Hello, and welcome to our not-so beautiful headquarters! We're Mobil - Aeropostal, and we're in our 3rd season in the sport. It's our second in the PCT playground, and after we got relegated, and saved, we're back! And we're more motivated than ever before buddies! In this headquarters, you'll be able to find regular updates (hopefully!) from us, the team, results and our history, even though brief, in the Man-Game! So, stay for a cofee, you're all invited to come to our HQ!
April 1st Tour of Vancouver, Stage 2 - Raúl Granjel Cabrera
4th Tour of Vancouver, Stage 5 - Raúl Granjel Cabrera
2nd Points Classification, Tour of Vancouver - Raúl Granjel Cabrera
5th Philadelphia International Champioship - Raúl Granjel Cabrera
20th Philladelphia International Champioship - Tiziano Dall'Antonia
14th Dutch Food Valley Classic - Raúl Granjel Cabrera
14th Interlagos GP - Emanuele Rizza
16th Interlagos GP - Tiziano Dall'Antonia
July 1st Tour of Bulgaria, Stage 2
15th Tour of Bulgaria - Artemio Moschella
2nd Post Danmark Rundt, Stage 2 - Raúl Granjel Cabrera
5th Post Danmark Rundt, Stage 3 - Rául Granjel Cabrera
7th Post Danmark Rundt - Freddy Cruz
August
4th Volta a Portugal, Stage 9 - Eduin Becerra
September 1st Tour of America, Stage 2 - Raúl Granjel Cabrera 1st Tour of America, Stage 3 - Raúl Granjel Cabrera 1st Tour of America, Stage 8 - Raúl Granjel Cabrera 1st Tour of America, Stage 11 - Raúl Granjel Cabrera
4th Tour of America, Stage 11 - Tiziano Dall'Antonia 1st Tour of America, Stage 13 - Raúl Granjel Cabrera
2nd Tour of America, Stage 14 - Raúl Granjel Cabrera
2nd Tour of America, Stage 21 - Raúl Granjel Cabrera 1st Tour of America, Points Classification - Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Stage 4 Vuelta a Mallorca - Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Stage 7 Tour de San Luis - Pedro Sequera
Mountain Classification Giro del Trentino - Paúl Torres
Stage 5 Tour of Southland - Walter Pedraza
General Classification Tour of Southland - Walter Pedraza
Stage 2 Int. Osterreich Rundfahrt - Paúl Torres
Stage 19 Tour of America - Paúl Torres
Stage 21 Tour of America - Luis Enrique Lemus Davila
Stage 2 Vuelta al Tachira - Emanuele Rizza
Stage 9 Vuelta al Tachira - Walter Pedraza
Stage 5 Tour de San Luis - Stefano Pirazzi
Stage 4 Tour of Japan - Walter Pedraza
Stage 1 Tour of Eritrea - Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Stage 7 USA Pro Cycling Challenge - Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Stage 8 Vuelta al Tachira - Walter Pedraza
Stage 6 Tour of Oman - Eduardo Sepulveda
Stage 6 Tour de San Luis - Wilmer Vasquez
Stage 3 Giro del Trentino - Paúl Torres
Stage 1 Tour of Taiwan - Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Stage 7 Tour of Taiwan - Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Stage 2 Tour of Andorra - Walter Pedraza
Stage 4 Int. Osterreich Rundfahrt - Stefano Pirazzi
Stage 11 Tour of America - Pedro Pablo Pereyra
4th-10th Place
5th Down Under Classic - Raúl Granjel Cabrera
5th Stage 4 Vuelta al Tachira - Eduin Becerra
5th Stage 2 Vuelta a Mallorca - Juan Mora
5th Stage 3 Tour of Eritrea - Raúl Granjel Cabrera
5th Stage 5 USA Pro Cycling Challenge - Juan Mora
5th Stage 1 Int. Osterreich Rundfahrt - Walter Pedraza
5th Stage 4 Tour of America - TTT
6th Tour of Andorra - Walter Pedraza
8th Tour of Vancouver - Walter Pedraza
8th Dutch Food Valley Classic - Gavin Mannion
9th Vuelta a Mallorca - Eduin Becerra
9th Giro del Trentino - Paúl Torres
9th Int. Osterreich Rundfahrt - Paúl Torres
10th Cartago-Irazu - Walter Pedraza
Goals
Vuelta a Tachira - Win the Race - Failed - 4th Walter Pedraza Cartago-Irazu - Top 5 - Failed - 10th Walter Pedraza Tour of Vancouver - Top 5 GC - Failed - 8th Walter Pedraza Top 10 PCT Overall Standings - Failed - 28th place Win America Tour Overall Standings - Failed - 23th place
