Team Saxo Bank with a new bank co-sponsor?

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The one in the beginning of 2012 was nice too

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I like the new shorter name too. :)
I imagine that someone went up and said "Hey, guys... you do realize that Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank is quite the tongue twister?"

(Not that it makes much difference to me, I just call them Saxo)
 
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LaFlorecita said:
The one in the beginning of 2012 was nice too

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Ye that one is the best yet imho. Well since the CSC days anyways.

Oh I know alot of ppl will dislike this one but I kind of fancy it. They had it in the spring of 2001 till Tiscali bought World online (the helm i bad though)

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The guy at far right is Mick Rogers. So he was there at the november training camp and wasn't announce.

Was there an important reason to hide it?
 
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Forunculo said:
The guy at far right is Mick Rogers. So he was there at the november training camp and wasn't announce.
Was there an important reason to hide it?

That's definitely a photo composition.
Rogers hasn't been at the camp in November.
 
roadbiker said:
That's definitely a photo composition.
Rogers hasn't been at the camp in November.

why would they go through all of that trouble? i would assume there will be another picture of the entire team in the new kit at some point, so i'm not sure there is any point to the deception.

do you have some objective proof that it is photoshop job?
 
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Publicus said:
do you have some objective proof that it is photoshop job?

This same discussion happened on Twitter earlier today and I think it has been established that Rogers was indeed photoshopped into the team group photo.

Kristoffer Aase Vabø @kristoffervabo
Rogers could have just one smile, but look at his arms. #photoshop

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What do you guys take from the picture? Is Rogers really photoshop?
 
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Publicus said:
why would they go through all of that trouble? i would assume there will be another picture of the entire team in the new kit at some point, so i'm not sure there is any point to the deception.

do you have some objective proof that it is photoshop job?

I think they'll have meeting at Gran Canaria from 17th Jan;)
 
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Any news on how Riis plans to fill the 6 million hole in his budget?!

So far he has only signed Valgren and I have not heard of any rumours.

Last year he signed some big earners with Tinkoff's money but how will he pay them now?

I say cut Conti's salary, it eats up 3/4 of the budget and is not warranted anymore by his results!
 
Christian said:
I say cut Conti's salary, it eats up 3/4 of the budget and is not warranted anymore by his results!

Easier said than done.

Besides, I find it hard to believe Contador's salary is 3/4th of Riis's budget. Roche, Kreuziger, Bennati, Breschel and Rogers aren't cheap either, and if the 4.5mln € is true for Contador, which I doubt, Riis would have 1.5mln left for those guys PLUS the rest of the team because Riis said he has the contracts covered. Seems highly unlikely to me.
 
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LaFlorecita said:
Easier said than done.

Besides, I find it hard to believe Contador's salary is 3/4th of Riis's budget. Roche, Kreuziger, Bennati, Breschel and Rogers aren't cheap either, and if the 4.5mln € is true for Contador, which I doubt, Riis would have 1.5mln left for those guys PLUS the rest of the team because Riis said he has the contracts covered. Seems highly unlikely to me.

Yes I know ;) I was exaggerating but I think we can be quite sure Conti's salary makes for a big part of the budget right there! I seriously wonder though how he manages to keep all those riders without paycuts, did he keep have Tinkoff's millions in a drawer as a reserve?

If they don't find a co-sponsor, surely they must cut somewhere?
 

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Having 6 victories all season and placed in the bottom half of the WT team table doesn't help to.