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Image Presentation Team FL founded 3 August 2006


Current Team Roster (November 2023):

- Image Aron Abreha, 24, Sprinter, Eritrea

48-60-77-48-89, 63 Pavé, 41 Reg

- Image Chérif Cissé, 23, Helper/Allrounder, Senegal

56-76-79-47-51, 70 Pavé, 38 Reg

- Image Gianni Giannelli, 22, Lead out sprinter, Italy

49-75-67-58-71, 69 Pavé, 42 Reg

- Image Gilberto Godoy, 30, Helper/Allrounder, Brasil

53-81-77-50-47, 78 Pavé, 63 Reg

- Image Holger Hässig, 29, Helper, Switzerland

50-81-50-52-53, 72 Pavé, 42 Reg

- Image Julio Juantorena, 33, Hill/Pavé specialist, Cuba

75-83-71-48-46, 81 Pavé, 40 Reg

- Image Keorapetse Kgositsile, 21, Flat specialist, South Africa

50-74-51-51-54, 71 Pavé, 53 Reg

- Image Ndamukong Nkengasong, 28, Helper/Flat specialist, Cameroon

48-73-71-49-55, 66 Pavé, 52 Reg

- Image Przemyslaw Pszczolarski, 32, Hill specialist, Poland

72-79-74-55-64, 69 Pavé, 43 Reg

- Image Spiridon Sprenger, 27, Allrounder, Liechtenstein

58-86-77-53-53, 79 Pavé, 39 Reg

- Image Tesfaye Tsegaye, 23, Flat sprinter/Pavé specialist, Ethiopia

53-79-48-46-69, 79 Pavé, 37 Reg

- Image Walter Walkenhorst, 21, Pavé specialist/Allrounder, Germany

50-74-77-57-58, 73 Pavé, 47 Reg


Team Statistics:

Stage Wins (553):

25 - Image Fran Peterlin
22 - Image Ngo Nguyen
21 - Image Stefano Benni
20 - Image Eduardo Spohr
18 - Image Phineas Federspiel
13 - Image Cédric Schmarotz
13 - Image Perry Henzell
12 - Image Jean OlléOllé
12 - Image Iwan Franko
11 - Image Frits Flaskjer
10 - Image Gaudenz Taverna
10 - Image Xaver Unsinn
10 - Image Carlos Lampe
10 - Image Clément Clévenot
9 - Image JungGi Kim (NC)
8 - Image Stefan Küng (3x NC)
8 - Image Joe Friesenbichler
8 - Image Elwyn Oxley (NC)
8 - Image Afshin Pirhashemi
7 - Image Harald Mühlenberg
7 - Image Lorenz Dürr (U23 WC, NC)
7 - Image Luigi Mastrangelo
7 - Image Ryan Kilfeather
7 - Image Nodirkhan Kadyrkhanov
7 - Image Karl Kopinski (NC)
7 - Image Zach Wheeler
7 - Image Magnus Marxer
6 - Image Eric Lichtenstein
6 - Image Breyten Breytenbach
6 - Image Lukas Marxer (NC)
6 - Image Luca Spirito (NC)
5 - Image Pedro Garrido
5 - Image Severino Nicolosi
5 - Image Kari Steinsson
5 - Image Martti Rosenblatt
5 - Image Carlos Tejeda
5 - Image Harrison Tasher (2x NC)
5 - Image Pavel Sitko
5 - Image Feliciano Centurion (NC)
5 - Image Julio Juantorena*
5 - Image Pierluigi Piano
4 - Image Omar Pene
4 - Image Steve Hasler
4 - Image Gilles Braas
4 - Image Roy Lichtenstein
4 - Image Jan Flachbart (NC)
4 - Image Royston Lighting
4 - Image Robertlandy Simon
4 - Image Bambang Megaranto
4 - Image Tony Woodcock
4 - Image Serghei Pascenco
4 - Image Lorenz Looser
4 - Image Przemyslaw Pszczolarski* (NC)
3 - Image Andrea Clavadetscher
3 - Image Sylvain Boss
3 - Image Louis Thuilliez
3 - Image Raffael Kämpfer
3 - Image Keyser Söze
3 - Image Alex Goop
3 - Image Guus Nederlof
3 - Image Victor Fargas
3 - Image Eddie Sixpence
3 - Image Ariel Weisman
3 - Image Thibault Rossard
3 - Image Baltasar Banzer (NC)
3 - Image Jay Blankenau
3 - Image Bana Hassana
3 - Image Aaron Armleder
3 - Image Volkmar Vogt (NC)
3 - Image Spiridon Sprenger*
2 - Image Roger Schnitzer
2 - Image Jens Scholz
2 - Image Frantz Granvorka
2 - Image Toni Hassler
2 - Image Nathaniel Biedermann
2 - Image Janis Smedins
2 - Image Wilhelm Wahlforss
2 - Image Paul Betancourt
2 - Image Valentin Bratoev (NC)
2 - ImageHassan Dif
2 - Image Otto Ospelt
2 - Image Amartya Sen
2 - Image Anselmo Grau
2 - Image René Ritter
2 - Image Carlos Kaiser
2 - Image Sean Murphy
2 - Image Nicola Nicoli
2 - Image Gunther Grün
2 - TTT (TdS'18, TdF'18)
1 - Image Josef Fichtl
1 - Image Knut Bakke
1 - Image Bill Schneider
1 - Image Ewald Wolf
1 - Image Dimitri Jiriakov
1 - Image Elmar Goop
1 - Image Zak McKracken
1 - Image Tommy Zech
1 - Image Larry Erkisson
1 - Image Steve Becker
1 - Image Hannes Büchel
1 - Image Chuck Bass
1 - Image Hugo Marxer
1 - Image Wesley Lichtenkiesel
1 - Image Tim Hamberger
1 - Image Harry Hole
1 - Image Tomasz Kowalski
1 - Image Lars Hirschfeld
1 - Image Alain Yoda
1 - Image Elvis Bodganic (NC)
1 - Image Desideriu Vatca
1 - Image Fridolin Tschugmell
1 - Image Samir Sellami
1 - Image Dong Dong (NC)
1 - Image Juan Villafuerte
1 - Image Kahlid Satour (NC)
1 - Image Wael Afifi (NC)
1 - Image Sandro Spaeth
1 - Image Arthur Arpagaus (NC)
1 - Image Timo Tammemaa
1 - Image Yuji Nishida
1 - Image Bertram Büchel
1 - Image Ben Bollendorff
1 - Image Tesfaye Tsegaye* (NC)

