On 20/08/2013 21:37, Mower Man wrote:
On 20/08/2013 8:58 PM, Davey Crockett wrote:
atriage a écrit profondement:

| On 20/08/2013 15:56, Davey Crockett wrote:
| atriage a écrit profondement:
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http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/euskaltel-euskadi-confirms-that-it-will-disband-at-the-end-of-the-season

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| Sad, very say
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|ront yard for Yup, if one of cycling's heartlands can't support a pro
racing team
| then it's safe to say this sport might very well be ****ed.

I have a faint hope that someone might step in to cover the
shortfall.

I got to know several of the riders quite well as their bus was
parked in my front yard for most of the Volta a Algarve.

The Volta a Algarve is unfortunately another race which is
doubtful of another running.

How it was managed this year is another story, but Davey played a
small part and worked his ass off to help the promoter to put it
on by twisting a lot of arms.



I hope you're right and that Eskaltel-Euskadi gets a 2nd sponsor. We've
been big fans for ages.... one of my daughters has Basque connections,
indeed a Basque substitute family, she's a linguist and spends time
there. A proud people.

Here's hoping.


Yeah I've spent some time there, the coastal towns are *****ing*
expensive but they reduce speed limits on major roads for the
convenience of cyclists and racing is still an enormously popular sport
there. I just can't believe that Euskatel aren't making enough money to
keep going with the sponsorship, I didn't notice that people were using
their phones less last time I was there, a lot of them have the ****ing
things glued to their ears. I guess the Spanish crisis is taking it's
toll on everything, every day you read a new horror story in the Spanish
press, if you are unemployed and under 30 your chances of getting a job
are somewhere between none and zero.