[Teams] Bustana - Contingency Plans...

[John the Monkey]

Somehow this story passed me by -

http://www.theservicecourse.com/ (see headline "What Might Have Been").

Given Lance's seeming penchant for grudges and petty resentments (in the past at least, maybe he's mellowed?) this can't bode well for cohesion in the Tour, surely?

Some interesting stuff, especially that regarding Garmin.

 

[rich p]

That would have been an odd move for Bertie but similar perhaps to Sastre going to Cervelo. I suppose we have to give credit to LA for spicing up this years Tour. The in-fighting at Astana will be one of the highlights.

 

[John the Monkey]

Cycling News Follow Up Story;

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/vaughters-downplays-contador-rumours

Juicy bits;

Garmin-Slipstream team manager Jonathan Vaughters declined to confirm or deny rumours that 2007 Tour de France winner Alberto Contador had been close to signing with the US team and riding this year's Tour with them.

Armstrong commented on the story on Monday. "Just read this [the article]," he wrote on Twitter. "JL [US writer Joe Lindsey, who broke the story - ed.] may not be far off on this (for once). I'm choosing to ignore and remove myself from drama. TdF – hard enough."