Oleg has suspended Riis

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  • Ashbeck
    Ashbeck Posts: 235
    frenchfighter wrote:
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    Saxo Bank CEO Lars Seier Christensen has said he believes it is possible to resolve the current situation between Oleg Tinkov and Bjarne Riis, the owner and manager of the Tinkoff-Saxo team, and has offered to personally mediate between the two in order to find a solution.


    Fire both of them and get The Chuckle Brothers in :?:
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Saxo Bank CEO Lars Seier Christensen has said he believes it is possible to resolve the current situation between Oleg Tinkov and Bjarne Riis, the owner and manager of the Tinkoff-Saxo team, and has offered to personally mediate between the two in order to find a solution.

    Translated: We chuck lots of money into this team, and we're mates with Bjarne. We'll weigh in if we have to.
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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    When did Freibos used to post here?


    just trawl Iain's circa 15,000 posts, you'll soon work out who it is...
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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    r0bh wrote:
    Good piece by Daniel Friebe:

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/tin ... r-struggle

    So Riis's tactical genius boils down to making sure you have a good box set in the back of the car?
  • lostboysaint
    lostboysaint Posts: 4,250
    smithy21 wrote:
    r0bh wrote:
    Good piece by Daniel Friebe:

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/tin ... r-struggle

    So Riis's tactical genius boils down to making sure you have a good box set in the back of the car?

    And a useful supply of hypodermics ;)
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  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
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    You've got to want to be Sagan or Valgren so you can ride in national champion's kit rather than that bloody awful Taxo-Sinkoff strip...
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    andy_wrx wrote:
    You've got to want to be Sagan or Valgren so you can ride in national champion's kit rather than that bloody awful Taxo-Sinkoff strip...

    Except have you seen Sagan? :shock:

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  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    Still preferable !
    :)
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Talk of Sagan's refueling habits being incompatible with the cut of his kit in the Cobbles special Cycling Podcast. (A great listen).
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  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    Above The Cows wrote:
    andy_wrx wrote:
    You've got to want to be Sagan or Valgren so you can ride in national champion's kit rather than that bloody awful Taxo-Sinkoff strip...
    Except have you seen Sagan? :shock:
    Not a pretty sight.
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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    frenchfighter wrote:

    Kleber?!

    No, under his actual name

    viewtopic.php?f=40035&t=12594327&p=15043995#p15043995
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Nice.
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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    iainf72 wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:

    Kleber?!

    No, under his actual name

    viewtopic.php?f=40035&t=12594327&p=15043995#p15043995

    I remember him posting. It's a shame that such insiders and learneds don't post anymore.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    iainf72 wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:

    Kleber?!

    No, under his actual name

    viewtopic.php?f=40035&t=12594327&p=15043995#p15043995

    *sighs* glory days.
    _
  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
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    Back to pictures of Sagan - that's a vinegar strokes face, no ?
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    So, whats this big announcement tonight at 19.00 ?
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  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    No idea how reliable, but talk of Omar Piscina who was involved with the last iteration of Tinkov Cycling.

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  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Oleg has fired Riis.

    And according to Freibe Oleg never wanted to be involved with Saxo, he wanted to partner with Cannondale.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Good to see Tinkoff are flying now they've ditched Riis :wink:
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Tinkoff Sport and Bjarne Riis reach mutual agreement on contract termination.
    Tinkoff Sport A/S - Managing company of team Tinkoff Saxo - and Bjarne Riis have reached a mutual agreement to terminate all contracts entered between Tinkoff Sport A/S and Bjarne Riis with immediate effect. All terms of said agreement shall remain confidential and both parties shall abstain from making any further comment. Early next week, Tinkoff Saxo will announce, in a separate statement, the new structure of its technical and performance group. Tinkoff Saxo would like to thank its title sponsors, Tinkoff Bank and Saxo Bank, as well as all its other sponsors and suppliers for their continued support and confidence shown in the team. At the same time, the team looks forward to continuing receiving the support of its fans both on the road and on its social media platforms.
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  • tim000
    tim000 Posts: 718
    will riis spill the beans on their doping now . could really stick tinkov up big time.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    tim000 wrote:
    will riis spill the beans on their doping now . could really stick tinkov up big time.

    No.

    I don't see the team lasting that long.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    The team underperforms for the wage bill, that's for sure. Looking through their roster and obviously Sagan is overpaid, Bertie is obviously a superstar, Valgren and Majka are good riders, but is there anyone else there who you would pick if you were the DS? Not for me.
  • bigcgilmour
    bigcgilmour Posts: 106
    Joelsim wrote:
    The team underperforms for the wage bill, that's for sure. Looking through their roster and obviously Sagan is overpaid, Bertie is obviously a superstar, Valgren and Majka are good riders, but is there anyone else there who you would pick if you were the DS? Not for me.


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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    edited March 2015
    bigcgilmour wrote:
    Joelsim wrote:
    The team underperforms for the wage bill, that's for sure. Looking through their roster and obviously Sagan is overpaid, Bertie is obviously a superstar, Valgren and Majka are good riders, but is there anyone else there who you would pick if you were the DS? Not for me.


    Mick Rogers

    Good as a team captain and the odd stage here and there, agreed. But hardly a young superstar in the making who is going to do well in one-day races or for GC.

    I suspect Tinkov is looking at the squad and thinking 'I have 2 superstars, ridiculously highly paid, I have Valgren and Majka who both could be good...what else do I have, where is a win coming from? Sagan is a master of nothing, albeit very good at everything, but he has been found out.
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    From his tweets Oleg just wants to be the best team in cycling, and to be honest IMO they are miles behind Movistar, Sky and EQS to name but three. Their squad is Katusha in talent.
  • norvernrob
    norvernrob Posts: 1,448
    There must be plenty of talk between the riders about Oleg and it's not as if they don't read and hear about his outbursts and the situation there. Who seriously out of the top guys would want to go and ride for him? I just can't see who he's going to sign unless he pays ridiculous amounts gambling on up and coming riders.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    It's a sellers market. Riders will go anywhere for one of the following reasons depending on their current situation:

    1. Money.
    2. Leadership.
    3. Employment!
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Oleg really hasn't got a clue.

    He bought a team that was spending most of its money on a legend who is on the decline. And then he spent it on a prodigy who had plateaued.

    As Joel says, there's Valgren (young) and Majka (flaky). But he seems to have blown his money on Galacticos.

    Tinkov is semi obsessed with Sky but his approach is very different to what they are doing.
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    If you hear a sound somewhere in Tuscany that goes "ha clink ha clink ha clink", that's Bjaarne laughing all the way to the bank.

    Still at least that's one less executive travel company in the cycling game.
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