Season 2 Roster Alessandro Ballan (ITA) Warren Barguil (FRA) Enrico Battaglin (ITA) Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) Marcus Burghardt (GER) Fabian Cancellara (SUI) Bryan Coquard (FRA) Arnaud Démare (FRA) Thomas De Gendt (BEL) Rohan Dennis (AUS) Tom Dumoulin (NED) Mathias Frank (SUI) Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) Simon Gerrans (AUS) Heinrich Haussler (AUS) Bob Jungels (NED) Tanel Kangert (EST) Vasili Kiryienka (BLR) Marcel Kittel (GER) Michal Kwiatkowski (POL) Sebastian Langeveld (NED) Rafal Majka (POL) Cameron Meyer (AUS) Matej Mohoric (SLO) Lachlan Morton (AUS) Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) Luca Paolini (ITA) Thibaut Pinot (FRA) Jurgen Van Den Broeck (BEL) Jelle Vanendert (BEL) Bradley Wiggins (GBR)
Skippos's CPL Cycling Franchise - Season One History Sponsor: Rabobank Season 1 Goals - 1 Grand Tour - 2 UWT Stage Races - 3 UWT Classics Races - 3 National Championships - Top of UCI Team & CQ Team Rankings - Top 3 in each grand tour - Top 5 in 50% of UWT Stage Races - Top 5 in 50% of UWT Classics Races Alessandro Ballan BMC Racing Team 33 years old Cobbled classics rider 190cm 68kg UWT Palmarès 6th 2005 Tour of Flanders 2nd 2006 E3 Harelbeke 3rd 2006 Paris-Roubaix 3rd 2006 Tirreno-Adriatico 5th 2006 Tour of Flanders 8th 2006 Milan-San Remo 1st 2007 Tour of Flanders 4th 2007 Clásica de San Sebastián 5th 2007 Tour de Pologne 1st 2008 UCI Road Race Championships 3rd 2008 Paris-Roubaix 4th 2008 Tour of Flanders 1st 2009 Tour de Pologne 5th 2010 Tour de Pologne 4th 2011 Milan-San Remo 6th 2011 Paris-Roubaix 3rd 2012 Parix-Roubaix 3rd 2012 Tour of Flanders 8th 2012 Milan-San Remo 9th 2012 E3 Harelbeke UWT Stage Wins Stage 4 2005 Eneco Tour Stage 7 2008 Vuelta a Espana Stage 5 2009 Tour de Pologne Stage 7 2012 Eneco Tour Janez Brajkovic Astana 29 years old Climber & Time Trialist 175cm 65kg UWT Palmarès 1st World Under 23 ITT Championship 5th 2006 Tour de Suisse 5th 2006 Volta a Catalunya 5th 2007 Tirreno-Adriatico 2nd 2008 Giro di Lombardia 7th 2008 Volta a Catalunya 1st 2010 Criterium du Dauphine 5th 2010 Tour de Romandie 9th 2010 Volta a Catalunya 7th 2011 Paris-Nice 7th 2011 Tour de Romandie 7th 2012 Criterium du Dauphine 9th 2012 Tour de France UWT Stage Wins Stage 3 2010 Criterium du Dauphine Stage 3 2012 Volta a Catalunya Sylvain Chavanel Omega Pharma-Quick Step 33 years old Breakaway Specialist, Cobbled Classics & Time Trials 182cm 70kg UWT Palmarès 9th 2005 Tour de Pologne 10th 2007 Criterium du Dauphine 1st 2008 Tour de France Super Combativity Award 2nd 2009 Eneco Tour 3rd 2009 Paris-Nice 1st 2009 Paris-Nice Points Classification 5th 2009 E3 Harelbeke 8th 2009 Paris-Roubaix 1st 2010 Tour de France Super Combativity Award 2nd 2011 Tour of Flanders 1st 2012 World Team Time Trial Championships 2nd 2012 Eneco Tour 8th 2012 Paris-Nice 10th 2012 Tour of Flanders 4th 2013 Milan-San Remo 5th 2013 Paris-Nice 1st 2013 Paris-Nice Points Classification 6th 2013 E3 