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| E_Hagen |
Posted on 27-07-2010 08:05
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It surprises me that Navarro doesn't want to be captain for some team, he definately has the strenght. |
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 27-07-2010 08:44
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E_Hagen wrote:
It surprises me that Navarro doesn't want to be captain for some team, he definately has the strenght.
some guys just don't want to be leaders. Klöden, I suspect also Szmydt.
But some guys who dont deserve to be leaders..demanding it. Kreuziger is fresh example (he has time to develop...but additude is correct already) |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 28-07-2010 13:09
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Contador has confirmed that he's leaving Astana:
https://sports.yahoo.com/sc/news?slug=...dor-astana |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 28-07-2010 13:24
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And Gazzeta says Riis has a lot of extra money from Specialized to sign him and 4 specific spanish helpers.
So much for a danish team. The danish fans are going to kill Riis. Time for Riis to call his friends at the danish embassy.
"Yeah, I need a danish passport issued to the name Albert Cøntador Vejlesco"
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| samdiatmh |
Posted on 28-07-2010 13:33
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Surely contador will be going to caisse?
with the likes of sanchez and valverde (arguably) leaving then they are currently looking for a GC leader
and what better way to advertise to a new sponsor than a 3 time TDF winner? |
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 28-07-2010 13:34
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I doubt it, in 2008 there was no danes on the tour team, and there has been than one occasion where that has been the case. This year with 4 danes on the team is unusually high compared to previous years.
And who are the 4 spanish guys. Navarro, Jesus Hernandez and Benjamin Noval has to be certain, who is the last guy? De la Fuente? |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 28-07-2010 13:36
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samdiatmh wrote:
Surely contador will be going to caisse?
with the likes of sanchez and valverde (arguably) leaving then they are currently looking for a GC leader
and what better way to advertise to a new sponsor than a 3 time TDF winner?
You can't sign the guys without having the sponsor first. Much less the most expensive guy in the world after Cancellara, and his 4 helping gnomes
schleck93 wrote:
I doubt it, in 2008 there was no danes on the tour team, and there has been than one occasion where that has been the case. This year with 4 danes on the team is unusually high compared to previous years.
And who are the 4 spanish guys. Navarro, Jesus Hernandez and Benjamin Noval has to be certain, who is the last guy? De la Fuente?
Bingo
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 28-07-2010 13:36
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samdiatmh wrote:
Surely contador will be going to caisse?
with the likes of sanchez and valverde (arguably) leaving then they are currently looking for a GC leader
and what better way to advertise to a new sponsor than a 3 time TDF winner?
No one is going to sign with Caisse before they have a new sponsor. |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 28-07-2010 13:40
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Also, the thought currently in my head is:
Now that VDB has emerged and Lotto suddenly don't want him, I can see Kreuziger at Astana.
Quickstep, Sungard or even Lampre are also options
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| pesci |
Posted on 28-07-2010 14:25
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schleck93 wrote:
samdiatmh wrote:
Surely contador will be going to caisse?
with the likes of sanchez and valverde (arguably) leaving then they are currently looking for a GC leader
and what better way to advertise to a new sponsor than a 3 time TDF winner?
No one is going to sign with Caisse before they have a new sponsor.
Maybe one thing is related with the other one...
Some Sponsors saying to Caisse that they will sign only if Contador is in... |
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| itsmichael |
Posted on 28-07-2010 14:31
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Vacansoleil leader hilaire van der schuere says, they will sign this week a rider who has rode top 10 in this years tour.. Kreuziger??
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| BB95 |
Posted on 28-07-2010 15:05
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Marc De Maar -> Quick-Step |
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Posted on 28-07-2010 15:11
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issoisso wrote:
And Gazzeta says Riis has a lot of extra money from Specialized to sign him and 4 specific spanish helpers.
So much for a danish team. The danish fans are going to kill Riis. Time for Riis to call his friends at the danish embassy.
"Yeah, I need a danish passport issued to the name Albert Cøntador Vejlesco"
If specialized are offering this amount of money to Riis to tie conta to this new team, do we expect the new team to be named specialized racing etc, not just bike supplier?
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 28-07-2010 16:30
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Yes, Riis announced that he has two title sponsors with Sungard being the smaller of them - so it'll be Team XXXXX - Sungard. |
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| pesci |
Posted on 28-07-2010 16:33
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wasn´t google getting into biking this year also?
in which team? |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 28-07-2010 16:36
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They are said to be negotiating with HTC - Columbia (the latter's sponsorship ends this year). |
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| pesci |
Posted on 28-07-2010 16:44
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CrueTrue wrote:
They are said to be negotiating with HTC - Columbia (the latter's sponsorship ends this year).
ok thanks! |
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 28-07-2010 16:46
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KenL wrote:
issoisso wrote:
And Gazzeta says Riis has a lot of extra money from Specialized to sign him and 4 specific spanish helpers.
So much for a danish team. The danish fans are going to kill Riis. Time for Riis to call his friends at the danish embassy.
"Yeah, I need a danish passport issued to the name Albert Cøntador Vejlesco"
If Danish sponsors like Vestas, Lego and especially Carlsberg  stepped up to support Danish sports teams (instead of every other countries teams:marketing obviously) maybe there would not be a question loosing the Danish flare at Riis cycling 
Anyways, anything that keeps a top team in Europe is great....having said that, will they eventually move across the pond to be based out of the US at Specialized and Sungard's request and be forced to make the TofC the priority again over the Giro? 
Carlsberg is sponsoring FCK, the biggest football club in Denmark. Vestas I don't see getting much out of sponsoring cycling. They rely on orders from governments/ local-governments, and they are already one if the biggest if not the biggest in the business. LEGO I don't see as a company with the money (they were close to bankruptcy just a few years ago) and they are already widely known in almost every home in the western world, which is the main audience of cycling, so they won't get much out of the sponsorship. |
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| jolly_antunes |
Posted on 28-07-2010 16:48
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Wasn't the unknown sponsor the one who would name the team?
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 28-07-2010 16:50
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jolly_antunes wrote:
Wasn't the unknown sponsor the one who would name the team?
Both Sungard and mystery sponsor are name sponsors. |
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