scribe said:That would be as awesome as watching McGuire and Bonds go at it in a home run derby.
Yes, its an entertainment business. I'd love to see Rasmussen on a time-trial bike again.
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scribe said:That would be as awesome as watching McGuire and Bonds go at it in a home run derby.
Susan Westemeyer said:Does anyone have a definite source for saying that the UCI pressured the team not to sign him, like a statement from the team to that effect? Or even a statement that the team was interested in signing him at all? Why would they want to sign him when they will have Ricco on the team?
Susan
SteveMedcroft said:+1 - this thread is filled with an awful lot of assuming that the original post is based on fact.
SarahDane said:Rasmussen had a contract ready with Ceramica Flaminia, but UCI adviced them not to sign him = UCI has blacklisted Rasmussen.
Rasmussen says they had big plans with him, they were going to try to helt him win the Giro next year. He still has hopes though, that SOME team out there will sign him. (I really have A LOT of respect for him now, it's very impressive how he can still keep his head high.) I believe Ceramica Flaminia are cowards. And the UCI guys a HYPOCRITS!But it's no suprise AT ALL. And what's even worse, the DCU, (danish cycle union) has played a big part of the blacklisting of Michael.
What are your thoughts on this? Personally, I'm FURIOUS!He needs to COME BACK!
Sorry for my not-so-perfect english.![]()
Bagster said:Team comments:
"We had been speaking with Michael Rasmussen since May, and we were ready to enter an agreement, but UCI wasn't too keen on it," team director Giuseppe Petito told the Danish daily Ekstra Bladet.
"We asked Alain Rumpf [UCI ProTour manager] if there could be problems if we signed a contract with Rasmussen, and he emphasized the Austrian matter. The contract is therefore no longer a possibility," said Petito.
Sounds like UCI interference to me. Hypocritical tossers.
Thoughtforfood said:Sounds to me like the UCI is looking at information not available to the team and saying, "you are wasting your money because he is going down again" to me.
SteveMedcroft said:Sounds like the team was doing it's due diligence before making a major investment in a rider and came up with information that led it to pass. In the quotes above, the team spokesperson admits they were the ones doing the asking. Should the UCI 'not' disclose to one of its business partners (the team) what potential risks they have in taking on a rider when asked? It's easy to make the UCI a scapegoat.
SteveMedcroft said:+1 - this thread is filled with an awful lot of assuming that the original post is based on fact.
SteveMedcroft said:Sounds like the team was doing it's due diligence before making a major investment in a rider and came up with information that led it to pass. In the quotes above, the team spokesperson admits they were the ones doing the asking. Should the UCI 'not' disclose to one of its business partners (the team) what potential risks they have in taking on a rider when asked? It's easy to make the UCI a scapegoat.