ProTour teams for 2010?

[Trev_S]

5 current teams are up for Protour licence renewal at the end of 09, all 5 have reapplied, plus there has been 3 new teams apply so 21 teams all up for the 18 spots available.

Renewals :-
AG2R La Mondiale (end of 4 year term)
Milram (end of 4 year term)
Lampre-N.G.C (end of 3 year term)
Cofidis (end of 1 year term)
Bbox Bouygues Telecom (end of 1 year term)


Team Sky, Team RadioShack & Skil Shimano are the new applications

Who do you think will actually miss out and who do you think should miss out?

 

[tonyzackery]

IMO, the teams that pay the most money to the UCI will get in - period; regardless who "should" or "shouldn't".

 

[slovakguy]

in agreement with t.z. skil-shimano against skytv? advantage sky. on a side note, according to cn, sky may have added a fine rider to their stable in j.a. flecha. not sure how this fits in with the whole "u.k." theme, but there you have it.

 

[Grater]

Skil will miss out
Team sky should get in, but Cofidis might miss out.
Radioshack should miss out but they won't.

 

[Tech72]

Do tell why the cheap electronic store team "shouldn't" be in the Pro Tour? Based on what? Their (expected) roster is more Pro Tour worthy than Sky, Skil (or many of the currently registered teams).

 

[classic1]

Do tell why the cheap electronic store team "shouldn't" be in the Pro Tour? Based on what? Their (expected) roster is more Pro Tour worthy than Sky, Skil (or many of the currently registered teams).

I thought it was Team Caddyshack. Fark, that's how much I know.

 

[Grater]

The person that runs the team and the person who has started the team.

That's the reason why.

Armstrong and Bruyneel are the cancer of cycling. They are worse than the drugs.

 

[slyjackson]

The person that runs the team and the person who has started the team.

That's the reason why.

Armstrong and Bruyneel are the cancer of cycling. They are worse than the drugs.

Wow.....

 

[roadhouse]

i am anxious to see how team sky does.

 

[Cobblestones]

Do tell why the cheap electronic store team "shouldn't" be in the Pro Tour? Based on what? Their (expected) roster is more Pro Tour worthy than Sky, Skil (or many of the currently registered teams).

First keyword here is 'expected'. What's their budget going to be? Who will they be able to hire? Will they make an honest attempt to field a reasonable team for all ProTour races.

It looks to me Team Shack is constructed for LA to race in the TdF in 2010. For that, they don't need ProTour status, only an invite by ASO.

 

[Tech72]

First keyword here is 'expected'. What's their budget going to be? Who will they be able to hire? Will they make an honest attempt to field a reasonable team for all ProTour races.

It looks to me Team Shack is constructed for LA to race in the TdF in 2010. For that, they don't need ProTour status, only an invite by ASO.

That is precisely my point, but perhaps I just didn't convey it clearly. We don't know all the final details of Sky, Skil, Radio Shack, etc., etc. so can't really make an informed call on which teams is deserving of a Pro Tour license. My question to Grater was why he summarily suggested that RS shouldn't be part of the Pro Tour and others should. Was there a more concrete reasoning, other than his usual bashing of all LA related anything - to which the little guy playing the violin is summarily ignoring.

 

[Cobblestones]

That is precisely my point, but perhaps I just didn't convey it clearly. We don't know all the final details of Sky, Skil, Radio Shack, etc., etc. so can't really make an informed call on which teams is deserving of a Pro Tour license. My question to Grater was why he summarily suggested that RS shouldn't be part of the Pro Tour and others should. Was there a more concrete reasoning, other than his usual bashing of all LA related anything - to which the little guy playing the violin is summarily ignoring.

At least for Skil-Shimano, we know their performance this year. Same for all the teams who already have a license and want it renewed. We don't know much of the Shack Team. I'm not at all against new teams, it's healthy and good for the sport, but maybe it would be prudent practice to have them race for at least 1 year before considering them for the license. It wouldn't really be hard on them since they still would be able to race by invitation.

 

[Trev_S]

Do tell why the cheap electronic store team "shouldn't" be in the Pro Tour? Based on what? Their (expected) roster is more Pro Tour worthy than Sky, Skil (or many of the currently registered teams).

Well RadioShack have one rider on their roster so far?
The rest are only speculation, although some are very likely of course.

Should a team get accepted when they don't really have a roster as yet?

 

[Grater]

That is precisely my point, but perhaps I just didn't convey it clearly. We don't know all the final details of Sky, Skil, Radio Shack, etc., etc. so can't really make an informed call on which teams is deserving of a Pro Tour license. My question to Grater was why he summarily suggested that RS shouldn't be part of the Pro Tour and others should. Was there a more concrete reasoning, other than his usual bashing of all LA related anything - to which the little guy playing the violin is summarily ignoring.

It's not LA bashing.

I'm just not brainwashed like everyone else. I've read his book and I refused to be brainwashed by that tripe. I even have a copy of the book as proof that I've read it.

 

[Tech72]

Well RadioShack have one rider on their roster so far?
The rest are only speculation, although some are very likely of course.

Should a team get accepted when they don't really have a roster as yet?

How many confirmed riders do Sky have? At this point, it's just rumours and speculation. They're in the same position as RS, yet certain posters would like to suggest that Sky should somehow be "in", and another team (RS) should be "out". I was pointing out the biased and baseless observations of some.

Love or hate the group of riders likely to make-up part of the team (LA, Levi, Popo, Klodi, Horner, Zulbeldia, Ballan?), RS as a sponsor is a good thing for pro cycling in general.

And no, I haven't read LA's book like some, nor do I intend to. No interest. Not a fan really, but a fair observer.

 

[Grater]

Sky, Radioshack and Skil shouldn't get on the protour team list straight away.

The teams listed deserve to stay - unless Cofidis give up on the TDF and go to the other races instead. Same with maybe one of the other teams too.

 

[steve]

Sky, Radioshack and Skil shouldn't get on the protour team list straight away.

The teams listed deserve to stay - unless Cofidis give up on the TDF and go to the other races instead. Same with maybe one of the other teams too.

Do you think it would be a better system if the bottom ranked teams got relegated?

Last year Cofidis, Lampre and Team Milram should have been given the boot.

 

[Bike_Tyson]

Why don't they just allow all 21 teams through? How much more does it matters? Rules are rules, yes, then again, it's a new season. What if only 17 teams apply?

 

[Grater]

Do you think it would be a better system if the bottom ranked teams got relegated?

Last year Cofidis, Lampre and Team Milram should have been given the boot.

That's the thing Steve. It's hard to tell. You could be right with Cofidis and Lampre. They can do the classics without protour status can't they? Which is what they would be more suited for.

 

[Trev_S]

How many confirmed riders do Sky have? At this point, it's just rumours and speculation. They're in the same position as RS, yet certain posters would like to suggest that Sky should somehow be "in", and another team (RS) should be "out". I was pointing out the biased and baseless observations of some.

Samething goes for Team Sky as well.
I would think a team with no roster as such can't really say they warrant a ProTour licence.

They should do promotion/demotion system. Bottom 2 teams drop & top 2 teams move up.
Any new team would have to start at the second level.