Rabo

iainf72
iainf72 Posts: 15,784
edited January 2013 in Pro race
Hearing rumours they will cease sponsoring both mens and womans teams at 31/12/12
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
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  • markwb79
    markwb79 Posts: 937
    Yep, its in the news here now.
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    http://www.rabosport.com/news/item/25789

    Confirmed
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    It's a sad state of affairs but if I was looking to sponsor a sports team I wouldn't touch cycling with a barge pole.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    Devestating for cycling really, very late in the day for the riders left without a team. Maybe they were looking to pull of some kind of coup with Cavendish - didn't happen so sponsors pulled the plug? Just a wild theory.
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  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    They were only announcing new signings to the women's team yesterday.

    I always suspected that as a sponsor they turned a blind eye to the rumours about the team operations for years. Guess the whole USADA episode is proving that there is such a thing as bad publicity.
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    One of their riders caught in passport.

    Court cause coming up.

    UsADA. Lots of stars aliging
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • sketchley
    sketchley Posts: 4,238
    https://www.pressroomrabobank.com/publi ... ling_teams
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  • Jez mon
    Jez mon Posts: 3,809
    How long had Rabo signed on for as a sponsor, any chance of a T-mobile turning into High Road situation. (I guess not as otherwise the article would have said)
    You live and learn. At any rate, you live
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    iainf72 wrote:
    One of their riders caught in passport.

    Court cause coming up.

    UsADA. Lots of stars aliging

    I just said on twitter, the USADA report is a convenient excuse to get out whilst blaming somebody else. Rabo have been a long term supporter of cycling, but never the best moral compass.

    Biggest shame is actually for the women's team.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    The team will continue in 2013 under a "white label". (whatever that is......like Liberty S in 2006, maybe?)
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • pomtarr
    pomtarr Posts: 318
    https://twitter.com/Mark_Renshaw/status/259193048083349504
    Got no idea whats going on people. Wait and see?
    Renshaw in the dark...
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  • Cumulonimbus
    Cumulonimbus Posts: 1,730
    iainf72 wrote:
    One of their riders caught in passport.

    He was a 10 before the 2010 Tour so the dodgy readings may well come from before he was at Rabobank (although there could be more dodgy readings since then). Makes signing him a bit odd though as they should have checked and realised he was likely to be sanctioned at some point.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Well that's a bit of a shocker, but in these times of trouble if we can't get moral guidance from a bank, who else is there to turn to?
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    So how many PRO womens teams are there now? One? That's the last thing they need. I thought Rabo would be around forever!
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  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    damn. going to have to get new water bottles.
  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    Millar is not happy on twitter.
    Dear Rabobank, you were part of the problem. How dare you walk away from your young clean guys who are part of the solution. Sickening.
  • arnuf
    arnuf Posts: 98
    Rabo had the worst budget-to-result-rate in cycling, its no surprise they would quit someday. I dont see how this has to do with doping.
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    Bit of a shame really, but not really a surprise.

    I thought they would walk after the chicken fiasco.

    Does this suspicious rider's surname begin with a B?
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    According to @TourdeJose the riders got the press release 30 mins before it went to the press. Nice :(
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    prawny wrote:
    So how many PRO womens teams are there now? One? That's the last thing they need. I thought Rabo would be around forever!


    The other teams will be robbing banks (how fitting) to try to get Vos
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Timoid. wrote:
    Bit of a shame really, but not really a surprise.

    I thought they would walk after the chicken fiasco.

    Does this suspicious rider's surname begin with a B?
    Yes, it's Barredo. The UCI requested a prosecution be started on him yesterday.
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Pressure on the Evil Duo...mind you, they seem impervious to anything and everything...but sponsors pulling out could just be what it finally takes to boot Evil Hein at least
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    F*ck.
    _
  • Tom BB
    Tom BB Posts: 1,001
    Gutted-not a team that had any of my favorite riders, but I always liked the fact that they had a women's team and a development team. They also had a MTB team and I was lucky enough to get lapped by their rider Emil Lindgren sp a few years back at the opening round of the nationals. :D

    Really uncertain times now-Rabo were one of the teams that you imagined were least likely to disappear.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    In fairness.

    Rabo are doing pretty sh!t as a firm generally. (as all banks are).

    Not that they should get any sympathy, but banks have been cutting hard to the bone and then some this year. Makes sense that they've got to the point where doing that whilst funding a load of millionaire cyclists who, rather like the bank, don't achieve much, is not tolerable.
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    prawny wrote:
    So how many PRO womens teams are there now? One? That's the last thing they need. I thought Rabo would be around forever!


    The other teams will be robbing banks (how fitting) to try to get Vos

    I thought Vos was retiring? Or was that someone else?
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Ok, more info coming through...it seems that riders WILL ride through 2013, wearing white jerseys (so no 'exposure' for Rabo on the moving billboards that are the riders).

    Best hope none of riders win any best young rider jerseys then...
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    prawny wrote:
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    prawny wrote:
    So how many PRO womens teams are there now? One? That's the last thing they need. I thought Rabo would be around forever!


    The other teams will be robbing banks (how fitting) to try to get Vos

    I thought Vos was retiring? Or was that someone else?


    Noooo....Arndt innit. Marianne V's only 25
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    arnuf wrote:
    Rabo had the worst budget-to-result-rate in cycling, its no surprise they would quit someday. I dont see how this has to do with doping.

    Yes, clearly this has nothing to do with Leipheimer and the USADA report, but has long been in the pipeline.
    That's why the riders were given a whole half an hour notice.
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  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    prawny wrote:
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    prawny wrote:
    So how many PRO womens teams are there now? One? That's the last thing they need. I thought Rabo would be around forever!


    The other teams will be robbing banks (how fitting) to try to get Vos

    I thought Vos was retiring? Or was that someone else?


    Noooo....Arndt innit. Marianne V's only 25

    Ahhhh, Arndt, Vos close enough innit. :lol:
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