Harelbeke UWT Stage Wins Stage 7 2008 Paris-Nice Stage 4 2008 Volta a Catalunya Stage 19 2008 Tour de France Stage 19 2008 Tour de France Combativity Award Prologue 2009 Eneco Tour Stage 3 2009 Paris-Nice Stage 2 2010 Tour de France Stage 2 2010 Tour de France Combativity Award Stage 7 2010 Tour de France Stage 6 2013 Paris Nice Alberto Contador Team Saxo Tinkoff 30 years old Grand Tour Contender, Time Trialist and Climber 176cm 62kg UWT Palmarès 4th 2005 Tour de Romandie 1st 2005 Tour de Romandie Points Classification 2nd 2006 Tour de Romandie 1st 2007 Paris-Nice 1st 2007 Paris-Nice Young Rider Classification 1st 2007 Tour de France 1st 2007 Tour de France Young Rider Classification 1st 2008 Giro d'Italia 1st 2008 Vuelta a Espana 1st 2008 Vuelta a Espana Combination Classification 4th 2008 Olympics Individual Time Trial 1st 2009 Spanish Time Trial Championship 3rd 2009 Criterium du Dauphine 4th 2009 Paris-Nice 1st 2009 Tour de France 1st 2010 Paris-Nice 2nd 2010 Criterium du Dauphine 1st 2010 Criterium du Dauphine Points Classification 3rd 2010 La Fleche Wallonne 1st 2010 Tour de France 1st 2010 Volta a Catalunya 1st 2010 Giro d'Italia 1st 2010 Giro d'Italia Points Classification 5th 2011 Tour de France 1st 2012 Vuelta a Espana 4th 2012 Eneco Tour 3rd 2013 Tirreno-Adriatico 1st 2013 Tirreno-Adriatico Points Classification UWT Stage Wins Stage 8 2003 Tour de Pologne Stage 5 2005 Tour Down Under Stage 4 2005 Tour de Romandie Stage 8 2006 Tour de Suisse Stage 3 2006 Tour de Romandie Stage 4 2007 Paris-Nice Stage 7 2007 Paris-Nice Stage 14 2007 Tour de France Stage 13 2008 Vuelta a Espana Stage 14 2008 Vuelta a Espana Stage 1 2009 Paris-Nice Stage 6 2009 Paris-Nice Stage 4 2009 Tour de France Stage 15 2009 Tour de France Stage 18 2009 Tour de France Stage 4 2010 Paris-Nice Prologue 2010 Criterium du Dauphine Stage 6 2010 Criterium du Dauphine Stage 3 2011 Volta a Catalunya Stage 9 2011 Giro d'Italia Stage 16 2011 Giro d'Italia Stage 17 2012 Vuelta a Espana John Degenkolb Argos-Shimano 24 years old Sprinter 180cm 79kg UWT Palmarès 3rd 2009 Tour of Flanders 4th 2012 World Road Race Championships 5th 2012 Milan - San Remo 6th 2012 E3 Harelbeke 1st 2012 UCI Europe Tour Overall 9th 2013 Tour of Flanders UWT Stage Wins Stage 2 2011 Criterium du Dauphine Stage 4 2011 Criterium du Dauphine Stage 7 Tour de Pologne Stage 2 2012 Vuelta a Espana Stage 5 2012 Vuelta a Espana Stage 7 2012 Vuelta a Espana Stage 10 2012 Vuelta a Espana Stage 21 2012 Vuelta a Espana Joe Dombrowski Team Sky 21 years old Climber 185cm 68kg Juan Antonio Flecha Vacansoleil-DCM 35 years old Classics Rider 181cm 72kg UWT Palmarès 5th 2004 UCI World Cup 3rd 2005 Paris-Roubaix 4th 2006 Paris-Roubaix 6th 2006 Eneco Tour 2nd 2007 Paris-Roubaix 3rd 2008 Tour of Flanders 6th 2009 Paris-Roubaix 6th 2009 Eneco Tour 3rd 2010 E3 Harelbeke 3rd 2010 Paris-Roubaix 9th 2011 Paris-Roubaix 4th 2012 Paris-Roubaix 8th 2013 Paris-Roubaix UWT Stage Wins Stage 11 2003 Tour de France