Vaughters big news

iainf72
iainf72 Posts: 15,784
edited October 2009 in Pro race
Garmin have signed to remain as title sponsor until end of 2013
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.

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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Except JV twittered that "Garmin has resigned", instead of "Garmin has re-signed"
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    They sponsor a fair bit of sport

    http://www.garminasus.com/garmin/cms/si ... onsorships

    Small beans for them I expect.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • greeny12
    greeny12 Posts: 759
    Even though their reputation as one of the sport's good guys took a bit of a knock with the Hincapie Affair, this is still good news...
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  • markwalker
    markwalker Posts: 953
    greeny12 wrote:
    Even though their reputation as one of the sport's good guys took a bit of a knock with the Hincapie Affair, this is still good news...

    Hincapie affair? I missed that one, what happened?
  • FOAD
    FOAD Posts: 318
    Garmin chasing the break to keep Hincapie out of yellow...
  • markwalker
    markwalker Posts: 953
    Ah yes, it did seem petty and a little spiteful. I did think that it added something to the mix though!
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    They weren't the only ones - Silence had a couple of guys on the front as well. As a multi-TdF winner once said, "Pas de cadeaux"...

    Anyway, this was a complete tacitcal c0ck-up by Columbia, who were trying to have their cake (Cav taking the sprint) and eat it (keeping Big George in yellow) and they managed neither. I bet Cuddly Bob is very happy for Garmin to take the heat over that incident - probably their best "victory" of the season...
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    http://givegeorgeyellow.com/

    Next year I'm going to register "givegeorgeacobblestone.com"
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    I think George has enough on his plate...
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  • greeny12
    greeny12 Posts: 759
    To be fair, my beef with it was less about the chasing down (which you're quite entitled to do in a bike race) more about the bare-faced lies they came out with afterwards to explain it....
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    It's a bike race.

    Not a "lets give George a jersey because he's a nice bloke" event.

    It's a mockery of a sham
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • shinyhelmut
    shinyhelmut Posts: 1,364
    iainf72 wrote:
    Garmin have signed to remain as title sponsor until end of 2013

    and there was me thinking Vaughter's good news was that he'd been reunited with his red tartan trousers. :lol:
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    Or the truffle survived the trans-Atlantic crossing intact...
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    iainf72 wrote:
    http://givegeorgeyellow.com/

    Next year I'm going to register "givegeorgeacobblestone.com"

    I was thinking of givemegeorgeswife.com
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