Message #90

[El Imbatido]

I posted this on the aus cycle forums and it is my run down of the candidates for his new home:

Garmin - The possible Wiggins to SKY switch could still work, if they sub in Evans for Contador in the switcheroo. Good domestiques at Garmin too.

SKY - This is personally where i think he will end up. Have a huge budget, got some good climbing talents (EBH, Lokvist, Gerrans) and they are looking for high placings in GC.

Katusha - Another team with a huge budget and some good domestiques. (Joaquin Rodriguez, Kim Kirchen) but the team is more centred around sprinting ie. McEwen. Isn't it the reason he left lotto because they weren't supporting him in the sprints anymore?

Astana - Don't laugh i'm being serious. Bertie needs a good domestique for a season and then he will be out the door in a flash. So it will be team Cadel. Ok you can laugh, even i don't really see Astana as an option  

Lampre - Just thought about this. Cadel's wife is Italian, This italian team just got a new sponsor (albeit the one that was sponsoring team doped up Di Luca ie. Farnese Vini) and Cunego has said himself that he does not see himself anymore as a GC conteder. They had 1.5million euros to buy Di Luca with, so they have got plenty of cash.

Quickstep - Have roster spots open and a big budget (they were trying to sign Bertie) and have made a habit of snapping up lotto talent  

That is the run down of my contenders. And if worst comes to worst then i hear Radioshack are still hiring. But you have to have no personal ambition as a pre-requisite for that team.

Also this souce seems to think he has signed with BMC:

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&langpair=%7Cen&u=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/sportwereld/article/detail.aspx%3Farticleid%3DDMF01112009_004

So i guess when we find out his future team, it will tell us if:

a. He is trying to cash in on the rainbow jersey or
b. He is trying to go to a team that is built around him