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Team presentation - Season LXII

Written by Universal Soup at 17:07 3/8-2022

  Welcome to our Season LXII team presentation. First of all we would like to thank our sponsors Äme Anderberg and Patryk Drozdowski of the Cups and Sauce company for their support for the start of this season.
  Together we have designed a new jersey for the team to. Today we will be discussing our goals and our team for the next 88 days.
  Our team is centered around a strong climbing core and has been expanded with a hill team. This will not change during the upcoming season(s).
  
  Season targets
  One of our goals was to be a 100% one nation team during this season. This mission has failed because Mike Esposito failed to attract any decent bids on his persona.
  Therefore we have doubled down on his abilities and attracted a few new riders for our hill team.
  Let's discuss our goals for the season.
  
  1. Rundfahrt der Schlösser der Alpen
  After a terrible ending in the last stage of last seasons edition where manager BrokenChain made a colossal managerial mistake which gave away our almost certain victory.
  This season youth academy graduate Binh Quang Thang will go there to compete, hopefully, the YC and GC combination.
  
  2. Race of the Minutemen
  Another goal is for Que "Captain America" Nam Hong, to defend his title and hopefully make us the first team with 5 wins.
  
  3. Reach division 3
  Our team should be able to reach division 3 and maybe even 2. We will try to start a bit slow in order to reach the goals 1 and 2. After which we will push for maximum points.
  
  4. Edmonton Red Deer Tour
  Since we don't know the actual strength of our hill team just yet, this goal is a secondary one. Mikey Esposito will try to captain the hills of Canada to see what we can do in these conditions.
  
  5. Classics
  Criterium la Grasse, Zyte GP and VCK Classic are in the back of our head during the season. It depends a bit in which division we are residing if we can and will join.
  
  6. Perm Tour
  Be Dúc Dình said he is relishing a new chance in Perm Tour. We will see if this is possible. It depends a bit on the rank too and on what team we can muster.
  
  7. Western Cape Tour / Coppa della Famiglia del Don
  If we can reach it we would like to try out TF less one of these tours to see if anything can be done in future editions.
  
  Let's meet the team
  First up is our climbing team.
  VietnamHô Ngoc Ngoc - Captain
  VietnamQue Nam Hong - Captain (America)
  VietnamBinh Quang Thang - Captain
  VietnamCang Ngoc Hung - TM
  VietnamChung Công Tung - TM
  TurkeyErden Ercan - TM (new from Hire List)
  VietnamHo-Dac Ngoc Luan - TM
  VietnamHoan Nguyên Dat - TM
  SwedenIngemar Fallander - TM (from Hire List trainee CL: Inc, DH: Av, HL: Sm, FR: Gd, TQ: Sm)
  VietnamLôk Trung Mien - TM (Talent feature trainee: CL: Gd DH: Gd, HL: Sm, FR: Sm)
  VietnamVo Quang Duong - TM
  
  Our hill team
  VietnamBe Dúc Dình - Captain miscellaneous
  USAMikey Esposito - Captain
  DenmarkKetil Grønkjær - Captain (Joins around day 12, Bought from team 1 2 Cycle for 140k)
  VietnamVu Tuan Xuan - HH
  VietnamNguyen Tân Xuan - HH (Talent feature trainee: CL: Gd, HL: VG, FR: Sm, TQ: Av)
  VietnamLông Huu Luu - HH
  VietnamLôk Tân That - HH - (trainee from Hire List)
  VietnamDuong Tân Thang - HH
  VietnamHuynh Ngoc That - HH
  BelgiumJoost Verbrugghe - HH (Bought from team Rantanplan for 75k)
  
  Sold
  Kim Minh Dình - will join Navarone Cycling Team between day 6 and 12
  
  We will keep our eyes open for Vietnamese talent during the season. Other than that sales are probably out of the question.
  That because of a lack of money mainly. If we see a chance for a big profit, we might transfer from the Hire List.
  
  #POTUS1 BrokenChain

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Comments


Universal Soup at 06:54 4/8-2022
  Thanks chili! And you too Amstel, also for noticing the mistake. Fixed it !

Amstel Flanders at 06:25 4/8-2022
  Looks like all tickets are sold for a good season. But, my doubt is, Who is the guy of the 140k transfer? They [ ] arent complete. And i was tempted to bid on Mikey but he lacked that top speed i always want. Hope you can get over the trauma of Austria and also win in the US.

Amstel Flanders at 06:25 4/8-2022
  Looks like all tickets are sold for a good season. But, my doubt is, Who is the guy of the 140k transfer? They [ ] arent complete. And i was tempted to bid on Mikey but he lacked that top speed i always want. Hope you can get over the trauma of Austria and also win in the US.

Team Chili at 05:13 4/8-2022
  Very slick jersey and great plan for the season.
  Good luck Soup.


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