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Geschrieben von tick am 07.01.2006 um 09:28:

"Team building" banned?

UCI bans pre-season team building events
Pro peloton in disarray as one-upsmanship, injuries, and budget problems abound

UCI spokesperson Ririe Anderson today announced that effective immediately, all professional cycling team-building events are banned, pending the establishment of a suitable UCI oversight committee.

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Not all team-building exercises end as well, unfortunately. Intending to show its strength and endurance, Team Gerolsteiner set out to re-enact Sir Ernest Shackleton's legendary Antarctic expedition. And while this event is indeed bringing the team closer together, the expected duration of the expedition - 18 months - is unlikely to make Gerolsteiner a factor in the 2006 Tour de France.

"We subscribe wholeheartedly to the maxim, 'that which does not kill us makes us stronger," said Levi Leipheimer, in one of the last transmissions made from the team before their ship was crushed by an ice flow. "We only regret that there are evidently so many things that can kill us."

"On the positive side," noted a Gerolsteiner representative, "due to team...um...attrition...we can now safely say that everyone on the team is now guaranteed a spot in the 2007 Tour de France. Or it might be 2008. We'll have to see how their trek progresses."

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Meanwhile, UCI spokesman Ririe Anderson has the following advice for professional cyclists: "You're professional cyclists, for crying out loud. Quit pretending you're on some freakish reality show." Concluded Anderson, "You want to work better together as a team? Here's an idea - ride your bikes together."

http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/?id=2006/nelson_teambuilding

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Geschrieben von CV-Kelme-Fan am 07.01.2006 um 10:23:

  RE: "Team building" banned?

Wenn man an Discovery Channel denkt, kann man es verstehen. Auf der anderen Seite ist es Schwachsinn!
Das sind doch teaminterne Dinge. Bald legt die UCI auch noch den Trainingsplan der Fahrer fest.

UCI

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Geschrieben von tick am 07.01.2006 um 10:26:

  RE: "Team building" banned?

Zitat:

Original von CV-Kelme-Fan Wenn man an Discovery Channel denkt, kann man es verstehen. Auf der anderen Seite ist es Schwachsinn! Das sind doch teaminterne Dinge. Bald legt die UCI auch noch den Trainingsplan der Fahrer fest. UCI

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Geschrieben von MrsFlax am 07.01.2006 um 11:28:

RE: "DOG building" banned?

Zitat:

Original von tick And while this event is indeed bringing the team closer together, the expected duration of the expedition - 18 months - is unlikely to make Gerolsteiner a factor in the 2006 Tour de France.

schlimme sache!

viel schlimmer finde ich allerdings diesen neuen fall von tierquälerei, über den ebenfalls bei cyclingnews berichtet wird:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/2006/diaries/levi/?id=levi0601

zitat: "I've recently added another element (aside from rain) to my training which is pretty cool. I've been using a Colorado Altitude Training tent at night. It's a huge one which fits my king bed and at night stands so the whole family can sleep at altitude quite comfortably. The three Chihuahuas are becoming freakishly strong and fast. They sleep at 9000 feet and go to the dog park at sea level."

schockierend, grausam, alarmierend!
waren die mißbrauchsfälle "tugboat" und "vdb-labrador" nicht schon schlimm genug?!? was kommt nun? eine tolle "pimp-my-chihuahua"-show von leipheimers? getunte kleinsthunde mit der sauerstoffaufnahmekapizität von bernhardinern?

ich bin entsetzt!

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Geschrieben von tick am 07.01.2006 um 11:34:

  RE: "DOG building" banned?

Chihuahuas sind sowieso "freakish"........

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Geschrieben von paolo am 07.01.2006 um 12:31:

 

According to team captain Jan Ullrich, "This training has truly brought our team together in ways we would have never anticipated. Unfortunately, the expense of this training has completely drained our team budget for the entire year, so I'm glad I've already got a bike and several jerseys

Quelle: cn

Ich würde sagen dieser Artikel ist eine gelungene Satire von CN.

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Geschrieben von tick am 07.01.2006 um 12:36:

 

Zitat:

Original von paolo Ich würde sagen dieser Artikel ist eine gelungene Satire von CN.

No kidding.......

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Geschrieben von paolo am 07.01.2006 um 13:29:

 

Zitat:

Original von tick Zitat: Original von paolo Ich würde sagen dieser Artikel ist eine gelungene Satire von CN. No kidding.......

Die Betonung liegt auf "gelungene", dass es eine ist ist mir auch klar.

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Geschrieben von badorties am 07.01.2006 um 14:08:

 

...There was also some concern among teammates as to what kind of message it sends to the world to drop off an entire cycling team at a prison."

T-Mobile...When they are finished, they will not only be in the best shape of their lives, they will also have advanced degrees in mathematics and have the ability to repair any bicycle problem using nothing but dust, a length of cheesecloth, and a two-inch strip of tape.

Vielleicht gelingt es ihnen sogar in Zukunft ein Vorderrad richtig herum einzusetzen, ohne hinzusehen....
Das Beste, was ich in letzter Zeit gelesen habe!