Out:
Daniel Martin - Dan will finish his career at Guinness Cycling p/b BlackBerry, an Irish Continental team. We received a small compensation fee of 150.

In:
Moreno Moser - The direct replacement of Martin. Moreno is a puncheur with decent time trial capabilities. He rode in CT for Wilier Triestina last season, where he finished 22nd in the indiviual rankings.

Arthur Vichot - Arthur likes hills and sprints. That makes him a good helper to Nacer and Moreno, but also gives him chances in hilly stages with flat finishes.

Jasha Sütterlin - Jasha becomes our new leader for the time trials. We don't expect him to dominate but he'll get the odd result and makes us better in team time trials.

Romain Hardy - Another helper for the hills armada. Romain will not get many chances for his own but depth is also important.

Laurens De Vreese - Versatile in hills and cobblestones, Laurens provides the solution to a lack of helpers in both departments.

Marcel Menten - Marcel is signed at minimum wage to carry bottles in cobblestone and hill races.

Ben Gastauer - Ben is an experienced rider who serves as road captain in various races.

Rider	MO	HL	TT	CB	SP	FT	Wage	Age
Omar Bertazzo	64	69	75	70	66	67	190	31
Nacer Bouhanni	66	72	67	68	81	74	1250	30
Maxime Daniel	65	70	65	70	76	69	260	29
Laurens De Vreese	60	74	61	75	68	72	310	32
Nicolas Edet	72	71	64	58	67	79	110	33
Ben Gastauer	68	71	72	63	61	67	100	33
Damien Gaudin	58	67	65	74	62	69	200	34
Alexandre Geniez	77	77	70	61	68	78	400	32
Alexis Gougeard	66	70	74	69	69	68	250	27
Romain Hardy	72	76	66	65	67	73	340	32
Clément Koretzky	69	76	67	67	72	76	370	30
Grégoire Lambert	77	74	68	58	63	74	250	25
Yves Lampaert	62	65	72	73	67	70	130	29
Marcel Meisen	64	71	64	72	65	70	100	31
Moreno Moser	74	79	76	65	69	75	1040	30
Jean-Lou Paiani	62	68	64	75	70	68	190	32
Yoann Paillot	69	70	76	68	68	67	310	29
Pierre-Luc Périchon	75	73	66	58	65	71	200	33
Adrien Petit	64	70	70	73	78	67	350	30
Pierre Rolland	76	74	70	60	64	77	570	34
Rüdiger Selig	61	73	68	71	75	69	240	31
Jasha Sütterlin	67	70	77	68	71	67	350	28
Sep Vanmarcke	64	73	66	80	73	75	970	32
Thomas Vaubourzeix	65	69	66	71	71	79	140	29
Arthur Vichot	68	76	66	65	76	75	360	32

Out:
Gratien Casse - Gratien realised he wouldn't get many chances here with Nacer in the main team, Eric ahead of him in the development team and Augustin and Raphael waiting in line, so he jumped ship to Aru4Ever.

In:
Raphael Laugier - Raphael is scouted by Thomas Voeckler and recommended to us. His first season will mostly consist of learning while being part in the train for Eric.

Rider	MO	HL	TT	CB	SP	FT	Wage	Age
Guillaume Amar	63	71	55	61	60	59	100	22
Augustin Buron	58	59	62	58	69	63	100	22
Eric Dufour	58	66	59	67	71	68	110	23
Sébastien Hochart	60	63	62	71	64	72	120	21
Raphael Laugier	56	56	57	63	68	58	250	21
Alain Penot	70	68	71	55	54	66	100	22
Lionel Sauvaget	64	70	59	65	63	72	100	22
Bernard Schauls	70	68	71	56	56	59	100	22

One lazy, sunny afternoon, on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, over a nice, cold beer an idea surfaced and was chewed, twisted and swirled: “What if I start a cycling team?� A couple of beers later, when more courage was gathering and lucidity started to fade, the idea was put into action. And since the beer in question was Cadejo it came only natural to ask the brewing company if it would back such a project. Cadejo Brewing Company and Bike Xpress already organized a few amateur cycling races in El Salvador, therefore they were delighted by the idea of sponsoring Bardas’ cycling project. This is how Cadejo – Bike Xpress Cycling Team was born.

With clear thinking (this time around) the team manager and the sponsors established that the team will highlight Salvadorian, in particular, and Central American, in general, cycling. Cadejo – Bike Xpress will offer a venue for the riders in the area to compete at professional level and for the young cyclists to develop and showcase their talent to the world. All with the sportsmanship values, on and off the racing circuits, in mind.

El Cadejo is a supernatural mythical creature of the Central American folklore. There are two spirits, the good white cadejo and the evil black cadejo. In some places is the other way around. They both appear to travelers at night, the white to protect them, the black to kill them. It is also said that the white cadejo protects, beside travelers, drunks and vagabonds. According to stories, when a cadejo is near a strong goat-like smell can be felt and people should never turn their back or speak to the cadejo because doing so will induce insanity. (That sounds like a great tactic to apply in the races, but we will not put any hope or base any strategy on it.)

The jersey was designed by Bardas, the team manager himself. It features the red-eyed cadejo, in both its forms, surrounded by a circle of Mayan symbols. The artwork appeared on the poster for the Duelo de Cadejos cycling race, organized by Bike Xpress and Caedejo Brewing Company, but the team manager fell in love with it. He considers that it adds a touch of originality and personality to the team jersey while at the same time brings a loving tribute to the Salvadorian folklore, culture and history. The colors are black and white, again representing the two forms of the cadejo spirit, and also features on the front the logos of the two sponsors, Cadejo Brewing Company and Bike Xpress. On the sleeves appears the logo of the El Salvador Cycling Federation, which lent its support to the Cadejo – Bike Xpress Cycling Team.

Having obtained a late ICL license for racing in the Continental Tour the team manager faced the challenging task of assembling the roster of Cadejo – Bike Xpress. With most of the transfers and contracts already made and signed made the task more daunting than the usual one. Still, with no reputation to back the team and with Cadejo – Bike Xpress being the latest addition to the ICL Circuit there were no guarantees that the club would have attracted a lot of the big names. However, with one of the team’s goals being the recruitment and development of young talent from the Central America the process was not entirely impeded.

The first signings were made by 2 Salvadorian riders, Giovani Diaz Perez and Jimmy Lopez, El Salvador’s road race champion. They were followed 1 riders from Panama, 2 from Guatemala and 3 from Costa Rica. Among them, Andrey Amador, who brings great experience to the team and could become an example and a teaching figure for the youngsters on the roster. The team manager scrutinized on the north and south of the region and further signed cyclists from Colombia, Venezuela, Canada, USA and Mexico. The team was exceptionally thrilled to welcome on board the 20 years old Mexican Jonathan Soler, who could become a star of the sport with the right attitude and guidance. Cadejo – Bike Xpress extended a hand to the Caribbean as well and signed several young riders from the islands. Last, but not least, meeting the Danish Sebastian Lander the two parties reached an agreement, with both slightly hoping that the magical run made by the Denmark national football team from vacation to European champions in 1992 would rub here too.

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