWI
73.7
73
64
69
63
71
74
70
73
64
73
73
70
69
Grivko
Andriy
UKR
73.0
73
70
74
73
77
69
60
65
76
78
70
67
72
Pauwels
Serge
BEL
72.1
66
74
75
64
65
58
60
64
71
70
67
68
72
Le Mével
Christophe
FRA
71.7
63
73
73
64
63
61
63
64
72
73
71
69
73
Lemoine
Cyril
FRA
70.5
70
68
70
69
67
68
71
70
76
65
69
67
63
Gastauer
Ben
LUX
69.6
70
67
70
71
70
61
59
64
67
66
65
66
70
Sicard
Romain
FRA
69.3
70
67
68
61
63
69
68
62
72
71
63
63
67
Chérel
Mikaël
FRA
69.0
67
69
71
58
57
54
67
69
62
66
63
60
67
Reichenbach
Sébastien
SWI
68.6
67
70
68
60
63
56
61
65
62
68
66
62
64
Roth
Fabial
SWI
60.1
52
61
58
53
55
55
54
60
64
60
54
55
53
Palmarès:
Spoiler
Volta Ao Algarve:
Stage 1: 3rd - Andriy Grivko
Stage 2: 7th - Cyril Lemoine
Stage 3: 3rd - Kenny de Haes
Stage 4: 2nd - Andriy Grivko
Final GC: 2nd - Andriy Grivko
Final Points: 8th - Andriy Grivko 10th - Kenny Dehaes
Final Mountain: 7th - Andriy Grivko
Final Youth: N/A
Final Team: 4th
Stage 1: 14th - Alessandro De Marchi (20th - Christophe Le Mével)
Stage 2: 13th (TTT)
Stage 3: 12th - Alessandro De Marchi
Stage 4: 5th - Michael Albasini
Stage 5:
Paris - Roubaix:
11th - Sylvain Chavenal
22nd - Tom Veelers
Schedule:
Spoiler
Volta ao Algarve CT.2 National Capital Tour CT.2 Clasica di Tirreno - Adriatico CT.1 Roma Maxima CT.1 Paris - Nice CT.1 Istrian Spring Trophy CT.1 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen - Harelbeke WT Critérium International CT.2 Gent - Wevelgem WT Ronde van Vlaanderen WT Wallonië Prijs CT.1 Giro del Trentino CT.1 Paris - Roubaix WT Rheden GP CT.1 Ster ZLM Tour CT.2 La Flèche Wallonne CT.1 Liege - Bastonge Liege WT Tour de Romandie CT.2 Giro d'Italia WT Tour des Fjords CT.1 La Jurassaine CT.1 Tour d'Andorra CT.2 Tour de Suisse CT.1 Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt CT.2 La Descente Pavée CT.1 Le Géant de Provence CT.2 Int. Österreich-Rundfahrt CT.1 Tour of Northern Europe WT Baltic Chain Tour CT.1 Criterium Hainleite CT.2 Course de la Paix WT Post Danmark Rundt CT.2 World Ports Classic CT.1 Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha CT.2 Milano - Torino CT.2 Il Lombardia WT Paris - Tours CT.1 Chrono des Nations CT.1
/// World ITT Championships WT
Recent News:
1st Victory of the year, Sylvain Chavenal takes the first stage of the National Capital Tour!
Andiry Grivko 2nd in Volta ao Algarve!
Jersey:
SAP Development
The SAP Development team has been founded to help Swiss and Italian talents reach their full potential, the team also wishes to improve French, German, Belgium and Luxembourgish talents, but the primary focus is Switzerland and Italy. The team hopes to have a good 2015 season.
Squad:
Alberto Betiol Bert Van Lerberghe Yannis Yssaad Simon Pellaud Lukas Spengler Guillaume Martin Ingo Breuer Jan Zimmerman
With a string of success including the Giro d'Italia victory, the Ardennes Treble and podium places at le Tour and la Vuelta, Liberty Seguros - Würth has been one of the dominant teams in the World Tour Rankings in the first season of the ICL, winning the Ranking by over 1000 points lead. Though still lacking strength in the paved classics, the team has been a powerhouse in mountaineous stage races and hilly classics. Whilst Liberty Seguros - Würth will want to ensure further success, we look to invest in a bright, long-term future of the sport and the team's first achievement of the season is already the establishment of La Fundación.
