Bjarke Riis, The Viking, bought by Manicomicos

La negociacion venia desde lejos ya, pero por fin anoche se llego a un acuerdo y el todoterreno danés volava hacia Madrid.

Conocido por "El Vikingo", mote que le puso su anterior manager y actual seleccionador español, JAN, Riis se junta en Manicomicos con varios amigos y compatriotas, entre ellos, su antiguo compañero de equipo en Gijon, el joven Jens-Martin Hunter-Craven, tambien danés, otro compatriota mas, Christoff Wendel y el otro vikingo del equipo, Tor Almås, mas conocido por "El Alma Vikinga", que junto a Tor, el ingles Herbie Baxter y el propio Riis, forman un tridente temible en el futuro de las carreras combinadas de montaña y colinas.

En cuanto a la cantidad del traspaso, no se ha hecho mucha referencia, pero se rumorea que ronda los 5 millones de euros, montante que a algunos les puede parecer caro y a otros barato...¿Al mister? la cantidad justa.

Riis: "Estoy contento con venir a este club y juntarme con tantos amigos, en Gijon no avanzaba ya que el entrenamiento del equipo se centraba en los belgas Daems y Lahaye. Me gustaria coincidir con Lahaye en el futuro, pero parece que Emiel tiene pensado retirarse pronto...espero que no sea asi! En cuanto a mi anterior manager...desearle lo mejor, hemos tenido una muy buena relacion y me voy sin ningun problema con él."

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"I thought seriously about hanging the bike"

This morning at the headquarters of cff-Fans Blog we received a visit from Arno VanPutten, undisputed leader of the U-23 cobblestone dream team. He told us how tense the relationship with the Dutch federation is "they are strategically nulls and they have undermined the morale of most of the U-23 members with their pressure and bad tactics."

The rider, very saddened recounted hell lived in the Middelkerke-Zottegem, where he was the main favorite and finished in an 8th position to taste defeat, "when in the 3 rd stretch, of pure hills, I was ordered by the coach to remain passive I could feel my world ruined, all the training for several seasons thrown in the trash ""When we finished the race and during the following weeks, I thought seriously about hanging the bike, but I was encouraged by my teammates in KELME and I decided to continue."

We were also confessed that he has some offers from other national federations that they would be willing to nationalize him, although at the moment aren't included in cff and Arno has chosen not to name them.

"The relationship with my colleagues in the Netherlands almost always been very good, the best I was carrying with Daan, it was a real capo and I am proud to have contributed with my helps to his victory in the cobble-hills international"

But during concentrations with the national team, cycling wasn't all of what was spoken. And so we enter into the most sensitive part of what Arno has lived since he became a professional. "When Clement, a guy from my neighborhood, somewhat lower than I, became professional with Uis delighted because we all saw in him the spirit of a great champion" "He will soon go to a big, Pinarolli, where he grew up professionally and personally. However unfortunately, his team dismantled and he went to Uis again, where he spent very difficult times. Attempted cover his homosexuality to divert attention from the places they frequented late at night with the scandal of his talent 0 ""Axel is my friend and So I see hurt by the treatment they gave him, not let him be himself and soon forced his departure to Kelmeforever, winning a lot of € "However with his new team he feels liberated and has promised to return the trust therein in the form of great results. "

Mexisteam bough Wishman for 16.000.000 $!

On Monday 10th night, MexisTeam gave a surprise to the cff community, he had been contracted the best TT cyclist of 25 yo. In exclusive for CFF-fans Blog he told us the difficult the negotiation had been. "Barret is a great rider, and the team train is going to be good for him" "Despite the enormous quantity of money, we believed in our necessity of have another TT apart from Koks, in season 13 we saw his extraordinary international race with 24 yo and this day we have the first touch with his manager" "But after a couple of days we lost the contact with Barret manager. Someone had to be retaining him. Of course, it was the english mafia, which was trying to apart Barret, waiting for a possible exit, passing days and weeks without knowing anything on Barret's future. But everything changed for the beginning of this season, the english staff allowed Mexi to negotiate for Wishman. The chosen moment was when the rider reached 98 in TT skill" " At the end, I'm happy because the team riders are growing"     

Tour men by Miki

The Tour Men (TM) culture within CFF is getting more and more extensible. A few seasons ago, thoughts of entire teams training TM weren't in our mind. And it is certain that nowadays their exist. Several teams have been concentrating most of the most promising young TM. Snow4petinikeis and his trupe of young riders, led by Cantos, are one of this examples. Others, get their cracks since their first years and train their to conscience (let's see drulo_team with Mans). First, isn't easy to see that a 19 yo guy can become the new Fagan (7 Giros, 6 Tours and 4 Vueltas) or Josu (2 Giros, 2 Tours, 2 Vueltas and 13 podium positions) . The TM have a lot of work to try to be competitive. Our question is, who is going to take Fagan's relief? We know some names like Casper, Mans, J.Simon, M.Sampson, Oleinik, Gashi, Carpenter... But the truth is that tours are one of the most emotional events in cycling. And in CFF, such as in real life, it also.

PD: Article written by Miki, thanks you very much, crack!

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