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Afrank

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RedheadDane said:
Wow, Susan. You're basically our (wo)man on the inside when it comes to Synergy. :cool:
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I can't wait until Synergy makes it big time, is the #1 team in the pro peleton, and Susans breaking all the biggest cycling tranfer news through the forum. :D
 
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Michele said:
According to Gazzetta, Petacchi is very close to Scinto's Neri but just miss the paycheck details.
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Strange that no other team wants to sign him. I don't think he demands that much money and he's ok with being a lead out man. If you have a team with a young talented sprinter (FDJ, Cofidis, Europcar and to a lesser degree Bardiani) signing him would be a good option, he could learn a lot from Alejet.
 
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Mayomaniac said:
Strange that no other team wants to sign him. I don't think he demands that much money and he's ok with being a lead out man. If you have a team with a young talented sprinter (FDJ, Cofidis, Europcar and to a lesser degree Bardiani) signing him would be a good option, he could learn a lot from Alejet.
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Not really. Petacchi was always a rather timid sprinter, take the risk, or let the other guy pass, he let's the other guy pass. That works well enough if you're the best sprinter in the world, which he was at one point, and have a good train. But as a lead out man? You need a "wilder" sprinter, not a "gentleman sprinter" like Petacchi.
 
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The fridge in the blue trees said:
Not really. Petacchi was always a rather timid sprinter, take the risk, or let the other guy pass, he let's the other guy pass. That works well enough if you're the best sprinter in the world, which he was at one point, and have a good train. But as a lead out man? You need a "wilder" sprinter, not a "gentleman sprinter" like Petacchi.
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At the same time, for a couple of years he had the best seat in the house in watching a leadout man do his duty, finding Danilo Hondo's wheel. Hondo leading out Petacchi in 2010 was an absolute masterclass in how to do it.
 
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MatParker117 said:
Better lead out Hondo/Petacchi or Renshaw/Cav?
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Hondo/Petacchi by far.

Renshaw had the benefit of getting to the front with his team already having bossed the whole leadout to that point, and having the confidence that came from having the strongest sprinter in the world at the time on his wheel, which meant even if he didn't do the job perfectly Cav could often still take it home. He did one job and did it brilliantly. However Petacchi was rarely at that point in his career the best sprinter in the field, and Hondo did not always get the benefit of a 'conventional' leadout job. Sometimes they'd be three riders apart on opposite sides of the train, then quick as a flash, Hondo would have found Petacchi and they'd be coming to the last 250m together. He was also capable of derailing the HTC train of tedium all on his own.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaJVNu7aYD4

Look at Hondo go with such ferocity with more than a kilometre to go that it forces all of the HTC train but Renshaw to drop away. It completely disorganizes them because it means Renshaw has to hit the front far too early, so he can't go all out. The pace is therefore slow enough that other riders can get the jump. I know Cav hadn't hit top form by that point, but in the middle of 2010 it really wasn't that often that we saw the team's leadout completely shredded like that. They were a well-oiled, and utterly painfully dull, machine at that point, of which Renshaw was just the (second) most important part. Hondo and Petacchi were a hunting pair in a team which wasn't solely sprint-focused.
 
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Libertine Seguros said:
At the same time, for a couple of years he had the best seat in the house in watching a leadout man do his duty, finding Danilo Hondo's wheel. Hondo leading out Petacchi in 2010 was an absolute masterclass in how to do it.
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He always had some good leadouts, like Tosatto and Ongarato; guys who weren't afraid to fight for position and also able to keep high pace when getting around the final km.

Getting back on topic, if I were him I would retire on a high note, than just seek a ride for one more year, as he doesn't seem to be able to offer much to a team (no results and imho not so good at leading out).
 
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Etixx CT will be renamed to AWT-GreenWay in 2015, full roster:

M.Bechyne,R.Bouhanni,I.Garcia,R.Lehký,J.Novák,M.Schlegel,M.Schachman,E.Baška,P.Kasperkiewicz,J.Brockhoff, A.Cuadros, A.Guerin. Only the last two left from 2014 roster.

Watch out for Bouhanni and Kasperkiewicz
 
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Julian Kern (GER/AG2R) ends his career at 24 years old. He was not offered a new contract from AG2R and had no other offers.

Too bad - he had some promising results as a U23 and on the continental level, but was not able to confirm on the ProTour level.
 
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Don't know if anyone care. But Sweden have got a new Continental team: Team Tre Berg - Bianchi
Riders:
Alexander Jingsjö
Alexander Wetterhall
Sebastian Balck
Niklas Gustavsson
Kim Magnusson
Marcus Fåglum Karlsson
Alexander Fåglum Karlsson
Lucas Eriksson
Ludvig Bengtsson
Gustav Höög

Staff: Thomas Löfkvist and Bernt Johansson
 
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