Airjinx
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Now from big budgets to sudden shortfalls. L’Equipe has a full article on Ag2r La Mondiale’s bike problems behind the paywall. You might remember the switch from Factor to Merckx, the paper says Factor couldn’t meet it’s “financial commitments” (my translation) and so the contract was broken. This left the team looking for a bike supplier late last year and they only did the deal with Merckx in November. Only this didn’t solve things, it set off a chain reaction, first the Merckx frames proved too flexible so they’re really riding Ridley frames (NB: Ridley owns Merckx). Originally they had Campagnolo parts in a deal with Merckx but the team also has Rotor and Mavic as sponsors and the Italian shifters didn’t work with the Rotor chainrings… so they’re on Shimano. They’re also sponsored by Vredestein but as L’Equipe reports the riders don’t like them in the wet so they’re using Continental tires.
Wat een farce




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