Hugo Marxer aftermath: Lukas wins BinckBank Tour!
July was Afshin Pirhashemi time winning the Tour de France, August is Lukas Marxer time winning the BinckBank Tour. It seems Hugo Marxer's departure set free some energy for his namesake
It still only two weeks after Hugo Marxer left Team FL in a hurry. And yet, the riders and the management have already coped with it very well. Especially Lukas Marxer, who always was under close guard from his elder relative, seems to feel his new freedom and convert it into wins. As happened during the BinckBank Tour where he not only won the last stage but also the General Classement and almost the Points Classement too. Accmpagnied by team mates in fabulous form too, like Satour, Mrkvicka, Afifi or Timouani, the experienced Liechtenstein rider showed that not only the Prince of Persia (aka Afshin Pirhashemi) is able to win stage races.
Now, the team management will look out for new riders to add to the roster and to bring some young talent to the team, as riders like Marxer and Villafuerte are 34 already. In the meantime, Clément Solaire has already retired after only being at the team for 50 days. It seems he didn't want to stay after Hugo Marxer's departure, who managed to convince him to come in the first place. Anyway, the team goals are clear at the moment: Make the most of Pirhashemi's abilites (but without riding the Vuelta) and then look forward to a new era back to the old days (back to the future kind of...).
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Prince of Persia rules Wallonie
Afshin Pirhashemi, the Prince of Persia, can also win one day races. So he did at the Grand Prix de Wallonie, where he imposed himself over his opponents.
Giro d'Italia, Tour de Suisse, Tour de France. If you look at Afshin Pirhashemi's palmares, you figure out easily that he is a stage race contestant, riding for the general classement mainly. Well, maybe not at the Tour de Suisse, where he won most of the mountain finishes. But still, so far, his palmares was lacking a one day race win. And so the team prepared for the Grand Prix de Wallonie to lead him to last two km, where he could use his strenghts against his opponents. And thanks to the great effort of his team mates, he could do exactly that and won with 4 seconds ahead of the second placed riders. This means that now, the Prince of Persia is only missing a win in a classic race to follow in Luigi Mastragnelo's footsteps in this regard. Anyway, the team is happy to win an important one day race after messing up Quebec and missing Montreal.
Two new faces at Team FL
In the meantime, two new riders joined the Liechtenstein cycling team. The 21 years old riders Thibault Rossard from France and Luca Spirito from Italia have been added to the roster, on the one hand to help Pirhashemi in his future challenges and to prepare the team for the spring 2019 mission. Both riders will most likely develop as allrounders, while Luca Spirito has also a decent time trial skill to be able to help in team time trials or even look out for some decent GC placements in small tours.
Afshin Pirhashemi, the Prince of Persia, can also win one day races. So he did at the Grand Prix de Wallonie, where he imposed himself over his opponents.
Giro d'Italia, Tour de Suisse, Tour de France. If you look at Afshin Pirhashemi's palmares, you figure out easily that he is a stage race contestant, riding for the general classement mainly. Well, maybe not at the Tour de Suisse, where he won most of the mountain finishes. But still, so far, his palmares was lacking a one day race win. And so the team prepared for the Grand Prix de Wallonie to lead him to last two km, where he could use his strenghts against his opponents. And thanks to the great effort of his team mates, he could do exactly that and won with 4 seconds ahead of the second placed riders. This means that now, the Prince of Persia is only missing a win in a classic race to follow in Luigi Mastragnelo's footsteps in this regard. Anyway, the team is happy to win an important one day race after messing up Quebec and missing Montreal.
Two new faces at Team FL
In the meantime, two new riders joined the Liechtenstein cycling team. The 21 years old riders Thibault Rossard from France and Luca Spirito from Italia have been added to the roster, on the one hand to help Pirhashemi in his future challenges and to prepare the team for the spring 2019 mission. Both riders will most likely develop as allrounders, while Luca Spirito has also a decent time trial skill to be able to help in team time trials or even look out for some decent GC placements in small tours.
I didn't mean to say it. But I meant what I said.
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Rejuvenating time for Team FL
Lukas Marxer and Juan Villafuerte retired from professional cycling. To cope with it, Team FL presents two new faces in the roster.
Most of his career, Lukas Marxer was known for his last name. And for his support. First, he was the main helper for Jung Gi Kim and then one of the main factors for Afshin Pirhashemi's Tour de France win. Occasionally he could ride for his own goals and when he did, he did it succesfully. Liechtenstein NC, Tour stage win and and the win of the general classement at the BinckBank Tour are among his most prominent palamres entries. In the end, he could celebrate six stage wins, 1 stage race win and two podiums, leading to a bit more than 4'000 eternal points. With 35 years, he decided that he want to have it a bit cosier and starts vineyard in Eschen.
Also gone with 35 years is Juan Villafuerte. The classic rider from Ecuador has only one entry in his palmares, at stage win Dubai Tour 2018, but his value for the team and the leaders cannot be shown in palmares entries. Some say he retired too early. Somehow, the team management has the suspicion that he will be a good customer at a vineyard in Eschen...
Speaking of Eschen. Baltasar Banzer, a Liechtenstein cycling prospect from Eschen, has joined the team. He will try to follow Etimoni Timouani's footsteps who is 33 years old already. At the same time, also a young Belgian rider (not from Eschen obviously) has been acquired. Pieter Coolman will hopefully become a valuable member of the future Team FL flat rider group, getting together well with Banzer.
As for the team's goals, October will be mainly one day races with a short break in weak two, maybe followed with signing up for the Tour des Pavés or Hainan. Or not. Maybe making money will be more important after all, as the team needs a bit of a cushion for the Campeonateo de los Andes. Not only to be able to ride with a huge salary, but also to be able to acquire a decent climber next to Pirhashemi. If not, the team management will have to reevaluate. Nevertheless, the new riders will have their role, no matter what happens.
Lukas Marxer and Juan Villafuerte retired from professional cycling. To cope with it, Team FL presents two new faces in the roster.
Most of his career, Lukas Marxer was known for his last name. And for his support. First, he was the main helper for Jung Gi Kim and then one of the main factors for Afshin Pirhashemi's Tour de France win. Occasionally he could ride for his own goals and when he did, he did it succesfully. Liechtenstein NC, Tour stage win and and the win of the general classement at the BinckBank Tour are among his most prominent palamres entries. In the end, he could celebrate six stage wins, 1 stage race win and two podiums, leading to a bit more than 4'000 eternal points. With 35 years, he decided that he want to have it a bit cosier and starts vineyard in Eschen.
Also gone with 35 years is Juan Villafuerte. The classic rider from Ecuador has only one entry in his palmares, at stage win Dubai Tour 2018, but his value for the team and the leaders cannot be shown in palmares entries. Some say he retired too early. Somehow, the team management has the suspicion that he will be a good customer at a vineyard in Eschen...
Speaking of Eschen. Baltasar Banzer, a Liechtenstein cycling prospect from Eschen, has joined the team. He will try to follow Etimoni Timouani's footsteps who is 33 years old already. At the same time, also a young Belgian rider (not from Eschen obviously) has been acquired. Pieter Coolman will hopefully become a valuable member of the future Team FL flat rider group, getting together well with Banzer.
As for the team's goals, October will be mainly one day races with a short break in weak two, maybe followed with signing up for the Tour des Pavés or Hainan. Or not. Maybe making money will be more important after all, as the team needs a bit of a cushion for the Campeonateo de los Andes. Not only to be able to ride with a huge salary, but also to be able to acquire a decent climber next to Pirhashemi. If not, the team management will have to reevaluate. Nevertheless, the new riders will have their role, no matter what happens.