Classic Wins (51):

3 - Image Phineas Federspiel (Gent-Wevelgem'14, Scheldeprijs'14 + '15)
3 - Image Iwan Franko (Omloop'16, RVV'16, DdV'17)
3 - Image Pierluigi Piano (Harelbeke'23, DdV'23, RVV'23)
2 - Image Harald Mühlenberg (Züri-Metzgete'07, MSR'08 )
2 - Image Pedro Garrido (Omloop'11, Gent-Wevelgem'11)
2 - Image Luigi Mastrangelo (Flèche'11, Tre Valli'11)
2 - Image Stefano Benni (Lombardia'12, MSR'13)
2 - Image Kari Steinsson (Scheldeprijs'13, PR'13)
2 - Image Perry Henzell (Brussels'16, Paris-Tours'16)
2 - Image Frits Flaskjer (De Panne'23, Scheldeprijs'23)
1 - Image Andrea Clavadetscher (Lazio'08 )
1 - Image Roger Schnitzer (Scheldeprijs'09)
1 - Image Keyser Söze (Tre Valli'09)
1 - Image Guus Nederlof (Omloop'10)
1 - Image Jens Scholz (Flandern'10)
1 - Image Gilles Braas (PR'11)
1 - Image Hugo Marxer (Piemonte'11)
1 - Image Stefan Küng (Omloop'12)
1 - Image Harry Hole (Quebec'12)
1 - Image Alain Yoda (Montreal'14)
1 - Image Elwyn Oxley (Hamburg'15)
1 - Image Eric Lichtenstein (Quebec'15)
1 - Image Breyten Breytenbach (LBL'16)
1 - Image Carlos Lampe (Emilia'16)
1 - Image Pavel Sitko (Gent-Wevelgem'17)
1 - Image Omar Pene (San Sebastian'17)
1 - Image Luca Spirito (De Panne'19)
1 - Image Thibault Rossard (Scheldeprijs'19)
1 - Image Eduardo Spohr (Scheldeprijs'20)
1 - Image Karl Kopinski (PR'20)
1 - Image Zach Wheeler (Fourmies'20)
1 - Image Timo Tammemmaa (Gent-Wevelgem'21)
1 - Image Spiridion Sprenger (Fourmies'23)
1 - Image Volkmar Vogt (GW'23)
1 - ImageAaron Armleder (Montreal'22)
1 - ImageZacharias Zahn (Quebec'22)
1 - Image Clément Clévenot (Flèche'23)
1 - ImageJulio Juantorena (Québec'23)

-> 2. Plätze: Josef Fichtl (Züri-Metzgete'06), Ewald Wolf (P-B'07), Steve Hasler (Placci'08, Hamburg'08 ), Sylvain Boss (Piemonte'08 ), Elmar Goop (Harelbeke'09), Mavolio Bent (Omloop'10), Luigi Mastrangelo (AGR'11), Cédric Schmarotz (MSR'12), Toni Hassler (E3'12), Stefano Benni (Omloop'13, LBL'13), Jean Ollé Ollé (GW'13), Jan Flachbart (MSR'14), Fran Peterlin (LBL'15), Perry Henzell (Hamburg'16), Iwan Franko (Omloop'17), Feliciano Centurion (PR'17), Ngo Nguyen (Scheldeprijs'18), JungGi Kim (PR'18, Harelbeke'18), Karl Kopinski (PR'19, Omloop'19), Uros Kovacevic (GP de Bruxelles'21), Aaron Armleder (RVV'22), Zacharias Zahn (Tre Valli'22), Montreal'22), Terry Tiktak (Omloop'23), Clément Clevenot (Emilia'23)

