Mercedes Benz

Captain Havoc

Here it is:

Eurosport wrote:

Mercedes-Benz Luxembourg and the Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project will form a new team that includes Andy and Frank Schleck.






"We look forward to be supporting the ambitious goal of winning the Tour de France for Luxembourg with this new team," said Gerhard Roth, Administrateur Delegue of Mercedes-Benz Luxembourg S.A.
"This partnership with the Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project fits well with our brand philosophy of 'The best or nothing'."
Mercedes-Benz Luxembourg will supply the new professional cycling team’s fleet with cars, minibuses, trucks and buses, which have been specifically adapted for all the needs of the team.
"The advanced and classy technology and the tremendous diversity of Mercedes-Benz products offer the perfect vehicles for a professional cycling team at the highest level. Providing vehicles from the A, C and E classes, a Viano, three Sprinters, two Actros and two Travegos will be our contribution to bringing the team around Andy and Frank Schleck to the fore as they continue the tradition of Charly Gaul and the other top Luxembourg cyclists."
"The partnership with Mercedes-Benz Luxembourg is based on mutual respect and gives us the opportunity to work with a market leader and a brand at the highest level. We will be provided with vehicles that meet all of our diverse needs and we are looking forward to hitting the races with the coolest cars in the peloton," said Brian Nygaard, general manager of the Luxembourg Pro Cycling Project.
"We are an international team with a deep commitment to Luxembourg. A big part of our fanbase is here, our riders Andy and Frank Schleck live here with their families, and now, we will also have our partner Mercedes-Benz Luxembourg, which has been firmly connected to the country and its people for more than a hundred years."
Eurosport

nuclearned

hmmm,will they have enough money to bring cancellara on board,he needs an edge to take down contador,maybe Frank could be the ace in the pack yet,.

Chips Lovell

From the picture above, you see there's more than one reason for Schleck's new sponsors wanting him to be in yellow rather than white.

Esroh

Use of the Merc wind tunnel might mean the Schlecks improve their TTing.