Johan gets served

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Assuming he's telling the truth about being at the Giro. If so, there's been a lot of nonsense talked about on here.
 
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What was Bruyneel coming to the Tour of California to do?
Was there prior publicity by his own team that he would be there?
Was it ever published by cycling news sites prior to his arrival, what exactly he was coming to do?
 
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Microchip said:
What was Bruyneel coming to the Tour of California to do?
Was there prior publicity by his own team that he would be there?
Was it ever published by cycling news sites prior to his arrival, what exactly he was coming to do?

This raises a rather hilarious spectactle: Perhaps Johan agreed to talk to the Feds a couple days before ATOC started in order to make everyone's heads explode. Just a convenient scheduling snafu.
 
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Moose McKnuckles said:
So, perhaps this has been much ado about nothing?

It is puzzling that he would arrive in the US, sequester himself, then leave for the Giro.

Especially considering that Team RSNT itself announced he'd be joining the team at the AToC for stage 2 (which never happened).

If he went to Italy, it was unplanned.
 
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doolols said:
Assuming he's telling the truth about being at the Giro. If so, there's been a lot of nonsense talked about on here.

So he and the Feds got together at the Airport to talk about a new cycling league! Clever, clever, Johan ...
 

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Assuming he's telling the truth.

Ok that's enough right there. When has he ever told the truth about anything?

They guy wrote a book based on lies.

He doesn't get "assume".
 
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eleven said:
This raises a rather hilarious spectactle: Perhaps Johan agreed to talk to the Feds a couple days before ATOC started in order to make everyone's heads explode. Just a convenient scheduling snafu.

Fly 7,500 miles, get a slip of paper, vanish for 6 days, get on plane and fly 9,000 miles and start twittering.

Good plan.
 
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Yes, in fact I was just thinking that it's possible that he may have known what was coming and since he's been ducking, tiptoeing around, and putting on fake sunglasses with a large plastic nose and mustache, to hide from being recognized (Polish, Mark & Co., that's a joke okay! ;) ) there would just come a time when he couldn't keep doing that anymore. Just pure speculation though.
 
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BotanyBay said:
Fly 7,500 miles, get a slip of paper, vanish for 6 days, get on plane and fly 9,000 miles and start twittering.

Good plan.

My post wasn't meant to be taken seriously, BB. Sorry if that wasn't clear.
 
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eleven said:
This raises a rather hilarious spectactle: Perhaps Johan agreed to talk to the Feds a couple days before ATOC started in order to make everyone's heads explode. Just a convenient scheduling snafu.

I wish there was a 'Like' button. I 'Like'd this. There's been a lot of exploding heads around. Including mine.
 
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So he gets served in Cali, hides supposedly, then leaves to go to the place where he ran off from last year when the police came sniffing. Johan, what a tangled web you weave.
 

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BotanyBay said:
Especially considering that Team RSNT itself announced he'd be joining the team at the AToC for stage 2 (which never happened).

If he went to Italy, it was unplanned.

I think the leak that he met with the Feds was unplanned. Johan did a charity dinner on Saturday. When was the info leaked that he met with the Feds?

But anyway, Johann did NOT make it to the end of the AToC.
Don't say I did not tell you......
 
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Polish said:
I think the leak that he met with the Feds was unplanned. Johan did a charity dinner on Saturday. When was the info leaked that he met with the Feds?

Friday, right after it happened. Nice try.
 
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Polish said:
I think the leak that he met with the Feds was unplanned. Johan did a charity dinner on Saturday. When was the info leaked that he met with the Feds?

But anyway, Johann did NOT make it to the end of the AToC.
Don't say I did not tell you......

Johan didn't even make it to the BEGINNING of AToC.

Who said that it was leaked? It's not possible for a cycling fan (with friends at VeloNation) to be in the airport at the same time? I've been on the same plane with pro cyclists (en-route to events) while on biz trips. Airports are the great equaliziers.

Think about it, it would make sense to stay at AToC, as he could watch a live feed of the Giro and then just deliver verbal beat-downs over a cell phone. AToc has a no-radio rule, so he can't do it remorely as effectively.
 

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BotanyBay said:
Johan didn't even make it to the BEGINNING of AToC.

Who said that it was leaked? It's not possible for a cycling fan (with friends at VeloNation) to be in the airport at the same time? I've been on the same plane with pro cyclists (en-route to events) while on biz trips. Airports are the great equaliziers.

Johann arrived on Wednesday, met with the Feds on Friday.
The leak happened after the meeting. Not at the airport.

Do you have friends at the Federal Office Building too? Hang out there on Fridays and Tuesdays. Bruyneel left because of the leak. At least he stuck around to do the Charity Dinner. He has HIS priorities straight.
 
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Polish said:
Johann arrived on Wednesday, met with the Feds on Friday.
The leak happened after the meeting. Not at the airport.

Do you have friends at the Federal Office Building too? Hang out there on Fridays and Tuesdays. Bruyneel left because of the leak. At least he stuck around to do the Charity Dinner. He has HIS priorities straight.

Is there something to wish to... tell me?

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Whoever "Won" this contest is going to be so sad that Johan went to the Giro and didn't get to ride in the car with the Hog

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Win the chance to hang w/ RADIOSHACK-NISSAN @RSNT & @johanbruyneel at @amgentourofcali Sign up now http://bit.ly/I4Bzou code word "CALI"

Yeah, it was always the plan for the bus driver to be the DS' at the 2nd most important race of the year
 
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The Peloton Pundit ‏@PelotonPundit
Just got off the plane to the #giro. @JohanBruyneel was on the same flight. Bringing out his "chemistry set" for Frank


JohanBruyneel ‏@JohanBruyneel
@PelotonPundit - Exactly. You got that right!

So Johan acknowledged bring a chemistry set to help Frank at the Giro. Nice
 

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BotanyBay said:
Is there something to wish to... tell me?

Your pictures rarely make any sense to me - and that one is no exception. Is it a RadioShack PR guy threatening Daniel Benson by suggesting he will withhold FrankandAndy stories at the Tour? If so, lololol. Funny.
 
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Microchip said:
This was what I was looking for!



Right, so they had plans...the plans got overturned.

Phillipe Maertens (PR guy for Team RSNT) even said that Johan would be in the car for AToC Stage 2. He wasn't.

Major change of plans.
 
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Microchip said:
This was what I was looking for!



Right, so they had plans...the plans got overturned.

That contest has been promoted for a month. It would be silly if they pretend that they always planned for Johan to blow off all his meetings and disappear
 
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Race Radio said:
That contest has been promoted for a month. It would be silly if they pretend that they always planned for Johan to blow off all his meetings and disappear

Right, exactly!