-> 3. Plätze: Schavi Nator (LBL'07), Ewald Wolf (Fourmies'07), Andrea Clavadetscher (MSR'08 ), Tim Hamberger (PR'11), Stefan Küng (E3'12), Xaver Unsinn (Tre Valli'12), Arni Steinsson (RVV'13), Wilhelm Wahlforss (Harelbeke'14), Eric Lichtenstein (GW'15), Fran Peterlin (RVV'15, San Sebastian'15), Perry Henzell (MSR'16), Breyten Breytenbach (San Sebastian'16), Iwan Franko (Harelbeke'17), Pieter Coolman (Omloop'19), Karl Kopinski (RVV'19), Baltasar Banzer (Tours'19), Nicola Nicoli (GW'20), Halvor Haugen (Brabant'20), Fiorino Fontdevila (Fourmies'22), Fiorino Forte (Harelbeke'23), Volkmar Vogt (Schledeprijs'23), Julio Juantorena (Plouay'23)

Stage races (30):

4 - Image Fran Peterlin (Solidarnosc'14, Alberta'14. Minas Gerais'14, Romandie'15)
4 - Image Carlos Lampe (Lux'16, Sibiu'16, Utah'16, Argentina'16)
3 - Image Gaudenz Taverna (Bayer '12, Elk Grove'12, Moldova'12)
2 - Image Kari Steinsson (Sachsen Pflaster'12, De Panne'13)
2 - Image Iwan Franko (Sachsen Pavés'16, Tour des Pavés'17)
2 - Image Nodirkhan Kadyrkhanov (SPIH Nostalgia'17, TDU'18)
2 - Image Afshin Pirhashemi* (TdF'18, AtlasTour'18)
1 - Image Luigi Mastrangelo (Akropolis Tour'11)
1 - Image Jan Flachbart (Beijing'13)
1 - Image Janis Smedins (Tour des Pavés'14)
1 - Image Tomasz Kowalski (De Panne'14)
1 - Image Phineas Federspiel (WPC'14)
1 - Image Valentin Bratoev (Tour des Pavés'15)
1 - Image Paul Betancourt (Down Under'15)
1 - Image Harrison Tasher (Tour des Pavés'16)
1 - Image JungGi Kim (Sachsen Pavés'17)
1 - Image Lukas Marxer (BinckBanck'18)
1- Image Uros Kovacevic (Tour des Pavés'21)

Youth jerseys (17):

2 - Image Fran Peterlin (Solidarnosc'14, Wallonie'14)
1 - Image Gilles Braas (Sachsen Pavés'11)
1 - Image Luigi Mastrangelo (Tour Med'11)
1 - Image Stefan Küng (Tour des Pavés'11)
1 - Image Stefano Benni (Correze'12)
1 - Image Roy Lichtenstein (Oman'13)
1 - Image Eddie Sixpence (Trentin0'13)
1 - Image Wilhelm Wahlforss (Sachsen Pavés'13)
1 - Image Phineas Federspiel (WPC'14)
1 - Image Valentin Bratoev (Sachsen Pavés'14)
1 - Image Royston Lighting (Tour des Pavés'15)
1 - Image Carlos Lampe (Ruta del Sol'16)
1 - Image Bambang Megaranto (De Panne'16)
1 - Image Samir Sellami (Tour des Pavés'17)
1 - Image Afshin Pirhashemi (Giro'18)
1 - Image Luca Spirito (Tour des Pavés'18)

Mountain jerseys (9):

1 - Image Luigi Mastrangelo (Giro'11)
1 - Image Wesley Lichtenkiesel (PN'12)
1 - Image Eddie Sixpence (Scotland'13)
1 - Image Alain Yoda (Down Under'15)
1 - Image Carlos Lampe (Utah'16)
1 - Image Afshin Pirhashemi (TdS'18)
1 - Image Hieronymus Hilti (TDU'20)
1 - Image Bana Hassana (Giro'21)
1 - Image Prometheus Proulx (TdF'22)

Points jerseys (32):

