the name for team luxembourg ..

northernneil
northernneil Posts: 1,549
edited January 2011 in Pro race
is leopard ????

bit crap really

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/luxembo ... am-leopard
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  • Stu T
    Stu T Posts: 127
    Nobody spotted that






    I'll get me coat
    I wear Lycra because I like the way it feels
  • SpaceJunk
    SpaceJunk Posts: 1,157
    I think it's totally appropriate.

    The sport seems destined to never clean up it's act ......

    Just as a leopard can not change it's spots.
  • northernneil
    northernneil Posts: 1,549
    http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/510049/nygaard-denies-leopard-name-for-luxembourg-team.html

    denyed now ....
  • Ron Stuart
    Ron Stuart Posts: 1,242
    Ok, how about the amazing 'bunker sport' Siamese twins, they had eleven kids between them, shared a bed of four the Bunker Twins plus the Yates sisters and the twins died within three hours of each other at the age of 63!!

    My Choice would be Bunker Sport. :shock: :D check this... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_and_Eng_Bunker
  • Ron Stuart
    Ron Stuart Posts: 1,242
    Ron Stuart wrote:
    Ok, how about the amazing 'bunker sport' Siamese twins, they had eleven kids between them, shared a bed of four the Bunker Twins plus the Yates sisters and the twins died within three hours of each other at the age of 63!!

    My Choice would be Bunker Sport. :shock: :D check this... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_and_Eng_Bunker

    Oops 21 kids :oops:
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    I was thinking they were going to do a Superio Mario Dominia Vacanze with leopard spots rather than tiger stripes, a bit Bet Lynch stylee?

    It would probably go quite well with their pre-season spray-on orange tans and open up a whole new market for replica kit?
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    I can reveal that 'Team Leopard' will actually be called.....

    As Ax Knob

    ...well it is a rehash of 'Saxo Bank' isn't it?
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Warning : No doping content in this post.

    Team is called Leopard Trek.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • TommyEss
    TommyEss Posts: 1,855
    iainf72 wrote:
    Warning : No doping content in this post.

    Team is called Leopard Trek.

    Isn't that the kind of thing you go to Tanzania for?!
    Cannondale Synapse 105, Giant Defy 3, Giant Omnium, Giant Trance X2, EMC R1.0, Ridgeback Platinum, On One Il Pompino...
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Team Presentation is tonight at 7pm. Shame about the Trek - an opportunity for a class kit will be ruined with the eyesore bikes and the Trek logo on the front (assuming the logo will be on the kit, was originally going to be bare).
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Harry182
    Harry182 Posts: 1,170
    I vote for "Team Venture Bros".
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Team Presentation is tonight at 7pm. Shame about the Trek - an opportunity for a class kit will be ruined with the eyesore bikes and the Trek logo on the front (assuming the logo will be on the kit, was originally going to be bare).

    When Bertie used to ride a Trek, did his general fantasticness offset the eyesoreness of the bikes?
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Yes of course and it helped that he had designs on his bike. I have said a couple of times before that it would be good to see Contador ride in Saxo kit and bike for a photo persepective. Likewise for Cancellara if they had the black and white scheme.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Makes no bloody difference what bike they ride.
    _
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    It does for photos. Maybe not to you, but why would I care about that?
    Contador is the Greatest
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    frenchfighter wrote:
    It does for photos. Maybe not to you, but why would I care about that?

    It all makes sense to me now.
    _
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Team kit anyone?

    560e9fabac.jpg

    ccdf0a76df.jpg
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    It'll be fun spotting them from the saxo guys.

    Presumably we'll be able to tell because the saxo bank guys will be in the group miles behind.
    _
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Pretty good apart from the writing.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • TommyEss
    TommyEss Posts: 1,855
    Designed by Rapha was it?
    Cannondale Synapse 105, Giant Defy 3, Giant Omnium, Giant Trance X2, EMC R1.0, Ridgeback Platinum, On One Il Pompino...
  • garryc
    garryc Posts: 203
    Black, white and blue.

    Same as Sky, same as Garmin-Cervelo.

    The peloton is gonna look a bit boring this year.
  • simonaspinall
    simonaspinall Posts: 645
    edited January 2011
    The Bo(u)rgs

    With a cool Tron style kit
    What wheels...? Wheelsmith.co.uk!
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    For anyone who might be remotely interested, the team presentation is live here:
    http://sport.rtl.lu/cyclissem/news//91063.html

    at 7pm.

    Trek stepping up to co-sponsor at the top level.
    A long term business plan that involves jumping ship, or maybe the first step to another full blown US sponsored PT team?
    Who knows???
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    That's not a bad kit, but not a great kit either.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Team presentation is on now. There'll all suited and booted and weirdly wearing scarves too. They look like city lawyers popping out for a lunchtime sandwich at Pret.
  • sonny73
    sonny73 Posts: 2,203
    http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/6988/Confirmed--Schlecks-team-to-be-called-Leopard-Trek.aspx
    French newspaper L’Equipe has said that the squad will be called Leopard-Trek. This has since been confirmed by team management.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Leopard Trek sounds like something students do in their gap year.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    Am alone in thinking this is all going to end in tears?

    It just doesn't feel right.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    andyp wrote:
    Am alone in thinking this is all going to end in tears?

    It just doesn't feel right.

    39teeth just tweeted that one of their sponsors bailed out a while ago which in part accounts for the sparse jersey.

    But yes, it feels "odd"
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • sonny73
    sonny73 Posts: 2,203
    edited January 2011
    http://www.leopardtrek.lu/
    And yes I too get the feeling it doesn't seem too stable a set up.

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