The list of 32 victories will be hopefully richly expanded this year.
ICL 15 - Wins
Tour of Toowoomba, Stage 5 Jesus Herrada Vuelta a Mallorca, Stage 4 Sander Cordeel Vuelta Pais Vasco, Points Jersey Alberto Contador Strade Bianche, Joaquim Rodriguez Vuelta a Tachira, Stage 8 Joaquim Rodriguez Giro del Trentino, Stage 4 Jonathan Castroviejo La Fleche Wallone Joaquim Rodriguez Deutschland Tour, Stage 4 Team Time Trial Deutschland Tour, GC Alberto Contador Tour of Mount Fuji, Stage 5 Joaquim Rodriguez Tour de France, Stage 2 Alberto Contador Tour de France, Stage 15 Team Time Trial Int. Österreich Rundfahrt, U25 Carlos Verona Vuelta a Espana, Stage 5, 17, 18, 19 Joaquim Rodriguez World Championships, Rainbow Alberto Contador
ICL 14 - Stats
Spoiler
Tour of Toowoomba, Stage 3, Team Time Trial: Gallopin, Intxausti, Bakelants, Plaza, Herrada, Navadauskas, Durán Vuelta a Mallorca, Stage 3, Beñat Intxausti Vuelta a Mallorca, GC, Beñat Intxausti Paris - Nice, Stage 2, Tony Gallopin Paris - Nice, Stage 4, Gorka Izagirre Vuelta a Tachira, Stage 3, 5, 8, 9, Joaquím Rodríguez Vuelta a Tachira, GC, Points & KoM, Joaquím Rodríguez Amstel Gold Race, Joaquím Rodríguez La Fleche Wallone, Joaquím Rodríguez Liege - Bastogne - Liege, Alberto Contador Giro d'Italia, Stage 1, Team Time Trial Giro d'Italia, Stage 7, 13, 16, 19, Alberto Contador Giro d'Italia, GC & Points, Alberto Contador Tour de France, Stage 8 & 10, 3rd GC Alberto Contador Vuelta a Espana, Stage 4, 9, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19, 2nd GC & Points, Joaquím Rodríguez Bucaramanga Classic, Joaquím Rodríguez Milano - Torino, Alberto Contador National Championship Spain TT, Benat Intxausti National Championship Spain RR, Joaquím Rodríguez
Rainbow Medals *Year 1, World Championships TTT Silver: Contador, Kangert, Castroviejo, Navardauskas, Sánchez, Intxausti *Year 1, World Championships U23 Road Race Silver: Carlos Verona
Other Noteworthy Results Milano San Remo, 2nd Place, Joaquím Rodríguez Il Lombardia, 3rd Place, Joaquím Rodríguez
Squad
Last Name
First Name
Nat.
MO
HL
TT
CB
SP
Bakelants
Jan
73
74
72
65
70
Cordeel
Sander
60
68
67
69
69
Contador
Alberto
81
79
77
65
59
Rodríguez
Joaquím
80
81
70
62
68
Intxausti
Beñat
77
76
75
57
60
Castroviejo
Jonathan
74
73
77
63
69
Verona
Carlos
75
74
65
58
65
Herrada
Jesús
75
74
73
61
65
Herrada
José
73
73
70
54
69
Cobo
Juan José
73
73
70
55
57
Fernández
Rubén
73
72
67
57
64
Izagirre
Gorka
65
72
64
64
71
Izagirre
Ion
72
73
68
68
65
Arroyo
David
72
71
65
56
59
Plaza
Rubén
70
72
69
55
64
Grijalba
Fernando
72
68
63
58
63
De la Cruz
David
71
70
68
57
63
Fraile
Omar
70
69
66
56
64
Erviti
Imanol
68
68
69
69
64
Durán
Arkaitz
67
70
66
61
65
Dorado
Nicolas
61
63
62
66
66
Gallopin
Tony
74
74
72
74
74
Navardauskas
Ramunas
63
72
74
62
68
La Fundación
After the collapse of Spanair-Euskadi's development team of the first season, Spain was in desperate need of a new home for all its bright and many talents. La Fundación is the answer to this cry of need.