6 - Image Stefano Benni (EAT'13, Down Under'13, Ruta del Sol'13, Trentino'13, Romandie'13, Giro'13)
6 - Image Fran Peterlin (Alberta'14, Minas Gerais'14, Mexico'14, Tour des Pavés'15, Romandie'15, Giro'15)
3 - Image Elwyn Oxley (Ruta del Sol'16, TA'16, Giro'16)
2 - Image Cédric Schmarotz (Burgos'11, Qatar'12)
2 - Image Iwan Franko (Sachsen Pavés'16, Tour des Pavés'17)
2 - Image Ngo Nguyen (TdF'17, TDU'18)
1 - Image Afshin Pirhashemi* (TdS'18, Andes'18)
1 - Image Luigi Mastrangelo (South Alps'11)
1 - Image Nathaniel Biedermann (California'12)
1 - Image Kari Steinsson (Sachsen Pflaster'12)
1 - Image Phineas Federspiel (WPC'14)
1 - Image Carlos Lampe (Lux'16)
1 - Image Fridolin Tschugmell (Oman'17)
1 - Image Pavel Sitko (Giro'17)
1 - Image JungGi Kim (Sachsen Pavés'17)
1 - Image Magnus Marxer (Giro'22)

Team classement (25):

4 - Tour des Pavés ('10,'11,'16,'17)
4 - Tour Down Under ('15,'16,'17,'19)
2 - Dunkerque ('12,'14)
1 - Alberta ('14)
1 - BinckBank ('18)
1 - California ('12)
1 - Denmark ('12)
1 - De Panne ('12)
1 - Deutschlandtour ('16)
1 - Dubai ('18)
1 - Giro della Toscana ('17)
1 - Oman ('13)
1 - Romandie ('13)
1 - Sachsen Pflaster ('12)
1 - Sibiu ('16)
1 - Tour de Suisse ('13)
1 - Tour du Maroc ('09)
1 - Trentino ('13)

Most Points:

17667 - Image Stefano Benni
16332 - Image Fran Peterlin
12201 - Image Afshin Pirhashemi
10147 - Image Luigi Mastrangelo
9408 - Image Nodirkhan Kadyrkhanov
9067 - Image Carlos Lampe
8104 - Image Roy Lichtenstein
7794 - Image Iwan Franko
7780 - Image Xaver Unsinn
7620 - Image Ngo Nguyen
7553 - Image Paul Betancourt
6997 - Image Elwyn Oxley
6571 - Image Stefan Küng
6552 - Image Eddie Sixpence
6433 - Image Cédric Schmarotz
5850 - Image Phineas Federspiel
5789 - Image Jean Ollé Ollé
5672 - Image Breyten Breytenbach
5484 - Image Nathaniel Biedermann
5432 - Image Pedro Garrido
5361 - Image Gaudenz Taverna
5326 - Image Perry Henzell
5273 - Image Pavel Sitko

Most Races:

282 - Image Victor Fargas
276 - Image Stefano Benni
268 - Image Henri Bienvenu
267 - Image Kenny Banzer
262 - Image Wesley Lichtenkiesel
262 - Image Niels Hörnö
256 - Image Stefan Küng
245 - Image Daniel Clavadetscher
242 - Image Fred Colon
237 - Image Frantz Granvorka
233 - Image Stéphane Antiga
232 - Image Tim Hamberger
230 - Image Pit Schlechter
228 - Image Ronny Beck
214 - Image Haruki Murakami
208 - Image Walter Walch
206 - Image Xaver Unsinn
206 - Image Dominikos Petrakis
200 - Image Hannes Büchel

*still riding

Team FL rider's nationalities (82/82):

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Re: Team FL

Post by team fl » Mon Mar 08, 2010 12:01 pm

Team FL's first time at Paris - Nice

For the first time in the - actually quite long - history of Liechtenstein Cycling, Team FL attends the famous spring tour from Paris to Nice. With Leader full of Ambition, the Turkish Climber and the Devil himself Keyser Söze, the team management hopes for a good result and lots of competitive stages.

Team FL tour rooster:

31 Image Keyser Söze
32 Image Ronny Beck
33 Image Sven Becker
34 Image Hannes Büchel
35 Image Daniel Clavadetscher
36 Image Alex Goop
37 Image Severino Nicolosi
38 Image Jens Scholz
39 Image William deWorde


Stage 1: CLM Monfort Amaury:

Headed by their tourleader Keyser Söze, the Team FL riders started the tour yesterday with the time trial event. As far as the Liechtenstein racing team is not well known for there time trial skills, everything else than just a nice warm up for the next week would have been more than expected. Thus, the 11th place for Keyser Söze was a nice surprice. The time trial was won by Milan Gurovic from the Team Satzte Sich.

