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Nygaard against press: "Management of Leopard understood nothing of cycling"
He stated that the sponsor really understood nothing of how cycling works. They were never satisfied and really expected that Leopard Trek would be able to win every race they rode. Nygaard had some examples to back up his claims as well.
About the Tirreno 2011 TTT, where Leopard posted the 7th time and Cancellara dropped some of his team. "The management asked me which riders had dropped so I told them their names. Then the management told me to sent those riders to the station and let them go home. Because they weren't strong enough to hold Cancellara's wheel they should train more before coming back".
Even good results couldn't satisfy the management. In the weekend where Cancellara won the E3 Prijs and Bennati got 2nd behind Boonen in Gent-Wevelgem everyone was super happy.... except the management of the sponsors. "I got an angry call from the upper management why we weren't able to win both races. Totally absurd in my eyes", said Nygaard.
He said this in the Danish "Jyllands-Posten", the article was translated in dutch here:
http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/952/Wielre...Leopard-Trek-kende-niets-van-wielrennen.dhtml
He stated that the sponsor really understood nothing of how cycling works. They were never satisfied and really expected that Leopard Trek would be able to win every race they rode. Nygaard had some examples to back up his claims as well.
About the Tirreno 2011 TTT, where Leopard posted the 7th time and Cancellara dropped some of his team. "The management asked me which riders had dropped so I told them their names. Then the management told me to sent those riders to the station and let them go home. Because they weren't strong enough to hold Cancellara's wheel they should train more before coming back".
Even good results couldn't satisfy the management. In the weekend where Cancellara won the E3 Prijs and Bennati got 2nd behind Boonen in Gent-Wevelgem everyone was super happy.... except the management of the sponsors. "I got an angry call from the upper management why we weren't able to win both races. Totally absurd in my eyes", said Nygaard.
He said this in the Danish "Jyllands-Posten", the article was translated in dutch here:
http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/952/Wielre...Leopard-Trek-kende-niets-van-wielrennen.dhtml
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