The Mob offically annouces 2008 team

by Clydesdale on Sep 28, 2007 10:16 AM EDT

mber      Name      Country
01     Michael Barry     Canada
02     Edvald Boasson Hagen*     Norway
03     Marcus Burghardt     Germany
04     Mark Cavendish     Great Britain
05     Gerald Ciolek     Germany
06     Scott Davis     Australia
07     John Devine*     USA
08     Bernhard Eisel     Austria
09     Linus Gerdemann     Germany
10     Bert Grabsch     Germany
11     André Greipel     Germany
12     Roger Hammond     Great Britain
13     Adam Hansen     Australia
14     Greg Henderson     New Zealand
15     George Hincapie*     USA
16     Kim Kirchen     Luxembourg
17     Andreas Klier     Germany
18     Servais Knaven     Netherlands
19     Greg Lewis*     USA
20     Thomas Lövqvist*     Sweden
21     Tony Martin*     Germany
22     Marco Pinotti     Italy
23     Morris Possoni*     Italy
24     Vicente Reynes*     Spain
25     Michael Rogers     Australia
26     Kanstantsin Siutsou*     Belarus
27     Bradley Wiggins*     Great Britain
Newcomers in bold

this is the first I have seen of John Devine's signing. I am glad he found a good ride after joining Disco mid year.

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Great team

I think they're gonna have a great year - Lots of young sprinters, although no Zabel (which, I thought was already confirmed?) and they certainly have some decent classics guys and some young budding GC/climber people. And Wiggins.

by BDBrian on Sep 28, 2007 11:28 AM EDT reply actions

Zabel has another year with Milram

by lyne on Sep 28, 2007 12:29 PM EDT reply actions

very strange

that Brajkovic is not on that list. I hate to guess why that may be....his agent was quoted as saying that the contract was signed.

Also it is ridiculous that they cannot spell the names of their new riders right. CRAIG Lewis not Greg. Bit insulting for poor Craig....

C.F.A.

by Lili on Sep 28, 2007 1:04 PM EDT reply actions

Astana, much?

That seems to be the obvious answer, does it not?

by BDBrian on Sep 28, 2007 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions

yes

Astana is obvious now, but he was said to have already signed for T-Mobile. What I want to know is what made the Tmobile contract fall through?

C.F.A.

by Lili on Sep 28, 2007 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Hurray the Mighty Pink...err...the Mighty Magenta!

It will be interesting to see George in the new kit.
The big question is...Will he be more or less Gorgeous in the pastel jersey?
(When we saw him at the Tour of California, my wife said, "In person, he is actually very attractive!" As for myslef, I kept looking at that gnarly cluster of veins in his calf.)

I was sorry to see that Aaron Olsen was not on the list. I hope he finds a team to ride for next year.

by Keithfbcyl on Sep 28, 2007 1:45 PM EDT reply actions

Olson

Methinks Olson is on the way to Priority Health.

Not sure if it's confirmed yet though.

by Jen See on Sep 28, 2007 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions

yes it's confirmed

and the team name is now Bissell Pro Cycling Team as Bissell is now the main sponsor of the team

by lyne on Sep 28, 2007 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Cool :-)

Thanks!

by Jen See on Sep 28, 2007 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions

New title sponser?

If they are now Bissell...does they mean that they are gonna suck?

Get it?

See what I did there?

Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, know what I mean?, know what I mean?

by Keithfbcyl on Oct 1, 2007 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Rock Racing adds some big names as well

From CN

..."We have Freddie [Rodriguez], Victor Hugo Peña, Cesar Grajales, Doug Ollerenshaw, Michael Creed and another rider signing later today." Ball confirmed that the other rider was in fact the much rumored Chris Horner....

On that same page they mention LL has signed but not to which team yet, Astana is the rumor though.

Los Cabra Montesa's

by Clydesdale on Sep 28, 2007 5:37 PM EDT reply actions

Darnit

I was hoping Lotto would keep Horner. Lame.

The dudes at Rock have some serious cash to throw around, though, so good on him for getting a good deal.

by Jen See on Sep 28, 2007 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions

very lame

I can't see how this is a good move for Horner. Maybe he plans to retire after one more season, or knows the Rock people personally.

He had a good year, and did top notch domestique work for Cadel at the Tour. I thought he'd be a lock for some Euro squad.

I hope he personally looked at the bank statements and credit worthiness of Rock Racing. There is a long, sad history of domestic squads over-extending and imploding.

-K-

by KevinK on Oct 1, 2007 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions

Horner

It seems PregnancyTest-Lotto may have taken the money they should have given to super-domestique Horner and handed it over to Popovich.

I would still like to see Horner get a great deal for a strong team.

I'm still hoping for Slipsteam to pick him up.

by Keithfbcyl on Oct 1, 2007 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions

The Rock Racing

Boss has an interesting attitude if you read the article. He admits to telling Rahsaan Bahati to win or he is fired. It is the antithesis of T-mobile and Slipstream. It unequivocally conveys the win at all cost attitude that got us into this mess in the first place.

by australopithecine on Sep 28, 2007 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions