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| ruben |
Posted on 16-06-2008 09:01
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How did Boonen crash his Lamborghini?
He lost the ideal line.. |
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| Halvor |
Posted on 16-06-2008 09:10
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| chuckie |
Posted on 16-06-2008 13:44
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Team High-Road will be re-named Team Columbia,starting from the the tour.
The american clothing company has agreed to sponsor the men and womens team until 2010.
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 16-06-2008 13:50
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Uhm .. what? |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 16-06-2008 13:53
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CrueTrue wrote:
Uhm .. what?
they found a sponsor.
Hallellujah! Praise Jebus! 
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 16-06-2008 13:54
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Yeah, I see that. It just came out of nowhere. I thought they were going to stick with High Road's money for at least a year. Anyway, Columbia is good. We will now finally get rid of that awful looking shirt. |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 16-06-2008 14:07
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Vanendert fell and dislocated a hip. his season is over. Poor bastard.
That's even worse than the possibility of Boonen being in the Tour.
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| Coldas |
Posted on 16-06-2008 15:48
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CrueTrue wrote:
Anyway, Columbia is good. We will now finally get rid of that awful looking shirt.
Whenever I see a High Road rider, I feel like ordering a hot dog from him.
I said to myself earlier in the season, that if CSC and High Road would not manage to find new sponsors, things would look grim for the sport as a whole, so this pleases me and gives hope to other teams.
Don't call me Jens Fuck! It always sounds like that when you Danish people say my name.
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 16-06-2008 15:57
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This is it?
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| jacknic |
Posted on 16-06-2008 16:00
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Yes it is. I am looking forward to seeing their new kit at the tour.
Coldas: A little off topic (or way off topic, sorry) but where is the quote in your signature from? |
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| schleck93 |
Posted on 16-06-2008 16:05
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jacknic wrote:
Yes it is. I am looking forward to seeing their new kit at the tour.
Coldas: A little off topic (or way off topic, sorry) but where is the quote in your signature from?
It's from last years tour when that lady reporter tv2 had in frnace went to talk to Jens Voigt (or should i call him Jens Fuck ).XD
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| Guido Mukk |
Posted on 16-06-2008 17:00
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This is good news that big teams finding sponsors again..looks like first step out of that cycling image disaster |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 16-06-2008 17:40
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It's good, yes, but we shouldn't forget that Columbia isn't exactly a T-Mobile like sponsor. As someone said (issoisso, I think), T-Mobile was the last "big" sponsor in the cycling world, and now when they are gone there's only these small sponsors. In the end, this may have an effect on the level of professionalism. |
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| doddy13 |
Posted on 16-06-2008 17:46
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I don't know, in their respective countries Caisse D'eparage, Credit Agricole, Francaise des jeux, bouygues, AG2R, Gerolsteiner, Euskatel, CSC and Silence lotto to name a few are well know. Maybe not on the international scale like T-Mobile. Well CSC is quite well known here if thats any difference.
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 16-06-2008 17:51
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I agree with Doddy, Credit Agricole, and Caisse D'Epargne are two of the biggest banks in the world, FDJ and Lotto (of silence-lotto) are two of the biggest lotteries in there respective countries, Bouygues is one of France's largest communications provider, etc., etc. Don't forget that Discovery Channel is a small American TV channel, not a big company at all, and were a very good sponsor (that happens to have there headquarters 20 minutes away from where I live. I'm in Bethesda, MD, they are in Silver Spring, MD).
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| issoisso |
Posted on 16-06-2008 17:55
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CrueTrue wrote:
It's good, yes, but we shouldn't forget that Columbia isn't exactly a T-Mobile like sponsor. As someone said (issoisso, I think), T-Mobile was the last "big" sponsor in the cycling world, and now when they are gone there's only these small sponsors. In the end, this may have an effect on the level of professionalism.
Jan Ullrich said that. Here's a quick way to tell us apart: he's the fat one.
Deadpool wrote:
I agree with Doddy, Credit Agricole, and Caisse D'Epargne are two of the biggest banks in the world, FDJ and Lotto (of silence-lotto) are two of the biggest lotteries in there respective countries, Bouygues is one of France's largest communications provider, etc., etc. Don't forget that Discovery Channel is a small American TV channel, not a big company at all, and were a very good sponsor (that happens to have there headquarters 20 minutes away from where I live. I'm in Bethesda, MD, they are in Silver Spring, MD).
Of all those, the only one the average person knows over here is the Discovery Channel, so I wouldn't call it small.
And of the current ProTour peloton, the only other sponsor anyone will know is Cofidis.
Edited by issoisso on 16-06-2008 17:55
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 16-06-2008 18:00
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I am thrilled that High Road found a new sponsor, CSC-Saxo Bank and Team Columbia are two of the best things that have happened recently to the sport of cycling. If, by some miracle of god, the tour is very competitive, interesting, and exciting, and with no doping controversy, it could be the beginning of a turn-around for the sport. |
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| jacknic |
Posted on 16-06-2008 18:03
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hmmn. I don't follow the logic here. T-mobile was the last "big" sponsor? Who else were "big" sponsors? I would struggle to tell you what the likes of Mapei, Banesto, GB, MG Technogym, Carrera, GAN, ONCE, Polti, Mercatone Uno, etc etc. do for a living. |
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| chuckie |
Posted on 16-06-2008 19:20
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T-Mobile and Discovery Channel were the only sponsors I ever saw T.V advertisements for.
there is no global sponsor left in cycling..
Columbia will probably start making cycling clothes now..eh
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| helGn |
Posted on 17-06-2008 09:38
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AWESOME! hope the shirts look good too ;D anyone know how much money they will get aprox compared to the other teams? |
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