Quick Step and Omega Pharma to Merge

[craig1985]

After being linked with the merger of just about every World Tour team under the sun, let's vote away in our poll.

[Mod Edit: Renamed title after news confirming a merger with Quick Step: http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=GQG3DFVQ3]

 

[craig1985]

FYI I made up the BMC link and TGBM is the irrelevant 6th option.

 

[auscyclefan94]

FYI I made up the BMC link and TGBM is the irrelevant 6th option.

That's kinda silly for something which is quite an interesting issue.

My choice isn't even up there.

 

[sTTevie]

http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=GQG3DFVQ3

Stapleton asked for 2 more weeks of patience from his riders ... the same time Coucke said they needed to announce their final plans in detail ...

 

[Kvinto]

with Lotto

 

[janraaskalt]

My choice isn't even up there.

GreenEdge?

BMC isn't that far-fetched. With Gilbert moving there and the increased required budget, BMC-Omega Pharma is a real option.

 

[Havetts]

TGBM ofcourse..

 

[cineteq]

Maybe Gadret?

 

[Michielveedeebee]

HTC or Leopard imo... but I prefer HTC, a team like that just shouldn't fold because of lack of sponsors

 

[kurtinsc]

GreenEdge?

BMC isn't that far-fetched. With Gilbert moving there and the increased required budget, BMC-Omega Pharma is a real option.

Would Cuddles like being attached back to his former team like that?

I dobut BMC is even a remote option.

 

[sTTevie]

just in .... Omega Pharma will team up with Quickstep

http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/de...cial&utm_content=article&utm_campaign=seeding

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

The Great Omega Bauke Pharma Mollema?

Hmm.

 

[LukeSchmid]

just in .... Omega Pharma will team up with Quickstep

http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/de...cial&utm_content=article&utm_campaign=seeding

And it has no votes in the poll, interesting.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

I vote quickstep then

 

[theyoungest]

Okay, so Quick Step it is... boooring.

Pharma Step Quick, Omega? Quick, Omega Step Pharma!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

[x] in before lame people voting Quick Step now they know the answer

 

[l.Harm]

Quick Step-Omege Pharma

 

[just some guy]

Omega Pharma Quickstep or OPQ

 

[luckyboy]

Heh I voted for HTC before I got to the second page

That article is hard to navigate on Google Trans. Is that a definite confirmation so that I can change the teams in the '2011-12 transfers' thread?

 

[theyoungest]

I hope it will be Pharma Omega Quick Step, with Michael Rasmussen as their new signing: Chicken POQS.

 

[l.Harm]

It's a reliable Belgian newspaper and they say both sponsors have confirmed the merge this afternoon.

@mod.

 

[Ferminal]

I wish Gilbert was staying now

 

[Kwibus]

[x] in before lame people voting Quick Step now they know the answer

I really didn't know when I voted... really!

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

This could be a great team

 

[ansimi]

I wish Gilbert was staying now

Maybe the combined forces of the new team will send him a new offer? I'm sure this situation is a factor in him saying he's not settled yet.