Lidl-Trek (no longer Radioshack-Leopard Trek)

[thehog]

Every time I see RadioShack race I just want to go out an purchase a soldiering iron from my local Shack store.

 

[DominicDecoco]

Currently there are six WT teams performing worse than RS.
http://www.uci.ch/templates/BUILTIN-NOFRAMES/Template3/layout.asp?MenuId=MjExMw&LangId=1

That's not the whole story though, is it.

 

[BillytheKid]

Every time I see RadioShack race I just want to go out an purchase a soldiering iron from my local Shack store.

Yeh, that would be cool. They use to be about $5 bucks, but that was in the day when you could acutually fix things with one. Now you have the singular choice to buy a whole new device when it breaks. I love modern times.

 

[BillytheKid]

That's not the whole story though, is it.

You should give every team fair treatment and start sniffing out their dirty laundry. Cause brother everybody's got some.

I imagine this team will dissolve at some point. The question is wether you crusaders will ever focus on another with such zeal.

 

[Race Radio]

http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/10/news/fuglsang-calls-leopard-shack-merger-a-disaster_240495

Fuglsang calls Leopard-Shack merger a ‘disaster’

 

[webvan]

SOS, dude's a loud mouth for sure, now he needs to put his money where his mouth is in GTs, I'm not holding by breath.

 

[Cancellator]

http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/10/news/fuglsang-calls-leopard-shack-merger-a-disaster_240495

Fuglsang calls Leopard-Shack merger a ‘disaster’

As an employee, he has been terrible. And not THAT great of a rider. Furthermore, wasn't the knee injury that screwed up most of his season? How's that the team's fault?

I don't support Johan or Becca but I wish Fuglsang would just shut up for now, maybe start talking about this after he wins his first GT at SBTB

 

[DominicDecoco]

You should give every team fair treatment and start sniffing out their dirty laundry. Cause brother everybody's got some.


I imagine this team will dissolve at some point. The question is wether you crusaders will ever focus on another with such zeal.

Hopefully. They have ruined enough riders so far.

 

[Afrank]

SOS, dude's a loud mouth for sure, now he needs to put his money where his mouth is in GTs, I'm not holding by breath.

+1, This is exactly why I have started to not like the guy. IMO He needs to shut up about how bad the radioshack situation is and focus on doing something to show he can contend in GT's like he says he can.

 

[thehog]

+1, This is exactly why I have started to not like the guy. IMO He needs to shut up about how bad the radioshack situation is and focus on doing something to show he can contend in GT's like he says he can.

Yes not getting paid is fun. Being left in the dark by management and having no idea what races you will ride and won't ride is a piece of cake.

Surprised he didn't go further. The team is in s shambles that much is true.

Without the UCI's help the riders sometimes have to take matters into their own hands.

Well done Jacob you have a nice big contract now and the rest are stuck!

He's not stupid after all!

 

[Christian]

http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/10/news/fuglsang-calls-leopard-shack-merger-a-disaster_240495

Fuglsang calls Leopard-Shack merger a ‘disaster’

Thanks for sharing, good read. These teams should never have merged, such a pity

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/10/news/fuglsang-calls-leopard-shack-merger-a-disaster_240495

Fuglsang calls Leopard-Shack merger a ‘disaster’

lol @ fuglsang. biggest mouth and leats results

 

[thehog]

lol @ fuglsang. biggest mouth and leats results

...and the biggest new contract! Outside the team. Well done to him.

 

[Afrank]

Yes not getting paid is fun. Being left in the dark by management and having no idea what races you will ride and won't ride is a piece of cake.

Surprised he didn't go further. The team is in s shambles that much is true.

Without the UCI's help the riders sometimes have to take matters into their own hands.

Well done Jacob you have a nice big contract now and the rest are stuck!

He's not stupid after all!

You miss my point entirely, when you have a problem with your team take it up with them. Don't go crying to the media about how bad it is. I don't think it is good that Radioshack didn't give him a spot in any of the big races, but I get why they would do that when he constantly is complaining about the team to the media. Whats more he thinks he can be some big contender in the GT's but he all he ever does is talk about it. What was the phrase from the Zombieland movie? It's time to nut up or shut up.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

...and the biggest new contract! Outside the team. Well done to him.

how much he will be making with astana then?

 

[DominicDecoco]

When did cyclists' contract details become public? Do we even have a correct amount on Alberto's?

 

[RHRH19861986]

Bruyneel treated Fuglsang like an idiot, which is clear, it´s a shame.

Fuglsang, however, better shouldn´t talk to loudly. Ryo is somehow right, his results up to now don´t justify big words and big, long, highly paid contracts. He remains a big talent, who can podium in any of the GTs if he a) is healthy and b) is skinny, and he just enters the age of top GT performances, becoming 28 in 2013, so he - like Kreuziger - currently lives on big expectations.

 

[theyoungest]

I think Fuglsang now lives in the same building as Andy Schleck? Since he moved there I don't think he's booked a single impressive result.

The Schleck training regime maybe isn't for everyone

 

[RHRH19861986]

I think Fuglsang now lives in the same building as Andy Schleck? Since he moved there I don't think he's booked a single impressive result.

The Schleck training regime maybe isn't for everyone

That´s it. Schlecks, Fuglsang, Klöden, Gerdemann: move into the tax paradises, get a nice contract, and never reach the maximum. What a difference to riders like Voigt, Nicki Sorensen, Joaquin Rodriguez, or even Valverde.

 

[roadbiker]

That´s it. Schlecks, Fuglsang, Klöden, Gerdemann: move into the tax paradises, get a nice contract, and never reach the maximum. What a difference to riders like Voigt, Nicki Sorensen, Joaquin Rodriguez, or even Valverde.

Rodriguez lives in tax paradise as well: Andorra.

Right with the others:
Klöden: Switzerland
Gerdemann: Monaco
Fugli and Schlecks: Lux

 

[RHRH19861986]

Rodriguez lives in tax paradise as well: Andorra.

Right with the others:
Klöden: Switzerland
Gerdemann: Monaco
Fugli and Schlecks: Lux

Yeah, right, I also suppose Valverde lives somewhere where he doesn´t need to pay too much... I just meant the mentalities behind these riders...

 

[theyoungest]

Rodriguez lives in tax paradise as well: Andorra.

Right with the others:
Klöden: Switzerland
Gerdemann: Monaco
Fugli and Schlecks: Lux

Maybe on a team with Bruyneel at the helm there still exists a mentality of "we're better than the others because of you-know-what, we don't need to go the extra mile". Klöden, Popovych, those guys, they're just so uninspiring, and they seem pretty uninspired themselves.

 

[Michele]

It seems official that Ekimov became the new general manager of Katusha; leaving the sinking boat?

 

[Marco Pantani]

That´s it. Schlecks, Fuglsang, Klöden, Gerdemann: move into the tax paradises, get a nice contract, and never reach the maximum. What a difference to riders like Voigt, Nicki Sorensen, Joaquin Rodriguez, or even Valverde.

Have you ever realised, that the Schlecks were born in Luxembourg???

 

[movingtarget]

Maybe on a team with Bruyneel at the helm there still exists a mentality of "we're better than the others because of you-know-what, we don't need to go the extra mile". Klöden, Popovych, those guys, they're just so uninspiring, and they seem pretty uninspired themselves.

I bet they are inspired by the cash they are getting. But it's been a while since they offered the fans anything to be excited by. I have to admit though that Horner is still good to watch unlike the former two.