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General Category => Freewheeling => Racing => Topic started by: Rig of Jarkness on 05 December, 2009, 09:38:53 pm

Title: 2010 Tour Places
Post by: Rig of Jarkness on 05 December, 2009, 09:38:53 pm

According to this, Team Sky must impress to secure Tour de France invite | Latest News | Cycling Weekly (http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/433793/team-sky-must-impress-to-secure-tour-de-france-invite.html) 16 teams are guaranteed a place in the Tour.  They include several mediocrities and two with high profile doping histories, namely Astana and what was Saunier-Duval.  But they don't include the teams of Armstrong, Evans/Hincapie, Wiggins/Vande Velde, or Hushovd/Sastre.  How bizarre is that ?

Title: Re: 2010 Tour Places
Post by: Really Ancien on 10 December, 2009, 09:54:19 pm

What are the criteria for team selection for the TdF? It used to be decided on the basis of collective UCI points.

Damon.

Title: Re: 2010 Tour Places
Post by: DuncanM on 11 December, 2009, 09:03:53 am

ASO likes you.  Basically, that's it.