Stinkoff takeover - oh no!

Bad news today, it seems that Mr "Froth at the Mouth on Twitter" "Slightly Insane" Tinkov has actually bought out Uncle Bjarne, and will be taking over team Saxo Bank.

It's been rumoured for a couple of days, and there's going to be an announcement on Monday, apparently.

This is utterly  unwelcome news - as we all know, Tinkov is one of those Becca-style rich blokes, who knows something, but not quite enough, about how cycling works, and who knows nothing about the difference between Investment (put money in, get money out, preferably more than you put in) and Sponsorship (put money in, never see it again, but get kudos and publicity).

He's already spoiled the end of this season for Saxo, by throwing his toys out of the pram at Contador's "failure" to beat Frome at the Tour, and announcing that he - and his money - would be leaving the team. This threw them into a panicky search for another sponsor, at a time when sponsors are disappearing into the dust, and at a time when Uncle Bjarne himself is coming under scrutiny for his doping past.

Tinkov tried to buy into a couple of other teams, but failed: then he announced that he would build his own team, so there, nar nar nar nar: and now he's decided to buy Saxo for himself.

I can't imagine that this is going to end well.

Can you?