Overall standings:
01. 00:00:00 Milan Gurovic (Satzte Sich)
02. 00:00:11 Carlton Myers (Allrad)
03. 00:00:28 Ulrike Meinhof (Galgenberg)
04. 00:00:36 Andrey Vinokourov (Dreizehn)
05. 00:00:46 Erik Holgersson (Gerolsteiner)
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11. 00:01:03 Keyser Söze (Team FL)

Stage 2: St. Arnoult en Yvelines - Contres:

The time trial on the first day of P-N was followed by a rather flat stage, a stage for sprinters. An early but not very dangerous group was in front of the peloton a long time, chased mainly by the team with the leader jersey, Satzte Sich. After a while, also the sprint teams joined but didn't expect another attack around 30 km before the finish. The group with Alex Goop and Hannes Büchel could hold their lead till the end of the stage. In the sprint of the group, Alex Goop only lost to Sebastian Gerard who wears the sprinters jersey now. Hannes Büchel did well too as 5th, Severino Nicolosi and William deWorde made it still under the top15.

Overall standings:
01. 00:00:00 Milan Gurovic (Satzte Sich)
02. 00:00:11 Carlton Myers (Allrad)
03. 00:00:28 gesperrt c (Galgenberg)
04. 00:00:36 Sebastian Gerard (Gerolsteiner)
05. 00:00:36 Andrey Vinokourov (Dreizehn)
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11. 00:01:03 Keyser Söze (Team FL)

Stage 3: Contres - Limoges

Flat in the beginning, hilly in the end. This was the 3rd stage of Paris - Nice, with a lot of questions at the start. Will Milan Gurovic defend his leader jersey? Who will win the stage? Gerard again? Well, most of the teams tried to have a calm day and to save their riders for the coming stages. But not Dreizehn. Almost 15 minutes ahead of the peloton, two of his riders tried to escape and hoped for the peloton not to react. Their hope died 30 km before the finish line. Now the race was open. After a sensational attack by Jens Scholz, the peloton put everything they had and got him at the last, steep km, where Kato Wolfsong outsmarted all the favorits and won the stage. Söze and his fellows failed to do the same but still had a nice team result after all.

Overall standings:
01. 00:00:00 Milan Gurovic (Satzte Sich)
02. 00:00:11 Carlton Myers (Allrad)
03. 00:00:28 gesperrt c (Galgenberg)
04. 00:00:31 Sebastian Gerard (Gerolsteiner)
05. 00:00:36 Andrey Vinokourov (Dreizehn)
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11. 00:01:03 Keyser Söze (Team FL)

Stage 4: Contres - Limoges

It was again the team Dreizehn who put action into the 4th stage. And again, it wasn't enough. The favorits caught the escapers again and with Gerard, there was the expected winner, although the other riders seemed to be a bit confused by the simple sprint tactic. The Team FL did well with two resultas under the top 10 (Nicolosi and Söze). Anyway, the most important fact about the 4th stage is that the leaders jersey went over to Carlton Myers who tries to defend it on the very difficult 5th stage. Likely a climber will do it, so we hope for Keyser Söze to do the effort.

Overall standings:
01. 00:00:00 Carlton Myers (Allrad)
02. 00:00:15 Sebastian Gerard (Gerolsteiner)
03. 00:00:19 Milan Gurovic (Satzte Sich)
04. 00:00:40 Erik Holgersson (Gerolsteiner)
05. 00:00:41 gesperrt c (Galgenberg)
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11. 00:00:57 Keyser Söze (Team FL)
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Re: Team FL

Post by team fl » Thu Mar 11, 2010 8:23 pm

Keyser Söze King of the Mountains at Paris - Nice

Great teamwork made the effort possible. Keyser Söze showed his strength at the 5th stage of Paris - Nice and helped the Team FL to the expected win.

Keyser Söze was the man at the 5th stage at Paris - Nice and has won the stage against Erik Holgersson from Team Gerolsteiner. After a very intensive race Söze could live up the expectations as the best climber at the 15h tour thanks to great team work. Also in the overall standings he is now positioned 4th. His team mates did the best to catch a group that was in front of the peloton the whole stage and bring him in a good position to play his strength at the final kilometeres. The team management is now very delighted to be able to win a stage at this famous tour in spring. Söze himself raised his score to three career wins in total.
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Re: Team FL

Post by Falkenbier » Thu Mar 11, 2010 9:25 pm

Congratulations. To keep my fingers and toes crossed was useful :)

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Re: Team FL

Post by team fl » Fri Mar 12, 2010 9:09 am

hope you didn't hurt yourself. and thanks :)
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Re: Team FL

Post by team fl » Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:53 am

Paris - Nice finally done

After 8 days, the french spring tour is done. It was competitive and succesfull for the Team FL, as Söze made it on the podium and he and Büchel could win a stage. But he big winner is the team itself who showed its potential several times, also for GTs like the Giro that starts in May.

In his hometown Ruggell, they celebrated till dawn and of course went then to curch just to continue celebrating afterwards. Hannes Büchel is their new local hero. After some attempts in early stages of the tour, he finally managed to win the 7th stage of Paris - Nice, his first win ever. But it was not only the win itself, it was how he did it. After a long escape he attacked at the last mountain and had enough power to not even keep the distance to his chasers but also show them their limits by far. Hannes Büchel the fighter, the man for every terrain, the handyman. Although not really a sprinter type, he is the perfect asset to every team, for every race, even pave. The missing link between helpers and captains.

