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[PCT] Minions '20
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INTRODUCTION


This is how we introduced ourselves:
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And then, all this stuff happened:
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And then, this stuff happened as well:
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Another season, more stories:
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Season six went as follows:
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And here we are in season seven, still with the unwanted C in our division prefix. Our triple three-years plan ([CT] learning - building a base - promotion - [PCT] survival - building a base - promotion - [PT] survival - building a base - champions) is now officially one year behind schedule. Whereas we managed to get through the Continental division in three years as planned, the ProContinental arc of our team history will have at least four chapters.

For the third year in a row Uran was our highest scorer, elevating his status as team legend even further. A few stage wins here and there, and a lot of GC top fives, but his big win came in the Corsica International, a race he had won before for a different team but always fell just short of in our colors. He once again finished in the top ten of the individual standings, in exactly tenth place with a total of points similar to the previous season.

We brought in Claeys to tackle our persistent puncheurs problem, an unlike his maligned predecessors, he actually got some results. Two wins in GP Wallonie and Tour of Southland early in the season were his highlights, but after those two he thought he did enough and couldn't achieve the same results for the rest of the season, only occasionally making the top ten.

The cobbles squad, though slightly dismantled compared to the previous season, also did a good job, with Zepuntke and Albert being our third- and fourth-best point scorers with some decent results, though no stand-out Moulingui-like performance. Janse van Rensburg also surprisingly had some decent results where we did not expect him to perform well. In all honesty, there were multiple riders which scored more points than anticipated. Marcos and Ivanov scored more than 100 points, Martinez had a top 25 in a PTHC stage race. Even Esmaeli picked up six points during the season!

Yet we only finished in fourteenth place in the final rankings, a place lower than the previous season despite scoring an additional 156 points. We wanted promotion but ended up far, far away. As scapegoat we labeled the sprinting department as biggest failures. Drapac did not have a win this season but did finish second once, whereas Vantomme, whom we signed with the explicit goal of participating and scoring high in sprints, did not participate or score high in sprints. At least the performance in the other departments was good enough to avoid relegation.

So, we are a year behind schedule. Does this mean a major revamp? Doing this differently from now on? A fresh breath in management and the squad? Behind the scenes we have been negotiating contracts, planning the schedule, infiltrating rival teams and blackmailing the MGUCI to make sure this year we will get what we deserve, a top five finish and promotion to the highest echelon of cycling!

And finally get rid of the bloody C!

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Marcovdw
HISTORY


Team Chiquita - Universal
Marcovdw
2014
[CT] 24th

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Team [19 riders]:
Fredy Piamonte Roman Kilun
Fabio Montenegro Bjorn Selander
Gert Rajala Carter Jones
Sébastien Chavanel Mark Griffith
Marco Bandiera Nathan Brown
Wim Stroetinga Jakob Rathe
Tareq Esmaeli Rahsaan Bahati
Chad Haga Mike Friedman
Alex Howes Nathan Wilson
John Murphy


Chiquita - Universal p/b Minions
Marcovdw
2015
[CT] 17th

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Team [19 riders]:
Yasmani Martinez John Murphy
Nick Kinney Mark Griffith
Chad Haga Sebastian Salas
Taylor Tolleson Simon-Pierre Gauthier [Stagiare]
Bjorn Selander Fabio Montenegro
Timothy Duggan Maxime Le Montagner [Loan]
Alex Howes Mauro Santambrogio
Jakob Rathe Shaquille Sinclair [Loan]
Mike Friedman Tareq Esmaeli
Loaned out [1 rider]:
Carter Jones


Chiquita - Universal
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2016
[CT] 4th

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Team [19 riders]:
Yasmani Martinez Damion Drapac
Leandro Marcos Jay Major
Nick Kinney Darren Matthews
Chris Barton Kenny De Haes
Ethan Weiss Carlos Alexandre Manarelli
Jakob Rathe Edwin Avila
Mark Griffith Cayetano Sarmiento
Diego Milan Tareq Esmaeli
Jhonnatan De Leon Gracjan Lejman
Nervin Jiatz [Loan]
Loaned out [2 riders]:
Bjorn Selander Chad Haga


