RadioShack Nissan Trek 2012 Roster Announced
by Jen See on Dec 5, 2011 1:39 PM EST
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PrintThe newly merged RadioShack Nissan Trek team announced its roster for the 2012 season today. The team has thirty riders and Johan Bruyneel will serve as the team manager. Andy Schleck and Fränk Schleck lead the RadioShack Nissan Trek stage racing team, while Fabian Cancellara leads the classics charge. The team includes a pair of fan favorites in Jens Voigt and Chris Horner. The 2010 and 2011 U.S. national champions, Ben King and Matt Busche, are also part of the new team.
Press release quote! Andy Schleck said:
"When the new management structure was announced, I was a bit unsure of all the changes. But after talking with Johan and really understanding his philosophy, it’s very clear that having him lead this team is in my best interests, as well as in those of the team. He’ll help me build upon my strengths and improve my weak areas. In addition to that, I don’t think anyone understands race strategies and tactics better than Johan. Adding that to the work I’ve been doing with Kim Andersen makes me believe that I’ll have the best opportunity yet to stand on the highest podium spot."
Want to see the full roster? Click on over to the Leopardtrek.lu website.
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I don't know why
But I just feel completely “meh” about this team.
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
Except Jens V, of course
You can’t feel “meh” about Jens V.
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Dec 5, 2011 1:52 PM EST up reply actions
sadly, I've reached that point.
Worse, I’m a little meh about Chris Horner, too
Except.
Here’s what I want to see: a video series consisting of nothing but a webcam recording of Voigt and Horner just trading stories.
That might turn out to be a container-ship full of awesome.
I don’t really know anything about or have any opinions on Horner – I’ve somehow forgotten to take any notice of him.
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Dec 5, 2011 3:04 PM EST up reply actions
it feels like a merger of two potentially quite interesting teams squashed under the weight of corporate gloss. The teams both felt a little soulless despite having some very interesting characters like Voigt and Machado.
Hopefully the jerseys look more like the nice 2011 Radioshack kits, and not like the 2010 one or the boring Leopard kit.
by UrlaubinPolen on Dec 5, 2011 3:29 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe
but we can’t really complain about boring corporate labels, can we? I mean, given where cycling is? I’m not trying to convince you not to feel that way, just let’s not assign too much meaning to it. Someone needs to give people money to race.
Now, if you want to complain about Bruyneel, that’s a little closer to home.
De cross gaat out that door.
by Chris Fontecchio on Dec 5, 2011 6:41 PM EST up reply actions
Chris, here is your monthly slush fund.
Signed,
the Nissan Corp.
"In road cycling tires 25mm is the new 22mm"
-Chris Fontecchio, PdC April 2011-
Something like this, I reckon
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Dec 5, 2011 2:23 PM EST up reply actions
hm
shouldn’t there be some mention of the Bruyneel cycling academy? Maybe on the sleeves?
De cross gaat out that door.
by Chris Fontecchio on Dec 5, 2011 2:25 PM EST up reply actions
That’s in bold text made of super-bright flashing LEDs on the back.
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Dec 5, 2011 2:37 PM EST up reply actions
No doubt they will pay a design committee
more than it would cost to run a women’s team for a year
to come up with something worse than this.
probably not far from the truth
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
Very strong GT team with the Schlecks, Köden, Horner, Machado and Zubeldia
Nice Classics squad with Cancellara, the Schlecks, Bakelandts and Zaugg
Strong team against the clock with Fabian, Monfort, Didier, Fuglsang, Sergent, Posthuma, Roulston,…
Some decent sprinters: Benna, Niozzolo, Klöden
Great helpers for the GT’s: Jens, Monfort, Popo, Rohregger, Fuglsang, Leenos
Some interesting young guys (who may do well): King, Gallopin, Bennett, Busche,King, Oliveira, Sergent
Some older guys who can book a surprise win left and right: Zaugg, Posthuma, Gerdemann, Irizar, Rast, Rohregger
I’d say this is a strong, well balanced team. Only thing they lack is a strong team to support Fabian in the cobbled classics.
Yes, definitely a strong team. Reckon they’ll get a Grand Tour in 2012?
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Dec 5, 2011 2:38 PM EST up reply actions
You never know
I mean how many riders can win a GT nowadays? Andy’s still one of them. If he gets injured and he has to focus on the Vuelta, there’s a very good chance he’ll win it. He may even win the TdF, who’d have thought Cadel was going to be the winner of this years Tour.