His captain during Paris - Nice 2010 was Keyser Söze, another gread rider in the history of the Team FL, some call him the devil himself. Third in the overall ranking, a place on the podium at such a high valued tour. Who had thought of that, especially after the time trial. But he showed his strenghts at the right place, in the mountains. Placed 4th after his stage win on Thursday, he would not stop his efforts. In the shadow of the Büchel's great win, he could leave some competitors behind him and climbed on the 3rd place that he would not give away anymore. The man whose history seems a bit clouded did his job very well and could fulfill all the expectations.

But one of the most sensational moments was the old man's struggle that ended in a 2nd place at stage 6. Alex Goop, the 35 old fighting machine lost to Nicolas Delacroix after an escape over almost the whole stage just by an inch. They crossed the finish line together, not knowing who should take the merits for their extraordinary work.

All in all it was a tour with everything. A worthful winner, thrilling stages, fights for points and seconds and of course good and fair competitiors. So, finally, this is the outcome of Paris - Nice in the afternoon:

14.3.2010,15 Uhr Paris Nimes
1. Platz: Carlton Myers (Allrad)
2. Platz: Erik Holgersson (Gerolsteiner)
3. Platz: Keyser Söze (Team FL)
Bergtrikot: Peter Aerts (Satzte Sich)
Sprinttrikot: Sebastian Gerard (Gerolsteiner)
Jungfahrertrikot: Carlton Myers (Allrad)
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Re: Team FL

Post by Lizard » Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:45 pm

It´s LaCroix, not Delacroix - though I will be thinking back to this group several times in the future I guess, was a great stage!
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Re: Team FL

Post by team fl » Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:29 am

Lorenz Dürr U23 World Champion!

Not much more to say. Just incredible...wow... 8-)
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Re: Team FL

Post by Allagen » Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:02 pm

glückwunsch. und bedank dich mal bei skullz und mir, wir 2 haben es ganz schön verhauen sonst wäre dürr wohl kein weltmeister ;)
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Re: Team FL

Post by el Galactico » Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:05 pm

Congratulations, and don't care about Allagen. It seems that he is not able to let a victory stay in glory without saying that this was only possible because he failed or several other things happend! Every victory against him is always an accident and pure luck. I know that from Leandro!

A great day for your little RSF country. That is what counts here...
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Re: Team FL

Post by Demenageurs » Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:25 pm

Congrats lorenz!
Good runner, 60 flat and 77 downhill were very good to keep energy for sprint, nobody take his wheel but with his new jersey he will be watch by others sprinters now. Hope to run against him in future!

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Post by team fl » Tue Mar 23, 2010 2:37 pm

If you're going to San Francisco...

...be sure to wear some flowers in your hair. Not really Flowers but strong legs were the reason for success today. These legs belonged to Severino Nicolosi who crossed the finish line first in the GP San Francisco.

Between Classics, mainly Mailand - San Remo (MSR) and Dwaars door Flanderen - the Team FL decided to attend a few minor races, one in France and one overseas in California. La Roue Tourangelle didn't go that well as Lorenz Dürr, wearing his nice WC jersey, got only 7th in the final sprint. But today it was different. A bit pissed because of the 7th place at MSR, Severino Nicolosi tried to release his anger in San Francisco in a race that seemed made for him. After a very quiet beginning the peloton got more nervous in the last quarter. Lots of attacks including Mavolio Bent and Jens Scholz around 10 km left to go. At the last steep part, Severino and 4 other riders could build a gap between them and the rest of the now splitted peloton, only Scholz ahead of them. Scholz realised quickly, that he could not win this in a solo ride, so he joined the group to help Nicolosi in the final sprint which was - obviously - very successful. So, Nicolosi could enjoy his first win ever and the team is now ready for the belgian classic tomorrow.
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Post by team fl » Fri Mar 26, 2010 2:36 pm

Alex Goop still good for a win

Liechtenstein rider Alex Goop won today's race from Innsbruck to Salzburg after a long escape. In his last season, probably, the 35 year old could celebrate his 3rd career win, all for Team FL.

35 years old and still not tired. Alex the "Fighting machine" Goop gave a demonstration of how you win after a succesful escape. Of course this could only work because the sprintteams waited for too long and the escaping group did work together very well. In the end it was the experience and a bit luck that he chose the right time for his final attack that the others could not follow. Thus Salzburg will be Goop-City for this day. But there's not only time to celebrate. Nobody knows how long Goop's career will last or if this was perhaps his last race. Anyway, for this day, he is the one. Everything else will follow...
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Post by team fl » Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:55 am

Bye Bye dear Alex

After a long and very successful carrer for Team FL, Alex Goop retired from cycling today. The Team FL Manager announced that there are already plans to fill the gap Goop leaves.

