I never knew Ireland had a Top Level Professional Cycling team

[Maroon Heaven]

I was looking up some results on the G'iro D'Italia and I saw that an Irish team is coming second in Super Team Classification.

The Irish team is called - L.P.R. Brakes-Farnese Vini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia said it is based in Ireland and has 18 Italian Riders, 1 Slovenian and I from Ukraine.

One of their Riders - Danilo Di Luca, is leading on Overall Classification as well.

Some achievement as the G'iro is recognised as one of the hardest races on the tour

Anyone know anything about this team?

[Gnevin]

I was looking up some results on the G'iro D'Italia and I saw that an Irish team is coming second in Super Team Classification.

The Irish team is called - L.P.R. Brakes-Farnese Vini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia said it is based in Ireland and has 18 Italian Riders, 1 Slovenian and I from Ukraine.

One of their Riders - Danilo Di Luca, is leading on Overall Classification as well.

Some achievement as the G'iro is recognised as one of the hardest races on the tour

Anyone know anything about this team?

Jasus it has more Irish members than your average  FAI  squad during the 90's

[Tankie]

I was looking up some results on the G'iro D'Italia and I saw that an Irish team is coming second in Super Team Classification.

The Irish team is called - L.P.R. Brakes-Farnese Vini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia said it is based in Ireland and has 18 Italian Riders, 1 Slovenian and I from Ukraine.

One of their Riders - Danilo Di Luca, is leading on Overall Classification as well.

Some achievement as the G'iro is recognised as one of the hardest races on the tour

Anyone know anything about this team?

Jasus it has more Irish members than your average  FAI  squad during the 90's

  so true

[AFS]

Not the only team apparently

http://www.cyclingservice.eu/index.php?lan=en&niv=3&pag=2&teamid=7012

http://www.cyclingservice.eu/index.php?lan=en&niv=3&pag=2&teamid=7024

None of these teams seem to have any links to Ireland, other than being 'registered' here. Is it for tax reasons or something

[dec]

I was looking up some results on the G'iro D'Italia and I saw that an Irish team is coming second in Super Team Classification.

The Irish team is called - L.P.R. Brakes-Farnese Vini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia said it is based in Ireland and has 18 Italian Riders, 1 Slovenian and I from Ukraine.

One of their Riders - Danilo Di Luca, is leading on Overall Classification as well.

Some achievement as the G'iro is recognised as one of the hardest races on the tour

Anyone know anything about this team?

Is it really based in Ireland or is it just registered here for tax dodge purposes.

[Dougal Maguire]

Or does Ireland have a less rigorous drug testing system

[AFS]

Or does Ireland have a less rigorous drug testing system

I doubt any of them would spend much time here between competing and training, which I'd imagine is done at altitude somewhere.

[Maroon Heaven]

Or does Ireland have a less rigorous drug testing system

That would be my idea on it.

For an Irish Team - they have an entire Italian team with a .it website and the whole website in English.


Anyhow best of luck to the Lads. Always good for Ireland to be winning at something and sure if we win - Brian Cowen can get the Learjet out for the Party in Rome.

[The Real Laoislad]

I was looking up some results on the G'iro D'Italia and I saw that an Irish team is coming second in Super Team Classification.

The Irish team is called - L.P.R. Brakes-Farnese Vini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia said it is based in Ireland and has 18 Italian Riders, 1 Slovenian and I from Ukraine.

One of their Riders - Danilo Di Luca, is leading on Overall Classification as well.

Some achievement as the G'iro is recognised as one of the hardest races on the tour

Anyone know anything about this team?

Jasus it has more Irish members than your average  FAI  squad during the 90's

Maybe so but at least they always had the proper national anthem played at their games and tricolour flown home or away....

[Gnevin]

I was looking up some results on the G'iro D'Italia and I saw that an Irish team is coming second in Super Team Classification.

The Irish team is called - L.P.R. Brakes-Farnese Vini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia said it is based in Ireland and has 18 Italian Riders, 1 Slovenian and I from Ukraine.

One of their Riders - Danilo Di Luca, is leading on Overall Classification as well.

Some achievement as the G'iro is recognised as one of the hardest races on the tour

Anyone know anything about this team?

Jasus it has more Irish members than your average  FAI  squad during the 90's

Maybe so but at least they always had the proper national anthem played at their games and tricolour flown home or away....

Yes but they only played it for 4/5 of the island .

[Tankie]

I was looking up some results on the G'iro D'Italia and I saw that an Irish team is coming second in Super Team Classification.

