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Radio Shack
I wonder if Radio Shack will disband after only one year. If Armstrong
does race in the Tour of 2010 and then retires again, the team will probably dissolve. I also wonder how the Tour will handle 3 foreign teams from the same country. Andre |
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Radio Shack
Andre wrote:
I wonder if Radio Shack will disband after only one year. If Armstrong does race in the Tour of 2010 and then retires again, the team will probably dissolve. I also wonder how the Tour will handle 3 foreign teams from the same country. At least there's an opening, since Astana's not getting invited. |
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Radio Shack
Andre wrote:
I wonder if Radio Shack will disband after only one year. If Armstrong does race in the Tour of 2010 and then retires again, the team will probably dissolve. I also wonder how the Tour will handle 3 foreign teams from the same country. Andre What makes a team's identity? Columbia is registered in the US but only has two US riders. Columbia is an American sponsor, but HTC is Taiwanese. HTC wants to become the primary sponsor. The Columbia team evolved from the German T-mobile team and last year was financed significantly if not totally by T-Mobile's buyout of their agreement. On the other hand, Astana is registered in Luxembourg but has 10 Kazhak riders and is financed primarily by Kazhak sponsors. Do people living outside of the US see a strong affiliation between Columbia and the US? If the teams essentially remain the same next year, RadioShack could usurp Garmin's spot if the Tour did not want invite three "USA" teams. ProTour status does not guarantee nor obligate a team to compete in the Tour. Neither Lampre nor Fuji-Servetto competed in the Tour this year. However, the Tour could drop team rosters back to 8 riders and add two more teams without sacrificing any teams that participated this year. OTOH, who knows if Astana will be invited next year? Armstrong will be there though, because he is money in the bank to the Tour. |
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Radio Shack
On Aug 3, 8:32*pm, z wrote:
... Neither Lampre nor Fuji-Servetto competed in the Tour this year. Depends on what you meant by "competed". Lampre was at the tour and came in 19th out of 20 in the team classification, last among all of the Pro Tour teams. http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/LIVE/u...nt/index.html# |
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Radio Shack
Victor Kan wrote:
On Aug 3, 8:32 pm, z wrote: ... Neither Lampre nor Fuji-Servetto competed in the Tour this year. Depends on what you meant by "competed". Lampre was at the tour and came in 19th out of 20 in the team classification, last among all of the Pro Tour teams. http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/LIVE/u...nt/index.html# Oops. My error. |
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Radio Shack
On Aug 3, 4:51*pm, Andre wrote:
I wonder if Radio Shack will disband after only one year. If Armstrong does race in the Tour of 2010 and then retires again, the team will probably dissolve. I also wonder how the Tour will handle 3 foreign teams from the same country. *Andre In retrospect, it makes more sense to me if Armstrong's team had been sponsored by Viagra, as it would interest all those people rendered impotent by cycling. It would been amusing to have team rider testimonials as to their reinvigorated intimacy since joining the team. -ilan |
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Radio Shack
On Mon, 3 Aug 2009 19:38:51 -0700 (PDT), ilan
wrote: On Aug 3, 4:51*pm, Andre wrote: I wonder if Radio Shack will disband after only one year. If Armstrong does race in the Tour of 2010 and then retires again, the team will probably dissolve. I also wonder how the Tour will handle 3 foreign teams from the same country. *Andre In retrospect, it makes more sense to me if Armstrong's team had been sponsored by Viagra, as it would interest all those people rendered impotent by cycling. It would been amusing to have team rider testimonials as to their reinvigorated intimacy since joining the team. -ilan That would make for some interesting jersey logos! Here's one that's used in MMA: http://www.knucklepit.com/_treese%20andy22.jpg (no, not p-shopped, lol.) |
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Radio Shack
On Aug 3, 9:45*pm, wrote:
On Mon, 3 Aug 2009 19:38:51 -0700 (PDT), ilan wrote: On Aug 3, 4:51*pm, Andre wrote: I wonder if Radio Shack will disband after only one year. If Armstrong does race in the Tour of 2010 and then retires again, the team will probably dissolve. I also wonder how the Tour will handle 3 foreign teams from the same country. *Andre In retrospect, it makes more sense to me if Armstrong's team had been sponsored by Viagra, as it would interest all those people rendered impotent by cycling. It would been amusing to have team rider testimonials as to their reinvigorated intimacy since joining the team. -ilan That would make for some interesting jersey logos! Here's one that's used in MMA: http://www.knucklepit.com/_treese%20andy22.jpg (no, not p-shopped, lol.) For arguments sake let's assume Lance only races a year full time. In the years after 2010, I think he will start transitioning into a DS role and ride in a few races of his choosing(kinda like Pete Rose w/ the reds). I think it will be interesting to see his progress, much more interesting than his career. cwm |
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Radio Shack
On Mon, 3 Aug 2009 20:06:08 -0700 (PDT), Chris Mogridge
wrote: On Aug 3, 4:51*pm, Andre wrote: I wonder if Radio Shack will disband after only one year. If Armstrong does race in the Tour of 2010 and then retires again, the team will probably dissolve. I also wonder how the Tour will handle 3 foreign teams from the same country. *Andre snip For arguments sake let's assume Lance only races a year full time. In the years after 2010, I think he will start transitioning into a DS role and ride in a few races of his choosing(kinda like Pete Rose w/ the reds). I think it will be interesting to see his progress, much more interesting than his career. cwm Though he talked about it, IMO, he will never work as a DS. It would be too peripheral and to him boring (though it's anything but boring from JB's mode/perspective). He might hang around on the bus, but after next year he'll try to find something else, hopefully not politics. Hard to imagine what. Not much compares, physically to multi-stage racing, even RAAM (a different kind of suffering). But no managing a team for him (except as a part-owner, dropping in when he feels like it), imo. |
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