Giro 2015 wildcards

frenchfighter
frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
edited January 2015 in Pro race
Bardiani CSF, Southeast, Androni Giocattoli, Nippo Vini Fantini and Polish team CCC Sprandi Polkowice

No Colombia!!

Either they were not impressed with last year or they have got the team Southeast in due to a massive backhander....they have Petacchi and will probably come last in just about everything.

Looking forward to seeing Cunego in Nippo colours and will be interesting to see what CCC can do (they have Bole, Szymd and Schumacher now).

Teams that applied and missed out: Colombia, Wanty - Groupe Gobert, UnitedHealthcare and Caja Rural - Seguros RGA.
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Odds on which team gets pinged first?
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Tirreno:
    Bardiani CSF, Bora-Argon 18, Colombia, MTN-Qhubeka and Europcar
    MSR:
    Androni Giocattoli, Cofidis, CCC Sprandi and Novo Nordisk
    Lombardia:
    Androni Giocattoli, Bardiani, Bora-Argon 18, CCC Sprandi, Colombia, Nippo Vini Fantini, Southeast and UHC
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,264
    Southeast (aka Yellow Fluo etc) could do transfusions on stage during the Giro presentation and then hand out EPO samples to kids and still get a Giro invite, just as long they change their name every year.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Yeah, complete and utter BS that a team as consistently dirty as that get invited. It's when you know that the Italian's at RCS are corrupt as you like.
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  • jimmythecuckoo
    jimmythecuckoo Posts: 4,719
    Disappointed no application from Roompot.

    Eneco Tour and 3 Days of de Panne the only events in their calendar at this rate.

    Unless there is a criterium on the second Thrusday of March in Den Haag...
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  • shazzz
    shazzz Posts: 1,077
    No MTN-Qhubeka at MSR seems like a shame. They would have had a few contenders and two of the last four winners...
  • arnuf
    arnuf Posts: 98
    jimmythecuckoo wrote:
    Disappointed no application from Roompot.

    Eneco Tour and 3 Days of de Panne the only events in their calendar at this rate.

    Unless there is a criterium on the second Thrusday of March in Den Haag...

    I think they'll roughly have the same calendar Topsport Vlaanderen has, which is probably what they want.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    frenchfighter wrote:

    Looking forward to seeing Cunego in Nippo colours and will be interesting to see what CCC can do (they have Bole, Szymd and Schumacher now).

    Wait. The Schumacher? The guy who got busted in, what, 2008? Seriously?
  • shazzz
    shazzz Posts: 1,077
    CCC still has Davide Rebellin!
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,581
    shazzz wrote:
    No MTN-Qhubeka at MSR seems like a shame. They would have had a few contenders and two of the last four winners...

    They have got a wildcard though, and for Tirreno too.
  • shazzz
    shazzz Posts: 1,077
    Ah yes, hadn't realised that those going to T-A also get to ride at MSR. Phew!
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    RichN95 wrote:
    Southeast (aka Yellow Fluo etc) could do transfusions on stage during the Giro presentation and then hand out EPO samples to kids and still get a Giro invite, just as long they change their name every year.
    Haha, this is true!
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  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    Southeast got a wildcard by default for winning the coppa Italia, no? And no, I don't think they beat Napoli en route....
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,264
    wombly knees wrote:
    Southeast got a wildcard by default for winning the coppa Italia, no? And no, I don't think they beat Napoli en route....
    Yes, but....

    ...they beat Bardiani by just one point, 576-575. And 121 of Neri/Southeast/Fluo's points were scored by Mauro Rabottini who tested positive for EPO in September.
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  • wombly_knees
    wombly_knees Posts: 657
    Cheers, didn't consider Rabottini's points

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