Radio Shack Riders

iainf72

Klodi
Popo
Rast
Har Mar Z

Rumour has it they want Andy Schleck but not Frank, but Andy won't go sans Frank.

leguape

Andy needs to grip up and let Frank look after himself. It's sweet how they are brothers and all that nice sentimentality but it's not really getting him anywhere while he's looking back down the road for the less-gifted sibling.

jim one

Levi and Horner surely in the mix as well I'd have thought

oscarbudgie

I heard that LA asked Brice Feillu to join?

DaveyL

On one of the procycling podcasts, the observation was made that the Schelck Bros appeared to be riding a tandem in this year's Tour...

Pokerface

Seriously - isn't trying to get Andy just a ploy to control him in next year's Tour?

Why would Lance want him otherwise? It would just be the same situation as this year - all over again.

I can see them wanting to sign him for 2011 though....

mididoctors

DaveyL wrote:

On one of the procycling podcasts, the observation was made that the Schelck Bros appeared to be riding a tandem in this year's Tour...

bikerZA

Andy would be silly to go to Radioshack. He needs to stay with a team that will support him and him alone as leader. Then maybe he can challenge Contador next year.

Harry182

Andy joining LanceShack = Roberto Heras joining Postal. How many times did Roberto win the Tour, again?

alex16zx

I think Andy thinks that by staying with Frank he will always have someone he can share the workload with a lot of the time. Frank may not be as good as Andy but he is still good enough to keep up in breakaways etc., and if every other rider is without teammates and they're together then they can try and dominate. Didn't quite work out like that in the tour though.

frenchfighter

Prime candidate. See him here racing in the Designa Grand Prix 2009:

Mettan

alex16zx wrote:

I think Andy thinks that by staying with Frank he will always have someone he can share the workload with a lot of the time. Frank may not be as good as Andy but he is still good enough to keep up in breakaways etc., and if every other rider is without teammates and they're together then they can try and dominate. Didn't quite work out like that in the tour though.

Agreed - and then there's the "mental side" of it - good emotional backup and support throughout a race.

takethehighroad

Also, they said in an interview a while abck that they wouldn't be able to race against each other, attack each other etc. It would just be too weird for them.

Strangly similar to LA not being able to race against JB.

secretsqirrel

Gutted if Klodi joins Lance, but he is the uber-domestique, and therefore just the sort of sacrificial lamb Lance wants on side. Hope he treats him with due respect.

Perhaps LA could sign up Rassmussen......................ChickenShack! :oops:

frenchfighter

Rogers riding nicely with Lance...

bipedal

SecretSqirrel wrote:

Gutted if Klodi joins Lance, but he is the uber-domestique, and therefore just the sort of sacrificial lamb Lance wants on side. Hope he treats him with due respect.

Klodi seems to prefer it that way - he clearly wasn't comfortable being the leader of T-Mobile when Ullrich got binned

He seems to like pocketing a top salary with none of the pressure to lead the team

secretsqirrel

bipedal wrote:

SecretSqirrel wrote:

Gutted if Klodi joins Lance, but he is the uber-domestique, and therefore just the sort of sacrificial lamb Lance wants on side. Hope he treats him with due respect.

Klodi seems to prefer it that way - he clearly wasn't comfortable being the leader of T-Mobile when Ullrich got binned

He seems to like pocketing a top salary with none of the pressure to lead the team

Too true. Clever guy!

Also some teams may be put off by his past, but I think really as far as ASO, UCI and such are concerned, he is on a par with Frank S., and even Contador etc. He has fallen out with the German Cycling Fed, but so what.

IMHO he is a great asset to a GT win aspiring team.

robmanic1

Any mention of Basso yet?

iainf72

Robmanic1 wrote:

Any mention of Basso yet?

That would annoy me a large amount.

secretsqirrel

iainf72 wrote:

Robmanic1 wrote:

Any mention of Basso yet?

That would annoy me a large amount.

