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16-06.-2008, 04:28 AM
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Tour de Suisse and Astana...
I was a bit disappointed that Astana had decided to field such a weak
team for the Tour de Suisse. With the exception of Kloden there is not any notable riders for this race. I personally think that either Levi or Contador should have entered this race. |
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16-06.-2008, 04:37 AM
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Re: Tour de Suisse and Astana...
On Jun 15, 12:28 pm, hizark21 <hizar...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I was a bit disappointed that Astana had decided to field such a weak > team for the Tour de Suisse. With the exception of Kloden there is > not any notable riders for this race. I personally think that either > Levi or Contador should have entered this race. Dumbass: It's one thing to be a fan. It's anohter to be a clueless fan. There are several reasons why Leipheimer couldn't have done the TdS but perhaps the best is that at the time the TdS began --> he was still riding in the Dauphine <--. |
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16-06.-2008, 06:07 AM
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Re: Tour de Suisse and Astana...
Kloden is in the Tour de Suisse for start money only because he just rode
the Giro and his legs have to be mush. The same goes for beach boy Contador. "Robert Chung" <rechung@gmail.com> wrote in message news:097f43b9-9cc9-4480-8807-567455d31bf2@j1g2000prb.googlegroups.com... > On Jun 15, 12:28 pm, hizark21 <hizar...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> I was a bit disappointed that Astana had decided to field such a weak >> team for the Tour de Suisse. With the exception of Kloden there is >> not any notable riders for this race. I personally think that either >> Levi or Contador should have entered this race. > > Dumbass: > > It's one thing to be a fan. It's anohter to be a clueless fan. There > are several reasons why Leipheimer couldn't have done the TdS but > perhaps the best is that at the time the TdS began --> he was still > riding in the Dauphine <--. |
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16-06.-2008, 06:26 AM
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Re: Tour de Suisse and Astana...
Carmella the Roach Killer wrote:
> Kloden is in the Tour de Suisse for start money only because he just rode > the Giro and his legs have to be mush. OTOH, perhaps the giro will have been good training for him if he has fully recovered from the bronchitis he had. |
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16-06.-2008, 07:21 AM
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Re: Tour de Suisse and Astana...
On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:28:44 -0700 (PDT), hizark21
<hizark21@yahoo.com> wrote: >I was a bit disappointed that Astana had decided to field such a weak >team for the Tour de Suisse. With the exception of Kloden there is >not any notable riders for this race. I personally think that either >Levi or Contador should have entered this race. Yeah, how can they be taken seriously for a spot in the Tour of France (TIOOYK) if they don't put a good squad into the Tour of Switzerland? |
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16-06.-2008, 10:47 AM
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Re: Tour de Suisse and Astana...
On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:26:17 +0200, Donald Munro
<fat-dumbass@hotmail.com> wrote: >Carmella the Roach Killer wrote: >> Kloden is in the Tour de Suisse for start money only because he just rode >> the Giro and his legs have to be mush. > >OTOH, perhaps the giro will have been good training for him if >he has fully recovered from the bronchitis he had. Problems with his legs it seems today, it seems Kloden is not the rider he used to be...guess he's more careful these days... |
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16-06.-2008, 12:19 PM
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Re: Tour de Suisse and Astana...
In article <eghb54ltn4j5ri5c0fvval1tgl4cgnr7eo@4ax.com>,
Keith <nospam@nospam.com> wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:26:17 +0200, Donald Munro > <fat-dumbass@hotmail.com> wrote: > > >Carmella the Roach Killer wrote: > >> Kloden is in the Tour de Suisse for start money only because he just rode > >> the Giro and his legs have to be mush. > > > >OTOH, perhaps the giro will have been good training for him if > >he has fully recovered from the bronchitis he had. > > Problems with his legs it seems today, it seems Kloden is not the > rider he used to be...guess he's more careful these days... You mean clean? -- Ryan Cousineau rcousine@gmail.com http://www.wiredcola.com/ "In other newsgroups, they killfile trolls." "In rec.bicycles.racing, we coach them." |
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16-06.-2008, 12:36 PM
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Re: Tour de Suisse and Astana...
"Ryan Cousineau" <rcousine@gmail.com> wrote in message news:rcousine-8BD3FD.20192815062008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]... > In article <eghb54ltn4j5ri5c0fvval1tgl4cgnr7eo@4ax.com>, > Keith <nospam@nospam.com> wrote: > >> On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:26:17 +0200, Donald Munro >> <fat-dumbass@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >Carmella the Roach Killer wrote: >> >> Kloden is in the Tour de Suisse for start money only because he just >> >> rode >> >> the Giro and his legs have to be mush. >> > >> >OTOH, perhaps the giro will have been good training for him if >> >he has fully recovered from the bronchitis he had. >> >> Problems with his legs it seems today, it seems Kloden is not the >> rider he used to be...guess he's more careful these days... > > You mean clean? > Rider he used to be: Second fiddle. As the team leader, everything is riding on his shoulders so he has to calculate his efforts better. That's the only possible explanation, no? |
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16-06.-2008, 06:31 PM
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Re: Tour de Suisse and Astana...
>>> >Carmella the Roach Killer wrote:
>>> >> Kloden is in the Tour de Suisse for start money only because he just >>> >> rode >>> >> the Giro and his legs have to be mush. >>> > >>> >OTOH, perhaps the giro will have been good training for him if >>> >he has fully recovered from the bronchitis he had. >>> >>> Problems with his legs it seems today, it seems Kloden is not the >>> rider he used to be...guess he's more careful these days... >> >> You mean clean? >> > >Rider he used to be: Second fiddle. Yes as we saw in the 2006 TDF, it seems that he doesn't quite have what it takes to be a leader in spite of his obvious talent, a bit like Jean-François Bernard although he tried his hand at being a leader at a young age (87 and 88) before resurfacing in 91/92 (not sure what his status was in 89 and 90) to become Indurain's henchman, pretty succesfully too ! >As the team leader, everything is riding on his shoulders so he has to >calculate his efforts better. > >That's the only possible explanation, no? Possibly, but it's hard to understand why he couldn't push himself more and keep up yesterday when the TDS is going to be pretty easy until the moutain ITT on Saturday. |
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