Astana, Pegasus sports not in ProTour!

[auscyclefan94]

Exactly. I am of the opinion that no new team 'deserves' immediate ProTour status. Not the Schlecks or the Fly V team. One of the pillars of the application is reputation and consistency, how can new teams show reputation and consistency if they are new?
The UCI is once again shooting itself in the foot with all their procedures.

Fly V has built itself up and the base of that team has been going for 4 years. They are much different to Sky or radioshack.

 

[luckyboy]

We got a great pitch, there is a number of reasons we should be there. Australia are ranked 4th in the world and there should be an australian team in the pro tour.

I'd get on board with that if they represented the major point-getters. Australia are on 850pts. Evans, Porte, Rogers and Goss have 745 between them. McEwen has 105 (?!) for winning a stage at ENECO.

If they get the marquee GC they have been talking about and Cancellara then they deserve to get the PT license.

BMC had a much better team (Ballan, Evans, Kroon, Hincapie, Burghardt) last year and they were ProConti. Pegasus have McEwen, Hunter, Tuft & a slight chance of Cancellara.

i think if the final 4 spots include big riders (rollin is included in that 4 i think) then they deserve protour status.

Hope Rollin isn't being pushed as a big name there.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Hope Rollin isn't being pushed as a big name there.

but he did a top ten in the tour of Missouri back in 08'

 

[ingsve]

I really hope Pegasus doesn't get a PT license. Even if they manage to sign a couple of well known riders there would still be very little to get excited about with the team. In the PT most of the riders will be in watch and learn mode and that is never going to be exciting. They will be Footon-Servetto all over again. Apart from being a pleasant surprise at the Tour because the expectations were so low, Footon did nothing exciting all year.

 

[Anonymous]

I really hope Pegasus doesn't get a PT license. Even if they manage to sign a couple of well known riders there would still be very little to get excited about with the team. In the PT most of the riders will be in watch and learn mode and that is never going to be exciting. They will be Footon-Servetto all over again. Apart from being a pleasant surprise at the Tour because the expectations were so low, Footon did nothing exciting all year.

but footon were very noticable

 

[avanti]

No mention of Saxo-Bank on either of the lists!

This team is guaranteed a spot.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-publishes-20-teams-seeking-proteam-licences-in-2011

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Hope Rollin isn't being pushed as a big name there.

This would be the biggest joke since Team Sky had its "huge announcements coming up" and then they'd turn out to be people like Calzati (who I like) and Cioni (who was at least a top 5 in the Giro once upon a time, but those days are long, long gone now). I like Dominique Rollin, but trying to persuade me that he's one of a 'big 4' to justify a paper-thin roster getting a PT slot... they need to have someone of the Cancellara type of stature just to match BMC given what they already have.

 

[luckyboy]

Even if they sign Cancellara, I don't think they should be WT.

Can't think of any other big name riders that are free for them to bring in.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

They were talking about a 'marquee GC name'. Which makes me think wait, who the hell is available? They can only mean Kreuziger - IF Astana run into trouble - surely? Who else could they possibly be talking about? They're not trying to sell Rogers as a 'marquee name' are they?

 

[luckyboy]

Maybe they meant GC as in smaller stage races

 

[Anonymous]

They were talking about a 'marquee GC name'. Which makes me think wait, who the hell is available? They can only mean Kreuziger - IF Astana run into trouble - surely? Who else could they possibly be talking about? They're not trying to sell Rogers as a 'marquee name' are they?

Theyre giving sky $3m to release wiggins from his contract early

 

[ingsve]

Well, Rogers is one name that is still unspoken for right? They need four riders of at least that caliber to have even the slightest chance. He's got around the same amount of world ranking points as Mcewen which is what they need to focus on to get in.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Rogers would be a good signing as far as i'm concerned. But they would still need that big name imo.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Theyre giving sky $3m to release wiggins from his contract early

Well that can't be the grand tour marquee name?

 

[DAOTEC]

sorry took the wrong thread !!

 

[L'arriviste]

Thor Hushovd to ride for Pegasus

Are you sure about that?