Well...it looks like some are paying for the mistakes of others. I wonder if this will result in any major reactions from other teams? Will we see others walk away from the start line until the "best of the best" are there to compete for the top international title?
Welcome guest, is this your first visit? Click the "Create Account" button now to join.
Results 1 to 12 of 12
Thread: TdF Sans ASTANA
Hybrid View
-
02-13-2008, 07:35 AM #1
Sturdy Girl Cycling
- Join Date
- Aug 2006
- Location
- New Jersey
- Posts
- 272
TdF Sans ASTANA
~Sarah~
Check out My Team: Sturdy Girl Cycling
Get a bicycle. You will certainly not regret it, if you live. -Mark Twain
-
02-13-2008, 10:49 AM #2
Homegrown
- Join Date
- May 2006
- Location
- Suburban MA and Western ME
- Posts
- 1,815
Sad news. Wonder how Levi, Contador and Horner feel about their decision to move to Astana this season now...
SheFly"Well behaved women rarely make history." including me!
http://twoadventures.blogspot.com
-
02-13-2008, 11:08 AM #3
Pink-haired superheroine
- Join Date
- May 2007
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Posts
- 564
Ugh, this sucks! I keep feeling like my favorites are kept out/getting kicked out of le Tour for reasons of all or no sort. If this keeps up, maybe they'll get so desperate for clean-and-drama-free teams that we'll start seeing women up there pedaling through the alps...
Hrm. Now that I think about it, maybe we should start training at altitude, ladies.
-- gnat!
-
02-13-2008, 11:47 AM #4
Registered User
- Join Date
- Oct 2005
- Posts
- 2,309
Sigh.... This just STINKS! I wonder how many other teams are going to be out? And do you think that slipstream will get in on a wild card or waiver, or whatever they call it? That would be my only other reason why I would watch the (not so) "grand" tours now....
In one sense I can understand why they would want to pull the plug if the old mgmt had stayed in place. But this is almost a completely new team.
Will be interesting to see how many people watch- or DONT watch- the tours this year....
-
02-13-2008, 04:32 PM #5
Faster, faster!
- Join Date
- Aug 2006
- Location
- Vermont
- Posts
- 1,414
It's not like doping in the 2007 tour started and stopped with Astana. This seems a little arbitrary.
Too bad because Levi's getting old. I really like Levi.
-
02-13-2008, 06:13 PM #6
Registered User
- Join Date
- Dec 2005
- Location
- WA State
- Posts
- 4,364
I think its pretty crazy.... I think they need to stop with all of the fussing around. If you get caught with a positive you're out, but all this guilt by association (or you must be guilty if you can win a race....) has got to go. It's a real shame that they are not going to let Contadore defend his title. Many on the team weren't even on Astana last year and I think even much of the management has changed. I think they are unfortunately now punishing the sponsors, which will just drive companies away from wanting to sponsor teams.
"Sharing the road means getting along, not getting ahead" - 1994 Washington State Driver's Guide
visit my flickr stream http://flic.kr/ps/MMu5N
-
02-13-2008, 06:28 PM #7
Head up. Shoulders down.
- Join Date
- Jul 2006
- Location
- Looking at all the love there that's sleeping
- Posts
- 4,171
Doping controls mean nothing.
This is arbitrary and capricious and I'd love to see a team (and fan) sit-out to protest it. Or something. Sigh.2007 Seven ID8 - Bontrager InForm
2003 Klein Palomino - Terry Firefly (?)
2010 Seven Cafe Racer - Bontrager InForm
2008 Cervelo P2C - Adamo Prologue Saddle
Reply With Quote
