Author Topic: 2010 Tour Places  (Read 1229 times)

Rig of Jarkness

  • An Englishman abroad
2010 Tour Places
« 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 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 ?
Aero but not dynamic

Really Ancien

Re: 2010 Tour Places
« Reply #1 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.

Re: 2010 Tour Places
« Reply #2 on: 11 December, 2009, 09:03:53 am »
ASO likes you.  Basically, that's it.