Last world tour spot to be decided between Saxo and Shimano?

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LaFlorecita said:

It means that Saxo-Tinkoff lost the last World Tour spot?I want Alberto Contador to be at the start of 2013 Tour,not making again just like in 2008 the Giro-Vuelta double.
@data02 Tinkoff, as in the sponsor but also to f*$k off when it comes to a World Tour licence (Inner ring)
 
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calinmarian said:
It means that Saxo-Tinkoff lost the last World Tour spot?I want Alberto Contador to be at the start of 2013 Tour,not making again just like in 2008 the Giro-Vuelta double.

Yea especially because it is the 100th edition
 
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LaFlorecita said:
Dude on velorooms said it means " told riis to **** off"

Bad news imo, but as I had expected. They wanted to strip the team off the license in the sprin alreafy, but maybe that means se get to see Contador crush wiggins on the Giro and Vuelta then
 
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Cimber said:
Bad news imo, but as I had expected. They wanted to strip the team off the license in the sprin alreafy, but maybe that means se get to see Contador crush wiggins on the Giro and Vuelta then

Wiggins might change his mind if Contador does Giro. I still think ASO will invite Saxo but the fact that he has to wait till whenever the **** to find out messes everything,
 
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I want to see Alberto ride the tour and make Andy and the sky fanboys cry but I also want him to crush wiggo in il giro
 
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Cimber said:
Bad news imo, but as I had expected. They wanted to strip the team off the license in the sprin alreafy, but maybe that means se get to see Contador crush wiggins on the Giro and Vuelta then

But the Tour without Contador is boring.
 
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The Hitch said:
Wiggins might change his mind if Contador does Giro. I still think ASO will invite Saxo but the fact that he has to wait till whenever the **** to find out messes everything,

Maybe another giro - tour?
With a stronger team he probably does not have to use so much energy in the giro this time
 
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José Been ‏@TourDeJose
UCI spokesman Enrico Carpani tells @miserus WT-license news will be out in an hour OR SO
 
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The Hitch said:
Wiggins might change his mind if Contador does Giro. I still think ASO will invite Saxo but the fact that he has to wait till whenever the **** to find out messes everything,

Yea indeed what if he prepares for Tour but then finds out in april he cant ride it, no time to change plans :eek:
 
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LaFlorecita said:
José Been ‏@TourDeJose
UCI spokesman Enrico Carpani tells @miserus WT-license news will be out in an hour OR SO

"or so", by UCI standards that means next month maybe (-;
 
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Vino attacks everyone said:
Great news! Alberto win be in the giro and... Wait a minute, Nibbles is going to the giro!.... :(
**** the UCI

Contador should skip Giro and making the Tour-Vuelta double.
 
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Christ guys stop being so closed minded "oh he could win the giro yay"

The most important thing is that Contador wins the 100th Tour. A **** you to Mcquaid to Prudhomme to the " oh they are all clean now boo evil Contador doper" brigade.

And to the people who claim Contador needs to prove he can win after the suspension. That otherwise he is just someone who without drugs is talentless.



Besides you know certain people on this forum will have a field year for flaming you lot by saying even if Contador wins the Giro by 10 minutes that until he wins the Tour it doesnt prove anything and that Schleck/ Froome are better because they wont he only race that counts.
 
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The Hitch said:
Christ guys stop being so closed minded "oh he could win the giro yay"

The most important thing is that Contador wins the 100th Tour. A **** you to Mcquaid to Prudhomme to the " oh they are all clean now boo evil Contador doper" brigade.

And to the people who claim Contador needs to prove he can win after the suspension. That otherwise he is just someone who without drugs is talentless.

Besides you know certain people on this forum will have a field year for flaming you lot by saying even if Contador wins the Giro by 10 minutes that until he wins the Tour it doesnt prove anything and that Schleck/ Froome are better because they wont he only race that counts.

Wow +1000 :)
 
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Cimber said:
"or so", by UCI standards that means next month maybe (-;

Don't matter. If inrng said no saxo it 90% means no saxo.

Theres a lot of fingerpointing to prepare for now.
 
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The Hitch said:
Christ guys stop being so closed minded "oh he could win the giro yay"

The most important thing is that Contador wins the 100th Tour. A **** you to Mcquaid to Prudhomme to the " oh they are all clean now boo evil Contador doper" brigade.

And to the people who claim Contador needs to prove he can win after the suspension. That otherwise he is just someone who without drugs is talentless.



Besides you know certain people on this forum will have a field year for flaming you lot by saying even if Contador wins the Giro by 10 minutes that until he wins the Tour it doesnt prove anything and that Schleck/ Froome are better because they wont he only race that counts.

It's obvious ASO and UCI are much more interested in teams like Argos.

They got invited in 2009 and they sucked hard. Finished dead last on every single mountain stage. Got invited again in 2012 and they again sucked hard. ASO will invite them again in 2013 if they aren't WT.

I hope Kittel doesn't catch the flu during the Tour because he has a bizarre treatment for that. :eek:
 
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argos is such an utter joke of a team, and surely they will got a license lol....good lord...
let's hope of a surprise maybe...
 
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jens_attacks said:
argos is such an utter joke of a team, and surely they will got a license lol....good lord...
let's hope of a surprise maybe...

If Argos becomes WT next year it will be at least fun to see what kind of mistake the UCI made. They're going to do horrible in a lot of important WT events.
 
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Of course its important to remember that the entire WT system is a joke in the first place. Asking for saxo to get in via the WT system was itself making a deal with the devil.
 
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El Pistolero said:
It's obvious ASO and UCI are much more interested in teams like Argos.

They got invited in 2009 and they sucked hard. Finished dead last on every single mountain stage. Got invited again in 2012 and they again sucked hard. ASO will invite them again in 2013 if they aren't WT.

I hope Kittel doesn't catch the flu during the Tour because he has a bizarre treatment for that. :eek:

What about FDJ

Pinot<<<< Contador (I think everyone but this Jason Merecier character agrees).

Whoever the **** else they got<<<<<<< Kreuziger, Roche, Majka, Rogers, breschel.


And ASo would invite Pinot anyway. Why they got to send his bottle carriers to fight time limits in every wt race around europe if hes going to do the Tour anyway

I am aware of the FDJ roster