Originally Posted by
VT Biker
I am thrilled Bruyneel is gone. He was bad for the sport.
The rider who get hurt the most by this...Tom Danielson. He is never going to race in the European tour again, so he had better his last few weeks in Spain. He will be back on the US Domestic racing scene next year....Toyota-United would be a good fit.
There are plenty of ProTour teams without a first GC rider, much less a second. Remember they have to ride all three grand tours. Barloworld, Rabobank, Liquigas, Saunier-Duval will lose Simoni and Ricci. Hell, T-Mobile is counting on Michael Rogers who has never climbed that great. Danielson will find a Euro spot. He just won't be babied like he was with Disco. If I were JV and had a lil money I'd throw a low ball offer at TD...very low.