With top equipment, masterful coaches and wonderful roads to train on, La Fundación's aim is to help all its young gifted participants and beneficiaries realize their dream of becoming a professional cyclist in the coming years.
Last Name
First Name
Nat.
MO
HL
TT
CB
SP
Navarro
Rodrigo
68
69
61
61
57
Ventura
Juan Ángel
63
66
53
60
60
Martínez
Genis
66
64
66
53
55
Arizabal
Víctor
63
66
55
63
58
Cuadros
Alvaro
65
64
66
56
57
Canseco
Sancho
56
60
60
61
63
Van der Poel
Mathieu
67
71
65
64
65
Pinto
Miguel
59
60
62
60
60
La Fundación, Wins: Volta ao Algarve, Stage Win, Stage 2, Mathieu Van der Poel GP Palio del Recioto Win, Rodrigo Navarro Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt U23, Rodirgo Navarro Coupe des Nations Ville Saguenay, Rodrigo Navarro
Eurosport - Pepsi are a new team for 2015 entering the CT division of ICL. We are a mainly French team with some riders from USA and GBR. Due to the international operations of both sponsors riders from any country will be welcome.
Sponsor Info
Eurosport is a European television sports network co-operated by French broadcaster TF1 Group, and Discovery Communications Incorporated.
The network of channels is available in 54 countries, in 20 different languages providing viewers with European and international sporting events. Countries outside Europe include Indonesia, Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong. Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia.
Pepsi is a cola from PepsiCo, the second largest food and beverage business in the world, headquartered in Purchase, New York, United States.
Team Manager DaveTwoBob is hoping for some words of wisdom from Eurosport global cycling ambassador and three times Tour de France champion Greg LeMond to help him steer the team through their first season.
Squad
Final Squad after Round 3
The squad has been built to be fairly balanced with an emphasis on time trial with Tom Dumoulin and Jan Barta so we will be targetting races with team and individual time trials.
Our stage racer Jérôme Coppel is a bit suspect on hills so we need to be careful to choose the right profiles for him.
The sprint chain is a bit short so we might struggle to get Adam Blythe in contention.
Attacking riders Joseph Dombrowski, Brent Bookwalter and Julien Simon will hopefully get a couple of results from breaks.
Matthieu Ladagnous is our lone cobbler so will have to fend for himself on the pave.
Rider
Age
FL
MO
HIL
TT
PRL
COB
SP
ACC
DH
FTR
STA
RES
REC
Wage
Adam Blythe
26
75
65
68
61
65
66
77
76
65
64
71
67
66
455
Matthieu Ladagnous
31
75
66
71
70
72
76
72
71
66
73
74
70
67
340
Tom Dumoulin
25
74
69
74
77
77
67
66
73
68
75
72
71
68
505
Jérôme Coppel
29
71
76
73
76
75
56
60
68
65
70
72
68
72
455
Julien Simon
30
73
65
74
63
63
53
74
76
64
74
72
68
66
365
Joseph Dombrowski
24
67
75
73
67
66
57
63
70
68
76
71
70
72
450
Jan Barta
31
70
72
75
75
74
58
66
72
67
75
72
69
71
305
Brent Bookwalter
31
73
70
70
74
73
58
68
70
70
75
68
68
67
250
Clément Chevrier
23
67
72
70
65
66
58
63
70
69
70
68
66
69
255
Florian Guillou
33
71
70
71
61
63
52
65
62
57
69
66
64
63
150
Emilien Viennet
23
67
69
69
69
68
61
60
66
66
69
67
67
68
140
Alexis Guerin
23
68
69
68
69
68
59
60
68
66
67
66
64
67
140
James Lowsley-Williams
23
65
69
66
61
61
57
59
66
63
72
63
63
64
130
Pierre Gouault
22
64
69
67
61
60
57
61
65
65
67
64
64
65
120
Michael Cuming
25
67
65
66
64
63
64
65
64
65
69
65
63
62
110
Charles Planet
22
67
64
64
66
67
61
60
61
64
63
63
64
62
90
Calendar
I decided not to apply for any grand tours and we are only racing in 3 WT events that are heavy on the time trial. I am hoping this will maximise the point scoring opprotunites for the team leaders, but I know I am going to feel left out during the big races. I just hope this plan means I will be racing them as a WT team next season.