36 years old. 193 races, 3 stage wins from January 1st 2009 to April 1st 2010. These are the numbers that stand for Alex Goop's life as a cyclist at Team FL. But it's not the numbers that may show Goop's value for a cycling team. It was his attitude on the road, his "never-give-up" riding style, that made him so exeptional. His teammates called him "fighting machine" not for nothing. Perhaps it was the Giro 2009 that made him this way, that showed his potential. Nevertheless, his career is over and it's not just because it's april's fool day. He joines Elmar Goop in retirement and leaves Nico the only Goop left in the team. Of course he can't just do nothing and so he will work at his fathers butcher shop.

Unfortunately, Liechtenstein is too small to find a successor for such a species of a rider. Daniel Clavadetscher could be compared a little, but well, he's not a Goop. Therefore, the Team FL managment search all over Europe and found a rider thanks to the help of Severino Nicolosi who introduced them to Tony Longo, a young italian Mountainbiker. The Liechtenstein racing team was very impressed by his skills and so they will offer him a contract for May 2010. Perhaps, he will already be fit to ride the Giro then...
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Post by team fl » Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:07 pm

Unusual suspect to leave Team FL

34 years old, Team FL climber Keyser Söze decided to quite cycling. The turkish rider known as the devil himself is the second successfull rider after Alex Goop who left the Liechtenstein racing team this month.

After a long time without, Keyser Söze was the first climber for Team FL. He joined the team in March 2009 and won his first race 5 month later, the famous Tri Valli. Before retirement he won two other stages and has now about 2000 eternal points. Not very much, but he did his job very well in only a few races he could ride. Where Söze came from or where he is going to go now, nobody exactly knows. Rumour has it, that he has connections to the turkish and hungarian underworld. Well, Team FL surley won't forget him and wishes him all the best, whatever he is going to do...

Que pasa en Liechtenstein?

With the Söze's retirement there is also the second new rider for May arrived in Liechtenstein. After Tony Longo, the Spanish cycling crack Pedro Garrido will join Team FL. With his new italian teammate, he is supposed to strenghen the team's rooster for hilly races and the spring 2010. So, hola Pedro!
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Re: Team FL

Post by team fl » Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:29 am

Jens Scholz hits the big time at De Ronde van Vlaanderen

After a long and hard race with many turnarounds, it was Jens Scholz who crossed the finish line first at de famous classic De Ronde van Vlanderen. It was the frist win for Team FL at this traditional - and the most important - belgian race, one of the five monuments of cycling.

But before the current race will be discussed, a little more about the Team FL history at the other monuments. The first time, the name of a Team FL rider was mentioned at such a race was in April 2007, when Schavi Nator got 3rd at "La Doyenne", Liège–Bastogne–Liège. It took another year to celebrate the first - and till then the most important - win at Milan – San Remo, "la Classica Primavera". Harald Mühlenberg did the effort who is still the most succesful rider in the history of Team FL. Also to mention is Andrea Clavadetscher's the 3rd place in the same race. He was the rider who made the win possible. One year later, Steve Hasler could almost repeat Mühlenberg's big shot, but unfortunately stumbled a few meters before the finish and lost the final sprint. Some other minor classics could be won, but at the monuments, Team FL was not lucky anymore. Well, not until this year...

Who's captain anyway
Famous for its cubblestoned and very steep "Hellinge", the team managament decided to have with Mavolio Bent one main leader for this race. Next to him, there should have been two co-leaders, Nico Goop and Jens Scholz. Becker and Nederlof should play their strenghts when needed, Severino Nicolosi served them only as helper this time. Until after the Koppenberg, the tactic seemed to be working. About 50 km before the finish it was clear that Scholz had a better day than Goop, and so it was now for Bent and Scholz, the latter more as a coverage if Bent's plans won't work out.

When Bent failed, Scholz jumped in
Unfortunately, exactly this happend. Although Bent attacked succesfull at the "Muur van Geraardsbergen" the little rest of his chasers reacted imediatly and could catch him after only 3 km of his solo ride. Everthing pointed now for a sprint of the about 20 man strong group. There were other attacks, but like Bent, they got caught instantly as the favorits for a sprint were alerted now. As Scholz was slightly the better sprinter than Bent and had more power left he had to chose the right backwheel for the final meters. He found it on the Raphael Fankhauser's bike from RSV Gundeldinge and outsmarted all the others who tactically waited for each other to do the first move. After Scholz and the team management realised what happened there was no holding back. The victory was celebrated late into the night and Scholz for sure will have his place in the Team FL's Hall of Fame.
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Re: Team FL

Post by team fl » Mon Apr 12, 2010 1:05 pm

Nicolosi finishes GP de Sales as first

Most surprisingly, Severino Nicolosi won the GP des Sales today. First thought as a regeneration race, he defeated the favorites in the final sprint while everybody was looking for the climbers to do it.

