Spartacus to Team Schleck?

[Galic Ho]

Just move to a Scandinavian country FFS.

Japan and Korea are closer. Also, the sun has a normal progression across the sky. No dodgy global curvator and daylight hours BS. Plus they both smack Sweden down for internet infastructure. Cheaper and you get more speed.

As for that Fibre comment. Seruously dude, if Optic Fibre to the node is installed it will be capped. Telstra are skint. The govt cannot count without their toes and fingers. What they have proposed speed wise is capable right now on ADSL. Just daft. If we get fibre to the node, it can handle almost a gigabit national network. Ask the Koreans, it's what they're doing. We'll be ripped off, in debt and the consumer will think all is fine and dandy. No thank you.

 

[craig1985]

Japan and Korea are closer. Also, the sun has a normal progression across the sky. No dodgy global curvator and daylight hours BS. Plus they both smack Sweden down for internet infastructure. Cheaper and you get more speed.

As for that Fibre comment. Seruously dude, if Optic Fibre to the node is installed it will be capped. Telstra are skint. The govt cannot count without their toes and fingers. What they have proposed speed wise is capable right now on ADSL. Just daft. If we get fibre to the node, it can handle almost a gigabit national network. Ask the Koreans, it's what they're doing. We'll be ripped off, in debt and the consumer will think all is fine and dandy. No thank you.

Funny you mention that, do you mind if you come to the Gold Coast and talk some sense into mate of mine who I will be living with soon, because he is convinced Telstra has the fastest broadband speed, and I keep telling him he is full of ****.

 

[Christian]

First official sponsor for Team Schleck: Mercedes Luxembourg.

It's not as good as Sky's Jaguars but better than Skoda!

http://www.tageblatt.lu/index.php/sports/44810.html (German)

 

[joy118118]

oops, Mercedes

It is a big sponsor.

 

[Christian]

Well I assume they'll only provide the cars though and be one of the co-sponsors, kind of like Nissan with RadioShack

 

[craig1985]

Duracell should get involved as a sponsor of whatever team Spartacus rides for 2011.

 

[Christian]

Team Luxembourg is likely to invest in a U23/Farm team:

Eine in Betracht gezogene Möglichkeit ist die, das Differdinger Kontinental-Team als Art Junioren-Mannschaft funktionieren zu lassen und so den durch Kim Kirchen und die Schleck-Brüder ausgelösten Boom und die rasant steigende Anzahl der Lizenzierten in den Jugend-Klassen gerecht zu werden.

"One option is to convert Continental Team Differdange into a U23/Farm team, to offer better opportunities to the many youngsters who decided to get a cycling license due to the boom which Kirchen and the Schlecks started.

Auf eine Summe von 15 bis 20 Millionen Euro soll sich das Budget des Teams bei der Fertigstellung des Gesamt-Pakets belaufen; noch sind allerdings nicht alle Gespräche beendet und sämtliche Verträge unterzeichnet.

When the whole package is done, the budget of the team should lie between 15 and 20 million €; however, not all contracts are signed yet.


http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/sport/a...vestitionen-auch-in-eine-nachwuchs-truppe.php

 

[JPM London]

I heard a rumour to today that Spartacus will leave Saxo and join the Schleck team for 2011. They'll pay Riis the 3m euro to get him out of his contract.

My sources, why check out these two links:

Here

and;

Here

Well, you might be for fun, but here's a proper link for the latest on that rumour:

http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/sport/artikel/2010/09/115061/fabian-cancellara-wechselt-zum-team-luxemburg.php

Anyway; I'm still not too sure about this move... He is still talking a lot about wanting to be a Tour contender, which obviously wouldn't happen on either Saxo or Team Lux. OTOH he still wants do win a few more classics and has also said that he feels he has several good years in him yet, so maybe going to Lux to do a couple more classic wins and then try to move to a GT contender role on a different team?

There's also the new Australian team, although they don't seem to actually know what he wants to do (AFAIK he's not interested in winning the same classics over and over again, but wants to take on different ones...)

 

[craig1985]

I want to win the RVV, but I know it's not going to happen

And I'm going to lol pretty hard if this transfer does happen.

 

[Christian]

Well, you might be for fun, but here's a proper link for the latest on that rumour:

http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/sport/artikel/2010/09/115061/fabian-cancellara-wechselt-zum-team-luxemburg.php

Wow, thanks! I'm surprised CN hasn't picked up on this yet. Lol gotta love their subtitle though:

"Schweizer ist ein ausgezeichneter Zeitfahrer"

Ya don't say!

 

[Christian]

In their lates interview with "L'Equipe", the Schlecks say that Cancellara has not signed yet.

Evidemment, vous nous direz que Fabian Cancellara a tout naturellement sa place. C'est vrai, c'est un copain, mais aujourd'hui il n'a pas encore signé. Vous ne réussirez pas à nous faire dire le contraire" dit-il avec son air malicieux. Frank nuançant dans la seconde : "Pour l'instant..."

Andy: "Of course you will say that FC has a spot on the team. It's true that he is a friend, but today he has not yet signed. You won't make us say the opposite."

Fränk: "For now ..."