Stage 13 2010 Tour de France Stage 9 2011 Tour de France Stage 13 2012 Vuelta a Espana Jakob Fuglsang Astana 28 years old Rouleur 182cm 70kg UWT Palmarès 6th 2009 Volta a Catalunya 6th 2009 Criterium du Dauphine 3rd 2010 Tour de Suisse 4th 2010 Giro di Lombardia 4th 2011 Amstel Gold Race 4th 2011 Tour de Suisse Robert Gesink Blanco Pro Cycling 26 years old Stage Racer & Climber 187cm 68kg UWT Palmarès 2nd 2007 Tour de Pologne 4th 2008 Paris-Nice 1st 2008 Paris-Nice Young Rider Classification 4th 2008 La Fleche Wallonne 4th 2008 Criterium du Dauphine 7th 2008 Vuelta a Espana 10th 2008 World Road Race Championships 10th 2008 Olympics Road Race 10th 2008 Olympics Time Trial 3rd 2009 Amstel Gold Race 4th 2009 Criterium du Dauphine 6th 2009 Giro d'Italia 6th 2009 Giro di Lombardia 7th 2009 Tour of the Basque Country 1st 2010 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal 3rd 2010 Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec 5th 2010 Tirreno-Adriatico 1st 2010 Tirreno-Adriatico Youth Classification 5th 2010 Tour de Suisse 6th 2010 Tour de France 7th 2010 Clasica de San Sebastian 8th 2010 Tour of the Basque Country 2nd 2011 Tirreno-Adriatico 1st 2011 Tirreno-Adriatico Youth Classification 2nd 2011 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal 3rd 2011 Tour of the Basque Country 4th 2012 Tour de Suisse 6th 2012 Vuelta a Espana 6th 2013 Volta a Catalunya UWT Stage Wins Stage 6 2010 Tour de Suisse Stage 1 2011 Tirreno Adriatico Matthew Goss Orica-GreenEDGE 26 years old Sprinter 178cm 70kg UWT Palmarès 1st 2011 Milan San Remo 2nd 2011 Tour Down Under 1st 2011 Tour Down Under Points Classification 2nd 2011 World Road Race Championships UWT Stage Wins Stage 9 2010 Giro d'Italia Stage 1 2011 Vuelta a Espana Stage 3 2011 Paris-Nice Stage 1 2011 Tour Down Under Stage 3 2012 Giro d'Italia Stage 1 2012 Tirreno-Adriatico Stage 2 2013 Tirreno-Adriatico Yauheni Hutarovich Ag2r-La Mondiale 29 years old Sprinter 179cm 71kg UWT Stage Wins Stage 2 2010 Vuelta a Espana Stage 3 2010 Tour de Pologne Fredrik Kessiakoff Astana 32 years old Climber 175cm 62kg UWT Palmarès 9th 2009 Tour de Romandie 5th 2012 World Time Trial Championship 10th 2012 Giro di Lombardia UWT Stage Wins Stage 11 2012 Vuelta a Espana Stage 7 2012 Tour de Suisse Vasil Kiryienka Team Sky 31 years old Time Trialist & Climber 183cm 71kg UWT Palmarès 6th 2006 World Time Trial Championships 7th 2007 Tirreno-Adriatico 9th 2007 World Time Trial Championships 10th 2011 Tour of the Basque Country 3rd 2012 World Time Trial Championships 6th 2012 Criterium du Dauphine UWT Stage Wins Stage 19 2008 Giro d'Italia Stage 20 2011 Giro d'Italia Stage 2 2011 Tour of the Baque Country Robert Kiserlovski Radioshack-Leopard Trek 26 years old Climber 179cm 65kg UWT Palmarès 10th 2010 Giro d'Italia 5th 2012 La Fleche Wallonne 7th 2012 Volta a Catalunya UWT Stage Wins Stage 4 2010 Giro d'Italia Maxime Monfort Radioshack-Leopark Trek 30 years old Rouleur - Specifically Climber 