schlecks to radioshack?

[lilyprotector]

i had read one of the schlecks (i think andy) said they were talking to 4 teams (although i've also read that they're going to the new luxembourg team. if they are talking to 4 teams, do you think radioshack is one of them?

there just seems to be a lot of friendly back and forth (esp on twitter) between team radioshack people and the schlecks.

 

[palmerq]

Well I guess that saxo bank were looking to be in danger of folding at the end of this season for a long time so I guess they would be talking to every team around and radioshack will need some good riders once lance is gone.... levi and jani is not enough i think :S..... So they would be being ice to them in the hope of signing and of course the schlecks could have needed a new team so everyone will be nice to everyone... but I think all the stories I read the schlecks are certainly off to the new luxembourg team....

I doubt they'd go to radioshack or even just one of them.... infact will radioshack survive for long will they want to keep sponsoring a team without lance? Levi Leipheimer is not a big enough star for them surely..

I think radio shack would want american riders anyway.

 

[frizzlefry]

I wondering this as well. If Contador loses this TdF to AS, would it increase his chances of rejoining JB and Radioshack or is he a dead lock for a Spanish team?

 

[palmerq]

Contador is staying with astana..... I think for sure... or maybe I am wrong.. I think it's for the best most riders stay where they are.. uncertain times for many teams.

 

[Mellow Velo]

The Schlecks want to go to this "rumoured" new, Luxembourg team.
Now, that's all gone a bit quiet.
Saxo Bank (Riis) is now looking to be secure, with Sunguard stepping up sponsorship and a new sponsor apparently secured.

On the other hand, Radio Shack top the list of companies expected to go into liquidation in 2011 and with no buyer in sight.

http://gizmodo.com/5584267/t+mobile-radioshack-top-2011-list-of-potentially-doomed-companies

If they are really in such bad shape, then the cycling team would by high on a list of "assets" to be dumped.

Could be a case of out of the new frying pan, into the fire.

 

[Anonymous]

I wondering this as well. If Contador loses this TdF to AS, would it increase his chances of rejoining JB and Radioshack or is he a dead lock for a Spanish team?

There is not a faint ray of hope anywhere that Contador would leave where he is and sign on with Bruyneel.

Not after the way he was treated by that idiot last year, and all through the press this year.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Why would the Schlecks go to RadioShack if they've set up a team in Luxembourg?

Contador to RadioShack? Is this a serious question?

 

[Sasquatch]

Contador will stay with Astana and some of his Spanish friends on Caisse will join him. Don't rule out Luis Leon Sanchez despite the Rabobank rumours.

On the Schleck's - radioshack wanted Andy for this year. He refused because they wouldn't take Frank. Obviously Lance trying to eliminate his rivals.

 

[ManInFull]

There is not a faint ray of hope anywhere that Contador would leave where he is and sign on with Bruyneel.

Not after the way he was treated by that idiot last year, and all through the press this year.

I agree. Also, isn't Astana paying him a crazy amount of money??

 

[eleven]

The Schlecks want to go to this "rumoured" new, Luxembourg team.
Now, that's all gone a bit quiet.
Saxo Bank (Riis) is now looking to be secure, with Sunguard stepping up sponsorship and a new sponsor apparently secured.

On the other hand, Radio Shack top the list of companies expected to go into liquidation in 2011 and with no buyer in sight.

http://gizmodo.com/5584267/t+mobile-radioshack-top-2011-list-of-potentially-doomed-companies

If they are really in such bad shape, then the cycling team would by high on a list of "assets" to be dumped.

Could be a case of out of the new frying pan, into the fire.

The Livestrong rebranding is one of the few forward-looking initiatives they've created. I suspect they'd drop a lot of other assets before ditching the biggest sales and marketing campaign they've created in decades.

On the other hand, I'm not sure if bringing in someone like a Schleck brother is on their list of priorities in terms of marketing....and for RS, I'm pretty sure this relationship has less to do with winning and more to do with connecting with the (primarily US) audience.

