[CT'19] Centovalli - Fiat | Review: Talents
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Welcome to the newly founded Centovalli - Fiat cycling team, which has been provided with a CT license for the 2019 season.
In order to futher promote cycling in Switzerland, Swiss-Cycling has been looking for and finally found a partner in Ticino Turismo, the touristic organization of the italian-speaking part of Switzerland. Ticino Turismo's goal is to promote the beautiful region of Centovalli ("hundred valleys"), in cooperation with the regional transport company. Aldo Rampazzi, president of Ticino Turismo, says: "We want the world to get to know our beautiful canton of Ticino even better - and especially Centovalli. You're looking for mountains? Lakes? Rivers? Quiet and untouched places? You can find it all in Centovalli!"
As the principal railway line of Centovalli, connecting Locarno and Domodossola (I), runs through the italian region of Piemonte as well, the goal was to get a secondary sponsor from this region as well. Finally, the project leaders were able to convince a big name to make its come-back to cycling - Fiat automobiles. Having already sponsored a cycling team from 1977 to 1979, Fiat's president Olivier François explains Fiat's comeback: "We love racing. That's why. Four wheels, two wheels - racing is our passion. We want to bring this passion to cycling - and we're looking forward to this new adventure!". However, in contrast with their first appearance, where they tried to win Le Tour de France with Eddy Merckx, they will start with a small continental team this time.
To underline the statement of Mr. François concerning passion, the jerseys will be produced by "Cuore" - which means "Heart" in Italian. And passion meets professionalism, as the team will be provided with BMC bikes, produced in Switzerland. The Fiat wind tunnel, which the team will be happy to use, may be an additonal advantage in the fight for seconds.
As the team does have its headquarters in Switzerland, there must be at least one more sponsor out of: banks, watches, cheese, or chocolate. The team has finally signed with Mondelez Switzerland, which will be present on the jerseys with their famous "Toblerone".
Even though the team manager, Mr. Fabianski, is now well known in the cycling family yet - the primary "Directeur sportif" is - the team is proud to announce the signing of Ticino's "local hero" Rubens Bertogliati. As a former professional, he does know very well what it takes to be a pro.
It will be his and Mr. Fabianski's task to scout, sign and train local riders. Well, more or less local - the focus will be on Swiss and Italian cyclists; spots for international riders will however always be open as well. The team also hopes for good cooperation with the other Swiss teams, in order to reach Swiss Cycling's goal - promote cycling in Switzerland. On a longer term, we certainly hope to promote at least to PCT; however, on short and mid term we will more act as a development team and try to help out the established Swiss teams.
We're looking forward to our first season and would like to thank again the MGUCI for providing us with a CT license!
Edited by Fabianski on 08-09-2020 18:11
