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General Category => Freewheeling => Racing => Topic started by: alan on 16 February, 2009, 07:12:48 pm

Title: ROCK Racing
Post by: alan on 16 February, 2009, 07:12:48 pm

Why is this team the subject of frequent negative comment on Sky Sports commentry?

Title: Re: ROCK Racing
Post by: Craig on 16 February, 2009, 08:40:04 pm

Quite a few of their riders have been linked to drugs scandals.
Their team car is a Cadillac.
They are sponsored by a company that sells overpriced jeans.

And probably a few more reasons...

Title: Re: ROCK Racing
Post by: clarion on 16 February, 2009, 08:41:03 pm

They changed their kit every day on the ToB. ::-)

Well, I mean they changed design.  I think all the other teams change their clothes, or else the final stage would be a pongy fungal mass :sick:

Title: Re: ROCK Racing
Post by: rdaviesb on 16 February, 2009, 11:49:24 pm

Quote from: Craig on 16 February, 2009, 08:40:04 pm

Quite a few of their riders have been linked to drugs scandals.

..isn't it almost a qualifying criteria?

Title: Re: ROCK Racing
Post by: tiermat on 17 February, 2009, 08:11:17 am

I think it is because they are seen as being different.

Which is not a bad thing, IMHO.

They are trying to bring a bit of F1 glamour to the pro circuit, and their team kit designs rock, again IMHO.

Now if they would charge sensible prices for the replica kit rather than £350 for shorts and a jersey, I would have a set, especially the black TOB kit.

Title: Re: ROCK Racing
Post by: vorsprung on 17 February, 2009, 09:41:02 am

Rock Racing start list for tour of california
 
161 Oscar Sevilla (Spa)                -fired from t mobile due to Operación Puerto
162 Tyler Hamilton (USA)             -caught for blood doping
163 Francisco Mancebo (Spa)       -quit big team when  Operación Puerto broke   
164 Enrique Gutierrez (Spa)          -linked to Operación Puerto
165 Victor Hugo Pena (Col)            -was in US Postal back in the day.  Never done for doping though
166 Freddy Rodriguez (USA)           
167 Glen Chadwick (NZl)               
168 Chris Baldwin (USA)     

Title: Re: ROCK Racing
Post by: clarion on 17 February, 2009, 10:09:20 am

Nope.  Nothing to see there. ;)

Title: Re: ROCK Racing
Post by: gonzo on 24 February, 2009, 06:36:31 pm

They also broke most of their sponsorship obligations. At one race the team was split over 3 different makes of bike and none of them were the official sponsor!