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Date Posted: 07:09:56 09/12/04 Sun
Author: LJF
Subject: Re: Money talks...
In reply to: Nick 's message, "Re: It was about money initially" on 03:42:32 09/12/04 Sun

>This autumn, Landis will celebrate his 29th birthday.
>I'm sure he wants a shot at proving himself a major
>contender and so it is entirely understandable that he
>is leaving USPS to give it his best shot. Indeed it
>seems he made up his mind well before the TdF. What is
>surprising to me is that he chose Phonak where he will
>have no more chance to shine individually than he had
>at USPS. Or maybe he's gambling that Tyler will fall
>off once too often and he'll inherit the TdF
>leadership role. Good luck to him though. As for
>Popovich, he is only 24 and has achieved a remarkable
>amount for his age. So Bruyneel is probably making a
>wise team decision going for the Ukrainian rather than
>Floyd (which maybe has upset Floyd a little, as Julian
>suggests.)

It's money and respect as stated above. If Tailwind was willing to come out straight away and give Floyd a solid offer that was competitive with his current value, I bet he would have stayed. Instead, Tailwind seems to have played it a bit cute, and didn't show respect for the work Floyd has done by hedging in the intitial negotiations.

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