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| | FL | MO | HI | TT | ST | RS | RC | CB | SP | AC | FG | DH | PR | | XP | Age | | Marco Guillen | 67 | 58 | 61 | 56 | 66 | 62 | 69 | 61 | 81 | 82 | 54 | 57 | 56 | | 4.100 | 32 | | Jan-Andre Freuler | 69 | 72 | 75 | 68 | 73 | 75 | 72 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 67 | 75 | 69 | | 4.100 | 27 | | Fausto Masnada | 70 | 75 | 75 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 71 | 60 | 63 | 72 | 69 | 71 | 68 | | 4.00 | 26 | | Mirco Saggiorato | 68 | 77 | 73 | 66 | 72 | 74 | 73 | 50 | 58 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 66 | | 4.100 | 31 | | Gian Piero Signorini | 59 | 78 | 69 | 65 | 66 | 72 | 73 | 53 | 56 | 74 | 68 | 62 | 65 | | 4.100 | 31 | | Andrea Manfredi | 69 | 78 | 65 | 65 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 54 | 62 | 73 | 77 | 73 | 65 | | 4.100 | 27 | | Simon Pellaud | 70 | 65 | 77 | 66 | 74 | 68 | 71 | 55 | 65 | 70 | 71 | 67 | 66 | | 4.100 | 27 | | Cyrile Thiery | 72 | 70 | 74 | 66 | 73 | 73 | 70 | 60 | 72 | 73 | 77 | 74 | 65 | | 4.100 | 29 | | Issiaka Cisse | 74 | 53 | 63 | 67 | 73 | 67 | 78 | 63 | 78 | 77 | 73 | 59 | 65 | | 4.100 | 28 | | Manuel Stocker | 75 | 60 | 65 | 69 | 71 | 73 | 76 | 59 | 76 | 77 | 65 | 65 | 71 | | 4.100 | 27 | | Patrick Gamper | 70 | 62 | 65 | 69 | 70 | 72 | 66 | 70 | 63 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 69 | | 1.00 | 22 | | Maximilian Walscheid | 69 | 55 | 62 | 61 | 69 | 70 | 64 | 61 | 74 | 75 | 61 | 66 | 71 | | 3.01 | 26 | | Gino Mäder | 68 | 70 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 70 | 70 | 64 | 67 | 63 | 69 | 67 | 69 | | 1.00 | 22 | | Alessandro Fedeli | 66 | 64 | 69 | 61 | 66 | 65 | 60 | 57 | 64 | 67 | 62 | 62 | 63 | | 1.00 | 23 | | | | Loaned out | | Fabian Lienhard | 72 | 65 | 73 | 66 | 75 | 71 | 68 | 55 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 69 | 70 | | 4.58 | 25 | | Leonardo Basso | 72 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 76 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 69 | 71 | | 4.26 | 26 | | Thomas Boudat | 69 | 51 | 67 | 61 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 58 | 74 | 74 | 62 | 65 | 74 | | 3.00 | 25 | | Andrea Vendrame | 70 | 60 | 71 | 57 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 60 | 69 | 71 | 64 | 66 | 69 | | 3.00 | 25 | | | | Loaned in | | Riccardo Minali | 67 | 52 | 57 | 56 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 59 | 73 | 73 | 62 | 73 | 64 | | 2.49 | 24 | | Ioannidis Kiriakidis | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 69 | 68 | 62 | 63 | 70 | 69 | 73 | 70 | | 2.34 | 22 | | Miltiadis Giannoutsos | 65 | 71 | 68 | 66 | 70 | 72 | 68 | 57 | 64 | 65 | 74 | 66 | 71 | | 2.56 | 22 | | Pascal Eenkhoorn | 69 | 69 | 67 | 64 | 70 | 72 | 73 | 65 | 64 | 68 | 66 | 66 | 70 | | 1.00 | 22 | | Aimiliano Vila | 69 | 65 | 69 | 63 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 54 | 66 | 67 | 69 | 68 | 63 | | 1.00 | 22 |
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Start | End | Race | Category | 10-Jan | | Clasico San Cristobal | C2 | 22-Jan | 31-Jan | Vuelta al Tachira | C2 | 31-Jan | | Great Ocean Road Classic | C2HC | 01-Feb | 07-Feb | Tour de Langkawi | C2HC | 22-Feb | | Gisborne GP | C2 | 25-Feb | 27-Feb | Hong Kong Challenge | C2 | 15-Mar | | Apex Mountain Classic | C1 | 18-Mar | | Geraardsbergen-Bosberg | C2HC | 22-Mar | 27-Mar | Tour of Eritrea | C2HC | 04-Apr | 09-Apr | Tour de Vineyards | C2HC | 08-Apr | | Coppa Placci | C2 | 18-Apr | | Betonexpressz GP | C2HC | 26-Apr | | Lincoln GP | C2HC | 27-Apr | | GP Wallonie | C1 | 28-Apr | 30-Apr | Corsica International | C1 | 02-May | 07-May | Tour of Romandie | C1 | 04-May | 05-May | Windhoek ITT | C2HC | 12-May | 14-May | Tour du Faso | C2HC | 19-May | 21-May | Giro del Trentino | C2 | 13-Jun | 19-Jun | Tour of Vancouver | C2HC | 18-Jun | 23-Jun | Tour of South Africa | C1 | 24-Jun | | Paris - Tours Expoirs | U23 | 01-Jul | 08-Jul | Tour de San Luis | C2 | 16-Jul | 20-Jul | Tour of Bulgaria | C2 | 23-Jul | | Vilnius GP | C2HC | 26-Jul | | Nantahala Classic | C1 | 27-Jul | 30-Jul | USA Pro Cycling Challenge | C2 | 31-Jul | | Liège - Bastogne - Liège U23 | U23 | 01-Aug | 06-Aug | Benelux Challenge | C2HC | 07-Aug | 13-Aug | Int. Österreich Rundfahrt | HC | 09-Aug | | Rio Vista Chinesa | C2 | 20-Aug | 21-Aug | Grands Prix Cyclistes | C2HC | 23-Aug | 31-Aug | Tour de l'Avenir | U23 | 01-Sep | 05-Sep | Tour of Britain | C1 | 01-Sep | | Philadelphia International Champ. | C2HC | 10-Sep | 13-Sep | Euskal Bizikleta | C2HC | 24-Sep | | Transfagarasan GP | C2HC | 29-Sep | | Milano - Torino | C1 | 29-Sep | | GP Yekaterinburg | C2HC | 30-Sep | | Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften | U23 | 03-Oct | | GP Lugano | HC | 03-Oct | | Giro dell'Emelia | HC | 06-Oct | 10-Oct | Herald Sun Tour | C2HC | 06-Oct | 09-Oct | Course de Solidarnosc | C2HC | 18-Oct | | Züri Metzgete | C2HC |
Races in bold font are goal races.
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Country | Race | Goal | Outcome | | Züri Metzgete (C2HC) | Win | 2nd (Thièry) | | Giro del Trentino (C2) | Top 5 | 6th (Saggiorato) | | Coppa Placci (C2) | Top 10 | 14th (Thièry) | | Tour of Bulgaria (C2) | Top 10 | 9th, 10th (Saggiorato, Masnada) | | Team Standings | Top 15 | 15th |
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2019 jersey revealed!
Here it is, our first jersey! Credits go to famous jersey designer Mr. hillis91 for his great work!
The jersey has a simple, yet beautiful and carefully elaborated design - this is where it meets Centovalli - a simple, natural valley, yet beautiful. We recognize the logo of the company running the Centovalli railway. If we take a closer look, we can see a valley in the lower part of the shirt - as well as some rails. Of course, the sponsor's own logo - along with some variations of it - is not missing either. Ticino Turismo is absolutely happy with our jersey, which is great!
Fiat as our secondary sponsor is well recognizable as well. The choice of their still well-known (maybe the best-known?) 70's logo is a tribute to their first appearance in cycling. We can as well see a variation of the current logo on the shorts. We hope our riders will be motivated by the Fiat logo on their legs in order to supply some horsepower on their own.
In each case, they will be riding with heart; our jersey manufacturer, Cuore, did a great job, and their logo fits well on these jerseys. Thanks also to our bike sponsor, BMC - we hope other riders will often see their logo, as it's on the back of our jersey.
And if you take another close look, you'll even find some chocolate on our jersey. Don't be worried, it won't be our riders' main food, but our sponsor, Mondelez Switzerland, will certainly provide us with some energy.
We're really looking forward to our initial CT season and we can't wait seeing our new hires in these jerseys!
