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TdF 2015
Last Post 02/28/2015 07:32 PM by Nicholas Arenella. 4 Replies.
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huckleberry

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01/14/2015 02:42 PM
I wish 'em the very best... http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/01/14/377183036/a-tour-de-france-first-an-african-team-will-compete-this-year
jmdirt

Posts:775

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01/14/2015 05:56 PM
I was glad to see them on the list. I hope that United Healthcare can get into a few of the big(er) races this year.
Cosmic Kid

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01/14/2015 06:03 PM
Hmmmm.....bit of a technicality really.

Barloworld was, for all intents and purposes, a South African team, but for logistical reasons it registered in Italy and later the UK.

Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!
Orange Crush

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01/14/2015 06:54 PM
Depends where their emphasis will be in TdF; they got a strong contingent of sprinters but they are all hired hands. But if they put up their Eritrean talent for GC then that could be history.

The hand of the Badger...

“The team has Eritrian rider Natnael Berhane, who won the 2013 Tour of Turkey. Bernard Hinault saw him and other young Eritrean riders a few years ago at the Tropicale Amissa Bongo in Gabon and when he got back he said “They remind me of the Colombian riders in the eighties but must be given time to mature. When they are ready, they will hurt!"

Barloworld had more Italian riders than RSA ones.
Nick A

Posts:625

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02/28/2015 07:32 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Uo_VIVJaleM

2015 route link, complements of my French aunt.

:-P

Nick

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