Schlecks to start own team?

iainf72
iainf72 Posts: 15,784
edited March 2010 in Pro race
According to Gazzetta, moves are afoot.

The manager would be creepy old Marc Biver and they'd want to get the Chin-monster on board.

Who would replace them at Saxo / Lego / whatever they're called? Step forward Bertie Contador....

http://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/04-03-2 ... 0514.shtml
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.

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  • pat1cp
    pat1cp Posts: 766
    iainf72 wrote:
    According to Gazzetta, moves are afoot.

    The manager would be creepy old Marc Biver and they'd want to get the Chin-monster on board.

    Who would replace them at Saxo / Lego / whatever they're called? Step forward Bertie Contador....

    http://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/04-03-2 ... 0514.shtml

    He was Phonaks manager, right ?? Funny looking chap with daft glasses ???
    http://tinyurl.com/332edp
    http://tinyurl.com/2nu7r3
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    He's an agent for the IMG group, acts on behalf of several riders. He stepped in to "save" the Liberty Seguros team after Manolo Saiz got thrown out, he helped broker the merger with Astana. He was then forced to step down after multiple positive tests within Astana.

    The Gazzetta article suggests Specialized sponsored Astana and Saxo could merge, although with a new sponsor. But it also says Contador could go to the Caisse d'Eparge team, but under the name of Santander, the Spanish bank.

    All this sounds like rumour and daydreaming, there's nothing to imagine any of this is more than just an idea.
  • pat1cp
    pat1cp Posts: 766
    Sorry to high jack, but who was Phonaks DS/Manager when, errrrr, Floyd won the tour ??? :?
    http://tinyurl.com/332edp
    http://tinyurl.com/2nu7r3
  • sonny73
    sonny73 Posts: 2,203
    Old Biver always makes me think of The Hood with specs;

    hood.jpg
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    pat1cp wrote:
    Sorry to high jack, but who was Phonaks DS/Manager when, errrrr, Floyd won the tour ??? :?

    Andy Rihs (owner of the Phonak Company) and John Lelangue (currently running BMC)
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    RichN95 wrote:

    Andy Rihs (owner of the Phonak Company) and John Lelangue (currently running BMC)

    Andy Rihs also owns BMC

    I tend to think they're both good guys. Andy has been badly burned by pro cycling and keeps coming back.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Likewise, Lelangue was let down by guys behind the scenes but you could argue he was stupid to trust the likes of Landis, who had been a client of Michele Ferrari etc.
  • Moomaloid
    Moomaloid Posts: 2,040
    arn't Specialized looking to be main sponsor of a team, could that be the Astana-Saxo collab, or could they be the main sponsor of the Schleck team?
  • vision267
    vision267 Posts: 149
    The Schleck's are boring boring boring.They seem like really nice people,but they are dull as cyclists.They just don't seem to have the real killer instinct to win any grand tour's.
  • stefrees
    stefrees Posts: 137
    Sonny73 wrote:
    Old Biver always makes me think of The Hood with specs;

    hood.jpg


    glad im not the only one
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    vision267 wrote:
    The Schleck's are boring boring boring.They seem like really nice people,but they are dull as cyclists.They just don't seem to have the real killer instinct to win any grand tour's.

    It'll come for Andy. He's 24 now and his mother is probably ready to let him go out his bike without his big brother to look after him.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    I hope they are serious about creating a team but hope that Biver isn't attached. How about Cyrille Guimard? He actually has worked with Andy Schleck at Vélo Club Roubaix.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    vision267 wrote:
    The Schleck's are boring boring boring.They seem like really nice people,but they are dull as cyclists.They just don't seem to have the real killer instinct to win any grand tour's.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad3Hzsy1-20
    _
  • Dazza2280
    Dazza2280 Posts: 156
    didn't i read somewhere a while ago that Saxo Bank are pulling out after this year??? Maybe the Schlecks will just take over the team.
  • pedro118118
    pedro118118 Posts: 1,102
    The Schlecks need to concentrate their efforts on winning races - seems as thought their egos are taking over..............
  • Tusher
    Tusher Posts: 2,762
    Doubt they would be able to cut their umbilical cord to Bjaerne Riis anyway.

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