Originally Posted by luxroadie

FYI - Trek only contributed about 3m Eur plus materials (normal as equipment sponsor). The money comes from Flavio Becca - he put up 15m of his own cash. He wanted a title sponsor and didn't get one ... so he found one himself ... thus the merger.

I think this is what both teams need. Radioshack (the firm) gets a legit GC guy for major tours, Johan gets another prodigy to shape into a winner, and Andy gets his best shot at getting into shape (mentally and physically) to win one. (AKA no more drinking mid-season ...).