I didn't mean to say it. But I meant what I said.
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Green is the new yellow, or is it?
The Campeonato de los Andes are over and the Prince of Persia finished it on the second place in the GC. Fortunately, he could take home the green jersey of the best rider in the points classement.
From the beginning, it looked like hail mary shot for Afshin Pirhashemi to go for the GC. Although the team looked good regarding pavé and some time trial skills, it was nothing compared to the "three headed Donkey". And in the end, the team with the best mountain skills won the GC almost like a walk in the park, although we still don't know the specifics about that park: is it big? dangerous? hilly? But I guess most people think about Central Park. But then again, it was the Campeonato de los Andes and not the New York marathon. What a race for chickens. Wait, Luques was there too... Anyway, back to the facts. So our self proclaimed Prince of Persia got second in the GC behind Hiroshi Matsuyama, mainly for what happend at the stages 4 and 5, well prepared and well executed by the Donkeys. And not very well defended by the FLs. And then well defended by the Donkeys, and not much the FLs could do. Still, it could have been worse. Not only was Afshin still able to win a stage (the most obvious one for him), he also won the points classement, as he was always there among the first to arrive at each stage. After all of this, the conlcusion is, it was fun. Some downers like nobody else really competing for GC or being too often not in front of a PC in quietly. But the race itself was fun and the group too. And 80'000 credits (or whatever) gained! Can you ask for more? Yes you can! You can ask for Afshin to go for the December Tour! Although looking at it, ah well, he will try... And if it is green at the end (which is highly unlikely looking at all the stages for sprinters), he is happy too.
The Campeonato de los Andes are over and the Prince of Persia finished it on the second place in the GC. Fortunately, he could take home the green jersey of the best rider in the points classement.
From the beginning, it looked like hail mary shot for Afshin Pirhashemi to go for the GC. Although the team looked good regarding pavé and some time trial skills, it was nothing compared to the "three headed Donkey". And in the end, the team with the best mountain skills won the GC almost like a walk in the park, although we still don't know the specifics about that park: is it big? dangerous? hilly? But I guess most people think about Central Park. But then again, it was the Campeonato de los Andes and not the New York marathon. What a race for chickens. Wait, Luques was there too... Anyway, back to the facts. So our self proclaimed Prince of Persia got second in the GC behind Hiroshi Matsuyama, mainly for what happend at the stages 4 and 5, well prepared and well executed by the Donkeys. And not very well defended by the FLs. And then well defended by the Donkeys, and not much the FLs could do. Still, it could have been worse. Not only was Afshin still able to win a stage (the most obvious one for him), he also won the points classement, as he was always there among the first to arrive at each stage. After all of this, the conlcusion is, it was fun. Some downers like nobody else really competing for GC or being too often not in front of a PC in quietly. But the race itself was fun and the group too. And 80'000 credits (or whatever) gained! Can you ask for more? Yes you can! You can ask for Afshin to go for the December Tour! Although looking at it, ah well, he will try... And if it is green at the end (which is highly unlikely looking at all the stages for sprinters), he is happy too.
I didn't mean to say it. But I meant what I said.
Re: Team FL
Two seconds to victory
In a outstanding last effort in the final ITT, Afshin Pirhashemi won the Atlas Tour, this year's December tour, by a margin of only two seconds.
The Afternoon edition showed again that it's the best and most prestigious edition of them all, with proven teams like Big Donkey, CircleCycle, Luques, Rasmussen, Tukhtahuaev or SV Furpach. And last but not least, Team FL with its Prince of Persia, Afshin Pirhashemi. 13 Teams joined this group and at least 4 of team threw an eye on the GC win. In the end, it was an upside down race with 4 riders in the yellow jersey until finally Afshin Pirhashemi could bring it home. Rumour has it, that he was the only one taking the title of the tour seriously and brought himself a number of maps with him, building a tour atlas all together. Some also claimed, that he used his knowledge for a shortcut in the final ITT, where he started with a disadvantage of 55 seconds in the GC against Houssem Matoussi from CircleCycle but was still able to win it by two seconds. Besides that, Pirhashemi could also win a stage, as well as Thibault Rossard, who rode a successful attack on the second last stage, right before this ITT.
After all, Team FL is very happy about this victory and looks forward to a quiet conclusion of 2018, to be able to start with full motivation in 2019. Not at the start will be Maik Schramm and Jiri Mrkvicka, two of the main factors for Pirhashemis Atlas win. They both decided to quit professional cycling already and have a cosy 2019 getting big and clumsy. But Team FL has prepared already something for the spring classics in 2019 with the acquisition of a young pavé talent, who will be revealed in January.
In a outstanding last effort in the final ITT, Afshin Pirhashemi won the Atlas Tour, this year's December tour, by a margin of only two seconds.
The Afternoon edition showed again that it's the best and most prestigious edition of them all, with proven teams like Big Donkey, CircleCycle, Luques, Rasmussen, Tukhtahuaev or SV Furpach. And last but not least, Team FL with its Prince of Persia, Afshin Pirhashemi. 13 Teams joined this group and at least 4 of team threw an eye on the GC win. In the end, it was an upside down race with 4 riders in the yellow jersey until finally Afshin Pirhashemi could bring it home. Rumour has it, that he was the only one taking the title of the tour seriously and brought himself a number of maps with him, building a tour atlas all together. Some also claimed, that he used his knowledge for a shortcut in the final ITT, where he started with a disadvantage of 55 seconds in the GC against Houssem Matoussi from CircleCycle but was still able to win it by two seconds. Besides that, Pirhashemi could also win a stage, as well as Thibault Rossard, who rode a successful attack on the second last stage, right before this ITT.
After all, Team FL is very happy about this victory and looks forward to a quiet conclusion of 2018, to be able to start with full motivation in 2019. Not at the start will be Maik Schramm and Jiri Mrkvicka, two of the main factors for Pirhashemis Atlas win. They both decided to quit professional cycling already and have a cosy 2019 getting big and clumsy. But Team FL has prepared already something for the spring classics in 2019 with the acquisition of a young pavé talent, who will be revealed in January.
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Re: Team FL
I knew something was not right... must have coughed at that particular momentTukhtahuaev wrote: ↑Wed Dec 19, 2018 7:10 pmFirst biological warfare during the tour and now this insult. This will have consequences
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New Year's resolutions
New year, new resolutions. What are the ones for Team FL? How did 2018 go? What will happen 2019? Read and find out.
31 December 2018, 19:00, the Team FL new year's eve party begins. The headquarters are filled with people, including the complete Team FL riders' roster. In it's speach, the Team FL management reviews 2018, mentiones Pirhashemi's Tour de France win (under big applause and cheers) but also critically acclaimes that the team hasn't won any classic race for the first time in years. Anyway, everyobdy is eating well (Ribel with applesause) and drinking too much alcohol.
1 January 2019, 01:16, the Team FL management is still playing with the things from the party bomb, slowly feeling dizzy from too much alcohol, too much to eat and the heat in the room. They reminice the 30 race wins last year. Somebody is clear enough in his head (Hugo Marxer?) to do the calculations and adds that the team rode 179 race and made an average ov 192.6 points per race, 34'480 point in total.
1 January 2019, 4:49, the last person in leaves the new year's party, the mood went from high to low in less than one hour. After Pirhashemi was called out as the team's rider of the year 2018, Ngo Nguyen und Lukas Marxer left the room in a hurry.
