Landis & Co to leave Phonak....

whiteboytrash said:

[font=Arial]Phonak are ready to reward the loyalty of their leading trio - the American Floyd Landis, the Colombian Santiago Botero and the Spaniard Oscar Periero - by allowing them to leave the Swiss formation if they receive considerable offers from other teams during the off-season.

[/font][font=Arial]The team leaders have another year left on their contracts but Phonak manager Jean Lelangue has offered them the chance to leave due to problems with team sponsorship.[/font]

[font=Arial]"Our sponsor must pull out at the end of the next season and even if I have contacts with other parties interested to take the reins in 2007, I am not in a position to promise Landis, Botero and Pereiro - who are highly sought after - that the team will continue to exist beyond 2006," said Lelangue.[/font]

[font=Arial]The Phonak helmsman was quick to highlight how the trio had stuck with the team through 2004's initial shock exclusion from the UCI ProTour circuit following the Tyler Hamilton affair.[/font]

[font=Arial]"It's a question of honesty towards these boys who remained faithful to us, last winter, when Phonak had been left out of the ProTour circuit," he said. [/font]

[font=Arial]"On the other hand, it is wrong to say, as I have heard for the final two days, that Phonak will not be in the peloton next year and it is for that that I have made this preposition to my riders."[/font]

I was told the owner of Phonak was very frustrated with all the red tape and aggravation of pro-cycling although he is a patron of the sport it got to be a little more than he wanted to deal with.
Especially after the Hamilton,Perez scandal. I will hate to see Phonak go.

I`m afraid that ProTour will become similar to Formula1 with less and less teams because big costs..

whiteboytrash said:

[font=Arial]Phonak are ready to reward the loyalty of their leading trio - the American Floyd Landis, the Colombian Santiago Botero and the Spaniard Oscar Periero - by allowing them to leave the Swiss formation if they receive considerable offers from other teams during the off-season.

[/font][font=Arial]The team leaders have another year left on their contracts but Phonak manager Jean Lelangue has offered them the chance to leave due to problems with team sponsorship.[/font]

[font=Arial]"Our sponsor must pull out at the end of the next season and even if I have contacts with other parties interested to take the reins in 2007, I am not in a position to promise Landis, Botero and Pereiro - who are highly sought after - that the team will continue to exist beyond 2006," said Lelangue.[/font]

[font=Arial]The Phonak helmsman was quick to highlight how the trio had stuck with the team through 2004's initial shock exclusion from the UCI ProTour circuit following the Tyler Hamilton affair.[/font]

[font=Arial]"It's a question of honesty towards these boys who remained faithful to us, last winter, when Phonak had been left out of the ProTour circuit," he said. [/font]

[font=Arial]"On the other hand, it is wrong to say, as I have heard for the final two days, that Phonak will not be in the peloton next year and it is for that that I have made this preposition to my riders."[/font]

eww

Virenque said:

I`m afraid that ProTour will become similar to Formula1 with less and less teams because big costs.

wezzs