Edited by Fabianski on 03-09-2019 20:35
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Wins
Marco Guillén | Tour de Langkawi | Stage 6 | Jan-André Freuler | Hong Kong Challenge | Stage 1 | Fausto Masnada | Tour de Romandie | KoM | Jan-André Freuler | Tour of South Africa | Stage 5 | Marco Guillén | Tour de San Luis | Stage 8 | Marco Guillén | Benelux Challenge | Stage 2 | Marco Guillén | Benelux Challenge | Stage 6 | Marco Guillén | Benelux Challenge | Points | Fausto Masnada | Int. Österreich Rundfahrt | Stage 4 | Jan-André Freuler | Tour of Britain | Stage 5 | Centovalli - Fiat | Course de Solidarnosc | Team |
2nd Places
Issiaka Cissé | Vuelta al Tachira | Stage 5 | Marco Guillén | Betonexpressz GP | | Fausto Masnada | Tour de Romandie | Stage 4 | Centovalli - Fiat | Giro del Trentino | Team | Marco Guillén | Tour de San Luis | Stage 2 | Centovalli - Fiat | Tour of Bulgaria | Team | Marco Guillén | Course de Solidarnosc | Stage 2 | Cyrille Thièry | Züri Metzgete | |
3rd Places
Issiaka Cissé | Vuelta al Tachira | Stage 3 | Cyrille Thièry | Vuelta al Tachira | Stage 10 | Issiaka Cissé | Corsica International | Stage 1 | Centovalli - Fiat | Tour of Vancouver | Team | Gino Mäder | Benelux Challenge | U25 | Fausto Masnada | Int. Österreich Rundfahrt | Stage 2 | Fausto Masnada | Int. Österreich Rundfahrt | Points | Fausto Masnada | Int. Österreich Rundfahrt | KoM | Miltiadis Giannoutsos | Tour of Bulgaria | KoM | Marco Guillén | Course de Solidarnosc | GC | Marco Guillén | Course de Solidarnosc | Points |
Top 10 Places
4th | Mirco Saggiorato | Vuelta al Tachira | Stage 6 | 4th | Andrea Manfredi | Vuelta al Tachira | Stage 7 | 4th | Marco Guillén | Tour de Langkawi | Stage 2 | 4th | Marco Guillén | Tour de Langkawi | Points | 4th | Gian Piero Signorini | Tour de Romandie | Stage 4 | 4th | Gian Piero Signorini | Tour de Romandie | KoM | 4th | Marco Guillén | Tour de San Luis | Points | 4th | Marco Guillén | Benelux Challenge | Stage 3 | 4th | Simon Pellaud | Grands Prix Cyclistes | Stage 1 | 4th | Issiaka Cissé | Herald Sun Tour | Stage 1 | | | | | | | | | 5th | Marco Guillén | Great Ocean Road Classic | | 5th | Issiaka Cissé | Tour of Eritrea | Stage 1 | 5th | Andrea Manfredi | Tour of Vancouver | Stage 1 | 5th | Mirco Saggiorato | Tour of Vancouver | Stage 6 | 5th | Jan-André Freuler | Tour de San Luis | Stage 4 | 5th | Max Walscheid | Euskal Bizikleta | Stage 2 | 5th | Issiaka Cissé | Herald Sun Tour | Stage 2 | 5th | Marco Guillén | Course de Solidarnosc | Stage 4 | | | | | | | | | 6th | Centovalli - Fiat | Vuelta al Tachira | Team | 6th | Marco Guillén | Tour de Langkawi | Stage 7 | 6th | Fausto Masnada | Hong Kong Challenge | Stage 1 | 6th | Jan-André Freuler | Hong Kong Challenge | Points | 6th | Mirco Saggiorato | Tour de Vineyards | Stage 3 | 6th | Marco Guillén | Tour de Vineyards | Stage 5 | 6th | Mirco Saggiorato | Giro del Trentino | Stage 2 | 6th | Mirco Saggiorato | Giro del Trentino | GC | 6th | Jan-André Freuler | Tour of South Africa | KoM | 6th | Andrea Manfredi | Int. Österreich Rundfahrt | Stage 4 | 6th | Jan-André Freuler | Tour of Britain | Points | 6th | Centovalli - Fiat | Tour of Britain | Team | 6th | Marco Guillén | Course de Solidarnosc | Stage 3 | | | | | | | | | 7th | Mirco Saggiorato | Vuelta al Tachira | Stage 8 | 7th | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Tour de Langkawi | U25 | 7th | Marco Guillén | Tour of Eritrea | Stage 5 | 7th | Ioannidis Kiriakidis | Tour de Vineyards | U25 | 7th | Issiaka Cissé | Tour of Vancouver | Stage 3 | 7th | Mirco Saggiorato | Tour of