1 January 2019, 08:37, William de Worde calls the headquarters to ask if there is a press conference today. Nobody answers the call.
1 Januar 2019, 10:00, Team FL press conference. The team's new rider Karl Kopinski from England is introduced to the press and the public. He will carry the burden for the pavé classics 2019 and most likely even for 2020. Besides that, the plans for 2019 seem to be unsure. The first real challenge will be the Tour Down Under, most likely. After that, the Team management is not really clear in its communication about future plans, rider acquisitions, etc.
1 January 2019, 10:52, the press conference is over. The Team FL management's hands out a bunch of Aspirin to each other. Not so much because of the alcohol, but because of their 2019 outlook...
Maybe now you're wondering: But where are the resolutions? To make the story short: There are none.
New year, new resolutions. What are the ones for Team FL? How did 2018 go? What will happen 2019? Read and find out.
31 December 2018, 19:00, the Team FL new year's eve party begins. The headquarters are filled with people, including the complete Team FL riders' roster. In it's speach, the Team FL management reviews 2018, mentiones Pirhashemi's Tour de France win (under big applause and cheers) but also critically acclaimes that the team hasn't won any classic race for the first time in years. Anyway, everyobdy is eating well (Ribel with applesause) and drinking too much alcohol.
1 January 2019, 01:16, the Team FL management is still playing with the things from the party bomb, slowly feeling dizzy from too much alcohol, too much to eat and the heat in the room. They reminice the 30 race wins last year. Somebody is clear enough in his head (Hugo Marxer?) to do the calculations and adds that the team rode 179 race and made an average ov 192.6 points per race, 34'480 point in total.
1 January 2019, 4:49, the last person in leaves the new year's party, the mood went from high to low in less than one hour. After Pirhashemi was called out as the team's rider of the year 2018, Ngo Nguyen und Lukas Marxer left the room in a hurry.
1 January 2019, 08:37, William de Worde calls the headquarters to ask if there is a press conference today. Nobody answers the call.
1 Januar 2019, 10:00, Team FL press conference. The team's new rider Karl Kopinski from England is introduced to the press and the public. He will carry the burden for the pavé classics 2019 and most likely even for 2020. Besides that, the plans for 2019 seem to be unsure. The first real challenge will be the Tour Down Under, most likely. After that, the Team management is not really clear in its communication about future plans, rider acquisitions, etc.
1 January 2019, 10:52, the press conference is over. The Team FL management's hands out a bunch of Aspirin to each other. Not so much because of the alcohol, but because of their 2019 outlook...
Maybe now you're wondering: But where are the resolutions? To make the story short: There are none.
I didn't mean to say it. But I meant what I said.
Re: Team FL
Instead of detailed statistics, here the current numbers for Team FL after 2018:
team fl wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:57 amPresentation Team FL founded 3 August 2006
Current Team Roster (January 2019):
-Wael Afifi, 34, Pavé specialist, Egypt
54-85-64-47-51, 81 Pavé, 46 Reg
-Baltasar Banzer, 24, Flat sprinter, Liechtenstein
48-76-55-52-76, 69 Pavé, 36 Reg
-Pieter Coolman, 24, Flat specialist, Belgium
52-83-55-48-56, 75 Pavé, 35 Reg
-Carlos Kaiser, 33, Hill specialist, Chile
74-78-79-46-59, 68 Pavé, 57 Reg
-Karl Kopinski, 21, Pavé specialist, Great Britain
49-74-77-54-66, 76 Pavé, 43 Reg
-Afshin Pirhashemi, 32, Climber, Iran
85-61-71-62-59, 65 Pavé, 41 Reg
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51-87-66-56-46, 74 Pavé, 39 Reg
-Thibault Rossard, 25, Allrounder, France
59-80-74-53-49, 69 Pavé, 56 Reg
-Kahlid Satour, 32, Hill specialist, Morocco
72-79-58-47-47, 72 Pavé, 41 Reg
-Sandro Spaeth, 29, Helper, Switherland
52-82-77-62-47, 72 Pavé, 58 Reg
-Luca Spirito, 25, Allrounder, Italy
58-82-76-68-56, 74 Pavé, 56 Reg
Team Statistics:
Stage Wins (425):
25 -Fran Peterlin
22 -Ngo Nguyen
21 -
18 -
13 -
13 -Perry Henzell
12 -Jean OlléOllé
12 -Iwan Franko
10 -
10 -Xaver Unsinn
10 -Carlos Lampe
9 -JungGi Kim (NC)
8 -
8 -Joe Friesenbichler
8 -Elwyn Oxley (NC)
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7 -
7 -
7 -
7 -Ryan Kilfeather
7 -Nodirkhan Kadyrkhanov
6 -Eric Lichtenstein
6 -Breyten Breytenbach
6 -
5 -Pedro Garrido
5 -
5 -Kari Steinsson
5 -Martti Rosenblatt
5 -Carlos Tejeda
5 -Harrison Tasher (2x NC)
5 -Pavel Sitko
5 -Feliciano Centurion (NC)
4 -Omar Pene
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4 -Gilles Braas
4 -Roy Lichtenstein
4 -Jan Flachbart (NC)
4 -Royston Lighting
4 -Robertlandy Simon
4 -Bambang Megaranto
4 -Tony Woodcock
4 -Serghei Pascenco
3 -
3 -
3 -
3 -
3 -Keyser Söze
3 -
3 -Guus Nederlof
3 -Victor Fargas
3 -Eddie Sixpence
3 -Ariel Weisman
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2 -
2 -
2 -
2 -
2 -Janis Smedins
2 -Wilhelm Wahlforss
2 -Paul Betancourt
2 -Valentin Bratoev (NC)
2 -Hassan Dif
2 -
2 -Amartya Sen
2 -Anselmo Grau
2 -
2 - TTT (TdS'18, TdF'18)
1 -Josef Fichtl
1 -Knut Bakke
1 -
1 -
1 -Dimitri Jiriakov
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -Larry Erkisson
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -Tomasz Kowalski
1 -Lars Hirschfeld
1 -Alain Yoda
1 -Elvis Bodganic (NC)
1 -Desideriu Vatca
1 -
1 -Samir Sellami
1 -Dong Dong (NC)
1 -Juan Villafuerte
1 -
1 -
Classic Wins (34):
3 -
3 -
2 -
2 -
2 -
2 -
2 -
2 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
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1 -
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1 -
1 -
1 -
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-> 2. Plätze: Josef Fichtl (Züri-Metzgete'06), Ewald Wolf (P-B'07), Steve Hasler (Placci'08, Hamburg'08 ), Sylvain Boss (Piemonte'08 ), Elmar Goop (Harelbeke'09), Mavolio Bent (Omloop'10), Luigi Mastrangelo (AGR'11), Cédric Schmarotz (MSR'12), Toni Hassler (E3'12), Stefano Benni (Omloop'13, LBL'13), Jean Ollé Ollé (GW'13), Jan Flachbart (MSR'14), Fran Peterlin (LBL'15), Perry Henzell (Hamburg'16), Iwan Franko (Omloop'17), Feliciano Centurion (PR'17)
-> 3. Plätze: Schavi Nator (LBL'07), Ewald Wolf (Fourmies'07), Andrea Clavadetscher (MSR'08 ), Tim Hamberger (PR'11), Stefan Küng (E3'12), Xaver Unsinn (Tre Valli'12), Arni Steinsson (RVV'13), Wilhelm Wahlforss (Harelbeke'14), Eric Lichtenstein (GW'15), Fran Peterlin (RVV'15, San Sebastian'15), Perry Henzell (MSR'16), Breyten Breytenbach (San Sebastian'16), Iwan Franko (Harelbeke'17)
Stage races (29):
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3 -
2 -
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2 -
1 -
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1 -
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1 -
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1 -
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Youth jerseys (16):
2 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
Mountain jerseys (6):
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
Points jerseys (31):
6 -
6 -
3 -
2 -
2 -
2 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
1 -
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Team classement (24):
4 - Tour des Pavés ('10,'11,'16,'17)
3 - Tour Down Under ('15,'16,'17)
2 - Dunkerque ('12,'14)
1 - Alberta ('14)
1 - BinckBank ('18)
1 - California ('12)
1 - Denmark ('12)
1 - De Panne ('12)
1 - Deutschlandtour ('16)
1 - Dubai ('18)
1 - Giro della Toscana ('17)
1 - Oman ('13)
1 - Romandie ('13)
1 - Sachsen Pflaster ('12)
1 - Sibiu ('16)
1 - Tour de Suisse ('13)
1 - Tour du Maroc ('09)
1 - Trentino ('13)
Most Points:
17667 -
16332 -
10147 -
9408 -
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Most Races:
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214 -Haruki Murakami
208 -
206 -
206 -Dominikos Petrakis
200 -
*still riding
Team FL rider's nationalities (80/80):
I didn't mean to say it. But I meant what I said.
