USPS: End of an era
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Well it looks like USPS will be history come the end
of the year.
But have you ever thought what would happen in the
improbable event thay EVERY sponsor independently decided to
call it quits?
it's an interesting hypothesis......
--
le Vent a Dos Davey Crockett Six-Day site:
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Davey Crockett wrote:
> Well it looks like USPS will be history come the end of
> the year.
>
> But have you ever thought what would happen in the
> improbable event thay EVERY sponsor independently decided
> to call it quits?
>
> it's an interesting hypothesis......
No it isn't. Get back on your medication.
Just for some perspective, this is the UCI listing of pro
teams in 1998, the year LANCE first signed with USP.
Sponsors come and sponsors go.
Code UCI Trade Team - Groupes Sportifs Nat ACC ACCEPTCARD
PRO CYCLING DEN AAB AGRO - ADLER - BRANDENBURG GER AMO
AMORE & VITA ITA ASI ASICS - CGA ITA AVI AVIANCA - TELECOM
COL BAL BALLAN ITA BAN BANESTO ESP BIG BIG MAT AUBER 93 FRA
BRE BRESCIALAT - LIQUIGAS ITA CTA CANTINA TOLLO - ALEXIA
ALLUMINIO ITA CSO CASINO FRA COF COFIDIS, LE CREDIT PAR
TELEPHONE FRA COS COLLSTROP BEL
C.A CREDIT AGRICOLE FRA CON DIE CONTINENTALE / OLYMPIA GER
EBR ESTEPONA EN MARCHA - BREPAC ESP ECB TEAM EC / BAYER
WORRINGEN GER EUS EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI ESP FES FESTINA -
LOTUS FRA GAN GAN FRA GRT GRESCO / TAVIRA POR HOM HOME
MARKET - VILLE DE CHARLEROI BEL IPS IPSO BEL KEL KELME -
COSTA BLANCA ESP KRK KRKA - TELEKOM SLOVENIJE SLO KRO
KROSS - SELLE ITALIA COL FDJ LA FRANCAISE DES JEUX FRA
LAP LA / PECOL POR LOK LOKOSPHINX RUS LOT LOTTO -
MOBISTAR BEL LIN Linda McCARTNEY RACING TEAM GBR MAI
MAIA/CIN POR MAP MAPEI - BRICOBI ITA MER MERCATONE UNO -
BIANCHI ITA MCT MERCURY CYCLING TEAM USA MDN MOBILVETTA
DESIGN - NORTHWAVE ITA MRO MROZ POL MUT MUTUELLE DE SEINE
ET MARNE FRA NVR NAVIGATORS CYCLING TEAM USA OIL OILME
PROFESSIONAL CYCLING suspended USA ONC O.N.C.E. ESP PAL
PALMANS - IDEAL BEL POS POST SWISS TEAM SUI RAB RABOBANK
NED REC RECER - BOAVISTA POR RIS RISO SCOTTI - MG
MAGLIFICIO ITA RMY ROS MARY - AMICA CHIPS ITA SAE SAECO
MACCHINE DA CAFFE' ITA SAT SATURN USA SCR SCRIGNO -
GAERNE ITA SPA SPAR-RDM BEL TVM T.V.M. - FARM FRITES NED
BRI TEAM BRITE GBR ERI TEAM ERICSSON VILLIGER SUI TEL
TEAM DEUTSCHE TELEKOM GER GLR TEAM GEROLSTEINER GER HJJ
TEAM HOME - JACK & JONES DEN NUR TEAM N?RNBERGER GER PLT
TEAM POLTI ITA TON TONISSTEINER - COLNAGO BEL TRO
TROIAMARISCO / PORTA DA RAVESSA POR USP US POSTAL SERVICE
USA VIN VINI CALDIROLA - LONGONI SPORT ITA VIT VITALICIO
SEGUROS - GRUPO GENERALI ESP VLA VLAANDEREN 2002 - EDDY
MERCKX BEL ZVV ZVVZ - DLD CZE
Bob, do you really expect this guy to get what you're
hinting at?
