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Would the sheikhs be more open to it perhaps if they had someone else that was as much of a sure thing to win the Tour. Or at least someone they believed in enough. Perhaps Del Toro eventually.

I've always supported a mix of individual riders and whole teams. My initial love for a specific team was seeing Kelme and the way they were always attacking in the mountains in the Tour for example. I team got really attached to Team Fakta when they signed a bunch of Norwegian and Swedish...

“My favourite races are the hilly one-day races – a type of race where the team is really strong, and I am excited to be a part of that.” I would actually say that hilly one-day races is an area where Uno-X has been the weakest. They've had a few riders like THJ and to some extent Magnus Cort...

Well, that's mainly semantics and legal frameworks. Even if in cycling a merger isn't the same as a corporate merger we can still talk about what the concept means in terms of the cycling world. I would categorize it as if the remaining team has both significant staff, riders and sponsorship...

Wasn't there also talk of debt that Lotto had as well that they were debating what to do with? If a significant part of the budget goes to settle the debt then that would explain a more strained budget for the team.

Well, after the poor season they had on their own they needed some type of shake up I suppose either way.

So the merger could simply end up being Intermarché calling it quits like B&B rather than an actual merger then?

Hmm, that list must not list riders who rode as stagiares for some reason. Otherwise Ingebrigtsen and Svarre for Uno-X should be on the list.

Well, they should have room for 2 neo pros that get their own spots rather than taking spots from anyone else. I'm guessing Jarno Widar still counts for the other neo pro spot. Don't know if they have more?

Before 2000 you also had Big Mat - Auber 93 who always got a Tour invite for just being french.

Ya, I remember his name also from finishing 3rd in the prologue of Tour de l'Avenir.

That sort of sounds like a no out of convenience. The easiest thing to do is to say no to things, even without compelling reasons for it, since you don't really risk anything by saying no. Perhaps if pressed to give a coherent reason for saying no it would make it harder to simply reject the...

Could they make you a mod in name only just to circumvent this issue?

Guess Träen is staying with Bahrain perhaps.

Has there been any definitive news on Torstein Träen? It almost feels like his decision for the future hinges on what happens to Uno-X and the WT.