Go Westra, young man. Sorry, I'll read that again...Westra's going to Astana. Think its mentioned in the thread!
Go Eastra, young man
Go Westra, young man. Sorry, I'll read that again...Westra's going to Astana. Think its mentioned in the thread!
So weren't a couple of teams asked to apply for World Tour status given the exit of Euskaltel-Euskadi & Vaconsoleil ?Interesting that Chavanel and Frank would go to a non-World Tour team... unless they know something we don't?
I suppose it makes it more likely that IAM will get invited to the GTs next year, but it's a bit of a gamble.
Oh yes but I didn't make myself clear I guess - I think I heard that a few teams like Europcar & IAM had been asked to apply for World Tour status but essentially declined because they were not able/willing to grow into the World Tour commitments. Their operational model is based upon wild card entries to a few top level races where their sponsors care and full World Tour status is not so attractive by comparison.I forgot about Vacansoleil... so yes, there is a World Tour place up for grabs.
IAM will undoubtedly be a strong contender for it.
Their operational model is based upon wild card entries to a few top level races where their sponsors care and full World Tour status is not so attractive by comparison.
It says ''investment funds'' under their logo.So what are IAM then, probably not dog food or advanced motoring?
Maybe they're just hoping to get some more invitations (to the smaller Tours and 1-day races) but aren't interested in the Grand ToursFair point. I can certainly see how that would apply to Europcar. IAM's latest signings hint at greater ambition though...
So it does, I missed that the first time.It says ''investment funds'' under their logo.
Ah, so that settles that one then.it says they had pretensions to be a World Tour Team.