Well - not that I have any inside information, as this was publicly alluded. There was definite friction between Van de Velde and Vaughters. Was Vaughters blaming VdV in some ways for his string of bad luck? VdV was potentially threatening to quit, and his future on the team and his future role on the team was suspect. In addition, now with the addition of the Cervelo squad, what exactly is this team going to be focusing on? Is is going to focus on the spring classics, at the expense of Tommy D and VdV?

Again - something which Velonation seems much better at covering than the mainstream Cycling press. Not sure why this is such a difficult assignment.

Note - All I was critiquing was the lack of interesting reporting on cycling by the cycling press, and the seemingly endless return to the same pool of 5 crucial workouts or How to ride a century in 4 easy weeks articles.