Gerolsteiner

[Pedal Wench]

Lotto used to be Predictor too -- a pregnancy test maker.

[Fredwina]

Actually Silence-lotto has two sponsors
Omega Pharma - makes Silence - ( an anti-snoring product) and predcitor - also makes Davitmon vitamins (the team used to be Davitmon-lotto in 2006) which product will they push in 2009?
Eusaktel - Eusakadi has two sponsors
Eusaktel is the telephone company - euskadi is the Basque Tourist Bureau
A couple of other sponsors
LCL (Le Crédit Lyonnais) another french bank - sponsor of the yellow jersey.(note that the malliot jaune gets a toy stuffed lion at the end of each stage?)
PMU(pari-mutual unon) A french company that runs a chain of off track betting parlors and sponsors the green jersey.
Champion- French supermarket company -sponsors the polka dot jersey. The polka dot colors comes from the previous sponsor - a chocolate company that made some thing like hershey's kisses - the winner would get his weight in chocolate at the end of each stage

[teigyr]

It always makes me snicker when I hear Liquigas pronounced "leaky gas".

Ok, I'm immature. Never said I wasn't

[KnottedYet]

I like "leaky-gas", too. You're in good company...

[Pedal Wench]

It always makes me snicker when I hear Liquigas pronounced "leaky gas".

Ok, I'm immature. Never said I wasn't

Side effect of Alli

[Possegal]

the caravan that precedes the riders on the route tosses things out to the spectators - it was our experience that they seemed to only be tossing to kids. we had my niece and nephew with us, so they tossed everything. gerolsteiner was tossing out water. we also got dried sausages, a polka dot hat, several cool key chains including one with the lion on it. i'm blanking, but i'm sure there were more. kinda fun. we call it the tour mardi gras.

[PinkBike]

Rabobank - hmmmm, what could that be?

[PinkBike]

- the winner would get his weight in chocolate at the end of each stage

like those skinny climber boys would eat chocolate?!! hey i eat chocolate and my lycra is not loose around my bu++.

[malkin]

I think 'brand management' is marketing.
Maybe they recommend that companies sponsor bike teams!

[IFjane]

I think 'brand management' is marketing.
Maybe they recommend that companies sponsor bike teams!

Not any more. They announced they are pulling out of cycling after the tour.

[SouthernBelle]

My mother retired from a company who sold and maintained towmoters and was thereafter bought out by Barlo.

[Aggie_Ama]

You didn't list what Garmin-Chipotle is.

Garmin- maker of global positioning systems
Chipotle- chain of "gourmet" burrito restuarants in the United States


I cannot help but snicker the first time in the season I hear "Leaky Gas".