FINAL RESULTS FOR 2015
Prestige 13th Top CT Team
1
1
Eurosport - Pepsi
CT
4606
2
2
Telecom Namibia Cycling Team
CT
4328
3
3
Saeco - Cannondale
CT
3832
Goal Races are highlighted in red.
Race
Results
Tour d'Indonesia
Jan Barta - S3 2nd, GC 3rd
Tour of Toowoomba
Jérôme Coppel - S1 2nd, S3 Leader, GC 5th
Volta ao Algarve
Jan Barta - GC 4th
National Capital Tour
Jérôme Coppel - S1 2nd, S3 1st, GC 1st
Adam Blythe - S2 2nd, S4 2nd, Points 2nd
Florian Guillou - KOM 1st
Team - 1st
Roma Maxima
Emilien Viennet - 14th
Paris - Nice
Tom Dumoulin - 14th
Istrian Spring Trophy
Julien Simon - GC 5th, S4 3rd
Critérium International
Brent Bookwalter - GC 5th
Giro del Trentino
TTT S2 - 1st
Tom Dumoulin - S4 2nd
Jérôme Coppel - GC 5th
Ster ZLM Tour
Tom Dumoulin - S1 1st, Points 3rd, Young Rider 3rd
Matthieu Ladagnous - S2 2nd, GC 3rd
Adam Blythe - S2 3rd
Colombia Team GP
8th
Tour de Romandie
TTT S1 - 1st, Team 2nd
Jérôme Coppel - GC 11th
Joseph Dombrowski - Young Rider 2nd, GC 16th
Amgen Tour of California
Brent Bookwalter - S1 8th
Clément Chevrier - S2 3rd
Joseph Dombrowski - S8 3rd, GC 10th, Young Rider 2nd
Team 2nd
Tour des Fjords
TTT S3 2nd, GC 3rd to 8th, Team 2nd
Tom Dumoulin - 3rd GC, 2nd Young Rider
Alexis Guerin - 3rd Young Rider
La Jurassaine
Tom Dumoulin - 6th
Tour d'Andorra
Jérôme Coppel - S2 & S4 3rd, GC 4th
Joseph Dombrowski - GC 13th, Young Rider 2nd
Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
Adam Blythe - S2 5th, Julien Simon S4 4th
Le Géant de Provence
Joseph Dombrowski - 3rd
Int. Österreich-Rundfahrt
Jérôme Coppel - S2 5th S7 4th GC 5th
Clément Chevrier - S6 4th
Tour of Vancouver
Clément Chevrier - S6 1st, Young Rider 3rd,
Jérôme Coppel - GC 7th
Tour de Pologne
Jérôme Coppel - S1 2nd, GC 2nd, Points 4th
Brent Bookwalter - S1 3rd, GC 11th
Adam Blyth - S2 1st
Julien Simon - S2 3rd, S4 1st
Team - 1st
RideLondon–Surrey Classic
Adam Blythe - 4th
Tour of Northern Europe
Tom Dumoulin - S2 4th, GC 4th
Baltic Chain Tour
No Results
Criterium Hainleite
Julien Simon - 2nd
Post Danmark Rundt
Adam Blythe - S1 3rd, Points 3rd
Tom Dumoulin - S5 1st, GC 1st
Team 2nd
Tour of Britain
Julien Simon - S4 2nd
USA Pro Cycling Challenge
Joseph Dombrowski - GC 9th, Young Rider 1st
Florian Guillou - S5 1st
Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha
Adam Blythe - 13th
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
Julien Simon - 9th
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
Matthieu Ladagnous - 8th
Tour of Bishkek
Jan Barta - S2 2nd, S3 3rd, GC 3rd
Team 1st
Paris - Tours
No Results
Chrono des Nations
Tom Dumoulin - 3rd
Japan Cup
No Results
World TTT Championships
13th
Notable Results
Spoiler
Tour of Toowoomba saw Jérôme Coppel in the purple leaders jersey during Stage 3 surrounded by the whole team and an amazing 5th place in GC.