Minions
Marcovdw
2017
[PCT] 20th

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Team [25 riders]:
Rigoberto Úran Chad Haga
Carlos Betancourt Bjorn Selander
Jarlinson Pantano Gómez Nick Kinney
Edwin Avila Chris Barton
Cayetano Sarmiento Ethan Weiss
Yasmani Martinez Jay Major
Leandro Marcos Niels Albert
Diego Milan Kenny De Haes
Fabrice Jeandesbosz Oliver Naesen
Shaquille Sinclair Carlos Alexandre Manarelli
Salah Eddine Mraouni [Loan] Tareq Esmaeli
Goodnews Clifford Ahmed Albourdainy
Damion Drapac


Minions
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2018
[PCT] 13th

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Minions
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2019
[PCT] 14th

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Edited by Marcovdw on 18-10-2020 21:13
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Marcovdw
TEAM


CountryNameAgeXPOVLWage
Niels Albert344.10072.4160k
Chris Barton324.10073.2850k
Mikkel Bjerg221.066.56200k
Clement Champoussin221.069.520k*
Dimitri Claeys334.10076.47250k
Tareq Esmaeli334.10069.6550k
Andzs Flaksis324.10071.7750k
Vojtech Hacecky334.10071.3455k
Chad Haga324.10074.9990k
Alvaro Hodeg244.5772.8580k
Borislav Ivanov314.10074.0055k
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg314.10074.7985k
Dusan Kalaba244.10075.78145k
Bert-Jan Lindeman314.10073.9050k
Leandro Marcos294.10073.0850k
Yasmani Martinez334.10072.7760k
Szymon Rekita264.1272.01250k
Laureano Rosas304.10070.7950k
Bjorn Selander324.10073.9150k
Rigoberto Uran334.10078.07500k
Daniel Vesely284.10076.74160k
Ruben Zepuntke274.10076.19150k


* = loaned in from eBuddy

Edited by Marcovdw on 22-10-2020 17:10
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Marcovdw
CALENDAR


January
Down Under ClassicHC10
Tour Down UnderC114-19
Tour of East JavaPTHC28-29
February
Omloop Het NieuwsbladHC4
GP HerningC29
Tour of SouthlandC124-28
March
Barbados Cycling FestivalHC1-4
Roma MaximaC13
Vuelta al Pais VascoHC7-12
Circulo de JuarezC19-13
Vuelta a ColombiaPTHC14-19
Le SamynC118
Strade BiancheHC21
E3 PrijsPTHC28
Kuurne - Bruxelles - KuurneHC30
April
Tour of CaliforniaHC1-7
Baltic Chain TourC14-8
Corsica InternationalHC14-16
Tour of CyprusHC21-24
Tour of UkraineHC27-29
Veenendaal - VeenendaalHC28
May
Cheshire Cycling TourPTHC1-5
Windhoek ITTC14-5
Chrono d'ArenbergPTHC9-10
Malopolski WyscigC115
Int. Osterreich RundfahrtHC17-23
Olympia's TourC123-28
June
Hanko ClassicC12
Grands Prix CyclistesHC5-6
Riga - Jurmala GPPTHC8
Tour of South AfricaC118-23
Monterrey TTTC126
July
Tour of the Middle EastHC5-8
Celtic ChronoC110-11
Tour of SloveniePTHC26-30
August
Benelux ChallengeC11-6
Macskako KerekparversenyC14
Clasica San SebastianPTHC7
Tour d'AndorraC19-13
SAA Tour d'AfriquePTHC14-17
Arab TourHC17-21
Ronde van het IJsselmeerC121
September
Balkans InternationalPTHC4-11
Lillestrom GPC223
Rheden GPPTHC25
Tour of LithuaniaHC26-29
October
GP KigaliC21
Japan CupPTHC3
Bayern RundfahrtC112-15
Giro dell'EmeliaHC18


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Edited by Marcovdw on 24-01-2021 21:14
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PRE-TRANSFER SQUAD


Under embargo for a long time, but we can reveal which riders have received a new contract. Of the 22 riders who rode for us in 2019, 18 have accepted a new contract, 2 refused our offers and 2 did not receive an offer. Here is how the team looks as we dawn on the transfer period:

