Levi wins, no, smashes, Prologue in TdCalifornia

there's a river of white fluid and musette's juices in California...

[font=Verdana][font=Verdana]It was a strong showing this early in the season.... I hope he is not peaking to soon...... disappointing to see [/font][font=Verdana]Rogers[/font][font=Verdana] from T-Mobile way down on the list but he is targeting the TT..... even O'Grady beat him..... Levi has made some noise about winning the Tour which Udo Bolts had to bring him back to reality saying that a podium is more realistic.... however this is good form.... be interesting to see how he performs in the TT to get a true indication... [/font]

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bobke said:

Wow.
Pretty strong statement from Levi.
Also great from Bobby and George and Floyd.
and not bad at all from Zabreesee considering what a big guy he is and how steep the climb was.

Gonna be a good race
Signs of how good the Tour will be.
Very likely three or four US riders could be top ten

Provisional
1 Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) - 4.53.43
2 Bobby Julich (CSC) - 4'58.19
3 George Hincapie (Discovery) - 4'59.11
4 Floyd Landis(Phonak) - 4'59.55
5 David Zabriskie (CSC) - 5'02.80.55
6 Fabian Cancellara (CSC) - 5'03.19
7 Jason McCartney (Discovery) 5'03.69
8 Hayden Roulston (Health Net/Maxxis) 5'04.10
9 Vladmir Gusev (Discovery)- 5'04.22
10 Paolo Salvodelli (Discovery) - 5'04.83
11 Cadel Evans (Davitamon Lotto) - 5'05.16
12 Tom Danielson (Discovery) - 5'05.17

bobke said:

Wow.
Pretty strong statement from Levi.
Also great from Bobby and George and Floyd.
and not bad at all from Zabreesee considering what a big guy he is and how steep the climb was.

Gonna be a good race
Signs of how good the Tour will be.
Very likely three or four US riders could be top ten

Provisional
1 Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) - 4.53.43
2 Bobby Julich (CSC) - 4'58.19
3 George Hincapie (Discovery) - 4'59.11
4 Floyd Landis(Phonak) - 4'59.55
5 David Zabriskie (CSC) - 5'02.80.55
6 Fabian Cancellara (CSC) - 5'03.19
7 Jason McCartney (Discovery) 5'03.69
8 Hayden Roulston (Health Net/Maxxis) 5'04.10
9 Vladmir Gusev (Discovery)- 5'04.22
10 Paolo Salvodelli (Discovery) - 5'04.83
11 Cadel Evans (Davitamon Lotto) - 5'05.16
12 Tom Danielson (Discovery) - 5'05.17

Keep an eye out for Hayden Roulston who finished 8th in opening TT. This guy is going to be a star in the very near future

oscar744 said:

Keep an eye out for Hayden Roulston who finished 8th in opening TT. This guy is going to be a star in the very near future

Yes I saw that.
Pretty big result.

What was the reason he left Disco.
Was he secretly pressured off for his arrest or what?
Big talent.

bobke said:

Yes I saw that.
Pretty big result.

What was the reason he left Disco.
Was he secretly pressured off for his arrest or what?
Big talent.

We presume he was pressured off because of the arrest but it was hardly the crime of the century (2nd time though). When undergoing team testing last year his results were third best behind Lance and George. He completely destroyed a field here last January spending 90 percent of a four-day tour up the road by himself. Last year he lapped a field twice in a crit that contained some of our best track pursuiters including former world champ Greg Henderson. I hope he can sort his issues out and get back to Europe. He is only young though and a season or two in the states could be good for him, as he will end up in a leadership role.

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