Spinnekop Posted August 10, 2007 Share http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/aug07/aug10news3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pastapouch Posted August 10, 2007 Share Al die doping help nie die saak as 'n sponsor ontrtrek en nuwes moet gesoek word nie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted August 10, 2007 Share Wonder if Contador will get a ride for next year? Wonder if we will see Treks in the tour again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amdretard Posted August 10, 2007 Share They a ProtTour team right ! remeber Barloworld cant get a Protour license until 2009 due to 4 year contract being offered. Unless a team is kicked out or Dissloved ............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christie Posted August 10, 2007 Share Champagne anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fandacious Posted August 10, 2007 Share Isn't LA part owner of team discovery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joss Posted August 10, 2007 Share Disco announced in the beginning of the year that they will discontinue at the end of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linnega Posted August 10, 2007 Share Discovery announced in February that they would not continue but that did not mean the end of the team. You will (should) recall that the previous sponsor of this team was USPS. However, Tailwind Sports have decided to wind up operations. That means there will be a ProTour license available this year which was not the case until today. Any bets on Team Cannondale / Barloworld registering in the USA for the 2008 season Good move by Tailwind (and Armstrong for that matter - maybe he's not as dumb as he looks). The media machine can only hide so much these days and given the smoke around the team, it was only a matter of time before something indisputable came to light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christie Posted August 10, 2007 Share So who are the contenders for the license? Barloworld, Tinkoff, who else, perhaps Slipstream-Chipolte? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man with no name Posted August 11, 2007 Share Champagne anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widget Posted August 11, 2007 Share None to soon in my opinion.! Been unable to find a sponsor is just a by - product of the teams "suspicious" history, and Contador been linked (rightly or wrongly) to "Puerto" would have chased any possible future sponsor into the hills. Winning races is not a garurantee of sponsorship, the team was managed poorly, they made unpopular decisions (Basso), they were unpopular with other leading teams (they were about to be voted out of the Pro tour team comittee) , and they were arrogant in their management style believing they could bulldoze "their way" and "their opinions" onto other teams and race organisors, and they were even disliked by many of the riders (Voigt been very vocal about some of their decisions) In my opinion they also paid the media "to talk the team up" - certainly the two Ps never found fault with any of the teams poor decisions (even the Basso signing) which was odd. With a license becoming available, Barloworld must stand a chance, but to me they are just another European team, - I would hazard, if they stay in the sport, the only thing South African in two or three years will be the history. widget2007-08-11 02:33:19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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