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Too many winners on one team?

laura.weislo

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We've posted a really great interview with Quick Step boss Patrick Lefevere that talks about the '96 Paris-Roubaix and how he decided the finishing order for his three riders who entered the velodrome together as the lead group:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/apr09/roubaix09/?id=/features/2009/quickstep_apr09

It's an interesting tale. Quick Step has three great one-day riders.

Astana has three great Grand Tour riders.

The politics which must enter in to the decision of who is team leader are interesting. How does a team manager keep the team from turning into a soap opera?
 
Mar 19, 2009
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They need to have several so that whenif the UCI sanction them, they still might have a leader.
 
Mar 31, 2009
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Mar 18, 2009
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I tend to think the sport would be better off if the star riders were dispersed across more teams. This Astana situation is bad, the same way it was bad when T-Mobile used to buy up lots of talent. I don't know how you could fix it. Maye salary caps like some american sports?
 
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agreed. T Mobile bought a lot of talent but each time the Tour came around they blew it - well, from 98 onwards. Paper squads win paper races.
 
Mar 12, 2009
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Laurent said:
agreed. T Mobile bought a lot of talent but each time the Tour came around they blew it - well, from 98 onwards. Paper squads win paper races.

Well, they competed against US postal/Discovery that was equally bad at buying up alot of talent.