Slipstream get sponsor

iainf72
iainf72 Posts: 15,784
edited June 2008 in Pro race
Garmin are taking up title sponsorship

http://www.bicycling.com/tourdefrance/a ... -1,00.html
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.

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  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Maybe they can use it find their way to the front of the bunch next Spring.
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    I hope they don't put one on Tommy D's bike.

    He doesn't need any distractions.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Jez mon
    Jez mon Posts: 3,809
    Does this mean the end of the Argyle? :(
    You live and learn. At any rate, you live
  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,718
    hopefully not!
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Argyle remains

    http://www.velonews.com/article/77889/g ... m-chipotle
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Vaughters has been an advocate of 24-hour monitoring of riders locations. Now he's got the toys to do it.

    (Perhaps they should send one to Michael Rasmussen)
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • flattythehurdler
    flattythehurdler Posts: 2,314
    I doubt Garmin are wellying out the amounts that slipstream received in previous incarnations.
    Dan
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    This is really good news all round. Hopefully it'll help Vaughters kick on and turn this team into a proper good un.

    Or at least show the world just how far you can get clean...
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Timoid. wrote:

    Or at least show the world just how far you can get clean...

    Yep - it will be up on the new displays in front of them - "Distance 132 km, Total Altitude 2500m, Average Speed 36 km/h"
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • winoneday
    winoneday Posts: 253
    It has to be a positive sign that sponsers are coming into the sport and investing enough money to take over as title sponsers of teams. All we need now are a couple more for Quickstep (if they don't renew) and Gerolsteiner.
  • bipedal
    bipedal Posts: 466
    quickstep have renewed
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    Jez mon wrote:
    Does this mean the end of the Argyle? :(

    Maybe Garmin will bring out an argyle range of sat nav thingys?!?!
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    Most interesting comment by the Garmin rep was that they work closely with Allen Lim, since he works for Powertap's company CycleOps. Right now the two companies' products are not exactly direct competitors but they kind of are. My guess is Garmin (with ANT) want to replace the computer part of CycleOps' product.
    Part of that preparation involves Garmin working closing with PowerTap innovators Saris to wirelessly link PowerTap hubs with Garmin’s Edge 705 GPS units. Lim, who is also a longtime Saris consultant, has been working closely with engineers from both companies to facilitate a seamless integration.

    “In theory that ends up being the ultimate tech geek device,” Vaughters said. “Allen is off the hook, ‘You can graph temperature gradient differences when we climb the cols.’ If you saw these five-page emails that Allen and the Garmin engineers are shooting back and forth … I’m always carbon copied, but I get past the first three sentences and I’m lost.”

    It's good to see the sponsors coming back to cycling!
  • campagchris
    campagchris Posts: 773
    They were looking for someone to give them an Edge :roll:

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