Written by Don Hamstre of don hamstre team
  
  The crisis has struck hard in the Mafia business. We needed something to turn things around. A meeting was arranged. After a huge amount of brainstorming, someone came up with a brilliant idea. 'Why don't we start a cycling tour? Right here in our backyard, Sicilia, we could make a nice climbing or hillers tour. We can make big bucks out of that!'. It was a great idea, so we got working on it. A license was asked, not very politely, but still, some companies were willing to sponsor the tour after we told them what would happen if they didn't. Everything was going smooth.
  And now it's time for our tour. Only one thing has gone a bit wrong. We gave the job of designing the tour to our pizza delivery boy Luigi. And Luigi doesn't like going uphill. He made a sprinting tour of it, with only a few hills. Well, never mind, we'll still get loads of dough. And here are the teams that will provide us with that dough, because they aren't going to win if they don't pay, with some of their answers to my questions.
  
   Team Blomgaard
  Captain: Ricardo Kjærgaard
  TF: Probably not
  Favourite Mafia boss: Don Blomgaard
  Predicted winner: Ricardo Kjeargaard
  
   English Sprinting Team
  Captain: Lambert Scown
  TF: Yes
  Goals: Scown hope fully will be consistent enough to get top 9's in the stages and get a top 9 GC.
  Favourite Mafia boss: Niccolo Maffia's dad
  Predicted winner: Henrik Aronsen
  
   Feteback
  Captain: Renato Ruela
  TF: No
  Goals: I signed up to get try to get a result, either in the GC or in the last stage. Anything more is extra.
  Favourite Mafia boss: None
  Predicted winner: No predictions given
  
   Sekos team
  Captain: Feliks Dziuba
  TF: No
  Goals: Fighting for YC
  Favourite Mafia boss: Alfonso Capone
  Predicted winner: Carroll Mullan
  
   Team Seidel
  Captain: Henrik Aronsen
  TF: No
  Goals: King Stage
  Favourite Mafia boss: Don Hamstre
  Predicted winner: Carroll Mullan
  
   BCTeam
  Captain: Nari Iacone
  TF: No
  Reason for signing up: I signed up cause I love tours
  Favourite Mafia boss: None
  Predicted winner: Lambert Scown
  
   Handelsbanken
  Captain: Espen Bjørklund
  TF: No
  Reason for signing up: It will be my first tour, so I needed to sign up. With pro- or demotion you can miss a variety of tours in div. 3, 4 or 5 with my team
  Favourite Mafia boss: I don't like maffia bosses. Only Big Hoss from the Dukes of Hazzard :D
  Predicted winner: Lambert Scown
  
   Blue Tortoise
  Captain: Alex Kuyt
  TF: Probably not
  Reason for singing up: I signed up for the Giro di Sicilia as I fancied trying out a new tour even though it doesn't especially suit the strengths of my team. I had not expected there to be any free signups by the time I had a space in my schedule, so I have not prepared any of my riders to be in top form for the event.
  Goals: My target for the tour is to try and secure a top 3 finish in the prologue.
  Favourite Mafia boss: Fat Tony
  Predicted winner: Carrol Mullan
  
   NJ Procycling
  Captain: Rogerios Merlo
  TF:

No
  Reason for signing up: I signed up because the tour is a tour for the best sprinters of division 4 and I believe my captain belongs to them.
  Favourite Mafia boss: Don Hamstre
  Predicted winner: Lambert Scown
  
   Hairybears
  Captain: Colin Heydon
  TF: No
  Reason for signing up: This is Hairybears first tour so it will be a learning curve for the whole team.
  Favourite Mafia boss: Not mentioned
  Predicted winner: Curtis Bell
  
   Team Boehringer
  Captain: Gualterio Villaroel
  TF: with 90% probability yes
  Reason for signing up: Wanted to finally do my first Tour
  Favourite Mafia boss: None
  Predicted winner: Dominick van der Talen
  
   Manisaspor
  Captain: Sabri Rasim
  TF: No
  Reason for singing up: I have been away from tours so I want to sign up as much as possible. I also haven't seen any alternatives on the same days.
  Goals: No micromanagement so no macro expectations.
  Favourite Mafia boss: Not mentioned
  Predicted winner: Espen Bjørklund
  
   DJMS
  Captain: Lonzo Mezo
  TF: maybe
  Reason for signing up: For DJMS is the first opportunity to sign up for a tour. Therefore, we have decided to participate. It also provides the opportunity for our riders to gain experience.
  Favourite Mafia boss: Not mentioned
  Predicted winner: Lambert Scown
  
   Carnap Kickers
  Captain:Brendan Peppiatt.
  TF: No
  Goals: This is my first tour so I dont really know what to expect:)
  Favourite Mafia boss: Handsome Frank
  Predicted winner: Mitrofan Ryabkin
  
   Forza17
  Captain: Amo Camarro
  TF: Not mentioned
  Goals: To view the level of my team
  Favourite Mafia boss: Not mentioned
  Predicted winner: Carroll Mullan
  
   celtas cortes
  Captain: Chicho Solano
  TF: Yes
  Reason for signing up: - Because I climbed division and I had the opportunity to sign up and did well, I wanted to test my team in stage race. There are a Spanish saying that defines WENT OVER THERE
  Favourite Mafia boss: not mentioned
  Predicted winner: Perry Byrd
  
   PRS
  Captain: Paulo Roca
  TF: No
  Goals: Not mentioned
  Favourite Mafia boss: Not mentioned
  Predicted winner: Espen Bjørklund
  
   Ahmed pro cyclingteam
  Captain: Mohamed Yassine Medressi
  TF: Yes
  reason for signing up: because I can :p
  Favourite Mafia boss: Not mentioned
  Predicted winner: Lambert Scown
  
   elmi
  Captain: Curtis Ball
  TF: No
  Reason for singing up: I think Giro di Sicilia is a good race for my team.
  Favourite Mafia boss: Don't know
  Predicted winner: Paulo Roca
  
   Berritxaco
  Unfortunately, Akosta doesn't speak English. Therefore, I've filled in the things I could.
  Captain: Alan Pitilas
  TF: probably not