Vancansoleil in the Pro Tour or dead meat ?

[DAOTEC]

VAC-DCM will gear up to 30 riders now with the Pro Team status and 2 more sponsors are to be expected to come on board, so the jersey will be quit interesting!

This means if correct that they are on the look out for 5 more riders at least to be announced the coming weeks ...

Names Selvaggi and Pavarin to be rumoured ...

 

[Michele]

Selvaggi was already at Vacansoleil before to join Astana and Pavarin is a close friend (also cause living nearby) of Marcato and Ongarato so it would make sense.

 

[DAOTEC]

VAC-DCM will gear up to 30 riders now with the Pro Team status and 2 more sponsors are to be expected to come on board, so the jersey will be quit interesting!

This means if correct that they are on the look out for 5 more riders at least to be announced the coming weeks ...

Names Selvaggi and Pavarin to be rumoured ...

Selvaggi was already at Vacansoleil before to join Astana and Pavarin is a close friend (also cause living nearby) of Marcato and Ongarato so it would make sense.

Mirko Selvaggi just confirmed (FB)

 

[Kwibus]

Wouter Mol who won the Tour of Qatar will probably get a contract too. He didn't get a new contract, but with the PT status they will probably add him.

 

[ingsve]

And I guess we'll see what happens with Roy Hegreberg who was rumoured to be trying to get a contract with them through his established relationship with Ridley.

 

[DAOTEC]

UCI World Tour debut

Vacansoleil - DCM for Tour Down Under

Romain Feillu,
Mirko Selvaggi,
Sergey Lagutin,
Joost van Leijen,

Thomas de Gendt,
.........
.........

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

For god sake Vacansoleil please use these extra spaces to contract DUTCH riders. Since you are a DUTCH team.

Don't let that Belgian clown Hilaire sign more 3rd rate Belgian losers

 

[Kwibus]

For god sake Vacansoleil please use these extra spaces to contract DUTCH riders. Since you are a DUTCH team.

Don't let that Belgian clown Hilaire sign more 3rd rate Belgian losers

Indeed. Allthough they allready mentioned that they are an international team based in NL.

 

[The Hitch]

For god sake Vacansoleil please use these extra spaces to contract DUTCH riders. Since you are a DUTCH team.

Don't let that Belgian clown Hilaire sign more 3rd rate Belgian losers

You guys already have a big squad for all those dutch riders.

You want to hold Vacancaleil back too?

 

[Kwibus]

You guys already have a big squad for all those dutch riders.

You want to hold Vacancaleil back too?

Are you trying to troll the dutch maffia again?

Some day you will find a horsehead next to you in bed

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

You guys already have a big squad for all those dutch riders.

You want to hold Vacancaleil back too?

Surely you know there is much more talent in the Netherlands than in the entire wide world.
Like pfft. Barry Markus alone has more talent than Cancellara and Gilbert combined. pffft Sure I told you before?

 

[The Hitch]

Are you trying to troll the dutch maffia again?

Some day you will find a horsehead next to you in bed

I have said this before, but clearly you did not get the message.

With you guys its not a horses head, its a bicycle front wheel. Or at least the handlebars. As Fat Tony says, "go with your heart."

 

[Francois the Postman]

Hell yeah!

Great news to come home to.

There are now some races that I am dead keen to see 'em in. Races that can no longer let big money do all the talking are now forced to take them on genuine merit.

I am all for organisers being able to pick the teams that suit them best, but if there is one argument for taking that power away from organisers than it was the way organisers themselves were ignoring them for wild cards in 2010. Something about the totality of that season's invites was disgraceful, all the more if you look at what some of the teams that did get the invites actually brought to the race.

Compare that to a team that managed to gather an impressive amount of points in the various rankings despite only having a fraction of the opportunities to score those points.

I'm impressed they apparently asked Eze's point to be ignored too, although I'm sure they knew exactly that the spot they would end up in was still a qualifying one.

That's the PT sorted, hopefully at least 2 of the GTs will follow suit too.

 

[DAOTEC]

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: http://new.com/de-vacansoleil-html

 

[the student]

the black and white theme looks a bit standard... the yellow and red version is a whole lot better

 

[flatclimb]

From someone in design that frames lines and typo are reeeaaally good. Makes me wonder how good they're kit is going to look.

 

[ISDfan]

Is it final squad for Vacansoleil , or they will sign more riders?

http://www.vacansoleilprocyclingtea...-for-vacansoleil-–_-dcm-pro-cycling-team.html

 

[Hugo Koblet]

One thing is for sure: it will be great to see Vacansoleil in various races.

Leukemans, Hoogerland, Marcato, Feillu, Westra, Poels, Carrara, Ricco, Bozic, Devolder, De Gendt (and Mosquera). Great riders.

I wonder what their main priority will be. They've got a good team for the cobbled classics and then obviously Ricco, but I think the squads lacks debth to be able to compete in many races. They do have Marcato, Carrara and Feillu who are all capable of doing something special throughout the whole season, but it's probably not a very focused team.

 

[flatclimb]

Ricco's new Ridley Helium

 

[auscyclefan94]

One thing is for sure: it will be great to see Vacansoleil in various races.

Leukemans, Hoogerland, Marcato, Feillu, Westra, Poels, Carrara, Ricco, Bozic, Devolder, De Gendt (and Mosquera). Great riders.
I wonder what their main priority will be. They've got a good team for the cobbled classics and then obviously Ricco, but I think the squads lacks debth to be able to compete in many races. They do have Marcato, Carrara and Feillu who are all capable of doing something special throughout the whole season, but it's probably not a very focused team.

Great riders? Please...?!

 

[theyoungest]

Great riders? Please...?!

Their names may not be as big as the riders of a certain other team, but they sure as hell make up for it with their racing attitude. And with their results.

 

[Moondance]

Great riders? Please...?!

Maybe not great... But they sure are entertaining riders.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Their names may not be as big as the riders of a certain other team, but they sure as hell make up for it with their racing attitude. And with their results.

Maybe not great... But they sure are entertaining riders.

Dutch Mafia attack! Fair enough. I do think they are a decent all round team!

 

[theswordsman]

I like having them guaranteed spots in races. They've always got a guy in breaks, and they're not afraid to go out there and race. Or maybe I just like the jerseys

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Great riders? Please...?!

Care to elaborate?