Will Horner get a new contract for 2014

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  • Mad_Malx
    Mad_Malx Posts: 5,182
    Haven't they already got 2 GC leaders ?
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    It's funny that the Lampre Team manager, Brent Copeland, has been with the team for 15 years in managerial roles, yet he's still younger than Horner!
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    ^ha!

    Baden Cooke interview:
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  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    I'm fairly agnostic regarding his Vuelta win. However I wonder if there's any clawback clause in the contract if something iffy turns up afterwards. In fact I wonder if those sort of clauses are appearing in contracts generally now
  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    dsoutar wrote:
    if something iffy turns up afterwards.

    He's joined Lampre ;-)
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    dsoutar wrote:
    I'm fairly agnostic regarding his Vuelta win. However I wonder if there's any clawback clause in the contract if something iffy turns up afterwards. In fact I wonder if those sort of clauses are appearing in contracts generally now

    I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt now but I would have thought the sort of clause you refer to would be fairly standard in such a contract these days.
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    dsoutar wrote:
    I'm fairly agnostic regarding his Vuelta win. However I wonder if there's any clawback clause in the contract if something iffy turns up afterwards. In fact I wonder if those sort of clauses are appearing in contracts generally now

    I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt now but I would have thought the sort of clause you refer to would be fairly standard in such a contract these days.


    Yeah, but this is Lampre we're talking about.... :?
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    dsoutar wrote:
    I'm fairly agnostic regarding his Vuelta win. However I wonder if there's any clawback clause in the contract if something iffy turns up afterwards. In fact I wonder if those sort of clauses are appearing in contracts generally now

    I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt now but I would have thought the sort of clause you refer to would be fairly standard in such a contract these days.


    Yeah, but this is Lampre we're talking about.... :?

    Perhaps Horner has insisted in such a clause if anything turns up on Lampre then :shock:
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,431
    Starting the Giro apparently
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  • smokey_bacon
    smokey_bacon Posts: 1,639
    Is Horner v Qunitana the new Froome v Quintana if both do the Giro & the Vuelta.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Smokey Bacon wrote:
    Is Horner v Qunitana the new Froome v Quintana if both do the Giro & the Vuelta.


    :):)





    Oh. Hang on, were you being serious?
  • smokey_bacon
    smokey_bacon Posts: 1,639
    only like 0.1% if at all!
  • shinyhelmut
    shinyhelmut Posts: 1,364
    http://competitorradio.competitor.com/2014/02/chris-horner-2/

    I haven't listened myself yet but this might be interesting.
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    cesco wrote:
    I don't believe he dopes. I do believe his sins are much worse than that, see left two pics.

    1236045_623534304353592_428945944_n.jpg

    Whoa. Now that's some nasty looking growth. Guy that would grow something that lame AND then appear in pubic has got to be doing drugs. At the very least mind altering ones.
  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
    dennisn wrote:
    cesco wrote:
    I don't believe he dopes. I do believe his sins are much worse than that, see left two pics.

    1236045_623534304353592_428945944_n.jpg

    Whoa. Now that's some nasty looking growth. Guy that would grow something that lame AND then appear in pubic has got to be doing drugs. At the very least mind altering ones.

    Dear god, he's not that bad. At least he hasn't been caught yet for doping. Considering Mancebo is still doing his stuff in Dubai yesterday then give the guy a break. Cycling is a sport with dopers, you just got to get on with it.
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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,104
    I thought Mancebo was generally considered to have paid more of a price than most and probably didn't even benefit from doping, according to the doctor who doped him his haemocrit was naturally high so there wasn't scope or blood doping due to the 50% limit.
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  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
    I think most Doc's on Teams post date prescriptions and try to stop riders from overdosing preventing Heart Attacks etc. I think what Team Doctors say is as compromised as Drs Conconi/Ferrari/Fuentes.
    Mancebo has been riding for years in America so not done too bad really.
    This webpage mentions Mancebo and Fuentes and blood bags.

    http://www.newcyclingpathway.com/news/b ... os-arribas
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  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
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    "You can't ride the Tour de France on mineral water."
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,547
    CN interview with him in Majorca this week;

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/a-n ... pre-merida
  • jerry3571
    jerry3571 Posts: 1,532
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUtwjIn ... C57aFUfkiQ
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    "You can't ride the Tour de France on mineral water."
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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Nice little interview that. It will be interesting to see what his form is like and what role he plays in the Giro
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    Nice little interview that. It will be interesting to see what his form is like and what role he plays in the Giro

    He seems confident and looks good on the road. I'm quiet excited to see how he goes this year.
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  • Moontrane
    Moontrane Posts: 233
    inseine wrote:
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    Nice little interview that. It will be interesting to see what his form is like and what role he plays in the Giro

    He seems confident and looks good on the road. I'm quiet excited to see how he goes this year.

    A week and a half ago he rode up the HC Palomar Mt just as fast as he did 20 months ago. Looking good! 8)
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,431
    VeloNews ‏@velonews · 12m
    Chris Horner suffers punctured lung, broken ribs in training crash Lampre believes was a car/bike collision. http://ow.ly/vHby4
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    TailWindHome wrote:
    VeloNews ‏@velonews · 12m
    Chris Horner suffers punctured lung, broken ribs in training crash Lampre believes was a car/bike collision. http://ow.ly/vHby4
    Poor bloke. Not what you want if you're on a pay as you go contract.
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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,104
    Darn it. I hope he's recovers OK. Any chance he might recover in time for the Vuelta ?

    Less importantly than his health but the Giro field is looking increasingly thin this year.
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Isn't it just a part of his training to be injuried? Look at last season... Form of his life.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Nasty crash. With his age I guess it will take him a good few months to recover.

    Is he really on a low salary with an attractive bonus structure?
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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    Hope he is ok.

    Giro contenders getting less and less!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Much as I'm not a fan I certainly wouldn't wish that on him. I hope he recovers enough to finish his career properly.

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