Tinkov and Saxo

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,941
    Oleg Tinkov ‏@olegtinkov 3h
    Dear Chris Froome, You have got to start be worry. If I were you I would go extra hour riding tomorrow :-) #TinkoffSaxo is coming big time
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  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,562
    frenchfighter wrote:
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    Bjarne should lay off the pies! Or is he choking on his pride?
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,786
    mroli wrote:
    He says that twitter is just for mucking about and having fun. Can't say that I approve of him or his views, but would rather have someone that is outspoken than a bland, boring owner/figurehead. Vaughters >Brailsford for example (entertainment rather than results of course!)

    [img]Oleg Tinkov @olegtinkov Follow Fresca idea: to sponsor women's cycling team, definitely win all for this budget, plus you can chose only long legs sluts into the team :-) 11:31 PM - 15 Jul 2013 47 RETWEETS 18 FAVORITES ReplyRetweetFavorite[/img]

    Great fun from Oleg. Don't criticize him though or you get called a whore.
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    edited December 2013
    Assuming he's not a moron and he actually believes some of the stuff he Tweets, he's going to be very good value for a while. The self-righteous will whine about his racist misogyny on one side of their face. The other will still be beaming in appreciation at his latest Froomerism.

    It's another social media case study, much like Vaughters's' recent MBA paper on damage limitation.

    Edit:
    Oleg Tinkov @olegtinkov
    My tweet on ASO wasn't as popular as on suspicious Froome performance.It tell me how you'r shallow.This is much bigger statement though #TdF

    Source: Page 2 http://topsy.com/s?q=Froome%20from%3A%40OlegTinkov&window=a&sort=-date
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    He is, undeniably, an a£se-hat

    *pulls up the sofa, gets in the snacks and gets ready for the season ahead*
  • mike6
    mike6 Posts: 1,199
    Wheelspinner wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
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    Bjarne should lay off the pies! Or is he choking on his pride?

    Oleg is saying "If you dont perform this season I will squash you with this thumb. Then buy Chris Froome, he is a decent rider". :wink:

    Keeping up Bertie's record of only working with and for extremely dodgy people.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 40,553
    If he's going to try 'humorous' tweets in English he is probably best off learning to speak the language properly first rather than sounding like a Russian gangster in a low budget movie.
  • rayjay
    rayjay Posts: 1,384
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    That's the spirit.
  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    frenchfighter wrote:
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    Bertie in particular looks like someone just offered him a lift in a tumbrel.
  • mike6
    mike6 Posts: 1,199
    Crampeur wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
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    Bertie in particular looks like someone just offered him a lift in a tumbrel.

    Bertie thinking, "How much of a pay cut would I have to take to go to Sky as a domestique, anything would be better than this". Poor guy. :D
  • shinyhelmut
    shinyhelmut Posts: 1,364
    mike6 wrote:
    Bertie thinking, "How much of a pay cut would I have to take to go to Sky as a domestique, anything would be better than this". Poor guy. :D

    No, Bertie is a true champion and a certified heavyweight and would starve before riding for Sky.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    mike6 wrote:
    Crampeur wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
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    Bertie in particular looks like someone just offered him a lift in a tumbrel.

    Bertie thinking, "How much of a pay cut would I have to take to go to Sky as a domestique, anything would be better than this". Poor guy. :D
    I think he's wondering by someone is using a vibrator as a microphone
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  • mike6
    mike6 Posts: 1,199
    ShinyHelmut wrote:
    mike6 wrote:
    Bertie thinking, "How much of a pay cut would I have to take to go to Sky as a domestique, anything would be better than this". Poor guy. :D

    No, Bertie is a true champion and a certified heavyweight and would starve before riding for Sky.