Sorry Iain, but there has always been a Lance/Ivan thing going on. I have seen Overcoming

bikerZA

Maybe they'll sign Vinokourov

:P

stagehopper

So let's get this right, Team Radio Shack at next year's Tour:

Armstorng
Schleck the Younger
Leipheimer
Kloeden
Horner
Basso
Rasmussen
Popovych
Zubeldia

robmanic1

SecretSqirrel wrote:

iainf72 wrote:

Robmanic1 wrote:

Any mention of Basso yet?

That would annoy me a large amount.

Sorry Iain, but there has always been a Lance/Ivan thing going on. I have seen Overcoming

Funnily enough, that was in the back of my mind.

Ok, how about I throw Landis in to the mix? (where's the damn tongue-in-cheek emoticon?)

SpaceJunk

stagehopper wrote:

So let's get this right, Team Radio Shack at next year's Tour:

Armstorng
Schleck the Younger
Leipheimer
Kloeden
Horner
Basso
Rasmussen
Popovych
Zubeldia

I'm guessing the Green Jersey isn't a top priority.

I believe JB will be looking for an historic 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 finish.

I'll set that team up in Pro Cycling Manager and see if I can emulate it.

GroupOfOne MkII

Surely Shleck the younger will just look at Contador's problems this year and say 'Err no thanks guys'. Unless he wants to spend 2010 being told to tow Lance to the bottom of the final climb then I doubt he'd join Radio Shack. On the other hand, since when have cyclists done the sensible thing!

dennisn

GroupOfOne MkII wrote:

Surely Shleck the younger will just look at Contador's problems this year and say 'Err no thanks guys'. Unless he wants to spend 2010 being told to tow Lance to the bottom of the final climb then I doubt he'd join Radio Shack. On the other hand, since when have cyclists done the sensible thing!

Then there is always "the money". I've been known to do jobs I didn't like for "the money".
Cyclist, like other athletes do have a limited time frame to make the big dollar.

disgruntledgoat

dennisn wrote:

GroupOfOne MkII wrote:

Surely Shleck the younger will just look at Contador's problems this year and say 'Err no thanks guys'. Unless he wants to spend 2010 being told to tow Lance to the bottom of the final climb then I doubt he'd join Radio Shack. On the other hand, since when have cyclists done the sensible thing!

Then there is always "the money". I've been known to do jobs I didn't like for "the money".
Cyclist, like other athletes do have a limited time frame to make the big dollar.

Too true, "the money" can make up for any number of privations. If there's one thing my mate's experiences of the lower rungs of pro-cycling have told me it's that theres sod all glory involved.

GroupOfOne MkII

Oh no, I can definitely see the temptation to take the money, but you'd think if you were in Andy's position (ie the best GT rider other than Contador) then you'd want to at least have one more clean shot at going for the Tour before being subverted. After all, I'm pretty sure he's being paid reasonably well with Saxo Bank.

greeny12

People are forgetting that LA himself has said he'll do only one more Tour in 2010.

So the pitch to Andy S surely is "help me beat that Spanish git next year then you have the total support of my super-team and the benefits of my know-how and that of the Hog to dominate the race after that."

Andy's still a youngster and I reckon that would make an intriguing offer with a big potential payback for one year of subjugation....

donrhummy

Why would Andy go from a team where he's the leader and has a chance to win the TDF (and a strong team) to a team where he'd have to wait till Lance is done before he can be the leader? Doesn't make sense.

According to Velonews, the riders expected to go to RadioShack:

Lance Armstrong
Levi Leipheimer,
Yaroslav Popovych,
Andreas Kloden,
Chris Horner,
Haimar Zubeldia
Janez Brajkovic
Tomas Vaitkus.

Now THAT'S a grand tour team!

greeny12

donrhummy wrote:

Why would Andy go from a team where he's the leader and has a chance to win the TDF (and a strong team) to a team where he'd have to wait till Lance is done before he can be the leader? Doesn't make sense.

According to Velonews, the riders expected to go to RadioShack:

Lance Armstrong
Levi Leipheimer,
Yaroslav Popovych,
Andreas Kloden,
Chris Horner,
Haimar Zubeldia
Janez Brajkovic
Tomas Vaitkus.

Now THAT'S a grand tour team!

It also shows just what Contador was up against in this year's Tour!!!!