Tour de Georgia is almost here !!!!!

Tom Kunich

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> > To reiterate - I'm betting he and Lance get into it on Bald Mountain and
> > that Horner wins.
>
> Errr, So am I. But I think Julich is a bit stronger than Horner in
> the tt, and I think Julich and Horner will be sharper than Lance on
> the climb. Lance will get dropped, "sit up" and say he's on a rest
> week, or, if he isn't confident, he'll make up his mind before the
> final climb and play the "good team-mate card" and ride for the next
> best Postal guy.

Firstly, I think that you're selling Horner short. He's blazing fast now but
he's also riding really smart.

Secondly, Lance's racing is directly purely at the Tour de France. He might
be foolish to take any chances in the race as a whole. However, as important
as Bald Mountain is to him I think that he'd want to win it and will give it
a good shot. But I'm sure that if push comes to shove, the TdF is more
important than Bald Mountain and he won't push ultimately if he thinks that
Horner is too strong for him.

Thirdly, I really like Bobby, but he is his own worse enemy. Without Riis
blowing sweet nothings in his ear I don't know if he can perform up to his
potential. I'm still pissed at him for not attacking Ullrich in what? '97?
Hopefully Riis got him eating real food and not that whole earth organic
stuff he thought of as food.

jim gravity

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> "jim gravity" <jim_gravity@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> > "Tom Kunich" <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > >
> > > To reiterate - I'm betting he and Lance get into it on Bald Mountain and
> > > that Horner wins.
> >
> > Errr, So am I. But I think Julich is a bit stronger than Horner in
> > the tt, and I think Julich and Horner will be sharper than Lance on
> > the climb. Lance will get dropped, "sit up" and say he's on a rest
> > week, or, if he isn't confident, he'll make up his mind before the
> > final climb and play the "good team-mate card" and ride for the next
> > best Postal guy.
>
> Firstly, I think that you're selling Horner short. He's blazing fast now but
> he's also riding really smart.
>
> Secondly, Lance's racing is directly purely at the Tour de France. He might
> be foolish to take any chances in the race as a whole. However, as important
> as Bald Mountain is to him I think that he'd want to win it and will give it
> a good shot. But I'm sure that if push comes to shove, the TdF is more
> important than Bald Mountain and he won't push ultimately if he thinks that
> Horner is too strong for him.

I think Lance will find the going on the Bald tough, and will sit up
and decide "not to lose" like Cipo did yesterday.

> Thirdly, I really like Bobby, but he is his own worse enemy. Without Riis
> blowing sweet nothings in his ear I don't know if he can perform up to his
> potential. I'm still pissed at him for not attacking Ullrich in what? '97?
> Hopefully Riis got him eating real food and not that whole earth organic
> stuff he thought of as food.

I think Julich is brimming with confidence, and riding away from Lance
on the Bald will push him over the edge. He'll lead out the 2 up
sprint with Horner at the top and he'll lose the stage and win the
race.

Tom Kunich

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> > > "Tom Kunich" <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > > >
> > > > To reiterate - I'm betting he and Lance get into it on Bald Mountain
and
> > > > that Horner wins.
> > >
> > > Errr, So am I. But I think Julich is a bit stronger than Horner in
> > > the tt, and I think Julich and Horner will be sharper than Lance on
> > > the climb. Lance will get dropped, "sit up" and say he's on a rest
> > > week, or, if he isn't confident, he'll make up his mind before the
> > > final climb and play the "good team-mate card" and ride for the next
> > > best Postal guy.
> >
> > Firstly, I think that you're selling Horner short. He's blazing fast now
but
> > he's also riding really smart.
> >
> > Secondly, Lance's racing is directly purely at the Tour de France. He
might
> > be foolish to take any chances in the race as a whole. However, as
important
> > as Bald Mountain is to him I think that he'd want to win it and will
give it
> > a good shot. But I'm sure that if push comes to shove, the TdF is more
> > important than Bald Mountain and he won't push ultimately if he thinks
that
> > Horner is too strong for him.
>
> I think Lance will find the going on the Bald tough, and will sit up
> and decide "not to lose" like Cipo did yesterday.
>
> > Thirdly, I really like Bobby, but he is his own worse enemy. Without
Riis
> > blowing sweet nothings in his ear I don't know if he can perform up to
his
> > potential. I'm still pissed at him for not attacking Ullrich in what?
'97?
> > Hopefully Riis got him eating real food and not that whole earth organic
> > stuff he thought of as food.
>
> I think Julich is brimming with confidence, and riding away from Lance
> on the Bald will push him over the edge. He'll lead out the 2 up
> sprint with Horner at the top and he'll lose the stage and win the
> race.

I would really love to see Bobby win a big race that might lead to a
champion performance in the Tour.