Go Team Radio Shack!

**denda** · 07-23-2009, 12:05 PM

Good Luck to them. It was nice to see that it was a Texas company.

**arielmoon** · 07-23-2009, 12:17 PM

Yay! Another American Team!

**Running Mommy** · 07-23-2009, 12:17 PM

I bet I can guess one person who will NOT be a part of the team...

**tab123** · 07-23-2009, 12:29 PM

Does Radio Shack still ask for your name and address for cash transactions? I used to say "Janet Jackson" because it was easy to remember.

**RockChickRides** · 07-23-2009, 02:01 PM

Exactly! I haven't been in a RS in years, but my abiding memory is of them asking for my address when buying batteries. Um, why?

Originally Posted by tab123

Does Radio Shack still ask for your name and address for cash transactions? I used to say "Janet Jackson" because it was easy to remember.

**redrhodie** · 07-23-2009, 02:06 PM

Yay! I'm trying to support cycling sponsors, and Radio Shack is an easy one (nearby, and I can always find something useful there).

**Jo-n-NY** · 07-23-2009, 05:24 PM

Originally Posted by redrhodie

Yay! I'm trying to support cycling sponsors, and Radio Shack is an easy one (nearby, and I can always find something useful there).

me too!!!

**Jo-n-NY** · 07-23-2009, 05:25 PM

Originally Posted by Running Mommy

I bet I can guess one person who will NOT be a part of the team...

not 100% sure if we are on the same page, but will take a chance here...I wonder also

**Aggie_Ama** · 07-23-2009, 08:05 PM

Astana is already negotiating to keep Contador. I wonder if Levi and Popo will jump ship?

**jobob** · 07-23-2009, 08:23 PM

Of course they will

**tulip** · 07-23-2009, 08:50 PM

Why in the world is this being announced now, while the TDF is still going on? Isn't there any kind of respect for the current teams and the race itself? Totally uncool.

Oh, of course, how could I be so naive? Make a splash while the Tour is still on because the minute it's over, the US "fans" forget about cycling until next year.

Great, whatever, but really tacky in terms of timing.

**Eden** · 07-23-2009, 11:27 PM

Originally Posted by Aggie_Ama

Astana is already negotiating to keep Contador

I've been under the impression that there has been really no real Team Astana for a while now - I heard that they weren't even making the payroll...

**Kalidurga** · 07-24-2009, 03:14 AM

Vinokourov announced sometime around the beginning of the Tour that he's coming back to "his" team and that if Brunyeel didn't like it, then Brunyeel would be the one to go. Based on that, this isn't at all surprising. And I'd bet that none of the big names currently on the team would want to ride with Vino, so Radioshack's basically got a ready-made roster. Personally, I'm withholding my excitement until there's word of who signs, especially since I don't think there's been mention of where Johann plans to go. Will he end up going with Lance?

There was mention earlier this week, too, that Contador has been in talks with a new Spanish-based team that's forming.

And the timing doesn't surprise me, either. This seems to be the time of year that contracts get renewed or riders go looking. There were a lot of similar announcements during the last few tours, though maybe none of quite this magnitude.

This is just one more thing to make this TdF interesting

**Aggie_Ama** · 07-24-2009, 06:26 AM

Originally Posted by Eden

I've been under the impression that there has been really no real Team Astana for a while now - I heard that they weren't even making the payroll...

I am aware of that but apparently the Kazak federation lives in denial, they said they envisioned a "spanish/kazahk" team in the article I read on Cyclingnews. Maybe Contador can go to Euskatel, they seem to only want to attack of course he isn't Basque but I think every once in a while they will take just Spanish.

I actually find the boys in orange extremely entertaining.

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