Pictures of the season
Cabrera took our first win of the season in Spain
Pedraza took our only GC win of the season, with a dominant display in Australia
2013 - Mobil - Castrol Cycling
Spoiler
Roster Robert Vrecer Tiziano Dall'Antonia Maky Roman Daniel Eduardo Silva Remy Di Gregório Lawson Craddock Tom Criel Alex Ciocan Roy Eefting Fabricio Ferrari Eugenio Alafaci Juan Mora Peter Williams Stefano Pirazzi Jose Mojica
Results in 2013
The Emerald Race - Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Stage 1 Volta ao Alentejo - Alex Ciocan
Donetsk GP - Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Stage 1 Glava Tour of Norway - Alex Ciocan
Stage 5 Glava Tour of Norway - Alex Ciocan
General Classification Glava Tour of Norway - Alex Ciocan
Points Classification Glava Tour of Norway - Alex Ciocan
Stage 3 Tour of Serbie - Alex Ciocan
Points Classification Tour of Serbie - Alex Ciocan
Stage 8 FCD Èire Tour - Juan Mora
Stage 2 Volta ao Alentejo - Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Stage 6 Tour of Serbie - Alex Ciocan
Stage 2 Giro della Valle d'Aosta - Juan Mora
Stage 5 FCD Èire Tour - Juan Mora
Bucks County Classic - Eugenio Alafaci
Stage 4 Clasico RCN - Juan Mora
Stage 3 Herald Sun Tour - Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Stage 6 Tour of Serbie - Lawson Craddock
Stage 2 Tasol Tour to the Sun - Daniel Eduardo Silva
Stage 5 FCD Èire Tour - Tom Criel
Stage 4 Clasico RCN - Fabricio Ferrari
4th-10th Place
6th GP Kathmandu - Robert Vrecer
10th GP Kathmandu - Daniel Eduardo Silva
5th Stage 1 Volta ao Alentejo - Tiziano Dall'Antonia
5th Stage 2 Volta ao Alentejo - Alex Ciocan
4th Volta ao Alentejo - Alex Ciocan
6th Volta ao Alentejo - Tiziano Dall'Antonia
5th Stage 2 Glava Tour of Norway - Alex Ciocan
5th Stage 3 Glava Tour of Norway - Alex Ciocan
5th Tallin - Tartu Grand Prix - Tiziano Dall'Antonia
7th GP Onda - Boavista - Daniel Eduardo Silva
6th Eneco Tour - Eugenio Alafaci
5th Stage 1 Tour of Serbie - Alex Ciocan
6th Int. Österreich Rundfahrt - Maky Roman
8th Int. Österreich Rundfahrt - Robert Vrecer
8th Giro della Valle d'Aosta - Juan Mora
10th Ulaanbaatar GP - Tiziano Dall'Antonia
5th Tasol Tour to the Sun - Daniel Eduardo Silva
7th FCD Èire Tour - Juan Mora
8th Volta a Portugal - Robert Vrecer
8th Tour of America - Robert Vrecer
6th Clasico RCN - Maky Roman
7th Herald Sun Tour - Tiziano Dall'Antonia
4th Stage 2 Tour of Utah - Alex Ciocan
6th Tour of Utah - Maky Roman
10th Tour of Utah - Daniel Eduardo Silva
7th Züri - Metzgete - Tiziano Dall'Antonia
Goals
Vilnius GP - Win the Race - Failed - 15th Tiziano Dall'Antonia Volta ao Alentejo - Top 10 GC - Achieved - 4th Alex Ciocan Tour of America - Top 5 GC - Failed - 8th Robert Vrecer Tour of Utah - Top 5 GC - Failed - 6th Maky Roman Finish in the top 15 of CT Rankings - Achieved - 10th Place
Pictures of the Season
Dall'Antonia started our win tally all the way back in February, in the Emerald Race
Ciocan took 1st Stage in Alentejo
Dall'Antonia took a brilliant and weird win in Donetsk
Ciocan took Stage 1 in Norway, in a race that would be memorable to him
In the leader's jersey, he confirmed his GC win with a brilliant win in the last stage in Norway
On a high roll, Ciocan took the 3rd Stage in Serbia
Mora took the team's last win of the season with a brilliant win in the last stage in Ireland
I loved your fight last year and was cheering for you.
So it was nice to report Southland, which must have been one of your best results.
So even better to race against you this year.
Really hope the transfer market can give you the needed point scorers to avoid another long season.
I look forwards to continuing our rivalry, which will hopefully step up a level this year as we start to go for more of a stage racing focus. Always enjoy seeing teams pick ToA as a goal, and we will see you there!
