Lidl-Trek (no longer Radioshack-Leopard Trek)

[Christian]

http://gritandglimmer.com/chris-horner-gives-fallen-rider-and-bike-a-2k-ride-to-the-finish/
that's the Chris Horner story.

I wonder if the Schlecklets insistence on concentrating on the Tour isn't Becca induced rather than any particular mania of theirs?

Thanks! Can't wait for him and Voigt to ride together, they might be old f*rts but they have some character and motivation that many other much younger riders could really need a slice of.

As for Schlecks and TdF I think it is mainly the Schlecks' own obsession, as they already had it before teaming up with Becca. The Ardennes and the Tour are the only races they really care about. You could add Paris-Nice and Tour de Suisse for Fränk, Olympics and WC if the course fits them

 

[Arnout]

Isn't Chris Horner always much nicer to Americans than to other people? At least, that's what I always hear.

 

[BroDeal]

Iceberg ahoy, Cap'n!

What a great way to treat your sponsors. I wonder what RS' lawyers are doing right now.

When pressed further and asked if RadioShack was a willing participant in the backing of the new super-team, Bruyneel was blasé, “We have them in a binding contract, what they want or don’t want makes no difference at this juncture.”

http://cyclismas.com/2011/11/vacansoleil-receives-worldtour-blessing-leopardshack-hydra-in-limbo/

 

[Christian]

Popvych wants to help Cancellara in Flanders and Roubaix, then peak again for Tour de France

http://www.cyclismactu.fr/news-2012-popovych-veut-aider-cancellara-sur-les-paves-20709.html

 

[Race Radio]

UCI turned down Radishack for a license again
http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/1...-round-of-WorldTour-licence-registration.aspx

More paperwork and jumping through hoops required

 

[Benotti69]

UCI turned down Radishack for a license again
http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/1...-round-of-WorldTour-licence-registration.aspx

More paperwork and jumping through hoops required

McQuaid was hoping for a merc this year not a nissan

 

[maxmartin]

it will be very funny, scheleck brother don't even get invited to tdf, if radioshacl failed secured a pro team status

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

it will be very funny, scheleck brother don't even get invited to tdf, if radioshacl failed secured a pro team status

I will sell my kidney for that to happen

 

[avanti]

it will be very funny, scheleck brother don't even get invited to tdf, if radioshacl failed secured a pro team status

Except that the TdF invites non-protour teams every year. They are in a position to veer away from UCI policies thank goodness.

 

[c&cfan]

Popvych wants to help Cancellara in Flanders and Roubaix, then peak again for Tour de France

http://www.cyclismactu.fr/news-2012-popovych-veut-aider-cancellara-sur-les-paves-20709.html

ah fabian...

what are you doing?

 

[cineteq]

Fränk Schleck: We will not do the Giro

Hmmm...RS not given a pro tour license yet...maybe they will ride it after all

 

[maxmartin]

Don't forget they usually only invite french team, while FDJ is pro now, maybe they will invite a non-french team, but who knows you don't want to put your fate on invitation list, anything can happen

Except that the TdF invites non-protour teams every year. They are in a position to veer away from UCI policies thank goodness.

 

[just some guy]

Don't forget they usually only invite french team, while FDJ is pro now, maybe they will invite a non-french team, but who knows you don't want to put your fate on invitation list, anything can happen

BUT They don´t only invite French teams Skil BMC in the last 2 years - yes the focus on french teams - as Giro and Vuelta have more of their countries as Wild card and ASO did announce last year that it was a 1 off.

Rant and Greenedge will get WT - UCI wants the licence cash just smaoke and Mirrors - making it look hard.