Rider2019 Wage2020 WageDifference
Niels Albert€ 75.000€ 60.000- € 15.000
Edwin Avila€ 50.000€ 0OUT
Chris Barton€ 50.000€ 50.000€ 0
Fulgencio Bru€ 50.000€ 0OUT
Dmitri Claeys€ 460.000€ 250.000- € 210.000
Damion Drapac€ 75.000€ 0OUT
Tareq Esmaeli€ 50.000€ 50.000€ 0
Andzs Flaksis€ 50.000€ 50.000€ 0
Chad Haga€ 70.000€ 90.000+ € 20.000
Alvaro Hodeg€ 50.000€ 80.000+ € 30.000
Borislav Ivanov€ 50.000€ 55.000+ € 5.000
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg€ 75.000€ 85.000+ € 10.000
Metkel Kiflay€ 60.000€ 50.000- € 10.000
Bert-Jan Lindeman€ 75.000€ 50.000- € 25.000
Jay Major€ 55.000€ 85.000+ € 30.000
Leandro Marcos€ 50.000€ 50.000€ 0
Yasmani Martinez€ 95.000€ 60.000- € 35.000
Laureano Rosas€ 50.000€ 50.000€ 0
Bjorn Selander€ 70.000€ 50.000- € 20.000
Rigoberto Úran€ 600.000€ 500.000- € 100.000
Maxime Vantomme€ 150.000€ 0OUT
Ruben Zepuntke€ 190.000€ 150.000- € 40.000


We are glad our leaders agreed to take a wage cut. Uran goes down from 600k to 500k, and Claeys nearly halves his salary to 250k. Both are getting older and the money will be invested in youth. Our talents Hodeg and Major wanted a wage increase which they got, after some tough negotiating. The other riders have either stayed at the same value or got their wage slightly increased or decreased.

The four riders which will leave the team are Edwin Avila, Fulgencio Bru, Damion Drapac and Maxime Vantomme. Bru and Vantomme were not offered a new contract for performance reasons, the Cuban not scoring any points and the Belgian scoring not enough points. Avila did not agree to his previous salary and thinks he can get more elsewhere. Drapac did get a new offer with a slightly increased wage but decided is was better to part ways. We want to thank all riders for their service and wish them best of luck for the remainder of their career.

All in all we have a lot of cap space remaining to sign new leaders and talents. None of the riders in the squad at the moment are explictly transfer listed though a tempting offer will always be considered. We have our eyes on a few contenders to fill the missing spots, which will mainly be focussed on the sprinting department.

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redordead
It's a testament to the team that even with some errant moves last year, the team was still safely in midtable Smile

Uran and Claeys declining is not ideal so the freed up cap space will need to be used more wisely this year I think.

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Some big savings on Claeys and Uran. Shame to see Drapac leave after some good years with the team
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@redordead - Uran will still be decent rider, maybe not challenging for wins but with the extra few RD and some good planning he will probably still be our biggest scorer. Claeys is a bit trickier obviously, but a good few good signings are necessary for both short- and long term.
@the_hoyle - Thanks! Both accepted my first offer so I could've even saved more. And Drapac's demand was simply not worth renewing him, might pick him up for cheap in the FA.

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Marcovdw
CZECH ARMADA AND AFRICAN CYCLISTNAPPERS


Our transfer season started off slowly with no deals signed in the first few days. We did try, but riders either ended up elsewhere or are still in negotiations. Nevertheless, we can now present our first two signings, both on a transfer from another team, and coincidentally both from the Czech Republic. We should have a lot of new fans from that country.

Vojtech Hacecky

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Vojtech Hacecky is a 33 year old time trialist who previously rode for Fablok. However, he was captured by an African human trafficking organization resulting in a departure from that team. Since we are good guys, we went into a rescue mission and managed to extract him from his captors. He was very pleased with this and decided to sign with us for 55.000 bananas in salary.

Daniel Vesely

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We spent 900.000 bananas on Daniel Vesely, a large sum which certainly made some Minions hungry but we believe he is worth it. The 28-year old national champion on a wage of 160.000 bananas joins from Aegon, where he was used as Groenewegen's lead-out. We believe he is competent enough to go for his own chances in the sprints at PCT level, and gives us some nice results in an area we notoriously sucked at last season.

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However, during our rescue attempt of Hacecky, the traffickers managed to capture Metkel Kiflay instead. It turns out they were not human traffickers but wanted to start an African cycling team on their own called Project: Africa. Hacecky was used as leverage to sign Kiflay and unfortunately we had to let him go. There is nothing we can do about it now except wishing him the best of luck at his new employer!

