Cardenas also out!

[snah2]

Will Barloworld be allowed to continue?What is minimum amount of riders/team??

[Witrot]

Yes, just they don't form part of the team compition anymore.

 

But ja, this sucks big time....almost now a full african squad thats left over.

[Pieter Henning]

I think you can continue with one rider. Gerolsteiner finished the Giro with only two riders.

[Tumbleweed]

Yes' date=' just they don't form part of the team compition anymore.

 

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But ja, this sucks big time....almost now a full african squad thats left over.

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not if chunky's right!

 

 

 

phen, you reckon they downgrade from a team truck to a bakkie if that's the case?

[Pieter Henning]

The riders actually cycle from the hotels to the start and they ride with Camelbak's and spare tubes

 

Haha, no I know Gerolsteiner kept using the teambus for just the two riders, although half the staff went home. I remember another case where they also sent the bus and truck home and just used two team cars to transport the guys, but I can't recall what team it was.

[Pieter Henning]

Oh, it was Fassa in 2003. When they had 3 or 4 guys wait for Pettachi when he got dropped. He got in the car. The others never got back and missed the cut-off. Some others crashed, and others got sick. They finished with two. Basso and another. Maybe Frigo, but not sure. Phen2008-07-16 08:24:43

[Tumbleweed]

The riders actually cycle from the hotels to the start and they ride with Camelbak's and spare tubes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

just like the old days when they had to carry everything themselves

[Poison Ivy]

how will they explain 2 riders pulling out on the same day that a +test was revealed....sounds seriously suspicious to me<?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Poison Ivy2008-07-16 08:50:01

[Jackes]

who will they explain 2 riders pulling out on the same day that a +test was revealed....sounds seriously suspicious to me<?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

 

I pack my case your honour !  

Jackes17542008-07-16 08:42:15

[Shebeen]

who will they explain 2 riders pulling out on the same day that a +test was revealed....sounds seriously suspicious to me<?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

 

Well Longo 'crashed'.

[Poison Ivy]

who will they explain 2 riders pulling out on the same day that a +test was revealed....sounds seriously suspicious to me<?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

 

Well Longo 'crashed'.

 

hhhmm, so I heard, conveniently

[jabbathemutt007]

 

how will they explain 2 riders pulling out on the same day that a +test was revealed....sounds seriously suspicious to me

 

Its a little difficult to fake a broken collar bone.

 

[Pieter Henning]

Why would them going home on the day the test was revealed be deemed suspicious?

[Pieter Henning]

Its a little difficult to fake a broken collar bone.

 

Unless your name is Tyler Hamilton

[porky]

Thats an interesting point - I should imagine that you can stay irrespective of rider numbers if your riders had a "natural" reason for dropping out, like a crash, injury, illness etc.

 

However, I seem to remember that Astana could not compete due to insufficient rider numbers in 2006 after the "Puerto" doping affair implicated a number of its riders.

 

.......but maybe there is a minimum number, I am not sure.

 

porky2008-07-16 10:53:07

[Tumbleweed]

porky, clear something up here: could astana not start the tour or a stage of the tour?