180cm 67kg UWT Palmarès 5th 2008 Tour of the Basque Country 9th 2008 Criterium du Dauphine 5th 2009 Eneco Tour 10th 2009 Tour de Suisse 5th 2010 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal 8th 2010 Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec 6th 2011 Vuelta a Espana 10th 2011 Paris-Nice 10th 2011 Tour de Suisse 7th 2012 Paris-Nice UWT Stage Wins Stage 1 2011 Vuelta a Espana Michael Mørkøv Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff 27 years old Breakaway Specialist 183cm 67kg UWT Palmarès Stage 3 2012 Tour de France Combativity Award Stage 13 2012 Tour de France Combativity Award Moreno Moser Cannondale 22 years old Rouleur 177cm 64kg UWT Palmarès 1st 2012 Tour de Pologne UWT Stage Wins Stage 1 2012 Tour de Pologne Stage 6 2012 Tour de Pologne Yasoslav Popovych Radioshack-Leopard Trek 33 years old Domestique 175cm 66kg UWT Palmarès 3rd 2003 Giro d'Italia 5th 2004 Giro d'Italia 1st 2005 Volta a Catalunya 1st 2005 Tour de France Young Rider Classification 8th 2007 Tour de France 3rd 2008 Paris-Nice UWT Stage Wins Stage 4 2005 Tour de France Stage 12 2006 Tour de France Stage 5 2007 Paris-Nice Stage 9 2007 Tour de France Combativity Award Stage 4 2009 Tour de France Filippo Pozzato Lampre-Merida 31 years old Classics Specialist 183cm 73cm UWT Palmarès 1st 2003 Tirreno-Adriatico 1st 2006 Milan-San Remo 2nd 2008 Milan-San Remo 6th 2008 Tour of Flanders 1st 2009 E3 Harelbeke 2nd 2009 Paris-Roubaix 5th 2009 Tour of Flanders 4th 2010 World Road Race Championships 7th 2010 Paris-Roubaix 5th 2011 Milan-San Remo 2nd 2012 Tour of Flaanders 6th 2012 Milan-San Remo UWT Stage Wins Stage 2 2003 Tirreno-Adriatico Stage 7 2004 Tour de France Stage 5 2007 Tour de France Stage 6 2007 Tour de Pologne Stage 1 2008 Vuelta a Espana Stage 12 2010 Giro d'Italia Andy Schleck Radioshack-Leopard Trek 27 years old Climber & Stage Racer 186cm 68kg UWT Palmarès 2nd 2007 Giro d'Italia 1st 2007 Giro d'Italia Young Rider Classification 4th 2007 Giro di Lombardia 8th 2007 Tour de Romandie 4th 2008 Liege-Bastogne-Liege 4th 2008 Olympics Road Race 6th 2008 Tour de Suisse 1st 2008 Tour de France Young Rider Classification 1st 2009 Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2nd 2009 Tour de France 2nd 2009 La Fleche Wallonne 10th 2009 Amstel Gold Race 1st 2010 Tour de Fraace 1st 2010 Tour de France Young Rider Classification 6th 2010 Liege-Bastogne-Liege 9th 2010 La Fleche Wallonne 1st 2011 Tour de Suisse Mountains Classification 3rd 2011 Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2nd 2011 Tour de France UWT Stage Wins Stage 1 2008 Tour de Pologne Stage 8 2010 Tour de France Stage 17 2010 Tour de France Stage 18 2011 Tour de France Stage 18 2011 Tour de France Combativity Award Rein Taaramae Cofidis 26 years old Climber & Time Trial 184cm 66kg UWT Palmarès 3rd 2009 Tour de Romandie 8th 2009 Tour de Suisse 3rd 2010 Volta a Catalunya 7th 2010 Paris-Nice 4th 2011 Paris-Nice 1st 2011 Paris-Nice Youth Classification