Vancouver | GC | 7th | Manuel Stocker | Tour de San Luis | Stage 2 | 7th | Manuel Stocker | USA Pro Cycling Challenge | Stage 1 | 7th | Gino Mäder | Benelux Challenge | KoM | 7th | Centovalli - Fiat | Benelux Challenge | Team | 7th | Jan-André Freuler | Tour of Britain | KoM | 7th | Max Walscheid | Euskal Bizikleta | Stage 1 | 7th | Miltiadis Giannoutsos | Tour of Bulgaria | U25 | 7th | Marco Guillén | Course de Solidarnosc | Stage 1 | | | | | | | | | 8th | Issiaka Cissé | Vuelta al Tachira | Stage 1 | 8th | Marco Guillén | Tour of Eritrea | Stage 2 | 8th | Andrea Manfredi | Giro del Trentino | Stage 2 | 8th | Gian Piero Signorini | Tour of Vancouver | Stage 1 | 8th | Issiaka Cissé | Tour of Vancouver | Stage 2 | 8th | Mirco Saggiorato | Tour of Vancouver | Stage 4 | 8th | Issiaka Cissé | USA Pro Cycling Challenge | Stage 1 | 8th | Gino Mäder | Benelux Challenge | Stage 5 | 8th | Cyrille Thièry | Rio Vista Chinesa | | 8th | Gian Piero Signorini | Int. Österreich Rundfahrt | Stage 2 | 8th | Gino Mäder | Tour of Britain | U25 | 8th | Andrea Manfredi | Transfagarasan GP | | 8th | Issiaka Cissé | Herald Sun Tour | Points | | | | | | | | | 9th | Mirco Saggiorato | Vuelta al Tachira | GC | 9th | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Vuelta al Tachira | U25 | 9th | Marco Guillén | Tour of Eritrea | Stage 1 | 9th | Marco Guillén | Tour de Vineyards | Stage 2 | 9th | Gino Mäder | Giro del Trentino | U25 | 9th | Andrea Manfredi | Tour of Vancouver | Stage 4 | 9th | Alessandro Fedeli | Tour of South Africa | Stage 6 | 9th | Marco Guillén | USA Pro Cycling Challenge | Stage 1 | 9th | Gino Mäder | Benelux Challenge | GC | 9th | Simon Pellaud | Grands Prix Cyclistes | GC | 9th | Centovalli - Fiat | Grands Prix Cyclistes | Team | 9th | Marco Guillén | Philadelphia Int. Championship | | 9th | Fausto Masnada | Tour of Britain | Stage 5 | 9th | Simon Pellaud | Euskal Bizikleta | KoM | 9th | Centovalli - Fiat | Tour of Bulgaria | Stage 2 | 9th | Mirco Saggiorato | Tour of Bulgaria | GC | 9th | Issiaka Cissé | Herald Sun Tour | Stage 3 | | | | | | | | | 10th | Issiaka Cissé | Vuelta al Tachira | Points | 10th | Issiaka Cissé | Vuelta al Tachira | Stage 2 | 10th | Issiaka Cissé | Tour de Langkawi | Stage 4 | 10th | Centovalli - Fiat | Tour de Langkawi | Team | 10th | Issiaka Cissé | Tour de Vineyards | Stage 5 | 10th | Mirco Saggiorato | Tour de Vineyards | KoM | 10th | Centovalli - Fiat | Tour de Romandie | Team | 10th | Andrea Manfredi | Tour of Vancouver | GC | 10th | Gino Mäder | Tour of Vancouver | U25 | 10th | Manuel Stocker | Tour de San Luis | Stage 8 | 10th | Marco Guillén | USA Pro Cycling Challenge | Stage 3 | 10th | Marco Guillén | USA Pro Cycling Challenge | Points | 10th | Simon Pellaud | Grands Prix Cyclistes | Points | 10th | Fausto Masnada | Tour of Bulgaria | GC | 10th | Gino Mäder | Tour of Bulgaria | U25 | 10th | Ioannidis Kiriakidis | Course de Solidarnosc | U25 |
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Posted on 01-09-2019 22:45
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Really interesting opening post. Looking forward to how you develop this project
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Posted on 02-09-2019 08:06