I think along the same lines
The Tour might not have as many mountains as it has had in recent years, but mountains it still has. If he can really pull his finger out and get in a few more rides like that one up the Galibier in 2011, who knows? I have a feeling he’ll probably do alright in the Giro too.
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Dec 5, 2011 2:53 PM EST up reply actions
Agree.
And last year’s TDF reacquainted us with the reassuring notion of the off year (if you can use that phrase to describe Contador’s year after his dismantling of the field at the Giro).
'Course, a lot depends on how things go for Contador
If he’s there and wants another win, can Andy stop him?
I saw a baby that looked like Cadel Evans the other day...
by John Cyclopunk on Dec 5, 2011 3:06 PM EST up reply actions
Of course they won't win a GT next year.
All their best GC riders will ride the Tour, and they can’t win that one.
by blackswangreen on Dec 5, 2011 4:50 PM EST up reply actions
+1 on the sprinters
"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."
If Cancellara brings his 2010 form then he doesn’t need a team.
My biggest fear is too many Chiefs, not enough Indians, though they’ve balanced that well in the past in the two constituent teams (seeing Leopard as more a continuation of CSC-Saxo) – there are now twice as many leaders if not more (Radioshack had a lot of people who can fit in the 5th-20th range in GTs without truly threatening to win).
Is including Klöden in the list of sprinters some in-joke I’ve missed?
by UrlaubinPolen on Dec 5, 2011 3:31 PM EST up reply actions
Too many chiefs?
On paper, I would agree. However some of the so called chiefs have somewhat limited ambitions (Kloeden, F Schelck) and perhaps some are at the end of the road (Horner, Voigt). That could make it a little easier to manage.
Popo is apperently slotted for cobbles support for Cance
Can’t see him taking a Tour-spot in ths competition nowadays unless he takes a ginormous amount of drugs anyway. The way I see it they really have to use Benna on the cobbles too to pull together an even half decent team. He was fantastic back in the Lampre days so he has it in him.
Though he did lead the péloton over the Tourmalet in the 2009 Tour, arf arf
by UrlaubinPolen on Dec 5, 2011 6:27 PM EST up reply actions
Previously I always felt like Popo was given some kind of lifetime Tour guarantee.
Let’s see if it’s true.
by blackswangreen on Dec 5, 2011 4:55 PM EST up reply actions
this post took Maura off my front page
+bruyneel
- Maura
sad day.
"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'm so conflicted
Thinking about cheering on Cance in a Shack kit makes me sort of nauseous. And then we haven’t even had the BMC presentation yet!
Bah 2012.
The way they try to list victories for all the riders on the homepage
doesn’t really make all of ’em look good.
Well, one or two.
Podium placing in the Lux championships frequently means just showing up. But a few others have more impressive palmares than I’d realized.
It is ethically wrong to toss aside someone for something they did because they got caught, but to welcome people who've done the same thing in their past and simply didn't get caught.--Jonathan Vaughters
WHAT, NO LANCE?
"It's a lovely thing, feeling that momentum. If you're lucky, it's also about grace." Tim Winton
by sminer on Dec 5, 2011 6:24 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
"comment" of the week.
And it’s only Monday.
De cross gaat out that door.
by Chris Fontecchio on Dec 5, 2011 6:43 PM EST up reply actions
Definitely a super team
But I see too many chiefs and not enough Indians. And most of the chiefs only want to tide a Tour that has too many TT miles for them.
"Oh man, it’s going to take days to kill all these people!"
Koeden seems their best bet in TdF.
But will the Schlecks agree?
i'm sure they'll let kloeden go for green
while they botch yet another run at yellow.
"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."
Smaller tours
I am actually more interested to see this team in the one wek tours. Johann has good success getting winners in those and perhaps he could get Andy to put out some effort?
Johann's had good success in grand tours, too. :)
But what I want to know is what has become of Michal Kwiatkowski?
by sebastiandeluded on Dec 6, 2011 12:14 AM EST up reply actions
+1
Radioshack will become a dominant force in the weekly shows.
Kloeden
Horner
Fuglsang
F Schleck
Monfort
etc.
Now, if we can somehow get JB to believe in aggressive racing, it coud even be fun.
Horner is pretty aggressive...
I guess because he’s the one with the slightly weaker time trial.
by blackswangreen on Dec 6, 2011 6:42 AM EST up reply actions
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