No Cervélo (and no Rollin) in Québec / Montréal ProTour races.
(link in French)
Bad news as Cervélo will not make the trip across the Atlantic for the two Canadian events.
It seems it's too costly for Cervélo to make the trip (50000 euros) and that the race promoters don't want to pay Cervélo as much as they would like.
According to Serge Arseneault (race promoter), Cervélo was to bring a very disappointing team (he called it a C team), but wanted the same privileges as the ProTour teams, something Arseneault was not ready to give especially considering the riders (Rollin excepted) that were planned. He was ready to pay for Cervélo's expenses while they were in Québec, but not for the travel itself.
Rollin could still be there if he makes special arrangements to be with the Canadian National Team (managed by Steve Bauer)
It is somewhat surprising (Cervélo is a Canadian company after all), but I have only one thing to say: BAH!
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saw that
total BS if you ask me. of course i don’t run a pro conti team, but come on, you’re a canadian company, this is a canadian PT event. work it out.
superBAH!
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
This will not stand, Man!
"To a New Yorker like you, a hero is some type of weird sandwich, not some nut who takes on three Tigers."
Bah indeed.
“C” team? It’s pretty hard to find 9 riders on Cervello to make up a “C” team. There will be a fair number of Cervelos Spanish riders at the Vuelta as well as maybe HH, Thor and a couple others prepping for Worlds.
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+1
unless C stands for cervelo. but seriously, any team with Dom on it will crush the field. who’s the canadian national team bringing?
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
i'd be willing to bet you take any 9 cervelo riders
on any course, and 8 of them would finish before the first canadian national team rider.
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
I doubt that...seeing as Martin Gilbert beat Thor in the final sprint in Missouri last year
and he is on SpiderTech. Don’t knock them because they are a “National Team”. Put in David Veilliux, Gilbert and Guillaume Boivin and those guys would beat a C team from Cervelo. Just because they are pro conti, doesn’t mean every rider is good like Correia or Novoa
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
by Vlaanderen90 on Jul 29, 2010 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions
it wasn't a knock on the national team
more like fanboy-ism towards cervelo.
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
the so-called long list of riders for the Canadian team has been named and includes
Will Routley, David Veilleux and more and a slew of Spidertech riders (More info here)
Steve Bauer should be DSing too
Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!, Tommeke!
by Vlaanderen90 on Jul 30, 2010 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow FAIL
"Until you shoot me off my bike I'll keep looking for a contract" - Jens!
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cerfailo
"Ants don’t worry, they operate like a fantastic team, they accept obstacles and deal with them in a positive manner, they don’t complain and remain positive. An ant doesn’t work on emotion, is proactive and always chooses the ant role."
haha!
I'm feverished, or the way you want to spell it
by plinytheelder on Jul 29, 2010 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions
I didn't race promoters paid travel costs?
I knew they had to pay room and board during the race. Are paying travel costs up to the promoters?
"Oh man, it’s going to take days to kill all these people!"
For most races, I have no idea
I just read that for those 2 races, they are paying for the ProTour teams.
Contrairement aux formations de niveau Pro Tour, dont les frais de transport et d’hébergement sont payés par les organisateurs des courses de ce circuit, les équipes de niveau Continental Pro telles Cervélo n’ont pas droit aux mêmes services (source: sportcom).
Can be roughly translated as: Contrarily to the ProTour team for which the transportation and lodging fees are paid by the promoters, the ProContinental teams like Cervélo don’t have access to the same services.
Full article in French here
so who's going to be there?
btw the finish is on Parc no? Don’t they come down toward downtown and then u-turn back up? I just walked up there a couple of days ago for the first time in a while, man that finish is tailor-made for Gilbert (hell the whole race is perfect for him) if he wants it
I'm feverished, or the way you want to spell it
ah I see he’ll be at Vuelta, nvm
I'm feverished, or the way you want to spell it
by plinytheelder on Jul 29, 2010 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I read that Evans was going to be there...
"How strange it was to see men doing something beautiful. Something pointless and elegant." Tim Winton, 'Breath'
Rumoured but not confirmed:
Heard in the TDF broadcast here: Fédrigo, Chavanel, Barry, Meier, Tuft
Read somewhere earlier this week (rds.ca): Cancellara
man this could be a super-fun race
all these French guys are attackers and the course is perfect for it.
Would be nice to see Meier get a nice result
I'm feverished, or the way you want to spell it
by plinytheelder on Jul 30, 2010 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions
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