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[CT] VMP - Argon 18 | New Day, New era
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 10-01-2016 17:53
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 Vivacom - DataMap is a brand Bulgarian new cycling project, that will focus mainly on riders from Bulgaria and the Balkans. This is the team's HQ for the 2016 cycling season.
Vivacom is the main sponsor and ivestor in the team. Founded in 1992 as Bulgarian Telecommunications Company and later rebranded as Vivacom in 2009, by merging it with it's Mobile subsidary VivaTel. Today it's one of the three main mobile phone opperators along with MTel and Telenor Bulgaria.
DataMap is cartographic publisher that specializes in the educational sphere by providing atlases, wall maps and etc. It's also the secondary sponsor of the team.
Other sponsors and partners
Varna 2017 - European Youth Capital - The team will promote the city of Varna during the 2016 PCM.Daily Manager Game season.
Moto-Pfohe - vehicle supplier (represented by  Ford)
 Focus Bikes - bike supplier
 DT Swiss - wheel supplier
 Shimano - groupset and gear supplier
 Ale - kit supplier
Gaerne - shoe supplier
Edited by ivaneurope on 27-04-2017 05:30
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 10-01-2016 17:54
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| Rider | Age | OVL | Wage |  Andrey Zeits | 33 | 73.32 | 165k |  Mikel Nieve | 32 | 73.26 | 100k |  Jonathon Thire | 30 | 72.75 | 50k |  Oleg Berdos | 29 | 71.58 | 50k | | Georgi Petrov Georgiev | 31 | 71.28 | 50k | | Marius Petrache | 29 | 71.26 | 65k | | José Joaquin Rojas Gil | 31 | 70.97 | 50k |  Goran Cerovic | 28 | 70.44 | 50k |  Michal Podalski | 28 | 70.40 | 50k |  Jan Stöhr | 25 | 70.31 | 50k |  Daan Rijntjes | 30 | 70.06 | 50k | | Nikolay Mihaylov | 28 | 69.96 | 50k |  Xhuliano Kamberaj | 22 | 69.81 | 47.5k (loan deal) | | Maxime Le Montagner | 25 | 69.53 | 50k | | Stanislav Zaraliev | 28 | 69.16 | 50k |  Clive Ebejer | 29 | 68.47 | 50k |  Aleksei Saramotins | 34 | 68.40 | 69k | | Marildo Yzeiraj | 22 | 65.14 | 50k | | Nako Georgiev | 21 | 64.25 | 50k | | Sylvain Chavanel | 37 | 64.22 | 50k |
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 10-01-2016 17:55
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Tour of Bulgaria - Win
 Acropolis Cup - Top 5
 GP Yekaterinburg - Top 10
Tour de Pologne - Top 10
CT Team Standings - Top 15
| Date | Race | Class | | 1-6 Feb. |   Benelux Challenge | C2HC | | 3 Feb. | Berner Rundfahrt | C1 | | 15-20 Feb. | Volta a Catalunya | C1 | | 21 Feb. | Geraardsbergen-Bosberg | C2HC | | 27 Feb. |  San Marino Hill Classic | C2HC | | 1-8 Mar. |  FBD Eire Tour | C1 | | 2 Mar. |  GP Herning | C1 | | 18-22 Mar. | Tour of Bulgaria | C2HC | | 25 Mar. |  Betonexpressz GP | C2 | | 1 Apr. |  Busan GP | C2HC | | 3 Apr. | KBC De Panne Tour | C1 | | 11 Apr. | Tour of Almaty | C2 | | 19-28 Apr. |  Tour de Langkawi | C2HC | | 22-25 Apr. |  Tour de Azerbaijan | C2 | | 1 May | Barcelona Classic | C2HC | | 5 May |  Windhoek ITT | C2 | | 15-18 May | Euskal Bizikleta | C2 | | 2 Jun. | Sachsen-Anhalt Classic | C2HC | | 6 Jun. |  Lincoln GP | C2 | | 18 Jun. | Grozny Classic | C1 | | 2-8 Jul. | Tour de Pologne | C2HC | | 5 Jul. | Isle of Man ITT | C1 | | 8-13 Jul. |  La Tropicale Amissa Bongo | C2HC | | 18-22 Jul. | Giro del Trentino | C1 | | 25-29 Jul. |  Tour de Slovenie | C2 | | 1 Aug. |  Olympic Road Race (quota pending) | UCI | | 3 Aug. | Olympic Time Trail (quota pending) | UCI | | 5-11 Aug. | USA Pro Cycling Challenge | C2HC | | 31 Aug. |  Tatarska Klasika | C2HC | | 3 Sep. | Acropolis Cup | C2HC | | 7-14 Sep. | Tour of Britain | C1 | | 24 Sep. | GP Yekaterinburg | C2HC | | 18 Oct. | Zuri Metzgete | C2HC | | World and National Championships (dates TBD) |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 10-01-2016 19:13
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We are now officially rivals! Congratulations 
Having been a Bulgarian team for the past three seasons i'll be keeping a close eye on you and this team. The downside being i've had three seasons collecting Bulgarians so currently there arn't many left for you. But i know some will be available via the Free Agency, and i'll probably give you a good deal on any others i want to offload.
Vivacoms last appearance in the MG earned them promotion, so there's your target 
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 10-01-2016 20:43
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While the team is Bulgarian and the purpouse is to build it around a core of Bulgarian rider, I also plan to have riders from Serbia, Romania, Ukraine, Belarus, Croatia and other Eastern Europe countries, but the main focus will be on the Balkan riders. |
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| DaveTwoBob |
Posted on 10-01-2016 23:43
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Good luck in the busy East European market from a fellow CT first timer, see you on the parcours.
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 11-01-2016 08:24
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Riders from Ukraine and Romania you say? We will see about that.
Nice to see another team with eastern european focus, another potential partner for Metinvest in developing the talent of that area. Welcome to the game and good luck! I guess we will meet during transfers.
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 13-01-2016 19:45
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Unfortunately the jersey design, that I've ordered, will not be comming soon. |
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| krisa |
Posted on 13-01-2016 20:00
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ivaneurope wrote:
Unfortunately the jersey design, that I've ordered, will not be comming soon. Will try to do my best to start soon
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 15-01-2016 17:42
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And here it is in its full glory - orange, white and blue will be the the team's colors this year.
Also a new sponsor and shoe supplier - Gaerne
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| krisa |
Posted on 15-01-2016 17:52
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Nice looking kit 
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 15-01-2016 18:06
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And here's the provisional design of the footwear that Italian manufacturer Gaerne made. The grey could be changed to white or blue. I'll post other variations later
EDIT: Second Design
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 15-01-2016 18:35
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It is nice to see Vivacom and get all nostalgic, i recognise their placements as well. Orange is an under-used color and that's a very nice design
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 18-01-2016 09:37
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The posts are updated with the new set of banners made by the _hoyle.
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 13-06-2016 17:02
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The first signing for the new team is Andrey Zeits from  Netia - Norske skog
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 13-06-2016 17:19
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Second transfer for the day - Latvian TT champion Aleksei Saramotins signs for the team. He joins from Elta - Hellenic Post
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| MARSUPILAMI |
Posted on 13-06-2016 17:21
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You know trades aren't made till a 24 hours countdown passes right?
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 13-06-2016 17:23
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Did I announce them early? Sorry, rokkie error 
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| the_hoyle |
Posted on 13-06-2016 22:07
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Still yet to have the signings confirmed but they will be good for you if they sign with no problems
.: Manager of :.
.: My Awards :.
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| ivaneurope |
Posted on 14-06-2016 06:24
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Since the transfers cannot be confirmed here now, the only thing I can say at the moment is that the team is very active in the market. Watch this thread for major announcements tonight and in the following days
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