Re: Team FL
National Championships galore!
At the National Championships, the Team FL riders win four titles: Egypt, Great Britain, Italy and Morocco.
Team FL race wins in 2019 until the National Championships: Zero. Team FL race wins in 2019 after the National Championships: 4! Boy did the team need that. After having lost all cereals in January, this was more what Hugo Marxer envisioned for the Liechtenstein Cycling team. The only bummer is: The Liechtenstein NC could have been won too, but Banzer and Ritter were asleep already after celebrating too much with the others… Anyway, it is the first time ever Team FL wins four NCs in one day. And usually it is October for the team to win NCs, last time October 2017 (3 wins). Overall, Team FL has won 19 NCs so far, obviously the most in Liechtenstein (4, 3 of them won by Stefan "King" Küng). Yesterday, the team added the North African duo Egypt (Wael Afifi) and Morocco (Kahlid Satour) as well as two "big" NCs with Great Britan (Karl Kopinski) and most importantly: Italy (Luca Spirito); all for the first time. So the riders will have a lap of honour in Egypt today, where the team was celebrating after being invited by Wael Afifi's family, that is pretty rich apparently.
At the National Championships, the Team FL riders win four titles: Egypt, Great Britain, Italy and Morocco.
Team FL race wins in 2019 until the National Championships: Zero. Team FL race wins in 2019 after the National Championships: 4! Boy did the team need that. After having lost all cereals in January, this was more what Hugo Marxer envisioned for the Liechtenstein Cycling team. The only bummer is: The Liechtenstein NC could have been won too, but Banzer and Ritter were asleep already after celebrating too much with the others… Anyway, it is the first time ever Team FL wins four NCs in one day. And usually it is October for the team to win NCs, last time October 2017 (3 wins). Overall, Team FL has won 19 NCs so far, obviously the most in Liechtenstein (4, 3 of them won by Stefan "King" Küng). Yesterday, the team added the North African duo Egypt (Wael Afifi) and Morocco (Kahlid Satour) as well as two "big" NCs with Great Britan (Karl Kopinski) and most importantly: Italy (Luca Spirito); all for the first time. So the riders will have a lap of honour in Egypt today, where the team was celebrating after being invited by Wael Afifi's family, that is pretty rich apparently.
I didn't mean to say it. But I meant what I said.
Re: Team FL
Klaus does Brussels, Afshin retires
While he already got his first race win at the British Championships, Klaus Kopinski won his first "real" race on Sunday at Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne. In the mean time, Afshin Pirhashemi retired from professional cycling quietly
The plans for the weekend were clear as Crystal for Klaus Kopinski: To ride Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday and Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne on Sunday. The team was prepared and so was the staff. Now here would be an excessive report about how these races went, what the riders did each km and how great the Team FL tactics were. But I fear it would be too complex to understand for the majority of the readers. So, to make it short: Team FL got the whole podium covered adding both races as Kopinski and Coolman got 2nd and 3rd at Omloop and Kopinski won KBK the day afterwards.
For some it was surprising that Team FL didn't win Omloop as it seemed there were 18 Team FL riders in the race. Later on, the Team FL lawyers were occupied by checking the law about a copyright infringement by the Welsh team olafcelts, that wore the exact same jersey as the Liechtenstein cycling team. After some discussions the team management decided to appreciate the free marketing and didn't pursue legal steps.
Anyway, one of the riders who stood out the most in the Team FL jersey in 2018, Afshin Pirhashemi, retired from professional cycling quietly. The "Prince of Persia" who won the Tour de France for the first time for Team FL was not convinced by the path his team was following. While he still looked out for major tour wins, the team has been focussing more on one day races again lately. And hence, the Afshin's motivation and fighting spirit got lost on the way. After desastrous training results, both the team management and Afshin's camp decided that it is best for him to retire and remember the great wins. So, he's gone but not forgotten as the first (and probably only rider ever) who won the Tour for Team FL.
After that upset, Team FL also has some new Young riders with Ron Zwerver from the Netherlands and Max Funk from Luxembourg. The team management continus looking for future leaders though, although Klaus Kopinski already showed what he's worth, potentitally.
While he already got his first race win at the British Championships, Klaus Kopinski won his first "real" race on Sunday at Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne. In the mean time, Afshin Pirhashemi retired from professional cycling quietly
The plans for the weekend were clear as Crystal for Klaus Kopinski: To ride Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday and Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne on Sunday. The team was prepared and so was the staff. Now here would be an excessive report about how these races went, what the riders did each km and how great the Team FL tactics were. But I fear it would be too complex to understand for the majority of the readers. So, to make it short: Team FL got the whole podium covered adding both races as Kopinski and Coolman got 2nd and 3rd at Omloop and Kopinski won KBK the day afterwards.
For some it was surprising that Team FL didn't win Omloop as it seemed there were 18 Team FL riders in the race. Later on, the Team FL lawyers were occupied by checking the law about a copyright infringement by the Welsh team olafcelts, that wore the exact same jersey as the Liechtenstein cycling team. After some discussions the team management decided to appreciate the free marketing and didn't pursue legal steps.
Anyway, one of the riders who stood out the most in the Team FL jersey in 2018, Afshin Pirhashemi, retired from professional cycling quietly. The "Prince of Persia" who won the Tour de France for the first time for Team FL was not convinced by the path his team was following. While he still looked out for major tour wins, the team has been focussing more on one day races again lately. And hence, the Afshin's motivation and fighting spirit got lost on the way. After desastrous training results, both the team management and Afshin's camp decided that it is best for him to retire and remember the great wins. So, he's gone but not forgotten as the first (and probably only rider ever) who won the Tour for Team FL.
After that upset, Team FL also has some new Young riders with Ron Zwerver from the Netherlands and Max Funk from Luxembourg. The team management continus looking for future leaders though, although Klaus Kopinski already showed what he's worth, potentitally.
I didn't mean to say it. But I meant what I said.
