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Season 27 review / Bilan de la saison écoulée

Written by Matrix team at 15:59 22/3-2014

   A new great season for Matrix Team with a lot of great achievements : 2 new jerseys added to our collection (Essex once again and WC ITT for the 3rd time), ranked 5th at the end of the season (2nd french team behind Drapeau Noir, too strong for us), 7 victories in TT races (15 registered) and for the 1st time more than 4000 points (4150) at day 90.
  
   When talking about results iwe can only be satisfied. However, training as not been as succesfull. We already trained the 3 talents we had, but no one of them became the Tour tider we hoped :
  -Rik Roetering is an impressive climbing team mate (219 points) and will be also used as captain in one day races ;
  -Ordin Mere will be a good team mate too, and often as wind breaker (81 in FR) ;
  -And Liam Alley maxed even earlier and will be mostly used as a jobber and sometimes as a team mate.
  
   So we already bought 3 more talents, but the first one (Twan Van Heiningen) is already maxed, and will join Roetering and Mere as a team mate (202 climbing points) for his future Tour Captain.
  
   We're also proud to announce you we've been choosen as manager of French Translation for OCM (with Delion from Drapeau Noir and LeTronc from Fissa). We already started and we hope you'll be able to see our work in the next months.
  
   And we're still member of the awards commitee (as co-chairman this season). By the way, the votes should be openned in the next days.
  
  
   To end this review, and look at last year goals :
  - At least podiums in both Cymru and Essex Tours with Montelbano NOT in TF this time : DONE, 3rd in Cymru and 1st in Essex.
  - Max at least Roetering and maybe Mere before the end of the season : DONE, i might add unfortunatly
  - Try to win more races, and as always a preference for TT races : DONE with 9 wins (7 in TT one day races)
  - Ranking is not an aim at the time, but to maintain as high as we can would be good. : MORE THAN GLAD with a 5th place.
  
  
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   Une nouvelle grande saison pour Matrix Team avec 2 nouveaux maillot (Essex Tour pour la 7ème fois et WC ITT pour la 3ère fois déjà), une belle 5ème place mondiale (seulement 2ème équipe française mais Drapeau Noir reste intouchable pour le moment), pas moins de 7 victoires en course de CLM (sur 15 auxquelles nous avons participées) et pour la 1ère fois plus de 4000 points en fin de saison (4150 exactement).
  
   Concernant les résultats, nous sommes donc pleinement satisfaits. En revanche, côté entrainement, les choses se sont moins bien passées : en effet, nos 3 talents ont tous atteint leur limite trop tôt :
  -Rik Roetering sera un très bon équipier (219 CL) et parfois même capitaine pour des courses d'un jour ;
  -Ordin Mere sera lui très utile les jours de fort vent (81 en FR) ;
  -Liam Alley sera lui surtout utilisé pour les petits boulot, et plus rarement comme équipier.
  
   Nous avons déjà acheté 3 nouveaux jeunes dont le potentiel est prometteur, malheureusement, le 1er (Twan Van Heiningen) est déjà maxé, et rejoindra Roetering et Mere comme équipiers.
  
   Dans un tout autre domaine, nous sommes heureux d'annoncer que nous avons été choisi pour diriger et donc participer à la traduction d'OCM en français ! Notre travail a déjà commencé, et nous espérons être rapidement en mesure (d'ici quelques mois) de vous présenter notre travail.
  Dans l'équipe de traduction à mes côtés : Delion de Drapeau Noir et LeTronc de Fissa.
  
   Et nous sommes encore membres (et même co-président cette saison) du comité des awards d'OCM, dont les votes devraient pouvoir débuter dès la semaine prochaine !
  
  
   Pour finir ce bilan, un petit coup d'oeil sur les objectifs fixés en début de saison :
  -Au minimum un podium à l'Essex et au Cymru avec Montelbano qui NE sera PAS en TF. : FAIT ! (1er et 3ème)
  -Maxer Roetering au minimum et enchainer sur Mere dès que nous le pourrons. : FAIT, un peu trop vite même...
  -Essayer de gagner plus, surtout les CLM d'un jour : FAIT avec 9 victoires dont 7 en CLM d'un jour
  -Pas de réel objectif au classement, mais nous maintenir pas trop loin du top serait bienvenu : Une très belle 5ème place.

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Comments


Matrix team at 17:24 23/3-2014
  C'est vrai que sur mes dernières saisons, il n'y a que peu de pays ou je n'aurais pas été numéro 1, mais la France en fait partie ;)

Drapeau Noir at 03:08 23/3-2014
  Saison superbe ! Dommage qu'il y a cette saleté d'équipe qui veut pas te laisser ta 1ère place méritée au classement français !
  ;-))
  (c'est ce que je me suis dit à ton propos plusieurs fois !!! LOL)


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