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Nemolito
That's a lot of bananas. Next time, try paying the Czech riders in beer, seems to be their weak spot Smile It does break my heart to read the Minions are hungry though, will send some Ecuadorian and Colombian Chiquita bananas to support them soon.
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Marcovdw
Nemolito wrote:
will send some Ecuadorian and Colombian C******a bananas to support them soon.


NEVER EVER mention that company again

(See the story in the opening post, specifically the fourth spoiler Wink)
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Marcovdw
BAGUETTES AND REGRETTES


France is a beautiful country with a rich history in cycling. We've had a few French riders in the squad, as mandated by some previous French sponsors, but not in the past few years. This year we will have a Frenchman in our squad, though technically he is not ours.

Clement Champoussin

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Clement Champoussin is touted as future Grand Tour or Ardennes winner. He was a coveted talent on the free agent market and, while we certainly had interest, could not match the €250.000 offer ProTour team eBuddy made for his services. However, the 22-year old would be better off starting at a lower level, hence the decision to loan him out to our team. We paid exactly nothing, so he will not earn any bananas legally. Off the books, he will receive some obviously, we are not monsters.

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We were close to signing a second Frenchman, legendary time trialist and former World Champion Jerome Coppel for 450.000 bananas. We had prepared a surprise party, decorated the HQ, send the details of a French jersey to our tailors and hid behind the furniture waiting for him to arrive and sign the contract. However, forty minutes before his arrival we received a phone call he had taken a wrong plane to cold and rainy Yorkshire, and wanted to sign for the local team there. We tried to get him back to the warm weather of Qatar, but Yorkshire had bigger pockets. An Indonesian team is now also in the market for him at a wage much higher than we can afford. So close, so sad.

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Nemolito
Marcovdw wrote:
Nemolito wrote:
will send some Ecuadorian and Colombian C******a bananas to support them soon.


NEVER EVER mention that company again

(See the story in the opening post, specifically the fourth spoiler Wink)


We send our sincere bananapologies.
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Marcovdw wrote:

We were close to signing a second Frenchman, legendary time trialist and former World Champion Jerome Coppel for 450.000 bananas. We had prepared a surprise party, decorated the HQ, send the details of a French jersey to our tailors and hid behind the furniture waiting for him to arrive and sign the contract. However, forty minutes before his arrival we received a phone call he had taken a wrong plane to cold and rainy Yorkshire, and wanted to sign for the local team there. We tried to get him back to the warm weather of Qatar, but Yorkshire had bigger pockets. An Indonesian team is now also in the market for him at a wage much higher than we can afford. So close, so sad.


I feel your pain - transfers have been a bit brutal this year.
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Marcovdw
@Nemolito - Bananapologies accepted Banana
@DaveTwoBob - I've been overbid in the final hour before but this one felt extra sour as there isn't much better out there than him.

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Marcovdw
EXPENSIVE YOUNG TIME TRIALIST AND EXPENSIVE YOUNG TIME TRIALIST


Admittedly, we went on a bit of a tantrum after missing out on Coppel, but no time trialist out there on the market could ever replace him, now. However, there are certain riders labeled as talents, who could grow to become the new Coppels. We signed two of them for the price we could have signed Coppel, and present them now.

Mikkel Bjerg

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Mikkel Bjerg is a only 22 years old but seen as the biggest time trial talent in Denmark. As many teams went after him we had to dig deep into our wallet, and pay him a wage of 200.000 bananas. Will he be worth it? We will only know in a few years when he is at full strength. In a forum game on an obscure cycling site, he finished third in a Giro stage, and they use realistic stats!

Szymon Rekita

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Szymon Rekita is probably already known to the majority of the audience, riding for Netia for the past few years. With that team disbanding he was one of the hottest properties on the free agent market, but we got his signature for 250.000 bananas, making him joint-second-most expensive rider on the team. His peek will be much sooner, in a year or two, where we know we have one of the best time trialists in the world.

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Gustavovskiy
Still mad at you for snatching Rekita, I have to reckon you've done a terrific job securing those two. Congrats!
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Nemolito
I don't want to be that guy, but I think your team could use another expensive extra young time trialist Frown
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AbhishekLFC
Some interesting signings for sure, with Vesely standing out among them. NIce rebuild for the future too.
 
Marcovdw
@Gustavovskiy - Thanks and sorry, time trialists have been crazy this year.
@Nemolito - Yeah I think I'm lacking in the expensive young time trialists category
@AbhishekLFC - Thanks, it is not what I had in mind at first but in the end things worked out well.

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