Re: Team FL
Klaus misses MSR Victory but wins GP de Denain
Team FL started at MSR without big ambitions, but in the end, a good result could have been possible. Instead, Klaus Kopinski wins his second race in March on Sunday at the GP de Denain
The team was well prepared for the first big race in 2019, Milano - San Remo, la Primavera. The goal was pretty clear at the beginning, either go for Kopinski in a reduced sprint or try to land a coup with Kaiser or Satour, if the race was too hard for the the British champion. But it was also clear that both scenarios would need a lot of dark horsish luck to lead to a victory. So the team stayed put for the first 150 km until all the peloton came together again. At this point, Italian champion Luca Spirito saw his chance and escaped together with René Ritter, 100 km to go. The peloton stayed vigilant though. At least Spirito managed to get over the Cipressa before the main group, after he got joined by some more escapees. And here was were the misery started: The teams with the big classic riders did a hard sieb at the Cipressa, but then decided to be undecided and let Kopinski come back to the main group, with the help of strong Pieter Coolman. The team was so dazzled and confused that his happened, that it too a while to accommodate with this new tactical position. It took so long, that it missed the crucial attack after the Cipressa. Eventually, Kopinski won the sprint in Group 2 but couldn't manage to catch the attackers who finished 12 secs in front of him, where Simon Degand from team auredid had the best legs in the final sprint.
So the team was very motivated for reparation at the GP de Denain. And it did well. Kaiser, Satour and Ritter got a rest day while the young prospects Funk and Zwerver as well as the old veteran Afifi joined the pack. It was aurdid again who set the tone with the only two riders in the early escape. They stayed in front for the most part in the race while the teams in the peloton eyed each other carefully, with some little action at the pavé parts, initiated by Funk and Spaeth. On the last 50 km, it was Schappy who decided to a serious effort and made the race fast. With an attack around 40 km to the finish line, Schappy and Whisbone tried their luck and now it was up to Team FL to chase them for Kopinski's chances. The team did well and in the end, it was Coolman again with hard work who brought Kopinski in the right position for the final sprint, in which he made his ambitions clear and won, even in front of MSR winner Simon Degand.
Team FL started at MSR without big ambitions, but in the end, a good result could have been possible. Instead, Klaus Kopinski wins his second race in March on Sunday at the GP de Denain
The team was well prepared for the first big race in 2019, Milano - San Remo, la Primavera. The goal was pretty clear at the beginning, either go for Kopinski in a reduced sprint or try to land a coup with Kaiser or Satour, if the race was too hard for the the British champion. But it was also clear that both scenarios would need a lot of dark horsish luck to lead to a victory. So the team stayed put for the first 150 km until all the peloton came together again. At this point, Italian champion Luca Spirito saw his chance and escaped together with René Ritter, 100 km to go. The peloton stayed vigilant though. At least Spirito managed to get over the Cipressa before the main group, after he got joined by some more escapees. And here was were the misery started: The teams with the big classic riders did a hard sieb at the Cipressa, but then decided to be undecided and let Kopinski come back to the main group, with the help of strong Pieter Coolman. The team was so dazzled and confused that his happened, that it too a while to accommodate with this new tactical position. It took so long, that it missed the crucial attack after the Cipressa. Eventually, Kopinski won the sprint in Group 2 but couldn't manage to catch the attackers who finished 12 secs in front of him, where Simon Degand from team auredid had the best legs in the final sprint.
So the team was very motivated for reparation at the GP de Denain. And it did well. Kaiser, Satour and Ritter got a rest day while the young prospects Funk and Zwerver as well as the old veteran Afifi joined the pack. It was aurdid again who set the tone with the only two riders in the early escape. They stayed in front for the most part in the race while the teams in the peloton eyed each other carefully, with some little action at the pavé parts, initiated by Funk and Spaeth. On the last 50 km, it was Schappy who decided to a serious effort and made the race fast. With an attack around 40 km to the finish line, Schappy and Whisbone tried their luck and now it was up to Team FL to chase them for Kopinski's chances. The team did well and in the end, it was Coolman again with hard work who brought Kopinski in the right position for the final sprint, in which he made his ambitions clear and won, even in front of MSR winner Simon Degand.
I didn't mean to say it. But I meant what I said.
Re: Team FL
Spirito!
An ode to Luca Spirito (won De Panne, first classic win for Team FL since Omar Pene's Victory at San Sebastian 2017), based on the song "Spirit" from the band Ghost.
Throw yourself
Into the vessel
Of possibilities
Your race muse
The apparatus
For bike mobility
A gateway to victory
Spirito!
Win it!
Spirito!
Win it!
Seven seals
Devilish riders
Trumpets the finish line
Turning wheels
Anti Saint leg force
Catapulting your bike
Under your dying breath
Spirito!
Win it!
Spirito!
Win it!
There's no return
From this excursion of possibilities
You're at the seventh gate
Spirito!
Win it!
Spirito!
Win it!
Let none of this race inherit
This vision of my spirit
An ode to Luca Spirito (won De Panne, first classic win for Team FL since Omar Pene's Victory at San Sebastian 2017), based on the song "Spirit" from the band Ghost.
Throw yourself
Into the vessel
Of possibilities
Your race muse
The apparatus
For bike mobility
A gateway to victory
Spirito!
Win it!
Spirito!
Win it!
Seven seals
Devilish riders
Trumpets the finish line
Turning wheels
Anti Saint leg force
Catapulting your bike
Under your dying breath
Spirito!
Win it!
Spirito!
Win it!
There's no return
From this excursion of possibilities
You're at the seventh gate
Spirito!
Win it!
Spirito!
Win it!
Let none of this race inherit
This vision of my spirit
I didn't mean to say it. But I meant what I said.
Re: Team FL
2'500!
That's the number of races Team FL has ridden since 3 August 2006. Very fortunately, it ended with a victory, as Banzer could celebrate his first race win ever today.
While Banzer was happy, the Team FL statistics department prepared some nice numbers. During these 2'500 races, Team FL:
- won 435 of them (17,4% -> roughly a win every 6th race)
- won 35 classic races (last one was De Panne 2019)
- won all monuments at least once
- won 29 stage races
- won 1 GT (Tour de France 2018, thanks Afshin!)
- won the Div1 title once
- gained 389'858 eternal points
- bought 184 riders from all possible nationalities in the game
- Got one warning for insults
That's the number of races Team FL has ridden since 3 August 2006. Very fortunately, it ended with a victory, as Banzer could celebrate his first race win ever today.
While Banzer was happy, the Team FL statistics department prepared some nice numbers. During these 2'500 races, Team FL:
- won 435 of them (17,4% -> roughly a win every 6th race)
- won 35 classic races (last one was De Panne 2019)
- won all monuments at least once
- won 29 stage races
- won 1 GT (Tour de France 2018, thanks Afshin!)
- won the Div1 title once
- gained 389'858 eternal points
- bought 184 riders from all possible nationalities in the game
- Got one warning for insults
I didn't mean to say it. But I meant what I said.
Re: Team FL
Congrats, soon you'll not be a beginner anymore!
But we wanted more infos here really.
Rider with most races?
Rider with 100 or so points with the least races?
Longest winning streak?
Longest dry spell?
Most expensive transfer?
Cheapest transfer?
Best sitter? (Hm, no, ok, don't answer that)
Favorite real race?
Favorite fantasy race? (If it's not Yemen, you deserve a beating)
Most impressive actually that until 2018 you increased the number of wins every single year. Ok, maybe you rode more too?
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr
If you plan to get another one for your second 2500 races, don't use it on me! Your insults are too tough!
But we wanted more infos here really.
Rider with most races?
Rider with 100 or so points with the least races?
Longest winning streak?
