Lidl-Trek (no longer Radioshack-Leopard Trek)

[RHRH19861986]

Have you ever realised, that the Schlecks were born in Luxembourg???

Right, I forgot.

 

[Christian]

Abandony crashed again ..... in the neutral zone. Showing off his great bike handling skills once again It was probably too foggy to ride, much too dangerous, what are the organizers thinking?! Or he was just too lazy and tried to fake another "injury" and go on another 4-month-long booze cruise....


But what do you know, it turned out to be a "very good day on the bike" ....

http://www.radioshacknissantrek.com/news/bennett-tries-his-luck-break

 

[theyoungest]

Abandony crashed again ..... in the neutral zone. Showing off his great bike handling skills once again It was probably too foggy to ride, much too dangerous, what are the organizers thinking?! Or he was just too lazy and tried to fake another "injury" and go on another 4-month-long booze cruise....


But what do you know, it turned out to be a "very good day on the bike" ....

http://www.radioshacknissantrek.com/news/bennett-tries-his-luck-break

Hold on, what happened to the biggest Andy Schleck-apologist on this forum?

Roulston took him down, not much he could have done about that I guess.

 

[Afrank]

Abandony crashed again ..... in the neutral zone. Showing off his great bike handling skills once again It was probably too foggy to ride, much too dangerous, what are the organizers thinking?! Or he was just too lazy and tried to fake another "injury" and go on another 4-month-long booze cruise....


But what do you know, it turned out to be a "very good day on the bike" ....

http://www.radioshacknissantrek.com/news/bennett-tries-his-luck-break

Did you actually read what it said in the report, or did you just skim it, saw crashed and Andy Schleck and went on here to make fun of him .

 

[hoerpi]

Did you actually read what it said in the report, or did you just skim it, saw crashed and Andy Schleck and went on here to make fun of him .

I'm thinking irony.

 

[Christian]

RNT has no immediate plans to replace Bruyneel. According to an article from rtl.lu, the team will find an internal solution for the former administrative tasks of the Belgian. The current Directeur Sportifs are still on board. In the future, Kim Andersen will primarily work again with Fränk (?) and Andy Schleck. Sponsors Radioshack and Nissan, who brought Bruyneel on board, will respect their contracts.

http://sport.rtl.lu/cyclissem/news/329451.html

 

[Christian]

According to Eurosport, Kim Andersen is set to replace Johan Bruyneel as general manager of Radioshack.

http://www.eurosport.fr/cyclisme/kim-andersen-succede-a-bruyneel_sto3458883/story.shtml

 

[T-Nielsen]

According to Eurosport, Kim Andersen is set to replace Johan Bruyneel as general manager of Radioshack.

http://www.eurosport.fr/cyclisme/kim-andersen-succede-a-bruyneel_sto3458883/story.shtml

They will fly without a pilot ?

 

[webvan]

Andersen, nice to have a man with integrity, eh !...

 

[Christian]

Interesting blog about Bruyneel from the Inner Ring:

http://inrng.com/2012/10/bruyneel-radioshack/#more-11377

He owns part of the team, so no one knows how that will go forward. If he keeps his ownership he keeps his influence in the team!

 

[Christian]

RSNT riders still "living strong" ...

 

[theyoungest]

Andersen, nice to have a man with integrity, eh !...

Yeah, great to have another beacon of clean cycling at the helm...

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Yeah, great to have another beacon of clean cycling at the helm...

who do you expect then? just random joe from the street? kim andersen is more a d*uche and an obeyant idiot than a pro-doping director though.

 

[theyoungest]

who do you expect then? just random joe from the street? kim andersen is more a d*uche and an obeyant idiot than a pro-doping director though.

I don't expect anything, but if you're going to replace Johan Bruyneel, at least take someone with a slightly less dodgy past. Although in the Shack team structure they may be hard to find.

 

[Jaskula]

who do you expect then? just random joe from the street? kim andersen is more a d*uche and an obeyant idiot than a pro-doping director though.

Kim Andersen's seven doping offenses must be a record or something. We probably wouldn't have heard of the Schleck brothers if his lifetime hadn't been lifted.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Kim Andersen's seven doping offenses must be a record or something. We probably wouldn't have heard of the Schleck brothers if his lifetime hadn't been lifted.

7x caught? more like 2 and even they were nothing serious. and andersen didn't work with schlecks when they were junior. they have great talent especially andy although I hate them as much as athe next

 

[El Pistolero]

7x caught? more like 2 and even they were nothing serious. and andersen didn't work with schlecks when they were junior. they have great talent especially andy although I hate them as much as athe next

Cyrille Guimard was one of the first to notice Andy Schleck.

 

[Jaskula]

7x caught? more like 2 and even they were nothing serious. and andersen didn't work with schlecks when they were junior. they have great talent especially andy although I hate them as much as athe next

S-e-v-e-n: http://www.cyclisme-dopage.com/portraits/andersen.htm.
Shared record, sorry.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

that website is often a load of **** having riders suspended multiple times when it was a retest of same sample (yates example in his same year)

 

[DominicDecoco]

That would be the first time I've heard him being positive 7 times. It has always been 2 times here. 7 seems unrealistic.

 

[Jaskula]

So just to be clear on this: Kim Andersen tested positive either seven times, six times (if Cyclisme Dopage have the two Italian offences confused) or - if you're very, very, very generous - three times (you'd have to take a strict reading of only offences he was actually sanctioned for (ie 1985, a suspended sentence; 1986, an actual suspension; and 1992, another suspended sentence) and not count the multiple offences the Danish federation did a smoke and mirrors trick on).

http://www.podiumcafe.com/2011/3/4/2029350/the-kim-andersen-files-an-update

cf. also

http://www.podiumcafe.com/2010/12/1...on-the-causes-of-doping-the-kim-andersen-case

http://www.dopeology.org/people/Kim_Andersen/

If it hadn't been for a paperwork technicality, Andersen would have been banned for life according to the three-strikes-in-a-year-out-principle of the day. His own defense after the third '86-'87 bust at the Tour de Limousin is telling:

Since I tested positive twice, I take all my precautions. I'm not a jerk!

I'm not so sure about that, but in the words of Ryo Hazuki you're most definitely a d*uche!

 

[Christian]

This is quickly turning into a clinic-related discussion so I'll get my word in before this all gets moved ... IMO Andersen's however many positive tests just show that he was really, really stupid about it... and there was some controversy about some of them as has been pointed out, though I don't remember the exact story.

So anyways even though he was the first to be honoured with a lifetime ban, in my book he is still a big step up from Bruyneel and even from Riis ...

But I also agree that he does not seem fit for the general manager position, he should stick with DS'ing and leave the rest to someone else

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

I agree with that albeit the reason for that is he's incapable of just about anything and especially a leading role

 

[hiero2]

Any news on what happens to the team in 2013, with Radioshack pulling sponsorship?

 

[Afrank]

Any news on what happens to the team in 2013, with Radioshack pulling sponsorship?

It is continuing in 2013, Nissan is remaining a sponsor.