serfla said:Congrats to the team.
Locked the race a bit, but that's the job.
Well done, guys!
Yes the domestiques worked hard. Roulston, Devolder etc.... Great team performance.
serfla said:Congrats to the team.
Locked the race a bit, but that's the job.
Well done, guys!
movingtarget said:Yes the domestiques worked hard. Roulston, Devolder etc.... Great team performance.
Forunculo said:The best result along Lombardia 2011. Something to celebrate, hopefully the team can find a new sponsor now the team works.
Forunculo said:The best result along Lombardia 2011. Something to celebrate, hopefully the team can find a new sponsor now the team works.
HiCadence said:They have found one already i believe.
HiCadence said:Well they announced a new sponsor a few days ago http://www.wort.lu/en/view/radioshack-leopark-trek-announces-new-sponsor-51559390e4b0e18483ddf895
Christian said:Ah yes but that is only a very small sponsor... I don't think they will step up to save the team
HiCadence said:Oh ok i wasn't sure at all how much money this new sponsor would inject into the team.
Forunculo said:They lost some riders last winter to balance some small sponsor exit.
Christian said:Are you sure? It looked more to me like they were trying to shed some "excess weight" after the unsuccessful merger... in the end regardless of why they did it I think it was a good thing to do to let some riders go
Forunculo said:Fuglsang, Bennati, Zaugg, Gerdemann and Posthuma left the team and had big wages.
Of course Fuglsang case is special but Devolder, Kiserlovski and Hondo wages don't match the others.
IMO what they tried was to shed some "excess weight" from GC pack and sign some classic helpers because of Guercilena/Cancellara rising status on the team while lowering the expenses.
Parrulo said:hey christian do you think the shack could hire silvestre next year if he keeps delivering at the level he has been doing the last few weeks? sort of like they did with jungels
considering ofc they manage to find a sponsor at the end of the year.
Christian said:According to Cyclingnews Trek wants to take over as title sponsor next year. Becca wants out, but is trying to get the highest price from Guercilena and Trek for his license. Cancellara and A. Schleck to stay with the team.
First off - kudos for CN for being the first to report this (I think)! I could not find it at any other sources. Usually it's the other way around, so that was a pleasant surprise.
This would be great for the sport because it would mean one less team to fold. Also it would be good to finally get rid of Becca. What a cluster**** that guy has been. Guercilena would be able to continue rebuilding the team, which he has already started but still has a long way to go IMO. Get rid of the last Bruyneel left-overs and start building a group that can actually race as a team. Let's hope Becca is not too much of a stick in the mudd and this will actually go through.
Christian said:Breaking news: (...)Trek is said to be firmly convinced to continue without Fränk Schleck.
Remains the question of Bob Jungels. According to Tageblatt it is not excluded that he will quit Trek if his contract allows it.
http://sport.rtl.lu/cyclissem/news/441019.html
Christian said:Finally the future of LEOPARD TREK Continental Team is also in doubt.
http://www.tageblatt.lu/sport/story/Becca-verkauft-WorldTour-Lizenz-18201951