Which team for Bianchi next year?

jon208
jon208 Posts: 335
edited September 2008 in Pro race
Given Barloworld have bailed out after the Tour, has there been any suggestion of Bianchi supplying another Pro Tour team or are they going to be missing from the peloton next year?

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  • fast as fupp
    fast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    they havent bailed
    'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,570
    Barloworld the sponsor have bailed out but Barloworld the team will continue as they've funding from the company for next season.
  • fast as fupp
    fast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    what he said!
    'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'
  • grimpeur
    grimpeur Posts: 230
    The team is still even going to be called Barloworld in 2009, contrary to what was said at the TdF.

    From cyclingnews.com today...

    Barloworld continues through 2009

    By Gregor Brown
    Steve Cummings will ride for Team Barloworld again in 2009
    Photo ©: Gerry McManus (Click for larger image)

    Despite suffering from a doping scandal during the Tour de France and the threat of losing his title sponsor, Claudio Corti's team will continue as Barloworld in 2009 with few changes. The team manager explained that the South African sponsor will be the main name on the jerseys of Robbie Hunter and his other star riders for 2009.

    "We have the chance to add a sponsor, but the budget is there and we are going on. The team is going on with the name Barloworld on the jersey for 2009, not much is changing," Corti confirmed to Cyclingnews from his office yesterday Saturday morning.

    Barloworld announced it would end its sponsorship following the doping case of Moisés Dueñas. The French Gendarmerie escorted Dueñas out of the Tour the morning after the rest day in Pau, July 16, when informed of his positive test for Erythropoietin (EPO) stemming from stage four's time trial in Cholet. A search of Dueñas' room revealed banned substances.

    "You know, at the beginning the reactions were that way," Corti said. "They confirmed their sponsorship for 2009. I can have another name, but the team will still be Barloworld."
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,730
    Yes, Grimpeur (old ES?) is right.
    Barloworld have had a re-think and are back in the sponsoring business.
    Good news for us and all those who lust after a Bianchi. :wink:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • jon208
    jon208 Posts: 335
    928 HOC Superleggera........ 8) 8) 8)
  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    But someone dressed in red & yellow and sitting on a celeste bike clashes horribly.

    One of the team was on a black frame with celeste Bianchi lettering and that was a sight more tasteful.

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