Talk:Team High Road

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[edit] Article future

I'm thinking we should move this article to Team High Road and improve the prose to talk about different sponsors over time and why T-Mobile pulled out. One thing is for sure, may of the riders and the team management in 2007 is the same as what it will be in 2008 so I don't think a new article is appropriate. It is a clear continuation of the 2007 team, SeveroTC 16:15, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

I agree. In this case it's just the sponsor dropping out. Drunt (talk) 23:11, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

The only thing that's stopping me move it is that a new sponsor could take over, then it would need to be moved again! SeveroTC 23:17, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Even if/when a new sponsor takes over, having Team High Road redirect to the new name will be useful for anyone who stumble over the name in some old cycling news related article.--Per Abrahamsen (talk) 13:04, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

there is a huge difference between the 2007 team and who is riding and associated with the team today, it is not "a clear continuation of the 2007 team". i cite velonews.com page on team high road as stating "Not much is left of the T-Mobile squad that existed at the end of 2006. General manager Bob Stapleton has retained only 20 percent of the riders and staff, introduced the most stringent anti-doping program in the ProTour". the fact that Bob Stapleton created high road sports around 2005, and took command of t-mobile from the old regime, signify's a break from the old way's not a continuation. This team should largely not be linked to the past sins of t-mobile, and should focus on the future of the sport, instead of muddying a clean team with perceived past ties to doping, all of which have been more than eradicated. i am going to erect a couple of pages and create a disambiguation page to clear up this mess. one with the t-mobile history, which will include the sponsorship change and change in Managers, with a link to high road at the end,it is basically the present page up until the end where it says = Team highroad=, after the doping allegations. as well as including the womens team in the diambiguation link, or simply combining the two teams as is done on the team high road website. While you may disagree with these changes, i have personally spoke with bob stapleton about the team high road wikipedia page, and we both agree that it is in fact in a state of error and needs to be changed to reflect the statements made above, and the identity of the team today. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cleansport (talk • contribs) 19:59, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:25, 24 January 2008 (UTC)