Cuddly Bob on 2011

iainf72

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/htc-col ... -de-france

So clearly in Bob's world, Cavendish ain't going nowhere.

Kléber

I don't know why he'd go. The only thing is to fix his salary which is due for an uprating but the team can clearly afford that and sponsors will open the chequebooks to pay him.

I suspect they might pick at some ex-Milram riders. Ciolek is rumoured to be returning, he could fill Greipel's place in the races Cavendish doesn't want to do.

You sort of feel that the GC riders are in limbo. The moment they falter, they become workers for Cavendish. A sensible plan. Rogers has had a good year, eg winning California but soon spent July towing the bunch along for Cav.

iainf72

Kléber wrote:

You sort of feel that the GC riders are in limbo. The moment they falter, they become workers for Cavendish. A sensible plan. Rogers has had a good year, eg winning California but soon spent July towing the bunch along for Cav.

Indeed. But I see a lot more value in Rogers doing that than toiling to finish 16'th overall in the GC

If Bob gets Google on board....

jimmythecuckoo

Doesn't he need a sponsor though? aren't Columbia not renewing?

pat1cp

iainf72 wrote:

Kléber wrote:

You sort of feel that the GC riders are in limbo. The moment they falter, they become workers for Cavendish. A sensible plan. Rogers has had a good year, eg winning California but soon spent July towing the bunch along for Cav.

Indeed. But I see a lot more value in Rogers doing that than toiling to finish 16'th overall in the GC

If Bob gets Google on board....

Is Uncle Bob trying to charm google ??? Don't HTC make the Googe phone ??

What ever you say about Bob he does seem able to attract some very big names into the sport. Maybe his business knowledge pays dividends. Didn't I read HTC have the biggest budget in the peleton, even bigger than SKY's.

Maybe Google could become title sponsor and they could tidy up that bloody kit.

rick_chasey

pat1cp wrote:

Is Uncle Bob trying to charm google ??? Don't HTC make the Googe phone ??

What ever you say about Bob he does seem able to attract some very big names into the sport. Maybe his business knowledge pays dividends. Didn't I read HTC have the biggest budget in the peloton, even bigger than SKY's.

Maybe Google could become title sponsor and they could tidy up that bloody kit.

Because there are people who havn't heard of google. :?

jimmythecuckoo

Tidy up the kit maybe...

pedro118118

I supose Google would compliment the existing sponsor line-up, especially HTC and Skype.