Jérôme Coppel winning stage 3 of National Capital Tour. He also won the GC.
Trentino TTT
Tom Dumoulin winning the ZLM Tour prologue
Eurosport – Pepsi: going up the Andorra Stage 2 final climb – in numbers!
Clément Chevrier winning Stage 6 of Tour of Vancouver
Adam Blyth wins Stage 2 of Tour of Poland
Julien Simon winning Stage 4 of Tour of Poland
Tom Dumoulin 1st Stage 5 TT Post Danmark Rundt
Florian Guillou wins Stage 5 of USPCC from the break
Hello and welcome to the headquarters of the Team Parmalat - HTC. We hope that you'll enjoy this presentation!
The Sponsors
Parmalat is a multinational Italian dairy and food corporation. The company became the leading global company in the production of long-life milk using the ultra-high-temperature (UHT) process, Today, Parmalat is a company with a global presence, having operations in Europe, Latin America, North America, Australia, China and South Africa and in 2015 they decided to make themselves more visible becoming the main sponsor of a cycling team along with HTC: a Taiwanese manufacturer of originally designed smartphones.
The Squad
The Squad is made up of almost only Italian riders, including
as team leaders: Moreno Moser, Sonny Colbrelli and Daniel Oss.
The team is actually focusing on hilly classics. All the riders are under-30 and the roster is made up of 16 riders. Here's the official 2015 season squad:
Davide Appollonio Enrico Barbin Giorgio Bianconi Maxime Bouet Mattia Cattaneo Sonny Colbrelli Toni Forlani Jacopo Guarnieri Moreno Moser Daniel Oss Andrea Palini Gabriele Pizzaballa Diego Rosa Luca Wackermann Pasquale Zani Gianfranco Zilioli
The Equipment
Team Parmalat - HTC signed a contract with fi'zi:k as the clothing sponsor and with Merida as the bikes sponsor. The reason why we have chosen these 2 sponsors among the boundless panorama of cycling's equipment sponsors is their incredible and helpful experience in the cycling field and industry. We hope and we're sure that their will be an important thrust in our first season.