Longest dry spell?
Most expensive transfer?
Cheapest transfer?
Best sitter? (Hm, no, ok, don't answer that)
Favorite real race?
Favorite fantasy race? (If it's not Yemen, you deserve a beating)
Kraftsystemrevision! Include the distance!
Basics reform: Give blue a chance!
Don't punish bugusers. We all have to use bugs, since most of them are declared as "features"!
Got a carrot from FL. But they threaten to take it away now.
Basics reform: Give blue a chance!
Don't punish bugusers. We all have to use bugs, since most of them are declared as "features"!
Got a carrot from FL. But they threaten to take it away now.
Re: Team FL
I rode around 200 races a year during that time. And as in real life I am a "grower", like good music. Or in other words a late bloomer. When I started the game, I had not time and absolutely no idea how to play it. I guess it took me around 100 races to get my first race win. Everything changed after the Giro 2007, with the help of famous Adrian Oesch, who proposed drastic measures changing the team's structure and it's goals. From there on, the development until 2018 started. In 2018 I changed jobs, and so I had not the time anymore to ride that much. And I rode for Pirhashemi in 2018, which meant: No stage hunting during tours, but riding for GC. Now I am left with an overaged team, probably riding more for fun than for wins. Which I like too. And who knows, with some training luck, I get my cereals back.
Have to think of a good one and a target that really deserves it. Will be a tough decision. Like my insults.
Interesting question, I try to answer them as far as I remember, without a huuuge effort (lazy me). Most of them are in the starting post anyway or searchable in the ingame statistics. Anyway:But we wanted more infos here really.
Rider with most races?
Rider with 100 or so points with the least races?
Longest winning streak?
Longest dry spell?
Most expensive transfer?
Cheapest transfer?
Best sitter? (Hm, no, ok, don't answer that)
Favorite real race?
Favorite fantasy race? (If it's not Yemen, you deserve a beating)
Rider with most races?
-> 282 - Victor Fargas, interestingly followed by Stefano Benni with 276 races (what a legend!)
Rider with 100 or so points with the least races?
-> I have no idea. But there are a lot of riders esp. in the beginning with only a few races for my team. Anyway, rider with only 55 eternal points in 245 races: Daniel "I am just a helper and a helper only" Clavadetscher.
Longest winning streak?
-> no idea either, probably three or four races.
Longest dry spell?
-> first 100 races
Most expensive transfer?
-> Carlos Lampe, 3'584'114 (this Roman Hermann with over 4 Mio. doesn't count, that was the after Giro 2007 race where I resetted many times. He never made a single race for my team).
Cheapest transfer?
-> Jason Boxhill, 1'056'660 (again, the other two in front of him don't count, same argument as above)
Best sitter? (Hm, no, ok, don't answer that)
-> … It's called a Hugo Marxer for a reason
Favorite real race?
-> Schellenberg-Rundfahrt
, nah, it's MSR, but the Schellenberg-Rundfahrt was passing my parent's house and so I always got some candies from the sponsor cars as a child and could watch the riders go downhill from Schellenberg to Bendern. That was nice. Favorite fantasy race? (If it's not Yemen, you deserve a beating)
-> EAT, of course!
I didn't mean to say it. But I meant what I said.
Re: Team FL
Rossard wins Scheldeprijs and follows Spirito!
Thibault Rossard wins the second classic race in 2019 at the Schelde. With his victory at the Scheldeprijs, he follows Luca Spirito who won De Panne earlier this year in March.
Kopinski you ask? Nah. Banzer? Nah. Both team leaders had nothing to do with the two classic wins for Team FL in 2019. But but but, you ask, they are not the only team leaders, right? Of course you're right! After Pirhashemi's retirement, everybody is a leader now! And esp two riders seem to embrace this role very much: Thibault Rossard and Italian champion Luca Spirito. They two allrounders who can not only procude for themselves but also offer valuable support for other riders in the team, like Kopinski at RVV for example. But from time to time, they have the freedom to go for a race win themselves, as it happened again yesterday at the Scheldeprijs when they both attacked early. While at De Panne, it was Spirito's move, at Schelde it was Rossard who could add a classic win to his palamares. So, will this continue at Paris - Roubaix or will the whole team ride for Kopinski again similar to RVV? Well, Hugo Marxer stays quiet about team tactics and so we have to find out on Sunday ourselves...
Thibault Rossard wins the second classic race in 2019 at the Schelde. With his victory at the Scheldeprijs, he follows Luca Spirito who won De Panne earlier this year in March.
Kopinski you ask? Nah. Banzer? Nah. Both team leaders had nothing to do with the two classic wins for Team FL in 2019. But but but, you ask, they are not the only team leaders, right? Of course you're right! After Pirhashemi's retirement, everybody is a leader now! And esp two riders seem to embrace this role very much: Thibault Rossard and Italian champion Luca Spirito. They two allrounders who can not only procude for themselves but also offer valuable support for other riders in the team, like Kopinski at RVV for example. But from time to time, they have the freedom to go for a race win themselves, as it happened again yesterday at the Scheldeprijs when they both attacked early. While at De Panne, it was Spirito's move, at Schelde it was Rossard who could add a classic win to his palamares. So, will this continue at Paris - Roubaix or will the whole team ride for Kopinski again similar to RVV? Well, Hugo Marxer stays quiet about team tactics and so we have to find out on Sunday ourselves...
I didn't mean to say it. But I meant what I said.
Re: Team FL
Giro 2019 finished
Team FL finished the Giro 2019 with all nine riders, three stage wins and a sack of money. While this GT is over, the next will soon follow.
Without a GC rider (sorry Thibault!), Team FL attended the Giro 2019 as a stage hunting team without big ambitions, but with the current Italian champion Luca Spirito. Hence, the team was motivated to ride aggressively and to hope for good results in the sprint stages for their train consisting of Karl Kopinski, Baltasar Banzer and Eduardo Spohr. Besides that, the many mountain stages called for work in the Gruppetto, mainly. Eventually, Rossard and Spirito managed to finish in the top 30 of the GC and both win stages (Luca even two!). So in the end, the Giro 2019 was a success, not only regarding the team goals but also financially. And it was a lot of fun, except the siebing of the Team FL sprinters in week 1, grrr...
In the meantime, Team FL continues to get younger. While Eduardo Spohr and José Lluis joined in May already, pavé specialist Sean Murphy and Liechtenstein Allrounder Hieronymus Hilti joined the team in June. So the preparation for the Tour de France beings, mainly with one day races though, as both the Tour de Suisse and the Dauphiné clash with important team Events.
Team FL finished the Giro 2019 with all nine riders, three stage wins and a sack of money. While this GT is over, the next will soon follow.
Without a GC rider (sorry Thibault!), Team FL attended the Giro 2019 as a stage hunting team without big ambitions, but with the current Italian champion Luca Spirito. Hence, the team was motivated to ride aggressively and to hope for good results in the sprint stages for their train consisting of Karl Kopinski, Baltasar Banzer and Eduardo Spohr. Besides that, the many mountain stages called for work in the Gruppetto, mainly. Eventually, Rossard and Spirito managed to finish in the top 30 of the GC and both win stages (Luca even two!). So in the end, the Giro 2019 was a success, not only regarding the team goals but also financially. And it was a lot of fun, except the siebing of the Team FL sprinters in week 1, grrr...
In the meantime, Team FL continues to get younger. While Eduardo Spohr and José Lluis joined in May already, pavé specialist Sean Murphy and Liechtenstein Allrounder Hieronymus Hilti joined the team in June. So the preparation for the Tour de France beings, mainly with one day races though, as both the Tour de Suisse and the Dauphiné clash with important team Events.
