Team Cinzano Fan Zone

[mikemccarthy]

He wants to lick Moncoutie ?

[Agent 86]

Its take a few days to recover from the parties and general recovery from the parties

WOOT!

[Agent 86]

On the top

[kimmi]

On the top

and going down

[mikemccarthy]

Seems to be something subliminal going on here.

[Agent 86]

What a season 2009 turned out to be, we had the riders, we had the equipment, we didn't have much support though. After a dominating 2008 all the TdC teams were out to spoil the Cinzano winning streak! Team Cinzano will be back with our continued support from our main sponsor Cinzano and several to be named secondary sponsors in 2010. We will re-tool as well we have to due to the draft... what else? Maybe I can get in on the blocking of any trades or game plans of the Rev like they did in '08!

[Agent 86]

Team Cinzano is BACK for 2010 with a superb line up, too bad the rest of the TdC committee is using rocks and chisels to get the draft list together...

Rumor has it Team Cinzano will be having some of their old riders back for 2010! Such rider loyalty in these troubled economic times proves Team Cinzano is the team to be on for the riders, a consistent sponsor and equally loyal DS. Some of the new recruits have done their research and promising GT and Classics boys will be signing on for 2010 as well.

Now for the list to go public!

[Agent 86]

The list is out!

The Draft Team for 2010!


VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro
BOONEN Tom
GREIPEL Andre
BASSO Ivan
MENCHOV Denis
PETACCHI Alessandro
KOLOBNEV Alexandr
GAVAZZI Francesco
IVANOV Serguei
MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel
HENDERSON Gregory
LARSSON Gustav Erik
TONDO VOLPINI Xavier
PINOTTI Marco
WEGMANN Fabian
ROELANDTS Jürgen
ALBASINI Michael
VELITS Peter
EL FARES Julien
CARRARA Matteo
VALJAVEC Tadej
SUTTON Christopher
MOERENHOUT Koos
BURGHARDT Marcus
DUMOULIN Samuel
MACHADO Tiago Jose Pinto
HONDO Danilo
HINCAPIE George
ARROYO DURAN David
BRUTT Pavel

[Agent 86]

The Team Cinzano DS is licking his chops with this years list!

Yet again! Team Cinzano captures for the third year in a row! Team Leader!

Alejandro Valverde! WOOT! The epic coop if ever! How the other DS's keep missing this talent is a mystery to us! Then again, we had the Saxo team drafter in front of us this year so it was in the bag!

Also returning from last year! Marco Pinotti, he hopes to put up some major points to make up for a lackluster 2009.
In addition: Jürgen Roelandts,

New signees! Are!

Tom Snow Blower Boonen! A gaurantee for the spring classics! Flanders and Paris Roubaix here we come!
Andre The Giant Greipel! A big boy sprinter which will push the whimpy spinters out da way! He's already on fire!
Ivan Brillo Basso! After last year's GT warm up, he'll be hitting the podium at any GT he's in!
Denis The Dutch Russian Menchov! Ok just for the Giro but that's enough for us!
Alessandro Ali Jet Petacchi! Back after a bout of over subscribed med's and sitting on a Conti team, he's ready to rocket to some wins!

I'm getting tired here's the rest:
KOLOBNEV Alexandr
GAVAZZI Francesco
IVANOV Serguei
MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel
HENDERSON Gregory
LARSSON Gustav Erik
TONDO VOLPINI Xavier
PINOTTI Marco
WEGMANN Fabian
ROELANDTS Jürgen
ALBASINI Michael
VELITS Peter
EL FARES Julien
CARRARA Matteo
VALJAVEC Tadej
SUTTON Christopher
MOERENHOUT Koos
BURGHARDT Marcus
DUMOULIN Samuel
MACHADO Tiago Jose Pinto
HONDO Danilo
HINCAPIE George Possibly the first USA based rider on Team Cinzano! Will he stay? Or will he be shuffled off?
ARROYO DURAN David
BRUTT Pavel

[mashjaja]

Cough Cough:

Larsson?! Really?! HA! Seems to me two years ago you were making fun of me for picking him.....glad you finally jumped on that bandwagon....2 years late!!

[Agent 86]

Cough Cough:

Larsson?! Really?! HA! Seems to me two years ago you were making fun of me for picking him.....glad you finally jumped on that bandwagon....2 years late!!

That's what I ended up with so don't think I won't toss him to the curb the moment he starts to whine and choke.

[Agent 86]

After today's missed opportunity due to other teams tossing tacks on the road to derail our Classics leader, our classics leader took a page out of history and is gearing up for a classics battle for the ages!

[dvora]

[kimmi]

Cinzano's on the sauce again

[Agent 86]

I actually have some Cinzano in the fridge right now

[dvora]

mmmmm I love Cinzano Asti... wish I could join you!

[Agent 86]

Due to a heavy schedule Team Cinzano is late with the champagne celebrations

[Agent 86]

Opps we almost forgot our First win of the season!

[kimmi]

you're supposed to be ill, not celebrating your only win of the season!

[Agent 86]

Posting for random reference when I can't see my list at home.

by Team:

Tadej Valjavec: SLO : Ag2r - La Mondiale

Marcus Burghardt: GER : BMC Racing Team
George Hincapie: USA : BMC Racing Team

David Arroyo Duran: ESP : Caisse d'Epargne
Alejandro Valverde: ESP: Caisse d'Epargne

Xavier Tondo Volpini: ESP : Cervélo Test Team

Samuel Dumoulin: FRA : Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne
Julien El Fares: FRA : Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne

Francesco Gavazzi: ITA : Lampre - Farnese Vini
Danilo Hondo: GER : Lampre - Farnese Vini
Alessandro Petacchi: ITA : Lampre - Farnese Vini

Ivan Basso: ITA : Liquigas-Doimo

Daniel Moreno Fernandez: ESP : OmegaPharma - Lotto
Jurgen Roelandtz: BEL : OmegaPharma - Lotto

Tom Boonen: BEL : Quick Step

Denis Menchov: RUS : Rabobank
Koos Moerenhout: NED : Rabobank

Gregory Henderson: NZL : Sky Professional Cycling Team
Christopher Sutton: AUS : Sky Professional Cycling Team

Michael Albasini: SUI : Team HTC - Columbia
Andre Greipel: GER : Team HTC - Columbia
Marco Pinotti: ITA : Team HTC - Columbia
Peter Velits: SVK : Team HTC - Columbia

Pavel Brutt: RUS : Team Katusha
Serguei Ivanov: RUS : Team Katusha
Alexandr Kolobnev: RUS : Team Katusha

Fabian Wegmann: GER : Team Milram

Jose Pinto Machado Tiago: PRO : Team RadioShack

Gustav Erik Larsson: SWE : Team Saxo Bank

Matteo Carrera: ITA : Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team