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Thanks for your kind words. I'm myself unsure about how it will work out. First, Team UBS being relegated is a really bad thing for Swiss cycling - and for my team (I was hoping for some loaning opportunities when I first started thinking about my project). Second, Gustavovskiy changing his team's nationality and focusing more on Switzerland came as a surprise to me, and this will make competition for Swiss riders even harder. This makes me think that in the first season I'll probably have to focus more on italian riders - although with Bianchi – Campagnolo and Glanbia Foods Cycling Project there are two completely new italian teams as well... Interesting transfer period coming up |
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Posted on 02-09-2019 16:02
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The first post looks intriguing. Will be interesting to see how many swiss riders you'll get with all those bigger teams interested in the market. Kinda expect a pm come transfers
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Posted on 02-09-2019 18:42
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Fabianski wrote:
Thanks for your kind words. I'm myself unsure about how it will work out. First, Team UBS being relegated is a really bad thing for Swiss cycling - and for my team (I was hoping for some loaning opportunities when I first started thinking about my project). Second, Gustavovskiy changing his team's nationality and focusing more on Switzerland came as a surprise to me, and this will make competition for Swiss riders even harder. This makes me think that in the first season I'll probably have to focus more on italian riders - although with Bianchi – Campagnolo and Glanbia Foods Cycling Project there are two completely new italian teams as well... Interesting transfer period coming up
Italy and Switzerland have definitely become much sought out destinations, but I think you'll be warmly surprised as to the number of Swiss riders entering our ranks.
Interesting choice of sponsors. Best of luck. Hope this first season treats you well!
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Posted on 05-09-2019 14:35
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knockout: No comment on that until transfers start, don't want to break the rules already now
Gustavovskiy: Thanks. I really hope there'll be enough decent Swiss riders for all of us. Being only a CT team, I'll certainly not be in the pole position for the most interesting ones, but let's see.
Goals are submitted, let's just try to find the best riders to accomplish them |
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Posted on 20-09-2019 09:21
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Pre-Transfer press release
Before the official MGCUI transfer window opens tonight, team manager Mr. Fabianski stated which types of riders he hopes to welcome in his squad in the next few days:
Looking at our sponsors' nationalities, it should be clear that our main focus will be Swiss and Italian riders. As the project is backed by Swiss Cycling, they'd like us to contract some Swiss talents, in order to give them a possibility to develop and later be successful on higher levels.
On the other hand, both Ticino Turismo and Fiat would love to see our jersey as often as possible, i.e. we should also have riders that could be shining from the first season on. So we've got a few names in mind who are no young talents anymore, but already strong and experienced riders - both Swiss and Italian.
Furthermore, we'll consider the other neighbouring countries as well, which means we might offer a place to German, Austrian, or French riders. And if there should be a rider from a more distant country where we simply can't say "No", we'd of course consider a transfer as well. But the focus will definitely be more regional than for other teams.
