Astarloa freed?

Faster Bordello said:

Radsport reports (will someone who read German confrim..)
that Astarloa is free to consider offers......

here's the link: radsport-news.comradsport-news.comOpen ↗

Faster Bordello said:

Radsport reports (will someone who read German confrim..)
that Astarloa is free to consider offers......

or try this one... radsport-radsport-Open ↗
news.com/2004/astarloacof.shtml

Indeed, Astarloa is already considering several offers, with
Bondues blessings. Note that other riders (Millar etc) are
explicitly not given the same leeway.

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Faster Bordello said:

Radsport reports (will someone who read German
confrim..) that Astarloa is free to consider
offers......

or try this one... radsport-radsport-Open ↗
news.com/2004/astarloacof.shtml

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Procycling has a similar story 'Cofidis grant world champ Astarloa
permission to seek new team'
procycling.comnews main.aspOpen ↗

J. Spaceman

Faster Bordello said:

Radsport reports (will someone who read German confrim..)
that Astarloa is free to consider offers......

Jason Spaceman said:

Procycling has a similar story 'Cofidis grant world champ
Astarloa permission to seek new team'
procycling.comnews main.aspOpen ↗

Very interesting. Wonder which side it came from: -release
by the team, or -request to be let go...?

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Quoted message said:

Indeed, Astarloa is already considering several offers,
with Bondues blessings. Note that other riders (Millar
etc) are explicitly not given the same leeway.

Duh! He's been on Cofidis for years, where Astarloa just
joined. Casper and O'Grady should also get a chance to hunt
around IMO...

-Sonarrat.

"Alexander Lackner" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

Indeed, Astarloa is already considering several offers,
with Bondues blessings. Note that other riders (Millar
etc) are explicitly not given the same leeway.

It's on CN, too. Millar is a marquis rider, while Astarloa
is a new guy. If I were Millar, I'd be considering my
options as well, though David was named as one of those
involved in the doping. Guess he's got to clear his name
first. Stuey should be able to pack up and go, too. Short of
purses and promotional opportunites, I expect they're all
getting salaries. Should salaries not be paid then the
floodgates open.

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Quoted message said:

Indeed, Astarloa is already considering several offers,
with Bondues blessings. Note that other riders (Millar
etc) are explicitly not given the same leeway.

It's on CN, too. Millar is a marquis rider, while Astarloa
is a new guy. If I were Millar, I'd be considering my
options as well, though David was named as one of those
involved in the doping. Guess he's got to clear his name
first. Stuey should be able to pack up and go, too. Short
of purses and promotional opportunites, I expect they're
all getting salaries. Should salaries not be paid then the
floodgates open.

Saeco is out, according to CN, but already the names of
Lampre and Fassa Bortolo have been mentioned... if he does
join Lampre, I would next hold my breath for LeBlanc to
invite the team to the Tour, so that after losing two world
champions (I don't think Cofidis is going to pull through
this), he can at least reclaim one. That would be the last
step towards making this TdF one for the books.

-Sonarrat.

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Saeco is out, according to CN, but already the names of
Lampre and Fassa Bortolo have been mentioned...

CN mentions there's "no place" at Saeco, but radsport-radsport-Open ↗
news.com/ says they already made a concrete offer. If that
is the case, his return may well be a possibility, given
Lampres France problem- no idea if Fassa will stomach
another classics leader this year.

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In article <[email hidden]>,

Alexander Lackner said:

Quoted message said:

Saeco is out, according to CN, but already the names of
Lampre and Fassa Bortolo have been mentioned...

CN mentions there's "no place" at Saeco, but radsport-radsport-Open ↗
news.com/ says they already made a concrete offer. If that
is the case, his return may well be a possibility, given
Lampres France problem-

With Rumsas gone and the likes of Romans Vainsteins signed
on, who knows?

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no idea if Fassa will stomach another classics leader
this year.

Sometimes more is more... just ask Bjarne Riis. It's not
necessarily a problem if you have a bunch of riders who can
all win. It's a problem if you have a bunch of riders who
can all win, but they don't. Simple.

-Sonarrat.

Stewart Fleming said:

Jason Spaceman said:

Procycling has a similar story 'Cofidis grant world champ
Astarloa permission to seek new team'
procycling.comnews main.aspOpen ↗

Very interesting. Wonder which side it came from: -release
by the team, or -request to be let go...?

everything I read (and is open to interpertation) would
point to a mutual agreement... Asta is a classics rider, and
his value as such is diminished by being left out of the
Ardennes races.

Sonarrat said:

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Quoted message said:

Indeed, Astarloa is already considering several offers,
with Bondues blessings. Note that other riders (Millar
etc) are explicitly not given the same leeway.

Duh! He's been on Cofidis for years, where Astarloa just
joined. Casper and O'Grady should also get a chance to
hunt around IMO...

-Sonarrat.

It would be interesting to see where O'Grady would end up.
He's not the bunch sprinter he was and the don't seem to
many openings for guys looking for stae wins in the tours.
He's not quite a classics guy either. Suspect it's hard to
find his niche,, at least at this point in the season.

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Faster Bordello said:

Sonarrat said:

"Alexander Lackner" <[email hidden]>
wrote in message
news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

Indeed, Astarloa is already considering several offers,
with Bondues blessings. Note that other riders (Millar
etc) are explicitly not given the same leeway.

Duh! He's been on Cofidis for years, where Astarloa just
joined. Casper and O'Grady should also get a chance to
hunt around IMO...

-Sonarrat.

It would be interesting to see where O'Grady would end up.

Probably not back to Credit Agricole, as the team now has
both Julian Dean and Thor Hushovd. I think Banesto could use
him. So could Saeco, which hasn't had a really credible
sprinter since Cipollini left.

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He's not the bunch sprinter he was and the don't seem to
many openings for guys looking for stae wins in the tours.
He's not quite a classics guy either. Suspect it's hard to
find his niche,, at least at this point in the season.

He's had three WC podiums in the past two years, and would
have had more if he had not been seriously injured before
this year's RvV (which was one of his podiums last year). I
think he's going to be a very good classics rider.

-Sonarrat.

Quoted message said:

He's not quite a classics guy either.

Should have added "yet" to this statement, since it's
known that he is looking to be....