Triki, Ace, Eki and Paolo are gone from Disco

In article 67UQg.3600$vC3.1646@dukeread02,
"Carl Sundquist" wrote:

"Michael Press" wrote in message
...

"[Michael] Barry is said to be joining the T-Mobile team,
which will be managed by American Bob Stapleton. "

T-Mobile always provides reasons to watch them closely.

I don't know anyting about Bob Stapleton, but be sure you aren't confusing
him with Bill Stapleton, LANCE's attorney/manager.

Actually, I do not know who he is. I am surprised they did
not hire from Germany or Europe at large.

--
Michael Press

nobody wrote:
On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 02:17:07 -0400, "dwjones45"
wrote:


it looks like Bruyneel is really cleaning house for the 2007 season.

http://www.velonews.com/race/int/articles/10913.0.html



Holy crap! I can see all the others, but dumping Il Falco? Didn't he win
some big Italian race in '05? Guess if you come in fifth in the same race
the next year, you're yesterday's news. Hmm.

Astana offered a better contract, apparently.

dwjones45 wrote:
it looks like Bruyneel is really cleaning house for the 2007 season.

http://www.velonews.com/race/int/articles/10913.0.html

Leif Hoste had a pretty good year. His transfer to Davitamon-Lotto was
announced long ago. Seems like he received an attractive offer, which
Discovery chose not to match.

in message , nobody
') wrote:

On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:23:12 +0100, Simon Brooke
wrote:

in message , dwjones45
') wrote:

it looks like Bruyneel is really cleaning house for the 2007 season.

http://www.velonews.com/race/int/articles/10913.0.html

Is Bruyneel cleaning house, or are the rats leaving the sinking ship?
Were they pushed or did they jump? With the exception of Ekimov, it
mostly looks like the latter to me.

Though that makes a lot of sense, when you look closely, Triki and Ace
are great riders, but just not in the leading group enough.

But I think you're right with regard to Savoldelli. The others were
either just too unlucky (Hammond) or getting too old. Might be that when
the axe started to fall, some of them just quit or decided to look for a
new team.

Surprised that Danielson wasn't among them.

Merkin team. Merkins won't support damn' pinko furriners, so if Disco is
going to raise money from its Merkin sponsors it has to put up Merkin
riders. trollThe fact that the Merkin riders can't ride for toffee
without lashings of electric soup is just one of those things.../troll


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On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 22:06:03 +0100, Simon Brooke
wrote:

in message , nobody
') wrote:

On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:23:12 +0100, Simon Brooke
wrote:

in message , dwjones45
') wrote:

it looks like Bruyneel is really cleaning house for the 2007 season.

http://www.velonews.com/race/int/articles/10913.0.html

Is Bruyneel cleaning house, or are the rats leaving the sinking ship?
Were they pushed or did they jump? With the exception of Ekimov, it
mostly looks like the latter to me.

Though that makes a lot of sense, when you look closely, Triki and Ace
are great riders, but just not in the leading group enough.

But I think you're right with regard to Savoldelli. The others were
either just too unlucky (Hammond) or getting too old. Might be that when
the axe started to fall, some of them just quit or decided to look for a
new team.

Surprised that Danielson wasn't among them.

Merkin team. Merkins won't support damn' pinko furriners, so if Disco is
going to raise money from its Merkin sponsors it has to put up Merkin
riders. trollThe fact that the Merkin riders can't ride for toffee
without lashings of electric soup is just one of those things.../troll

Hah.

Actually I think we've mostly explained it. Many riders got better offers
and Danielson probably had some offers withdrawn after he had a slightly
less than stellar season. Poor kid, wouldn't be surprised if Johann low
balled him. Heh, he seems so eager to ride, I bet he'd pay them for the
chance. (who wouldn't?)

It was pretty funny watching him celebrate the Stage 17 win in the Vuelta,
though Vino was probably being nice. Just got to see it
yesterday...(a.b.m.s)

nobody wrote:
But I think you're right with regard to Savoldelli. The others were either
just too unlucky (Hammond) or getting too old. Might be that when the axe
started to fall, some of them just quit or decided to look for a new team.

Here are the birthdays:

AZEVEDO José POR 19.09.1973
BARRY Michael CAN 18.12.1975
BELTRAN MARTINEZ Manuel ESP 28.05.1971
EKIMOV Viatcheslav RUS 04.02.1966
HAMMOND Roger GBR 30.01.1974
HOSTE Leif BEL 17.07.1977
JOACHIM Benoît LUX 14.01.1976
MIKHAILOV Guennadi RUS 08.02.1974
SAVOLDELLI Paolo ITA 07.05.1973
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen BEL 01.02.1983
VAN HEESWIJK Max NED 02.03.1973

Van den Broeck is the only one under 30. There are clear indications
of a geezer purge.

Bob Schwartz

Bob Schwartz wrote:

Here are the birthdays:

HOSTE Leif BEL 17.07.1977


Van den Broeck is the only one under 30. There are clear indications
of a geezer purge.

Hoste too, though not by much.

On 09/22/2006 03:06 PM, in article
, "Simon Brooke"
wrote:


Merkin team. Merkins won't support damn' pinko furriners, so if Disco is
going to raise money from its Merkin sponsors it has to put up Merkin
riders. trollThe fact that the Merkin riders can't ride for toffee
without lashings of electric soup is just one of those things.../troll


A merkin (first use, according to the OED, 1617) is reported to be a pubic
wig, worn by prostitutes after shaving their genitalia to eliminate lice or
to disguise the marks of syphilis. A similar, though anachronistic, claim
not made in OED is that merkins were worn for nude stage appearances. ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkin

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"Dwayne" wrote:

Bob Schwartz wrote:

Here are the birthdays:

HOSTE Leif BEL 17.07.1977


Van den Broeck is the only one under 30. There are clear indications
of a geezer purge.

Hoste too, though not by much.

I looked him up. He is having a very good year.

--
Michael Press

Simon Brooke wrote:


Is Bruyneel cleaning house, or are the rats leaving the sinking ship? Were
they pushed or did they jump? With the exception of Ekimov, it mostly
looks like the latter to me.





Dumbass -


Rats leaving a sinking ship? Dude, you've got your head up your ass.

Riders go where they get the highest wage. Discovery has $$$$$. Maybe
Salvodelli is gone because he gets more money elsewhere, but the other
guys underperformed.


thanks,

K. Gringioni.