WC for the tour imo

Europcar
Cofidis
Old Skil

and I´m not sure on the last but will got out on a limb and say UHC but I don´t think it will be French

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

uhc WHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH you are american or something? thanks for the hard laugh final wc will go to saur then of course. or any cpt team but uhc basically

 

[janraaskalt]

WC for the tour imo

Europcar
Cofidis
Old Skil

and I´m not sure on the last but will got out on a limb and say UHC but I don´t think it will be French

Maybe, just maybe Team Type 1 will be invited because of its new French input, but UHC seems out of the question. Saur-Sojasun however is the most likely candidate for the 4th wild card.

 

[just some guy]

uhc WHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH you are american or something? thanks for the hard laugh final wc will go to saur then of course. or any cpt team but uhc basically

No I am not American and I might be wrong but I do think UHC is worth a GT wildcard next year been saying that for 6 months

Saur I don´t see after this years Tour ASO were not happy

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

LOL with what?? sutherland and forster??

saur and coldeportes will be first pct's to be considered for sure after those 3 already named. team type 1 is only liked by zomegnan because he has diabetes himself but with zomegnan out so are chances fro type 1 of riding any gt unless they buy some proper riders

 

[theyoungest]

uhc WHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH you are american or something? thanks for the hard laugh final wc will go to saur then of course. or any cpt team but uhc basically

Aren't you forgetting a recent addition to their team?

 

[just some guy]

LOL with what?? sutherland and forster??

saur and coldeportes will be first pct's to be considered for sure after those 3 already named. team type 1 is only liked by zomegnan because he has diabetes himself but with zomegnan out so are chances fro type 1 of riding any gt unless they buy some proper riders

As I said out on a limb

Coldeportes would be fun again just pointing some stuff out there UHC being from the states and money being important gives them a different edge.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

no it does not. radioshack is already in and in usa nobody knows uhc cycling team. it's a minor team. prudhomme has already stated a few times he wants a colombian team next year in 100th edition. maybe already one year in advance no I doin't really expect that. I expect saur but uhc have about 0 chance

 

[Kvinto]

Don't forget they usually only invite french team, while FDJ is pro now, maybe they will invite a non-french team, but who knows you don't want to put your fate on invitation list, anything can happen

True, ASO want French teams in the Tour, it's quite normal and having only Ag2R as a PRT team this year they gave all the wild cards to home teams but having Ag2R and FDJ next year (and taking into account that Saur's wild card for this year's Tour is not something that will absolutely happen in 2012) there will be some spots left for non-French teams at next year's Tour. So on the one hand the more French teams in the WT means the easier for a non-French team to get a Tour wild card.

But the flip side is that the most of French teams (apart from Ag2R first of all) care about the Tour and only the Tour, they don't care about being a PRT but about the Tour invitation. Of course it's normal that for a French team the Tour is the main objective but the best example of how do they treat other races is a situation with Cofidis in 2010:

They (Cofidis) had started the season with numerous wins, mostly in second-tier races from January to June but then the Tour came. FDJ, Ag2R and BBox all got stage wins but Cofidis got nothing. I don't remember who gave that interview, possibly Eric Boyer (current general manager of Cofidis) but it was said something like: we feel sorry to be the only French team to not perform well in the Tour, the team was too active in the first part of season, it was a mistake, it won't happen again...

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Chris Horner: no ego problems at RadioShack

http://tinyurl.com/d45o8tt

He seems to think of Evans as a one-week stage racer...

 

[Granville57]

Here's the original Velonews interview:
http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/12/news/its-back-to-work-for-chris-horner-ahead-of-radioshack-nissan-trek-training-camp_199054

The original quote:

The way I see the sport, you have Alberto Contador, who is still number one, Cadel (Evans) is putting on a good show at the grand tours and weeklong stage races, and then you have the strongest team in the world, which is ours.

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

Here's the original Velonews interview:
http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/12/news/its-back-to-work-for-chris-horner-ahead-of-radioshack-nissan-trek-training-camp_199054

The original quote:

Thanks, I thought Horner had lost it.

 

[Granville57]

Thanks, I thought Horner had lost it.

You mean this guy?
http://video.bicycling.com/video/Chris-Horner-Post-Stage-7-Crash