"Bob Schwartz" <cvcc@shell.core.com> wrote in message
news:108ibvgnkria6be@corp.supernews.com...
> Just for some perspective, this is the UCI listing of pro
> teams in 1998, the year LANCE first signed with USP.
> Sponsors come and sponsors go.
>
> Code UCI Trade Team - Groupes Sportifs Nat ACC ACCEPTCARD
> PRO CYCLING DEN AAB AGRO - ADLER - BRANDENBURG GER AMO
> AMORE & VITA ITA ASI ASICS - CGA ITA AVI AVIANCA -
> TELECOM COL BAL BALLAN ITA BAN BANESTO ESP BIG BIG MAT
> AUBER 93 FRA BRE BRESCIALAT - LIQUIGAS ITA CTA CANTINA
> TOLLO - ALEXIA ALLUMINIO ITA CSO CASINO FRA COF COFIDIS,
> LE CREDIT PAR TELEPHONE FRA COS COLLSTROP BEL
> C.A CREDIT AGRICOLE FRA CON DIE CONTINENTALE / OLYMPIA
> GER EBR ESTEPONA EN MARCHA - BREPAC ESP ECB TEAM EC /
> BAYER WORRINGEN GER EUS EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI ESP FES
> FESTINA - LOTUS FRA GAN GAN FRA GRT GRESCO / TAVIRA POR
> HOM HOME MARKET - VILLE DE CHARLEROI BEL IPS IPSO BEL
> KEL KELME - COSTA BLANCA ESP KRK KRKA - TELEKOM
> SLOVENIJE SLO KRO KROSS - SELLE ITALIA COL FDJ LA
> FRANCAISE DES JEUX FRA LAP LA / PECOL POR LOK
> LOKOSPHINX RUS LOT LOTTO - MOBISTAR BEL LIN Linda
> McCARTNEY RACING TEAM GBR MAI MAIA/CIN POR MAP MAPEI -
> BRICOBI ITA MER MERCATONE UNO - BIANCHI ITA MCT MERCURY
> CYCLING TEAM USA MDN MOBILVETTA DESIGN - NORTHWAVE ITA
> MRO MROZ POL MUT MUTUELLE DE SEINE ET MARNE FRA NVR
> NAVIGATORS CYCLING TEAM USA OIL OILME PROFESSIONAL
> CYCLING suspended USA ONC O.N.C.E. ESP PAL PALMANS -
> IDEAL BEL POS POST SWISS TEAM SUI RAB RABOBANK NED REC
> RECER - BOAVISTA POR RIS RISO SCOTTI - MG MAGLIFICIO
> ITA RMY ROS MARY - AMICA CHIPS ITA SAE SAECO MACCHINE
> DA CAFFE' ITA SAT SATURN USA SCR SCRIGNO - GAERNE ITA
> SPA SPAR-RDM BEL TVM T.V.M. - FARM FRITES NED BRI TEAM
> BRITE GBR ERI TEAM ERICSSON VILLIGER SUI TEL TEAM
> DEUTSCHE TELEKOM GER GLR TEAM GEROLSTEINER GER HJJ TEAM
> HOME - JACK & JONES DEN NUR TEAM N?RNBERGER GER PLT
> TEAM POLTI ITA TON TONISSTEINER - COLNAGO BEL TRO
> TROIAMARISCO / PORTA DA RAVESSA POR USP US POSTAL
> SERVICE USA VIN VINI CALDIROLA - LONGONI SPORT ITA VIT
> VITALICIO SEGUROS - GRUPO GENERALI ESP VLA VLAANDEREN
> 2002 - EDDY MERCKX BEL ZVV ZVVZ - DLD CZE
Davey Crockett <Davey_Crockett@rogers.com> wrote in message news:<87fzaux03n.fsf@cpe000423176ea9-cm0f2069983361.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com>...
