If Contador leaves Astana

[z]

will they hire Rasmussen?

[WTF]

On 10/28/09 9:28 AM, in article 8j_Fm.441$qe6...@newsfe14.iad, "z"
<No...@not.ca> wrote:

> will they hire Rasmussen?

He will go to Rock......

[bar]

On Oct 28, 8:37 pm, WTF <rbr...@dslextreme.com> wrote:
> On 10/28/09 9:28 AM, in article 8j_Fm.441$qe6...@newsfe14.iad, "z"
>

> <N...@not.ca> wrote:
> > will they hire Rasmussen?
>
> He will go to Rock......

Yes, Chicken is almost certainly headed for Rock-dom ...

Astana will flail with Vino as leader for 2010, but then be gone
forever.

-b-

[ABS]

On Oct 28, 9:28 am, z <N...@not.ca> wrote:
> will they hire Rasmussen?

Birds of a feather, so to speak.

ABS

[ABS]

Too subtle for this group?
ABS

[Susan Walker]

ABS wrote:
> On Oct 28, 8:46 pm, ABS wrote:

>> On Oct 28, 9:28 am, z wrote:
>>> will they hire Rasmussen?
>> Birds of a feather, so to speak.
>

> Too subtle for this group?

No, we got it.

[P.Chisholm]

On Oct 28, 10:28 am, z <N...@not.ca> wrote:
> will they hire Rasmussen?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/astana-says-contador-will-stay-for-2010#at

[z]

�Certain people, it is unclear who, have completely dreamed this up, but
there has been no occasion on which he has made an official statement on
this issue,� Proskurin said.

The UCI have now confirmed that riders from the five teams concerned may
indeed look for other teams if they so wish. "If Alberto Contador leaves
tomorrow, we can only say that this option would be complying with our
rules," confirmed UCI spokesman Enrico Carpani to Cyclingnews on Friday
evening.

[MagillaGorilla]

ABS wrote:

No, just not that funny, and not our style.

Thanks,

Magilla

[RicodJour]

On Oct 29, 9:07 am, z <N...@not.ca> wrote:
> P.Chisholm wrote:
> > On Oct 28, 10:28 am, z <N...@not.ca> wrote:
> >> will they hire Rasmussen?
>

> >http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/astana-says-contador-will-stay-for-20...
>
> “Certain people, it is unclear who, have completely dreamed this up, but

> there has been no occasion on which he has made an official statement on

> this issue,” Proskurin said.

Engaging the Kazakh bullshit to English translation engine, I come up
with:
"He didn't say no publicly, so we're saying definitely yes publicly in
the hopes that when he reads it in the papers he'll believe it's true
and stay. That guy is some sort of stupid. Hahahahaha!"

The part about "we have absolutely no problem with Contador" is also
bullshit. Unless the young sheep-stalker's brother is a total idiot
(jury still out), as soon as Astana missed the UCI deadline, whether
or not it is applicable and enforceable according to the Astana/
Contador contract, Mutton Mouse will have jacked up his price by a
couple of million to stay. I'd consider that a problem. If the price
didn't get jacked up, that's another sort of problem.

R

[RicodJour]

Well, this is interesting. I may have to go out and buy a hat so I
can eat it. BoPeepinator might have some smarts - at least his legal
team has the smarts.

"Contador is said to have requested a clause which would be precedent-
setting by letting him out of the contract if there is a positive
doping case on the team.

The site also claims that Contador has agreed to financial terms with
the team, for a yearly salary of four million euro. That is said to be
the same amount he was offered by Garmin, Quick Step and Caisse
d'Epargne.

In addition, the Spaniard is said to be seeking written confirmation
that Alexander Vinokourov will ride the Giro d'Italia and not the Tour
de France."

Smart clause that first one. Smart move that second one - he'd just
spend a quarter of it on legal fees if he jumped ship. And the last
is brilliant.

Hmmm, I wonder if fleece fucking does a body good...?

R