Originally Posted by
patentcad
If Lance can't get a corporate sponsor like Nike or Novartis to step up and make a multiyear $50-$100 million commitment to the defunct Astana squad, they will fold. But I don't think that will happen since they are arguably the strongest cycling team in the UCI and they have the biggest marquee star power, particularly if Lance agrees to ride in 2010 too.
Stay tuned.
I think Lance could get corporate sponsorship tomorrow if he wanted/needed it.
Or, he could send out a twitter for cash; it'd have to be for a new venture, not his cancer foundation, and the money would roll in by the barrel.
I'd love to see team "Chico's Bail Bonds" riding in the Tour. That would be totally badass.