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Moose McKnuckles said:
Four Winds said:Wow. You can't help thinking they should use some of that to buy him top quality support.
The Potassium export trade is obviosly booming (I learn all my geography from Borat!)
thehog said:He could buy the Livestrong.com company! Hostile takeover!
Oldman said:You're absolutely right! The Dodgeball financial strategy...it's brilliant.
python said:this is a repeat of an earlier rumour.
proskurin already denied it. there are too many inconsistencies in the offer to be credible. the chief being the new title sponsor's commitment to the uci was only 3 years. another - it would overshadow the kcf goal of "domesticating" astana. in 11 days the latest we should know.
The Belgian newspaper Het Nieusblad has reported that Astana has offered Contador a gigantic contract worth 8 million euros per year, but with the condition that Contador sign for four years with the troubled Kazakh team.
Contador’s brother, Fran, who acts as the Tour winner’s agent, confirmed that Astana is proposing a huge economic offer that might be too big to turn down.
dimspace said:greedy moneygrabbing **** is all i can say...
dimspace said:greedy moneygrabbing **** is all i can say...
nobody needs 8m a year.. thats gonna be a nice boost for the UCI coffers when he fails a doping test..
Cobblestones said:So it's all part of framing Bertie? He signs for 8M, gets busted for doping and has to pay one year's worth of salary to the UCI as fine? Hm, who could cook up such a scheme, I wonder?? Someone with a grudge??? (wink wink, nudge nudge)
dimspace said:greedy moneygrabbing **** is all i can say...
nobody needs 8m a year.. thats gonna be a nice boost for the UCI coffers when he fails a doping test..
ak-zaaf said:It's as easy as rigging a poll:
johanbruyneel: I have my thoughts on this, but it's really up to you to decide -http://bit.ly/17kZbF
2009 TEAM ASTANA FAN AWARDS
Which rider was the MOST VALUABLE RIDER (MVP) in 2009?
Lance Armstrong
44%220
Alberto Contador
30%148
Andreas Kloden
11%54
Levi Leipheimer
15%
Publicus said:Something is very wrong with any individual noting Lance as the most valuable Astana rider. Very wrong. Even a hater should be able to make that call relatively easy.
2009 TEAM ASTANA FAN AWARDS
What was the MOST IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE in 2009?
Alberto Contador's Tour de France win
27%77
Levi Leipheimer's third straight Tour of California title
7%21
Lance Armstrong's third place at the Tour de France
51%147
Team Astana's winning the Tour de France Team Classification
13%38
Andrey Zeits in his first Grand Tour (Giro d'Italia)
1%
Publicus said:Are you telling me if someone offered you 8MM euros per year to do your current job, you would turn it down?
dimspace said:Id do as little as possible for that year and then id find a way to weasel my way out of the contract to be honest, and spend the next 40 years riding my bike and sitting in the sun...
ak-zaaf said:Oh, it gets worse.
ak-zaaf said:It's an offer, not a request.
And if you can get 8 million, you would be dumb to ride for anything less.
Nobody NEEDS 8 million a year, you are right about that. Do we really need a TV? Still got one.
Get what you can while it's there, that's my motto.
dimspace said:greedy moneygrabbing **** is all i can say...
nobody needs 8m a year.. thats gonna be a nice boost for the UCI coffers when he fails a doping test..
dimspace said:Id do as little as possible for that year and then id find a way to weasel my way out of the contract to be honest, and spend the next 40 years riding my bike and sitting in the sun...
but thats just me.,.