1 posted on
08/10/2007 9:30:37 AM PDT by
leilani
To: Aeronaut; Ready4Freddy; commish; Vision; green iguana; luv2ski; concentric circles
Aeronaut, perhaps you'd like to ping the list?
It's the end of an era.
2 posted on
08/10/2007 9:33:15 AM PDT by
leilani
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To: leilani
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).
5 posted on
08/10/2007 10:10:33 AM PDT by
af_vet_rr
To: leilani
To: leilani
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.
8 posted on
08/10/2007 10:33:24 AM PDT by
Vision
("Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him." Jeremiah 17:7)
To: leilani
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.
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