Landis not happy with Lance....

Originally Posted by rejobako

Since someone has already pointed out how WBT's thread title bears no resemblance to his post, I won't bother further with that. What I find interesting is Landis suggesting that Hincapie and Armstrong are not close friends. I dunno, they looked pretty chummy with each other after George won his stage the other day. Seemed to me Lance couldn't wait to get to the trailer to congratulate his "employee".

(As an aside, in any corporate sense, when you work with friends and someone is in a subordinate position, it's a good idea to separate the work environment from the off-duty environment. Otherwise, you leave yourself open to charges of favoritism/nepotism.)

Originally Posted by whiteboytrash

Floyd Landis: Some less than complimentary comments in this morning's L'Equipe about his former team leader's qualities as a team captain did not go down well with said captain. Landis received some very audible opinions from the yellow jersey as they came down the Marie Blanque.

http://www.eurosport.co.uk/home/pag...sto743598.shtml

"In general, it's very difficult to be friends with your boss," Phonak rider Floyd Landis said in French sports daily L'Equipe, reminiscing on his time spent in Lance Armstrong's "company," a word the 29-year-old American uses with an intentional corporate connotation.
</IMG> "Armstrong oversaw the team like the CEO of a company. He saw the Tour de France as a business and he was our boss," said Landis, who raced for Armstrong with U.S. Postal between 2002 and 2004.

"In most teams, friendships exist. But in that team [U.S. Postal, now Discovery Channel], with someone who literally puts himself in the role of the boss, you can't go all the way to friendship."

"I'm not convinced that Armstrong has ever had that kind of relationship with a teammate, not even with George Hincapie, who he's known since he was 17 years old," Landis continued.

"Friendship can't exist when you're giving orders and directing the other members of the team. Mind you, it's not necessarily a negative thing. It's thanks to that mentality that Lance has been able to win so many Tours de France."

Originally Posted by whiteboytrash

They know to have fun, those Discovery riders!

Originally Posted by rejobako

Damn straight -- on the evening of July 24th, when you'll be sobbing into your Ullrich scrapbook for the 7th year in a row.

It's a little sad to see you stoop to this level. Accusing Hincapie of doping on the other thread like a Flyer acolyte, and now hissing because Armstrong and Discovery don't conduct press-conferences during the stages. LOL.

Originally Posted by whiteboytrash

Originally Posted by rejobako

LOL -- in light of the thread title and subject, in addition to the more vicious tone of your posts directed to the Discovery team of late, I respectfully have doubts about your veracity. But carry on . . .

Originally Posted by whiteboytrash

Floyd Landis: Some less than complimentary comments in this morning's L'Equipe about his former team leader's qualities as a team captain did not go down well with said captain. Landis received some very audible opinions from the yellow jersey as they came down the Marie Blanque.

http://www.eurosport.co.uk/home/pag...sto743598.shtml

"In general, it's very difficult to be friends with your boss," Phonak rider Floyd Landis said in French sports daily L'Equipe, reminiscing on his time spent in Lance Armstrong's "company," a word the 29-year-old American uses with an intentional corporate connotation.
</IMG> "Armstrong oversaw the team like the CEO of a company. He saw the Tour de France as a business and he was our boss," said Landis, who raced for Armstrong with U.S. Postal between 2002 and 2004.

"In most teams, friendships exist. But in that team [U.S. Postal, now Discovery Channel], with someone who literally puts himself in the role of the boss, you can't go all the way to friendship."

"I'm not convinced that Armstrong has ever had that kind of relationship with a teammate, not even with George Hincapie, who he's known since he was 17 years old," Landis continued.

"Friendship can't exist when you're giving orders and directing the other members of the team. Mind you, it's not necessarily a negative thing. It's thanks to that mentality that Lance has been able to win so many Tours de France."

Originally Posted by whiteboytrash

Floyd Landis: Some less than complimentary comments in this morning's L'Equipe about his former team leader's qualities as a team captain did not go down well with said captain. Landis received some very audible opinions from the yellow jersey as they came down the Marie Blanque.

http://www.eurosport.co.uk/home/pag...sto743598.shtml

"In general, it's very difficult to be friends with your boss," Phonak rider Floyd Landis said in French sports daily L'Equipe, reminiscing on his time spent in Lance Armstrong's "company," a word the 29-year-old American uses with an intentional corporate connotation.
</IMG> "Armstrong oversaw the team like the CEO of a company. He saw the Tour de France as a business and he was our boss," said Landis, who raced for Armstrong with U.S. Postal between 2002 and 2004.

"In most teams, friendships exist. But in that team [U.S. Postal, now Discovery Channel], with someone who literally puts himself in the role of the boss, you can't go all the way to friendship."

"I'm not convinced that Armstrong has ever had that kind of relationship with a teammate, not even with George Hincapie, who he's known since he was 17 years old," Landis continued.

"Friendship can't exist when you're giving orders and directing the other members of the team. Mind you, it's not necessarily a negative thing. It's thanks to that mentality that Lance has been able to win so many Tours de France."