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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 22-08-2012 00:42
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Screw this all being a bout sky
Any debate which may clog up another thread?
Move it here!
Simple as
Edited by TheManxMissile on 22-08-2012 12:20
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 22-08-2012 00:47
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baseballlover312 wrote:
Which he even had at Bontrager! Dipshit! 
And algarve is what, a 2.1 race?So that leaves Catalunya, oh wait, Wiggins, Porte, Uran, Suitsou there. Nevermind.
Tirreno - Adriatico? Pais Vasco? Switzerland?
All WT races he might be given a chance.
Just wondering? where do you think he should have gone?
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 22-08-2012 00:53
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I'm pretty sure Cannondale is not disbanding BTW. They lost alot of there mtn support, but still have decent ones and Basso.
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 22-08-2012 00:58
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Haven't seen anything official yet. Don't think it's possible for a bike manufacturer to sponsor a pro team either. Cervelo tried but couldn't afford it.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 22-08-2012 00:59
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They did it for two years didn't they? Enough tiime to find a new sponsor. 
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| CountArach |
Posted on 22-08-2012 01:32
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Spilak23 wrote:
Haven't seen anything official yet. Don't think it's possible for a bike manufacturer to sponsor a pro team either. Cervelo tried but couldn't afford it.
Yeah you're right. BMC are just some small team.
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 22-08-2012 01:57
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CountArach wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
Haven't seen anything official yet. Don't think it's possible for a bike manufacturer to sponsor a pro team either. Cervelo tried but couldn't afford it.
Yeah you're right. BMC are just some small team.
Different. Andy Rhys.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 22-08-2012 06:01
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Spilak23 wrote:
CountArach wrote:
Spilak23 wrote:
Haven't seen anything official yet. Don't think it's possible for a bike manufacturer to sponsor a pro team either. Cervelo tried but couldn't afford it.
Yeah you're right. BMC are just some small team.
Different. Andy Rhys.
Who owns BMC.
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| kumazan |
Posted on 22-08-2012 10:32
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Yeah, but BMC wouldn't be as ridiculously rich if Rhys wasn't cycling's Abramovich. BMC (the company) couldn't afford it.
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| Wilier |
Posted on 22-08-2012 10:57
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fernando97 wrote:
fcancellara wrote:
Shouldn't we start calling this sport Skycling?
+1 
Sky should disappear from this sport and start their own. 
Edited by Wilier on 22-08-2012 10:58
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 22-08-2012 10:59
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Wilier wrote:
fernando97 wrote:
fcancellara wrote:
Shouldn't we start calling this sport Skycling?
+1
Sky should disappear from this sport and start their own.
seems a bit harsh
but i get it
itll be fine when froome changes team and wiggins retires in a year or two
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| CountArach |
Posted on 22-08-2012 11:04
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kumazan wrote:
Yeah, but BMC wouldn't be as ridiculously rich if Rhys wasn't cycling's Abramovich. BMC (the company) couldn't afford it.
That describes every large team in cycling. Most of the big budget teams are just passion projects.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 22-08-2012 11:06
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CountArach wrote:
kumazan wrote:
Yeah, but BMC wouldn't be as ridiculously rich if Rhys wasn't cycling's Abramovich. BMC (the company) couldn't afford it.
That describes every large team in cycling. Most of the big budget teams are just passion projects.
i like that though
passion is what makes sport good and keeps it going
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| kumazan |
Posted on 22-08-2012 11:10
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CountArach wrote:
kumazan wrote:
Yeah, but BMC wouldn't be as ridiculously rich if Rhys wasn't cycling's Abramovich. BMC (the company) couldn't afford it.
That describes every large team in cycling. Most of the big budget teams are just passion projects.
Not really. Astana is just a propaganda team to show the world the beauty of a central asian dictatorship. Likewise Katusha, Inner Ring wrote some very good blogs about them, it's pretty much a tool for Makarov's business. Probably the one team comparable to BMC would be OPQS.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 22-08-2012 11:49
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kumazan wrote:
CountArach wrote:
kumazan wrote:
Yeah, but BMC wouldn't be as ridiculously rich if Rhys wasn't cycling's Abramovich. BMC (the company) couldn't afford it.
That describes every large team in cycling. Most of the big budget teams are just passion projects.
Not really. Astana is just a propaganda team to show the world the beauty of a central asian dictatorship. Likewise Katusha, Inner Ring wrote some very good blogs about them, it's pretty much a tool for Makarov's business. Probably the one team comparable to BMC would be OPQS.
https://inrng.com/...clist-spy/
That's the blog you're thinking of. And essentially it states that several Russians run the team for the glory of Russia. Why cycling? Because it is their passion, for no discernible reason.
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| kumazan |
Posted on 22-08-2012 11:54
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It's cycling because Makarov was a cyclist. It'd easily be any other sport, because I sincerely doubt those guys really have "passion" for anything other than money and power.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 22-08-2012 12:03
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kumazan wrote:
It's cycling because Makarov was a cyclist. It'd easily be any other sport, because I sincerely doubt those guys really have "passion" for anything other than money and power.
And hence... a passion project.
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 22-08-2012 12:05
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kumazan wrote:
CountArach wrote:
kumazan wrote:
Yeah, but BMC wouldn't be as ridiculously rich if Rhys wasn't cycling's Abramovich. BMC (the company) couldn't afford it.
That describes every large team in cycling. Most of the big budget teams are just passion projects.
Not really. Astana is just a propaganda team to show the world the beauty of a central asian dictatorship. Likewise Katusha, Inner Ring wrote some very good blogs about them, it's pretty much a tool for Makarov's business. Probably the one team comparable to BMC would be OPQS.
Riis (Bjarne) get's a lot of passion money from Tinkov now.
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| kumazan |
Posted on 22-08-2012 12:06
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Disagree - read the rest of my post.
And am I the only one that finds funny that while Sky is all over all the cycling threads, we're discussing Katusha in the Sky thread?
Edit: As for Tinkov, until they sign someone better than Bennati, I won't have them in the BMC/OPQS level. But yes, Tinkov is a good example as well.
Edited by kumazan on 22-08-2012 12:09
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 22-08-2012 12:10
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kumazan wrote:
Disagree - read the rest of my post.
And am I the only one that finds funny that while Sky is all over all the cycling threads, we're discussing Katusha in the Sky thread?
Edit: As for Tinkov, until they sign someone better than Bennati, I won't have them in the BMC/OPQS level. But yes, Tinkov is a good example as well.
awesome about Katusha
this doesnt have to be a sky thread, just a thread to move any cluttering arguements/debates to
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