Leaving the Team: Yeison Delgado Jason Donald Wilmer Vasquez
Yeison and Jason are way too old now to be revelant in the team, while Wilmer was just too asking too much after his terrible season. They all go into free agency.
With renewals done, it's time to announce the availability of our riders.
Won't leave the team: Eduin Becerra Lawson Craddock Raúl Granjel Cabrera Luis Enrique Lemus Davila Jose Mojica Xavier Nieves Juan Mora Pedro Sequera Eduardo Sepulveda Paúl Torres
Will leave if the right offer comes along: Fabricio Ferrari Maky Roman Walter Pedraza Gavin Mannion Emanuele Rizza
Are transfer listed: Remberto Jaramillo Roniel Campos (might get loaned again to CT)
Rujano comes to the team to become the indisputed leader. Aeropostal wanted a big signing from Venezuela, and we grabbed the second best rider from the country, behind Alarcon of course. Rujano will lead the team in most of the stage races this season where mountains exist, and hopefully takes us to our goals.
Artemio Moschella
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Artemio Moschella
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79
69
69
73
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71
52
51
62
63
75
69
Artemio comes from the PT, from Lotto, having previously ridden for Vesuvio. Artemio is a very strong climber, who is going to be there to help Rujano and Pedraza in most races, with the hopes of also snabbing a result or two across the season.
Saul Raisin
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Saul Raisin
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52
60
63
77
65
73
Saul is a very good rider. He's a good climber, and a good time trialist. He can with the best, and can be a better TT'er than most pure climbers. He's a great rider to have to help the team leader's, and to lead in stage races where the competition is a bit weaker.
Tiziano Dall'Antonia
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Tiziano Dall'Antonia
73
53
70
72
73
68
80
58
76
76
76
61
72
Sometimes, people say that the rule of life is not to return where you once were happy. Tiziano has broken that rule, it appears. Two seasons ago, we signed him from Pellizzoti's team, and during that season, he was a great rider, grabbing a couple of wins with our team. But then, I made the decision of selling him, a decidision I regreted. Now he's back, on a low salary, and hopefully to grab a couple of good results during the season, and to help Cabrera to wins.
Freddy Cruz
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Freddy Cruz
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54
62
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69
76
Freddy is the team's best time trialist. Last year, we had already tried to sign him, without sucess. This year, we grabbed him at minimum wage, which is a great purchase. Should help the team during TTT's, and on a C2 level, try to grab a win or two.
Filipe Cardoso
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70
61
71
66
70
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51
76
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64
61
66
Filipe is a very similar rider to Dall'Antonia. Both are good on the hills, and both are good sprinters. He'll have a very similar role to Tiziano this season.
Honorio Machado
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Honorio Machado
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64
72
65
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54
73
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63
61
65
Honorio is 33 year's old, and he's the team's captain on the road. He'll help the youngsters stay focus, and the oldest to know what their job. And maybe, he can sneak a result too!
Nervin Jiatz
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Nervin Jiatz
66
68
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64
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56
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64
71
67
59
Nervin is our stagiaire. He's a good climber who showed good skills in our training camp last year, so we'll offer him the chance of proving he's worth in the second part of the season.
Riders who left the team
Gavin Mannion
We decided to sell Gavin because the offer was too good to say no. We wish him good luck in his adventures.
5 riders also left the team on loan. Lawson Craddock to Movistar - US Postal Pedro Pablo Pereyra to Bacardi Limited Stefano Pirazzi to Venchi Roniel Campos to Novatek-Panarmenian.net Maky Roman to SanCor Cycling Team
Edited by Miguel98 on 23-05-2015 11:26
Hopefully we'll announce our calendar across the next days, and unveil our USA NC shirt (since I only noticed now Cruz was national champion ).
Edited by Miguel98 on 30-05-2015 08:36
Goals: Finally, racing is coming! And for a PCT team, it's weird not to start in Australia racing. We decided to start in more familiar ground, in America, in Cuba, in the hills of San Cristobal. We hope to use our new hilly leader, Besada to a get a top 10 from this classic.
Goals: It's our win goal of the season. And we brought our best rider here. Last year, we finished 3rd with a weaker rider (Pedraza), so this year, with an even stronger team and leader, Rujano should trash the opposition. We also brought 3 rider's to work on the sprints, with hopefully Rizza to grab a decent result in the first three stages.
José Rujano 
Artemio Moschella 
Walter Pedraza 
Raúl Granjel Cabrera 
Saul Raisin 
Filipe Cardoso 
Fabricio Ferrari 
Luis Enrique Lemus Davila 
Eduardo Sepulveda 
Nervin Jiatz 
Tour d'Andorra
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