The 2015 Season's Calendar
Race
UCI Category
Start
End
Vuelta a Mallorca
CT.1
2/13
2/16
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
WT
3/01
3/01
Clasica di Tirreno - Adriatico
CT.1
3/05
3/05
Strade Bianche
WT
3/07
3/07
Roma Maxima
CT.1
3/09
3/09
Paris - Nice
CT.1
3/11
3/18
Istrian Spring Trophy
CT.1
3/20
3/23
Milano - Sanremo
WT
3/22
3/22
København Byrundtur
CT.2
3/25
3/25
Critérium International
CT.2
3/28
3/30
Wallonië Prijs
CT.1
4/07
4/07
Giro del Trentino
CT.1
4/10
4/14
Rheden GP
CT.1
4/16
4/16
Trofeo Campania
WT
4/19
4/19
La Flèche Wallonne
CT.1
4/26
4/26
Colombia Team GP
CT.1
4/30
4/30
Giro d'Italia
WT
5/09
5/29
Tour des Fjords
CT.1
5/27
5/30
La Jurassaine
CT.1
6/02
6/02
Deutschland Tour
WT
6/03
6/11
Tour de Suisse
CT.1
6/14
6/22
La Descente Pavée
CT.1
6/27
6/27
Le Géant de Provence
CT.2
6/29
6/29
Int. Österreich-Rundfahrt
CT.1
7/02
7/09
Tour of Vancouver
CT.1
7/23
7/29
Tour de Pologne
CT.1
8/01
8/07
RideLondon–Surrey Classic
CT.2
8/08
8/08
Baltic Chain Tour
CT.1
8/18
8/22
Criterium Hainleite
CT.2
8/24
8/24
World Ports Classic
CT.1
9/02
9/03
Tour of Britain
CT.1
9/05
9/12
USA Pro Cycling Challenge
CT.1
9/11
9/17
Praha - Karlovy Vary - Praha
CT.2
9/23
9/23
Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
CT.2
9/27
9/27
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
CT.2
9/29
9/29
Tour of Bishkek
CT.2
10/01
10/03
Milano - Torino
CT.2
10/06
10/06
Il Lombardia
WT
10/07
10/07
Paris - Tours
CT.1
10/09
10/09
Japan Cup
CT.1
10/21
10/21
The 2015 Season's Goals
1st Milano-Torino Top 3 Strade Bianche Top 3 Roma Maxima Top 3 Clasica di Tirreno-Adriatico Top 3 GC Tour de Pologne Top 3 GC Tour of Britain Top 5 Paris-Nice Top 5 Milano-Sanremo Top 5 Paris-Tours Top 5 GC Giro del Trentino Top 10 Il Lombardia Top 10 Trofeo Campania Stage Win Giro d'Italia Stage Win Tour of Deutschland
The 2015 Season's Victories
Gabriele Pizzaballa 1st KoM: Paris-Nice Moreno Moser 1st Young Riders: Paris-Nice Moreno Moser 1st Young Riders: Criterium International Gianfranco Zilioli 1st KoM: Tour des Fjords Luca Wackermann 1st Stage 3: Giro d'Italia Mattia Cattaneo 1st Stage 20: Giro d'Italia Diego Rosa 1st Stage 9: Tour de Suisse Mattia Cattaneo 1st Stage 8: Int. Österreich-Rundfahrt Sonny Colbrelli 1st Stage 2: Tour of Vancouver
The 2015 Season's Notable Results
Moreno Moser 6th GC: Vuelta a Mallorca Enrico Barbin 3rd KoM: Vuelta a Mallorca Sonny Colbrelli 9th: Clasica di Tirreno-Adriatico Moreno Moser 3rd: Roma Maxima Enrico Barbin 3rd Stage 6: Paris-Nice Moreno Moser 4th GC: Paris-Nice Moreno Moser 10th: Milano-Sanremo Maxime Bouet 3rd Stage 2: Istrian Spring Trophy Maxime Bouet 3rd GC: Istrian Spring Trophy Jacopo Guarnieri 2nd: København Byrundtur Diego Rosa 8th GC: Giro del Trentino Moreno Moser 7th: La Flèche Wallonne Enrico Barbin 2nd KoM: Tour des Fjords Sonny Colbrelli 10th Stage 1: Giro d'Italia Sonny Colbrelli 7th Stage 3: Giro d'Italia Sonny Colbrelli 8th Stage 6: Giro d'Italia Diego Rosa 6th Stage 7: Giro d'Italia Maxime Bouet 2nd Stage 10: Giro d'Italia Diego Rosa 5th Stage 16: Giro d'Italia Sonny Colbrelli 5th Stage 18: Giro d'Italia Mattia Cattaneo 6th KoM: Giro d'Italia Mattia Cattaneo 8th Young Riders: Giro d'Italia Luca Wackermann 6th Combativity: Giro d'Italia Diego Rosa 2nd: La Jurassaine Jacopo Guarnieri 2nd Stage 1: Tour de Suisse Mattia Cattaneo 3rd Stage 8: Tour de Suisse Diego Rosa 8th: Le Géant de Provence Jacopo Guarnieri 9th: La Descente Pavée Sonny Colbrelli 3rd Stage 3: Int. Österreich-Rundfahrt Gabriele Pizzaballa 2nd Young Riders: Int. Österreich-Rundfahrt Sonny Colbrelli 2nd Stage 3: Tour of Vancouver
No more are we entering an ICL season as if we were walking into the abyss. With one season behind us we are now very confident we know what it takes to perform even better this time around. We were considered, by some, the most rounded team in the ICL last season, which enabled us to finish so highly. Well, if we were rounded last season we will be doubly rounded this!