    You have two accounts on this forum, dont you? :wink:
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    So the name changes to Tinkoff Saxo but someone had that username, possibly preemptively. See here:

    https://twitter.com/olegtinkov/status/4 ... 0334683137
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  • gpreeves
    gpreeves Posts: 454
    frenchfighter wrote:
    So the name changes to Tinkoff Saxo but someone had that username, possibly preemptively. See here:

    https://twitter.com/olegtinkov/status/4 ... 0334683137

    He responded well to Tinkov's offer of a signed jersey:

    "Tinkoff Saxo News
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    @olegtinkov haha Oleg, you can do it better. I have maillot but I dont have bike...I appreciate it. Happy new year!"
  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    Should have just called the team Taxo Sinkoff...
  • mroli
    mroli Posts: 3,622
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/oleg-ti ... a-for-2015

    Say what you like about Oleg - but things are going to be a lot more interesting with him around!
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,157
    mroli wrote:
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/oleg-tinkov-id-love-to-sign-sagan-froome-cancellara-for-2015

    Say what you like about Oleg - but things are going to be a lot more interesting with him around!
    Part two: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tinkov- ... tv-revenue

    Cycling News interviews are always much better when Daniel Benson doesn't do them.
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  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    mroli wrote:
    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/oleg-tinkov-id-love-to-sign-sagan-froome-cancellara-for-2015

    Say what you like about Oleg - but things are going to be a lot more interesting with him around!

    "It all depends if riders are under contract but if I had three wishes or something, to make my dream team, I'd sign: Peter Sagan, Fabian Cancellara, Mark Cavendish and Chris Froome."

    Isn't that four Oleg?
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,233
    In some ways it's like a mirror-image version of the issues between the BBC and BSkyB where the solely-for-profit commercial organisation is complaining that the government funded corporation has an unfair advantage in a free market economy.
    In this case, according to Tinkov, ASO has an unfair grip on the neck of cycling's Golden Goose (and needs to spread the spoils if we're to avoid teams either going to the wall - or not getting off the ground to start with)… and there needs to be more intervention from non-commercial sources ?

    As Ben Elton nearly used to say, "ooh a little bit of socialism, there"…
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 18,941
    Oleg Tinkov ‏@olegtinkov · 22m
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,786
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Oleg Tinkov ‏@olegtinkov · 22m
    Of you're ever curious how we will beat shoot out of #Skyteam on this #tourdefrance, subscribe here. Tactical secrets about to come

    I'll be happy to see Cantador do well this summer, but a little bit of me wants him to fail just cos I find his bosses such unpleasnt people. The rich 'lad' image is not one i warm to.
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  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    ^ Oleg is a complete tw@t

    The only thing he has that's bigger than his bank balance is his ego. He tries to come across all "I'm one of the guys" but to most human beings it comes across as what it really is, just a lot of self-publicising. Yeah, he may jet around the globe supporting his team but he makes sure the media knows all about it. I'd like to know what the team really think about him but we'll never know. After all, how many people are likely to say in a public forum "My boss is an arse" ?

    However if that's the price we have to pay for having people sponsor teams I suppose it's a price worth paying
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    dsoutar wrote:
    ^ Oleg is a complete tw@t

    The only thing he has that's bigger than his bank balance is his ego. He tries to come across all "I'm one of the guys" but to most human beings it comes across as what it really is, just a lot of self-publicising. Yeah, he may jet around the globe supporting his team but he makes sure the media knows all about it. I'd like to know what the team really think about him but we'll never know. After all, how many people are likely to say in a public forum "My boss is an ars*" ?

    However if that's the price we have to pay for having people sponsor teams I suppose it's a price worth paying

    I have to say, if I had more money than I could eat and threw lots of it at a cycling team, I'd probably behave in a similar way :lol:
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    I have to say, if I had more money than I could eat and threw lots of it at a cycling team, I'd probably behave in a similar way :lol:

    Exactly; who knows what I'd be like if I had his money. Unfortunately I'm unlikely to ever know !
  • TMR
    TMR Posts: 3,986
    Very defensive body language from AC in that photograph.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 6,928
    TMR wrote:
    Very defensive body language from AC in that photograph.

    That was Bertie realizing that his preparation would involve a lot more science than over the last couple of years.
  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    Dorset Boy wrote:
    TMR wrote:
    Very defensive body language from AC in that photograph.

    That was Bertie realizing that his preparation would involve a lot more science than over the last couple of years.

    He seems to have stepped up to the plate though.

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