Ullrich watch, day 1

Robert Chung said:

Where now?

Good question, complicated by Monday's deadline for Tour wildcards. Automatic entry not
withstanding, if they do not have financially stable sponsorship, they will not ride the Tour. This
means that someone in addition to Bianchi has to come up with cash and soon, or else Ullrich has a
very difficult decision to make. Just switching the team's license is not enough. That just makes it
easier for Jean-Marie to rationalize that the team that received the automatic entry no longer
exists. And then its hello to Jean Delatour.

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Robert Chung said:

Where now?

Good question, complicated by Monday's deadline for Tour wildcards. Automatic entry not
withstanding, if they do not have financially stable sponsorship, they will not ride the Tour.
This means that someone in addition to Bianchi has to come up with cash and soon, or else Ullrich
has a very difficult decision to make. Just switching the team's license is not enough. That just
makes it easier for Jean-Marie to rationalize that the team that received the automatic entry no
longer exists. And then its hello to Jean Delatour.

LeBlanc will find a way not to take Coast. That opens up one more spot for a French team. Phonak is
on the bubble and must be burning up phone lines right now. Zulle is [censored] a brick. CSC is
saying, "I told you so."

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LeBlanc will find a way not to take Coast. That opens up one more spot for

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French team. Phonak is on the bubble and must be burning up phone lines right now. Zulle is
[censored] a brick. CSC is saying, "I told you so."

Will Ullrich resist the temptation to have a domestic disturbence charge with Gabby?

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Where now?

It's interesting to note Tyler Hamilton's success with Riis and CSC, while Ullrich spurned their
offer because Coast offered more money that apparently doesn't exist.

A few days ago Cyclingnews mentioned Cofidis as a potential suitor for Ullrich. This makes the most
sense to me since he seems determined to squander his talent and Cofidis is cursed . . . his
troubles with weight control, ecstacy, and driving will all seem like nothing compared with the
disasters that await if he signs with them.

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LeBlanc will find a way not to take Coast. That opens up one more spot for

a

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French team. Phonak is on the bubble and must be burning up phone lines right now. Zulle is
[censored] a brick. CSC is saying, "I told you so."

Actually, Bjarne Riis said: "Jan must come to me now. I spent 6 months trying to get him to join my
team, and we lost him in the last minute". But
Mr. Riis is probably _thinking_: "I told you so, you greedy mothe#¤%&(&"

HB