Hoi AJ,

Daar gaan mijn kampioenskansen over enkele seizoenen :-) . Leuk dat je weer terugkomt. Hier is niet veel leven, maar er zijn natuurlijk altijd andere communicatiemiddelen.

Maandag begint inderdaad het nieuwe seizoen, dus je kunt je volgens mij het beste nu inschrijven. Jammer dat je je oude account kwijt bent, volgens mij had je aardig wat geld gespaard.

Vlominck, azerite and Combuijs know a lot of data by memory of even height and weight of all Japanse top contenders.

Of course, all riders are small and light weight. Apart from the 3 former Sumo-wrestlers of course.

Ja, en met drie renners op 0 seconden verschil in een tijdrit, twee van jou en één van Sportlife. Inderdaad knap als 2e divisie team, zeker als niet-promoverend 2e divisie team. Wel leuk dat dat kan, je hebt naast kunde ook gewoon wat geluk nodig!

Not a good start of season 23, we lost in the first round of the cup in a hill climbing race against fellow Pro Continental tour team Xegalaki Pro. Erland Westby could not beat Claudio Rosario (and Wilfried Jacob for that matter).

Omloop het Nieuwsblad: 7. Jesper Håkonsson, 30. Giorgi Jabbarov
Strade Bianchi: 13. Jesper Håkonsson

Paris - Nice:
1st stage: 2. Diederik de Maar
5th stage: 30. Erland Westby

Tirreno Adriatico:
4th stage: 12. Erland Westby
5th stage: 25. Erland Westby

In the GC Erland finished 7th, Arnolds 18th as a helper.

E3 Harelbeke: 8. Giorgi Jabbarov

Volta Catalunya:
1st stage: 23. Yvo van Straalen
2nd stage: 12. Yvo van Straalen, 20. Arnolds Treimanis
3rd stage: 1. Diederik de Maar
4th stage: 30. Yvo van Straalen
5th stage: 25. Yvo van Straalen

A win in the time trial by Diederik, which earned us a sponsor contract by DSM. They will now supply us with interesting chemical stuff, which can't be detected by doping control.


In the GC Yvo finished 5th and Arnolds 10th in a helping role. Points in every stage, so all and all a very good Volta Catalunya.

Gent - Wevelgem: 8. Jesper Håkonsson
Dwars door Vlaanderen: 2. Jesper Håkonsson, 25. Georgi Jabbarov



Division standings after two weeks:

1º      LanihuliCycling   8402   2   1   4   
2º      Rekutxuteam   7944   12   3   1   
3º      MOREBike   3828   1   2   3   
4º      GMV_Cycling   3418   0   1   1
5º      Kelme4ever   3311   1   0   2   
6º      Fliegende_Flyers   3199   1   4   3   

12º      CajaRuralZamora   2341   1   2   0   
13º      Combuijs   2305   1   2   0   
14º      Galletto   2287   1   3   2   

Tour de France:
6th stage: 9. Arnolds Treimanis
8th stage: 3. Arnolds Treimanis, 14. Erland Westby
9th stage: 12. Arnolds Treimanis, 27. Erland Westby
10th stage: 8. Arnolds Treimanis, 14. Erland Westby

In the GC Arnolds finished 4th, just outside the podium. Erland finished 14th.

Combuijs Honey Ale Tour:
2nd stage: 20. Giorgi Jabbarov
3rd stage: 18. Giorgi Jabbarov
5th stage: 22. Giorgi Jabbarov

In the GC Giorgi finished 12th.

Vuelta:
1st stage: 19. Arnolds Treimanis, 27. Yvo van Straalen
2nd stage: 10. Yvo van Straalen
4th stage: 19. Yvo van Straalen
5th stage: 8. Yvo van Straalen
6th stage: 26. Yvo van Straalen
7th stage: 11. Yvo van Straalen
8th stage to Cerler: 25. Yvo van Straalen

In the GC Yvo finished 5th, Arnolds 20th. Russian Lukoil was very satisfied with this result and donated some money. We have declined the offer though in light of the situation in Ukraine...




Final standings:

