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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 05-12-2009 18:42
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Denmark's answer to Chuck Norris, B.S. Christiansen, has left Team Saxo Bank after 10 years on the team.
Seriously, do they have any personnel left?
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 05-12-2009 18:46
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Well, does Riis still own the company? Thats one at least... Anyone else?
At what point was this a good idea? |
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| Gustavovskiy |
Posted on 06-12-2009 15:29
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cyclingnews.com reports that Bayern Rundfahrt will feature more climbs and stop being a flat race in 2010.
Linus Gerdemann reaction: "2010 will be De - wait for it - lightful, Delightful..."
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 06-12-2009 23:32
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Hey, you know Ben Swift that katusha rider who's not in team sky.
Check out Team Sky's TDU squad
Christopher Sutton (AUS)
Christopher Froome (GBR)
Russell Downing (GBR)
Benjamin Swift (GBR)
Davide Vigano (ITA)
Mathew Hayman (AUS)
Gregory Henderson (NZL)
There's no point slapping a schleck - Sean Kelly on "Who needs a slap" |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 06-12-2009 23:49
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For the next season, we'll see no Spanish professional teams in the Vuelta a Murcia and the Vuelta a Andalucia (except for Andalucia-CajaSur, who will ride the latter). The cause is that both races will apply the UCI rules instead of the arrangement between the association of race organizations and the teams' association. Weird.
I suppose that it'll be hard to implement in the DB Crue  |
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| ursul |
Posted on 07-12-2009 00:35
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Waghlon wrote:
Well, does Riis still own the company? Thats one at least... Anyone else?
Sørensen, Breshell
Edited by ursul on 07-12-2009 00:35
Nothing to write
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 07-12-2009 07:49
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ursul wrote:
Waghlon wrote:
Well, does Riis still own the company? Thats one at least... Anyone else?
Sørensen, Breshell
Most useless comment ever. Congratulations.
Doddy: Interesting. But his lawyer did say that Swift's contract with Katusha was void.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 07-12-2009 08:26
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ursul wrote:
Waghlon wrote:
Well, does Riis still own the company? Thats one at least... Anyone else?
Sørensen, Breshell
Personell. Staff. People who started the team with him.
CrueTrue wrote:
ursul wrote:
Waghlon wrote:
Well, does Riis still own the company? Thats one at least... Anyone else?
Sørensen, Breshell
Most useless comment ever. Congratulations.
Relax. Deep breath. Inhale.....exhale....repeat for ten minutes or until your BP drops...
"Hopefully in 2 years time I might win the Time Trial and be a credible Time Trial winner because I haven't beaten someone by 2 minutes."
- Bradley Wiggins a few years ago
"It's the Time Trial. The race against the truth!" - Phil Liggett, 2003 Vuelta |
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 07-12-2009 09:27
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Or you pass out for no good reason...
At what point was this a good idea? |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 07-12-2009 13:10
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doddy13 wrote:
Hey, you know Ben Swift that katusha rider who's not in team sky.
Check out Team Sky's TDU squad
Christopher Sutton (AUS)
Christopher Froome (GBR)
Russell Downing (GBR)
Benjamin Swift (GBR)
Davide Vigano (ITA)
Mathew Hayman (AUS)
Gregory Henderson (NZL)
http://www.cyclin...ning-ahead
Count the number of lies in that text
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 07-12-2009 15:48
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Swift is either going to get to Sky or have a very bad year. Im hoping Sky.
  
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 07-12-2009 15:58
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CrueTrue wrote:
doddy13 wrote:
Hey, you know Ben Swift that katusha rider who's not in team sky.
Check out Team Sky's TDU squad
Christopher Sutton (AUS)
Christopher Froome (GBR)
Russell Downing (GBR)
Benjamin Swift (GBR)
Davide Vigano (ITA)
Mathew Hayman (AUS)
Gregory Henderson (NZL)
http://www.cyclin...ning-ahead
Count the number of lies in that text
I lost count. But still, i'm going to say Sutton will lead the team.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 07-12-2009 20:56
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Damsgaard speaks out
http://news.bbc.c...517332.stm
"Hopefully in 2 years time I might win the Time Trial and be a credible Time Trial winner because I haven't beaten someone by 2 minutes."
- Bradley Wiggins a few years ago
"It's the Time Trial. The race against the truth!" - Phil Liggett, 2003 Vuelta |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 07-12-2009 21:07
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Interesting yet not very surprising read.
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| Waghlon |
Posted on 08-12-2009 18:59
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This could easily go in the funny thread, but since danish media considers it news. This is the shortened part of a danish article today:
Cadel Evans part of a strong team
The american team Professional Continental BMC Racing Team (hope this is a joke, is Pro Conti actually a part of their name) have presented a strong team for the upcoming season.
To help Cadel Evans they got George Hincapie, Ballan, blah blah blah and norweigan Alexander Kristoff and 7 americans and 8 swiss riders.
When did Alexander Kristoff become newsworthy!?
At what point was this a good idea? |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 08-12-2009 19:04
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Waghlon wrote:
This could easily go in the funny thread, but since danish media considers it news. This is the shortened part of a danish article today:
Cadel Evans part of a strong team
The american team Professional Continental BMC Racing Team (hope this is a joke, is Pro Conti actually a part of their name) have presented a strong team for the upcoming season.
To help Cadel Evans they got George Hincapie, Ballan, blah blah blah and norweigan Alexander Kristoff and 7 americans and 8 swiss riders.
When did Alexander Kristoff become newsworthy!?
Indeed. A sprinter is a huge help to Evans.
"Hopefully in 2 years time I might win the Time Trial and be a credible Time Trial winner because I haven't beaten someone by 2 minutes."
- Bradley Wiggins a few years ago
"It's the Time Trial. The race against the truth!" - Phil Liggett, 2003 Vuelta |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 10-12-2009 00:39
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One of the least surprising news is that Milram doesn't want to continue its sponsorship after the 2010 season - or, they might if they can back down from being sole sponsor to co-name sponsor.
And in the funny news piece of the day: Armstrong says that RadioShack is not centered around him... What?
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| Ste117 |
Posted on 10-12-2009 01:02
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Whats happening at SaxoBank mass exodus of riders. |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 10-12-2009 01:04
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Think back a year ago. Riis had signed the relatively unknown IT Factory as a co-sponsor to Saxo Bank. It (the company) all turned out as one huge fraud, though, and went bankrupt when people found out what was going on.
In the mean time, Saxo Bank had lowered its investment in the team due to IT Factory's signing.
... meaning that now, they're pretty much out of money 
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| KurtinSC |
Posted on 10-12-2009 04:26
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CrueTrue wrote:
Think back a year ago. Riis had signed the relatively unknown IT Factory as a co-sponsor to Saxo Bank. It (the company) all turned out as one huge fraud, though, and went bankrupt when people found out what was going on.
In the mean time, Saxo Bank had lowered its investment in the team due to IT Factory's signing.
... meaning that now, they're pretty much out of money
At the time I didn't expect anything to come from it.
I looked at the team and thought that surely by the end of the year they'd be able to replace IT-Factory with another sponsor giving at least close to the same amount of funding. The team is loaded and mentioned at most every race. The Schlecks get tons of face time at the Tour (after Cancelera held the jersey for a week or so). Andy wins LBL.
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