Frankie Andreu fired from United Toyota

bobke said:

ANy thoughts?

http://velonews.com/news/fea/10586.0.html

I think LANCE bought T-U-P just so he could fire Frankie's ass.

No such news on the team's page.
http://www.toyota-united.com/

bobke said:

ANy thoughts?

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Looks like Armstrong got to the sponsors. Expect to see Armstrong promoting Toyota in the near future.

I think that Frankie's work as a DS may be on the level of his OLN commentating and therefor maybe he was let go on that basis.

But I can see that the sponsors would not have wanted international focus on his reported role in all the murky testimony stuff.

Maybe he just didnt get it done though.

bobke said:

ANy thoughts?

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Clearly, Frankie tested positive for being an [censored] :p

bobke said:

ANy thoughts?

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Interesting artical. I wonder if the Champions Club had anything to do with this?

They have a heavy hand in United Cycling and they want to win.

See what happens when you miss the Tour de Nez.😄

lwedge said:

Interesting artical. I wonder if the Champions Club had anything to do with this?

They have a heavy hand in United Cycling and they want to win.

See what happens when you miss the Tour de Nez.😄

What is the so-called Champions CLub of which you speak?
Answer me or I shall taunt you a second time! 😄

bobke said:

What is the so-called Champions CLub of which you speak?
Answer me or I shall taunt you a second time! 😄

You may have read the article in Outside Magazine and I think something was posted in the forum somewhere.

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It will be interesting to see how the cards fall with these guys around.

lw

i wished they'd fire his ass from OLN. the guy makes trautwig enjoyable.

SaintAndrew said:

i wished they'd fire his ass from OLN. the guy makes trautwig enjoyable.

ooooh snap! HAHAHA

SaintAndrew said:

i wished they'd fire his ass from OLN. the guy makes trautwig enjoyable.

I did like the Alpe d'Huez bit where the Dutch fans poured beer all over him.

DiabloScott said:

I did like the Alpe d'Huez bit where the Dutch fans poured beer all over him.

That was funny!
Frankie released the news by email to velonews so he must be doing so for a reason, and its not to let people know he's available for work.

What the team has to say:

http://www.toyota-united.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=46&Itemid=77

"Unfortunately, due to other obligations and commitments, Frankie was not able to fulfill his contractual obligations"

Geez --- seems like a lot of animosity for a guy who's guilty of nothing more than being as exciting as a bridge abutment.

JRMDC said:

What the team has to say:

http://www.toyota-united.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=46&Itemid=77

"Unfortunately, due to other obligations and commitments, Frankie was not able to fulfill his contractual obligations"

And he thought the Tour de France was more important than being at the Mt. Holly Criterium!!
Frankie always seens surprised when he gets relieved of his duties.

June 2006 : Page 64 : Cycle Sport : "Stars who have earned their stripes -
the 10 best American cyclists of all time".

Number 10 : Frankie Andreu : "started and completed 9 T'sDF" "At USPS, Andreu was the the man every team member looked up to because he'd experienced everything in European cycling".
Only US rider toi complete more T'sDF : George Hincapie.