Tour De France 2010

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DeeGee Jul 2010 10:56pm, 6 Jul 2010 6,821 posts	0 DeeGee Cippo was Saeco, and Polti before then. Not sure if they were the same team. ONCE went through a few names before becoming Astana, who promptly withdrew sponsorship from that team in 2006. Some riders, and the DS left and set up a new team, sponsored by Astana. That's confusing...
DeeGee Jul 2010 10:57pm, 6 Jul 2010 6,822 posts	0 DeeGee Carrera was Pantani and Ciappucci. Although Carrera was a jeans manufacturer, they also rode bikes made by Carrera. I'm not convinced that those are the same bikes available in Halfords.
DeeGee Jul 2010 10:58pm, 6 Jul 2010 6,823 posts	0 DeeGee And Stephen Roche before then, of course...
Nellers Jul 2010 10:59pm, 6 Jul 2010 11,161 posts	0 Nellers US Postal was basically Motorola, which had been 7-Eleven back in the 80s.
SPR™ Jul 2010 11:05pm, 6 Jul 2010 11,116 posts	0 SPR™ It was Wurth that withdrew sponsorship from Astana-wurth
Nellers Jul 2010 11:09pm, 6 Jul 2010 11,162 posts	0 Nellers Were Carrera Fagor before that?
hammerite Jul 2010 11:34pm, 6 Jul 2010 10,627 posts	0 hammerite Wurth were a a sponsor of Liberty Seguros. Who I think became Phonak, and are now BMC.... I think! Polti and Saeco were two different teams.
hammerite Jul 2010 11:36pm, 6 Jul 2010 10,628 posts	0 hammerite Actually wikipaedia is pretty good for histories of teams.
Meglet Jul 2010 11:40pm, 6 Jul 2010 4,961 posts	0 Meglet Problems with the fantasy site, I can't even log in! Good stage though, nice to see the GC getting shaken up early on rather than waiting for the one or two definitive mountain stages.
chrisity Jul 2010 12:05am, 7 Jul 2010 9,117 posts	0 chrisity seems like they underestimated the number of players on the fantasy site would be my guess. not that i mind, i have been wearing green t-shirts since sunday (assuming the player above me is eligible to wear the white one)