New Armstrong Team Sponsor?

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Piggly Wiggly

 

[VeloBabe]

radio shack

I heard that too! Cyclingfans.com broke the story a couple hours ago.

http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/433

Babe

 

[kb1111]

radio shack

We have a winner

 

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Ick! Radio Shack sells garbage.

 

[Greyhound Velo]

The domain, teamradioshack.com, is registered to CSE Cycling of Austin, Texas. This is Armstrong agent Bill Stapleton's sports agency that previously registered thepaceline.com.

That sounds pretty solid to me. Maybe not the title sponsor, but I'm guessing "Team Twittstrong" didn't go over very well .

 

[colwildcat]

Team Radio Shack just doesn't jump out at me as something terribly catchy. Radio Shack is an antiquated company, that I honestly can't believe is still in business. I haven't seen a non empty Radio Shack in years. But, I guess I'm being too picky, other teams have been sponsored by Lotteries, Coffee Makers, and weird conglomerates of ex-Soviet rich people.

 

[unsheath]

I read rumours mentioning Nissan and Google.

That is the rumour indeed.

My question is 1) Whats a Japanese co sponsoring an all AMERICAN team
2) Why do google need to sponsor a team - they've already got world domination.

 

[Anonymous]

The name oraclecycling.com was registered back in February, probably by someone who registers a bunch of names for practically nothing, hoping to cash in on some small percentage of them that somebody eventually wants to buy from them. I suppose it's possible this idea has been cooking that long, but I doubt it. If it had been registered in the last week or so, that would be much more convincing.

i think the idea has been "cooking" since last year, certainly not the last few weeks... as soon as initial discussion where made between LA and any companies, names would have been registered...

But radio shack is looking the more likely..

 

[sherer]

i do wonder why some teams sponsor cycling teams. It's not like I can buy anything from USPS as i'm in the UK and the cycling team didn't make me want to watch the Disco Channel either.

Garmin and Telco companies seem to be a good fit as there are a lot of communication devices between the team and the riders

 

[Anonymous]

i do wonder why some teams sponsor cycling teams. It's not like I can buy anything from USPS as i'm in the UK and the cycling team didn't make me want to watch the Disco Channel either.

Garmin and Telco companies seem to be a good fit as there are a lot of communication devices between the team and the riders

ten years ago discovery channel was not a household name.. now it is.. The cycling team was part of that.. the rest was down to the song..

 

[El Imbatido]

Is that the one that goes "You and me baby ain't nothing but mammals, so lets do it like they do on team discovery channel"

 

[Dr. Maserati]

Is that the one that goes "You and me baby ain't nothing but mammals, so lets do it like they do on team discovery channel"

I was asking myself the same question - and now you have reminded me -ugh, thanks a lot El Imbatido...

 

[racerralph]

The Motto is fitting a King

Have it Your way!!!!
Gotta Love him

 

[Anonymous]

Should have posted this here in the proper thread:
Radio Shack? Really? Dang, maybe they should also get Pic n Pay Shoes. Gotta say that at least Oracle has some cachet, but Radio Shack? I don't know what the European equivalent would be, but think of a store with $99 home theater systems, cell phones, and cheap Taiwan made batteries. Man, The Uniballer was willing to drag the bottom of the barrel for a chance to get second in the 2010 Tour.

 

[racerralph]

Should have posted this here in the proper thread:
Radio Shack? Really? Dang, maybe they should also get Pic n Pay Shoes. Gotta say that at least Oracle has some cachet, but Radio Shack? I don't know what the European equivalent would be, but think of a store with $99 home theater systems, cell phones, and cheap Taiwan made batteries. Man, The Uniballer was willing to drag the bottom of the barrel for a chance to get second in the 2010 Tour.

Man, it was posted with Humor!
STOP this scolding crap, or shove it you know where!
DIDN'T POST IT IN THE PROPER THREAD!!!!!!!!!!
I don't have time to hunt down what you or somebody else thinks is the "proper Thread" guys like you have got to get a life, quick!

 

[TRDean]

Man, it was posted with Humor!
STOP this scolding crap, or shove it you know where!
DIDN'T POST IT IN THE PROPER THREAD!!!!!!!!!!
I don't have time to hunt down what you or somebody else thinks is the "proper Thread" guys like you have got to get a life, quick!

What are you talking about? He was the one that posted this buddy? Head/Anus?????

 

[Anonymous]

Man, it was posted with Humor!
STOP this scolding crap, or shove it you know where!
DIDN'T POST IT IN THE PROPER THREAD!!!!!!!!!!
I don't have time to hunt down what you or somebody else thinks is the "proper Thread" guys like you have got to get a life, quick!

What exactly are you talking about? My post had NOTHING to do with yours. Dude, take your finger off the trigger.

 

[Bala Verde]

That is the rumour indeed.

My question is 1) Whats a Japanese co sponsoring an all AMERICAN team
2) Why do google need to sponsor a team - they've already got world domination.

Why does a 'Kazach city' sponsor a team? Why a gas producer? Why Skil and Shimano? Why did Discovery sponsor a team, or the US postal service (were people going to send more mail?). Why does anyone sponsor cycling teams?

I think there is no logic behind sponsorship in the cycling ...

 

[TRDean]

What exactly are you talking about? My post had NOTHING to do with yours. Dude, take your finger off the trigger.

TFF...his reply was pretty funny eh? WTF?

 

[Anonymous]

TFF...his reply was pretty funny eh? WTF?

Yea, at first I wasn't even sure what the heck he was talking about. It is almost as if he was in an alternate universe or something...Thanks for the back-up.

 

[Publicus]

I can't wait to see what the Team Radioshack kit looks like.

 

[mr. tibbs]

That is the rumour indeed.

My question is 1) Whats a Japanese co sponsoring an all AMERICAN team
2) Why do google need to sponsor a team - they've already got world domination.

The US is a pretty lucrative car market, so I'm sure Nissan wants to be all over it (esp. with Armstrong as the face for ads). And I hope they are the title sponsor over Radio Shack. I'd take Oracle or Google, too, but I don't wanna hear "Radio Shack" for the duration of any race Armstrong enters next year.

P.s.: Isn't Subaru Japanese, too?

 

[Publicus]

The US is a pretty lucrative car market, so I'm sure Nissan wants to be all over it (esp. with Armstrong as the face for ads). And I hope they are the title sponsor over Radio Shack. I'd take Oracle or Google, too, but I don't wanna hear "Radio Shack" for the duration of any race Armstrong enters next year.

P.s.: Isn't Subaru Japanese, too?

Well someone with the group that owned the Discovery Channel team has registered "teamradioshack.com" in the last couple of days. So better get use to it. Team Radio Shack . . . just rolls off the tongue.

 

[Bala Verde]

Well someone with the group that owned the Discovery Channel team has registered "teamradioshack.com" in the last couple of days. So better get use to it. Team Radio Shack . . . just rolls off the tongue.

According to Belgian paper Het Nieuwsblad they have sort of confirmed it as being official. I don't know if they base it on some sources, or if they base it on 'investigative journalism' ie the registration of the website by Armstrong's mgmt...

and they'll be riding on these bikes designed by Hirst

 

[mikeNphilly]

I think this should be the image on the jerseys