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KazakhNeRider said:but why do you call it your exclusive if astanafans.com published it yesterday morning and contadornotebook.infolast night?
the problem is that Proskurin had promised to F-Tech to support his contract with Astana, but Sanquer as absolutely normal manager signed a contract with much more respectable Nalini. And probably right now Sanquer is facing with why Biver abd Bruyneel were not so good for nut Kazakhs![]()
krebs303 said:December 9th is the new Sept. 5?
thehog said:Thanks for providing the links.
dimspace said:i was just thinking that..
Im actually going to draw issue with this as well.. The picture that hog has linked to is the photo from albertocontadornotebook (check the image address)... so its clear when he put it up that it was not exclusive, he has just hijacked the picture direct..
there is no reason whatsoever why he couldnt have credited albertocontadornotebook absolutely no reason whatsoever!!!! and there is no reason why he had to pass it off as some sort of insider information...
you knew exactly what the links where yourself.. thats where you got the picture from in the first place...
(yes ive unmuted you.. sometimes i need to read your BS to see what the thread is about)
thanks for showing the kit, its interesting to see, but please just say where you got it, credit where credits due.. i would have no issue with you otherwise, but this constant "i have an exlusive BS" is beyond funny..
If you just credited some of your posts with the original source people would have so much more respect for you
(and dont even say you didnt get it from notebook cos the image link gives it away mate.. argue that one!)
KazakhNeRider said:but why do you call it your exclusive if astanafans.com published it yesterday morning and contadornotebook.infolast night?
the problem is that Proskurin had promised to F-Tech to support his contract with Astana, but Sanquer as absolutely normal manager signed a contract with much more respectable Nalini. And probably right now Sanquer is facing with why Biver and Bruyneel were not so good for nut Kazakhs![]()
Beech Mtn said:Side note - I'm wondering if Astana was never meant to be called Samruk-Kazyna, and that's just some false rumor started on twitter or someplace. Like the other zillion false rumors surrounding this team the last several months.
dimspace said:you will notice i deliberately chose to ignore your comment about my wife x
thehog said:I thought I was on your ignore list?![]()
dimspace said:think this was the velonation article that started it off.. they allegedly got reports from the italian media
http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/2282/Cash-injection-and-name-change-for-Astana-team.aspx
Beech Mtn said:~~Contador is naive/stupid for letting his naive/stupid brother make a contract with no outs.
hardline said:I'm not sure but isn't his brother some kind of corporate lawyer or something like that. I don't know your background but you shouldn't call somebody stupid if they're probably smarter than you. Plus trust is key when somebody is handling all your affairs.
Beech Mtn said:You misunderstood. I was not calling Alberto or Fran stupid. I was listing all the negative stories/rumors circulating about the Astana team, its directorship, and Contador. The "Contador is naive or stupid" argument gets made from time to time. People cite Alberto's trust of Fran to make this 2009-2010 contract with no out clauses as evidence of Alberto being naive or stupid.
What my post was asking was - how many of these negative stories/rumors are based on reality, or is there a PR-offensive to paint Contador, Astana, Vino, the management, etc in a bad light?
I will go back and edit the other post. Basically I was asking, are all these negative things really true? Or are false rumors getting started somewhere? Is Contador really stupid? Will Vino really try to take over the tour team or help AC instead? Is the team really in disarray, or do they have their act together? Etc.
hardline said:sorry about that i misunderstood your point, I apologize I am so used to hearing those same points brought up on my group rides.
theswordsman said:I had already posted the F Tech info and presentation date on the Samruk-Kazyna thread and referenced astana fans dot com, which is where the albertocontadornotebook got it. I didn't bother with the image because it was the Nalini version.
Just as a heads up for people, you can expect the official Alberto Contador website to be making changes. CNN International had listed the notebook as the official site, which it isn't - just a very good fansite. I also knew that albertocontador.com doesn't show up on Google, and they're trying to get a store started, so I took most of a day typing up suggestions with Alexa.com graphs and things. Four different people were kind enough to look at it, and they've made a few of the changes already.
Aside from things related to web searches, etc., I suggested that fans like to see photos from training, bike photos with specifications, and links to the original source for interviews. I think it would also be a good place for him to every week or two answer questions from his press agent to clear up things like the rumor about him demanding in writing that Vino not be on the Tour team, without. Basically it would just be a way to get the truth out there in English on a regular basis without the distraction of something like twitter. I hope some of it happens. I can't wait for 2010.
thehog said:The team will not adopt the name of its principal sponsor Samruk Kazyna, as has been rumored.
Update - F-Tech will get the Astana clothing contract. More soon.
Team presentation will be on December 9th:
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dimspace said:you seem unable to explain why you started this thread as "exclusive" and failed to credit the original source...
i shall continue to wait patiently.. seems to be you are avoiding answering..![]()