> Well it looks like USPS will be history come the end of
> the year.
>
> But have you ever thought what would happen in the
> improbable event thay EVERY sponsor independently decided
> to call it quits?
>
> it's an interesting hypothesis......
errr, hypothetical? and actually rather dumbass too.
annoyingly yours,
app
USPS ends sponsorship....................It will be
interesting to see who picks up the sponsorship. They do
face a challenge since don't really have a rider to succeed
Lance. Hopefully US Postal will have a big enough budget to
pick up a big enough star.
"Charles Hizark" <hizark21@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:86c248b3.0404241451.66d2fb6d@posting.google.com...
> USPS ends sponsorship....................It will be
> interesting to see who picks up the sponsorship. They do
> face a challenge since don't really have a rider to
> succeed Lance. Hopefully US Postal will have a big enough
> budget to pick up a big enough star.
Two years from now, what was Postal will likely be a good
Belgian classics team with Hincapie riding in support of
another team leader.
"B. Lafferty" <Magni@Italia.com> wrote in message
news:7rCic.316$g31.25@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net...
>
> "Charles Hizark" <hizark21@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:86c248b3.0404241451.66d2fb6d@posting.google.com...
> > USPS ends sponsorship....................It will be
> > interesting to see who picks up the sponsorship. They do
> > face a challenge since don't really have a rider to
> > succeed Lance. Hopefully US Postal will have a big
> > enough budget to pick up a big enough star.
>
> Two years from now, what was Postal will likely be a good
> Belgian classics team with Hincapie riding in support of
> another team leader.
POT.... well at least today Dave
Charles Hizark wrote:
> USPS ends sponsorship....................It will be
> interesting to see who picks up the sponsorship. They do
> face a challenge since don't really have a rider to
> succeed Lance. Hopefully US Postal will have a big enough
> budget to pick up a big enough star.
Belgian press says Berry Floor (belgian company and current
co-sponsor) will take over the entire team and will look for
a new co-sponsor. So team will not only have a belgian
structure like now, but really be a belgian team with hardly
any belgian riders :-)
grtz, w.
Ward <ward.blanckeNOSP@Mskynet.be> wrote in message news:<408b831a$0$11069$a0ced6e1@news.skynet.be>...
> Charles Hizark wrote:
> > USPS ends sponsorship....................It will be
> > interesting to see who picks up the sponsorship. They do
> > face a challenge since don't really have a rider to
> > succeed Lance. Hopefully US Postal will have a big
> > enough budget to pick up a big enough star.
>
> Belgian press says Berry Floor (belgian company and
> current co-sponsor) will take over the entire team and
> will look for a new co-sponsor. So team will not only have
> a belgian structure like now, but really be a belgian team
> with hardly any belgian riders :-)
Has anyone heard how big a company Berry Floor is.....??? I
personally have some doubts if they are big enough to
sponsor a rider like Lance. I would think US Postal would
look for a bigger sponsor.
> grtz, w.
On 4/26/04 1:47 PM, in article
a58727ec.0404260947.1a5b6fe6@posting.google.com, "Heinz Getzler"
<getzler15@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Has anyone heard how big a company Berry Floor is.....???
> I personally have some doubts if they are big enough to
> sponsor a rider like Lance. I would think US Postal would
> look for a bigger sponsor.
And these doubts arise from?
On an objective level, the amount of money put into even
sponsoring a major pro squad really are not that large. I'd
say any medium- to large-sized company that wanted to do so
could swing the money as long as they have the will to do
it, a CEO who is nuts about cycling certainly would help in
this regard.
A quick google search turns up the info that the Berry Group
turned over 502 million Euro and employed over 2000 people.
Whether it would be worth it is an open question, but I
don't think it's out of the question for them to be title
sponsor for even St. Lance.
Baird
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