I didn't mean to say it. But I meant what I said.
Re: Team FL
The inquisitive Donkey has a question: Did you miss your usual climber? Not the real GC man, Pirhashemi, but sort of Kadirkhanov (although being the only rider to ever beat Zafzaf in a Tour, twice! qualifies as real GC man, grr) Mastrangelo, Söze? Climbers that can hope for a stage win, top 5 GC somehow, but not much more? Or was ok like this. On don't say was ok because you ended up being offline for more than you hoped.... assume you were online!
Kraftsystemrevision! Include the distance!
Basics reform: Give blue a chance!
Don't punish bugusers. We all have to use bugs, since most of them are declared as "features"!
Got a carrot from FL. But they threaten to take it away now.
Basics reform: Give blue a chance!
Don't punish bugusers. We all have to use bugs, since most of them are declared as "features"!
Got a carrot from FL. But they threaten to take it away now.
Re: Team FL
I am not decided about that question yet. The last month has clearly shown that I don't have enough online presence at the moment during three weeks for a climber to have fun with him. And I don't think this will change in the forseeable future. So I most likely will end up with line-ups like during this year's Giro, which was fun too, on an other level… #nopressure. Clearly a GC contestant is nothing for me anymore, that's gone with Pirhashemi.Robyklebt wrote: ↑Mon Jun 03, 2019 3:36 pmThe inquisitive Donkey has a question: Did you miss your usual climber? Not the real GC man, Pirhashemi, but sort of Kadirkhanov (although being the only rider to ever beat Zafzaf in a Tour, twice! qualifies as real GC man, grr) Mastrangelo, Söze? Climbers that can hope for a stage win, top 5 GC somehow, but not much more? Or was ok like this. On don't say was ok because you ended up being offline for more than you hoped.... assume you were online!
So for the moment, I am looking out for more riders for one day races, you know, classics, sprinters, pavé riders, stuff like that. Maybe I will swallow my pride and have an 80-70 rider eventually
.I didn't mean to say it. But I meant what I said.
Re: Team FL
Next question was going to be: Classic rider for GTs? But somehow that needs online presence too, no? Just hanging on Ayala and Larinto.... maybe not ideal?
Kraftsystemrevision! Include the distance!
Basics reform: Give blue a chance!
Don't punish bugusers. We all have to use bugs, since most of them are declared as "features"!
Got a carrot from FL. But they threaten to take it away now.
Basics reform: Give blue a chance!
Don't punish bugusers. We all have to use bugs, since most of them are declared as "features"!
Got a carrot from FL. But they threaten to take it away now.
Re: Team FL
Halftime '19
Team FL looks back at the first half of 2019 and gives an outlook for the upcoming Tour de France. Besides that, it is also time to present the updated all time statistics.
Six days until halftime 2019. So far this year was quite different to 2018. Afshin Pirhashemi is gone and the team is currently rebuilding without a GC rider for the GTs. So, naturally, other riders climbed up the team intern ladder, like Thibault Rossard, Luca Spirito or Karl Kopinski. Those three riders are responsible for 11 of the current 17 race wins this year, Rossard and Spirito both with a classic win (Schelde, De Panne), while Spirito and Kopinski could crown themselves as National Champions too in February. Other highlights were the Giro d'Italia in May with three stage wins and lots of intersting stages, as well as the classics spring, although not that successful but with lots of good results.
So, what's next to come? The Tour de France of course! Team FL will be cheaply stagehunting as during the Giro with Eduardo Spohr growing into a solid sprinter and already with a race win. He will be accompagnied by his sprint colleagues Banzer and Kopinski as well as the dynamic duo consisting of Rossard and Spirito. Additionally for the sprints, the team will have Coolman and Zwerver as fast men in the line-up. Finally, also reliable helpers and now and then escapers Max Funk and Hieronymus Hilti will most likely get the final two spots. Until then (and afterwards), the teams will develop further, adding a new rider in July for the spring 2020 Campaign. More will be revealed later.
As it is halftime, Team FL also wants to present some Facts and Figures about the Liechtenstein cycling team. So here are the all time statistics until exactly today (but before today's race). You can also find it in the starting post of this team thread.
Team FL looks back at the first half of 2019 and gives an outlook for the upcoming Tour de France. Besides that, it is also time to present the updated all time statistics.
Six days until halftime 2019. So far this year was quite different to 2018. Afshin Pirhashemi is gone and the team is currently rebuilding without a GC rider for the GTs. So, naturally, other riders climbed up the team intern ladder, like Thibault Rossard, Luca Spirito or Karl Kopinski. Those three riders are responsible for 11 of the current 17 race wins this year, Rossard and Spirito both with a classic win (Schelde, De Panne), while Spirito and Kopinski could crown themselves as National Champions too in February. Other highlights were the Giro d'Italia in May with three stage wins and lots of intersting stages, as well as the classics spring, although not that successful but with lots of good results.
So, what's next to come? The Tour de France of course! Team FL will be cheaply stagehunting as during the Giro with Eduardo Spohr growing into a solid sprinter and already with a race win. He will be accompagnied by his sprint colleagues Banzer and Kopinski as well as the dynamic duo consisting of Rossard and Spirito. Additionally for the sprints, the team will have Coolman and Zwerver as fast men in the line-up. Finally, also reliable helpers and now and then escapers Max Funk and Hieronymus Hilti will most likely get the final two spots. Until then (and afterwards), the teams will develop further, adding a new rider in July for the spring 2020 Campaign. More will be revealed later.
As it is halftime, Team FL also wants to present some Facts and Figures about the Liechtenstein cycling team. So here are the all time statistics until exactly today (but before today's race). You can also find it in the starting post of this team thread.
team fl wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:57 am
Current Team Roster (June 2019):
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54-77-55-52-80, 69 Pavé, 36 Reg
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53-87-55-48-57, 78 Pavé, 35 Reg
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56-82-47-48-48, 78 Pavé, 51 Reg
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52-76-78-57-47, 68 Pavé, 53 Reg
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49-74-77-54-66, 76 Pavé, 43 Reg
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51-80-66-46-48, 76 Pavé, 38 Reg
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52-75-74-50-48, 76 Pavé, 36 Reg
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66-82-74-53-49, 76 Pavé, 56 Reg
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52-81-76-61-46, 72 Pavé, 58 Reg
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59-82-76-68-56, 74 Pavé, 56 Reg
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49-58-76-46-88, 56 Pavé, 35 Reg
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52-86-49-47-45, 76 Pavé, 38 Reg
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-> 2. Plätze: Josef Fichtl (Züri-Metzgete'06), Ewald Wolf (P-B'07), Steve Hasler (Placci'08, Hamburg'08 ), Sylvain Boss (Piemonte'08 ), Elmar Goop (Harelbeke'09), Mavolio Bent (Omloop'10), Luigi Mastrangelo (AGR'11), Cédric Schmarotz (MSR'12), Toni Hassler (E3'12), Stefano Benni (Omloop'13, LBL'13), Jean Ollé Ollé (GW'13), Jan Flachbart (MSR'14), Fran Peterlin (LBL'15), Perry Henzell (Hamburg'16), Iwan Franko (Omloop'17), Feliciano Centurion (PR'17), Ngo Nguyen (Scheldeprijs'18), JungGi Kim (P-R'18, Harelbeke'18), Karl Kopinski (P-R'19, Omloop'19)
-> 3. Plätze: Schavi Nator (LBL'07), Ewald Wolf (Fourmies'07), Andrea Clavadetscher (MSR'08 ), Tim Hamberger (PR'11), Stefan Küng (E3'12), Xaver Unsinn (Tre Valli'12), Arni Steinsson (RVV'13), Wilhelm Wahlforss (Harelbeke'14), Eric Lichtenstein (GW'15), Fran Peterlin (RVV'15, San Sebastian'15), Perry Henzell (MSR'16), Breyten Breytenbach (San Sebastian'16), Iwan Franko (Harelbeke'17), Pieter Coolman (Omloop'19), Karl Kopinski (RVV'19)
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Youth jerseys (17):
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Mountain jerseys (6):
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Points jerseys (31):
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Team classement (25):
4 - Tour des Pavés ('10,'11,'16,'17)
4 - Tour Down Under ('15,'16,'17,'19)
2 - Dunkerque ('12,'14)
1 - Alberta ('14)
1 - BinckBank ('18)
1 - California ('12)
1 - Denmark ('12)
1 - De Panne ('12)
1 - Deutschlandtour ('16)
1 - Dubai ('18)
1 - Giro della Toscana ('17)
1 - Oman ('13)
1 - Romandie ('13)
1 - Sachsen Pflaster ('12)
1 - Sibiu ('16)
1 - Tour de Suisse ('13)
1 - Tour du Maroc ('09)
1 - Trentino ('13)
Most Points:
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Most Races:
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*still riding
Team FL rider's nationalities (80/80):
I didn't mean to say it. But I meant what I said.