As there were lots of good climbers and some competitive classic riders in the peloton, the Team FL management sent Hannes Büchel for an escape and didn't think about to win the race on the last kilometers. Büchel did his job very well and the group consisting of eight riders was caught not before the final km, after a hard chase. There, it were the climbers that attacked followed by some classic riders, including Severino Nicolosi, to everybody's surprise. On the last meters he could play his sprinting skills and cross the finish line as first. It was the second career win for the son of a pizza baker in calabria. The team management is of course very happy about this victory but now, the focus is clearly on the races Paris - Camemberg and Brabant.
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Re: Team FL

Post by team fl » Thu Apr 15, 2010 12:07 pm

Dürr's first victory after his U23 WC win

In the minor race from Camjac to Villeneuve sur Lot, Lorenz Dürr won the final sprint against the favourits. It was his first victory after he won the U23 world championships in March this year.

After a quite boring beginning, today's french race turned into a heavy pursuit. After the big km 1 group was caught and the riders left behind after the Cote de l'Impernal stopped their tempo, lots of dangerous riders attacked. Only the effort of the remaining sprintteams could catch them at the very last km of the race. While they were working hard, the team fl riders decided to watch from the second row and prepare Dürr for the final sprint. Even Sven Becker, one of the fastest riders in the peloton, left his feet in the current position (where else...) and could watch a perfect sprint for the team from Liechtenstein. A bit undeserved, others may say clever, Dürr outsmarted all the favourite sprinters whose teams worked their asses of and could win this very unimportant race. Nevertheless, Dürr at least showes his skill in his nice jersey and helpes Team FL to their 3rd victory in April.
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Re: Team FL

Post by team fl » Fri Apr 16, 2010 12:00 pm

50th stage victory for Team FL!


Severino Nicolosi wins the Southern Sun Classics and ensures Team FL its 50th stage victory in its history!
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Re: Team FL

Post by VC Aywaille » Fri Apr 16, 2010 12:44 pm

Nice FL, verry nice!

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Re: Team FL

Post by Aixteam » Fri Apr 16, 2010 12:57 pm

No victory withtout me ... :lol:

I'm kidding , congratulations ;)
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Post by bergwerk cycling » Fri Apr 16, 2010 2:30 pm

Grats to no. 50 ... it runs very well for you in the moment (könnte heißen: es läuft ja im Moment supi für dich .-)

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Re: Team FL

Post by team fl » Wed May 05, 2010 1:17 pm

Severino Nicolosi already in Giro mood. Hopefully...

Team FL started its May season with a victory. In a very confusing final sprint, Severnio Nicolosi won the Luederitz inferno race in Namibia. This was his 4th career win overall, with which he joined Steve Hasler now in this statistic as second best Team FL rider ever. Hopefully, he's not satisfied yet, befor the Giro begins.

Not thinking about having a chance considering the contestants and the last steep part of the race, Ronny Beck and new Team FL youngster Tony Longo tried it with an escape. Together with donald team and later on joined by the Team Sansoucci, they rode in front of the peloton for over 180 km, finally caught at the ascend to the category 1 mountain. In the end it was Severnio Nicolosi, supported by Nico Goop, who could leave all the other riders of the final group behind him, although he did this to the surprise of the most experts. Anyway, Team FL is happy about this victory and is looking forward to the start of the Giro, where Nicolosi will be part of the Team for sure.
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Re: Team FL

Post by team fl » Mon May 31, 2010 3:52 pm

The Giro, unhappy and unsuccesful

Attending the Giro for the third time, Team FL was again out for some stage wins. Dürr and Nicolosi as leaders should do it. In the end, they couldn't. Third time is a charm did not count for them this time: on the contrary. The Giro 2010 was completely a desaster.

Second places "en masse", unlucky stage endings, absence in the worst moments: This was the disillusioning result for the Team FL at this year's Giro d'Italia. Even with a stronger line-up that last year, they did not manage to win one single stage. While the tried and tried and lost, also the budget was suffering. A loss by more than 400k credits after the giro, what a mess. At least, Team FL is still able to attend races and pay the rider's salaries. This is the short and pitiful story of the Team's third attempt at the Giro, first time with such a bad result. Nevertheless, next year will be another try for sure. And then, perhaps, it will finish with a happier ending.
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Re: Team FL

Post by team fl » Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:36 am

The old man does it again!

Severino Nicolosi won the hilly race from Austria to Hungary, Team FL's first victory in June. The old man showed the rest of the team how to do it. Hopefully, they take it as an example...

Until now, June a was pretty desastrous month for Team FL. No victory, no good results. But at least, there is one rider to count on: Severino Nicolosi. The 34 years old Italian hill specialist changed a desastrous month to a - at least - mediocre month, with his win from Oberwat to Köszeg, his 5th overall.
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