[leilani]

Aeronaut, perhaps you'd like to ping the list?

It's the end of an era.

[af_vet_rr]

I like how they dance around the issue of Discovery’s sponsorship - my view is, and Discovery wouldn’t want to admit this, is that Discovery signed on because of Armstrong. Sure, they sponsor the entire team, and it’s good that they still got a winner (not exactly hard considering how many teams lost their stars to doping this Tour) but let’s be blunt, they were after Armstrong’s celebrity, and now that he’s retired, and American interest has dropped, their continued investment is not worth the rewards (or lack thereof).

[green iguana]

Bummer. Go Slipstream!

[Vision]

The cycling team of Lance Armstrong and this year's Tour de France winner Alberto Contador said Friday that it will disband after failing to replace the Discovery Channel as its sponsor.

Ok, I must be REALLY out of it. I remember Contador not being on Team Discovery.

[green iguana]

Wow - just read that Magnus Backstedt (winner of this year’s Paris-Roubaix) is joining Slipstream. They’re going to be a real team! Maybe they can pick up some of the Disco guys.