LaFlorecita said:
lenric said:
Zaka_fan said:
There was an interview with Tinkov few minutes ago on Russian Eurosport - Oleg (referring to Basso) said that AC has not yet signed his contract with Trek...
/ sorry for my English
I have already addressed that issue here a couple of weeks ago. That deal is dependent on his performance in this vuelta, since he retired from the Tour. Since he is old, Trek needs to know if his capacity has decreased since 2015.
So why did the Trek manager (Guercilena) say "with a rider like him, we don't have to wait till after the Tour to sign him, we know what he is worth"
It's a bit odd, many times it's been confirmed he's signed already (by De Jongh, Pantano...) but there were also rumors Contador contacted Astana after the Tour but Vino didn't have the money/room.
It doesn't make sense to me that they have already signed a contract and it didn't become public.
Unless on that contract was any clause regarding his performance in GTs this year. As in, if his performance was below some standard, his salary would get lower, or anything like that.
About what De Jongh, Pantano, Guercilena or Santa Claus says is meaningless to me. What matters it that no public announcement has been made until now.