Riis not pleased

iainf72
iainf72 Posts: 15,784
edited January 2010 in Pro race
Bjarne is not pleased that some members of the press think he'll not be able to get a new sponsor to take over from Saxo.

Some have suggested he'll lose the will to fight to try and get the kind of money needed to support the team.
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.

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  • paulieb2006
    paulieb2006 Posts: 318
    Thought they had secured Sunguard for next year. Big IT company from the states.
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    They've got Sungard but they're only a small sponsor for this year. Maybe next year too but they're not the title sponsor.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    I'd love Lego to sponsor the team. Maybe not to provide the bikes.
    lego-bicycle-store-bike-shop2.jpg
  • FransJacques
    FransJacques Posts: 2,148
    Riis is not a tour winner any more. He gave his jersey back prior to the start of last year's event.

    Why is this important? Because Cyclingnews keeps on calling him "the 1996 tour winner".

    There's an article by Susan Westergard re: his comments on Lance where she makes this error.

    It's not a small point.

    No one calls Landis a Tour winner.
    When a cyclist has a disagreement with a car; it's not who's right, it's who's left.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    FransJacques wrote:
    Riis is not a tour winner any more. He gave his jersey back prior to the start of last year's event.

    All this symbolism. Riis won the 96 Tour. It's not even possible to strip him of his win if you wanted to. ASO might have put a symbolic * instead of his name but he is the winner.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    Riis was written back into the ledger of winners in 2008. FWIW, Ullrich was second and Virenque third in 1996.
  • shinyhelmut
    shinyhelmut Posts: 1,364
    Is it too much to hope that 4th place may have been taken by someone with just a little bit of credibility?
  • shinyhelmut
    shinyhelmut Posts: 1,364
    Hmmm, Dufaux. Apparently it was too much to hope.
  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,718
    I used to love Laurent Dufaux... but I stopped believing in him long ago.
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  • shinyhelmut
    shinyhelmut Posts: 1,364
    jimmythecuckoo wrote:
    I used to love Laurent Dufaux... but I stopped believing in him long ago.

    Me too. Anyone with a mullet like his certainly has character! :lol:
  • shinyhelmut
    shinyhelmut Posts: 1,364
    Ignore the above, I'm getting my drug-cheats muddled up. It was Brochard with the mullet.
    I used to love Laurent Dufaux... but I stopped believing in him long ago.

    Wasn't cycling far more fun to follow when you could believe?

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