UWT Stage Wins Stage 14 2011 Vuelta a Espana Kenny van Hummel Vacansoleil-DCM 30 years old Sprinter 176cm 68kg Guillaume van Keirsbulck Omega Pharma-Quick Step 22 years old Classics Specialist 192cm 85kg Jens Voigt Radioshack-Leopark Trek 41 years old Breakaway Specialist 190cm 77kg UWT Palmarès 1st 2001 Tour de Pologne Points Competition 2nd 2005 Liege-Bastogne-Liege 1st 2006 Deutschland Tour 1st 2007 Deutschland Tour 1st 2008 Tour de Pologne 1st 2008 Tour de Pologne Mountains Classification 6th 2009 Paris-Nice 5th 2010 Paris-Nice UWT Stage Wins Stage 5 1998 Tour of the Basque Country Stage 1 2001 Tour de France Stage 16 2001 Tour de France Stage 6 2001 Tour de Pologne Stage 7 2001 Criterium du Dauphine Stage 5 2004 Tour of the Basque Country Prologue 2005 Paris-Nice Stage 2 2006 Deutschland Tour Stage 6 2006 Deutschland Tour Stage 7 2006 Deutschland Tour Stage 13 2006 Tour de France Stage 8 2007 Deutschland Tour Stage 4 2007 Tour of the Basque Country Stage 6 2008 Tour de Pologne Stage 18 2008 Giro d'Italia Stage 4 2010 Volta a Catalunya Lieuwe Westra Vacansoleil-DCM 30 years old Rouleur 185cm 74kg UWT Palmarès 8th 2011 World Road Race Championships 2nd 2012 Paris-Nice 8th 2013 Paris-Nice UWT Stage Wins Stage 5 2012 Paris-Nice Roster: Results: Tour Down Under: Team - 9th Best Placed Rider - 11th (Morkov) Points - 8th (Morkov) Stages - 0
Season 2 Rabobank have departed as sponsor, being replaced by Dereks We are pleased to announce the retention of Alessandro Ballan and Vasil Kiryienka for this coming season. Season 2 Roster Alessandro Ballan (ITA) Warren Barguil (FRA) Enrico Battaglin (ITA) Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) Marcus Burghardt (GER) Fabian Cancellara (SUI) Bryan Coquard (FRA) Arnaud Démare (FRA) Thomas De Gendt (BEL) Rohan Dennis (AUS) Tom Dumoulin (NED) Mathias Frank (SUI) Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) Simon Gerrans (AUS) Heinrich Haussler (AUS) Bob Jungels (NED) Tanel Kangert (EST) Vasili Kiryienka (BLR) Marcel Kittel (GER) Michal Kwiatkowski (POL) Sebastian Langeveld (NED) Rafal Majka (POL) Cameron Meyer (AUS) Matej Mohoric (SLO) Lachlan Morton (AUS) Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) Giacomo Nizzolo (ITA) Luca Paolini (ITA) Thibaut Pinot (FRA) Jurgen Van Den Broeck (BEL) Jelle Vanendert (BEL) Bradley Wiggins (GBR)
Pretty handy TDF from my fellas Cancellara - didn't do much Coquard - 2nd in points Deamre - disappointment Dumoulin - been up and about but not done a huge amount Frank - crash Gerrans - shit Haussler - 2nd in a stage Kangert - helped Nibali a lot Kiryienka - been up and about in lots of breaks Kittel - racking up some stages Kwiatkowski - a few good stages, a few bad ones. Lively Langeveld - been up there in a few breaks Majka - 2 stages and likely KOM Nibali - 3 stages and likely winner Paolini - rocked an awesome beard Pinot - Likely podium Van den Broeck - ugh so far have 7 stages, KOM, Overall and likely 2nd in points