Of course we'll mainly be looking at the Free Agent market, as we don't have the budget to afford huge transfer expenses. But there definitely is room for some - maybe surprising - moves. We're as excited as every other team - let the show begin!
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Posted on 20-09-2019 18:20
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I love it! A clear plan to promote Swiss cycling with an Italian twist also. I also love the jersey with all the little details, but still a very clean look
I very much look forward to seeing your team in action, good luck
"I am a cyclist, I may not be the best, but that is what I strive to be. I may never get there, but I will never quit trying." - Tadej Pogačar
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Posted on 20-09-2019 18:30
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@redordead Thanks! Let's see these next few days who we will watch wearing this jersey throughout the upcoming season
And good luck to you as well! |
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Posted on 21-09-2019 14:24
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Hey! I haven't been as up to date in the Teams HQ area as I should be lately, but I noticed someone bidding on Swiss riders so I did some extra research
Welcome to the game! I really like your team concept, your opening post is great, and the jersey is top notch. I hope we can work together going forward. The other Swiss team is Sauber (run by sammy), and fortunately we have a really strong history of working together and helping each other out when we can. Hope we can work together as well, and hope you're able to build a good core of Swiss riders to start out with.
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Fabianski |
Posted on 24-09-2019 14:19
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@Bushwackers
Thanks. I seem to have forgotten a bit about my own HQ as well...
I too hope we'll be able to collaborate well. It was a shame seeing you go down to PCT by a ridiculous 4 points, but I hope you'll be going up again this season!
Hope you aren't too mad at me for "stealing" Saggiorato. At least, he won't be leaving his home country
As you can see in the (updated) roster, the "good core of Swiss riders" has worked out quite well, although for the moment there's just one really young guy. Let's see how transfers continue... |
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Posted on 24-09-2019 18:59
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Congratulations on some really nice signings so far, I'm especially jealous of Pellaud and Gino so far, would have loved to have got both of them but you snapped them up before I was able to make a move.
Hopefully we get enough talents coming through in the next few years for us to work together and not end up inflating their wages too much.
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Posted on 24-09-2019 20:23
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@sammy
Thanks. Congrats to you on Hirschi! He was someone I hoped joining us in my wildest dreams, but I was done with this idea when I first peeked into the FA thread... At least I got Gino. He surely won't be as strong as Marc, but is still a potential 77Mo, which isn't that bad. Pellaud is a nice rider as well, hope he's going to get some minor points on hilly races.
Yeah, I too hope we can find some way to collaborate. We'll have to do some serious scouting to get enough riders into the game |
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Posted on 24-09-2019 20:54
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The first look at the roster looks really cool. Love what you seem to be building. I hope Lienhard will serve you well as part of a hopefully long future
A Big Thank You To All MG Reporters!
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Fabianski |
Posted on 25-09-2019 10:38
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Dear visitor
First of all, we'd like to apologize for not having presented our previous signings. We'd especially like to present our excuses to the riders, who did not receive the welcome they deserved. But be assured that every single one of them will be duly presented before the season starts!
But now to the most important deal confirmation of last night: After a serious "bidding war" (well, at least for a CT team, there were important numbers in play), we are proud to announce that Fausto Masnada finally signed for Centovalli - Fiat! As a Bergamo, Lombardy native, the proximity to Ticino may have been one reason for him joining our team, the other being certainly that we really let him know we wanted him. Well, it was not just us, but our sponsors from Fiat made of him one of our top transfer targets. And our last offer - the highest possible wage we could afford - finally won him for us!
Fausto is only 26 years old, has XP level 4 and will be a good GC contender in CT due to his capabilities on both mountains and hills. This comes with a decent TT, and some nice physical stats. We are sure we'll see some greate racing from him!
However - will he be wearing our jersey this year already? We would love to make a loan deal so he could get some more high-level experience, but we're not sure if anyone will be interested given his wage. If we find a deal, great, else we'd be looking forward to see him ride in our colors! Stay tuned for more news... |
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