1º      AmericanChow   23810   3   8   8
2º      MarquinaTeam   23011   11   16   11   
3º      Cremy   21864   12   6   1   
4º      TeaMetal   16260   4   0   7   
5º      vercors   13043   1   5   8   
6º      CajaRuralZamora   12283   2   3   8   
7º      $Tourmalet   12163   7   11   5   
8º      Galletto   11844   4   7   8   
9º      GMV_Cycling   9194   0   0   1
10º      beerkes   8706   2   0   2   
11º      PDM_cycling_team   8678   7   9   5
12º      PORTUGAL2011   8207   20   2   2   
13º      Combuijs   8143   2   1   5   
14º      Lugnanese   8076   0   1   3   
15º      MOREBike   7253   1   5   1   
16º      Albion   7089   2   3   1   
17º      Rekutxuteam   6821   6   5   0   
18º      SanJose   6419   1   2   3   
19º      Euskadi2022   6332   1   1   3   
20º      Fliegende_Flyers   6118   2   2   2   
21º      Estoparia   5625   0   0   0
22º      JackyTeam   3521   0   0   1   
23º      Gloucester   3247   0   0   1   
24º      Animatoca   3201   0   0   0   
25º      La_Vie_Claire   3053   2   1   2
26º      FastandFurious   2675   0   0   0   
27º      team_piroshki   1919   0   0   0   
28º      Cosalis   1853   0   0   0   
29º      WinterIsComing   1684   0   2   1
30º      VILLESVENSKAS   1277   1   0   1
31º      GARAJE_EH   859   0   0   0   
32º      Periquitos   818   0   1   1
33º      Flandria   561   0   0   0   
34º      TilburgTerriërs   282   0   0   0
35º      OSLB   268   0   0   0
36º      ColoTeam   133   0   0   0   
37º      El_Equipo_de_Drkasty   15   0   0   0   
38º      TTeam   0   0   0   0   
39º      Team_Elrosportu   0   0   0   0
40º      FaustoScoppi   0   0   0   0   
41º      Oska   0   0   0   0   
42º      Velocitus   0   0   0   0   
43º      Jediondos   0   0   0   0
44º      Buttazoni   0   0   0   0   
45º      Bergersfeldt   0   0   0   0   
46º      Balumina   0   0   0   0   
47º      Kalenjicycling   0   0   0   0   
48º      Arosa    0   0   0   0   
49º      Xacobeo83   0   0   0   0   
50º      TeamDB   0   0   0   0   

Lost some places in the last races, but 13th is not bad with only 6 competitive riders.

1º      Agapito Salcedo   27   6793   Cremy   4   2   0   
2º      Sebastiaan Groenendaal   29   5065   Galletto   1   3   3   
3º      Cristian Kristiansen   30   4262   AmericanChow   1   4   2   
4º      Orencio Molinero   30   3935   CajaRuralZamora   0   1   2   
5º      Nick Thompson   28   3557   TeaMetal   2   0   4   
6º      Elias Bossov   24   3494   MarquinaTeam   1   1   3   
7º      Alex Harkeleroad   27   3349   PORTUGAL2011   9   0   1   
8º      Danylo Ruzmikin   30   3309   Cremy   3   1   0   
9º      Afonso Rio    33   3057   TeaMetal   0   0   1   
10º      Gilbert Obermeier   25   3040   MarquinaTeam   2   5   3   

17º      Yvo VanStraalen   33   2583   Combuijs   0   0   0   
26º      Arnolds Treimanis   32   1938   Combuijs   0   0   1   

Jesper Håkonsson   32   1177   363333         104
Giorgi Jabbarov   32   1085   256666         248
Erland Westby   30   785   167999         010
Diederik De Maar   32   468   100000         323

Yvo van Straalen still 17th, perhaps another season for him?

Oska has indicated in the past that the total value of the combined skills can be under or above 100%. That indeed is a contradiction ("I see you are working 60% on this project, what are you doing in the remaining 140%?...  ). So rather than percentages you should see them as points which can remain under 100 or exceed 100. I personally think that the percentages in the explanation below the stars should be removed. But I am a mathematician, there might be other opinions about this.

Dwars door Vlaanderen: 3. Jesper Håkonsson, 21. Giorgi Jabbarov
Ronde van Vlaanderen: 3. Jesper Håkonsson, 17. Giorgi Jabbarov

Itzulia:
1st stage: 1. Diederik de Maar
3rd stage: 1. Jesper Håkonsson, 8. Giorgi Jabbarov

Two victories, mainly because we did not ride for the GC.

Tour de Romandie:
1st stage: 8. Diederik de Maar
3rd stage: 21. Arnolds Treimanis
5th stage: 10. Arnolds Treimanis

In the GC Arnolds finished 14th.

Giro:
2nd stage: 13. Yvo van Straalen
5th stage: 12. Yvo van Straalen
6th stage: 18. Yvo van Straalen, 23. Erland Westby
8th stage: 10. Yvo van Straalen

In the GC Yvo finished 4th on almost 4 minutes from winner Agapito Salcedo (Cremy).

Dauphine Liberé:
1st stage: 5. Yvo van Straalen
2nd stage: 13. Yvo van Straalen
3rd stage to La Rosière: 18. Yvo van Straalen



Division standings in 2b after the fourth week:

1º      AmericanChow   14744   2   6   7
2º      MarquinaTeam   14195   6   7   7   
3º      Cremy   12651   7   4   1   
4º      TeaMetal   10575   2   0   5   
5º      vercors   8167   1   2   7   
6º      $Tourmalet   8152   4   8   2   
7º      CajaRuralZamora   6084   2   1   3   
8º      Rekutxuteam   5518   4   4   0   
9º      MOREBike   5119   1   3   1   
10º      Combuijs   4687   2   1   4   
11º      beerkes   4601   1   0   0   

It seems we have two very talented riders: Albeiro Valdes and Claudio Passacantili. Rein Verspuij, Henk-Jan van Vleuten and Hakan Bühler can be called promising talents as well. So we will concentrate on these riders for the moment.