Who is the new Garmin addition for next year?

I was really hoping it would be Floyd...as him and Vaughers are good friends. But people on here are saying Evans...

What are your sources on that?

Are you kidding? Floyd is still maintaining his innocence. Signing him up will be the way to not get invited to the GTs. Vaughters is not stupid (I hope).

T. Dekker is leaving Rabobank. Where will he end up?

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Garmin is supposed to be an american team...and i hope they keep it that way.. to many foreigners as is...

In an interview, JV (I think it was him) said that they were talking to a rider with the initials CE

LOL. I suspect the team sponsors would rather it to be a winning team. After all, Garmin is in the business of selling electronic bits, and Europe is a big market for them. Ergo they do not care about the nationality of their riders, as long as they win.

But you are probably right. Why don't you write to them and tell them to can Millar and Backstedt.

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It was the vision of Doug Ellis, the man who sponsored the team as a super fan to create an American team.

Where is this interview?

OK, got me. I assume he is Mr. Garmin (I could not be bothered to google this right now)?

I still maintain that the point of a pro cycling team, unless Mr. Ellis is a benefactor in the true sense of the word, is to win races and get your sponsor's name in the papers. Whether you have an American, Mongolian or Transnistrian doing that tends not to be so important, unless there are specific sponsorship reasons.

Notice that Valverde is racing for a French team, Ricco' for a Spanish team, and Evans for a Belgian team, just to make a few examples.

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Doug Ellis isn't with Garmin, he was the owner all along. Garmin was brought in as a title sponsor just before the tour. From what I've read he wants a team that will be "predominantly" American. He has been quoted as saying that he'd like to grow cycling in the US and improve it's image. (He's got a hard road to haul!)

I think they would gain some fans if they would can Millar - no one likes the guy, and he doesn't win races. Always hyped without wins, at least since he was caught. If he wasn't an English speaking rider he wouldn't even get an interview.

Now Backstedt they should keep.

who?

Evans?

they would need to get another climber or two. VDV is not enough. They would need Augustyn, Rohregger, Mcgee, atleast. Not sure VDV would be happy.

Oh, and I don't think most people would mind if Tommy D found his way off the team as well.

lol

Backsteadt speaks better american than I do.

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