The Official Oleg Tinkov thread.

[Lequack]

Another Oleg article:

‘Cowards’: Russian Bank Founder Slams Oligarchs’ Silence on Ukraine War - The Moscow Times

The founder of one of Russia’s largest banks has condemned Russia’s business elite for refusing to speak out against Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

www.themoscowtimes.com

“I lost everything, but I didn't lose my soul. I can't easily make money in a country that is at war with a neighbor, killing civilians and children,” he wrote on Instagram Tuesday.
“I don’t know how much I have left to live, but I definitely don’t want to die hanging on to billions but living as a bastard, a coward and a schmuck, like 90 percent of Russian oligarchs. Cowards: you have one life and you need to live it as a person.”
“It is a pity that my country has finally slipped into archaism, paternalism and servility. There is no Russia: it is all gone,” he wrote.

 

[dusty red roads]

Perhaps his battle with leukemia has made him a better man than he was.

 

[Baldinger]

Perhaps his battle with leukemia has made him a better man than he was.

He was never an oligarch with close ties to Kremlin, and that totally speaks in his favour. I bet he would still be an awful team manager.

 

[dusty red roads]

Agreed on both parts.

 

[CyclistAbi]

Chapeau Oleg.

 

[perico]

If he survived Contador's fans he can survive anything.

Back on seriours matters, this topic made me search for the iconic and original Tinkoff team (the one who sparkled the Giro in 2007 and 2008) and I never noticed before that Oleg was registered in the UCI in 2006 and that the team went to become Katusha in 2009 (always had the impression that Katusha had been created from scratch and that Tinkoff was mutated into ISD in 2009).

Yes, the original Tinkov team had guys like Menchov and Tyler Hamilton. If memory serves, he had some spats with some people over decision making. He then quit and took over CSC from Riis, who he fired.

 

[Ricco']

Yes, the original Tinkov team had guys like Menchov and Tyler Hamilton. If memory serves, he had some spats with some people over decision making. He then quit and took over CSC from Riis, who he fired.

I don't think Menchov was ever in the team.

Didn't remembered Hamilton or Jaksche were part of the team, or even Hondo. My biggest random memories from them are Petrov going for the top-10 in the Giro, Commesso attacking in the Mugello circuit and Ignatiev winning in Burgos.

 

[perico]

I don't think Menchov was ever in the team.

Didn't remembered Hamilton or Jaksche were part of the team, or even Hondo. My biggest random memories from them are Petrov going for the top-10 in the Giro, Commesso attacking in the Mugello circuit and Ignatiev winning in Burgos.

Menchov may have been there after Tinkov left and they became Katusha. It was a long time ago so memory is fuzzy.

 

[Ricco']

Menchov may have been there after Tinkov left and they became Katusha. It was a long time ago so memory is fuzzy.

Tinkov wasn't any year with Katusha or was in the beginning? Before joining Katusha, Menchov was briefly with the mighty Geox, so he was with the russian team only after 2012.

 

[ice&fire]

Tinkov wasn't any year with Katusha or was in the beginning? Before joining Katusha, Menchov was briefly with the mighty Geox, so he was with the russian team only after 2012.

Menchov went from Banesto to Rabobank in 2005 and was there until 2010. Then he moved to become Cobo's superdom in 2011.

 

[perico]

Tinkov wasn't any year with Katusha or was in the beginning? Before joining Katusha, Menchov was briefly with the mighty Geox, so he was with the russian team only after 2012.

Katusha took over Tinkoff’s original squad after he feuded with someone, but don’t remember the exact circumstances other than it was typical Oleg. Menchov spent his last two years signed with Katusha before getting banned. Oleg then took over Team CSC and rebranded them as the new Tinkoff.

 

[gunara]

Katusha took over Tinkoff’s original squad after he feuded with someone, but don’t remember the exact circumstances other than it was typical Oleg. Menchov spent his last two years signed with Katusha before getting banned. Oleg then took over Team CSC and rebranded them as the new Tinkoff.

Wasn't it something like "this is difficult time, I have more important things to do and no time for this" in a sudden Oleg kind of way, IIRC