| Team Choices for TdF?
I know a little about how the teams for the TdF are picked. I know it is by invitation, and I think performance is a factor. I heard Barloworld was a "wild card" this year. My question is: How does Euskaltel-Euskadi show up in the tour every year? Year after year they have been getting worse in the TdF (was it last year that each rider on the team walked away with just $1000 euro in prizes for their troubles?). Are they really great in other races and therefore make the cut, or are there politics involved?
Maybe they seem bad to me because they never really lived up to their potential with Iban Mayo (and there was no end to the talk about how great they were).
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