Of the top WT teams last season we were the most to invest in training and also the younger players, two factors which should give us some kind of advantage this time around.
After a titanic battle, world champ, Phillipe Gilbert will be riding for us in the rainbow jersey, leading in style. The whole team, for that matter, will be riding in a brand new team kit with all the trimmings in what may well be'The Total Package'.
Current Roster:
Gilbert Philippe (WC:RR) Tom Boonen De Gendt Thomas (NC:TT) Seeldraeyers Kevin Leukemans Bjorn Van Hecke Preben Van den Broeck Jurgen Boeckmans Kris Vangenechten Jonas Bille Gaetan Robert Frederique Van Asbroeck Tom Vermote Julien Rosseler Sébastien Yves Ngue (NC:RR&TT)
Porte Richie Elissonde Kenny Roux Anthony Wiggins Bradley (NC:TT) Langeveld Sebastian (NC:TT) Gusev Vladimir Koren Kristjan (NC:TT) Elmiger Martin
Goals:
***** Win Amstel Gold
****** Win TTT World Championship
******* TDF Podium & Three TDF Stage Wins
- * -16 wins
- * - Win 2 jerseys
Season 2 'Concept' art:
Spoiler
Camtel Whippersnappers
Current Roster:
Heymans Romeo Vanthourenhout Michael Enoh Pierre Aboubakar Tchami Obungu Fred Sweeney Damien Ngake Henry Sunzu Henry Mwanawasa Kampamba Mapemba Dominic
Season 1:
Spoiler
ICL Season 1 Squad:
Gilbert Philippe Jacobs Pieter Sijmens Nico Devolder Stijn (NC:RR) De Gendt Thomas Seeldraeyers Kevin Maes Nikolas Vantomme Maxime Van den Broeck Jurgen Boeckmans Kris Vangenechten Jonas Bille Gaetan Robert Frederique Van Asbroeck Tom Zubeldia Haimar Chavanel Sylvain(NC:TT) Elissonde Kenny Wiggins Bradley Tamouridis Ioannis (NC:RR&TT) Veelers Tom Elmiger Martin
Season 1 goals:
----- Liege Bastogne Liege --- Win
--- Tour of Northern Europe --- Top3 GC
- Deutschland Tour --- Top5 GC
Season 1 wins:
Omloop het Nieuwsblad
Philippe Gilbert
1
Strade Bianche
Philippe Gilbert
2
Roma Maxima
Philippe Gilbert
3
Milano - Sanremo
Philippe Gilbert
4
Wallonië Prijs
Philippe Gilbert
5
Giro d'Italia (Stage 8)
Jonas Vangenechten
6
Tour de France (Stage 1)
Bradley Wiggins
7
Tour de France (Stage 5)
Team
8
Tour de France (Stage 20)
Bradley Wiggins
9
Tour of Vancouver (Stage 3)
Jonas Vangenechten
10
Tour of Vancouver (Stage 5)
Jonas Vangenechten
11
Vuelta a España (Stage 13)
Philippe Gilbert
12
Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
Thomas De Gendt
13
Course de la Paix (Stage 4)
Philippe Gilbert
14
Current News:
Sponsor changes have been announced for the team. Big changes on the cards?
Sepulveda
Gonzalez
Luxembourg
Andriy Grivko
Top 3 GC Tour de Pologne
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Yves Ngue (NC:RR&TT)
Koren Kristjan (NC:TT)
Heymans Romeo
Obungu Fred
Ngake Henry
Mapemba Dominic
