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| issoisso |
Posted on 04-01-2009 15:33
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Here's an interesting tidbit: Bruyneel reveals he's contractually obligated to have 8-10 kazakhs in the team every year. |
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Posted on 04-01-2009 15:35
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He has 10 now - does this mean that Vino isn't coming?  |
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Posted on 04-01-2009 15:39
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It's weird that he'd say that. Why not just say "minimum 8"?
Maybe he has a minimum of 8 OR of 10 depending on certain circumstances? Like the total number of riders on the team.
Edited by issoisso on 04-01-2009 15:39
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Posted on 04-01-2009 15:42
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issoisso wrote:
Here's an interesting tidbit: Bruyneel reveals he's contractually obligated to have 8-10 kazakhs in the team every year.
knew this, he said to a magazine i read. He said there's pressure to have Vino if he comes back, and might have to have him because of sponsor pressure.
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Posted on 04-01-2009 20:16
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Not that I usually have a look into Gianni's private stuff, but it seems like he's a fan of creatin  :
https://twitpic.co...
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Posted on 04-01-2009 20:41
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issoisso wrote:
It's weird that he'd say that. Why not just say "minimum 8"?
Maybe he has a minimum of 8 OR of 10 depending on certain circumstances? Like the total number of riders on the team.
Maybe it has to be 1/3 of the team? 8 if 24, 9 if 27, 10 if 30. Would make sense to me.
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Posted on 04-01-2009 21:05
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CrueTrue wrote:
Not that I usually have a look into Gianni's private stuff, but it seems like he's a fan of creatin :
https://twitpic.com/yp0w
I keep forgetting he's on here.
Edited by CrueTrue on 04-01-2009 21:13
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Posted on 04-01-2009 21:10
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CrueTrue wrote:
Not that I usually have a look into Gianni's private stuff, but it seems like he's a fan of creatin :
https://twitpic.com/yp0w
thats one of the funniest pictures i have seen in a while
Edited by CrueTrue on 04-01-2009 21:13
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Posted on 04-01-2009 23:06
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Looks like John Devine won't be with Columbia in 2009, he isn't listed in team's site. |
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Posted on 04-01-2009 23:15
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Looks like John Devine won't be with Columbia in 2009, he isn't listed in team's site.
I see no reason why they'd part with him, much less part and not announce it. Especially after the glowing reviews he got from Columbia DSs and Stapleton himself. |
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Posted on 04-01-2009 23:22
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Yeah, i thought that too but he doesn't appear and cqrankings lists him with ??? in front. |
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Posted on 04-01-2009 23:24
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Indeed. nobody lists him as a Columbia cyclist. What the hell? 
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Posted on 04-01-2009 23:27
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He's only listed as "probably" [a 2009 rider] on CQRanking |
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Posted on 04-01-2009 23:30
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On September 13th Columbia announced the riders that they had already contracted for 2009. Devine was in the list.
Weird.
EDIT: make that Sep. 12th
EDIT 2: Interestingly enough, at the time they did not list Ciolek as a 2009 member, but they did list Gerdemann. Of course later Gerdemann threw a "I wanna leave. bwaaahh." tantrum like he had done 3 years earlier at CSC and they let him go.
Edited by issoisso on 04-01-2009 23:33
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Posted on 04-01-2009 23:39
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CrueTrue wrote:
He's only listed as "probably" [a 2009 rider] on CQRanking
You're right, Gusev is the one with ??? (also no news about it).
The strange with Devine is there's no news about him not being with Columbia.
New Columbia jersey:
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Posted on 04-01-2009 23:42
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Do you have more pictures of it?
You're right, it looks awesome! |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 04-01-2009 23:43
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aavf wrote:
CrueTrue wrote:
He's only listed as "probably" [a 2009 rider] on CQRanking
You're right, Gusev is the one with ??? (also no news about it).
The strange with Devine is there's no news about him not being with Columbia.
New Columbia jersey:
https://www.tuttobiciweb.it/index.php?...;cod=19877
Looks cool!!!
Weird. Gusev is with Katusha this year.
Also, the jersey looks like the Liquigas and CSC jerseys of the past (the "abdominals" and color pattern) only with different colors. weird. |
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| aavf |
Posted on 04-01-2009 23:50
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CrueTrue wrote:
Do you have more pictures of it?
You're right, it looks awesome!
I've searched but it's the first and only image at least for now. |
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Posted on 04-01-2009 23:50
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It should be noted that the Australian's comments reflect a complete departure from the prevalent culture at T-Mobile in a bygone era, where hierarchy and massive egos resulted in the mess that Stapleton found himself in charge of. Take the 2005 Tour de France, for example. Ullrich, Vinokourov, Klöden, Honchar… and what came of it? A time trial win for Honchar, a podium place for Ullrich and fifth overall for Vinokourov; all of these results have come under scrutiny in the years since, and most don't believe in the credibility of any of them.
Will cyclingnews ever write an entire article without majorly screwing up facts?
I'm beginning to doubt it
Gonchar (not Honchar) had 2 time trial wins. not 1. And in 2006. Not 2005. They're confusing years. But hey, it's cyclingnews, that's unfortunately completely normal on their part. |
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Posted on 05-01-2009 00:06
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Gonchar (not Honchar)
it can be spelled either way I believe but the pronouncing is "Gonchar" as you said
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