Re: Team FL
AGF-C a success for Team FL
The After Giro France Criterium (AGF-C) is finally over. For the Team FL it was a success, although it could have been even better.
Compared to the Giro d'Italia, the number of stage wins dropped from 3 to 2, while the number of stage winners dropped from 2 (Spirito, Rossard) to 1 (Spohr). This clearly could have been better, esp. as there was no chance to win a stage out of an early escape. On the other hand the GC results increased from place 23 for Rossard in Italy to two top 20 placements in France with Spirito as 15th and Rossard as 16th in this category. So after all, both GTs riddin in 2019 have been a success for Team FL, although the attendance could have been better for both stage races. Financially, the team is heading in the right direction. With Lorenz Looser in July and Halvor Haugen in August, two new, potent classic riders joined the team. Both should be well prepared for spring 2020. Until then, the team needs to find a way to stay financially healthy while trying to be competitive in races.
The After Giro France Criterium (AGF-C) is finally over. For the Team FL it was a success, although it could have been even better.
Compared to the Giro d'Italia, the number of stage wins dropped from 3 to 2, while the number of stage winners dropped from 2 (Spirito, Rossard) to 1 (Spohr). This clearly could have been better, esp. as there was no chance to win a stage out of an early escape. On the other hand the GC results increased from place 23 for Rossard in Italy to two top 20 placements in France with Spirito as 15th and Rossard as 16th in this category. So after all, both GTs riddin in 2019 have been a success for Team FL, although the attendance could have been better for both stage races. Financially, the team is heading in the right direction. With Lorenz Looser in July and Halvor Haugen in August, two new, potent classic riders joined the team. Both should be well prepared for spring 2020. Until then, the team needs to find a way to stay financially healthy while trying to be competitive in races.
I didn't mean to say it. But I meant what I said.
Re: Team FL
400'000th point for Team FL with sprint victory
Team FL has been existing since August 2006. In all of these 13 years, the Liechtenstein cycling team has gathered it's 400'000th eternal point with a win yesterday.
The list of *caugh* successful *caugh* Team FL sprinters is long. Kämpfer, OlléOllé, Dürr, Wolf, Federspiel, Schmarotz, Henzell, Nguyen and Friesenbichler. The latest representative of this guild is Eduardo Spohr, a laid-back Brasilian who seems to be too talented to be motivated for hard work. Anyway, he already has 5 race wins in his palmares with only being 24 years old. And yesterday, he won his latest race, the GP Del Montello. With this victory, he gathered the 400'000th eternal point for his team, which stands at 400'129 eternal points after the race. It took the Liechtenstein cycling team a bit more than 2'500 races to do it, which led to almost 450 race wins in total, many of them gathered by the sprinters mentioned before. But don't get confused! The most successful points gathereres for Team FL have still traditionally been classic riders and climbers. So, here is the list of former riders with the most points in their careers for Team FL. Hail Benni!
17667 - Stefano Benni
16332 - Fran Peterlin
12201 - Afshin Pirhashemi
10147 - Luigi Mastrangelo
9408 - Nodirkhan Kadyrkhanov
9067 - Carlos Lampe
8104 - Roy Lichtenstein
7794 - Iwan Franko
7780 - Xaver Unsinn
7620 - Ngo Nguyen
7553 - Paul Betancourt
6997 - Elwyn Oxley
6571 - Stefan Küng
6552 - Eddie Sixpence
6433 - Cédric Schmarotz
5850 - Phineas Federspiel
5789 - Jean Ollé Ollé
5672 - Breyten Breytenbach
5484 - Nathaniel Biedermann
5432 - Pedro Garrido
5361 - Gaudenz Taverna
5326 - Perry Henzell
5273 - Pavel Sitko
Question for the readers: How many sprinters (85+ sprint skill at the career peak) are in this list? Can you find out? First who gets it right will get one km random tempo of a Team FL rider in a cat. 1 race.
Team FL has been existing since August 2006. In all of these 13 years, the Liechtenstein cycling team has gathered it's 400'000th eternal point with a win yesterday.
The list of *caugh* successful *caugh* Team FL sprinters is long. Kämpfer, OlléOllé, Dürr, Wolf, Federspiel, Schmarotz, Henzell, Nguyen and Friesenbichler. The latest representative of this guild is Eduardo Spohr, a laid-back Brasilian who seems to be too talented to be motivated for hard work. Anyway, he already has 5 race wins in his palmares with only being 24 years old. And yesterday, he won his latest race, the GP Del Montello. With this victory, he gathered the 400'000th eternal point for his team, which stands at 400'129 eternal points after the race. It took the Liechtenstein cycling team a bit more than 2'500 races to do it, which led to almost 450 race wins in total, many of them gathered by the sprinters mentioned before. But don't get confused! The most successful points gathereres for Team FL have still traditionally been classic riders and climbers. So, here is the list of former riders with the most points in their careers for Team FL. Hail Benni!
17667 -
Stefano Benni16332 -
Fran Peterlin12201 -
Afshin Pirhashemi10147 -
Luigi Mastrangelo9408 -
Nodirkhan Kadyrkhanov 9067 -
Carlos Lampe8104 -
Roy Lichtenstein7794 -
Iwan Franko 7780 -
Xaver Unsinn7620 -
Ngo Nguyen7553 -
Paul Betancourt6997 -
Elwyn Oxley6571 -
Stefan Küng6552 -
Eddie Sixpence6433 -
Cédric Schmarotz5850 -
Phineas Federspiel5789 -
Jean Ollé Ollé5672 -
Breyten Breytenbach 5484 -
Nathaniel Biedermann5432 -
Pedro Garrido5361 -
Gaudenz Taverna 5326 -
Perry Henzell 5273 -
Pavel Sitko Question for the readers: How many sprinters (85+ sprint skill at the career peak) are in this list? Can you find out? First who gets it right will get one km random tempo of a Team FL rider in a cat. 1 race.
I didn't mean to say it. But I meant what I said.
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