yes, he and Piti are having a moment together....craig1985 said:Isso, that is Valverde in your avatar right?
More importantly, that's Piti on the left. The whole reason I have this avatarcraig1985 said:Isso, that is Valverde in your avatar right?
The 16 teams covered by the September 2008 agreement and guaranteed Tour de France places in 2010 include Footon Servetto.craig1985 said:Are you sure? They never got invited to any of the ASO races in 2009 and had to go through the courts to get a ride in the Giro and the Vuelta.
He is still a Danish citizen. It's just a license change. The UCI wants the riders to have their license where they live and he moved to Luxembourg.craig1985 said:In other news, Chris Anker Sørensen will ride with a Luxembourg licence in 2010. Luxembourg licence for Sørensen - cyclingnews.com. But he won't be able to race the national team though, right?
I always thought they were just riding the ToC because of Specialized, their bike sponsor, which is based in California. Now that they're with Eddy Merckx, I can see why they'd skip.ak-zaaf said:Patrick Lefevere said in an interview Allan Davis can't leave until his contract is bought off.
Astana should be able to pay that, since Lefevere also said Davis was whining about a better contract since the Tour Down Under. Lefevre obviously got Davis on the cheap when his name was still 'tainted'.
He also said his team is going to skip one of the following races in May: Ronde van Belgie, Giro d'Italia or Tour of California.
They will ride on home ground for sure. Quick Step is American owned I think, but the Giro is live on TV every day (as is the Ronde van Belgie) and they probably want to ride with Seeldraeyers in Italy.
So I'm guessing the first big team that unofficially canceled for the ToC is Quick Step.
Interesting infoak-zaaf said:Patrick Lefevere said in an interview Allan Davis can't leave until his contract is bought off.
Astana should be able to pay that, since Lefevere also said Davis was whining about a better contract since the Tour Down Under. Lefevre obviously got Davis on the cheap when his name was still 'tainted'.
He also said his team is going to skip one of the following races in May: Ronde van Belgie, Giro d'Italia or Tour of California.
They will ride on home ground for sure. Quick Step is American owned I think, but the Giro is live on TV every day (as is the Ronde van Belgie) and they probably want to ride with Seeldraeyers in Italy.
So I'm guessing the first big team that unofficially canceled for the ToC is Quick Step.
Exactly. That's one team pulling out soon.Race Radio said:Interesting info
FYI. Quick Step is a Belgium company. Now that they do not have a US bike sponsor don't look for them to do the big trip to Cali
So does that mean I'll get to see Alberto riding through Cali in May???craig1985 said:The only reason why Bettini and Boonen rode the ToC, because of Specialized.
He and Astana are riding Specialized bikes, so there is a chance. Plus, I would love to the see look on Lance and Levi's face if he shows up. It would be positively unnerving for at least Lance.craig1985 said:Depends if Astana are going to California now, since they have any American riders on the team.
Seeing Levi's reaction if Alberto then went onto win Levi's 'home tour' would be priceless. That wuld make my year TBH.Publicus said:He and Astana are riding Specialized bikes, so there is a chance. Plus, I would love to the see look on Lance and Levi's face if he shows up. It would be positively unnerving for at least Lance.
Daryl Impey is also a member of Bike Pure, and he will ride for Radio Shack.dimspace said:two of the trek/livestrong riders have joined bikepure.. Alex Dowsett and Ben King
wonder how JB feels about that..
Makes a good cover.dimspace said:two of the trek/livestrong riders have joined bikepure.. Alex Dowsett and Ben King
wonder how JB feels about that..