Leipheimer beaten

Bro Deal

Is Trent Lowe doing the Giro? That could be interesting.

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thunder

he is, but he is a bit off the best.

Top 20 would be a good result.

Future top 5 Vuelta/Giro rider.

Without the dope, that is about as good as you can do.

helmutRoole2

I did some races with him in 2005 and was left utterly unimpressed. I was surprised when he got picked up by Disco the next year. They must have run a battery of physiological tests and the numbers came up right.

His performance nice could be attributed to dope, but sometimes endurance athletes go through these bouts when they're just worthless for a couple months, sometimes longer. Believe me, when I raced him, he looked out of it: pale, zero vascularity/muscle tone, sunken eyes. I'm going to check him out on television and see what he looks like now.

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Crankyfeet

If you were able to look at him during a race and he looked spent... maybe you retired too early Helmut...


BTW - are you still interested in going up to Mt Hood for the race mid-May?

thunder

looks no different.

he really struggled at USPS in Europe the last two years. Discovery I mean.

Really struggled to come in the front half of the peloton.

Then Paris Nice he was hyped and hyped and then had a crash and a puncture and performaned badly as a result of it. We will see.

I don't think he is much. But Maxime Monfort, Devolder and Danielson all walk into the top ten at the Vuelta, and the sport is cleaning up, so he could have the potential to do a top 5 in those races in half a dozen years.

confusedfan

It just occurred to me the irony of the American on "America's team" (according to former Disco fans, and which is registered in Luxembourg) fighting for the GC lead in an American race with a rider (who isn't American) on the other "America's team" (Slipstream), and in the end both of them getting beaten by a rider (again not American) on America's ProTour team. Oh, the confusion...

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thunder

hence your sig.

hawkeye87

I am just pleased that the shrimpy cueball-head did not win. That is reason enough to celebrate!

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C'dale Girl

I think we need a flow chart to keep up.

Bro Deal

Caption this photo from Brasstown Bald.

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huboon

"Climbing will be so much easier once Mike gives me those cooler wheels."

jimmypop

What the hell happened to Hamilton's face?

hawkeye87

"My twin is making me have to throw up"

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TheDarkLord

Holy shit! I didn't even recognize him as Hamilton!