The Irish team is called - L.P.R. Brakes-Farnese Vini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia said it is based in Ireland and has 18 Italian Riders, 1 Slovenian and I from Ukraine.

One of their Riders - Danilo Di Luca, is leading on Overall Classification as well.

Some achievement as the G'iro is recognised as one of the hardest races on the tour

Anyone know anything about this team?

Jasus it has more Irish members than your average  FAI  squad during the 90's

Maybe so but at least they always had the proper national anthem played at their games and tricolour flown home or away....

Nothing but foreign mercenaries who stood to our national anthem but sang their own when at home in Britain!

[Tankie]

I was looking up some results on the G'iro D'Italia and I saw that an Irish team is coming second in Super Team Classification.

The Irish team is called - L.P.R. Brakes-Farnese Vini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia said it is based in Ireland and has 18 Italian Riders, 1 Slovenian and I from Ukraine.

One of their Riders - Danilo Di Luca, is leading on Overall Classification as well.

Some achievement as the G'iro is recognised as one of the hardest races on the tour

Anyone know anything about this team?

Jasus it has more Irish members than your average  FAI  squad during the 90's

Maybe so but at least they always had the proper national anthem played at their games and tricolour flown home or away....

Nothing but foreign mercenaries who stood to our national anthem but sang their own when at home in Britain!

ahhhh...Nothing better than a come back that puts LaoisLad back in his box 

[The Real Laoislad]

I was looking up some results on the G'iro D'Italia and I saw that an Irish team is coming second in Super Team Classification.

The Irish team is called - L.P.R. Brakes-Farnese Vini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia said it is based in Ireland and has 18 Italian Riders, 1 Slovenian and I from Ukraine.

One of their Riders - Danilo Di Luca, is leading on Overall Classification as well.

Some achievement as the G'iro is recognised as one of the hardest races on the tour

Anyone know anything about this team?

Jasus it has more Irish members than your average  FAI  squad during the 90's

Maybe so but at least they always had the proper national anthem played at their games and tricolour flown home or away....

Nothing but foreign mercenaries who stood to our national anthem but sang their own when at home in Britain!

ahhhh...Nothing better than a come back that puts LaoisLad back in his box 

Or maybe I choose to ignore your broken record ramblings Your so predictable there is no point replying to you anymore as you never have anything new or sensible to say.
I don't know who is the bigger idiot you or Gnevin.. 

[Gnevin]

I was looking up some results on the G'iro D'Italia and I saw that an Irish team is coming second in Super Team Classification.

The Irish team is called - L.P.R. Brakes-Farnese Vini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia said it is based in Ireland and has 18 Italian Riders, 1 Slovenian and I from Ukraine.

One of their Riders - Danilo Di Luca, is leading on Overall Classification as well.

Some achievement as the G'iro is recognised as one of the hardest races on the tour

Anyone know anything about this team?

Jasus it has more Irish members than your average  FAI  squad during the 90's

Maybe so but at least they always had the proper national anthem played at their games and tricolour flown home or away....

Nothing but foreign mercenaries who stood to our national anthem but sang their own when at home in Britain!

ahhhh...Nothing better than a come back that puts LaoisLad back in his box 

Or maybe I choose to ignore your broken record ramblings Your so predictable there is no point replying to you anymore as you never have anything new or sensible to say.
I don't know who is the bigger idiot you or Gnevin.. 

Your the one replying to "idiots" what does that say about you?

[Tankie]

I was looking up some results on the G'iro D'Italia and I saw that an Irish team is coming second in Super Team Classification.

The Irish team is called - L.P.R. Brakes-Farnese Vini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia said it is based in Ireland and has 18 Italian Riders, 1 Slovenian and I from Ukraine.

One of their Riders - Danilo Di Luca, is leading on Overall Classification as well.

Some achievement as the G'iro is recognised as one of the hardest races on the tour

Anyone know anything about this team?

Jasus it has more Irish members than your average  FAI  squad during the 90's

Maybe so but at least they always had the proper national anthem played at their games and tricolour flown home or away....

Nothing but foreign mercenaries who stood to our national anthem but sang their own when at home in Britain!

ahhhh...Nothing better than a come back that puts LaoisLad back in his box 

Or maybe I choose to ignore your broken record ramblings Your so predictable there is no point replying to you anymore as you never have anything new or sensible to say.
I don't know who is the bigger idiot you or Gnevin.. 

I think my post was correct and its clear that you must agree, so it would look to me that you are the one rambling on like the WUM you are!