allen lim to radio shack

nyvelocity have confirmed that allen lim has left garmin for radio shack...dear oh dear.

according to rumours, there's $500,000 good reasons why he jumped ship. dear oh dear oh dear.

i wonder when he and lance will sit down to talk about watt outputs?

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lol

cat meet pigeons.

i’m not sure you need a question mark in the headline any more do you? that article sounded like a confirm.

by Jen See on Dec 7, 2009 1:51 PM EST reply actions

"well...you live in england so: you love the rain. loves the queen. hates cycling. based on mr bean had a tremendous amount of humour. all ride in a mini cooper. all getting drunk before the age of 12. getting drunk at least 3 times a day."- frinking, 7/9/09

by Ben Shave on Dec 7, 2009 1:56 PM EST up reply actions

Guessing

it’s all about Phinney. Certainly, the NY guys raise a few pertinent questions.

by Jen See on Dec 7, 2009 2:10 PM EST up reply actions

or maybe, impertinent

depending on your perspective ;-)

by Jen See on Dec 7, 2009 2:10 PM EST up reply actions

pertinent, definitely pertinent

by Ben Shave on Dec 7, 2009 2:23 PM EST up reply actions

I agree it's about Phinney

From his tweets, Phinney seems to still work with Lim a lot, and their relationship seems quite deep.

by Douglas Ansel on Dec 7, 2009 9:37 PM EST up reply actions

I guess we should have seen this coming.

Phinney has been tweeting about working with him for a while. I thought maybe Lim was doing some contract work or just didn’t put 1+1 together.

by cyclingdiva on Dec 7, 2009 5:07 PM EST reply actions

Phinney to go pro this year?

Neil Browne posted on his blog that is the rumor around Shack Camp®.

by PopUp Rolen on Dec 7, 2009 5:49 PM EST reply actions

I just read that also. Hmm

Could this be because of Fumy’s mess?

by cyclingdiva on Dec 7, 2009 5:54 PM EST up reply actions

i think it has to do with the olympics

If they get rid of Individual Pursuit, as has been recommended, then Phinney loses out on his best chance at winning the Gold. So, he might as well slow down his track ambitions and focus more on the road.

I think it’s crazy though, kid is 19 years old with not much in the way of experience. the U23 Roubaix win was huge, but I still think he needs more seasoning in the U23 ranks before joining the pros.

by PopUp Rolen on Dec 7, 2009 6:02 PM EST up reply actions

Pozzato skipped the U23's completely

by tedvdw on Dec 7, 2009 6:36 PM EST up reply actions

But that was with the Mapei super team with Cancellara and Rogers.

and none of them really rode any big stage races so it wasn’t like they were riding Pro Tour races.

by Vlaanderen90 on Dec 7, 2009 7:06 PM EST up reply actions

How is that so different from what the situation for Mini-Phinney might be?

by tedvdw on Dec 7, 2009 7:19 PM EST up reply actions

The situation is different...He defintely could turn pro but I don't, personally, think he is ready to go

to the Pro Tour. When Pozzato and Cance and all the other guys went to Mapei, they were not on the Top Team. They were doing continental races against other Division 2 and 3 teams so they didn’t have to go into the sketchy world of U23’s in the late 90’s/early 2000’s. If he gets some big wins this year in Continental level racing then he should be ready to go.

by Vlaanderen90 on Dec 8, 2009 8:25 AM EST up reply actions

And look at his racing instincts

FOLLOWFOLLOWFOLLOW

I think a few years as a youngster could have helped him develop tactically.

by Douglas Ansel on Dec 7, 2009 9:38 PM EST up reply actions

hincapie was 19 when he turned pro...

"Wizard's first rule. People are stupid. They will believe anything they want to be true or fear to be true." -- Terry Goodkind

by umwolverine on Dec 8, 2009 6:52 AM EST up reply actions

He went pro with Motorola at 20/21

by Vlaanderen90 on Dec 8, 2009 8:26 AM EST up reply actions

Oh I bet you're right.

And, I agree about being so young plus not much experience at all.

by cyclingdiva on Dec 7, 2009 6:16 PM EST reply actions

I was sad to hear this. I need to stop expecting any allegiance in pro cycling.

by ZoeRochelle on Dec 7, 2009 6:59 PM EST reply actions

It is all about the money here though they replaced with somebody arguably better with

Dr. Inigo San Milan. If you look at his teams he has work with (ONCE, Saunier Duval, and Astana) you might think he is a dirty guy but the truth is that he quit both Saunier and Astana before the shit hit the fan and he has a good anti-doping stance. Another cool thing is that he has spreadsheets of how fast guys have been climbing in the Tour from about the mid 80’s on so that he can compare speeds through out the generations.

by Vlaanderen90 on Dec 7, 2009 7:09 PM EST reply actions