 

[Barrus]

I wondering this as well. If Contador loses this TdF to AS, would it increase his chances of rejoining JB and Radioshack or is he a dead lock for a Spanish team?

He will probably never go to Rs, as this will retain a reasonable large influence of LA, also I don't think AC will ever go back to JB

 

[eleven]

He will probably never go to Rs, as this will retain a reasonable large influence of LA, also I don't think AC will ever go back to JB

He's got so many equal options, I don't know why he'd step back into that minefield. He'd also be signing with a team that has only one more year on it's sponsorship contract.

 

[kurtinsc]

There is not a faint ray of hope anywhere that Contador would leave where he is and sign on with Bruyneel.

Not after the way he was treated by that idiot last year, and all through the press this year.

While I don't think he'll go to Radio Shack... I'm not sure the angst with Bruyneel is there.

He won't go to a team that would still be associated with Lance like RS would be... but I'm not as certain that Contador wouldn't be okay going back to a different Bruyneel run team.

 

[Lyds97]

It seems Contador is planning to stay at Astana for another 2-3 years, at least according to his brother/manager, and I'd say that's the best option for him by a long way. Big salary, strong domestiques, team built around him (don't buy the whole AC vs Vino thing) and a multiple GT-winning DS in Martinelli.

I remember hearing a rumour last year about LA wanting to sign Andy - just like he used to sign up his main rivals in the USPS days in order to neutralise the competition. Andy, or anybody else with GC ambitions, would be very silly to sign on for an Armstrong vanity project which isn't likely to last long past his retirement - remember Discovery?

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Andy denied those rumors anyway. Plus, he asked the obvious question, "why would I go there if I want to win the Tour de France myself?"
We all know what a "teammate" Lance is.

 

[scribe]

They developed and are winning under Riis. They should try to stay within that formula.

 

[Anonymous]

you all think there will be a radioshack in 12 months time?

 

[scribe]

you all think there will be a radioshack in 12 months time?

The team structure will be around. Sponsorships come and go like one night stands in cycling.

 

[Bicicleta]

In an interview, on VeloNews I think, after the watch gifting Bryneel said it would be impossible for Alberto to ride for him again. Can't remeber exactly where I saw this but I think its on one of the videos VN does every day.

 

[isayic]

I agree. Also, isn't Astana paying him a crazy amount of money??

I dont't know if 4 millions of Euros in a year is crazy. But he would have received the same amount if he had made a contract with Quickstep.

 

[Barrus]

The team structure will be around. Sponsorships come and go like one night stands in cycling.

except Lotto. I could not imagine the pro-peloton entirely without Lotto

 

[kurtinsc]

except Lotto. I could not imagine the pro-peloton entirely without Lotto

That orange basque uniform has been around an awful long time too.

 

[erader]

I wondering this as well. If Contador loses this TdF to AS, would it increase his chances of rejoining JB and Radioshack or is he a dead lock for a Spanish team?

you gotta be nutz. contador has already signed with astana for next year.

ed rader

 

[Squares]

There is not a faint ray of hope anywhere that Contador would leave where he is and sign on with Bruyneel.

Not after the way he was treated by that idiot last year, and all through the press this year.

Yes, after all, that "idiot" lead him to 4 straight Grand Tour victories.

If he loses the Tour this year, it would be the first grand tour he has lost (since his run began) AND his first without the mentorship of Bruyneel.

After that level of success without the "idiot", I'm sure he would want to continue his streak of success in the post-"idiot" time.

 

[erader]

Yes, after all, that "idiot" lead him to 4 straight Grand Tour victories.

If he loses the Tour this year, it would be the first grand tour he has lost (since his run began) AND his first without the mentorship of Bruyneel.

After that level of success without the "idiot", I'm sure he would want to continue his streak of success in the post-"idiot" time.

you think they'll let the hog run the team from the slammer ?

ed rader