Cycling: Rumors have been circulating in the media since yesterday that Bjarne Riis has been suspended as team manager from Tinkoff-Saxo, today the team confirmed the separation. A cloak of silence is wrapped over the reasons.
The first rumors started circulating on Sunday when Riis didn't stay with the team at Milan-San Remo as previously announced. On Sunday, the second team owner gave the Danish tabloid, which had reported on the breakup, a harsh rebuff: "Where did you hear that from? You might have to talk to Bjarne Riis or Oleg Tinkoff, I don't want to comment on such rumours." This afternoon, the team confirmed the Dane's suspension.
The team does not provide any information on the reasons for the separation and expressly denies that the mixed results of the previous season were decisive. It should also not have been a financial measure - why Riis and Tinkoff-Saxo are now going their separate ways, one can only speculate.
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