Me too! I believe it, when I see it.BroDeal said:If Simoni joins then even I may have to become an Astana fan.
BroDeal said:If Simoni joins then even I may have to become an Astana fan.
BroDeal said:If Simoni joins then even I may have to become an Astana fan.
Delicato said:Davis? Is he mad or something? Way more safe to be in Quick Step than in Astana...
Fofonov is acting rider from February 2009, he was banned just for three months. I'm sure that all Russians for you the same, but anyway I can't imagine what is common between Russian Vladimir Gousev and Kazakh Maksim Gourov?!pmcg76 said:A few names on that list are a bit dodgy, is that Fofonov who is currently banned. Plaza has always been dodgy to me and is that Gurov or Gusev. Still some decent riders on that list.
aarnold517 said:little off topic but does anyone know what happened to vladimir gusev? i assumed he would be signing to ride for home team katusha but have not heard anything
anyway those are some good signings, i'm waiting for gasparotto to win a big race or two in the coming years
Motion said:Ruben Plaza
Bradislav Samoilau
Fofonov
Gurov
Tiralongo
Allan Davis
Caruso
Gasparotto
Simoni
Kunitsky
source: astanafans.com & sport.gazeta.kz (russian)
luckyboy said:POSSIBLE ASTANA TEAM NEXT YEAR?
Two big guys, the tug-of-war three, four Kazakhs, three Spaniards, possible new signings...
Alberto Contador
Alexandre Vinokourov
Haimar Zubeldia
Gregory Rast
Andreas Kloden
Maxim Gourov
Dmitriy Fofonov
Valentin Iglinsky
Dmitri Muravyev
Daniel Noval
Jesus Hernandez
Daniel Navarro
Ruben Plaza
Bradislav Samoilau
Fofonov
Gurov
Tiralongo
Allan Davis
Caruso
Gasparotto
Simoni
Kunitsky
Are Zeits, Renev, Raimbenkov, Kupeshov, Kireyev, Dyachenko, Dmitryev, Bazayev all staying at Astana?
This will be intriguing..![]()
Delicato said:Davis? Is he mad or something? Way more safe to be in Quick Step than in Astana...
i have a better suggestionhfer07 said:Just to annoy the Sh!t out of LA:
Retain Bruyneel's services for Another two years and call in Greg Lemond as a team consultant![]()
python said:i have a better suggestion
hinoult -team manager
lemond- team consultant
dick pound - team legal advisor
david walsh - team press attache
ressiot - french connection
but seriously cn reported today astana is settling on a french for the general manager
they did play hard and the game isn't over. i already commented some place. they probably were careful not to upset uci by public announcement in the game for the pt license. but clearly they were not sitting on their hands.Publicus said:Astana is playing some real hardball here. I wonder why they waited so late in the game to get their sh!t together...
python said:they did play hard and the game isn't over. i already commented some place. they probably were careful not to upset uci by public announcement in the game for the pt license. but clearly they were not sitting on their hands.
good questions and i don’t know if we will ever know the answers. my best guess would be that astana internally had undergone a severe existential crisis the full extent of which has not been reported.Publicus said:When I mean they waited, I'm referring to them allowing Radio Shack to raid their team. Armstrong wasn't under contract with Astana and was thus always free to go, but I'm pretty sure Levi was under contract until 2010 just like AC and JB, so why let him go? If they had been signaling from the beginning that they were serious about competing next year, I think 85% of the drama would have been resolved.
But it is what it is . . . I guess I'll have to sit and wait like everyone else until we find out their ultimate fate. October 20th can't get here fast enough.