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25-07.-2008, 08:21 AM
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WTF is Michael Ball thinking?
Evidently he is negotiatiing with The Buffalo to join Rock.
I can understand hiring a couple or three riders with a notorious past. You can get them cheap relative to their "talent" level. You might be able to sugercoat it by saying everyone deserves a second chance. But with the current mania over doping, how does Ball expect to get race invites when his team has become a refuge for any doper who cannot find employment elsewhere? I don't get the strategy here, especially with his intent to turn his team Pro Contiental and race more in Europe. Is he so arrogant and narcissistic that he thinks he is immune to the consquences of stacking his team with a rogues gallery?
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25-07.-2008, 08:47 AM
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Re: WTF is Michael Ball thinking?
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he will have a great team Landis Sevilla Botero Hamilton Guiterrez (Aitor Gonzalez?) (Heras?) Rodriguez Bahaati Oneil Sutherland The team will be better than most Protour teams. |
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25-07.-2008, 08:48 AM
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Re: WTF is Michael Ball thinking?
I'm not up with all the nicknames... but I assume you are referring to Jose Enrique Gutierrez?
He is perhaps trying to get his exposure from being excluded from races rather than being in them... 
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25-07.-2008, 08:49 AM
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Re: WTF is Michael Ball thinking?
Ball does not care about cycling per se, positioning the team as "bad boys" is a perfect brand position for his company.
He stands out, carves his niche, gets loads of publicity. He does not care if it is bad publicity, as this rebel persona is intrinsic in the brand. Strategic position. |
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25-07.-2008, 08:51 AM
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I think he will get an invite to every Spanish race, even with ASO owning 49% of the Vuelta. He may even get an invite to the Giro. |
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25-07.-2008, 08:53 AM
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Re: WTF is Michael Ball thinking?
Who is the buffalo? Is he Gutierrez (as Cranky surmised)?
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25-07.-2008, 09:00 AM
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25-07.-2008, 09:02 AM
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Re: WTF is Michael Ball thinking?
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Buffalo Guiterrez. The Buffalo gotta eat. |
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25-07.-2008, 10:40 AM
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Re: WTF is Michael Ball thinking?
His team will be much more exciting than Slipstream.
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25-07.-2008, 01:20 PM
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Re: WTF is Michael Ball thinking?
The Buffalo will be well fed on Rock.
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25-07.-2008, 01:38 PM
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25-07.-2008, 01:54 PM
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25-07.-2008, 02:15 PM
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27-07.-2008, 02:01 AM
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27-07.-2008, 11:04 AM
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its cos my mom was a single mum from moe... |
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