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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 19-10-2012 15:26
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Sad news indeed, but it could be a good thing for the team to get a fresh start. Gesink, Mollema and Kruijswijk have all stagnated a bit.
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| YvesStevens |
Posted on 19-10-2012 15:35
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Pellizotti2 wrote:
Sad news indeed, but it could be a good thing for the team to get a fresh start. Gesink, Mollema and Kruijswijk have all stagnated a bit.
All because of Theo de Rooij, Erik Breukink and all the other trainers and Managers. They #$*@ - ed up and now cause Rabobank withdrawing from sponsorship |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 19-10-2012 15:37
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Deadpool wrote:
Vien wrote:
Giant might take over Rabobank's role as main sponsor.
They certainly have the dough.
Could we be seeing the first Taiwanese-based WT team?
HTC is based in Taiwan if I am not mistaken.
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| kumazan |
Posted on 19-10-2012 15:44
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Alakagom wrote:
Deadpool wrote:
Vien wrote:
Giant might take over Rabobank's role as main sponsor.
They certainly have the dough.
Could we be seeing the first Taiwanese-based WT team?
HTC is based in Taiwan if I am not mistaken.
But the cycling team wasn't based in Taiwan, just as I don't see Rabo based in Taiwan if Giant takes over the title sponsorship.
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| DubbelDekker |
Posted on 19-10-2012 15:46
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Giant would probably make it a Dutch team indeed. They sell lots of bikes here and Taiwan isn't exactly cycling crazy. |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 19-10-2012 15:49
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kumazan wrote:
Alakagom wrote:
Deadpool wrote:
Vien wrote:
Giant might take over Rabobank's role as main sponsor.
They certainly have the dough.
Could we be seeing the first Taiwanese-based WT team?
HTC is based in Taiwan if I am not mistaken.
But the cycling team wasn't based in Taiwan, just as I don't see Rabo based in Taiwan if Giant takes over the title sponsorship.
Oh yeah, obviously. I could see the team becoming more international next year ( if Giant takes over at all that is ) with no clear dominance of Dutch riders in the team but definitely it's not going be Taiwanse orientated.
Edited by Alakagom on 19-10-2012 15:50
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 19-10-2012 16:04
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I remember posting this about a week ago, that they might pull sponsorship because of the report and what Levi has said, as well as but I never really expected this 
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| wackojackohighcliffe |
Posted on 19-10-2012 16:31
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RIP Fiorenzi Magni |
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| Montolivo |
Posted on 19-10-2012 16:46
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wackojackohighcliffe wrote:
RIP Fiorenzi Magni
+1. Great man of the 40's and 50's. RIP Fiorenzo Magni. |
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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 19-10-2012 16:47
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valverde321 wrote:
I remember posting this about a week ago, that they might pull sponsorship because of the report and what Levi has said, as well as but I never really expected this
so you Jynx/prodicted it
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 19-10-2012 16:56
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Real sad about Rabobank. Historical team.  |
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| ste_18 |
Posted on 19-10-2012 16:59
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Montolivo wrote:
wackojackohighcliffe wrote:
RIP Fiorenzi Magni
+1. Great man of the 40's and 50's. RIP Fiorenzo Magni.
Yeah, the only one that could fight with Coppi and Bartali. RIP
Another bad news with the one of Rabobank |
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 19-10-2012 18:15
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wackojackohighcliffe wrote:
RIP Fiorenzi Magni
Magni’s successes on the bike followed controversy relating to his fascist sympathies during World War II and his continued loyalty to Mussolini in the wake of the Italian army’s 1943 armistice and during the subsequent civil war.
In 1947, Magni was tried for his alleged part in an incident on January 3, 1944 at Valibona in the Apennines in which a number of partisans were killed. Suspended from cycling and facing 30 years’ imprisonment, Magni was subsequently cleared, and among those to testify in his favour was his fellow Tuscan rider Alfredo Martini, who had fought on the partisan side during the conflict.
Too bad, but you won't find me shedding any tears. |
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| jsh312mufc |
Posted on 19-10-2012 18:17
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FreitasPCM wrote:
Real sad about Rabobank. Historical team.
who gets the world tour place? |
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 19-10-2012 18:20
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jsh312mufc wrote:
FreitasPCM wrote:
Real sad about Rabobank. Historical team.
who gets the world tour place?
The team is still existing, and Rabobank is honoring its payments, but the team just won't be called Rabobank, and they'll need a new sponsor for 2014 beyond that.
They'll be like High Road.
EDIT: Or GreenEdge, or 1t4i, or Slipstream, or Pegasus...this actually happens a lot nowadays, teams starting out without a sponsor and hoping to attract one.
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 19-10-2012 18:26
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Padua investigation into Ferrari caught Menchov and Scarponi talking to him through a wiretap.
Uh-oh... |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 19-10-2012 18:27
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Deadpool wrote:
EDIT: Or GreenEdge, or 1t4i, or Slipstream, or Pegasus...this actually happens a lot nowadays, teams starting out without a sponsor and hoping to attract one.
1t4i had an sponsor. They just were weirdos and didn't want to show it before April or so.
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| issoisso |
Posted on 19-10-2012 18:30
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kumazan wrote:
Deadpool wrote:
EDIT: Or GreenEdge, or 1t4i, or Slipstream, or Pegasus...this actually happens a lot nowadays, teams starting out without a sponsor and hoping to attract one.
1t4i had an sponsor. They just were weirdos and didn't want to show it before April or so.
I forget the details, but Argos had an exclusive contract to support some competition in some other sport so they couldn't announce it until that contract ended.
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 19-10-2012 18:31
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kumazan wrote:
Deadpool wrote:
EDIT: Or GreenEdge, or 1t4i, or Slipstream, or Pegasus...this actually happens a lot nowadays, teams starting out without a sponsor and hoping to attract one.
1t4i had an sponsor. They just were weirdos and didn't want to show it before April or so.
Say I always thought the first rule of sponsorship was to get exposure for your sponsor, not hide it. |
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| kumazan |
Posted on 19-10-2012 18:33
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issoisso wrote:
kumazan wrote:
Deadpool wrote:
EDIT: Or GreenEdge, or 1t4i, or Slipstream, or Pegasus...this actually happens a lot nowadays, teams starting out without a sponsor and hoping to attract one.
1t4i had an sponsor. They just were weirdos and didn't want to show it before April or so.
I forget the details, but Argos had an exclusive contract to support some competition in some other sport so they couldn't announce it until that contract ended.
Yeah, I knew there was a reason (I didn't know which one) for it.
Still, weirdos. 
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