Katusha - WTF !!!!

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  • Gabbo
    Gabbo Posts: 864
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    No wildcards from ASO for Katusha for either P-N or Dauphine. No clearer sign needed for J-Rod that they aint getting into the Tour

    http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/13771 ... phine.aspx

    That absolutely sucks! It Purito I'll miss watching!
  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    STRADE BIANCHE
    For Strade Bianche 17 teams, 11 UCI ProTeams and 6 UCI Professional Continental Teams, have been invited as follows:
    AG2R LA MONDIALE (FRA)
    ASTANA PRO TEAM (KAZ)
    BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM (NED)
    BMC RACING TEAM (USA)
    CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING (ITA)
    GARMIN SHARP (USA)
    LAMPRE-MERIDA (ITA)
    MOVISTAR TEAM (ESP)
    RADIOSHACK LEOPARD (LUX)
    TEAM ARGOS-SHIMANO (NED)
    VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (NED)

    ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI (ITA)
    BARDIANI VALVOLE - CSF INOX (ITA)
    CRELAN - EUPHONY (BEL)
    IAM CYCLING (SUI)
    KATUSHA (RUS)
    VINI FANTINI - SELLE ITALIA (ITA)


    GIRO DEL LAZIO
    For Giro del Lazio 16 teams, 8 UCI ProTeams and 8 UCI Professional Continental Teams, have been invited as follows:
    AG2R LA MONDIALE (FRA)
    ASTANA PRO TEAM (KAZ)
    BMC RACING TEAM (USA)
    CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING (ITA)
    LAMPRE-MERIDA (ITA)
    MOVISTAR TEAM (ESP)
    TEAM ARGOS-SHIMANO (NED)
    VACANSOLEIL-DCM PRO CYCLING TEAM (NED)

    ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI (ITA)
    BARDIANI VALVOLE - CSF INOX (ITA)
    CAJA RURAL (ESP)
    COLOMBIA (COL)
    CRELAN - EUPHONY (BEL)
    IAM CYCLING (SUI)
    KATUSHA (RUS)
    VINI FANTINI - SELLE ITALIA (ITA)
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Will know what's what on 8th Feb
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    and in the meantime J-Rod says he has offers on the table but waiting for the CAS outcome.

    Says “The team I am most close to signing with hasn’t been mentioned before. It will be quite a surprise'

    The tease.

    http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/13817 ... z2JSaStCIy
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    IAM NETAPP or COFIDIS
    Contador is the Greatest
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,388
    Europcar?
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    frenchfighter wrote:
    IAM NETAPP or COFIDIS


    IAM have the dosh, no doubt, but they and NetApp would be massively risky re guaranteed wildcards for the Tour, though - non?
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    SKY.


    Hehehe


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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Yeah I would have thought so. Cofidis - supposedly they have the cash, the WT ambitions and sponsor wants expsoure in Spain (via inrg)
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Yeah I would have thought so. Cofidis - supposedly they have the cash, the WT ambitions and sponsor wants expsoure in Spain (via inrg)


    Cofidis seems most likely, have to say. Taaramae and Navarro would be working overtime
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    CAS announce their verdict tomorrow
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,150
    The rumour mill seems to be linking Rodriguez with a possible move to Lampre, now they seem to have had Scarponi 'disappeared'.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • chrisday
    chrisday Posts: 300
    RichN95 wrote:
    The rumour mill seems to be linking Rodriguez with a possible move to Lampre, now they seem to have had Scarponi 'disappeared'.


    Moving to a team with a good clean rep, then? ;)
    @shraap | My Men 2016: G, Yogi, Cav, Boonen, Degenkolb, Martin, J-Rod, Kudus, Chaves
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    RichN95. Posts: 27,150
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  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,193
    Daniel Benson ‏@dnlbenson: KATUSHA MANAGEMENT’S APPEAL UPHELD BY THE CAS

    Daniel Benson ‏@dnlbenson: The CAS Panel did not reach the same conclusions as the UCI Licensing Commission and decided to uphold the appeal.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,104
    Which team is going to get kicked out of the WT then?
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,388
    Think it was decided that no one would - there will just be one less wildcard....
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,104
    Let's see what ASO and RCS make of that.
  • hstiles
    hstiles Posts: 414
    Do you think the following CAS statement
    The grounds for the decision will be released “in a few weeks”
    was something of a swipe at the UCI?

    Now, let's see what Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox, Fantini Vini–Selle Italia or Colombia make of having their wildcard revoked.
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,104
    Who says RCS will revoke any wildcards? Michele Acquarone has just tweeted that it's a mess. He's right.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,309
    The Inner ring blog had a good explanation of the process (before announcement was made)

    http://inrng.com/2013/02/katusha-cas-crash-course/

    It looks like what should happen is that the licencing commission have to re-evaluate, but can theoreticaly still come to the same decision....

    Complete mess though.
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    so its 19 teams for the rest of the year, folks

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-con ... s-for-2013

    Race organisers will have to decide whether they can accommodate 23 teams, or retract an already-allocated wildcard in the case of P-N/T-A/Giro, or only dish out 3 for other races
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Katusha will ride PN and Dauphine with no withdrawals. TdF stays at 22 teams with wildcards reduced to 3.

    http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/02/ ... ine_275196
    Contador is the Greatest
  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    The Giro's the interesting one - teams are of 9 rather than 8 as at PN or Dauphine

    Giro has 4 x wildcards already invited, plus 18 x WT teams = 198 riders

    Suddenly add a 19th WT team and you have 207 riders, where the UCI limit is 200...
  • hstiles
    hstiles Posts: 414
    So that's 19 worldtour teams plus Europcar and Cofidis. Who gets final wildcard I wonder?
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    hstiles wrote:
    So that's 19 worldtour teams plus Europcar and Cofidis. Who gets final wildcard I wonder?


    Well, Hivert's not doing Saur Sojasun any harm this week - just won in Spain 2nd day in a row

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